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Debates of Oct. 3rd, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #25 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was senators.
- Question Period
- Ways and Means
- Senate Reform Act
- National Seniors Day
- Seniors
- Human Trafficking
- National Seniors Day
- Religious Freedom
- Mental Illness Awareness Week
- Harvest for Hunger
- Women's History Month
- FRAPRU Social Housing Organization
- Mental Health
- International Seniors Day
- Sales Tax Harmonization
- Bras d'Or Lakes
- Democratic Reform
- Nancy Riche
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- The Economy
- Taxation
- Canada-U.S. Relations
- Judicial Independence
- The Economy
- Employment
- Afghanistan
- Ethics
- The Environment
- Ethics
- G8 Summit
- Public Safety
- G8 Summit
- St. Laurence Seaway
- Status of Women
- Justice
- Search and Rescue
- The Environment
- Taxation
- Health
- Seniors
- Religious Freedom
- Sales Tax harmonization
- Flooding in Montérégie
- Committees of the House
- Canada Labour Code
- Newfoundland and Labrador Fishery Rebuilding Act
- Preventing Persons from Concealing Their Identity during Riots and Unlawful Assemblies Act
- Criminal Code
- Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act
- Democratic Representation Act
- Food and Drugs Act
- Breast Density Awareness Act
- Canada Labour Code
- Employment Insurance Act
- Income Tax Act
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Old Age Security Act
- Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act
- Business of Supply
- Ways and Means
Senate Reform Act
Government Orders
1:30 p.m.
Dennis Bevington Western Arctic, NT
Mr. Speaker, I enjoyed the hon. member's grand flourish at the end, although it seemed a bit inappropriate since what the bill would do is give the Prime Minister the option that he has right now. He can, right now, agree to appoint a senator elected from a provincial legislature or from the workings of a provincial election. He can do that right now.
If we were to pass the bill, the Prime Minister would not be required to appoint those elected. He can appoint whomever he feels like appointing. What would we be adding to Canadians? We would not have very much at all in that regard.
Would the hon. member explain exactly what he meant when he said this would be a grand change for Canadians?
Senate Reform Act
Government Orders
1:35 p.m.
Dean Del Mastro Peterborough, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would point out to the member that he has a historic opportunity on behalf of the citizens of Western Arctic. I would also remind the member that when the Prime Minister in this Conservative Party of Canada had an opportunity to nominate someone who had gone through that process, our Prime Minister did just that. We are very proud of him for doing so, because he followed the democratic will of the people of Alberta. Our Prime Minister will follow the democratic will of the people across Canada.
We would be putting in place a formal understanding between the Prime Minister and the people of Canada that if they take part in the democratic process and make their voices heard by casting their ballots, that person would be considered by the Prime Minister, and I would say that any Prime Minister who thwarts the democratic will of the people would not be the Prime Minister for very long.
However, it will not be this Prime Minister. This Prime Minister has already indicated and clearly demonstrated that he will follow the democratic will of the people of this country when it comes to the Senate. That is why I believe that the Prime Minister will be the Prime Minister for a very long time.
Senate Reform Act
Government Orders
1:35 p.m.
Stéphane Dion Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, QC
Mr. Speaker, the member must keep in mind my suggestion that an old law of public policy says that the problems we have today are often the result of the institutional reforms of yesterday. I want to point out three problems with the bill that may create a lot of problems in the future.
The first is corporate donations. The Prime Minister created a law that banished corporate donations. However, they would be back with a vengeance with the passage of the bill because many provinces have weak or no regulations regarding corporate donations.
Second, it is very likely that the bill is unconstitutional. I understand that the member disagrees, but the list of experts saying the opposite is quite long. Premier Charest said he would go to court to fight the bill. In order to avoid this constitutional chaos, why not ask the Supreme Court for its view on the bill? It would be responsible to do so.
Finally, there is no constitutional mechanism to solve any disagreement between the two elected chambers. If the Senate were to be elected, the likelihood that the Senate would be of a different view than the House would be very high. What democracy would accept being in a situation in which there are no constitutional mechanisms to solve disagreements between the two chambers?
These are three clear questions. I would like my colleague to answer each of them.
Senate Reform Act
Government Orders
1:35 p.m.
Dean Del Mastro Peterborough, ON
Mr. Speaker, the member brings forward a number of very good concerns that I think are important and valid.
On his first question with respect to banishing corporate and union donations, we made that very clear in the Accountability Act.
Now, the NDP does not feel that it should follow it. We know the NDP accepted tens of thousands of dollars of illegal donations at its most recent party convention in June in Vancouver. That is an issue for the Chief Electoral Officer, and it is one we expect him to follow up on.
However, it is important, because in doing so, we have returned politics to the people. We have empowered the people by making sure that those with deep pockets cannot simply buy elections or buy the electoral process.
I think every province should have similar legislation. They should also ban third party advertising. If we look at what is going on in the province of Ontario right now, as far as I am concerned, that is not putting people first; it is in fact drowning out the voices of the people, and it is unacceptable.
With respect to the constitutionality of the bill, we have sought opinion and we believe it is well within the authority of Parliament to move forward with the bill.
I believe the member's last question had to do with sending the bill to the Supreme Court. We have no interest in being in a long-drawn-out constitutional battle. We do not think that is productive. We think bringing democracy to the Senate chamber is what Canadians want and deserve.
Senate Reform Act
Government Orders
1:35 p.m.
Ron Cannan Kelowna—Lake Country, BC
Mr. Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his excellent speech and for his hard work for his colleagues and constituents in Peterborough.
My question is specifically on the timeframe.
I represent wonderful constituents in Kelowna—Lake Country. We had a Liberal senator, Ross Fitzpatrick, who served our community very well. I worked nine years on city council before being elected three times to the House. I know being partisan was mentioned, and it was mentioned that we can elect a senator who does not necessarily have a political affiliation. In this case, Mr. Fitzpatrick was appointed by the Liberal Prime Minister at the time.
Mr. Fitzpatrick had to retire at the age of 75. I hear from constituents that 15, 30 or 45 years seems like a long time for somebody to have that job without either having to be elected the first time or being accountable.
My question to my colleague is this: why is a nine-year term proposed? What is significant about nine years?
Senate Reform Act
Government Orders
1:40 p.m.
Dean Del Mastro Peterborough, ON
Mr. Speaker, the establishment of the term limit at nine years is in response to the concerns that were brought forward by some of the members in the opposition and some of the members of the public. They indicated that anything shorter would allow a government, in two majority mandates, to be able to dictate all of the membership of the Senate. Putting in place a nine-year term limit would be longer than two terms of Parliament. It was a fair compromise that we sought.
I go back to the argument. The hon. member represents, by the way, one of the most beautiful parts of this country. It is very close to being as beautiful as the Kawartha Lakes. In fact, some folks from there might even be deceived into believing it is more beautiful, but I will not enter into that debate.
However, I can say very clearly that the hon. member is representing his constituents and the overwhelming majority of Canadians in his support for a term limit on senators that is not up to 45 years.
Senate Reform Act
Government Orders
1:40 p.m.
Kennedy Stewart Burnaby—Douglas, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am very concerned about the bill.
First, it presents flimsy and minor changes designed to pander to a Conservative base. I am concerned that it will not have any real impact, and that if it does have any impact, as my colleague has pointed out, it is bound to be negative. Tie-ups between the House of Commons and the Senate are something we can ill afford at this time.
Second, it continues the trend of offloading to the provinces. There does not seem to be any provision in the bill to help provinces pay for elections. Just as in Bill C-10, there are basically no provisions to help provinces to absorb these additional costs that are being lowered onto them by the federal government.
Could the member opposite tell me how much it will cost British Columbians to hold these kinds of mostly meaningless elections?
Senate Reform Act
Government Orders
1:40 p.m.
