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Manuel Zurria: loops4everPosted by Jay Batzner in CD Review, tags: barlow, basinski, beglarian, CD Review, curran, duncan, electronic, flute, instrumental, jacob tv, Jay Batzner, lucier, oliveros, riley, rzewski, Scelsi, zurria
music for flute and electronics
- Casaciescelsi – Giancinto Scelsi
- Portrait – Pauline Oliveros
- Almost New York – Alvin Lucier
- Madonna and Child – Alvin Curran
- The Carnival – John Duncan
- The Garden of Love – Jacob TV
- I Will Not Be Sad In This World – Eve Beglarian
- Lipstick – Jacob TV
- …Until… – Clarence Barlow
- A Movement in Chrome Primitive – William Basinski
- Last Judgement – Frederic Rzewski
- Dorian Reeds – Terry Riley
There is nothing typical about this 2 disc set. I would submit that when most flutists are putting together a recording project of music for flute and electronics, they would tend to shy away from the majority of the works that Manuel Zurria has so expertly collected and performed. Not only that, Zurria ups the ante by leading off with his own Scelsi-hommage. Casadiscelsi is really a combination of Scelsi's bass flute work Maknongan and flute work Pwyll with sounds that Zurria himself recorded from Sclesi's house in Rome. It sets the stage for this whole first disc which is one of luminesce and slow-moving atmospheres. The virtuosity of performance is not one of a million notes per second but one of tone, mood, and environment. Zurria nails it every single time and loops4ever is consistently captivating. In Portrait by Oliveros, Zurria is almost invisible, with the voice taking center stage, yet he could not be removed. Few flutists are brave enough to feature a work like Lucier's Almost New York for flute and three oscillators, giving up 25 minutes of precious CD space so they can play long tones, but Zurria anchors the first disc around this particular work to great affect. After the Scelsi and the Oliveros, the Lucier is exactly what we want to hear, played in precisely the way we want to hear it.
Curran's Madonna and Child is a relief from the stasis which culminated in the Lucier but still the work floats in a somewhat restless and rocking manner. Zurria's bass flute tone is sumptuous and once layered upon itself, the lullaby nature of the piece is exponentially amplified. I couldn't believe my ears with the last work on the disc, The Carnival by John Duncan. A single sustained piccolo pitch (and not the most comfortable one, I should add) is held, Lucier-style, for 17 minutes. There are gradual spectral and timbral changes through the electronics but for the most part, it is a monolith of piercing brightness. Imagine a piccolo arrangement of Lucier's Silver Streetcar. I don't mean any of this is a bad way, although some folks will be quick to skip this track. The Carnival is an amazing listen, the perfect tonic/alarm clock to the slumber found in the Curran.
Disc two contains works that are more expected of a "flute and electronics" recording. Zurria has packed in more peppy and traditionally-technical works with the same quality of performance found in disc one. Jacob TV's works are rhythmic and cool, quirky and spiky with the electronic component coming almost exclusively from voice editing while the flute zips out perky punctuations. I Will Not Be Sad in this World by Eve Begrarian is the perfect palate cleanser, silky smooth and tender with subdued sustained vocal manipulations.
Clarence Barlow's work for piccolo and drone finds the middle ground between Lucier's work and Berio's oboe Sequenza. Barlow's repetitive melodic fragment changes subtly enough to keep me engaged while the drone does what drones do. It was also refreshing to hear a drone in the middle of the flute's line as opposed to underneath. Once again, Zurria highlights his programming prowess by contrasting the bright sounds of the Barlow with the murky and luxurious sounds of Basinski's A Movement in Chrome Primitive for bass flute, temple bells, and delays. Rzewski's Last Judgement uses the bass flute as well but in a more strained and tense register, focusing more on propulsive energy than letting the listener wallow in sound. Either way, Zurria sounds great. Dorian Reeds, originally for soprano sax, gets the final word on the second disc. The overall take on this track uses more reverb than I expected, leaving the different delayed lines a grayish wash instead of dense contrapuntal lines.
The notes for the disc consist mainly of the short interviews that Zurria did with each composer and they make for a compelling read. I find the music and the performances speak for themselves, though. This is a terrific disc full of great repertoire and expertly performed.


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July 16, 2009
Richard Kelly, global marketing research leader at GE Capital, shared GE's systems and processes for applying innovation in everyday thinking to take on some of the company's (and their customers') toughest challenges.
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Overview of Service Learning at SLU
WHAT is Service Learning?
Service learning at Saint Louis University furthers course learning objectives across the curriculum while also fostering a consciousness of social justice that promotes the common good. The service-learning experience allows for reciprocal learning in which the students and faculty gain wisdom and insight from the community, and the community benefits from the service that the students and faculty provide. Guided reflection allows faculty and students to integrate the service experience with the academic content of the course and the Ignatian mission of the University.
WHY Service Learning?
As a Jesuit institution, Saint Louis University puts a great deal of emphasis on service to the community. Last year, students, faculty, and staff performed over 1 million hours of service work to the greater St. Louis community. But more than this, our mission statement calls all of us, faculty, students and staff, to be men and women for others. Service learning allows us to adhere to this calling, through many ways:
• Enhancing students' learning through empowering them to use the skills and knowledge learned in the classroom to be of service to others.
• Assisting community organizations in meeting their needs, while at the same time, allowing them to act as a "co-teacher" for our students. They become community partners, and are vital collaborators in the learning process.
• Enabling faculty to give their students meaningful learning experiences both inside and outside of the classroom.


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Featured New Nonfiction for April
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Stretches for Lower Back
In a perfect world, the best time to get in tip-top physical shape is before you conceive. But for the majority of expectant mothers, this is not the case. For some, pregnancy is actually a motivator to get moving and improve their level of physical fitness. Some reasons expectant mothers decide to improve their fitness level are fear of a difficult labor and delivery, wanting more energy to handle the demands of motherhood after the baby is born, or it may be that by being pregnant, they are taking more time to care for themselves. For some expectant mothers, they start exercising or stretching to help provide relief for lower back pain or a bad case of sciatica.
The discomforts of pregnancy are not designed just to make an expectant mother miserable. Most of the aches and pains during pregnancy are side effects of the preparations the body is making for that miraculous moment when your baby is born. Lower back pain and sciatica are no exception to this rule. You will experience increased joint laxity due to the hormone relaxin, which is released into the body to allow the uterus to expand up to 150 fold as the baby grows. Relaxin affects all connective tissue throughout the body, including ligaments and tendons, which support the joints. The increased flexibility makes you more susceptible to back pain from strains and injuries from abnormal motion. The abdominal wall also changes; it stretches and grows thinner during pregnancy, stretching the abdominal muscles as well, which help stabilize the back and maintain body posture. This added pressure on the lower back will also contribute to lower back pain and discomfort. Add your oversized belly to all this and you have the perfect recipe for a nine month backache.
