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Harper Is Free Expression's Biggest Rival
It was a wonderful start for a new federal government. The first piece of legislation Stephen Harper's Conservatives placed before Parliament in 2006 was an omnibus bill that promised a new era of openness, transparency and accountability.
The legislation was a breath of fresh air for Canadians who had been outraged by the Sponsorship Scandal -- a corrupt operation in Quebec that siphoned off about $100 million to national Liberal party operatives and senior members of advertising firms from a government-funded program to promote federalism in that province.
"The time for accountability has arrived," were Harper's first words in the Conservative 2006 election platform with a pledge to "replace old-style politics with a new vision." The scandal and the Conservatives' aggressive campaign promises that they would be more accountable and democratic than the Liberals helped propel the Tories to win a minority government.
Unfortunately, what the campaign pledged and the new legislation codified, the government never made happen. Instead of a new Utopia, for nine years we have had a very shutdown, closed administration, where secrecy and control are among the core values and the modus operandi.
Fighting with Watchdogs
No federal government in recent memory -- possibly ever -- has precipitated more fights with its appointed watchdog officials or special interest advocacy groups than the current one. It's an issue largely fuelled by Harper's insatiable appetite to control the flow of information and the substance of political debate.
Two of those officials -- former Auditor General Sheila Fraser and former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page -- became well-known across Canada as they battled with Harper and his cabinet ministers. The disputes were not just about the essence of government programs but how information was getting -- or, in fact, not getting -- to parliament and the public.
Canadians may remember Page best for challenging the Defence department's plan to buy 65 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin, in a partnership with the U.S. government. The department pegged the overall price at around $16 billion, and the government appeared ready to close the deal. After Page calculated the price at $30 billion, everything was put on hold. But Page and his successor Jean-Denis Fréchette are far less known for another battle that typifies the struggle over transparency and the quest for secrecy in the Harper era.
Page was concerned about how the 2012 budget's $5.2 billion in spending cuts over three years -- which would eliminate 19,000 public service jobs -- would affect government services. He asked each department to provide his office with details, but they refused to do so. Page kept pressing, telling the Toronto Star that it's impossible for MPs to scrutinize government spending without the facts. "The system is being totally undermined," he said. "They're not telling us where the axe is going to fall."
Ultimately, Page sued the government to get the data he wanted. Federal Court Justice Sean Harrington dismissed his case on a technicality in April 2013, though he noted that the court does have the power to intervene in issues like this.
After Page left his job, the Parliamentary Budget Office filed 33 requests -- one for each department -- under the federal Access To Information (ATI) law, which gives all Canadians the right to ask for and get relevant federal documents and data. Only one department returned data the office could analyze. "Thirty-two either refused, provided no data or provided totally irrelevant data," Fréchette said.
The Code of Silence
During this week celebrating World Press Freedom it is important for all Canadians to remember that ATI is one of the fundamental parts of free expression -- it allows journalists or members of the public to ask for documentation about government activity and get timely answers.
Although previous federal governments had poor records on ATI, the Harper administration sunk to new lows. In six annual editions of the Canadian Journalists for Free Expression's Review report card, the federal government's handling of ATI received five F's and a D-. Time limits for responses were continually disregarded and some government departments stopped answering requests altogether. And, still now, when requests are answered, many of the pages are blacked out, making the responses worthless.
Federal Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault highlighted these problems in October 2013. "I am not the first information commissioner that's been saying the system is failing," she said. "What I am saying now is, failing dangerously...to the point where we're not actually meeting our legal obligations."
It is no surprise, then, that the Canadian Association of Journalists has twice given Harper its "Code of Silence" award, handed to a government or publicly funded agency "for keeping secret what it should make accessible."
How bad is Canada's ATI law? It is now more than 30 years old and has had no meaningful reform since being enacted. And in an assessment of the strength of the ATI legal framework in 102 countries around the world (though not the implementation and enforcement of these laws), Canada is currently ranked 59th -- just ahead of Afghanistan and Thailand. To make matters worse on the implementation level, in recent years the Harper government has also exempted the offices of the Prime Minister and cabinet officers from the ATI process which means they do not have to answer requests for information.
In her annual report, released in March, Legault called for a massive change in the ATI law and how it should work. An effective ATI program she wrote, "ensures that citizens can hold politicians and bureaucrats to account for their actions and decisions. However, in reality, the act that was intended to shine a light on the decisions and operations of government has become a shield against transparency."
Silencing Opponents
The government has also moved to silence two other groups -- the scientists who work for it, and non-governmental organizations who often criticize it.
The government under Harper has often been in conflict with science research, particularly when its findings on issues such as climate change clash with the energy industry. The government has restricted the right of scientists to speak to the media, the public and even each other about their work. Indeed, 90 per cent of federal scientists say they can't freely speak about their research.
The Canadian Science Writers' Association says that interviews, and often the questions to be asked, are vetted ahead of time, and responses given by scientists are frequently monitored. In several documented cases ministers' offices have stopped researchers from giving interviews. How upset are Canadian scientists over what they regard as severe censorship? Upset enough for more than 2,000 of them to protest on Parliament Hill two years ago.
