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The words "Environment Canada" have been eliminated from the Government of Canada's Weather website: http://weather.gc.ca
"As with other government websites where information has simply vanished, the removal of the words 'Environment Canada' from this site, which depends on the work and knowledge of Environment Canada meteorologists, is Orwellian," said Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, MP Saanich-Gulf islands. "This does not bode well for the future of the department."
The site, offering Current Conditions, instead features the ubiquitous Harper Conservative promotional logos for "Jobs, Growth and Long-Term Prosperity," "Canada's Economic Action Plan," and "Tax Savings Working for You."
May also noted that, "Canadians simply wanting to check the weather are being bombarded with Conservative propaganda. Is there no end to Conservative gall when it comes to promoting themselves with taxpayers' money?"
They've also cut down the information that used to be posted. For the last year or so, there has been "not observed" for the condition.
Well they will find out someday and soon I hope that you can't eat money when everything else is gone..Everytime I see their commercial on TV I have to turn off my TV because they makes me sick to my stomach. When will it ever end?
Although providing no source of information is unacceptable, you have to notice few things:
1. Action Plan ads were on older site too.
2. The same layout is on CIC website (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index-int.asp) and only place where you can find CIC name is header, which in case of weather.gc.ca is "Weather".
So it's not as Orwellian as you say. It's just simple oversight.
The question remains…why did they do it. Remember that Harper wanted the government to be named the "Harper government"
The question remains…why did they do it. Remember that Harper wanted the government to be named the "Harper government"
Kamil speaks good sense here.
The thing to remember is that the PMO and cabinet aren't involved in most operational decisions of the government — there are almost 300,000 public servants, and probably tens of thousands of contractors and consultants, making many, many thousands of operational decisions each day. Even an interventionist PMO can interfere in only a minuscule fraction of a percent of those.
Of course it could turn out that the change is a conspiracy ordered directly from the PMO, but it seems more likely that it's something banal. Perhaps the new version of the GoC's Web Experience Toolkit (WET) has only one slot for the section header, so they couldn't include the EC logo any more. The decision could have been made lower down in the hierarchy: at the DG or director level, or perhaps even just by a project manager working with the web development team.
It's good to call attention to the change, but let's not jump to the conspiracy theories before at least investigating a bit, especially if you're someone who wants to convince us that you can lead a country.
The thing to remember is that the PMO and cabinet aren't involved in most operational decisions of the government ,, Really!! have you forgotten who is ruling this country? ooh hold on we'll ask one of Harper's back benches,, umm nope, not hearing anything from them!, someone must have gagged them. yes its laughable plain and simple, if Environment Canada is missing off of that site it was not an oversight but rather done for a reason in the same manor everything else this government has done, has been done For A Reason!! and we all know what it is, give it up the jig is over. With Commandant Harper at the reigns its only going to get worse.
The PMO directs everything that is done in government today. If you don't think so ask any of the ADMs or senior bureaucrats, they have all lost their rights to manage and make decisions. We now have a very expensive government of admins marching to the orders from PMO ideologists! We should be worried, very worried.
dream on! Head-in-sand! Ottawa Canuck!
Kamil, check out my post below. This is what the weather site looked like in 2007: http://web.archive.org/web/20070315214725/http://weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/on-143_metric_e.html
Day after day the harper government is showing us how undemocratic they are.I am beginning to believe that Canada is ruled by a dictatorship.
No surprise. Harper did call HIMSELF a dictator years ago. He took pride in the term. First thing after he got elected, he visited the China dictator, to find out how to rule like a REAL dictator. Remember?
Maybe you should look up "dictatorship"…
In contemporary usage, dictatorship refers to an autocratic form of absolute rule by leadership unrestricted by law, constitutions, or other social and political factors within the state. Sound familiar?
"The European Union's carbon market is in shambles. Bryan Walsh considers what went wrong and what it means."
That would be ok IF the dictator had integrity and brains…both sadly lacking in all politicians.
NO! This is a democracy. A dictator is unacceptable.
Even if it was Elizabeth, who has plenty of integrity and brains, thank you very much.
From a strictly web design perspective, I think it's a cleaner page now.
Yes, I do like the cleaner look too.
Nobody is criticising the design. Why are you mentioning it?
I think that the only reason for the "missing" Environment Canada words is that they aren't needed on the page. You are correct, the page is cleaner and it is also more user friendly.
This seems to be part of the ongoing and gradual process of cutting Canadians off from accessing Environment Canada's information and resources and increasing self-promotion. This is what the website looked like in 2007: http://web.archive.org/web/20070315214725/http://weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/on-143_metric_e.html
The website URL was changed in 2007, following Harper's election win. It would be interesting to know what the website looked like before the URL change and while the Liberals were in power. Anyone know the old URL?
Before it was weatheroffice.gc.ca, it was weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca
Thanks, but I prefer the new url. Government of Canada urls have been notoriously tricky and I'd rather type weather.gc.ca than weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca… Wouldn't you?
Sure, we all would, but is about corporate identity, not URLs
"Canadians simply wanting to check the weather are being bombarded with Conservative propaganda."
Oh please. There are three banners on the bottom of the page, just like there was before the changes. That's hardly a bombardment.
"Canadians simply wanting to check the weather are being bombarded with Conservative propaganda."
Oh please. There are three banners on the bottom of the page, just like there was before the changes. That's hardly a bombardment.
WTF???? and the idiots voted in the child of privilege – Justin – instead of Joyce time to cut the ties and vote Green.
Joyce's plan, while noble, was going precisely nowhere. NDP weren't ready to make a deal with the Red Devils, and I don't blame them a lick. Grits have proven time and again that they simply cannot be trusted, and while I respect Ms. May, I can't fathom why she's linked herself and her fledgling Greens inextricably with the Liberal Party of Canada. Both are doomed to fail.
What does this have to to with the topic at hand?
Use AdBlock to get rid of Harper's ads. !
Too bad we can't use it to get rid of HARPER
There should be an app for that…
AdBlock doesn't seem to work here.
You can block ads yourself – right-click ad and choose to block it.
Why do the union trolls continue to follow this governments supposed orders?
Your sandwiches are drying out – maybe take that bag off your head and put your lunch in it…?
Why do McDonald's employees continue to serve burgers that don't decompose after six months? Same answer: You can't protest if you're homeless.
This isn't really the place for this but…
FYI – any food that contains little water will fail to decompose. I did a test as a grade 10 biology experiment:
I took 3 – quarter pounder meals and 3 – home made equivalent burger meals. I had 6 huge jars with lids. I put burger and fries in each jar. The first 2 jars were sealed with a lid, the second 2 jars were left open, and I added 3/4 cup water to the last 2 jars and sealed them.
After 3 weeks…. Results?
Neither of the sealed dry jars rotted. The open jars were starting to show signs of rot between the meat and the bread. The "wet" jars were very rotten.
The results for the McDonald's food and the home made food were the same.
This has nothing to do with a vendetta against Environment Canada. The
feds have introduced new design guidelines and accessibility standards
to make it more seamless to for users to access federal government
websites … this includes branding all the sites as Government of
Canada rather than individual departments. The U.K. government started
this trend (they just won a design award for this), and the Ontario
Government is doing the same thing. We should all do some basic
fact-checking before we jump to alarmist conclusions.
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Yes, further fact-checking is critical. The redeisgned tide webpage still shows the DFO title, but the weather and marine forecast websites no longer show the Environment Canada title. What's the difference?
CLF 2.0 (GoC-speak for the new design) has NOTHING to do with using or not using the name of the department. If it did, how in the Christ would you even know what you're looking at?
There's nothing richer than the calm, soothing reassurances of an idiot.
But this new site isn't CLF 2.0. The old site is CLF 2.0. Maybe the new standards have to do with not using the name of the department?