Sometimes you may feel shooting pains in your lower back and legs. These pains occur when your enlarging uterus or the baby's head presses down on the sciatic nerves, the major nerves that run from the backbone through the pelvis and down towards each leg. Most mothers who have had an attack of sciatica during pregnancy learn quickly there is really no other discomfort quite like it. Sciatica is aggravated by normal everyday activities like lifting, bending and even walking.
You may find some relief from lower back pain and sciatica if the baby changes position or your body shifts the position in which you're carrying your baby. Most of the time this will provide temporary relief at best. More often than not, expectant mothers have to learn to manage their lower back pain and sciatica. Toning, stretching and strengthening the back and abdominal muscles through a stretching routine and moderate exercise program can usually accomplish this. In addition to relieving that back pain, the stretching and exercise will pay off tremendously in labor and delivery and during those first postpartum days when you are trying to get your body back to normal (that is once you remember what normal is).
A stretching routine is very good for toning the perineal area, stretching ligaments, strengthening the inner thigh and abdominal muscles and promoting proper body alignment, all of which will help keep lower back pain and sciatica at bay. If you are already suffering, these stretches will offer some relief for this type of pain. A good stretching routine should include the following stretches or something similar.
Squatting Stretch
This is just what it sounds like. Balance your body; steady yourself with a counter, table, or piece of furniture and squat for one minute at a time, 10 times a day. This is a great stretch and toner for legs and perineal muscles.
Tailor Sitting
Sit on the floor with knees bent and feet crossed (kind of a relaxed cross-legged position). Spend 10 minutes a day at least two or three times a day sitting in this position. It gives the inner thighs a good stretch and takes the pressure off the lower back.
Tailor Stretching
Similar to tailor sitting but a little more intense. Sit on the floor with your back against the couch or wall. Bend knees and put your feet together sole to sole. Slowly, see how close to the floor you can get your knees. When done over a period of time this stretch will increase flexibility dramatically.


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Monday, October 28, 2013
Japan Airlines Selects Gogo In-Flight Connectivity
Japan Airlines (JAL) has signed a new contract with Gogo to provide its satellite-based in-flight connectivity service across its commercial fleet of 77 aircraft. Gogo's Ku-satellite in-flight connectivity service is scheduled to begin for JAL passengers by the summer of 2014, Gogo said.
With the new service, JAL will become the first airline in Japan to feature connected aircraft within its commercial fleet.
"We couldn't be more excited to work with JAL on bringing Gogo's connectivity services to JAL's passengers," said Gogo's president and CEO, Michael Small. "We know from our experience that having connectivity has become a competitive necessity for airlines."


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The State of Listening Today
September 11, 2013
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When the recession drove the overall carpet industry down about 40 percent, the idea of building new plants seemed the stuff of fantasies. But Bob Shaw, former top executive of Shaw Industries and now founder, chairman and CEO of Engineered Floors, LLC, had other plans.
Starting in 2009, Engineered Floors has been on a winning streak as a producer of PureColor solution dyed polyester (PET) fiber and manufacturer of PET carpet for the residential replacement and multi-family housing markets. From its first plant in Calhoun, Engineered Floors has succeeded by investing in the most modern technologies and putting all processes under one roof — from extrusion to tufting and finishing. In 2011, the acquisition of Dream Weaver, added a specialty retail division.
A duplicate plant was built in 2011 in Dalton, which is currently being expanded. And a five-year plan including two new facilities in Northwest Georgia was announced this spring.
Construction of these facilities will take place in multiple phases over a five-year period, according to Engineered Floors. The first plant, in Whitfield country, is scheduled to break ground by the end of the third quarter this year. The second plant will be in Murray County but a start date has not been determined. When completed, the new facilities will represent more than $450 million of investment and result in the creation of about 2,400 new jobs.
"We are just on the same path we've been on for the last four years," Shaw said. "We've been adding about 50 million pounds of capacity each year. The new plant will come on stream in late 2014. We are completing the expansion at plant two (Dalton). It's a continuous process."
Shaw is proud to be bringing jobs to the area. "We (the entire carpet industry) still probably make 80 to 85 percent of all soft floor covering in Northwest Georgia. The support of this part of the country depends on soft floorcovering," stated Shaw. "We are pleased that these new facilities will allow for further job creation for the area."
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Friday, November 4, 2011
I find inspiration all over the Internet through blogs, classes, workshops and all the wonderful people who share their own inspiration and warm hearts.
One of the blogs I look forward to reading is by Carmen at A Playground of Imagination, Beauty and Love. Carmen has a way with words and images and a truly wonderful view of the world.
A few weeks ago she shared a video of a vintage postcard book she made. You can see it here. I love it and commented that I would have to look for some postcards to make one of my own. Carmen answered and offered to send me a few to get started. As somebody who loves "stuff" I gladly accepted and pledged to send a package in return.
Well, Carmen's package arrived today and I was stunned, speechless and ecstatic.
See why?
This was the first layer, so to speak. As I opened all those little packages I kept finding more and more treasures. Including an old key. Something I had mentioned that I have been looking for.
Lots of amazing postcards for my own book.
Some amazing photos. Isn't that baby in the bowl wonderful?
I'm having trouble putting in words what I want to say. I'm touched that somebody I have only met on the Internet could be so generous. (She even sent a birthday card making it all a birthday present.)
I've been touched by many of her posts and look forward to her posts and now I can see how she really does make a difference by being her.
I hope one day we can share a hug but for now I just want to say
Thank you, Carmen.
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Wow! Aren't blogger friends just the best!!ReplyDelete
oh my !ReplyDelete
of course i want to give you a big hug in person!
i was very happy sitting in the floor chossing and preparing this package for you, i wish i could have sent you more but now i know you like the same things i love ;-)
and yay for mail too!
(by the way i know how you feel i just got something in the mail too)
What a wonderful surprise! I'm hoping you'll bring some of your treasures to WIG for us to enjoy and admire, too!ReplyDelete
WOW what a wonderful assortment of goodies, bloggers are some of the most genereous people out there!ReplyDelete
Thank you for entering my giveaway and best of luck
hugs Lynn
Oh my! How absolutely wonderful! I know how much you care about these little treasures. :)ReplyDelete
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Knister, Raymond
Raymond Knister 1899-1932
(Full name John Raymond Knister) Canadian novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and critic.
Knister was known primarily for his realistic narratives set in rural Canada. While his works were not recognized by the general public during his lifetime, Knister was a highly respected member of the Canadian literary community during the 1920s and early 1930s, and recent criticism has acknowledged him as a pioneer in establishing a distinctively modern voice in Canadian literature.