Also under a free-to-speak chill are non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that have charitable status. The Canadian Revenue Agency now more closely investigates what these groups do in their advocacy work. A number of them opposed to Conservative ideology, such as Dying With Dignity, lost their charitable status, while others, including PEN Canada, Environmental Defence and the David Suzuki Foundation, have undergone audits. Countless others have curtailed their activities out of fear that they could be next on the CRA's hit list.
Controlling The Message
When Harper became prime minister, he took control of all information flowing from the government. In the early days of his rule, Conservative MPs, with the exception of Harper and a select few cabinet ministers, were forbidden from speaking to the media.
In a 2011 article on iPolitics, author and columnist Lawrence Martin condemned Harper's thirst for control: "In an extraordinary move, judged by critics to be more befitting a one-party state, Harper ordered all government communications to be vetted by his office or the neighbouring Privy Council Office. Even the most harmless announcements (Parks Canada's release on the mating season of the black bear, for example) required approval from the top," he wrote.
Canadians in general assume that we all have the full basket of free expression rights -- including the right to know what our governments do and why. Harper has been successful in controlling the message -- within his party, from the parliamentary opposition, and to the public. Its extent and grasp is unprecedented in Canadian political history.
Free expression, government accountability and transparency are not going to be the "ballot question" in this year's federal election. But they are fundamental to the enjoyment of all our rights and how we participate in our democratic system. Voters should keep these issues in mind when casting their ballots.
Arnold Amber is president of CJFE.
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Stephen Harper and wife Laureen in 2011. Source: Flickr
Part of a painting of Prime Minister Stephen Harper fully nude, by Kingston artist Maggie Sutherland, is shown at the Central Kingston public library in Kingston, Ont. on May 18, 2012.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper gets behind the bar at the Victoria pub in Montreal Friday, March 16, 2012 where he stopped in to meet some supporters and have a drink for St. Patricks Day.
Conservative leader Stephen Harper and Laureen Harper stand next to a tray of hot cross buns at a bakery in Mississauga, on April 23, 2011.
Stephen Harper with wife Laureen and their chinchilla Charlie. Source: Flickr
Prime Minister Stephen Harper waves after going for an ATV ride as he visits a farm for a campaign event in Wainfleet Ont., on Monday, April 4, 2011.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper eats maple taffy as he visits a sugar shack in Norbertville, Quebec on Tuesday, April 5, 2011.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper gives his wife Laureen a kiss following a day of G-20 meetings in Toronto. June 27, 2010. Source: Pm.gc.ca
Prime Minister Stephen Harper plays with foster kittens at 24 Sussex. May 1, 2010. Source: Pm.gc.ca
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper throws a small snowball at photographers after talking with reporters at a campaign stop in Guelph, Ontario Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper gives Taylor Swift the book "Maple Leaf Forever" before her concert at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa. May 20, 2010. Source: Pm.gc.ca
Stephen Harper surprises an Ottawa couple on their wedding day in 2012.
Laureen Harper laughs as she holds a husky dog with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper as they tour Caribou Crossing, Yukon, south of Whitehorse Monday August 20, 2012.
Stephen Harper, his children Ben and Rachel, and wife Laureen cross Abbey Road in 2009. Source: Facebook
Prime Minister Stephen Harper hams it up with Bonhomme Carnaval in the Prime Minister's Centre Block Office. November 25, 2010. Source: Pm.gc.ca
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, far left, watches a third round match between Agnieszka Radwanska, of Poland, and Serbia's Jelena Jankovic with his children Rachel, center, and Benjamin, right, at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012, in New York.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on July 1, 2011.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his son Ben watch a bloopers show while attending the Calgary Flames NHL hockey game against the Edmonton Oilers in Calgary, Saturday, April 11, 2009.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper practices a few chords after arriving at home from work. February 19, 2011. Source: Pm.gc.ca
Conservative leader Stephen Harper gets a hug from his mother Margaret during a visit to his campaign office in Calgary, Saturday May 29, 2004.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper holds up a moustache scarf to kick off the start of 'Movember', November 1, 2012 Source: Flickr
Senior Legislative Assistant, Katherine Locke, left, and Government House Leader Special Assistant, Zoe Lawson, show off their House of Commons gingerbread house to Prime Minister Stephen Harper in his office on Dec. 16, 2010. The gingerbread house was filled with rows of gummi bears as members of Parliament. Source: Pm.gc.ca
Prime Minister Stephen Harper waves to tourists as he walks on the beach after the closing of the VI Summit of the Americas on April 15, 2012 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper plays a game of table tennis with Team Canada's Mo Zhang at Canada House in London on Tuesday, June 5, 2012.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper tries on an old hockey helmet at he tours the Yukon's Hockey History exhibit at the McBride Museum in Whitehorse, Yukon on Thursday, August 25, 2011.
Stephen Harper, his son Ben, and Wayne Gretzky watch the men's ice hockey team's gold medal game at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Source: Flickr
Stephen Harper and his son Ben hit balloons into the crowd after his speech at the party's three-day policy convention in Montreal on Friday March 18, 2005.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Jamie Robinson (guitar) play along with Blue Rodeo's front man Jim Cuddy, and recording artist Jimmy Rankin as they belt out a tune during a Juno Awards reception at 24, Sussex March 31, 2012. Source: Pm.gc.ca
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, looks up from dishing out pancakes at Stampede breakfast in Calgary, Alta., Sunday, July 10, 2011.
