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Skip to comments.Transgender 6-year-old wins civil rights case to use girls' bathroom at Colorado school
Posted on 06/24/2013 10:35:52 AM PDT by ColdOne
The Colorado Civil Rights Division has ruled an elementary school discriminated against a transgender 6-year-old child by barring her from using the girls' bathroom.
KDVR reports the New York-based Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund announced the ruling Sunday, and said they would hold a news conference Monday to explain the decision in the case of Coy Mathis, who was born a boy but identifies as a girl.
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Sexualizing 6 year olds.
I was born a human, but identify as a dolphin.
Colorado is officially a state-wide insane asylum. No wonder the north wants to break off.
What is a "transgender six year old"?
How is this possible, unles he were brainwashed into it by his looney leftist caregivers.
We live in bizarro world. The "parents" of that poor child should be arrested for child abuse/endangerment.
I seriously doubt a 6 year old has on his/her own decided their gender. The kids PARENTS decided the kid born male is really female and have decided to raise the poor kid as a female.
Exactly. Someone sold this kid a bill of goods.
They see a kid in need of help. So do I. Child abuse seems quite clear here.
his mother wanted a little girl so she has reinforced female behavior on the little boy.
> The parents of that poor child should be arrested for
> child abuse/endangerment.
It's not long ago that this would have definitely happened.
Now, the courts are on THEIR side.
Our country has been "fundamentally transformed".
That child has only two problems: insane parents!
I wonder where he/she is more likely to get beaten up; the boys' room or the girls' room?
Transvestite, not transgender... no surgical alterations.
Is his name Norman? As in Bates? What kind of parents do this to a kid?
So let me see if I get this...
The gays arent pressing to normalize pedophilia because "kids cant consent to sex"
But a kid can consent to the notion that they are actually a completely different gender even though they are physically not that gender? Not to mention they can have abortions without their parents knowing, get condoms from the school, and can proclaim that they are gay?
Are his parents gay?
And children that young are influenced by adults.
This is child abuse.
How can a 6 year old who was born a boy, be identified as a girl? Confused much? I know I am.
One step further my FRiend, you can whack of a part. If you have Y chromosomes you are a man.
Are parents two gay besides??
A six year old knows 0" about sex.
let me guess...raised by male hating lesbians?
Imagine this kid as a rebellious teen and the hell those who screwed him up will pay.
They should take his parents out and hang them.
Someone who "knows" the boy's Mom weighs in...
"My opinion, based on my knowledge, is the mom of this child is a fame-seeking attention whore, who will stop at nothing to prove how edgy and non-mainstream she is, even at the expense of her child's privacy. I "met" her online six years ago when she came to the Triplet Connection and made a huge ruckus because she was dead-set on homebirthing her "natural" triplets in a kiddie pool in her living room. I thought she was a faker, so I immediately set out to see if she was real, or not, where I discovered that she didn't, in fact, have "natural" triplets. She had ordered clomid from Mexico, and gotten pregnant using non-prescribed fertility drugs. Here's her post about that. It's still public all these years later. Her name is Kathryn."
I have to agree. Just what did they do to this poor child to convince him he was a she. Good Lord, I used to think this country had become the Bizzaro world with Bill and Hill, Now it has become totally insane. God help my children.
Nothing at all from the father. Why am I not surprised?
Not sure which is Coy?
So if next year this kid murders someone can he, she,it be tried as an adult and sentenced to death?
If at 6 the court believes a child can decide that they are not the sex as designed by God but chooses another sex then aren't they mentally capable of being responsible for an act like murder?
This sounds like Munchausen by Proxy syndrome, when allowed to continue untreeated to an inevitable conclusion.
I'll give credit to the Mom for being diabolically smart, if she just abused her kids, they'd have been taken away. By picking making them "untouchable" (you just hate me and my kid because it's transgendered you bigot!!!) she not only can get away with it, but she can get all of the attention she's craving.
Congratulations to the Democrats and the weirdos, moochers, and faggots who comprise the Democrat party's voter base.
Child abuse - hate to say it but these parents need to have their children removed from their care.
In New America your gender is whatever you think it should be.
This is what happens when you have free range lunatics.
What a depressing story. What sort of life does this little boy have to look forward to? I hope the parents come to their senses, for their own sake as well as the sake of their children.
We should have listened to John Rocker...
It's the most hectic, nerve-racking city. Imagine having to take the 7 Train to the ballpark looking like you're riding through Beirut next to some kid with purple hair, next to some queer with AIDS, right next to some dude who just got out of jail for the fourth time, right next to some 20-year-old mom with four kids. It's depressing... The biggest thing I don't like about New York are the foreigners. You can walk an entire block in Times Square and not hear anybody speaking English. Asians and Koreans and Vietnamese and Indians and Russians and Spanish people and everything up there. How the hell did they get in this country?
shocking at what happens nowadays. And a court agrees with bizarro parents that he is a she. what a crazy world this is.
we have to be politically correct.
Why aren't this poor kids' parents being arrested for child abuse?
At 6 you barely know what the differences are between boys and girls, and except for them asking HIM constantly I bet he wouldnt either.
How much you wanna bet the parents are FLAMING libtards or lesbians?
I'm guessing the one on the far left.
Coy is NOT the one in his mother's arms. She is the Special Needs child that was getting all the attention Coy now gets. Coy gets ALL the attention now.
When is this court going to rule that a gorilla is a giraffe?
So what about the little girls who have to share their bathroom with this nut case? Don't they have civil rights too?
What scares me in addition to the crazy parents is the fact that some "civil rights" commission is out there making decisions like this.
OK. Here is another wrinkle in this story. The fact that girls' bathrooms are always busier than the boys' bathroonms because it takes girls/women longer to do their natural bathroom functions. So of this child has a boy's plumbing, he is able to stand up and quickly do his job, while taking up the toilet space for the girls who are always waiting in line!
Is this fair to the girls??????
If I had a daughter, I would do a study of the school's bathroom turnover times, and present it to the school district. It is blatant discrimination against normal females to inject this person into their bathroom space which is limited, and also to have him/her in their space which should be private area for females.
What is to stop this person from assaulting a girl inside the room when he/she gets older? Who is going to monitor the bathroom when he/she is in there with the other girls?
I guess Coy sits to pee but the school should make him clean up the seat if he sprinkles
Brave New World now.
Wife, who is an ER nurse, says every boy's will now claim "Transgendered" to get in and oogle the girls. Says it is only a matter of time now.
Transgender 6 year old means that someone put a minor on the operating table and chopped off a functioning organ and/or grafted a fake one.
Mutilation. How is this different from middle eastern genital mutilation?
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bennychuck,The term "wheat flour" is a broad term used to cover just about any flour made from wheat grain. It's a catch-all term used in ingredients lists, in part to conceal the actual form of flour.Peter
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ok i am in awe of this recipe and i cant wait to try it! A couple questions. did you put your perforated disc directly on your stone? if i use a cutter pan do you oil it? would you also recommend putting it on the stone? no par bake correct? thank you Loo!!! awesome pie!! looks just fabulous! looks just delicious! one more quick question. whats your favorite you've made to date? i saw your malnatis pics! wow!!!