Biographical Information
Knister grew up on a farm near Comber in North Essex County, Ontario. He attended the University of Toronto, but was forced by poor health to return to his parents' farm. Around 1919, Knister began publishing critical essays, poems, and stories about rural Canadian life in various magazines. In 1922 and 1923 he worked as a reviewer for the Windsor Border Cities Star and the Detroit Free Press before moving to Iowa City to serve as editor of the avant-garde literary magazine The Midland and to attend Iowa State University. In 1924, Knister lived for a brief time in Chicago, where he worked as a taxi driver and published reviews for the Chicago Evening Post and Poetry magazine. Moving to Toronto in late 1924, he became a frequent contributor of articles and stories to the Toronto Star Weekly and made the acquaintance of several notable Canadian writers, including Morley Callaghan, Mazo de la Roche, Merrill Denison, and Charles G. D. Roberts. Knister married Myrtle Gamble in 1927, and their daughter Imogen was born in 1930. In 1931 Knister was awarded first prize in a publisher's contest for the unpublished manuscript of his novel My Star Predominant (1934), a fictional rendering of the life of John Keats. That same year he moved his family to Montreal where he became acquainted with such well-known writers as Leo Kennedy, Frederick Philip Grove, Dorothy Livesay, A.M. Klein, and F. R. Scott. In August, 1932, Knister drowned near Stoney Point on Lake St. Clair. Dorothy Livesay, in a memoir of Knister that was published in Collected Poems of Raymond Knister (1949), maintained that Knister's death was a suicide, but her conclusions have been strongly disputed by Knister's wife and daughter, and such critics as Marcus Waddington.
Major Works
Knister's best known fiction and poetry reflects his desire to capture the essence of rural Canadian life. In White Narcissus, Knister delineated the struggle of Richard, a successful writer, as he attempts to convince his longtime girlfriend Ada to marry him and leave her parents behind in the small rural town where the two grew up. While the expressive prose style of White Narcissus has been generally well received, some critics have found Knister's use of symbolism awkward, and have faulted him for failing to fully develop the novel's themes and plots. Collected Poems of Raymond Knister contains such poems as "The Hawk," "Boy Remembers in the Fields," "Lake Harvest," "A Row of Stalls," and "The Plowman," which vividly depict rural experience and the Canadian landscape. In both his poetry and his fiction Knister presented sharply realistic portrayals of everyday images and events in order to illustrate their exceptional qualities, and communicated these impressions in a conversational language style. Speaking of Canadian literature and subject matter, Knister stated that "when we trust surely, see directly enough, life, ourselves, we may have our own Falstaffs and Shropshire Lads and Anna Kareninas."
Principal Works
White Narcissus (novel) 1929
My Star Predominant (novel) 1934
Collected Poems of Raymond Knister (poetry) 1949
Selected Stories of Raymond Knister (short stories) 1972
Raymond Knister: Poems, Stories, and Essays (poetry, short stories, and essays) 1975
The First Day of Spring: Stories and Other Prose (short stories and essays) 1976
The New York Times Book Review (essay date 1925)
SOURCE: "A Canadian Novel," in The New York Times Book Review, August 25, 1925, p. 9.
[In the following review, the critic praises White Narcissus for its expressive prose style, but faults the novel's lack of substance and heavy-handed use of symbolism.]
Raymond Knister, a young Canadian writer, has produced in White Narcissus a first novel of very considerable charm. It is a supremely atmospheric story, in which dark and introspective moods are developed and elaborated somewhat at the expense of the plot. Mr. Knister's prose is an excellent medium for the expression of his emotional attitudes; it never flags and never becomes clogged or difficult. The result is a novel of memorable color, and of regrettably thin substance.
Richard Miln, the protagonist of the story, is a successful advertising man, who was born in a remote and rural section of a Canadian Province. He returns from time to time to the neighborhood of his youth—partly to renew old associations and to recover the sense of his own identity. Behind the nostalgia which draws him back to the country there is a deeper motive. He always returns to renew the offer of his love to Ada Lethen, the sweetheart of his childhood. Richard is convinced of Ada's love for him, but he never quite succeeds in breaking through the emotional barriers which her strange home had erected about her. Ada was the daughter of a...
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Raymond Knister (essay date 1975)
SOURCE: "Canadian Literati," in Journal of Canadian Fiction, Vol. IV, No. 2, 1975, pp. 160-68.
[In the following excerpt, written before his death in 1932 and published posthumously, Knister discusses the history and development of Canadian literature, using autobiographical information to describe critical reaction to his works.]
We have wanted to discover and create a new heaven and new earth here in Canada, and to make others see it. When we write a poem about the pines, a novel about the mounties, or paint a picture of geometric ice-floes, we hasten to ask each other, "Isn't this really Canadian? Isn't it different from the productions of efete Europe or the United States, where the people think only of dollars, paint skyscrapers, and write about stockyards. This Canada of ours is a wonderful country. Her mineral resources alone.…"
To be sure, different environments and modes of life do make for subtle differentiations in the human spirit. But our writers have seldom cared to probe deep enough to find them. We want to be different, but not too different. The ideal Canadian litterateur is a man who has been educated as an English gentleman, though certain New England Universities will pass; in addition he should know French and Quebec life. Nor should he forget his training, but write about Canada as accurately and sympathetically as possible from the point of view of an ominiscient tourist who, after all, knows better things. We want not so much to be different as to have had different experience about which we can talk at tea as suavely as anybody. It amounts in fact to our wanting to be American or English with an additional background which will lend chic, inspite of the elemental, or an unsullied outlook, according to taste. So the differences we formulate are not important or intrinsic, and our creations have only seemed to exchange trappings with those of other countries.
Again we forget that plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose. We forget that the differences between men are not more important than their similarities. It might be pleasant to believe that the open spaces and association with sagacious animals and noble savages have made us braver and more unselfish than other peoples, though as a matter of fact half our population has nothing directly to do with the great open spaces, not to mention the animals and savages; and those who have mostly lived on farms almost identical with farms to be found in Connecticut, Michigan, and Kansas. And we have cities that in spite of polite contrary pretensions would like to boast of skyscrapers higher than those of New York, or an underworld more sinister and ubiquitous than Chicago's.
What then of our noble determination to make an all-Canadian literature where none was? If this is the Canadian attitude, if we would like to be like Englishmen or Americans and yet we are sure we must be better because of our glorious mines and forests—how does it affect the Canadian writer who wants to write about Canadian life sincerely? We can't consider those who lightheartedly take Canada for a gold-mine of "good yarns", northerns and westerns. They are usually candid enough in their way. But what about those who have been born in Canada, have been moved by its life, tried to picture it, and become more or less worried about their failure, or the seeming impossibilities of their task? Why is it that, in spite of the able and well-known Canadian writers whose books are read in the States, American readers never think of "the Canadian novel" as they think of "the Scandinavian novel?"
The comparison is not wholly unfair, for though Norway and Sweden are older, civilization, as generally understood, has not advanced farther in them than in Canada; nor are they more open to the influence of powerful neighbors. Yet these small countries have a body of creative writers which command the respect of the world: disinterested, profound, intensely local and yet—the antithesis cannot be avoided—universal. Canada's classics (to Americans) are Ralph Connor, L. M. Montgomery, and Robert W. Service. Further comparison is not necessary.
