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Homeland Driving School offers FREE ONLINE Drivers Ed when you purchase 6 Hours of Behind the Wheel Driving Lessons for teen or adult drivers. If you only want Online Driver's Education we offer that by itself for only $35. Homeland Driving School's Online Driver's Ed course is 22 Chapters and is done at your own pace. In order to get a completion certificate your child must read each chapter and take a quiz at the end of each chapter. Upon passing the quiz the program will open up the next chapter until all chapters are completed. We will then mail you out the Certificate of Completion. Our Online Drivers Education course and in-class course is California State Approved. Go to our Products Pricing Page to sign up. After you sign up our program will automatically email you your username and password. No waiting for someone to call you back. You can register 24 Hours a Day.
Homeland Driving School has the most competitive rates in town and the best service. The 6 Hour Behind the Wheel Driving Lesson start at only $239 (LIMITED TIME PROMOTION) for Teens and $285 for Adults. We also have payment plans available. You can start the behind the wheel driving school for as little as $135 for our 2 Pay program. Please go to our Product Pages to see our pricing and to sign up. You can also call our office and we will get you scheduled in minutes. Our 6 Hour Behind the Wheel Course is 3 two hour lessons. We will work with you and your teenager's schedule to get their lessons scheduled quickly. We typically like to schedule the first lesson soon after your child gets their learner's permit. Then the second behind the wheel lesson approximately 5 or 6 weeks after the first and the last one around the 5th month of having their permit but you can do the lessons however you would like. It is all up to you. If you would like to take all your lessons in one month that is fine with us too. The choice is yours. All lessons are private. Only 1 Student in the car unlike other schools who take 2 or 3 students at the same time.
Homeland Driving School also allows our students to use our car to take their DMV Driving Test (call for details and pricing.) We service the Oceanside DMV, Escondido DMV, Poway DMV, Temecula DMV and Hemet DMV locations.
We are Family Owned and Operated. Homeland Driving School is committed to excellence.
Cancellation/ Refund Policies and Fees
Just like all other schools we also have a strict cancellation policy. To Cancel a lesson, you must call our office and give us a 24 hour notice or you will be charged a $50 cancellation fee. We DO NOT confirm appointments, please write your appointments down. If we show up and you are not there, we will wait 15 minutes then the instructor will leave and you will be charged $50 for a no show fee (if you running late, please call the office to let us know so that we can let the instructor know to wait.) You must have your permit with you for each lesson (copy is acceptable.) If we show up and you do not have your permit we cannot legally take you on the lesson and you will be charged $50 for not having your permit. Please make a few copies of your permit once the instructor has signed it. No completion certificate will be issued until all fees are paid.
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Under NO CIRCUMSTANCE WILL CASH OR CREDIT REFUNDS BE GIVEN AFTER 7 DAYS OF REGISTERING WITH OUR SCHOOL OR IF YOU HAVE ALREADY STARTED OUR ONLINE OR BTW COURSE. In the event we do choose to honor a refund before or after the 7 days, there will a mandatory administration fee of $100 charged for credits given to a student. If you sign up and do not want to do the course you will be charged the administration fee of $100 so please be sure you want the service before signing up with our school.
*FREE ONLINE WHEN YOU PURCHASE 6 HOURS OF BTW DRIVING LESSONS FOR $239. Price is only valid for call in customers who live in Homeland, Romoland, Sun City and Menifee. Not valid for Temecula, Murrieta, Wildomar, Lake Elsinore, Winchester. If you city is not listed, please call the office.
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I've never used an Ouya. I'd like to try one at some point, but for now, this post is more about observations based on what I've heard than on what I've experienced.
I wrote a blog about four months ago on my hopes and concerns for Ouya. I really recommend you read it. Now that the Ouya is out, and everything isn't qualified with "But we'll see how it turns out in the final product," we're getting some more solid impressions on it.
It's clear that Ouya lacks the same polish and refinement that a console backed by a billion dollar corporation would possess. I've heard of issues regarding a cumbersome set up process, problems syncing controllers, the console having a small network range, and often disconnecting from its local network. The controller seems to be a big point of criticism. Input latency is a problem, with varying reports from different outlets. It all just seems sloppy. I'd hope that Ouya does well enough to warrant a second iteration next year that comes closer to being a functional, polished product.
But honestly, that's not the biggest takeaway I have regarding Ouya. The biggest thing now seems so obvious that I can't believe I didn't see it coming: Ouya is the perfect console for local multiplayer. Local multiplayer is awkward on PC, impossible on mobile, and de-emphasized on mainstream consoles. But on Ouya, it's a perfect fit. Ouya's lack of any sort of online network also helps this position. Although there seems to be countless local multiplayer games on Ouya that look fun, the standout title is no doubt TowerFall, which I've heard described as a mix of Super Smash Bros, Super Meat Boy and Joust. People often ask "Why would I get an Ouya, when I can just use my PC or Android phone?" Well, this is why. Because Ouya is great for local multiplayer in a way that is simply not ideal on PC or mobile devices.
But while I'm glad that Ouya has found its calling, I'm a little disappointed with what that calling is. I wanted Ouya to be my go-to place for indie games. I wanted it to have the same great indie line-up found on Steam, but with the ease of use of a console. However, it seems to lack a lot of the ease of use I expect from a console, and has become a place for a different kind of game than what I'd find on Steam.
Ultimately, I'm just not as jazzed about local multiplayer games like TowerFall as I am about single player games like Hotline Miami and Gunpoint. Very few of my friends and none of my roommates play video games, and of my friends that do, they aren't really into something like Ouya. Sure, members of the video game press get tons of value out of these kinds of games, because everyone they know is like-minded. But that's just not the case for me.
Perhaps as Ouya's installed base grows, more developers will find success in porting their single player PC games. But as of now, even if Ouya's many kinks do get worked out, it just isn't turning out to be the platform I wanted it to be.

