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Topic: How to display data from model help?
I have book on rails and looked at several documentation. I am confused on how to grab the data in my model to display in a view. The steps I took:
I have a SQLite3 db that I created with only one row.
columns - first_name middle_name last_name
All three column in my only row are filed in with data.
rails new app_name
cd app_name
changed yml path to a database I have already created in SQLite3
rails generate controller User index
rails generate model User first_name:string middle_name:string last_name:string
rake db:migrate
Now I am lost on how to grab the data in the model to display in view.
I tried to use below:
def index
@names = User.find(:all)
in my view I place the <%= @names %> and I only see a bracket. If my file extension to my database displays a prefix .db, does that make my adapter: sqlite3 wrong?
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Our opinion: Right to keep secret
How do you know what something says in order to determine whether its message qualifies for exemption under an Open Records law if you can't see it?
Gov. Tom Corbett seems to be saying: Because I say so.
At issue is a Right-To-Know request by an Associated Press reporter for Corbett emails and calendar entries. The governor's office turned over most of the material, but redacted, or blacked out, 17 emails and 28 calendar entries, citing exemptions to the state's 2008 Right-To-Know Law.
The Commonwealth Court had ordered the governor to turn over the redacted material to the state's Office of Open Records to determine after a private-review, whether the material was, indeed, exempt from the law. The governor's office has appealed and is demanding a full hearing on the matter with witness testimony, if necessary, to determine whether it must disclose the information to the agency.
Now, news organizations, like this newspaper, are traditionally suspicious of redacted documents, and this instance is no exception. So, you might expect us to challenge the governor's position.
We will accept that there are exceptions to the Right-To-Know Law, but we will not accept that the governor's office, nor any other state or local government entity can simply say to the agency charged with making those determinations, no, you can't see the material in question. It is exempt because we say it's exempt.
The Office of Open Records has offered a compromise of a private review, noting that a full hearing process would make it almost impossible to fulfill its legal mandate to turn around the material within 20 days.
The Commonwealth Court faces a decision in this case that goes beyond 17 emails and 28 calendar entries. Its decision here could set a precedent which could undermine the law.
As President Judge Dan Pellegrini suggested, such hearings would become commonplace and overwhelm the agency, noting that the office had adjudicated 6,000 requests since the law took effect four years ago.
It remains to be seen, if the court rules against the governor again, whether the matter will go before the state Supreme Court as a constitutional challenge to the law, for if the governor's office can refuse to submit documents for agency review, it seems to follow that all offices can refuse.
And that, we fear, would drive a stake in the heart of open government in Pennsylvania.


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U.S. Women's Roster Determined for Montreux
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U.S. Women's Media Guide for Montreux Volley Masters
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 6, 2011) – The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team announced its 14-player roster on Monday that will be used at the Montreux Volley Masters event held June 7-12 at Montreux, Switzerland.
Middle blockers are Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.), Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Christa Harmotto (Hopewell, Pa.) and captain Jennifer Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.). Outside hitters on the roster are Angie Forsett (Lake Mary, Fla.), Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.), Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) and Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah).
Opposites competing at Montreux are Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio) and Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.). The two setters running the offense are Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) and Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.). The liberos are Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) and Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii).
Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.) will serve as the head coach for the U.S. Women's National Team at the Montreux Volley Masters while U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) will remain in Anaheim, Calif., to continue training players not on the Montreux roster in preparation for the X Women's Pan American Cup held July 1-9. In 2010 the coaching roles were reversed for Montreux as McCutcheon served as head coach for the event and Kiraly remained in Anaheim.
Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.) and Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.) will serve as the assistant coaches. Russ Rose (State College, Pa.), head women's volleyball coach at Penn State University, is the designated team leader for the event.
The U.S., which won the silver medal at last year's Montreux event, opens the 2011 Montreux Volley Masters on June 7 versus Peru at 4:30 p.m. (7:30 a.m. Pacific Time). After its off-day in pool play, Team USA faces Germany on June 9 at 6:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. Pacific Time) followed by a June 10 match against China at 9 p.m. (noon Pacific Time). Semifinal round matches will take place on June 11, followed by the classification matches on June 12. In the opposite Montreux Volley Masters pool, the four teams competing for the title are Cuba, Italy, Japan and Netherlands.
The Americans, who are competing at Montreux for the second consecutive year, have medaled at the event in 1991 (silver), 1995 (bronze), 1996 (bronze), 2004 (silver) and 2010 (silver). Crimes, Davis, Fawcett, Forsett, Harmotto, Richards, Spicer and Tamas were all part of the U.S. Women's Team that won silver in Montreux last year.
Team USA will have four players with Olympic Games experience and six players who have played in FIVB World Championship matches. Haneef-Park, a two-time Olympian, returns for her first action with Team USA since the 2009 season after giving birth to her son in March 2010. She has a total of 233 national team matches (CAPs). Davis, Tamas and Kim Glass were all U.S. Olympians in 2008 and competed professionally this winter in the Azerbaijan Super League. Tamas has 158 CAPs for second-most on the Montreux roster, followed by Davis with 152. The team roster averages 76 CAPs with only one player (Miyashiro) having less than 36 CAPs.
The U.S. roster averages 25.8 years old with Haneef-Park being the oldest at 32 and Alisha Glass the youngest at 23.
The U.S. Women's National Team, currently ranked second in the world behind defending Olympic Games champion Brazil, will have a busy 2011 season. Following the season-opening Montreux Volley Masters, the Americans will compete in the X Women's Pan American Cup (June 29-July 9), the FIVB World Grand Prix (Aug. 5-29), the NORCECA Women's Continental Championship (Sept. 10-18), the Pan American Games (Oct. 14-20) and the FIVB World Cup (Nov. 4-18) should they qualify through the NORCECA Continental Championship. In early 2012, the U.S. will compete Jan. 6-13 in the NORCECA Olympic Qualification Tournament at Tijuana, Mexico, if it does not secure one of the three 2012 Olympic Games qualifying spots at the FIVB World Cup.
The Americans are coming off a 28-13 record in 2010, a 10-victory increase over their 18-14 record in 2009. After earning the silver medal at the 2010 Montreux event, the U.S. finished with the bronze medal at the Pan American Cup held in Mexico. Team USA used a balanced, split roster with youth and veterans in both the Montreux Volley Masters and Pan American Cup.
