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Debates of Feb. 11th, 2013
House of Commons Hansard #208 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was witnesses.
- Question Period
- Ban on Shark Fin Importation Act
- Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act
- Resignation of Pope
- Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Government Priorities
- Imjin River Cup
- Syria
- Richard Pierpoint
- Government Priorities
- Airline Service in B.C.
- Wind Power
- Employment in Windsor
- Ethics
- Employment Insurance
- Lebanon
- Gérard Asselin
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- The Senate
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- Ethics
- Employment Insurance
- Parliamentary Budget Officer
- The Economy
- Employment Insurance
- International Co-operation
- National Defence
- Ethics
- Electoral Boundaries
- Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
- Employment Insurance
- Justice
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
- International Co-operation
- Parks Canada
- Health
- The Budget
- Veterans Affairs
- Search and Rescue
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Veterans Affairs
- Employment Insurance
- Presence in the Gallery
- Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse Act
- Committees of the House
- Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Safer Witnesses Act
- Employment Insurance
Employment Insurance
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Diane Finley Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
Mr. Speaker, there are seasonal workers in all regions of Canada.
The changes to the system will help seasonal workers find jobs during the off-season. They will be better off than if they were not working. The reforms are good for them and for their families.
Presence in the Gallery
Oral Questions
February 11th, 2013 / 3 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
I would like to draw to the attention of hon. members the presence in the gallery of a delegation from the Yukon, led by the Hon. Darrell Pasloski, Premier, and the following ministers: Brad Cathers, Scott Kent and Mike Nixon.
Presence in the Gallery
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
Response to the Supreme Court of Canada Decision in R. v. Tse Act
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Niagara Falls
Rob Nicholson Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-55, An Act to amend the Criminal Code.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
James Rajotte Edmonton—Leduc, AB
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fifteenth report of the Standing Committee on Finance pertaining to its study of tax incentives for charitable giving.
Pursuant to Standing Order 109 of the House of Commons, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to this report.
I would like to thank all members of the committee for their work on this report, as well as the analysts, clerks and all other committee staff who made the report possible.
Public Accounts
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
David Christopherson Hamilton Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present in both official languages the 11th report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts in relation to its study of Chapter 4—Regulating Pharmaceutical Drugs—Health Canada of the fall 2011 report of the Auditor General of Canada.
Pursuant to Standing Order 109 of the House of Commons, the committee requests that the government table a comprehensive response to this report.
Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Peter Stoffer Sackville—Eastern Shore, NS
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-472, An Act to amend the Canadian Forces Members and Veterans Re-establishment and Compensation Act (death benefit for parents).
Mr. Speaker, the reason for the introduction of this bill is that, if we take Afghanistan as an example, 158 individuals passed away, giving their lives to the service of Canada. The immediate spouses of those who were married were entitled to the supplementary death benefit of, I believe, more than $270,000. However, for those individuals who were not married, the estate received nothing.
It is time that on the battlefield we recognize that, whether a soldier is married or not married, it should not matter to the estate where the supplementary death benefit goes. This legislation would change that. It would basically make all of our men and women in the services who die in the line of duty for their country equal under the compensation benefit to ensure that their estate would receive the supplementary death benefit.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Wind Turbines
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Pierre Poilievre Nepean—Carleton, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is an honour to rise today to present this petition from constituents mostly in the community of North Gower, who ask that there be a moratorium on the Marlborough wind farm project, which will add as many as 10 industrial wind turbines, some as close as 800 metres to dwellings in the North Gower area.
Understandably, along with reports of health problems related to those turbines, this has led residents to call for this moratorium, and I present the House with this petition in order to encourage that outcome.
Windsor-Detroit Crossing
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Brian Masse Windsor West, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have three petitions here.
The first petition calls for the new border crossing in the Windsor-Detroit corridor to have a bike lane. Hundreds of people are signing petitions and are supported by the cyclists in Michigan as well and by Michigan elected officials at all levels.
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Brian Masse Windsor West, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have a second petition signed by thousands of people with regard to the age of eligibility for the OAS being changed from 65 to 67. The petitioners are objecting to this practice and want the government to rescind this as an issue.
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Brian Masse Windsor West, ON
Mr. Speaker, the last petition is with regard to the elimination of poverty in Canada. The petitioners are identifying that Canadian seniors and children are in too much poverty, and they would like to see the elimination of poverty as a goal for this country.
Multiple Sclerosis
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Kirsty Duncan Etobicoke North, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present three petitions regarding CCSVI. Canadians living with multiple sclerosis are waiting to hear when patient recruitment will start for the promised CCSVI trial, which was to begin November 1 and which the CIHR website states began on that date, but which the Minister of Health's office wrote started in January 2013.
Canadians with MS wonder why they have to wait until February 20 for simple answers to simple questions. How many trial centres have passed ethical and hospital reviews? How many patients have been recruited, and when did patient recruitment begin?
The petitioners call upon the Minister of Health to undertake phase III clinical trials on an urgent basis at multiple centres across Canada and to require follow-up care.
Development and Peace
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Pierre-Luc Dusseault Sherbrooke, QC
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour and pleasure to present a petition signed by over 125 residents of Sherbrooke who are opposed to the cuts that are being made to the funding awarded to Development and Peace.
This petition was presented to me a few weeks ago in Sherbrooke by the organization itself and by the Archbishop of Sherbrooke, Msg. Luc Cyr.
The 125 signatories to the petition are calling on the minister to provide this organization with the funding it needs to continue to do the work that has earned it much praise for many years now.
I hope that the government will listen to reason and support Development and Peace.
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Ron Cannan Kelowna—Lake Country, BC
Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to rise to present a petition signed by numerous constituents from my riding of Kelowna—Lake Country, as well as other constituents from across Canada, who are concerned with regard to tanning beds and the cause of cancer. They support Bill C-386, which was tabled by my hon. colleague from Selkirk—Interlake. They are calling on Parliament to enhance consumer protection in the tanning industry by strengthening labels on tanning beds and prohibiting youth from access.
Routine Proceedings
3:10 p.m.
Kevin Lamoureux Winnipeg North, MB
Mr. Speaker, I present a petition signed by residents of Winnipeg North asking me to send a direct message to the Prime Minister that they believe people should continue to have the option to retire at the age of 65 and that the government should in no way diminish the importance and value of Canada's three major seniors programs: OAS, GIS and CPP.


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Momenta Quartet Plays NYU ComposersPosted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement, tags: adda kridler, Cello, chamber music, composition, contemporary, contemporary music, Emilie-Anne Gendron, gordon beeferman, Michael Haas, Momenta Quartet, Music, new music, new york city, NYU, quartet, Stephanie Griffin, viola, violin, world premiere
On Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 6:00 PM, the critically acclaimed Momenta Quartet–recently praised by the New York Times for their diligence, curiosity and excellence" and the Washington Post for "an extraordinary musical experience"–will present five new pieces by NYU graduate composers at New York University's Silver Center For Arts and Science, Room 220 (31 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003; between Greene Street and Washington Square East). Admission is free.
The concert features works by Gordon Beeferman, Adele Fournet, Moon Young Ha, Friedrich Heinrich Kern, and Jue Wang, all current Ph.D. students at NYU's Graduate School of Arts and Science. The pieces—four world premieres and one New York premiere, all written for Momenta—reflect each composer's unique compositional interests, while exploring various unorthodox possibilities of staging, sonority, and collaboration.