Dean Del Mastro Peterborough, ON
Mr. Speaker, it shocks me that the member is concerned about the cost of democracy.
What is the cost of not having democracy? What is the cost of having a completely and entirely appointed body that may not represent the views of the people of British Columbia? I would argue that the cost is a democracy stuck some 143 or 145 years in the past.
The member should take a second look at the bill. As I said previously, the member has the opportunity to do something historic: to start Canada down the road toward building a democratic chamber in the Senate and to start down the road of establishing a reasonable Senate term limit.
Is the member aware that there are people currently serving in the Senate who were appointed by Pierre Trudeau? Is he aware of that? Is the member aware of what their contributions may or may not have been, or whether anyone in their respective provinces supported those senators' appointments to begin with?
I am aware that most of the people in my riding cannot name a single senator. Some of them might be able to name two or three, but virtually none of them can name a senator who represents them. Under a democratic body, that would change.
Senate Reform Act
Government Orders
1:40 p.m.
Claude Gravelle Nickel Belt, ON
Mr. Speaker, since this is my first speech in the House of Commons in the 41st Parliament, I would like to thank the people of Nickel Belt for returning me to this House of Commons. I am grateful to the people from as far west as Foleyet, to the east of Garden Village, from the south in Killarney, and to the north of Capreol and River Valley, for returning me to this House.
One of their reasons for returning me to this House of Commons is due to the fine work that my staff is doing in Nickel Belt. I would like to thank them in this House, including Carmen McMurray in Nickel Belt and Val Caron, Ghislaine Millette in Val Caron, and Mona Noël and Don Pitre in Sturgeon Falls. I would like to thank them for the fine work they are doing.
Some of the reasons why we were re-elected to this House of Commons are because the people of Nickel Belt are more concerned about unemployment, health care, education and about their mothers, fathers and grandfathers. They are not too concerned about Senate reform. They are concerned about the things that affect them and Senate reform certainly does not affect them.
I am happy to rise in the House today to speak about the important principles of democratic reform and accountability.
I know the citizens of my riding of Nickel Belt want an electoral system where people are made to feel their vote counts. They want to feel good about government again, to see it as truly representative of them, and to feel they have a choice.
Five years ago, our Prime Minister was opposition leader. He recognized how wrong the unelected Senate was. He called it unfair and undemocratic. He called an appointed Senate a relic of the 19th century. Then, as opposition leader, he clearly did not like how the Prime Minister held a virtual free hand in the selection of senators and he made a promise that, as Prime Minister he would not name appointed people to the Senate. Sadly, we have seen another broken promise. Instead of fixing the problem with the Senate, the Conservative government has made the problem worse.
Consider the evidence. The Prime Minister now holds the all-time record for appointing the largest number of senators in one day. He has appointed Conservative Party faithful, spin doctors, fundraisers and insiders, his former Conservative Party president, his former national campaign director, and several defeated Conservative candidates. What more evidence do we need than seeing the architect of the Conservative notorious in and out scheme currently sitting in the Senate? Unnecessary Conservative senators spend their time voting down laws passed by elected members of the House of Commons, while burning through taxpayers' dollars to travel the country fundraising for the Conservative Party of Canada. Talk about doing politics differently; it is more of the same old, same old as we saw with the previous Liberal government.
Last fall, we watched in shame as the Conservative-dominated Senate was used to veto legislation that the Prime Minister simply did not like. The Climate Change Accountability Act, introduced by my colleague from northern Ontario, the hon. member for Thunder Bay—Superior North, was passed twice in a minority Parliament. Elected members representing Canadians passed the bill. A majority of elected MPs supported that legislation twice. Tragically, on November 16, 2010, the Senate, with its Conservative appointees, defeated Bill C-311 on second reading. There was no community discussion in the Senate and no witnesses. It was killed by unelected friends of the Prime Minister.
Unfortunately, the government's legislation related to the Senate is not about real democratic reform or delivering on commitments of accountability. New Democrats are talking about real democratic reform. We are calling for the abolition of the Senate. Canadians have had enough. The Senate has to go. Most Canadians would not miss it. Recent polling shows that only 18% approve of the actions of the Senate. Unfortunately, today's senators are too often partisan, working for their parties while being paid with public money. No sober second thought can come from unelected appointees with such obvious conflicts of interest.
Then there is the waste of money in the unelected Senate because Canadians are paying more and more for a discredited institution that does less and less at a time when people are dealing with slow economic recovery and the Conservative government is contemplating billions in cutbacks. Maintaining the Senate costs Canadians around $19 million a year. While folks are looking for jobs, trying to make ends meet when their EI runs out and scraping by on pensions that do not even cover basic necessities, senators are earning $132,000 a year for a three-day work week. Travel and expenses for senators cost $859,000 a year for an institution that will not play any relevant role in the lives of most Canadians.
I can think of a lot of things that matter to people, like creating family-supporting jobs, improving public health care, and building a decent future for our kids. Lining the pockets of party insiders probably is not high on anyone's list. I repeat that New Democrats want the Senate abolished. That has been the position of the New Democratic Party and its predecessors since 1930, and we are not alone.
The Premier of Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, and the Premier of Nova Scotia, Darrell Dexter, have publicly called for the Senate to be abolished. The Premier of British Columbia, Christy Clark, has said she does not think it serves a useful purpose within Confederation. Manitoba also maintains its position in favour of abolishing the Senate. Quebec has called this bill unconstitutional. The provincial government has said it would appeal the matter in court if this bill passes without prior consultation with the provinces.
We know real democratic reform is not achieved by tinkering with how senators are appointed or chosen from the provinces. We will need to introduce fair voting and proportional representation where the franchise of every voter is respected. We are calling on government to hold a referendum asking the Canadian public whether they support abolishing the Senate.
Today, I am asking the Prime Minister to start with two modest but vital first steps. First, I am asking the Prime Minister to stop appointing failed candidates and party insiders to the Senate. I am asking him to reach out to Canadians by making that a firm commitment.
Second, I am asking the Prime Minister to work with me to ensure all senators are banned from fundraising for political parties. No sober second thought can come from unelected appointees with such an august conflict of interest. It makes a joke of our democratic system, and it is not fair to Canadians.
In the long run, New Democrats remain firmly committed to following other modern democracies, as well as Canada's provinces, by abolishing the upper house and continuing to call for a pan-Canadian referendum to allow Canadians to provide a mandate on how to proceed.
We, as New Democrats, want Canadians to feel good about government again, to see it as the embodiment of their collective capacities as citizens, and to feel they have a voice. Let our elected members of Parliament, and only our elected MPs, speak on behalf of Canadians.
Second, let us stop wasting money on the undemocratic parts of our country that are not benefiting Canadians.
I want to bring out some key facts on this Senate reform. All provincial Senates were abolished by 1960, and provinces have continued to function properly. For those from the opposition who think we cannot work without a Senate, the proof is in the pudding. The provinces got rid of all Senates in 1968, and they are still functioning.
Public support for a referendum on the Senate is growing. An Angus Reid survey from July 2011 showed that 71% of Canadians were in favour of holding a referendum to decide the future of the Senate; and 36% of Canadians supported abolishing the Senate, up from 25% one year earlier.
If we really want to hear what Canadians have to say about the Senate, maybe we should have a referendum and let Canadians tell us what they want. With this Angus Reid survey, we know what Canadians want. They want the Senate abolished.
The Conservatives have said that they do not want to tear the other place down, they want to rebuild it. They are accusing us of wanting to tear the other place down. There have been 13 attempts to reform the Senate since the 1900s, 13 times Canadians wanted to remodel the Senate and failed every time. We are not going to accomplish anything this time either.
The government has been all over the map when it comes to Senate reform. A previous Conservative bill called for a federally regulated electoral process, while another bill called for eight year term limits.