Here, 5 seconds of googling brings us this: http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/ws-nw/index-eng.asp
None of which explains why the DEPARTMENT NAME DISAPPEARED!
It's nice to delude oneself into believing that the 'crats have everything well in hand. Problem with that? Herr Harper's GoC hiring spree was simply political cover to "stack the deck" with Tory operatives in key posts. Once that was done, the layoff notices went out…
I guess what you are saying is that we are no longer supposed to think of this as a particular branded and ongoing public service, but a part of the political brand of the government of the day in power, "the Harper Government". Yet the whole concept of the Public Service as it evolved from the time of the Restoration demands that it be the former and not the latter. And that purpose arose of necessity in reaction to the excesses of King Charles I and Lord Protector Cromwell, that nearly destroyed England in the 17th century.
Yes I know that. The question is whether the design guidelines are a good thing. "Seamless" is a nice word, but not when it is just an excuse for hiding the departmental name and obscureing the principal of ministerial responsibility, And I am not even sure they are following their own rules. The way I read it Section 18.104.22.168 of the Web Standards Appendix E requires bread crumbs all the way up the hierarchy
"Provides links to the pages above the current page in the Web site's hierarchy."
Harper is apart of the elite structure… He is doing the bidding of the New World Order. Watch the movie Endgame… you might get the picture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-CrNlilZho
This is the kind of extreme nonsense that will be used by conservatives to paint anyone interested in Green politics as crazy and dangerous. Thanks Lloyd!
not nonsense … would Shelley Ann Clark have put her whole life & family on the line, been greatly harassed for years, had her bank accounts seized, they tried to drive her into a breakdown & incarcerate her in an institution, but STILL KEPT ON THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS PAYROLL FOR YEARS because she was too high-profile to be 'disappeared'. Her sad true story is very hard to swallow – we have been so sure our land has been governed pretty well.
advertisement like this puts a lot of people off! The truth about this is so unobtrusive & wrapped in small step-by-steps, very acceptable, so we don't see it coming. Peoples' lives are so busy they don't even notice.
Feel free to flag it as inappropriate. I did.
Your post doesn't really have anything to do with the topic at hand. Besides, Alex Jones is not someone whom I put ANY faith in. He is a bit of an idiot in my mind…
By the way, Crime Minister Stephen Harper has kept this secret from all of you!!! Try to find any Canadian news media covering this oil spill in Manitoba…. You won't find one… http://spectatortribune.com/article/manitobas-dark-secret/
But will Ms.May talk about this:
"Backloading failed because even in very green Europe, economic
concerns seemed to trump environmental ones. European Parliamentary
members worried that any action that would cause the price of carbon to
rise would add to European industry's already high energy costs."
What I find most fascinating, (tragically) Is that Harper and his little band of neocons seem to have no regulator!? They can't seem to stop making foolish/greed driven decisions and now hardly even try to conceal them. It seems the ship is on fire but the cons are oblivious to it and running at ice bergs too.
They are, 'corporate fanatics', we are their enablers. More blood has been spilled and earth devastated as a result of our wonderful corporate sponsored democracy than any lunatic or fanatical religious group has managed.
Love to see some wholesale political changes to ensure that another corporate puppet can't do to this country what Stephen Harper has done, and some social changes (media specifically) that give us a chance to regain our position in the world as a peacekeeper who is welcomed everywhere.
"European Parliamentary members worried that any action that would
cause the price of carbon to rise would add to European industry's
already high energy costs."
I agree with Lloyd, Harper is just another NWO stooge…add everything Harper has dismantled since taking power and its obvious he has a nefarious agenda. He and his lackey need to be arrested as traitors.
My thoughts exactly!! This man has even gone to the point of even breaking laws to make laws. Shouldn't he be held accountable in the same manor everyone else would be in this country!
" If carbon trading can't make it in Europe, it can't make it anywhere."
too true! why are the posts re: the Mark Carney/Goldman Sachs, the much muzzled & threatened whistle-blower Shelley Ann Clark/NAFTA (the site, but it really should have been /FTA), The Trilateral Commission attendees, the Bilderbergers, etc. been so ignored. THEY ARE NO 'CONSPIRACY THEORIES' – they are for real! The complete & signed FTA negotiations that gave Canada away in 1988? are secreted in a bunker (the Diefenbunker?) outside Ottawa for 30 years – under a security order – for 30 years after which NOTHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT! At least, do yourselves a favour, look them up, pay attention to what they say (particularly Shelley Ann Clark) THEN, if you love Canada's sovereignty you'll demand that the true & complete FTA document is made public. Ms. May, do I understand correctly that Agreements can be annulled, not like Treaties???
I agree with *some* of what you're saying, but if you think GoC keeps ANYTHING in the Diefenbunker, you're off your nut. They don't even own it anymore.
Yeah I've toured it twice. It is certainly not a gov facility.
the point is: Gov'ts (Mulroney, Cretien, Martin & Harper) since the FTA have hidden it somewhere under a 'National Security order' – they've forbidden Canadian citizens to see that they've already given the country away. Law & Order under a One World society will be kept by Riot Squad thugs , as we saw in the infamous Fake-Lake fiasco.
Meteorological Canada – would that be acceptable?
You don't just get to pull names out of your arse! The Weather Office is under the auspices of ENVIRONMENT CANADA. This is not negotiable.
I'm no expert but this appears to me to violate Section
184.108.40.206 Breadcrumbs
Provides links to the pages above the current page in the Web site's hierarchy.
of the GoC Stanard on Web Usability.
since Environment Canada is hierarchically above the Weather Office.
Someone was looking for the old look?
Here is March 2007 http://web.archive.org/web/20070301141213/http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/canada_e.html
Feb. 2008
… 2012
3, 2013, which still had a breadcrumb labelled Home, though I can't
tell where it went, presumably to EC but that is not mentioned
and finally today which doesn't have that
All of the archived pages you supplied are now offline for maintenance and therefore unavailable for viewing.
All but the current weather page are unavailable for viewing at the moment. Hope that changes. I was interested in seeing the evolution of the page.
You can contact Environment Canada and request why it has changed. This is what I wrote to give you an idea or to use it:
Please explain why the weather home page for Canada is no longer linked to Environment Canada's home page.
Please explain why there is Conservative propaganda on the bottom of the screen. Am I paying for these ads to be on here?
I do want an email back please and not just a generic reply that does not answer my questions.
The web address to contact them is: http://weather.gc.ca/mainmenu/contact_us_e.html
Go Green!
Give me a break, why don't you focus on the more important things then some stupid web banners, you ignore the advertising on other sites, what makes this any different.
What makes it different is that we pay for it to be here..
I don't like the ads, or the Tory Bloo rebrand. That said, I'm SURE Finance isn't paying for ad space on EC's website. Just saying.
I noticed over a year ago that the CONs had uploaded their self promotion at the bottom of the Environment Canada weather page and I wrote them to complain. I don't think I ever received a reply.
There is no longer such a thing as Government of Canada. We now have "The Harper Government" that apparently people wanted at the polls. What we have now is a dictatorship my media control. It's almost like the New Brunswick Media disease has spread to the rest of the country.
39% of voters went Tory Bloo, which is less than the number of eligible electors who didn't bother to vote.
Funny how Harper turns that constantly into a majority government.
Meh. It's the same trick prime ministers have used since Dief: Using a minority of votes to get the majority of seats and ALL of the power. As far as I'm concerned, it's wrong regardless of which party does it.
We need proportional representation BAAAAD.
Fully agree! Proportional representation would have drastically changed the outcome. And that is WHY it will not happen! Why would the elected Party give up it's powerbase?
Parties only have power as long as Canadians give it to them.