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REGARDING Cllr Anna Semlyen's letter of June 19, have people actually found jobs or have they just given up trying to claim Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) since tougher rules were brought in last year?
After working all my life, I was made redundant at age 61 and found the whole process a nightmare.
You can only register for JSA online and need to register on Universal Jobsite on line so Department of Work an Pensions (DWP) can see you are actively seeking work on a daily basis.
The majority of companies will only accept online job applications. Not everyone is familiar with, or has access to, a computer. Failure to comply can result in unfair benefit sanctions (The Press, May 24).
I have now found a job and agree those who have no intention of working, or have not paid into the system, should not benefit. But companies should be open to applications other than on line.
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Soccer News of Thursday, 3 July 2014
Source: Myjoyonline.com
Sports analyst Nana Agyeman has backed the Ghana Football Association's decision to retain coach Kwesi Appiah despite an awful showing at the World Cup in Brazil.
But there is a small condition attached - if the GFA will invest in upgrading the coaching skills of Ghana's history-making manager. Coach Kwesi Appiah is the first Ghanaian coach to qualify the Black Stars to a World Cup.
The GFA at a press conference on Wednesday reposed confidence in the coach despite failing to make it out of the group stage and challenge for a GFA-target of a semi-final berth.
Kwesi Appiah's tactics has been questioned by fans and his training regime branded mediocre by mayor of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, Kojo Bonsu.
The coach was also criticized for losing his grip on the senior team after verbal attacks and several acts of indiscipline gutted the Black Star's campaign.
Speaking to Joy News hours after the press conference, Nana Agyeman said the re-affirmation of Kwesi Appiah is "the right move if they [GFA] are going to do the right thing".
He called on the GFA to send the coach to a UEFA licensing course to deepen his understanding of the modern game.
Coach Kwesi Appiah prior to the World Cup was sent on an internship programme with English Premier League giant Manchester City.


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|From: Carl Eastlund (cce at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 15 12:47:21 EST 2008
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Prabhakar Ragde <plragde at uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > Carl Eastlund wrote: > > > What non-tail-recursive version of reverse are you comparing here? It > > can be written non-tail-recursively and still have the same asymptotic > > complexity, and quite possibly the same or similar running time. > > I'm thinking of naive structural recursion. This is one of the examples > I use to motivate tail recursion in first term (details of stack and > heap optimization are deferred to second term), though I am careful to > make Matthias's point that one does not always save time this way. --PR To my knowledge, the naive structurally-recursive reverse uses append, and is thus quadratic. It's the removal of append, not of non-tail recursion, that speeds it up. This example shows that tail recursion may hint at a fast implementation... but it's not the fast part itself. I could write the accumulator-reverse, the normally tail recursive one, and defeat the tail recursion with an assertion after the fact, and probably still get results almost as fast as the tail-recursive version. -- Carl Eastlund
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Photo Flash: First Images of LES MISERABLES Set
The set of the film adaptation of LES MISERABLES has been open to the public since cameras began rolling in Greenwich, UK last week. And with such a generous offer, plenty of fans have taken advantage and flocked to the set, erected outside of the Old Royal Naval College. BroadwayWorld has scoured the internet to find a handful of the most enticing shots of the epic musical's set and crew, and compiled them here.
Nearly all of the film's stars have been spotted on location in Greenwich by fans, according to various Twitter accounts. Some have even been lucky enough to hear the cast rehearse and shoot the show's iconic number, "Do You Hear the People Sing?". It's rumored that shots below are part of that song, and the events surrounding it, including General LaMarque's funeral.
The first and last photos depict what appears to be the model of carriages the film is primarily using, as seen in other pictures. It also shows a group of extras, outside the ORNC, the primary set for the Greenwich shoot.
The second features members of the French Army being instructed by a producer - this photo, along with others on the internet, are said to be linked to General LaMarque's funeral. It was originally believed that perhaps the barricade would be built on location here, but as the attack on the revolutionaries' barricade is said to occur at the convergence of three streets, many are attributing their presence to the general's funeral.
Photo three shows a female extra in complete costume and her horse, in the middle of an alley.
The fourth and fifth photos shows that Hooper isn't limiting himself to the stage material: the grandiose elephant on the Place de la Bastille was originally an architectural feat ordered by Napoleon himself. It was never finished, and in the LES MISERABLE novel, author Victor Hugo takes the liberty of calling it Gavroche's home.
LES MISERABLES originally opened in London at the Barbican Theatre on 8 October 1985, transferred to the Palace Theatre on 4 December 1985 and moved to its current home at the Queen's Theatre on 3 April 2004. When LES MISÉRABLES celebrated its 21st London birthday on 8 October 2006, it became the World's Longest Running Musical, surpassing the record previously held by "Cats" in London's West End. In January 2010, the West End production broke another record by celebrating its historic 10,000th performance.
The film, under the direction of Tom Hooper, intends to feature all of its stars singing live on film. The cast includes, as previously reported, Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Russell Crowe as Javert, Sacha Baron Cohen as Thenardier, Eddie Redmayne as Marius, Aaron Tveit as Enjolras, Amanda Seyfried as Cosette, Anne Hathaway as Fantine, Samantha Barks as Eponine, and Helena Bonham Carter as Madame Thenardier.
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The strong dollar has sparked a buying binge that has triggered a surge in the goods pouring into the nation's ports.
The value of trade has risen 7 per cent in Australian dollar terms this year, official statistics released yesterday show. April's figures dipped 6 per cent below the healthy March result.
Export volumes are very strong, which economists say could be a sign of good economic times ahead.
At the Port of Sydney, a container leaves the port every 15 seconds on average, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The port has moved more than a million full containers in the financial year to date, two-thirds of which were imports. Total container trade is 5.7 per cent higher than the same period last year.
Port of Sydney data shows China is by far the biggest source of its containers, sending 275,000 full boxes. The next biggest source was Hong Kong with 26,000.