Stephen Harper welcomes two Chinese pandas at Toronto's Pearson Airport on March 25, 2013. Source: Flickr
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Clowns ham it up with Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick. July 19, 2010. Source: Pm.gc.ca
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, throws Senator Gerry St. Germain's cowboy hat into the crowd after presenting him with a new one as his wife Margaret St. Germain, right, laughs during a barbecue at St. Germain's ranch in Surrey, B.C., on Monday August 6, 2012.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper gives the thumbs up from the cockpit of his campaign plane as he arrives in Ottawa,Tuesday May 3, 2011.
Stephen Harper presents Justin Bieber with a Diamond Jubilee Medal on Nov. 23, 2012. Source: Flickr
Stephen Harper and Wayne Gretzky, joined by students on an outdoor ice rink in Saskatoon on Feb. 5, 2010. Source: Facebook
Stephen Harper, wife Laureen and Suraksha, Grade 10, visit an IMAX theatre in Bangalore, India on Nov. 8, 2012.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper poses for a photograph with Halloween trick-or-treaters at his official residence in Ottawa, Wednesday, October 31, 2012.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper bundles up in a parka as he tours Frobisher Bay in Iqaluit, Nunavut on Thursday, February 23, 2012.
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper adjusts his hat prior to the arrival of Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, for the official start of the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary, Alberta, July 8, 2011.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen play with some furry friends at the official opening of the new Ottawa Humane Society facility on July 6, 2011. Source: Pm.gc.ca
Met Batisse X, official mascot of the Royal 22nd Regiment, prior to welcoming French PM Jean-Marc Ayrault to Ottawa. Source: Flickr
Prime Minister Stephen Harper receives a cricket lesson from Ankur Biswas, cricket team captain, at the Bishop Cotton Boys School. Source: Facebook
Prime Minister Stephen Harper drives a dog sled after meeting mushing teams at the Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife, N.W.T., Monday, March 10, 2008.
Stephen Harper meets Canada's women's hockey team, gold medal winners at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Source: Facebook
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen, left, make cookies with 10-year-old brain cancer survivor Baxton Wacholtz, right, and his mom Michelle, of Telkwa, B.C., during a photo opportunity at Ronald McDonald House in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday August 7, 2012.
Canadian musician Jens Lindemann visits Stephen Harper before a concert. "His blue trumpet reminded me of Sgt. Pepper," according to Harper. Source: Flickr
Met with Constable Dan Allen of the Child at Risk Response Team (and Cagney the dog) while in Calgary. Source: Flickr
Prime Minister Stephen Harper points out the camera to baby Grayson, dressed up as a giraffe, during his first time trick-or-treating at 24 Sussex. Source: Facebook
Stephen Harper hugs his daughter Rachel Hugging Rachel as results come in after the 2011 election. Source: Facebook
Stephen Harper holds up the Allen Cup, the Canada's senior men hockey championship trophy, after it was handed to him at a campaign event in Brantford Ont., Friday Oct 10, 2008.
Stephen Harper and legendary hockey coach Scotty Bowman shows off his Stanley Cup rings in 2012. Source: Flickr
Stephen Harper plays hockey in a parking lot in 2011 during a campaign stop. Source: Flickr
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Tripoli, Feb 16 (AFP) Fourteen people were injured inclashes in the city of Benghazi, as the country braced for a"Day of Anger" following the revolts in neighbouring Egypt andTunisia.
Libyan newspaper Quryna said 14 people were injured inthe clashes between security forces and demonstrators in theeastern city of Benghazi last night, in what it branded thework of "saboteurs" among the protesters.
Security forces intervened to halt a confrontationbetween supporters of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, who hasbeen in power for more than 40 years, and the demonstrators,it said.
The veteran leader is facing rare Internet calls forprotests tomorrow by activists buoyed by the ouster of veteranstrongmen on its eastern and western borders, in Egypt andTunisia.
One of the Facebook groups calling for a "Day ofAnger" in Libya and anti-regime protest that had 4,400 memberson Monday more than doubled in number to 9,600 by this morningafter the Benghazi unrest.
Three demonstrators and 10 members of the securityforces were injured, a hospital director said, quoted inQuryna, which is close to Kadhafi''s son, Seif al-Islam,without identifying the other casualty.
None of the injuries was serious, it said.
The protest was started by families of prisonerskilled in a 1996 shooting in Tripoli''s Abu Salim prisondemanding the release of their lawyer, Fethi Tarbel, the papersaid.
A website, Libya Al-Youm, said earlier that the unrestprompted a show of strength by supporters of Kadhafi in anumber of cities.
Police had used force to disperse the crowd gatheredoutside a police post in Benghazi, it said, while the BBCquoted witnesses as saying stones were thrown at police whoresponded with tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets.
Tarbel, who had been arrested for unknown reasons, wasfreed under pressure from the families, according to Quryna.
But the crowd of protesters grew and they beganchanting anti-regime slogans such as "The people will end thecorruption" and "The blood of the martyrs will not be invain," before police moved in to disperse them.
Soon afterwards, state television showed hundreds ofdemonstrators in the streets of Benghazi as well as Tripoli,Syrte and Sebha in support for Kadhafi, who seized power in a1969 coup which ousted a Western-backed monarchy.