The Conservatives have not properly consulted with the provinces about whether or not they agree with the content of this bill. When this bill was first introduced in June 2011, Conservative senators, even those appointed by the Prime Minister, pushed back against any plan for Senate term limits.
Senators will remain unaccountable to the Canadian people by only being allowed by law to serve one term as senators. They will never have to face the public to account for the promises they made to get elected or the decisions they made in the previous nine years, and they will get a pension when they leave office.
The safest, small c conservative approach to the Senate is to abolish it. We know how the House of Commons works, but we have no idea what will happen with an elected Senate.
The Prime Minister has called the Senate a relic of the 19th century. In 2006, the Conservative Party platform stated:
The Conservatives...believe that the current Senate must be either reformed or abolished. An unelected Senate should not be able to block the will of the elected House in the 21st century.
That is exactly what happened to Bill C-311.
The government has used the Senate as a dumping ground for party operatives and fundraisers who are using public money to campaign for the Conservatives. We are seeing that right now with the provincial elections going on across the country. We are seeing senators going from province to province and riding to riding campaigning for the Conservatives at a cost to public money.
The Prime Minister has used the unaccountable and undemocratic Senate to kill legislation that had been passed by the House of Commons twice. As I mentioned previously, Bill C-311 and, this past spring, killing Bill C-393, generic drugs to Africa.
We have Alberta senator, Bert Brown, whose name has been mentioned quite often by Conservative members today making him the god from Alberta. Bert Brown made it very clear in his letter to the Senate dated June 15, when he stated:
...our loyalty is to the man who brought us here, the man who has wanted Senate reform since he entered politics....
It was not to their regions or constituents.
What a shame that an appointed senator would say something like that. He is not there to represent the regions or his constituents. Who is he there to represent if he is not there to represent Canadians? It is a shame.
Senate Reform Act
Government Orders
2 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin
Order, please. My apologies to the hon. member but I must interrupt him at this time. The hon. member for Nickel Belt will have four minutes remaining when the House returns to this matter.
National Seniors Day
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Brad Butt Mississauga—Streetsville, ON
Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, we celebrated the first National Seniors Day in Canada.
Like many members of this House, I was pleased to host a Coffee and Tea with the MP event at the Meadowvale Community Centre for seniors in my riding. Representatives of both the River Grove and Meadowvale seniors' social clubs were there sharing their stories of the very important programs and services they provide in our community. These clubs are designed to keep seniors active and provide support services to them.
Our government continues to invest in our seniors. We have recently brought in the largest increase to the guaranteed income supplement in 25 years. We brought in income splitting for pensioners and have made a large increase in funding to the new horizons for seniors program.
I am proud to be part of a government that puts seniors first.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC
Mr. Speaker, October 1 was International Day of Older Persons, as well as National Seniors Day in Canada.
On this occasion, I would like to commend the work of municipalities, community organizations, volunteers and all other institutions that work with and for seniors.
Elder abuse, financial insecurity and poverty, affordable and adapted housing, home care and support for caregivers: indeed, there is still a lot to be done.
The percentage of seniors will increase considerably in Canada in the coming years. What is in store for them? What will be their quality of life? It is high time to take a more serious look at these questions.
National Seniors Day in Canada is also an occasion to point out the important contribution seniors make to our society. Together, we must ensure that seniors have the place they deserve in our country.
Human Trafficking
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Terence Young Oakville, ON
Mr. Speaker, I stand to recognize the work of 27-year-old Shae Invidiata from my riding of Oakville. Shae has worked tirelessly, both in Canada and abroad, to raise awareness and fight the practice of human sex trafficking.
At present, there are more than 27 million people enslaved by human trafficking worldwide; 80% are women and children, of which 70% are trapped within the sex trade. The average age of a girl in this dark situation is just 13 years old.
Shae Invidiata has taken action and has helped to raise over $25,000 through public speaking and events, such as the annual Freedom Walk in Toronto, to fight this abhorrent practice. She is also the founder of Free-Them, a not-for-profit organization that partners with organizations and businesses to fight human trafficking all over the world.
This dedicated young woman is committed to raising awareness and supporting the fight against global human trafficking.
I ask the House to join me in recognizing and congratulating the hard work of this remarkable young women who is leading others of all ages to help expose and eliminate human trafficking.
National Seniors Day
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Judy Sgro York West, ON
Mr. Speaker, Saturday was National Seniors Day and I will take this opportunity to pay tribute to Canadian seniors.
Seniors made this country great and it is our responsibility to ensure they can live their lives in dignity. After a lifetime of hard work, seniors deserve the assurance that our universal health care system will be there for them and that they will be financially secure when they retire.
As our fastest growing demographic, we face challenges in ensuring seniors can maintain the quality of life they have earned. Seniors have the right to the quality public health care that they need whenever they should need it. Seniors also deserve financial security. They deserve a strong Canadian pension plan and they deserve a government that is not only committed to protecting the CPP but is dedicated to improving its benefits. Sadly, that is not currently the case.
On behalf of the Liberal caucus, I thank our seniors for their contributions to Canada. They can be assured that the Liberals are committed to working on behalf of seniors all across Canada.
Religious Freedom
Statements By Members
October 3rd, 2011 / 2 p.m.
Pierre Poilievre Nepean—Carleton, ON
Mr. Speaker, since the 1979 revolution, authorities in Tehran have condemned Iran's 300,000 Baha'is as apostates.
Twenty years ago, the Ayatollah drew up a secret blueprint to destroy the Baha'i by expelling its followers from universities and denying them employment. That led Baha'i leaders to create their own university, the Institute for Higher Education, which teaches young Iranians who are otherwise deprived of tertiary instruction.
In May, the government arrested dozens of those educational leaders, and many remain imprisoned to this day.
Meanwhile, authorities have recently sentenced seven Baha'i followers to 20 years in prison for ill-defined and unproven allegations. They join at least 100 Iranian Baha'is jailed for their faith.
Canada calls upon the authorities in Tehran to end this odious persecution, release innocent Baha'i prisoners and leave Iranians to enjoy the freedom of religion that is their birthright.


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Note: click on the images if they get clipped by other content. Cold startups are those where data has to be read in from disk, warm ones are subsequent startups where the OS already has Firefox files in memory.
I'm really surprised by the amount of warm startups done by Firefox users. Somewhere between 40% to 60% of startups are warm. On Linux you can see that by watching whether pagefaults occur while loading the firefox binary via EARLY_GLUE_STARTUP_HARD_FAULTS histogram.
On Windows we do not have a good metric for distinguishing cold startups from warm ones. However can look at the distribution of firstpaint histogram and see that faster startups are more common than slower ones. Only a small minority of machines should be able to cold start a browser in <3 seconds. We have a lot of startups of various degrees of warmness.
I have no explanation on why people restart Firefox so much. We know < 10% of our shutdowns are unclean (most of those appear to be due to OS shutdown not waiting on Firefox, ie us shutting down too slowly) so users aren't crashing their browser and starting again. They are voluntarily closing the browser and then starting it soon after (ie OS doesn't get a chance to flush Firefox out of filesystem cache).
These patterns are pretty consistent across all of the Firefox release channels I checked, so I can't blame warm startups on nightly users getting barraged with upgrade prompts. Can someone come up with a good theory(preferably with some evidence) for this?
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Debates of June 16th, 2005
House of Commons Hansard #117 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was budget.
