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Lillian M. Olson
RAPID RIVER – Lillian M. Olson, 96, of Rapid River, passed away peacefully Thursday afternoon, Sept. 26, 2013, at Bishop Noa Home in Escanaba.
Lillian was born May 17, 1917, in Ensign, the daughter of Fred and Ruth (Wilson) Gorham. She was united in marriage to Robert J. Olson Sr. and together the couple made their home and raised their son, Robert Jr., in Ensign.
Lillian was a lifelong, devoted member of the Congregation Church of Rapid River. She spent many volunteer hours, at the Congregational Church, and enjoyed her time with her church family. Lillian loved to square dance, go on vacations and simply spend time with her family. She will be deeply missed.
Survivors include grandchildren, Mark (Becky) Olson of Wisconsin, Randy (Diane Carlson) Olson of Gladstone, Shelley (Mitch Tabalske) Olson of Green Bay, Robert S. Olson of Green Bay; great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Lindsey, Emily, Tucson, Dempsey, Ryan and Alex; great-great-grandchildren, Colton and Harper Lee.
Lillian was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Ruth, and her son, Robert J. Olson Jr.
Lillian's family will receive friends on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, from noon to 2 p.m., at the Congregational Church in Rapid River. Funeral services to celebrate the life of Lillian M. Olson will follow visiting hours, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, at the Congregational Church, with Pastor William Rafuse officiating. Lillian will be laid to rest in the Rapid River Cemetery following funeral services. Luncheon will follow committal rites at the Congregational Church Fellowship Hall. Memorial contributions, in Lillian's name, may be directed to the Delta County Cancer Alliance. Envelopes will be available at the Congregational Church and the Skradski Family Funeral Homes of Delta County. The Skradski Family Funeral Homes of Delta County are assisting the Olson family with arrangements. Messages of condolence, to Lillian's family, may be offered online at www.skradskifuneralhomes.com.


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Victor Shop Runs the Gamut
An exciting business has moved into the Village of Victor!!! The Game Gamut is located at 86 West Main Street. What I consider a boutique game shop, there is nothing like it in the surrounding Rochester area.
I discovered this type of game shop in a trendy area in Maine this summer but The Game Gamut ramps it up a bit further. The business is chock full of designer-style games and the hard-to-find ones, unless you stumble upon them in the limited section of a small toy shop or go online. This is not your Toys R Us. The shop offers games geared to please family's and hardcore gamesters. Among their stock, they feature Gigamic brand games made of high-quality playing pieces.
Once entering the Boutique Game shop in Maine, my family soon amassed an armful of games as though it was water and we were heading into the desert. I noticed the same reaction from visitors when I visited The Game Gamut on opening day last week.
So, what makes a boutique game shop like The Game Gamut so special you ask? Your visit is experiential- in other words, you can sample games from a large demo area (while eating popcorn) and you can rent games to try-before-you-buy. This family-friendly shop will host theme game events for preschoolers, teens, families, hardcore gamesters and, throw in a slice of pizza.
My favorite part about this type of shop? I hate deciphering game directions. The Game Gamut employees explain the game to you before you try it or buy it.
For all you desperate mothers looking for a fresh birthday party idea for your kids- look no further. And remember, the holidays are right around the corner.


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The Cornell Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of Chautauqua County were recently given a substantial donation of equipment and supplies from Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play. This initiative, sponsored locally by the Chautauqua County Health Network, funded the supplies for the Master Gardener program which will increase their capacity for providing gardening education and improve health and wellness throughout our county.
Creating Healthy Places to Live, Work and Play (CHP) in Chautauqua County is part of a statewide initiative funded by the New York State Department of Health to promote healthy lifestyles and prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes. Obesity among children and adolescents has tripled over the past three decades. Currently one-third of New York's children are obese or overweight. CHP is working closely with a variety of partners to create policy, systems and environmental changes in order to increase access to healthy foods and provide opportunities for physical activity.
What better way is there to increase healthy food supplies while also increasing physical activity than gardening. Included in the donation was nearly $200 worth of resource books for the Master Gardener Helpdesk and for use by Master Gardeners in preparing community education presentations. In addition, more than $1,600 worth of equipment and gardening supplies were donated for the Demonstration Gardens located at the Frank Bratt Ag Center. Among the supplies are trellising for the vegetables, seed starting equipment including a three-tiered light system, produce scale, handheld digital microscope and two varieties of handicap accessible raised beds. Throughout the growing season area gardeners will be able to attend educational sessions with Master Gardeners at the Demonstration Gardens.
Janet Forbes, Creating Healthy Places project coordinator, said, "We are delighted with our partnership with the Master Gardeners and this opportunity to provide them with additional resources to expand their educational offerings to the community. By teaching both beginning and experienced gardeners new techniques for growing their own food, the Master Gardeners play a vital role in helping to improve the health and well being of our Chautauqua County residents."
For more information on the Master Gardener Program, contact Betsy Burgeson: 664-9502, ext. 204 or email@example.com.
The mission of the Chautauqua County Master Gardener Program is to educate and serve the community, utilizing university and research-based horticultural information. Volunteers are from the community who have successfully completed 50-plus hours of Cornell approved training and volunteer a minimum of 50 hours per year. "Like" the Chautauqua County Master Gardeners on Facebook for gardening news and information.


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Our earth in danger
To the editor:
It 's that time of year again when our thoughts become centered on pro-life and the treasure of an unborn baby.a time to delve deep for answers to mend fractured habits towards preservation of life.
We are at an imperative time in history that demands we recognize another life issue that looms large. The earth has a fever. With every degree her temperature rises, she becomes more ill and less capable of sustaining nourishing systems. We know how we feel when we get a temperatureWell the earth is connected to her people, and she needs us all to be her doctor. Earth scholars believe that if we can apply needed medicines to combat climate change within the next 5 years, her systems may be salvaged. If not, our future looks bleak.
Land and ocean systems – our food sources – are in jeopardy. Species are endangered and dying – are we not among them? We know that we now grow our own atmosphere, our own sicknesses, our own storms, our own deserts. We also know that we can emulate healthy systems by changing our methods.
We can take to mind the heart of our creator and recognize that all creation is holy – the land, its creatures, plants, peoples, each one of us. Are we not spiritual beings having a human experience, called to bring harmony out of chaos, to seek and own the sacredness within all, to honor creation's interconnectedness and grow justice and peace?
When earth can no longer keep her permafrost frozen, the methane reservoirs within them will release. Methane is 25 times more potent than carbon.
Earth's sustaining ability for life is being jeopardized and destroyed by human choices? It is time for all of us to acknowledge the evidence and travel the high road together.
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Wayland Baptist nips Zias
September 9, 2008
PLAINVIEW, Texas — After three tight games, Wayland Baptist overcame a 2-1 deficit with a dominating fourth set Tuesday night and the unbeaten Pioneers went on to a 26-28, 25-20, 23-25, 25-7, 15-10 volleyball victory over Eastern New Mexico University.
Desiree Luevano had 16 kills and Jennifer Wyatt added 15 for the Pioneers (6-0), ranked 16th in the NAIA. Wayland had 11 aces in the match, including five for Hailey Clark and three for Wyatt, to two for the Zias (2-7).
ENMU got double-doubles in the match from senior outside hitter Vanessa Wilcox (13 kills, 10 digs) and sophomore outside hitter Veronica Valdez (10 kills, 26 digs). Freshman outside hitter Sarah Koch added 10 kills.