But—what of the generations following these writers? It is thirty, fifty years since such books began to be written. Surely in that time, in a young country throbbing with energy and growth, there must have been a few young men and women who burned to give forth a microcosmic projection of what they knew, winning the favor of the gods and the praises of men? There were and there are: but their throes have not given birth to anything more nearly mountainous than the old-style pine-trees. In truth they have been in a sad way, and the conditions have not been wholly of their own making.
I may be pardoned for offering myself as corpus vila; it appears necessary at this point to venture into autobiography in order to explain my meaning. When I started to write, some few years ago, I was a farm lad of little academic education or worldly acquirements. I had read rather widely, not to an unheard-of quantity, perhaps one hundred volumes a year from the time I was fourteen until I was twenty-one. Long before this period I had decided that I must become an author, my only vaccilation being occasioned by a visit at the age of nine to an uncle who was a railway station agent. Well, it was getting time to start. What should I write about? It had been essays of a literary turn at first—there was one on the centenary of Froude. Then I went to Toronto University, but was unable to finish my first year, succumbing to pneumonia and pleurisy. The university magazine printed articles of mine on "The Intellectual Mutt and Jeff" (Don Quixote and Sancho Panza), "The Modern Novel," and "Stevenson Twenty-Five Years After," this latter a glowing tribute of five thousand words.
But when I got back to the farm and recovered my health by dint of working fourteen to sixteen hours in the field until autumn, I began to change my views about writing. There was something about the life that I lived, and all the other farm people round me, something that had to be expressed, though I didn't know just how. But the attempt would have to be made in the form of short stories. I had read a great...
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Marcus Waddington (essay date 1975)
SOURCE: "Raymond Knister: A Biographical Note," in Journal of Canadian Fiction, Vol. IV, No. 2, 1975, pp. 175-92.
[In the following excerpt, Waddington traces connections between events in Knister's life and works.]
Knister's profound sympathy and understanding for the farming people with whom he grew up is continually revealed in his art. He believed that one of the functions of literature was to heighten cultural awareness. "When a literature has been built up from the soil of a country and the lives of its people", he wrote, "the latter become conscious in a new way of those scenes and that life" [quoted in Dorothy Livesay's "Memoir," in Collected Poems of...
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Peter Stevens (essay date 1976)
SOURCE: An introduction, in The First Day of Spring: Stories and Other Prose by Raymond Knister, University of Toronto Press, 1976, pp. xi-xxvi.
[Stevens is an English-born Canadian poet, critic, and educator. In the following excerpt, he surveys Knister's short stories, essays, and reviews.]
It is tempting to read the facts of Raymond Knister's life as a legend of the romantic artist, the writer whose blossoming career was cut short by early death. The parallel with someone like John Keats is uneasily apparent, particularly when one remembers that Knister wrote a novel My Star Predominant, based on the life of Keats, and shortly before his death Knister's wife...
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Margot Northey (essay date June-July 1977)
SOURCE: "Comfortably Rural," in The Canadian Forum, Vol. LVII, No. 672, June-July, 1977, pp. 44-5.
[A Canadian educator and critic, Northey is the author of The Haunted Wilderness: The Gothic and Grotesque in Canadian Fiction (1976). In the following review, she praises Knister's diverse talents as a writer and critic, noting the authentic voice, nostalgia, and "concealed art" in The First Day of Spring.]
In his introduction to The First Day of Spring: Stories and Other Prose, Peter Stevens claims that Raymond Knister is a much more varied author than the scanty critical pronouncements maintain. By bringing together in one volume Knister's short...
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Paul Denham (essay date 1978)
SOURCE: "Beyond Realism: Raymond Knister's White Narcissus," in Studies in Canadian Literature, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1978, pp. 70-7.
[In the following essay, Denham discusses the gothic and realist elements in White Narcissus.]
A renewal of interest in Raymond Knister is evident in three recently published collections of his work. To date, however, White Narcissus, his only novel set in Canada and first published in 1929, has provoked little attention apart from a paperback reprint in 1962 with an introduction by Philip Child. David Arnason suggests that this neglect is probably just as well: "The novel," he writes, "will not sustain hard and sophisticated...
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Glenn Clever (essay date 1978)
SOURCE: "Point of View in White Narcissus," in Studies in Canadian Literature, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1978, pp. 119-23.
[In the following essay, Clever notes that Knister's narrative technique in White Narcissus, undermines the effectiveness of the novel.]
[In his introduction to White Narcissus], Philip Child claims that in Raymond Knister's White Narcissus "the narrative is in the third person, but it is told through Richard's consciousness even though the story is more Ada's than his." If the story were told this way, the novel would be less disconcerting to read. In fact, Knister has little control over point of view, as Child's later comment,...
(The entire section is 2337 words.)
Further Reading
Burke, A. "Raymond Knister: An Annotated Checklist." Essays on Canadian Writing 16 (Fall-Winter 1979-1980): 20-61.
Comprehensive annotated bibliography of works by and about Knister; includes information on unpublished works collected in various archives.
Livesay, Dorothy. "Raymond Knister: A Memoir." In Collected Poems of Raymond Knister, by Raymond Knister, pp. xi-xii. Toronto: Ryerson, 1949.
Traces Knister's career and interprets his writings as well as events preceding his death, portraying the author as a depressed, frustrated artist and likening him to John Keats and Ranier...
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I suppose that this bluesy song is a kind of tribute but maybe could be a bash too, as we can see the lyrics:
You gave me something(like a songwriting partner)
I understand
You gave the love in the my palm of my hand(his friendship relation)
I can't tell you how I feel
My heart is like a wheel(But he has a confused and mixed feelings about it after the Beatles breakup)
Let me roll it
Let me roll it to you(Let the things roll, let it be)
I wanna tell ya
And now's the time(I think it was about the Apple Corps. process on the Court, the Allen Klein's question, when he did sue the other three beatle-fellows)
I wanna tell ya that you're going to be mine ( He was sure that he's gonna win the process)
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The congregation currently holds services in leased space on Main Street in Phoenix, where they have been since 2007, but that location is to be demolished and redeveloped.
The Talent Planning Commission has approved a 2,100 square foot building in the 400 block of Highway 99 in Talent.
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First of all, I want to say hi to Mike and tell him that I love his wonderful site. It's been my favourite over the past ten years. I've said it many times before and I will say it one million more: I preffer macca-central over Paul's official website. It's been my first source of information about Paul and The Beatles. This site has the best news about our idols and I just find curious that, for a little while, nothing happens over here. I mean, nobody seems to care about Paul's recent news and let me tell you guys, it's been an exciting week for the millions of Paul's latin american fans. Since March 21 Paul has announced he´s coming back (and going for the first time to some places like Uruguay where, tickets were sold in just 45 minutes). Today started the pre-sale for the fan members of his official website for the concerts in Mexico and I already bought mine. I'm a little sad cause I wanted tickets to get acces to the soundcheck but, oh boy, they're kinda expensive (2,200 US Dlls each). But, actually, I'm happy, I got good seats and I'm gonna be at 20 or 30 meters from the stage. I'm so excited, just can't wait!!!