Loo,The Hawks did a nice job by pounding Calgary 5:1! Congrats. Now I can only hope my Sharks do the same against the Ducks tomorrow! Go Sharks!!! Sorry, didn't mean to hijack this thread...
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Great work on that pie, mrmojo. Did you have any leftovers? For whatever reason this pie is great cold or reheated. Loo
Hey Looks like you got your Mojo on for that pie!Nice job! I too liked the biscuit flakiness of the crust when I made it. BTW I have never had the original or frozen. So I cant really compare. What was your sauce comprised of? Do you think that was the right amount? I like the cheese combination.As you mention, I think the cutter pans or solid disk www.pizzatools.com will really finalize your recipe Looks very tasty too!John
...I attempted an overnight, fridge rise with IDY last week and didn't care for the results...Loo
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Focus on technology and seniors
The Center on Aging has a tradition of embracing technology solutions to enhance the lives of older people. "Aside from our caregiver project, we have a center that's actually funded by the National Institute on Aging called CREATE (Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement). And the whole focus of CREATE is technology and aging," explains Czaja.
"We see technology as holding a very promising role in terms of intervention delivery – delivering services and programs to people who have limited access to services and programs, and enhancing the independence and well-being of older adults," Czaja adds.
Although programs that use technology interventions to care specifically for caregivers are fairly unique in the world of medical research, A Computer Integrated Telephone System for Family Caregivers of Dementia Patients is the fourth such study the Center on Aging has tackled in the past 10 years. It is the first, however, to employ videophone technology.
The initial caregiver-focused study was the first phase of the REACH (Resources for Enhancing Alzheimer's Caregiver Health) project. The Center on Aging collaborated with several institutions on this program, which involved providing caregivers with phones that displayed menu-driven, text-based instructional materials. Caregivers also used the phones to participate in support groups.
Of the current study, Czaja says, "We thought the next logical iteration would be to have video capacity so the caregiver and the clinician could actually see one another, and so caregivers could have some form of face-to-face contact during support groups."
Center researchers initially considered using computers in conjunction with phones, but rejected the idea. "It was too complicated," Czaja recounts, "and at the time this program was actually conceptualized, it would have been much more cumbersome."
In addition, the caregivers in the study were from lower socioeconomic groups; Czaja felt most of them would be more familiar with telephones than they would be with computers. The study's focus on minority caregivers reflects the center's "particular interest in trying to remediate healthcare disparities by making sure that all populations have access to programs and services," explains Czaja.
Programmable phone selected
With a videophone solution and a laundry list of requisite capabilities in mind, Czaja's colleague, Sankaran Nair, tracked down Cisco's Unified IP Phone 7985G. The phone was programmable, had a large display area, and had buttons for delivering menu-driven services. The 7985G was determined the optimal solution at the time Czaja's group conceived the program.
Cisco's IBSG healthcare practice helped the center's IT personnel develop the program's technology solution. The research team also located a group within AT&T to help supply bandwidth to caregivers' homes. The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation provided primary support for the program.
The Center on Aging's technology solution includes Cisco Unified IP phones and Cisco 871 integrated services routers. A phone and router are installed in each caregiver's home, along with an AT&T DSL connection to deliver high-quality video over the Internet. The solution also includes a call center within the Center on Aging.
The center's staff directly manages the phones, which are connected to a secure Cisco unified communications server cluster on the university's network. This enables significant videophone features and statistical tracking of system use. The solution's VPN concentrator uses Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series switches and 3700 Series switches, Cisco 7600 Series routers, and Cisco 3845 integrated-services routers (gateways).
The study's commitment to help Miami's large, severely underserved minority communities presented its own set of difficulties. "This was an extremely challenging endeavor for us," says Czaja. "We stretched our resources."
Czaja's group used the Center on Aging's in-house systems engineers and programmers to develop custom interfaces and applications for the videophones, calling on the Cisco IBSG team to help with phone-specific elements, as necessary.
After coding researchers' intervention ideas for the videophones, the program had to translate the interfaces and interventions from English to Creole and Spanish. Resources that are now available at the push of a button – in all three of the participants' preferred languages – include quick solutions for common problems (such as dealing with agitated or aggressive behavior); informational and instructional materials (in video and text formats); guides for accessing national and local resources; self- and clinician-generated reminders; and speed-dial phone lists. The phones also enable caregivers to participate in individual skill-building sessions with certified clinicians, and in video support groups with other caregivers.
Czaja's research group recruited caregivers in waves according to ethnicity. "Our caregiver support groups have to be in the participants' preferred languages," she explains. In each wave, some caregivers received videophones, while two control groups did not. In all, the study has served a total of 120 caregivers, approximately 70 of whom received videophone interventions.
Greater implementation challenges followed each recruitment wave. "We had this assumption that people have Internet access, and that's a naïve assumption when you're dealing with poorer populations," Czaja explains.
Providing adequate DSL services in underserved areas of Miami was a major hurdle. To receive sufficient bandwidth for DSL services, subscribers' homes had to be within a certain distance of a digital subscriber line-access multiplex (DSLAM) device. These devices connect multiple DSL lines to the high-speed Internet backbone. The closer a home is to a DSLAM, the higher the bandwidth it receives. Some participants' homes were not as close to a DSLAM as they needed to be for high-quality video delivery, a condition that necessitated some creative solutions.
Despite these challenges, the study is operating and is serving the final group of caregivers – participants from Miami's large and growing Haitian-American community.
"We were particularly interested in including Haitian-Americans," Czaja relates. "They've been largely understudied in caregiver research, and they're a fairly significant population in Miami."
Czaja and her researchers have not yet analyzed study data because the pilot study is still in progress. "Our caregivers are really enjoying the program and really finding it beneficial," Czaja says. "They especially like the fact they can access resources and support, and participate in the program without having to leave their homes."
With the videophones, clinicians now are able to see caregivers without having to visit them in their homes. Getting a nurse or someone out to determine if the caregiver is okay is not an easy task, explains Czaja. Commuting takes a significant amount of time and costs money, there are safety concerns when visiting certain locations, and some people do not have the means to pay for home-care services.
With travel time and paperwork, she estimates seeing three to five patients is all a clinician can accomplish in one day. Using the videophone intervention, clinicians can see three or four caregivers an hour.
Ultimately, Czaja says, if the videophone intervention helps caregivers find more free time because they have learned skills that have made them better able to provide care, if they become less depressed, and "if they are in better health themselves, you're going to decrease the likelihood that the patient will be placed, which is going to be a tremendous savings."
Czaja says she would like to expand the videophone intervention program to include other groups – such as long-distance family caregivers, family members who care for stroke patients, or victims of chronic illnesses – and perhaps even patients themselves.
