text: Somniosus microcephalus live mainly on continental and insular shelves. They occupy intertidal regions in addition to some river mouths and shallow bay areas during the winter months and often move to depths from 180 to 550 meters during warmer months. They have been observed as low as 1200 meters, with one observation at 2200 meters off the coast of Georgia - extending its range both geographically and in terms of depth. In northern parts of their range, Greenland sharks are found from 0 to 1200 meters in waters from 1 to 12 degrees Celsius. In southern parts of their range, these sharks may occur at greater depths. (Compagno and Fowler, 2005; Compagno, 1984)


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Yofie Setiawan, one of the leaders of the Mozilla Indonesia community in Jakarta, has a great blog post covering the recent Compfest 2011 event where the Mozilla Indonesia community's efforts won Best Booth! Congratulations to the Indonesia community!
At last day we are nominated as the CRAZIEST booth. They call us crazy actually it's kinda like the most cheerful, happy, and friendly booth. And at the final day, there's no exhibition anymore, but the commitee ask some person from Mozilla can come at the closing day. At first I have another important thing to do, but when the commitee said that we are winning the BEST booth at Compfest 2011, I cancel my plan behind, I ride my motorbike at topspeed to the closing event, and running till get sweat to the stage. And fortunately I get there on time! Really like last seconds, the time when the host ready to calls Mozilla up to the stage to take the awards as the BEST booth at the Compfest 2011 Exhibition. We are really happy and proud of it! We're not planning to grab any awards at first. Our mission is to present Mozilla at the event. And we would love to do it again on any other chances.
Mozilla Indonesia won the Best Booth at Compfest 2011

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Audio / Video support in Core
Post Formats are a big feature in WordPress 3.6. What you may not know is: there is now native support for Audio and Video in core! There has been great support for embeds by way of
WP_Embed and oEmbed providers for a while, but, if you wanted to play an MP3 from your Media Library, you had to install a plugin. Supporting audio and video in core gives bands, podcasters, vloggers, et al the ability to easily and beautifully expresses themselves through sounds and moving pictures without using an external service.
How does this work?
At the core of the experience is the fantastic library, MediaElement.js. MediaElement is the facade layer that gives us maximum file support and cross-browser compatibility. While some libraries require a Flash-only solution to make your media work cross-environment, MediaElement lets you use HTML5 audio / video tags in every browser, and, only when necessary, will use a Flash or Silverlight plugin in the background to make incompatible media work. Translation, things like this:
<audio> tag works in old IE, Windows Media files work in Chrome.
MediaElement uses the same HTML markup, regardless of playback implementation, and you can use CSS to skin the players.
MediaElement's great, but we don't want to be locked in to one external library forever. Instead of using MediaElement-specific markup everywhere, we expose audio and video markup through shortcodes:
[audio] and
For the following scenarios:
- I have an old post that has a video in the Media Library attached to it, and I want to use the new shortcode:
- I have the URL for a video, from the Media Library or external, that I want to play:
[video src="video-source.mp4"]
- I have a source URL and fallbacks for other HTML5-supported filetypes:
[video width="600" height="480" mp4="source.mp4" ogv="source.ogv" webm="source.webm"]
Same goes for audio:
- I have an old post that has an audio file in the Media Library attached to it, and I want to use the new shortcode:
- I have the URL for an MP3, from the Media Library or external, that I want to play:
[audio src="audio-source.mp3"]
- I have a source URL and fallbacks for other HTML5-supported filetypes:
[audio mp3="source.mp3" ogg="source.ogg" wav="source.wav"]
Shortcodes focus on the "what" and abstract the "how." If you want to use a library that is not MediaElement, you can! Just look at what to filter: here
There are also new embed handlers for audio and video. Using them is easy as dropping a media link on a line by itself in the editor:
http://my.mp3s.com/cool/songs/coolest.mp3 I like this song because it is really cool!
Works for both audio and video with URLs matching the allowed (and filterable) list of extensions (see: here and here)
Using the new post formats UI, it is even easier to get directly at the audio and video in your Media Library. When selecting, the media modal opens to your library, filtered by media type.
In previous versions of WP, you could upload audio and video, but we were not generating metadata like we do for images. In 3.6, using the getID3 library, we are able to extract data from audio and video like cover art, song length, artist, album, song title, genre, codec, etc. It's pretty great. We will soon be exposing more of this data in the admin as well, along with inline previews on the Edit Media page:
Themers can get in on the action, too, using structured-post-formats in their theme (Twenty Thirteen is a great place to look). The admin gives users flexibility when associating media with a post.
the_post_format_audio() and
the_post_format_video() will automagically retrieve and output your media in the front end.


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I'm gonna guess 2004.
He'll probably be tour UK/Europe in 2003 and possibly Australia, some of whose fans clearly do not deserve him[:D]
So I think 2004 is a possibility.
Of course, he and Heather are moving into a new home in Brighton, so will Paul commute to the studio at Peasmarsh? Will he keep that estate or sell it?[?]


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If you're expecting a child, your pet may need to be prepared for the addition to the family. Your pet may be the center of attention right now, but a newborn will certainly take up a lot of your attention and leave less time to spend with your dog.
Some dogs will adapt to the change better than others, according to The Washington Post. High-maintenance pets and smaller breeds may be more offended by the introduction of a new, equally tiny and adorable member of the family, while larger, more relaxed animals will be less likely to mind.
If your dog has the run of the house, you may want to prepare him for coming changes and train him to stay off of furniture or not to jump into laps, The Humane Society suggests. Getting pets used to baby sounds can help as well, and will help to prevent the dog from barking every time the baby cries. You'll thank yourself later for taking these preventative actions now.
The Post also recommends taking your canine companion to the veterinarian to make sure he is up to date on his dog vaccinations and is free of fleas and parasites.


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Schwan's donates $600,000 to cancer institute
MARSHALL – The monetary gifts keep rolling in for Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center's new cancer institute, and this time, it's Marshall's largest employer that is opening up the checkbook.
The Schwan Food Co., through its Corporate Giving Foundation, has committed $600,000 to Avera Cancer Institute Marshall – the largest single donation ever given to the medical center from a business or family, Avera said Tuesday.
"It's quite humbling to receive this donation," said Marty Seifert, executive director of the Avera Foundation. "I think it shows the true dedication to the community and the region that Schwan's has."
