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Debates of Feb. 2nd, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #72 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was seniors.
- Question Period
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- National Vitamin D Day Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Business of Supply
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Pensions
- Canada-China Relations
- Sealing Industry
- Barnraiser Award
- Quebec City Society of St. Vincent de Paul
- Genesis Centre
- Future Leaders
- Duncan
- Curling Championships
- Stephen Perry
- Sealing Industry
- Jean Pigott
- Pensions
- Government Priorities
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- Pensions
- Justice
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Statistics Canada
- Service Canada
- The Environment
- Pensions
- Employment Insurance
- Justice
- Foreign Affairs
- Airline Security
- Asbestos
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Search and Rescue
- Pensions
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Sealing Industry
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- Natural Resources
- Presence in Gallery
- Business of the House
- Points of Order
- Business of Supply
- Criminal Code
Interparliamentary Delegations
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Lois Brown Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Cooperation
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 34(1), I have the honour to present to the House, in both official languages, the report of the Canadian delegation of the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association respecting its participation at the 38th annual meeting of the Canada-France Interparliamentary Association held in Paris, Normandy, Pays de la Loire, France, August 31 to September 7, 2011.
National Vitamin D Day Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
James Lunney Nanaimo—Alberni, BC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-388, An Act to establish a National Vitamin D Day.
Mr. Speaker, abundant scientific research in the past decade has underscored the vital role of vitamin D in boosting immune response and reducing the risk of serious diseases including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, multiple sclerosis and even viral infections such as the flu. The B.C. Cancer Agency recommends 1,500 international units to reduce the risk of cancer. A recent study suggests health care savings in the billions of dollars by increasing Canadians' levels of vitamin D.
This bill would expand the initiative by municipalities from Vancouver to St. John's. It would establish November 2 as National Vitamin D Day. Everybody ought to know.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Electro-Motive Diesel
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have a petition from several of my constituents and members of the community in regard to the lockout of Electro-Motive workers by Progress Rail, Caterpillar.
The company refuses to negotiate in good faith. It has asked the workers to take a more than 50% cut in their wages and a significant cut to their benefits. It is seeking to undermine their pensions that they have paid into all of their lives.
The workers are petitioning the Government of Canada to investigate the conditions of sale of Electro-Motive to Progress Rail, investigate the bad faith bargaining by Progress Rail, award employment insurance benefits to locked out workers and request that a constructive dismissal package be made available.
These workers have devoted their lives to making this a profitable corporation. Profitable it is; $1.14 billion in the last quarter and profits are up 60%. These workers need and demand justice.
The Environment
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
David Tilson Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have a petition from people all over Ontario who are concerned with the proposed mega-quarry in Melancthon Township in Dufferin County. If implemented, it would be the largest open pit quarry in Canada at over 2,300 acres.
The petitioners are concerned with a number of things. The proposed mega-quarry threatens the Grand and Nottawasaga river watersheds, including various freshwater fish species. The petitioners are asking that the Government of Canada conduct an environmental assessment under the authority of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act on the Highland Companies' proposed mega-quarry development
The Environment
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Judy Foote Random—Burin—St. George's, NL
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to present a petition on behalf of people in Newfoundland and Labrador who have indicated their concerns about global warming. This group represents the Canadian interfaith call for leadership and action on climate change.
The petitioners recognize that we are in a serious situation in our country, that we have seen such change in our climate and that it impacts on all Canadians. They are asking that governments get involved and take this issue seriously, do what needs to be done to deal with climate change and not wait until things get worse than they already are.
On behalf of the individuals who have signed this petition, I am asking the government to take what is happening within our environment much more seriously and to put in place some kind of leadership to deal with global warming.
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Kevin Lamoureux Winnipeg North, MB
Mr. Speaker, I present a petition that deals with the Minister of Immigration's super visa. Members may recall the minister announced the super visa back in November of last year. It is turning into a super disappointment.
The petitioners call upon the government to look at ways by which the super visa could be made more universal for individuals who do not have the money to bring their parents and grandparents to Canada for a visit. The health insurance requirement is unrealistic. It is adding great problems in terms of people being accepted.
The petitioners call upon the government to re-evaluate and change the super visa so that the multiple entry visa can be more affordable to all individuals who are living in Canada.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
February 2nd, 2012 / 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, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
The Speaker
Is that agreed?
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Some hon. members
Opposition Motion—Old Age Security
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:10 a.m.
Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
That the House reject calls by the Prime Minister to balance the Conservative deficit on the backs of Canada's seniors by means such as raising the age of eligibility for Old Age Security and call on the government to make the reduction and eventual elimination of seniors' poverty a cornerstone of the next budget.
Mr. Speaker, I will be sharing my time with the member for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek.
Today's motion is about seniors' poverty. The NDP has taken a clear position on the conjectures and hypotheses about old age security that the Conservative Party leader raised during his speech in Davos. We need an open, honest, transparent debate so that we can start working together right now to plan changes to old age security, the guaranteed income supplement, and all other aspects of Canadian pension plans. Our seniors need us when they retire.
I would like to give a brief overview of the pension plans and the social safety net in place for seniors in need. First, there are people who work and who have the opportunity to participate in a registered pension plan. Some people also have the opportunity to put money in an RRSP or in another fund that enables them to save for retirement. Naturally, we are pleased that they can do so.
Then there is the Canada pension plan. This plan is offered to all Canadians and provides them with income when they retire. However, this plan is not always enough to keep seniors from living in poverty. In that case, seniors have access to old age security and the guaranteed income supplement. These programs help seniors live in dignity and keep them from suffering a life of poverty. That is why we are concerned about the vague remarks the Prime Minister made in Davos recently. If old age security is either cut or delayed, this would have very serious repercussions on our society.
I would now like to read an email I received from one of my constituents this week.
This constituent wrote, "Should the electoral headlines have read "[Prime Minister] to cancel OAS, CPP", he would never be sitting in the Prime Minister's chair today. I am a self-employed worker owning a small business. I already bear the burden of constantly increasing costs and reduced profits. Five years ago my household budget for food was $700 monthly, and we are currently down to $400. We have no dental plan, no private medical insurance, no RRSPs, no company or private pension and I am 58 years old. As I age, I have fewer breaks, less services, no corporate tax cuts and now I am threatened to have no pension."
I think what this person is trying to tell us is that he is worried because he was promised certain things, because he has worked his entire life and he is seeing cuts to programs and services. Of course, he will definitely have access to some sort of income when he retires, but he is right to worry about his retirement in a few years.
The issue of poverty among seniors should concern us all, and we cannot cuts programs arbitrarily. We need to have an open debate, which we will do here today. I look forward to hearing the intentions of all the members. For instance, if we were to push back the age for receiving old age security, this would primarily affect the most financially vulnerable seniors. What kind of impact would that have? If we look at old age security as an isolated program, there would be a number of negative effects and the most vulnerable seniors would suffer. But let us look at the overall picture.
Poverty among seniors affects many other things, for example, our health care system. Seniors who do not have enough to eat, who do not have heating and cannot pay for medication use our health care system more, which merely transfers the problem somewhere else. Here is another example. Some people can continue to work until they are 67. Good for them. Some of them want to do so. But some cannot. Remember that when we are talking about old age security, for example, we are talking about seniors who do not necessarily have RRSPs or a registered pension plan. We are talking about seniors who are the most likely to live in poverty. These seniors worked all their lives on their feet all day as cashiers; they worked in warehouses and factories. Their arms are tired and they have likely sustained a number of injuries. Perhaps they will be able to continue working at 65, but most likely they will not.
What will happen to these seniors who are unable to work longer? They will have to seek assistance elsewhere. Where? They may have to seek social assistance from the provinces, for example. What is the government doing once again? It is transferring the problem and sticking the provinces with the bill. This is not the way to find a real solution to a problem or to overcome a societal obstacle. We have to look at the bigger picture, seriously consider the issue, have a debate and listen. All parties in the House must be heard, but so must the people who work with seniors every day. We must listen to seniors who have needs. We must listen to the future generations. We have been talking a lot about these future generations since the beginning, and I am going to come back to them.
I would like to mention the choice that we, as a society, are facing today. Clearly, the government has plans to change programs that help seniors. We still do not know how. We hope that we will know soon and we hope that we will be able to participate in a discussion before the government presents us with a fait accompli. However, the Prime Minister and the Conservative Party are saying that this is a crisis situation. First, they are using skewed data that make the situation seem much more alarming than it actually is. They are also saying that this is a crisis situation for future generations, a situation that is not viable in the long term. They are presenting these cuts as though they are the only solution. However, such is not the case. We have a choice. It is not true that we must cut services and programs. We can do something different. We have a choice. We have resources and we have alternatives.
