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In the comments to the Warren Jeffs post of a few days back, an anonymous poster keeps asking us how we, as godless heathens, can possibly judge Jeffs' actions as immoral because, being atheists and all, we obviously must live lives of pure moral anarchy where anything goes, right? You guessed it — it's the old "no god, no morals" argument one more time. I thought it would be instructive to our commenter, as well as anyone else still uninformed enough to think this way, to devote to the topic a post of its own.
We have often heard from believers the whole "no Bible, no morals" pitch, and frankly I continue to be surprised that anyone in this day and age, even amongst the religious, could still be so naive as to adhere to it, as it demonstrates both an ignorance of the function of moral precepts in society as well as the actual content of the Bible. I also would have thought the recent scandals involving such evangelical leading lights as Ted Haggard and Kent Hovind should have put to rest the idiotic notion that religious belief is some kind of guarantee of moral superiority. (Indeed, the very fact that Warren Jeffs himself is a religious believer and not an atheist ought to say something.) But I guess some folks never got the message. I'll address specific points in Anonymous's replies in order to rectify his lack of understanding. (Note: because of Anonymous's anonymity, I will default to assuming Anonymous is male for the sake of ease.)
To Tracie he said:
A lot of I's and my's going on here. If you don't believe in objective truth then I guess it's subjective. It's just based on personal whims and preferences. In other words, someone can easily say to you who cares what you say is truth because my truth is different.
Someone could easily say that, but they'd be full of crap, because no one lives in complete isolation from other individuals. Humans are social beings, and thus our every action has consequences that affect not only ourselves but those around us. This is an observable fact and there for any thinking being to comprehend and evaluate. People who go around saying "my truth is different" and then act upon that precept are generally considered sociopathic.
To be honest, the only people I've ever heard claim that there is no such thing as objective truth have been Christians. I'm not suggesting this is an opinion held by all Christians, only that the only people who've ever expressed it to me have been Christian; no atheist in my experience has ever told me there's no objective truth. I once had a pastor tell me "truth is relative," with a straight face, and phrases like "everything is a belief" pop up with surprising regularity in debates with believers, usually when you've just demonstrated to them how some aspect of their belief system doesn't stand up to scientific or rational scrutiny.
Anyway, Anonymous's point seems to be that either a person gets a list of rules out of an ancient holy book, and is thus moral, or they don't, and they aren't, and can only make decisions based on "whims and preferences." This strikes me as a baffling way for someone to learn morality, as it offers no understanding of the precepts being taught, and in fact discourages intellectual involvement in moral development. A person might practice "moral" behavior at a superficial level if they go out of their way to follow a list of Biblical dos and don'ts. But they cannot be expected to genuinely understand the difference between right and wrong; why they must behave they way they've been told to behave.
What Tracie was explaining in her initial reply to Anonymous is that she can rationally observe the consequences of certain actions, and make decisions about the morality or immorality of those actions based on her observations. She was telling him she doesn't need a list of rules in a holy book to tell her a thing is wrong when she can readily see this fact for herself. It's a little process called "thinking," and it's quite a different thing than "whim."
The rest of Anonymous's response to Tracie shows he really hasn't the slightest clue what she was trying to tell him (Anonymous also seems not to understand human interaction), and I'll let her respond to Anonymous from here on out.
To me Anonymous asked:
I never said it was arbitrary [to condemn Jeffs for his actions], I wanted to know why it isn't arbritrary according to your world view?
Anonymous obviously doesn't understand my "worldview," and I have a pretty strong suspicion that what he thinks my "worldview" is, is comprised of stereotypical notions about atheists that have been fed to him as part of his religious upbringing.
Reason is not an abritrary process. Observing the consequences of actions, thinking about what you've observed, and arriving at conclusions rationally is anything but arbitrary.
The irony of Anonymous's position is that he's either unaware or unwilling to admit that he arrives at moral decisions by the same process I do: he thinks about them. If, as he says, he considers the Bible to be the "objective standard," (more on this in a minute) then how does Anonymous arrive at the decision that its moral precepts are the correct ones? When Anonymous reads "Thou shalt not kill," and thinks, "Hey, that sounds like a good idea," where does that decision originate from and how does Anonymous account for it (to paraphrase his own question to me)? How does he know it's a better idea to follow that precept rather than reject it? If he replies, "God instilled that understanding in me," then why is the Bible necessary? Why would God have instilled understanding in Anonymous and not everyone else?
The fact is that whether you prefer to get your morals out of the Bible (a bad choice, as I'll shortly demonstrate), or by observing actions, learning from those observations and just approaching life rationally, you will arrive at moral decisions by the same process: thinking.
Anonymous goes on to say:
Well, now your [sic] begging the question, but since you asked I'll tell you. I presuppose that the Bible is the objective standard. This behavior is clearly wrong according to Bible.
Bzzt! Wrong answer. This behavior is clearly not wrong according to the Bible. There are numerous instances where the God of the Bible condones and even advocates rape, incest and murder. Indeed almost the entire Old Testament is a nonstop orgy of God killing, killing, and killing some more. But here are some salient passages.
- Genesis 19:30-38: Lot's daughters get him drunk and have sex with him to "preserve the family line" through incest. God does not punish them for this, or express any kind of disapproval. So if God and his Biblical rules are the "objective moral standard," why is incest considered profoundly immoral by most everyone in our society today, including Bible-believing Christians?
- Numbers 31: This entire chapter is a nightmare of rape, carnage and murder. God tells his armies to massacre the Midianites, which they do with gusto. In verses 17-18, he orders boys and non-virginal women to be killed, but he allows the Israelites to keep the female virgins for rape purposes.
- Deuteronomy 22:23-24: Rapists get stoned to death here for violating betrothed virgins…but so do their victims if they don't scream for help. Yow! Tough beans if he was, like, covering your mouth, sweetheart!
- Deuteronomy 22:28-29: A little further down we see the very lenient punishment for rapists of unbetrothed virgins — they get to buy their victims at a blue-light special price of 50 she
kels! What a deal!
Now I ask you — this is an "objective moral standard" to live by?
So to conclude — Anonymous asks:
I wonder how you can possitively assert something is wrong or right according to your world view?
Because my worldview is based on rational thought and observation of consequences. Contrast with a person whose moral decisions are explained by saying "Because the Bible tells me so." Where is the understanding of right and wrong?
Do you believe murder and rape is wrong? If you say yes then how can you assert this position from a morally relative position?
As I have demonstrated, my position is not "morally relative" in the way Anonymous thinks it is. Now I ask Anonymous: do you believe rape and murder is wrong? Then how can you assert this from a position of obeying a holy book in which rape and murder are either openly advocated or only very leniently punished by God?

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Tools for successful re-entry
The following is a message from Pope John Paul II to all law enforcement officers, judges, probation officers and those who help in any way to change the lives of released inmates.
In a direct way, it refers specifically to accomplishments of the new Alpha Omega Residential Rehabilitation Home that has recently opened up in Iron Mountain and others who provide services of the same nature.
The home does not accept any government funding and is dependent on corporations, churches and individual donations to pay all of the bills and provide an environment for safe living and rehabilitation tools for successful re-entry back into society.