It broadcast footage of pro-regime demonstrators onfoot and in cars, waving Libyan flags and portraits ofKadhafi. They chanted slogans against the Arab news channelAl-Jazeera, accused by the regime of having incited revolts.
Tomorrow''s protest has been called to commemorate thedeaths of 14 protesters in 2006 in an Islamist rally inBenghazi. (AFP)


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Since v2.1.18, the old woman located near the waypoint in Auch (D4) offers a repeatable quest to collect 20 Cabinet Pieces. The Cabinet Pieces are dropped by Succeed Reagent (Lv.81) in Prison de Joaquin, Schivarliere. (Succeed Reagent is renamed as Successful Subject in v2.4.)
By clicking on one Overturn Box, all the Succeed Reagents in that channel will spawn from the Overturn Boxes (see map below). This can be done only at 1pm or 10pm (server time, i.e. GMT+8 for sGE), and lasts for about 30 minutes.
Giving a full collection of 20 Cabinet Pieces to the old woman will give a random reward:
- Pure Gold Bar x3 (most common)
- Lv.76 Unique Weapon Recipe
- Lv.52 Elite Weapon/Armor Recipe (v2.4)
- Lv.68 Elite Weapon/Armor Recipe (v2.4)
- Key of Bellem (aka "Key of Balem" in v2.1.18)
The Key of Bellem is used to access Bellem Ruins in Island of Fire (v2.4).
Tips: Note that server time may differ from your local computer clock by a few minutes. The best way to find out the time difference is to note your local computer time when Colony War starts every Sunday at 8pm (server time).
Note: Cabinet Pieces are NOT Puzzle Pieces. Puzzle Pieces are acquired from Failed Subjects in the final part of Bernelli's Prison de Joaquin's Secret quest. For now, nobody knows what to do with Puzzle Pieces.
v3.2 Update: The regeneration schedule for the Overturn Box in Prison de Joaquin has been increased to 6 times a day - 1000hrs, 1300hrs, 1600hrs, 1900hrs, 2200hrs, 0100hrs. See v3.2 Patch Notes.


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The state of Michigan isn't typically known for producing massive amounts of high school prospects year in and year out. That's the norm, but it also isn't out of the ordinary for the top in-state prospects to be among the best nationally, which is the case for the 2013 class.
It's a good year for offensive linemen as the state of Michigan is home to five four-star linemen, including the No. 1 guard in the country, David Dawson (Detroit/Cass Tech), who is committed to Michigan.
The Wolverines can also boast having quarterback Shane Morris (Warren, Mich./De La Salle) and Jourdan Lewis (Detroit/Cass Tech), giving them the top three recruits in the state.


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This one room apartment is facing towards the inner courtyard and disposes of three single beds (one of them in a little separate sleeping alcove). A chair can be changed into another additional single bed, so that 4 persons it total can sleep in this apartment. It disposes of a clean showering bathroom as well as a fully equipped kitchen with fridge, oven, coffee-machine, toaster and kettle. There is a large TV and WiFi internet access you can get on request. Smoking is permitted on the balcony.
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Our stay at the Villinger's apartment was very comfortable! The hosts met us at the apartment and gave us a tour of the place and were very friendly and accessible to us if we had any questions or concerns. We were in a beautiful large room with a couch, TV, table set, and even a balcony - needless to say it felt very homey. It was also lovely to be able to use the kitchen, which was equipped with plenty of pots, pans, dishware & utensils. The entire apartment was clean which was especially nice since St. Pauli isn't particularly. But that's part of the appeal, right? We would definitely return to the Villinger's apartment.
It's not the place to stay over for a personal touch, but it's functional and everything is there you need!
The apartment is amazing, really good location, close to the S-Bahn and really central.Fritz is really nice person, he gave you nice advice to walk around this amazing city.
A great and clean place to stay. Only 15 min. walk to the bus station. The price was also good even though we just stayed there for 2 nights.
The roome was clean and cosy. But there was no Internet and we couldn't contact the host in order to solve this problem.
In general, the stay was enjoyable.
Nice and centrally placed appartment in Deichstrasse. We stayed there with our two teenage daughters. The wireless internet worked well. Very close to nice restaurants and the U-bahn.
The appartment is administrated by "Argentur am Fishmarkt". They have 4-5 other appartments in the same building. So we do not know if Carmen is real (:-)
A draw back was the 4th floor and no lift. I was suffering an injury on arrival and found the climb difficult.The apartment is in a safe area of the city and very convenient for us as we could walk to the Miniature Wonderland. The apartment is very large, very clean and I highly recommend it. I did not meet Carmen.
We stayed at this spacious apartment and enjoyed it a lot. It was clean, well equipped and super central to access everything, 5 minutes walk from the main cityhall square and all shops. Nice pedestrian street with bars/restaurants and no disturbance from it. Would stay again without hesitation.
Perfect staying there, the apartament was very well located, and nice. There were a little desperfections but anything really important, so a very high overall and a great satifaction of chosing this one.
This was a really nice place for me and my three children. It was in great condition, very clean and in a good, central area. The only things I would point out are that we stayed in winter and despite having the heating on full, it was still rather cold in the appartment and we couldn't get it quite as warm as we would've liked. The walls were also rather thin, so that we could hear some noise from the street outside. However, these things weren't major issues and I would still definitely recommend the place!