What the NDP is saying is that we should first start a dialogue and listen to what people and experts have to say. Then we could start improving the Canada pension plan. This would require a little more investment, but as I was saying earlier, we are not necessarily getting further ahead by cutting services or programs since we will end up paying the price in the long run and it will be a high price. Why not look at the big picture and see where we can make strategic investments in order to reduce the overall cost? There are other solutions.
What is often presented to us as an inevitability, a result of the economic crisis or the aging population, is not an inevitability. It is a choice among so many others that the government is making. It is important to address this.
I would like to say a few words about the so-called best interest of future generations. We are told at every turn that the population is aging and that we have to do something for the sake of future generations. Allow me to say that I am part of that future generation. I do not intend to retire in the next few months or the next few years. Increasing the eligibility age for old age security does not affect me in the short term, but I am still worried. I am part of the future generation and I do not want these cuts to programs and services.
I believe we have a social choice to make today. Are we going to make further cuts to social programs and social services? Are we going to widen the gap between the rich and the poor? I say no. No, because that is not the Canada I want to grow old in. As a member of these future generations, I say we should think this through and make informed decisions that will benefit everyone.
Opposition Motion—Old Age Security
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:20 a.m.
Wayne Marston Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to speak today to this particular NDP motion.
In his recent speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Prime Minister suggested that, as a broad part of the social transformation, the Canadian retirement system should undergo significant changes. Government documents distributed to the media suggested at that time the possibility of changing the eligibility to collect OAS from 65 years to 67 years.
Following the Prime Minister's speech, which set off alarm bells across the country, the government quickly started backtracking on its own materials. Out came the almost obligatory cover statement assuring Canadian seniors that there would be no changes to the present benefits currently received by Canadian seniors. In addition, the government also repeated that the Canada pension plan was fully funded and in need of no change.
All I can say is that this is a rather classic tried and true Conservative tactic, "Don't worry, seniors, we'll never sell you out. You'll be just fine. It is your kids and your grandkids, those generations behind you, who will have to face the burden of our cuts, but don't you worry. You're okay".
Unfortunately for the Prime Minister and the government, Canadian seniors are not buying any of that. Conversations I have heard over the last few months, from government circles, from certain academia and from the mainstream media, seem to have been telling Canadians to prepare to work until 70 years of age.
These trial balloons remind me of a bully who, with a clenched fist, says that people will need to work until they are 70 years old. Then he smiles and says that they should not worry because he is just kidding. He tells them that they will only need to work until they are 67, and then, of course, people are supposed to feel relieved at that point. Somehow, Canadians are supposed to believe the government is doing them a favour. I can tell the House that the government will not do our seniors any favours when it comes to their pensions.
Instead of tearing down our cherished retirement security program, New Democrats have been working hard for three years putting together a retirement security program designed to ensure that all Canadians are able to retire with dignity. To that end, we propose the phase-in of a doubling of the CPP over an extended period of time so that generations to come will have more of a sense of a foundation on which to retire.
Part of our plan would eliminate poverty among seniors by increasing the guaranteed income supplement. New Democrats will also create a national pension insurance program to protect existing pensions paid for out of premiums from the plan's sponsors.
New Democrats want to further protect existing pensions by ensuring that pensioners are among the creditors who are paid out of a company's remaining assets when it goes bankrupt.
What do we get from the government? We get talk of forcing seniors to work longer, a pooled registered pension plan that provides no security and, worse, the PRPP would have Canadians investing their retirement savings in the very same marketplace that caused such catastrophic losses in the value of RRSPs and other pension funds.
Unlike the CPP or private savings, the OAS is a universal pension that does not depend on retirees' work history or their participation in a registered pension plan or other savings plan. OAS, along with the GIS, has, over the years, made impressive gains in lowering, although not eliminating, poverty among seniors. Full OAS is based on residency and is available to Canadians who have lived here a minimum of 40 years. Partial OAS pensions are pro-rated for Canadians who have spent less of their lives in Canada. For example, if a person has lived in Canada for only 20 years, he or she would receive half of the monthly benefits, or, if a person has lived in Canada for 10 years, he or she would receive a quarter of the monthly OAS benefits.
Unlike CPP, which is funded through equal contributions from employers and employees, OAS and GIS are paid directly from government general revenues. High income seniors must also pay back some or all of their OAS benefit. The guaranteed income supplement is entirely means-tested and available only to our poorer seniors.
I will now talk about our more vulnerable seniors for a moment. Economist, Andrew Jackson, and others have noted that raising the age of eligibility by two years would especially impact low-income older workers. Today, people whose income is in the bottom 20% of the workforce, and I hesitate at this, they tend to die earlier than those in the top 20% because of the lives they live. Half of all lower income men, on average, will collect OAS-GIS cheques for a meagre 10 years.
Raising the retirement eligibility by two years would also have a negative impact on persons aged 65 and closing in on 65 who are in poor health and have difficulty working. At what cost? The latest actuarial report on the OAS-GIS projects that the number of recipients will increase from 4.9 million today to 9.3 million in 2030. However, the increase in total cost that is projected is actually much more modest. Today's current level of 2.5% of GDP would become 3.5% in 2030. That is because our economy will continue to grow.
I would suggest that a cost of under 1% of GDP is a very small price to pay for maintaining basic retirement levels for all Canadians, especially the one in three seniors who have low incomes. Because many of these low income people are senior women who are not part of the paid labour force, the OAS and GIS are particularly important retirement instruments for them. Senior women are less likely than senior men to draw income from CPP, private pension plans, RRSPs or employment earnings. This makes universal programs like OAS-GIS particularly important to female seniors.
In 1927, when J.S. Woodsworth first envisioned OAS, he believed it was essential to have such a program to address seniors' poverty of the day. Today, we are being told by the government that the old age security program is unsustainable. Essentially, the government wants to restructure the entire Canadian retirement system because of what we see as a clearly affordable, short-run, short-term demographic change. This resulted from the gradual retirement of baby boomers, which actually started last year in 2011.
According to the government's own reports, the anticipated growth in cost is driven largely by the retirement of the baby boomers. Its own reports do not describe any longer term issues of sustainability. Therefore, in the long run, the current system is clearly affordable and will even be a smaller share of the budget than it is today following the decline in baby boomers. Simply put, in the medium run, this is a cost increase that Canadians can clearly afford.
While speaking at Davos, the Prime Minister scolded our European friends for their spending, so let us look at that for a moment. According to the OECD, total public social expenditures on pensions as a percentage of GDP is estimated at 4.7% in Canada. The equivalent average in OECD counties is more than 7%. Even crisis countries, such as Italy, pay 14%. Canada, in relation to that, pays one-third of what Italy pays. Australia, France and Greece spend roughly 12%. Germany, Poland and Portugal spend roughly 11%. Therefore, such comparisons to the troubled eurozone are simply not appropriate and are only used to create fear for our time-tested Canadian programs that they might be unsustainable.
In addition, it should also be noted that the Canadian public pensions, OAS, GIS and CPP, are not overly generous when compared to other OECD countries. In fact, a recent study ranks us 20th out of 30.
The Prime Minister's priority is to spend billions of dollars on corporate tax giveaways while cutting support to Canadian seniors, particularly women, and that is wrong. We should be taking practical, affordable measures to lift every senior out of poverty by expanding the GIS, not making it worse by slashing the eligibility to OAS. New Democrats have been meeting with seniors' groups to talk about how seniors will be affected and work on the best ways to oppose these reckless Conservative cuts. A better option for Canadians is to expand the CPP.
In closing, in response to the Prime Minister's triumphant speech, economist Jim Stanford asked, "If Canada has been so wonderfully successful, why must we take money away from Canadian pensioners?"
Opposition Motion—Old Age Security
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:30 a.m.
Brian Jean Fort McMurray—Athabasca, AB
Madam Speaker, the member has been here a number of years, as I have. I know that he sometimes speaks and then does not follow through with action.
I am wondering if this particular case is going to be the same as before when the Federation of Canadian Municipalities identified $123 billion in infrastructure deficit and this Conservative government and the Prime Minister brought in $45 billion in economic stimulus and infrastructure investments across the country, and the NDP and the member in particular voted against it.
We brought in income splitting for seniors and the NDP voted against that. We brought in increased benefits of $2.3 billion per year for seniors and the NDP voted against that. We brought in the family caregiver tax credit, which the Canadian Caregiver Coalition thought was wonderful, and the NDP voted against that. We enhanced the GIS for over 680,000 seniors and the NDP voted against that.