Another Alpha Omega home is presently being pursued for the female population and as soon as funds are pledged and secured housing is found, it will provide the same successful services to those women who are in dire need of a safe and secure home to begin their new life's journey of rehabilitation. (We have already received two requests for residency at a female facility of Alpha Omega and so time and need is of great concern for this future home).
If there are any individuals and/or corporations who wish to help us with our new female Alpha Omega home, please call 906-774-0303 and ask for Deacon Don Christy (founder and director). Any pledges or donations will be appreciated far more than words can express.
Enjoy Pope John Paul II's message.
"As Directors of Prison Administration, you can make a significant contribution, together with all those responsible for the administration of justice in society, towards promoting this "more genuine" justice that is "open to the liberating power of love."
"Your role, in a certain sense, is even more crucial than that of the legislators, since even when adequate structures and resources are in place, the effectiveness of re-educational strategies always depends on the sensitivity, ability and attentiveness of those called to put into practice what is prescribed on paper.
"The task of prison officers, at whatever level they operate, is by no means easy.
"That is why today, through you, I would like to pay tribute to all those in prison administration who carry out their duties with diligence and dedication. Contact with offenders paying the price for what they have done and the commitment needed to restore dignity and hope to people who in many cases have already suffered marginalization and scorn call to mind the mission of Christ himself, who came to call not the just, but sinners (cf. Mt 9:13; Mk 2:17; Lk 5:32), the privileged recipients of divine mercy.
"Everyone is called to become his brother's keeper, transcending the homicidal indifference of Cain (cf. Gen 4:9). You in particular are asked to take custody of people who, in prison conditions, are at greater risk of losing their sense of life's meaning and the value of personal dignity, yielding instead to discouragement and despair. Profound respect for persons, commitment to the rehabilitation of prisoners, fostering a genuinely educational community: these things are all the more urgent, in view of the growing number of 'foreign prisoners,' whose circumstances are often difficult and precarious.
"Clearly, it is essential that the role of prison institutions and staff be matched by a corresponding willingness on the part of the prisoner to undergo a period of formation. Yet it is not enough simply to wait and hope for a positive response: this should be solicited and encouraged by means of initiatives and programs capable of overcoming idleness and breaking the isolation in which prisoners are often trapped.
"Particularly important in this regard is the promotion of forms of evangelization and spiritual care, capable of drawing out the most noble and profound side of the prisoner, awakening his enthusiasm for life and his desire for beauty, so characteristic of people who discover anew that they bear within them the indelible image of God.
"Where there is confidence in the possibility of renewal, prison can perform its re-educational function and become the occasion for the offender to taste the redemption won by Christ through the Paschal Mystery, which guarantees victory over all evil.
"Dear friends, I thank you sincerely for all that you do, and I invoke upon you and your work abundant divine blessings."
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Thanksgiving Decorating Ideas for the Green Family
Setting the perfect festive tone in your home for Thanksgiving is the best way to get into the holiday spirit. Every year, with Black Friday and Christmas just around the corner, Thanksgiving seems get overlooked. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because it is so relaxed and filled with love, warmth and great food. If you are inviting friends and family over to share the day with, here are some easy thanksgiving decorating ideas sure to please everyone.
DIY Centerpieces and Wreaths – After the popularity explosion of Pinterest, doing things yourself is definitely "in". DIY door wreaths are extremely easy and can be very inexpensive to create. Then, skip the pre-made candle centerpiece from Walmart and make a unique table decoration to fit the theme of your home or your thanksgiving meal. Incorporate gourds, Indian corn or cranberries for a fall harvest vibe or if you plan on watching the game after dinner, opt for a sports-themed arrangement. Check out these football roses that are handmade in the USA!
Pick an Element of your Home to Highlight – Create an interesting mantle piece design, decorate your table with candles and arrangements, or display your thanksgiving cheer for your neighbors to see with fall themed porch decor. Don't overdo it with your decorations or it can be overwhelming to guests. Highlight your favorite features of your home and let visitors enjoy.
Give Thanks – Incorporating the message of Thanksgiving is chic and classy. Display crafts and art made by your children, hang thanksgiving cards from friends and family or create festive collages of photos and things you and your family are thankful for. I saw a cute idea for a "thankful tree" centerpiece in Pinterest (of course) that would make a great Thanksgiving tradition. Every year, everyone hangs the things they are thankful for on the tree. This is a great way to celebrate the holiday with your family.
Showcase Reclaimed Furniture – The Thanksgiving holiday is historically significant and has a rich story behind it. Traditional reclaimed barnwood furniture also has a historically significant background and story to tell, plus they are sustainably crafted. Reclaimed barnwood is full of warmth, charm and history, making a great decorative piece for Thanksgiving. Check out our reclaimed barnwood dining tables and reclaimed barnood buffets and be enchanted by their elegance. Reclaimed barnwood is the perfect solution for the environmentally conscious family
Leave Christmas Decorating for December – Let your guests give thanks in November and worry about decking the halls in December. There are many great ways to decorate the interior and exterior of your home with fall hues and harvest idols without having to bring out the red and green. I love Christmas as much as the next person, but let me enjoy Thanksgiving first.
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John and Hank Green at Carnegie Hall, streamed live at Central Library January 15th1
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Let's say happy birthday to The Fault in Our Stars! I mean the book by John Green. Green and his brother Hank will be celebrating his novel's anniversary at Carnegie Hall…
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"We tell people to follow their dreams, but you can only dream of what you can imagine, and, depending on where you come from, your imagination can be quite limited. The highest rung of what's possible is far beyond the world you can see. "
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President Obama is in South Korea to attend the G-20 Summit and delivered remarks at the U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan in Seoul. The President said:
"...It is an enormous honor to be here at Yongsan Garrison. As President of the United States, I have no greater privilege than serving as Commander-in-Chief of the finest military that the world has ever known. And on this Veterans Day, there's no place I'd rather be than right here with U.S. Forces Korea.""...Now, on this day, we honor every man and woman who has ever worn the uniform of the United States of America. We salute fallen heroes, and keep in our prayers those who are still in harm's way -- like the men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"We recall acts of uncommon bravery and selflessness. But we also remember that honoring those who've served is about more than the words we say on Veterans Day or Memorial Day. It's about how we treat our veterans every single day of the year. It's about making sure they have the care they need and the benefits that they've earned when they come home. It's about serving all of you as well as you've served the United States of America.
"...I want all of you to know when you come home your country is going to be there for you. That is the commitment I make to you as Commander-in-Chief. That is the sacred trust between the United States of America and all who defend its ideals.
"It's a trust that's been forged in places far from our shores: from the beaches of Europe to the jungles of Vietnam, from the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to the peninsula where we stand today.""...At the Korean War Memorial in Washington, there's a plaque right near the inscription that lists the number of Americans who were killed, wounded, missing in action, and held as prisoners of war. And it says: 'Our nation honors her sons and daughters who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met.'
