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So this is going to be a quick post...I'm up at 3:05 am and have a bridal shower tomorrow at 11am soooooo I need to catch some zzzssss. We just finished throwing my roomies surprise b-day party so i'm relieved it's over....it was a blast though and all the stress was worth it when we saw her happy face and tears of joy. This is my 3rd and last valentine's day look for yall...it's pretty funky. In the video I mentioned it will bring the animal out of you on valentines, he he. I don't usually rock leopard spots on my eyes, lol, but sometimes you just gotta have fun with makeup, experiment, and defy conventionality. Hope you enjoy!
So check it out!
What I Used (All MAC unless otherwise stated):
-mineralized satinfinish NC42
-select moisture concealer NW37
-dame blush
-full fuscia blush
-gesso e/s
-platinum pigment
-NYX charcoal pigment
-bright fuschia pigment
-silver dusk pigment
-Revlon colorstay liquid liner in blackest black
-technakohl liner in graphblack
-diorshow mascara
-ardell false lashes
-brow pencil in spiked
-cork e/s
-NYX candy glitter liner in pink
-CQ smart liner in berry pink
-NYX lipgloss in barbie pink
-rose pigment
11 comments:
- said...
renren, you are so adorable!! love the leopard eyes & i love that flower in your hair. super kawaii.
& to think that people posted hater comments on this vid. eeeeewww, whatevs. LOL.
- February 9, 2008 at 7:42 AM
- said...
Hey hun
I saw this video of Beyonce with leopard print eyes and I thought I would share it with ya since you did such fab job with your look! Sorry if you have seen it already! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V73lvsvJzOQ
- February 9, 2008 at 10:43 AM
- Emilee @ GMM said...
RenRen, I swear this is one of my favorite look of your's! I absolutely love the lip color, and I think the eye makeup could definitely be great for Valentine's day with or without the leopard spots. :)
- February 9, 2008 at 11:28 AM
- Mrs. Lynne said...
Creative sis. I really like the fuschia blush. Looks really pretty against your skin. So if it works for you, you know what that means ;) I love this. It's really like we are sharing our makeup with each other even though we're MILES away, hah.
- February 9, 2008 at 9:59 PM
- Bliss said...
Wow, you are really creative, i thought you pasted the leopard spots on,in fact you drew it on lol, the lip colour looks great on you, it compliments the look :)
- February 10, 2008 at 9:09 AM
- Alice Mary said...
Hey Ren!! I love the look, it's definitely really funky and adventurous! And sorry about whoever that person was hatin on you. Honestly, I've told a lot of the other makeup gurus the same thing that if people are going to make comments like that, then they obviously are either 1) jealous of you, 2) have nothing better to do with their pathetic lives, 3) are actually obsessed with you, or 4) all of the above and I would think that 99.99% of the time, it's all of the above. So forget them, you got more people who admire you and your talent than people who are hatin on you. Which look are you going to wear for Valentine's Day?
- February 10, 2008 at 10:27 PM
- christianadivine said...
this is such a HOT and FUN look! i love the creativity and fun you had with this look! gorgeous sis, simply gorgeous! :D
- February 11, 2008 at 3:21 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
lisa: thanks sweety! i used to always rock flowers in my hair wishing i was in the islands...
shawnta: thanks sweety i've never seen that before!
emilee: wow really? lol i was scared at first ppl would think i'm crazy, i'm glad u like!
mrs. lynne: you know i'm starting to embrace the fuscia blush, at first i was like whoaaaa...u know i agree...makeup brings ppl on different ends of the ocean together, he he
bliss: thanks sweety!
alice mary: thanks for your words of wisdom, high five! i think i'm going to rock the 2nd look :)
chris: hey sis, thanks! sometimes i have to push myself outside the box...gotta keep growing!
- February 11, 2008 at 2:28 PM
- mrslanielovesmac said...
I like this look! You are always full of creative ideas. Keep it coming! I like!
- February 12, 2008 at 10:11 PM
- slvrlips said...
Hello, This look is pure fire! I love it. I just watched the video tut and you did and excellent job.
Thanks for sharing
- February 17, 2008 at 11:24 AM
- chanel said...
love the leopard eyes one, i made a look similar with leopard prints. (:
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To whomever is promoting the new internet sales tax, please stop.Posted Monday, July 19, 2010, at 8:59 AM
I made the headline because I can not tell anymore where the party lines stop between Democrat and Republican. If the GOP is really conservative and pro-business, they need to get back on track,but ......
ANYWAY this is about the proposed sales tax on internet sales. If you have a location in a given state, it is nothing new that you have to collect sales tax for sales within that state, but this law will change everything.
I could has it out here, but this article says some good things so http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/opinion...
When you consider the rising costs of mail or shipping the savings by not having to pay tax was a small benefit, but never got close to the expense. It is not unusual for our customers to pay much more than the item originally cost them for shipping.
I believe our internet edge is the convenience of not having to go to the item and being able to sit in your pajamas while you shop, or run a quick shopping errand from your desk during lunch. (Yes, I know. Some do much more than that and take away from productivity at work.)
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99% of our sales are out of state and 40% of that is out of the country. It is not hurting our local sales tax base because anything sold in-state we collect & pay taxes.
Brick & mortar stores collect and pay sales tax to one authority, the State of Tennessee. I been there and done that. Local is calculated by the State and returned to the local community based on their tax rate. B&M stores do not collect tax and pay 49 other States.
I am sure you know the cost of shipping today. It equals and often surpasses the local and state sales taxes so the internet buyer does not really save anything because of not paying taxes. Free shipping, is not free. It is paid by someone.
I could sell a $0.99 to someone in my store and the local buyer would pay 10 cents tax. My internet buyer could pay $3.00 or more in shipping. The buyer does not save and I the seller could have probably made a few extra bucks, but the buyer had to figure the shipping cost into the overall purchase price.
The benefit of the internet to me is that I have millions of potential customers where the local B&M store has their local population and most do not walk through their doors each day. Another benefit is low overhead and my store is open 24 hours a day.
The lost tax might have some merit if I bought my everyday purchases online but I don't because shipping has to be paid by someone and it will most likely be me.
The tax inequality argument does not add up to me either. The big loser in this tax collection scenario is the seller and the shipping companies. The big winner, big government. Of course, it will also require more people to administrate the programs, so they can claim to be lowering the unemployment. They will spin it.