This is the fifth major contribution Avera has received for the cancer institute since launching its Building Hope Capital Campaign in February. D&G Excavating and the Brian and Kris Gruhot family contributed $75,000 for construction of the cancer institute, and Lyon-Lincoln Electric Cooperative donated $25,000. Before that, Northstar Insurance of Cottonwood and State Bank of Taunton made contributions of $125,000 and $100,000, respectively.
The front entrance to be shared by both the hospital and cancer center will bear the Schwan name and will be dedicated as the Schwan Family Gathering Area.
"We applaud the vision of Avera Marshall in taking this step to make a significant difference in the health and wellness of so many people in southwest Minnesota," Greg Flack, president and CEO of The Schwan Food Co. and chairman of Schwan's Corporate Giving Foundation, said in a news release. "The new cancer center will be a tremendous benefit to Marshall area residents whose lives and families are affected by these terrible illnesses."
The Avera Marshall Foundation's fundraising campaign is now more than 40 percent complete, Avera said. The Avera Marshall Foundation set a fundraising goal of $5.45 million for the cancer institute, out of an estimated $12.9 million total cost.
"We are very pleased at the progress we've made," Seifert said. "We're still not halfway there, even with these very large donations, but we are less than two months into it and we want to keep progressing toward our goal. It's an enormous amount of money to be raised. When you look at it mathematically and you pencil down how many donations it takes to get to five-and-a-half million dollars, it's a lot of work."
The foundation set a fundraising goal of $5.45 million, out of an estimated $12.9 million total cost. Avera's funding plan includes a $7 million (plus interest) gift from the city previously set aside after the sale of the medical center from the city of Marshall to the Avera health system. The $7 million was earmarked for oncology program development when the change of ownership occurred three years ago.
The new cancer institute will be an addition to the existing medical center in Marshall and provide services including radiation and chemotherapy.
The cancer institute's core service area is Lyon and Lincoln counties, but Avera officials have repeatedly said that having cancer care options in the region will benefit people from Lac qui Parle County to Cottonwood County, and from Redwood County to the South Dakota border.


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Movies - The Oscars postsTuesday March 01, 2016
Post-Oscar Quote of the Day II
"As an aside, I thought Chris Rock was really good as host (though the girls scout cookie thing dragged a bit), and I thought Louis CK's presentation for Documentary Short was the highlight of the night. But I will say that the way diversity so overwhelmed the Oscars broadcast was a bit disconcerting. It's obvious that the Academy utterly embarrassed itself by not nominating even a single person of color, and yes it was something that the Oscars would have to face head on. But we are also in the midst of an incredible (defined as: impossible to believe) election, and to think that there was barely a joke or word all night about Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz tells you that maybe we're not paying attention."
-- Joe Posnanski, "Oscar Predictions 2016," Are asides more interesting than the point of the piece? Sometimes.
Posted at 02:46 PM on Mar 01, 2016 in category Movies - The Oscars
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Post-Oscar Quote of the Day I
"Finally, it's worth another raspberry for the producers' use of Ride of the Valkyries to 'play off' winners who went on past the 30-second mark. I've always argued that the thank-you speeches are much more interesting than the scripted shtick and that straitjacketing people at perhaps the apex of their careers is both cruel and stupid. But it was particularly outrageous last night — especially when Wagner was invoked to drown out the Hungarian Jew who'd won an Oscar for his Holocaust movie, Son of Saul."
-- David Edelstein, "David Edelstein Looks Back on the Uneven But Memorable 2016 Oscars," on Vulture.com. Damn straight. I'm seriously tired of this shit. My favorite Oscar speeches, such as Dustin Hoffman in 1979, require a little room. Give it to them.
Posted at 02:45 PM on Mar 01, 2016 in category Movies - The Oscars
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My Oscar Picks
Every year we have an Oscar pool, and every year friends tell me they can't do it because they haven't seen enough (or any) of the nominated movies, and every year I tell them the same thing. You're better off that way. You don't have any opinions. You can vote with the head and not the heart.
The picks below are heart picks; they're what I want to win. Your mileage will vary—particularly if you like "Mad Max." (See Nathaniel at Film Experience, who inspired this post):
- PICTURE: "The Revenant," but I'd be happy with "The Big Short" or "Spotlight."
- DIRECTOR: Alejandro Inarritu, "The Revenant."
- ACTOR: Leo, damnit, for "The Revenant." One, he's most deserving; and, two, let's get this over with already and move on.
- ACTRESS: Charlotte Rampling, "45 Years," although I'm not passionate here.
- SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mark Rylance, "Bridge of Spies," although Sly makes for a better story, and let's face it this is a stacked category.
- SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Rooney Mara, "Carol." If she'd been nominated in lead, I would've picked her there, too.
- ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Pete Docter, et al., for "Inside Out."
- ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Charles Randolph and Adam McKay for "The Big Short," a book that no one, including its author, could envision as a movie. These guys nailed it.
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmaneul Lubezki, "The Revenant," but I'd be happy for the oft-nom'ed, never-won Roger Deakins winning for "Sicario."
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "Theeb," yo! Sadly, haven't seen any of the others, even though three ("Son of Saul," "Mustang" and "A War") are currently playing in Seattle. Who wants to go this week?
- ANIMATED FEATURE: "Inside Out," although I haven't seen most of the others.
- PRODUCTION DESIGN: Adam Stockhausen, et al., for "Bridge of Spies."
- FILM EDITING: Hank Corwin, "The Big Short."
- COSTUME DESIGN: Sandy Powell for "Carol."
- VISUAL: Andrew Whitehurst, et al., for "Ex Machina," although I'll take "Star Wars."
- MAKEUP AND HAIR: Lesley Vanderwalt, et al. for "Mad Max." I'll give them this one since there are only two other options, and "100 Year Old Man" should not win.
- ORIGINAL SCORE: No skin in this game.
- ORIGINAL SONG: Blech. Worst category, year after year.
- SOUND MIXING: I don't know enough about this to have an opinion.
- SOUND EDITING: Seriously, what do I know?
- DOCUMENTARY: Wow, I haven't seen any of these! When was the last time that happened?
- DOC SHORT: Someday I have to get off my ass and see the shorts before the Oscars.