All government websites will be losing their Department names from the top in the next year. It's part of the single-government website strategy being pursued by Treasury Board. It's not exactly a secret – it was in the budget!, nor is it a conspiracy to get rid of Environment Canada.
Did they put this into the budget to save money, so Harper could spend 'another' Million plus Canadian tax dollars to ship two more of his armored vehicles to his next scheduled meeting in India, like he did last year because the ones there all other dignitaries were using for free while there, weren't up to his "standards". Give me a break!!
Thank you for the update.
I, along with my extended family,
will vote for any party that will stop the Northern Gateway project.
Our political perspective is much wider than that, of course,
but unless that issue is resolved correctly
we will have no home from which to address the next issue!
Also, I hope you will vote tomorrow to extricate us from FIPA!
Liberals *say* they'd stop NGP, yet they support KXL wholeheartedly. Also, their last government wasn't exactly clean. Can't be trusted, something Ms. May can't seem to grasp. Co-operation is only possible when partners are trustworthy.
It's NDP or bust for me.
The really telling thing is that if you check the tides, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans title still shows on the top of that redesigned webpage!
For got sakes, we can't keep up with Kyoto, we're the only nation to drop out of the UN Drought Treaty, and now this? If this keeps up I won't be comfortable wearing a Canadian flag on any backpack of mine.
Not sure about this then http://www.statcan.gc.ca/blog-blogue/eng/cs-sc/environment?WT.mc_id=fbA0170
Framing the environment
April 17, 2013
Time series are the gold standard of statistical analysis. By measuring the same things in the same way over time, we can develop unique insights into the nature and scope of change over time. Are we richer or poorer? Older or younger? Buying more or less?
Statistics Canada has a long history of producing time series in social statistics, like the Census, and in economic statistics, like the System of National Accounts.
We have had a shorter history in producing environmental statistics. Nevertheless, we have established a broad suite of products focused on the environment, including publications such as Human Activity and the Environment and EnviroStats. Recognizing that much remains to be covered however, we are about to expand on those efforts.
Établir un cadre pour l'environnement
17 avril 2013
Les séries chronologiques représentent l'exemple idéal de l'analyse statistique. Mesurer les mêmes choses de la même façon sur une longue période peut être une source d'observation privilégiée sur la nature et la portée des changements au fil du temps. Sommes-nous plus riches ou plus pauvres? Plus vieux ou plus jeunes? Achetons-nous plus ou moins?
Statistique Canada produit depuis longtemps des séries chronologiques de statistiques sociales, comme le recensement, et de statistiques économiques, comme le Système de comptabilité nationale.
L'organisme produit des statistiques environnementales depuis relativement peu de temps, mais il a tout de même élaboré une vaste gamme de produits visant l'environnement, tels que L'activité humaine et l'environnement et EnviroStats. Toutefois, Statistique Canada reconnaît qu'il y a encore beaucoup de travail à faire, et l'organisme s'apprête à déployer des efforts pour combler les écarts restants.
Peter, Could you talk more about why you're concerned about this?
I thought this part was a bit silly: "Capital is a concept that is already deeply embedded in the way we think about the world, says Mr. Smith." (It may be deeply embedded in YOUR world view, Mr. Smith…) First I thought they were using Adam Smith's "Guide to Writing Government Boilerplate", but no, the Env stats guy is Robert Smith. On the other hand, I've heard lots of Conservatives ranting about how much they hate the idea of "environmental capital", so I don't necessarily see this as an ideologically-driven change. (I do think Harper is a very devious man, though.)
Personally, I dislike the language but I'm not particularly opposed to collecting and using environmental stats, nor am I opposed to supporting Stats Canada. So… wait and see, I guess.
StatsCan is a shell of itself. Munir Sheikh's underlings were more than happy to toe the Reform-A-Tory line, which earned them all promotions even as their mentor resigned in light of being misrepresented in media by CPC scumbags.
Question everything. If right-wingers are involved, question everything twice.
It's simply hilarious how the Harper's "dictatorship" overrules some common sense decisions made long before he got elected. Not impressed by him. Well no surprise, he was a 'good' buddy of the GWB-administration years ago. Now it start to rub off. Time to rethink next election list.
so what are we going to do about it? seriously?
that is what IDLE NO MORE IS ALL ABOUT!! EVERYONE TRYING TO SAVE THE PLANET
"Backloading failed because even in very green Europe, economic
concerns seemed to trump environmental ones. European Parliamentary
members worried that any action that would cause the price of carbon to
rise would add to European industry's already high energy costs."
Hi, I appreciate that you are trying to contribute to the discussion, but your posts are not keeping in the frame of the topics. Mostly your links are just annoying…
You find it annoying when I point out the other side of Ms.May's story telling?
You are trying to derail the topic.
If you wanted to be contrary minded to the topic, it would be more appropriate to comment on the reasons that changing the web site is a good idea.
The Site looks identical Excepting a few minor design tweaks. What is the issue here people. PS. im not a conservative.
For starters the weather office is part of Env Canada so why change it? Second the new page makes it difficult to find the Air Quality Index — important metric for the health of Canadians. You have go through a bunch of links to know if the air is polluted today where you live. It's harder to use and lots of useful info is gone like links to explain terms like humidex.
Finally it gives greater prominence to Tory propaganda – which was clearly the intent
Joseph Goebbels would be proud of them.
yes, truth is the enemy of the state – must be kept from the population at any cost!
Orwellian doesn't begin to cover it. Without Environment Canada, I've used that site for the last time. From now on, it's the Weather Network for me. (And the new interface is really beyond dreadful – it's positively corporate. Nothing like true colours showing.)
Does going to the Weather Network send the right message?
Actually what Harper wants: Obsoleting government services and driving taxpayers to the private sector. Leaves more money to shovel out the door to his dad's Exxon pals.
God Save the King!
Perhaps it will be renamed the "Royal Weather Service"?
is oil an environment?
It is for those living near spills.
Seriously, Elizabeth? It's a pretty sad day when a little website redesign suddenly becomes a political conspiracy. When I saw it yesterday, I thought it was a nice redesign and at no point did I feel the sudden urge to vote Tory. Like, holy cow. Is this what we pay you the big bucks for?
sorry Cam … guess I see our present gov't's unexplainable & hurried steam-rollering parliament as a sure sign of an over-arching agenda – the truth to be chased down.
Sounds like the crap down under you guys in the US. are doing. Censor all media and eliminate the words out of the dictionary that you don't like- meaning the political rats have pressured or influenced to certain people it would be in their best interest to sit down and shut up.
"harmonizing" to make the amalgamation seamless.
as a green party member, you should be able to tell the difference between Environment and Weather. weather.gc.ca is for weather related information ( shortened from weatheroffice.gc.ca, on the old page ). ec.gc.ca is for Environmental information.
Changing the tag line at the top to Weather is more descriptive of the information you will find on the site. oh, and the maps on weather.gc.ca still have the Environment Canada banner, don't you think if this was a conspiracy, that all references would have been removed.
The "Weather Office" is under which federal department again? Environment, you say???
Thanks for playing, CONtroll.
Get over it hippies…
I would say "It begins…!" with an ominous foreboding tone, but really it began back in Harris' regime mid/late '90′s and has been pushed on a steady downhill slope since…Dear Government: we need good quality land & soil to grow our food, and people/human resources to ensure proper management. We need good water supply/water quality management cuz, well, we drink water, and there's a billion dollar fisheries industry in the Great Lakes. Without protected areas & conservation efforts we would be stuck with nothing but city park-lawns and golf courses to camp, canoe, hike, hunt, learn, and wildlife watch. Please remind yourself what the "tragedy of the commons" is and stop treating these resources we all need and use as something that can be ignored for someone else to take care of!!! Stop treating 'Environment' as if it's a four-letter word!
