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|Mike Felt
Courtesy: NDSU Athletic Media Relations
Release: 10/18/2012
2011-12 Season (Sophomore): Played all 31 games including two starts both against South Dakota...Averaged 9.6 points and 1.5 rebounds per game...Ranked seventh overall in The Summit League and 14th in the nation shooting 43.1 percent from the 3-point line...Fourth in NDSU single-season history with 78 made 3-pointers...Scored a season-high 19 points in the home loss to Oral Roberts...All-tournament at San Francisco where he averaged 13.7 points and went 9-for-19 from the arc in the first three games of the season...College Sports Madness Summit League Player of the Week after burying five 3's and scoring a game-high 17 points off the bench in the four-point home win over Green Bay...Drilled five 3's two more times in back-to-back home games against Southern Utah and ORU...Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team.
2010-11 Season (Freshman): Played in 27 games off the bench averaging 13.9 minutes per game...Ranked third in school history and led the team in 3-point shooting at 47.2 percent...Also led the Bison in free-throw shooting (.864)...Averaged 6.3 points per game...Summit League Player of the Week on Jan. 10 after shooting 11-for-17 from the arc and 10-for-10 from the line in home wins over Oral Roberts and Centenary...Scored a career-high 22 points against ORU including eight free throws in a row in the final 65 seconds to seal the win...Scored eight straight points midway through the second half against ORU after the Bison went behind 52-51...Tied NDSU single-game records for free-throw percentage going 10-for-10 vs. ORU and 3-pointers made going 7-for-11 against Centenary.
2009-10 Season (Hardship): Averaged 5.6 points and 2.7 rebounds in the first seven games of the season before being sidelined for the rest of the year with multiple stress fractures in his left foot...Started the first two contests at Utah Valley and home to Minot State...Scored a season-high 13 points including three 3-pointers against Minot State and also grabbed a season-high five rebounds...Missed 14 straight field goal attempts over a three-game span before knocking down three straight 3-pointers at IUPUI in his final game of the year Dec. 5...Those three buckets capped an 18-3 run as the Bison came back to tie it at 65...Named to the Summit League Winter/Spring All-Academic Team.
High School: Graduated in 2009 from Redwood Valley High School...Four-year starter for coach Markus Okeson...Three-time all-conference pick and Associated Press all-state second team as a junior...Finalist for Minnesota's "Mr. Basketball" award...Led the state in scoring his junior year (30.3 ppg) and senior year (30.4 ppg)...Also averaged 7.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists his senior year...Scored 40 or more points in 11 games during his career, including a school-record 56 points against Waseca in the final game of his junior season...Scored in double figures in his last 76 straight games...Averaged 24.8 points over his 99-game career, finishing with 2,450 points, 567 rebounds, 363 assists and 147 steals...His 338 made 3-pointers ranked fourth in the state record book...12-time letterwinner...Five-time state qualifier in track and field running the 3,200-meter relay, setting a school record his senior year...Quarterbacked the football team for two years...Joined the cross country team his senior year...Became the team's No. 2 runner and qualified for the state meet.
Personal: Majoring in physical education and health education...Born July 19, 1990...Son of Virgil and Cathy Felt of Redwood Falls, Minn...Family includes a younger sister, Samantha.


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Re: Creating Two Models in One Form
Has anyone had luck implementing something like this using polymorphic associations? I've got a model called Submissions, which uses a polymorphic association.
@submission = Submission.new(params[:submission])
@submittable = @submission.build_submittable(params[:picture])
I get a method missing error on "build_submittable," which is correct, because according to here, the build method isn't supported for :belongs_to, :polymorphic.
It also appears that if I just create the associated record separately, it needs to be saved before I can assign it to @submission, or else throws a validation error saying :submittable_type wasn't set.
Is there an elegant way to build the associated record like in the tutorial, or do I just need to create and save the records separately?

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|January 17, 2012
|January 17, 2012
Hey everyone-
Time for my Snoop Bloggy Blog; studio edition. If you follow our band in any capacity, you're probably aware by now that we are in Nashville making a new record. So far, it's been great. Mark and everyone at Starstruck studios has been incredible, hospitable, and inspirational. I just finished my drum tracks, which were a real treat to track with the team we have working on this record. I was even able to borrow some snare drum options from Mike Marsh, a good friend and fantastic drummer who lives here in Nashville. Justin, Halvo and I have been making friends around town, including the legendary Earl Bud Lee (google him!) who we met last night after watching the Giants upset the Packers.
Another bonus of recording here is that we get to see our main man(ager) Josh "King
|January 16, 2012
from Rome of Sublime With Rome:
Day two of the session with Benny Blanco and B.o.B. We're bringing in the new year just right! Wednesday was such an epic day in the studio. I can't wait to show the world this record. Nothing helps facilitate great songwriting more than great company.
|January 14, 2012
Fun. won't release their new album Some Nights until February 21st, but you can preorder your copy now. While you're doing that, be sure to check out the bundles that include the t-shirt above which features all the lyrics from the album.
Preorder your copy of Some Nights now at ournameisfun.com/somenights!
|January 13, 2012
Happy birthday to Ryan Collins of The Swellers from all of us at Fueled By Ramen! We hope it's a blast...see you in NYC on the 29th!
The Fueled By Ramen Crew
photo by Kellyann Petry
|January 13, 2012
The video from the set of Fun.'s new video for 'We Are Young' is now available on YouTube. Watch it above and be sure to download the final version of the video for FREE this week only on iTunes - click HERE to get it now!
Some Nights is in stores February 21st.
|January 13, 2012
The 'Punk Rock' T-Shirt is available today only for $5 in The Fueled By Ramen Webstore. Pick up the shirt for this special price HERE!
|January 12, 2012
Andrew Cook and Eric Halvorsen of A Rocket To The Moon and Jack Antonoff of Fun. submitted some of their favorite songs of 2011 to indiependentmusic.net. Click HERE to read what songs made each of their lists and why!
|January 12, 2012
Tickets to see Sublime With Rome headline the Smokeout Festival this spring are on sale now! They'll be playing with Korn, Wiz Khalifa, Cypress Hill, The Dirty Heads and more on March 3rd in San Bernardino, California. Click HERE to get your tickets now!
|January 12, 2012
The official video for the new Cobra Starship single 'Middle Finger' will premiere soon. In the meantime check out this fun video. You can download the song HERE!
Get a behind the scenes look at the video at 3pm EST on Billboard.com


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Overview & Details
- Incredibly cozy microfleece blanket and throw, sold individually.
- Fleece blanket and throw made of 100% microfiber polyester for weightless warmth.
- Features a distinctive pique weave that reverses to the allover plush fleece.
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- Throw measures 50" X 70".
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Dec. 13, 2012
GALESBURG—Every student in the most recent class of Carl Sandburg College's nuclear medicine technology program recently passed the certification exam assessed by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board.
The one-hour, 55-minute test includes 90 multiple-choice questions. Students are tested in radiation safety, instrumentation, clinical procedures and radiopharmacy. The NMTCB exam is recognized by 25 states, including Illinois and Iowa.
Students passing the exam were: Eric Andrae, Davenport, Iowa; John Hull, Pittsfield; Deidre Nicholson, Jacksonville; and BreAnna Thomas, Princeton. Each graduated from Sandburg in July with an advanced certificate in nuclear medicine technology. Instructors for the class were Matt Nepolello and Nonnie Sous.