My local Post Office sees well over a thousand from our sales alone each year. Multiply that times the number of small sellers out there and the Post Office takes a hit when my sales drop off, then raise prices AGAIN because they are not making money.
Your software can separate the state, city, and county taxes, and make payments to all the different tax authorities, and you do it free? That could be something to check out if it comes down to it. Thanks for the info.
I realize that your company might not do as well if it does not become law, but it looks like someone is going to lose, either way.
It is late and I could probably ramble on for more hours. I guess the bottom line is that I just don't trust more taxes going to a government that can't control their own spending.
-- Posted by stevemills on Tue, Jul 27, 2010, at 11:04 PM
I understand the position of small businesses that sell online to avoid collecting sales taxes for every state. However, small bricks and mortar businesses have to collect these taxes. Sales tax introduces a price disparity that hurts local businesses. State and local sales taxes are voted on by local voters (or indirectly by the politicians that local voters put into office). Their intent is to collect money based on purchases, and use those funds to pay for local services such as police, fire, parks etc. Now that more business occurs online, those intended revenues have rapidly dwindled. An argument is often made that collecting taxes would be a huge burden for online sellers. Technology has made it easy for sellers to manage inventories, shipping, targeted marketing etc. And there are companies that can automate the sales tax collection process. Our company, Fed-Tax.net, offers such a service (called TaxCloud). It is completely free to the online retailer. It is certified to comply with the Streamlined Sales Tax Agreement, which means that TaxCloud calculates the tax due for any transaction in the US, and offers merchants advantages in terms of tax amnesty and tax indemnification from States that participate in the Streamlined Sales Tax initiative.
I think that some of the voices in this debate are spinning this as a 'new' tax. In my opinion it is simply adjusting existing legislation to catch up with the reality that so much business is now being conducted online.
-- Posted by BVaccaro on Tue, Jul 27, 2010, at 2:32 PM
The e-seller would have to collect the sales tax that is applicable in the buyer's State then send the tax to the buyer's state.
The seller may have to send it to a tax department in the city it is mailed to, so the city can get it's cut? I would imagine the cities lose out and only State/Federal get the tax.
This is what makes people liable for a tax. If you collect a tax from someone for anything, you must pay that tax to the state involved.
The States then pay and keep the proper share of the tax.
It will put a big burden on the seller because he/she would have to know where to send this tax money in each of the several States and the proper amount of tax for each State, not to mention the extra cost of paper work and mailing. Oh my, internet shopping prices just went up. So much for saving online!
-- Posted by Unique-Lies on Tue, Jul 27, 2010, at 1:11 PM
Is there someone out there who supports this? It obviously has support, so maybe someone will speak up about why this is a good idea in their way of thinking?
Will the States see this sales tax or is in strictly Federal? If the State see it, in what form? Will the State portion come with controls and rules as other government programs?
I would bet it starts out small. Just 1-2% to "ease" into the program, but once the tax process is in place, it will be much easier to nudge it up.
-- Posted by stevemills on Tue, Jul 20, 2010, at 6:41 AM
I asked someone whose opinion I respect about this recently, and this is the reply I got:
"The affiliates don't have the obligation to collect and remit sales tax, only the actual seller.
Amazon had no physical presence in NY: no office, no employees, and no equipment. NY made the argument that using affiliates based in NY (likely meaning the affiliates' servers were in NY) that Amazon was "doing business" and had "nexus" with NY, requiring the collection of sales tax.
If you are in the business of selling tangible personal property, and you have affiliate relationships where you pay a commission similar to Amazon's Affiliate program, yes talk to your accountant.
On the other hand, if you ARE the affiliate, collecting a small commission for these passive links, then I don't think you need to worry - or collect sales tax for out of state sales."
But then, there's all those corrupt governments we need to subsidize overseas, so it'll probably pass. Sorry...I just work way too hard for way too little and this completely disgusts me, especially when I see a certain country monopolizing a certain eCommerce site, and getting the royal treatment. Odds are they'll never see THOSE taxes. :X
-- Posted by cats4me on Mon, Jul 19, 2010, at 11:59 PM
Hey EM,
You've created an app to calculate taxes for each state or something else?
-- Posted by stevemills on Mon, Jul 19, 2010, at 11:41 AM
Already expecting this to happen, I already have my taxes setup in my webapp for my online business. Just need to activate it when it passes. Yes this is a nightmare.
-- Posted by Evil Monkey on Mon, Jul 19, 2010, at 11:24 AM
Not mentioned so far is also the logistical nightmare of trying to pay taxes to all the governments involved. Everyone will surely want their cut. If someone in Texas sells to me in Bell Buckle, will Bell Buckle get their share? (even though I am not really in Bell Buckle?)
I can see new software expenses for small business who will HAVE to buy it to manage our taxes. Yuck!
-- Posted by stevemills on Mon, Jul 19, 2010, at 9:58 AM
So many people purchase items over the internet, including myself, because we simply cannot get to the store that we are shopping for, or the sales are alot better than shopping in person. I also use alot of gift cards for stores that are only online or are cities away. I am totally against the internet sales tax. It's just more money that we are having to give the government so they can spend it on needless things.
I have been using iTunes for a few months and was never charged any tax on my purchases. If the song was $.99 then that was the total price of purchasing it. But last week they had a note pop up saying that they were going to have to start charging tax. Amazon also charged sales tax on a couple of movies that I recently rented from them. *Thanks to all of the movie rental places closing up :( *
-- Posted by PrpleHze on Mon, Jul 19, 2010, at 9:35 AM
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A market rumour suggests that large developers of video games, particularly Electronic Arts, have already received early prototypes of Microsoft Corp.'s next-generation video game system. The information vastly contradicts to earlier facts that pointed to the initiation of Xbox "Next" development earlier this year.
The successor to the Xbox 360 console is currently evaluated by an unnamed game design studio that belongs to Electronic Arts, according to Develop web-site, which cites senior, trusted, well-placed source. EA reportedly received the systems back in April. At present, it is said, the hardware is installed inside typical computer cases.
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The Madison Opera's performance of "Tosca," Giacomo Puccini's opera of love and treachery, is an absolute triumph both musically and dramatically.
The principals -- soprano Melody Moore, tenor Scott Piper and bass Nmon Ford -- act as if they love their work and the audience, in turn, loves them.