The Port of Melbourne, Australia's biggest, is also busy.
Port of Melbourne April import data will be released today and will show that imports of containers for the financial year to date are up 6.3 per cent.
At least half of those containers are full of goods bound for shops. Clothing imports through the port are up 10 per cent. Automotive imports fell because of the impact of the Japan crisis.
"Exports are none too shabby, either," said Port of Melbourne chief executive
Mr Bradford said companies that worked on the wharves – including
They were used to 6 per cent average growth a year, which meant adding trucks, squeezing more containers onto trucks and working on productivity per crane.
There had been "a blip" for the global financial crisis, but "we're back", Mr Bradford said. "We are back on those averages."
The most recent data from the Port of Brisbane confirms the trend in Sydney and Melbourne. It has seen full container imports rise 6 per cent for the year to date.
Imports of capital goods rose by $489 million or 12 per cent in April. UBS economist George Tharenou said it was good news.
"If you are looking for signs of a pick-up in the domestic economy one of the earliest ones is capital imports," he said.
"A lot of the investment businesses in Australia do, is derived from imported capital goods."
The average value of the Australian dollar in the 12 months to April 2011 was US96.2¢, up from US87.5¢ in the 12 months before that.
Official imports statistics show an economy hungry for energy, materials and consumer products.
Imports of mineral fuels and related products jumped 18 per cent to $32 billion in the 12 months to April from $27 billion in the previous 12 months.
Machinery and transport equipment was the biggest single category. It grew from $78 billion to $82 billion.
The data are not seasonally adjusted and are subject to revision.
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Watch: These Folks Think 'Godzilla' is Based on a True Story
Jimmy Kimmel.Well done,
In the latest edition of "Lie Witness News," in which a Jimmy Kimmel Live staffer takes to the streets to ask people questions based on facts that are completely untrue, Godzilla takes center stage. And it's beautiful.
Upon being informed that Godzilla the movie is actually based on the true story of a giant lizard attack on Tokyo in 1954, these unsuspecting individuals chime in on why Hollywood should not glamorize the event.
Some highlights:
"It's disrespectful to the people."
"It's a travesty."
"Is Godzilla like a dinosaur?"
Watch the video, below.
The latest Godzilla movie, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen and Bryan Cranston, is in theaters now.


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Who picked up a new gun on Black Friday?
I didn't get anything new and never even went in a sporting goods store today. Did see some good deals in the fliers but the pocketbook is not able to spend on anymore guns right now.
So did anyone get anything new today? I was sorely tempted by the GSG5 that they had on sale at Dunhams this morning. Some good deals on Blackpowder at Gander too. But I have three kids to buy for this time of the year and the wife did just get me a Marlin 795 for my B-day.
A birthday present was bought for me today at Big 5 $89 for a Mosin Nagant. I love these rifles :D
They had the mosins at Dunhams and Gander today for that price. I picked one up about a month ago at a gun show. Haven't shot it much but will be going to the gun show tomorrow to pick up more surplus ammo. At least, that is all I plan to pick up is about 100 rounds. Last time I went looking for ammo and a choke tube and I ended up with the mosin.
Picked up 5 today. Then set'em right back down on the counter.;)
South Carolina had their 3rd annual tax-free shopping on firearms this year, and I heard sales were brisk.
I stayed as far from retail as I could. I hung some drywall and finally dynoed the 445 we built.
I picked up an old gun. A Browning BAR Grade 2 in .243. It belonged to my Dad. I picked it up, put it in the pickup, and went deer hunting. Stayed as far from "civilization" as I could. Had a better day than most folks that went shopping.:p
Not on Friday...
Earlier in the week I went into one of the 'local' gunshops and saw a Ruger Security Six (2.75 inch barrel) in the used gun case. I looked at it, saw it was in acceptable (rather good, actually) condition and they wanted $299.00 for it.
I set the revolver down, handed my ID and debit card to the clerk and said "I'll take it."
I have to get a set of decent grips for it (which are already on the way) and it will be a dandy addition to the Old Man Montgomery Home for Unloved Revolvers.
i went to the shooting range. took my new agent and series 70. then i went to wendy's and got some fries and a frosty. thats about it.
I got a Winchester model 70 in 7mm rem mag with a synthetic stock and a Leupold VX-ll 3x-9x-40mm to sit on top of it for a little more than $425
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|From: Jay McCarthy (jay.mccarthy at gmail.com)
Date: Wed Mar 25 23:32:27 EDT 2009
I've written thin wrappers around openssl before. Check out: http://svn.plt-scheme.org/plt/trunk/collects/openssl/mzssl.ss http://svn.plt-scheme.org/plt/trunk/collects/web-server/stuffers/hmac-sha1.ss Jay On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Grant Rettke <grettke at acm.org> wrote: > What encryption libraries should we use with PLT Scheme? > > I want to encrypt some data and write it to a file. Not sure whether I > should encrypt it first or encrypt the output port (or if that makes > sense to do so). > > 'encrypt' doesn't turn up any search results in the documentation or > in searching the google gruop so I assume there is nothing built in. > > I found these libraries here that would probably work: > > http://snow.iro.umontreal.ca/?tab=Packages > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme > -- Jay McCarthy <jay at cs.byu.edu> Assistant Professor / Brigham Young University http://teammccarthy.org/jay "The glory of God is Intelligence" - D&C 93
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On what grounds can I ask that my charge(s) be dismissed? There are a number. Depending on the professionalism and reasonableness displayed by the Prosecutor and the Court (the Justice of the Peace) a number of events can lead to a dismissal of your charge(s), but you must request this. Here are some: One of the main reasons for requesting a "trial" is that there is a chance that the person who charged you or wrote the ticket will not present themselves for trial and as a result, the Prosecutor will not be able to establish or prove their case and the case will most likely be tossed out. This is normally done at the request of the Prosecutor, with the consent of the Court (the Justice of the Peace). Sometimes the Prosecutor wants to adjourn and the Court will not allow it.