After a month of training back at its gym in Anaheim, Calif., the U.S. Women's National Team used an 11-match win streak to cap the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix, winning the gold medal with an undefeated record in the Final Round. Akinradewo was named the Most Valuable Player and Best Blocker, while Alisha Glass earned Best Setter in her first senior FIVB event. Destinee Hooker (San Antonio, Texas) was the fourth leading scorer at the World Grand Prix, despite playing her first senior FIVB event and just four weeks of training with the U.S. National Team. In the previous year, Team USA finished in ninth place in the event with a young squad.
During the 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship, the U.S. Women's National Team went undefeated in its first round pool and stretched its win streak to 17 matches with an opening second-round victory over Czech Republic. However, the U.S. dropped matches to Italy and Brazil around a win over Netherlands to reach the medal round. The Americans lost a four-set match to eventual champion Russia in the semifinals, followed by a tough-luck five-set loss to host Japan in the bronze-medal match to finish in fourth place. Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) was selected as the Best Receiver, while Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) earned Best Libero honors. Following up their World Grand Prix performances, Hooker ranked fifth in scoring at the FIVB World Championship and Alisha Glass was the third-best setter.
For the Montreux Volley Masters tournament web site, visit volleymasters.ch/program.php#.
U.S. Women's National Team Roster for Montreux Volley Masters
# - Name (Position, Ht, Hometown, College)
1 - Alexis Crimes (MB, 6-3, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Long Beach State)
3 - Tayyiba Haneef-Park (OPP, 6-7, Laguna Hills, Calif., Long Beach State)
4 - Angie Forsett (OH, 5-8, Lake Mary, Fla., California)
5 – Tamari Miyashiro (L, 5-7, Kaneohe, Hawaii, Washington)
6 - Nicole Davis (L, 5-4, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
8 - Alisha Glass (S, 6-0, Leland, Mich., Penn State)
9 - Jennifer Tamas (MB, 6-4, Milpitas, Calif., Pacific)
10 - Kim Glass (OH, 6-2, Lancaster, Pa., Arizona)
11 - Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Hooper, Neb., Nebraska)
13 - Christa Harmotto (MB, 6-2, Hopewell, Pa., Penn State)
14 - Nicole Fawcett (OPP, 6-4, Zanesfield, Ohio, Penn State)
16 - Foluke Akinradewo (MB, 6-3, Plantation, Fla., Stanford)
17 - Nellie Spicer (S, 5-9, Barrington, Ill., UCLA)
18 - Kristin Richards (OH, 6-1, Orem, Utah, Stanford)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Montreux Head Coach: Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.)
Assistant Coaches: Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.), Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Jennifer Hirneisen
Athletic Trainer/Medical Support: Jill Wosmek (Silver Lake, Minn.)
Team Leader: Russ Rose (State College, Pa.)
Montreux Volley Masters Schedule (listed times are local Switzerland Time)
Pool Play
June 7: USA vs. Peru, 4:30 p.m.
June 7: China vs. Germany, 6:30 p.m.
June 7: Italy vs. Cuba, 9 p.m.
June 8: Netherlands vs. Cuba, 4:30 p.m.
June 8: Japan vs. Italy, 6:30 p.m.
June 8: Peru vs. Germany, 9 p.m.
June 9: China vs. Peru, 4:30 p.m.
June 9: USA vs. Germany, 6:30 p.m.
June 9: Japan vs. Netherlands, 9 p.m.
June 10: Italy vs. Netherlands, 4:30 p.m.
June 10: Cuba vs. Japan, 6:30 p.m.
June 10: USA vs. China, 9 p.m.
Half Finals
June 11: Pool A 3rd Place vs. Pool B 4th Place, 2 p.m.
June 11: Pool B 3rd Place vs. Pool A 4th Place, 4 p.m.
June 11: Pool A 1st Place vs. Pool B 2nd Place, 6:30 p.m.
June 11: Pool B 1st Place vs. Pool A 2nd Place, 8:30 p.m.
June 12: 5th Place Match, 11 a.m.
June 12: Bronze-Medal Match, 1:30 p.m.
June 12: Gold-Medal Match, 4 p.m.


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PRINCESS ANNE, MD - (April 21, 2014) - Fifty years of championship titles
earned by lower Eastern Shore collegiate and professional teams are now on
display together at the corner of West Main and North Division streets in
Salisbury, where civic leaders last week unveiled "Champions Way."
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held
during the Salisbury Arts & Entertainment District's monthly "Third Friday"
celebration. Flags commemorate 26
winning teams from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Salisbury University
and the Delmarva Shorebirds, spanning from 1963 to 2013. UMES President
Juliette B. Bell was among those on hand to launch the celebration.
"The University of Maryland Eastern
Shore has a long tradition of combining the best of academics and athletics,
and we are happy to share our story of successes on the fields of play through
this exciting project," Bell said. "The UMES Hawks proudly take our place along
Champions Way alongside the SU Sea Gulls and the Delmarva Shorebirds"
The Champions Way project arose from
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are so proud of the legacy of champions who have represented our community," Weaver
said. "Champions Way is a beautiful opportunity to celebrate the successes of
the many students, athletes and coaches who have sacrificed much on fields and
Supporters of the recognition project point
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applaud efforts to solidify partnerships between community stakeholders," Salisbury
University President Janet Dudley-Eshbach said. "We appreciate the opportunity
to celebrate not only SU's outstanding record of athletic excellence, but those
of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and the Shorebirds. Interestingly, all our mascots have feathers,
and it seems appropriate that we flock together on Champions Way."
City Council President Jake Day agreed:
"We have so much to be proud of in this community. In this small display
of collaboration and partnership we are able to celebrate the dozens of
champions in our midst whose talent was tested and proven to be the best."
Chris Bitters, general manager of
the Shorebirds, said, "This will be a great way to recognize the local teams in
the community that have won championships in their respective leagues and/or
sports. The Shorebirds are proud to be a
part of Salisbury's very own Champions Way."
Each of the 26 aluminum flags on
Champions Way will commemorate a specific athletic victory win. They include:
Caption: Cutting
the ribbon for "Champions Way," from left, are:
Shorebirds General Manager Chris Bitters, the Delmarva Shorebird's
mascot "Sherman the Shorebird," Salisbury University's mascot "Sammy the
Seagull," Salisbury City Council President Jake Day, Salisbury University
President Janet Dudley-Eshbach, UMES' "Harry the Hawk," UMES President Juliette
B. Bell and Salisbury Mayor Jim Ireton.
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- App name: Angry Birds
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- Release: Dec 11, 2009
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A recent Boston Globe headline reads: "Marketing to millennials can be a tough sell." The article relates the differing approaches of Campell's, Lindt USA, and GE when it comes to marketing to Millennials, highlighting a general skepticism and indifference toward advertising in the target demographic:
For instance, marketing materials for GE's Artistry series of low-end appliances featuring retro design touches, due out this fall, says it focuses on "the needs of today's generation of millennials and their desire to uniquely express themselves."