The Prime Minister has been clear that it is not going to affect seniors, but is the member doing the same thing again?
Opposition Motion—Old Age Security
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:30 a.m.
Wayne Marston Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON
Speaking of diversionary tactics, Madam Speaker, the member talked about $123 billion in infrastructure. We would be thrilled if the government invested in infrastructure. We would be thrilled if it had a plan. It does not seem to.
The member talked about why we choose to vote against particular issues. When the government introduces omnibus bills and puts budgets together that are hundreds of pages in length and have many things in them that are detrimental to Canadians, the government can expect us to vote against them.
Opposition Motion—Old Age Security
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:30 a.m.
Kevin Lamoureux Winnipeg North, MB
Madam Speaker, in Manitoba over 7,000 seniors rely in part on food banks in order to sustain themselves. They are having to make difficult decisions quite often, whether to buy prescription drugs or food. At a time when one would think the government would be trying to lift seniors out of poverty and improving the quality of life for seniors, the government is saying it is committed to putting more seniors into poverty by making changes, such as increasing the age from 65 to 67.
I am wondering if the member would like to comment in terms of more seniors going into poverty because of government decisions today.
Opposition Motion—Old Age Security
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:35 a.m.
Wayne Marston Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, ON
Madam Speaker, that is a very important question. If the government increases the eligibility by two years, it is going to take $5,500 per year out of that income block for seniors. The people at the lower end, the people who are already on social assistance in our provinces are going to remain there two extra years. Social assistance pays far more, on average, across this country. The government would be taking $10,000 from the neediest of Canadians if it did this.


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Skip to comments.When will Boehner quit?
Posted on 11/09/2012 3:10:56 PM PST by pabianice
Short and sweet. Boehner looks like a dog that has been kicked so hard he is bleeding rectally. Utter terror. Even his tan has turned white. Boehner pool: who can come closest to the date when Boehner calls it quits? I call May 5, 2013. By then what the Left/media did to Dick Army will look like a Cub Scout jamboree.
Patraeus has quit and promised not to testify re.Benghazi. Romney got fewer votes than McCain. Napolitano is to replace Holder as AG. Ham fired for trying to rescue Stevens and the others. Second pool: who will be the House speaker next spring?
We got a few more conservatives in the House, maybe enough Boehner can start listening to them and have a pleasant, successful time in the job. Too soon to say.
Like any career politician: retirement or death.
Nope Boner is too old and set in his ways. His entire career is proof of that. Especially his tenure as Speaker.
Guy ain't gonna do anything controversial, except to conservatives. He is in full-blown weepy cave-in mode.
When the house GOP gets some backbone.
Is it possible to get rid of him in the next Mid-Term?
After suffering from major depression over our defeat a couple of days ago, I'm now already in strategy mode for our second "2010". Apparently the senate will be fertile ground that year, with many blue-dogs in Republican states and districts who will be vulnerable to a backlash against Obama's statist policies. I'd like to be rid of people like Boehner in the house, but we NEED to vet our candidates thoroughly. We can never repeat the Akin/Mourdock mistake. What we need is smart, passionate conservatives who can actually sell the concept.
Anyone else think Herman Cain should run for the senate somewhere?
And another thing. We need to DESTROY union power in red states through Walker-esque legislation. The ones who backed people like Tester and his ilk.
Isn't his position up for vote every 2 years. Vote him out
I don't know just exactly how many more conservatives we have yet. Last session he only needed 20+ more conservative votes to counter most all of Harry Reid's threats and didn't have them.
I don't think we got that many but with the threat of bring 'primaried' some RINOs will stiffen their spines too.
Maybe he won't grab the opportunity even if it's there. We'll see.
Here was one new member's (who 'primaried' a long time Republican and went on to win handily) ad:
The minute ANY new Speaker would be sworn in the MSM would find some fault in them to divide and anger conservatives.
Depend on it.
Boehner is the dry, used up t* rd that is sitting under the wet, stinky t*rd that is named Obamadork.
May they both roast in hell.
Not soon enough.
Don't have to wait that long. Pressure your republican house member(s) not to vote for him in the next congress.
Only when he is forced to leave or is simply replaced ... he won't do it voluntarily
Tammy Faye needs to be kicked to the curb and replaced by Paul Ryan or Michelle Bachmann.
Agree, and every freeper should be in weekly contact with his Congressman. We can affect outcomes only if they know we will back them up.
Where did you get the idea that Petreus has "promised not to testify"?
Petreus was scheduled to testify as CIA chief. Now his replacement will do that.
That doesn't mean he can't testify as a private citizen or that he can't be subpoenoed.
This story ain't over.
Call your rep and demand they NOT vote for this idiot as speaker - and that you'll be watching.
Call the Tea Party Caucus and tell them Boehner doesn't believe they exist and demand they NOT vote for Bonehead for speaker - and that you'll be watching. Here's their website for contact info:
If I had one I would. My congressional POS is a Dhimmicrat.
Very illustrative as to how RINO Romney would have acted if he won. Boner kept the US House. He did a good job. He won the race. Yet, he acts like he lost.
Not soon enough
Tired of Boehner bashing - why don't you belly up bozo and try to make a constructive comment.
One one wants his job... he is the grown up in the room with Obama and Reid, and the media just pounds on him.
Then meantime we get to listen to arm chair quarterbacks who sound like frustrated libs bad mouth the only guy who has the guts to the job he was sworn to do.
Boehner isn't going anywhere.
Fine. Let him (and you) prove me wrong. I'd like that.
Boner won't quit. the Democrats protect their own.
Since he lacks a spine, I don't understand how the Weeper of the House stands up.
The Cowboys will win a Super Bowl before that happens.
Never. He thinks he's doing a splendid job. Why would he quit?
He better.
I remember reports that he has had at least twice the number of adulterous affairs as General Petreus.
He quit right away!
Can we hope?
To bad your tired of it. Maybe if he acted like a Republican we would not have to "Bash" him.
Since when was "increased revenue" part of the republican platform?
To bad your tired of it. Maybe if he acted like a Republican we would not have to "Bash" him.
Since when was "increased revenue" part of the republican platform?
wait he has guts?????
So does a fish. Neither seems to be able to get us a deal we can live with.
you're kidding right ?
Go read Ryan's plan - flat taxes are all about increasing revenue by spreading out the tax burden rather than concentrating it on the middle and richest class.
increasing revenue also includes job / economic growth to increase tax revenue.
"So does a fish. Neither seems to be able to get us a deal we can live with."
Is this your contribution to the process ?
Fantastic idea, let's go with comparing a person to a fish that will move the process of fixing the debt.
really ?
I did "read" Now.. go watch the MSM. what sound bite are they using from Bonehead?
"I am open to increased revenue"
"I am open to increased revenue by closing loop holes and simplifying the tax code"
Get my point? He's an idiot for even suggesting anything close to saying he is open to raising revenue.
And your under the impression that he is going to move forward something that will fix the debt?
are you serious?
He'll stand his ground for 24-72 hours, cry a bit, and give in.
It's what he does.
It's why he needs to go.
so your getting cues from the MSM, and how they are editing a Republican.
what the hell are you doing, are you serious ?
you honestly believe HE can fix the debt ?
you truly don't understand how this works do ya.
You listen to the MSM and then criticize the guy who is the only person that is honest in negotiations. You think the MSM is honesty giving you accurate info totally unbiased, and you quote it to me.
You'd rather insult a guy trying to deal with dishonest players.
Go find a guy that is willing to take his place and advocate for him / her. Not a politician but an honest guy trying to do the work he was sent to do. Then talk to me.
Or let's just say screw it and play politics and let the whole system crash... that'll be fun.... ozob
Some info about JONNY fro Wiki:
"Boehner attended Cincinnati's Moeller High School and was a linebacker on the school's football team, where he was coached by future Notre Dame coach Gerry Faust.[9] Graduating from Moeller in 1968, when U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War was at its peak, Boehner enlisted in the United States Navy but was honorably discharged after eight weeks because of a bad back." There THAT settles it My Navy looked at Jonny and discovered NO SPINE!
Show me where Bonehead has done ANYTHING to fix the debt.
I'll be waiting.
you'll be waiting a long time.
you do your own research.... you will be surprised how you and the nasty liberal ilk that you parrot are wrong.
try not to get all your news from the headlines; that is Obama's campaign propaganda and marketing.
I don't need the MSM to know bonehead is NOT doing his job. At least not the job I expect from him and other republicans.
all I need is the debt clock.
"I dont need the MSM to know bonehead is NOT doing his job."