I have been attending performances of the local group since 1980, and I have never heard a better blend of soprano, tenor and bass. Often one voice tends to dominate the stage, but Moore, Piper and Ford fit together smoothly and beautifully.
"Tosca" dates from 1900 and is set in Rome. It begins in a church and ends with a firing squad.
Piper sings the role of Mario Cavaadossi, a painter hired to prepare a portrait of Mary Magdalene. His lover, Floria Tosca, a jealous singer, is in turn sought by Baron Scarpia, who has Cavaradossi arrested and tortured; he then propositions Tosca to sleep with him in order to save her lover's life.
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On Tuesday, Target Director Jim Klarich and Eric Duistermars, MEDC site location services and business attraction manager, told the Target board and local business people how the local economic development group and the state are working together to spur growth in the area.
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Acer griseum
Paperbark Maple
Acer griseum is always in short supply due to very slow growth rate and unique characteristics. Its ultimate size is quite variable depending on soil and site conditions. Width is typically less than its height in an upright-oval form. A key ornamental feature is its beautiful exfoliating cinnamon colored bark. Trifoliate leaves are dark green in summer, turning a motley of red, bronze, and red in fall.
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Acer palmatum 'Fireglow'
Fireglow Japanese Maple
Named 'Fireglow' due to it's 'firey' red fall color, it is a fine accent specimen. It is slower-growing than 'Bloodgood', maintaining an upright habit. Foliage is quite sun tolerant and keeps good red color through summer, turning Crimson in fall.
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Acer palmatum 'Sango kaku'
Coral Bark Japanese Maple
A common palmatum cultivar, though not as heat tolerant as some other cultivars. New foliage is tinged red, maturing to a medium green through summer, to yellow gold with red over tones in fall. The brilliant coral-colored stems are of particular interest; the first and second year of growth has striking color. As the plant matures the color is lost. Has an upright habit.
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Acer palmatum var. atropurpureum 'Bloodgood'
Bloodgood Japanese Maple
Likely the most popular upright, large-leaved, tree form Japanese maple grown in this country. A highly hardy Japanese maple with good sun tolerance, keeping almost black-red color well into late summer. Success is attributed to the strong growth and upright habit. Believed to have been originally propagated by the Bloodgood Nursery, Long Island, New York. Some believe it originated in Europe...no matter who saw it as a great opportunity, they were right.
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Acer palmatum var. atropurpureum 'Emperor I'
Emperor Japanese Maple
Has an upright growth habit and is a fast grower. Large red leaves have blue tones and holds good summer color. Leafs out 2-3 weeks earlier than 'Bloodgood', which helps avoid frost damage.
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Acer palmatum var. atropurpureum 'Trompenburg'
Trompenburg Japanese Maple
Deep purple-red foliage lasts well into the summer before turning deep red-green in summer to crimson-red in fall. Leaves have 5-7 lobes with deep sinuses. Grows upright when young, becoming broader with age.
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Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Seiryu'
Upright Green Leaf Japanese Maple
'Seiryu' is vigorous for a Japanese maple. It has an upright arching habit with finely dissected light green leaves that do not scorch in full sun. Dark brown-green bark. Spectacular fall colors range from gold to light yellow with shades of crimson in most leaves to a wonderful bronze-brown before falling; for a change from the red dissectums, this is it!
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Acer palmatum var. dissectum 'Viridis'
Green Japanese Laceleaf Maple
In the trade, 'Viridis' has come to mean any dissectum that is green and holds all the characteristics of the red dissectums indicated by atropurpureum. However, I am not aware of any named cultivars of 'Viridis' but rather we see only the term 'Viridis'. There are in fact, other green A. p. dissectum cultivars such as 'Waterfall' but there are only a few. Confused? It is not that bad, because I have yet to see a plant labelled 'Viridis' that looked too much different from all the others. In any event, this is one spectacular plant that I have personal knowledge of. I have a stock plant in my landscape that is about 10' across and 4' tall against a red brick wall facing due west, the afternoon summer temperature often reaches well over 100 degrees and yet this plant seems to love it; the soft green spring flush makes you want to stare while nothing is lost as the severe summer weather engulfs it. Very old specimens can reach 12' H, 12-15' W.
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Acer palmatum var. dissectum atropurpureum 'Inaba Shidare'
Inaba Shidare Laceleaf Japanese Maple
'Inabe Shidare' has large leaves for a dissectum and incredible deep purple-red foliage that holds all summer. Has vigorous growth. Fall color is brick red, often brighter than other cultivars.
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Acer palmatum var. dissectum atropurpureum 'Tamukeyama'
Tamukeyama Laceleaf Japanese Maple
'Tamukeyama' has crimson-red young foliage that matures to purple-red and holds color well throughout the summer. Leafs out slightly later than other cultivars. Growth is also more upright than other cultivars.
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Acer rubrum 'Bowhall'
Bowhall Red Maple
A red maple with an upright columnar-pyramidal top. Fall color is yellow-red with red mid-veins.
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Acer rubrum 'October Glory'
October Glory Red Maple
'October Glory' and its cousin 'Red Sunset' seem to consistantly win all the popularity contests for fall color. 'October Glory' is similar to the species except has better form and holds its brilliant orange to red fall leaves longer.
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Acer rubrum 'Red Sunset'
Red Sunset Maple
One of the very best red maples, 'Red Sunset' has a pyramidal to rounded outline with excellent orange to red fall color. It may be more cold hardy than other red maples.
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Acer saccharum 'Green Mountain'
Green Mountain Sugar Maple
'Green Mountain' holds a more consistent outline than the species. Dark green leathery summer foliage turns brilliant scarlet, yellow, and some red tones in the fall. 'Green Mountain' is more tolerant of heat and dry, poor soil conditions than other A. saccharum cultivars.
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Aesculus octandra
Yellow Buckeye
A large shade or ornamental tree with an upright oval growth habit. Handsome medium to dark green foliage stays clean of foliar disease in summer. Fall color is a yellow-orange to yellow-brown. Upright panicles of solitary yellow-green flowers appear in mid-May. Brown capsules open in September or October and develope brown 'buck eye' nuts.
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Aesculus parviflora
Bottlebrush Buckeye
A wide-spreading multi-stemmed shrub with excellent branching structure. White flowers appear on 8-12" long panicles June through July. This is an outstanding summer flowering plant, few can compete. Foliage is medium to dark green in summer, and a good yellow fall color. Deer and disease resistant
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Aesculus x carnea 'Briotii'
Briotii Red Horse Chestnut
Aesculus x carnea, commonly known as Red Horsechestnut, is a cross between A. pavia and A. hippocastanum. 'Briotii' has 10" dark red flowers that bloom late spring. It is widely adaptable to soil types, but does best in deep well drained soils. We have single stem and shrub form in production.