- Green Hornet, MLEO or Investigating Police Officer doesn't appear at scheduled trial date. You have taken time out of your day and have devoted a lot of time and resources to show-up to your scheduled trial. If the Green Hornet (Law Enforcement Officer), MLEO (Municipal Licensing Enforcement Officer) or Police Officer does not show up this means that the Prosecutor cannot prove its' case and as a result, the charges should be dismissed. The only other option (which will only inconvenience you more) is that the trial be adjourned to a later date to have the officer, who issued the ticket(s) present to give evidence. If the Prosecutor makes this request to the Justice of the Peace) oppose this motion and tell them that you will not agree to this, given the amount of time and resources you have already invested in getting to Court. You can also remind the Court that the longer it takes for the charge(s) to be heard, the more prejudice you will suffer and you may end up with a Charter argument under Section 11(b) of the Charter.
- You have not received "disclosure" of the officer's notes/evidence and as a result, you cannot possibly proceed, given that you will suffer prejudice and your rights under Section 7 of the Charter will be offended and violated. As long as you submitted the request for disclosure at least 8 weeks prior to the trial and you called the office that was suppose to send you the disclosure, at least two weeks before your trial, you will be able to request a "stay of proceedings" under Section 24(1) of the Charter. If you have not had sufficient and adequate time to review the evidence (generally this means the investigating Officer's notes from his/her log book) which the Prosecutor will rely upon (when the officer provides evidence in "examination-in-chief) when he/she begins asking the Officer questions on the witness stand. You can ask that the charges be dismissed or "stayed" as you have been deprived the right to a full answer and defence to the charge(s) laid and to adjourn the trial to a later date, will force you to take more time off of work, invest additional resources to the case at hand. The Prosecutor may ask that the trial be adjourned to a later date in order to give his/her office the opportunity to have your request for disclosure acted on and to have the Officer's notes sent to you. You should remind the Court that if the matter is put over to a later date, it will mean you will have to take more time (in addition to the time you have already taken to come to Court at a future date) and it will also possibly mean that you will have a Charter argument under Section 11(b) of the Charter. (see the section in this site referred to as "Disclosure")
- You have exercised your right under Section 14 of the Charter and have requested that a Court appointed interpreter assist, at the trial, because you understand and feel much more confident and comfortable to communicate in your first language ("mother tongue") as opposed to your second language, English or French, or you are deaf and need a sign language (normally American Sign Language) interpreter and the Court has neglected to provide you with an interpreter on the day of your trial. If the Court cannot provide an interpreter, than you suffer prejudice (given that you are disadvantaged as you find it difficult to follow the proceedings and what the Prosecutor, Justice of the Peace, Law Enforcement Officer and/or the witnesses) and you can ask that the charge(s) be dismissed, as you do not want to adjourn the matter to a future date in hopes that the Court can get their act together at the next appearance. Remember you have a right under Section 14 of the Charter to have an interpreter present during the entire proceeding. Section 14 of the Charter states: A party or witness in any proceedings who does not understand or speak the language in which the proceedings are conducted (English/French) or who is deaf has the right to the assistance of an interpreter.
- The trial is scheduled outside of the time limit guidelines as set down by the Supreme Court (8-10 months in a Supreme Court Decision called Morin). This decision must be recognized, acknowledged and followed by all Courts in Canada. You have a right to a trial within a reasonable timeframe. Section 11(b) of the Charter states: Any person charged with an offence has the right to be tried within a reasonable time. Since it falls to the Supreme Court to interpret the Charter, they have interpreted Section 11 (b) on a few occasions, most notably in a case called Askov et al, followed by Morin, which is the seminal case and serves to define the Askov decision. Most courts (with section 11(b) in mind) in Ontario tend to stay (to suspend or dismiss) cases that are being brought to trial 11 to 14 months after the person has been charged. In order to seek the remedy of having your charge(s) stayed there are a number of rules which must be adhered to. Your must submit an application for "stay of proceedings" 15 days in advance of your scheduled trial date and time to the courts. If your rights under section 11(b) of the Charter have been breached and you want the Court to provide you with a stay pursuant to section 24 (1) of the Charter, then you will have to refer to the section in this site titled Application for "Stay of Proceedings". You must follow a specific criteria and format when submitting an "Application for Stay of Proceedings" to the Courts. Some people also refer to this as a Constitutional challenge.
Strict Liability Traffic Offences Under the Highway Traffic Act most offences are considered "absolute liability" offences and the only onus on the Prosecutor is to establish that you did it and a conviction follows. It doesn't matter why you did it, or the circumstances giving rise to the offence, if you did it and the Prosecutor can establish, through evidence, that you did it, you will be convicted. It is not necessary to establish "mens rea" or motive, if the Prosecutor establishes that you committed an "absolute liability offence" then you will be convicted and a fine will be imposed, with the possibility of accumulating demerit points as well. These points will remain on your driving record with the Ministry of Transportation for a period of two (2) years from the time that you committed the offence. For good measure, Insurance Companies" tack on another year and as a result, this conviction remains on your insurance record for a period of three (3) years and may hold it against the driver for six (6) years. Strict Liability Offences are different. With regard to strict liability offences, the Province or the City Prosecutor needs merely to prove that the prohibited act took place by yourself and if you do not rebut this evidence, by providing an acceptable explanation for having committed the act, you will be convicted of that offence. The Provincial Legislature or one of the three Territorial Legislatures can always convert an absolute liability offence to one of strict liability by permitting the defence of due diligence to be raised. In the absence of the government doing the right thing, it is left to the Courts to do perform the conversion. Under this defence, you can rely on the defence of reasonable mistake of fact and/or due diligence. Some traffic offences which are regarded as "strict liability" offences are:
- Careless Driving
- Driving while your licence is under suspension
- Seat Belts: in a recent Ontario court case (Regina versus Kanda) the Court found that this type of offence was not an "absolute liability" offence as the Prosecutor argued, but was a "strict liability" traffic offence. The parent in this case, had exercised due diligence by ensuring that his 12 year old and 8 year old sons were both wearing their seatbelts when he began driving. When he was pulled over by the Police, the 8 year old son did not have his seat belt on. As a result, Mr. Kanda received a ticket, pursuant to section 106 (4) of the Ontario Highway Traffic Act. Mr. Kanda decided to fight his ticket and the court found, ultimately, that Mr. Kanda had exercised "due diligence" and dismissed the charge.