- LIVE ACTION SHORT: See above.
- ANIMATED SHORT: See above.
Et toi?
Posted at 09:32 AM on Feb 28, 2016 in category Movies - The Oscars
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The Nominees and the Noise
Was it racist that Idris Elba wasn't nominated? Or would it have been racist to nominate him?
It's less the Oscar nominations now than the noise surrounding the Oscar nominations.
This year, it's been the outrage of #OscarsSoWhite, led, in my Twitter feed anyway, by Sasha Stone of Awards Daily, who has been one relentless piercing note on the subject, despite being part of a group you might as well tag #CriticsSoWhite. Glass houses, kids.
Here's the issue: For the second year in a row, no person of color has been nominated in any of the acting categories. This used to be a regular thing, then it wasn't, now it is again. Here's the history of African-American acting nominations and wins by decade:
So a big surge in the 2000s, followed by a drop-off. Because of that surge? Who knows? I wouldn't mind a more in-depth discussion of that from an industry insider.
But why am I not more outraged like these other white critics? I don't know. Maybe my outrage meter broke 10 years ago when "Crash" beat "Brokeback Mountain" for best picture. Maybe I assume the worst from the Academy. Maybe I'm not into identity aesthetics. (I'm not into identity aesthetics.)
Or maybe I just don't see the fuss this particular year. Basically I find myself in agreement with Jeff Wells over at Hollywood Elsewhere, who posted a podcast with Sasha and another critic, Erik Anderson, Thursday, adding this on his blog:
Neither Erik nor Sasha would admit that The Revenant is far and way the likeliest winner of the Best Picture Oscar at this stage. Not would they grapple with my riff about current racial profiling gripes (i.e., why no nominations for Straight Outta Compton and Creed?) not being worth discussing except in the case of Beasts of No Nation's Idris Elba, who definitely should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
That's my feeling. Who else should have been nominated? Alyssa Rosenberg over at The Washington Post has a soft piece in which she lists "8 great performances by black actors" without saying if they should have replaced any of the nominated actors, and if so who. The whole piece is the sound of one white woman patting herself on the back. Her choices: Michael B. Jordan (Creed), O'Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Outta Compton), Abraham Atta (Beasts of No Nation), Jada Pinkett Smith (Magic Mike XXL), Audra McConald (Rikki and the Flash), Adepero Oduye (The Big Short), John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Teyonnah Paris (Chi-Raq).
Some of these are headscratchers. Oduye? She was in the movie for like a New York minute. Pinkett Smith? In that awful film? Rosenberg says Atta was as great as Jacob Tremblay in "Room," but of course Tremblay didn't get nominated either. (Kids rarely do in lead roles.) Jordan was fine, and if you'd swapped him out with Matt Damon for "The Martian" I wouldn't have blinked; but Damon lost weight for his role, Jordan built up for his. The Academy rewards you for starving yourself rather than working out with a personal trainer.
"Beasts of No Nation" might also have suffered with the Academy because 1) it all-but-premiered on Netflix, giving it a "straight to video" vibe; and 2) it was condemned, in some circles, as racist. On Roger Ebert's site, Matt Zoller Seitz brought up the issue of Hollywood's constant depiction of the monstrous African man. Movie critic Charles Muedede was even more insistent. So nominating Elba might have opened up the Academy to a different charge of racism: that the Academy only recognizes the work of scary black men: Denzel in "Training Day"; Forrest Whitaker in "The King of Scotland." That can be countered with Jamie Foxx in "Ray" and Morgan Freeman in "Million Dollar Baby," but it would've been out there. There will always be an outrage.
My outrage, such as it is, is for the number of nominations for "Mad Max," which, to me, is a two-hour-long chase movie, in which bad, ugly people pursue good, good-looking people, and the good, good-looking people win. Somehow this meant critics awards and 10 nominations.
But mostly I was happy; the Academy recognized some of the best movies I saw in 2015: "The Revenanat," "The Big Short," "Spotlight," and my favorite film, "Theeb," which became the first movie from Jordan to be nominated in the best foreign language category. It's about a Bedouin boy in the 1910s; it's "Lawrence of Arabia" from a different perspective. Oscars aren't always so white.
Posted at 09:30 AM on Jan 16, 2016 in category Movies - The Oscars
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'Theeb' Nominated Best Foreign Language Film, and Other Oscar Thoughts
Normally I get up early for the Oscar nominations—5:30 a.m. here on the west coast—but I passed this year. What was the rush? To judgment? There didn't seem to be any need. That said, now that it's an impossibly late 7 a.m., I do kind of miss it. Oscar nom morning always has a Christmas morning feeling. What did Santa bring this year? Even if, most of the time, we find a lump of coal in our stocking.
The lump of coal this year, for many, was the lack of a best picture nomination for Todd Haynes' "Carol," but that's an art picture more than a narrative-driven picture, and the Academy isn't big on those. Here are the nominees for best picture:
- The Big Short (yes!)
- Bridge of Spies (I guess)
- Brooklyn (thank you!)
- Mad Max: Fury Road (Lord help me)
- The Martian (sure)
- The Revenanat (yes, yes, a thousand times yes)
- Room (ewww)
- Spotlight (mais bien sur)
Director gave us a bit of a surprise. It's the DGA noms (McKay, Miller, McCarthy, Inarritu) but instead of Ridley Scott for "The Martian," it's Lenny Abrahamson for "Room." He's an indie Irish director who will turn 50 this year. His last film was "Frank," in which Michael Fassbender wears a big puppet mask and sings. I didn't see it, as you can tell. I didn't see "Room," either. The storyline—a woman kept captive for years in a single room while raising the son she had with her captor/rapist—freaks me out. As a novel, it seems more interesting, since, from what I've heard, the perspective is the boy's, and it's an obviously stunted perspective. Almost like Plato's cave shadows. But as a movie? Still, I suppose I should see it. It's part of the conversation.
No real surprises in the acting categories: Matt, Leo, Eddie, Fassbender, Cranston. Cate, Brie, Jennifer, Charlotte, Saoirse. Oh, I guess some people thought Johnny Depp would be nom'ed for "Black Mass." Well, so-so movie, so no.