The Zias took a close first game, going up 27-26 on a Pioneers serving error and then getting a kill from senior Nicole Vanderploeg on game point.
Neither team led by more than three points in the match until the end of the second game, when the Pioneers went on a 6-1 run to break away from a 19-19 tie.
The Zias then put together their own run in the third game, scoring six consecutive points to reach match point at 24-20 as Vanderploeg had an ace and a kill in that sequence.
Wilcox then put the Zias ahead with a kill on game point.
But in game 4, Wayland rolled to a 10-1 lead, then put together another 10-1 surge after three points by the Zias. The teams exchanged side-outs on the first 11 points in the fifth set, but Melrose graduate Audrey Hemminger gave the Pioneers the lead for good at 6-5 with a kill.
The Zias play their home opener on Thursday, hosting Wichita, Kan.-based Newman University in a 7 p.m. start at Greyhound Arena.


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This week, Secretary Clinton extended congratulations to Iraq on the formation of their new government, welcomed a UN resolution calling on Iran to respect human rights, and issued a joint statement with the EU's Catherine Ashton calling for the immediate release of presidential candidates and demonstrators taken into custody in Belarus in the aftermath of elections. This was the week that saw the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," as well as Senate approval of New START, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation.
It was also a week of "voices and views." We told you about 16 ways -- in honor of the recent international "16 Days of Activism" campaign -- in which the U.S. Mission in Pakistan is giving voice to women in that country. And we heard the voices of young people as they set the agenda at the UN Security Council.
Outreach is a way of sharing views and putting voices into dialogue together. This week, we heard about U.S. outreach to journalists in Pakistan, and water service providers in Cambodia. American students took on the role of citizen-diplomats in their outreach through the National Security Language Initiative for Youth, and Assistant Secretary Ann Stock spoke about the second year of Dance Motion USA and the one-on-one connections fostered by the dancers who take part. Atul Keshap, from the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, shared his views on his recent trip to India, in this four-part series covering education, economics, and, of course, "Tollywood." And Andrea Strano, with the U.S. Mission to NATO, shared a literal view by giving us a glimpse of what the 2010 NATO Summit looked like from "ScooterCam." Speaking of views, remember that it's not too late to share yours with us on the most significant international events of 2010.
'Tis (still) the season for holiday and year-end travel, so be sure to check travel.state.gov for the latest safety information if your plans include international destinations. Regardless of where this week finds you, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe or celebrating with Santa in Bolivia, we wish you all the best as 2010 wraps up, as well as in the year ahead.


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Shane Deal to join Department of Commerce
SAINT PAUL – Shane Deal, Bank President of Bank Midwest in New Ulm, is joining the Minnesota Department Commerce.
Commissioner Mike Rothman announced Deal will serve as Deputy Commissioner of Financial Institutions. In this role, Deal will lead the Financial Institution team responsible for state regulatory oversight of state-chartered financial institutions and non-depository entities doing business in Minnesota, including state-chartered banks, thrift companies, credit unions, trust companies, finance companies, mortgage-related and other licensees.
Deal said that included regulatory functions, working with the Legislature on developing new laws and regulations for the state banking industry, and making sure that banking services are accessible to all throughout the state.
Deal was selected after a national search conducted by a search committee of department, financial industry, and other representatives. His last day at Bank Midwest is today (Thursday), and he starts his new position on June 3, giving him time to see his oldest daughter graduate from high school in New Ulm.
"I had been very interested in this for several years, but the process started in January," Deal said. "I went through the panels, the interviews and meetings with the commissioner, and I kept working down the list of candidates."
Deal said he and the commissioner share the same mindset on what community banking should be.
"Shane Deal brings significant knowledge and experience in community banking matters," said Commissioner Rothman. "At a time when financial institutions have significant challenges and opportunities, Shane brings important experience and energy that will bolster the Commerce Department's Financial Institutions team."
Deal's experience includes nearly 20 years in the community banking sector and most recently served as Senior Vice President and Market President at Bank Midwest in New Ulm. Prior to that, he was Market President of the North American State Bank in Willmar.
Deal is a graduate of Mankato State University and the University of Wisconsin, Prochnow Graduate School of Banking. Deal also served as the Community Bank President of MidCountry Bank in Willmar, and Business Banker at Center National Bank in Litchfield.
Outside of his professional work, Deal serves on the New Ulm Economic Development Authority, has been a Rotary Club member, and he was recently elected the United Way Empower Board of Directors.


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I always laughed at "One Bad Apple"..definately a song to match the teeth of that bunch. LOL
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What does the new Farm Bill mean for you?
Bill Watson, president of UMB Agribusiness, breaks down what you need to know about the newly-passed Farm Bill‡ in this video.
For more information, keep reading below.
Every five years, Congress passes legislation known as the Farm Bill that sets policy for our nation's agriculture, nutrition and conservation. After being without a bill for the last two years due to Congressional differences, Congress recently approved the latest version of the Farm Bill. One of the most important components the new bill provides is consistency to the planning process, allowing producers to determine their probable cash flows and insurance coverage levels for the years ahead.
There are two major issues that arise with the new bill that require careful consideration for farm financial planning. Both of these issues can have a material impact on revenue streams and, consequently, on producers' ability to cover debt payments and input costs in the coming years.
1) elimination of direct payments –
- These were based on the number of acres farmers owned and not on the condition of their crops.
- Impact on future cash flows: In many cases this may not be material, but in some cases where new increased debt levels may have stressed cash flows and debt coverage, this reduction in total income can have a serious, detrimental effect.
- Producers need to work closely with their banks and financial advisors to review the impact of this change in forecasting the adequacy of future cash flows, and determining if changes in debt levels, loan terms or loan structure need to be made to accommodate lower future income levels. This should be done now rather than waiting until next year when the effect has already impacted the banking relationship. Being candid and straightforward with bankers and advisors as to any problems the reduced payments may potentially bring to operations will be critical for producers and their short- and long-term financial planning.
2) new coverage types and levels for crop insurance –
- Now that there are no more direct payments, crop insurance will become the foundation of the new bill.
- Producers immediately need to determine which option will work best for their individual farms. Farmers now have the option between two new insurance programs – Price Loss Coverage or Agriculture Risk Protection.
- Price Loss Coverage‡ pays the farmer or producer when the market price for a covered crop is below a fixed reference price.
- Agriculture Risk Protection‡ – makes payments to farmers when either the farm's revenue from all crops or the county's revenue for a crop is below 86 percent of a predetermined benchmark level of revenue.
- In most situations, the best way to make the irrevocable selection between the two program options is to review how the options would have impacted specific farming operations throughout the last several years. By looking at several years, or by forecasting crop rotations into the next five years when possible, producers can determine which option will provide the best insurance coverage under a variety of potential circumstances.
Careful consideration of future operations, past insurance costs and coverage, and required levels of risk mitigation can yield significant improvement to overall farm income in the years ahead. Taking proactive steps to evaluate these areas with bankers and financial advisors will be critical in establishing a strategic plan and achieving the best outcomes financially possible for farming operations.
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Mr. Watson serves as president of the UMB Agribusiness Division. He joined UMB in August of 2005 and has also served as the president of the UMB Kansas region. Watson is a graduate of Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana with a major in Psychology. He has also attended The Colorado School of Banking, The National Commercial Lending School (where he has also been an instructor), and the Stonier Graduate School of Banking.