- Stop Signs and refusing to come to a full and complete stop. Unfortunately, a lot of Police Officers think that the 3 second rule applies when stopping at a stop sign (having to stop at a stop sign and begin counting 1000 1, 1000 2 and 1000 3). All that is necessary, is that you come to a "complete stop", before proceeding on your way.
The Common Law Defence of Necessity This is a special type of defence that you could raise as a defendant is court, when your case proceeds to trial. On October 11, 1984 the Supreme Court of Canada rendered a decision in a case called William Francis Perka et al versus the Queen. In this decision the Court found that "The defence of necessity is available in Canada and should be recognized as an excuse operating (in this case) by virtue of section 7(3) of the Criminal Code. The essential criteria for the operation of the defence is the moral involuntariness of the wrongful action measured on the basis of society's expectation of appropriate and normal resistance to pressure. According to the Court: This is the "I couldn't do anything else" defence. This defence only applies in circumstances of imminent risk, where the action was taken to avoid a direct and immediate peril. The act in question may only be characterized as involuntary where it was inevitable, unavoidable and where no reasonable opportunity for an alternative course was available to the accused. As well the harm inflicted by the violation of the law must be less than the harm the accused sought to avoid. Where it is contemplated or ought to have been contemplated by the accused that his actions would likely give rise to an emergency requiring the breach of the law it may be open to him to claim his response was involuntary; mere negligence or involvement in criminal or immoral activity when the emergency arose, however, will not dissentitle an accused from relying upon the defence. Finally, where sufficient evidence is placed before the Court to raise the issue of necessity the onus falls on the Crown to meet the defence and prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused' act was voluntary; the accused bears no burden of proof. Can tickets be thrown out due to a technicality? Yes. It must be noted though, that when the Government of Ontario created the Provincial Offences Act (POA) (also referred to as the P.O.A), the idea or philosophy behind the Act, was to avoid defeating tickets on a technicality and proceeding with the merits (the substance) of the charge(s). Justices of the Peace are very aware of this and will do their utmost to avoid defeating tickets on irregularities. The P.O.A. provides the Justice of the Peace (the J.P.) or a Judge with the power and authority to either amend the face of the ticket (the information written or not written, on the certificate of offence or on the parking infraction notice) or to simply adjourn the matter, so that the defendant was not prejudiced in his/her ability to have full answer and defence to the alleged charge(s). This power/authority exercised by J.P's/Judges is called a "curative" power or the ability to cure a technical defect or irregularity on a ticket, by amending the ticket or adjourning the matter to another day. This, however, cannot be done for all defects or irregularities on a ticket, and in those instances the only remedy is to nullify or declare the charge(s) a nullity and it is at this stage, that the charge(s) described on the ticket must be dismissed or thrown out. The sections of the P.O.A which must be looked at, with respect to this subject matter, are as follows:
Sections 33, 34, 35, 36 (2) & 90 (2): P.O.A – Dividing counts – Section 33.(1)
A defendant may at any stage of the proceeding make a motion to the court to amend or to divide a count that,
(a) charges in the alternative different matters, acts or omissions that are stated in the alternative in the enactment that creates or describes the offence; or
(b) is double or multifarious, on the ground that, as framed, it prejudices the defendant in the defendant's defence.
Idem – Section 33.(2) Upon a motion under subsection (1), where the court is satisfied that the ends of justice so require, it may order that a count be amended or divided into two or more counts, and thereupon a formal commencement may be inserted before each of the counts into which it is divided.
Amendment of information or certificate – Section 34. (1)
The court may, at any stage of the proceeding, amend the information or certificate as may be necessary if it appears that the information or certificate,
(a) fails to state or states defectively anything that is requisite to charge the offence; (b) does not negative an exception that should be negatived; or (c) is in any way defective in substance or in form. Idem – Section 34. (2) The court may, during the trial, amend the information or certificate as may be necessary if the matters to be alleged in the proposed amendment are disclosed by the evidence taken at the trial. Variances between charge and evidence – Section
A variance between the information or certificate and the evidence taken on the trial is not material with respect to,
(a) the time when the offence is alleged to have been committed, if it is proved that the information was laid or certificate Issued within the prescribed period of limitation; or (b) the place where the subject-matter of the proceeding is alleged to have arisen, except in an issue as to the jurisdiction of the court.
Considerations on amendment – Section 34. (4)
The court shall, in considering whether or not an amendment should be made, consider,
(a) the evidence taken on the trial, if any; (b) the circumstances of the case; (c) whether the defendant has been misled or prejudiced in the defendant's defence by a variance, error or omission; and (d) whether, having regard to the merits of the case, the proposed amendments can be made without injustice being done.
Amendment, question of law – Section 34. (5)
The question whether an order to amend an information or certificate should be granted or refused is a question of law.
Endorsement of order to amend – Section 34. (6)
An order to amend an information or certificate shall be endorsed on the information or certificate as part of the record and the trial shall proceed as if the information or certificate had been originally laid as amended.
Particulars – Section 35 – The court may, before or during the trial, if it is satisfied that it is necessary for a fair trial, order that a particular, further describing any matter relevant to the proceedings, be furnished to the defendant.