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Good Bye Uncle Buck ~ U.B.
It is with such a heavy heart that I write this. My boy, U.B. was taken today because of bloat. He was 9 years old and had suffered with many afflictions from the time we brought him home at 6 weeks. However, he was always happy and playful. The last year was rougher for him. He had lost 30 lbs. from 100 down to 70 lbs. I had changed his food, and thought that was the issue but he obviously had other things going on. He struggled with PF and also in the mid stages of DM, which is what I thought would take him. He was a very unique Shepherd as he had very soft, floppy ears until 6 years of age. By some miracle, his ears came up and stayed up the rest of his life! He was handsome with whatever ears he had and we never thought they would come up, but they sure did!
He had an upset tummy last night, but came to bed with me and slept thru the night. At 7am I got up to take him and out knew immediately something was terribly wrong when he collapsed at his water bowl. I coaxed him up and outside where he collapsed in the snow and wouldn't or couldn't move. I got dressed and went out to get him and practically had to carry him in the house. We immediately got to the vet, where they ran some tests and knew he had some kind of horrible bacterial infection going on. They started an IV for fluids and antibiotics and then x-rayed his belly. It was then that the vet saw the twisted gut. It was an easy decision for us to put him to sleep but it wasn't easy to let him go.
They carried him into the room wrapped in a blanket because he couldn't walk. I sat on the floor and held his head and front torso on my lap. My husband and I said our final goodbyes, then watched our boy quietly and with dignity slip away. His eyes were open the whole time, which gave me comfort knowing that he knew we were both there with him and for him as he went to the Rainbow Bridge.
Run free my boy........run free.........mom loves you and will see you again someday
I am sorry for your loss of Uncle Buck :( Rest in Peace Handsome boy..
I am sorry for the loss of your beautiful boy! RIP
So sorry to hear about Uncle Buck. It sounds like he had a great life from his first day to the last, despite his health issues. RIP Uncle Buck. Good boy..
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So sorry, run free Uncle Buck
So sorry .....it is so sad.
Good for you for going the distance with Uncle Buck to the very end....there is a certain quality in doing what you did....by his side to the very end.
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Gozco President Dirctor Tjandra M. Gozali explained that the fund will be used to add planted areas.
"The fund will be raised from both internal and external cash. With such amount of fund, we will expand the planted areas," he said today.
In the meantime, the company has booked unaudited net income of IDR160 billion and revenues of IDR450 billion in 2010. There was a decrease in net income from IDR200 billion in the previous year.
Lower net income was caused by smaller gains in foreign exchange compared to that of the previous year.
In 2010, the company posted lower sales volume of crude palm oil (CPO) compared to that in 2009. Sales volume in 2009 was 59,500 tons while in 2010 it slipped to 56,500 tons.
By the end of 2010, Gozco planted not more than 18,000 hectare of the total 31,000 hectare the company owned.
"We think there is an opportunity to add more area through acquisition. But we have not came into that decision," Tjandra continued.


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The Art of Imaginary Friends
Chapter One
You know those days when reality is just too much? When you need to escape somehow and forget about everything? Those days you wish you had the life of your favourite book character, sure that it would be easier to live their life?
I was having one of those days. I had employed every usual trick. Chocolate, a hot shower, a good book, my favourite band on at high. None of it helped. I still couldn't shrug off the depressed cloud surrounding me. So I gathered my creativity, shaped it into a humanoid form and sent it into the world.
He looked real. Very real. I had shaped him well. Would he work though? I knew I was the only one who could see him and that was an ace up my sleeve but would this backfire?
He and I had to get to know each other so I sat him down on the bed and surveyed him. The eyes I had given him were green with flecks of orange, his nose a little big but it gave him character, a square jaw and dark brown hair that was in his eyes. But did he have a personality?
"What is your name?" I asked him. He just looked at me. I repeated the question before I realized I had not given him one yet so he would not know. So I gave him one.
"It's Nick."
"Cool." I smiled. I liked this guy already.
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Let's pray. Lord, we do praise You, and we thank You that all of creation is going to praise You forever and ever and ever, and You're worthy of all our praise. And I thank You, Lord that You are here and You delight in the praises of Your people. It's sweet aroma to You, and it's a sweet sound in Your ear. And, God, we know that You have a word from Your Word for our hearts. And, Lord, we know that You're coming again so soon, and we want to be ready, Lord. And we just want to welcome You, Lord. And we want our hearts to be right. Help our hearts to be good soil to receive from Your Word today. Lord, that all the stuff that we get involved in that really doesn't mean a hill of beans; Lord, that that would just fade away, and that You would just keep every heart with rapt attention on Your Word today as we study about the end times. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
We'll be in Matthew chapter 24 today. I'm starting a new series of messages entitled, "Twenty-four: Living in the Last Day," from Matthew chapter 24.
Now I can remember a time in my life, one of the most special times in my life; really, it's one of the most special times in any couples' life. It's the time when you're getting ready to have a baby. And I think probably, maybe the most special time having a baby is when it's the first one, because everything is new.
And when Debbie and I got married in March of 1986, we were married about six months and she told me, she said, "Jeff, I just went to the doctor and he says I'm pregnant." And we were so excited.
And then we started to do all the things that you do. You know, she started going to the doctor and I remember hearing the heartbeat for the very first time, man that was exciting.