- Government Response to Petitions
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Committees of the House
- Questions on the Order Paper
- An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to Make Certain Payments
- Bastille Day
- Transportation
- Education
- Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention
- Diabetes
- Turnaround Achievement Awards
- Pay Equity
- Canadian Cancer Society
- Conservative Party Youth Caucus
- World Scout Jamboree
- Magog Region
- Wind Energy
- Kingsclear Reformatory
- Debt Forgiveness
- Conservative Party Youth Caucus
- Devils Lake Water Diversion
- Logilys
- National Security
- Border Security
- Older Workers
- Health
- Border Security
- Transfer Payments
- International Trade
- Foreign Affairs
- Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board
- Government Appointments
- Natural Resources
- Marriage
- Whistleblower Legislation
- Health
- National Defence
- Natural Resources
- Agriculture
- Firearms Registry
- National Defence
- Fisheries
- Foreign Affairs
- Business of the House
- Budget Implementation Act, 2005
- An Act to authorize the Minister of Finance to make certain payments
- Criminal Code
- An Act to Authorize the Minister of Finance to make Certain Payments
Conservative Party Youth Caucus
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Ruby Dhalla Brampton—Springdale, ON
Mr. Speaker, in March of this year, the Conservative Party, led by members of the Conservative caucus, rejected a youth wing for the party but today they announced a club for their own self-styled youthful caucus.
Did those caucus members feel threatened? Did they feel that the Reform-Alliance takeover--
Conservative Party Youth Caucus
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
Conservative Party Youth Caucus
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker
Order, please. The hon. member for Brampton—Springdale has the floor.
Conservative Party Youth Caucus
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Ruby Dhalla Brampton—Springdale, ON
Mr. Speaker, the Conservative Party caucus members certainly were not cheering last month at their convention.
Many of the Conservative members felt that the Reform-Alliance takeover of the Progressive Conservative Party would be exposed by the Progressive Conservative youth wing and yet they have actually formed a caucus.
It is quite interesting that the Conservative Party voted against the youth wing at its previous convention. One former member of the Progressive Conservative Party youth wing actually said the following:
I'm not sure what they were thinking... It makes no sense philosophically or strategically...Every party in the western world has a youth wing--every mainstream party...We should be encouraging young people to get involved.
This was said by a Progressive Conservative Party member and I could not say it better myself.
World Scout Jamboree
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Rob Nicholson Niagara Falls, ON
Mr. Speaker, in 1955, over 11,000 scouts from 71 countries gathered in Niagara-on-the-Lake for the eighth World Scout Jamboree. It was the first major international gathering of scouts outside of Europe. In September we will welcome them back to Niagara for the 50th anniversary of this historic event.
In 1955, the local scout lodge stood on the present site of the Shaw Festival Theatre and Parliament Oak School was turned into a hospital by the Department of National Defence. Seventy-five hundred tents were set up on the commons in the old town. Governor General Vincent Massey opened the festivities and Lady Baden Powell addressed the assembled gathering.
It was a historic gathering that was commemorated by a Canadian stamp to mark the occasion. There was one uninvited guest. Hurricane Connie passed through five days before the event and created major havoc. In typical Canadian fashion, volunteers showed up in great numbers to restore the site, so many, in fact, that some had to be turned away.
Everyone wishes the organizers of this year's special anniversary tremendous success, and no hurricane.
Magog Region
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Denis Paradis Brome—Missisquoi, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Magog region has been experiencing a serious employment crisis for the past year. After the textile crisis, the recent job losses at SaarGummi and now the closure of Olymel have added to the bad news for workers.
I wish all my fellow citizens affected by these closures to know we have not yet said our last word on this. An industrial revitalization committee has been set up to seek solutions. All of us are working very hard to keep jobs in the Magog region and to see new ones created.
I must also thank a number of my colleagues who have supported us in this. Moreover, tomorrow the Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec will be in Magog to make an important announcement, and we will be meeting community stakeholders to discuss the economic situation in the region. All levels of government must work in close cooperation on this.
Solidarity is needed now more than ever.
Wind Energy
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Yvon Godin Acadie—Bathurst, NB
Mr. Speaker, last week the leader of the NDP urged the federal government not to invest in refurbishing New Brunswick's Point Lepreau nuclear power plant. The federal government is prepared to invest $200 million in this initiative, the total cost of which will be $1.4 billion.
The NDP is opposed to this investment, and feels that the focus ought to be on green energy instead, such as wind power, which better reflects the objectives of the Kyoto protocol.
Northeastern New Brunswick has a lot to offer, and would be an idea location for the development of wind energy. In fact, promoters in the Lamèque region have begun a project to develop a wind farm.
Another wind energy development project is being considered in the Clifton region.
This industry might create several hundred jobs in Acadie—Bathurst, as well as the Bay of Fundy area.
The NDP is environmentally sensitive and well aware of how vulnerable the environment is. This is why we are calling upon the federal government to apply the Kyoto protocol and to invest in green projects which will create sustainable employment.
Kingsclear Reformatory
Statements by Members
June 16th, 2005 / 2:10 p.m.
Peter Goldring Edmonton East, AB
Mr. Speaker, over 30 years ago, one of Canada's most horrific examples of mass pedophilia took place at Kingsclear Reformatory in New Brunswick. Hundreds of boys were systematically abused by over a dozen pedophiles inside and outside the walls of this insidious institution.
Finally, after years of protestations, the RCMP complaints division is mounting an extensive investigation, the largest in the force's history, larger even than the famous APEC inquiry.
However this past week the New Brunswick government reportedly refused to turn over important information on the Kingsclear case, once again dashing the hopes for justice.
I encourage all to embrace and wholeheartedly assist the investigation. A full and transparent investigation, leaving no bulging carpet unturned, no trail not followed, no lead not investigated, will finally bring blessed closure for the victims, the RCMP and the good people of New Brunswick.
Debt Forgiveness
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Benoît Sauvageau Repentigny, QC
Mr. Speaker, last Saturday in London, the ministers of finance of the G-8 countries reached a historic agreement. This agreement forgives the national debt of 18 developing countries, most of which are in Africa, and proposes to do the same in the near future for 20 other nations, under certain conditions.
The Bloc Québécois welcomes this first step, but, aware of the growing disparity between rich countries and poor countries, again calls on the government to increase its humanitarian aid to developing countries, with no further delay, in order to reach 0.7% of GDP by 2015.
If this government is as outraged by poverty, child poverty in particular, as it claims to be, then maybe it should prove it and put an end to Canada's dubious distinction of being one of the least generous of the world's richest countries.
Conservative Party Youth Caucus
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Rona Ambrose Edmonton—Spruce Grove, AB
Mr. Speaker, I am proud to announce that today the Conservative Party of Canada officially launched the young Conservative caucus, a group of 20 Conservative MPs aged 40 and under.
Our party is young and energetic, led by the youngest leader in the House. We have the youngest caucus in the House of Commons today and one of the youngest in recent history, with over 20% of our members aged 40 and under.
We have almost as many young members sitting in the House of Commons today as all the other three parties combined. We have the three youngest parliamentarians.
Our party has been extremely successful in bringing young MPs to the House of Commons. We want to build on that success by encouraging young Canadians to be involved in politics.
This caucus will provide a forum for our party to communicate with young Canadians facing a heavy tax burden, mortgage payments, student debt, child care challenges and environmental concerns.
The young Conservative caucus is a diverse and influential group that will help shape the policy and priorities of the Conservative Party of Canada and our country for years to come.
Devils Lake Water Diversion
Statements by Members
2:15 p.m.
Raymond Simard Saint Boniface, MB
Mr. Speaker, today's news that Canada has won an agreement to delay diverting water away from Devils Lake while negotiations are ongoing is very significant.
I would like to thank the Prime Minister for consistently raising this issue with President Bush.
Hopefully, this delay finally signals North Dakota's acknowledgement of the serious environmental and political ramifications of such a project.
To divert these waters into Manitoba's rivers and lakes risks setting a precedent that would compromise the integrity of our longstanding boundary agreements with the United States.
I want to encourage all the hon. members of this House to join me and my Liberal colleagues, and a growing number of voices on both sides of the border, in calling on North Dakota to respect the Boundary Waters Treaty and to agree to a joint reference to the International Joint Commission.
We want to preserve water quality in the rivers and lakes of Manitoba while maintaining good relations with the United States for future generations.