Motion to quash information or certificate – Section 36. (1)
An objection to an information or certificate for a defect apparent on its face shall be taken by motion to quash the information or certificate before the defendant has pleaded, and thereafter only by leave of the court.
Grounds for quashing – Section 36. (2) – The court shall not quash an information or certificate unless an amendment or particulars under section 33, 34 or 35 would fail to satisfy the ends of justice.
Irregularities in form – Section 90. (1) The validity of any proceeding is not affected by,
(a) any irregularity or defect in the substance or form of the summons, warrant, offence notice, parking infraction notice, undertaking to appear or recognizance; or (b) any variance between the charge set out in the summons, warrant, parking infraction notice, undertaking to appear or recognizance and the charge set out in the information or certificate.
Adjournment to meet irregularities – Section 90. (2)
Where it appears to the court that the defendant has been misled by any irregularity, defect or variance mentioned in subsection (1), the court may adjourn the hearing and may make such order as the court considers appropriate, including an order under section 60 for the payment of costs. (Costs respecting witnesses – maximum costs to be awarded $100.00)
Justices of the Peace or Judges have broad curative powers in sections 33, 34, 35, 36 & 90 (2) to amend the information on the ticket or to simply adjourn the matter to a later date. The certificate of offence (the ticket) cannot, based on any irregularity, defect or variance, mislead a defendant. Note all sections & subsections and then what can be quashed and what can not be quashed. Examples of the information that must be on a ticket, or the ticket must be thrown out? If the police officer, or provincial offences officer or parking enforcement officer (green hornet) has not signed the ticket, where his or her signature is be applied, the ticket must be thrown out. Where the Prosecutor and or the Justice of the Peace has discretion to throw a ticket out? If the wrong year is on the date of the alleged infraction If the surname is spelled wrong.


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Sunday, October 26, 2014
People Who Instantly Regretted Their Decisions.
1. He just couldn't get it right after all the practice and this kid regrets ever signing up for this.
2. Was it too difficult to try a regular approach?
3, Horses do NOT like participating in your ice bucket challenges.
4. That moment when you're all talk and no walk.
5. This kid just lost all hope is bulking up.
6. This guy who had a terrible realization (mid-flight) that this wasn't going to work out in his favor.
7. This stuntman who lost his grip
8. Sing at our wedding, they said....it'll be a blast, they said...
9. This adorable baby elephant who didn't realize just how deep this pool was
10. This girl who regrets attending a concert with her mom
11.This guy who soon realized that he isn't the crocodile hunter.
12. This cat who will never hope into another box of foam again.
13. It was too late when he realized that he hadn't added water to his cup o'noodles.
14.This ice bucket challenge that went WAYYY wrong.
15. This guy who immediately regretted trolling this girl while chugging a beer.
16. This guy who should've just used Kleenex
17. This kid who regretted ever trusting his mother.
18. And this guy who just learned #TrustNoBitch
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Shuna here
We just wrapped up our measurement unit
This last week we studied capacity
We have lots of hands on fun and the kiddos loved every second of it
Although it was fun,
Here are some things that we did this week and some goodies that I used to help me teach this concept
First up we used these lovely posters from Angelica
to review all different types of measurement
We did some sorting using this freebie file
Which was also a great review of all the other kinds of measurement that we had previously covered
To introduce the lesson I placed lots of containers in front of the students and we discussed how much they think each container will hold and put them in order
The kiddos then got to explore using water, cereal and marshmallows
The marshmallows were left over from previous math lessons
and we are going to use those bad boys for a long, long time
I laid out lots of different sized objects to measure with and the kiddos gradually began to see that the larger the object that they measured with the less work they would have to put in to fill their container
The little one the left quickly figured out that it took a long, long time to fill container so she decided to cheat a little
Awe, kinders
We also used our estimation skills to predict how many scoops each container would hold
Some of the kiddos still had a hard time seeing that width and height makes a difference
The kiddos will be doing lots more hands on experiments in centers so that they can explore this concept more
First thing the kiddos did was order the containers from which they thought would how the least to which ones they thought would hold the most
The kiddos mostly got all of them correct
But I let them explore and fill the containers with water and then we labeled and discussed why their estimations were correct or not so correct
After we finished the kiddos could all tell me why the one in the middle held more then the one after it
To finish up the week
I put the kiddos in groups of three and set different containers around the room and the kiddos had to rotate to each station and determine the capacity of each container.
We used our enVision workbook page to complete this activity
This little page is about the only good thing about enVision
I H.A.T.E. it!!!!!
With a freakin passion
I laid several containers around the room and labeled them with a number
The kiddos used cubes to measure the capacity of each and recorded it on their paper
If you do not have enVision you can use this little diddy that I just whipped up
I wanted to call it Fill 'Er Up
but thought that might have been a little inappropriate
After we finished up our little measurement unit we
took this little quick assessment from Busy Me Plus Three
For more ideas check out this awesome site for things to do step by step when teaching capacity
There are also some great freebies and a powerpoint that you can use
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Here's what I found:
- 2 identical plants, planted next to one another, 1 thrives, the other one lives but not as strong. Example: 2 heucheras I planted last summer.
- A plant that is happy all season and then decides not to come back. Example: my 3 lady's mantle were all happy, but 1 of them decided not to join the club this year. Maybe there was a garden with better dirt down the street and he jumped ship?
- The Lazarus syndrome: plants that die when you plant them but the mysteriously come back the next yr. Example: my 3 painted ferns. 2 of them died after I planted them, but then rose from the dead this year looking great. The one I planted that was awesome last yr, came back as a shoot and then promptly died back. What gives?
- When you transplant a plant, but you didn't really get all the roots and so it grows again. This is my favorite form of dividing plants because I get 2 plants for the price of 1 without even trying not to kill one of them. Example: The peony that appeared out of nowhere last yr (a remnant of many owners past), now that area is shady so I moved it last Fall and low and behold it appeared again. Apparently, I didn't dig out all the roots. And the best part, it has a huge bud on it.