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Aesculus x carnea 'Ft. McNair'
Ft. McNair Red Horse Chestnut
Aesculus x carnea, commonly known as Red Horsechestnut, is a cross between A. pavia and A. hippocastanum. This cultivar was originally selected on the ground of Fort McNair in Washington D.C for its foliage and pink flowers with yellow throats. Is thought to be more resistant to leaf blotch.
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Amelanchier x grandiflora 'Autumn Brilliance'
Autumn Brilliance Apple Serviceberry
This is a hybrid between A. arborea and A. laevis. The nursery trade has brought much confusion to Amelanchier in that the similarities between A. aborea, A laevis, A. canadensis, and A. x grandiflora are many and thus some misnamed plants are available; we believe A. 'Autumn Brilliance' is the most commonly requested followed by A. canadensis as a native.
'Autumn Brilliance' has showy white flowers in Spring, followed by purplish-black fruit providing year round interest. Young leaves are purplish and pubescent as compared to A. laevis without pubescent leaves. Foliage turns bright red in fall.
We have single- and multi-stem in production.
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Betula jacquemontii
Whitebark Himalayan Birch
Jacquemontii birch has the whitest bark of any birch in cultivation; the bark exfoliates to reveal a new 'skin' annually and is of the chalky type that rubs off on your hand. They have a rounded head and upright habit. Leaves are dark green and glossy through the growing season, turning yellow in fall. Jacquemonti birch is reputed to be resistant to borers, though have heard borer reports.
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Betula nigra 'Dura Heat'
Dura Heat River Birch
Glossy, dark olive green foliage turns yellow in the fall. Cream colored white exfoliating bark exfoliates early. Performs better in hot and humid conditions than other river birch varieties.
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Betula nigra 'Heritage Cully'
Heritage™ River Birch
This is the closest thing to a white birch that will perform well in the hot summer months. Large, leathery, dark green leaves do the typical thing of birches by gently swaying in the breeze. Young trunks show thin reddish brown to cinnamon brown bark that peels. Older trunks are dark reddish brown, deeply furrowed and broken into irregular plate-like scales. We grow them in clump-form. Note that we use the 'Heritage Cully' (a.k.a 'Heritage') cultivar name to give credit to Earl Cully who selected this River Birch in the early 1980's.
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Betula populifolia 'Whitespire'
Whitespire Senior Gray Birch
A graceful birch with a pyramidal to oval, uniform habit. Has attractive dark glossy green foliage and white bark. 'Whitespire' is believed to be one of the most resistant birches to the bronze birch borer although not immune, and tolerates temperatures from -30 to 120 degrees F. We grow clump form.
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Buxus 'North Star'
North Star Boxwood
A dense upright selection, with shiny dark green leaves that retain good winter color. Good for a low maintenance hedge. A Proven Winner boxwood.
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Buxus 'Northern Charm'
Northern Charm Boxwood
A very hardy Boxwood with small, dark, blue-green leaves. Upright, oval, and compact. It was selected for its cold tolerance and has a good growth rate.
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Could Therapy Culture Help Explain Elliot Rodger's Rampage? asks Brendan O'Neill on Reason. The 22-year-old started therapy at age 8 and reportedly was seeing multiple therapists while living in Santa Barbara and plotting "retribution."
. . . he was full of self-regard, was incredibly self-obsessed, and was utterly outraged when people, especially women, didn't treat him with the love and respect he felt he deserved.
Could Rodger's fury at the world for failing to flatter his self-image as a good, civilized guy be a product of the therapy industry, of the therapy world's cultivation of a new tyrannical form of narcissism where individuals demand constant genuflection at the altar of their self-esteem?
Therapy's children are "invited to focus" on their inner selves rather than the world around them, writes O'Neill.
We see it in university students who want to ban everything that they think harms their self-esteem, because they've been educated to see any attack on what they think and how they feel as utterly unacceptable. We see it in the growing cult of self-revelation and the search for validation on social networks like Twitter, where individuals' frenetic tweeting and their desperate desire for that all-important retweet speaks to the reorganization of society around the need for recognition, the need for an "admiring audience" to make the self feel puffed up. And we potentially see it, in its most extreme form, in Elliot Rodger, the son of therapy . . .
In his murder manifesto, Rodger complains that people's attitudes towards him "really decreased my self-esteem. . . . if they won't accept me… then they are my enemies."
And then he makes the key cry of our therapeutic era: "It's not fair. Life is not fair."
Watch Rodger's video. The most alarming thing is how cool and well-spoken he is. This is a man used to talking about himself, following years of practice in therapy sessions. Clearly having decided to have a love affair with himself, Rodger terrifyingly declares: "I am the closest thing there is to a living god… Magnificent, glorious, supreme, eminent, divine!"
He's not a religious nut, writes O'Neill. "It's a therapeutic thing."
You might call Rodger a homicidal narcissist. His own life has supreme value. Nobody else matters.
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The Return of the Phantom of Deflation
Uncertainty overseas and stateside show we're on a collision course with an inevitable destination.
"Last dance with Mary Jane, one more time to kill the pain; I feel summer creepin' in and I'm tired of this town again." --Tom Petty
Albert Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
We've covered numerous topics in our time together, including the cumulative imbalances in the global marketplace, the shifting social mood, the sovereign sequel to the first phase of our financial crisis and the Phantom of Deflation. (See: A Five-Step Guide to Contagion)
That last dynamic is perhaps most daunting. Between the bear market in China, uncertainty in Europe, stateside budget gaps, upward taxation, and austerity measures, it would appear we're on a collision course with an inevitable destination. To that end, I will draw from three of my past columns with hopes of providing some context for our forward path.
The first article was written on June 21st, 2006. I was reminded of those thoughts when I picked up The Wall Street Journal last week and saw Inflation at 44-Year Low splashed loudly across the front page. (See: The Phantom of the Market)
As I wrote at the time:
"I won't pretend that all is well in the world or that the worst is behind us. I'm simply looking to shake shekels from the tree and pocket them before the Phantom returns to his rightful home.