Carl Sandburg College serves more than 3,400 students throughout three locations in west-central Illinois, offers seven university transfer programs, 16 associate in applied science programs, 18 certificate programs and six advanced certificate programs. It was recently named No. 1 in the nation for digital technology among community colleges its size. For more information, visit www.sandburg.edu.


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Fly with British Airways to enjoy world-renowned cuisine and historic treasures in Naples.
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Fly with British Airways to enjoy world-renowned cuisine and historic treasures in Naples.
There is a special atmosphere in Naples, it's an ancient city steeped in history and culture, with one of the most celebrated coastlines in the world on its doorstep. And while it has its problems, it is a remarkable and utterly charming city.
Its historic heart is unlike most other modern metropolises, with a shambolic feel and walls scrawled with graffiti, but look beyond this, and there is a city worth returning to time and time again. Labyrinthine lanes showcase stunning yet sometimes dilapidated architecture which travels through the ages – Roman ruins, medieval structures and Baroque palaces share cobbled streets and grand piazzas. The backdrop of Mount Vesuvius adds to the dramatic nature of Naples, and acts as a gateway to the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento, just around the Bay of Naples. Plus, Neapolitan cuisine is world-renowned, so either grab a few slices of pizza or head upmarket to one of the city's 20-plus Michelin-starred restaurants. If you are looking for a holiday destination with a frenetic and inexhaustible energy, then look no further, book your flights to Naples now.
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Designated an UNESCO World Heritage Site, Naples' Centro Storico boasts a breathtaking array of historical gems. On the bustling Piazza des Plebiscito, gaze in awe at the majestic dome and columns of the Church of San Francesco di Paola. Admire the beautiful façade of the Royal Palace and gleaming golden stucco-work of the Teatro San Carlo opera house. For endless retail therapy opportunities, make your way along the meandering Via Toledo, taking in the magnificent fin de siècle Galleria Umberto I mall.
While you will need to keep your wits about you here and a watchful eye on your belongings, the Quartieri Spagnoli offers a slice of true Neapolitan life. Laden scooters whizz through narrow streets festooned with washing, while local residents chat from their balconies. Street vendors offer everything from food to souvenirs from their colourful stalls. And some excellent pizzerias are also to be found tucked among the quarter's alleyways. For those a bit apprehensive, hire a local guide (often students making a bit of extra cash) who will show you the sights and give you some street cred.
Perfect for when the bustling streets of downtown Naples become a bit much, Vomero is a relaxed district offering spectacular views of the rest of the city. Ride the rattling funicular railway to the upmarket hilltop streets. Take in the Bay of Naples and imposing Mount Vesuvius from the star-shaped Castel Sant'Elmo. Browse in fashionable boutiques and wander around the lush grounds of the Parco della Floridiana. Then admire the exquisite frescoes and beautiful baroque architecture of the former monastery, Certosa di San Martino. Take it easy in Vomero.
This little island, just across the bridge from Santa Lucia, has a nautical atmosphere with bobbing boats and yachts moored along its marina. Borgo Marinari is where locals come to eat fantastic fresh seafood, sip cocktails and chat well into the small hours. It is also home to the imposing fortress Castel dell'Ovo, which was legendarily named by Roman poet Virgil, who supposedly buried an egg under the foundations, which once broken will cause the fall of the castle and ominously, Naples itself. Definitely worth a visit, if only for the mouth-watering food on offer, but you'll also get great views of Capri offshore.
Take a stroll along the scenic shoreline in trendy Chiaia. Long-time home of Italy's finest tailors, you'll find some spectacular suits in this neighbourhood. So browse in the stylish shops and galleries or wander at your leisure through tranquil, leafy parks and visit the 16th century Palazzo Cellamare. Make sure to visit the South Italy Food market, which triples up as a store, café and artisanal butchers focussing on food from the regions south of Rome. In the evening, join the fashionably-attired locals at chic eateries and enotecas, where wine flows freely.
From the pretty port of Mergellina, follow the meandering Via Posillipo past beautiful buildings to the exclusive Posillipo. Take in stunning views across the glittering Gulf of Naples from the wonderful Parco Virgiliano (Park of Remembrance) – a stunning hilltop perch at the peak of this exclusive quarter. You can see Capri to the south, Naples and Vesuvius to the east and the picturesque Bay of Pozzuoli to the west. Also worth visiting is the Pausilypon Archaeological Park, which shows Napoli's heritage as the villa was built by consul Pollio and was later used by the Emperor Augustus.


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Student Media
SCSU at science expo
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Carolyn Williams, associate dean for multicultural affairs and STEM initiatives, will lead a group to the April 28-29 USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington D.C.
St. Cloud State will be represented at the April 28-29 USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington D.C.
A contingent led by Carolyn Williams, associate dean for multicultural affairs and STEM initiatives, will staff a booth at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.
The university is a pioneering partner of the two-year-old festival, which is a grassroots collaboration of more than 500 of the nation's leading science and engineering organizations.
"It is my pleasure to invite you to visit the St. Cloud State University booth, number 2353," said Williams. "Our exhibit on "WOW! Wind Power" will spark interest in harnessing wind as a means of alternative energy."
KVSC 88.1 FM is sending Adam Ulbricht, news director, to cover the festival, said Jo McMullen-Boyer, station manager.
Among the festival's participating organizations are Lockheed Martin, a defense contractor, Stanford University, a leading teaching and research institution, and the J. Craig Venter Institute, a non-profit genomics research facility. View the list of festival partners.
The non-profit festival promotes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to the nation's youth and raises public awareness about the importance of science.
Festival participants will have access to more than 2,000 hands-on activities and more than 200 live performances by science celebrities, explorers, best-selling authors, entrepreneurs and world-renowned experts.
"The Festival is a fantastic place for technical experts of all kinds to learn about the amazing advances that have been made in technology to help them make product prototypes from 3D printers, find designs online for parts and components, and meet an array of experts to help them bring their product ideas to life," said Larry Bock, festival executive director. View a list of exhibits.
"It is exciting to me, as a career science/engineering educator, to see SCSU so well represented as the world's largest celebration of science and engineering," Williams said.
St. Cloud State has been selected to participate in a sneak preview day April 27, she said.
Williams, who holds a doctorate from Cornell University, manages the university's STEM initiatives. She also is on the USA Science & Engineering Festival Advisory Board.
For more information, contact Williams at firstname.lastname@example.com or 320-308-3690.
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Vermont Maple Butter
So Good, You Could Eat It With a Spoon!
Vermont Maple Butter
So Good, You Could Eat It With a Spoon!
It's pure maple syrup cooked until it's thick and creamy and spreadable. A little goes a long way! Spread it right from the jar on toast, muffins, waffles, or ice cream, or use as a frosting for cakes, muffins, and sandwich cookies. Be careful—you might be tempted to eat the whole jar with a spoon!
- Rich and creamy spreadable maple syrup
- Delicious on pancakes, French toast, and waffles
- Use it to frost cakes, muffins, and fill sandwich cookies
- Made from pure Vermont maple syrup—that's it!
- If the maple butter hardens or crystallizes, simply warm it in the microwave or in saucepan of simmering water with the lid off
- 8 oz. jar
Vermont Maple Butter
Pure Vermont Maple Syrup, water, xanthan gum
Pure Vermont Maple Syrup, water, xanthan gum
Shelf Life: 1 year
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Manufactured In: USA - Vermont
Material - Country Of Origin: USA - Vermont
Rated 4.6 out of 5Â by 37 reviewers.