Supporting boys? Sylvester Stallone got a deserved nod for "Creed," along with Bale ("Big Short"), Hardy ("Revenanat"), Ruffalo ("Spotlight"), and frontrunner Mark Rylance ("Spies"). No love (or mercy) for Paul Dano's turn as Brian Wilson. Jeff Wells is fulminating, I'm sure, but I'll take Rylance, who gave us one of the more indelible characters in 2015.
Supporting girls? Jennifer Jason Leigh ("Hateful Eight"), Rooney Mara ("Carol"), Rachel McAdams ("Spotlight"), Alicia Vikander ("Danish Girl") and Katie Winslet ("Steve Jobs"). I'll take Mara.
Already a brewing controversy that no people of color were nom'ed. Any discussion of this should indicate who it should have been, and who they would replace. I could see Idris Elba for "Beasts," for example, but in place of who? Plus the Academy opens itself up to the charge that they only nominate scary or bad characters of color. I could also see Michael B. Jordan for "Creed" over, say, Matt Damon in "The Martian."
A plus: Aaron Sorkin, whom I normally like, didn't get a nomination for "Steve Jobs" despite winning the Golden Globe. Good. The script was the problem. Note to budding screenwriters: never build a movie around product launches.
Overall, "The Revenant" wound up with 12 noms, "Meh Max" with 10. Via the L.A. Times, here's the complete list of nominees.
I'll end on a high note: My choice for the best movie of 2015, "Theeb" from Jordan, was nominated in the best foreign language category. It won't win ("Son of Saul"), but it's great that it's been recognized in this way. That's like the best Christmas gift imaginable. Thanks, Santa.
Posted at 07:47 AM on Jan 14, 2016 in category Movies - The Oscars
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text: Jaime Hernandez: The 1994-P Washington Quarter is very common in circulated grades all the way up to MS64 condition. In MS65 it becomes a little more difficult to find in circulation but still out there. In MS66 condition, not many examples are in circulation as many of them have been pulled aside and many others sent in for grading. In MS67 condition it becomes really scarce with few examples in existence. This is a tougher issue from the late 1990's as there are no examples that grade above MS67 condition.


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|MOLA-based Flyover of Gusev Crater
MOLA-based animations showing Martian topography as both color and elevation. The exaggeration is 3x. This was created for a talk James Garvin will give on The Hill in late April 2002.
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Here's a simple recipe for an adult-strength nightcap. Sweet dreams!
Giada and Kelsey make that favorite dessert-for-breakfast, cinnamon rolls.
Dave combines red wine, citrus and spices for his version of mulled wine.
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Forty years later, "Limits to Growth" is as compelling—and controversial—as ever.
The Club of Rome and a Smithsonian consortium co-hosted a daylong symposium this March marking the 40th anniversary of the book, a landmark study of unchecked economic and population growth in a world of finite resources. A few weeks later, in a blog posting that sparked some debate around the Internet, a senior Smithsonian magazine editor quoted a physicist's warnings that the data of recent decades proved that "Limits to Growth" trend projections were spot on, and that we were heading toward a major global depression by 2030.
For more than 25 years, "Globo Ecologio" (Portuguese for "World Environment") has sat comfortably at No. 1 in terms of the highest-rated TV show on nature and environmental issues in Brazil. The nationally broadcast show airs on Brazil's popular Globo Network, which reaches 99.50 percent of potential viewers, "practically the entire Brazilian population," according to the network. In its season premiere, the show features the Ecological Footprint, Global Footprint Network partner, ecosSISTEMAS, and an interview with Footprint co-founder, Mathis Wackernagel.
"This first episode will show what Brazil is doing in order to decrease its Footprint," the show's producers said in a press release.
Globo Ecologia is broadcasted both in Globo Network Brasil and Globo Network International, which reaches 114 countries and five continents.
André Schneider, through his consultancy, André Schneider Global Advisory, partners with Global Footprint Network on one of our strategic programs, Competitiveness 2.0.
Building on Schneider's 10+ years as Managing Director and COO at the World Economic Forum, together we are well positioned to engage senior administrators and economic decision-makers on how to succeed in the new era of resource constraints.
André Schneider explains why he believes resource constraints are becoming so central to a nation's competitiveness.
The Post Growth Institute, an international group that explores sustainable paths to global prosperity, has a new website that upends popular definitions of wealth and enrichment.
Inspired by Forbes magazine's annual Rich List, Post Growth's (En)Rich List questions the media's infatuation with monetary wealth, while celebrating 100 intellectuals, economists, scientists and others who have devoted their lives to advancing social equity and ecological sustainability.
While Turkey's average per capita Ecological Footprint has remained fairly stable since 1961, population growth pushed the Mediterranean country from ecological creditor to debtor status 38 years ago, according to a new report that Global Footprint Network and WWF-Turkey presented on March 6 at Istanbul's historic SALT Galata research and exhibition center.
Today, Turkey demands more than twice the renewable resources than its ecosystems can sustainably produce, or biocapacity. The balance of countries' resource needs are met by eating into their own natural capital or by accessing biocapacity from elsewhere. Running such biocapacity deficits is becoming risky as the world as a whole is already in ecological overshoot.
Global Footprint Network filled two key leadership positions this quarter. Geoff Trotter, a former partner and Chief Knowledge Officer at Ernst & Young, was named Vice President of Operations. Geoff will see oversee all operational aspects of Global Footprint Network. Kath Delaney, the founder and CEO of Madera Group, was appointed Director of External Affairs. Kath will lead project and fund development, and the growth of the organization's global partner network.
Have we overexploited the Earth's resources for so long that crisis is now not only inevitable, but just a few decades away? Or, is our ingenuity and technological know-how so great that we can overcome even Mother Nature's limits?
These competing perspectives on the health of our planet and our willingness to address humanity's growing demands upon it were on stage at the opening of this spring's annual TED conference in Long Beach, California.
Together, sustainability advisor and former Greenpeace International CEO Paul Gilding and tech entrepreneur turned philanthropist Peter Diamandis offered a fascinating exchange of narratives that, while sharing confidence in our ability to avert catastrophic ecological and economic change, were at stark odds over the existence of the threat and our need to prepare for a decline.
To Gilding, the Earth is full. Full of us, full of our stuff, and full of our demands. We have overwhelmed our planet's capacity to provide for us, and after ignoring the warning signs for decades, we are nearing a major and now certain economic crisis.