"A country they never knew and a people they never met. I know of no better words to capture the selflessness and generosity of every man or woman who has ever worn the uniform of the United States of America. At a time when it has never been more tempting or accepted to pursue narrow self-interest and personal ambition, all of you here remind us that there are few things that are more fundamentally American than doing what we can to make a difference in the lives of others.
"And that's why you'll always be the best that America has to offer the world. And that is why people who never met you, who never knew you, will always be grateful to the friend and ally they found in the United States of America."
You can read the President's full remarks here.
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Why the gunfire was happen between the South Korea and the North Korea in recent days?
I think people should maintain the peace together forever.
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Phillips grounds out to short.
Phillips grounds out to short.
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If Votto's knee was better, I'd be tempted to bat him 1st and move Phillips back to 3rd.
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve!
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Good play by Phillips.
Ugh. Lee homers near that ridiculous sculpture in left center. 6-2 Marlins.
I don't think it's overreacting to think Cueto needs a break anymore.
If evolution is outlawed, only outlaws will evolve!
Cingrani in to pitch
Hopefully a skipped start or extra couple of days off can do it for Johnny. He's needed for the Reds to have any hope in October.
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I really do like Dusty, but I don't get the 'stay with the starter until the game is out of reach' approach he has.
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Error on Cingrani
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Curry Cats improve to 3-0
March 14, 2011
Manuel Robles scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns, and the Curry County Cats escaped a halftime deficit to defeat the New Mexico Black Hawks 13-6 Sunday in Los Lunas.
With the win, the Cats (3-0) are now the only perfect team in the New Mexico Premier League. The Black Hawks dropped to 1-1.
Robles, a running back on Clovis' 2007 Class 5A state runnerup team, scored on a 15-yard run early in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 6-6, and took a screen pass 47 yards for the winning score with 20 seconds to play.
Cats coach Paul Lopez thought the team survived, but could have played better in its first road contest.
"The timing was off, the O-line wasn't really blocking," Lopez said. "We ran the ball better this week. We worked in some of our two-back stuff."
The Cats are on the road again this week, as they face the Alamogordo Desert Dawgs at 2 p.m. Saturday. The game was moved from Sunday.


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Coach USA bus accident closes Route 60
Concord crop bounces back after rough 2012
Farming can be like gambling when it comes to the weather. Luckily, Mother Nature dealt grape growers a good hand this year.
National Grape Co-op Owner at Welch's Richard Erdle said this year's crop is the largest since 1991, compared to last year which was the smallest crop since 1977.
Tim Martinson, a senior Cornell Cooperative Extension associate in said last year was a record for the shortest harvest season for wine grapes.
"Unseasonably warm weather followed by spring frosts led to an early and small harvest in 2012. This year's moderate temperatures have growers looking at a more typical harvest schedule" Martinson said. "Last year, growers were finished by the end of September – and it was the earliest harvest on record. This year, they are hoping for a few more weeks of dry, sunny weather to finish ripening the crop. So far, quality is excellent, and growers are optimistic about both quality and quantity."
Erdle agreed, saying the local weather, especially in the past six weeks, helped Concords ripen and be ready for harvest for the regions 200 plus pickers.
"We had an early bloom and an early veraison (onset of ripening). There have been good growing conditions throughout the year and good post veraison. The last six weeks have been ideal ripening conditions," he explained.
Viticulture extension specialist with Cornell Cooperative Extension's Lake Erie Regional Grape Program Luke Haggerty said this year is a memorable growing season.
"Last year's frost in the Lake Erie Grape Belt resulted in a very heavy crop load this year for both Concord and Niagara growers. 2013 is going to be an exceptional year and will probably be talked about for years to come," he said.
Haggerty said some juice grape growers had to use crop thinning to ensure health of grapes and vines.
"For some, the vines put on more grapes than it could handle, which could cause the fruit to not ripen properly as well as hinder the health of the vine. To alleviate some of the risk, many growers used crop thinning. Crop thinning is a technique developed by researchers at the Cornell Lake Erie Regional Grape Program where grape harvesters are adjusted to only take off a portion of the grape crop," he explained. "Having a vineyard with over 16 tons an acre was common in the Lake Erie Grape Belt, but many growers decided to thin the crop down to a manageable 8 to 10 tons per acre. This ensures the grapes will meet the appropriate sugar levels and the vines will maintain good health and put on another good crop next year."
Joe Falcone of Falcone Farms and Chairman of the Welch's Co-op declined to comment on the harvest but did give this OBSERVER a first-hand look into harvesting grapes.
Falcone said they begin harvesting around 3 a.m. and usually finish around noon. They were picking grapes on Walnut Road in the Town of Sheridan Thursday.
Falcone's son Stephen Falcone was operating the grape picking tractor. He explained long tubes shake the grapes off the vine and onto belts which take the grapes up and through a chute into boxes, pulled along in the next row by a small tractor, which once filled, are put on a truck and taken for processing.
Erdle said harvest of Niagara grapes is nearly over.
"We finished the Niagara grape processing for two-thirds of Niagaras at the North East, Pennsylvania, plant. We are still processing Niagaras at the Hammondsport plant and it will go on for about two more weeks," he said.
He added this year's Concord crop is looking better and better.
"We started processing Concords last week in Westfield. Yields have been good and the quality has also been good. The sugar solids are not as high but they are increasing every day," he said. "It looks like a large crop and we will probably be processing through October and maybe into November."


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Debates of Sept. 19th, 2000
House of Commons Hansard #117 of the 36th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was endangered.
- Government Response To Petitions
- Justice
- Access To Information Act
- Business Of The House
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Species At Risk Act
- Journalist Jean V. Dufresne
- Taxation
- Robert S. K. Welch
- Sports
- Gasoline Pricing
- Canada Post
- Olympic Games
- Korean War
- Political Parties
- Organized Crime
- International Development
- Canadian Alliance
- Leader Of The Government In The House Of Commons
- Member For Mississauga West
- Member For Kings—Hants
- New Members
- New Members Introduced
- Fuel Taxes
- Organized Crime
- Fuel Prices
- Health
- Fisheries
- Young Offenders
- Fisheries
- Budget Surpluses
- Organized Crime
- Employment Insurance
- Species At Risk Act
- Grain Transportation
- Housing
- Fisheries
- Canadian International Development Agency
- Vietnam
- Human Resources Development
- The Environment
- Taxation
- Communications
- Presence In Gallery
- Youth Criminal Justice Act
- Division No. 1386
- Species At Risk Act
- Income Tax Act
Government Response To Petitions
Routine Proceedings
September 19th, 2000 / 10:05 a.m.
Scarborough—Rouge River
Derek Lee Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to 10 petitions.
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
John Maloney Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to table, in both official languages, a white paper entitled "Law Enforcement and Criminal Liability".
Access To Information Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Progressive Conservative
Bill Casey Cumberland—Colchester, NS
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-494, an act to amend the Access to Information Act.
Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to rise today to introduce this bill.
It effectively includes Nav Canada under the Access to Information Act because information is no longer available to critics, ministers and airport managers regarding safety with respect to the air navigation system in Canada.
Prior to divestiture, when the air traffic control system was under Transport Canada, all this information was available to critics and airport managers to help design and ensure that safety regulations were in place. Now we no longer are able to access internal memorandums regarding safety and operational condition reports written by air traffic controllers themselves, and engineering reports of Nav Canada.