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Gold Bocce Balls – Silver Bocce Balls — Petanque Bocce Set!!
by thedayofgames on Jun.21, 2011, under Products
Petanque Bocce is here! People are always asking for gold bocce balls, or gold petanque balls. Then people start asking for silver bocce balls, or silver petanque balls… so we slapped the two together and created a game. Hopefully everyone will be happy!? We've tested this thing out for impromptu BBQ's at the park, taken it to the beach for some cocktails, and even spent a little time at the North Beach bocce courts. Good times were had by all! Can't wait to take the game down to So. Cal and give it a test run over in Venice Beach.


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Effects of Radiation from Fukushima Dai-ichi on the U.S. Marine Environment
Date: January 20, 2012
Creator: Buck, Eugene H. & Upton, Harold F.
Description: The massive Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, caused extensive damage in northeastern Japan, including damage to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power installation, which resulted in the release of radiation. Concerns have arisen about the potential effects of this released radiation on the U.S. marine environment and resources. This report discusses these concerns.
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Date: May 18, 2011
Creator: Johnson, Renée.
Description: The March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Japan caused widespread devastation that affected many of the country's agricultural and fishery areas. The nuclear crisis that followed at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, and the subsequent detection of radioactive contamination of food produced near the disabled facility, further raised fears about the safety of Japan's food production systems and its future food exports. Most reports acknowledge that Japan's current production and supply shortages, along with rising food safety concerns and possible longer-term radiation threats to its food production, could limit Japan's food exports while possibly increasing its need for food imports in the future. It is still not clear what effect, if any, Japan's current food supply and demand situation will have on world farm commodity markets and food prices.
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Mickey Mouse (16 February 1946)
Arthur Floyd Gottfredson is the artist of the classic 'Mickey Mouse' newspaper strip. He is the artist that shaped Mickey's comics character, and gave him his first big adventures. As a youngster, Floyd Gottfredson was interested in comics like 'Krazy Kat', 'Barney Google' and 'Jerry on the Job'. Born in Kaysville, Utah, Gottfredson took a correspondence course in art from the London School. He started out illustrating flyers and drawing for local newspapers like the Salt Lake City Telegram and the Utah Farmer.
Mickey Mouse, 8/3/1932
In the late 1920s, he moved to Los Angeles to start a more professional career in the cartooning field. He was hired by Disney as an apprentice animator. Gottfredson worked on the 'Silly Symphonies' for a while, but was soon asked to take over the four-month-old 'Mickey Mouse' newspaper strip from Ub Iwerks and Win Smith. Originally scripted by Disney himself, the 'Mickey Mouse' strip was soon turned over to Gottfredson for both art and story in May 1930.
Mickey Mouse Outwits the Phantom Blot
Gottfredson is best remembered for the exciting adventure stories he made with in Mickey, together with writers like Ted Osborne, Merrill De Maris and eventually Bill Walsh. During his tenure on the strip, several new characters were introduced, such as the mysterious 'Phantom Blot', police chief O'Hara and his assistant Casey, bullies like Kat Nipp and Butch, and 'Eega Beeva', the Man from Tomorrow. By 1955 the continuity was dropped and the Mickey comic became a gag-a-day strip, which Gottfredson continued to draw until his retirement in 1975.
Mickey Mouse and Eega Beeva (30 April 1948)
From 1932 to 1938, he also drew the 'Mickey Mouse' Sunday page, but this was eventually handed over to Manuel Gonzales. Gottfredson's art, which evolved from cartoony to more realistic, has been an example for generations of 'Mickey' artists that came after him, like the Italian Romano Scarpa. But also other authors were influenced by Gottfredson, such as André Franquin, Albert Uderzo and Daan Jippes.
Chesty and Coptie
Gottfredson, who was head of Disney's comic strip department from 1930 to 1946 also drew a story starring 'Chesty and Coptie' for the 1946 Chestie giveaway published by the Los Angeles Community Chest.
Cinderella's Christmas Party
In addition, Gottfredson did artwork on two Christmas Specials, featuring 'Bambi' and 'Cinderella' in 1963-64. He was head of the Disney comic strip department from 1930 to 1946. Floyd Gottfredson died in 1986 at his Southern California home.


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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Pur Minerals Review Part II: Mineral Makeup Review
Here is part II on my review of the Pur Minerals Line. This video was mainly reserved to reserving their makeup.
Stay tuned for my tutorial using the products from this line to create a dramatic look for brown eyes.
Universal Pencil in Natural: Can be used for eyebrows, lips, or as eyeliner. $16.50. If you're trying to use this as a multi-purpose item it should be worth the money. But as an eyebrow pencil it doesn't really work. The liner is just too soft. The texture reminds me of MAC crèmestick liners. Thus, I'd recommend strictly for the lips and to line the eyes.
Lipgloss in Neolite Sunset: Supposed to be a plumper, but I saw no plumping action. Another thing is that I hated the smell. It tastes like old lipstick back in the day, yuck. I prefer the scent of vanilla and bubblegum, or even unscented. As far as texture and moisture, the lipstick is pretty good. The lipstick is a little better, but I just hated the color on me.
Beauty in Numbers Eyeshadow Palette: $25. A great little palette with a bunch of dime sized eyeshadow colors. A mini booklet shows you how to use the eyeshadow colors according to your eyecolor. This is a great palette for beginners or neutral wearers. The shadow is pigmented but has the tendency to fall out so you'll need to wear a creamy base underneath.
Blush in Plum Adamite: $15 for this little blush, but it's too cute too resist! The blush comes in a mini compact with a mirror and a little brush. I Love this color and would definitely recommend. It looked good on x-sparkage who is on the fair side, and on me who is on the tan side. This is a great, versatile color.
Mineral Eyeshadow in Chocolate Topaz: $13 This also comes in a compact with a little mirror. I picked a basic brown, great for the crease. The shadow is extremely pigmented and smooth. In terms of the range of eyeshadows though, the colors are pretty neutral…so don't expect any wow factor colors.
Four in One Pressed Mineral Makeup with SPF 15: Anything with SPF is a plus, and this also comes in a compact with sponge. I loveeeee this foundation. I got it in the shade medium dark and it's the best match in mineral makeup I've found so far. It even matches better than my MAC msf natural in med dark. It sinks into the skin and has great, seamless coverage. At $24.50 I'd definitely repurchase.
Mineral Split Plan Mineral Glow and Mineral Light: This is a split compact with a bronzer and highlighter. For $22.50 you get two products in one. The colors are very natural and give the look of getting a sun-kissed glow without seeming like you're not wearing anything.
Not Pictured, the Brushes:
Brush Set: $39.50 This 5 piece set comes in it's own quilted brush case. In includes an Angled Blush brush, a Powder brush, a basic Eyeshadow brush, a Crease Brush, and a Lip Brush. I wasn't too impressed with these brushes. After washing and conditioning them they weren't soft enough for my taste. They seem machine manufactured and a little cheap-o. Pass on these, you can get better brushes for a better price elsewhere.
Chisel Makeup Brush: This is supposed to be used as a buffer brush with the mineral foundation. $22.50 for this brush? I don't think so! It's super scratchy and sheds big time. Definitely pass.
Crease Brush: Again, super scratchy. Using it would just give you an irritated eye. For $16.50, save it and get yourself a couple of crease brushes from Sonia Kashuk.
All in all, the prices are a little steep for this mineral makeup line. It's even harder to stomach since the brand isn't as well known. Many of the products are very good and some of them you could definitely pass on. Personally, I'd recommend the pressed mineral foundation, the color correcting primer, and the skincare line. The rest are up to you, but there are definitely some cheaper alternatives out there.
Till next time, ciao bellas!