Apparently you do, you're quoting headlines. You also have this notion that the speaker of house owns the debt clock ?
Do me a favor an call or write John and tell him of his magical powers to control the debt. The last time I heard he was talking of raising revenue (which is what Ryan talks about).
And resorting to name calling just makes you sound childish and not serious.
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TBTA setting fiscal 2014 budget
ALPENA The Thunder Bay Transportation Authority is estimating its budget will be in the neighborhood of $2.95 million for its 2014 fiscal year, which starts in October.
General Manager and CFO Billi Edmonds presented the figures to the board, saying she calculates the transit system will show a profit of $70,000 at the end of that period.
The budget will be turned over to the Michigan Department of Transportation Friday, so the authority can continue to receive state and federal funds.
Fares will remain unchanged, but Edmonds said she anticipates ridership will continue to increase on Dial-A-Ride and tri-county buses.
The Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Educational Services District, Alpena Public Schools and community mental health services will reimburse the authority about $1 million in exchange for providing rides to the disabled and the elderly, she told the board.
Labor costs are expected to rise, in part because of an increase in the cost of living, she said, and the payroll budget is $2 million. The district has around 60 employees, including aides on buses.
Diesel and gasoline also are big ticket items and their fluctuation is uncertain. Edmonds is pegging that figure at $308,000 for the fiscal year, but said the district continues to operate in the black.
In another action, a potential transit site in the Oxbow neighborhood is now off the drawing board. During a private meeting Feb. 18 at the APlex, over a dozen residents from the area told board members they didn't want the new $7.5 million transit center located in their backyards.
"Buses coming in late at night that was a real concern," board member Jeff Kowalski said.
The board's unanimous roll-call vote was greeted warmly by five residents, who had put together a letter containing 59 signatures of people who opposed the site.
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Was he technically great? No! Only Paul on bass could be considered "technically" great, I think. Still, he and all of the Fabs could make a great noise, they had a great style.
John said as much himself. To paraphrase, "I'm not technically great, but give me a tuba and I'll get something good out of it." I think that sums up his musical talent quite nicely.
p.s - don't forget, they were all pretty much self taught musicians, without benefit of, say, Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts, so with that in mind, I'd say they're all pretty brilliant, including John.


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I keep a few beengs that I drink regularly in a cardboard box in my kitchen. A disturbing trend is taking place in those teas. One is the Guoyan beeng Youle meets Nannuo. I have really enjoyed that one and last week I noticed a change……a bad change in flavor but even worse a massive dryness in my throat after drinking. I pulled it out……not really thinking anything about it and put it with my others that I keep in a makeshift puidor. Then one of my favorite Yuan Nian teas…the fall cake had some strange off flavors and the dryness. Then my YiWu beeng from Awazon had some really developed flavors……carmel, tobacco..etc. that seemed to be happening too quickly for its age……and the dryness. Since I have two of those I brewed the other tonight and guess what……I tastes totally different. Brutal. I can only hope they can be saved by the puidor.
So for any of you who keep theirs in a cardboard box…..you might want to separate some as a control so you can keep a catastrophe from occurring.


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A collection of stories from individuals with disabilities, families, friends, and disability service providers in Tennessee
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"I have new friends and new students and I have old friends like Will who I knew a little."
"People started knowing that I had initiative and worked hard. I stood up for myself and let them know the real me.
"The program teaches me how to live on my own when I am ready to move out of my parents' house and move into an apartment of my own."
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What are the risk factors for breast cancer?
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Can breast cancer be prevented?
Do we know what causes breast cancer?
Many risk factors can increase your chance of developing breast cancer, but it is not yet known exactly how some of these risk factors cause cells to become cancerous. Hormones seem to play a role in many cases of breast cancer, but just how this happens is not fully understood.
Normal breast cells become cancerous because of changes (mutations) in DNA. Some DNA mutations are inherited. This means the mutations are in every cell in your body and can dramatically increase the risk for developing certain cancers. They are responsible for many of the cancers that run in some families.
But most DNA changes related to breast cancer are acquired in breast cells during a woman's life rather than having been inherited.
DNA is the chemical in each of our cells that makes up our genes. Genes have instructions for how our cells function. We usually look like our parents because they are the source of our DNA. But DNA affects more than how we look. Some genes control when our cells grow, divide into new cells, and die.
Genes that speed up cell division are called oncogenes. Proto-oncogenes are genes that normally help cells grow. When a proto-oncogene mutates (changes) or there are too many copies of it, it becomes a "bad" gene that can become permanently turned on or activated when it is not supposed to be. When this happens, the cell grows out of control, which can lead to cancer. This bad gene is called an oncogene.
Think of a cell as a car. For the car to work properly, there need to be ways to control how fast it goes. A proto-oncogene normally functions in a way that is much like a gas pedal. It helps the cell grow and divide. An oncogene could be compared with a gas pedal that is stuck down, which causes the cell to divide out of control.
Tumor suppression genes
Tumor suppressor genes are normal genes that slow down cell division, repair DNA mistakes, or tell cells when to die (a process known as apoptosis or programmed cell death). When tumor suppressor genes don't work properly, cells can grow out of control, which can lead to cancer.
A tumor suppressor gene is like the brake pedal on a car. It normally keeps the cell from dividing too quickly, just as a brake keeps a car from going too fast. When something goes wrong with the gene, such as a mutation, cell division can get out of control.
Certain changes (mutations) in DNA that "turn on" oncogenes or "turn off" tumor suppressor genes can cause normal breast cells to become cancerous.
Inherited gene changes
Certain inherited DNA mutations (changes) can dramatically increase the risk for developing certain cancers and are responsible for many of the cancers that run in some families. For example, the BRCA genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) are tumor suppressor genes. A change in one of these genes can be inherited from a parent. When one of these genes changes, it no longer suppresses abnormal growth, and cancer is more likely to develop.
Women have already begun to benefit from advances in understanding the genetic basis of breast cancer. Genetic testing can identify some women who have inherited mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 tumor suppressor genes (or less commonly in other genes such as PTEN or TP53). These women can then take steps to reduce their risk of developing breast cancers and to monitor changes in their breasts carefully to find cancer at an earlier, more treatable stage. (See "For women who are or may be at increased risk" in "Can breast cancer be prevented?")
Mutations in tumor suppressor genes like the BRCA genes are considered "high-penetrance" because they often lead to cancer. Although many women with high-penetrance mutations develop cancer, most cases of cancer (including breast cancer) are not caused by this kind of mutation.
More often, low-penetrance mutations or gene variations are a factor in cancer development. Each of these may have a small individual effect on cancer development, but the overall effect on the population can be large because they are common, and people often are affected with more than one at the same time. The genes involved may affect things like hormone levels, metabolism or other things that interact with risk factors for breast cancer. These genes may be responsible for much of the risk of breast cancer that runs in families.
Acquired gene changes
Most DNA mutations related to breast cancer occur in breast cells during a woman's life rather than having been inherited. These acquired mutations of oncogenes and/or tumor suppressor genes may result from other factors, like radiation or cancer-causing chemicals. But so far, the causes of most acquired mutations that could lead to breast cancer are still unknown. Most breast cancers have several acquired gene mutations.
Tests to spot acquired gene changes may help doctors more accurately predict the outlook (prognosis) for some women with breast cancer. For example, tests can identify women whose breast cancer cells have too many copies of the HER2 oncogene. These cancers tend to be more aggressive. At the same time, drugs have been developed that specifically target these cancers and improve outcomes for patients.
See Genes and Cancer for more information about how genes can affect cancer risk and treatment.
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Never underestimate the importance of setting a beautiful and inviting table on Thanksgiving
When I was young, Black Friday was a big deal for our family�not for the Christmas shopping, but because we were the Christmas shopping.
My mother, a very talented artist, participated in the largest craft show in our town each year, which just happened to be Thanksgiving weekend. For as long as I can remember, my brother and I spent days before and after the holiday transporting crates, storage boxes, fake Christmas trees and twinkle lights. On Thanksgiving, we paused just long enough to get cleaned up and head into town for roast turkey, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. It was our tradition; in fact, I don�t recall a Thanksgiving before I left for college that didn�t require restaurant reservations.
Now that I have a family of my own, we do Thanksgiving a bit differently�actually a lot differently. We cook. And we set the table�my absolute favorite part. Sometimes I get started up to a week before the big day, choosing plates, deciding on a color scheme and coming up with a clever centerpiece. I even polish the silver. Yes, the silver. We put on the dog.
