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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton participated today in a townterview hosted by KTR Studio in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Students from the American University of Central Asia and other universities, representatives of civil society organizations, and young professionals joined the discussion. During the townterview, Secretary Clinton said:
"...If you look at countries around the world, and you think to yourself, 'What are successful countries,' successful economically and politically that benefits the vast majority of their people, you need a good, functioning democratic government. You need a free market economy, properly regulated, that provides economic benefit to its people. And you need a strong, vibrant civil society. It's like a three-legged stool, in order to be stable.
"So, I think civil society has a very important role to play in Kyrgyzstan. And I would promote civil society. The United States, through our aid programs, support many organizations. In fact, universities are part of civil society, and our support for education here in Kyrgyzstan is a part of our commitment to civil society. So I am a very strong supporter, not because I have personal experience, so much as because I think civil society will be very positive for Kyrgyzstan. And it is not only an important part of a stable, democratic society, but it's also a way for young people often to get experience that they then can take either into government or into the private sector, because you acquire certain skills that will be beneficial to you."
You can read the full transcript of the townterview here. Secretary Clinton is traveling to Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, and Bahrain November 30 - December 3. Learn more about her trip here.


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In my app currently, I am tracking, what is basically, page views for the user to see. I would like to also cache these page, but I realize that in doing so, I won't be able to increment my counter any longer. I prefer to use a full page cache, and not fragment or action caching.
Is there an elegant way of doing this?

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Gluten-free bloggers share their favorite go-to dishes when they�re ordering out.
We all have that one friend whose restaurant order we envy�she always seems to know exactly what to get. But healthy dining can be even more of a challenge when you�re following a gluten-free diet. So in partnership with Healthy Aperture�we asked a group of GF bloggers what they typically order at common restaurants. Why not steal their ideas the next time you�re perusing a menu? Mexican �Taco salad with beans and guacamole (without the shell; no sour cream).� � Aggie Goodman, Aggie�s Kitchen �Black beans, avocado and rice.� � Abby Himes, Seaweed and Sassafras �Chicken fajitas, no tortillas, with a side of guacamole on lettuce.� � Andrea Syswerda, Delicious by Dre �Burrito bowl (minus the tortilla) with black or pinto beans, extra veggies, spicy salsa, and lots of guacamole.� � Amanda Maguire, Pickles & Honey �Something grilled with whole black beans. Refried beans are often processed, and may contain traces of gluten.� � Ann Plough, Eat Simply Eat Well �Carne asada over shredded lettuce with guacamole.� � Brent Schrader, Virginia Is for Hunter-Gatherers �Grilled fish or chicken tacos on corn tortilla with guacamole and lots of salsa.� � E.A. Stewart, The Spicy RD �Shrimp salad with avocado.� � Danielle Omar, Food Confidence �Burrito bowl with beef, black beans and pico di gallo.� � Tim Horel, Gluten Free Canteen Steakhouse �The smallest steak available, which I usually cut in half; baked or other potato dish; saut�ed mushrooms.� E.A. Stewart, The Spicy RD �Minestrone soup and salmon entr�e.� � Kelly Egan, Running Blonde �Prime rib, steamed asparagus and side house salad.� � Brent Schrader, Virginia is for Hunters-Gatherers �Spinach salad with grilled chicken, walnuts, cranberries, goat cheese and balsamic vinaigrette.� � Alyssa Rimmer, Queen of Quinoa �A house salad (minus the croutons) with lemon/olive oil dressing and a baked sweet potato.� � Amanda Maguire, Pickles & Honey �Grilled top sirloin with grilled veggies and a sweet potato.� � Brittany Lesser, GotheXtraMile �Petite filet and a salad, skip the roll.� � Abby Himes, Seaweed and Sassafras �Lobster with a couple of side dishes, usually a baked potato and either saut�ed mushrooms or broiled/roasted tomato.� � Rachel Begun, The Gluten Free RD �Just about any of the grilled meats are usually gluten-free. And most will have seafood options as well.� Lisa Wells, Cook Eat Paleo �A steakhouse is a steakhouse. We order the steak. A family-sized Porterhouse, with creamed spinach, roasted Brussels sprouts, and hen of the woods mushrooms.� � Laura Clark, Pass the Knife Chinese �Szechuan eggplant and green beans.� Alex Witte, Chowvida �Sweet and sour tofu and vegetables with steamed rice.� � Bella McKenzie, Sweet n� Savory Life �Spicy Singapore rice noodles.� � Alyssa Brantley, Everyday Maven �Miso soup with a green papaya salad.� � Alyssa Rimmer, Queen of Quinoa �Stir-fry veggie and prawns dish.� � Christal Sczebel, Nutritionist in the Kitch �Colorful steamed vegetable plate, small side brown rice.� �Sadie Crouch, Sweet.Smart.Vegan �Mongolian Beef.� � Wendy O�Neal, Around my Family Table �Coconut curry vegetables with brown rice.� � Maryea Flaherty, Happy Healthy Mama �Shrimp stir-fry with extra veggies and brown rice.� � Aggie Goodman, Aggie�s Kitchen �Tofu in saut�ed rice wrappers, salt and pepper green beans.� � Karen Tedesco, Family Style Food Italian �Gluten-free pasta with fresh pomodoro and basil sauce.� � Bella McKenzie, Sweet n� Savory Life �Lentil or minestrone soup.� � Brittany Mullins; Eating Bird Food �Gnocchi with portabella.� Alison McCarthy, Pure Provender �Pan-roasted fish with side salad.� � Brent Schrader, Virginia is for Hunter-Gatherers �Gluten-free pesto and veggie pasta or pizza with a side salad.� � Jesse, Out to Lunch Creations �Grilled chicken or fish and polenta with veggies.� � E.A. Stewart, The Spicy RD �Lemon chicken: I love the clean, citrus flavor of roasted chicken with lemon topped with capers and served with a side of spinach.� � Paige Adams; Last Ingredient� �There is usually a great meat or fish dish saut�ed in tomato sauce. I check to make sure they don't dredge the meat in flour and can make it gluten free and substitute vegetables for the side of pasta.� �?Lisa Wells, Cook Eat Paleo Burger Joint �Veggie burger minus the bun and a salad topped with avocado.� � Allison Brewer, Get Natured �A cheeseburger �wrap� with lettuce instead of bread/wrap.� � Alyssa Brantley, Everyday Maven �Turkey burger with salsa and avocado on top.� � Andrea Syswerda, Delicious by Dre �Grass-fed burger on a gluten-free bun.� � Winnie Abramson, Healthy Green Kitchen �I usually opt for the grilled chicken and load it up with all the gluten and dairy-free vegetable toppings.� � Lisa Wells, Cook Eat Paleo Brought to you by: Spry Living


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by Anton Shilov
Chief scientist of Nvidia Corp., William Dally, said that in the future software developed using Nvidia's proprietary CUDA software development kit will be able to work on a broader range of platforms. Even though Mr. Dally did not elaborate much, it seems that Nvidia wants to make CUDA an industrial standard that would compete against Microsoft DirectX compute shaders as well as OpenCL application programming interfaces.
"In the future you will be able to run C with CUDA extensions on a broader range of platforms, so I don't think that will be a fundamental limitation. I am familiar with some projects that are underway to enable CUDA on other platforms," said Bill Dally at a "roundtable event", reports TechRadar web-site.
Although the chief scientist of the graphics chip designer did not elaborate on the additional platforms, it is highly likely that he talked about running applications developed using CUDA Toolkit on ATI Radeon graphics processors by Advanced Micro Devices. Currently ATI Stream technology, which powers numerous software applications, is based on Brook+ stream programming language; Brook was originally developed in Stanford University for using graphics processing units for general purpose computing, Brook+ is AMD's extended version of the language.
Even though both CUDA and Brook+ are, to certain extent, proprietary, AMD has always said that it plans to support only open, industry-wide programming standards, which are OpenCL and Microsoft DirectX compute shaders. But Mr. Dally claims that CUDA is more advanced than Brook+. He does not say whether it is also more sophisticated than DirectX and OpenCL
"I think [ATI Stream] is missing some of the abstractions that are in CUDA. I think people are far more comfortable with CUDA […]. I think CUDA is a far more productive programming environment," said Mr. Dally, an ex-professor from Stanford.
Right now Nvidia, which has larger market share compared to ATI/AMD, is rather comfortable with CUDA since there are no industry-wide programming standards and the competition from ATI Stream is not so obvious. But in a year from now there will be DirectX compute and OpenCL APIs as well as graphics chips from both ATI and Intel which will rely on those technologies. Considering that software designers tend to utilize industry-standard APIs, either Nvidia makes its CUDA available on other platforms or it will have to keep it for proprietary projects only. There is a question, however, whether AMD and Intel want to support CUDA.
