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Storni, Alfonsina
Alfonsina Storni 1892–-1938
(Also wrote under the pseudonym Tao-Lao) Argentine poet, playwright, and essayist.
Storni is considered one of the most prominent Latin-American women poets of the twentieth century. Inspired by her own personal experiences, Storni courageously wrote about the struggles of the individual woman in modern urban society, advocating equality for women and bemoaning the inadequacies of romantic relationships in a male-dominated society. Her subject matter focuses on themes of love and death, while the formal development of her work during the course of her career changed from traditional rhyme and meter to experimental forms of free verse. Storni achieved prominence as a writer in the 1920s, winning two of Argentina's most distinguished literary awards, and joining an elite circle of Latin-American writers in Buenos Aires. A revival of critical interest in her work arose during the 1970s, celebrating her feminist perspective and her place as an important figure in Latin-American literature.
Biographical Information
Storni was born of Italian-Swiss parents May 29, 1892, in Sala Capriasca, in the Italian region of Switzerland. The family relocated to San Juan, Argentina, in 1896, where her father owned and operated a brewery. After the brewery failed in 1900, Storni's father, suffering from depression and alcoholism, opened a small café, where Storni waited tables while supplementing the family income by taking in work as a seamstress. When the café failed in 1904, Storni, at the age of twelve, obtained work in a factory, becoming the primary breadwinner in her family. Her father died in 1907, after which her mother remarried, leaving Storni free of those financial responsibilities. Now fourteen, she joined a traveling theater troupe, but decided after a year that she was not suited to the lifestyle of frequent travel. She enrolled in a teacher's training school, which she attended while supporting herself by working in a chorus line. After receiving her diploma in 1910, Storni began teaching in the town of Rasario. Her life took a sharp turn, however, after she fell in love with a married man, by whom she became pregnant. Refusing to compromise the man's reputation by revealing his identity, Storni moved to Buenos Aires in order to escape local scandal. Her son, Alejandro Alfonso, was born in April 1912. Storni's struggles to survive as a single mother led her through a series of odd jobs. Her feminist sensibilities, expressed through her poetry and essays, published in widely read women's magazines, were rooted in these experiences, which inspired a critical perspective on the role of women in her society. Storni's first short story was published in 1914, and her first book of poetry published in 1916. By 1920, she had gained a reputation as one of the foremost female poets in Latin America. In her lectures and teaching throughout Argentina, Storni promoted fellow female writers, especially Delmira Agustini and Juana de Ibarbourou, both of Uruguay. She also began to publish feminist essays arguing for women's rights, such as the right to vote. She became the first woman to join a prominent South American literary circle, "Anaconda," through which she befriended the Uruguayan novelist Horacio Quiroga, and the Argentine author Leopoldo Lugones. In the early 1920s, Storni taught drama at a children's theater, for which she wrote and produced plays to be performed by and for children. A nervous breakdown in 1928 was followed by the diagnosis of breast cancer in 1935. A radical mastectomy did not improve her health, and she suffered from depression, as well as cancer, during the final years of her life. After two of her closest friends and fellow writers had killed themselves, Storni committed suicide, at the age of forty-six, by drowning herself in the Mar del Plata, Argentina, on October 25, 1938.
Major Works
Storni's poetry developed in terms of both formal and thematic concerns during the course of her career. Her experiences as a single unwed mother, supporting herself in a modern urban setting, informed much of her work. A persistent theme throughout Storni's oeuvre is the struggle of women in a society that does not grant them equality. These struggles are further expressed through recurring themes of love and death. While her early works follow traditional poetic form in terms of rhyming and metrics, her later works utilize experimental forms and were written in free verse. Storni's first volume of poetry, La inquietud del rosal (The Disquietude of the Rosebush), published in 1916, successfully launched her career as a notable woman writer of her day, but was later renounced by the poet herself, and most critics concur that it is her least successful volume. With her next three volumes, El dulce daño (1918; Sweet Pain), Irremediablemente (1919; Irremediably), and Languidez (1920; Langour), Storni became one of the most prominent Latin-American female writers of the early twentieth century. In these collections, her concern with the oppression of women and their yearnings for equality were a central thematic focus. On the theme of love, she addressed struggles over her physical passion in conflict with her cynicism about male-female relationships. In "Tú me quieres blanca" ("You Want Me Pure") she criticized Latin American men for imposing oppressive standards of purity on women. In "Hombre pequeñito" ("Little Man") she compared the role of a woman in a relationship to that of a canary imprisoned in a cage. Ocre (1925; Ochre) demonstrates a shift in her poetic voice to a more intellectually distanced, ironic, and increasingly cynical expression of her perspective on male-female relationships. Her final two volumes of poetry were influenced by her travels to Europe in 1930 and 1934, where she was exposed to the literary avant-garde movement in Spain, meeting such renowned poets as Garcia Lorca. The title of Mundo de siete pozos (1934; World of Seven Wells) represents the human mind as a "world of seven wells." In a dramatic change from her previous works, these poems are written in free verse, and utilize a surreal, dreamlike, fragmented language of mood to explore her familiar themes of death and alienation in modern urban life. Sea imagery is especially prominent in Storni's final two volumes, hinting at her eventual suicide by drowning in the sea. Mascarilla y trébol (1938; Mask and Clover), published posthumously, makes use of an experimental form of unrhymed verse which retains the metric structure of the traditional sonnet. No longer concerning herself with love and passion, Storni's thematic preoccupations in these "anti-sonnets," as she called them, created during "moments of near loss of consciousness," are markedly more abstract and metaphysical, while maintaining the dark, anxious, dreamlike mood of her previous works.
Critical Reception
During her lifetime, Storni was one of the most prominent female poets in Latin-America, yet her works remained controversial due to their feminist themes and open expression of female passion. While Storni is included among the ranks of Latin-American women writers such as Delmira Agustini and Juana Ibarbourou of Uruguay, and Gabriela Mistral of Chile, her work stands out as the most courageously and openly critical of male-dominated society. Although she wrote during an era of transition from modernism to postmodernism in Latin-American literature, Storni's work does not clearly reflect either aesthetic. Critical response to her body of poetry has developed through two distinct phases. Her early works were popular with the reading public, while receiving mixed critical response, due to her feminist stance. In 1920, she received two of Argentina's most prestigious literary awards for Languidez, and, by the mid-1920s, had become a prominent literary figure in Argentina. Her later works were met with waning popularity, as well as harsh criticism for their experimental forms and obscure meaning. Critics in the late twentieth century, however, now view her later work, most notably Mascarilla y trébol, as her most mature and important contribution to Latin-American literature. A revival of critical interest in Storni grew from the convergence of the burgeoning field of feminist literary criticism in the 1970s with the publication in 1975 of the first collection of her poetry in English translation. As María A. Salgado has stated, Storni's life and works "have been fundamental in establishing the foundations of contemporary feminist discourse in Hispanic letters."