"We would really like to have continued support for the program, as we've put a lot into its development up to this point," she summarizes. HMT
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HealthPresence addresses four challenges
Videophones are just one product in Cisco's burgeoning telehealth technology arsenal. The company's latest endeavor is its HealthPresence solution, a care-at-a-distance technology platform that allows patients to connect with doctors and clinicians for healthcare consultations. Traditional telemedicine or telehealth approaches have focused mostly on the problem of physical access to medical care. HealthPresence addresses four additional healthcare delivery challenges:
• capacity (maximizing clinical expertise productivity);
• collaboration (one patient with many clinicians, many providers with many providers, and many patients with many patients);
• information exchange (the ability of participants to share and view vital health information); and
• personalization (engaging patients in ways that make them more active participants in consultations).
Patients in HealthPresence encounters can see images and listen to sounds from a variety of diagnostic devices, such as digital stethoscopes, actively participating with what clinicians see and hear. HealthPresence also allows multiple members of a patient's care team to simultaneously participate in consultations, creating new ways to deliver and coordinate care.
Located at the patient's end unit are medical devices for external observation; these include a general camera, ear-nose-throat camera, digital stethoscope and a vital signs device to capture blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate and blood oxygen levels.
Cisco Vitals captures physiological data and streaming high-definition video feeds, sending them to the clinical team. This custom software utilizes secure encryption technology to protect the privacy and security of the data.
Cisco HealthPresence was piloted by the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), and can be deployed in permanent facilities or mobile units. It is classified as a Class I medical device by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.


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Get Out of that Rut - Page 3
Easy Made Easy
Think of easy as active rest. Do not skip workouts. Easy days are extremely important to improvement.
Olympic distance runner Ryan Hall, who blazed the 2011 Boston Marathon to set a new American marathon record, touts the value of hard-easy on his website: "When my pride finally gave way to frustration and I was forced to take my easy days seriously, I gradually began to improve. Learn to pay attention to your body."
Easy means doing runs under 90 minutes with 60 to 70 seconds added to MP. I can hear the groans. It happens every time I give a talk on this subject. You still get to record the miles in your log book! A perceived level of exertion of 5 is easy, i.e. a very comfortable pace that you feel you could run forever. You should be able to endlessly babble to your training partner. Easy is keeping your HR under 65 percent of your max.
Cross Training and Rest
Some runners refuse to do easy runs since they believe their hard-earned conditioning will be lost. But they will do cross training, which provides rest from running workouts. Replace one or two easy runs per week with a sport or activity you like. Perhaps the most complementary option is to train for walking-power hiking, which is a common tactic in long, steep trail runs and races. Other options include swimming, bicycling, yoga and weight lifting. If you normally run for an hour, work up to an hour of cross training at a comfortable intensity.
Because trail running can be more physically demanding than road running, masters trail runners often need more rest days than they think. The number of rest days is individual but consider your age, mileage and training intensity. A rule of thumb: from 40 to 50, at least one rest day per week may suffice; from 50 to 60, consider two rest days; and 60 and over, try at least three rest days.
Masters can train as effectively as they did when they were young and improve their running by using the hard-easy-days method. Make your hard days hard—relative to your MP, your HR, perceived level of exertion or talk test. Make your easy days easy. Vary your weekly workouts and every three to six weeks take an entire easy week. Experiment to see what works for you.


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At Whittier College, our student body works in close, active collaboration with professors who are leaders in their fields. Together, this team of learners conducts research projects that push the boundaries of knowledge and inquiry.
For example, select students support faculty members with their professional academic investigations. At other times, it is the faculty which assists the efforts of students in pursuing groundbreaking new research. As a result of these experiences, and with confidence in their own abilities, Whittier students regularly go on to participate in conferences (such as the Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research) and other academic conclaves across the nation.
Students further interact with faculty members in programs that are part of the College's Centers of Distinction and take place at Garrett and Hartley Faculty Masters' Houses, on-campus residences where professors live for a multi-year term and coordinate and host an array of educational and social activities.
While students at large universities struggle merely to gain face-time with professors, here at Whittier, students interact with the faculty personally and on a daily basis.
I had just finished a long week of classes, work and papers. Finally, it was Friday. On this particular Friday I was anxious for work to end and the weekend to begin, because I was going to Star Party.
Star Party is an event the physics club puts on every semester to Joshua Tree National Park for some amazing star gazing. All 30-some students piled in an old fashioned school bus with our tents, sleeping bags, flashlights, guitars and s'more stuff. I knew most of the people going even though we had never formerly met. That is the nature of Whittier College, you know so many more people than you think you do just by association within the community. Read more.


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Debates of Feb. 15th, 2013
House of Commons Hansard #212 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was citizenship.
- Question Period
- Technical Tax Amendments Act, 2012
- Festival du Voyageur
- Government Spending
- The Great Lakes
- Pink Shirt Day
- Status of Women
- St. Anthony of Padua Church
- Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal
- Justice
- Lunar New Year
- 2013 Scotties Tournament of Hearts
- Women and Politics
- National Flag of Canada Day
- Taxation
- The Senate
- Leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada
- The Environment
- The Economy
- The Environment
- Ethics
- Government Services
- Canada Post Corporation
- Foreign Affairs
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Ethics
- The Senate
- Ethics
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Correctional Service Canada
- Public Safety
- Fisheries and Oceans
- The Environment
- Aerospace Industry
- Employment Insurance
- Co-operatives
- Airline Industry
- Labour
- Financial Institutions
- Veterans Affairs
- Telecommunications
- Foreign Affairs
- Canada Post
- Employment Insurance
- Aviation Safety
- Points of Order
- Global Centre for Pluralism
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Technical Tax Amendments Act, 2012
- Citizenship Act
Technical Tax Amendments Act, 2012
Government Orders
10:40 a.m.
Colin Carrie Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the NDP for finally taking this opportunity to think about Canadian taxpayers' pocketbooks.
Obviously we disagree on what we should be doing for Canadians. Our government lowered the GST, from 7% to 6% to 5%. The NDP voted against that. We have lowered taxes for Canadian families by $3,000 since we have been in government. We have actually cut taxes over 140 times. However, the NDP voted each and every time against that.
Now it has new-found thoughts for Canadian's pocketbooks. If we look at its platform, the NDP has promised $65 billion in unfunded tax promises. These are promises for things it would do if it ever had the opportunity to form government. We know it has a $21 billion carbon tax, which is huge, but there is still a huge shortfall in income to pay for $65 billion in unfunded promises. Therefore, I was wondering, where is the NDP going to be making up the difference? Is it going to raise the GST too? Canadians would like to know where the NDP is going to come up with that difference, over $40 billion in unfunded promises.
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10:40 a.m.
Rosane Doré Lefebvre Alfred-Pellan, QC
Mr. Speaker, I thank the parliamentary secretary.
As he knows, a budget involves choices. According to the latest study from the Department of Finance on the budgets presented by the different parties, the most balanced and the most reasonable budgets come from the NDP. Next come the ones presented by the Conservatives, and trailing far behind are the budgets by the Liberals, unfortunately.
Budgets involve choices. We can talk, for instance, about their attacks on employment insurance, the hidden taxes they pass on to consumers and the fees imposed on small businesses. We could talk for quite a while about that.
However, I find it interesting that we agree on the principle in the House today. It is nice to work together on a bill.
I hope this co-operation will continue during the committee's consideration of the bill and that the Conservatives will listen to the official opposition, which does not just whine for the sake of whining. Constituents do not agree with the decisions being made by this government, and we represent them. The government must listen to Canadians.