"We are in danger, all of us," he says.
Ecological Indicators, a leading scientific journal covering ecological and environmental indicators and their role in management practices, is publishing a special issue this month devoted to the Ecological Footprint.
Researchers and scientists around the world, including three Global Footprint Network scientists, contributed 18 articles discussing Ecological Footprint theory and methodology, its use with other ecological indicators, trends and related topics. The articles were originally submitted as research papers for a June 2010 Global Footprint Network partner conference near Siena, Italy.


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During the Spanish Civil War, an American farmer named Dan West served as an aid worker on the front lines. His mission was to provide relief to weary soldiers, but all he was allotted to give them was a single cup of milk.
This meager ration led West to wonder if more could be done. "What if they had not a cup," thought West, "but a cow?"
The "teach a man to fish" philosophy behind that question inspired West to found Heifer International, an organization that provides farm animals to needy families and communities in developing countries. It's an appealing model (like many Americans, my family has made donating a farm animal a holiday tradition) but does it work? Is giving an animal an effective option for helping the poor?
Developmental economist Bruce Wydick agricultural economics professor Chris Barrett studied the impact of farm animal donations:


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Just so everyone knows, I have the box right now. I got it in the mail about 3 days ago and am slowly but surely going through it. And my goodness is that A LOT of tea.
I promise I won't keep it for long. I'll post some of my fav's once I send the box along to the next recipient.


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Notable FactsPinot Noir and Chardonnay are the most planted varieties in the AVA, which covers over 7,000 acres of land. Syrah is gaining more ground as it consistantly produces outstanding wines. Many vineyards are owned by growers and sold to wineries, so seeing a vineyard name on multiple producer's bottles is common. One of the better known vineyards, Bien Nacido, is found on the labels of some of the most prestigious wines of the area.
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The mobile Intel® HM87 Chipset is part of the mobile Intel® 8 Series chipset family, providing integrated USB 3.0 and supporting 4th generation Intel® Core™ processor families.
|Support for 4th generation Intel® Core™ processors
|Support for 4th generation Intel® Core™ processors with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0,1 Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology), 2 next generation Intel® HD Graphics and built-in visuals,3 and Intel® Power Optimization that provides improved CPU, graphics, and media performance, as well as improved battery life.
|Intel® Small Business Advantage(Intel® SBA)4
|Provides small businesses with out-the-box features to enhance the security and productivity of their small business with software monitoring, data backup and restore, USB port blocker, health center, and wireless display.
|Intel® Rapid Storage Technology(Intel® RST)5
With additional hard drives added, provides quicker access to digital photo, video, and data files with RAID 0, 5, and 10, and greater data protection against a hard disk drive failure with RAID 1, 5, and 10.
The Dynamic Storage Accelerator feature unleashes the maximum performance of solid-state disks (SSD) when multitasking.
|Intel® Rapid Recover Technology (Intel® RRT)
|Intel's latest data protection technology provides a recovery point that can be used to quickly recover a system if a hard drive fails or if there is data corruption. The clone can also be mounted as a read-only volume to allow a user to recover individual files.
|Intel® Anti-Theft Technology (Intel® AT) 6
|Feel safe that when you lose your notebook, you can remotely disable your notebook to be inoperable and lock your hard drive to protect your data with an Intel AT-enabled service.
|Intel® Identity Protection Technology7
Protect your one-time password (OTP) credentials and add a layer of encrypted second factor authentication for online transactions.
|Intel® High Definition Audio(Intel® HD Audio)8
|Integrated audio support enables premium digital surround sound and delivers advanced features, such as multiple audio streams and jack re-tasking.
|Intel® Smart Response Technology9
|Wait less with faster access to the files and applications you use the most.
|Intel® Rapid Start Technology10
|Instantly return to where you left off with a device that goes from deep sleep to fully awake in a flash.
|Universal serial bus(USB) 3.0
|Integrated USB 3.0 support, provides greater enhancement in performance with a design data rate of up to 5 gigabits per second (Gbps) with up to 6 USB 3.0 ports.11
|Universal serial bus 2.0
|High-speed USB 2.0 support with a design data rate of up to 480 megabits per second (Mbps) with up to 14 USB 2.0 ports.
|USB 2.0 rate matching hub
|Enables lower power requirements and manages the transition of the communication data rate from the high speed of the host controller to the lower speed of USB full-speed and low-speed devices.
|Serial ATA (SATA) 6Gb/s
|Next generation high-speed storage interface supporting up to 6Gb/s transfer rates for optimal data access with up to 4 SATA 6Gb/s ports.11
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|High-speed storage interface supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s ports.
|SATA interface designed for use with external SATA devices. Provides a link for 3Gb/s data speeds to eliminate bottlenecks found with current external storage solutions.
|SATA port disable
|Enables individual SATA ports to be enabled or disabled as needed. This feature provides added protection of data by preventing malicious removal or insertion of data through SATA ports. Especially targeted for eSATA ports.
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Requires a system with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology capability. Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 is the next generation of Turbo Boost Technology and is only available on 4th generation Intel® Core™ processors. Consult your notebook manufacturer. Performance varies depending on hardware, software, and system configuration. For more information, visit http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/turbo-boost/turbo-boost-technology.html.
Requires an Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) enabled system, consult with your system manufacturer. Performance will vary depending on the specific hardware and software used. Not available on all Intel® processors. For more information, including details on which processors support Intel HT Technology, visit www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/hyper-threading/hyper-threading-technology.html.
Intel® Clear Video HD Technology is not enabled on all PCs, and optimized software may be required. Check with your system manufacturer. Learn more at http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/visual-technology/intel-visual-technology-consumer.html.
Requires an Intel® Small Business Advantage-enabled system and proper configuration. Availability of features will depend upon the setup and configuration by your PC manufacturer. Consult your system manufacturer for more details.
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) requires the computer to have an Intel® RST-enabled chipset, the RAID controller in the BIOS enabled, and the Intel RST software driver installed. Please consult your system vendor for more information.
No computer system can provide absolute security. Requires an enabled Intel® processor, enabled chipset, and firmware and software optimized to use the technologies. Consult your system manufacturer and software vendor for more information.