As it is on the right, so it is on the left. I swing neither way. I've been hearing good things of you as of late. I'd heard you are beginning to take geo-engineering a little more serious of a threat. Perhaps the same can apply to nano-engineering and bio-technology, which should stay in a lab till they can wait for computing power to catch up to provide predictable modelling. Not how it is presently. I see problems on both sides here. There are lots of people interested in adapting their own individual lifestyle into something sustainable, without the interferance of government, insisting on it's central planning and meddling! Why not give people a chance who want to design their own lives but are oppressed by a globalist rigged economy designed to leverage people into such central planning, and into the awaiting hands of the power hungry united nations and their agenda 21! There's a lot of dirty money in environmentalism, surely you must realize that by now, especially in canada, which is ripe for the picking and is the centerpiece on the globalist buffet table.
All of this harper bashing is lame, considering harper is not the only problem!
You know the really scary thing is that our Constitution does not impose any limits to how long a Canadian Dictator, I mean Prime Minister, can stay in office. As long as his party keeps getting re-elected he can hold that post for life!
paranoid idiots…lay off the pot. why does BC attract so many jackoffs like you?
Nice…. You seem well educated…
Why yes I am thank you. I generally try to speak in terms that an obtuse fukwit such as yourself can comprehend:)
I love that as Canadians we have the freedom of speech. It allows for name calling and other silly verbal exchanges, without fear of censorship.
I find it refreshing to read posts, such as yours, where you call our elected officials names. It all goes to support and show the world that we Canadians are not afraid of criticism, even of the intellectually anemic kind.
It is clear to me that your well thought out words were used as an attempt to educate me. And for that I am forever grateful. Not all of us here went to kindergarten.
Thank you, your humble words of gratitude are sincerely appreciated. I try and be considerate to the fan boys that eventually become infatuated with me and my seemingly endless gems of wisdom:) No kindergarten? You must have been born in rural British Columbia.
It is with unrestrained JOY that I see you responded to me. You are correct, Sir, in that we "fan boys" find you method of discourse enthralling. I salivate at the merest thought of gaining more of your precious wisdom. So few here have anything worth reading. It mostly seems to be mindless drivel and complaintive whining.
Indeed it is true that we here in the rural areas of this wondrous province suffer from a deplorable lack of education. It is also a sad thing that one of the high quality educators here ended up in prison for having relations with one of her students. Yes, that shameful behavior happens here too. It is a good thing that the student was home schooled though, for I can't abide that behavior in our public schooling system.
With my mind spoken, I will leave you with this last thought: the only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
"I salivate at the merest thought of gaining more of your precious wisdom…."
NDP is going to fvck your province:) You can take that to the bank!
Have you noticed that by default, temperatures are in degrees Farhenheit instead of degrees Celsius, which are the legal units in Canada. How far backwards will the Harper government bring us?
I am at http://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-74_metric_e.html and the units are in Celsius.
It was really tacky. I was growing really tired of the government of Canada putting departmental stamps on everything. It's the weather. Get over yourself.
Next person to mention the *design* of the website gets stupid slaps. If you had bothered to read the above text, you'd see that Ms. May's problem doesn't lie in CLF 2.0, but rather the omission of the word "Environment". No 'crat would have the power to unilaterally scrub their department's name from a website. Period.
john a macdonald and even trudeau would be shamed by this "government" internment
Why don't you try going to the Environment Canada website instead of the Weather Canada website. You can find it at http://www.ec.gc.ca.
EC still exists. They just rebranded the weather website to represent what it really was for.
Gona have to get the anons to hack it back to a proper working order. Maybe we remove all words associated to Harper just to make things clear. You know one can never be too careful these days.
Hopefully this is some sort of oversight from a website update. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt for a short while, but the gov'ts recent track record of gagging scientists and overarching secrecy leaves me doubtful.
With respect, the Government is redesigning their web presence across the board. In The name of the hompage is Weather Home – Environment Canada if you look at your browser.
Thank you for drawing attention to this matter! A quick perusal of the websites of federal government departments shows that Environment Canada is the only one to have this strange new "Government of Canada" banner along with a new altered, unofficial format. Additionally, unlike other government department websites that come up at the top of a Google search for that department, the main Environment Canada site is buried half a dozen items down the search list. What comes up instead? The Weather! If this is a new design standard, it's a little odd that it's only been applied to one department. And why?
"The European Union's carbon market is in shambles. Bryan Walsh considers what went wrong and what it means."
What does this have to do with anything related to the web site?
I agree, its Orwellian. Elizabeth- please join forces with the Liberals and NDP to defeat the Harper government- I am a concerned Canadian who wants a democratic government.
You know what's really genius? The Environment Canada website lists its priorities as follows: National Victims of Crime Awareness week, Economic Action Plan, Recall and Safety Alerts and NRTEE. Wait, NRTEE is a priority? Okay, let me click on the link to learn more. Woops! "The National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) has ceased operation as of March 31, 2013. The NRTEE website
has been archived." Looks like Harper missed a few things when he was "streamlining". If you visit the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development website, you'll notice it hasn't changed. Interesting.
On the plus side, once the Harper Government (TM) is gone the Canadian Government won't be on the hook for anything they signed on to. FIPA? wasn't us.
Oh boy…. I wish that were true!!!
Oh NO ! The word Environment Canada is not there anymore. Am I still on a weather website ? It still says "Weather". Get over it, they're updating all the government websites to be more Web 2.0 with the Web Experience Toolkit.
bravo mme May, quelle gaspillage de nos taxes inutiles et le résultat est moins attrayant et moins performant que le précédent. continuez d'être nos yeux nos orilles et nos voies. je vous appui à 100 % merci.
Environment Canada is still there. The weather page is just more sensibly named.
But I guess we can still be outraged anyway. Let's just not look daft while we do it ok?
It doesn't matter, since the Environment is of no concern to the Harper conservatives… respratory illness has gone from ninth to third in north America thanks in part to all the aerosols being sprayed in our environment.
Do you feel as if the Canadian government is trying to issue sustainability in an achievable and reasonable manner? Do you believe that the Canadian government have a better chance to achieve some level of sustainability if the responsibility was concentrated at the Federal level like other countries? or should there be a uniquely Canadian division in the responsibility to the municipal, provincial and Federal levels?
If you click on one of the maps, the "Environment Canada" name is there clearly. One has only to select a banner page to see it. I agree with everything you say in the rest of the post, Ms. May, but you need a new illustration. With all the destruction that is around us, it shouldn't be too hard to find one….
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(2012-03-25 10:10)grywnn Wrote: Hi fatal,
The issue you mention could very well be the screensaver. I guess the screensaver creates some kind of picture playlist, which are strange beasts in XBMC.
I'll investigate, but i don't know if i can do much against it...
Turning off the fanart screen saver solved the issue for me, the playlist does not get loaded with tons of tbn files anymore.
(2012-03-25 10:10)grywnn Wrote: Now to the empty sources in the files tab:
This usually happens when you're using password protected network shares as sources. The problem here is, that the username / password aren't transfered to the remote (for security reasons), and when the remote tries to dive into the source it get rejected because of missing auth credentials (kinda scizophrenic...)
The good news is that theres a workaroud for this. You'll have to move the auth details from your sources.xml to another file.
If added a short howto to XBMC Commanders webpage:
...near the bottom.
Viewing pictures isn't perfect though.
The app will only download & show pictures < 3MB, because anything bigger quickly causes memory trouble.
Thanks for the information, your were right about the cause of the issue and setting up a passwords.xml file solved the issue for me.
Just one note on your site, you might wanna change the references from password.xml to passwords.xml (unless both naming schemes work), as all references I found online were for a file named passwords.xml.