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10:40 a.m.
Jonathan Tremblay Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, to show support for my colleague following that last question from the government, I would like to say that we on this side will always oppose omnibus bills that directly attack the economies of our regions or certain segments of the population, even though an omnibus bill may contain some decent measures. There are always negative measures and, unfortunately, they overshadow the rest.
I am pleased to speak to Bill C-48, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, the Excise Tax Act, the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act, the First Nations Goods and Services Tax Act and related legislation.
Generally speaking, bills should not be this lengthy. But since it should have been introduced years ago, we can understand why it is so large. It contains amendments that should have been made long ago and that must be made now.
I would like to congratulate the minister on finally introducing this bill, given that the last time Parliament passed a technical tax bill was in 2001. I believe we can say that this is long overdue.
In her 2009 fall report, the Auditor General at the time, Sheila Fraser, said this:
No income tax technical bill has been passed since 2001. Although the government has said that an annual technical bill of routine housekeeping amendments to the Act is desirable, this has not happened. As a result, the Department of Finance Canada has a backlog of at least 400 technical amendments that have not been enacted, including 250 "comfort letters" dating back to 1998, recommending changes that have not been legislated.
How is it that the last technical tax bill was passed in 2001, when the government acknowledged the need to introduce such a bill every year? Perhaps those were simply meaningless words from the minister. It happens all the time with bills. This is not the first time this sort of thing has happened with a bill.
A few months after he came to the position, the Minister of Finance introduced the first version of a bill to make technical reforms to the tax system. I say "introduced" rather than "enacted" for a reason.
It was not possible to enact that bill, and not because it had not gone through all the necessary steps in the House; rather, it was because the government decided to throw everything out and prorogue the first session of the 39th Parliament, in 2007. The bill was reintroduced, but it must be noted that two elections and three prorogations later, no legislation has yet been enacted.
It is all very well to recognize that a bill like Bill C-48 needs to be introduced every year, but let us not forget to pass it. Let us hope that in the case of this bill, the Conservatives are not preparing us for another prorogation.
Bill C-48 implements about 200 technical amendments to the tax system, spread over more than a decade. It is therefore essential that we pass it, because ultimately, these changes to the system will have a positive impact on revenues and will deter tax avoidance.
We in the New Democrats have long spoken out against tax avoidance, unlike former governments. We believe that we must fight tax avoidance and tax evasion, while preserving the integrity of our tax system. For that reason, I will be supporting the changes made by this bill. It does not solve everything and we will have to do more to deal with tax evasion, but this kind of bill needs to be passed.
I would now like to talk about how thick Bill C-48 is. In the last year and a half, we have learned how fond the Conservatives are of giving us a lot to read. But they do not give us figures, testimony, scientific studies or exhaustive data to read—just a lot of different laws in a single omnibus bill.
It is not reasonable for one bill to lead to so many changes to so many laws. For once, at least, the laws are closely connected. I will therefore not accuse the minister of putting everything but the kitchen sink into one bill, this time.
I simply want him to understand that if he had done his job properly and each year we had passed a bill like this one, we would not be having to consider a brick like this. The work of Parliament would then be much more effective, and more importantly, much more transparent, not to mention the fact that we would have a good administrator for a government. This government is unfortunately proving that the opposite is true.
The massive size of the bill proves that there is still much work to be done in order to transpose these kinds of technical changes into legislation. If the job is not done, it will penalize the business community and complicate the process of the evaluation that Parliament must do.
However, I would like to reassure the minister: he is not the only one to blame. He did introduce a similar bill in the past, but we might say that his boss did not think it important enough to be passed. He preferred to keep opening Parliament and shutting it down.
It is difficult for a bill of this magnitude to get through the whole legislative process. We must not forget that the Liberals are also partly responsible. They were in power for the first five years after the last such bill was passed in 2001. What is more, some Department of Finance comfort letters date back to 1998. I am not an accounting expert, but according to my calculations, fifteen years have passed since 1998. The government should have been doing this work regularly every year for a long time now.
There were also warnings when the Liberal government was in power. For example, Marlene Legare, former senior chief of the sales tax division of the Department of Finance, said the following when she appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce on September 20, 2000:
Until now, the choice has probably been more in favour of combining measures so as to put forward fewer bills. I think the lesson that we learned from this experience is that it may be preferable to change the balance somewhat. That may mean putting forward smaller bills which would contain measures that would be enacted on a more timely basis.
Yet, here we are 12 years after the most recent technical bill. The idea of a greater number of "smaller bills" does not apply here. At this very moment, as we debate this bill, there are still 200 more changes announced in comfort letters, which are agreements approved by Parliament. As everyone knows, in Canada, Parliament passes laws. That is the case even though we sometimes get the impression that some people would prefer that it be done another way.
Bill C-48 contains a number of positive changes. I would like to mention three changes that have not yet been pointed out by the government. First, some income tax restrictions have been removed to help labour-sponsored venture capital corporations address transition issues resulting from the elimination of the support program for such corporations.
Second, the formula for allocating the taxable income of air transportation companies has been changed to ensure that the income generated by taxing these companies is allocated to the provinces and territories where the company is permanently located.
Finally, there is the implementation of a measure concerning the tax treatment of shares held by short-term residents, for the purposes of the air transportation tax, according to the comfort letters dated 2003 and 2007. The bill is not a step in the wrong direction. I simply want the minister to understand that in the future, it should not take so long to get this through.
To conclude my speech, I would like to quote Denis St.-Pierre, chair of the tax and fiscal policy advisory group of the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada:
First, the government must introduce a technical tax amendments bill. The last time a technical tax bill was passed by Parliament was over 11 years ago. Literally hundreds of unlegislated tax amendments to the Income Tax Act—which I showed this committee last year by bringing the Income Tax Act, if you recall—have been proposed, but not yet enacted, which brings uncertainty and unpredictability to the process. Second, we strongly feel that implementing a sunset provision would ensure that tax amendments are legislated...
He went on to say that it was necessary and healthy for our economy to introduce amendments annually or on a regular basis.
Technical Tax Amendments Act, 2012
Government Orders
10:50 a.m.
Sadia Groguhé Saint-Lambert, QC
Mr. Speaker, to begin with, I would like to congratulate my colleague on his speech.
Unfortunately, the Conservatives took a long time writing these technical amendments into law. In a report tabled in 2009, the Auditor General at the time remarked that the Department of Finance had accumulated at least 400 technical amendments that were outstanding.
Can my colleague tell us about the actual scope of such a bill?
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Government Orders
10:55 a.m.
Jonathan Tremblay Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, the actual scope of such a bill is important because legislation must be amended. The bill we have before us now is Bill C-48.
However, there is a problem because while this bill is being debated, other amendments that need to be passed pile up. This bill already contains a huge number of amendments. So, the process needs to be undertaken regularly. It is good for our economy and will combat tax avoidance. It is necessary and, in the future, it must be done every year.
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Government Orders
10:55 a.m.