No system can provide absolute security under all conditions. Requires an Intel® Identity Protection Technology-enabled system, including a 3rd or 4th generation Intel® Core™ processor, an enabled chipset, firmware, software, and participating website. Consult your system manufacturer. Intel assumes no liability for lost or stolen data and/or systems or any resulting damages. For more information, visit http://ipt.intel.com.
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And here's one for the stat buffs among you:
On my own, I have moe posts than the total in any individual forum apart from "Albums (CDs)" and "General MACCA".
On his own, Steve has more than each forum except for the two above, plus this one.
On his own, Ram1 has more than each individual forum aside from "General MACCA".
Between us, Ram1 and I have more than any individual forum.
Scary thought!
The difference between genius and insanity is merely the difference between success and failure.


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The Catholic Explorer in the Diocese of Joliet, Ill., tells the story of a high school senior with cerebral palsy whose love of sports led her to be an integral part of her Catholic school's basketball team. Despite her limitations, Annie Huguelet says she feels blessed by God to be able to accomplish something many in her situation could not.
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As Secretary Clinton's Senior Advisor for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies. I'm writing to extend an invitation: I'd like you to join us online tomorrow to take part in Secretary Clinton's Global Town Hall with Civil Society. This event will kick off the 2012 Summit of our Strategic Dialogue with Civil Society, and we want you involved.
"Civil society" is the term we use to describe activists, organizations, congregations, and journalists who work through peaceful means to make our countries better. In one way or another, you're probably a part of civil society already. Over the last year, we've watched as civil society has changed our world. Courageous young men and women have brought dignity and democracy to North Africa. Citizens have pushed scores of governments to be more accountable. And technology has made it easier than ever before for people to come together around common goals to advance the common good.
Against that backdrop, Secretary Clinton launched the Strategic Dialogue with Civil Society as the State Department's flagship effort to engage partners beyond government. This marked a big change for us. We've had a lot of practice conducting diplomacy with other countries. But diplomacy with those outside of government is relatively new, even if it's rapidly becoming an integral part of our work. There have been excellent efforts at embassies and in bureaus where our diplomats have built strong relationships with civil society, but we've realized that we need to expand that cooperation to every issue and country where we're active.
For the last year, representatives from the State Department and leading activists have come together and worked to turn ideas from civil society into concrete policy proposals. Tomorrow -- for the first time -- Secretary Clinton will announce action on the recommendations that have emerged from this process. Secretary Clinton will also answer questions from civil society representatives with us in Washington and participating at embassy and consulate viewing parties around the world.
The Dialogue fulfills a promise in the Department's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) to create a framework for involving civil society in policymaking. And we want the next round to be powered by your ideas. So, join us! Watch the Global Town Hall live at 10:00 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 16. Follow along on Twitter (@usmariaotero, @State_DRL, @EconEngage, and @S_GWI will all be tweeting live from the Town Hall using the hashtag #CivilSociety or #CivSoc), and tell us your ideas on how government and civil society can work together as catalysts for change.
Palgye writes:
Facebook and twitter make someone, a someond makes wealths. but i phone, i pad makes a poverty, middle class, a wealth makes more rich.......manufacturing, so many app invent, store, selling and more fat to us.....
we need just like a smart phone, tablet pc.......not copycat
Sami M. in Jordan writes:
I do not have something important with my life more than you of follow-up. You are American and you are a U.S.
W.W. writes:
Beyond military solutions
Alliances must be built on solid foundations to handle both routine and sudden unforeseen challenges. Crisis-driven "coalitions of the willing†by themselves are not the building blocks for a stable world. We need to think more broadly, deeply and strategically.
American military power and force structure cannot sustain its commitments without a shift to a more comprehensive strategic approach to global threats and a more flexible and agile military. Cyber warfare is a paramount example of these new threats.
The perception of American power around the world must not rest solely on a military orientation or optic. There must be an underlying commitment to engagement and humanity. Engagement is not appeasement, nor is it negotiation. It is not a guarantee of anything, but rather a smart diplomatic bridge to better understanding and possible conflict resolution.
American foreign policy must reflect the realities and demands of the global economy. The global economy cannot be shut out of foreign policy. There can be no higher priority for America than to remain economically competitive in a world undergoing a historic diffusion of economic power. A nation's strength is anchored to and underpinned by its economic strength. The connections between America's trade, economic, and energy policies must also be synthesized into a strategic vision for American foreign policy that not only meets the challenges of our time, but frames the completeness of long-term policies for strategic future outcomes. Trade is a major catalyst for economic strength and growth at home and abroad, as well as a critical stabilizer for world peace and prosperity. America must remain the global champion of free, fair and open trade. As the world's strongest, largest and most dynamic economy, America must continue to lead world trade. Economic strength must be as high a priority as any other foreign policy priority.
America's security and growth are connected to both the American and global economies. A centerpiece of this security is energy security. Energy security and energy interdependence are interconnected parts of a broad and deep foreign policy paradigm that frames the complexity of the challenges that face America and the world.
A diverse portfolio of energy that is accessible and affordable is the core of America's energy security. Much of the world's energy is produced in countries and regions that are consumed by civil unrest, lack of human rights, corruption, underdevelopment, and conflict. The price of oil is driven by supply and demand and the global market. We must ensure diversification of sources of supply and distribution networks to prevent undue dependence on any one country or region. Instability and violence disrupt supply and distribution and increase prices.
Shaping change
The risks that the world faces today are great, but so is the capacity to deal with them. America must not fear change, but rather embrace it and help shape it, and with our partners help lead the world to a higher purpose of peace, opportunity and dignity for all. Challenge and response are sources of strength.
The American image in the world will require continued repair. The coin of the realm for any leadership will always be trust and confidence. Without it, there is no leadership.
A wise American foreign policy for the early part of the 21st century is one that realizes that we enhance our standing in the world not just through our power, but through our purpose; understands that great power has its limits, and that we must share the heavy responsibilities of world leadership with our allies; appreciates that together we can shape the interconnected realities of the world into workable and positive actions that benefit all peoples; listens to our friends and understands their interests; understands the dangerous forces that will continue to influence a complicated interconnected world; has learned the disastrous lessons of invasion and occupation; and balances our policies and actions with an honest present and future perspective.