I have found that besides satisfying my need for �nesting,� setting the table is a great exercise for the kids. They have learned which fork goes where. And while we set what some would consider a �formal� table, we still have fun with the design. We mix my mom�s silver and funky antique store finds with the kid�s favorite glasses. Remember, matchy-matchy is highly overrated. Tie all the distinct pieces together with matching place tags for each guest, and you�ll have a beautiful, inviting Thanksgiving table. And the best thing? No reservations required.
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One of America's premier physicians and a prolific author, Benjamin Carson, M.D., will headline Mississippi College's annual scholarship dinner on April 22, 2014.
Dr. Carson achieved his childhood dream of becoming a physician despite the challenges of dire poverty and low self-esteem. His success has allowed him to become an inspirational role model for others.
"God has given us more than 14 billion cells and connections in our brain. Why would God give us such a complex organ system unless He expects us to use it? When we feed our 14 billion brain cells with information that will enrich us and help others, we are really learning to think big."
— Benjamin Carson, M.D.
"Dr. Benjamin Carson is an immensely talented pediatric neurosurgeon, motivational speaker, and author of successful inspirational books," says Ron Howard, vice president for academic affairs. "His memoir, Gifted Hands, reveals a man of deep commitment, real grit, and perseverance. Dr. Carson overcame long odds to become a world class surgeon and opinion maker, and we're honored to have him share his experiences and insights with Mississippi College."
Dr. Carson is an emeritus professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore. He directed pediatric neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children's Center for 39 years prior to his retirement in June 2013. He holds more than 60 honorary doctorates and has received hundreds of awards and citations. CNN and Time magazine have both recognized him as one of the nation's 20 foremost physicians and scientists. In June 2008, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the land.
Dr. Carson is a contributor to FOX News, and serves as president and co-founder of the Carson Scholars Fund, which recognizes young people of all backgrounds for exceptional academic and humanitarian accomplishments.
The fund has awarded more than $5.6 million to more than 5,600 scholars throughout the United States. Dr. Carson's fifth book, America The Beautiful: Rediscovering What Made the Nation Great, was a 2012 New York Times bestseller. His latest book, One Nation, is scheduled for release in May 2014.
Dr. Carson joins an all-star roster of MC scholarship banquet keynote speakers who have headlined the event since its inception in 2008. Previous speakers have included former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in 2013 and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in 2012. The banquets have generated more than $1.6 million in scholarship funds for Mississippi College.


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Issue Brief #3509 on Labor
February 16, 2012
February 16, 2012 | Issue Brief on Labor
FYI: Heritage WebMemos are now called Issue Briefs.
Congressional leaders have agreed to maintain extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits while reducing maximum benefit duration to one-and-a-half years. The legislation moves in the right direction, but in an improving labor market, Congress should go further.
Extending UI has helped some workers in difficult circumstances at the cost of increasing unemployment and the deficit. While there are valid humanitarian reasons to extend benefits in a recession, two years of benefits was excessive. Unemployment has now fallen to a three-year low, and new UI claims have fallen to a four-year low. Sixty weeks of benefits would be more appropriate at this stage of the recovery.
Unemployment Insurance
The UI system provides supplemental income to workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own. State UI programs normally provide workers with up to six months (26 weeks) of benefits. During the recession, Congress added additional federal benefits. In many states, workers can now collect UI for up to 99 weeks—almost two years.
Providing longer UI benefits during a recession makes humanitarian sense; job loss becomes more costly when finding new work takes longer. Providing the same degree of insurance against hardship in a recession requires longer benefits. Additional benefits also provide workers with more resources and flexibility.
Longer Unemployment
However, extending benefits causes workers to stay unemployed longer. Labor economists have conclusively established this fact.[1] Even Alan Krueger, chairman of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, agrees: "The empirical work on unemployment insurance (UI) and workers' compensation (WC) insurance finds that the programs tend to increase the length of time employees spend out of work."[2]
Some people prefer collecting UI to working. However, the main reason UI increases unemployment is because it changes how the unemployed search for jobs.[3] Workers with many months of benefits focus their search on jobs they prefer to find, which often means jobs that pay similarly to what they made before and/or are near where they live. When their UI benefits draw down, they widen their search.[4] Krueger finds that the amount of time that workers collecting UI spend job hunting triples when their benefits start to run out.
Regrettably, many of the jobs workers want will not return.[5] Excessive benefits encourage the unemployed to search for jobs that they are unlikely to find—keeping them unemployed longer.
Researchers from many institutions, including Federal Reserve banks, have examined how extending benefits to 99 weeks affected unemployment. They conclude that it has increased the unemployment rate by approximately 0.5 percentage points.[6] Mark Zandi, a prominent supporter of the stimulus, agrees.[7]
Improving Labor Market
Congress extended the maximum UI duration to 99 weeks in November 2009, a month after the unemployment rate peaked at 10.0 percent. Even given the state of the economy at the time, this was excessive. The labor market has subsequently improved, especially in recent months. Between August 2011 and January 2012, the unemployment rate fell from 9.1 percent to 8.3 percent. It now stands at its lowest level since February 2009.[8] New unemployment insurance claims have also fallen to an average of 366,000 a week, their lowest level since mid-2008.
The recovery has proceeded far too slowly. Nonetheless, the labor market is noticeably stronger now than it was six months ago—and considerably stronger than when Congress put 99 weeks of benefits in place.
More Appropriate Duration
Congress should reduce UI duration to levels that are more appropriate for the improving labor market. This means more than six months but less than the current two years.
In a normal economy, the average unemployed worker is jobless for four months, and the government provides six months of UI coverage.[9] As of January 2012, the average unemployed worker had been jobless for 40 weeks.[10] Sixty weeks of UI coverage would be more appropriate to the slow recovery of the labor market. That amounts to a year and two months of benefits—more than double the normal level.
Congressional Compromise
Congressional negotiators have agreed to maintain extended UI benefits at a lower level. The compromise would gradually reduce the maximum duration of benefits to 73 weeks by September. That amounts to a year-and-a-half of benefits. Workers in states with unemployment rates below 9.0 percent would be eligible for up to 63 weeks of benefits.
This agreement is a step in the right direction. However, two years of benefits was excessive when passed, and a year-and-a-half of benefits in an improving labor market is still excessive.
Additional Reforms
The congressional compromise makes minor changes in the UI system beyond benefit duration. Congress would allow states to experiment with wage subsidy programs and to drug test certain UI recipients.
These are improvements, but Congress has missed an opportunity to make larger reforms. The UI system currently places little emphasis on returning the unemployed to work and has few safeguards to prevent abuse. The federal government does not require workers receiving federally extended benefits to search for work.[11] The compromise reforms do little to change these facts.
Substantial evidence suggests that tightening requirements can reduce the time that workers spend on UI. In the mid-1990s, Maryland conducted a series of experiments requiring some workers to search more extensively for jobs. These workers spent 5–8 percent less time on unemployment insurance.[12] Most UI recipients try hard to find new jobs. Stronger measures to screen out the minority who do not would save taxpayers billions of dollars.
The federal government should require workers claiming extended benefits to actively search for jobs and allow states to experiment with larger UI reforms aimed at getting the unemployed back to work sooner. Wage subsidies may not prove to be the best way to do this, and states should have the flexibility to try alternative approaches.
Excessive at This Stage
Extending unemployment insurance benefits has helped unemployed workers in a difficult economy. It has also increased unemployment and the deficit. Extending UI during a recession makes humanitarian sense, but two years of benefits was excessive when Congress passed it. A year-and-a-half of benefits in a recovering labor market is still excessive. A more appropriate level at this point in the ongoing slow recovery would be 60 weeks.
James Sherk is Senior Policy Analyst in Labor Economics in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation.
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[1]David Card and Phillip B. Levine, "Extended Benefits and the Duration of UI Spells: Evidence from the New Jersey Extended Benefit Program," Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 78, Nos. 1–2 (October 2000), pp. 107–138; Lawrence Katz and Bruce Meyer, "The Impact of the Potential Duration of Unemployment Benefits on the Duration of Unemployment," Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 41, No. 1 (1990), pp. 45–72; Stepan Jurajda, "Estimating the Effect of Unemployment Insurance Compensation on the Labor Market Histories of Displaced Workers," Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 108, No. 2 (2002), pp. 227–252; John T. Addison and Pedro Portugal, "How Does the Unemployment Insurance System Shape the Time Profile of Jobless Duration?," Economics Letters, Vol. 85, No. 2 (November 2004), pp. 229–234; Rafael Lalive, Jan Van Ours, and Josef Zweimüller, "How Changes in Financial Incentives Affect the Duration of Unemployment," Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 73, No. 4 (October 2006), pp. 1009–1038.