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" Brand: Dalepak / Type: Other Ready Meals "
Although I'm not vegetarian I have eaten these as a meal accompaniment for years! A firm favourite in my household, as an adult and not living at home anymore I still buy them rather regularly!
The Packaging:
Cardboard box with a photograph of the gills on the front and I'm told that they are Dalepak '4' Cauliflower Cheese Grills 'A delicious blend of cauliflower, onion, green beans, Vegetarian mature cheddar cheese and medium soft cheese, lightly seasoned and coated in a crisp crumb coating' and that they are Vegetarian society approved and the weight is stated which is 397g. other information listed on the box includes ingredients and allergy advice being given, a full nutritional chart is stated, I'm told how to cook them and contact details for Dalepak foods are also given. Nice enough packaging and of course it's very informative.
The Grills:
Well you are meant to cook these from frozen and have options on how to cook them! You can either grill them in about 16 minutes, oven cook them in around 20 minutes or shallow fry them in around 9 minutes. As I've consumed a lot of these I have had them cooked in all the above methods and it really comes down to your personal preference. Obviously cooking them in oil isn't the healthiest of options though so if watching your waistline grilling or cooking them in the oven is probably your best way forward with these lol!
They are round in shape, rather thin really but of good very size in general. Evenly coated in lightly seasoned and golden breadcrumbs they do go a little hard but saying that, that texture goes well with the soft and slightly mushy insides. They cook easy though look pleasant and give off a vegetable sort of aroma when they are cooked.
Cut through them and you get like I have just mentioned a squishy centre. Mashed up cauliflower with some cheese and onion, you can see the nice fresh green beans in them. You can taste the cauliflower mixed with cheeses though it isn't too strong on flavours. The green beans are crunchy and add a nice texture to them and there is a hint of a mustard and onion flavouring overall.
These.... to me are wonderful. I like the way that all the flavours blend well and nothing flavour wise is too strong and/or overpowering! Yummy grills, easy to cook, easy on they eyes and really tasty and filling! Lovely Dalepak! I shall continue to eat these for the next few years I'm sure!
Nutritional Information Per Grill:
Energy: 191 Kcal
Protein: 5.0g
Carbohydrate: 18.9g
of which sugars: 2.6g
Fat: 10.2g
of which saturates: 1.9g
Fibre: 1.6g
Sodium: 0.4g
Salt equivalent: 0.9g
These are usually on offer in supermarkets and frozen food type places at about a pound a box.
I like to pick up and try something new to eat occasionally and these cauliflower cheese grills from Dalepak looked rather tasty so I decided to give them a go.
The grills are made from cauliflower, onion, green beans and cheddar cheese which are coated in breadcrumbs. I'll admit that this doesn't sound exceedingly tasty but they look nice on the pack and I was surprised to find that they are actually rather nice.
They take around 15-20 minutes to cook and can be oven cooked, grilled or fried. I prefer to oven cook them as it gives the breadcrumb coating a bit of crispiness but still keeps it quite soft which is exactly how I like these. When cooked, all of the vegetables inside are really soft which makes them so tasty to eat as I prefer them to hard vegetables. The cheddar cheese adds a delicious cheesy flavour which compliments the vegetables rather nicely.
If you're vegetarian these are a delicious frozen option to mix with some potatoes and with some beans or more veg on the side. They're not very big so they do need to be mixed with something else to make a complete meal. Even for people who aren't vegetarian, these are still really lovely and I'm glad I gave them a try. They make eating vegetables very easy for those who aren't too keen on veg as the cheese and breadcrumbs make it taste lovely.
Now I'm not a vegetarian but you will sometimes find me browsing in the vegetarian freezers as I sometimes quite like their meals and products so when in Iceland the other day it was no surprise to find me nosing in their veggie freezer too. It was here I picked up a box of Dalepak Cauliflower Cheese Grills, a box of 4 for just £1. I love cauliflower cheese anyway so had high hopes for these.
The box they come in is white with a green dalepak banner waving about. It clearly says 4 Cauliflower Cheese Grills with a picture of two grills next to it. We are told on the box that these are a delicious blend of cauliflower, onion, green beans, spring onion and vegetarian cheddar cheese lightly seasoned and coated in a crunchy crumb. We are then told that these are suitable for Vegetarians. To cook these you can either cook them in your oven or on the grill, I chose the lazy option and bunged them in an oven tray and waited the required time.
After cooking and taking them out of the oven I was quite pleased, they looked appetising enough having golden breadcrumbs coating them I could't wait to tuck in. Cutting one open though I wasn't met by the lovely bright greens that looked so appealing on the picture on the box. Instead I was met by a tangy, not so appealing smell, I think it was meant to be onions but they smelt more like they were gone off really.
1 grill contains;
157 cals
5.0g fat
1.7g saturates
1.0g salt equiv
Tasting one of these I spat my second mouthful out in an instant, in my opinion they are vile. The texture doesn't quite feel right, I crunched through a slightly crispy crumb coating and that was the best bit about them and then I my teeth squidged through a slimy substance of all mashed up colours and flavourings which tasted nothing like what is explained in the main ingredients list on the front of the box. I couldn't taste cauliflower and I certainly couldn't taste cheese of any sort either, the spring onion was sort of evident but it didn't have a, well a spring to it. The texture felt like slithery wet onion pieces and mashed potato all squashed together but it tasted nothing like either and absolutely stunk of what to me seems like gone off onion.
From looking at the other reviews on here it looks like I'm the odd one out on this whole flavour malarky but I found them vile and threw them out I didn't even let my twins try them as they tasted gone off and funky.
I am recently trying to cut down my meat consumption, while I am not actually becoming a vegetarian I have found myself trying more vegetarian foods just lately in an attempt to fill the red meat gap.