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When 11-year-old Walt, a logical perfectionist, and his eccentric grandfather are magically pulled into a world of paintings, they find themselves traveling through the mazes of M.C. Escher, the brushwork of Van Gogh, the cubist creations of Picasso and the pop art of Roy Lichtenstein. Along the way, a painted villain pursues their every move—and draws the mismatched duo closer together as they put their artistic differences aside to figure out how to get back home.
This colorful story comes from the imaginative minds of Aaron Blaise and Chuck Williams, two Academy Award-nominated former Disney animators based in Martin County. Now independent, the two have been investing their time and money into Art Story, a computer-animated film they seek to release on the big screen by 2016.
The concept for the movie began with an interest in using cutting-edge technology to bring to animated life the masterpieces of artists like Van Gogh and Monet, Williams says.
"The core part of story came together when we started talking about the grandfather-grandchild relationship based on our own relationships with our grandparents," he says. "The idea of getting them stuck in paintings and telling a buddy story like that really appealed to us. When we found the heart, the core emotion to it, the story took off."
At the center of Art Story's kid-friendly plot and dynamic visuals is an elementary introduction to different styles of art. Viewers learn how, for instance, a Van Gogh piece connects to a Gauguin as Walt and his grandfather travel through a series of post-impressionism paintings. Each world they enter depicts a different type of art—classical, fine, modern—as represented in works by landmark painters of each style.
Yet the film's educational aspect is secondary to its ultimate intent of simply evoking laughter, tears and thrills, Williams says.
"The best stories, if you fall in love with the characters and their goals and their journeys, should entertain," he says. "You want an emotional experience. You want the sad parts to make you cry, you want the funny parts to make you laugh and the action parts to get your heart beating. [Art Story is] meant to work at that level—and compete. Like the great Disney films and the great Pixar films, we're trying to make something along those lines."
Blaise and Williams would know what makes an animated film a hit, having each worked 21 years at Disney. The two met their first day on the job in the Orlando studio on April 17, 1989, during a period Blaise refers to as "the new golden age of animation."
"Animation in the mid-'80s was about to go away. Disney was looking to shut down the studios, and it was [former Disney CEOs] Michael Eisner and Roy E. Disney and people that saw potential and future who came in and decided to turn it around," he says. "It started turning around with Oliver & Company and The Little Mermaid, and that's when we came in."
At Disney, Blaise and Williams worked on such classics as The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas and the Academy Award-nominated Brother Bear, which Blaise codirected and Williams produced.
"We know the honor that it was to be able to be a part of those things. That's great," Blaise says. "And on top of it, [Disney is] where we got our storytelling and filmmaking chops. We were lucky enough to be born at the right time to have experienced that."
Blaise and Williams worked at the Orlando studio for more than a decade, then relocated to Los Angeles for seven years. In 2010, they left Disney and moved to South Florida (Blaise lives in Stuart, while Williams is in Palm City) to help found the Digital Domain animation studio in Port St. Lucie, an initiative that went bankrupt last September. Since then, Blaise has been doing freelance work while Williams has been consulting and teaching at Florida State University's film school. They hope to one day launch the institute and even produce Art Story in the area, goals they admit seem lofty, but plan to at least develop and pre-produce their movie in Southeast Florida.
Although the animators are confident about bringing Art Story to theaters, not having a clear production future is just one obstacle that makes the film unlike Blaise's and Williams' past movies. Their most daunting new undertaking, they say, is rendering every chapter of the film in a different way for each art world. This means designing six to eight versions of the same character, a challenge technically and financially—possibly costing millions of dollars.
To offset costs, Blaise and Williams turned to Kickstarter, a crowd-funding website in which individuals can receive donations for a creative project if they raise their desired amount by a certain date. Offering incentives such as Art Story T-shirts, a tour of their studio and even the opportunity to voice a character, Blaise and Williams set a 47-day goal to acquire $350,000 by August 23. They met their goal a day early, securing more than $365,000 by the deadline.
Of course, raising the funds meant having to tell the world about Art Story early in the production process, also an unfamiliar approach for Blaise and Williams. Unlike their films at Disney, which remained top secret for months until previews were shown, Art Story is an open project: The Kickstarter site displays behind-the-scenes videos of filmmaking and concepts for the movie. The animators plan to create a children's ebook that tells the story before the film is released. And as pledged, they'll reward Kickstarter backers with access to blog posts that share casting details, possible sneak previews and more—all this years before the movie comes out.
For now, the open-book movie is still in its early stages. Having raised financial and audience support, Blaise and Williams are concentrating on their next major hurdle: developing the story. The theme of Art Story begins with Walt's serious perspective and lack of interest in creativity. His perfectionistic desire for control "dampens the color of life," Blaise says, a concept that will be conveyed metaphorically throughout the film.
"Life is something to be explored and embraced. Enjoy all the colors of it," he says. "The whole life ahead of you is a blank canvas, and you can live it boring or you can live it to the fullest and look back on the end of it as this great masterpiece that you've lived."


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Originally published on Saturday, Feb. 2 at 9:00 a.m. EST.
- The heavier the Super Bowl advertising by a company, the more likely its stock will underperform.
On Sunday, one of the grand sporting events of the year will take place: the Super Bowl.
Starting with Super Bowl XXXIV in January 2000, I created the Stock Market Super Bowl Indicator. The indicator, as Alan Abelson noted in Barron's:
... is a contrary indicator, kind of like the cover of Time. Its critical components are the commercials carried on television coverage of the event and the identity of the companies doing the advertising. Its virtue is not as a forecaster for the market as a whole but for individual sectors of the market.
My indicator dictates that the more intense the Super Bowl TV advertising by a group of companies, particularly in a specific industry, the more likely the stocks of those companies will perform poorly in the year ahead.
Total ad spending has decreased by approximately $50 million compared to 2012, with auto manufacturers cutting their total ad spending in half, from $136.5 million in 2012 to an estimated $60.8 million in 2013. This could be a result of continuing concerns about a weak European market or a more cautious attitude with regard to domestic automobile sales relating to the fiscal drag of higher personal tax rates.
General Motors ( GM) via Chevrolet was the highest spender on advertising during the Super Bowl in 2012, and subsequently GM shares saw a dramatic decrease in their share price by July, down to around $20 from a February high of $27. GM shares recovered as the year progressed, closing out 2012 slightly above $28. The car manufacturing industry comes in second place for 2013, with nine brands buying ad time for an estimated total of $60.8 million.
The competition between food and autos runs even deeper when it comes to the halftime show sponsorship. Since Super Bowl XLII in 2008, Bridgestone has been the sponsor.
PepsiCo ( PEP) has taken over sponsorship duties, however, to promote the Beyonce spectacle this year. (No word on whether lip-synching will be included in this event, too.)
A total of 36 brands have purchased air time so far (as of Jan. 29) for the Super Bowl; Food & Beverage has the majority with 10. Anheuser-Busch InBev ( BUD) has the lion's share of the time, buying four and half minutes of air time; with a rumored average cost of $3.8 million per 30-seconds, the estimated cost of providing lots of time looking at Clydesdales and beer is estimated to be $34.2 million. In addition to the dramatic increase in advertising, the company had the Department of Justice block the takeover attempt of Grupo Modelo this week. Perhaps their beer is becoming skunked? Keep an eye on PepsiCo as well; they are on the ad list twice with soda and Doritos as well sponsoring the halftime show.