Saint Boniface
Shelly Glover Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, I have been listening carefully to my NDP colleague and I would like to know, in clear terms, how the NDP will vote on this bill. Moreover, I would like to know whether we can count on the NDP regarding the measures we have put forward to reduce Canadians' taxes.
Obviously, in the past, the NDP said that it wanted to increase the GST. Twice, the New Democrats voted against the cuts proposed by this government. However, today, things are clearer and the NDP members are perhaps ready to say that they will support tax cuts for Canadians.
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Government Orders
10:55 a.m.
Jonathan Tremblay Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, the NDP will always be in favour of reducing the tax burden on Canadians. Still, we are talking here about all Canadians. It is not true that the NDP would decrease taxes on large corporations without requiring that they reinvest in their communities, as the Conservatives have done.
We can all agree that tax reductions were provided to large corporations without any conditions. They simply put the money in their banks. That was money belonging to the Canadian people, which has not been redistributed throughout the society and which is not making any contribution at all to the economy. That is not good economic management.
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Government Orders
10:55 a.m.
Hoang Mai Brossard—La Prairie, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for his speech.
When we talk about technical amendments to the Income Tax Act and other complex acts things are not always obvious, especially when the bill has some 1,000 pages. The issue is not necessarily the number of pages in the bill, but the fact that it has taken so long to be introduced.
When we talk about technical amendments, we know that it is a good idea, not only to clarify the law governing income tax and related matters, but also to reassure the entire business community.
What does my colleague think about the government taking such a long time? This is really a long time, because the amendments in this bill date back to 2001, more than 10 years ago. What impact will this have on ensuring that the public is well aware of the bills that affect us all?
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10:55 a.m.
Jonathan Tremblay Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, it tells me that up to now we have been governed by poor administrators who have created uncertainty in the economic sector and among the general public. If we suddenly bring in tons of amendments to the statutes that affect the economy, the transition will be much more difficult than if a few laws were changed each year.
Thus, we have some poor administrators and they must realize that there are important things to be done, and that a bill like this should be introduced at regular intervals, and not once a decade.
Festival du Voyageur
Statements by Members
10:55 a.m.
Shelly Glover Saint Boniface, MB
Mr. Speaker, I am excited to return to Saint Boniface this afternoon for the start of our world-class winter celebration called Festival du Voyageur.
This 10-day Métis and Franco-Manitoban event celebrates the joie de vivre of the voyageur and fur trade era. The Festival du Voyageur was founded in 1969 by a group of entrepreneurs from Saint Boniface and has become one of the premier annual celebrations in my home province of Manitoba.
People from around the world come to experience the Métis and Franco-Manitoban history, culture and dance.
The festival includes snow sculptures, delicious French-Canadian food and Métis games. As a Métis woman, I am very proud to celebrate our roots along with the rest of the country. I invite everyone to put on a colourful sash and join me for a trip to the past, to discover the world of the voyageurs and the Métis fur trade.
I would like to send a huge thank-you to the organizers, volunteers and participants.
Hey Ho! Meegwetch!
Government Spending
Statements by Members
11 a.m.
Tarik Brahmi Saint-Jean, QC
Mr. Speaker, I recently had the very distinct privilege of awarding the Diamond Jubilee Medal to Michel Fecteau, the founder of SOS Richelieu, and to the mayors of five municipalities affected by the historic floods of the Richelieu River.
Ironically, at the same time, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence was saying, in a CBC broadcast:
We have the power to recoup costs, not only from the provinces and territories but also from other departments when the Department of National Defence provides them with a service.
That statement caused a public outcry in my constituency, which is located in a region that had already called in the army for help in 1998, during the ice storm. Quebeckers will categorically refuse to pay a second time, through their municipal and provincial taxes, for the assistance provided by the army, because they already paid for it once with their federal taxes.
This absurd proposal shows once again just how much the Conservatives improvise and then back down. More importantly, it shows how insensitive they are to the plight of flood victims who lost everything.
The Great Lakes
Statements by Members
11 a.m.
Rick Dykstra St. Catharines, ON
Mr. Speaker, since Canada introduced new ballast water rules in 2006, there have been no new invasive species found in the Great Lakes. By taking a balanced approach, we have established a strong environmental record while helping the economy.
I am glad that the Great Lakes communities have advocated for a balanced approach to protecting our Great Lakes, unlike the proposed regulations that the state of New York abandoned last year.
Last year, Great Lakes communities in Canada and the United States, from Leamington, Ontario to Oswego, New York joined St. Catharines in calling for sensible and technologically achievable ballast water regulations.
As a member for a Great Lakes community, I call on the governments of Canada and the United States to do what is right and take a balanced approach to helping our communities promote jobs, economic growth, and the long-term environmental health of the Great Lakes' ecosystem.
Pink Shirt Day
Statements by Members
11 a.m.
Lawrence MacAulay Cardigan, PE
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remind Canadians that Pink Shirt Day is Wednesday, February 27.
Pink Shirt Day started several years ago after a Nova Scotia high school student was bullied for wearing a pink polo shirt. The next day, many of his classmates showed up to school wearing pink shirts to stand up against bullying. The event has grown since then, and last year 6.4 million Canadians took part.
We all know that bullying can be a major problem and, unfortunately, we know the devastating impacts it can have.
I would like to acknowledge the wonderful work done in promoting this day on Prince Edward Island by Joe Killorn, son of Dr. Leo Killorn, a man who certainly helped me get my life in order.
I am sure that my colleagues in the House will join me and encourage everyone across this country to take a stand against bullying.
Status of Women
Statements by Members
11 a.m.
Michelle Rempel Calgary Centre-North, AB
Mr. Speaker, we have made gains in Canada in electing more women to all levels of government across our country. However, as new communications media, such as Twitter, change how we talk to each other and as more women choose to run for office, we must continue to stand vigilant against sexist vitriol geared to objectifying and belittling women in office.
I want to congratulate Ms. Diamond Isinger for her blog project Madam Premier, the purpose of which is to shed light on these types of comments.
I also want to thank my colleagues in this place who have reached across party lines to stand up for one another and me when this type of language comes to their attention, which, sadly, still occurs with some frequency.
Judge us on our policy and judge us on our performance. On behalf of all of my colleagues, all of the women in my life who have supported me in this journey—and this one is for them—all the women who have fought for our right to be here and all the women I certainly hope will follow us to this place, I know that together we will not tolerate those who seek to belittle us based on our gender.
We should name it and shame it.
St. Anthony of Padua Church
Statements by Members
February 15th, 2013 / 11 a.m.
Paul Dewar Ottawa Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to St. Anthony of Padua Church in Ottawa Centre, whose congregation is celebrating 100 years in 2013.
This beautiful church at Booth and Gladstone is a touchstone and a beloved landmark in Little Italy. It has survived two fires, and it holds a century's worth of memories. St. Anthony's has been at the heart of Ottawa's Italian-Canadian community, with its numerous parish associations, like the Sons of Italy, the Ladies' Aid and St. Anthony's soccer club. Who can forget Father Jerome who helped so many Italian immigrants settle in Ottawa during their first years in Canada?