"We don't care whether [GPGPU applications] are restricted to running on our GPUs or on a broader range of platforms. We produce the best GPUs [outhere], so given a fair competitive environment, people will choose our GPUs," proclaimed Mr. Dally.


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by Anton Shilov
Nvidia Corp., a leading designer of graphics processors and chipsets, has formally announced its new core-logic for Intel processors that should make advanced features and capabilities available to broader audience. In conjunction with the release Nvidia started to promote its new program called "Designed by Nvidia", which encourages motherboard makers to resell Nvidia reference design mainboards rather than to create their own.
In the past all add-in cards, mainboards and other kinds of devices were designed by their makers themselves, which allowed manufacturers either to squeeze all the juices out of chips that were developed by respective designers, or to make a very affordable product.
But then computer hardware became very complex to make and manufacturers of graphics cards had to start following reference designs of ATI and Nvidia. However, several years after, both leading designers of graphics chips found that add-in boards based on the high-end of their lineups were too complex to allow everyone to make them and decided to make them using capacities of a contract manufacture and then sell those cards to graphics cards suppliers, such as Asustek or Gigabyte.
Now, Nvidia believes that even mainboards based on its chipsets are so tricky to manufacture that it would be better to its partners to sell motherboards already made according to Nvidia's reference design and under Nvidia's supervision. But will it really help end-users to get proper products? Well, looks like the real beneficiary of advantages will be Nvidia's chipset business division.
Nvidia actually launched the "Designed by Nvidia" program back in November '06, along with the release of the nForce 680i SLI motherboards by a bunch of companies who only put their sticker on the mainboards that were made by a contract manufacturer under the supervision of Nvidia. The move allowed several companies to be on the market with a flagship product much earlier than the renowned leaders of the market, namely Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and MistoStar International.
Nvidia says that "Designed by Nvidia" mainboards are manufactured under the direction of Nvidia to ensure high-quality components and are tested to offer stable and reliable operation under extreme conditions. The company also claims that it is responsible for responsible for the design, development, and dissemination of all software and BIOS updates for motherboards that are sold by suppliers like BFG or EVGA.
Even though Nvidia claims about superior end-user support with the "Designed by Nvidia" program, in reality it means that end-users have to turn to technology support of companies like EVGA and the latter would work with Nvidia on the solution for issues. This was the case with the well-known Serial ATA issues with the nForce 680i SLI motherboards, besides Nvidia had to disable LinkBoost technology for the core-logic (implying that the particular combination of hardware, software and firmware contained problems) and causing manufacturers like Asustek to disable it too. Moreover, end-users who bought motherboards from Asus, still need to download nForce drivers (which are provided "as is" and without any warranties) from Nvidia's web-site.
To sum up, end-users hardly really benefited from "Designed by Nvidia" program when issues with the Nvidia nForce 680i SLI core-logic emerged: it still took Nvidia more than a month to fix the issue and the problem seems to have been finally resolved when a feature of a core-logic was disabled.
Nvidia Corp. has been concentrating on high-end core-logic sets for years, enjoying great profitability and getting accolades from both reviewers and end-users. However, with the merge between Advanced Micro Devices and ATI Technologies, the company has to refocus on the market of Intel processors-supporting chipsets, where the margins are lower and where Intel holds the lion's share of the market.
Nvidia promises that "a broad product family of 'Designed by NVIDIA' motherboards will be available by the end of April starting as low as $99", which indicates that the firm plans to unveil products for all market segments. While on the market of AMD-compatible mainboards Nvidia already has a name, on the market of Intel-compatible platforms there is only one strong brand – "Intel" – but it is really hard to compete against it in the mainstream segment. For example, when it comes to competition between Asustek's Intel P965-based mainboard and Asustek's Nvidia nForce 650i Ultra-based motherboard the former would be certainly more preferable to the mainstream market.
Given the current situation on the market, Nvidia needs to find new channels to sell its hardware. One of the best way to do that would be to get new motherboard suppliers to the market and avoid direct comparison against Intel-based offerings. Nvidia decided that companies like BFG, EVGA, XFX and some others are already known by the community of gamers and it makes sense to use their channels (and consequently shelf space in retail stores) to get its Intel-oriented mainstream chipsets onto the market. Since those companies have no experience in designing mainboards and would hardly like to spend a lot of money on supporting motherboard products, Nvidia rolls-out its "Designed by Nvidia" program, which makes it very easy to sell mainboards by novices.
Even though Nvidia and members of "Designed by Nvidia" program will not avoid competition with first-tier manufacturers and Intel's chipsets, Nvidia will deliver a full product family onto the market, which would give end-users a lot of choice and will help the core-logic designer to better understand the requirements of the market, its strengths and weaknesses.


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Gloria Jean Smith
JACKSON – Services for Gloria Jean Smith, 81, of Jackson will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at First Presbyterian Church, Jackson. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Jackson.
Smith died Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, at Sanford Jackson Hospital, Jackson. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Sunday at Osterberg Funeral Home, Jackson, and one hour prior to services Monday at the church. Osterberg Funeral Home, Jackson is in charge of arrangements.


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New Mexico owes us a 'thank you'
When it comes to dollars flowing to the federal government, and federal dollars coming back to the state, Minnesota is not doing very well.
A study published this week in The Economist shows that over the last 20 years, Minnesota ranks second only to Delaware in the gap between the federal taxes the state's taxpayers pay, and the amount of money coming back to the state in federal services. According to the Economist, Minnesotans paid $1,016.9 billion in taxes from 1990 to 2009. We received $503.8 billion. That's a deficit of $513.2 billion, or 199 percent of our gross domestic product.
New Mexico, by contrast, paid $115.7 billion in taxes and received $316.6 billion in federal funds, or -261 percent of the state's gross domestic product.
Our neighbors to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota, also receive more than they pay. North Dakota receives about $48.7 billion more than it pays, and South Dakota receives $45.3 billion more than it pays
Only Pennsylvania broke even in the rankings, with a little over $1,602 billion in both taxes and revenue.
We realize there are inequities in population and services needed. The Dakotas have far fewer people, and more highways to maintain, for instance.
It would be nice, however, for those who receive to send a thank you note to those of us who pay.


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Fuel RulesJanuary 30, 2013 by Bruce Landsberg
Last week we discussed how there is too much extraneous information in the FAR/AIM book, and many of you agreed. One area that is very straightforward pertains to how much fuel is required. The FARs are unambiguous for both VFR and IFR operations. Two recent accidents illustrate the wisdom of having enough gas to go the distance and then some.
In January, a relatively new instrument pilot crashed after his Piper Arrow ran out of fuel on approach to Dover AFB. This was after attempting approaches at four other airports in Delaware and on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The preliminary report did not show the forecast or how widespread the low IFR conditions were, but it reinforces the point that flying 50 or even 100 miles to an alternate may not get you to a place where you can get on the ground with certainty.
On one of my flights in a Cessna 182 into a low weather system, it was prudent to land short before even burning half a tank. Taking on additional fuel made it possible to fly back out of the entire system if needed. It also provided great peace of mind and steadied the hand when shooting a low approach.
Last week another flight involved a Cirrus SR-20 that came up short on a VFR flight. The CFI pulled the parachute. There were no injuries, although the aircraft was much the worse for wear. It was a familiarization flight and the aircraft was about three miles from the runway when the engine quit. Less than a quart of fuel remained on board. I spoke with Mary Grady on an AVweb podcast about this issue and these two accidents.
Some say parachutes are for sissies, but in this case perhaps three lives were saved, whereas in the Arrow the pilot died. With the Cirrus accident, there will be some explaining to do, but sacrificing the aircraft is always the correct choice.
I shamelessly promote two fuel management Pilot Safety Announcements which you may find amusing: Hybrid Power and Would You Fly This Airline? Better yet—pass them along to anyone who thinks fuel rules are foolish.
Lest you think that these are isolated incidents, take a look at our incident/accident map.
These Pilot Safety Announcements from the Air Safety Institute are just part of what the AOPA Foundation does to help general aviation improve its safety record. And your support keeps those efforts alive. Consider a donation today so that we may continue providing these free educational resources for pilots everywhere.
Bruce Landsberg
Senior Safety Advisor, Air Safety Institute
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Debates of May 30th, 2000
House of Commons Hansard #103 of the 36th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was transport.