I feel we are operating at a very distinct disadvantage by not having access to this information like we had in the past. Hopefully this bill will pass and get the support of all members.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Business Of The House
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Scarborough—Rouge River
Derek Lee Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, following consultations among House leaders, I think you would find unanimous consent for the following motion which deals with the agenda of the House today. I move:
That, notwithstanding the provisions of Standing Order 30(5), on Tuesday, September 19, 2000, members' statements pursuant to Standing Order 31 shall be made from 1.45 p.m. to 2.00 p.m., followed by the introduction of new members and related proceedings, followed by the 45 minute Oral Question Period.
Business Of The House
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
The Deputy Speaker
Does the hon. parliamentary secretary to the government House leader have the unanimous consent of the House to propose this motion?
Business Of The House
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Some hon. members
Business Of The House
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
The Deputy Speaker
The House has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
Business Of The House
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Some hon. members
(Motion agreed to)
Questions On The Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Scarborough—Rouge River
Derek Lee Parliamentary Secretary to Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
Questions On The Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
The Deputy Speaker
Is it agreed?
Questions On The Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Some hon. members
The House resumed from June 13 consideration of the motion that Bill C-33, an act respecting the protection of wildlife species at risk in Canada, be read the second time and referred to a committee, and of the amendment.
Species At Risk Act
Government Orders
10:10 a.m.
Gurmant Grewal Surrey Central, BC
Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of the people of Surrey Central to speak to Bill C-33, the endangered species act.
First and foremost we have to think about what Canadians want when it comes to protecting species at risk. All Canadians want to help the environment. All Canadians want to protect biodiversity. We in the Canadian Alliance care about protecting species that are at risk and protecting or recovering critical habitat. The Canadian Alliance plan creates the potential for this to happen.
Canadians recognize that we need a proactive approach to protect species at risk that is based on respect, respect for the species that inhabit our lands and waters, and respect for those who own those lands. Our plan to protect species at risk is a common sense policy that considers the needs of all stakeholders. Our plan is balanced, accommodating, practical and workable.
The Canadian Alliance is committed to protecting and preserving Canada's natural environment and endangered species, and to the sustainable development of our abundant natural resources for use by current and future generations.
The Canadian Alliance maintains that for any endangered species legislation to be effective it must respect the fundamental rights of private property owners.
The four key areas or issues regarding the bill which I think are important are: compensation for landowners; recovery planning for specific species; the role of the Council on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada; and compliance, enforcement and dispute resolution. I will go into detail.
The first area is compensation. Compensation for expropriated lands that is not at fair market value is not fair. The species at risk act we are debating today hardly touches on the pivotal issue of compensation. There is no clear formula for compensation outlined in the bill. Compensation will be dealt with through regulations following the passage of the bill, and we know how the regulations work. The minister has this backward. Co-operation among stakeholders is unlikely unless the landowners are assured that any land expropriated for the purpose of species or habitat protection or recovery will be expropriated at fair market value.
The second area is recovery planning for specific species. Recovery strategies should list the activities required. A recovery plan should include estimated costs associated with the recovery of a given species or habitat. Integrated listing or recovery planning must be part of the act. Without such planning we will find ourselves listing species we have no capacity to protect. There should be no listing of a species as being endangered unless it can be scientifically proven that that species is in fact endangered. Furthermore, there should be no expropriation of land unless it can be scientifically proven that the species can be recovered.
The third point is the role of the Council on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. In the endangered species listing process, the Canadian Alliance supports an independent, scientific listing body such as the Council on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada while recognizing the role and authority of parliament in recovery planning.
The last point of compliance, enforcement and dispute resolution, is a very important point. The Liberals should not introduce legislation that threatens to use criminal sanctions in addition to its power of expropriation.
Any attempt by government to expropriate private property should be subject to the following process. This process should include a review process that offers some form of arbitration and/or dispute resolution to landowners. Where warranted, and only after a fair review or dispute resolution process has been completed, the expropriation of private land at fair market value should be reasonable. The process should also include that any use of criminal law power by government against private landowners is unreasonable. A functional dispute resolution mechanism would render the use of criminal law power largely unnecessary.
The majority of producers and landowners believe that the government could achieve more through co-operation with farmers and ranchers than through threats of punishment.
So far I have been discussing the problems that the official opposition has with this bill.
The people of Surrey Central, whom I represent, are from largely metropolitan or suburban areas. While we are not running the risk of having our land confiscated without compensation, without reimbursement of fair market value, we do not want any Canadian subject to such an unjust treatment. Many of us in Surrey Central own our homes. We make mortgage payments like everyone else. We would not want the Liberals to swoop down and section off any of the area of land that surrounds our homes without paying us for that portion of land the Liberals say that they have to take from us for obvious reasons.
My constituents do not want me to sit on my hands in the House while the Liberals threaten to take huge chunks of land, thousands of acres in some cases, from Canadian citizens and pay them virtually nothing.
In fact, far from working in a democratic way to help Canada's ranchers contribute to our nation's efforts to save our endangered species, the Liberals are promising punishment for those ranchers. My heart goes out to the farmers and ranchers who are already overtaxed by the government and who are already suffering. They have huge input costs that are the fault of the government and its lack of vision. They have to compete at a disadvantage on the world markets thanks to the government's poor record on international trade. The Liberals are now planning to take, from what I have been told, sometimes thousands of acres of land from individual Canadians without a process of compensation and under the threat of criminal charges.
I received a note from one of my constituents, David Pope, and I would like to read from it. He said that the offensive penalties for actions against plants, animals or organisms that are deemed species at risk and the land which makes up their habitat are unlike any found in Canadian criminal law. They range from $50,000 and/or one year in jail to $1 million and/or five years in jail for each offence and are doubled if repeated. These are not offences of murder, arson, theft or rape but are for harming or harassing a plant, animal or organism or destroying a portion of its habitat, which is on one's land, and that is outrageous.
Mr. Pope went on to say that the above offences are strict liability offences and that an accuser need only say "you committed the offence and you must prove that you did not". That is a reverse onus, as the lawyers say, and rarely used in criminal law.
In the usual serious criminal offence a person is assumed innocent until proven guilty and beyond a reasonable doubt. That is not the case under Bill C-33. Mr. Pope further writes that the farmer is prohibited from charging them with trespassing. They can take anything they like and not pay for it. Homes can be searched under a search warrant which bears no resemblance to the usual murder, arson, rape or other serious criminal offence. A search warrant will be much easier to obtain. This is an outrage.
When the eco-police start asking ranchers or farmers questions about the alleged offence the rancher or farmer must give them reasonable assistance. They must answer the questions or be charged with obstruction of justice. They will be forced to give evidence against themselves. Once again, under Canadian law an accused does not have to incriminate himself but he does under Bill C-33. Yet another civil liberty breached.
Another provision of Bill C-33 provides statute standing for anyone 18 years or older and a resident of Canada to start an investigation against a rancher or a farmer for any of the offences I have just listed. Any special interest group or anyone with a grudge against a farmer or a rancher can start an investigation which may well cost the farmer thousands of dollars in litigation fees and fines if not time behind bars. This is neighbour turning against neighbour. Do we really want this kind of society in Canada for these kinds of offences?