Who is this Phantom I speak of and what does he want? For me, it's a simple yet unpleasant answer; the type of discussion that nobody wants to have until we actually see his shadow.
He is Deflation; painful, all-consuming, watershed Deflation. While the mainstream media continues to monitor inflationary pressures -- and yes, this exists in some corners of the economy -- this particular Phantom won't discriminate between victims. The weakness we've seen is the probability of this demon being priced into the collective mindset."
To be sure, after that column posted and following an additional 15% haircut for commodity prices, asset classes across the board enjoyed a spirited sprint higher. We know now that was the "blow off" phase of the rally, the "panic" portion of the denial-migration-panic continuum that defines all market moves. We all know what happened next.
On February 20th, 2008, we offered that policymakers were navigating the increasingly complex landscape in a manner that would further crush the middle class. (See: Our Wishbone World)
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"Let's look at both sides of the great debate. To the left is the socialization of markets, nationalization by governments, and a road to hyperinflation. To the right, we have asset class deflation, risk aversion, and the unwinding of the debt bubble.
If the Northern Rock nationalization is the first in series of similar steps, we could conceivably see the stateside assumption of mortgage debt by the US government. This would hit the dollar and spike equities, at least until interest rates rose to levels deemed attractive as an alternative investment.
That is the hyperinflation scenario, one that is presumably preferred by the powers that be as an alternative to watershed deflation. The "haves" would fare better than the "have nots," which would include the former middle class that suffers as a result of moral hazard as the costs of goods and services skyrocket.
The other scenario is the draining of liquidity from the system, which would ignite the fuse for a higher greenback as currency becomes scarcer. Asset classes across the board, from commodities to equities, would deflate and impact the top tier of our societal structure that is tied to the marketplace.
This is, quite obviously, problematic for many policy makers and the constituencies that bankroll them. Deflation in a fractional reserve banking system means that they have, for all intents and purposes, lost control of the economy. It is an admission of defeat, albeit one that may be unavoidable.
Last week, while dining with Minyanville sage Mr. Practical, we were discussing the congressional testimony of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson. We arrived at the conclusion that they must see what we see but their hands are tied with regard to how they publicly posture themselves.
"The banking system, stymied with credit contagion, is not operating normally and the communication thereof is delicate. Hidden behind proposed bailouts, stimulus packages, super-conduits, term auction financing, mortgage rate freezes, foreclosure freezes, and working groups are politicians attempting to engineer a business cycle that long ago lost its way.
As Mr. Practical observed as we surveyed the situation, "None of these plans will affect the larger deflationary credit contraction. Debt deflation is occurring outside of the Fed's control at the world's money center banks, where supply and demand for credit has undergone a rapid and significant decline."
This process will take years to manifest but will ultimately yield positive results. The destruction of debt will allow world economies to build a solid foundation for future expansion that is entirely more secure than what we currently have in place.
Deflation will cause paper wealth to evaporate and rich nations will be forced to pour real money -- as opposed to cheap debt -- into developing economies as a redistribution mechanism. While the path might be painful, the destination will be a sustainable starting point for future generations.
There is a marked difference between taking our medicine -- which is a function of time and price -- and injecting the system with drugs with hopes that the pain will pass. The latter matter continues to be the diagnosis of choice, as evidenced by current events, but the patient would be well served to understand the prognosis.
There are no easy answers but there are certainly simple truths. The sooner we prepare for the worst, the better we can in good conscience hope for the best."
The next vibe has been repeated many times in Minyanville through the years, most recently in last week's column. (See: The Short Sale of American Icons)
It's short and sweet but sums it up:
"There are two alternative forward paths: On one side, debt destruction, asset class deflation, and an outside-in globalization once the dust settles. On the other, we continue to give the global drunk another drink with hopes he doesn't sober up. The sad truth is that he one day will and our children will be forced to pick up the bar tab if we don't change our ways and soon."
Here's the bottom line, and please don't shoot the messenger. This Grand Experiment has been ten years in the making; it's cumulative, global and quite dangerous. It's very much the reason why Minyanville sounded the alarm with regard to the solvency of the financial industry as the banks raced to all-time highs and warned of a "prolonged period of socioeconomic malaise entirely more depressing than a recession" in the summer of 2006. (See: The Upside of Anger)
We didn't share those thoughts to scare people or make a name for ourselves; we offered them because we believed them to be true. Yes, we were -- and quite possibly may still be -- early, but a forward lens is the only lens when navigating financial markets. While our editorial mandate is "truth and trust," our stylistic approach is "where news meets opinion." I offer this through that lens, as one man's humble opinion.
There are trades, there are investments and there is financial staying power, and there will certainly be sharp rallies on the way to our final destination. One thing is for certain: by the time the deflationary dynamic is self-evident, the opportunity to proactively prepare your portfolio will have already passed.
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This month marks the five-year anniversary of the United Nations' adoption of Security Council Resolution 1738, which obliges nations to safeguard journalists operating in conflict zones. The international community hailed the passage as a landmark for protecting our colleagues and defending free speech. Yet journalists around the world continue to work under threat, and in many countries, impunity reigns.
According to statistics compiled by the International News Safety Institute (INSI), nearly 1,000 journalists have been killed in the course of duty over the past ten years. In more than two thirds of these cases, no perpetrator was ever brought to justice. There is no fiercer form of censorship than a death threat.
The times and places where journalists are most needed are often the same times and places where they are most at risk. In Syria, for example, eighty-four journalists have been imprisoned since March. In this time of growing global unrest, the media must be protected as the witnesses—and the international community must do more to ensure their protection.
The challenge, then, is twofold: enforcing the international law already in place with initiatives like Resolution 1738, and pushing those measures further. As Mariclaire Acosta, the director of Freedom House in Mexico and the author of a recent book on impunity, put it, "Such protocols [as Resolution 1738] set up frameworks whereby society and specifically journalists can demand that they be adapted and followed." Yet more often than not, corrupt authorities get away with murder and the laws themselves fall short.
This year alone, eleven members of the media were killed in Mexico; eleven more were killed in Pakistan and eight were killed in Honduras. These countries are the first, second, and fifth worst countries in the world, respectively, when it comes to the killing of journalists—and none of them are technically at war.
"Resolution 1738 is a start and more awareness about it needs to be raised," explained Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary execution. "At the same time, the limitation that it applies to armed conflict specifically has to be recognized," he said, illustrating a difficulty currently faced by the international community and journalist support groups. Resolution 1738 applies only to journalists working in zones of armed conflict, but some of the most dangerous terrains for reporting now fall outside this remit.