Principal Works
La inquietud del rosal [The Disquietude of the Rosebush] 1916
El dulce daño [Sweet Pain] 1918
Irremediablemente [Irremediably] 1919
Languidez [Langour] 1920
Poesias 1923
Ocre 1925
Poemas de amor [Love Poems] 1926
Mundo de siete pozos [World of Seven Wells] 1934
Mascarilla y trébol [Mask and Clover] 1938
Antologia poética 1938 (reprinted 1968)
Los mejores versos de Alfonsina Storni 1958
Poesias de Alfonsina Storni 1961
Alfonsina Storni, Argentina's Feminist Poet: The Poetry in Spanish with English Translations (edited by Florence Williams Talamantes) 1975
Selected Poems [translated by Dorothy Scott Loos] 1986
Sidonia Carmen Rosenbaum (essay date 1945)
SOURCE: Modern Women Poets of Spanish America, New York: Hispanic Institute, 1945, pp. 205–27.
[In the following excerpt, Rosenbaum discusses themes concerning the individual woman in the modern city in Storni's poetry. Rosenbaum concludes that Storni's poetic voice "is not feminist but feminine in the extreme."]
Ni cupo en otro cuerpo así pequeño Un alma humana de mayor terneza …
With the publication, in 1916, of her book La inquietud del rosal, Alfonsina Storni was to initiate in her country the fruitful period of modern feminine poetry. …
Storni's lyre, far from being monochord—as are those of so...
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Gabriele Von Munk Benton (essay date 1950)
SOURCE: "Recurring Themes in Alfonsina Storni's Poetry," in Hispania, Vol. 33, No. 2, 1950, pp. 151–53.
[In the following essay, Benton discusses Storni's collection Antología poética in terms of thematic concerns throughout her poetry.]
In "Palabras prologales" to her Antología poética Alfonsina Storni states as her own preference for her poetry Ocre, a book of verse published at a time when the poet herself calls her previous poetry of the years 1916–1920 overloaded with romantic sweetness. The poems of Ocre and of the later collections she has chosen for the anthology as characteristic and best appear to be partly a record...
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Edna Lue Furness (essay date Winter 1957)
SOURCE: "A Woman and the World," in Western Humanities Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, Winter, 1957, pp. 96–8.
[In the following essay, Furness analyses central themes in the poems of World of Seven Wells.]
In the feminine literature of twentieth-century Spanish America, some authors follow true feminine tradition by writing of subjects which have always had high priority with women, such as love, motherhood, and religion. Others have stepped out of their traditional role, and have written of social, political, and urban problems. To the latter group belongs Alfonsina Storni, who reportedly initiated in Argentina a new school of literature and "who won for...
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Rachel Phillips (essay date 1975)
SOURCE: Alfonsina Storni: From Poetess to Poet, London: Tamesis Books, Ltd., 1975, pp. 29–44, and 101–20.
[In the following excerpt, Phillips analyses formal elements of Storni's poetry on themes of love and death.]
Though El dulce daño, Irremediablemente and Languidez contain among them almost half of Storni's published poetry, there is a certain justification for treating them in this study as sub-divisions of one chapter. They appeared in the space of a very few years: in 1918, El dulce daño; a year later, Irremediablemente; and in 1920, Languidez, along with the second edition of...
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Janice Geasler Titiev (essay date 1976)
SOURCE: "Alfonsina Storni's Mundo de siete pozos: Form, Freedom, and Fantasy," in Kentucky Romance Quarterly, Vol. XXII, No. 2, 1976, pp. 185–97.
[In the following essay, Titiev argues that, in Mundo de siete pozos, form take precedence over content, concluding that the collection is unified by formal rather than thematic elements of each poem.]
It seems safe to assume that by the time Alfonsina Storni published Mundo de siete pozos, in 1934, form had in general become more important to her than content. Her first four collections (1916–1920) contained a variety of structures, and all but the initial book had a principal theme, love. Love...
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Sonia Jones (essay date 1979)
SOURCE: Alfonsina Storni, Boston: Twayne, 1979, pp. 51–85.
[In the following essay, Jones examines Storni's poetry in terms of literary modernism.]
Any attempt to classify Alfonsina's poetry by applying to it the usual literary labels is bound to fail. This may very well be true of all poetry, but suffice it to say that, in Alfonsina's case, she never consciously allied herself with any particular literary philosophy. She was interested in studying the goals put forward by the various artistic schools both inside and outside Argentina, but her approach was eclectic. Her early work reflects a predominantly Romantic tone, with its autobiographical elements, its lyrical...
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Janice Geasler Titiev (essay date Winter 1980)
SOURCE: "Alfonsina Storni's Poemas de amor: Submissive Woman, Liberated Poet," in Journal of Spanish Studies, Vol. 8, No. 3, Winter, 1980, pp. 279–92.
[In the following essay, Titiev discusses Poemas de amor, Storni's volume of prose poems. Although generally overlooked by critics, Titiev argues, this volume represents a unique development in Storni's use of form.]
In 1926 Alfonsina Storni published a brief volume of sixty-seven prose poems, Poemas de amor. Critics usually ignore this book; it does not always appear in lists of the author's works and is not included in collections of her "complete" poetry. Poemas de amor is not one...
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Janice Geasler Titiev (essay date September 1985)
SOURCE: "The Poetry of Dying in Alfonsina Storni's Last Book," Hispania, Vol. 68, September, 1985, pp. 467–73.
[In the following essay, Titiev examines the theme of death in the poems of Mascarilla y trébol in the context of Storni's experience with terminal cancer.]
It is regrettable that anthologized selections of Alfonsina Storni's poetry usually do not include poems from Mascarilla y trébol (1938), her eighth and last book of poetry, since this collection contains some of her best work and perhaps her most original approach to form. It is also understandable because the content of the poems is depressing and occasionally confusing. In these...
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María Rosa Olivera-Williams (essay date 1989)
SOURCE: "Feminine Voices in Exile" in Engendering the Word: Feminist Essays in Psychosexual Poetics, Temma F. Berg, editor, Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1989, pp. 160–66.
[In the following excerpt, Olivera-Williams discusses two of Storni's poems as feminist statements.]
By the time that Argentine Alfonsina Storni published her first book of poetry in 1916, two years after Agustini's death, other Spanish American women had followed Agustini's path and were being recognized in literary circles. Among them were the Uruguayan Juana de Ibarbourou, the Chilean Gabriela Mistral, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945, and the Cuban, Dulce María...