- Environment And Sustainable Development
- Information Commissioner
- Government Response To Petitions
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees Of The House
- Business Of The House
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Committees Of The House
- Supply
- Canada Transportation Act
- Brad Bowden
- Corrections And Conditional Release Act
- Blyth Festival Theatre
- Culturelink
- International Trade
- Taxation
- Rimouski Oceanic Hockey Team
- Grain Transportation
- Buffet Des Nations In Sherbrooke
- Young Entrepreneur Award
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Quebec's Week Of The Disabled
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Crab Fishery
- Huntington's Disease
- Human Resources Development
- The Environment
- New Member
- Human Resources Development
- The Environment
- Airports
- Canada Customs And Revenue Agency
- Canada Information Office
- Canada Customs And Revenue Agency
- The Environment
- Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
- Genetically Modified Organisms
- Citizenship And Immigration
- Acoa
- The Environment
- Transport
- Citizenship And Immigration
- Cultural Heritage
- Air Transportation
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- The Environment
- Presence In Gallery
- Supply
- Division No. 1324
- Division No. 1325
- Canada Labour Code
- Division No. 1326
- Division No. 1327
- Division No. 1328
- Income Tax Act
- Division No. 1329
- Citizenship Of Canada Act
- Division No. 1330
- Division No. 1331
- Samuel De Champlain Day Act
- Migratory Birds Convention Act
Corrections And Conditional Release Act
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
John Reynolds West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast, BC
Mr. Speaker, one of the cruel anomalies of our criminal justice system must surely be the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, which allows for statutory release and automatically paroles all inmates after serving two-thirds of their sentences.
A justice subcommittee studying this mockery of the sentencing system came close to recommending an end to the statutory release. That was before the Liberal MPs on the committee changed their minds after a short visit to the whip's office decided to give credence to the corrections commissioner that statutory parole was a great thing.
There is a litany of abuse of the statutory release, but none as glaring as Kelly James Bedard. In 1994 he was arrested for murder, having slashed the throat of his victim. His rampage came three months after being released from prison, having served the necessary two-thirds of his sentence for aggravated assault.
Today Kelly is on the street despite a parole board assessment that Kelly was at high risk for violent offences. I hope the Liberals are happy with themselves.
Blyth Festival Theatre
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Paul Steckle Huron—Bruce, ON
Mr. Speaker, hark, what talent through yonder benches breaks.
Each year for the past 26 seasons the Blyth Festival Theatre has been delighting audiences with its world-renowned performances chronicling all the aspects of our national experience.
With this, I am pleased to inform the House that joining with the ranks of Shakespeare is one of our very own. I congratulate the hon. member for Dartmouth as this year her play, Corker , will be showcased at the festival. This satirical comedy pokes fun at our society and underscores the surprises that life often produces.
On behalf of the festival and the citizens of Blyth, I invite all members of the House to review the brochures I have provided to their offices and to then take the time to join me at the festival sometime this summer.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Sarmite Bulte Parkdale—High Park, ON
Mr. Speaker, on May 24 I had the pleasure of attending the ribbon cutting ceremony and open house for Culturelink which recently relocated into my riding.
Founded in 1989, Culturelink is a non-profit community based organization that facilitates the settlement of newcomers to Toronto. It offers a wide variety of programs which promote self-sufficiency, positive interaction and understanding between the host and newcomer communities, and the overall well-being of all its participants.
Culturelink programs include the host program, English conversation circle and job search workshops. These workshops also include employment counselling, resumé clinics, TOEFL classes and youth programs.
Culturelink has been made possible through partnerships among the Department of Citizenship and Immigration, the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Ontario government, the city of Toronto, the Counselling Foundation of Canada, the United Way of Greater Toronto and the Trillium Foundation.
I would like to welcome Culturelink to Parkdale—High Park. I wish it continued success in its new location.
International Trade
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Denis Paradis Brome—Missisquoi, QC
Mr. Speaker, in this era of globalization, our communities must make a place for themselves in the vast world market. Municipal politicians and those responsible for economic development are aware that they must be equipped to deal with the new challenges all of us are faced with.
We can help our small and medium businesses to become major players on the international scene by keeping them informed, and by providing them with needed support. For this reason, I organized the first International Day this past February, and I am doing it again now for the ridings in central Quebec.
This day offers an opportunity to discuss international trade, the contracting process, CIDA and Team Canada. It is a day for acquiring information on matters of an international nature, which may prove useful for municipal politicians and those responsible for economic development.
I congratulate my fellow MPs, particularly the hon. member for Beauce and the hon. member for Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet. The dynamism of those attending today reflects the vitality of our communities.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Rob Anders Calgary West, AB
Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate Robert Mundell, Columbia University's Nobel prize winning economist, for recognizing and encouraging efficiency.
Mr. Mundell just received an honorary degree from Queen's University at its spring 2000 convocation. His endorsement of Estonian and Hong Kong tax systems is fitting. Single rate income taxes result in less complexity and greater productivity. That is why Alberta is adopting a 10.5% single rate tax.
The Canadian Alliance has adopted a 17% across the board federal income tax rate. Further, personal exemptions of $10,000 and ending tax discrimination against married people would remove thousands from the tax rolls altogether.
Congratulations to Robert Mundell and single tax rate advocates everywhere. May even Liberals one day learn to embrace less government and less tax. Vote Canadian Alliance for a 17% single rate tax. Praise Robert Mundell, a son of freedom and single rate taxes.
Rimouski Oceanic Hockey Team
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Joe McGuire Egmont, PE
Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the Rimouski Oceanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on winning the Memorial Cup played in Halifax last week. To win the Memorial Cup, emblematic of the best junior team in Canada, ranks as the achievement in junior hockey.
I am particularly proud of the Oceanic team members, not just because they won and were a great example of team play, skill and dedication, but also because the most valuable player of the tournament and one of his teammates both come from Prince Edward Island.
Brad Richards from Murray Harbour and Thatcher Bell from Gurnsey Cove played outstanding hockey and represented their league, their hometowns and province with enormous class and enthusiasm. Congratulations and good luck in their futures to Brad and Thatcher. Also to the Barrie Colts captain Sheldon Keefe who also hails from P.E.I., best of luck in his future.
Also, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, my first hockey hero, rest in peace. You were a great man and a first class Canadian.
Grain Transportation
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Roy H. Bailey Souris—Moose Mountain, SK
Mr. Speaker, a growing number of motorists and truck drivers in Saskatchewan for safety reasons are choosing the municipal roads for travel instead of the provincial highways.
The provincial highways, handling the increased amount of grain transportation, are deteriorating very rapidly.
Within the proposed grain bill the $175 million to support grain transportation over the next five years simply breaks down to $35 million for the three prairie provinces. Saskatchewan would probably get 60% of that amount, or $21 million a year. If that entire amount were to be spent within my constituency, it would not even bring Highway 13 up to the standards for modern trucking demands.
Buffet Des Nations In Sherbrooke
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Serge Cardin Sherbrooke, QC
Mr. Speaker, last Saturday, May 27, I visited 40 countries and tasted the typical foods of many of them, all in the space of a few hours.
I managed this lightning world tour by joining some 800 other guests at the 29th Buffet des nations, organized in Sherbrooke by the Service d'Aide aux néo-Canadiens.
The purpose of this great annual event, unique in Quebec and in Canada, is to raise funds to organize activities to help new immigrants integrate. In Sherbrooke alone we had some 3,740 new immigrants in 1996, 370 more than the figure in the 1991 census. Immigration is, I feel, a source of great wealth for my riding.
In closing, I wish to congratulate the President of the Service d'aide, Nicole Robitaille, and her 300 or so volunteers who worked so hard to ensure the success of this great international festival of gastronomy.
Young Entrepreneur Award
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Steve Mahoney Mississauga West, ON
Mr. Speaker, last Thursday, May 25, at the Mississauga Board of Trade's 2000 Outstanding Business Awards, Ms. Kate Bird, president of Career Essentials Inc., received the young entrepreneur of the year award.
Career Essentials, with outlets in nine Ontario cities, provides a variety of assessment, training, tutoring and job search services through the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, primarily to assist injured workers with reintegration into the workplace. It also offers a certificate course entitled, "Teaching English as a Second Language", as well as one on one student tutoring, training options for the corporate market and a variety of career services to people searching for employment.
This is not the first award for Ms. Bird. She has previously received the young entrepreneur of the year award and the business startup award, both from the Scarborough Chamber of Commerce.
Congratulations to Kate Bird. Way to go.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Wendy Lill Dartmouth, NS
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the CBC announced that local TV news will be cut by two-thirds. Shame on the Liberal members who cut $400 million from the CBC and then feign outrage when the cuts are actually implemented. Do they not read their own budgets before they vote?
Shame on the Prime Minister for making the CBC slice up successful shows like 24 Hours , Here and Now , 1st Edition and Compass . His approach is the wisdom of Solomon gone horribly wrong.
The most cynical part of this whole affair is that the Liberals will promise yet again to support the CBC when they go to the people in the next election, and then will break that promise one more time, this time killing regional programs forever.
I call on the government to recommit to the dream of public broadcasting which truly reflects regions to regions, and take the CBC off life supports now.
Quebec's Week Of The Disabled
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Maud Debien Laval East, QC
Mr. Speaker, more than a million people have to overcome impediments to their involvement in society everyday.
Yesterday, May 29, in Laval and elsewhere in Quebec, we kicked off Quebec's week of the disabled.