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Trips I want to take! India? Japan? Portugal? Sydney, Australia? Chile?
The wine that got you into wine
Malbec's on a trip to Argentina!
If I could only drink one wine forever
Gruner Veltliner
Current watering hole
Eastern Standard
Drunken munchies
Anything soaked in truffle oil
When not drinking wine you can find me
vintage shopping, e-mailing from my iphone, running events, or hiking!
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Bill C-520 (Historical)
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (employer's bankruptcy)
This bill was last introduced in the 36th Parliament, 1st Session, which ended in September 1999.
Bernard Patry Liberal
Introduced as a private member's bill. (These don't often become law.)
Not active
(This bill did not become law.)
All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, provided by the Library of Parliament.


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Hi Norma,That looks really good!Examining the pics, though, I have some constructive comments:It looks like the dough in your pizza is cooked all the way through from bottom to top. In a Jets pizza, the bottom half of the dough is cooked, but the top half (up to the sauce) is still kind of raw, which gives the pizza a "chewy texture", which is a great contrast with the crunchy bottom. Check out this picture - it is a side view of a Jets small square with the cheese peeled back. You can see the dough is cooked up to just under the half-inch mark - I have drawn a line in the pic to show where it changes:I'm thinking that, by Jets standards, that pizza might be a little overcooked (no "raw chewy dough" left in it).Are you baking it at 475 degrees for 7-8 minutes?


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A Union College staff member was recently appointed by Gov. Beshear's office as a board member with the Kentucky Communities Crisis Response Board.
The KCCRB was created by the state and has the primary responsibility of providing mental health and counseling assistance to an area or community in a situation of disaster or crisis. Union College Director of Counseling Jodi Carroll has been appointed to the KCCRB board.
"I believe that KCCRB does very valuable work, and I feel honored to serve KCCRB in this additional capacity after having served as a Team Member and Regional Coordinator," Carroll said. "The work as a Team Member and Regional Coordinator has been extremely rewarding, and I am excited about the opportunity to further enhance the services provided by the KCCRB. I enjoy both direct work with individuals and groups as well as work that directs policy and procedures, so I expect to find both roles fulfilling."
As board member, Carroll said one of her biggest responsibilities would be to recruit and boost KCCRB membership within the region.
"My goal is to increase awareness of the KCCRB and how to join. I also hope to identify and minimize any barriers which may prevent local people from joining the team," Carroll said. "When people of southeastern Kentucky work together, we tend to accomplish great things."
Carroll said that she is looking forward to the experience and feels honored to serve the KCCRB in this capacity. She added that the training through KCCRB not only helps her respond in times of crisis, but also helps her serve in her position at Union.
"The training I receive as a team member with KCCRB/KCCRT is extremely valuable in my role as counselor. The team provides trainings with the primary goal of equipping team members with skills to provide high quality service to individuals or groups who have been impacted by a disaster or a crisis," Carroll said. "These same skills are also useful in my role as counselor at Union College, as individuals receiving counseling may often benefit from these same skills. Even though a client may not be experiencing a current crisis or disaster, the skills may be beneficial in assisting the client as he or shedeals with situations from the past."
Carroll, who applied for the board position, will report to her first KCCRB meeting soon. She will serve for two years, and then have the opportunity to serve a second term. She said she is very fortunate to receive the opportunity to be a board member, and is excited to begin her duties.


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Debates of March 25th, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #149 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was quebec.
- Question Period
- Privilege
- Business of Supply
- Bruce Campbell
- A. Frank Willis
- The Budget
- Air Canada
- Nowruz
- Purple Day
- Youth Conference
- Copyright
- The Budget
- Frank Howard
- The Economy
- The Budget
- Government Accountability
- Opposition Parties
- Government Accountability
- National Defence
- The Province of Quebec
- The Budget
- Ethics
- Sales Tax Harmonization
- Shipbuilding Industry
- Government Appointments
- Government Accountability
- The Economy
- Health
- Champlain Bridge
- Government Spending
- G8 Summit
- Veterans
- Government Appointments
- Employment Insurance
- Points of Order
- Speaker of the House of Commons
- Chief Electoral Officer
- Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials
- Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement
- Government Response to Petitions
- Committees of the House
- Excise Tax Act
- Employment Insurance Act
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act
- Investment Canada Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Business of Supply
Sit-in at Hill Office of Indian Affairs Minister--Speaker's Ruling
10 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
Order, please. I am now prepared to rule on the question of privilege raised on March 10, 2011, by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development concerning an alleged sit-in at his Parliament Hill office.
I wish to thank the minister for having raised this matter and the members for Churchill and Yukon for their comments.
In raising this question of privilege, the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development explained that on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, the member for Churchill arrived at his office, uninvited and accompanied by a group of the Sayisi Dene and media representatives, pressing his staff for an immediate meeting despite his absence. In his view, this constituted a protest and a sit-in. Characterizing the incident as a serious breach of trust and a serious matter from a security standpoint, the minister expressed concern that his employees were made uncomfortable and prevented from doing their work.
The member for Churchill countered that the visit was simply an attempt to obtain a meeting with the minister and not an orchestrated event with the intention of obstructing the work of the minister's office.
As all hon. members will recall, House of Commons Procedure and Practice, Second Edition, at page 108 states:
Speakers have consistently upheld the right of the House to the services of its members free from intimidation, obstruction and interference.
It also notes, on the same page, that:
Over the years, members have regularly brought to the attention of the House instances which they believed were attempts to obstruct, impede, interfere, intimidate or molest them, their staffs or individuals who had some business with them or the House.
In the case before us, the Chair is being asked to determine whether the unauthorized presence in the minister's office of the member for Churchill, a delegation of the Sayisi Dene and the media was tantamount to intimidation or obstruction of the minister's staff. To assist me, I reviewed the report on this matter prepared by House of Commons security, who attended the scene after being called upon for assistance by the minister's staff. It is clear to the Chair from the submissions, as well as the security report, that those occupying the minister's office were uninvited and did not have proper authorization to be there. As well, the Chair believes that the minister's staff was indeed uncomfortable, though they appeared to have handled the situation with aplomb and good grace.
I am troubled that the member for Churchill, without prior warning, took it upon herself to lead a group to another member's office. That media representatives were part of this group makes the situation that much more unfortunate. No matter how well intentioned the member for Churchill was, or how amicable the outcome of this particular incident, it was an unauthorized presence in a minister's office that left ministerial staff uncomfortable enough to warrant the assistance of security. It is a credit to the minister's staff, and it must be said to the unexpected visitors as well, that this incident did not escalate further and that the tone of the exchange was respectful.
It is well understood that members need access to ministers to fulfill their parliamentary functions but it is equally true that there are various well-known, entirely acceptable avenues available to secure such access. Members are expected to avail themselves of these mutually agreed upon opportunities rather than resorting to other unorthodox means that may place colleagues in untenable situations. Because of the actions of the member for Churchill, for almost an hour, her guests occupied the office of the minister without a previously arranged appointment. This is a clear abuse of the usual practices that all members are expected to follow. The Chair is disappointed that the member for Churchill showed a complete disregard for the common courtesies that are to be observed between members. In this case, the situation was well managed, but we may not always be so lucky.
It does not require a great deal of imagination to foresee the kind of circus atmosphere that could result if all members took it upon themselves to escort constituents, delegations or other citizens—however worthy their cause or objective—to whichever other member's office they chose.