The Momenta violinists will be highlighted in Friedrich Heinrich Kern's duet "Les Adieux" (2013), and will be joined by their quartet colleagues in Moon Young Ha's "…until that time I may…" (2013) and Jue Wang's "Life in Stillness" (2013) for string quartet. Adele Fournet's diptych "on death" (2013) will feature Momenta in collaboration with electric guitarist Felipe Wurst. Joined by guest dancer Stephanie Sleeper and composer Gordon Beeferman as pianist, Momenta will conclude with the New York premiere of "QUADRILLE" (2012) for string quartet, piano, and dancer: a theatrical work in which the musicians are fully integrated into Ms. Sleeper's inventive choreography. This concert marks the continuation of Momenta and Beeferman's longstanding collaboration, which originated in 2009 with the New York premiere of Beeferman's String Quartet, followed by the world premiere of "QUADRILLE" at the Music at Gretna Festival in 2012.
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My bike has been in storage for almost two months and I am already suffering from PMS – parked motorcycle syndrome. What better way to relieve some stress that to drive down to Canal Street in Milwaukee and spend the afternoon at the Harley-Davidson Museum. There are over 450 motorcycles and items on display situated on 20 acres overlooking the Milwaukee riverfront. But wait…it get even better. The Motor Bar & Restaurant is located on the campus. How freaken good does this get? Bikes, Beer, Ribs and all sorts of food that will make my cardiologist go into a tailspin.
We walk through the doors and enter into a bar done in Harley-Davidson Industrial Modern. I like the feel and look of the Bar & Restaurant. As we move to the bar the very first think I notice is that the barstools weigh about as much as my FLHTC. After a bit of struggling I get it adjusted to my comfort level. Now comes the challenge; what kind of beer am I going to have? I opt for the Motor Oil (what else) from The Lakefront Brewery. The tender is friendly and he offers up several taste tests for my friends. If you are really into beer you can join the Motor Mug Club by purchasing a Mug in the museum shop, registering it at the bar, then enjoying $3.50 drafts of your choice in the bar, the average tap cost around $5. Let's face it, this is Harley and they are marketing masters. I fully admit that I have sipped the H-D Kool-Aid and have joined the collective.
It is a Sunday evening and the dining room is fairly busy. One reason for this is if you are a Museum Member you get 20% discount off the total bill on Sunday and Monday evenings, not a bad deal. We order another round of drinks and look over the menu. We start out with salads and I have the Beer Cheese Soup. The soup had a deep cheesy flavor with a hint of beer in the background and was of a good consistency and very tasty. The girls decide to order burgers, but as guys who have spend the afternoon looking at Milwaukee Iron it is only fitting that we have BBQ Ribs & Brisket. In my opinion the ribs were a bit on the dry side, not exactly falling off of the bone. The brisket on the other hand was tender and very flavorful.
At the end of the day I would go back and sample some other dishes. From a price standpoint they are a bit on the high side, but it is important to remember that 1) you are in metro Milwaukee and 2) it is after all Harley-Davidson.
Since I am a museum member I am looking forward to spending many more afternoons and evenings down here. Bring your mug I will meet you there.
The Big Ragu gives this joint a 4 outa 5.


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The most effective way to prevent dog pregnancy is to spay or neuter the animal. However, for a variety of reasons, some people choose to forego having these medical procedures performed on their pets.
In female dogs, the most effective way to ensure your animal does not go into heat and attempt to reproduce is to have her spayed. Dog spaying is a surgical procedure which involves removing the ovaries and uterus of the dog.
"This has numerous health advantages for the dog, including reducing the risk of breast cancer and eliminating the risk of ovarian and uterine cancer," veterinarian Dr. Ernest Ward explained on VCAHospitals.com. "In addition, unwanted litters are prevented and the behavioral changes associated with 'heat' are avoided."
But is there another way to prevent estrus, or heat, in your dog? According to VCA Animal Hospitals, the other option is medical management of your pet's cycle using hormonal drugs.
Birth control drugs for dogs are not widely available and experts say these medications often have severe side effects. However, there is a tremendous amount of research going into additional birth control methods for dogs.
Pet owners are encouraged to discuss the best birth control option for their pet with their veterinarian in order to make an informed decision.


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Shirvani's job review: Failure
What are we to make of an announcement Thursday that the State Board of Higher Education passed a resolution to conduct a job performance review of Chancellor Hamid Shirvani?
Will Shirvani's review lead to changes in his troubled administration, or will the review lead to an even bigger change: Shirvani's firing.
There isn't any way to sugarcoat Shirvani's first nine months on the job: They have been a failure. The chancellor has repeatedly said he was given a mandate to overhaul the North Dakota University System, and he has worked quickly and narrow-mindedly toward that goal. But his methods have been criticized as strong-armed and unnecessary. And he and members of the board were recently harshly reprimanded by Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem for repeatedly breaking state open meeting laws. The violations were not simple mistakes or a lack of understanding, but rather "pervasive" abuses of laws governing open meetings, according to Stenehjem's report. Heck, the Obama administration might be more transparent.
The board's decision Thursday to conduct a job review of Shirvani surely isn't coincidental. We believe a thorough and unbiased performance review can only lead to one conclusion:?Shirvani's brief tenure as chancellor has been an utter failure, and it's time to move on. Hamid Shirvani must resign from his position as chancellor of the North Dakota University System, or be fired.


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Sagaponack Beach House
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The Technicolor Adventures of Catalina Neon
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The Library of Congress Literacy Awards recognize and support organizations and institutions in the United States and abroad that have made significant contributions to combating illiteracy. The Literacy Awards program was established in 2013 and is administered by the Library's Center for the Book. The Library of Congress Literacy Awards program is made possible through the generosity of David M. Rubenstein, a major donor to Library of Congress programs, including its annual National Book Festival.
The 2016 application period is now open. The deadline is March 31.
National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Gene Luen Yang is the fifth writer to hold this position, which is co-sponsored by the Library of Congress, the Children's Book Council and the Every Child a Reader foundation. He was born and raised in California and is the son of Chinese immigrants. Yang's theme is "Reading Without Walls."
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$150 entry fee. Great set of active owners. Start a big lineup each week. c, 1b, 2b, ss, 3b, 4 of, dh, mi, ci. 5 sp, 4 rp. 7 backups for 28 man rosters. 6 keepers from year to year. Keepers either have to be previous keepers or guys drafted in the 8th rd or later of the previous years draft.
Have a team crapping out. Timmy's Drunken Batsmen. Need an owner. Here are the keeper options below. Some good ones, highlited by an elite trio of young infielders in Kinsler, Hardy, and Longoria.
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Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday announced the technology that promises to marry performance of standalone graphics processing units (GPUs) with low power consumption of integrated graphics processors (IGPs) seamlessly to the end-user.
"Consumers no longer have to choose whether they want great graphics performance or sustained battery life. Nvidia Optimus gives them both – great performance, great battery life and it simply works," said Rene Haas, general manager of notebook products at Nvidia.
Nvidia Optimus is a combination of hardware and software means that detect instant requirements towards graphics processing horsepower and assigns either IGP or GPU to perform the task. Technically, an Nvidia GeForce graphics chip is plugged to Intel's central processing unit with integrated graphics core via PCI Express bus, special Optimus arbiter software constantly monitors which applications are launched by the user, which resources they demand and, based on the special database, enables or disables GPU. When playing 3D games, running high-definition videos, or using GPU compute applications the discrete GPU is utilized, but when using basic applications, like web surfing or email, the integrated graphics processor is used. The result is long lasting battery life without sacrificing great graphics performance.
"Optimus is switchable graphics done right. No toggles, no reboots, no thinking. Finally, there is an optimized notebook solution that painlessly gives notebook users both the performance they want and the battery life they need," said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group.