Between June 1 and 7, through discussions, artistic and sporting activities, people with disabilities will have their say. By listening to what they have to say, we will perhaps understand that a disability is not necessarily a handicap. The real handicap is not being able to study, work, enjoy oneself, travel or communicate with others.
By working together to help people with disabilities integrate into society by implementing progressive measures to ensure their right to education, to work and to enjoy recreation, we will all come out ahead, and our society will be more humane, because it will be more just.
I also take this opportunity to pay tribute to all those volunteers who work to improve the living conditions of persons with disabilities—
Quebec's Week Of The Disabled
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker
The hon. member for Ottawa Centre.
Aboriginal Affairs
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Mac Harb Ottawa Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, last week was designated Aboriginal Awareness Week across the federal public service.
I am pleased to inform the House and Canadians that across the national capital region there were many celebrations of aboriginal arts and culture. Aboriginal performers entertained and led demonstrations in traditional arts and crafts. Ceremonial songs and colourful workshops gave everyone an opportunity to experience the aboriginal lifestyle, from sampling traditional foods to participating in cultural workshops and listening to special guest speakers. These kinds of opportunities are very important for they recognize the contributions of aboriginal people to our country.
Next month all Canadians will have the opportunity to share in the celebration of National Aboriginal Day on June 21. I encourage all citizens to take advantage of that opportunity.
Crab Fishery
Statements By Members
May 30th, 2000 / 2:10 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
Gerald Keddy South Shore, NS
Mr. Speaker, last week we heard from the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans that the crab quota for eastern Nova Scotia was being increased to three times the quota allocated last year, approximately a 6,000 tonne increase.
This is being done even though fishers have opposed such large increases in the quota and scientists acknowledge that there have been wild fluctuations in the snow crab population over the past 20 years. The minister is increasing the quota in the face of opposition simply to score some pre-election points. He is jeopardizing the long term sustainability of the crab fishery in order to make a good news announcement from a government with nothing but bad news announcements.
At what cost? When fishers applaud conservation efforts and smaller crab quotas, why is the minister providing a 240% increase in crab fishing area 23 and a 212% increase in crab fishing area 24? Obviously the election campaign for the government has already begun.
Huntington's Disease
Statements By Members
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Sophia Leung Vancouver Kingsway, BC
Mr. Speaker, I wish to inform members of the House and all Canadians that May has been proclaimed Huntington's Disease Awareness Month.
It is estimated that this disease affects one in every thousand Canadians. The Huntington Society is dedicated to finding a cure for Huntington's Disease.
I ask members to join me in wishing the Huntington Society of Canada a very successful Huntington's Disease Awareness Month.


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Mexican wine, while still a relatively small player on the world stage, boasts intense flavors and well-crafted vintages. Three prize-winning bottles to look for:
Casa Grande Gran Reserva Shiraz. This creation issues from Casa Madero, which was established in 1597 and is the oldest winery in the Americas. Casa Grande Gram Reserva Shiraz offers aromas of toasted almonds and eucalyptus with red fruits. A good-bodied wine with mature tannins that pairs well with roasts, it won a gold award at Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in Belgium and Mundus Vini in Germany.
Casa Grande Gran Reserva Chardonnay. This wine, also from Casa Madero, brings to mind peaches and vanilla in the nose, with a structured flavor reminiscent of toasted croissants and almonds. Pair it with mature cheeses, pasta dishes with creamy sauces, fish and chicken. This Chardonnay claimed gold at the AWC Vienna International Challenge in Austria.
Santo Tomas Duetto 2007. Santo Tomas is named after its home valley south of Ensenada, Baja California, where it was founded in 1888. Most Mexican wineries form a tight cluster around this "Ruta de Vino," the sierra-surrounded valleys boasting a climate and terroir that echo the Mediterranean. Duetto 2007 is a varietal wine from the Valdepeñas grape of the San Vicente Ferrer valley and the Cabernet Sauvignon of the Santo Tomas valley. Aromas of ripe red fruit, figs, raisins, vanilla and sweet spices give way to complex tannins and an elegant finish. The wine—which goes well with steak, baked turkey and wild game—won a gold award at Concours Mondial de Bruxelles in Belgium.
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U.S. Women's Junior National Team Blocks Costa Rica at NORCECA
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (July 23, 2008) – The 2008 U.S. Women's Junior National Team blanked Costa Rica 25-12, 25-14, 25-11 with a 15-2 block advantage on the second competition day of the NORCECA Women's Junior Continental Championship at Saltillo, Mexico.
Team USA (1-1) concludes Pool A play on July 24 against Canada (1-0, plays Dominican Republic later today) at 6 p.m. The winners of Pool A and Pool B advance directly to the semifinals on July 26, while the second-place teams face the third-place teams in crossover quarterfinals on July 25.
Hayley Spelman (Las Vegas, Nev.) scored a match-high 15 points with nine kills on 18 swings and six blocks. Sha'Dare McNeal (Fallbrook, Calif.) added 11 points on the strength of seven kills on nine attacks and four blocks. Lilla Frederick (Huntington Beach, Calif.) contributed eight points in the victory, while Michelle Bartsch (Maryville, Ill.) and Darcy Dorton (Muncie, Ind.) each tacked on six points. Dorton and Frederick each charted five digs in the match to lead the U.S.
Cat Highmark (Huntington Beach, Calif.) recorded four points to go with four assists, followed by three points each from Hannah Werth (Springfield, Ill.) and Bailey Webster (Baltimore, Md.). Anne Luhrsen (Wheaton, Ill.) rounded the scoring with a single tally. Kristin Carpenter (Mechanicsville, Va.) recorded 11 of the team's 20 excellent service receptions on 16 total attempts.
The U.S. started Luhrsen at setter, McNeal and Bartsch at middle blocker, Dorton and Frederick at outside hitter and Spelman at opposite. Carpenter is the designated libero for Team USA at the NORCECA Women's Junior Continental Championship. Highmark started the second and third sets in place of Luhrsen. Werth came off the bench in the second set and started the third set. Webster was a sub in all three sets, while Gina Mancuso (Bellevue, Neb.) was subbed into the match in the third set.
The U.S. converted 55.9 percent of its attacks into kills while limiting Costa Rica to a 20.5 percent. In addition to its net defense advantage, Team USA held a 15-9 margin in digs. The U.S. gained a 4-1 edge in service aces. The Americans received 35 serves for the match and turned 20 into excellent passes. In contrast, Costa Rica turned in 18 excellent service receptions on 65 attempts.
Angie Arias Arias provided Costa Rica with a team-high 10 points, all on kills. Allison Ramirez Vargas added four points.
Later today, Dominican Republic plays Canada at 6 p.m. in Pool A action. Pool B matches today include Puerto Rico versus Trinidad & Tobago at 4 p.m. and host Mexico versus Cuba at 8 p.m.
After Costa Rica held a 7-6 edge early in the first set, Team USA erupted for eight unanswered points as Dorton racked up two kills. The U.S. pushed its margin to 17-8 as Bartsch connected on two quick attacks. Costa Rica scored three of the next four points to close to 18-11, but only scored once more the rest of the set as McNeal scored three straight points during the run.
The U.S. slowly built a 9-4 lead in the second set before Costa Rica moved to within three at 11-8. Team USA answered by scoring 11 of the next 12 points for a 22-9 advantage as Bartsch put up three blocks during the spurt. Costa Rica came back to score five of the next six points to narrow the gap to 23-14. However, the U.S. scored the final four points as McNeal capped the 25-14 set with a block. Team USA converted 12 of 18 attacks into kills during the second set while adding six blocks and two aces.
Team USA rushed to a 6-2 lead in the final set. Leading 9-6, Spelman scored two points as part of a 5-0 run putting the score at 14-6. After trading points to 15-8, Team USA rattled six unanswered points with two coming on Webster kills. Werth closed the match at 25-11 with a kills. The Americans totaled 13 kills on 22 swings with just one error in the final set.
The NORCECA Women's Junior Continental Championship concludes on July 27 with the final classification matches to determine the medal stand and consolation spots. According to the NORCECA regulations, the top three finishers in the eight-team tournament advance to the 2009 FIVB Women's Junior World Championship.
For more information on the NORCECA Women's Junior Continental Championship, click here. For the NORCECA event site, click here.