That being said, in this particular case, in large part due to the calm, measured approach taken by the minister's staff in handling the situation, there is little evidence to suggest that the staff of the minister were obstructed in the fulfillment of their duties. The minister himself was careful not to overstate the impact of the incident on his staff. In view of the very high threshold required in adjudicating such situations, in this circumstance the Chair cannot find that a prima facie question of privilege has arisen in this matter.
The Chair expects that all members will heed the lesson of this incident in an effort to maintain the integrity of the precinct as a work environment where all members feel secure and respected.
I ask for the active collaboration of all members in this and I thank all members for their attention.
Royal Assent
10:05 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
Order, please. I have the honour to inform the House that a communication has been received as follows:
Rideau Hall
March 25, 2011
Mr. Speaker:
I have the honour to inform you that the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, signified royal assent by written declaration to the bills listed in the Schedule to this letter on the 25th day of March, 2011 at 7:55 a.m.
Yours sincerely,
Stephen Wallace,
The Secretary to the Governor General and Herald Chancellor.
The schedule indicates the bills assented to were Bill C-442, An Act to establish a National Holocaust Monument--Chapter 13; and Bill C-475, An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (methamphetamine and ecstasy)--Chapter 14.
Opposition Motion—Confidence in the Government
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:05 a.m.
Michael Ignatieff Leader of the Opposition
That the House agree with the finding of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs that the government is in contempt of Parliament, which is unprecedented in Canadian parliamentary history, and consequently, the House has lost confidence in the government.
Opposition Motion—Confidence in the Government
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:05 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
Since today is the final allotted day for the supply period ending March 26, 2011, the House will go through the usual procedures to consider and dispose of the supply bill.
In view of recent practices, do hon. members agree that the bill be distributed now?
Opposition Motion—Confidence in the Government
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:05 a.m.
Some hon. members
Opposition Motion—Confidence in the Government
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:05 a.m.
Michael Ignatieff Etobicoke—Lakeshore, ON
Mr. Speaker, before we start this debate, I have a few words for you. You are at the end of your term as Speaker of the House, and I would like to express how much fondness and respect we all have for you. Your rulings have left their mark on our country's history.
Mr. Speaker, you have taught us all, sometimes with a modest rebuke, sometimes with the sharp sting of focused argument, to understand, to respect and to cherish the rules of Canadian democracy, and for that your citizens will always hold you in highest honour.
This is a historic day in the life of Canadian democracy, the democracy that you, Mr. Speaker, have served so well. I have to inform the House that the official opposition has lost confidence in the government.
The government no longer has the confidence of the official opposition.
Our motion asks the House to agree with the finding in the 27th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs presented on March 21. This was a historic finding. It was the first time that a parliamentary committee has found the government in contempt.
Today, with this motion, we ask the House to do the same, to find the government in contempt and to withdraw the confidence of the House.
With this motion, we are calling on members of Parliament to condemn the government for its contempt of Parliament and to withdraw the confidence of the House. This is a historic day in the life of Canadian democracy, but it is also an opportunity for us to confirm our commitment to parliamentary democracy and its fundamental principles.
What principles are we talking about? That the government has the obligation to provide members of this House with the information they need in order to hold the government accountable to the people of Canada.
The principle at stake in this debate goes to the heart of parliamentary democracy: the obligation of a government to provide members of this House with the information they need in order to hold the government accountable to the people of Canada.
We are the people's representatives. When the government spends money, the people have a right to know what it is to be spent on. Parliament does not issue blank cheques. For four months, the opposition has asked the government to tell the Canadian people the true cost of its budget plans. For four months, we demanded to know how much Canadian taxpayers were being asked to pay for fighter jets, prisons and corporate tax breaks. For four months. this House and the Canadian people were stonewalled by the government and they are being stonewalled still.
For four months, we have been trying to hold this government accountable. For four months, we demanded to know the real cost of the fighter jets, prisons and tax breaks for major corporations. For four months, we did not get a single answer, aside from the contempt and arrogance of this government. And today, still, we have no answers.
We were shocked, but we were not surprised. After all, this is the same government that shut down Parliament twice, the same government that was forced, by one of your rulings, to hand over documents to do with Afghan prisoners, and we are still waiting for those documents.
In the case of the Afghan documents, the government's excuse for withholding the truth was national security. In the case of the budget documents, it invented something about cabinet confidence, but actually it did not even bother with an excuse at all.
But you, Mr. Speaker, would have none of it. You, Mr. Speaker, held that the rules of our democracy require the government to answer the questions that Parliament wants answered. The matter was sent back to a committee for action and it came back with a finding of contempt. That is why we are where we are today. The House must decide whether the government has broken a basic rule of our democracy and therefore, whether it can remain in office.
For our part on this side of the House, there is no doubt. You, Mr. Speaker, have spoken, the committee has spoken, and now the House must speak with a clear voice. It must say that a government that breaks the rules and conceals facts from the Canadian people does not deserve to remain in office.
With one clear voice, the House must declare that a government that does not respect democracy cannot remain in power. We have had enough. If this vote results in an election, the Canadian people will have the opportunity to replace an arrogant government with one that respects democracy.
To those who say an election is unnecessary, we reply that we did not seek an election, but if we need one to replace a government that does not respect democracy with one that does, I cannot think of a more necessary election.
It is not just democracy that the House will be called upon to affirm this afternoon. The House should also affirm Canadians' hunger, nay their longing, for change. It is time to change Canada's direction. It is time to get us on the right path. After five years of Conservative government, it is time to say enough is enough. Enough of the politics of fear. Enough of the politics of division. Enough of the politics of personal destruction.
Enough is enough. We need to look at the government's priorities. It wants to spend 1,000 times more on fighter jets than on helping students in CEGEP and university. We reject the government's priorities. It is offering less to seniors for an entire year than what it spent on one day of the G20. We say no to this kind of waste. The government wants to spend 1,000 times more on prisons than on preventing youth crime. Again, we say no. This government's priorities are not in line with the priorities of Canadian families. We have had it. Enough is enough.
The priorities of the government laid bare in that thin gruel that we saw earlier this week reveal a government out of touch and out of control. There is no credible plan to tackle the deficit because there are no numbers any reasonable person can believe in. There is no vision of how to sustain our health care system. There is not a word about affordable housing, not a word about child care, and nothing for the pressing needs of Canadian families in poverty.
Instead, we get jets, jails and giveaways to oil companies, insurance companies, and banks that are doing just fine, thank you very much.
So we need a change. We need to focus scarce resources where they really matter: early learning and child care; college and university education for all, especially for aboriginal and immigrant Canadians; energy efficiency and green jobs; family care for our loved ones in the home, and security and dignity in retirement. We need all of this plus a clear plan to clean up our country's finances and get us back to balance without adding to the tax burden on Canadian families.
These are the priorities of our people. These are the needs that we must serve. These are the priorities at home. However, let us not forget the priorities abroad. We have so much ground to catch up. We have a government that has lost our place in the world and lost our place at the Security Council of the United Nations.
We need a government that restores our honour, our credit, and our prestige on the international stage, a government that understands the deep and committed internationalism that dwells in the hearts of all Canadian citizens.
We need a government for the people, a government that is accountable to the people and that serves the people and democracy.
I want to conclude by saying a few words about democracy. Some members of this government have been charged with electoral fraud. A member of the Prime Minister's inner circle is accused of influence peddling. Enough is enough. People are fed up.