3 comments:
- Ethereal Prey said...
crikey, thanks for the informative review. i've never really heard of this brand either.
- September 16, 2008 at 4:14 PM
- Cathy said...
Hi! thanks for the video...great info. I am a great fan of pur minerals. I have used it for over 2 years. What I love the most about it is that it feels like you are not wearing makeup at all. Also you dont need to use a concealer. The utility brush you had is a little scratchy but it is meant to be used to apply the foundation under the eye, on dark or reddened areas. It really adds the product on those areas without needing to keep putting more foundation all over your face. I guess different brushes for different people lol. anyway thanks so much for your video...I am a fan. Also I am canadian....there are great deals on the shopping channel. I just go the foundation, self tanning which is awsome, lipgloss, eye pencil and blush for only 59 Canadian ( which is I think about 42 american. bye!!! Cathy from Canada
- July 15, 2009 at 11:45 PM
- x3tiina said...
great review! and ur skin looks gorgeouss! do you know what color i would be if im a nc40?
- October 25, 2009 at 11:57 PM


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I cancelled my Star Trek Online pre-order from Amazon today. I certainly had my doubts when I ordered it but decided to take the plunge anyway, the thoughts of a sexy Borg Officer (Locutus of Borg obviously) standing by my side on the bridge of the USS Dorothy swaying me. However, even though I haven't even finished downloading the beta yet, let alone try it, I've already decided that the game isn't for me.
Firstly, it hasn't exactly been received by the blogging public with welcoming arms and glowing reviews. Lukewarm at best, some have even been downright negative and outright disparaging. Although the Star Trek universe and intellectual property appeals, I don't have the time in my life to play games that just aren't that good. Play less; play more quality was my MMORPG New Year's resolution let's not forget (blogging consistency or what?). Besides, Mass Effect 2 comes out on the 29th and that is definitely a game to get excited about.
Secondly, Amazon emailed me to kindly notify me that the game is going to be delayed in the UK from the 2nd Feb to the 5th and that I won't receive my copy until the 10th. I can do the time but honestly, this has to be a sign from the Gods if I ever saw one. Bye, bye pre-order. Plus, Amazon already sent me my beta key so if a minor miracle does occur and Star Trek Online turns out to be just my cup of tea, I'll just pop up to the shops and buy it.
Anyway, I've decided to use my refunded gift vouchers to pre-order Thirst on blu-ray instead. It's a South Korean film by one of my favourite directors, Park Chan-wook (who made the exceptionally good Old Boy) and stars one of my favourite actors, Soong Kang-ho (from The Host and The Good, The Bad and The Weird, among other things). It's had great reviews and is about vampires. What more could a guy ask for?
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For one sculptor, rebuilding his 400-year-old home from Ramle's rubble and ruins just may be his masterpiece. A story of perseverance and hope from USC's Janine Rayford.
We experience a vision of caution and hope planted in a long view of Arab and Palestinian history, culture, and time in Palestinian philosopher Sari Nusseibeh. His personal story is steeped in layers of identity and, as he says, living legend, which shape history in the making today.
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is president and professor of philosophy at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. His books include Once Upon a Country: A Palestinian Life and What Is a Palestinian State Worth?
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I am a regular reader, but today's "The Evolution of Change With Sari Nusseibeh," was so thoughtful and well meaning it really touched my heart. I have lived in an Arab neighborhood for 29 years where I have made some close Muslim friends. I have Jewish in-laws and friends as well. No matter how difficult, there does need to "be a definitive end to the recent status quo" regarding a Two State Solution.
There are two translations of the Bible's message regarding peace on earth. One is "Peace on earth, good will to men." The other is "Peace on earth to men of good will." I subscribe to the latter! Let's pray for both sides to first recognize, and then listen to their men (and women) of good will.
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One of my favorite aspects of your show is the quiet conversations. When conversations become quieter, i.e. when we lower the emotional "voltage," it's easier to think clearly. Thank you for helping us to think clearly.
And thank you for your interview with Sari Nusseibeh. It got me thinking about recurrent patterns in history and the news, and a question occurred to me: Do religions start out as cooperative (speaking in terms of "us") but if politics gets mixed in they become competitive ("us" vs. "them")? For example: The Moral Majority, al Quaeda, the Taliban, the Manson Family? What about exceptions, such as the Dalai Lama?
Another wonderful show. And I was just thinking about exactly that topic on Saturday. I had friends in Liberia who were Lebanese. They told me so many things over the years about their world that were nowhere to be found in my education.
I have a rhetorical question. Every time I heard him reference a process of human maturation, I couldn't help but think, male human maturation.
I dredge through my mind and I can't think of a single current (30 yrs to the present) conflict, sustained or otherwise, that was begun by the force of will of a woman.
Do you think our national or global dialogue will ever address this fact? Do you think men will ever be held accountable for the things that they do to our world and the people who live on it?
I guess, I am getting a bit resentful that all of these horribly negative things that happened are grouped into 'human maturation' when only one half of the human race needs maturing.
I could not find where to express my opinion on the interview with Sari Nusseibeh so I hope I can write my opinion here. I listened to the interview with great interest but have a criticism to make about Ms Tippett's comment re Christ being a Palestinian, without mentioning that he was also a Jew. I don't think this tragic conflict will ever lead to peace until the Arab Palestinians and their supporters recognize that the Jewish people have ancient roots in Israel/Palestine too. I don't know why MS. Tippett avoided the obvious with her observation except I suspect her sympathies reside more with the Arab Palestinians than the Jewish. Such bias is at the root of this tragic situation because I gives one side more legitimacy than the other instead of recognizing that the Jewish people are returning home rather than arriving as colonizers. I quote from the transcript where Jesus is discussed: "Ms. Tippett: I mean, to read about him knowing tha t he's Palestinian.
I respect your show so much for opening your listeners minds to life from your guest's perspective. Recently I listened to your interview with Mr. Nusseibeh. This article reflects the Sari Nusseibeh that I have read and listened to for many years! As an Israelite this man scares me. Would you like to know why?
Thanks and keep up the good work of showing the power of tolerance, brotherhood and love.
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The revisionist history of Sari Nusseibeh
By EFRAIM KARSH
10/10/2011 23:55
The Jewish state is a civil, democratic and pluralistic society, something that none of its Arab neighbors can stake a claim to.
Sari Nusseibeh has done it again. In an article titled "Why Israel Can't be a 'Jewish State,'" published on the Jewish New Year of all dates, the supposedly moderate president of al-Quds University goes to great lengths to explain why Jews, unlike any other nation on earth, are undeserving of statehood.
"[T]he idea of a 'Jewish State' is logically and morally problematic because of its legal, religious, historical and social implications," he wrote. "The implications of this term therefore need to be spelled out, and we are sure that once they are, most people – and most Israeli citizens, we trust – will not accept these implications."
Not that this should have come as a surprise. For decades, Nusseibeh has tirelessly advanced the "one-state solution" – a euphemistic formula that proposes the replacement of Israel by a country, theoretically comprising the whole of historic Palestine, in which Jews will be reduced to the status of a permanent minority.
This advocacy of the destruction of a long-existing state, established by an internationally recognized act of national self-determination, has hardly dented Nusseibeh's "moderate" credentials. That can be partly explained by the desperate yearning among Jews and their supporters worldwide for Palestinian and Arab peace partners. That desire dates back to the 1920s and the 1930s, despite countless setbacks and disillusionments. It is also a corollary of the narcissist and patronizing mesmerization among educated westerners with the "noble savage" in general, and the Westernized native in particular. With his posh Jerusalem high school education, his Oxford and Harvard degrees and impeccable western demeanor, Nusseibeh, like cultured Arabs and Muslims before him, represents the ultimate product of the "white man's civilizing mission," a contemporary replica of George Antonius, the Cambridge-educated Syrian political activist who was the toast of the British chattering classes in Palestine and beyond during the 1930s.