When switching to GPU, Optimus transfers the display surface from the GPU frame buffer over the PCI Express bus to the system memory-based frame buffer used by the IGP. Nvidia claims that Optimus Copy Engine performs the display transfer without negatively impacting 3D performance. At present Optimus Copy Engine is supported by the company's chips made using 40nm process technology, including GeForce 200M and GeForce 300M, in future it will be features on the next-gen GeForce 400M as well as next-generation Ion.
Nvidia Optimus is largely based on software and determines software that is included into a special automatically updated data base that Nvidia promises to constantly update via the Internet. As a result, even new programs should be supported by notebooks featuring Optimus technology. In case certain software is not supported, end-users can create their own profile that determines whether discrete of integrated graphics core is used.
Unlike in case of various switchable graphics technology, Nvidia Optimus works seamlessly to the end-user and does not require manual switching or rebooting thanks to Windows 7's WDDM 1.1, which allows to install two display drivers at the same time.
Since Nvidia cannot control Intel's IGP, whenever the GPU is used, the integrated graphics also functions and consumes energy. Still, Nvidia claims that the overdraw power is not very high. Moreover, hardly anyone would play a video game knowing that he or she should preserve battery life.
"The genius of Nvidia Optimus is in its simplicity. One can surf the web and get great battery life and when one needs the extra horsepower for applications like Adobe Flash 10.1, Optimus automatically switches to the more powerful Nvidia GPU," said Jon Peddie, the president of Jon Peddie Research.
Notebooks with Nvidia Optimus technology will be available shortly, starting with the Asus UL50Vf, N61Jv, N71Jv, N82Jv and U30Jc notebooks. By Summer 2009 there will be 50 Nvidia Optimus-enabled notebooks available, the company promised.
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The Institute works on fundamental biological issues that are of long-term medical significance. One main area of research is neurophysiology: What are the changes in the brain that underlie processes like learning and remembering? What does the three-dimensional circuit diagram of the billions of nerve cells in the brain look like? How can the processes in nerve cells in the living brain be made visible through new microscopic methods? The scientists also work to understand how perceptions of odours are stored in the brain, and how networks are formed which are capable of adapting to stress. A second main area of research at the Institute concerns the complex chemical reactions in living cells. These are performed by enzymes, and the research aims to determine the atomic structure of important enzyme molecules.
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The European Commission has approved under the EU merger regulation the proposed acquisition of hardware and software vendor Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corp., both based in the USA. After an in-depth examination, launched in September 2009, the commission concluded that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition in the European Economic Area (EEA) or any substantial part of it.
"I am now satisfied that competition and innovation will be preserved on all the markets concerned. Oracle's acquisition of Sun has the potential to revitalise important assets and create new and innovative products," said Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes
The commission's in-depth investigation, opened on 3 September 2009 assessed whether the acquisition of the world's leading open source database MySQL by Oracle, the leading proprietary database vendor, would lead to a significant impediment of effective competition within the EEA. The database market is highly concentrated with the three main proprietary database vendors – Oracle, IBM and Microsoft – accounting for approximately 85% of the market in terms of revenue.
Although Sun's share of the database market in terms of revenue is low, as users of MySQL can download and use the database for free, given its open source nature, the commission's investigation confirmed MySQL's position as the leading open source database. The commission's investigation therefore focused on the nature and extent of the competitive constraint that MySQL currently exerts on Oracle and whether this would be affected by the proposed transaction.
The commission's in-depth investigation showed that although MySQL and Oracle compete in certain parts of the database market, they are not close competitors in others, such as the high-end segment.
Given the open source nature of MySQL, the commission also assessed Oracle's ability and incentive to remove the constraint exerted by MySQL after the merger and the extent to which this constraint could, if necessary, be replaced by other actors on the database market.
The commission's investigation showed that another open source database, PostgreSQL, is considered by many database users to be a credible alternative to MySQL and could be expected to replace to some extent the competitive force currently exerted by MySQL on the database market. The EC also took into account Oracle's public announcement of 14 December 2009 of a series of pledges to customers, users and developers of MySQL concerning issues such as the continued release of future versions of MySQL under the GPL (general public license) open source license.
The commission also examined the potential impact of Oracle's acquisition of the intellectual property (IP) rights connected to the Java development platform in the context of the proposed transaction. It found that Oracle's ability to deny its competitors access to important IP rights would be limited by the functioning of the Java Community Process (JCP) which is a participative process for developing and revising Java technology specifications involving numerous other important players in the IT industry, including Oracle's competitors. The commission also found that Oracle would not have the incentives to restrict its competitors' access to the Java IP rights as this would jeopardise the gains derived from broad adoption of the Java platform and therefore the proposed transaction would raise no competition concerns in respect of the licensing of IP rights connected with Java.
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Being Muslim
In the name of Allah (God), the compassionate and the merciful.
Dear editor, I'm writing you this letter to explain many things about being a Muslim.
I was as shocked as anyone here in U.S. about what happened this week in Boston. I couldn't believe the news that again some Muslims acted selfishly and did such a crime. I felt sick and sad and upset that those two people with their twisted minds and radical ideas decided to take someone's life in the name of Islam.
"If anyone killed a person not in retaliation of murder, or (and) to spread mischief in the land – it would be as if he killed all mankind, and if anyone saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of all mankind." – Quran 5:32
It hurt to see a little kid, just watching the marathon with his mom and sister, get killed. It hurt to see a grown man suddenly lose his legs, to see fear in every human soul trying to run away and stay alive, and everyone having the same thought: Muslim terrorists again. For me, being a Muslim, I said, "This is wrong." It's time for me to take a stand and come to you and try to clear Islam from all these accusations.
One day my boss asked me, if I did jihad, will I get the seven virgins. I said, "It depends what jihad you are talking about." So let me tell you what jihad is really about: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings upon him) said, "The greatest jihad is jihad of Al nafs (soul)," meaning to fight the temptations and desires within and try to focus on being a good person in front of your God and your people. The Prophet also said, "One of the greatest jihads is taking care of your parents." He NEVER said go kill little babies with their moms, or to bomb people in the street. One of the prophet's commandments is, "Fight who is fighting you, fight who is attempting to harm you or your family, do not kill old men, do not kill kids, do not cut a tree, do not kill someone worshipping."
Islam teaches us how to be nice to others and how to be respectful to other religions. Sometimes it is good to disagree with each other because it gives us opportunities to know more about each other, but again, in a PEACEFUL way. You have your religion, and I have mine. It is your choice to be bad or good. The only thing I will do is teach you and invite you to Islam, but it is your choice to be Muslim or not.
Being a Muslim is about how grateful you are and appreciating the life, the wealth, the health, the family that Allah (God) gives you. Being a Muslim is about following Allah's (God's) rules and surrendering yourself to Him and the destiny He made for you. Being a Muslim follows the right path and sets a good example of a human being, kind, sweet, understanding, generous, loving and appreciating. We have five pillars that we live by:
1. Shahada – There is no God but God, and Muhammad is his messenger.
2. Salah – prayer five times a day
3. Zakkat – giving charity
4. Sawn – fasting
5. Hajj – the pilgrimage to Mecca.
These five pillars indicate the Muslim life, and as you see, they are all about worshipping God, believing in Him, praying for Him, giving charity, taking refuge in Him – this is Islam. Our teaching is about life but not this life, but how to prepare yourself for the day you go to meet your God and what deeds you do, and did you play your part of being Muslim?