Statements by Members
2:15 p.m.
André Bellavance Richmond—Arthabaska, QC
Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the entire staff of the firm of Logilys in Victoriaville, which was recently recognized for the quality of the French in its ProDoc software at the Gala de la Francofête.
It was cited in the category of information technology, application and software for small and medium organizations.
Logilys, whose president is Pierre Brochu, is an example of the importance of developing regional economic diversification. It is a computer company with acknowledged expertise in consultation, analysis and the development of specialty applications.
It serves manufacturers, engineering consulting firms, companies providing rental services for facilities, halls and sports fields, and charitable organizations.
The Bloc congratulates the entire Logilys team on its work and its concern for the quality of the French language in an ever changing field.
National Security
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, for some time there has been growing evidence of a large spy network being operated in Canada by the Chinese government. Today the former head of the CSIS Asia desk confirmed reports from defectors that close to a thousand Chinese government agent spies had infiltrated Canada.
The Prime Minister has been evading answering this. I want to ask him very directly. Did the Prime Minister explicitly raise this violation of our sovereignty when he met with leading Chinese government officials in Beijing earlier this year?
National Security
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Paul Martin Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, I dealt extensively with Canada's interests. I dealt extensively with Canada's sovereignty and the need to respect state sovereignty between countries.
It is also well known that Canada maintains a vigorous counter-intelligence program to safeguard Canada's security. It is also very clear, and Canadians can rest assured, that we maintain a very strong law enforcement and security system that will enable them to be assured of their own protection and security.
National Security
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, judging from that answer, the Prime Minister did not explicitly raise this issue. Not only does a foreign spy network undermine our security, it is in this case damaging our economic interests.
Today the former head of the CSIS Asia desk has said that the Chinese government is engaged in industrial espionage that costs our economy $1 billion a month.
Would the Prime Minister tell us whether he or anyone in his government has ever issued a formal protest of any kind for this type of activity in Canada by the Chinese government?


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With the NFL draft in the books and the offseason officially placed in the "almost done" phase, it's time to take a look at who did well—and who took a step (or three) backward.
Yes folks, it's time to determine which teams had their stock go up, and which had their stock go down. Of course, we really don't know how good these teams are, so let's start from the common point that this is all "on paper."
We'll get to "on field" down the road.
Still, despite that caveat, some teams look very much like they have improved, while others look to have regressed.
Let's see who they are.
I used Ourlads.com for the current depth charts, as the majority of teams don't have one set on their official pages as of yet.
For handy reference, I will be hot-linking the divisions here on the front page so you can jump to yours first, then backtrack and see how others did.


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Ssshhhhh! It's a library. Here you'll find our reviews of over 100 books on the subject of dance music, DJs and club culture – in its broadest sense. We're adding new titles all the time so if a book you've loved (or written) is missing, send us a copy and we'll add it to the shelves.
The story of dance music told by the people who made it happen. Bill and Frank come correct with in-depth interviews with almost 50 of history's most significant DJs, largely previously unpublished. Like the ones you've read on DJhistory, these are intriguing meetings – honest and revealing portraits, funny too. Plus memorabilia, discographies and great photos of all the DJs as young firebrands.Buy
The Boy's Own crew were having so much fun that in six years they only managed to loose off 12 issues. But these 440 pages depict acid house culture – the slang, the parties, the tunes, the humour – better than anything, as captured in the words of Farley, Mayes, Weatherall, Oakenfold and many more key players. As well as every page of every fanzine there's a great interview with all the Boys.Buy
With reviews of every disco record worth knowing about, weekly reports from New York's club scene, classic magazine articles and 800 contemporary club charts, this is the definitive chronicle of disco. It's the personal memoir of Vince Aletti, the very first writer to cover the emerging scene, bringing to life the clubs, the characters, and above all the music. The first book from DJhistory.comBuy
Whether it be writing on opium in London's fin-de-siecle East End, or the works of Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey or any of America's other psychedelic fuelled merry pranksters, Marcus Boon charts a path less trodden through great and not so great works of literature written on, or about drugs. Whilst the scholars point to the romance and the literary genius of the Canon, Boon points to writers high on speed writing non-stop for days and the fact that Coleridge may be considered one of the great poets and he was also partial to the odd draft of opium.Buy
Talking Heads main man and all around music demi-god David Byrne waxes lyrical across the whole spectrum of what we call music (he even tackles the bits he says that he won't). Dispensing with jargon and giving frank, down to earth opinions Byrne doesn't try and baffle us with science, this only music after all. Particularly current is his argument that whilst the music industry that created the excess of the '70s and '80s may no longer exist, music is still very much alive and kicking.Buy
The Vocoder started life as a phone scrambler for Churchill – five tons of valves and some self-destruct double decks, went on via late funk, early electro, Kubrick, Stalin and the Muppets – and ended up as the autotune chip that powers X-Factor and wibbles out of every sodcaster's mobile. A fabulous story, but an exhausting read – as if in tribute to his subject Tompkins writes so obliquely you have to decode every sentence.Buy
'We are ninja, not geisha'. Ninja Tune was always about stealthy insurrection more than anything else, as it snatched the hip hop aesthetic for the UK and took it into the future and beyond. From Coldcut to Scruff to Roots Manuva, the label's big guns paved the way for legions of research mixologists. The best labels have an unmistakeable identity, and this jam-packed retrospective nails it beautifully.Buy
The 1994 original was issued to Japanese fashion students at the UK border. Now this classic spotters' guide to ye olde street tribes of England is repacked and beefed by the lovely folk at PYMCA. Insightful essays about the evolution and importance of street fashion, and stacks of brilliant pics. Thanks to Ted Polhemus all Japanese cities now have a shopping mall crew for each chapter of the book.
Why settle for just learning to DJ when you could learn the secrets of positive thinking at the same time? A comprehensive DJ manual written by a spiritual figurehead of house music, filled with clear tutorials and solid insider advice. Turn to the second half and it's a self-help programme written by The Danny Lama himself. Mr Rampling says: "I personally GUARANTEE your life will take on a whole new level of depth, happiness and success."Buy
Discographies: Dance, Music, Culture and the Politics of Sound – Jeremy Gilbert & Ewan Pearson, 1999The reason Ewan Pearson makes such great dance music is because he's thought about it really HARD, and along with his blog, this book is proof. Like Stephen Hawking dissecting time, it gets philosophical on the dancefloor, musing on how dance music gets thought of and written about, whether it's even possible to do so, and why it raises so many issues of politics, gender and identity. It's all wrapped up in critical theory and given a good hard Foucault-ing.Buy
By day a mild-mannered ethnomusicologist; when night falls whooping it up with the banjee queens at Shelter. Fikentscher goes deep with participant observation to give the social scientists their field guide to the '90s New York underground: the DJ's plumage, the calls of the different dance species, and the mating rituals of the lesser-spotted Garage-head. Best on the essential blackness, gayness and churchiness of it all.Buy
Leloup has the perfect name for the job, and a spiffy line in extended metaphors, so marvel at his "swirling magma" of music, DJs, producers and listeners. He reckons today's electronic music – virtual, networked, playlisted and raved to – is a handy guide to how we'll do everything in future. Hard to deny, really. If you like flowery academic language this is for you; if you decode it you'll realise he's not actually saying anything very radical. David Toop's intro is nice.Buy
Thrilling history, challenging lazy disco facts and giving convincing new perspectives. Great detail on disco's 'crash' and intriguing thoughts on how the scene gained velocity from the changing self-image of gay Americans. Now we're allowed to take disco seriously this is an important work. Especially fun is her riposte to the simplistic view that early disco was gritty and real while late disco was tacky and fake.Buy
Every sub-culture has its drug of choice. In fact some have a load more than just the one. For ravers the drug of choice was E. It fuelled a revolution of happiness and togetherness, it made being nice cool again. But the history of MDMA is not solely linked to dungarees and smiley Ts. Pilcher tells of the chemical, its history as well as the social impact of E: 'Are you sorted'?Buy
A unique time capsule of the early years of hip hop and house, pulled from the super-collectible fanzine. 440 pages of fresh writing on dance music and clubbing in London Manchester and New York, with fantastic articles on everyone from KRS-1 to Bobby Konders. The Sound Factory, warehouse parties, the first raves, the birth of acid jazz, not to mention about 200 brilliant charts.Buy
We were somewhere around Brighton on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. Morrison's low-level international mayhem is not quite as out-there as he thinks. Still, he writes with real panache and the scenery flits by too fast for you to care. As he lurches between far-flung clubs and surreal celebs (Judith Chalmers) he turns a phrase like an intoxicated David Attenborough.Buy
It's great looking at pictures from your rave-past, great to make a personal album with flyers and stories. But to give it a 30 quid price tag? Sam runs RaveReunited.co.uk and this is her time capsule, mostly of the early '90s free parties. It's zigzaggy jpegs, and acres of average snaps. But though the images are flat the moments are timeless, and hey, isn't that what it was all about?