Lindt USA recently introduced a line of chocolates — they include Berry Affair and Coconut Love flavors — that are wrapped in vibrant packaging and are being promoted through social media.
And packaging for Campbell's Go Soup, which comes in microwavable pouches with ingredients such as chickpeas, quinoa, and smoked Gouda, features photos of young people with thought bubbles. The sayings include cutesy snippets like "Make your momma proud" and "What's kickin'?"
The idea is to hook millennials now and remain connected with them as they progress to bigger and more expensive products.
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While I am sympathetic to Volain's sentiment here, I think something deeper is at work. There is an erroneous anthropological assumption that people of a particular, generic group must be homogeneous enough that all one needs to do is figure out the perfect calculus for appealing to their sensibilities, and they will be hooked on a brand for life. In particular, I think the problem is ultimately a Marxist error: assuming that one can perfectly categorize a whole group of people and then act on their behalf. (more…)


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My Little Secret about Learning Objectives!
The other day I was going through some eLearning blog posts and stumbled onto a not so old blog post by Cammy Bean. It was about Learning Objectives and her objections to it! 🙂
It made me nostalgic and took me back to my college days when I was studying B.Ed. Our Profs explained us the taxonomies, components, and levels of objectives during that course. They also provided us with enough and more opportunities to practice writing instructional objectives. After all the concepts were taught, we were ready to create the Lesson Plans.
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I'm happy to report that I've found a much faster way to blog my images than ever before. Hopefully with this, I'll bring to you more of my sessions. You might have thought that I've climbed into a dark hole and been hibernating for the fall & winter, but it's been the opposite! I've been so blessed to photograph almost 30 families, this fall alone making it our busiest Lifestyle session season to date. I can't take all the credit though, as the ridiculous creative and talented, Jill Carter of Common Couture, and I have teamed up this past year to bring my clients an extra added value! She's brought not only amazing wardrobe styling, hair and makeup, but complete set styling too! She has such an incredible grace upon her to help bring out the beauty in others, and with my desire to capture that beauty in people…well we've made quite a team. Here is just one of the sessions below. However, this family portrays a special beauty with out any help from us!
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Sealers Trapped on the Ice in Newfoundland
I could seriously sit here all day trying to muster up sympathy for these guys and not succeed. Since that's probably not going to happen, I'll just give you the details of the story instead (I will make every effort not to be gleeful about it). Apparently, more than 100 seal-hunting boats became trapped in an ice-pack yesterday and are still waiting for help from Canada's Coast Guard icebreakers. The London Times reported on the story this morning, and you can read more about that here. Maybe a couple of days waiting to get rescued will give them some time to reflect on the large-scale misery they had been planning on inflicting over the next few weeks. Here's a picture of the boats trapped in the ice fields, which, as much as being stuck in inclement weather probably sucks, it doesn't even begin to compare with the horrors these profiteers had in store for their victims.
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To all those probarbarians who think it's completely all right to murder baby seals and preserve the lives of the savages that refuse to evolve and get a decent job here's the answer to the question that you idiots sure love to ask which is "Do you hold animal life over humans?" The answer is yes happy now? I hold the lives of animals and human children above human adults. But just to make things a little more clear humans are in fact nothing but animals themselves. I do hold the lives of nonhuman animals over human animals simply for the fact that animals don't deserve to be abused and murdered while humans tend to bring these things upon themselves excluding children of course by giving in to their primitive desires and stupidity. The innocent don't deserve to suffer and the ones who put this suffering on them do deserve to suffer. So yes the sealers deserve to die while the seals do not. You can disagree with me until your blue in the face it won't change the facts. You as a human are nothing but an animal therefore you have no right to put a higher value on a sealer's life compared to a seal's. In this case the innocent baby seal's life is worth a heck of a lot more than a barbaric murdering sealer just like the life of a law abiding civilian's life is worth more than the murderous and rapist scum rotting in jail. We put value on life from the innocence of a living creature not by species. Personally I just like nonhumans better. They don't judge they don't betray they don't murder without reason. They don't exhibit prejudice and don't contribute to destroying the planet. Nonhumans are just plain better for the planet than humans. One day Mother Nature will revolt and humans will finally realize they aren't as all mighty as they think.
They arent baby seals.. killing them has been illegal for many years… stop referring to them as babies
So you would rather a seal live and humans die. I live in Newfoundland and the seal hunt has been going on a very long time my great great grand father was a seal hunter. They were brave and courageous men and maybe you should have more compassion for human kind. Its called the food chain and right now we are on top.
To all that wish them a horrific death and the like… i trust you don't eat meat fish or poultry wear leather or any other animal byproduct. They are harvesting adult seals that are used for meat and cloths. A seal great TV and a terrific fund raiser has no more rights than any other animal. If you are a vegan vegetarian and watch what you wear I would have a hard time debating you. If you are not you are simply a hypocrite cheering on the death of hard working small town men who for the most part where born on a rock in the North Atlantic and do what they can to support their families. Shame on you.
While it would be a tragedy for these 'hunters' to perish on the ice it only brings to light the dangers of this hunt yes the maritimes are poor provinces and they need this money but lets face it 1. they are brutally bludgoning and skinning alive baby animals that are defenseless and not following the 3 step killing process. 2. It is obviously very dangerous to make money this way. It is not their fault they need to feed their families and this is all they know. I blame the canadian government who can see this is not sustainable and will not buy out the sealing licenses. If they did that then they could focus on tourism. Lets hope the men get out and something changes.
Yeah! You're right! These guys deserve to die way more than those genocidal maniacs killing innocent people in Rwanda! But that doesn't matter to you does it? No you only care about wishing death and destruction on people who do nobody any harm and are part of a very humane hunt. Get your facts straight next time!
How could people be so inhumane? I do not understand how you people could sit around and laugh at the misfortunes of others. Get off your high horse and stop picking on Canadians. We've never done anything to you. If you were perhaps properly informed this would not happen.
You guys really make me sick why don't you put more time into helping starving children in Africa instead of wishing death upon someone trying to feed his children and give them the life heshe never had. I think it's time for you to grow up.
This sickened me. I'm a resident of Newfoundland and I'm wondering if anyone might have thought of the possibility that the men trapped in the ice maybe had children a wife or other close family members. Also seal hunting is a means of survival. Animals hunt animals. I don't see you bashing an eagle for hunting a rodent and eating it.