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Great product for coffee shop
Posted by LessSugarNaturally on Jun 12, 2013
I recently did a comparison of SweetLeaf and NuNaturals convenient to go tablets. I noticed the NuNaturals tabs are about 3x the size of SweetLeaf's tabs. So is the container. SweetLeaf's tabs come in a cute little tin that holds 100 tabs. NuNaturals comes in a vitamin looking bottle. Sweetleaf's container is definitely more portable and convenient. Despite being smaller, the SweetLeaf tabs were sweeter than NuNaturals. The Sweetness was subtle but noticeable in the back of my mouth. Some people feel that the SweetLeaf tabs are too sweet, so it could come down to personal preference, but I like my tea sweet! 1 tab in a large tea is perfect for me. No bitterness. No funny taste. Both list cellulose as their filler ingredient. Cellulose is made from either plant, cotton, or wood filler (yuck!). Both left a residue in my teacups making the last few sips undrinkable.. Being three times the size, the NuNaturals tabs left more residue than SweetLeaf tabs. Both products tasted good, with no bitterness or aftertase, but based on taste, residue and portability, I'd have to give SweetLeaf the edge on this one. The only reason I didn't give this product 5 stars is because I prefer using SweetLeaf's stevia packets made with inulin as a filler and doesn't leave a residue. I live in Canada and have received all of my iherb orders within 2 weeks. Feel free to check out my other detailed reviews on products like stevia, baking staples and low-toxicity beauty products and do let me know if you found this review helpful :)
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I am using this tabs and the liquid stevia from the same company for a couple of years. The were my favorite stevia. Using the tabs from my latest order I noticed the tabs were thinner and the surface polished in comparison with the ones I have used before. But most important: the sweetening effect is gone. I have used 5 tabs in 1 cup of coffee (200 cc) and the sweet taste is hardly noticeable and it is an awful, metallic like taste. Before this batch I used 1.5 tablet for my coffee. Seems to me these "new" tabs are full of filler. In my order were 14 container of tabs and 2 bottles liquid. The liquid I have not used yet, but I fear the worst. I am not amused. I have paid a lot of money for placebos. Unfortunately I cannot give zero stars. Will not buy anything from Wisdom Naturals/Sweatleaf again.
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This product has no aftertaste (unlike other stevia products), dissolves completely (unlike other stevia products) and is convenient to carry. Highly recommended.
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Each of these 0.1g tabs sweetens as ~1 tsp. of Sugar & does so with NO after-taste.


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Car Service
After soliciting competitive bids for our University-wide car service needs, we chose Vital Transportation Inc., effective November 1, 2009.
Vital has been in business since 1983. It is a full-service company providing 450 luxury sedans, plus vans and limousines. In addition to YU, Vital is servicing all campuses of Fordham University. It is located in Long Island City so until it builds its base in the Bronx, trips from that campus will need to be scheduled in advance, allowing at least 30 minutes for your car to arrive.
Vital will be providing a dedicated customer service representative and an online booking tool. Its rates are very competitive and tips are not included or accepted. For many zones, Vital is considerably less expensive (see attached rate sheet). If you are interested in changing to this new service, you must cancel you current purchase order and issue a new one to Vital. Upon receipt in Procurement, we will establish your account.
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Laser Cutter - Wolverine
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|West wall, you can't miss it.
|Authorization Required
| The setup manual, File:OPERATIONAL MANUAL OF MACHINE xin USB.pdf is worth reading, if only for a laugh.
Inside the cutter, a Leetro MPC6515 control board coordinates the motors and laser firing. Its documentation is freely downloadable.
So much grief has arisen from the awful state of the documentation and software, that an entire Chinese laser support forum has arisen for the hapless owners of these machines help each other.
|Other References
| Two good sources of info:
http://www.chineselasersupportforum.com/vbul/forum/forum.php http://www.rabbitlaserusa.com/ManualsTutorials.html
- i3 Members may use this machine with permission of the owner.
- You must be trained to use this machine.
- There is a consumables fee for this machine of $0.25 per minute (or $15 per hour) of laser-on time. (Check the display on the machine right after your job completes to get the time it ran.)
Time-of-cut checklist:
- Place material (square to edge of honeycomb). You can also run the head left / right and watch the red dot to see if it moves parallel to the edge of the material. Adjust as needed.
- Cover inactive honeycomb area except an "intake" in front of the material. This directs smoke away from the gantry. If the other machine is not in use, cover the vents at the back of the OTHER machine to increase the exhaust flow.
- Turn powerstrip for the chiller and blower on. This should bring up the chiller and air-assist pump.
- Push gently on rubber hose to trigger chiller alarm, verifying that it's awake.
- Make sure there is nothing obstructing the path of the laser head toward the right rear of the working surface! Turn keyswitch to on, and wait for boot and home to complete.
- Jog head over to start of cut.
- Grab a focus-chip and keep one hand over emergency-stop while setting Z. On Wolverine, do two quick jogs up on the Z-axis if you use the auto-focus / Datum feature.
- Wave hand under head and verify that air-assist is blowing.
- Download design from LaserCut software.
- Keep one hand over emergency-stop while using Test to check boundaries.
- Turn on the exhaust fan.
- Lift the fire extinguisher and set it back down. This verifies that your muscle-memory knows where it is.
- Press Start.
- DO NOT WALK AWAY. See http://www.thinkhaus.org/2011/04/03/lazzoring-is-serious-business/ for why.
Maintenance Info
We do not know the maintenance schedule for this machine yet. The tube is warranted for 10 months and eventually will need to be replaced. The glass should be cleaned regularly, and the screw drives for the Z-axis should be checked for lubrication.
A list of commonly asked questions
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ARM has announced it is leading a Green Cloud Services project called EuroCloud, along with Nokia, IMEC, EPFL, and the University of Cyprus. The research project, which is funded by the European Commission for an initial three years, aims to validate the value proposition of constructing data centers using a combination of low power processing and 3D chip packaging solutions to deliver an improvement in cost- and energy-efficiency compared to the current approach.
"We need breakthroughs in energy-efficient multicore computing. EuroCloud is an exciting research project that brings leading European low-power technologies from embedded computing to general-purpose computing," said Dr. Panagiotis Tsarchopoulos, who is the project officer in the European Commission.
Use of conventional microprocessors and memory systems provide significant power, cooling and density challenges for CIOs building out data centers. The companies engaged in this program believe that the key to scaling system performance in a cost- and energy-efficient manner requires research and innovation focused on the predicted workloads for the data center of the future, rather than using the approach that has been applied historically to the enterprise server arena.