[2]Alan B. Krueger and Bruce D. Meyer, "Labor Supply Effects of Social Insurance," Handbook of Public Economics, Vol. 4 (2002), pp. 2327–2392.
[3]Raj Chetty, "Moral Hazard versus Liquidity and Optimal Unemployment Insurance," Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 116, No. 2 (2008), pp. 173–234.
[4]Alan Krueger and Andreas Mueller, "Job Search and Unemployment Insurance: New Evidence from Time Use Data," Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 94, Nos. 3–4 (2010), pp. 298–307.
[5]More than half of the net job losses in the recession occurred in two industries: manufacturing and construction. Economists do not project employment in these industries returning to their pre-recession levels at any point in the near future. Many former manufacturing and construction workers will need to switch industries to find work.
[6]Bhashkar Mazumder, "How Did Unemployment Insurance Extensions Affect the Unemployment Rate in 2008–10?," Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, April 2011; Jesse Rothstein, "Unemployment Insurance and Job Search in the Great Recession," National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 17534, October 2011; Rob Valletta and Katherine Kuang, "Extended Unemployment and UI Benefits," Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, April 19, 2010.
[7]Mark Zandi, "Bolstering the Economy: Helping American Families by Reauthorizing the Payroll Tax Cut and UI Benefits," testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, February 7, 2012, at http://jec.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=df8f2728-94fa-4339-992a-a9b8d2505fc2 (February 16, 2012).
[8]This still represents historically high unemployment. Unemployment did not rise above 8 percent after the 1990–1991 or 2001 recessions.
[9]U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, "The Employment Situation," Table A-12/Haver Analytics. The average duration of unemployment in non-recessionary periods is between 16 weeks and 18 weeks—four months.
[10] Ibid.
[11]Claimants in the regular state UI system do have to search for work, but states do little to verify that they do so. In most states, claimants reapply for their benefits either online or by calling an automated hotline. They indicate that they have contacted employers by clicking a box or pressing a button. Most states do little to follow up to ensure that workers were truthful.
[12]Jacob Benus and Terry Johnson, "Evaluation of the Maryland Unemployment Insurance Work Search Demonstration," Maryland Department of Labor, November 1997, at http://wdr.doleta.gov/owsdrr/98-2 (February 16, 2012).


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Friday, February 8, 2008
Haters everywhere...
So I knew it was going to happen eventually...but last night I checked my you tube page and I was officially struck by my first real hater. I posted a 3rd look for Valentines Day...it was a really funky hot pink leopard eye look. Just trying to have some fun experimenting with make-up. So I was looking at my comments left by the viewers and someone wrote "You are so ugly. That looks like a big mole. Your poor boyfriend." Say what? That was so uncalled for. Luckily some of my other viewers stuck up for me and responded back to the hater. I wasn't that affected by it and my boyfriend blocked the user and removed the comment. Then I checked my youtube channel page...and the same person who left me a comment on the video comment box also wrote another comment on my wall saying "You are so ugly!". Ummmm who does that? Does that seem a bit extreme? Of course this person has no profile, no picture, no videos, nothing.
I just don't understand harsh, unnecessary criticism like this. At first I brushed off this person, but when they took the time to write on my wall as well, that really bothered me. I know I'm not the first to experience this...but I just had to get this off my chest. So release release release...I just have to keep on keeping on. I want to thank everyone out there who is so supportive. It's difficult to put yourself out there sometimes for the world to see...and when haters make you stumble along the way it just makes it a little rough sometimes. You ladies feel me right? It helps to be able to share my feelings with you all since I know you can relate. With that said...whoever that reader is...I feel sorry for him/her because of all the hate in his/her heart...and I feel very fortunate that my heart is so filled with love and support from my family and friends. 'Nuff Said!
19 comments:
- (g)ezebel said...
stupid a$$ jerkwads..!! *sends black magic, voodoo curses at the hater*
sorry you had to suffer that kind of b.s. from a loser jerkwad hater. :0(
- February 8, 2008 at 12:09 AM
- christianadivine said...
oh love. we all love you over here. and you're a talented and gorgeous lady. love ya sis! i'm glad you're not letting it get you down. :D
- February 8, 2008 at 1:29 AM
- Mrs. Lynne said...
Beautifully said sister. You have an enormous support group here and those kinds of people will weed themselves out slowly anyways. It's natural to react and to feel the strength of words, but you gotta look at the masses :)
You're a strong courageous girl. And we love you because you're passionate about your talents. Can't satisfy everyone :)
- February 8, 2008 at 1:36 AM
- Ethereal Prey said...
there's always jealous haters out there. they do it mostly to get a reaction from you. it's happened to me too, when they realize they don't get a reaction from me, they get bored, and blocked hee hee...like seriously do they not realize we can find out what their IP addy is....sigh...
keep the tuts coming!
- February 8, 2008 at 1:52 AM
- Emilee @ GMM said...
Eff. That. (Am I allowed to swear? I censored, just in case lol)
The thing that irks me the most is that these people can simply NOT watch. The fact that they took the time to make the bogus accounts and persist is just plain stupid. We're all blogging for fun, and take the time out everyday to do it, and people can either appreciate it, or not read/watch it!
You know you're the shiz! ;)
- February 8, 2008 at 3:18 AM
- Bliss said...
I support you all the way,it so hard when you didn't deserve anything like that in the first place, personally i think you are a beautiful person both inside an out and thanks for all the beauty tips/tuts/support loads more you have given us/me .Its so sad because the truth is they are sooooo jealous of you :).
- February 8, 2008 at 7:38 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
G: lol oh you know just what to say...he he, yah it def was some b.s. but i feel better now thanks to yall
chris: thanks sweety pie! i'm keeping my head up :)I appreciate your daily comments of support, i really do
mrs. lynne: i was trying to pull a mrs. lynne on that post and be more emotionally stable and calm...yah my boyfriend told me the same thing...it's always a few bad apples in the bunch...thanks so much for your support too babe
ethereal prey: we gotta link up to find out that ip address! i bet you it's the same ppl making their rounds to our blogs!
emilee: yah i just don't get how ppl can be so blatantly rude...just don't comment if you don't have anything nice to say, geez! you're the shiz too by the way!
bliss: thanks sweety! I was starting to question myself saying, am I acting stank in the videos or something...and i was like no it's not me, it's just jealous mean ppl out there who can't take the fact that other ppl are happier than they are! so yah! high five!
- February 8, 2008 at 9:30 AM
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- February 8, 2008 at 9:30 AM
- yummy411 said...
shake them haters off. let 'em hate, they keep the buzz going. did i ever tell you (anyone? yikes) that i was nominated once on a blog/website for worst blog LOL... i was like 'huh?' it was interesting to see how many commenters left messages and continued to vote until they got down to the final winner... my traffic increased! i left a message.. "thanks for the exposure b******" LOL
keep doing you! you know we love your talent!
- February 8, 2008 at 12:45 PM
- nilla cookie said...
brush it off your shoulder girl, and just keep doin' what you're doin'! the site is fab and don't let some random person affect you..
- February 8, 2008 at 1:44 PM
- Xuanie said...
i believe the only reason why people say that stuff online is that they are jealous of the person they are talking crap about. so take it as a complement! stay strong! have a good one! bye
- February 8, 2008 at 2:33 PM
- missjaclynrose said...
yeah girl... brush those haters off... it's sad to know that some people out there can say such harsh things, but you know that the reason they say those things is because they aren't happy with who they are. you are beautiful girl and i for one am glad that you are willing to share your lovely talents and your kind heart to all the folks on the net. keep your head up girl! don't let these haters bring you down.
- February 8, 2008 at 3:31 PM
- Fei said...
It was bound to happen. Assholes are just lurking amongst us, waiting for an opportunity to demonstrate their tactlessness. It's alright. You know you've made it when you've got haters willing to go the extra mile to comment everywhere about you. :p
- February 8, 2008 at 7:19 PM
- Thushaa said...
Have you heard of the saying, "Hate is easy but love takes courage"? It's totally true. First of all your nothing close to ugly! Your stunning, and obviously this person has never seen a mole before. 1 Hater = 10 People that love you.
I enjoy watching your tutorials and reading your blog. Have a wonderful hater free weekend! :)
- February 8, 2008 at 8:18 PM
- Ginny said...
girl there are so many asses out there. don't even let it get to you. you know they just jealous and they know they can't get enough. they all losers! you're doing great love.
- February 9, 2008 at 12:39 AM
- Elizabeth said...
dw about haters their just jealous! I also had a nasty comment on my blog too.