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Janice Geasler Titiev (essay date 1990)
SOURCE: "Women's Language in Two Poems by Alfonsina Storni," in Monographic Review, Vol. VI, 1990, pp. 232–44.
[In the following essay, Titiev discusses two poems by Storni that explore feminist themes focused on the female body.]
As Patricia Yaeger recently pointed out, the French feminist critics who call for a new woman's language make the mistake of "omitting the practices of real, historical women from their analysis of women's writing" and thereby "remain blind to what has actually happened in women's texts" (20). She undertakes a definition of "a countertradition within women's writing, a tradition that involves the reinvention and reclamation of...
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Evelyn Fishburn (essay date 1991)
SOURCE: "Alfonsina Storni: A Feminist Reading of Her Poetry," in Feminist Readings on Spanish and Latin-American Literature, L. P. Condé and S. M. Hart, editors, Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 1991, pp. 121–30.
[In the following essay, Fishburn discusses Storni's poetry in terms of "the nature of her feminism" by "focusing on different aspects of femininity in her poetic output."]
Alfonsina Storni enjoys the well earned acclaim of being one of the first and foremost Latin-American feminist poets. Thus, Beatriz Sarlo places her at the head of a list of women que abrieron camino' to whom she dedicates her book El imperio de los sentimientos (next...
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Gwen Kirkpatrick (essay date 1995)
SOURCE: "The Creation of Alfonsina Storni," in A Dream of Light and Shadow: Portraits of Latin American Women Writers, Marjorie Agosén, editor, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995, pp. 95–117.
[In the following essay, Kirkpatrick discusses Storni's essays in the context of her literary career and the status of women in Argentina during the early twentieth century.]
The Argentine poet Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938) has become a legend in Latin American literary history.1 Socially defiant, professionally ambitious, gifted with talent and early fame, she was nonetheless limited by her social origins, her training, and restrictions for women...
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Janice G. Titiev (essay date 1997)
SOURCE: "Alfonsina Storni: In and Out of the Canon," Monographic Review, Vol. XIII, 1997, pp. 310–18.
[In the following essay, Titiev argues that, although several of Storni's poems are now included in the "canon" of Latin-American literature commonly studied in classrooms, these selections still represent only a narrow selection of Storni's range of thematic concerns.]
We tend to refer to "the canon" as though there were only one, although we know that there are, in fact, many different canons. In a discussion based for the most part on the study of English and U.S. literature in English-speaking North America, Lillian Robinson wrote about "the...
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Further Reading
Brown, J. Andrew. "Feminine Anxiety of Influence Revisited: Alfonsina Storni and Delmira Agustini." In Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispanicos, Vol. 23, No. 2, Winter, 1999, pp. 191–203.
A discussion of the influence of the Latin-American poet Delmira Agustini on Storni's work.
Meyer, Doris. A review of Selected Poems, in Hispania, Vol. 71, No. 3, 1988, p. 569.
A review of Selected Poems, an anthology of poetry by Storni.
Meyer, Doris, ed. Reinterpreting the Spanish-American Essay: Women Writers of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Austin: University of Texas...
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If someone takes their own life where will they spend eternity? We'd love to know about any scriptures or resources you have that supports your perspective. Add your thoughts below.
Will have to go look it up for the verse.
That being said, only God knows when someone is responsible for their actions, mentally ill, and can of course forgive.
I don't believe in "once saved, always saved." But I also will never believe that Jesus does not understand the heart of a true Christian who never meant to take their own lives, but snapped... See More under extreme pressure.
It doesn't matter what people think about this issue - and I don't see how Judas has anything to do with it.
Jesus understands better than anyone, better than our own relatives, and yes, even better than our Pastors. He LOVES us and weeps when we weep. Thank God He has taught me, personally, that He understands our "human-ness." When I learned this, it freed me to fall at His feet and not be afraid to tell Him how I felt about anything - He already knows our feelings anyway. When we bring them to Him, He is compassionate and helps us.
And when great people of God take their own lives, it's not due to satan if they continue to love God with all their hearts. It's simply their human brains could not stand anymore pain and they snapped.
The stripes Jesus gave for healing also applies to mental illness - no matter what the cause of the mental illness or anguish.
However, I do find it productive to let God speak to our hearts regarding these subjects. I've been able to minister to hurting families who were concerned when they lost strong Christian family members to suicide.
I'm very humbled and ... See Morethankful that God has given me the reassurance regarding some difficult areas - and I assure you I spent time seeking answers from Him and Him alone. Gob bless :)
I don't expect to change anyone'... See Mores mind, just present what I believe and feel in my heart is true. I do not believe taking one's life when one's mind snaps is murder as God would see it, not at all.
Although I have assurance on this (and not due to any of my own family members ever having committed this act,) I am not trying to change minds of others, even though my own heart is secure in what I believe regarding this issue.
It is certainly OK to agree to disagree :) God bless :)
My son has been an ordained Bishop since he was in his mid-twenties. He has his PhD in Licensed Counseling, Supervision and Education, from a Christian university. I had no idea that he would do his dissertation on the issue of mental illness and how the church feels about it. He sent out hundreds of surveys to our church members and other church members. We were both shocked to find that 4 to 1, most church members believe that "all" mental illness is due to demon possession - God help us.....that is so untrue...... We serve a God of compassion Who loves and understands His children! Praise His Name! :)
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Praise God for His touch in your life during that time of crises, Holly! :)
God bless :)
And exactly, we're not giving people a license to go and do drugs or kill themselves, just showing that God alone knows the heart, and that is what He looks upon, and only He alone can judge it :)
Aren't we blessed?! I'm so glad that God is not finished with me yet - and I'm so glad that He knows my true heart when I mess up! :) Blessings, Precious! :)
...it was also a time that I just had to TRUST THAT JESUS LOVED ME NO MATTER WHAT AND THAT HE WOULD DELIVER ME!!!
Amen! And that goes for "any" thing that is happening to us or around us in our lives. We face many difficulties, yet we TRUST His Word, even though it seems impossible! Nothing is impossible with God! :)
Prayer meeting time! :)
This decision, comes from a long period of anguish over our circumstances that may seem too hopeless for God to even help with. it is in that hopelessness that we come to this choice. That is where the enemy comes in to deceive us and keep us from realizing the hope we have in Him. Song of Solomon 2:1 tells us that Jesus is the rose of sharon; rose of sharon is an herbal medicine that regulates our mood. If we call on that spiritual rose of sharon we can be helped from our misery and rescued from the bondage satan would have us live in.
I speak from experience in that I have seen many friends take their own lives and it is something I do not look uopn lightly. You can call me heartless and insensitive if you wish but I would dare say that in the long run suicide is a very selfish act in that those who do make this choice do so without regard for the doubt & confusion they leave behind them in the minds of those who love them and could've helped them.