That's a little fatalistic of you isn't it Vincent? It's kind of like saying "Rapists are rapistsit's in their nature" instead of the correct response which is putting the bastards in prison where they belong.
Humans are hunters. We are killers. It's in our nature. you can argue that we are intelligent and should overlook that because we have the power to choose otherwise and can survive without. But we don't because we don't have to. We are animals that kill other animals.


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Susan Wels and Kate Patterson (director of communications, San Francisco Arts Commission), plus special guests.
Special lecture presented in partnership with the San Francisco Arts Commission.
What role has social activism played in shaping the arts in San Francisco? From the building of Coit Tower, in 1933, to the culture wars of the 1980s, San Franciscans have long been instigators, driving cultural movements forward. Hear best-selling author Susan Wels share excerpts from her recent critically acclaimed book, San Francisco: Arts for the City—Civic Art and Urban Change, 1932–2012, which chronicles the San Francisco Arts Commission's role in shaping the city's physical and cultural landscape. Wels will be joined by Matthew Passmore, cofounder of Rebar, and Michael Gene Sullivan, a principal member of the groundbreaking San Francisco Mime Troupe. They will discuss how their practices are rooted in social activism, and how artists are changing our urban fabric to make San Francisco a more livable and sustainable city. A book signing for San Francisco: Arts for the City immediately follows the presentation.


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I am lucky to be among the officers from our Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB) who have just returned from the 2011 Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Conference: Redefining Leadership, in San Francisco, CA. More than 1,000 public and private sector international executives met there to exchange information and ideas. As Department of State representatives, we sought to conduct outreach, publicize the new EEB Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team, promote the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and learn about new CSR trends and practices. All of this is aimed at helping the Department of State to advance a comprehensive approach to CSR, provide guidance, support and recognition for U.S. companies, and build partnerships with the business community, trade unions, associations, NGOs and civil society. Plenary sessions, breakouts and working luncheons included executives and practitioners from around the world. In attendance were several past winners and nominees of the Secretary of State's Aware for Corporate Excellence (ACE). On October 17, the State Department announced the 13 Finalists for ACE 2011. Winners will be announced by the Secretary of State this winter at the 13th annual ACE Ceremony and international broadcast. Stay tuned at www.state.gov/e/eeb/ace for more information!
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 5, 2012) - For the second consecutive time the U.S. Paralympic Women's Sitting Volleyball Team will play for the gold medal at the Paralympic Games. With a sweep over Ukraine, 25-14, 25-13, 25-19 in the semifinal match on Wednesday evening at the ExCeL London the Americans earned a spot in Friday's final match.
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Hamiter started all three sets with Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash.), Brenda Maymon (Charlestown, Ind.), Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.), Monique Burkland (Ardmore, Okla.), Allison Aldrich (Schuyler, Neb.), Nichole Millage (Champaign, Ill.) and libero Kari Miller (Washington, D.C.).
Erickson led the U.S. with 17 points off of 13 kills, two blocks and two service aces. Holloway followed close behind adding 11 points on the American side of the scoreboard from nine kills and two service aces. Aldrich tallied five kills, two service aces and two blocks for nine points while Burkland posted seven from five kills and two blocks. Maymon connected on three kills for three points and Millage on two kills for two points.
Lora Webster (Phoenix, Ariz.) came in the second set and posted four points off of a pair of kills and a pair of blocks. Michelle Gerlosky (Lake Wales, Fla.) subbed in the second and third sets and connected on three kills for three points.
Miller posted an 85 positive reception percent and a 69 excellent reception percent.
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1 - Lora Webster (Phoenix, Ariz.)
3 - Brenda Maymon-Jensen (Charlestown, Ind.)
4 - Michelle Gerlosky (Lake Wales, Fla./UCO Resident Athlete)
5 - Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash./UCO Resident Athlete)
6 - Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C./UCO Resident Athlete)
7 - Monique Burkland (Ardmore, Okla./UCO Resident Athlete)
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Assistant Coach: Cara Lang (Sartell, Minn.)
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Friday, Aug. 31
Ukraine def. Great Britain 25-9, 25-20, 25-14
China def. USA 22-25, 32-30, 25-23, 25-17
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Farewell Blackie, you lived a good life and passed on your own terms.Posted Friday, July 23, 2010, at 2:00 PM
Care to guess which one is Blackie?
We invited him in the house to live out the rest of his life, but he always wanted back out within 10-15 minutes so he was stating pretty clearly what he wanted to do. As cats do, he secluded himself away from us and we would have to find his favorite place of the day to feed him but two days ago he would not come out for feeding. Enough was enough.
He did not like going to the vet and did not seem in pain so we allowed him to go out on his own terms. When I could not find him this morning under his latest hide-out (the bush hog) I went looking and found that he had come to our deck, slipped under the grill and passed away.
I had been talking to him about not hiding someplace we could not find him, so we could bury him in our pet cemetery and he apparently granted my wish as well.
I was concerned that PITA, our hyper active coon hound would find his body and think it was playtime, but just the opposite. She had been going with me each feeding time to nuzzle Blackie and I thought lick off any milk that got on him, but a few times there was no milk and she licked him anyway. She usually knocked him over as she licked, but he did not compain either so I guess they understood each other.
Today she showed us where he was and actually watched his body while I dug the grave. I had to go to the garage to get an extra root axe and she stayed, just sitting, watching. I still thought she had ulterior motives but that never came about. Instead, after I had laid rocks on top of Blackie's grave she went over and laid on the rocks.
I had been holding my emotions pretty good until she did that. Silly PITA made a grown man cry. I guess she is a family member after all. (Darn!)
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You made me cry, Steve. What a touching image.
I'm glad Blackie had such a peaceful ending after a full life.
-- Posted by MotherMayhem on Fri, Jul 23, 2010, at 3:22 PM
Did not mean to do that, but just coming back on to answer brings on misty eyes. It is a fact of life but we REALLY consider our pets friends so it hurts a bit each time. It is worse when they die young for some reason.
We are developing quite a pet cemetery but I purposely placed it under trees and in an area that no one but a dedicated pet owner would want to dig. (Rocks, roots, poison ivy and HARD ground) Maybe that was why I was so emotional? :-)
Thanks for your response MotherM.
-- Posted by stevemills on Fri, Jul 23, 2010, at 3:47 PM
Two years ago we lost our little poodle Hannah.
Wish we could say it was as easy as your cat passing on his own. You see, we had to make the decision to put her down and that was VERY HARD.