I was personally privy to this feting during a London meeting in the spring of 1989. I was then a senior fellow at Tel Aviv University's Jafee Center for Strategic Studies, and like many well intentioned Israelis at the time and since, we aspired to lay the ground for Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation through secret talks with Palestinian interlocutors, including members of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, then an outlawed organization in Israel. The group we met was headed by Faisal Husseini, then the PLO's most senior official in the disputed territories, flanked by Nusseibeh and a few prominent London-based Palestinian academics.
The meeting was pleasant and informative enough, with the courteous British hosts going out of their way to keep their Palestinian guests sweet. Yet I was taken aback when Nusseibeh, the celebrated epitome of Palestinian moderation, turned out to be the most extreme member of the group. Dismissing out of hand the two-state solution – Israel and a Palestinian state in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip – he sang the praise of the "one-state paradigm," demanding the incorporation of the West Bank and Gaza population into the Jewish state as full-fledged citizens, to be followed by Palestinian "refugees" from the neighboring Arab states and beyond.
In subsequent years, Nusseibeh would pay customary lip service to the two-state solution while consistently questioning the very legitimacy of the state with which he ostensibly wished to make peace. On a few occasions he even let the mask drop, unveiling his true agenda. In the late 1990s, for example, he told an old Oxford friend that "one day, in the near or further future, all this [Israel and Palestine] will be one binational state. It's just a question of how we get there."
In an April 2005 debate at Dartmouth College, Nusseibeh advocated the creation of a bi-national state as the only viable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
"We will have spent 100 years killing and fighting each other, doing our best to avoid a one-state solution, and we will find ourselves in that exact situation in 40 or 50 years," he argued.
IN A 2007 political memoir Nusseibeh missed no opportunity to denigrate and delegitimize the Jewish state through sharp, short, often subtle yet always false readings of history.
He does this in spades in his latest article. A Jewish state cannot exist, he argues, because "no state in the world is – or can be in practice – ethnically or religiously homogenous." But the Jewish state that has existed for over 63 years has never been, nor aspired to be, totally homogenous: unlike the Palestinian Arab leadership which, since the early 1920s to date, has insisted on a Judenrein Palestine. Rather, Israel has been home to diverse religious and ethnic minorities accounting for nearly 20 percent of its total population.
As David Ben-Gurion told the leadership of his own (Mapai) party in 1947, the non-Jews in the Jewish state "will be equal citizens; equal in everything without any exception; that is, the state will be their state as well."
Nusseibeh claims that a Jewish state must by definition be either a theocracy or an apartheid state, and that its Jewish nature opens the door to legally reducing its substantial non-Jewish minority (whose very existence he previously denied) "to second-class citizens (or perhaps even stripping them of their citizenship and other rights)." This, too, flies in the face of Israel's 63-year history, where Arabs have enjoyed full equality before the law, and have been endowed with the full spectrum of democratic rights – including the right to vote for and serve in all state institutions.
In fact, from the designation of Arabic as an official language, to the recognition of non-Jewish religious holidays as legal resting days for their respective communities, to the granting of educational, cultural, judicial, and religious autonomy, Arabs in Israel enjoy more formal prerogatives than ethnic minorities anywhere in the democratic world.
Small wonder that whenever an Israeli politician proposes the inclusion of some frontier Israeli-Arab settlements in the future Palestinian state, as part of a land exchange within the framework of a peace agreement, the residents of these localities immediately voice their indignation. Moreover, recent surveys show that more Palestinians in east Jerusalem, who are entitled to Israeli social benefits and are free to travel across Israel's pre-1967 borders, would rather become citizens of the Jewish state than citizens of a new Palestinian one.
But Nusseibeh is not someone to be bothered by the facts. His is the misconception, prevalent among Arabs and Muslims, that Jews are a religious community and not a nation deserving of statehood.
Hence, instead of insisting on being accepted for what it has been for 63 years, or what the UN partition resolution envisaged it to be, Israel should shed its Jewish identity and become "a civil, democratic, and pluralistic state whose official religion is Judaism" like many of its Arab neighbors which have Islam as their official religion "but grant equal civil rights to all citizens."
This of course is the complete inverse of the truth.
The Jewish state is a civil, democratic and pluralistic society, something that none of its Arab neighbors can stake a claim to. On the contrary, precisely because Islam is enshrined as state religion throughout the Middle East, the non-Muslim minorities have been denied "equal civil rights" and have instead been reduced to the historic dhimmi status whereby they can at best enjoy certain religious freedoms in return for a distinctly inferior existence, and at worst suffer from systematic persecution and oppression.
And this is the "one-state paradigm" offered by Nusseibeh to Israel's Jewish citizens.
As I listened to Sari Nusseibeh, a Palestinian philosopher, I couldn't help but be drawn into what he was discussing and following in his ideas. He had such a gentle and understanding voice that radiated warmth and acceptance. Starting out his interview with Krista Tippett, Sari talked about his crossing of No Man's Land. He states that as he watched other human beings of different religion cross into his country he felt the need to cross No Man's Land and watch himself from that side as well. Sari Nusseibeh mentioned that all human beings must go through this change in their life. The need to see themselves from a different perspective. I find this so interesting and true, for myself. There are many times that I would like to put myself in a different situation and see how my reactions and thoughts might have appeared to others.
An idea that stuck with me while I listened to this particular On being show is the idea that change occurs through generations. Sari Nusseibeh states that any of the change that we want to occur happens slowly over time and generations. This thought made me think of the philosopher Socrates and his belief in reincarnation. That perhaps we were reincarnated each time to keep these changes on course into the right direction. Krista also mentioned about how one of her acquaintances embraced all changes no matter how the outcome turns out because we should respect the sheer importance of what was occurring. Lastly at the conclusion of the interview Sari states briefly that its in human nature to make mistakes as we fight for change. This statement left a big impact on me because in many ways it is true and has a valid point. Socrates says that our soul becomes burdened with the needs that our body wants and through time we can make mistakes and lose our way. Part of finding the truth and making the right changes must occur when we have realized the mistakes that have taken place,
Both enthralling and captivating, this interview with Sari Nusseibeh by Kista Tippet allowed for me to stand away from my own religion and evaluate how I want my culture and religion to change for the better.


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Delegates talk BRAC in Clovis
May 21, 2005
Politics were not involved in the selection of Cannon Air Force Base for the Base Realignment and Closure list, according to members of New Mexico's congressional delegation.
Sens. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., and Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., and Rep. Tom Udall, D-N.M., all stood strong on this point at a meeting with eastern New Mexico residents Saturday at the Clovis-Carver Public Library.
"I think they just made a big mistake," Udall said.
Certain factors were overlooked in the analysis of Cannon's military value, delegates said, such as the expansion of the supersonic training range.
Since Cannon appeared on the BRAC list May 13, community leaders have said they intend to fight the closure of the air base with everything they have.
More than $800,000 has been pledged to this end, officials say, and multiple municipalities and organizations are passing resolutions to save the base. The money will primarily go toward lobbying efforts in Washington, officials say.
Community member Len Vohs stood up in the meeting and spoke of "doubting Thomases" in the community who believe there must have been some political jockeying that landed Cannon on the list.