I congratulate St. Anthony's clergy and staff, the Servite community and parishioners. We join them in celebrating 100 years of this proud Ottawa institution, and we look forward to the next 100 years.


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mrs chip. mahalo !
geek gurl. aloha kakahiaka !
yyy. if colors are not good or they fall over in the firing. some pieces are fired on shells and 'move' during the firing. there is attrition. the more risky pieces either 'work' or they are shards.
oh yes ! i do hammer pieces immediately when i unload. i have a hammer handy ! haha ! no seconds.
sanding. yes, the wadding on the bottoms of each piece that is loaded in soda or woodfire kiln needs to be removed then wet sanded. also so it doesn't damage the tatami ! or if placed on lacquerware. i always feel each piece. touching the kuchizukuri to make sure there are no burs.
sometimes things flying around in the kiln get stuck on the piece. like furikake ! HEHE ! albeit unwanted furikake !
sometimes i hear, "wait, wait..." seconds after the sound of the smashing ! haha !
no seconds !


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Spacious Studio by Istiklal Avenue
Maximální počet hostů4
Počet místností1
Velikost35 m²
Floor No.
- Vhodné pro rodiny s dětmi
- Internet/WiFi
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The studio is equipped with a double bed, a TV, a desk work area, and an open kitchenette. The kitchenette is fitted with a stove, fridge, coffee maker, tea kettle, and all necessary dishes and cutlery. The high ceilings and bright windows create a wonderful sense of space. The bathroom has a walk-in shower.
In less than 20 minutes, guests can walk to the Old City, which is home to such famous and historic sites as the Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, and Hippodrome. Walk to famous Istiklal Avenue in 5 minutes and runs in 15 minutes to lively Taksim Square.
Istiklal Avenue is lined with many great shops, restaurants, bars, art galleries and entertainment venues. It also has a historic tram line running along it. Iconic Galata Tower is just 10 minutes' walk away.
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It is a beautiful appartement in one of the best cities in the world. The location resp. the appartement was as described by Kivanc.Great organisation and support by Kivanc and his friends. Whenever someone is searching for a nice place in Istanbul - here it is!
Be careful – the apartment you are booking based on the photo you see might not be the one you will get when you pay and arrive. Before we came, I personally sent two mails to Mr. Kivanc, the owner, insisting to get the apt I saw on webpage and pasted copied picture from the web page two times. But when we arrived at 2 in the morning with a small child, the man in charge took us to the neighbouring building and put us in the flat that I would never choose if a saw it on the picture. When we contacted Mr. Kivanc, he told me that he has 8 apartments in 2 buildings next to each other and "the one that he gave us is recently renovated and better than the one we chose". I will never know what is the other one like but the situation in this "better" apartment was like this: it is decorated with taste, it might look nice at the first glance but the bathroom had bed smell coming from the drainage (all the time, you have to keep doors closed), toilet bowl was dirty, toilet seat broken, bed sheet had few stains, blankets felt like they get washed maybe once a month (if that much), the stairways are extremely narrow, steep and dangerous (when I complaint about the stairways, Mr. Kivanc told me that they are the same in the other building). And on the top of it all – as few other people wrote in comments – once when you pay in advance it becomes very hard to reach the owner, he is not replying to emails and calls. I only heard from him when he guessed (well) that I will write comment that corresponds to the truth. Mr. Kivanc is a sweet talker but made us wish to run away from the apartment he rented us as soon as possible and we would (if we did not have to pay in advance). I wish Mr. Kivanc all the best in his future work but he is obviously overwhelmed with work and it made him forget that it is about the his guests feeling well, not just making money.
Kivanc was very nice and the flat was fine on the whole. The radiators do not work, so in winter (when I was there) it was cold unless you turned the air-conditioning on (not ideal overnight).
The biggest problem is that when I arrived, I had been double-booked so I had to spend the first night in a smaller flat across the road. Not a great crisis but a common occurrence in this city where people who rent out flats will often promise more than they can deliver.
I would happily stay there again but would double check the booking with Kivanc before arriving.
It was ab absolute pleasure staying with you. I had a great time. Loved Istambul. The apartment was very clean and beautiful, and very close to the markets and Istaklal street. It was my first trip to Istambul and you were a great host, you guided me very well and took me around. The guy who works for you is verryyyy cute, sweeeet and helpful. I was very impressed to see your knowledge specially for my country. Loved the stay. Hope to see you soon. :)
Die Wohnung war sehr gut gelegen , sauber und angenehm eingerichtet.
Leider konnten wir diese erst einen Tag später beziehen, da sie am gebuchten Tag noch belegt war und wir mussten für eine Nacht in eine andere Wohnung.
Sonst war alles sehr in Ordnung.
Nous avions réservé une chambre au prix de 55€ / nuit et lors de notre arrivée ...la chambre, et non l'appartement comme indiqué, ne correspondait pag à la photo...
C'est à notre retour que nous avons constaté qu'elle n'aurait du nous être factuée 35€/nuit...
J'attends la réponse de Windu ...
Die Anreise war etwas erschwert, da die Adresse kaum jemandem bekannt war.
Da hilft es als Hinweis anzugeben, das man zum "FlashTV-Gebäude bei Tepebasi" möchte. Die Unterkunft befindet sich im Gebäude nebenan.
Das Zimmer selbst war ordentlich, sauber und wie auf der Webseite abgebildet.
Personal war sehr freundlich und hilfsbereit.
Insgesamt empfehlenswert. Gerne wieder.
Kivanc est un hôte très sympathique, serviable et surtout disponible pour fournir des informations.
Le studio est très lumineux, décoration très originale mais sobre et surtout propre. Il est proche des transports en commun (métro, tram) mais aussi proche du centre moderne d'Istambul (bar, discothèque).
Je recommande l'hote et l'appartement.
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New Calumet police chief fired
Baraga approves '13-'14 budget
BARAGA – The Baraga village council approved its 2013-14 budget, highlighting a few upcoming projects within the village, and passed some amendments to its 2012-13 budget Tuesday evening.
The conservative budget is broken down by activities rather than individual line items, and total projected 2013-14 expenditures across its 11 funds equal $5,066,100, much less than the $6,102,600 in projected revenues. The council held a public hearing prior to Tuesday's regular meeting, but no members of the public shared feedback.
"After the public hearing closed, we did approve that budget as presented. It's pretty much the same as last year," Baraga Village Manager Roy Kemppainen said in a phone interview this morning.
Anticipated projects for the upcoming fiscal year include several village building improvements, $24,000 for Geographic Information System data and equipment, $60,000 for street paving, $15,000 for cemetery expansion, a $16,000 electrical upgrade at the ice rink and $35,000 for vehicle upgrades.
The GIS system has been a work in progress for some time, and it will allow village workers to digitally map Baraga's utilities.
"That is the first step in getting the system installed in our computers as far as the utilities," Kemppainen said. "We also talked to L'Anse about that and it's possible that we might share cost as far as equipment."
The street paving would took place on either First or Fifth streets and be a substantially smaller project than the work done on South Superior and McGillan streets this past year.