The first night with out Hannah was very tough on us. My wife and I couldn't sleep because it was SO QUITE in our home. Who would have thought that an 8 lb dog could make so much noise... with out making any noise at all.
Even though we swore we would not "replace" Hannah, we rescued another little dog from the shelter in Shelbyville who is awesome in her own little way!!!
I strongly suggest visiting the shelter for ANY pet needs. Whether trying to fill the void left by another pets passing or just looking for a companion.
There will NEVER be another Hannah but our little Suzie is definately a keeper!!!
Thoughts and prayers to your family.
-- Posted by Joel T on Fri, Jul 23, 2010, at 3:50 PM
Thanks for your well wishes Joel,
Losing Blackie brings our current family down to 4 dogs and 13 cats (5 kittens). With the exception of Blackie, who was born into our home from another stray arrival, all of the animal family members are "walk-ins".
I am sure that there are a number of us who feel like magnets for these critters,(do they spread the word?) but we always seem to make room for more. I have a feeling our Lord put them in our path or lead them to our door.
Making the decision to put your pet to sleep is a terribly hard thing to do, but all that considered, we still cherish the companionship of our four-legged family members.
If at all possible, we recommend as you do Joel, adopt from the shelter. Even when you go through a loss, as today, it is still well worth it.
-- Posted by stevemills on Fri, Jul 23, 2010, at 5:18 PM
God Bless You . . . I know the emotions you feel when you lose a pet.
-- Posted by bbbluebird on Fri, Jul 23, 2010, at 6:16 PM
As the other Mary says, you made me cry. I look at my little dog sleeping at my feet, he has been with me only five years and he is such a part of my life. If he should leave me tomorrow, nothing could ever take his place, but a loving black cat could take the space. Bless your tender heart.
-- Posted by maposie on Fri, Jul 23, 2010, at 7:43 PM
Thanks maposie & bbbluebird. That is a good thing to think about as you have your pets around you. Love'em while you can.
Some of ours can test our patience (PITA) but she sure came through like a champ this morning. She tested me again tonight and got away with it. Instead she got loving, which probably has her scratching her head, but I have tomorrow to get back to our normal tug of war.
-- Posted by stevemills on Fri, Jul 23, 2010, at 8:21 PM
It took 2 years to recover from losing Wickett. She died in my arms and it was so hard losing my constant shadow. My wife laughed at me when I would remark that I could hear her late at night patroling the house, until finally one night she heard our little hairy child shaking her food bowl. Wickett now resides in an Urn on my desk where I can speak to her every morning. After we got another puppy 2 years later, her visits finally subsided. Guess she has passed on her resposibilities. So believe me Steve, I understand your grief.
-- Posted by cherokee2 on Sat, Jul 24, 2010, at 5:30 AM
I believe you Cherokee2. You would think we would refuse to go through that pain again and again but the love that comes from them is hard to explain. We keep saying, "no more", but....
Even cats who have a reputation of being aloof have distinct personalities that endear them to us. Kit Kat has been sleeping with me less and less but last night either he, or he thought I needed some extra loving, so he was with me most of the night.
I too have a shadow Cherokee2. And I do not know why. Sophie came as a stray about 2 years ago and at first I thought she was attached to my mother-in-law but it became apparent that I was HER responsibility. It sounds as if Wickett chose you. Not a burden, just a special bond.
Debbi and Wanda usually feeds her and she has now taken to sleeping against Debbi most nights, but if I leave, she follows. She seems to be almost deaf, so she is constantly watching. I think she might be losing her sight too. but when she realizes that she has lost contact with me she will check out the whole house trying to find me. Why? I do not know.
I hope those who do not have a companion read our stories and make a decision to adopt a pet. Dogs and cats are the first that come to mind, but I would bet there are many out there who have developed that special bond with other living creatures, Feel free to share with us. I think it emphasizes our humanity.
We rescued a bluejay we named Brandon and he would fly to our shoulder or our daughter's head to rest until finding something interesting to explore. He eventually returned to the wild, but we have pictures to remember. (not sure if he was a he or she, but we chose a male name)
Of course, we could be wrong. When we found Sammy as a kitten on the road, we originally called him Samantha. Good thing we had chosen a name that was adaptable. AS you might guess, we are not too concerned with their sex until it comes time to visit the vet.
Thank you all for your well wishes. It does good to write about Blackie and our family of pets, just as you shared your memories and experiences with your family friends. Sometimes I wonder, who adopts who.
-- Posted by stevemills on Sat, Jul 24, 2010, at 8:26 AM
stevemills, Your Bluejay story reminded me that several years ago our neighbor had a flower box outside her kitchen window. Starlings nested there and one runt either fell or was pushed out of the nest. Our neighbor adopted the little bird and raised it on canned dog food. The little Starling then became familiar with everyone in the neighborhood. When my wife was working in the flower bed the bird would come and lite on her shoulder. One day my wife was digging in the flower bed and found a worm. She picked it up and gave it to her new found friend, and from that day forward until it went back into the wild it would come and lite on my wife's shoulder every time she came outside to wait for its daily worm. Animals are smarter than we give them credit for.
-- Posted by leeiii on Sat, Jul 24, 2010, at 9:51 AM
Smarter indeed. Intuitive, empathetic, emotionally sensitive and as you said, smarter than we can understand. I also believe they communicate among themselves better than we give them credit.
-- Posted by stevemills on Sat, Jul 24, 2010, at 10:40 AM
When I arrived at the Tony Rice Center in June 2000, there was a big black lab named Jack that soon became my constant companion. I trusted him with my thoughts and emotions and he never once betrayed that trust. Upon completing treatment, I was fortunate enough to be blessed with a job there. Jack was the only animal ever allowed in the building. He greeted every new arrival at the center with what genuinely appeared to be a smile. His was often fondly referred to as "smiling Jack". He was a friend to everyone. He would often sit beside my desk and keep me company. When I started teaching class, he would sometimes come in and listen. (That, or he enjoyed the cool tile floor in the classroom.) We had to make the decision to put Jack down four years ago and I felt like I'd lost my best friend. He was by far the best counselor I've ever met, for he listened to anything that anyone ever told him and he never passed judgement on anyone. His greatest reward was the love and attention his human companions provided. I'll miss that dog for the rest of my life. I just know there's a big black dog with a snaggletoothed smile and a wagging tail sitting at God's feet. I can only hope that I'll be worthy enough to see him again someday.
Great blog Steve, I'm experiencing some good memories right now.
-- Posted by Tim Lokey on Tue, Jul 27, 2010, at 12:56 PM
And a great description of the loved passed between you, Smiling Jack and all the others.