Heyns attended a conference last month in Vienna with experts from U.N. agencies, journalist support groups, (including INSI) and governments. There, it was underlined that the international community is obligated to protect journalists in regions of conflict as well as in areas of so-called peace. Heyns believes that greater recognition of this "could blow new life into 1738 and provide for broader coverage; most killings of journalists, after all, take place outside armed conflict."
For sure, the blame does not solely rest on semantics, and rethinking how we define peace and conflict will not be enough to solve the problem. The international community does not speak loud enough in demanding the protection of journalists and making these stories more visible. The journalists most at risk are not big-name Americans—most of the people being targeted are courageous local reporters working at small newspapers in places like Russia or Mexico. The problem at hand is that the most vulnerable journalists often fly under the radar of the international community.
The constraint facing bodies like the U.N. when it comes to protecting journalists in a country such as Mexico is that they can only do as much as the Mexican government permits. The international community can exert pressure, but it cannot directly force change.
"There isn't a quick answer or campaign that can turn things around globally, or even in one country," said Ann Cooper, former executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists. She added that offending countries should be constantly scrutinized by the international community, support organizations, and journalists themselves. Indeed, when it comes to a problem like impunity, much of the task involves highlighting the mechanisms that allow the murder of journalists to go unchecked—the ways in which transnational criminal networks find accomplices, collaborators, and abettors in various foreign governments.
The fight against impunity and for journalist safety is, as Cooper put it, "a long slog"—but there are some signs of progress. The Austrian government, which was elected to the U.N. Rights Council this year, pledged to carry forward the issues raised in last month's conference in Vienna on journalistic safety and impunity.
But until governments like Mexico's decide they want to confront the problem, or until governments like ours decide to impose extreme measures to pressure them to do so, journalists will continue to be imprisoned, gunned down, or beheaded for challenging oppressive regimes and exposing transnational criminal networks and the authorities that defend them.


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Madison, Wis……… The Natural Resources Conservation Service and the U.S. Forest Service have announced a multi-year partnership to improve the health and resiliency of ecosystems where public and private lands meet across the nation.
"Both of these agencies have the same goal – improving the health of our forests, fields and streams," said Jimmy Bramblett, NRCS State Conservationist for Wisconsin. "By combining resources and working in a coordinated fashion, this partnership will restore large landscapes regardless of ownership."
The project, called the Chiefs' Joint Landscape Restoration Partnership, will invest $30 million in 13 projects across the country, $625,000 in Wisconsin, to help mitigate wildfire threats to communities and landowners, protect water quality, and supply and improve wildlife habitat for at-risk species.
The project will bring special funding to help farmers improve farm and livestock operations and profitability while improving water quality. The NRCS will also have additional funds available to help forest landowners improve timber quality and deer and grouse habitat while improving habitat for at-risk species.
"Habitat and water quality don't stop at boundaries between public and private lands," Bramblett said. "By working together, we can provide more assistance to help public and private landowners and managers put practical conservation solutions on the ground, providing greater benefits to surrounding communities and habitats, such as improving soil and water quality, reducing sediment to streams and protecting a critical part of Lake Superior's watershed in northeastern Wisconsin."
"The Chiefs' Joint Landscape Restoration Partnership is an opportunity for our agencies to pool resources and get better results for the American people," addedPaul Strong, Forest Supervisor for the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. "Restoring the health of our nation's forests and grasslands is a critical effort, and it's going to take partnerships like this to see the job through."
Wisconsin – Lake Superior Landscape Restoration Partnership: This partnership project came out of discussions that took place at One USDA Meetings in Wisconsin in 2013. The project will develop new levels of collaboration between USDA agencies, other government agencies, private landowners and the eleven federally recognized Tribes in WI. The NRCS and the USFS will direct financial and technical resources toward priority projects within critical Lake Superior sub watersheds. These efforts will build on existing local efforts and will focus on: critical fuel management, improving water quality, enhancing soil and forest health, and habitat restoration for Golden-winged Warblers, Kirtland Warblers, Sharp-tailed Grouse, and inland and Coaster Brook Trout populations. Conservation activities will improve water quality in tributary streams to Lake Superior, improve forest health and improve wildlife habitat. This collaboration will use the full range of authorities of the agencies to produce solutions on both public and private lands as envisioned by the USDA All-Lands Approach to conservation. FY 2014 funding: FS (National Forest Land) - $305,000; NRCS - $320,000.
Summaries of all projects selected can be found here.
NRCS: The Natural Resources Conservation Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The NRCS mission is to work with America's farmers and landowners to protect their land and water through conservation. NRCS is the primary federal agency dedicated to working on private land, which is 70 percent of the U.S. land base, to protect natural resources and agricultural sustainability.
Forest Service: The only national forest in Wisconsin is the Chequamegon-Nicolet NF., headquartered in Rhinelander. The U.S. Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with a mission of sustaining the health, diversity, and productivity of the nation's forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. Nationally, the U.S. Forest Service manages 193 million acres of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, and maintains the largest forestry research organization in the world.
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HICKSVILLE, OH—In addition to the recently announced expanded cardiology coverage, Community Memorial Hospital has added three cardiovascular and thoracic surgeons to its Specialty Clinic lineup. Lutheran Medical Group physicians, Vincent A. Scavo, Jr., MD, Alan C. Peterson, MD, and Christopher A. Danby, MD are now seeing patients at CMH.
Lutheran Medical Group's cardiothoracic surgeons perform procedures such as aortic valve replacements, heart bypass surgery, heart transplants, and surgeries and therapies for thoracic aneurysms on patients with all types of heart conditions. The cardiothoracic surgical team works together and uses the latest in technology, devices, and medications to help ensure the best possible outcomes for patients.
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Alan C. Peterson, MD, assisted in the development of northeastern Indiana's cardiac surgery and transplant programs. Prior to that, he served as assistant professor of thoracic surgery at the University of Michigan Medical Center and as chief of cardiothoracic surgery at the Ann Arbor Veterans' Administration Medical Center. He also served as the senior registrar in cardiothoracic surgery at Great Ormand Street Hospital for Sick Children in London. In 1986, Dr. Peterson was one of 15 investigators worldwide in the experimental Jarvik-7 artificial heart program, and he was on the team that implanted northern Indiana's first artificial heart in 1987. Today, he serves as the principal physician consultant for the artificial heart program at Lutheran Hospital.