The Superior and McGillan projects required more money than anticipated, with a total of $214,000, which is $24,000 more than originally budgeted. That was the major item in 2012-13 amendments, which also included $30,000 in drain and ditch work, $19,000 more than originally budgeted. The council handled the shortfall in part in those two areas by transferring some of the $44,000 budgeted for snow removal in the major street fund over. Only $15,000 had been spent on snow removal from that fund through Jan. 1.
The cemetery expansion will be the village's highest priority once spring rolls around.
In other business Tuesday night, the council approved appointments for the village's 11 committees, and accepted officer recommendations for the fire department. Dale Sauvola will continue as fire chief.


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Facebook 'Privacy' Flap: Get Over Yourself, Zuckerberg
In case you missed it: The Zuckerberg family was hanging out in their kitchen over the holidays. They were apparently playing with the Facebook 'Poke' app. Randi shared a photo of some tomfoolery with her more than 40,000 followers/subscribers. One of them (and, who knows, maybe more?) Tweeted the picture.
It went beyond viral. Randi Zuckerberg, who I have come to like and admire via her CNBC appearances, threw a hissy fit. She admonished the person who shared the photo, claiming it wasn't about "privacy settings," rather it was about "digital etiquette" and "human decency."
Can you say melodramatic snobbery?
The media took the bait and, by and large, continues to treat this like a "privacy" controversy. This is what the media does. Most editors and reporters, particularly in television and print, can't think for themselves.
Something happens. The parties involved initially react and then rush to spin the incident. Randi Zuckerberg decides to frame the photo sharing a "privacy issue" and the media uncritically runs with it.
This whole thing actually speaks to a narrative I have weaved as of late that goes like this: I believe in Facebook's business big time -- in fact, we have a $100 stock on our hands here -- but, looking through a generational lens, Twitter will live a longer life than Facebook because it is far superior as a useful, meaningful and ultimately righteous social platform .
This incident illustrates Facebook as the Wild West ... as an American cultural train wreck with legitimate staying power.
I am about seven years older than Randi Zuckerberg. Plenty happens -- at least in my experience -- between 30 and 37. At some point during that span -- probably around 34 to 35 -- I stopped blaming everybody but myself for my missteps.
It used to be that when something went wrong, I looked for evil external forces to lay it on. That's such a toxic way to live, even when dealing with relatively small things. They add up.
So, lesson number one for Randi -- this is not about "privacy settings," but it sure as hell is not about "digital etiquette" or "human decency." Drama queen! . This is about common sense.
If 40,000 people might see something you post, somebody is going to share it with a much wider audience, even if you asked them not to (which you didn't).
But lesson number two goes beyond that. And everybody knows this. It's Facebook. It's the place where your old high school friends rip gays, blame Obama for everything, brag about their annoying children and position their dysfunctional families as prosperous, cheery and well-adjusted.


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Village Center Opens In Findley Lake; Wide Range Of Items Available
FINDLEY LAKE – Coffee, antiques and local artwork come together under one roof in a quaint new Findley Lake store.
Village Center, located next to the Findley Lake Volunteer Fire Department on Main Street, opened its doors Wednesday. According to Bill Simpkins, sales manager, many people went through the store on its opening day. The store will host a grand opening Saturday.
"We basically opened (Village Center) because the Bird's Nest went out and we just wanted to have somebody in the building," Simpkins said. "We're not looking to make a lot of money, but we co-op it with a lot of antiques and vendors. We put coffee back in here, along with some pastries and desserts, just to kind of be one more draw to the town."
The store is host to approximately 22 vendors, one of which from as far away as Pittsburgh, Pa. The vendors have a variety of furniture, collectables, home decor and artwork throughout the store. Additionally, the front of the shop has a coffee shop, as well as seating for a chance to take a rest.
Items in the shop range from $1 to around $1,400, according to Simpkins. And, although there are a variety of vendors to choose from, confusion is avoided with only one central location to pay, as it is all manned by Village Center employees.
"There's nothing similar to this in town," Simpkins said. "It's just an easy, inexpensive, cool thing to do. It's not really costing us any inventory. It allows local people to participate."
Village Center is owned by Larry Gross, owner of Our Own Candle Company, located on North Road in Findley Lake. The store opens at 7 a.m. for people looking to get their coffee fix, with the shop portion opening at 9 a.m. Sunday store hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The grand opening of Village Center will be Saturday, beginning at 7 a.m.


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Skip to comments.Joggers unexplained slaying stuns Missouri city (Duh... because he was white, Sherlock?)
Posted on 05/21/2012 8:00:13 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
Harry Stone was on one of his usual jogs in a Kansas City suburb shortly before 7:30 a.m. Sunday when an approaching car slowed down and a passenger shot him. The vehicle kept going without stopping, and Stone, 60, later died at a hospital. Nearly a week later, police in Raytown, Missouri, say they have no suspects, and no one has any idea why he was targeted. He wasnt robbed. He didnt have any known enemies. And a gang-initiation hit appears implausible, Raytown police Capt. Ted Bowman said. Even grasping at straws and imagining motives, we have been able to find nothing in the mans background or time or place or associations or his relationships or his history, Bowman said Thursday. Literally, we can find no motive, he said.
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Maybe it was the Neighborhood Watch.
Good one...The White jogger looked out of place in the hood.
All of KC is hood.
Election night is going to be a barn burner...when Obama is tossed.
Sounds like one of Obama's sons is at it again....
Robber sets woman on fire
Police arrest man accused of stabbing random woman at Target with knife from housewares aisle
Ban Jogging. That'll stop it.
I just read about the woman at Target...I'm sure they will ask the black perp Why...just why did you stab the nice lady?
Raytown is a rough area. There has been white flight there for years. Safer to run in KC, MO by loose park and the brookside trail. Sad that nobody cares about the fact a white guy was gunned down running.
Don't put it past the idiot politicians to ban jogging. I'm sure the black guys saw him and said...Look at that white fool jogging, What the hell for at 6:00 am? Aw hell!...
Is this Raytown mostly black now or both races?
Yep, they'll throw a tantrum.
But I think there are enough people who are not admitting what they understand,
and they will be ready to handle the situation and defend their neighborhoods.
Now, the feral yutes will be looking for stragglers, just like lions do when looking for prey, so keep your wives and children out of "stupid" areas for at least a few months.
Could the emporer actually be naked?
No, that can't be.
Once that [mixed metaphor] cat's out of the bag, things get nasty. As Thomas Sowell said, the authorities know that the only thing worse than a one sided race war is a two sided race war.
Safer to run in Taliban controlled parts of Afghanistan.
Sounds very plausible.
The police, media and politicians want to keep a lid on all this but it won't last for long if they are going to ignore the killings of whites just living their lives...
Doin' it for Trayvon.
Doin' it for Trayvon?...
Good excuse as any for this garbage.
Literally, you are too stupid to see what is right in front of your eyes.
keep your wives and children out of stupid areas for at least a few months.
For sure at least until after the election.
Warm ups for the Acquittal Olympics.
And liberals wonder why gun sales are skyrocketing...
Folks, this comes from the heart. I am a police officer in the St. Louis area and I am telling you that the police CANNOT protect you from these animals; they can only try to do best investigation they can to capture the suspects involved in these acts and bring them before the courts.