Bill C-33 provides that the accused rancher or farmer can never know who started the investigation against him. He will never be able to face his accuser in open court. Canadians and free people everywhere are afforded the right to face their accusers in open court but not under Bill C-33.
Fair market compensation is not mentioned in Bill C-33. There is a clause covering compensation but it appears from the wording that any compensation received for a regulatory restriction on agriculture land use to protect the habitat of species at risk will be difficult to obtain and below fair market value. These are the issues of concern.
The people I represent believe that there should be a fair and democratic manner in which to handle the protection of endangered species. We do not believe that conflict and heavy-handed government penalties should be the basis for working out this matter. The government is making a mess of the process.
I have some recommendations to make with respect to Bill C-33. This bill should be based on voluntary co-operation and partnerships between the stakeholders and our government. That is possible. It can be done.
All Canadians, including ranchers and farmers in our remotest lands, want to protect our environment, our vegetation and our animals. They want to protect flora and fauna. The people of Surrey Central want our government to work hand in hand with the stakeholders and have them co-operate and benefit from measures to protect our endangered species. It can be done. A Canadian Alliance government will do it. This Liberal government is trying to do it through the back door, through regulations. That is wrong. I know it is wrong because I am on the scrutiny of regulations committee. There are a number of regulations in the pipeline which should not be there. They have been in the pipeline for years, some of them for 25 years, because when the committee writes to ministers of the crown they will not respond or will not respond in a manner that will resolve the issues. The regulations go in circles and keep on existing when they should not be there in the first place.
The government uses bill after bill. There is very limited scope in the bill but a huge number of regulations that control the implementation of that act. This is not the way to go. This is the back door process and that is wrong.
The Liberals should be up front and prepare the legislation. They should give details on how the protection of these species will be achieved but they are not doing that. The people of Surrey Central will not support what the Liberals are doing with this bill. We are ashamed of what the Liberals are doing. Therefore, we cannot support Bill C-33.
Species At Risk Act
Government Orders
10:25 a.m.
Progressive Conservative
Loyola Hearn St. John's West, NL
Mr. Speaker, I have a few comments on this extremely important piece of legislation. I will be speaking in favour of the hoist motion.
We feel that this is a bill that has been rammed through under threat by the minister to pull the legislation if there is any movement in relation to amendments or adjustments. That certainly is not the way to handle not only a piece of legislation that is important and as sensitive as this, but any piece of legislation.
We might say that this legislation will become as quickly extinct as some of the species if we do not soon get our act together and do something about it. The government cannot ram through legislation just because it is an arrogant government in power when it affects so many people and so many species.
There are a number of agencies that have grave concerns about what is happening in relation to our existing wildlife. These are not people who are just concerned from an environmental point of view. Many of them are very ordinary citizens who are not necessarily caught up in the protective groups. They are people who love what this country has to offer. They are members of industry who realize that even though their livelihood sometimes depends upon hurting the environment or destroying habitats, they are beginning to be aware only too well that in order to preserve our great country and continue to make a living they also have to be very conscious of the environment and the habitats that surround them.
We are seeing, as we never saw before, a coming together of the different fragmented groups for the purpose of preserving what we have and what we are rapidly losing. These agencies have a tremendous amount to offer if we give them a chance, if we listen to them and if the committee goes out and hears their presentations. If we pick the best of what each group has to offer, if we look at putting together the solid recommendations that are coming to us and if we listen to the concerns that have been expressed, surely we can come up collectively with legislation that will not only do the job but will do it well.
When many of us were growing up in this great country, particularly those of us who grew up in the rural parts of the country, we remember living in a society where we worked and operated hand in hand with nature.
If we take time to listen to our elders we hear them talk about how they practically lived off the land. They did that not by raping what the land had to offer but by taking carefully as they needed while always making sure that there was something left for tomorrow because they knew the food they put on the table and their livelihood and the livelihood of their children depended on it.
If we go back to the opening up of the country and the days of the fur trade, perhaps in those days people thought we had so many animals that we could take more than was necessary or more than we should to preserve the species. However they quickly learned. As the animals they were hunting at the time became scarce in the areas in which they operated, they moved farther afield.
Perhaps we could even thank them for their concern about not depleting different groups of animals. They were forced westward and the country was opened up, not just because of curiosity of seeing what was beyond the next mountain but because these people pushed forward, in the fur trade in particular, in order to make a living for themselves and in order not to destroy what existed closer to the places where they had originally settled.
We should learn from the past. For years and years the country continued to produce the different species that were here originally, but it seems that somewhere along the line we forgot about it. With our concentration on opening up great towns, cities and building freeways we sometimes forgot the damage we were doing to the habitats for a lot of these species.
In my own province of Newfoundland everybody remembers the great auk, which is as extinct as the Liberals will be in Newfoundland after the next election. The only people who will survive are those who will not run.
My great friend from Bonavista—Trinity—Conception must be delighted this morning that the effort by the provincial Liberals to rid themselves of his colleagues did not work. The member for Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte will be back for a while in the House. The member for Labrador will also be back, I understand. Both of them won their nominations handily, as they should. It shows that the other agenda that is working certainly has not paid off for those who were perpetrating it.
Species At Risk Act
Government Orders
10:30 a.m.
Fred Mifflin Bonavista—Trinity—Conception, NL
Are you still speaking about wildlife?


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BEIJING (AP) China defeated Australia in men's team table tennis 3-0 Thursday, although more unsteady play by Wang Liqin revealed a potential weak spot for a top-ranked team.
The Chinese women, meanwhile, sealed a place in the semifinals with an easy win over their highest-ranked opponent so far, No. 8 Austria.
Wang, ranked No. 4, defeated William Henzell, ranked No. 147, in four close games - 6-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-9. Wang seemed unable to contain his opponent, sending returns out of bounds or missing shots.
The two-time Olympic medalist also struggled in his doubles match against Greece on Wednesday.
He acknowledges the pressure of meeting the immense expectations of the Chinese public, which will be satisfied only with gold medals.
"The Olympics isn't any ordinary competition - there's definitely more pressure," said Wang, who tried to draw some encouragement from his rough outing.
"I didn't play to my full potential, but it was good training for me psychologically," he said. "When I was behind 1-0, and even when I was trailing in the second game, to be able to come back from that, psychologically, that was good for me. I think it'll be helpful for the upcoming games."
Fans were asked before the competition to remain quiet and turn off cell phones to avoid distracting the players. Spectators in the mostly full stadium rallied behind Wang, particularly when he trailed Henzell 7-1.
Shouts of "Go Wang Liqin" reverberated through the 6,200-seat gymnasium, which was built especially for table tennis. When Wang went ahead 11-10 after a rally in which players took big swings at the ball, he let out a shout and threw up his fists, prompting fans to scream and wave Chinese flags.
In the women's competition, Austria was no match for the Chinese, who won 3-0 in just 56 minutes. Singapore also advanced to the semis, with a 3-0 win over the Netherlands. The U.S. and Austria advanced to the bronze medal round.