We believe when you work hard for your end, you deserve heaven, but if you sin and you sin, Allah is merciful and He is the one who will judge you. There is no reason or excuse, even if you are a sinner, to go kill innocents and then say, "I did that for Allah." Allah never asked for that; he made it clear in the Quran you can't kill innocent people.
Being part of this community for seven years, I think I changed a lot of thoughts about Muslims and Islam, and it is my duty to tell the truth and do the right thing. If I saw an injustice happen to another person, even a non-Muslim, I will take a stand against that. This is my second home, and I will do my best to be a good person and keep showing people how wonderful Islam is. Even when some don't agree with me, I will keep teaching, giving my time to anybody who wants to know what it is like being a Muslim.
Hicham Hamadi lives in Vermontville, married to Carla Hamadi.


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Hurons fade away
ROGERS CITY-The Rogers City girls basketball team learned an important lesson on Friday: every minute counts.
This lesson came at the hands of Newberry, which rode a 13-0 first quarter lead to a 43-29 victory on Friday.
This win came despite strong second and third quarters from the Hurons that saw them come within two points of taking the lead.
Rogers City head coach David O'Bryant commented on his team's history of slow starts.
"We play that way every time. We get down big at the beginning of every game and have to play catch up the rest of the game," he said.
The game started slow for both teams with no score until nearly three minutes into the game with a field goal from the Indians' Samantha Beaulieu.
The Hurons struggled to spark an effective offense. Players such as Logan Fleming and Brooklyn Idalski did a good job of getting the ball back from the Indians and driving it down the court but couldn't get shots to fall.
A big reason was the physicality that both teams played with during this game. Lots of players hit the floor during the game and one player for each team fouled out, Fleming for the Hurons and Darion Oberle for the Indians.
The Hurons struggled against the Indians rebound domination. Nearly every time the Hurons shot and missed, the Indians snatched the rebound, which made second and third chances rare for the Hurons.
A 13-0 deficit that early is always hard to fight back against but the Hurons seemed to come to life in the second quarter. Fleming scored the first basket of the quarter 30 seconds in to finally put the Hurons the scoreboard.
Fleming started to hit shots more frequently in the second quarter. She hit two free throws and two more baskets to help bring the Hurons closer to the Indians, 19-12. A basket by Streich with 50 seconds left in the half brought the game to a five point spread, the closest it would be in the half with Newberry ahead 21-16.
The third quarter continued the aggressive, physical play that had highlighted the first half. Oberle and Beaulieu each hit a free throw to put Newberry up by seven, but Brenna Hincka hit a shot to bring the lead back down to five.
This pattern continued throughout the third quarter as both teams struggled to mount successful offense. The highlight of the third quarter for the Hurons was a last-minute shot from Megan Quaine with 30 seconds left which helped keep the game to a six point spread at 29-23.
The Hurons' momentum continued in the fourth quarter as Fleming hit two baskets in under 20 seconds to bring the game to 29-27. Two missed free throws by Newberry's Marissa Rushford 30 seconds later left the game with seven minutes to go with a two-point spread.
Unfortunately for the Hurons, they were unable to mount a successful offensive push for nearly four minutes as Rogers City was unable to push past Newberry's defense.
This was true of the rest of the game as the Hurons seemed to collapse defensively and the Indians increased in offensive accuracy. Beaulieu hit two baskets and two free throws while Oberle hit two field goals before fouling out.
By the time Alexa Quaine hit Rogers City's last field goal of the night with 3:30 left on the clock, they were down 39-29. Although they continued to apply offensive pressure to the Indians, the Hurons were unable to convert and the Indians ultimately took the game.
O'Bryant commented on aspects of the game that contributed to his team's loss.
"We lost two of our starting players, our two big girls that snatch the rebounds. I don't know why the girls always start so slow but they just didn't come out and play tonight," he said.
This loss takes Rogers City to 1-5 overall and 0-3 in the Straits Area Conference. The Hurons host Alcona on Monday.
The Rogers City JV team also lost 44-16. The top scorer for Newberry was Kelsey Huffman with 15 while Ally Streich of Rogers City scored four.
Newberry (43): C. Canfield 3-0-0-6: M. Buckingham 1-3-4-5: E. Charbonneau 0-1-4-1: D. Oberle 6-1-2-13: A. Hinkson 2-0-0-4: S. Bealieu 5-4-6-14.
Rogers City (29): B. Idalski 2-1-1-5: C. Streich 2-0-2-4: M. Quaine 1-0-0-2: L. Fleming 5-2-6-12: N. LaLalonde 1-0-0-2: M. Hall 0-1-2-1: A. Quaine 1-0-0-2: C. Pugiel 0-1-4-1.


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I've been noticing that the kitchen is often full of people who are not signed up for a shift. I think for both security and for the effencicy of the kitchen this needs to stop ASAP.
The only people behind the counter should be those who are signed up to work that day / shift. Volunteers should not be back making their own food or drink.
Why: I notice often that there are 5 or 6 people in the kitchen and one customer waiting to be served for ages. This is probably because 1 person is in the kitchen just for a chat and another is in making her own coffee (and then leaving while a customer waits). I know service is not our strong suit but i do think a cut down on superlative people in the kitchen is one of the things that will help because, with less confusion and distraction, customers might be seen and served.
further, randoms regularly in the kitchen is a huge liability in terms of security (keys and cash). If volunteers wanna chat to mates they should do it outside the kitchen and return when they are ready to work. There are loads of people who will happily lean against the display fridge and chit-chat for ages leaving a queue of people stranded. in an effort to increase revenue, i think this perennial concern needs to be readdressed.
thoughts from KMs?


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Happy New Year! One of our resolutions is to communicate more regularly with our members, we will begin monthly newsletters. With regular topics and special bulletins, we will not clog your in box but hope to provide more information in a readily accessible manner. This month's note is longer than usual, but we have lots to share! The newsletter will be sent to members and also posted on the new Directors Desk tab on the front page of our website at www.gocaltech.com
Survey and Input
Watch for a members survey coming in the next month or so; please take time to complete it when it arrives. The last survey was in the spring of 2012 and this one builds on that information. We are open to and review community input continuously and work hard to balance that with our professional experience and best practices as we operate our program.
Facility Updates.
Women's Braun Locker room is now reopened, renovated and looking good; thanks to everyone for their patience and adaptability! In the women's locker room, the shower room has been renovated with new piping, privacy stalls, a new counter and mirror, replaced safe outlets, tile deep cleaned and privacy doors constructed to allow students and adult members separate spaces. Adults will be asked to find a locker in the main room, while student athletes will relocated to the smaller room. While not yet an approved project, we are beginning the planning for the phased replacement of lockers in both men's and women's locker rooms for the near future. (We will start with Braun men's locker room!)
The projects we are working on include: resurfacing the tennis courts, deep renovation of the south field turf, creating a climbing wall in the Brown gym and outdoor fitness trail and exercise clusters, more pool shade and replacement of equipment.
Group Fitness Classes. As you may be aware, we changed our group class format last fall to a 10 week module format. This allows us to review class offerings more frequently and potential change our offering based on feedback from instructors and participants. (One of the most important fitness training concepts is the concept of variety of stimuli) The reconfiguration allowed us to move from offering 28 classes per week to offering 34. Two of the recent additions aqua aerobics and group cycle are well received. We anticipate growing the size of the group cycle classes with the purchase of more bikes! Please always start by seeing Heather with questions.
Summer Programming
Shortly you will see posted our summer programming flyer: swim lessons, summer camps, softball league, group fitness modules and more. We will send it via the next newsletter, and make it available at the front desk. We are planning ahead and have lots of good activities on tap.