I will conclude by saying that for what ever reason it is committed, suicide is horrible & wrong; there is no way around that. I believe what I believe because it is what keeps me alive. Yes, I have contemplated suicide myself many times but my hope in Jesus, no matter how bad things may be, will prevent me from doing anything that would cause irreversible harm to myself & others.
May He bless you & keep you safe from all harm.
God bless you
damage to people saying if you commit
suicide you will go to hell. Mental illness
is what causes people to take their own
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they would not take their own life.
I serve a God of grace & mercy according
to the Word.
I, too, along with you and many, have wanted to die at times, in the heat of the moment when I was so over-burdened that I could find no rest, even though I knew Jesus. Thankfully, I never put actions to those thoughts and God kept me sane enough to ... See Moreremember the many blessings in my life that I "do" have, to be sane enough to remember that He will NEVER leave us or forsake us.....He's an awesome God! :)
I believe when the Christian actually gets to the point of "committing" the act of taking their lives, they have lost all sense of reasoning and hope (which, unfortunately, 'is' possible with the Christian also) - and crossed over into the literal definition of insanity, for which God would not hold them responsible.
Thank you for the blessings. May God continue to keep you in the palms of His mighty hands - and continue to show Himself mighty in you! May He bless and protect you by the power of His Spirit and His precious blood shed for all - at Calvary.
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You're right, we're not exempt, even mightily anointed people of God. We do have Jesus to help us when we get into this state, Praise His Name.....but you are spot on with your testimony.
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Grassroots Part 1
A Manual To The Industry
Aleksey Kunyavsky Royt
(a.k.a Krewkillaspanky on PBNation/TechPB)
Chapter 1: Introduction
I wanted to write an article on my thoughts as pertains to the paintball industry at it is right now. I would like to start out by stateing the obvious, paintball has fallen quite a ways from where it once was (in the GLORIOUS days of 10man PSP) for those of you who remember such shenanigans. Paintball has become less of a sport, and more of a High School type of environment. Players now-a-days, humble as they may seem, are spoiled down to the root. Hence the name of the article being "Grassroots". Why that name? Because the root of a stem of grass is the single, and most basic orginisim I can think of. Thats where paintball needs to go right now, back to the basics. Within the chapters of this article you will find some truths about the industry's faults as they stand right now. If you enjoy the sports persona as it is now, please close this now and never open it back up again, for those of you who are even remotley intrested, enjoy.
To understand my point of you, let me tell you a little bit about myself. I started paintballing in early 1999 when I was just 8 years old. My first time playing was in a small patch of woods in Prepyat, Ukraine. My dad loved paintball, so by the time I was ready to play. I was up to date on all the modern terminology at the time. Paintball has always been a outlet for me to express happiness, anger, and frustration. My father dragged me into the woods on my 8th birthday, it was shortly after I recieved the news we would soon be moveing out of the country to Sweden. We played all day, and I didnt think about moveing once. I was hooked. For 3 years I played with my dad's old 1998 WGP Sniper 2. When we lived in Sweden, at age 10... I had finally saved enough money from helping at my uncle's deli to buy my own gun. 3 years of saveing, and there was my beautiful WGP Angel Dark LCD. Its been paintball every weekend ever since. Wether it was Ukraine, Russia, Sweden, Palm Beach, New York, Ohio, or right here in SoCal, I was at the field every other Saturday playing paintball.
Chapter 2: Stimulating My Package
Now paintball has turned from the small backwood passtime, to an internationally recognized extreme sport. In fact, paintball is the largest extreme sport in the United States, as well as the only team oriented one. However, with all the noterity, comes negative aspects. The sport takes on new faces, and with those new faces... Come new ideas. Some are good, some not. With that said, lets get right to the bad.
Do to our wonderful Democratic fathead's sitting in there ivory towers, our economy has all but evaporated. This has no doughbt affected the sport. With less money to spend, less people are buying new products. Even less people are playing all together. Fields are closeing do to lack of income to pay property taxes, bills, etc. Theres a bigger picture to it then most think. When a field closes, sure it sucks for us players. However, think of the employees. The managers, the referres, the techs, the clerks, everyone. They all loose there jobs. Not only are they away from paintball, they are away from stable income. Small stores suffer as well. With eBay, and PBNation, and other Buy, Sell, Trade outlets. The smaller stores are looseing money. They dont have players buying there newer products. This elimnates there main income source, and again, just like the fields. Jobs are lost.
Less and less players are playing tournament paintball because it is just to expensive to maintain a steady tournament habit. The average professional paintball player makes the average wage of a taxicab driver. They play the sport out of the simple love of it. Tournament players should know, playing pro is all our dreams, but you cant make a living out of it. Had this been a diffrent world, wed be swimming in money. Paintball is labeled as "barbaric", "immature", and "unchallenging". The people who put these statements forward have never set foot on a field, and if they did the met the people mention in the course of the next chapter. I will conclude with this, the economy has no doughbt slammed the industry hard. However, bigger companys such as Giant Paintball, need to suck it up, and look out for the players. For if theres nobody to leech money from, there buiseness will soon be gone as well.
Chapter 3: Paintball On The Runway
We have all heard it, the three letter word that makes me shiver and shovel shank a baby everytime I hear the phrase uttered. What is this magic phrase? I give you... "thats agg". One word. One single word, has defined an entire paintball sub-culture. HK Nation. A group of people so blaitently obsessed with themselves they are willing to spend more on there sandana's then some of us do on rent for our apartments. Do not get me wrong, I am all for style in paintball. However, each person should be able to wear what they want. For example, a friend of mine owns a pair of pink JT teams, and a blue PBJunkie sockhat (yes its ancient I know). Everytime we go to the field, he would get laughed at. We would hear the snickers, and ignore it. Simply put, hes comfortable in it.
Five or six years ago paintball gear was bought because it was comfortable. Not because it was cool to wear. Honestly, if I wanted to go to a fashion show, I would hit Sunset Blvd, I would have never expected it at the paintball field. HK Nation has defined a chapter in paintball history on there own. However, few people understand what HK actually is. In its truest form, its a buiseness. All the profits of which go to fund a team. A noble cause at its core, however, this merchandise has taken on a mind of its own. Keep that in mind next time you make fun or insult somebody because there sandana costs
more then their car.
Keep in mind this is not a chapter that is meant to bash HK. HK is a noble idea, just like any team. Or any small buiseness in paintball. However, a couple of idiots misunderstood what HK really is and blew it out preportion. Unfortunatley, tons of people chose to follow those kids, leading us to where we are today.