The Chinese women will play Japan, South Korea or Hong Kong in the semifinals, all frequent opponents.
"Any team that can win their groups at the Olympics are quite strong. These teams are basically China's primary opponents," women's coach Shi Zhihao said. "Maybe overall China is stronger but on an individual basis, they've beaten us before in singles matches or other contests."
Meanwhile, four of the top men's teams - Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea - found themselves in must-win situations. While there had been little doubt about the outcome of China's contests, the crowd was spellbound by the tense face-offs involving the regional rivals.
South Korea's Ryu Seung-min, the defending singles gold medalist, went point-for-point with world No. 10 Chuan Chih-yuan during the last game of their singles match. The fans tuned out the Chinese women who were playing a couple tables over, and started chanting "Go Taipei!" while madly waving the flag of mainland China.
At one point Ryu jumped straight into the air with both feet off the ground to return a shot. He dived to the floor in a failed effort to save the ball on the last play. Chuan won the game 19-17, and began jumping up and down, yelling and pumping his fists.
At the opposite end of the gym, Hong Kong and Japanese players leapt and swung their paddles wildly. Many spectators were so excited they couldn't stay in their seats and shouts of "Jia You!" (Go!) and "Hao!" (Yes!) rained down on the rectangular playing area from all sides.
"I didn't hear anything during the match," Chuan said. "I didn't have time to listen to anything, I was thinking about strategy."
In the end, Japan beat Hong Kong 3-0 to advance to the semis. South Korea advanced with a 3-1 win over Taiwan.


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The Deal: Dell's Quandary Reflects Tech's Secular Shift
NEW YORK (The Deal) -- Just a day after Carl Icahn publicly waved the white flag in his fight over the fate of Dell
And, just like that, it became clear to investors, executives and everyone else that tech 1.0 is over.
That was followed by the hard fought win on Thursday, Sept. 12, of Dell founder Michael Dell and backer Silver Lake to take the PC maker private at $13.75 per share in a deal worth almost $25 billion.
For years, the vise-like grip Microsoft
But that was tech 1.0.
"All the marketing in the world can't get you out of having a bad product in this industry," a tech industry executive said. "Brands matter a lot less than people think, and products matter a lot more than people think."
And the brand atop each Dell PC is the very name of its founder. Neither Apple
Michael Dell will have overseen his company's rise, from a $1,000 balance sheet in his dorm room at the University of Texas, to its 1988 initial public offering and a zenith of a $100 billion market cap a dozen years later, to, ultimately, an leveraged buyout for around $25 billion. Dell's final act as CEO will be to determine the ultimate fate of the company: whether it's services juxtaposed against consumer products, or, a combination of both. Of course, his stated intention is to revitalize his company that has been coasting downward for more than a decade.
But there's another side to the Dell success, decline and potential rebirth story and that is of LBO backer Silver Lake.


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Caldwell Securities Ltd./Alzheimer Society of York Region Golf Classic
2012 Golf Classic
Thursday July 19th
Copper Creek Golf Club
6:45 am Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:30 Shotgun Start
Early Bird Registration available Jan 1st to Mar 31, 2012 - $275.00 per person or $1,000.00 per team of four. Registration beginning April 1, 2011 is $325 per person or $1,200 per team of four.
Registration includes: 18 holes, electric golf cart, lunch, exciting contests, silent auction, raffle and lots of surprises.


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Drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives may increase the risk of venous thromboembolism
- Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program, Boston University School of Public Health, Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
- Correspondence to : Dr Susan S Jick, Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance Program, Boston University School of Public Health, 11 Muzzey Street, Lexington, MA 02421, USA; sjick{at}bu.edu
Commentary on:
Implications for practice and research
The risk of arterial thrombosis (AT) is very low in all oral contraceptive pills (OCPs)
Risks of venous thromboembolism (VTE) vary according to the progestin type
Drospirenone OCPs confer a higher risk of VTE than levonorgestrel OCPs
That OCPs increase the risk of venous and arterial thrombosis has been well recognised and well researched since OCPs were first marketed. Since the earliest reporting of the high risk of VTE (deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism) in OCP users, the doses and formulations of both the oestrogen and progestin components of OCPs have changed, initially resulting in a decrease in the risk of thrombotic events, and later leading to differences in risk between OCPs. However, the following questions remain: what are the risks of thrombotic …


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Jaime Hernandez:
The 1973 Washington Quarter is easy to obtain in all circulated grades and even up to about MS65 condition. In MS66 it is somewhat difficult to find but if enough searching is done, examples can be found in rolls, bags or in mint sets. In MS67 condition it is very scarce with few examples known. There are no examples confirmed higher than MS67 but it's possible that a few may turn up, as more rolls, bags and mint sets are searched.


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Leibfried takes over Marshall boys' XC program
After five years as an assistant with both the Marshall boys' and girls' cross country teams, Brian Leibfried has been named the successor to former boys' cross country head coach Mike Jacobs.
Leibfried, Marshall's first new head boys' cross country coach in 33 years, said that he was drawn to the coaching vacancy due to a sense of unfinished business.
"I just wanted to stay, with how things have been going in the program, and try to keep things going," he said. "Coach (Marie) Sample and I have been working together for five years too. This will be just a little different format, but still work together and accomplish some similar goals."
Also a math teacher at Marshall High School, Leibfried got his start in cross country as a harrier for the Canby/Minneota/Lincoln HI program. Leibfried continued to run in college, winning a national championship as a member of the South Dakota State men's cross country team. After graduation, Leibfried returned to his roots to coach C/M/L for two years, while also serving as an assistant in the Redwood Valley cross country program. He joined the Marshall coaching staff in 2008.
"It's kind of nice to be in a spot where you can give back to a sport that you've been involved with for a long time," Leibfried said. "I know, with running, it was able to give me a lot of different opportunities; you know with meeting different people, going to some different places and gaining a lot of experience with all sorts of life lessons. Being able to give that opportunity back and being able to help some of these young athletes do the same is very rewarding."
For Marshall activities director Bruce Remme, the decision to hand over the reins of Marshall's most decorated boys' program was made largely due to his familiarity with said program.
"We are excited for Brian to be taking over the Marshall boys' cross country program," Remme said in an official statement on Wednesday. "Brian has proven to be a valuable asset as an assistant in the program and we look forward to the opportunity for him to continue to have a positive influence on the student-athletes with which he works.
"Brian is a knowledgeable and experienced coach, a positive leader and a compassionate person. We feel like his work ethic and familiarity with the program will make for a smooth transition for our student-athletes. Brian has a passion for cross country, a passion for coaching, and a passion for teaching. We are excited about all that Brian can provide as the head coach of the Marshall boys' cross country program."
Though the start of the cross country season is still eight months away, that hasn't prevented Leibfried from setting some goals for his team. The Tigers, winners of Class AA state titles in 2003 and 2004, return nearly every member of the 2012 squad which captured the Southwest Conference title and took eighth at the Section 2AA meet. Marshall sent one individual, Andrew Bell, to the state meet at St. Olaf College.