I return to where I started, to democracy, to the abuse of power. We have a government whose most senior members stand accused of electoral fraud. We have a Prime Minister who appointed, as his top adviser, someone who served prison time for stealing money from his clients, someone who now faces accusations of influence peddling, and is under an RCMP investigation.
Canadians look at that picture and they say, "We have had enough". This House has had enough, enough of the abuse of power and enough of the bad economic choices.
We have a government with unique distinctions. We have a government with the largest deficit in Canadian history. It is the highest spending government in Canadian history. It is the most wasteful government in Canadian history. Finally, it is the first government in Canadian history to face a vote of contempt in this House.
This is a government and a Prime Minister that is out of touch and is out of control. It is time for a change.
Mr. Speaker, I urge all of the members to support our motion.
Opposition Motion—Confidence in the Government
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:25 a.m.
Michael Ignatieff Etobicoke—Lakeshore, ON
Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Kitchener—Conestoga for his public service on that committee, but I would draw to his attention a point in my speech indicating that the House asked for four months for the documents necessary for Parliament to make up its mind about the budget.
The member for Kitchener—Conestoga waves a binder in my face. Let me remind him that the answers we sought were not in those documents. We have been stonewalled for four months. The issue about who is to blame for contempt of Parliament lies squarely on the side of a government that when asked to provide the information necessary for the citizens of Canada to evaluate a budget, it stonewalled, objected, refused, and did not comply. This raises a fundamental issue of respect for parliamentary institutions.
The facts remain as I have stated. One cannot say that the government is in compliance when the binders do not provide the information required and when for four months, it gave us no answer at all.
Opposition Motion—Confidence in the Government
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:25 a.m.
Nathan Cullen Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC
Mr. Speaker, it is with some sadness that we are all involved in this debate today. It is a historic moment that a government of Canada is being found in contempt not just of Parliament but of the Canadian people.
All members come here in an effort to represent constituents back home. There is a list of concerns and serious allegations, some of them being founded by the public prosecutor charging four Conservatives and two may likely go to jail, cancelling the long form census, and firing independent government officers and agents.
Members are meant to hold government to account. It concerns me that just last night an email was leaked from the Minister of Industry who instructed his Senate colleagues to kill the generic bill for drugs to Africa. That is very similar to how the government instructed its people in the Senate to kill the climate change accountability act introduced by the leader of the NDP.
A government is being found in contempt, which has never happened before. There have been bad governments, lying governments, and contemptuous governments in this country before, but the present government has achieved this low bar of ethics and morality. How is it we find ourselves in this position and what must we all do collectively to never allow this to happen again?
Opposition Motion—Confidence in the Government
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:25 a.m.
Michael Ignatieff Etobicoke—Lakeshore, ON
Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley for his insightful remarks. He points out that we are here today because of a long pattern of abuse, not simply the withholding of documents on this occasion, which we have spent four long months in vain, seeking the documents we need to do our job, but there is a longer pattern of abuse that goes back to the shutting down of Parliament on two occasions.
When the Government of Canada was under pressure, facing just criticism from members of the House, it chose to prorogue. Canadians did not like that. It set the pattern of contempt, the pattern of disrespect, the pattern of abuse of our democracy that brings us to this place.
The member for Skeena—Bulkley Valley asks our side what we can do about it. That is why we are here today, to present a motion before the House that holds the government in contempt. If we do not do this, if we allow the government to get away with this, we will endanger the democracy which is incarnated by this beautiful room.
We have to be absolutely clear on this.
What has to be done to put things right and have democracy respected? The motion moved by the Liberal Party of Canada, the official opposition, has to be supported and adopted, that is what.
Opposition Motion—Confidence in the Government
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:30 a.m.
Joyce Murray Vancouver Quadra, BC
Mr. Speaker, the strength of the country we love is our people, but it is also the principles and practices of our democracy. People have worked for, fought for and have died for our democracy and our country. Now the government has broken the basic rules of democracy, and that is being expressed in the vote of contempt of Parliament that is happening today in the House of Commons.
Would the Leader of the Official Opposition tell us how the government's abuses of power and contempt of Parliament affect the very character of Canada? How do they affect the daily lives of people in their homes and communities in Canada?
Opposition Motion—Confidence in the Government
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:30 a.m.
Michael Ignatieff Etobicoke—Lakeshore, ON
Mr. Speaker, my colleague and friend from Vancouver Quadra asks a question that essentially transports us out of the precincts of the House and asks what this means to ordinary Canadians, the families watching at home and people at work. This is a question that affects them directly.
Many Canadians enjoy the very special privilege of rich and lucky countries, of not having to think and worry about their democracy. They entrust its protection to their representatives. They do not think about whether their democracy is in danger. They do not look up from the more important things they have to do in their lives, such as getting the kids to hockey practice and to school, doing their jobs, being with their neighbours and friends.
However, in the deep background of their lives, there must always be a confidence that their democracy works and that it works for them, and that when members of the House ask a government questions about how taxpayer money is spent, they get an honest answer. That is the crux of our democratic system, that on behalf of the woman taking her son or daughter to hockey practice, on behalf of the man going to work in the mill, they can count on us in the House of Commons to ask the questions that those citizens need to know in order to hold our government accountable. When that government fails in this most elementary task of democratic freedom, it is the duty of the members of the House to bring the government down.
Opposition Motion—Confidence in the Government
Business of Supply
Government Orders
March 25th, 2011 / 10:30 a.m.
Ottawa West—Nepean
John Baird Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with my hon. colleague from Carleton—Mississippi Mills, the chief government whip.
I rise today to speak to the motion introduced by the Leader of the Opposition on a matter of non-confidence in the government.
I wish I could say I am pleased to make this speech today, but I am not. In fact, I am saddened that a Parliament, which has accomplished a lot recently, will come to an end because of the reckless actions of the Liberal, Bloc Québécois and NDP coalition in forcing an unwanted and unnecessary election on Canadians.
Yesterday, I listed 10 important government bills which had received royal assent this week, bills like Bill S-6 to eliminate the faint hope clause, Bill C-48 to eliminate sentencing discounts for multiple murderers and Bill C-59 to get rid of early parole for white-collar fraudsters, a bill the Liberal leader opposed. That was a very positive week.
We also tried to pass important bills like Bill C-49, which would crack down on human smugglers and those who would take advantage of our generous immigration laws, and Bill S-10, which would get tough on drug dealers and date rape artists who would target our youth. I stood in this place just yesterday and asked for those bills to be passed. What was the response from the opposition coalition in passing these bills? No. No to getting tough on human smugglers. No to getting tough on drug dealers.
Instead, we find ourselves here today faced with the most partisan of attacks from an opposition coalition bent on defeating this government at all costs.
I know the Liberal members over there claim that the government was found to have done something wrong. What they are not telling Canadians is that this was an opposition-stacked committee that used the tyranny of the majority to get the predetermined outcome it wanted. Let us be clear. It was predetermined. After all, the members for Kings—Hants, Ottawa South, Joliette and Acadie—Bathurst said so in the media.
In my speech I could focus on all the abuses of parliamentary democracy and the absolute contempt that the opposition demonstrated, not just at that committee but on virtually every other committee of the House in overruling chairs, in making political decisions, ignoring the rules of this place, and on and on.
One may ask why we have never heard about these things. It is because the opposition coalition has a majority on every committee. Its members were the ones who demonstrated real contempt for Parliament, and they will have to answer to the Canadian people for that.