Chapter 4: Bullshyt Bully's
We have all seen them. The guys running around, totteing there SL94's. You know, the kids that think just because there gun costs more then the average car payment, they are the hottest **** at the field. The same people that laugh at rentals, and beginners, when they get bunkered. It is people like this that turn younger, and newer players away from paintball. The same kids who overshoot beginners, the same kids who wipe because its fun to cheat, the same kids who are bringing down our sport.
When I show up in the morning, nowhere on the waiver does it say "Be prepared for dueche bags trying to ruin your day". I understand, its paintball. **** happens. However, I belive a certain code of ethics should be STRICTLY enforced when at the field. All of which I will outline in the 2nd part of my epic anti-sociological rant.
Do you want this to stop? Do something about it. Step up at the field and tell people it is not okay. Have some self-respect, and respect for others. Stick up for the little guy. Be the hero, help someone out. Who knows, that kid with the Spyder, that just got bonusballed, and never wants to play again. He could have been the next Oliver Lang.... Keep that in mind next time you decide a beginner is a good target for a chrono.
Chapter 5: What Do I Do Now?
If you got this far, you are thinking one of two thing. Either "wow hes full of ****", in which case toss this in the nearest river, or garbage can, or even the nearest hobo cart right now. Or if you are one of the few who agree with some if not all the points presented above, please read on. You may be asking "what can I do to help steer us back in the right direction?". Here are a few simple tricks to make, at least your own paintball experience, more pure, and origional.
Step one. Step up! Get petitions going to get a code of ethics enforced at your field. Lets make everyones paintball experience more enjoyable. Always, ALWAYS, hold yourself to a hire standard. So you see a stranger whose snake form isnt as good as it should be. Go over, introduce yourself, ask if hed like some help in learning. Invite him to play with you. I have friends from all diffrent caliburs. Wether it be the friend that shoots a Spyder Sonix, or the friend that plays for the Ironmen. I show them all the same respect, curtosey, and good time when they play with me. You should do the same, even for strangers!
Step two. Kill your ego. I dont mean take your $1300 beauty and throw it into a car compacter. I mean, get over yourself. If somebody shows up wearing a shiny pink jumpsuit, show them the same respect you would the kid in the $1300 sandana. Judge people be personality. Not by skill, not by financial stand point, and definetly not by fashion sense! Wear what makes you COMFORTABLE. Not what makes you look cool to other people. Where what you WANT to wear. Not what society wants you to wear.
Step three. Support the small guy. Play in leagues runs by teams and players. They need the money, and they are the purest, drama free leagues around. They are they because they want YOU to have a good time. The SCPL, the WCPPL, the AFTS series, the NEPL, and the NYPL are all great examples of such leagues.
Step four. Buy from smaller shops once in a while. I understand buying a used Ego9 is much cheaper then a new one. However, dont hit PBN, or ******, or eBay, or even Craigslist for all your purchases. Show some love to your local store. Trust me, even the smallest purchaces from pods, to guns, is all more helpful to them then you think.
Step five. Respect eachother ON the field. If someone is getting out, who cares what happened between games, last game, or if there new. Let them out. Dont let a rope of paint longer then an anaconda fly at them. If you go play with beginners, set ur semi to the lowest RoF possible, or bring out a mech, or even a pump. After games, shake hands, congradulate each other. I mean jesus christ its a game! Everyone will walk away with a smile, regardlessof who won or lost.
Step six. Start a revolution. Do what is in the above 4 steps, eventually others will pick it up. Who knows, we might ignite something here. Maybe a switch will come on in everyones mind, and make them realise what THEY need to do to improve the sport as a whole. Never underestimate yourself.Look at Martin Luther King, one man started a whole cultural revolution. Who knows, maybe this article will inspire someone to be the spoken savior of the paintball industry.
Chapter 6: Conclusion
In conclusion, this is the code of ethics I personally follow. You do not have to do anything listed in the article. Nothing will happen. However, if you do. You will be a better person for it. On and off the field. Show respect for yourself, and all those around you. I dont care if you dislike the article.
I went into this knowing most of you would disagree with me, make fun of me, bash me, whatever. I wrote this article for those few of you who TRULEY want to better the sport and not just talk about it. So go ahead, give me feedback, contact me through the Nation, through Myspace, through AIM. Whatever. Have a good one ladies and gentlamen. Remember, play locally... think globaly.
Aleksey Royt
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On my way to Sun 'n Fun last week, where I spent days looking at airplanes, writing about airplanes, and talking to other people about airplanes, I detoured to Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight museum. To, um, look at airplanes.
Weeks' museum is in Polk City, about 15 miles up the road from Lakeland, and it's worth the trip. (Perhaps a side junket on your way to the AOPA Summit in Tampa this coming November?) Weeks has assembled an amazing collection of World War I- and II-era aircraft (authentic and replicas), and the museum is laid out in a series of exhibits, rather than a jumble of airplanes sharing hangar space. Thought and care went into this display.
During my visit, Weeks was at the museum, a tall, thin, ponytailed man in a flight suit leading a group of visitors through his treasures. Later, as we were taken by tram on a "backlot" tour to look at, among other things, two pristine P-51 Mustangs, Weeks could be seen preflighting a Grumman Duck. "He may be firing that up soon," said our tour guide. "He never tells us what he's going to do." Sure enough, Weeks started the Duck, taxied out, and took off on one of the museum's grass runways, making a low pass a few minutes later. (For a more in-depth look at Weeks and his Fantasy of Flight collection, see Al Marsh's article in the April 2005 AOPA Pilot.)
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Which is a good tutorial to generate a PDF with Rails 3.0.9?
I found a lot of tutorials but they are all out of date or incomplete.
I would like to have another view to display for the "show" action, somenthing like:
format.pdf { :layout=>'pdf_layout' }
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I really want to try a genuine Laobanzhang and Bingdao. Are there any cakes under $120 of any weight or age one can recommend. Please, do not suggest samples - I find it hard to get to understand any particular cake in mere 2-3 sessions.
I know, some people are reluctant to share their sources. Yet, I hope to get at least some directions.
E.g. does it make sense to look for 2003-2006 (before the boom) cakes from LBZ?
Are the 2003-2004 Tian Di Ren cakes worth it (they are sold on taobao for around 600RMB)?
What about the cakes from LBZ village commitee, like this one: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=13806281615?


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Pa. Rep. Mark Rozzi forms committee to explore run for Congress in Pennsylvania's 6th District
Muhlenberg Twp. man serving first term in Pa. House of Representatives
MUHLENBERG TWP., Pa. - A freshman member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives may soon be setting his sights on Congress.
Pa. Rep. Mark Rozzi, a Democrat who represents the state's 126th District in Berks County, announced Tuesday that he has formed a committee to explore a potential campaign for Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District, which is being vacated by U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach.