- February 11, 2008 at 1:24 AM
- Vanessa said...
i love u sis, they are just jealous and hide their ugliness behind a computer monitor and rude uneducated comments...
- February 11, 2008 at 5:20 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
yummy411: whoa i can't believe someone did that! now I know these ppl are crazy cuz you are def one of my top 10 blogs to read...thanks so much for your positive comments :)
nilla: thanks sweety, brushing off my shoulders as i type ;)
xuanie: i will take it as a compliment now that you mention it!
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Elizabeth Ralevski, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Research Interests
Alcoholism; Personality; Personality Disorders; Pharmacology; Psychiatry; Stress, Physiological; Comorbidity; Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)
Research Organizations
Psychiatry: Addictions, Division of | Alcoholism Treatment Center | Connecticut Mental Health Center | Psychology Section | VA Alcohol Research Center
Research Summary
Dr. Ralevski is pursuing research into various aspects of substance abuse, with a primary focus on alcoholism. Current research projects are focusing on treatment studies with novel psychopharmacological approaches to the treatment of individuals who are diagnosed with alcoholism and other psychiatric conditions including depression, post traumatic stress disorder, schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder. Her other research examines factors, such as stress, that may lead to the development and maintenance of alcoholism and other mental disorders.
Specialized Terms: Alcoholism; Dual Diagnosis; Personality; Personality Disorders; Psychiatric comorbidity; Pharmacology; Stress
Extensive Research Description
Stress Reactivity in Veterans Receiving Pharmacological Treatment for PTSD and Alcohol Dependence
Selected Publications
- Ralevski E, Gianoli MO, Russo, M, Dwan, R, Radhakrishnan, R. Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia and alcoholism: A review of the evidence and findings on the effects of pharmacological treatments on cognitive functioning in patients with dual diagnoses. Journal of Dual Diagnosis 2012, 8(3): 205-217. doi:10.1080/15504263.2012.696534
- Petrakis, IL, Kerfoot, K, Pittman, B, Perrino, A, Koretski, J, Newcomb, J, Limoncelli, D, Acampora, G, Ralevski, E. Subjective Effects of Thiopental in Young Adults with and without a Family History of Alcoholism. J Addict Res Ther. 2012 May 14;Suppl 7(2)
- Gianoli MO, Jane JS, O'Brien E, Ralevski E. Treatment for comorbid borderline personality disorder and alcohol use disorders: A review of the evidence and future recommendations. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 2012; 20(4): 333-344. doi: 10.1037/a0027999
- Ralevski E, Perry EB, D'Souza DC, Bufis V, Elander J, Limoncelli D, Vendeti M, Dean E, Cooper T, McKee S, Petrakis I. Preliminary findings on the interactive effects of IV ethanol and IV nicotine on human behavior and cognition: a laboratory study. Nicotine Tob Res. 2012 May;14(5):596-606
- Petrakis IL, Ralevski E, Desai N, Trevisan L, Gueorgeuieva R, Rounsaville B, VA VISN I MIRECC Study Group, Krystal JH. Noradrenergic vs. serotonergic antidepressant with/without naltrexone for veterans with PTSD and comorbid alcohol dependence. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2012; 37(4): 996-1004 doi: 10.1038/npp.2011.283 PMID: 22089316
- Ralevski E, O'Brien E, Jane JS, Dwan R, Dean E, Edens E, Arnaout B, Keegan K, Drew S, Petrakis I.Treatment With Acamprosate in Patients With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Comorbid Alcohol Dependence. Journal of Dual Diagnosis 2011; 7:64-73.
- Ralevski E, O'Brien E, Jane SJ, Dean E, Dwan R, Petrakis I. Effects of acamprosate on cognition in a treatment study of patients with schizophrenia and schizophrenia spectrum disorder and comorbid alcohol dependence. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 2011; 199 (7): 499-505.
- Ralevski E, Perrino A, Acampora G, Koretski J, Limoncelli D, Petrakis I. Analgesic effects of ethanol are influenced by family history of alcoholism and personality traits. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. 2010; 34(8):1433-41


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Thursday morning, I was on my way to drop kids off at their bus stop when my car broke down on Highway 169. I didn't have my purse or my cell phone, so we started walking. Then it started to rain, and I was carrying my youngest in a car seat, which is very heavy. Someone in a white truck pulled over, and gave us a ride. I didn't get his name, but I am so happy he was kind enough to help us. The kids made it to the bus on time, and the kids learned a great lesson on kindness. Thank you again.
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If you saw our Movember post on our blog, or if you've been following us on Facebook or Twitter, you're probably aware that the Protect Your Bubble team participated in Movember this year to support men's health and to help in the fight against cancer. Although we got a bit of a late start, our team's spirit and incredible abilities to grow facial hair helped get our team through to the very end.
Our team members worked diligently to grow out their beards and 'staches. Here's a bit of how their progress went:
Kyle, Product Manager for Gadget Insurance, Travel Insurance, and Rental Car Insurance with Protect Your Bubble
David, Product Manager for Gadget Insurance, Travel Insurance, and Rental Car Insurance with Protect Your Bubble
Kyle and David showed the most change overall, but other members of the Protect Your Bubble team participated in our month of moustachery:
Ben, Partnership Development
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Marcel, Software Engineer
At the end of November we celebrated in office to thank all of our Movember participants and to finish out the month with true mustache style.
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A Hilliard-based drainage and sewage pipe maker has resumed selling its Mexican-made products in Mexico after four Ohio legislators helped resolve a two-year dispute with trade authorities there.
The Mexican authorities had "inappropriately" suspended the right of Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. to sell products made by its Mexican joint venture, ADS Mexicana, by misapplying international standards, said Joe Chlapaty, the company's president and chief executive.
"It took away the sanitary-sewer market into which we were selling a substantial amount of product," said Chlapaty, whose company employs 700 people in Ohio and 3,800 worldwide. "So getting this situation corrected has reopened that market for us."
Two years ago, Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and Republican Sen. Rob Portman, and U.S. Reps. Pat Tiberi, R-Genoa Township, and Steve Stivers, R-Upper Arlington, wrote a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk asking him to intervene in the dispute.
The lawmakers "worked on our behalf to get that restriction removed so that we again now are fully certified to sell our pipe through our joint venture in Mexico," said Chlapaty, who said the joint venture's sales are between $20 million and
$30 million a year.
"The backbone of Ohio's economy is our manufacturing sector, but in order for it to thrive, our businesses need an equal playing field in the international market," Brown said in a statement.
"It is critical that our international trading partners play by the rules and open their markets to American products," Portman said in the statement.
Advanced Drainage Systems, which says it's the world's largest maker of corrugated, high-density polyethylene pipe, has total annual sales of about
$1.2 billion a year, Chlapaty said.
Resumption of Mexican production "will allow us to increase our employment in Mexico," he said. Resolution of the standards issue also likely will help the company's efforts to get standards approvals from other countries.
The dispute resolution could add slightly to the company's California production, which augments the Mexican products, Chlapaty said.
Advanced Drainage Systems, which operates five plants in Ohio and 44 nationwide, has been " having a very good year," Chlapaty said. "We came through the economic downturn very strong."
The company has recently acquired a controlling interest in BaySaver Technologies, a Mount Airy, Md., company that makes technology to remove pollutants from stormwater, he said.
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Here are a couple feet that are sisters! (Cut from the same metal you might say!) ...and I've used them alot over the years. Both are types of traditional couching feet, several of many that Bernina makes. The #25 has five grooves or sections, so it will hold up to five threads and Foot #22 has three sections or grooves. I use the thicker threads like Razzle Dazzle or Candlelight, but any thread with that type of thickness will work beautifully!Each foot has a "gate" which closes over the top of the cords once you've inserted them into the foot, through each of the side escapes built into the foot. See picture below:
I like to use a serpentine stitch which is Stitch #4 on many Bernina machines. It's highlighted in blue on my machine in the picture below. The default setting of the stitch is 5.5 mm wide and approximately .5 in length. I like to adjust the length to at least a 1.5 or a bit longer to keep it feeding and moving along.
Here's the silver Razzle Dazzle thread, loaded into the foot, and the beginnings of the couching technique. You want to keep a firm hold on the threads, and let the little grooves do the work of separating the threads for you!
The pic to the right is a detail from the art journal quilt "Grace."
You can see my stitch length has been adjusted to a 1.70 in this picture; that works great too. It's a personal preference and so take a few minutes to see what you like best!
Hint #1: Make a test on a piece of muslin, and mark your settings down with a Sharpie marker for future reference.