-- Posted by stevemills on Tue, Jul 27, 2010, at 11:08 PM
It's orignal Owner (Midnight)
I used to be my dad's sidekick. I'd go with him to pick up chickens, goats, dogs, cats, horses, cows, pigs anything that he thought needed a better home got it with my dad. One day he got a call from a man in Ft Campbell, the man said that he'd been pruning his bushes and caught his neighbor beating on a black horse. My dad dutifully promised to handle it and the next morning woke me up and asked if I wanted to tag along. Of course! I love horses. They are by far my favorite animal. There just wonderful. Dogs would take second and cats third. But anyway, we hooked up the horse trailer and by we, I meant he hooked it up and I sat in the air conditoned cab and played with the radio. Then we lit out for Ft Campbell Blvd. Seventeen miles down that blvd we happen upon the farm my dad's friend had described and I was shocked. This farm looked so nice. It was beautiful. Three huge white barns, picket fences lining the rolling endless seeeming green pastures and fat, shiney, horses dotted the place. A sign read Rolling Brook Walking Horses. How could such a wonderful establishment be accused of beating an animal. Wow, don't ever judge a book by it's cover. We pull up and a man runs out and greeted us happily. "Hi, I'm interested in one of your mares" My dad said. He spit out exactly what the "friend" had told him to say to get us to the mare. "Alright, good deal, which one?" "Pusher's Black Magic Midnight?" My dad replied. The man's smile vanished in litterally the blink of an eye. He frowned and began toying with his hat. "Umm. Yeah, she's right back here." He said nervously. He eyed the trailer and pointed in the direction to take it. We pulled around a winding gravel road and parked in front of an old ramshackeled barn. Nothing like what we had just viewed. My dad gave me a look and I stayed put. With the air conditoner going I wasn't permitted to roll down the window so I didn't hear everything between the man and my dad, but fifteen minutes later my dad walked a HUGE and I do mean HUGE jet black mare out of this old barn. She was skinny and had several sores on her body that I could see even from my vantage point in the truck. But she appeared trusting and loving. Almost thankfull to be rescued. Later that week my dad told me "It's time you ride her. She's broke. I've been on her." He retreated into the barn and returned with a bridle and saddle. This mare was 16 plus hands high! I was NOT riding her! I could die. And so I refused. "Fine." My dad said. Months passed and while I would walk her, groom her, feed her, clean her stall and do anything else for her, I would not ride her. One day, my dad's friend came over with his 14 year old daughter. She was my age! I smiled and was polite, but they were from Nashville, I didn't know if she would or could apprecieate my lifestyle. But she loved horses. We decided to ride and she picked Bailey, a small squat spotted walking horse. My pet! I rode Bailey. When I tried to argue my dad seized his chance to make me ride Midnight! I still think I was set up by them (Thank God) "You ride Midnight. Show her around." I was shaking like a hairless dog in winter in New York. But I got on. And to my amazement and happiness I lived. Midnight became my pet, we sold Bailey to a farm for handicap childeren, kept Midnight and moved up here, to Shelbyville. Midnight lived in Wartrace with us for the first 3 yrs of my life in Wartrace we lived on Union Ridge Rd and Midnight stayed in a field just across the country road from me. She delievered tons of timeless and amazing memories to me. She was my shoulder to cry on after a horrible day at school or a bad break up with a boyfriend, she was my go to for top secret information that I just could NOT tell a human being. She was my rock. Til, my parents and I went shopping in Tullahoma, we came back and Midnight was laying in the field. We thought nothing til we came out several hours later and she was laying in the same spot. My mom called the vet pronto. The bad news was delievered. Midnight had colic. Which kills horses in a matter of days. Colic is a blockage of the intestines in babies it just makes gas and painful tummies. In horses it's fatal nine times out of ten. My Midnight, my best friend, my world, was part of that nine times. I'll never forget her and I think of her every single day but she is truely in a better place. I still think of holding her massive gourgeous black head in my lap bawling sitting under that old tree. I petted her told her I loved her and kissed her goodbye for the final time. Then I took out my scissors and cut off her forelock (her 'bangs') I still have it hanging up in my room. It's surrvied the move from Wartrace to Shelbyville from my parents house to my husband's and my new house and the birth of my son. I love that lock of mane and I still cherish it. I guess I always will. I just wish I had it's original owner back.
-- Posted by freakyfriday on Tue, Aug 10, 2010, at 1:33 PM
Beautiful story FF. I have always admired horses but from afar. At an earlier date I would have like to have had a few on our acreage, but ....
I am sure that spending those last few moments with her was extreme heartache, but it sounds as if there was nowhere else you would have wanted to be. I do not think the ability to care is limited to humans. I am convinced that our animal friends are well aware of our emotions and feelings, so Midnight knew how much you cared.
-- Posted by stevemills on Tue, Aug 10, 2010, at 3:50 PM
A few entries ago I mentioned Brandon our bluejay friend. We thought we had another baby to care for this week. Sammy brought a baby into the greenhouse and instead of playing with it, he just sat there looking at it. I guess he was confused with a baby saying "feed me", when he had just the opposite in mind. We took him in, but the fall must have been too much. He died in my hands the next day.
Speaking of pet emotions though, I get a "warm fuzzy" (remember that term from the 70's?) every time I look at how much our strays seem to care for each other. Big Boy and Sally just love to rub heads, then walk side by side as their tails cross each other's back.
I'll try to get a picture of these "lovers".
-- Posted by stevemills on Tue, Aug 10, 2010, at 4:02 PM
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Debates of May 28th, 2010
House of Commons Hansard #51 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was libraries.
- Question Period
- Business of Supply
- Parliamentary Fitness Initiative
- Ukraine
- La Francophonie
- Intergenerational Memoir Project
- Volunteerism
- Pensions
- Employment Insurance
- Amnesty International
- Firearms Registry
- Taxation
- Mining Industry
- Employment Insurance
- Maternal Health
- Firearms Registry
- Taxation
- Public Safety
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Securities
- Public Safety
- Ethics
- The Environment
- Firearms Registry
- Citizenship and Immigration
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- Sydney Harbour
- The Environment
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- The Environment
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Intergenerational Memoir Project
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Claude Gravelle Nickel Belt, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring this House's attention to a unique school project created by Ms. Camille Dupuis and her colleague at Lasalle Secondary School.
Created in 2008, the intergenerational memoir project pairs a senior with two students who help record the senior's life story over a period of several months. At the conclusion, the students present the senior with a scrapbook of the senior's life.