Now, although I can see all the pictures folders and even the picture filename (and even loads the picture thumbnails), when clicking on a picture I see the loading screen but then only get a black screen. I checked the picture size and they are under 3MB in size. Also, are these pictures cached on the iPad or gotten each time I want to view them, as I only have a 16gb iPad, space would run out quick if it were to cache all my pictures heh.
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Ginkgo Tree of Guryang-ri, Ulju
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860, Guryang-ri, Duseo-myeon, Ulju-gun, Ulsan Ulju-gun Ulsan
Found in Japan, China and Korea, the gingko tree was introduced to Korea along with Confucianism and Buddhism from China.
In fall, it produces beautiful leaves that are resistant to insect damage.
As ginkgo trees provide broad leafy shade, they are often planted in arbors or by roadsides.
The ginkgo tree of Guryang-ri is located in the middle of a rice field in Jungri Village, Guryang-ri, Ulju, and is presumed to be 559 years old.
The tree is about 22.5m in height and has a girth of 8.37m.
According to a local story about the tree, around 500 years ago an official named Yi Pan-yun resigned from government service in Seoul and returned to his hometown with this ginkgo tree, which he planted near his own pond.
It also used to be said that if a woman prayed to this tree for a son, her prayer would be answered.
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The annual Iowa State University (ISU) Rhodes Research and Demonstration Farm field day will be held Tuesday, July 9, from 4:30-8:30 p.m. This event gives farmers, ranchers, and other ag professionals a firsthand view of current research and demonstration projects. Barry Dunn, a range livestock production specialist, South Dakota State University, is the keynote speaker. He will present "Factors that Make a Difference in Cow-Calf Profits."
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The field day will take place rain or shine. Registration starts promptly at 4:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 5:00 p.m., courtesy of the Marshall County Cattlemen. Door prizes will be awarded at the end of the event.
For directions to the field day from Rhodes in Marshall County, travel 2 miles south on Canfield Avenue, 1 mile west on 320th Street, and 1/2 mile south to the Farm Office area. From Highway 330, travel 1/2 mile north on Binford Avenue or 1 mile west on 320th Street and 1/2 mile south to the Farm Office area.
For more field day information, contact your local county extension office; John Kennicker, ISU Extension crops field specialist at (515) 382-6551; or Ron Sealock, ISU Farm Superintendent, Rhodes Research and Demonstration Farm at (641) 493-2653, or see the Web sites http://www.ag.iastate.edu/farms/fielddays.html and http://www.ag.iastate.edu/farms/rhodes.html
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I'm so excited to share this round up of Everything you Need for Thanksgiving Dinner with Printable Checklist! A checklist is something that I'm excited to HAVE myself! Not only that, but I've found 3-5 different ideas for EACH DISH, so you will have a variety of options, to easier plan your meal! I've also got some fun kids activities and printables so you won't hear complaining from the little ones as you are trying to prep the final details! Can I get a Texas Yee–haw?!? {I would never say that in real life, but somehow it's ok because I'm typing it, right?}
I'll be traveling for Thanksgiving this year, and I was starting to think about what I'd need to bring to plan for our meal, and thought how nice it would be if I had an actual checklist for each item I am making. I love myself a checklist, and the satisfaction of CHECKING off items as I get them. So with this checklist, there is room for ingredients for each dish below the box, so you can write it in, and cross those sub categories off when you are at the store and have the items in your basket. There is also room on the checklist to include your own additional recipes, too, and to make sure you have the proper kitchen accessories such as a basting tool and turkey bag, etc.! Once you decide on each recipe, add those ingredients and accessories to this master list!
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Congrats on the Ducks offer, when did they offer, which coach have you been talking with?
JW: They offered Sunday (3/12/17), I've been talking to Coach Arroyo.
How much interest in the Ducks do you have?
JW: I am really interested in Oregon, very interested in visiting.
Have you been to the West Coast/Oregon before?
JW: No sir, I don't think I've ever been farther West than Texas.
Have you lived your whole life in Tennessee?
JW: I was born in Texas, but I moved to Tennessee when I was one.
How much of a factor will distance be for you and your family when picking a school?
JW: I'm not going to let distance keep me from going where I need to go, if the school I need to be at is far away then it won't matter.
How many offers do you have? Which was the most recent team to offer?
JW: Dartmouth was the most recent, and I have 16.
Nice, you must take academics very serious, great job!
JW: Yes sir, thank you, I appreciate when people notice that school is as important as football for me.
What your current Height/Weight/Bench/Squat/Forty numbers?
JW: 6-5.5, 216, 230 bench, 285 squat, 4.72 forty.
If you didn't play football, what would be your dream profession?
JW: If I didn't play football I would probably want to be a kinesiologist or a forensic scientist.
What has your interest in the Ducks? What would you like to learn more about?
JW: I am interested in the tradition of the place, and the quality of their program, their coaches are really cool too. I'm interested in learning about their academic programs and what they have to offer academic wise.
Pretend you're stuck on a island for one year, pick the one music artist you can listen to; one author to read from; one comedian to entertain you; one style of food to eat and one person to spend the year with?
JW: Hmm, if I was on an island I would listen to Chance the rapper, probably Kevin Hart, Hibachi steak, and I'd spend it all with my momma.
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I Know It's Kinda Going to Be a Guess, but Just an Educated Guess Would Be Cool. 5 almost 6 days post op. 371, silicone, style 15, under, areola. Feel great. My ps and I never talked about numbers or cups (he wouldn't). Only what my goals were. He says he likes to push for realistic goals because they hold up better. But I told him I wanted as big as he felt comfortable with. These are what I got. I love them really. I know they need to drop, it's early. I'm just afraid they will lose a lot of volume still. I'm 5'4 109lb.
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Swelling 5 Days After Breast Imlants Is 5 to 10 Per Cent
Thank you for your question. You appear to have an excellent result and your breasts will look much more natural after they have settled into the breast implant pocket. Right now the implants are high and in time much more of the breast implant volume will be lower on the chest and more appropriately placed in relationship to your nipple areola.
At 5-6 days there is definitely swelling from the breast implant surgery. It's impossible to be accurate but I would guess that perhaps 5% of the volume you see may be due to swelling or more likely due to the fact that your breast tissues have not stretched to accommodate the new volume that has been added by your breast implants. As your tissues adjust to the implants you will look more natural and slightly smaller.
I predict you will have an excellent result once your breasts have adjusted to the new size.
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How much of this is swelling
Congratulations on your breast augmentation!! Yes, you are right that 6 days post op is too soon to see your final result, but you appear to be right on track. You are most likely still a bit swollen but most of it should be gone over the next few weeks. Keep in mind that your breasts will change shape over the next 3-6 months as they settle and your skin and muscle relax. Your volume shouldn't change much but the shape will. Keep up the good work and I'm sure you will be very happy with your result! ac
Swelling after breast augmentation
Thank you for your question and photos. At 5 or 6 days, there will still be swelling. There are many factors that are responsible for the post surgical swelling (amount of dissection, bleeding during surgery, etc). Swelling is at it's peak around day 3 to 5 and then will go back down. A significant amount of the swelling will be gone over the next few weeks. You have a nice early result and likely will not lose much volume was the swelling resolves.
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Implant change over time
It appears that you have a nice early result and appear to be right on target. There will be some change as your breast tissue stretches out over the implant.
Afraid of losing volume
It is unlikely you will lose volume, though you will see a shift in shape for better as the skin envelope begins to relax. Cup size will remain the same.
Learn more: http://www.peterejohnsonmd.com
Big enough
From your implant size and your frame in the pictures, I think it's enough volume.