"There's some people out there that feel this part of the state, because we don't have the votes, that we'd be the ... sacrificial lamb," Vohs said after the meeting. He emphasized he did not believe politics were part of the process, but wanted to make the delegates aware the perception exists.
Domenici said politics played no part in the decision, and he received a hearty applause when he said Cannon would not be closed.
"We have had a base (Kirtland Air Force Base) on the base closure list before, and we got it off," he said. "We're going to do it again."
Kirtland Air Force base was targeted for closure in 1995, but a group of Albuquerque citizens was able to convince the DoD their cost estimates for closing the base were low, thereby securing the base's removal from the BRAC list.
The strategy for getting Cannon of the list is different, however. What the DOD has called a decision based upon military value, New Mexico's delegates are calling "flawed reasoning." Presenting the correct reasoning, and coordinating the efforts of all parties, is how Cannon will be removed, they said.
It takes five votes from the nine-member BRAC Commssion to get Cannon removed from the list, which will be forwarded to President Bush by Sept. 8.
"You've got strong people here who are working very closely and making sure we're all pulling in the same direction," Bingaman said. "We ... need to be singing off the same sheet of music."
Top Air Force brass said Tuesday they will work to closely bases as quickly as possible once the decisions are final. Their aim is to seek the quickest savings, they said, and reshape the Air Force and improve the nation's defenses.
But delegates and community leaders alike say closing Cannon will negatively affect national defense.
At one point, Domenici brought some levity to an otherwise tense situation.
"I'm sure you're worried," he said. "It's fair to say you look more worried now than you did then (before the list came out)."
City commissioner Robert Sandoval echoed the senator's comments, adding that the community was really worried before the delegates came to town.
Clovis Mayor David Lansford remained resolute, saying members of the community should continue day-to-day life with the expectation Cannon will be removed from the realignment list.
"There's no doubt in my mind we're going to have the greatest celebration we've ever had as a community in just a few weeks," Lansford said.
A regional hearing with one to three BRAC commissioners is scheduled for June 24 in Clovis.


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Thompson Health, Finger Lakes Cardiology Associates and Wegmans Food Markets have teamed up to help Wegmans customers be heart healthy.
This Saturday, Oct. 22, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., a Heart Health Fair will be held at the Canandaigua Wegmans, 345 Eastern Blvd.
Customers will receive free health information and demonstrations from experts stationed throughout the store, with topics including not only heart health but stroke risks, diabetes and healthy nutrition.
In addition, health screening tests will be offered, on site, to anyone 18 years and older. For $8 per person, these screenings require a simple finger prick and take just 20 minutes. They include a lipid profile (HDL, LDL and triglycerides), body mass index (BMI), blood glucose test and blood pressure screening.
Physicians from Finger Lakes Cardiology Associates will be on hand to speak with customers about their screening results.
In addition, customers who enter the health fair via the welcome table in the store's foyer will receive a "passport" card, which they can take to each station. Customers with a stamp from at least one station will be eligible for a drawing for prizes that include Wegmans gift cards and gift certificates to The BodyMind Center at Thompson Health.


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Debates of Sept. 24th, 2010
House of Commons Hansard #70 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was children.
- Question Period
- Eliminating Entitlements for Prisoners Act
- Protecting Children from Online Sexual Exploitation Act
- Lela Irvine
- Sindi Hawkins
- National Bank Recognition Program
- Water
- Foreign Affairs
- Open Government
- Hurricane Igor
- Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce
- The Economy
- Pat Burns
- The Economy
- Stories of the Night Sky
- Firearms Registry
- AbitibiBowater Mill in Gatineau
- The Economy
- Firearms Registry
- G8 and G20 Summits
- Infrastructure
- Employment Insurance
- Child Care
- United Nations
- Infrastructure
- Census
- Hurricane Igor
- Firearms Registry
- Canadian Food Inspection Agency
- International Trade
- United Nations
- Economic Development
- Veterans Affairs
- National Defence
- The Environment
- Firearms Registry
- Veterans Affairs
- Cultural Products
- Points of Order
- Committees of the House
- Criminal Records Act Review
The Environment
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Calgary Centre-North
Jim Prentice Minister of the Environment
Mr. Speaker, my hon. friend goes too far, even by the standards of this place.
Clearly, we have to be the most environmentally responsible producer of all forms of energy in this country and that includes the oil sands. To that end, we are taking very specific steps in response to the scientific criticism that has been made about the existing water monitoring.
I have met with Dr. Schindler who authored those reports. I have met with the premier and the minister of the environment of the province. We have initiated a federal panel of federally appointed scientists, the leading scientists in this country on water monitoring. They will ensure that we have a state-of-the-art world-class monitoring regime in place, and if we do not, we will ensure we have one.
Firearms Registry
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Bernard Généreux Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, QC
Mr. Speaker, again yesterday the Leader of the Bloc Québécois went too far. In the newspaper Le Devoir, when talking about the vote on the long gun registry, he quoted the prime minister as saying, "We do not like this decision that was made democratically and therefore we will not implement it." The leader of the Bloc continued, "That is not the action of a democratic government. That is the action of a dictator."
I would like the Minister of State for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec to tell us what he thinks of this statement by the Bloc, which is again looking down upon people who live in rural areas.
Firearms Registry
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Denis Lebel Minister of State (Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec)
Mr. Speaker, once again, the strong-willed Bloc leader has outdone himself in the art of rhetoric, as did his colleague who just spoke. If we used his logic, he and his colleagues would have had to abandon their sovereignist option because, on two occasions, Quebeckers have democratically refused to break up Canada.
Is it dictatorial to continue to push that option? Come on. The reality is that opposition to the ineffective gun registry has never been so strong and its dismantling has never been so close. The February 2007 headline in Le Devoir sums it up: "The Bloc Québécois is turning up its nose at the regions."
Veterans Affairs
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Francis Scarpaleggia Lac-Saint-Louis, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives' treatment of our veterans is unacceptable.
It is increasingly obvious that this government uses our veterans for its public relations but ignores them when the time comes to defend their interests.
Why is the minister refusing to answer a simple question about retroactivity?
Why is he willing to treat injured soldiers returning from the battlefields of Afghanistan like second-class veterans?
Veterans Affairs
Oral Questions
West Nova
Nova Scotia
Greg Kerr Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs
Mr. Speaker, I guess it is the same question, so I will try the same answer, maybe a little louder.
The fact of the matter is that there was a lot of ground to be made up from the previous government when it made all those cuts to the veterans program. A lot of initiatives have been taken in recent years. One of the biggest took place in recent days, which in fact addresses a lot of issues that were front of mind to the veterans.
The fact is that $2 billion is committed to our veterans in the coming years. I would think the members opposite would cheer that and say, "Good for us. Let's get on and support these most important people in our society and let's stay tuned to what is going to happen in the coming—"
Veterans Affairs
Oral Questions
The Speaker Peter Milliken
The hon. member for Rivière-du-Nord.
Cultural Products
Oral Questions
Monique Guay Rivière-du-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, the cultural exemption, which excludes cultural products from trade, was hard won at the NAFTA negotiations. Yet in the current negotiations for a free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union, the EU is finding the cultural exemption clause too broad and is attempting to dilute it.
Does the government realize that any weakening of its position would send a very bad signal to the United States, which could be tempted to challenge this provision of NAFTA?
Cultural Products
Oral Questions
South Shore—St. Margaret's
Nova Scotia
Gerald Keddy Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade
Mr. Speaker, in this time of economic uncertainty, our government is working to open new doors for Canadian business and to help create jobs. An agreement with the European Union has the potential to give a $12 billion boost to the Canadian economy and increase bilateral trade by over 20%.