Those expecting salacious stories à la Hit Men by Frederic Dannen will be disappointed (Harris challenges this version of events). Despite this, it's still an energetic story of the rise of Neil Bogart, documented by his Casablanca lieutenant (and cousin), from the last great era of the music industry. However, it would have been enhanced by a lot more Donna Summer and Gloria Scott and less Kiss.Buy
This labour of love by Cotgrove is somewhat let down by structural defects, spelling errors and grammatical faults that suggest a book put together quickly rather than the ten years he supposedly took. Interviews with the likes of Chris Hill and Paul Murphy are savagely edited leaving the reader feeling short-changed. A book for the true aficionado rather than the faintly curious.Buy
As definitive a book of long-haired German Kosmiche freaks as anyone could desire, packed with great photos, smart essays and a wealth of information: band by band, label by label, plus enough tripped-out psychedelic artwork to set off most smoke alarms. Its only fault is a lack of discographies, but an ausgezeichnete Buch nonetheless. Worth buying alone for a shaggy shot of pre-haircut Kraftwerk.Buy


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Volcanoes are awesome manifestations of the fiery power contained deep within the Earth. These formations are essentially vents on the Earth's surface where molten rock, debris, and gases from the planet's interior are emitted.
When thick magma and large amounts of gas build up under the surface, eruptions can be explosive, expelling lava, rocks and ash into the air. Less gas and more viscous magma usually mean a less dramatic eruption, often causing streams of lava to ooze from the vent.
The mountain-like mounds that we associate with volcanoes are what remain after the material spewed during eruptions has collected and hardened around the vent. This can happen over a period of weeks or many millions of years.
A large eruption can be extremely dangerous for people living near a volcano. Flows of searing lava, which can reach 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,250 degrees Celsius) or more, can be released, burning everything in its path, including whole towns. Boulders of hardening lava can rain down on villages. Mud flows from rapidly melting snow can strip mountains and valleys bare and bury towns. Ash and toxic gases can cause lung damage and other problems, particularly for infants and the elderly. Scientists estimate that more than 260,000 people have died in the past 300 years from volcanic eruptions and their aftermath.
Volcanoes tend to exist along the edges between tectonic plates, massive rock slabs that make up Earth's surface. About 90 percent of all volcanoes exist within the Ring of Fire along the edges of the Pacific Ocean.
About 1,900 volcanoes on Earth are considered active, meaning they show some level of activity and are likely to explode again. Many other volcanoes are dormant, showing no current signs of exploding but likely to become active at some point in the future. Others are considered extinct.
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Lots of good stuff today, and as much as I despise their NFL coverage, I think CBS always does a great job covering the tournament.
Nice day for the SEC. Like the Big 10, it seems the SEC generally performs better than its teams' rankings say it should in the tournament. Should they meet in the Sweet 16, Florida & anOSU would be very interesting.
How the does a player like Joah Tucker end up on a team like UW-M? I thought he was clearly the best player on the floor in that game.
Hell of a back & forth contest between Tennessee & Winthrop. I'd forgotten this, but my girlfriend remembered Bruce Pearl saying on the Jim Rome show a month or so ago, "Watch out for Winthrop...one team I sure wouldn't want to face in the tournament is Winthrop, etc." and you know he had to be sweatin' that one...in his case literally. (Not since Patrick Ewing have I seen anything quite like that) Crazy shot to win it. Too bad he took about three or four steps without dribbling before jacking it up.
Pacific let me down. Wasted opportunity at the end of regulation, and then up by 6 with 2:30 to go in OT they completely fall apart. BC can be such an enigma. They play basketball like Tressel coaches football, except unlike Tressel that style(?) won't take them very far.
I'm already regretting picking the Zags to advance past UCLA. The disparity in athleticism in that game might be enough to make you question whether or not the Zags' players are in fact moving.
And while it's better to be safe than sorry, somehow I don't think I'd categorize a dog sniffing around a hotdog cart as a "security threat."


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The Mid-American Conference announced on Wednesday a 34-game men's and women's basketball league television package produced and distributed by the new home for MAC basketball – SportsTime Ohio (STO). The 34 scheduled games are part of the largest men's and women's television package in conference history. In addition, there will be at least 13 other men's basketball games that are scheduled to be televised on ESPN's Family of Networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com) – the conference's most extensive national cable package ever.
The University of Akron men's team will have a minimum of seven games televised, while the Zips women's squad will be on a minimum of three times.
The men's basketball television schedule will begin on Tuesday, Nov. 16 as Central Michigan battles Hawaii at 4 a.m. ET as part of ESPN's College Hoops Tip-off marathon. STO's coverage of the MAC will begin on Wednesday, Nov. 24 as Akron hosts Cleveland State and will culminate with quarterfinal (STO), semifinal (STO) and championship game (ESPN2, 6 p.m.) coverage of the FirstEnergy MAC Men's Basketball Tournament on March 10-12 at Quicken Loans Arena in downtown Cleveland.
Michael Reghi will be joined by MAC Hall of Famer and former Toledo and Philadelphia 76ers standout Steve Mix as talent for the MAC men's basketball SportsTime Ohio package. STO's Mike Cairns will provide the play-by-play for the women's broadcasts, with the analyst role to be determined.
The STO women's basketball television schedule begins on Saturday, Jan. 8 as Ohio travels to Akron for a noon tip and contains eight regular-season telecasts in addition to the MAC Women's Basketball Tournament semifinals (March 11, noon/2:30 p.m.) and championship game (March 12, 1 p.m.) telecast in Cleveland.
The majority of STO's men's and women's basketball productions will be distributed in high definition – a first for the league's regional television package.
Games will also be available in the MAC footprint via Comcast Michigan (channel 900), Comcast Indiana (channel 81) and Comcast Sports Net Chicago. Check your local listings for game times and local availability. Games will also be available via STO in the Buffalo market on DirecTV (channel 662) and Dish Network (channel 431) as Buffalo is part of STO's normal distribution footprint.
A complete listing of 2010-11 MAC men's and women's basketball TV schedule is as follows:
2011 MAC/STO Women's TV Schedule (all times are Eastern):
Saturday, Jan. 8: Ohio @ Akron, noon
Saturday, Jan. 15: Toledo @ Eastern Michigan, noon
Saturday, Jan. 22: Central Michigan @ Bowling Green, noon
Saturday, Jan. 22: Eastern Michigan @ Akron, 5 p.m.*
Saturday, Jan. 29: Kent State @ Toledo, noon
Saturday, Feb. 5: 21-Day Wildcard Selection, noon
Saturday, Feb. 12: 21-Day Wildcard Selection, noon
Saturday Feb. 12: Ball State @ Akron, 5 p.m.*
Saturday, Feb. 19: 21-Day Wildcard Selection, noon
Saturday, Feb. 26: Kent State @ Bowling Green, noon
Friday, March 11: MAC Tournament Semifinals (noon/2:30 p.m.)