It is only five days and in my opinion, most of the swelling is on top where the muscle is. As you settle in and the implants drop, the volume will continue to increase in the bottom of the breast. You shouldn't lose a tremendous amount of volume from where you are now, it will basically redistribute to the lower pole.
Best of luck.
Learn more: https://www.memorialplasticsurgery.com/breast-augmentation-houston-texas/
How Much of This is Swelling after Breast Augmentation?
Difficult to give you any type of objective advice/information. As you can imagine, some patients have more swelling than others. On the other hand, some patients feel that their breasts look larger several months down the line, after the breast implants have "settled" ( "dropped and fluffed" phenomenon).
Therefore, at this point, your best friends are ongoing time and patience; hopefully, you will continue to be very pleased with the longer-term outcome of the procedure performed.
Learn more: http://www.poustiplasticsurgery.com/Procedures/Procedure_breastAugmentation.htm
Swlling 6 days post breast implants
Learn more: http://www.jjrothmd.com/procedures/breast-augmentation-las-vegas/
Swelling post-op
Sweling is the norm after breast surgery. Over the next few weeks the majority of the swelling should dissipate.
difficult to address your concerns as you are only 5-6 days after surgery. You need to give at least a few weeks for the swelling to resolve. Once you are fully healed, I'm sure you will love your results.
wishing you a speedy recovery.
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The overnight figures for Tuesday increased by more than 50%, with more than five million viewers - nearly 24% of the audience share.
It was just 400,000 viewers behind the most-watched programme at the time, BBC One's Ten O'Clock News.
On Monday night ratings had dropped to just 3.2m viewers, down from a high on launch night of more than seven million viewers.
The drop in the ratings had led to speculation that the had run its course after three hugely successful series.
In the current series 12 contestants, with an average age of 25, entered the Big Brother house last Friday.
They will spend up to nine weeks locked away from the outside world with their every movement tracked by cameras and microphones.
Post-show success
The viewing public will vote to evict contestants until one person is left, winning £70,000 in prize money and possible fame.
Tuesday's show saw the contestants pedalling a pedalo as one of their house tasks.
The three previous winners on the programme, Craig Phillips, Brian Dowling and Kate Lawler, have all found a measure of success on TV and radio.
Channel 4 will be hoping that interest in the programme rises as numbers in the house dwindle.
Last year, more than nine million viewers turned in to see Lawler, a 22-year-old IT worker from south London, win the contest.
Big Brother, first shown in Holland in 1999, has become a worldwide hit, broadcast in 22 countries.


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Israel Confirms: Gunmen Carried Out Shooting Attack in North Came From Lebanon
The Israeli army said Thursday that two gunmen who carried out the shooting attack Tuesday near the Lebanon border had infiltrated into Israel a day or two before.
Six Israelis were killed when the two men opened fire on and threw grenades at vehicles driving on the road close to the border.
According to the Israeli investigations, the two jumped over the electric border fence during darkness, in a place that would be hard for Israeli troops to spot. They approached Kibbtuz Metzuba from the south, and most likely slept close to the scene of the attack.
According to the Tel Aviv-based Haaretz daily, Israeli scouts followed the attackers' trail to the place where they crossed the internationally-recognized border, and an Israeli unit passed over the border from Israel, where they picked up the ladder which had been hidden 150 meters north of the border.
The soldiers also found tracks for another six to eight people, who they believe transported the gunmen to their crossing-place and then concealed the ladder.
The Israeli army was initially unsure about who had carried out the attack. The border fence with Lebanon appeared to have been intact and the Arab gunmen who were killed by Israeli soldiers had not been identified. Shortly after that attack Fatah's al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack and said the gunmen came from Lebanon.
Meanwhile, Lebanon's Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah told the BBC in an interview Wednesday that his group had nothing to do with the attack. But he did not rule out expanding Hizbullah attacks into Israel proper, telling the BBC that "it could benefit the Palestinian revolt."
The gunmen were dressed in Israeli military uniforms and, according to israeli security sources, had planned the attack meticulously, hiding among foliage on a strategic hill from where they fired at cars.
The gunmen were equipped with high-quality weapons, Israeli security sources said. (Albawaba.com)
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Growing up around music and playing in bands off and on for the last quarter century or so, I've met a lot of musicians. I've met some that have left me feeling icky when I got home and I've met many that were gracious, gregarious and inspiring. Of the hundreds (thousands?) of singers, guitarists, drummers, pianists and horn players I've generally had the pleasure of meeting, I count a precious handful of them friends.
I took Fishbone guitarist Rocky George out on the town and showed him around Aspen. Then we went back to the hotel and I talked to his wife on the phone while he made a pipe out of an apple and got high. Sorry Rocky, that's a fun story.
Perry Farrell and I talked trash about Dave Navarro backstage at Belly Up after a Satellite Party show while his wife rested her head in my lap.
I may or may not have had too much to drink with Shooter Jennings on his tour bus while strumming (gulp!) his dad's guitar.
And recently I've grown to know and become friends with a tremendous trio out of the great city of Los Angeles called Fire in the Asylum.
Guitarist/vocalist Josh Miller, Bassist Joaquina and drummer Graham Mueller are Fire in the Asylum, and besides being a great group of people their music will rip your damn face off.
Josh Phillips ended up forming Fire in the Asylum a couple of years ago in L.A. Before that he lived in Aspen for most of the '90s and played in one of the greatest bands the town has ever seen, Big Swifty.
"I went out to L.A. and was playing in a band that was doing a lot of showcases for labels," says Phillips. "We kind of flopped and I just wasn't that into it. So this guy tells me about a band that needs a guitarist and that I should join them and steal their drummer (Mueller). So I did. And then Graham went and stole Joaquina. Basically, we did the whole shady backstabbing L.A. kind of thing."
Phillips started playing guitar when he was 17, which is amazing because he and I are roughly the same age. I started when I was eight but every time I hear him play I want to sell my guitar, my amp and all my effects, and take up basket weaving.
"Yeah, I started when I was 17," Phillips begins in a frustratingly nonchalant way. "I joined this band called Medication. We played like Zep covers and shit. We had this drummer that was kind of older and he just kept pushing me … he was the one that really got me going."
We can all thank that drummer, which is saying something, because drummers rarely get credit where credit is due. Phillips has managed to move on from senior year beginning guitar player to successful, full-on rocking musician.
According to Phillips the name Fire in the Asylum was born out of a song he wrote.
"You know at the time, it was right when the economy started to tank and the elections were going on and things were so messed up. I had this epiphany about a fire in an asylum. So I wrote a song called "The Asylum is on Fire," which is the next to last song on our disk. I had this vision of an asylum burning and all these crazy people wandering the streets. Anyway, I didn't like the name of our band. We had kind of a generic name at the time. So I switched up the wording of the song title and we became Fire in the Asylum. It just sounded cool."
Phillips, Joaquina and Mueller also make it look cool. They take the energy from their self-titled debut and shoot it like a bottle rocket into the heart of their sweaty, eager audience when they are onstage.
"Our shows are precise chaos," says Phillips. "We're tight and precise but there is also a lot of frenetic energy. You can never bore the audience. We try not to be self-indulgent. We're not gonna sit there and jam. If the audience is really digging a guitar solo I might extend it a bit, but we're not a jam band."
Phillips describes their music as "guitar rock." He also says they "land somewhere between Queens of the Stone Age and Tool," which is a perfect description. Their sound is heavy, neat and soulful. To hear Phillips scream is to hear what pain feels like.
Fire In the Asylum will be playing three shows in Aspen this week. Tonight and next Friday, Sept. 4, they will be at The Mustang, and Sunday, Sept. 6, they will perform at Bad Billy's. Go see them. You won't regret it.