Health, Wellness and Fitness educational series
Please watch for announcements about our monthly bonus health, wellness and fitness programming. We will begin a series of educational outreach programs to which you are invited and encouraged.
Student programs.
This is the very busy season with intercollegiate competitions, 12 of our 17 sports are in season so the time slot between 4-6:30 is very busy with intercollegiate practices. Thank you for your patience and possible schedule changes as we support the under grads in their teams. Fencing, both basketball and both swimming teams have all achieved team victories this winter and are showing tremendous momentum. Women's tennis won their opener last week, men's tennis defeated 4-5 after an epic battle, track opens the 2014 campaign this weekend with the Caltech all comers meet, and baseball home opener is Sunday February 9 at 11am. Schedules available online now at www.gocaltech.com. The students appreciate your coming and watching them play very much, even if just on your way in or out. Go Beavers and Thank you!
We recognize that there are conflicts inherent in a busy community of users when everyone has the same window for exercise, either at the lunch or later afternoon window of time. We are working to minimize those conflicts through creative scheduling, thorough communication and sharing facilities when possible. Some of our area's lend themselves to that more than others. Please know the head coaches are open to being flexible however need access to their classrooms and focus for their athletes the same as any other endeavor. We are working on a few ideas in this regard and will keep you posted if possibilities arise.
Additionally our inter house, intramural programs and graduate student leagues are up and running for the entire student body. These competitions usually happen in the early evening, just after dinner, prior to homework. Leagues take place in a wide range of sports, two nights a week between the undergraduate resident houses.
Inaugural Hall of Honor
We are proud to announce the inaugural Caltech Athletic Hall of Honor to recognize and celebrate intercollegiate athletic excellence. There is such a rich history and tradition here that we have created an annual process to recognize that excellence in our student population. The website has all the information at http://gocaltech.com/information/HallOfHonor/CaltechHOH . Please take a look and contribute to the nominations or reflections as we begin to capture our rich history and honor its excellence.
Staff Updates
Tia Lillie left our staff in November, Tia and her family relocated to Stanford where she is the Assistant Director of Physical Education, which most closely aligns with her career goals and interests. We wish her well. Building staff member Ryan Southern has shifted gears and departments as of the first of the year and you may now see him on around as a member of the security team. Please join us in welcoming Carmen Luna to our building staff in the full time slot and Aaron Lynch in a part time slot. Our building staff are here for your safety and the supervision of the building as well as to assist your recreation needs. Thank you for your understanding as they work hard to keep the building in great shape as well as be responsive to each of you. Tom Gardner starts in February as our new volleyball coach and physical education instructor, please welcome Tom.
Go Beavers!
Betsy Mitchell
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The Nov. 29 issue of the Homer News' Seawatch column reported on some of the issues the commercial fishing fleet is having with the new NMFS Observer Program. I appreciate Cristy Fry showcasing our concerns. I'd like to clarify that I fully support the development of an Electronic Monitoring System as an integral part of the NMFS Program.
As a member of North Pacific Fisheries Association, I have worked with Saltwater Inc. through a NFWF grant to develop a suitable system. While we have had predictable setbacks of a pilot program we have made considerable progress in advancing the technology.
I fully support an expanded observer program and look forward to working with NMFS and Saltwater Inc. to mold a system that will be a global example of modern fisheries management.
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Topic: Currency, and foreign keys
Hi All,
I'm still learning my way around Rails, & spent this evening creating my data models, & learning how to use migrations. As a result of this I have a couple of questions, one pertaining to currency, the other to foreign keys.
Hopefully someone here will have the time & patience to answer them :-)
Firstly, currency values - what type should I be using to store them? I was thinking of using decimal, but it turns out that I can't do that, because migration doesn't support decimal:
-- add_column(:roles, :billing_period_cost, :decimal)
rake aborted!
You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
You might have expected an instance of Array.
The error occured while evaluating nil.
So, I'm using integer at the moment (storing the number of cents), but that's not ideal, as I'll have to translate the user input (in the form "123.45") to cents (12345) at every point.
Secondly, foreign keys. I have a Payment model, which contains a category_id column that identifies a Category. In the models, I have:
class Payment < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :category
class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :user
has_many :payments
However, the UI created by Rails doesn't show the Category in the Payment. If for example I navigate to /payment/new, I see all of my fields in the new Payment, except for category_id.
Am I missing something here? Do I need to manually code the category integration in the views for new, show, list, etc.? Or do I need to take some other step to notify Rails that there's a relationship between the two tables?
TIA for any advice.
Duncan Bayne
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Fate of Dakota after War of 1862 researched
NEW ULM – A Martin Luther College Professor Emeritus and author discussed the forced relocation of the Dakota and other tribes after the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 and compared how the U.S. and Canadian governments dealt with them Thursday night at the New Ulm Public Library.
"This is a very special topic with very little written about what happened to Indians after the war," said Dr. John Isch of New Ulm. "Some of the best knowledge comes from Native American 'Grandma' stories, a couple anthropologists who studied the subject and recorded their findings at the University of South Dakota, and a priest who wrote about it."
In an effort to find answers himself, Isch went to Iowa, the Dakotas and southern Canada where he examined historical sites and interviewed Indians.
Ideas on where to send the Dakota after the War of 1862 included Devils Lake, N.D., as suggested by Gen. Sibley; Fort Jefferson, Fla. (near Key West), and Isle Royal, off Minnesota's north shore of Lake Superior, Isch said.
"In the first year after the war, 257 Dakota held in a Mankato stockade plus 20 caretakers including missionaries and priests, worshipped with them and helped them write letters to family members," Isch said.
He said another 1,800 Dakota held at Fort Snelling – 40 men and 1,660 women and children including 200 of mixed blood – suffered greatly from measles, pneumonia and other epidemics that took the lives of 200 people. Most of the dead were buried in St. Cornelia Episcopal Church cemetery on the Lower Sioux Reservation near Morton.
Isch said 130 whites, including 57 children and 23 war widows, some from New Ulm and Milford, died from various illnesses shortly after the war.
"Terrible things happened in the war to people on both sides, including many children that suffered," Isch said. "A small number of Native Americans settled in the Twin Cities, some of them living long lives. Episcopalian Bishop Henry Whipple protected 65 Dakota in Faribault."
Several hundred Dakota rode boats from St. Paul to Davenport, Iowa, where they lived in an Army training post, eating meat and shelled corn. In 1866, they were pardoned by the U.S. government and rode boats again to the Crow Creek Reservation, near Chamberlain, S.D., Isch said.
He visited an Indian boarding school for abandoned children in Chamberlain that appeared to be teaching Native American culture and history to needy youth.
"There are many stories of Indians losing their culture and being treated badly in many other ways but I wouldn't say all boarding schools are bad," Isch said.
According to Isch, the Canadian government was sympathetic to displaced Indians and offered them places to live, but feared the wrath of the U.S. government. The Canadian government did not stop covert U.S. government agents from drugging and kidnapping two prominent Indians, Medicine Bottle and Shakopee, and taking them to Fort Snelling where they were hanged. Their bodies were later dug up in the night and shipped to the East Coast for medical research, according to a St. Paul newspaper story.
Isch said the Knights of the Black Forest was a secret society that began in Mankato in 1862 and continued until 1865. The organization's mission was to drive all Indians out of Minnesota with bloodhounds. He said the blood hounds were never used in Brown County after it was discovered the dogs were not useful in finding dislocated Indians.
Isch said small numbers of more traditional Dakota who never surrendered to the U.S. government, settled on smaller reservations in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, where there were no settlers driving them off their land.