Saturday, March 12: MAC Tournament Championship (1 p.m.)
*-Denotes Akron/ISP Sports Production
2010-11 MAC/STO Men's TV Schedule (all times are Eastern):
Wednesday, Nov. 24: Cleveland State @ Akron, 7 p.m.*
Tuesday, Dec. 21: Cincinnati @ Miami, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 8; Kent State @ Akron; 7p.m.*
Sunday, Jan. 9: Miami @ Ohio, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 12: Western Michigan @ Ball State, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 16: Akron @ Buffalo, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 19: Kent State @ Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 22: Bowling Green @ Akron, 7:30 p.m.*
Sunday, Jan. 23: Miami @ Kent State, 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 25: Bowling Green @ Toledo, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 26: Akron @ Northern Illinois, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 30: Toledo @ Kent State, 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 2: 21-Day Advance Selection, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 8: Central Michigan @ Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 9: Western Michigan @ Akron, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday Feb. 12: Ball State @ Akron, 7:30 p.m.*
Tuesday, Feb. 15: 21-Day Advance Selection, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 16: Eastern Michigan @ Central Michigan, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Feb. 23: 21-Day Advance Selection, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 1: Kent State @ Bowling Green, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 2: Miami @ Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 10: MAC Quarterfinals (noon/2:30 p.m./7 p.m./9:30 p.m.)
Friday, March 11: MAC Semifinals (7 p.m./9:30 p.m.)
*-Denotes Akron/ISP Sports Production
2010-11 ESPN Men's Basketball Schedule (all times are Eastern):
Tuesday, Nov. 16: Central Michigan @ Hawaii, 4 a.m./ESPN
Tuesday, Nov. 16: Robert Morris @ Kent State, 8 a.m./ESPN
Saturday, Nov. 27: Illinois @ Western Michigan, 1 p.m./ESPN3.com
Thursday, Dec. 9: Kent State @ Florida, 7 p.m./ESPN2
Sunday, Dec. 12: South Florida @ Kent State, 6:30 p.m./ESPNU
Saturday, Dec. 18: Detroit @ Central Michigan, 7 p.m./ESPNU
Sunday, Jan. 2: Miami @ Kansas, 6 p.m./ESPNU
Saturday, Jan. 22: Buffalo @ Ohio, 3 p.m./ESPNU
Sunday, Jan. 30: Central Michigan @ Akron, 6 p.m./ESPNU
Saturday, Feb. 5: Central Michigan @ Kent State, 5 p.m./ESPNU
Saturday, Feb. 19: ESPN BracketBuster Saturday, TBD
Saturday, Feb. 26: ESPNU 21-Day Wildcard Selection, 11 a.m.
Friday, March 4: ESPN2 21-Day Advance Selection, 7 p.m. ET
Saturday, March 12: FirstEnergy MAC Tournament Championship, 6 p.m./ESPN2
About SportsTime Ohio:
SportsTime Ohio is a Northern Ohio regional sports network reaching 2.8 million homes and designed to offer a variety of sports programming produced for the Ohio sports fan. STO's initial venture was the largest television package in Cleveland Indians team history. STO offers 150 Indians games annually with all games in HD. Beginning July 1, 2007, STO became the official cable home of the Cleveland Browns, offering Browns fans 52 weeks of Browns coverage. STO is also the television home of the OHSAA football and basketball playoffs and championships and the official cable partner of the Mid-American Conference. Additional programming is geared specifically toward Ohio-area sports fans and the passion that makes the region the greatest sports community.
About the Mid-American Conference:
Founded in 1946, the Mid-American Conference is an NCAA Division I, 12-member conference that sponsors 23 championships and is one of 11 members of the Football Bowl Subdivison (FBS). With total enrollment of nearly 300,000 students, the league represents institutions of higher learning in six (6) states – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York and Ohio. In addition a 13th school – Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. – is an affiliate member for football only.
Current MAC schools that hold full membership and the year they joined are – East Division: University of Akron (1992), Bowling Green State University (1952), University at Buffalo (1998), Kent State University (1951), Miami University (1947), Ohio University (1946). West Division: Ball State University (1973), Central Michigan University (1971), Eastern Michigan University (1971), Northern Illinois University (1975-86, rejoined in 1997), University of Toledo (1950), Western Michigan University (1947). Temple University (2007) competes in the East Division in football only. The conference office is based in Cleveland, Ohio.


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The Wireless Power Consortium has announced today that Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer, has joined the organization. Nokia did not reveal when it plans to start using close-proximity Qi wireless charging method based on the principle of magnetic induction. However, the fact that the company is interested in such a technology seems to be significant by itself.
"As the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer and leader in mobile telecommunications, Nokia brings a new dimension to the Consortium. This significantly expands the potential market traction of the Qi wireless charging standard," said Menno Treffers, chairman of the Wireless Power Consortium.
Mr. Treffers said consumer research commissioned by the Consortium indicated that a universal standard in wireless power charging ranked within the top 20% of consumer lifestyle demands and that more than 80% of consumers surveyed saw wireless power as something they would use with virtually all of their electronic devices every time they charge them. The Consortium's Qi universal standard pioneers the interoperability needed for easy, convenient wireless power charging everywhere.
"Wireless charging technology carries significant potential to enhance consumer experience of battery charging. Consumers expect ease of use and general compatibility of mobile devices. By joining the Wireless Power Consortium, Nokia continues to support the open standards approach that aims to meet these consumer expectations. Wireless Power Consortium is the first serious effort by the leading companies to harmonize the wireless charging technologies," said Markku Verkama, director of research and development of at Nokia.


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"The main goal that Dena has set for Patrick is for him to become as self-sufficient as possible.
"I don't think we should just settle for our kids learning how to clean their clothes and cook. I want my son to learn what it is to earn a paycheck, to drive, all that stuff."
"If it doesn't seem right, I don't care who's telling you, if it's not right, you make it right. You have to make it work. You do whatever you need to do. You need to always understand what your rights are and what your child's rights are, or else you may
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"There is a huge need for teacher training in educating children with autism, and this training is needed both for special education teachers and especially for general education teachers. Also, the State of Tennessee must start helping serve the needs
of individuals on the autism spectrum. It is shameful how little our State does to help people on the spectrum to live as full participants in their own communities."
"From this point on, I want you to remember that it's your job to prepare Tripp for the path, because you cannot prepare the path for Tripp.


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just tried once 2 days ago and I am not sure if it is suitable to drink in warm spring or summer.
Opened a bag of Ippodo's hojicha, brew it with 95 degree water and it taste rather blank with nothing but a woody and smoky smell.
As a 'brown' tea it does not compare to sheng Pu-Erh ( I know, hojicha is cheaper, but what if money is not a problem or you have your own stock of sheng Pu-Erh? )
Maybe it is okay in cold winter.
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SIEDWAYS THUMB: The flu season is upon us early and viciously this year. Since the middle of December, it seems, there has been a lot of it going around, and the numbers are going up. Four people have died in Minnesota this year from influenza, including a teenaged boy. Teens are usually not among those hardest hit by influenza.
Local hospitals are taking it seriously, instituting visitation restrictions this week to protect their ill and vulnerable patients from exposure to the disease.
We would encourage everyone to get a flu shot, the best protection against contracting or spreading the virus. If you do become ill, please don't try to tough it out. Stay home, so you won't spread it to others.
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THUMBS UP: The Minnesota Legislature opens its 2013 session on Tuesday. This session should run smoother than in past years, since the Democrats control both houses, as well as the governor's office.