text: The original Macintosh Development Team, along with the Computer History Museum, is leading a special event at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California on January 25 to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the introduction of the Macintosh. The Flint Center is the since renovated auditorium where Steve Jobs first introduced the Mac. The team behind the event, led by Daniel Kottke, is asking for images and anecdotes from early Macintosh developers to feature at the show. More details can be found on the 30th Anniversary Celebration website. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster starting at $109.75 each. All proceeds after expenses will be donated to charity. Update: The event website has been updated to note that Ridley Scott will be unable to attend, but that other members of the team behind the iconic commercial will be on hand. Article Link: Macintosh 30th Anniversary Celebration Event Planned for January 25


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Good live fire handgun training for the intermediate and advanced shooter should involve all three elements of the combat shooting triad. They are Marksmanship (the shooter's ability to hit the target quickly), Tactics (the use of position, movement, cover, concealment), and Weapon presentation (draw and handle the weapon, including skill at reloading).
Generally, we measure Marksmanship very quantitatively. The number of shots fired is compared to the number of hits on a target, and the position of those hits. In this regard, basic marksmanship skills are easy to measure against a set standard. Some targets are measured either in hit or miss, while others are measured by various point systems assigned to zones or parts of the target. Tactics are often a subjective issue which involves the use of judgment in determining the best courses of action. While there is a broad gray area between the best and worst, there are also some basics. Weapon presentation is also subjective to a degree, but there are measurable standards which are tested by performing tasks against the clock. This includes using a shot timer where the the shooter's performance is measured from a random delay beep given by the timer, to the times of the first and last shot on target. In the absence of shot timers, trainers have used mechanical target holders that will expose targets for a limited period of time. This is still done in many government qualification courses that were developed before the widespread use of shot timers.
Most pistol training is done with stationary paper targets which are used to measure the shooter's marksmanship and sometimes threat discrimination skills (as in the case of shoot/no shoot targets). One drawback is often the fact that you cannot always readily tell if or where you hit a paper target if you are using a smaller caliber pistol. Creative individuals also utilize various moving and reactive targets. Balloons, motorized target carriages, metal balance plates and other mechanical contraptions can make short courses of fire very interesting. Balloons in particular are low budget challenging targets when hung from a string in a light wind Helium filled balloons anchored to the ground by a simple string tied to a piece of lumber make challenging realistic targets.
You want to also train at night or in low light situations if and when possible. There are techniques that are unique to the use of flashlights and pistols that are best practiced before used in the "real world". You can start by simply shooting in the daytime with the light in one hand and the pistol in the other, and then once you are used to the mechanics of it, transition to the same scenarios in the dark. The most advanced techniques include the use of night vision gear and IR lasers, but the great majority of low light self defense situations will not include the luxury of allowing you to don and adjust night vision goggles. By default, this means using either a handheld or weapon mounted flashlight. Note that most low light qualification shooting is at ranges 15 yards and under. Longer distances bring in the problem of target friend and foe identification to a level that you can be dealing with a lot of liabilities regardless of your marksmanship skills.
It has also been my observation that shooting at silhouette targets, while offering an objective means of quantifying marksmanship and shot placement, might present unrealistically large and easy targets for the shooter. Unfortunately, cardboard and paper targets are all that is allowed at most commercial shooting ranges. Don't shoot steel targets at extremely close range since there is a danger of injury from spalling or ricochet. Spalling is unlikely to cause serious injury, but a ricochet can kill at short ranges. Generally, the higher velocity the bullet, the further out your minimum safe distance will be.
This combination reactive target incorporates both a steel plate and a cardboard silhouette. A solid hit on the steel target will bring up the cardboard target in a fulcrum movement as seen on the right. This introduces an element of movement into a target range while taking up no more space than a regular target stand.
Speed shooting reactive targets on the other hand, is a good way of measuring both speed and accuracy when done against the clock. Reactive steel targets are almost infinitely reusable and can pay for themselves many times over in longevity compare to conventional paper or cardboard targets and target stands. We have found them to be some of the best targets for challenging time scored events.
A good range session for intermediate and advanced shooters should ideally include shooting to time standards, fast draw, fast reload, and tactics. Safety is always a consideration and all persons at the range should wear some eye and ear protection. If you train in a place that will not have access to fast ambulance service, it is a smart move to keep a trauma kit on hand in case there is a bad accident. Many shooters who train in live fire move and shoot tactics, especially in a team or group that coordinates fire and movement, will wear body armor while training live fire.
Many people who train in martial arts and shooting tend to want a fairly high level of privacy, but I was able to get some pictures of this private training session to illustrate how variations on a relatively simple concept can make for a pretty full training day. After some confirmation of the pistols' zero, all events were variations on the same seven steel targets placed from 15 to 20 yards and measured with a shot timer. The club standard is to knock down all targets in 15 seconds. Maximum allowed shots is ten per magazine, but you may reload as many times as you want with no penalty, just loss of the time it takes to reload.
Other elements to include in training are target and threat discrimination. This later becomes an element that stands out in more elaborate dynamic scenarios. First is the identification of targets as shoot/no shoot. This is usually done with different colors or types of targets being designated as shoot or no shoot. In IDPA, this usually means you shoot the natural cardboard targets but don't shoot the white targets. Early stages of this in military training are "friendly/unfriendly", but for civilians and law enforcement, determination of intent is a major factor in combat shooting and should be incorporated into training scenarios. More advanced techniques reach into tactical judgment development which must include threat assessment. Target assessment is based on several tactical factors like the type of threat and level of force to be used against that threat. Target assessment in high tempo and dynamic scenarios should include a quick examination of the target, not simply spotting the target. First, examine the whole potential target, this should give an immediate indication as to whether or not it is a friendly target. In complex situations, the presence of a weapon in the hands of a target will often not be sufficient to justify shooting. It may still be a non-hostile individual. Unfortunately, it is not easy to train with these types of targets made of flat cardboard and the foam targets that contain these elements are usually cost prohibitive for individuals and small groups. A simple target discrimination exercise can be done with simple spray paint and stencils or even a large black market to illustrate common objects in the "hands" area of a target. This can also incorporate the order in which targets are to be engaged, for example some painted with "knife", "pistol", or "rifle" on the front of the target to indicate what type of weapon that person is armed with. Then incorporate the decision making process into the distance from target to determine the order in which the targets are addressed (more powerful weapons vs. proximity to you). You can also add elements of costume to the targets such as "enemy" uniform items or even logos imprinted on old shirts.
Here, we see a fairly simple exercise with reactive targets and some range props. In this case it is a couple of plastic 55 gallon drums to simulate vertical cover and some steel plates on hinged stands that will cause the plates to drop when hit. The plates are placed at 20 yards and are 6 to 10 inches in diameter, to represent only the "A" (maximum hit) zones of most graded targets. In this string of fire pictured on the right, the shooter has chosen to "crowd" the cover and actually use the side of the drums as a rest. The shooter here is using a good tactic of keeping his body behind the cover while leaning out to shoot, rather than stepping partially out from behind and exposing more of his body. Being close to the cover is a viable tactic when the target is smaller or further away and you need more precision in your shots. It is also used in situations where enemy fire might come from more than one direction and you need to get as much protection from as many angles as possible. It can present a problem though if you need to maneuver quickly to another spot or aim in a different direction and is considered a secondary choice by most people well versed on dynamic CQB.
It is generally better to be a little distance away from your cover as seen in the picture to the left. One drawback to being backed off of cover is that you cannot use it as a rest. This is a tactical judgment call, but one the shooter should be aware of. You will also not get as steady of a lean without something to support the body against. Maintaining some distance from your cover can also reduce likelihood or severity of injuries from secondary missiles or rounds which might penetrate the cover. A shooter can more quickly maneuver when keeping some distance from the cover.