"There is less Indian bitterness toward the U.S. government in Canada," Isch said. "Perhaps partly because the Canadian government doesn't interfere with their lives as much as the U.S. government does here."
Isch said the U.S. government granted Indians U.S. citizenship in 1924, but by then, most of them didn't want it, preferring to be part of their own nation. He said there are 771 recognized Indian tribes in the U.S.


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Don't Let Thieves in Through Your Web Apps
SQL injection continues to be one of the primary methods by which attackers exploit vulnerable Web applications and gain access to critical corporate databases. These attacks strike various types of infrastructures and software platforms; sometimes they are launched from inside the corporate network, but more typically external attackers use globally accessible Web applications as entry points. In March, for example, hundreds of thousands of sites were compromised by a SQL injection worm. What all these attacks have in common is that they rely on structured data, stored in a relational database in a multitier application structure.
This is the menace of SQL injection; the first step to countering the threat is to understand it. In this report, we explain how attackers use this ubiquitous method to exploit Web applications—in some cases, even when they don't know the nature of the vulnerabilities they are exploiting. We also demonstrate some basic ways to protect your apps and critical business databases against SQL injection.
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Every Wednesday,Friday and Saturdays during the summer months Ashland Park and Recreation offers free guided tours through beautiful Lithia Park,
Starting at 10am the walks last about an hour and a half. All ages are welcome to stroll through the park and learn about the flowers,trees,water,geology and history of this famous park.
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Former Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman, a Catholic and the first African-American to hold the position, told an Atlanta audience recently that she took a risk for her faith when, as a 15-year-old, she challenged the bishop in her native Mobile, Ala., to end the segregation policies of the city's Catholic schools. The Georgia Bulletin recounts her fascinating story of how her expulsion from school for daring to confront racism galvanized a community and led to the integration of Catholic education in the diocese.
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Don't be fooled
The Humane Society of the United States is currently circulating petitions that are intended to circumvent legislative action which placed wolves on the list of game animals in Michigan.
Do not be fooled into signing a petition. First of all, this is an action by a national organization to control Michigan policy.
HSUS is not what most people think it is. HSUS does not operate your local animal shelter nor do they contribute to what your local groups accomplish.
HSUS has millions of dollars which it receives by deceiving you. It spends very little on animal welfare and a great deal to the people who run the organization and millions more to sue governments and to actively pursue activities to disrupt policy.
Americans by nature are a generous and giving people. It is this very nature that devious groups like HSUS rely on to dupe individuals and get their money.
HSUS does not operate animal shelters or look out for their welfare. The fact is that they have euthanized animals and deposited the bodies in dumps and garbage cans. That is the way they "care" for animals.
Their present director is a professional in this field. He comes to HSUS from the Defenders of Wildlife, a somewhat radical environmental group. Many of those circulation petitions are not volunteers but in fact are being paid by a deep-pocketed organization.
The HSUS would like you to believe that a wolf is a very intelligent, almost human animal who spends its time seeking out the sick and weak individuals in their prey groups and actively seek to balance the populations of their prey. Truth is wolves are predators. They are carnivores. They eat meat and are not particular where the meal comes from.
They are opportunistic feeders and will kill for pleasure and to instruct their young in the art. They are territorial pack animals with a strong sense of dominance in protecting their turf.
Dogs and pets who cross their path are attacked and destroyed. Cattle, sheep and other domestic stock are easy victims and are preyed on commonly. Wolves carry many diseases including rabies, mange, and internal and external parasites and diseases which can be passed to other animals and in some cases humans. There are those who glamorize wolves who know little about the true nature of the animal.
The fact is that wolves are at the top of the food chain in their ecosystem and other than humans there are no controls to the population. Without population control they will destroy their food sources and move on to other sources of food be it your pet, your domestic animals, and maybe you.
The HSUS would have you believe that this effort to control wolf populations is a trophy hunt. This is blatantly untrue. The state of Michigan will not be wide open for wolf hunting and trapping. Michigan has a good wolf management plan which is being updated as this is being written.
The seven to eight hundred wolves are not evenly distributed in the state and the only areas that will be targeted will be those with oversized populations with histories of wolf-human conflict. If you live in an area without wolves or very few it may be hard to understand that control is necessary, but don't let your lack of knowledge guide you.
HSUS and their allies are not telling it like it is.
Let the Michigan Department of Natural Resources manage all wildlife with sound scientific management. Let them and not some out of state group with a radical agenda influence you. Don't sign their petition and let the professionals manage Michigan's resources.
Tony Demboski
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It's been a while since we've posted, because we're ramping up to launch our new website!
That's right, www.craftemergency.org and www.studioprotector.org will become one new mega-site.
What changes will you see?
Stay tuned for more updates!
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Craig Nutt attends a the National VOAD Conference in Kansas City and is treated to a tornado warning. Find out what a VOAD is (hint: not a garden pest), what kind of jokes are told at a VOAD conference, and more about the people who will come to help you if you are ever in a disaster.
Astronaut Cady Coleman said she wasn't looking forward to giving up her angelic view of Earth from the International Space Station. She is coming back to a country recovering from a record outbreak of tornadoes, and flooding and other disasters that took place while she was in space. In this blog Craig Nutt continues his observations from a recent trip to tornado-ravaged Alabama.
I have to admit that the onslaught of disasters this year, along with the destruction I saw in Alabama, makes our efforts seem insignificant compared to of the power of nature. But, I have also seen the determination of people to put their lives and careers back together, and the value of knowing what to do after an emergency, evidenced by the countless VOADs that were on the ground in Tuscaloosa, each carving out a little piece of recovery.
Last week, I finally made it back to my old home, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, about two weeks after the deadly tornadoes that struck on April 27, leaving 41 dead in Tuscaloosa County, 238 dead statewide, and another 100 dead across the Southeast. I spent two days visiting artists and friends who were impacted by the tornadoes.
It seems like the country is consumed by disasters. If you haven't been blown away, chances are pretty good that you are under water or on fire. I think everyone in a declared disaster zone is aware of assistance available through the Red Cross, FEMA, and the SBA. There are some tips for getting help from the major national relief providers here on the Studio Protector site.
But, you may not know that a number of arts organizations and funders have been working together as the National Coalition for Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response for several years to try to build a better safety net for artists. This effort is in its infancy, but great strides have been made, including the Studio Protector, The Artist's Guide to Emergencies. Among the immediate benefits has been better channels of communications among organizations. We have been in touch with a number of our Coalition partners, and they want you to know that help is available.
From what I can tell from talking with friends in Tuscaloosa, everyone who can lay hands on one is wielding a chainsaw. Oxford American, the magazine of Southern writing, music, and culture sent filmmaker Dave Anderson to Tuscaloosa the day after the tornadoes hit, and they just released this film: Chainsaw Samaritans. Seeing this film reminded me of my first visit to the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans a few months after Katrina - something that rearranged my neural circuitry for life. The difference is that this is landscape I should know by heart. But now it is nearly devoid of recognizable landmarks. The only place in the film I could recognize (I think) is Forest Lake, where the image in the previous blog post was taken.
It has been an emotionally exhausting week since tornadoes cut a path through much of the Deep South on April 27th. While I was working away under a tornado watch here in Tennessee, I was unaware that a tornado was cutting a mile-wide swath out of my home town of 30 years, Tuscaloosa, AL and through my sister-in-law's backyard in Fultondale (north of Birmingham) over 60 miles away.