This research project will investigate the use of the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore multicore processor along with GDDR-class memory structures and packaging technology to enable the building of dense, cost-effective and green data centers through "good enough" nodes of processor performance and high-bandwidth access to server memory.
"The ARM design philosophy has focused on optimizing energy efficiency to enable mobile platforms for 20 years. The performance levels and new functionality supported in our latest processors have reached the level where it is appropriate to see how ARM technology can be applied to solve the massive energy challenges that exist in wireline equipment, including data centers," said Dr Krisztian Flautner, VP of research at ARM.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (63 votes).
In short: Marshalls needed cheering upIn full: Nice Sunday morning run. Have done it the third time but this time the marshalls really didn't deliever (they used to be soo great). What happened to the lovely man who cheered us on at the end of the steep one? Otherwise nice race. Not many beginners which is a shame.Date of review: March 6, 2011
In short: Nice central london race, well organisedIn full: Ups and down but still reasonably quick course. Well organised. Nice shirts this year!Date of review: March 10, 2010
In short: Well-organised, friendly raceDate of review: March 8, 2010
In short: Hard work on the hills, but fun, and well worth doing.Date of review: March 7, 2010
In short: Nice race, nice t-shirt!Date of review: March 7, 2010
In short: much hillier than you would think!Date of review: March 7, 2010
In short: Hilly but really great atmosphere. In full: It was hilly (three laps with a hill at the start and finish) and windy and I had a stinking cold, but still managed two minutes away from my PB for five miles. I would definitely do it again next year. Oh, and a great t-shirt that I would wear out and about instead of just for decorating - they offer you a choice of sizes :)Date of review: March 7, 2010
In short: Great marshalling and the hill wasn't so bad, although you'll feel it when you finishDate of review: March 17, 2009
In short: Really enjoyable, for my first race.In full: I would like to say a big thank you to the marshalls who were fantastic with their encouragement. I haven't raced before and have only been running since December last year. This was a great little test for me, a couple of small inclines that were quite challenging. I was aiming for 45 mins and did it in 44:07 so I was very happy with that result. Well organized race, thank you for making my first race a memorable one. Date of review: March 4, 2009
In short: Well organised.Friendly and helpful stewards.Great t-shirtDate of review: March 3, 2009
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Skip to comments.America The Right Way - Staying Vigilant
Posted on 06/01/2011 4:31:56 AM PDT by Jemian
Good morning! There are seventeen months left until we retake the country, until November 2012. As far as I know Caligula is the only one who has declared for the RATS. The GOP field is shaping up with many contenders. Sarah Palin is on a JERK THE MEDIA AROUND bus tour in the Northeast and elsewhere to call attention to America's founding documents and our founding fathers and principles. She has promised her radio talk friends in Alaska that she would tell them first of her decision to run. That hasn't happened yet.
And in the hypocriscy department, Caligula's administration spends more money on limos than it does on Food Stamps. Everyone is equal, except some are more equal than others.
It is. I did good work with the filling. Not suprising. Less than happy with the first pass on the folding puff pastry (which was made correctly.... 3^6 or 3^7 layers). But I got over it. Sauces and compotes were my strong points in school. Breads were great... stuff with eggs in it? Maybe not so good except for breakfast.
Nice ........ still!
I was glad when they said unto me, "Let us go to the House of the Lord."
Is FR running slow, or is it just me.
DOS attack...again?
That sounds so wonderful. I used to get a couple from a bakery down the street from my apartment in Stuttgart. I always got two, because I always planned to have one with a nice cup of coffee, the other I ate enroute.
I think it was slow earlier.
How are you doing?
>>The whining, gasfumed, presstitutes are following Sarah's bus.)
Maybe we should protest the press. A little rally against biased reporting
How about putting a little chlorophorm or a little poopdeedo mixed in the gas? OH MY, can you imagine the whining and chest thumping from these sissies? HEE HEE
I found recipe for sweet dough. I've never tried it, do you make it? I might when this heat wave leaves us.
There is so many conversations going on, and it's all so cute. I just want to LIKE the entire site. :)
Happy for Jonny, Jemian, and the babes. Poor Miss Piggy....
But, yeah, they were meant to be eaten. Just like chickens.
Bye for now.
Doing fine. How are you doing? Going to Kansas later this week.
I'm doing okay. I've learned I have a second ruptured disk and Sunday I just became extremely exhausted. No real reason for it, just exhausted. I basically puttered after church. Now, I'm wide-awake. I took a sleeping pill a few moments ago. I'm hoping to get back to sleep. Give your parents my regards.
From her grandson,
We got called to rush to the hospital this morning. She stopped breathing, they revived her, put her on a ventilator and took her back to ICU. When I arrived she was awake. I asked if she was in any pain she said no. I asked if she was done and ready to see heaven, she smiled ever so slightly and said yes. She is off the ventilator now. Jim and I are holding her hands, sitting by the bed. She comes to every once and a while and we tell her we love her then she nods back off to sleep. He breathing is very, very shallow, blood pressure is down and he heart monitor line is erratic. She is comfortable and we are here. Please pray she passes gently.
Your prayers are so appreciated....thank you, Beverly
Prayers up! Thanks for posting this.
who is the "she" in Bev's note Lysie.. I haven't checked my other email accounts recently and so must have missed this
Toby, I've missed you today. I'm hoping your eye is improved.
Hmm—I've not been able to log onto ATRW from China.....
Can you log onto any wordpress sites? We know there is censureship over there.
Goin' fishin'? Going to pick some corn? Oh we've been getting fresh corn, Roomey's getting fresh okra. We're getting hot and sweet peppers, great with steaks, tomatoes are getting ready to turn red, egg plants look great and have white egg plants the size of tennis ball, think I'll pick them tomorrow. Onions will come up tomorrow and get mixed with cukes in sweet vinegar, the cabbage is a flop, so we'll try them in the winter crop. Just about all of this will be great with fish.
I've seen the muslim in the whitehouse went to a factory, Cree, in No Carolina, today and spoke of job stimulation. This factory received stimulus money and then went to China. I don't know who this dufus was talking to, but they all looked happy. I doubt they were employees of Cree. HE LIES, HE LIES on national tv and NO ONE corrects him on the msm.
That's ok, Rave, you're here, with us. Jem will straighten you out. While you're on your 'puter, would you please look up the statement from the tourist in chief about health care, in the beginning? He made the statement that he wouldn't have to worry about the bill he wanted passed, because of being President, he'd be taken care of for life, or words to that effect. Made my blood boil, but anything that creature says or does has that affect on me.
Happy Flag Day!
Happy Birthday to the Army!
236 years, I think!
>>We know there is censureship over there
You mean I'm not conservative enough???
Flag Day Kleenex alert:
Touching video of flags standing in the rubble in Joplin, MO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw4DOoS-JyM&feature=youtu.be
Thank you, so much for that. The Spirit of America is something that cannot be destroyed by temporal events.