2008 U.S. Women's Junior National Team
# - Name (Pos, Ht, Grad Year, Hometown, Club, Region)
2 - Michelle Bartsch (MB/OPP, 6-4, 2008, Maryville, Ill., Southwest Illinois VB, Gateway)
5 - ShaDare McNeal (MB, 6-0, 2009, Fallbrook, Calif., Epic, Southern Cal)
6 - Kristin Carpenter (L, 5-7, 2009, Mechanicsville, Va., Richmond Volleyball Club, Old Dominion)
7 - Darcy Dorton (OH, 6-2, 2009, Muncie, Ind., Asics Munciana, Hoosier)
11 - Hayley Spelman (OPP, 6-6, 2009, Las Vegas, Nev., Nevada Juniors, Southern Cal)
12 - Lilla Frederick (OH, 5-10, 2008, Huntington Beach, Calif., TCA, Southern Cal)
13 - Cat Highmark (S, 5-10, 2008, Huntington Beach, Calif., Cal Juniors, Southern Cal)
14 - Annie Luhrsen (S, 6-0, 2008, Wheaton, Ill., SPVB, Great Lakes)
16 - Gina Mancuso (OH, 6-1, 2009, Bellevue, Neb., Nebraska Volleyball Academy, Great Plains)
17 - Hannah Werth (OH/OPP, 6-0, 2009, Springfield, Ill., Illini Elite, Great Lakes)
18 - Katie Slay (MB, 6-6, 2010, Raleigh, N.C., Triangle Volleyball Club, Carolina)
19 - Bailey Webster (OPP, 6-3, 2009, Baltimore, Md., TCA-Baltimore, Chesapeake)
Head Coach: Paula Weishoff-Hanold
Assistant Coach: Kim Jagd
Assistant Coach: John Corbelli
2008 NORCECA Women's Junior Continental Championship
Pool A: Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, USA
Pool B: Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago
Pool A
Dominican Republic 1-0
Canada 1-0
Costa Rica 0-2
Pool B
Cuba 1-0
Puerto Rico 1-0
Mexico 0-1
Trinidad & Tobago 0-1
Pool Play Matches
July 22: Canada vs. Costa Rica, 25-15, 21-25, 22-25, 25-19, 15-10
July 22: Cuba def. Trinidad & Tobago, 25-11, 25-12, 25-7
July 22: Dominican Republic def. USA, 25-23, 24-26, 25-20, 25-17
July 22: Puerto Rico def. Mexico, 20-25, 25-20, 25-20, 25-21
July 23: USA def. Costa Rica, 25-12, 25-14, 25-11
July 23: Puerto Rico vs. Trinidad & Tobago, 4 p.m.
July 23: Dominican Republic vs. Canada, 6 p.m.
July 23: Cuba vs. Mexico, 8 p.m.
July 24: Dominican Republic vs. Costa Rica, 2 p.m.
July 24: Cuba vs. Puerto Rico, 4 p.m.
July 24: USA vs. Canada, 6 p.m.
July 24: Mexico vs. Trinidad & Tobago, 8 p.m.
July 25: 2B vs. 3A, 3 p.m.
July 25: 2A vs. 3B, 5 p.m.
Classification 5-8
July 26: 3A/2B Loser vs. 4B or 4A, 1 p.m.
July 26: 3B/2A Loser vs. 4B or 4A, 1 p.m.
July 26: 1B vs. 2B/3A or 2A/3B winner, 5 p.m.
July 26: 1A vs. 2B/3A or 2A/3B winner, 7 p.m.
Final Classification Round
July 27: 7th-place match, 1 p.m.
July 27: 5th-place match, 3 p.m.
July 27: Bronze Medal Match, 5 p.m.
July 27: Gold Medal Match, 7 p.m.


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David Wright has no intention of retiring. Instead, he told the NY Post's Kevin Kernan, he intends to play, play well, and help the Mets win a World Series...
"Everybody I've talked to has said the same thing to me. You know when you know," Wright said at his foundation's Vegas Night at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. "It's not just to stay healthy, it's to be productive. ... What I know for a fact is I have a passion. I still feel can help get this team to where it needs to go."
Wright's Vegas Night raised more than $1 million dollars for the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters in Virginia, where he was born and raised.
To read more from Wright, who talks with Kernan about his goals for 2017, reflecting on his career and life as a new dad, click here to read the article in the New York Post.
Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo will play for Italy in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, national writer Jon Morosi reports.
According to Morosi, outfielder Michael Conforto, who was on Italy's preliminary roster, will not participate in the tournament.
The Mets have the seventh-best farm system in baseball, and the second-best in the NL East, according to a recent list published by ESPN.com's minor-league guru Keith Law.
"The Mets were not aggressive at the trade deadline in July, and while that may have angered some of their fans, it means we won't see someone they traded win a Rookie of the Year award in 2017," Law explains. "Several years of strong draft results have restocked the system, first with young position players with upside and now with polished starting pitchers, led by Justin Dunn and Thomas Szapucki."
Mets pitcher Matt Harvey said he feels healthy and has experienced no pain in his arm when throwing this offseason, he told reporters at a team charity event earlier this month.
"The way things are feeling now, it feels great," Harvey said, according to ESPN.com. "Obviously being healthy through spring training and getting to the season and continuing to be healthy through the season is a big plus for me. It's something I look forward to doing."
Harvey, who underwent surgery in July for Thoracic outlet syndrome, recently threw off the slope of a mound at the Storm Sports Academy in West Hempstead...
Mets RHP Noah Syndergaard is the fourth-best pitcher in the National League, MLB talent evaluators recently told ESPN.com's Buster Olney.
Syndergaard, 24, was 14-9 with a 2.60 ERA (2.29 FIP) and 1.14 WHIP in 31 appearances (30 starts) last season, during which he made the All-Star team, finished third in ERA and became the first pitcher in MLB history to start his career with 350 strikeouts and less than 80 walks.
In order for the Mets to win 90 games in 2017, they obviously can't get hit with the injury bug like they did last season -- especially not in the starting rotation.
So, health aside, what has to happen for them to win 90?
Johan Santana will be among players newly eligible for the baseball Hall of Fame next winter, as will rivals Chipper Jones, Jaime Moyer, Andruw Jones and Scott Rolen.
Earlier this offseason, Chris Cotillo of SB Nation said Santana, who turns 38 years old in March, will attempt a comeback this coming season.
Santana last pitched in the big leagues with the Mets in 2012, after which he had a second anterior capsule shoulder surgery in 2013 and tore his Achilles tendon in 2014.
To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, a player must remain retired for five years.
Jose Reyes is up for the challenge of learning and playing multiple positions, despite entering next season at 33 years old, he told SNY's Mets Hot Stove on Thursday.
"I'm ready to do whatever they ask me to do, that's all I'm focused on right now," he said.
In addition to shortstop, second and third base, the Mets will work Reyes out in the outfield during Spring Training, Mets GM Sandy Alderson told reporters Monday at the MLB Winter Meetings.
The Orioles and free-agent Mark Trumbo have reached agreement on a three-year, roughly $37 million deal, according to multiple reports on MLB Trade Rumors.
Despite acquiring Trumbo and OF Seth Smith, Baltimore would still like to add a left-handed-hitting outfielder, according to MASNsports.com's Roch Kubatko. However, instead of someone like Bruce, they prefer a player better known for his fielding, such as free-agents Michael Bourn and Angel Pagan.
Earlier this week, the Blue Jays re-signed OF Jose Bautista to one-year, $18 million deal and the Phillies and free-agent OF Michael Saunders reportedly agreed to a one-year, $9 million.
CSNPhilly.com's Jim Salisbury said the Phillies had shown interest in trading for Bruce, but were reluctant to deal multiple prospects to get him.
Mets 1B prospect Dominic Smith entered last season with just 13 home runs in two and half seasons since joining the organization in 2013. Last season, in 130 games with Double-A Binghamton, he hit 14, while batting .302 with a .367 OBP, 29 doubles and 91 RBI.
"The power was the one thing I really wanted to showcase," Smith told MiLB.com's Michael Avallone about his production last season. "It really took me until this past year to get my swing in tune with my body and learn how to be a solid run producer. ... I'm looking to drive the ball with authority in certain situations as opposed to just getting a hit."
Smith, 21, was recently named the organization's second-best prospect, according to the Top 10 list by Baseball America. He will be among 13 minor leaguers invited to this year's big league Spring Training, the team announced in early January.
Former big-league catcher Chad Kreuter will take over as manager of the Single-A St. Lucie Mets in 2017, the team announced Thursday.
Kreuter, 52, comes from outside the Mets organization and will be the 17th field manager in St. Lucie history. He played 16 years as a catcher in the major leagues from 1988-2003.
"I'm extremely excited," Kreuter said in the team-issued statement. "It is an honor to be named a manager in professional baseball. The Mets are a great organization. They have shown the ability to produce great homegrown talent. It looks like it will continue that way so to be able to manage one of their young teams is really exciting."
Legendary Mets scout Harry Minor, who spent 44 years in their organization, passed away Wednesday night at his home in California. He was 89 years old.
Minor first joined the Mets as an area scout in 1968.
According to MLB.com's Tracy Ringolsby, as the Mets debated whether to draft Dwight Gooden or Richard Monteleon with their first round during the 1982 MLB draft, it was Minor that helped tip the balance in Gooden's favor.