"Congressman Gerlach's retirement will leave a huge void in Washington," Rozzi said. "I want to continue my work serving the residents of Berks County and improve the lives of all the residents of the 6th District as their representative on Capitol Hill."
The formation of the exploratory committee, Rozzi said, will allow him to begin raising money and laying the groundwork for a possible run for his party's nomination.
Rozzi was elected to the state House in 2012, filling the seat vacated by the retirement of longtime Pa. Rep. Dante Santoni.
During his first year in Harrisburg, Rozzi said he voted to strengthen child abuse protection laws, grant adult adoptees access to birth certificates, reduce the size of the Pennsylvania Legislature and abolish school property taxes statewide.
"Mark Rozzi has been a strong voice for working families in Berks County, and we are confident he will continue to do so as a United States congressman," said Melvin Fishburn, president, IBEW Local 743, and president, Building and Construction Trades Council of Reading and Vicinity, in a release issued by Rozzi's media representative. "We need somebody in Congress who is going to fight to save the middle class, and Mark is that person."
Rozzi lives in Muhlenberg Township with his wife and daughter.
Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District consists of portions of Berks, Chester, Lebanon and Montgomery counties.
At least one other Democrat is interested in the seat. Mike Parrish, a businessman from Malvern, Chester Co., formally announced Tuesday his plans to seek the party's nomination.
No Republicans have entered the race, although local party officials have said they know of some potential candidates.
Gerlach, a Chester County Republican, announced last week that he would not seek a seventh term.
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Debates of April 20th, 2007
House of Commons Hansard #137 of the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was senate.
- Question Period
- Senate Appointment Consultations Act
- Canadian 4-H Council
- John Roberts
- Yvon Ménard
- Workers' Rights
- Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
- Manufacturing Industry
- Sudan
- Rita Trépanier
- National Volunteer Week
- Christopher Stannix
- Afghanistan
- Terminator Seed Technology
- Israel
- Bill C-327
- 21st Awards Ceremony of Coalition of National Capital Region Businesspeople
- The Senate
- The Environment
- Afghanistan
- Public Safety
- Finance
- Softwood Lumber
- The Budget
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Financial Institutions
- The Prime Minister
- Sports
- Agriculture and Agri-Food
- International Aid
- Dairy Industry
- International Aid
- Afghanistan
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Status of Women
- Presence in Gallery
- Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Committees of the House
- Contraventions Act
- Seniors' Day Act
- Committees of the House
- Broadcasting Act
John Roberts
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Alan Tonks York South—Weston, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honour John Roberts, who lived the life of an academic, diplomat and member of Parliament. Mr. Roberts passed away last week at the age of 73.
Born in Hamilton and later a resident of Toronto, John Roberts had a passion for the arts and the environment and was truly ahead of his time. He was both elected and defeated in the ridings of York—Simcoe and St. Paul's on three separate occasions. Whether in victory or defeat, his approach toward a sustainable environment and his support for a vibrant cultural community was the bedrock of his every campaign.
During the repatriation of our Constitution, the hon. John Roberts was an irreplaceable colleague to Prime Minister Trudeau. He lobbied British parliamentarians on the idea of a Canadian constitution and briefed the prime minister on how it could be achieved. As minister of the environment, he successfully drew the Americans into the battle against acid rain.
I am sure that this House will join me in saluting a remarkable Canadian, a great parliamentarian and a man who led a truly extraordinary life. Our friend and colleague John Roberts was kind, and one of a kind. He will be greatly missed.
Yvon Ménard
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
France Bonsant Compton—Stanstead, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to commend the extraordinary dedication shown by Mr. Yvon Ménard to his community of East Angus.
Mr. Ménard has been a volunteer for over half a century, contributing to the growth of his community. He has been particularly devoted to the golf club and to the revival of the Lions club of East Angus. He chaired the local chamber of commerce, sat on the city's health committee and, since 2006, has been a municipal councillor.
A Quebec pioneer in the use of sawdust in hydroponics, Mr. Ménard also won the Gilles-Bordeleau award of merit for his work within the federation of Quebec greenhouse producers.
Mr. Ménard said it best himself: he may be retired from a payroll, but not from an active life. This full-time volunteer is an invaluable asset to the community of Haut-Saint-François.
Congratulations, Mr. Ménard. Your remarkable contribution serves an example for everyone.
Workers' Rights
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Chris Charlton Hamilton Mountain, ON
Mr. Speaker, the first bill I introduced in the House was the workers first bill, an act to protect workers' wages and pensions in cases of corporate bankruptcies. Such legislation is desperately needed in my hometown of Hamilton where Hamilton Specialty Bar is but the latest company to face the threat of bankruptcy.
Although the last Parliament did pass the wage earner protection program act, which would protect at least the wage portion of moneys owed to workers, the Liberals failed to proclaim that act into law. They hoped no one would notice, but of course everyone in the labour movement did.
The NDP has redoubled its efforts to ensure that this act will come into force. The only thing standing between the protection of workers' rights and the requisite legislation is the political will to get this initiative passed. Workers know that New Democrats have that will. Workers know who is on their side when it comes to back to work legislation and anti-scab legislation.
It is time to approve this essential piece of legislation to defend workers' earnings. I urge all members of the House to support the speedy passage of bankruptcy protection for Canadian workers. I pledge my party's support.
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Ted Menzies Macleod, AB
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Harvie family for its contribution to the new Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park. The park will encompass over 3,000 acres and 14 kilometres of the Bow River shoreline.
The Harvie family sold this land to the government of Alberta at much less than market value to establish this park. This land will provide a legacy of conservation, education and recreation opportunities for Albertans. Tim Harvie, a constituent of Macleod, has been custodian of this land with his sister Katie and it has been in the family for more than 70 years.
The park presents a showcase of the natural grasslands and unique ecological attributes of the Alberta landscape and will protect Calgary's water supply and all water users downstream on the Bow River.
Ecological entrepreneurs such as Tim, Katie and the rest of the Harvie family are taking action to demonstrate the importance of conserving our land and preserving it for future generations. Please join me in acknowledging the Harvie family for its contribution.
Manufacturing Industry
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Lloyd St. Amand Brant, ON
Mr. Speaker, over 200 hard-working, reliable employees in my riding of Brant recently lost their jobs when GenFast Manufacturing declared bankruptcy and closed its doors. This is only the latest blow to the manufacturing sector in Brant. GenFast has had roots in Brantford since 1910. Its closing has devastated the lives of its employees and their families.
I have heard from many who have not received benefits, severance, wages and vacation pay. Workers' rights have been put in jeopardy and the government must immediately take steps to ensure that money owed to workers is the first priority of any company and the government.
The nature of manufacturing is changing. Many Canadian workers are at great risk of encountering a similar fate as GenFast workers. Over the past few years over 200,000 jobs have been lost in the manufacturing sector.