I have been putting off doing a studio inventory for a long time, so I was strangely relieved when it became apparent that I really had to deal with it. I found that the whole process was relatively easy and painless using a spreadsheet and a digital camera. There are several good reasons to do a studio inventory. My immediate reason was
I know most of us would just as soon have a root canal as to shop for business insurance, but sometimes we just have to muster up our courage and climb into the chair. I got a notice this spring that my business insurance was being dropped by the policy underwriter. This was not because of anything I did or didn't do,
Nashville may lack a cohesive gallery district like New York's Chelsea, or Canyon Road in Santa Fe, but that does not mean that the arts scene here is lacking in cohesion and creativity. A recent benefit for Finer Things Gallery, located above Rusty Wolfe's floded studio (reported in earlier blog posts) and run by Rusty's wife Kim Brooks is evidence that the creative community here pulls together.
We had planned before the flood to meet friends at the Nashville Jazz Workshop on Friday night, and since the venue was on high ground, and accessible, the show went on - but the door went to flood relief. Despite the well-publicized loss of musical instruments in the SoundCheck building, music goes on in the Music City, and benefit concerts are springing up all over.
It rained for 40 days and 40 nights, all in two days here in Middle Tennessee. I live just west of Nashville, and if you ever needed evidence that a disaster can occur anywhere, this is it. A weather front stalled here last weekend and dumped over 14 inches of rain in two days. Flooding occurred in the predictable places, along the larger rivers, but also in areas that no one expected to flood.
I make furniture (you can see my work at www.craignutt.com) and I have been good about documenting my work with professional photography over the past thirty-five years. Since most of my work has been sold, what I have left is photographs, mostly 4x5 transparencies, negatives, and slides (along with digital images). If I had a fire, flood, or tornado, this documentation would be difficult, expensive, or impossible to replace. In addition, it would hinder my ability to respond to requests for images from magazines, clients, or for shows. My business insurance would cover some of the monetary value, but the loss of my images would be devastating. So, in my efforts to disaster-harden my career, I focused on my images first.
Kingston Springs, TN - A while back we had thunderstorms here in Middle Tennessee. We needed the rain, so I was enjoying the storm until there was a nearby lightening strike and a bright flash of light, like one of those old blue dot flashbulbs, popped beside my desk. I was 15 feet away at my drawing board, but it scared the s%$# out of me!


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This index would eliminate the fiction that environmental indicators are separate from our economy.of the economy — such as GDP, consumer prices, payroll numbers, housing starts, exchange rates, and interest rates — to inform their planning and investment decisions. This GCCI would eliminate the fiction that environmental indicators are ancillary or separate from our economy, and instead treat it as a core measure. In fact, as global warming intensifies, climate change is unfortunately going to impinge much more directly on business decisions, and smart executives are going to have little choice but to enhance their scientific literacy.
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New York Power Authority's Wildlife Festival 2003 is on Agenda for Project ChildSafe Nationwide Tour
LEWISTON—Using a mobile classroom truck, the Project ChildSafe Firearm Safety Education program will bring its Safety Tour through the Empire State promoting firearm safety and distributing free gun locks during a visit to the Wildlife Festival this year.
This popular festival, sponsored by the New York Power Authority, is co-sponsored by the Niagara County Federation of Conservation Clubs in recognition of National Hunting and Fishing Day. The free family fun event will take place at the Power Authority's Niagara Power Project's Power Vista as well as the grounds surrounding the visitor's center at 5777 Lewiston Rd., Lewiston, on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 27-28 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Project ChildSafe is a nationwide program whose purpose is to promote safe firearms handling and storage practices among all firearms owners through the distribution of key safety education messages and free gun locking devices. It is an expansion of the Project HomeSafe program developed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) and is supported by a U.S. Department of Justice grant. It is a component of Project Safe Neighborhoods, the nationwide commitment to reduce gun crime to create safer neighborhoods. Project ChildSafe joins with governmental officials, community leaders and law enforcement members to distribute free storage locks for firearms in the home. The allotment of locks to be distributed in New York State is 750,000 for September and October in various communities throughout the state. For further information about the ChildSafe Program visit www.childsafe.org.
"The distribution of gun locks as well as the safety education program, is a wonderful addition to this year's festival", said Greg Tessmann, President of the Niagara County Federation of Conservation Clubs. "This is an outstanding opportunity to educate people how to safely handle and store their firearms".
The Niagara River Anglers real-life fishing pond is returning to the line up of exhibitors this year. Here kids will learn the techniques of fishing and the thrill of catching the "big one". Representatives from the Niagara Muskie Assoc. and Niagara County Sportfishing will also be on hand with information about fishing in the Niagara's waterways.
Paul Schnell from the Institute for Environmental Learning will appear with "Liberty" the Bald Eagle. Also presenting live birds of prey and mammal workshops will be representatives from Hawk Creek Wildlife Center. Founded in 1987, Hawk Creek is the largest outreach educational facility in New York State, reaching 250,000 individuals annually. Wild Spirit Rehabilitation and Release Center will demonstrate the flying ability of various types of hawks twice daily.
Monkey Business's Primate Sanctuary will present information on new and old world monkeys. This is an opportunity to learn about primates and their habitats from Carmen Presti of the Primate Sanctuary. Western New Yorkers are familiar with the Sanctuary's chimpanzees "Charlie and Kiko" who are best known for appearances on Animal Planet, Amazing Animals, Ripley's Believe It or Not and FOX Sports. Appearing at this year's festival will be a Japanese Snow Macaque, a Lion Tail Macaque, both endangered primates, as well as a Capuchin and a Spider Monkey.
Making a return appearance again this year, is the ever popular Jeff Musial with Nickel City Reptiles and Exotics. Jeff's enthusiastic style will entertain audiences on a variety of reptiles that include some of nature's most misunderstood marvels. Wild Encounters founder Jarod Miller will introduce festival goers to a mix of wild creatures from every corner of the globe. Jarod Miller is best known for appearances on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show as well as Jack Hanna's Animal Adventures and PBS's Zaboomafoo.
Opportunities to learn more about hawks, birds of the Niagara Region, turtles and other marine life will be presented by representatives from New York State Parks Interpretive Programs and the Aquarium of Niagara.
Deputy James Hildreth, Niagara County Sheriff's Dept. and German shepherd "Ciro," will discuss drug awareness and safety along with the K-9 abilities of this talented law enforcement dog. Other programs on our four-legged friends will be presented by Buffalo Greyhound Adoption Group and Canine Helpers for the Handicapped.
Back by popular demand is educator Dr. "B" Suited for Science. On Saturday see him suited as a larger-than-life Giant Garden Spider as he tells his story about creating webs and gathering food. Hands-on activities will allow children to learn more about spiders of all kinds. On Sunday Dr. "B" returns as a Little Gray Bat. Audiences can learn about where bats live as well as what they eat. Also on Sunday will be an appearance by the Buffalo Zoomobile where visitors will have the opportunity to get up close to rare live animals and their habitats.
"Last year, 15,000 people visited the Wildlife Festival over the two-day period", said Lori Presti, Event Coordinator. "The success of this event was beyond anyone's 'wildest' imagination and we are looking forward to the opportunity to expand festival-goers knowledge of the outdoors and the world of nature that surrounds us in the Niagara Region".
Hands-on archery demonstrations will be provided by New York State Crossbow Hunters Assoc., and Middleport Rod and Gun Club. Club members will also demonstrate how and where soldiers from the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War Era traveled and what they carried in their packs.
Safari Club International is donating blue bird house kits and will be on hand both days to assist children in building their own bird houses to attract New York State's official bird. On Saturday, create a wildflower sculpture with artist Kim Congi.