Hint #2: Don't limit yourself to just the serpentine stitch! Try other utility stitches, or an 'open' styled decorative stitch too! Keep in mind that the less 'backward' movement a decorative or utility stitch makes, the better looking (and easier) it will be to accomplish your couching feature.
Here's another detail or view from "Grace" after I finished the little bit of thread accents added with this foot and the silver thread.I added this picture, as I am hoping you will be able to see the serpentine stitch on top of the thick silver threads. I like this look ALOT!
.... and I hope you will TRY IT, too!
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Take a trip to Escanaba's past
ESCANABA – On Sept. 23, 1917, a crowd of 10,000, representing the "greatest mass of people ever assembled at a single point in Escanaba" gathered at the train depot for a rousing farewell to 84 Delta County draftees headed to war. Prosecutor Torval Strom orated to the men, "Tonight you are finally laying aside the tools of your trades, the implements of your peaceful occupations, leaving your homes, your families and friends" and when the train pulled from the station, a band played America and the "monster crowd stood with bared heads, shouting farewells to the window filled groups of faces and the din of shouts raised was deafening"
This dramatic scene, described in cinematic detail, appeared on the front page of the Escanaba Daily Mirror, along with a listing of the names of the men headed off to war. The story is an example of one of the thousands of newspaper articles recently digitized by the Escanaba Public Library.
The library is now offering an online searchable index to Escanaba's historic papers. Funded through a generous donation from the Friends of the Library, the archive was a gift to the community in celebration of this year's Sesquicentennial. The collection features local newspapers that were published between 1869 1926: The Escanaba Tribune, The Iron Port, The Escanaba Daily Mirror, The Escanaba Morning Press and the Escanaba Daily Press.
Having access to the historic newspapers in a searchable digital format is akin to discovering a previously unpublished manuscript on Escanaba's history. The archive is a substantial enhancement to the library's local history collection, offering unprecedented opportunity for genealogists, researchers of local history, writers and the general public. The papers tell the story of Escanaba in a way that only primary sources can; the people, events and circumstances that shaped our community are described in a voice both compelling and authentic.
This librarian likes to read historic newspapers for pure escapism. To savor the glimpse they afford into times past and seemingly simpler days, when people lives revolved more around the land and water and the passing of the seasons. To a time when newsworthy events included the first skater of the season to cross Little Bay de Noc from Stonington to Escanaba (1/4/1906), the opening of the ice harvest (1/19/1892), or the advent of winter sleighing as described here: The first sleigh of the season made its appearance on Ludington Street last night following an almost steady sprinkling of snow through the day. (11/15/1911)
The earliest papers hold a fascinating look into the everyday life of our predecessors. Hardship is evident in both work and home life, but throughout the reporting runs a thread of admiration for the natural surroundings, a connection with community, and the roots of the pride and self-reliance that often characterize the Upper Peninsula. Colorful observations abound, like this one tucked between recipes for green tomato preserves and oyster macaroni:
We will bet on our Little Bay de Noc for kicking up more of a racket and a rumpus on shorter notice than any body of water of its size in the country. (11/10/1877)
Communal activities and festivities are frequently mentioned. An article from 1892 richly describes a "Grand Affair" for St. John's Day, the traditional French-Canadian celebration in which arches of pine boughs were placed over Ludington Street bearing the salutation, "you are our guests, we are your friends." Reading the July 1911 Morning Press, I learned that the steamer ship Maywood ferried people from Escanaba to Stonington to pick blueberries, "700 People Pick Many Blueberries.everyone filled their basket without trouble,"and that the first day of the Farmer's Market in August, 1924 opened with the striking of a large gong on the front steps of City Hall, and was proclaimed "a success far greater than the most sanguine booster had anticipated."
There is a formal quality in the writing and use of language in these old papers that makes them a delight to read. Occasionally stilted, often ornate, the words and tone imply civility and impart an archaic dignity to news and events both big and small.
Advertisements sprinkled throughout the pages tend to be lighthearted and jaunty. Even birth announcements are imbued with a certain spark, like this one from 1881: Born in this village, on September 7 to John Jordan and wife, a son, eleven pounds weight and sixteen ounces to the pound, with an appetite like a wolf and a voice like the sound of many waters.
Recreational reading aside, the archive may help Escanaba natives connect with their family history in a more meaningful way. By browsing the papers, I learned that my grandfather, Ed Harkins, entered a carpentry contest sponsored by the Carnegie Library in 1917 and won a pair of "outing shoes" from Kratze Brothers for his bluebird house. He also placed in a three-legged race in Ludington Park on Labor Day, 1918, played the part of an "Indian Brave" in the high school production of Pocahontas in 1922, and was installed as an officer with the Knights of Columbus in 1923. These details help me to color in a picture of my grandfather and his life as a young man in the early part of the century.
The papers also help piece together significant periods in the history of the U.P. A dramatic headline – Upper Peninsula's Last Big Pine Tract Exhausted laments the end of the "Lordly White Pine" in 1911. News from the late 1800s is filled with detail about the prosperous days of iron smelting in Fayette and shipwrecks on the Great Lakes. City Council proceedings and articles as far back as 1877 reference topics we wrestle with today, such as wolf hunting, illegal net fishing – even street repair, as the editor of the Iron Port notes: "There are numerous places about town where a little exercise of muscle would make a great improvement in the streets and sidewalks. A little more public spirit among us would be a good thing. " (11/11/1877)
Finally, the archive can serve as an important tool for economic development efforts such as the city's recent application for the Historic Register for the downtown district.
Tracing the history of local businesses, residences, organizations and churches is easier than ever, given the search capabilities of the software.
The papers have been scanned from microfilm, converted to digital format and indexed using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. This means that the end user can enter a keyword, name or date into the computer and retrieve a list of results. With one click, the paper appears on the screen, ready to read. Users can search across all papers and date ranges, specify which papers to search or simply browse the whole index. Images and content can be enlarged, printed, emailed or saved to flash drive.
The historic newspaper archive presents a chronicle of our community that is nothing short of poetic. Go ahead. Give it try. Read some letters that children wrote to Santa in 1898, search for events that happened on your birthday in history, find out something you never knew about your great-grandpa. The archive is available online, day and night, through the library's website at www.escanabalibrary.org. No library card required. Whether your interest is serious research or simply a diversion, expect to be captivated.
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Carolyn Stacey is the director of the Escanaba Public Library


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Painting a room usually means pouring paint into a tray and rolling it on for a flat, one-dimensional look. Break free from the ordinary and try one of the top five painting techniques that will transform the drab into the fab with little investment in time and money. With these easy techniques, your room will look like a pro did the job. No one has to know it was you, a few bucks and a weekend.
Overlapping squares. Simply tape off random squares in various sizes on the wall you�re about to paint�as large as 48 inches. Thin the paint or glaze with a clear glaze extender. You�ll need four layers in four different but compatible paint colors. Once squares are taped off, you will use the glazes to apply a thin coat to the squares. Let the first layer dry before taping a second layer of squares. Repeat the process until you have at least four layers of random, overlapping squares. Try using a sponge or rag to pounce the color onto the wall for a mottled and interesting appearance. The Family Handyman offers additional details on this technique.
Watercolor stripes. Using a similar thinned-out glaze, tape off vertical stripes. The stripes can be straight or wavy for a natural and organic look. Instead of layering squares, this time you will be layering stripes. Four layers will look the most interesting, particularly with contrasting colors like grays, taupes and beiges, or whatever combination you prefer. Be sure to allow the coats to dry in between layers to avoid paint smearing. Try a metallic paint for an unusual and exciting finish.
Wainscoting diamonds. Wainscoting is inexpensive and easy to create with painting techniques. Simply tape off the lower third of your wall. The height is truly up to you, but chair rail or plate rail heights are most common. Within the taped-off wall section, tape off additional sections in a diagonal diamond pattern. Apply a glaze-thinned paint in each diamond shaped section. Randomly change the paint colors to show off the pattern best.
Sea-sponged walls. One of the easiest and most exciting ways of adding color to your wall is to sponge paint the wall with a natural sea sponge. Start by painting the wall a base color. Once your base color is dry, use a dampened sea sponge to add another color paint or glaze to the wall by gently patting the sponge in random places until you achieve the desired look.
Faux grass cloth. Unlike the additive methods above, this method is about subtraction. Paint a base color on the wall. Select a second color and add the clear glaze extender. When the first coat is dry, apply the second. A paint roller is the best technique for quick coverage. Before the second coat is dry, drag a broom with natural bristles gently and evenly down the wall in vertical strokes. Wipe the broom off and repeat until the wall is covered. The broom subtracts the top layer of paint to reveal the base color underneath. The effect is much like a grass cloth.
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