During his lunch with reporters at Citi Field last week, Mets GM Sandy Alderson said it's possible he begins spring training with all of his current outfielders in camp, including Jay Bruce.
"Obviously the market for certain players, certain free agents and therefore trade candidates has been slow at best, nonexistent at worst," Alderson said, according to NJ.com. "What we continue to do is reassess where we are and what our options are going forward, and those options range from doing something soon, which is possible or was possible, is possible, or doing nothing."
Alderson indicated it would be difficult to trade Curtis Granderson, instead of Bruce, because the Mets need Granderson to play center field.
In the event Bruce starts the season in a Mets uniform, he'll presumably remain a midseason trade candidate. However, for at least a couple of the month, Terry Collins may find himself with a jam-packed outfield. How might they juggle four every day players - Yoenis Cespedes, Michael Conforto, Granderson and Bruce - for three spots? And, do it in a way that maximizes their production?
Mets OF Yoenis Cespedes is the best left fielder in baseball, anonymous MLB scouts and team executives recently told ESPN.com's Buster Olney.
In late-November, Cespedes and the Mets agreed to a four-year, $110 million contract, which -- so far -- is the only nine-figure deal given to a free agent this offseason.
"They don't have a lot of lineup depth or power, which underscores the importance of Cespedes's production for them," Olney explains. "While his defense has been in clear regression, his ability to throw still makes him a weapon."
The current list of unsigned free-agent relief pitchers includes righties Sergio Romo, Greg Holland, Joe Smith, Joe Blanton, Fernando Salas and Jim Henderson, as well as lefties Jerry Blevins, Boone Logan, J.P. Howell and Travis Wood...
ESPN's Jim Bowden reported the Nationals have interest in free agents Matt Wieters and Greg Holland, but are complicating the decision because they are over budget on their spring training complex.
"Wieters/Holland > Team Store! #NatsNatsNatswoooooo," Harper wrote on Twitter, implying that his team is spending money in the wrong place.
Harper's teammate, Adam Eaton, for whom the Nationals traded several top prospects and was also the subject of another Harper tweet earlier in the offseason, seconded Harper's words with his own tweet.
Former Mets closer Billy Wagner received just 10.2 percent of votes and will miss out on being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, it was revealed during Wednesday's announcement.
Wagner, who received 10.5 percent during his first year on the ballot, again fell well below the 75-percent threshold needed for an induction, but will still remain on the ballot next year, doubling the five percent needed to stay on.
In 16 seasons, during which he pitched for the Astros, Mets, Phillies, Red Sox, and Braves, Wagner collected 422 saves with a 2.31 ERA and 1,196 strikeouts in 903 innings.
The Mets and C Travis d'Arnaud avoided salary arbitration last week, agreeing to terms on a one-year, $1.8 million contract for this coming season. He is eligible for arbitration in 2018 and 2019, after which he can be a free agent.
D'Arnaud played in just 75 games during 2016, while hitting .247 with four home runs and 15 RBI. He missed time early in the season with a strained rotator cufff and was idle for almost a month.
Mets closer Jeurys Familia has not allowed a run during his last seven Dominican Winter League appearances, according to stats compiled by Michael Mayer.
Over seven innings, Familia has allowed four hits, walked one batter and struck out seven.
The Mets and Familia avoided salary arbitration last week by agreeing to terms on a one-year deal worth $7.425 million, reports James Wagner of the NY Times.
Mets RHP Jacob deGrom has been throwing for several weeks and expects to be on track for the start of Spring Training, he recently told Newsday's Steve Marcus.
"The plan is to be off the mound a couple of times before spring, then I think just a nice and easy introduction to a slope and then be ready to go when Spring Training is here," he added.
He had a 3.04 ERA and 1.20 WHIP with 143 strikeouts in 148 innings (24 starts) last season before a pinched ulnar nerve in his right elbow resulted in season-ending surgery on Sept. 20.
Mets third baseman David Wright has started baseball activity in Virginia and the team hopes to see him ready for spring training, GM Sandy Alderson told reporters in early-January.
"We won't know until we get down [to Florida] and he shows up and tells us where he's at," manager Terry Collins recently said of Wright, according to MLB.com's Anthony DiComo. "David knows himself better than anybody, so if he feels he's ready to play games or, you know, when he's ready to get in the lineup, we're going to get him in there."
The Mets have the third-best starting rotation in baseball, an anonymous group of talent evaluators told ESPN.com's Buster Olney.
The Red Sox and Cubs rank higher than the Mets mostly because of the New York staff's inability to remain healthy and be on the field at the same time.
"They need to actually get out there and do it," one executive told Olney of the Mets. "It's one thing to have a great arm, but you have to show that you can give 180-200 innings."
In an effort to keep his team healthy and strong in 2017, Terry Collins told WLIE 540 AM that he plans to take a book out of Joe Maddon's 2016 playbook with the World Champion Cubs...
"The one thing we learned last year is that we've got to keep our guys healthy and one way to keep them healthy is to get them rest," Collins explained. "So, we're going to mix and match as best we can and give guys one, maybe two days a week off to keep them healthy."
Front-office officials and scouting personnel consider Mets prospect Amed Rosario to be among the best defensive shortstops in the minor leagues, according to a survey conducted by MLB.com's MLBPipeline.
"He has the potential to be an all-star shortstop with Gold Glove potential," Baseball America's Matt Eddy wrote in December. "The best athlete in the Mets system, Rosario stands out most for his glove work. ... He has the easy plus range and arm strength to profile as a true impact defender."
"The Mets have Asdrubal Cabrera under contract through 2017, meaning Rosario could be the organization's full-time shortstop at some point in 2018," Eddy concludes.
The Mets and Yankees are among 12-20 teams that will watch lefty reliever Craig Breslow throw a showcase on Jan. 23, reports Peter Gammons.
According to Gammons, Breslow, who was released by the Marlins last July, has worked on lowering his arm angle and improving his breaking pitch.
The bullpen and starting pitching will be the key to success in 2017 for the Mets, infielder Wilmer Flores told SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio early Friday.
"When we got to the World Series in 2015, it's no secret that our pitching took us to the World Series," he told the hosts at 7:30 AM on route to his morning workout. "We're built on pitching and it's going to be healthy. ... So, it's going to be an interesting year."
Flores said he's proud of how the team fought through injuries to get to the Wild Card game in 2016. However, this season, he expects them to get back to the Fall Classic.
Wilmer Flores and the Mets did not agree to a deal before Friday's arbitration deadline and the two sides will go to a hearing to determine his 2017 salary, the team announced.
Flores has filed at $2.2 million, while the Mets have offered $1.8 million, reports Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports.
The Mets changed their stance this offseason in regard to arbitration-eligilble players, and GM Sandy Alderson said Thursday that he had no issue going to a hearing to determine a new contract if an agreement could not be reached by the Jan. 13 deadline.
The Mets will avoid arbitration with RHP Matt Harvey, agreeing to a deal worth $5.125 million that contains $100,000 in performance bonuses, reports James Wagner of the NY Times.
Harvey made $4.325 million last season.
He had a 4.86 ERA (3.47 FIP) and 1.46 WHIP with 76 strikeouts in 92 2/3 innings (17 starts) in 2016 before Thoracic outlet syndrome that resulted in surgery ended his season after his start on July 4.
The Mets will avoid arbitration with RHP Jacob deGrom, agreeing to terms on a one-year deal worth $4.05 million that includes performance bonuses, reports Adam Rubin of ESPN.
DeGrom, who made $607,000 last season, received a base salary that's the largest ever for a first-time abirtration-eligible starting pitcher who didn't qualify for the ERA title.
He had a 3.04 ERA and 1.20 WHIP with 143 strikeouts in 148 innings (24 starts) last season before a pinched ulnar nerve in his right elbow resulted in season-ending surgery on Sept. 20.
DeGrom told reporters in early December that he planned to soon begin his offseason throwing program and be 100 percent healthy for spring training.
The Mets will avoid arbitration with closer Jeurys Familia, agreeing to terms on a one-year deal worth $7.425 million, reports James Wagner of the NY Times.
Familia, 27, made $4.1 million last season.
He had a 2.55 ERA (2.39 FIP) and 1.21 WHIP with 84 strikeouts in 77 2/3 innings (78 appearances) while saving a team-record 51 games.
The Mets will avoid arbitration with RH reliever Addison Reed, agreeing to terms on a one-year deal worth $7.75 million, according to Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports.
Reed, 28, made $5.3 million last season.
He had a 1.97 ERA and identical 1.97 FIP with a 0.94 WHIP while striking out 91 in 77 2/3 innings (80 games) in 2016.
The Mets will avoid arbitration with LH reliever Josh Edgin, agreeing to terms on a one-year deal, according to Adam Rubin of ESPN.
The terms of the deal are not yet known.
Edgin, 30, made $625,000 last season, which was his first year back from Tommy John surgery.