It's 104 here. I had to come in from outside and sit nekked in front of the A/C. I guess I should pull the blinds.
I'm too old for this kind of heat, especially to be working in it.
I am glad that you waited until you were inside before you became nekkid. You did come inside first, didn't you?
Good morning!
Dear friends and family - This morning around 6:30 a.m., I had been talking to my granddaughter Krissy and praying silently for Susie and all of us who loved her so much, when I looked out across the river and saw the most magnificent rainbow! I thought to myself, "why that is Susie's rainbow" - today will be the day the Lord will come to take her home.....and so it was. Susie is now in Heaven with her Mom, Dad, Grandparents and other loved ones who were waiting for her. Again, my dearest friends, thank you for your love and prayers.....Beverly
The muslim....well...I'm speechless, and maybe it's a good thing that I'm speechless.
I will give my parents your regards. I wish I could wish your back to be healed.
Thank you. That was amazing!
Bless you. You are a kind person.
I thought you would like it. I thought of you and your work when I watched it.
Well bless you. frmail.
Got it. I'll respond in a little bit.
Well johnny, don't feel rained on. Roomey walked out the garage door, to the raised garden and saw what he thought was melted butter, he was going to throw some sand on it, but when he picked up the shovel a wee voice cried out,"NO,NO, not sand, Ice, please Ice. He did, and after all the ice was on the look alike butter, I popped up, then flew into the cool house.
Thank goodness, we're speechless when it comes to the muslim in OUR whitehouse. The muslim who hippity hops down AF One's steps, with his bounching hangs held waist low. PHFFT!
On my way to Kansas.
Drive carefully.
Toby, I'm fixin' to send out an APB. Let us know how you're doing and especially how your left eye is.
Thanks. Arrived safely. That thing we talked in FRmail really has me concerned.
Yes. I can well imagine it might. Of course, it affects you personally AND it affects the well-being and safety of the US. If we do not maintain a scientific research edge, we will sink into third-world status. Research and exploration is the key to the future. WTF!
And that is exactly what he intends to do to America.
I WILL be gifting her dad with a double-barrel shotgun. I figure he'll need it. ;)
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Debates of Oct. 6th, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #28 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was budget.
- Question Period
- Chinese Canadian History
- Improving Trade Within Canada Act
- Inco Limited Acquisition Act
- Falconbridge Limited Acquisition Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act
- Louiseville Buckwheat Pancake Festival
- Justice
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- The Environment
- Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
- Guinness World Record
- Former Member of Parliament for Lethbridge
- Organization for Single Parents
- Veterans
- Affordable Social Housing
- The Economy
- Multiculturalism
- Health
- Aviation Safety
- Justice
- G8 Summit
- Canada-U.S. Relations
- Search and Rescue
- Government Spending
- Government Appointments
- Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
- The Environment
- Public Safety
- Champlain Bridge
- Foreign Affairs
- Champlain Bridge
- Taxation
- Health
- The Environment
- Justice
- Foreign Affairs
- Disability Insurance
- Tourism Industry
- Employment Insurance
- Border Crossings
- Presence in Gallery
- Business of the House
- Points of Order
- Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act
Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Kevin Lamoureux Winnipeg North, MB
That would be lying on your part.
Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Niki Ashton Churchill, MB
Mr. Speaker, given that my colleague represents a constituency similar in many ways to the one I have the honour of representing, I would like to hear his thoughts on why, in the government's economic plan, we have not seen the priority put on first nations and the needs that first nations have in our regions in northern Canada, whether it is in terms of housing, funding for education or, quite frankly, a real commitment to economic development in some of the communities where the highest rates of poverty exist in our country.
Given that reality is so critical in our part of the country, I would very much like to hear his thoughts on why his government has been negligent on all of those priorities.
Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Rob Clarke Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK
Mr. Speaker, as I earlier said, forestry and mining are very important in my riding. Those communities across northern Saskatchewan deal every day with those industries. Many first nations people are employed there. Many Métis are employed there. Many non-aboriginals are also employed there. We have people coming from Newfoundland and Labrador to Fort McMurray for employment. We have people coming from Ontario to northern Saskatchewan to work at the uranium mines. That is why we have invested over $1 billion just in the forestry alone for the pulp and paper and green transformation program. That promotes economic stimulus for northern Saskatchewan, as well. We have provided millions of dollars to the mining industry in order to promote job growth.
Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
LaVar Payne Medicine Hat, AB
Mr. Speaker, I was listening to one of my colleagues on the Liberal side talk about a shell game. I was quite intrigued by that comment because it is my understanding that the biggest shell game that ever happened was the $40 million that were distributed in brown envelopes. However, that is not my question.
I would ask the member to touch a bit on the capital cost allowance that our government is instituting in this bill.
Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
Rob Clarke Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, SK
Mr. Speaker, we have cut taxes by $120 million since 2006. We have taken one million low-income families, individuals and seniors off the tax rolls altogether, which is very important. We have cut taxes in every way. We cut personal taxes, consumption taxes, business taxes, excise taxes and much more. This includes cutting the personal income tax to 15%.
Wherever we can, we are working to lower the tax burden on Canadian families, as well as on small business in order to promote more business in Canada.
Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act
Government Orders
1:55 p.m.
Joy Smith Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to stand today in support of the budget implementation bill, Bill C-13. The bill has been debated for a very long time. It was initially tabled in the House on March 22, and today we are dealing with the implementation of the second phase of that bill.
What has happened since we started this discussion? Not only was it debated in the House, not only did it go to committee for a thorough examination and not only did it come back to the House, but we had an election. During that election, I think every member went door to door and talked about the budget. What happened in the end? The Conservatives have a majority government. Why? It is because Canadians said that this government would take care of the economy in this country.
Why were Canadians worried about that? They were worried because there was a disaster in Haiti, a disaster in Japan and a disaster in Iceland where two volcanoes erupted and caused a lot of problems with air quality and things like that. During those disasters, Canada generously participated to help communities and it kept a close eye on what was happening on our economic home front.
The Prime Minister has taken an amazing leadership role. Canada is known as the country with the most economic stability in the world at this point in time. It is not just this side of the House saying that. Many well-known companies, organizations and third parties have said that. Canada has the strongest job growth record in the G7.
What has happened because of this good planning? Six hundred thousand new jobs have been created and Canada's people are working. That is incredible.
The International Monetary Fund is forecasting that Canada will have the strongest overall economic growth in the G7 over the next two years. That is why we need to pass the second phase of this budget implementation bill and allow the economy to grow. Many wonderful things are happening and Canada is in a stable situation. Why? It is because our Prime Minister and the caucus have put together an economic plan that is good for Canada, Canadians, families and seniors.
Canada has the lowest total government net debt to GDP ratio in the G7, which is something to be proud of. We will get the deficit under control. There is a plan to do that.