Christopher A. Danby, MD, completed a general surgery residency at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in 1991 and served two years as staff general surgeon at Winn Army Community Hospital in Fort Stewart, Ga., where he became skilled in video-assisted surgical procedures. Dr. Danby completed a cardiothoracic surgery residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1995, where he remained as a staff cardiothoracic surgeon for two years. During that time, he served as medical director of the School of Perfusion Technology, as quality assurance coordinator of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and as an assistant professor of surgery for the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.
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Debates of May 3rd, 2001
House of Commons Hansard #54 of the 37th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was provinces.
- Message From The Senate
- Parliamentary Buildings Advisory Council
- Health
- Government Response To Petitions
- Committees Of The House
- Sir John A. Macdonald Day And The Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day Act
- Patent Act
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Income Tax Act
- Competition Act
- Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
- International Boundary Waters Treaty Act
- Canadian Improv Games
- Responsible Fishing Awards
- Regional Development
- Mental Health
- Responsible Fishing Awards
- The Environment
- Mauricie
- World Asthma Day
- Press Freedom Day
- Zimbabwe
- Polish Constitution Day
- Crab Fishing
- Statistics Canada
- Amateur Hockey
- Atlantic Canada
- Huntingdon's Disease
- Rocky Mountain College Choir
- The Economy
- Health
- Free Trade Area Of The Americas
- Health
- National Defence
- Health
- Single Currency
- Pharmaceuticals
- Energy
- National Defence
- Summit Of The Americas
- The Economy
- National Defence
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Labelling Of Genetically Modified Foods
- Justice
- The Environment
- Foreign Affairs
- Food Inspection
- Science And Technology
- Human Rights
- Veterans Affairs
- National Defence
- Presence In Gallery
- Business Of The House
- Points Of Order
- International Boundary Waters Treaty Act
- Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2001
- Criminal Code
Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)
Is that agreed?
Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Some hon. members
Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
The Acting Speaker (Mr. Bélair)
Pursuant to Standing Order 76(8) the recorded division on the motion stands deferred.
The House resumed from April 30 consideration of the motion that Bill C-6, an act to amend the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act, be read the second time and referred to a committee.
International Boundary Waters Treaty Act
Government Orders
1:50 p.m.
Charles Caccia Davenport, ON
Mr. Speaker, in the two minutes left before question period, which will be adequate for me to make my brief intervention, I would like to say that the bill before us has positive features and it has some negatives. I will briefly outline them for the House's consideration.
Beginning with the positive, this act dealing with transboundary waters offers an ecological approach. It deals with water as an important item that is dealt with as a basin. It is seen as an ecological asset wherever it is found and therefore it is dealt with in an approach that is new and, from an ecological and environmental point of view, I think, most desirable.
Having said that, I will say that the bill also has some shortcomings because it relies on the voluntary approach when it comes to non-boundary waters in preventing the export of bulk water. In other words, Bill C-6 is quite explicit. It says that the export of water in transboundary lakes and river systems and the like is not to be permitted, but when it comes to waters from Newfoundland to British Columbia that are not shared with our neighbours, it is left to the provinces to decide whether or not the export should take place. Therefore it covers only one aspect of our great ecological asset, namely, freshwater.
The legislation also leaves out bodies such as Lake Winnipeg, the island lakes from Newfoundland, and other lakes from Newfoundland to British Columbia.
The fact, therefore, that emerges from reading the bill is that while a good step is being undertaken in the bill in covering transboundary waters, it leaves out a substantial body of lakes and rivers that are not being shared with our neighbours to the south.
The bill also does not contain any reference to reciprocity on the part of the United States. It may be that this bill is not the appropriate place to have that kind of reference.
It may be that such an omission could be corrected by an appropriate amendment to the 1909 Canada-U.S. Boundary Waters Treaty in a manner that would bind the United States as well. I am not aware of initiatives south of the border that would be parallel to the one we are initiating in this parliament, and therefore I am raising this matter here this afternoon.
Moving on, the question of export of bulk water is one that has been of major concern to Canadians. We know that the vast majority of our population does not want to see Canadian water exported in bulk. Therefore maybe there is a solution to that problem by having the Government of Canada seek an interpretive statement under NAFTA whereby bulk water is to be defined as a non-tradable commodity.
Having obtained that interpretive statement, then we could use our constitutional powers given for international trade to the federal government and subsequently enact federal legislation banning export of bulk water, covering Canada as a whole and not having to rely on the vagaries of the voluntary agreements with the provinces, as we would by adopting this bill alone.
Finally, the approach I have just outlined of seeking an interpretive statement is not a new one. It has been followed already for health services, which are not subjected to trade agreements. It has been adopted in relation to education and it has been adopted in relation to certain natural resources.
What is desirable, then, in the near future would be an additional piece of legislation that would replace the voluntary accord proposed by Ottawa in the case of removal of bulk water. We need that kind of legislation that would make it illegal to export non-boundary bulk water because it is quite safe to predict that the voluntary approach would not work in the long term, as leadership in provincial governments changes from time to time.
In conclusion I would say that we need this type of legislation with a certain element of urgency, because in certain provinces there could be a threat very soon for the export of bulk water from non-boundary waters, which might be authorized by some provincial government, as we have learned from media reports emanating out of Newfoundland.
I will use the remaining minute just to refer to the fact that the government introduced in August 1998 a very good piece of legislation called Bill C-156. It was called the Canada water preservation act. It contained a number of legislative measures emanating from the Pearse water report, which was initiated in January 1984 and completed in 1985. It has been languishing since then, waiting for implementation. It is an important report that certainly deserves the attention of this parliament.
Canadian Improv Games
Statements By Members
May 3rd, 2001 / 1:55 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Dave Chatters Athabasca, AB
Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased and proud to announce that last Saturday a nine member team from Westwood Community High School in Fort McMurray won the Canadian National Improv Games here in Ottawa.
They competed in a fierce battle with four other teams, but when the dust settled and the points were tallied the team from Westwood came out victorious.
When one considers the accomplishments of these students, it is obvious that the tar sands are not the most precious resource in Fort McMurray.
I wish to extend congratulations on a job well done to students Lucus Merger, Arlen Konopaki, Sean Parsons, Michelle Parsons, Mike Robertson, Laura Rushfeldt, Kyle Miles, David Zeglen, and their teacher, Karen Towsley.