The Mets have not yet talked with their young starting pitchers about about multiyear-contract-extensions beyond their current deals, Mets GM Sandy Alderson told reporters during a lunch Thursday at Citi Field.
"I don't see it as a pressing issue," Alderson said, according to ESPN's Adam Rubin.
In late-December, Alderson made a similar statement, saying he had no plans to talk contract extensions prior to spring training.
The Mets will avoid arbitration with C Travis d'Arnaud, agreeing to terms on a one-year deal, according to FanRag's MLB reporter Jon Heyman.
D'Arnaud, who earned the $524,000 league minimum in 2016, will earn $1.8 million next season.
He is eligible for arbitration in 2018 and 2019, after which he can be a free agent
The Mets have avoided arbitration with 1B Lucas Duda, agreeing to terms on a one-year deal, the team announced Thursday.
The deal is worth $7.25 million, reports Jon Heyman of FanRag.
Duda, 30, hit .229 with a .302 OBP and .412 SLG with seven HR last season while being limited to just 47 games due to a back injury.
He hit .244 with a .352 OBP and .486 SLG with 27 HR in 135 games in 2015.
Mets infielder Wilmer Flores's favorite position to play is second base, he told SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio early Friday morning.
"I enjoyed playing first base too last season, it was a lot of fun," he added. "But, I'll do the job wherever they put me."
In 2016, Flores played 51 games at third base, 27 games at first base, 18 games at second base, and eight games at first base, while hitting .267 with 30 extra base hits and 49 RBI in just 307 at-bats.
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Sandy Alderson told reporters Thursday that he does not know when MLB will make a decision about whether to suspend Jeurys Familia, who he assumed will miss at least some period of time during the 2017 season (Rubin, Jan. 12).
During his lunch with reporters at Citi Field on Thursday, Mets GM Sandy Alderson said it's possible he begins spring training with all of his current outfielders, including Jay Bruce.
"Obviously the market for certain players, certain free agents and therefore trade candidates has been slow at best, nonexistent at worst," Alderson said, according to NJ.com. "What we continue to do is reassess where we are and what our options are going forward, and those options range from doing something soon, which is possible or was possible, is possible, or doing nothing."
The deadline for teams and unsigned arbitration-eligible players to file salary figures is January 13, after which the final salary will be determined during an arbitration hearing.
The Mets intend to take a more strict position on their potential arbitration cases than they have in past, Newsday's Marc Carig reported Thursday.
According to Carig, if the two sides cannot agree by Friday's deadline, the Mets have no issue letting the situation play out in arbitration.
This year's remaining, unsigned arbitration-eligible players for the Mets are...
The Mets have signed LH reliever Adam Wilk to a minor league deal that includes an invite to major league Spring Training, reports Adam Rubin of ESPN.
Wilk, 29, last pitched in the majors in 2015, allowing one run in 2.0 innings for the Angels.
He has also pitched for the Tigers, appearing in five games in 2011 and three games in 2012.
Mets GM Sandy Alderson said he hasn't been contacted by other teams about former Mets minor league manager Wally Backman, who recently told the Bergen Record's Bob Klapisch that he's being blackballed across Major League Baseball by Alderson.
Alderson, who said Backman is a "good baseball man," added that "Wally did a good job for us at Las Vegas. ...Nobody has called about Wally," according to Adam Rubin of ESPN.
Backman, 57, had been coaching within the Mets minor league system since 2009, most recently serving as manager for their Triple-A affiliate in Las Vegas from 2013-16. However, resigned from his role after last season in order to pursue other opportunities.
"It's not Sandy's nature" to be this vindictive, a non-Mets baseball executive told Klapisch...
The Mets currently sit at 13-to-1 odds to win the World Series in 2017, the same odds as the Yankees, according to information provided by the Venetian Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas...
The Yankees finished 84-78 during 2016, but missed the playoffs by five games. The Mets, on the other hand, went 87-75 last season to win the top Wild Card spot.
The Mets will conclude their Spring Training game schedule on March 31 against Army at West Point, reports Adam Rubin of ESPN.
Mets pitchers and catchers will report to Spring Training in Port St. Lucie, FL on Feb. 12, with position players required to report by Feb. 17.
Their Grapefruit League schedule begins Friday, February 24 against the Red Sox in Fort Myers, FL.
The Oakland A's and free-agent reliever Santiago Casilla have agreed on a two-year, $11 million deal that contains $3 million in incentives, according to multiple reports.
This is a lot of money for a 36-year-old right-handed reliever. So, if reports are accurate and the Mets are pinching pennies, then it makes sense to pass on him. That said, Casilla is the type of experienced pitcher the Mets say they have been looking for, and given their window to win and the need for bullpen help, it's disappointing to see them hold back.
Mets GM Sandy Alderson told reporters in December he would prefer to acquire a pitcher that can handle "high-leverage situations" and has experience closing games, even though the pitcher might not be considered a closer.
Zack Wheeler and the Mets avoided arbitration by agreeing to a one-year, $800,000 deal on Wednesday, the team announced.
Wheeler underwent Tommy John surgery in March of 2015 and missed each of the past two years. The 26-year-old last pitched in 2014 when he had a 3.54 ERA and 1.32 WHIP while striking out 187 batters in 185 1/3 innings.
The Mets have invited 13 minor leaguers to big league Spring Training, the team announced Wednesday.
Top 1B prospect Dominic Smith highlights the list.
The other invites are RHPs Chase Bradford, Kevin McGowan, Paul Sewald, Corey Taylor, and Logan Taylor, LHPs P.J. Conlon and David Roseboom, C Xorge Carrilllo, infielders Phillip Evans and Luis Guillorme, and outfielders Champ Stuart and Travis Taijeron.
Absent from the list is OF Tim Tebow, who signed with the Mets over the summer and played in the Arizona Fall League.
Mets minor leaguer Tim Tebow considered sticking with football, but instead chose baseball to take on a new challenge, he told ESPN's 'First Take" on Tuesday.
"I wanted to do something I wanted to do, that would be fun for me, a challenge for me," Tebow told host Max Kellerman. "That's why I chose to pick up a baseball bat."
Tebow, who signed a $100,000 contract to join the Mets this past summer, hit .194 with a .296 OBP, no home runs, three doubles and 20 strikeouts in 19 games during October's Arizona Fall League.
"At a certain point, it's not about what other people want you to do it's about what you want to do," he reitterated to Kellerman, parroting a line he frequently used during his book tour last November. "It's your life, not everybody else's life. I could go play football at another position, but why settle. Life isn't about settling, life is about striving."
Suspended relief pitcher Jenrry Mejia and the Mets went through the formality Tuesday of agreeing to a one-year contract worth $1,976,000, money he will not ever receive.
Mejia was given a lifetime ban from baseball last Feb. 12 after his third positive test under the major league drug program. He remains on the Mets roster on the restricted list, and because he has four years of major league service he was eligible for salary arbitration. However, players serving drug suspensions do not get paid.
Mejia's salary was cut the maximum 20 percent from his $2.47 million salary last year - money he also did not receive.