"As a coaching staff we kind of looked at our section results, and throughout the year, and were very excited at the end and with the progress we made," Leibfried said. "We do have a lot of returning people with a lot of experience. The athletes can see it too.
"It kind of reminds us a little of a couple years where at the end of the season the guys really saw an opportunity for the upcoming year to maybe do something special. They got together and decided to try and make a trip to the state tournament. They went through and made it happen. We're kind of looking again at this year that we might have a good opportunity to make a run at it again."
Despite the similarities between 2012 and 2010, Leibfried understands the challenges that lay between now and the fall.
"We do have a tough section that we'll have to deal with, but looking through with the people that graduated we feel that we have a shot to maybe (make the state meet) again this year," he said. "It's exciting for the boys to kind of see that and kind of know that that's an opportunity that they might be able to have."


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EASTON, Pa. - The lack of snow on the ground isn't keeping the city of Easton from transforming into a snowboarder's paradise. The Red Bull Buttercup Rail Jam is taking over Centre Square for a second year.
Crews were hard at work constructing the massive drop in ramp for the event.
"The drop in ramp is twice the size, last year it was 8 feet this year its 16 do it's definitely a step up," explained Guido Martelli with Jack Frost Big Boulder.
One shovel-full at a time Easton High Schoolers worked to cover 180 feet of downtown with snow trucked in from Jack Frost Big Boulder Ski Area.
"We're shipping in four truckloads of snow from Big Boulder," explained Drinky's owner Greg Melhem. "Eighty tons of snow were shipping in."
The streets were shut down at 4PM so set up could start, and they'll keep moving the snow until it's 12 to 18 inches deep.
"Tonight, I don't think we have an end time you know, we're just gonna work until it's where we want it to be," said Mertelli.
Once the course is completely set up, workers will actually cover it in rock salt. They say it will melt the snow just enough overnight to pack it and make it firm. Promising to be bigger and better in its second year, the event will have bleachers, sponsors and a cash prize for the winner. Registration starts Saturday at noon with 100 slots open for snowboarders who think they have what it takes.
"There's a bus of kids coming in from Temple, busses from other colleges are coming, professionals, amateurs," said Melhem.
The Red Bull Butter Cup Rail Jam is actually a stop on a national competition tour where everyone must do maneuvers on butter pads.
"Kinda like spreading on butter, it's like what you do with your snowboard, so it's a lot of spinning and you know pressing, what they call it when you lean on your tail or your nose," explained Mertelli.
Organizers expect about 10,000 people to come out and watch. The event is set to start Saturday at 2PM.
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During my year in Iraq at the U.S. Embassy and in my current position in Washington, I have experienced firsthand the powerful positive impact of educational and cultural exchange programs on both Iraqis and Americans. People from both countries -- particularly youth -- have so much to learn from one another. An important shared goal of the U.S. and Iraqi governments is to find more ways to bring our citizens together.
The U.S. and Iraq discussed these exchanges at a recent meeting of the U.S.-Iraq Joint Coordinating Committee for Cultural and Educational Cooperation in Washington, co-chaired by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Ann Stock and Iraqi Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Ali Al-Adeeb. American and Iraqi officials spent a productive morning reviewing our exchanges in the areas of higher education, primary and secondary education, cultural heritage, and youth and sports.
On February 22-23, the Iraqi Embassy in Washington (with support from the State Department) organized a conference that brought together more than 100 representatives of Iraqi and American colleges, universities, and higher education institutions, including presidents of ten major Iraqi universities. This conference helped the visiting Iraqi educators learn more about the U.S. system of higher education, while giving U.S. university representatives a chance to know more about Iraq's educational scene and to explore opportunities for partnership with Iraqi universities. Hundreds of young, bright Iraqis are currently studying on U.S. university campuses with support from the U.S. Fulbright Program and Iraqi government scholarship programs. Minister Al-Adeeb stressed that his government wants more Iraqi students on U.S. campuses, and is committing Iraqi government funds for hundreds of new scholarships.
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Five years ago, I sprayed coffee all over my screen from something I read on a blog post from fellow blogger Hu Yoshida from HDS. You can read what cased my reaction in my now infamous post [Hu Yoshida should know better]. Subsequently, over the years, I have disagreed with Hu on a variety of of topics, as documented in my 2010 blog post [Hu Yoshida Does It Again].
(Apparently, I am not alone, as the process of spraying one's coffee onto one's computer screen while reading other blog posts has been referred to as "Pulling a Tony" or "Doing a Tony" by other bloggers!)
Fortunately, my IBM colleague David Sacks doesn't drink coffee. Last month, David noticed that Hu had posted a graph in a recent blog entry titled [Additional Storage Performance Efficiencies for Mainframes], comparing the performance of HDS's Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) to IBM's DS8000.
For those not familiar with disk performance graphs, flatter is better, lower response time and larger IOPS are always desired. This graph implies that the HDS disk system is astonishingly faster than IBM's DS8000 series disk system. Certainly, the HDS VSP qualifies as a member of the elite [Super High-End club] with impressive SPC benchmark numbers, and is generally recognized as a device that works in IBM mainframe environments. But this new comparison graph is just ridiculous!
(Note: While SPC benchmarks are useful for making purchase decisions, different disk systems respond differently to different workloads. As the former lead architect of DFSMS for z/OS, I am often brought in to consult on mainframe performance issues in complex situations. Several times, we have fixed performance problems for our mainframe clients by replacing their HDS systems with IBM DS8000 series!)
Since Hu's blog entry contained very little information about the performance test used to generate the graph, David submitted a comment directly to Hu's blog asking a few simple questions to help IBM and Hu's readers determine whether the test was fair. Here is David's comment as submitted:
"Hello, Hu,
(Disclosure: I work for IBM. This comment is my own.)
I was quite surprised by the performance shown for the IBM DS8000 in the graph in your blog. Unfortunately, you provided very little detail about the benchmark. That makes it rather difficult (to say the least) to identify factors behind the results shown and to determine whether the comparison was a fair one.
Of the little information provided, an attribute that somewhat stands out is that the test appears to be limited to a single volume at least, that's my interpretation of "LDEV: 1*3390-3"? IBM's internal tests for this kind of case show far better response time and I/Os per second than the graph you published.
Here are a few examples of details you could provide to help readers determine whether the benchmark was fair and whether the results have any relevance to their environment.
- What DS8000 model was the test run on? (the DS8000 is a family of systems with generations going back 8 years. The latest and fastest model is the DS8800.)
- What were the hardware and software configurations of the DS8000 and VSP systems, including the number and speed of performance-related components?
- What were the I/O workload characteristics (e.g., read:write ratio and block size(s))?
- What was the data capacity of each volume? (Allocated and used capacity.)
- What were the cache sizes and cache hit ratios for each system? (The average I/O response times under 1.5 milliseconds for each system imply the cache hit ratios were relatively high.)
- How many physical drives were volumes striped across in each system?"
Unlike my blog on IBM, HDS bloggers like Hu are allowed to reject or deny comments before they appear on his blog post. We were disappointed that HDS never posted David's comment nor responded to it. That certainly raises questions about the quality of the comparison.