Responsible Fishing Awards
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Wayne Easter Malpeque, PE
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge and congratulate the winners of the Roméo LeBlanc National Awards for Responsible Fishing.
This award recognizes Canadian fishermen who have contributed to the development and promotion of responsible fishing practices. Individual fisherman are the most aware of the need to manage fisheries in a responsible manner. It is their livelihood. It is their future.
This award gives them the recognition they deserve. The 2001 winners who are present in the gallery today, Stan Logan, Pierrot Haché, Stevie Audlakiak and George Purvis, have all been chosen by their peers for significant contributions to responsible fisheries. These men are role models for younger generations who look to Canada's great ocean resources for their future
I wish to extend congratulations to the winners of the award and thank them for their inspiration.
Regional Development
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Brian Pallister Portage—Lisgar, MB
Mr. Speaker, documents prepared for the industry minister by Western Economic Diversification Canada show that since the Liberals came to power western Canada's share of money for regional economic development has been cut by more than half and that the rationale for funding certain projects is to gain "visibility and credit" for the government.
No wonder poll results released by the Council for Canadian Unity show that a majority of Canadians in nine out of ten provinces feel that their province does not get the respect it deserves from this federal government.
Canadians want real change. They do not want feel good tours and they do not want self-serving Liberal patronage either. For example, the council's research shows that 60% of western Canadians cite an elected Senate as a high priority and 55% cite free votes in the House as a high priority.
The government should stop playing politics with regional issues and should start addressing the real priorities of Canadians.
Mental Health
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Marcel Proulx Hull—Aylmer, QC
Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, under a brilliant sky, hundreds of people met at the Aylmer race track to take part in the event known as "En espadrilles pour la santé mentale".
Organized to raise money for the Fondation Pierre-Janet, this fundraiser brought in over $35,000 to build a new day centre, exceeding the objective set by the organizing committee.
Today, I would like to thank all those who, in varying degrees, worked to organize this dynamic event, where good humour was infectious. "En espadrilles pour la santé mentale," was a fine occasion to promote a feeling of solidarity with and generosity toward people facing problems of mental health.
This event is another great success for the Fondation Pierre-Janet, which, since 1990, has invested over $500,000 in the field of mental health in the Outaouais.
Long life to the Fondation Pierre-Janet and to Dan Guay, who instigated the "En espadrilles pour la santé mentale" event.
Responsible Fishing Awards
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Nancy Karetak-Lindell Nunavut, NU
Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate Stevie Audlakiak of Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, who received the 2000 Roméo LeBlanc Award for Responsible Fishing for the Arctic.
Honoured for being our leading proponent of responsible fisheries developments in Nunavut, which includes Inuit traditions of responsible fisheries harvesting, Stevie has ensured the sustainability of the Arctic char harvest as well as trying to initiate a clam fishery off Broughton Island.
I wish to extend thanks to Stevie Audlakiak for his great contribution to a viable Nunavut fishery and the continuing developments in the fishery as he continues to improve and refine techniques to the benefit of all.
The Environment
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Gurbax Malhi Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale, ON
Mr. Speaker, last week more than six million Canadians across the country took part in efforts to help protect our planet's environment as they celebrated Earth Week.
Students in Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale learned about recycling, composting, alternative energies and climate change. I was pleased to see students out in the community planting and cleaning parks, all in the effort to improve and protect Canada's environment.
I encourage the federal government to continue its efforts to promote sustainable development in Canada and across the globe.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Yves Rocheleau Trois-Rivières, QC
Mr. Speaker, a real catastrophe occurred in the Mauricie region this week, with two plants announcing their upcoming closure in July and the lay-off of nearly 750 employees, 90 at the Norton plant in Shawinigan and, to add insult to injury, 650 at the Fruit of the Loom plant, the second largest employer in manufacturing in Trois-Rivières, where a large majority of the workers are women.
Clearly, more than ever, the Mauricie region needs a strategy to revitalize the economy, in which the federal government, which collects 50% of Quebecers' taxes, will work with the Government of Quebec to offset the job losses and to rebuild our industrial sector as well.
More generally, specific measures should be put in place to fight the negative effects of globalization on both the public and private sectors.
Most importantly, however, right now, we must give thought to women, children and families. Everything must be done to save these businesses and their 750 employees.
World Asthma Day
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jeannot Castonguay Madawaska—Restigouche, NB
Mr. Speaker, today we are celebrating World Asthma Day, the theme of which is that asthma can be understood and controlled.
Asthma is on the increase in Canada. Every year, it claims over 500 victims. This is 10 deaths a week.
Today is an opportunity to become familiar with the facts of this disease. Asthma is one of the major causes of hospitalization in Canada. Yet, if Canadians had a greater awareness of this disease, emergency room visits could be reduced by 50% and hospital stays by 80%.
As one of the most common diseases in Canada, asthma carries a high price tag. It lowers productivity but, worse, it diminishes the quality of life of asthma sufferers and their families.
I urge hon. members and all Canadians to find out more about this disease. It concerns every one of us.
Press Freedom Day
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
John Harvard Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia, MB
Mr. Speaker, today is World Press Freedom Day. Freedom of the press is essential to ensure that democratic rights and freedoms are protected.
A free press not only promotes transparency and accountability in governance but also encourages lively debate and engages citizens in public life.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said "Freedom of the press ensures that the abuse of every other freedom can be known, can be challenged, and even defeated".
In Canada, freedom of the press and freedom of speech are protected within the charter of rights and freedoms. Unfortunately, that is not the case in all countries.
Today we pay tribute to journalists around the world who risk their lives to report on injustices and fight for the rights and freedoms that we in Canada so cherish and to Canadian journalists who contribute to ensuring a real public dialogue in our society.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Deepak Obhrai Calgary East, AB
Mr. Speaker, Canada's silence on the crisis in Zimbabwe is deafening. Democracy, rule of law and respect for human rights have been replaced with violence and intimidation. People live in fear of the government.
By not acting, the government is complicit in the abuse of basic human rights by a dictatorial regime. I call on the government to send a strong message to the government of Zimbabwe by temporarily suspending all international aid assistance.
Further, the government must insist that our commonwealth partners do the same. Canada must demonstrate a clear resolve to President Mugabe that human rights abuses will not be tolerated.
I urge the government to act in the name of democracy.