Let us be clear about what this vote of non-confidence is really about. It is a vote against the next phase of Canada's economic action plan. It is a vote against our low tax plan for jobs and economic growth. It is a vote against hard-working Canadians and their families. It is a vote that will weaken Canada's economic recovery.
It is a vote against the budget. It is a vote against our plan.
Let us be clear. The latest phase of Canada's economic action plan encourages owners of small businesses to hire more people. It provides potential employees with new opportunities to train and to hone those skills. It invests in innovation. It lays the groundwork for private sector growth to replace government stimulus. This is good for all Canadians in every region of our great country from coast to coast to coast.
For seniors across Canada, I am proud to report that our government is delivering once again. For the poorest of seniors, we are providing an important hike to the guaranteed income supplement. For people caring for infirm loved ones, we are providing support in the form of a $2,000 tax relief credit. For the many public servants who make their homes in my riding, we are providing a guarantee that we will not slash programs and eliminate jobs as the Liberals did in the mid-1990s. Instead, we will provide a strategic review to enhance efficiency and reduce overall overhead with minimal impact on service to Canadians.
I was pleased to see included a request from the Canadian fire chiefs to provide for our volunteer firefighters. Next week we could be enacting that tax credit in law, but it will not happen because of the Liberal-led coalition.
I hope Canadian colleges and universities will drive innovation and help Canada forge closer ties with promising markets like India's. Carleton University made a great proposal to do just that, but it will have to wait. We will certainly be supporting our students in new ways.
I am especially proud to say that our government is providing real support to people who find their pensions at risk because their employer goes bankrupt. The budget would provide at least some help from the federal government to the former Nortel workers, despite the fact their pension plans were provincially regulated. It is something.
Unlike previous but misguided efforts in this place, this will not hurt Canadian businesses.
In short, Canada's economic action plan is another huge help for people in my riding of Ottawa West—Nepean. It will be a huge help to my home province of Ontario. We are working closely with the government of Dalton McGuinty to cut corporate taxes to make Ontario and Canada a magnet for jobs, investment and opportunity. It will be a huge help from coast to coast to coast right across our great country. It will help secure our economic recovery. It will help create jobs and it will support all Canadians.
By voting against this motion of non-confidence in our government, the opposition coalition can stop this unnecessary and unwanted election later today. I want to urge the opposition to reconsider its support for an unnecessary and costly election. I hope it will vote for the things Canadians find truly important, for the measures that will help so many right across the country.
I move:
That this question be now put.
Opposition Motion—Confidence in the Government
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:40 a.m.
Bob Rae Toronto Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have always listened with interest to the comments of the government House leader, but rarely have I heard a more inaccurate account of what actually has taken place over the last several months.
I find it astonishing that a government House leader, who pretends he is respectful of the House and respectful of the Speaker's rulings, would make no reference at all to the Speaker's ruling, which responded to a four month effort on the part of members of Parliament to try to get information from the government for expenditures totalling $40 billion. The government has failed to account for that, has failed to respond to it, has failed to address it and now pretends it does not even exist. It is like talking about Moby Dick without mentioning the fact that it also happens to be a whale. There is a whale of a problem over there and the whale of the problem is that it is inaccurate.
Then there are the tiny inaccuracies. For three months the government refused to bring forward Bill C-49. There were no debate, no comments, no discussion. Yesterday the minister stood up and said that he would like to get it all done in three seconds. He is not telling the truth to the Canadian people. He is not coming clean to the Canadian people. He should know that is the problem.
Opposition Motion—Confidence in the Government
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:40 a.m.
John Baird Ottawa West—Nepean, ON
Mr. Speaker, what the Liberal Party is doing today is the first act in a reckless coalition with the New Democratic Party and the Bloc Québécois.
Let me say, particularly to the member for Toronto Centre and very directly, we have seen what bringing the NDP members into the cabinet room in Ontario can do. They over-governed Ontario. They over-regulated in Ontario. They killed jobs. They killed opportunities.
Most importantly, wherever the NDP has been in power, it has stolen the soul of the Canadian dream, the soul of the Canadian people.
We will not allow opposition members to do it lightly. We will take our case to the Canadian people and say that this reckless coalition is wrong for Canada, bad for the Canadian economy and bad for Canadian jobs. Simply put, we will not let them get away with it.


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The mobile broadband industry is becoming a victim of its own success. Mobility initiatives are huge for companies, and that translates to an unprecedented number of bytes flowing through wireless networks. Yet efforts to free up additional spectrum are going nowhere fast, putting carriers between a dysfunctional government and enterprise and consumer customers who want their entertainment, apps and data, now.
Long Term Evolution, with its more efficient use of spectrum and an impressive road map of features to increase capacity, is a crucial element in how operators will address demand. By itself, though, it's not enough. For enterprise IT teams, that means work in two areas.
First, think carefully about your mobility partner. Among respondents to our latest Mobile Device Management and Security Survey who have IT-driven device and carrier selection, Verizon (68%) and AT&T (58%) are the top choices, but neither offers an unlimited data plan for new customers. Be sure that whichever carrier you partner with has a road map to blend technology, such as LTE and eventually LTE-Advanced, with efforts to obtain more spectrum; pricing policies you can live with; increases in the number of cell sites, including small cells such as femtocells and picocells; and data off-load onto Wi-Fi.
Also keep bandwidth limitations in mind when considering new mobility initiatives. For example, 68% of respondents to our MDM survey say they use or plan to use virtual desktop technologies (terminal services, VDI, Citrix) via tablets. Fifty-nine percent say the same about enabling access to cloud services or SaaS via mobile devices.
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This student information card records basic data about a student, Jim Thorpe, who attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The card provides the name of Thorpe's tribe, the dates he entered and left school, his parents' names, and his age at entrance date. Thorpe, an excellent athlete, led the school's football team to a collegiate championship in 1912. He went on to win Olympic gold medals for decathlon and pentathlon later that year.
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I rode out to Shunyi with Bill McMillan on Saturday afternoon to watch our slalom team's final workout. It's about an hour's drive from most of the central Beijing facilities. The adjacent slalom and rowing/kayak sprint venues are quite impressive, huge, in fact. Very park-like, but so large they have over-sized golf carts to ferry guests around, sort of Disney World-like.
Our athletes looked great. Everyone was very upbeat. Lot's of smiles. Benn said he couldn't wait to get off the water--he's done with training and just wants to race! Everyone was still buzzing about the previous night's Opening Ceremony ann the pre-march pep talk they got from President Bush.
We walked the course with Joe Jacobi getting his own opinion alloyed as well with the impressions he has gained from many of the competitors who have been training there. It looks to be an extremely tough, demanding course that just might yield some big surprises.
While riding back into the city with Joe I got the message from USOC about the knife attack on the family of our men's volley ball coach. It sent a chill through our whole delegation, but fear quickly turned to sadness as we learned that this random act with no discernable motive had taken a life and left another hanging on. It seems to have been a fact of life in a city of 17 million rather than anything related to the Games at all.
We awoke to a slow rain in Beijing today. I decided this was an opportunity--perhaps my only one--to see some of the non-Olympic sights of Beijing. I won't waste this valuable(?)space with a description of well-known tourist sights. I will simply say that the Forbidden City is vast beyond all expectation. The scale of everything here is staggering.
The rain first cooled things off a bit, but then just created a steam bath. It's hard to ever feel dry here.