We will continue to work closely with all the provinces and territories. We are pleased to have found a way to directly involve them in the negotiations. They are participating in the negotiations in areas that fall, in whole or in part, under their jurisdiction. We will continue to look forward to a positive outcome to these negotiations.
Member's Voting Record on Bill C-391
Points of Order
Oral Questions
September 24th, 2010 / noon
Dennis Bevington Western Arctic, NT
Mr. Speaker, as I rose yesterday on a point of order regarding the Conservatives' misrepresentation of my voting record on Bill C-391, I am rising again today because, of course, the member for Saskatoon—Wanuskewin also did that.
This is not a subject of debate. This is a subject of the record of this Parliament for the voting that took place in an orderly fashion on Bill C-391 at second reading, where I voted clearly in one fashion, and also on the motion that was in front of this House on Wednesday evening, where I clearly voted again in a fashion. I stood in my place. This is part of the record of Parliament.
Mr. Speaker, I would ask you to rule on this and I would ask the hon. members to withdraw their comments.
Member's Voting Record on Bill C-391
Points of Order
Oral Questions
Maurice Vellacott Saskatoon—Wanuskewin, SK
Mr. Speaker, I can reiterate for the record exactly what I said just not so long ago here. It is true; he voted one way then and then he flipped and he voted the other way. I simply said, "20 coalition MPs who originally voted to scrap the long gun registry bowed under the pressure from their Ottawa bosses," and if he wants me to be more specific, their leaders, in other words, and voted to keep the wasteful long gun registry.
There is every bit of truth in that and I am not sure what he objects to in that statement.
Member's Voting Record on Bill C-391
Points of Order
Oral Questions
The Speaker Peter Milliken
It does sound to me like a dispute as to facts. Arguments about who was voting which way can be settled by looking at the record where there is a recorded division. I would have thought it would be quite clear from that. But I am not sure what the point of the hon. member for Western Arctic's objection is here, given the statement that has just been made.
Member's Voting Record on Bill C-391
Points of Order
Oral Questions
Dennis Bevington Western Arctic, NT
Mr. Speaker, part of the purpose in putting forward a point of order is to ensure that disorder does not remain in the House. When we have a situation where the Conservative Party is using the voting record in this fashion, we are getting into a situation where there is disorder in this House because the actual record of the House is being impugned.
Member's Voting Record on Bill C-391
Points of Order
Oral Questions
12:05 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
I will again examine the statements made yesterday, but it does not sound to me as though the record is being changed. It is just being reflected upon. Of course, reflections on events that happened in the House do happen from time to time, and I do not think they are necessarily out of order.
As indicated to the hon. member, I will look at this in greater detail to see if there appears to be a breach of the rules of the House.
Industry, Science and Technology
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Brian Masse Windsor West, ON
I move that the seventh report of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, presented to the House on Wednesday, September 22, be concurred in.
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise on the motion. I will be sharing my time with the member for Nanaimo—Cowichan.
This is very important. We are coming to a crossroads in our history. The motion calls for the reinstatement of the long form census. It is a very critical part of Canadian culture, society and business. What has taken place has been a debacle with regard to scrapping the long form census and replacing it with a survey in which the data will be skewed.
Universally, there has been outrage about this from all sectors of society. When we have the Chamber of Commerce all the way to the Canadian Labour Congress agreeing on something, then we know there is a problem. The Minister of Industry did a disservice to the House and to Parliament by introducing this change at a time when the doors of the House were closed over the summer.
I want to start by acknowledging that this will be the second time the New Democrats have fought to save the census. Back in 2004, we raised concerns when the Liberal government of the time brought forth a contract with Lockheed Martin. Through freedom of information requests and a series of different information gathering, we were able to determine that the government would privatize this, which it did. It cost more money and it also made sure it created a problem. In 2006 I warned the government of the day that there would be a problem. The information would be gathered and compiled outside of Canada's borders, which made it vulnerable to the patriot act.
What ensued was a campaign to have that information gathered, assessed and stored in Canada, where it was done, to ensure that there would be greater privacy protection for the census. That cost Canadians more money as well because of the ideology of privatization.
With this census, the Minister of Industry said, during his testimony at committee in the summer, that he had worked on this for months. He did this at a time when the doors of Parliament were closed. We reconvened the committee to hold hearings on the issue, at great public expense. Ironically one of the meetings was totally unnecessary, but the Conservatives wanted to make a point and it cost us more public money to have a brief meeting.
We had testimony from experts from all across the country, experts who looked at this issue quite seriously. They noted that if we can't count our nation properly, if we can't have the proper information, we would not only lose this census, but, more important, we would also throw away the hundreds of millions of dollars that we had spent on the previous census, because there would be no comparable data.
That has a major impact. It has a major impact on the francophone community. It has a major impact on housing issues. It has a major impact on municipalities. It has a major impact on businesses that rely upon this information.
It is almost embarrassing to watch the Minister of Industry in the House of Commons when he tries to defend this. He says that the opposition wants people to be put in jail if they do not fill out the mandatory census, because that is one of the penalties. Ironically it is the Conservative government's policy. It has been in power for four years and it has not changed that, so it creates this straw man. To suggest that we will lock people up, that Dog the bounty hunter will go to their doors, knock them down and drag them off to jail is absolutely absurd. It is not true. It is almost pathetic to see the Minister of Industry's response on this issue being solely based on that. It is embarrassing to watch because it is not real.
It has been clear that this party and the other opposition parties do not agree with that. Many experts do not agree. In fact, nobody has ever been arrested and locked up for not filling out the census. That is the government's policy. It did not change it. For the minister to use that is purely pathetic.
The second argument the government tries to use, with fearmongering, is related to the fact that some people feel the census violates their privacy. There is a big privacy conspiracy hatched by the minister. One of the first things I did was call the privacy commission and I talked to the deputy minister. I found out there had been very few complaints over the years. In fact, they had a 25-year working relationship with the privacy commission and Statistics Canada. That relationship was described as excellent working conditions.
What came to light, and it is important to note, is the census that the minister was saying had a privacy issue and was a problem, had to pass a Board of Internal Economy audit and a privacy audit with the Privacy Commissioner. The work has already been done. The complaints were not coming in. In fact, the office works on a regular basis to improve it.
What is critical about the census is getting accurate information from Canadians from all different economic and social backgrounds so we can use that information for our economy, for our culture and for planning our future. The census is important. It was brought in many years ago. Egypt, China, all developed countries do a census. People want to plan for the future. How can we do that?
We know what ends up happening with a voluntary census. We found out that during this process, Statistics Canada had run some tests on the minister's plan for a voluntary census and it showed that Canadians would not respond to this. The minister wants to increase the number of people who will get the census and voluntarily respond. He is going to bother more people. Supposedly the census is a problem, yet the minister is going to send it out to more people across Canada. On top of that, the minister's own little scheme is going to be a $30 million expense. It is going to cost Canadians more money to get the census on their doorstep, yet the test drive model failed.
We will get skewed data as a result of this. Interestingly enough, all the statisticians and experts agree that we will lose information on the lower and the upper income brackets. This will affect everything from social housing to transit, a whole series of things for municipalities. This is an absolute debacle when it comes to public planning and the use of taxpayer money.
Of the over 3,000 contacts to the minister's offices, through a freedom of information request, we found out that only a few hundred supported the minister. Over 90% of those individuals who called said that they disagreed with the minister's plan to pay more money to get a worse census and to throw away the data that we have accumulated over the last number of years. That is important.