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Gerhard Preyer and Georg Peter, eds. (2002), Logical Form and Language, Oxford University Press, ISBN: 0-19-924555-X Announced at http://linguistlist.org/issues/13/13-3278.html Michael Moss, Ph.D., University of Gdansk, Department of General and Celtic Linguistics Synopsis: This book is a collection of 17 essays by 21 authors. Each article deals with a different aspect of what Logical Form is and how it functions together with language. Topics range from how Russelian Logical Form can be made to deal with quantification more elegantly (Neale, pp.13-53), to a detailed analysis of thematic roles as absolutes in verbal arguments, to a compromise between Russelian and Millian analyses of proper names. Although this is not an introduction to Logical Form, each of the articles gives enough background to their individual problems that one can follow the arguments without being a specialist. At the same time, the articles are at a technical level which will satisfy those who are more initiated. Furthermore, the range of topics covered in the book gives a good overview of what kind of work is being done in Logical Form today. After a short introduction by the editors, the book is divided into three section: 1. The Nature of Logical Form, 2. Intentionality Events and Semantic Content, and 3. Logical Form, Belief Ascription and Proper Names. Each of the articles in its own way places the study of language and logic into the larger picture of philosophy of language and the problem of how natural language helps us to interpret and communicate information about the real world. Interestingly, two topics continued to surface throughout the book, namely ''How are the ideas communicated through language 'bound' to items in the real world?''; and ''How do Logical Form, Semantics and Syntax interact and where are the borders between them?'' The first of these questions is interesting due to the fact that Binding and co-indexing are currently out of vogue in generativist circles, and the second because of the Minimalist Program's desire to somehow reconcile the interface between LF and Semantics (see particularly Chomsky 2001, 2002). Critical Analysis This volume of essays tries to fill the role of a handbook of current work in Logical Form. The book is quite broad in scope, which is good for the general reader who wants to know more about current research in Logical Form and the problems being addressed there, but perhaps less interesting for one who is currently involved in such research. On the other hand, each of the articles is quite technical, making the book much more than an ''introduction to...''. As mentioned above, the book contains 17 individual articles, including the introduction. In the interest of length and considering my personal areas of competence, I have chosen 4 articles to comment on in more detail. This selection does not raise these articles above the rest in any way, except that they were closer to my area of research and thus it is easier for me to comment on them. I will discuss the articles by: Fiengo and May, Higginbotham, Hornstein, and Schein. ''Identity Statements'' by Fiengo and May (pp. 169-203) investigates the Logical Form of identity statements such as: ''Tully is Tully'' vs. ''Tully is Cicero''. The first is generally understood as a truism, but the second is not, although intuitively the statements are understood to be related. Frege presented two analyses of this problem, the first says that two identity statements can have the same reference, while the second says that identity statements present the ,same` information in two different ways (technically, that the verb ,to be` is understood to refer to objectual identity). Fiengo and May point out that both of Frege's analyses are insiteful and that their sollution to the problem will allow both to be correct. As they show, the truism ,A is A` is ,meaningless` in the obvious situation. However, their example ,,But Max, Paderewski is Paderewski'', where the speaker is explaining to Max that he was mistaken in thinking that Paderewski the pianist and Paderewski the statesman were two different people, shows that ,A is A` type sentences can in fact be informative. They propose that if the statesman and the pianist are perceived as two individuals, then the statement should actually be read as ,,But Max, Paderewski(1) is Paderewski(2)'', which makes the sentence more like a statement of the type: A=B and not A=A. It seems that this type of interpretation has interesting implications for co-indexing and binding theories. The indexes used here are not part of the syntax, as co-indexing was proposed in the Government and Binding model, but are part of the Semantics. This leads to questions as to whether or not binding is part of the syntax or part of semantics and whether the indexing used by the Semantic component is visible at the level of Syntax. Perhaps ,identity` can be seen as a feature, which would then allow it to work with the syntax for binding purposes using an ,Agree` type mechanism. Higginbothem's article ,,Why is Sequence of Tense Obligatory''(pp. 207-227) investigates the consequences of treating Tense as holding anaphoric relations between events. As with other binding phenomena then, tense can also be seen to be ambiguous. For instance, sentences such as ,,John said that Mary is pregnant'' can be seen in English as ambiguous about the time when Mary was actually pregnant. Higginbotham posses that this is due to the fact that Tense can be interpreted two (or more) ways similarly to ambiguous binding relations depending on whether it is +past or -past. That is, in Higginbotham's, the event in the subordinate clause can be both anaphoric and linked to the speaker's utterance giving the so-called ''double-access'' sentences. I shall not criticize this argument, but would like to comment on its value. By using Davidson's event structure in Logical Form, and the familiar understanding of anaphora from syntactic theory, Higginbotham is able to put forth some interesting ideas about how Tense `works' without falling back on metaphysical arguments. This seems to be a significant step in the right direction. Next I will comment on Barry Schein's extensive article ''Events and the Semantic Content of Thematic Relations''. Here Schein attempts to resolve the problem for Davidsonian events in `plural' environments such as Carnegie Hall sitting opposite the Carnegie Deli and the Carnegie Deli sitting opposite Carnegie Hall. While the sentences give both NPs different thematic roles depending on the grammatical function in the sentence, the logical intuition is that both objects can be seen to fill the same relative role in the real world. Schein proposes that Davidson's term `event' may be confusing and that a better term would be `scene' so that two individual events could be derived from one scene. The important question here is whether thematic roles can be seen as absolute in terms of syntactic structure and Logical Form. Schein proposes that, in fact, they can, if the syntax has appropriate zero morphemes located in a higher functional projection. This is a very interesting proposal, and the article contains a detailed discussion of prepositional phrases and their relation to thematic roles in Logical Form. Finally, let us look at Hornstein's article ''A Grammatical Argument for a Neo-Davidsonian Semantics''. Here, Hornstein shows that the elimination of chains from syntactic structures ''requires'' a Davidsonian type of logical form, which makes explicit how the thematic roles are distributed by illustrating the relation of the various arguments to the event. Not only does this argument reduce the amount of syntactic machinery (by eliminating chains and replacing it with a copy based theory), but it also gives evidence for thematic roles being feature based, which gives them a much firmer setting in syntactic theory. I have commented on the above articles because they were interesting to me personally. All of the remaining articles present their arguments with at least as much detail and care. The scope of the book is far-reaching, but each of the articles has enough room to give the un-initiated reader the necessary background to understand the content. References Chomsky, Noam 2001. ''Derivation by phase''. In Michael Kenstowicz (ed.) 2001. Ken Hale: a life in language. Cambridge Mass: MIT Press. pp. 1-52. 2002. ''Beyond explanatory adequacy''. MIT Ocassional Papers in Linguistics 19. Cambridge, Mass.:MITWPL. ABOUT THE REVIEWER Michael Moss is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Gdansk. He is interested in domains and structural relations in Generative Grammar.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue


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PRINCESS ANNE, MD. - (May 6. 2013) - UMES will receive a $10,000 grant from the 2013 "Retool Your School" campus improvement contest sponsored by The Home Depot.
Leon Bivens, UMES' physical plant director, said the money will be used this summer to spruce up the Student Services Center, Murphy Hall and the Clusters student housing complex with new paint and other minor repairs.
The university was among 12 historically black institutions that qualified for a $10,000 grant from the Atlanta-based home improvement retailer that started the Internet-based competition in 2010.
Some 70 HBCUs had to describe two projects that needed funding and then were encouraged to get their supporters to vote online daily and to use social media to publicize and promote the event. This was UMES' first year as a contestant.
UMES supporters cast more than 250,000 votes over an eight-week period.
"The UMES community was terrific," Bivens said. "I appreciate everyone's efforts. They kept us in the running to the very end."
The $50,000 grand prize winner was Oakwood University in Birmingham, Ala.
A separate category, the $25,000 "Campus Pride" grant, went to Knoxville College in Tennessee, which The Home Depot judged had the strongest combination of online voting and social media activity.
Grants awarded to UMES, Oakwood and the other institutions were based on a ratio of consumer voting and judging by an advisory board panel, according to the competition website.
If UMES had won the grand prize, the money would have been used campus-wide to replace fluorescent lights with energy-efficient LED lighting.
Nonetheless, UMES President Juliette B. Bell described herself as "elated" by the news the university had qualified for a grant.
"I want to commend the students, in particular, for everything they did to support the university and motivate the rest of us to get involved," she said.
Walter Woods, UMES' assistant director of alumni affairs, said alumni also enthusiastically embraced the online voting campaign and called it a unifying activity that inspired graduates to demonstrate their loyalty to their alma mater.
Bivens, who has worked at UMES for 35 years, said he is hopeful the excitement generated by this year's competition will carry over to 2014.
The competition is a campus improvement grant program created by The Home Depot, the Retool Your School website says, and is designed "to help HBCUs make enduring improvements to their campus and facilities." The company awarded $195,000 in grants this year.
Bill Robinson, director, UMES public relations office, (410) 621-2355
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Yep... I'm in that boat too.I'm OCD by nature. When I find something that interests me, I REALLY dive into it and learn all I can.Varasano's site got me started, and I'm reading up here as much as I can.I'm making pretty good pizzas now. At some point I'll cave an get a WFO.


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A FORMER pub landlady has been given permission to seek almost �1 million in damages from pub company Brakspear.
Mira Bateman, 57, who ran the Plowden Arms in Reading Road, Shiplake, suffered a serious spinal injury while putting away the pub�s Christmas decorations on New Year�s Day in 2007.
She fell, knocking herself out, when an eyebolt securing the top of the ladder to the attic hatch came away from the frame as she was climbing it.
The High Court has heard that she was �hung by the neck� from the rungs of the ladder before dropping unconscious to the floor.
Mrs Bateman has launched a compensation claim for �975,000 against Brakspear, saying her painful and debilitating symptoms have got progressively worse.
The company denies all liability and argues that Mrs Bateman delayed too long in launching her claim. This week, Judge Andrew Edis QC ruled that Mrs Bateman should be able to proceed with her damages claim.
He said she had fought on after the accident to make the pub a success and it was only in 2010, as her condition made her work increasingly difficult, that she realised her disabilities were not going to go away.
Only then did she begin searching for solicitors to represent her and the judge said much of the delay before the claim was launched last year was �understandable� and �excusable�.
�A degree of stoicism and determination is a positive human attribute and not a flaw,� the judge said.
He acknowledged that, due to the delay causing memories to dim and the mislaying of evidence, the company would face a harder task defending itself.
But he added: �I do not know whether these claims are unanswerable, but I can certainly accept that they are strong.�
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