Senator Chuck Hagel is chairman of the Atlantic Council. A former two-term senator representing Nebraska (1997-2009), Hagel was a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence Committees. He is currently co-chair of President Obama's Intelligence Advisory Board and a distinguished professor at Georgetown University
W.W. writes:
we must have courage - courage to press our opinions where the evidence warrants, no matter how unpopular our conclusions might be, and courage to recast our findings when our thinking changes or when we find new evidence
Eric in New Mexico writes:
I got only one suggestion for the US gov. to radically improve its dialoge with civil society instantaneously, and that's to drop a big rock on the heads of uncivilized dictators when they run amok killing folks in civil society, every chance you folks have to drop one on them without further warning.
How's this logic grab you folks @ State?
You might get some peace in this world eventually this way!
You want to end nuclear proliferation? End the regimes who want to aquire nuclear weapons!
You want economic prosperity to florish? Bankrupt the regimes engaged in economic slavery and/or slavery in general!
You want to end poverty? Create the means for people to enrich themselves sans corruption sucking their lifeblood from them!
These things are so basic I think people have become deaf, dumb, and blind to the obvious!
No more excuses!
Get it done!
Mel in New Jersey writes:
The State Department's Office of Children's Issues has very publicly promoted its efforts to encourage foreign governments to join the Hague Abduction Convention, yet the rate of successful returns of internationally abducted children from Hague partners has on average sat at approximately 36% for the past decade and is only marginally better than return rates of non-Hague partners.
I suggest that the State Department - as a member of this "Civil Society" - focus additional energy on educating, encouraging and enforcing improved compliance with with its existing treaty partners. The "Sean and David Goldman International Child Abduction, Prevention and Return Act†(H.R. 1940) was designed to empower the U.S. State Department with more tools to achieve the return of children abducted from the U.S., yet the Department of State has not embraced or supported this important piece of legislation.
Civil Society means being accountable to our treaty obligations, and holding others accountable when they fail to do so.
Patrick in Maryland writes:
Hi DipNote & Secretary HC.
I like the" Civil Society Approachability."
Bharat P. in India writes:
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Lucky in Minnesota writes:
Dear Secretary Clinton,
Please consider defamation/libelous attacks against anyone a serious crime and make it a strong human rights violation law. This will significantly improve the image of a country and help victims to have the freedom and support to prosper. A local community based govt. organization can specifically help the victims of such crimes. Lawyers' high fees are a barrier for many of these victims to pursue any defense. I hope you will look into this and allow a special sector just for these type issues to help people. A Civil Society can not be created when defamation attacks are to ruin people's dignity, reputation, sexuality and respect in the society. This is now happening more and more as the internet technology is available to users all around the world. Please do something before it becomes a huge issue. Thank you.


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John Fay @johnfayman
#reds getting closer on Ludwick. Not done yet.
It's done, Heymen and Rosenthal reporting.
And now Rosenthal going back on his tweet. Deal is not done. says that it will get done barring any stunning reversal. Good Lord.
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Reds To Sign Ryan Ludwick
By Ben Nicholson-Smith [December 7 at 4:07pm CST]
The Reds agreed to sign Ryan Ludwick, Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com reports (on Twitter). John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer first reported the Reds were making progress toward a deal with the BHSC client.
The Reds made the free agent outfielder a two-year two-year offer earlier in the week, but Fay reported that at least one other club was being more aggressive on Ludwick. The 34-year-old posted a .275/.346/.531 batting line with 26 home runs in 472 plate appearances for the Reds this past season.
Ludwick ranked 26th on MLBTR's list of top 50 free agents with MLBTR's Tim Dierkes correctly predicting that he would re-sign with the Reds.
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JIM BOWDEN@JimBowdenESPNxm
How is the best way to celebrate Redsfest? announce the resigning of Ryan Ludwick which the Reds have just done
I can spell,I just can't type!!
John Fay @johnfayman
Hearing Ludwick deal is done. Won't be official until physical
Awesome now deal for Fowler and we are set.
Nice job, Fay.
"Since I've been with the Reds in 1989, we've never had a farm system this loaded," Bowden said. "If we were the New York Yankees and had unlimited dollars, we could have traded for Colon, (Jeff) Weaver, Rolen, (Cliff) Floyd, (Kenny) Rogers and Finley and gotten them all -- and still held onto our top five prospects. That's an amazing statement."
Sheldon says he's hearing it's not done, and the reports are not accurate.
I love twitter, but man, I really hate it sometimes.
Now question is - what is the over/under on good deal bad deal? Assuming it's 2 years:
I've always said I wouldn't do more than $15MM. A penny over that and I would rather trade for a bopper. Hopefully it will be less (I think it will be).
Go BLUE!!!
I am hearing that it is done pending the parties agreeing on terms, a physical, his not signing with another team, and an official announcement on whether it is done or done with or just close.
OK, so assuming Ludwick is two years, why go out and acquire Fowler when Billy will be up in September. Sign Ichiro to be your leadoff man and call it a off-season (outfield wise.)
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The Columbus Dispatch - June 06, 2012 09:08 AM
ODOT's Transportation Review Advisory Council will meet within the hour at the agency's Hilltop headquarters for a final vote on a list of proposed highway-construction delays that affect nearly every corner of Ohio.
The meeting starts at 10 a.m.
Director Jerry Wray said in January that the state can't afford a long list of promises -- $1.6 billion worth -- made during past state administrations. Gas-tax collections have been on the decline, and construction costs have been on the rise.
In central Ohio, affected projects include future phases of I-70/71 reconstruction Downtown, major changes to the interchange between I-270 and Rts. 23 and 315 on the Far North Side, and a new Rt. 33 interchange at Bixby Road on the South Side. All were scheduled for construction before 2017.
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Debates of Nov. 2nd, 2010
House of Commons Hansard #92 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was copyright.
- Question Period
- Commissioner of Official Languages
- Government Response to Petitions
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Commissioner of Official Languages
Routine Proceedings
10 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
I have the honour, pursuant to section 66 of the Official Languages Act, to lay upon the table Volume II of the annual report of the Commissioner of Official Languages covering the period from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.
Pursuant to Standing Order 108(3)(f), this report is deemed permanently referred to the Standing Committee on Official Languages.
Government Response to Petitions
Routine Proceedings
10 a.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Tom Lukiwski Parliamentary Secretary to the 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 23 petitions.