Smoother does not necessarily mean better, however. We are hopeful that the DFLers in the House and Senate will use their majority advantage to craft common sense solutions to our major problems, including a deficit of more than a billion dollars in the state budget. Please, no more spending shifts, commandeering money from other funds and other one-time sleight-of-hand tricks that don't address the real problem.
We hope Democrats will include Republicans in the discussion and the solutions, and that Republicans will contribute with their best ideas, and not simply sit back and criticize what the DFL is doing.
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THUMBS UP: We don't know how often two NFL teams have played two weeks in a row, but tonight's matchup between the Minnesota Vikings and the Green Bay Packers carries all the drama and rivalry of the past 52 years, as well as the heightened emotions from last week's dramatic game.
The Vikings have a hard task ahead at Lambeau Field, against a smarting Packer team that will be at full strength this time.
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Women's Golf Makes Hospital Visit
Published: January 16, 2013, 08:24 PM (CT)
by Victoria Kisluk, Academic Center for Student-Athletes
BATON ROUGE - Four members of the LSU women's golf team visited Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital on Wednesday.
Katrina Hegge, Lindsay Gahm, Nadine Dreher and Elise Bradley took part in the visit. The quartet spent time going room-to-room making surprise visits to the children. They handed posters to the kids.
"We loved getting to spend time with the kids," Hegge said. "It was amazing to see their positivity throughout all their struggles."


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Mojo, that LOOKS AWESOME!!!Lately, with this recipe, I've been rolling out a little thinner. I've also used this recipe replacing 1/3 of the water with milk (2:1 water to milk ratio) with great results. By the looks of that pie, you don't NEED to change a thing, but if you like to tinker...Loo
Terry,With all the ooo-ing and ah-ing, we forgot to ask you what specific dough formulation you used from the dough calculating tool. Did you keep a copy?Peter
Are there volume measurements for this recipe?
No, we don't have volume measurements converted for this but you can be the first.Loo
sorry loo! one more ? if you dont mind. re: milk. do you warm the milk, or do you proof the yeast in the warm water. i always proofed the yeast in your recipe in the hot water and salt. does it matter. i know adding cold milk may cool the water down and not be optimal for activating? thanks again! YOU ROCK!
mrmojo1,wow, looks exactly like the pies i used to eat growing up in the twin cities! way to go!!!that sausage looks most excellent. do you mind sharing where you got it, or how you made it?many thanks!
yes Pete!! this is loos recipe from page1 that i entered into the calculator. i wanted 6 dough balls for 14" pizzas. i think because of loss in the bowl, each ball at the end of the mixing was 377grams instead of 392g. so i suppose that changes the TF a little? thanks!Flour (100%): 1520.41 g | 53.63 oz | 3.35 lbs Water (50%): 760.21 g | 26.82 oz | 1.68 lbs ADY (1%): 15.2 g | 0.54 oz | 0.03 lbs | 4.02 tsp | 1.34 tbsp Salt (1%): 15.2 g | 0.54 oz | 0.03 lbs | 2.72 tsp | 0.91 tbsp Corn Oil (3%): 45.61 g | 1.61 oz | 0.1 lbs | 10.14 tsp | 3.38 tbsp Total (155%): 2356.64 g | 83.13 oz | 5.2 lbs | TF = 0.09 Single Ball: 392.77 g | 13.85 oz | 0.87 lbs


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (411 votes).
In short: Not a bad marathon warm upIn full: Great 2 lap race, tadbit expensive when you had to pay for baggage drop and only recieved a mug! Route was ok- Hampton Court was lovely in the sun, some marshalls were interested and others were not! Route busy in parts but due to people running/walking 2 or 3 abreast and roads not shut so overtaking was hard and risky!Did like the organisers honesty in the final instructions- that no matter how many toilets they provided there would never be enough! But maybe next time if the toilets are positioned on a road that is open and busy have someone controlling the queue so it is not blocking said road!Overall I would do it again if I was feeling flush!Date of review: April 29, 2010
In short: nothing provided...no toilets, no post race food, no medalIn full: No toilets en-route...for 16 miles this in unacceptable.Very tacky mug instead of medal at end of race.No food after race. Just cups of water!!Had to pay £1 to put bag on a manned area of open grass...rip off and very lucky it wasn't raining!!Date of review: April 15, 2010
In short: Good early run outIn full: I really enjoyed this run - have stuck mainly to 10Ks and under but this was good prep for upcoming half marathon.Lots and lots of overtaking, which I'm used to but runners didn't always show good etiquette.The Hampton Court path was fantastic,thanks goodness all the pot holes had been filled.2nd half was pretty rubbish scenery-wise but there were more spectators cheering you on than the 1st half which paid dividends for motivation.Loved the start time, well organised, but not a lot of atmosphere in the finishers pen at the end. Thanks to the army lady who clipped off my timing chip, had no chance of doing it myself!Would do it again, if I'm feeling rich at the time of booking.Date of review: April 14, 2010
In short: Very flat picturesque race, extra bonus of having lucozade round the course!Date of review: April 14, 2010
In short: NO HILLS - Thank Goodness !!!In full: Pretty dedent race overall. The course was just interesting enough (even on the second lap) and quite pretty in places, although some of the footpaths were abit tricky. The marshall's seemed more like paid workers than actual runners, so it would explain their apathy.The atmosphere was lacking in the open parts of the course, just seemed to be lots of surprised old ladies popping out for a newspaper shocked by 5000 runners going by, the support near the finish line was great though.PROS - Bad Drop was fantastic, start/finish area very well managed, started absolutely ON-TIME which was great.CONS - No goody bag, the Mug was nice, but for 16miles of effort - only a mug !?!? A little bit tight really. OVERALL - Don't expect too much - but a good solid well organised training run.Date of review: April 14, 2010
In short: A good fast workoutIn full: This is a flat and fast course. On the whole the organisation is good, although it did seem to have the most disinterested marshals of any event that I have run. There were clearly many runners who were using this event as a marathon warm-up and were perhaps not overly used to running etiquette. The staggered start and two-lap course meant there was a lot of overtaking going on - not easy when groups of slower runners were running two or even three abreast on a pavement next to a busy road. Still, I enjoyed the run and expect to be back next year.Date of review: April 13, 2010
In short: Good early morning workoutIn full: Yes its expensive and you can tell its organised by a money making machine but its convenient and that is why so many do it.If you want value for money head North and try some of the smaller town races. My biggest gripe is roads not closed and the lack of post race refreshments. No need to kill the environment with goody bags and useless t-shirts but some bananas or bars and sugary treats instead of another lucozade might ease the pain. Date of review: April 13, 2010
In short: Perfect timing 2 weeks pre london marathonDate of review: April 12, 2010
In short: Expensive training runIn full: A very expensive mug was the reward for a 16 mile run! I have run many races and have seen many stewards, however, these were the worst ever!! Only one smile of encouragement from one steward at Griggs Road! Most managed to stare at the road or talk to each other but all managed to give the impression they did not want to be there. This event is clearly just a money making exercise for the promoters. The lady who handed me a naff 50p shop mug for all my efforts after the race looked embarrassed. Not even a goodie bag. Save the £25 entrance fee for a meal after your last training run before the London Marathon, you have earned it. Overall not worth it. Do the Finchley Twenty or Tunbridge Wells Half next time and get treated to real enthusiasm by the organisers/stewards!Date of review: April 12, 2010
In short: Fast course, Well marshalled with drinks every 3 miles, Good scenery (first half), Clear mile markers, But a bit expensiveIn full: Separate start times spread out the field reasonably well barring a few sections along the Portsmouth Road. Found the mile markers very useful to manage my pace, still didn't stop me going to fast for the first 8 miles! Good enthusiastic crowds in Kingston with some support dotted about the course as well. Very helpful marshalls on tricky road sections for the second half of each lap, and plenty of drinks stations.Date of review: April 12, 2010
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