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The ISM's index for measuring the sector's overall health—known as the NMI—was 52.8 in April, 4.5 percentage points lower than March's 57.3. Even with the sequential decline, a reading above 50 represents growth.
Like its companion report, which focuses on manufacturing, the Institute for Supply Management's (ISM) Non-Manufacturing Report on Business showed positive growth for the 17th straight month in April.
The ISM's index for measuring the sector's overall health—known as the NMI—was 52.8 in April, 4.5 percentage points lower than March's 57.3. Even with the sequential decline, a reading above 50 represents growth.
The NMI's total reading is largely based on four core metrics. In April, they were all off from March levels, with Business Activity/Production down 6.0 percent at 53.7, New Orders off 11.4 percent at 52.7, and Employment falling 1.8 percent to 51.9.
"The report is pulled back, and we have had some slowing of growth here but it still beats contraction," said Tony Nieves, chair of the ISM's Non-Manufacturing Business Survey Committee, in an interview. "We experienced very strong growth during the first quarter, but we are seeing a moderation of that growth with rising prices, cost pressures, and a bit of a wane in company and consumer confidence and the employment index all pulling it back a little bit."
Overall, Nieves said that the strong performance in the first quarter, which had unanticipated strength, was at first thought to be sustainable, but to keep that pace intact would have been difficult, given the jobs outlook and increasing prices.
April Inventories were flat compared to March at 55.5, and Prices were down 2.0 percent at 70.1. Backlog of Orders were down 0.5 percent at 55.5.
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The passing of Lou Reed was a sad moment for rock music. He was a unique talent and a pioneer in the fusion of rock (or pop as it then was) and art. But when I heard that he had died, I knew, just knew, that the g-word would inevitably be appearing.
Sure enough, the next morning in publications as geographically diverse as USA Today, the South China Morning Post and the Times of India, headlines about Lou Reed did not stint from using the g-word. Over here, the Daily Telegraph's esteemed rock critic didn't beat about the bush. No waiting until the 10th or 11th paragraph to draw his conclusion. In his opening words he proclaimed: "Lou Reed was a rock and roll genius."
It is a curious fact that cultural figures in death are rarely just unique talents, never just talents, they are invariably geniuses. And if it's true of musicians, it is, for some reason, even truer of comedians. In life they may be comedians, in death they are always "a comic genius". But if comedy has the first claim on the state of genius, music does not lag far behind. Admittedly, acting geniuses are considerably rarer. Dance geniuses are almost unheard of. But tell some good jokes or write some terrific songs and one noun is assured in the coverage of your death.
I've never quite worked out why the arts claim a monopoly on the word. There don't seem to be any genius geographers, genius astronomers or, come to that, genius politicians. Even dead scientists seldom seem to merit the g-word, however high the praise of their achievements. But the g-word is a dangerous word. It dulls any true appreciatin of a particular talent, and ignores the various gradations in talent. Not everyone is a genius. In my view, you have to have a mighty strong case to extend the club beyond Shakespeare and Einstein.
It is also a little smug on the part of the arts and on the part of fans and critics to make the assumption that a high achiever in a field about which we are passionate is by definition a genius. One does a disservice to Lou Reed, all those other great dead musicians, all those late comics, a disservice not to try to understand and appreciate their achievements and unique contribution, but instead to use a catch all label that in fact throws little light on greatness and the process by which an artist achieves greatness.
The g-word should be banned. Paradoxically, in being a substitute for genuine analysis and measured appreciation, it can belittle as much as praise.
Film and TV actors and actresses are easily remembered. The record of their work is there on the screen. But stage performers, especially those who do little screen work, tend to be forgotten. This is certainly true in the case of one of the National Theatre's early stars. Louise Purnell was a leading light in Olivier's sixties company, transfixing audiences in a number of roles, not least as Abigail in The Crucible. But in all the words that I have read about the National's 50th birthday, I have not seen one single mention of her, and few now know who she is. However talented you are, whatever impact you make on stage, if you leave the profession early and haven't diversified into film you are likely to be forgotten 50 years hence. It's a slightly depressing but salutary lesson.
The art of classical coughing
Delivering the Royal Philharmonic Society annual lecture on the future of classical music, Roger Wright, controller of Radio 3 and director of the Proms digressed to address the matter of coughing at concerts. He concluded: "Audiences only cough when they are uncomfortable or bored." Wrong, Roger. The cough at a classical music concert is a status symbol, an art form in itself. It is almost a mating ritual, a sign from one classical music regular to another that he or she knows exactly when to cough. He or she will, of course, only cough between movements when there is a symphony being performed. The cough proclaims that the cougher knows his music. Indeed, it is an expression of disdain for those who resist throat clearing between movements, for those non-coughers clearly do not know their music. Far from showing that an audience member is uncomfortable or bored, the cough, expertly delivered and judiciously timed, portrays an audience happy in its comfort zone, and showing its appreciation in the manner to which it has long been accustomed.Reuse content


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Metalloids. A metalloid is a chemical element that has properties that are n between of metals or nonmetals and is consequently difficult to classify a metal or a nonmetal.
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A metalloid is a chemical element that has properties that are n between
of metals or nonmetals and is consequently difficult to classify a metal or a nonmetal.