These are random acts, the targets and motivation is painfully obvious, and prosecution does not deter this criminality.
This is why the GZ case is so important. Losing it is bad for both GZ and those who have a vested interest in self defense. Sharpton, Jackson, et al will use a GZ defeat to bolster their campaign to deny people their Constitutional right to defend themselves from urban thugs. This must not happen.
And just WHY is it that people always flee concentrated Black areas? Because nobody has the guts to say that their society is desperately sick. No fathers, women who bear multiple children with many different men. Rampant drug use, no family which means no education, which means no job.
But of course it's far, far easier to find a specious scapegoat (racism) rather than to stand up and make an honest examination and diagnosis of the real problems.
Re: "stupid"
This is a reference to the "3 stupids".
Don't go to stupid places with stupid people to do stupid things...
This is a lynching folks, socially and/or politically driven. Welcome to Obama's America, and I suppose the paid off conservatives won't say peep about these lynchings.
The older whites are being left behind in Raytown.
Thank you.
Can't say for sure, but I would guess the motive is racial hatred.
" . And a gang-initiation hit appears implausible, "
To whom?
Obummer should just give the disenfranchised blacks homes in the Sunset Hills area or Mission Hills, KS and the Leawood area. Rent free so they can cause more fleeing of the population from the area.
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For one night, fans of the Peoria Chiefs can have their own replica of LeBron James' first championship ring.
Call it the cheapest promotion in sports history because, like James' ring, the handout doesn't exist.
Among the other James promotional digs planned: A fan will win a "replica" of James' Finals MVP award (which actually went to the Mavericks' Dirk Nowitzki), and Heimlich maneuver classes will be offered to help prevent people from "choking in a big situation."
The Chiefs said they are "looking into" whether they can skip the fourth inning -- another poke at James, who scored just 18 points during the fourth quarter in six NBA Finals games.
"We aren't sure if the league will allow it," Peoria president Rocky Vonachen said in a statement. "But if LeBron doesn't need to show up for the fourth, maybe we won't, either."
"Really, this is just us getting back to the real world and waking up today and trying to solve our own personal problems," vice president of ticket sales Eric Obalil said.


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Young announces $100K for SUNY Fredonia Technology Incubator
New York State Senator Catharine M. Young has announced she has secured $100,000 in the 2013-2014 state budget toward operating the SUNY Fredonia Technology Incuba-tor so it can continue to grow fledgling businesses and jobs.
Young noted that the incubator has been recognized as being highly successful in promoting regional economic growth and has the potential to play a large role in helping Chautauqua County and the region.
Young said the appropriation demonstrates the commitment by New York state to the incubator. "It ties in with our focus on technology and research, and the commercialization of research to grow the economy."
She added, "We have good success here at the incubator, and we want to build on that success." Young noted that she is also grateful for the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Assemblyman Andrew Goodell in this initiative.
Recently, Young met with incubator leadership, including SUNY Fredonia President Virginia Horvath and tenant entrepreneurs. "The entrepreneurial spirit is very strong, and this appropriation is a way to take the incubator to a higher level of success," Young said.
As someone who was instrumental in establishing the incubator at SUNY Fredonia, Young noted that it is "gratifying to see it become a reality."
President Horvath made the request for operating funds to Young, noting that while the incubator is successfully building its client base and developing businesses, further support is needed to sustain operations and provide support and resources for the tenant entrepreneurs.
"The incubator tenants are developing companies that could have a positive impact on the economy of the region and New York state, so this support reflects an important commitment to our partnership with the communities we serve," Horvath said. "We are grateful to Senator Young for advocating for this grant."
The incubator offers its client entrepreneurs access to a unique facility, business resources, and technology expertise as well as a range of highly qualified faculty, technology experts, business professionals and mentors. Research shows businesses graduating from an incubator significantly increase their probability of long-term success.
Companies typically spend two to three years in an incubator and then graduate when they meet milestones that allow them to operate independently and expand.


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In less than a week, the Palm Beach International Film Festival will descend upon Palm Beach County. Now in its twelfth year, the festival does more than screen movies. This non-for-profit organization supports film programs in local schools and is dedicated to helping future filmmakers fulfill their dreams of working in the professional film industry.
From April 4 through 11, however, it's all about the films. This year's festival includes 26 world premieres, eight U.S. premieres and three North American premieres, and will feature works from an array of countries including Russia, Spain, Argentina, Italy, France, Israel, Ethiopia, Australia, Canada, Singapore and, of course, the United States. Whether you're looking to catch a documentary, feature film or even a music video, the film festival has something for everyone. We've curated a schedule of what you simply can't afford to miss, including opening night festivities and celebrity sightings. For a complete schedule or to purchase tickets, visit pbifilmfest.org
- Opening night: The festival kicks off on Thursday, April 4 at 7 p.m. with Decoding Annie Parker at Muvico Parisian in CityPlace. Directed by Steven Bernstein and based on a true story, the film stars television and film actress Maggie Grace, Academy Award winner Helen Hunt, Rashida Jones (of Parks & Recreation and The Office), Aaron Paul (better known as Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad) and Samantha Morton in the title role. The director as well as some of the cast will be in attendance. After the film, the festivities continue with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at the Two City Plaza rooftop.
- Weekend of April 5 through 7: The Lake Worth Playhouse Stonzek Theatre hosts the Weekend of Shorts. On Friday evening at 6 and 9 p.m., there are screenings of collections of short films, ranging in length from five to 20 minutes. Saturday and Sunday are all-day affairs, with screenings at noon, 3, 6 and 9 p.m. The Sunday noon slot includes the U.S. premiere of 1969 Palm Beach Pop Festival Documentary, which tells the story of the festival that almost never happened. Every screening at this festival within a festival features a different lineup, so come for one group or for the whole weekend.
Sunday, April 7: If you're not catching the short film festival, then head on over to the DeBilzan Gallery in Delray Beach for an evening of music videos, documentaries and a reception. This evening includes the world premieres of El Duelo, Into the Cold, Let your Light Shine, Living by Arrested Development and My Heart Belongs to You.
Martin Sheen as Hamlet in a 1967 version directed by Joe Papp. Credit: George E. Joseph.
- Wednesday, April 10: If you're a lover of the arts and interested in entertainment history, you won't want to miss the Florida premiere of Joe Papp in 5 Acts, screening at 2:30 p.m. at Cobb Downtown at the Gardens. This documentary directed by Tracie Holder recounts the story of Joe Papp, the man who championed interracial casting in America, introduced the practice of free Shakespeare in the park, produced such musicals as Hair and A Chorus Line, and nurtured a generation of playwrights, directors and actors. Well-known thespians such as Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Martin Sheen, James Earl Jones and Christopher Walken appear in the film.
- Closing night: On the evening of April 11, the festival will go out the same way it came in, with a film and a party. Chez Upshaw, a comedy directed by Bruce Mason, will have its U.S. premiere at 7 p.m. at the Frank Theatres CineBowl & Grille in Delray Beach. The film will be immediately followed by the "It's a Wrap" awards party.