Military doctrine is to shoot from around the side of a horizontal cover in order to present a smaller target to the opponent. There are, however many situations where this will not be possible or practical. Again using the range props, this shooter is practicing on a timed event. From the standing position, draw, take cover and engage the targets. In this scenario, the shooter has chosen to use the cover as a rest, but keeps his head and shoulders as low as will be practical while still being able to aim. The body is positioned behind the thickest part of the cover as opposed to directly behind the small gap behind the drums. Going prone in this situation may cost too much time getting into position at such a short range and the defender would be less able to maneuver and face the possibility of being overrun.
Here is the typical shooting bench layout at a range. The stapler is for tacking up paper targets and for tacking new centers on the cardboard targets, although it is also very common to just use masking tape to cover existing bullet holes. My advice is to use a good heavy duty industrial stapler because you are usually trying to stable the cardboard and paper targets onto wooden target holders. The ubiquitous Leatherman tool is for making various adjustments and tweaks on the guns and gear. A can of WD-40 or similar spray lube is good for keeping the guns running smoothly and reducing dry carbon buildup inside the actions. Can you tell what is wrong in the picture? It is the USP, being the one pistol left without the slide locked to the rear (foreground), and the Witness carry comp (far left) with a magazine in place. Normally, you want to leave the guns with the slide locked to the rear AND magazines removed while sitting on the bench. In a best case scenario, someone should be able to see that the chamber is empty without touching the weapon.
It is usually most efficient to load magazines while waiting for your turn to shoot and have them ready to to go when your turn comes up. This is an issue on timed ranges since the shot timers are sound activated and you can only have one shooter at a time if you realistically expect to get accurate scores from the shot timer. Some rangemasters get really anal about even handling magazines and ammo when someone else is forward of the line, so you might have to set up a magazine loading point separate from where you leave the guns if you run into this issue at a highly supervised range. Personally, I am more likely to just exit such a range since you will spend too much time on protocol and not enough time actually shooting.
With all of the fun and games of a gallery type range to practice on, it helps a lot to be able to measure your skills against established standards. One guy who appears to have compiled a lot of information on standard handgun qualifications has posted a web page with what looks like a pretty good compendium of standards. CLICK HERE to see several qualification standards spelled out, including the FBI standard which I think is a good overall system. You can obtain the specific FBI "bottle" targets at Pistoleer.com They have a good online ordering system that links into paypal and some very competitive pricing.
The picture on the left shows the FBI "Q" target in relation to a full grown adult. Note that the scoring zone corresponds more or less with the center mass target zone on an average person. The color contrast in the target is subtle and can lead to problems if you try to use these targets for training at longer ranges. My opinion is that they are only suitable for ranges under 100 yards in clear lighting conditions. That is not to say the target would be limited for use only with handguns. In fact, the shooting scenarios can be set to run about the same regardless of the weapon you are training with since the challenges of shooting at shorter ranges remain a constant, while the weapon you may have available is the variable. Due to the speed necessary to deal with close range opponents, your performance with a rifle or handgun may not particularly favor one or the other. Paper targets such as this are easy to transport out to remote areas for training scenarios where certain public range rules would make effective training impossible.
I decided to pay particular attention to the FBI handgun standard because it seemed to be the most comprehensive test of combat pistol shooting skills, can be done on both formal and improvised range facilities, it can be conducted quickly (under ten minutes for the whole thing) and you can do it in one box of standard pistol ammo (50 rounds). The course was designed around a double action automatic, probably the SIG, but is relatively easy to adapt to any other automatic pistol. It is not readily adapted for use with a revolver since required reloading would usually put you over the time limit. The entire "bottle" area of the target is the score zone, at two points per hit. This corresponds in size and shape to the center mass area of a person. The Q in the center is just an aiming point to help give a reference to the person aiming at the target; IE center mass aiming point.
One thing needed to run the FBI course is a shot timer if you do not have a range with mechanical targets that can be raised or flipped into position from a central command console. A distant second rate choice is a training partner with a stopwatch, but if that is all you test by, your times and scores could not be considered "official" because some of the timed events (like two second double taps) often produce "late shots" that count as misses in this test. Those late shots can be so close to the wire that it is impossible for a person with a stopwatch to accurately determine this. If you run the course without a timer or time limits on the stages, it will seem too easy, in fact, just about any monkey with a decent pistol can score "possible" on the course if they run it without time limits and take time for every shot. If you are running the course with a large group, it can help a lot to use a set of amplifying earmuffs so that you can make sure to hear the range commands. The earmuffs have electronics in them which will cut out loud sharp noises like gunfire.
Here is the course, in short, as per the information at Dan Young's site, with the information credited to a Steve Silverman. Some minor adjustments can be made in the course of fire due to different magazine capacities. High standard capacity magazines are allowed, but not extended mags that stick out the bottom of the pistol more than a normal magazine would. IE, nothing like the 33 shot Glock 18 mags, but using a full size magazine in a compact pistol is tolerable.
You generally want to avoid having to reload "on the clock" but if you run out of ammo in the middle of a stage, the reload does count on your clock time. When the course standard calls for a reload in a particular stage, you have to do the reload of some sort whether or not your pistol is empty. In stage three, the double taps from the low ready are done "double action" on the first shot, but if you are using a 1911 or similar gun, you would engage the safety before each string, and disengaging the safety is done "on the clock". It is NOT required to engage the safety on a double action pistol when you do stage three with the hammer down at the beginning of each double tap string.
From what I have been able to find out, they are fairly open on what holsters are used, and agents I have seen in training may or may not even have the pistols concealed, so an open top IDPA holster is allowed on this course. What is generally not allowed on the FBI and similar ranges are cross draw holsters or shoulder holsters - especially the "Miami Vice" type where the pistol points to the rear when it is in the holster. This is mainly due to the fact that they will be running several people through the course at one time and a person drawing or reholstering a pistol from such holsters is likely to be pointing it (loaded) at other trainees. Some instructors will mandate that the course is done with pistols "concealed" while holstered. This is usually accomplished with the people wearing a jacket or vest that is long enough to cover the gun and left open at the front. IE, the drawing process should not involve unbuttoning or unzipping any outer clothing to get at the pistol.
FBI Pistol Qualification Course
This standard, revised April 1997, is used to qualify both agents and instructors.
|50 rounds service ammunition
|Hits in or touching "bottle" count 2 points; misses and hits outside bottle count zero points
|85% to qualify; 90% for instructors
Note that the FBI standard has also been copied by a number of other law enforcement agencies and security firms. All for good reason since this makes it easy to prove a level of competence if there is ever any question about it laid in court. This should also be a consideration for anyone who obtains a concealed weapon permit or similar license even though your local jurisdiction may not require any competence testing to get the permit. Even if you happen to carry a pistol without "authorization" it is important if the issue ever gets to court, to dismiss any questions about your competence by demonstrating a level of competence and familiarity with a government recognized combat pistol testing standard. If you cannot or do not meet a competency standard, then it can become rather easy for a litigator to argue that you carrying or using a gun can be considered a public menace. The fact that many law enforcement and military personnel routinely fail these standards is simply another point in support of a dedicated citizen who acts to maintain a level of competence consistent with that required by the FBI.
Some things to note, however, is that this qualification standard is only one part of their extensive and ongoing training in the use of weapons and how that use applies to current law. As such, laws regarding the use of lethal force vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and time to time. An unfortunate reality is that the effects of the law will also vary according to who you are. Racism, class, political alignments and employment status (whether or not you are a law officer) often play a major role in determining whether or not a shooting is justified. The FBI standard also does not deal with any "shoot, no shoot" scenarios, multiple or other threats a person may encounter. Hence, it should not be considered the beginning or end of any training program.
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