The World Economic Forum ranks Canada's financial system as the soundest in the world for the fourth consecutive year. That is amazing in this global downturn. Moody's is renewing Canada's triple A credit rating due to our economic resilience. There is very high government financial strength. The world is saying that it is looking to Canada as a leader. As the prime minister of England said, "this is Canada's year". This is Canada's year because of the leadership.
Keeping Canada's Economy and Jobs Growing Act
Government Orders
2 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin
Order, please. I must interrupt the hon. member for Kildonan—St. Paul at this point to move on to statements by members. When the House returns to this matter she will have six minutes remaining in her speech.
Louiseville Buckwheat Pancake Festival
Statements By Members
October 6th, 2011 / 2 p.m.
Ruth Ellen Brosseau Berthier—Maskinongé, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would like to draw attention to an important event in my riding.
The Louiseville Buckwheat Pancake Festival began on September 30 and will run until October 9. This festival has become a community fixture over its 33-year history, and I would like to highlight the work of its numerous volunteers. Louiseville has been officially recognized as buckwheat country, which goes to show how important this festival is. The people of Berthier—Maskinongé are proud of their history and traditions. The area knows how to showcase its culture and local products.
Along with the festival's organizers and the people of Berthier—Maskinongé, I would like to invite the public to come celebrate with us and take part in the cultural, social and gastronomic activities that are taking place in Louiseville.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Kevin Sorenson Crowfoot, AB
Mr. Speaker, my constituents know that, while restorative justice approaches complement other criminal justice system responses to criminal behaviour, they are not intended to replace them.
That is why we are strengthening our laws, investing in crime prevention and increasing police presence on our streets. At the same time, we are respecting the rights of the accused, but we recognize that the rights of the criminals should not take precedence over victims and community safety.
This is one of the reasons that our legislation to crack down on child sex offenders and those who would deal drugs to youth has such widespread support among victims and our communities.
We have doubled the budget of the National Crime Prevention Centre and emphasized programming to help youth at risk. We created the youth gang prevention fund and increased its funding.
Canadians can count on us to keep their communities and streets safe and to stand up for victims.
It is about time the opposition supported victims and stopped obstructing our legislation.
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Irwin Cotler Mount Royal, QC
Mr. Speaker, 70 years ago, in one of the worst and horrific atrocities of the Holocaust, 33,731 Jews were murdered in just two days at Babi Yar, an unspeakable horror too terrible to be believed, but not too terrible to have happened.
For 50 years, the fact that the murdered men, women and children were Jews was not even acknowledged, their identities simply erased, effectively killing the victims yet again.
It is with and because of the remnant of survivors in my constituency, as in the Ukraine and elsewhere, that we remember that each murdered person had an identity, that each was a universe and that we promise that never again will we be indifferent to racism and hate. Never again will we be silent in the face of evil. Never again will we be indulgent to anti-Semitism and mass atrocity anywhere.
May Babi Yar not be just an act of remembrance, which it is, but let it be a remembrance to act, which it must be.
The Environment
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Robert Sopuck Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette, MB
Mr. Speaker, Canada's oil sands and energy sector drive the Canadian economy. The benefits for Canadian families and workers are simply overwhelming.
The Keystone pipeline and northern gateway project will help power our economy and deliver jobs for Canadian working families.
Employment resulting from these projects is expected to reach 1.6 million jobs by 2035. In the next 25 years, the effect on Canada's GDP will be over $2 trillion, according to the Canadian Energy Research Institute.
By 2035, the investments and revenues from the oil sands will be close to $5 trillion. Canada's working men and women will receive $1.5 trillion in wages as a result of oil sands investment during this time.
The economy and jobs are our government's top priority, and Canada has some of the strongest environmental standards in the world.
Therefore, why is the NDP working with environmental extremists who want to destroy the livelihoods of thousands of Canadians who work in the oil sands and live from coast to coast to coast?
Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Robert Chisholm Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS
Mr. Speaker, there is a buzz in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour right now. There is hope and optimism about our future. Companies are moving from Toronto to Dartmouth excited by the great potential they see. There are amazing new developments happening on the waterfront, bringing people and vitality to our beautiful harbour.
Excitement is building about a successful contract bid from our shipyards. In fact, Nova Scotia Community College just expanded its world-class metal fabrication program. People are talking, taking action and working hard to make life in Dartmouth--Cole Harbour better for themselves and others.
That is not to say that we do not have challenges in Dartmouth—Cole Harbour. We do. There is clearly much work to be done and there is much that the government could do to help if it were able to listen and not be so out of touch.
Despite these issues, despite the challenges and despite the lack of progressive vision and compassionate leadership from the government, Dartmouth—Cole Harbour is growing stronger. We are making a name for ourselves and it is the people of my constituency who should be applauded for that. This--
Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
Order, please. The hon. member for Kildonan—St. Paul.
Guinness World Record
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Joy Smith Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to pay tribute to Arvid Loewen, a constituent from my riding of Kildonan—St. Paul, who has spent much of his life contributing to young people and families in our community. In 2006 Arvid resigned from his job to become a full time volunteer ambassador for the Mully Children's Family, a non-profit organization in Kenya that rescues and cares for vulnerable, at risk children. To date, Mully Children's Family has helped over 7,000 children.
This past summer, Arvid, a 54-year-old grandfather of three, decided to cycle across Canada to raise awareness and funds for the children in Kenya and challenge the standing Guinness world record. Arvid began his grueling journey in Vancouver on July 1, 2011, cycling 22 hours a day and sleeping only 2 hours a night. Thirteen days, 16 hours and 13 minutes later, Arvid arrived in Halifax, setting a new Guinness world record.
Former Member of Parliament for Lethbridge
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jim Hillyer Lethbridge, AB
Mr. Speaker, tomorrow southern Albertans and many members and former members of the House will come to my riding in Lethbridge to celebrate the selfless career of over 30 years of public service of my predecessor and mentor, the Hon. Rick Casson. He came to Parliament in 1997 and worked tirelessly to provide a strong conservative voice for southern Alberta for 14 years. I am honoured that they have put their trust in me to do the same.
As chair of the defence committee, Mr. Casson was a genuine champion for the men and women in uniform and military veterans, particularly for those who served and sacrificed in Afghanistan.
Finally, it would be appropriate to acknowledge the 12 members of the House who have served in the military, including the member for Pickering—Scarborough East who sits two seats to my right, who served a tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2007.
I would like to thank these colleagues for a lifetime of service to our great country.


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By Donald Berwick, M.D., Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Cross post from Healthcare.gov
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But it's not easy for a person with a tobacco addiction to quit. That's why it's so important to reach pregnant smokers, with services like face-to-face counseling, telephone quit-lines staffed by specially-trained coaches, and—in very limited cases—medication, if a woman and her doctor determine that it's necessary.
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As soon as I took my first sip of puree, before even biting into a tomato, I was shocked at the natural sweetness and lack of what I have just grown to accept.....tin can taste. Even the texture of the tomatoes was more sturdy and much more similar to a good fresh tomato than what I have found here in the US.