I can attest personally to the fantastic work of these students, because two of them, Alexandra Burgess and Alyssa Sabourin, worked closely with my father, Conrad Gravelle, to produce his scrapbook.
What a brilliant project. Students gain empathy toward their elders while learning about their contributions to their community. Seniors get the company they need and the valuable opportunity to record their story.
I commend Ms. Dupuis and the students who have participated over the past three years, as well as the school and the school board for their support of this project.
I hope that other schools introduce the intergenerational memoir project to their students.
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Greg Rickford Kenora, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the accomplishments of an extraordinary constituent. Betty Thompson recently won a Partners in Excellence Award for her volunteer efforts at the Dryden Regional Health Centre.
This award recognizes individuals who are committed to the hospital's values and perform outstanding actions that enhance the patients' experience. Betty started volunteering in 2004. She first spent four hours a week as a front desk greeter and happily took on increasing responsibilities to the point that she now contributes more than 60 hours per month.
Last year Betty completed the Ontario superhost certification by participating in a workshop that aims to build the skills and techniques needed to achieve service excellence.
Volunteers make the difference for many organizations. I know patients appreciate her commitment and dedication.
According to her nominator, Betty treats everyone with a smile, a helpful hand and an extra special touch. Betty is yet another constituent who puts the great in the great Kenora riding.
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Judy Sgro York West, ON
Mr. Speaker, it was on this day in 1927 that Liberal Prime Minister Sir William Lyon Mackenzie King approved the old age pension plan. In that historic step, Liberals enacted Canada's first major public welfare legislation, extending income benefits to needy seniors.
Sadly, the Conservatives opposed the move even then. Then in 1963, when Liberal Prime Minister Lester Pearson began working on the Canada pension plan, the Conservatives again stood firmly in opposition to the idea of retirement income security for working Canadians.
The Conservative Party clearly has a long history of opposing improvements to Canada's pension structures. The Conservatives opposed the Liberal old age pension. They opposed the Liberal idea of the Canada pension plan and today they continue to stand in the way of real pension security.
When will the Prime Minister set aside his party's shameful history on pensions and admit that the Conservatives' approach of more talk and less action is a barrier to real pension reform?
Employment Insurance
Statements By Members
May 28th, 2010 / 11:05 a.m.
Pierre Poilievre Nepean—Carleton, ON
Mr. Speaker, every so often members from all parties come together with little fanfare and do the right thing for the people they serve. This week's human resources committee is one such example.
The committee is studying the fairness for military families act, inspired by Major Duquette, who brought the idea to my attention some months ago. He was trying to correct an injustice in the EI system, which denies military families benefits for which they paid and gives criminals better treatment than soldiers.
Major Duquette testified before the committee by teleconference, and his wife testified here in Ottawa in person. It was great to see them connect for the first time in months. Their faces lit up when that screen came on.
After the testimony was done, the committee unanimously passed the bill, which shows that when we come together to serve soldiers, their families and all constituents, we can do the right thing and get things done.
Amnesty International
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Jean Dorion Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, QC
Mr. Speaker, Amnesty International is concerned. It describes the deterioration in the federal government's support for basic rights and democracy as flagrant.
In addition, in a report released yesterday, Amnesty condemns the government's lack of protection of human rights in Canada, including aboriginal rights, when issuing licences for mining, logging and petroleum and other resource extraction. Amnesty also considers that Canada's failure to ratify the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is indefensible and criticizes the government's inaction on violence against aboriginal women.
But Amnesty's criticisms do not stop there: recalling the testimony of Richard Colvin, the organization expresses concern about the fate of Afghan detainees. It also points out that child soldier Omar Khadr is the only westerner still being held in Guantanamo.
If it wants to stop being an international laughingstock, the federal government must regain its credibility on the issue of human rights.
Firearms Registry
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Jim Abbott Kootenay—Columbia, BC
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal leader's announcement that his MPs will be whipped on the long gun registry vote did not just affect the eight MPs who previously voted to abolish the costly gun registry. In my riding of Kootenay—Columbia, it also drove away a prospective Liberal candidate, Brent Bush. He said the Liberal leader has:
reversed his position and stated that third reading of the Bill will now be a whipped (or forced) Party vote.
He continued:
Forcing a sitting MP or prospective candidate to vote the Party position on an issue, knowing in advance that it runs contrary to the interests of the constituents in the Riding clearly runs contrary to the principles of representative democracy.
The Liberals' definition of getting tough on crime is to punish farmers and duck hunters. These eight Liberal MPs need to do the right thing and vote to scrap the long gun registry, or vote to keep it—
Firearms Registry
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
The Deputy Speaker Andrew Scheer
The hon. member for Hull—Aylmer.
Firearms Registry
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Marcel Proulx Hull—Aylmer, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday Quebec's public safety minister came to Ottawa to ask the Conservatives and the New Democrats to save the registry.
In seven years, the registry has saved 2,100 lives. Do the NDP and the Conservatives think $4 million is too steep a price to save 300 lives every year? We are talking about $400 million compared to $1 billion they are going to spend on three days of security at the G8 and the G20.
This billion dollar Conservative waste of money would fund the registry until 2260.
A billion dollars is being spent because of the Prime Minister's incompetence, but they cannot save 300 Canadian lives a year for the next 250 years. That would be 75,000 lives saved in all.
Yes, the $1 billion spent on three days' security at the summits would pay for the registry for the next 250 years. That $1 billion would save 75,000 Canadian lives.
Quebec's public safety minister said it: the Conservatives' message on law and order is completely inconsistent with their policies.
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Jacques Gourde Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC
Mr. Speaker, a University of Calgary study has confirmed what we have known all along: the Liberal plan to raise taxes will kill jobs. The study points out that the Liberal plan is ill advised and will undermine Canada's fiscal competitiveness compared to other OECD countries.
Our government knows that lower taxes create jobs and stimulate economic growth. That is why tax breaks are a key component of Canada's economic action plan, which has resulted in the net job creation of 285,000 new jobs since July 2009.
With our economic recovery still fragile, the Liberals want to raise taxes and kill thousands and thousands of jobs.
The fact that the Liberal leader wants to increase corporate taxes, hike the GST and create a carbon tax is just further proof that he does not care about Canadians. He is thinking only about himself.
Mining Industry
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Malcolm Allen Welland, ON
Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I joined with steelworkers from Port Colborne and many others in a rally on Parliament Hill, calling on the government to end foreign takeovers that destroy Canadian jobs in the name of foreign profits.
The painful consequences of such deals are all too real for my constituents. Vale Inco workers have been off the job for 11 months. They and their families have suffered serious hardships as they fight for a fair deal they need and the respect they deserve.