So, perhaps this is yet another case of [Hitachi Math], a phrase coined by fellow blogger Barry Burke from EMC back in 2007 in reference to outlandish HDS claims. My earliest mention was in my blog post [Not letting the Wookie Win].
By the way, since the test was about z/OS Extended Address Volumes (EAV), it is worth mentioning that IBM's DS8700 and DS8800 support 3390 volume capacities up to 1 TB each, while the HDS VSP is limited to only 223 GB per volume. Larger volume capacities help support ease-of-growth and help reduce the number of volumes storage administrators need to manage; that's just one example of how the DS8000 series continues to provide the best storage system support for z/OS environments.
Personally, I am all for running both IBM and HDS boxes side-by-side and publishing the methodology, the workload characteristics, the configuration details, and the results. Sunshine is always the best disinfectant!
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'It's not going to be easy to make an energy plan that adds up, but it is possible,' one physicist says.environmental scientist Vaclav Smil of the University of Manitoba in his book, Energy at the Crossroads. "These new energy infrastructures would have to be spread over areas ten to a thousand times larger than today's infrastructure of fossil fuel extraction, combustion and electricity generation…. This is not an impossible feat, but one posing many regulatory, technical and logistic challenges."
To meet present global consumption would require covering 1 percent of Earth's surface with photovoltaic devices.replacing all that fossil fuel would require at least 4 million wind turbines — necessitating building 12, three-megawatt wind turbines every hour for the next 30 years, according to Griffiths. The numbers are similar for solar — 160 billion square meters of photovoltaic cells or concentrating mirrors. "We need to be making a square yard of solar cells or mirrors every second for the next 40 years to install that much in North America," Griffiths calculates.
If this great energy transformation eventually comes, it will take decades to complete.to produce some coal," FERC's Wellinghoff notes. "Ultimately, we are going to have to accept the fact that wind turbines and solar systems are going to take up fairly large pieces of land. But, fortunately, we have a lot of land in this country and we have the ability to have dual use of that land."
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LeAnn and I are the biggest fans in the world of the legendary rock band, The Eagles. To honor "the boys" as we affectionately refer to them, I made LeAnn a tea blend called "Warm Smell of Colitas" in reference to the line from Hotel California.
The teas in this blend are citron green, white tropic, and berry blend. I brewed it up and tried it hot, and it was more lemony than I expected, with light fruity/tropical undertones. I liked it... and LeAnn will love it because she loves hot tea with lemon. Then I put it over ice, and mmmmmmmm... I enjoyed it much better. The lemon mellowed down and the flavors of the other fruits and the coconut came out much more clearly.
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In the coming tug-of-war over the debt ceiling, Congressional Republicans are counting on the likelihood that most Americans don't realize that these same GOP lawmakers voted last year for $6 trillion in new federal debt.
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The Deal: Yahoo! Posts Tumblr For $1.1B in Mobile Growth Bid
NEW YORK (TheDeal) -- Yahoo!
Tumblr reportedly took in $13 million in revenue in 2012, and so far into 2013 has fallen short on its revenue goals of $100 million. The company raised about $125 million from venture capital investors from 2007 to 2011.
"Tumblr brings 50 billion blog posts (and 75 million more arriving each day) to Yahoo!'s media network and search experiences," the companies said in a joint statement Monday, May 20.
Mayer's arrival at Yahoo! has come with a flurry of deals as the company has sought to reinvent itself and bolster its presence on mobile devices.
Thus far among 2013's acquisitions for Yahoo! are: Summly, a news application; Loki Studios, for mobile gaming; MileWise, an app for travelers; Astrid, a to-do list organizer; and GoPollGo, a social polling tool.
The latest social media deal is not unlike Facebook's
Still, Yahoo! has had difficulty absorbing some of its startups in the past. Perhaps its most notable deal that soured, from 1999, is a $3.6 billion buy of GeoCities, which it would shut down a decade later.
But sources said that under Mayer, the company's reputation has improved and Yahoo! has increasingly been seen as a viable Silicon Valley technology company on the rebound.
Yahoo! even seemed to acknowledge its rocky M&A past when, in its statement earlier Monday, it said: "Per the agreement and our promise not to screw it up, Tumblr will be independently operated as a separate business. David Karp will remain CEO."
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So, let's think for a minute about a stimulus bill. The economy is growing, but at a very slow pace. How to bump it up? Raise taxes for a massive stimulus? Fat chance. Bigger tax breaks for the wealthy? Proven ineffective.
So how about a stimulus that doesn't cost any taxes, in fact adds to the tax base? The way I see it, a man who gets paid 40 million dollars a year, if he gains a million, or if he loses a million, will not change his life style one whit.
But a full-time worker who gets minimum wage makes about $16,000/year. At 2,080 hours a year, a $2/hour increase brings him up to about $20,000. He pays more into Social Security and Medicare funds, buys more shoes and socks for his kids, maybe some storybooks. Maybe they even play some miniature golf now and then.
Maybe he can give up his second job and take some classes, making his part-time job available for someone else; especially if his spouse also works for minimum wage, which is often the case.
There might be trips to the dentist, a fishing pole, some gas to get to the lake. Perhaps they will no longer need food stamps, thus saving the taxpayers some money.
After a while, he and his spouse might decide it's time to save some money, even if it's only a hundred or so per year.
If he can manage to save a little, that money will not go into a bank in Belize, but right here into his local bank or credit union, where it will be lent out to his neighbors for business start-ups or home mortgages.
Because ALL of the businesses are now paying more, ALL of the minimum wage workers are now earning more money, and all of the businesses are doing more business. More jobs are created. So here is a major economic stimulus with no tax money.
And as I said, the members of the Walton family won't have to change their lifestyle one whit.
Some will scream that this is a redistribution of wealth, as if that were a bad thing. I maintain that a constant, healthy redistribution of wealth is good for a vibrant economy.
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Marker:DYE NT
Condition: 5/10 Shoots fine, has no eyes in it so rof can't be set but the eyes do come with it. there are a couple small scrathes and the sticky grip is broken on one of the dye emblems (photo shown)
Color: Black
Upgrades: None
Known Problems: No eyes installed
Asking Price: 350
Shipping Options: USPS flat rate
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Location of item:Central Texas, Copperas cove.
What is Included: Gun, Proto barrel, eyes, battery, shot chamber spacer kit.
Also some discussion inr egards to the condition of the marker and what it's coming with.
I pm'd orange.
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No stock barrel, no stock feedneck, no multi tool kit, working eyes, messed up grips, full spacer kit, and the eye pipe is fine?
Im not sure what stock feed neck looks like on nts but it has a functional one, the eyes work from what I understand they are just not installed, no stock barrel but proto one, grips are fully functional just have a broken dye emblem cover and i pulled the eye pipe out and saw nothing wrong with it and the spacer kit is in the case.
ReconDaddy can ship the marker out, once cybermaniac receives the gun and verifies that it is as described the money will then be forwarded to Recon as a gift. Recon also acknowledges that when gifting paypal takes 1%, this 1% is normally paid by the sender, however I will be selecting that the receiver covers the fee.