As the Conservatives were doing their privacy fearmongering, as they were threatening people with jail, they were also saying that ordinary Canadians were the ones who did not want it. They were saying that the elite wanted this census, but they were not even paying their fair share, suggesting that a number of different research branches, a number of different municipalities, a number of different businesses were not paying the proper amount for the census and that they were freeloading on the public purse.
It turns out that the vast majority of the people who were complaining, over 80%, were just ordinary citizens who were concerned about our changing society, concerned about not having the proper information. They want to participate in this and not have a plan that will cost more, will get worse results and will cost them more in the long run.
I want to touch briefly on the fact that I helped with the 2000 complete count census in Windsor West. One of the reasons for the complete count was we were one of the few places that had door to door campaigning to increase the response rate. It is because it is a multi-cultural community. Windsor and Essex County is the fourth most diverse in Canada. The area has a lot of individuals who speak English as a second language. There are a lot of newcomers. There is also a university and a college, so we have a transient population of students, depending upon where they are in their careers. We are also a border community where people are active on both sides of the border.
We found we had poorer results in this area, so a plan was paraded for three ridings in Canada, and Windsor West was one. We worked with the multi-cultural community. We worked with many organizations. We increased that number. Why was that important? So we could plan the necessary services.
This is not just an issue related to poverty and health. It is also related to the economy, because we can actually plan out things, such as skill sets. That is critically important when we look at an area like Windsor West where there is a high unemployment rate. We have been hit hard by these economic times. We need to have that statistic information to plan and try to turn things around.
That is why so many experts are pleading with the government not to spend the money but to do the census the way it was actually designed. Do the census the way that it went through the privacy audit, when it went through the Board of Internal Economy audit. It has been through all of those different things that have now provided it a good stable base to get out the door. Do not print more censuses. Do it the way it was done before so Canadians will have the stability that is necessary
The government in all its candour and attempts to appease even tried at one point to misrepresent the chief statistician in this matter. The Chief Statistician stepped down during this process. That is terribly unfortunate. One of the most important things is we have some independence with this position. I believe this position should eventually be hands-off.
The government has a record of interfering in third party government agencies. There is no doubt about it. This is one where somebody stood up and said that this was wrong, that it would be wrong for the operation he was leading and for the men and women who served him diligently every day. He could not stand there with any credibility as a scientist and maintain his position anymore. The person then left and now we do not even have a chief statistician in place, as the government tries to run through the census really quickly. That is really sad.
Once again, it is like divisive wedge politics, trying to scare and spook on different things that are outside of facts. That is why we have seen so many people really upset about this issue and that is one of the reasons we think it should be returned. Quite simply, turn this around now.
The motion calls upon the government to cease its behaviour, stop and go back to what we have been doing. It is prepared, and Canadians need to know, understand and appreciate this. The census, in the old form, is ready to go. It has been audited and it can be done properly to gain the information necessary.
If we do not do this, the back door of all of this will be the Conservatives being able to cut measures for the weak and most vulnerable. This is really what it is going to be about. We will lose out on a series of studies and important measures that prove some of the important social measures that are necessary for a country. We know the government is not necessarily interested in doing some of those things, but it is still the responsibility of a government to know who is in the country, how they are, how they are doing, what their behaviours are and what the trends are.
As well, it is important for our economy. When we have businesses that will no longer be able to appeal to this information in a reliable fashion, it will undermine our competitiveness. There is no doubt about it that productivity and planning will suffer and we will lose investment as well.
A key component to all of this is at least having some type of a landmark, a picture, a frame of what a country looks like and what a country needs to do to go forward. Unfortunately the Conservative government is interested in neither.
We call upon the House to pass this motion. We call upon the minister to reverse his direction and to listen to the non-partisan experts who have inundated him with calls. Listen to Canadians. The government made a big to-do about the registry and voting with our constituents. When over 80% of those who called in as individuals are opposed to the minister, and it was in the thousands in a few weeks, the government should listen to them.
If the government wants to do what is right and does not want to be a hypocrite, it should listen to those people who have taken the time to say that they want to do this, instead of this madness plan where we will spend $30 million sending out the census to more and more people. More money will be spent on advertising, and we know the Conservatives are fond of that. There will probably be some billboards, a number of TV ads and a whole series of things, all to try to convince people of what we know scientifically does not happen, and that is when there is a voluntary census, the response rates do not go up.
Ironically, the government has not changed the law on the short form census. There is actually still prison or jail time for that. We had testimony in front of our committee. The agricultural survey is still mandatory. In cross-examining a witness who was a farmer, he complained about the fact that the census was too long. He had to take a couple of days off to file it out. He had to get an accountant and pay for that as well. It turns out he was talking about the long form agricultural survey, which the government is still maintaining.
At the end of the day, he did not appear too upset about the fact that this is still something he has to do. It is contributing to Canada. His concern was the cost. However, nothing changed for him in his world. It was all counter to the arguments that the government was putting forth. In fact, the government had a hard time finding witnesses who would come forward to talk about this issue. It was fairly interesting. It even brought radio personalities in, which was fun to a certain degree, but at the same time it was not the type of testimony that we would expect. In fact, the witness wondered what he was doing there.
I find it particularly strange that the minister would be working behind the scenes on this, that he would be scheming about doing this, and then when the House closes, take the first opportunity to go out with this and try to actually prevent the proper channels of democracy from working. We had to reconvene the committee itself and that cost taxpayers more money. Apparently the Conservatives are quite comfortable with this type of an atmosphere and this behaviour. We have seen it again this week.
I would say that it is the wrong way to do it. If we are going to try to create an environment with all the huff and puff about creating a Parliament that works, taking it easy and working in a more collegial way, why would the government start that off by basically trying to sneak something through the back door, especially something so important? We need to have those issues examined.
I think this is very important for Canadian society. If we are going to lose out on this particular census form, we are going to lose an opportunity to reverse a trend that we have seen with the government. I would hope that it would see things through and reinstate the census.
Many Canadians would simply just move on from this and would accept it. They do not want to have the additional information put forth to them at more cost, another $30 million, and they do not want to lose out on all the information that was necessary for this to go forward in the past and be able to compare that data.
In conclusion, I am hoping this motion is going to be passed in this chamber and that the government is going to live up to it. The Prime Minister at one point said that there was a moral and ethical responsibility to pass motions in the House of Commons. He has not lived by the mantra that he had often proposed when he was in opposition. I am hoping that the government reverses this, we work together and just move on.
There is a lot of stuff that we have to do in the industry committee. There is a lot of other information and bills that we have to press on. I certainly want to move on, but at the same time, if the government wants to kill our census and destroy some of the things that the census really helps to evolve, then it is going to have a fight, and we are going to stand strongly by it.
We have done it in the past with the Lockheed Martin and New Democrats will do it again with this particular issue.
Industry, Science and Technology
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
12:20 p.m.
Royal Galipeau Ottawa—Orléans, ON
Mr. Speaker, first of all, I would like to congratulate the hon. member for Windsor West, who made a very eloquent speech, particularly when he alluded to the fact that no harsh measures, no coercive measures, had been taken regarding the long form census in the past. I think it was important that he point that out.
I note also that the long form next year is going to be sent to many more people and that each one of us will have one chance in three of receiving it at home instead of one chance in five, as was the case previously.
I would like to ask the hon. member specifically on the issue of coercion in filling out this long form, if no coercive measures were used in the past, what is the difference between being actually honest by calling it voluntary now where before it was called compulsory, when no coercion was used?