Yesterday, Vale Inco finally agreed to resume negotiations in June, using a provincial mediator. While this is good news, Vale Inco is still trying to leave some workers out in the cold. Employees discharged while on strike have been told they will never work for the company again. This shameful behaviour is possible because the current government failed to protect workers and our economy when it allowed this foreign takeover. And the Conservatives still refuse to step in and push Vale Inco to negotiate in good faith. Canadians deserve better.
I call on Vale Inco to negotiate a fair deal for all workers, including discharged employees, and I call on the Conservatives to finally stand up for Canadian workers and their families.
Employment Insurance
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Merv Tweed Brandon—Souris, MB
Mr. Speaker, good news bears repeating. I am pleased to inform this House that on Wednesday, Bill C-13, the fairness for military families act, passed through committee with unanimous support.
This bill would ensure that Canadian Forces members who so proudly serve our country would no longer be prevented from spending quality time with their new children when they return from duty.
Major Duquette, who originally brought this issue to the attention of the member for Nepean—Carleton, appeared via teleconference from Kabul, Afghanistan, and his wife, Anne, appeared in person. Major Duquette stated that having this bill pass would be the greatest accomplishment of his proud military career, because it would have a lasting impact on the lives of military families.
I urge all parties to help ensure the swift passage of this bill so that military families can get access to these benefits they so richly deserve.
Maternal Health
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Meili Faille Vaudreuil—Soulanges, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Minister for Status of Women and the Minister of International Cooperation have repeated all week that it is important to save the lives of women and children who are dying because of a lack of health care in developing countries. Yes, of course it is.
However, on this International Day of Action for Women's Health, are these ministers aware that by failing to fund access to abortion for women in developing countries, they are allowing more than 70,000 women to die every year for lack of access to this service? Does this government not have any compassion for these women who are dying because of an excess of dogmatism.
The Conservatives claim that they do not wish to reopen the abortion debate. However, backbenchers are at complete liberty to introduce bills limiting access to abortion, with the obvious approval of a Prime Minister who is obsessed with controlling everything.
The Conservatives must listen to what Quebeckers and Canadians are telling them and fund access to abortion in developing countries, while maintaining this service—
Maternal Health
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
The Deputy Speaker Andrew Scheer
The hon. member for Ottawa South.
Firearms Registry
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
David McGuinty Ottawa South, ON
Mr. Speaker, at the public safety committee on Wednesday, the member for Saint Boniface launched a disgraceful, baseless attack against Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair.
She said: "There were officers who did suffer consequence at the hands of chiefs, like Mr. Blair, who did transfer them out when they spoke out against [the gun registry]. That is why they are silenced today and are afraid to come forward".
It is a shameful smear of Chief Blair, who has worked for 33 years in nearly every policing function in some of this country's toughest neighbourhoods.
The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police says the gun registry keeps our communities safe. The Canadian Police Association says the same, joined by the RCMP, pediatricians, physicians, victims and labour and women's groups. Ontario's attorney general says that support for the gun registry is unprecedented.
The government should be standing with police instead of smearing them. They should stand with victims, stand with doctors and save lives by saving the gun registry.
The member should apologize for her appalling and unjustifiable attack. It is conduct unbecoming of a member of Parliament.
Statements By Members
11:15 a.m.
Tom Lukiwski Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK
Mr. Speaker, yesterday experts confirmed what we have known all along. The Liberal leader's plan to raise taxes will kill jobs. In fact, a University of Calgary study says that the Liberal tax hikes would lead directly to 233,000 lost jobs. It calls the Liberal leader's plan "seriously misguided" and one that would put Canada at a "disadvantage among OECD countries".
Earlier this year another independent study said that the Liberal leader's GST hike would cost Canada 162,000 jobs.
Our government knows that lower taxes create jobs and fuel economic growth. That is why lower taxes have been part of Canada's economic action plan, a plan that has created some 285,000 net new jobs since last July. At a time when our economic recovery is fragile, the Liberal leader's tax hikes would kill almost 400,000 jobs.
Calling for tax hikes that would result in the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs shows yet again that the Liberal leader is not in it for Canadians. He is just in it for himself.


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Graves cleared waivers, and has been assigned to Buffalo. Oh joy. I guess Wedge even went as far to say the he really thinks Graves can get rolling again in Buffalo and get back up "here."


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The White House Blog highlights President Obama's remarks at Suntory Hall in Tokyo. The President said:
"So I want everyone to know, and I want everybody in America to know, that we have a stake in the future of this region, because what happens here has a direct effect on our lives at home. This is where we engage in much of our commerce and buy many of our goods. And this is where we can export more of our own products and create jobs back home in the process. This is a place where the risk of a nuclear arms race threatens the security of the wider world, and where extremists who defile a great religion plan attacks on both our continents. And there can be no solution to our energy security and our climate challenge without the rising powers and developing nations of the Asia Pacific.
To meet these common challenges, the United States looks to strengthen old alliances and build new partnerships with the nations of this region. To do this, we look to America's treaty alliances with Japan, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and the Philippines -- alliances that are not historical documents from a bygone era, but abiding commitments to each other that are fundamental to our shared security.
These alliances continue to provide the bedrock of security and stability that has allowed the nations and peoples of this region to pursue opportunity and prosperity that was unimaginable at the time of my first childhood visit to Japan. And even as American troops are engaged in two wars around the world, our commitment to Japan's security and to Asia's security is unshakeable -- (applause) -- and it can be seen in our deployments throughout the region -- above all, through our young men and women in uniform, of whom I am so proud.
Now, we look to emerging nations that are poised as well to play a larger role -- both in the Asia Pacific region and the wider world; places like Indonesia and Malaysia that have adopted democracy, developed their economies, and tapped the great potential of their own people.
We look to rising powers with the view that in the 21st century, the national security and economic growth of one country need not come at the expense of another. I know there are many who question how the United States perceives China's emergence. But as I have said, in an interconnected world, power does not need to be a zero-sum game, and nations need not fear the success of another. Cultivating spheres of cooperation -- not competing spheres of influence -- will lead to progress in the Asia Pacific."Full Text
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Patrick in Maryland writes:
Hi,President Obama ,and friends of the Department of States.
I liked what President Obama said in Tokyo this week. The people of Japan are very vital to our global wellness. They have been extremally supportive in world events and helped achieve a more cooperative,peaceful way of life for many people around the world. :)
I therefore i'm, very appreciative of there continuing Friendship in the years ahead . :)
Have a nice weekend ...Cya...:)