It is imperative that the government take a leadership role to promote the future sustainability of the manufacturing industry and protect the jobs and the rights of its workers.
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Deepak Obhrai Calgary East, AB
Mr. Speaker, Canada is committed to helping to achieve a lasting peace for the people of Darfur. Canada welcome's Sudan's recent acceptance of the full heavy support package of UN assistance to the African Union mission.
Given Sudan's record of stalling international efforts to achieve peace in Darfur, Canada is calling on the Sudanese government to demonstrate that it is a full partner in this process. We must now focus on ensuring that the next step, a hybrid AU-UN mission, is in place as soon as possible.
Canada is part of a concerted international effort to bring about a just and lasting peace throughout all of Sudan. Since 2004 Canada has spent over $368 million working to improve the human rights and the humanitarian situation in Sudan. This includes support for urgently needed humanitarian aid, diplomatic efforts to achieve peace and of course our support as a principal donor to the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Darfur.
Rita Trépanier
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Richard Nadeau Gatineau, QC
Mr. Speaker, on April 17, 2007, the Outaouais lost a dedicated volunteer, Ms. Rita Trépanier, who passed away after several months of battling cancer.
Rita was a spirited woman, who was always there to help those around her and who was convinced that Quebec would one day be a country. Treasurer of the Bloc Québécois, member of the Société nationale des Québécois et des Québécoises de l'Outaouais, she was an active participant in election campaigns, in addition to volunteering for the hot air balloon festival, meals on wheels, the tax clinic and Operation Red Nose. In fact, that is where I saw her for the last time, last December. She was a woman of many talents.
I would like to tell her family and friends, and her sovereignist family, that our hearts are with them. A few days before her death, she said the first thing she would do in the afterlife would be to say hello to René Lévesque. Believe me, this woman of action will hasten to do so.
National Volunteer Week
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Sylvie Boucher Beauport—Limoilou, QC
Mr. Speaker, to give and share is to pass on something of oneself. This is National Volunteer Week, which turns the spotlight on Canadian volunteers. I want to pay tribute to the volunteers across Canada, who work to better their community and the quality of life of their fellow Canadians.
Volunteerism is a way to meet people's needs and getting them involved in good causes, wherever those causes may be. Canadians do more than 2 billion hours of volunteer work a year. As an important side benefit, volunteerism gives us a better understanding of people and their differences.
I want to mention the wonderful work being done in my riding, Beauport—Limoilou, by the ROSCB, the Little Brothers of the Poor, La Bouchée Généreuse, Maison Agapè and the Centre d'action bénévole Aide 23.
I pay tribute to these men and women who find a purpose for their lives in volunteering and who, by giving of their time and listening to others, give dignity to those who need it.
Christopher Stannix
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Michael Savage Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS
Mr. Speaker, on Easter Sunday, Master Corporal Christopher Stannix and five others were killed while serving their country in Afghanistan. His bravery and commitment live on in his family, his friends and his community who all mourn his loss of life.
Last Friday I was proud to be at Auburn Drive High School when his bravery and memory were acknowledged by the students of the school, which he attended only a few years ago. During a moving tribute to this young man, every student stood at attention, fought tears and honoured the achievements of his short life.
In a letter to the Halifax Herald this week, his sister Lesley spoke of Christopher and his colleagues by saying, "Soldiers have a strength of character, a courage in their convictions and a true bravery".
Master Corporal Christopher Paul Stannix of the Princess Louise Fusiliers will be buried this afternoon at CFB Stadacona.
To his parents Ken and Kathy, his sisters Meaghan and Lesley, and his fiancée Candice, we offer our support, prayers and thanks as we honour another fallen hero.
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Bradley Trost Saskatoon—Humboldt, SK
Mr. Speaker, yesterday in this House we debated the future of Canada's role in Afghanistan.
While many in Canada understand very well the necessity for international assistance to the democratic Afghan government, others do not. The critics seem to feel that we in the west somehow provoke the extremists, that it is somehow our fault and that we can find an accommodation with these extremists. Considering that the extremists cite the independence of East Timor and the conquest of Andalusia in the 15th century as two rationale for their terror, reasonable people must understand there is no assuaging them. They will find any excuse for their hate.
We are in Afghanistan for two reasons. First, we are there out of compassion to provide peace and humanitarian relief for that country. Second, we are there to make sure that Afghanistan never again becomes a place for extremists who hate our way of life.
Ultimately, Canadian Forces are in Afghanistan to protect what we hold most dear: life; life in Canada and life in Afghanistan.
Terminator Seed Technology
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Alex Atamanenko British Columbia Southern Interior, BC
Mr. Speaker, terminator is a technology that is being developed by multinational seed companies to make seeds sterile after first harvest. The goal is to prevent farmers from saving and reusing their own seeds, thereby forcing them to buy seed from corporations every year.
Currently there is an international moratorium being upheld on terminator at the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. Incredibly, we have a government, like the Liberal government before it, that is seeking to undermine this moratorium by considering approval of this technology on a case by case basis.
Despite the fact that leading scientists condemn taking this completely irresponsible position, they are willing to take this enormous risk.
My office is flooded with letters every day, over 700 so far, from Canadians expressing deep concern about the dangers of this technology which cannot be prevented from cross-pollinating with other plants. I have personally written to each of these people and informed them that I will be forwarding their letters to the minister's office and asking him to justify his position to them directly.
I urge each of my colleagues to forward each and every letter they get--
Terminator Seed Technology
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
The hon. member for Mount Royal.
Statements By Members
April 20th, 2007 / 11:10 a.m.
Irwin Cotler Mount Royal, QC
Mr. Speaker, we are on the eve of the 59th anniversary of the state of Israel.
Israel is not simply a CNN clip or what passes for the Internet image of the day. Rather, it should be seen and understood as the embodiment of Jewish survival and self-determination, the reconstitution of an ancient people in its ancestral homeland.
In a word, the Jewish people still inhabit the same land, embrace the same religion, study the same Bible, hearken to the same prophets, speak the same aboriginal language and bear the same aboriginal name as they did 3,500 years ago, and whose abiding hope and dream is to live in peace with the other indigenous nations and peoples of the Middle East.
May I conclude with the age old Hebrew prayer for peace in the original Hebrew language:
[Member spoke in Hebrew as follows:]
Oseh Shalom Bimromov, Who Yaaseh Shalom, Alenu V'al Kol Israel, V'imeru, Amen.
May God who establishes peace on high, grant peace for us all, Amen.
May this 59th anniversary usher in a real, just, and lasting peace for all peoples of the Middle East.
Bill C-327
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Bernard Bigras Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, QC
Mr. Speaker, today, we are debating Bill C-327, which I am sponsoring in the House of Commons and which aims to reduce violence on television.