Fair and Efficient Criminal Trials Act
Routine Proceedings
10 a.m.
Rob Merrifield Yellowhead, AB
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-53, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (mega-trials).
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Standing Committee on International Trade
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10 a.m.
Lee Richardson Calgary Centre, AB
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the third report of the Standing Committee on International Trade.
In accordance with the order of reference of Monday, September 27, your committee has considered Bill C-8, An Act to implement the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Agreement on the Environment between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and the Agreement on Labour Cooperation between Canada and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and agreed on Monday, November 1, to report it without amendment.
Standing Committee on International Trade
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10 a.m.
Olivia Chow Trinity—Spadina, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to seek unanimous consent for the following motion, seconded by my colleague from Timmins—James Bay: That Bill C-565, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (arrest without warrant by owner), better known as the lucky moose bill, be deemed read a second time, deemed referred to a committee of the whole, deemed reported back from the committee of the whole without amendment, deemed concurred in at report stage and deemed read a third time and passed.
Standing Committee on International Trade
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
Does the hon. member for Trinity—Spadina have the unanimous consent of the House to propose this motion?
Standing Committee on International Trade
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10 a.m.
Some hon. members
North Korean Refugees
Routine Proceedings
November 2nd, 2010 / 10 a.m.
Peter Julian Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition from several dozen residents of Toronto, Mississauga and Oakville in southern Ontario.
The petitioners are concerned about the plight of North Korean refugees. Many people have escaped the despotic regime in North Korea. Despite the widespread human rights violations, they managed to make their way to the People's Republic of China but, unfortunately, the Chinese government returned some to North Korea to certain torture and often death.
These many residents of southern Ontario call upon the House of Commons and the Government of Canada to support a number of motions that deal with the plight of North Korean refugees, including my Motion No. 383 that requests the Canadian government to intervene very strongly with the Chinese government to ensure that North Korean refugees are treated as refugees.
Corporate Accountability
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Stephen Woodworth Kitchener Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I wish to present a petition from about 50 residents of the Kitchener--Waterloo area who wish to draw the attention of the Government of Canada to alleged abuses of human rights and environmental degradation and who would have wanted the Government of Canada to consent to the expeditious passage of Bill C-300 and also create effective laws regarding corporate responsibility.
Aerospace Industry
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Michel Guimond Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present to the House a petition signed by 260 people on behalf of the workers of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and the unionized workers of Air Canada. The petitioners are calling on the Government of Canada to ensure full compliance with the 1988 Air Canada Public Participation Act, which requires that Air Canada maintain operational centres in Mississauga, Winnipeg and Montreal. More than 23,000 direct and indirect jobs are at stake.
Harmonized Sales Tax
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Charlie Angus Timmins—James Bay, ON
Mr. Speaker, winter is coming and our heating bills are starting to go up in northern Ontario. In fact, just this week we have had a number of people in our office who are concerned. Not surprisingly, they have brought forward petitions about the regressive HST and how it is affecting people, particularly people on fixed incomes and people in rural areas who need to heat with older heating units. The government, of course, has cancelled the energy retrofit program that would have helped many of these families.
The petitioners are calling upon the government to stop punishing northern and rural residents with this regressive tax, the HST.
Passport Fees
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Jim Maloway Elmwood—Transcona, MB
Mr. Speaker, my petition is a call on the Canadian government to negotiate with the United States government to reduce the United States and Canadian passport fees. The number of American tourists visiting Canada is at its lowest level since 1972. It has fallen by five million visits in the last seven years, from 16 million in 2002 to only 11 million in 2009.
Passport fees for an American family of four could be over $500 U.S. While 50% of Canadians have passports, only 25% of Americans do.
At the recent Midwestern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments, attended by myself and over 500 elected representatives from 11 border states and 3 provinces, the following resolution was passed unanimously:
RESOLVED, that [the] Conference calls on President Barack Obama and [the Canadian] Prime Minister...to immediately examine a reduced fee for passports to facilitate cross-border tourism; and be it further
RESOLVED, that [the Conference] encourage the governments to examine the idea of a limited time two-for-one passport renewal or new application;
To be a fair process, passport fees must be reduced on both sides of the border. Therefore, the petitioners call upon the government to work with the American government to examine a mutual reduction in passport fees to facilitate tourism and, finally, to promote a limited time two-for-one passport renewal or new application fee on a mutual basis with the United States
Employment Insurance
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Scott Simms Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, NL
Mr. Speaker, this is a petition among several petitions I have presented for the last month and will continue to do so over the course of the winter which asks for continued measures to improve employment insurance. Throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, and certainly throughout my riding, these petitions have been coming in fast and furious, to say the least.
This petition comes from areas such as Seldom and Joe Batt's Arm on Fogo Island, and Bonavista, primarily around fish plants, including OCI in Bonavista, as well as the Fogo Island Co-op.
The petitioners are calling for particular measures. A very important one is the fact that we have a pilot project that is still in place which allows the best 14 weeks as a way of formulating benefits. I would implore the government to reconsider this option. It has extended it by only eight months, which tells me that there is not a lot of sincerity about keeping these programs. The best 14 weeks is great for employees but it is also very good for employers who are able to hire people, otherwise they would turn down work in a case where they would only receive less benefits.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Tom Lukiwski Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, the following questions will be answered today: Nos. 365, 368, 371 and 372.
Question No. 365
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Olivia Chow Trinity—Spadina, ON
With regard to immigration applications or sponsorship files, from 2006 to present: (a) how many immigration applications or sponsorship files are lost each year, listing for each file the class (economic, family, protected persons, and others), visa office involved, rationale for the missing file and wait times resulting from the loss of the file; and (b) what actions are being taken to reduce the number of lost files?


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Hi all,
I am hoping for some guidance and or help with this one. I have been through all of the actors, dancers and authors type examples, but this one seems to be a little different.
I have a table of Staff, and a table of recording sessions.
In recording sessions, there are fields for producer, mix engineer and assistant
I have successfully setup the associations correctly such as
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belongs_to :mixengineer, :class_name=> 'Staff', :foreign_key =>'MixEngineer_id'
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My question is - how best to construct a query in the controller that gives me a list of all recording sessions a particualr staff member is involved with (without duplicates), regardless of the role?? In this application any staff can act in any role in any session.
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