Metalloids tend to be economically important because of their unique conductivity properties (they only partially conduct electricity), which make them valuable in the semiconductor and computer chip industry. The metalloids are shown in the following illustration.
The Metalloids are:
Properties of Metalloids
Physical Properties of Metalloids
State of Matter is Solid
Elasticity is Brittle
Luster is Metallic
Conductivity is Semi-conductive
Chemical Properties of Metalloids
Metalloids are used in various industries. They are used in industry and in many biological processes. For example, boron is used in the manufacture of the borosilicate glass. These derivatives are highly resistant to thermal shock. In the form of sodium tetraborate is used for insulation with fiberglass. Boric yarns used in aerospace structures as they are lightweight, but have a high strength. Boron carbide is used in creating bulletproof vests
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Colette Flesch
This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Luxembourgish. (October 2013) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|Personal information
16 April 1937
Dudelange, Luxembourg
Colette Flesch (born 16 April 1937 in Dudelange) is a Luxembourgish politician and former fencer.
As a fencer she participated in the Individual foil events at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]
She has served in numerous political capacities, both in government and within the Democratic Party and the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party. In December 1968 she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in an early election. In 1970 she became the first female Mayor of Luxembourg City at the age of 32, which she remained until 1980.[2] Besides her work in the Chamber of Deputies (1969-1980, 1984-1989 and 2004-2009), she was also a member of the European Parliament from 1969 to 1980, 1984 to 1985, 1989 to 1990, and 1999 to 2004.
In 1976, she became the General Secretary of the Democratic Party, and was its President from 1981 to 1989.
From 1980 to 1984 she was a member of Pierre Werner's government, as Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and minister for foreign trade, cooperation, the economy, small and medium enterprises and justice.
From 1990 to 1999, she was the European Commission's Director-General for Culture, Communication and Sports, and later for translation.
From 1 January 1988 to 31 December 1999, she was a city councillor for Luxembourg City, and was later an alderman.
She currently is the president of the European Institute of Cultural Routes (EICR).
She holds a graduate degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University after gaining a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wellesley College.[2]
|Political offices
|Preceded by
Paul Wilwertz
|Mayor of Luxembourg City
|Succeeded by
Camille Polfer
|Preceded by
Gaston Thorn
|Deputy Prime Minister
|Succeeded by
Jacques Poos
|Preceded by
Gaston Thorn
|Minister for the Economy
|Succeeded by
Jacques Poos
|Preceded by
Gaston Thorn
|Minister for Foreign Affairs
|Succeeded by
Jacques Poos
|Preceded by
Gaston Thorn
|Minister for Justice
|Succeeded by
Jacques Poos
|Preceded by
Attilio Ruffini
|President of the Council of the EU
Second half 1980
|Succeeded by
Chris van der Klaauw
|Party political offices
|Preceded by
Gaston Thorn
|President of the DP
|Succeeded by
Charles Goerens
|Preceded by
Willy De Clercq
|President of the ELD
|Succeeded by
Willy De Clercq
- Deputy Prime Ministers of Luxembourg
- Ministers for the Economy of Luxembourg
- Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg
- Ministers for Justice of Luxembourg
- 1937 births
- Living people
- Mayors of Luxembourg City
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg
- Members of the Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg from Centre
- Councillors in Luxembourg City
- Democratic Party (Luxembourg) politicians
- Luxembourgian female fencers
- Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic fencers of Luxembourg
- Luxembourgian sportsperson-politicians
- People from Dudelange
- Women mayors of places in Luxembourg
- Wellesley College alumni
- Democratic Party (Luxembourg) MEPs
- Female MEPs for Luxembourg
- MEPs for Luxembourg 1979–84
- 20th-century Luxembourgian politicians
- MEPs for Luxembourg 1984–89
- MEPs for Luxembourg 1989–94
- MEPs for Luxembourg 1999–2004
- 21st-century Luxembourgian politicians
- The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy alumni
- Women government ministers of Luxembourg
- 20th-century women politicians
- 21st-century women politicians


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Prospective, Randomized Trial of Higher Goal Hemoglobin after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
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DOI: 10.1007/s12028-010-9424-4
- Cite this article as:
- Naidech, A.M., Shaibani, A., Garg, R.K. et al. Neurocrit Care (2010) 13: 313. doi:10.1007/s12028-010-9424-4
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Background and Purpose
In patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), higher hemoglobin (HGB) has been associated with better outcomes, but packed red blood cell (PRBC) transfusions with worse outcomes. We performed a prospective pilot trial of goal HGB after SAH.
Forty-four patients with SAH and high risk for vasospasm were randomized to goal HGB concentration of at least 10 or 11.5 g/dl. We obtained blinded clinical outcomes at 14 days (NIH Stroke Scale and modified Rankin Scale, mRS), 28 days (mRS), and 3 months (mRS), and blinded interpretation of brain MRI for cerebral infarction at 14 days. This trial is registered at www.stroketrials.org.
Forty-four patients were randomized. Patients with goal HGB 11.5 g/dl received more PRBC units per transfusion [1 (1–2) vs. 1 (1–1), P < 0.001] and more total PRBC units [3 (2–4) vs. 2 (1–3), P = 0.045]. Prospectively defined safety endpoints were not different between groups. HGB concentration was different between study groups from day 4 onwards. The number of cerebral infarctions on MRI (6 of 20 vs. 9 of 22), NIH Stroke Scale scores at 14 days [1 (0–9.75) vs. 2 (0–16)], and rates of independence on the mRS at 14 days (65% vs. 44%) and 28 days (80% vs. 67%) were similar, but favored higher goal HGB (P > 0.1 for all).