Eight years ago today, on April 20, 1999, the Columbine shooting took place. Closer to home, we also remember the tragic events at Dawson College on September 16, 2006, and the massacre this week at Virginia Tech University. Such events remind us of the importance of reducing violence in our society and especially on television.
A recent study by the communications department at Virginia Tech shows that someone who is exposed to violent programs and movies for a certain number of hours could decide to commit acts of violence to settle disagreements with others. It is therefore our duty as parliamentarians, citizens and parents to make sure our children can live in an environment where violence—which realistically cannot be completely eliminated— is better monitored and less accessible to children.
I invite my colleagues to vote in favour of Bill C-327.
21st Awards Ceremony of Coalition of National Capital Region Businesspeople
Statements By Members
11:15 a.m.
Mauril Bélanger Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be able to congratulate those honoured at the 21st awards ceremony of the Regroupement des gens d'affaires de la Capitale nationale held on April 14.
The award recipients, in order of presentation, are as follows: the Prix Coup de Coeur 2007 for outstanding service, Jocelyne Beauchamp and Mireille Campeau, co-owners of Cora's Ottawa Saint-Laurent; manager of the year, private sector, Patrice Basille, executive vice-president, Brookstreet Hotel; manager of the year, parapublic sector, Victoria Henry, director of the Art Bank of the Canada Council for the Arts—particularly special considering it is the 50th anniversary of the Canada Council; SME of the year, Le Nordik - Nature Spa; self-employed worker of the year, Jimmy Blackburn, president of Rebuts Débarras Québec; micro-business of the year, Oproma Inc.; big business of the year, S&S Bolton Electric and its president Robert Sanscartier, who has also received previous awards from the RGA; and lastly entrepreneur of the year, Jacques Bertrand from La Relance Outaouais.
Congratulations to all the award winners. I hope that the RGA will continue its great work for years to come.


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Installing ImageMagick on Windows and Using with PHP – Imagick
As most of your know ImageMagick is like the photoshop on your console demand. Best with their explanation.
ImageMagick® is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (over 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF. Use ImageMagick to translate, flip, mirror, rotate, scale, shear and transform images, adjust image colors, apply various special effects, or draw text, lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves.
It is very powerful and supports all platforms with tons of different languages and implementations. Because my hosting solutions did not suppot it (many of them dont do as well) I always used awesome GD library to process images on my projects. Well now my hosting does support and I am going to use it so I needed to install it to my development environment which is windows. I am going to install and use Imagick also because using IM from native PHP is much more faster than using it from console via exec.
Well first of all ImageMagick on windows with PHP is a really pain in the ass, if you have the commitment and time go for it otherwise use it from console. Here are the steps and todo's to install for PHP 5.2.x, ( I dont know if it works with PHP 5.3.x or below, you will need to test for yourself. I am a happy camper for now ).
Just to make things clear, all the PHP dll files (librarires) are 32 bit, so if your system is 64 bit and you will still need to download and operate 32 bit ImageMagick, Apache, etc.


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Gutta-percha (Palaquium) is a genus of tropical trees native to Southeast Asia and northern Australasia, from Taiwan south to the Malay Peninsula and east to the Solomon Islands. The same term is used to refer to an inelastic natural latex produced from the sap of these trees, particularly from the species Palaquium gutta. Chemically, gutta-percha is a polyterpene, a polymer of isoprene, or polyisoprene, specifically (trans-1,4-polyisoprene).
The word 'gutta-percha' comes from the plant's name in Malay, getah perca, which translates as "percha sap".
The trees are 5–30 metres tall and up to 1 metre in trunk diameter. The leaves are evergreen, alternate or spirally arranged, simple, entire, 8–25 cm long, and glossy green above, often yellow or glaucous below. The flowers are produced in small clusters along the stems, each flower with a white corolla with 4–7 (mostly 6) acute lobes. The fruit is an ovoid 3–7 cm berry, containing 1–4 seeds; in many species the fruit is edible.
In Australia, gutta-percha is a common name specifically used for the tree Excoecaria parvifolia, which yields an aromatic, heavy, dark brown timber. It is also called "northern birch". This particular species is not related to the palaquims
Gutta-percha latex is biologically inert, resilient, and is a good electrical insulator due to a high dielectric strength. The wood of many species is also valuable.
Western inventors discovered the properties of gutta-percha latex in 1842, although the local population in its Malayan habitat had used it for a variety of applications for centuries. Allowing this fluid to evaporate and coagulate in the sun produced a latex which could be made flexible again with hot water, but which did not become brittle, unlike rubber prior to the discovery of vulcanization.
By 1845, telegraph wires insulated with gutta-percha were being manufactured in the United Kingdom. It served as the insulating material for some of the earliest undersea telegraph cables, including the first transatlantic telegraph cable. Gutta-percha was particularly suitable for this purpose, as it was not attacked by marine plants or animals, a problem which had disabled previous undersea cables. The material was a major constituent of Chatterton's compound used as an insulating sealant for telegraph and other electrical cables. Polyethylene's superior insulative property has displaced it.
The same bioinertness property that made it suitable for marine cables also means it does not readily react within the human body, and consequently it is used for a variety of surgical devices and for dental applications during root canal therapy. It is the predominant material used to obturate, or fill the empty space inside the root of a tooth after it has undergone endodontic therapy. Its physical and chemical properties, including but not limited to its inertness and biocompatibility, melting point, ductility and malleability, afford it an important role in the field of endodontics.
In the mid-19th century, gutta-percha was also used to make furniture, notably by the Gutta-Percha Company (established in 1847). Several of these highly ornate, revival-style pieces were shown at the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London. Molded furniture forms, emulating carved wood, were attacked by proponents of the design reform movement, who advocated truth to materials. It was also used to make "mourning" jewelry, because it was dark in color and could be easily molded into beads or other shapes. Pistol hand grips and rifle shoulder pads were also made from gutta-percha, since it was hard and durable, though it fell into disuse when plastics such as Bakelite became available. Gutta-percha found use in canes and walking sticks as well; in 1856, Representative Preston Brooks used a cane made of gutta-percha as a weapon in his infamous attack on Senator Charles Sumner.
The material was quickly adopted for numerous other applications. The "guttie" golf ball (which had a solid gutta-percha core) revolutionized the game. Gutta-percha remained an industrial staple well into the 20th century, when it was gradually replaced with superior (generally synthetic) materials, though a similar and cheaper natural material called balatá is often used in gutta-percha's place. The two materials are almost identical, and balatá is often called gutta-balatá.
See also
References and external links
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Palaquium
- Gutta-percha on the Transatlantic cable site
- The Gutta Percha Company on the History of the Atlantic Cable site


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