Also on Saturday, register for the National Wild Turkey Federation sanctioned turkey calling competition for kids and adults sponsored by the Niagara Falls Thundering Toms between noon and 1:30 p.m. Competition begins promptly at 2 p.m. in the lower level of the Power Vista. Calling divisions include poults ages 2-9, junior ages 10-15, amateur, resident and open. Other divisions include friction and owl. Arnie Jonathan, Quaker Boy Pro Staff, will teach a Basic Turkey Calling and Safety Techniques workshop at 11 a.m.
Participate in a "Wild Scavenger Hunt" throughout the Power Vista with the 4-H Clubs of Niagara and design your very own edible art with Sandy Candy "The Tart Art You Can Eat". The Niagara Frontier Wildlife Habitat Council will exhibit live and dried plants as well as colorful bird cutouts to demonstrate the variety of species that are found in our region and Niagara Falls Historian and author Paul Gromosiak will participate in Sunday's event to explain the natural history of the falls from the ice age to the present time.
Other organizations affiliated with Niagara County Federation of Conservation Clubs that will provide hunting, conservation and environmental information throughout the weekend are: Iroquois Arms, LaSalle Sportsmen's Club, Middleport Rod & Gun Club, Niagara County Conservation Council, Niagara County Gobblers Chapt. of N.W.T.F., Niagara County Trappers, Niagara County Sportsmen's Assoc., Niagara Falls Thundering Toms, Niagara Orleans Friends of the NRA, NYS Crossbow Assoc., NYS Hunter Education Program, Pheasant's Forever, Pioneer Conservation Sportsmen of Niagara, S.C.O.P.E., and Wilson Conservation Club Auxiliary.
Art students from Niagara Falls High School will provide face painting between noon and 4 p.m. and Buffalo Bisons Baseball mascot Buster Bison will be on hand between noon and 1 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday.
Explore and discover conservation and environmental activities along with numerous "wild adventures" throughout the weekend to create wildlife memories to last a lifetime!
Refreshments will be provided by the Niagara Police Athletic League and the Lewiston-Porter Sports Boosters.
For more information call 286-6661, 1-866-NYPA-FUN or visit www.nypa.gov.


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Alleged Miss Teen USA 'sextorter' forced victims to strip, complaint says
The 19-year-old Temecula man charged with "sextorting" newly crowned Miss Teen USA and several other young women allegedly told FBI agents that he used 30 to 40 computers to carry out his crimes.
According to a criminal complaint and court affidavit, Jared James Abrahams hijacked webcams to capture naked images of the women and then blackmailed them for more. He allegedly forced an Irish girl and a Canadian woman to disrobe for him, a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday said.
Abrahams, who has been charged with cybercrimes for allegedly hacking into the victims' accounts and extorting them, was taken into custody Thursday morning. Among his victims was Miss Teen USA Cassidy Wolf, who went public with the effort to extort her.
The criminal complaint identifies at least seven victims by initials only — some of whom, including Wolf, he knew personally — and revealed that, once confronted, Abrahams admitted to his crimes in an interview with an FBI special agent.
Read the full LA Times article here.
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Warren man charged after injuring child
LAKEWOOD, N.Y. – A Warren man has been committed to Chautauqua County Jail following a physical altercation that sent a child to the hospital.
Police have charged William C. Hussey, 37, 1513 Pennsylvania Ave. W., for grabbing and twisting the arm and hand of an 11-year-old boy in a Fairmount Avenue parking lot at 3:45 p.m. Feb. 9.
Officers said he also grabbed the victim by the neck and threw a shoe at him, striking the child in the mouth, according to Lakewood-Busti police.
Hussey was charged with third-degree assault, criminal obstruction of breathing and endangering the welfare of a child.
The child was taken to Warren General Hospital by his mother, who notified Warren City Police of the incident. Officers then contacted Lakewood-Busti police.
According to Sgt. Paul Gustafson, investigator for the Lakewood-Busti Police Department, the child received a possible hairline fracture to a right finger. The child also had a bloody lip and scratches to his neck. The injuries were not considered serious, according to police, and the child was released from the hospital.
An investigation led to a warrant being issued for Hussey's arrest; he turned himself into police on Thursday.
No further information on the incident was available Thursday.
"It's obviously very upsetting as a law enforcement representative, as well as a parent, to investigate incidents involving the injury to a child, in particular during a domestic dispute of this nature," Gustafson said. "This type of situation should never occur and is senseless and very unfortunate."
Hussey was arraigned Thursday in Busti Court and was committed to Chautauqua County Jail.


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Panasonic, China Telecom Satellite Partner for In-flight Connectivity
Panasonic Avionics and China Telecom Satellite Communications Limited signed a definitive agreement to develop in-flight connectivity solutions for Chinese airlines. The agreement will provide 39 Panasonic customer airlines flying into and over China with in-flight broadband connectivity and will launch a teleport run by China Telecom Satellite in Beijing to service Panasonic's aeronautical broadband service.
Panasonic's eXConnect system uses a Ku-band aeronautical satellite network to provide the broadband, for use limited to email and social media updates.
The two companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) six months ago and have now completed the cooperation agreement. The teleport commercial service and in-flight connectivity launch are pending the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology approvals.


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The pancreas is a long, flat, pear-shaped organ located behind the stomach. It makes digestive enzymes and hormones, including insulin. Chronic pancreatitis is a progressive inflammation of the pancreas marked by frequent acute attacks and risk of permanent organ damage.
Chronic pancreatitis results from prolonged injury, toxic exposure, autoimmune disease, or obstruction of the pancreas.
Chronic pancreatitis is more common in men. Other factors that may increase your risk of chronic pancreatitis include:
Personal health history, such as:
Conditions that obstruct the passageway from the pancreas to the small intestine include:
Chronic pancreatitis is a risk factor for developing pancreatic cancer.
Symptoms may be mild, but progressive. Chronic pancreatitis may cause:
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. The diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis is difficult. Symptoms are not specific early on in the course of the disease.
Your bodily fluids and waste products may be tested. This can be done with:
Images may be taken of your bodily structures. This can be done with:
The goals of treatment for chronic pancreatitis are to relieve pain and manage nutritional and metabolic problems.
Treatment may be started in a hospital until you are stabilized. Stabilization can be done with:
Your doctor may recommend:
You will be advised to stop drinking alcohol. This may require counseling or a rehabilitation program. Stopping your alcohol intake is the most important intervention in your treatment.
If you smoke, talk to your doctor about how you can successfully quit.
You may be advised to restrict the amount of fat in your diet. Pancreatic damage interferes with the body's ability to process fats. A registered dietitian can work with you and create a healthy meal plan.
Surgery may be needed in severe cases:
Aside from avoiding too much alcohol, there are no current guidelines to prevent chronic pancreatitis.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Pancreas Foundation
Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
Health Canada
Chronic pancreatitis. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated April 17, 2014. Accessed December 9, 2014.
Chronic pancreatitis. Tulane University School of Medicine website. Available at: http://tulane.edu/som/pancreas-biliary/diseases/chronic-pancreatitis.cfm. Accessed December 9, 2014.
Grant JP. Nutritional support in acute and chronic pancreatitis. Surg Clin North Am. 2011;91(4):805-820, viii.
Pancreatitis. National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases website. Available at: http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/pancreatitis. Updated August 16, 2012. Accessed December 9, 2014.
Singh VV, Toskes PP. Medical therapy for chronic pancreatitis pain. Curr Gastroenterol Rep. 2003; 5:110.
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