Higher goal hemoglobin in patients with SAH seems to be safe and feasible. A phase III trial of goal HGB after SAH is warranted.


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I was having a chat with Jack Kenny, a journalist, in the middle of last week, and we were talking about the many different ways that your teachers and students can access Office in 'the cloud'. As I summarised it for him in our conversation, Jack prompted me to write a more detailed summary too – something which I've committed to do with this blog post. So here it is – an overview of the different ways that students and teachers might use cloud-based versions of Office – the Office Web Apps.
Overview of Office Web Apps
The suite of Office applications available through Office Web Apps are browser-based, lightweight versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. This means that you can start editing a document in Office 2010 on your laptop or desktop computer, and then view, edit and share the document using the web version. You can read a more detailed overview of the Office Web Apps on the Office website. So it means that your students can edit Office documents at home, without needing the full version of Office on their computers. And it works with a broad range of web-browsers, so they don't even need to be running a Windows computer.
So if your question is "How do I get Office Web Apps?", then there are three answers:
Office Web Apps in SharePoint 2010
The new version of SharePoint released this summer, SharePoint 2010, now includes Office Web Apps as part of the package. Which means that your students and staff can access documents directly in the browser on your SharePoint site – they don't need to load Office to preview a Word document, or to do basic editing etc. This is particularly useful if you wan to upload a worksheet onto your learning platform, and then ask students to work on it collaboratively – they can edit it at the same time, and the SharePoint version of Office Web Apps will manage all of the changes simultaneously.
For a summary of Office Web Apps in SharePoint, take a look at this article. And one of the nice things about the Office 2010 suite you install on your desktop/laptop is that it now has the option to save directly to your SharePoint, making it easier to share documents and upload them onto your Learning Platform (if it's SharePoint-based)
Office Web Apps in Windows Live
If you have a free SkyDrive account (which is part of the Windows Live service), then you can also save documents from Office 2010 directly to your SkyDrive. SkyDrive is a 25GB web-based storage area, based in our datacentres. You can store files there for your own use, or share them with specific other people, or save files that you want anybody to access – it's what I use quite a bit to share documents for this blog. If you haven't tried out SkyDrive, then just sign up for a free account at http://skydrive.live.com – either using your existing Windows Live ID, or by creating a new one.
The benefit of this option is that the data is stored in our cloud-based data centres, not on your school server. That's good for some situations (especially for students to access files from home), but it isn't something you'd use for any school data that's sensitive (ie don't go putting your exam performance analysis spreadsheets up there!). Once your files are there – whether that's done by uploading them, or by saving them directly to your SkyDrive from Office 2010, you can then use the Office Web Apps to view, edit, print them etc.
There are step-by-step instructions to getting started with Office Web Apps in WIndows Live here.
Office Web Apps in Live@edu
In many ways, this option is similar to the Windows Live service above, in that your students and staff will have a Windows Live login to get to their free email inbox, SkyDrive and Office Web Apps. However, it fits more effectively into your school IT infrastructure, as you manage all of your Live@edu user accounts (normally via your own Active Directory). This means that when you add new student on your server, it automatically creates their email account (on your own .sch.uk domain) and their account that can be used for SkyDrive, Office Web Apps etc. You can either read a brief overview of Live@edu, or for a deeper view of the technology and roadmap, take a look at the Live@edu blog
In a nutshell, what are the differences between the three options?
- With Office Web Apps in SharePoint, you need SharePoint 2010 in school (or from your Learning Platform provider) and all of the data is stored within your SharePoint.
- With Office Web Apps in Windows Live, any person can sign up for a free account, and the data is stored in our datacentre – it's basically a consumer-centric service
- With Office Web Apps in Live@edu, you manage all of the accounts for your school, allocating .sch.uk email addresses, but the data is stored in our datacentre.
Read the Getting Started with Office Web Apps article to continue the journey…


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SOP – Locking Plate Systems
- SubjectOrthopaedics, Small animal, Surgery
- SpeakerScott Rutherford (BVMS CertSAS DipECVS MRCVS)
- Date29/11/2017 - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- LocationSwindon
- Price£675 + VAT
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String of Pearls (SOP™) is a locking plate system which provides exceptionally flexible options to the surgeon, particularly in complicated situations where contouring on multiple planes is required. Locking plates are powerful and versatile implants but the mechanics and methods of application are significantly different from conventional plate systems.
The course will cover:
• Fracture repair systems – the flaws and failings
• Locking plate technology
• Features and biomechanics of SOPTM
• Where and how to use it
• Half day dry and wet lab practical session using a variety of anatomical bones
By the end of this course you should have an understanding of:
- The limitations of existing implant systems
- The concept of SOPTM and why it differs from conventional plate systems
- Case selection and clinical application of the SOPTM system
- How to use SOPTM in a range of orthopaedic applications
If you would like to book this course or require further information please contact us on 01793 759159 or email email@example.com
- Date29/11/2017 - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- LocationSwindon
- Price£675 + VAT