My challenge now is to stay awake until tonight's men's basketball game: the US "Redeem Team" vs China. It's the hottest ticket in town, but doesn't tip off until 10:15!


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The definition of vision impairment by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says a visually impaired person's eyesight cannot be corrected to a "normal level".
It may be said that visual impairment is the functional limitation of the eye or eyes or the vision system. This leads to (1-5) –
The CDC and the World Health Organization suggest that low visual acuity means vision between 20/70 and 20/400 with the best possible correction, or a visual field of 20 degrees or less.
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I never liked that Guido douche bag, but he earned some respect from me on Saturday night.
He fought a very smart fight and earned a draw at the very least, probably should have won the fight by a round or two, but he got totally screwed. He was set up to fail and made Diaz look one dimensional in the process. His post-fight tirade was classic!
The judge that scored it 118-110 needs to be fired immediately. This kind of BS is killing the sport.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (240 votes).
In short: A well organised trail Half Marathon in a beautiful area.In full: I was pleasantly surprised at the smooth running pre-race organisation. Car parking was exceptionally easy (and it's free car parking), chip collection was military slick and then I noted a massive queue for the portaloos. 'Ay up' I thought but on looking around I spotted smaller clusters of loos with hardly any queue. That'll do nicely !I actually enjoyed the vast majority of the course; I managed to run (I use the term loosely) all except for the last incline, where I walked about six steps before mentally berating myself back into some sort of trotting action. I truly wasn't keen on the running surface (I predominantly run on tarmac) and I found one particular stretch near the end of the course really bumpy and punishing on my whole body. I guess that's trail running for you!In truth, only one thing flawed this race for me and that was getting stopped at the road crossing. I felt emotionally wrecked jogging on the spot as the last competitor across the road headed into the distance. I understand the traffic has to be managed; it's just exasperating when the clock is ticking. To be honest, my time is already slow enough without stopping.The marshals were well positioned, friendly and did a great job out there on the course, a big thanks to them. The water stations were also well manned. I have always hated the plastic cups of water but after running Reading Half last weekend and seeing so many discarded bottles of 'almost full' Lucozade and water, I'm having a change of heart. I say, save them for the end and give them out in abundance when runners can drink them and not waste them. Thank you for the lovely memento. I know I'm sad but the total highlight after the run was the pancake stall. I just loved my pancake (only £1.50) and if you can promise me that will be there next year then I'm in. April fool or not !Date of review: March 28, 2011
In short: Hard but funIn full: Having only just got back into events after about 15 years of laziness I found this tough but really good. On arrival I was pleasantly shocked to see that I was parked within 200m of the start and finish (and it only took 10 minutes to get out at the height of the rush after the race). The atmosphere was friendly and helpful. The route was pretty tough but any truely steep sections were short enough to dig in and get over, most ups were long and gradual. It was narrow in places but overtaking was generally easy due to the lowish numbers. Well recommended.Date of review: March 28, 2011
In short: One to pump your fist to as you cross the line!In full: Having gradually and unintentionally built up running distances over the past 8 months, this was a first attempt at the half-marathon distance and found it (ultimately) extremely fulfilling!I love trail running; the Spartan Race (3 miles with obstacles) lit the flame and found myself subsequently ploughing through the MudRunner Classic (6-7 miles), Hellrunner (Down South/In the Middle (10-12 miles)) and now this.Quite a fast course in terms of trail running with no water, mud or other natural obstacles. A nice load of hills though, and I agree with the other comments that I wouldn't describe them wholly as 'gentle gradients'; the inclines weren't massively severe (only saw a 1 or 2 people reduced to a walk (where I was)) but they were very long with the occasional steep bit.Nice twisty dry trails through the forest and enjoyed the support from the spectators- even clocked a few high fives on the way!Went for the Asics as opposed to the muddy trail runners, fine for the course and weather conditions.Came in at 1hr 40 which was pleasing with the legs not quite but almost as punished as Hellrunner: Hell in the Middle (which was 11 miles but crazily hilly with water/bogs/mud). This was faster and an enjoyably different race (1:52 for Hell in the Middle). Would recommend a bit of hill training for beginners or runners used to flat races.Must say it was very well organised with everything from arrival to the race to the exit running very smoothly. A few more portaloos wouldn't go amiss however :-)One area of improvement I'd suggest would be better chip stats. Would love to have a reading for times crossing the start line/halfway point added.Overall it was a great morning and found the distance provoked many undulations of the mental spectrum. Would certainly do it again!Next one's the MudRunner Oblivion in May, bring it on!Date of review: March 28, 2011
In short: Tougher than I expected!In full: My first time at this race and the course was much more challenging than I expected it to be given its description. However, it was a beautiful course and the organisation was great with a smooth start,no problems with parking or chip collection and great catering. Of course the inevitable 30 min queue for the loo meant we were clambering over a fence to make the start. My only disappointment was finding out when I got home that I should have won a t shirt but there was no way of knowing this until the results were posted on the website...my first ever prize and I missed out on it!Date of review: March 28, 2011
In short: Great race through some beautiful woodland.In full: See you all next year.Excellent value for money with great support all the way round.Date of review: March 28, 2011
In short: More hilly than undulating but enjoyable all the same.In full: This was the first time I have ran this race and I thought it was a very well organised race in beautiful surroundings. I found some the hills hard work, but some of this was down to my lack of fitness due to having a long lay off because of injury more than anything else! I definitely will be back next year.Date of review: March 28, 2011
In short: A privilege to take partIn full: Well done,organisers! You are lucky to ahve such a spacious venue amidst a network of super trails, but you took full and efficient advantage to present a memorable race. I train on such surfaces and gradients mostly, so was well prepared and met the challenge to my satisfaction. Date of review: March 28, 2011
In short: Lovely scenery, great organisation, friendly and fun. Date of review: March 28, 2011
In short: Great venue, fabulous support, superb organisation and incredibly friendly - brilliant!Date of review: March 28, 2011
In short: Fab fab fabIn full: Oh just perfect! Alhough I do hope it doesnt get any bitter as runner congestion is getting worse.Am facinated about their website comments each year saying they've changed the oourse to make it easier though...Please can we have sport drinks after mile 9 pls?Date of review: March 27, 2011
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David Akers (1975/88): Most of the Uncirculated examples that are known of this issue come from a single hoard that was discovered in the late 1970s. The pieces from that group are generally well struck with above average lustre and attractive greenish gold and rose color. Other examples I have seen that were not from the hoard were similar in color, but I have also seen a few that were rich yellow gold as well as some others with a light coppery gold color. The surfaces are either very frosty with very little granularity, or slightly satiny. The Eliasberg coin had a widely double punched mintmark but I have not seen any others with this characteristic.
Most of the coins in the hoard of 50 to 60 pieces graded from MS-60 to 63. Only a very few even reached the MS-64 level and I do not believe any of then would grade a full MS-65 by today's standards. (Kruthoffer's was perhaps the best piece from the hoard and it may well meet the current standards for MS-65 but it is more likely a high end MS-64 today.) The three finest 1909-S eagles that I am aware of are the Eliasberg coin now owned by Dr. Thaine Price, the one currently owned by Robert Kruthoffer, Jr., and the Norweb specimen. All three pieces were reportedly obtained directly from the Mint, are entirely free of bagmarks and grade MS-65+ or higher. The handful of other gems around are not even close to these three pieces in overall quality.
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