One item I have discovered a love for is the Dalepak Cauliflower Cheese Grills, which is basically a tasty cauliflower cheese encased in breadcrumbs. They can be oven baked, fried or grilled - I oven bake mine as they only take 20 minutes and can cook while I prepare the rest of my meal, and I certainly wouldn't fancy them fried as I imagine the loose coating would soak a lot of fat up.
I love cauliflower cheese but must say that if you are not a fan of the dish then you probably won't enjoy these Grills too much. You see, the inside is absolutely the best mass produced cauliflower cheese I have ever tasted. The cauliflower is in quite small pieces but there is plenty of it and it is encased in a deliciously rich and creamy cheese sauce. The sauce is quite solid although it does dribble out of the Grill a little as I cut into it.
I can taste the cauliflower quite strongly but it's certainly not overpowering and is complimented to perfection by the mildly flavoured cheese sauce. The cauliflower is cooked well; it's soft but not all mushed up as often happens when this vegetable is frozen in ready meals, it adds a lovely texture to the Grill and puts me in mind of eating fresh cauliflower cheese.
The sauce has a good full flavour, although it's fairly delicate and tones the cauliflower down beautifully. It has a richness that I usually don't expect from frozen cheese sauces in whatever product and isn't sticky or synthetic in the slightest.
The Grills are bulked out with green beans which make them look more colourful and attractive, but these don't really taste of anything and the delicate taste of green beans is completely overwhelmed by the other flavours. This isn't really a problem though as they do add a nice change of texture next to the softer cauliflower and sauce.
The breadcrumbs are also good on the Grills. They turn a lovely golden brown while cooking and enhance the taste of the cauliflower cheese rather than detracting from it. While they are well seasoned they don't really have a flavour all to themselves, which is good in my opinion as any stronger a taste and I believe it would completely ruin the balance of the different flavours in the Grills.
I can't fault them, if this is what vegetarians eat then who needs meat? I can certainly see them replacing many cuts of meat on a dinner and I don't see why they couldn't be used instead of a pork chop on a dinner, I imagine the breadcrumb coating would be delicious soaked in gravy and anyway I often serve cauliflower cheese as an accompaniment to dinner so cannot see why not!
There is a downside. Each Cauliflower Cheese Grill contains 240 calories and over 14g of fat, this is not good news considering I am dieting but then I would serve these with low fat vegetables and/or potatoes so the overall nutrition for the meal wouldn't work out too bad. Beware if serving with chips though!
***What is it?***
This product is made by Dalepak.
These are frozen individual ovals, filled with cheese and cauliflower, onions and green beans. They are coated with breadcrumbs. They are to be grilled or oven baked (20 minutes). It takes about 15 minutes in the grill (turn over after half the time has elapsed) on a medium heat and this is how I make them. You can also shallow fry them for 9 minutes but this makes them even more unhealthy! They can be cooked straight from frozen in the grill.
I buy these from Iceland (I actually have never seen them sold anywhere else) and they cost £1 for a box of 4 grills.
***Ingredients/Nutritional Info ***
Made with vegetarian cheese, cauliflower, onions and green beans. They are coated with breadcrumbs
240 calories
5g protein
21.8g carbohydrate
14.8g fat
0.5g sodium (salt)
***My Opinion***
I know when they're done because they look perfectly golden on top. When you cut into them the melted cheese is GORGEOUS! I'm not a cauliflower fan so was surprised by how much I like these. The combination of flavours really works- soft and tasty cheese and cauli inside and crunchy breadcrumbs on the outside. I can't even taste the green beans which Im sure have been added to encourage people to think these are healthy!
These are very high in fat but sooo tasty that I don't care frankly. I love cheese especially melted cheese anyway but of course I advise to eat in moderation
Cauliflower cheese is one of those things I really like, but never fancy eating. That's why I bought a pack of Dalepak Cauliflower cheese grills, as I could put them in the freezer, and eat if and when the mood took me.
~About the product~
Made by Dalepak, these are basically cauliflower cheese which has been shaped into a sort of oval pointed at one end (I call it bicycle seat shape!) and coated in breadcrumbs. They also contain onion and green beans.
They are made with vegetarian cheese, and are approved by the vegetarian society. They are not suitable for those with nut allergies as they are made in a production area which uses nuts.
These come in a cardboard box, which has a picture of the product on the front, as well as all the information you could need on the back.
~Cooking them~
These can be cooked one of three ways. You can either grill them, which takes 16 minutes, oven bake, which takes 20 minutes, or shallow fry in oil for 9 minutes.
At first I was cooking these under the grill, but I found that when I tried to remove them, they were falling apart, and going between the bars of the grill. I now choose to cook these in the oven, as when they're on a baking tray, you can pick them up using a fish slice, which makes it a lot easier to pick them up without them falling apart.
~My thoughts~
When these come out of the oven, they are a lovely golden brown colour. As I said, they easily fall apart, which is due to the filling being so soft.
I hate raw vegetables or cooked vegetables which are still a bit crunchy, so I was pleased that the cauliflower in these is nice and soft. The cheese is tasty and has quite a strong flavour which is good as cauliflower cheese can sometimes be a bit too bland if made with mild cheese.
These have a lovely texture, with the crunchy breadcrumb coating and the smooth, creamy cauliflower cheese filling. I would never have thought to put green beans with cauliflower cheese, but in fact, with the flavour of the onion coming through as well, it makes a very tasty combination.
~Nutritional Info~
These are not particularly healthy, as the cheese increases their fat content greatly. Each grill contains...
240 calories
5g protein
21.8g carbohydrate
14.8g fat
0.5g sodium (salt)
I buy these from either Iceland or Heron Frozen foods, and they cost £1 for a box of 4.
I really like these, they have a lovely flavour and texture, and they're cheap too. I wouldn't eat them too regularly because they're quite high in fat, but to have now and again, they're great.


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Release Date: 24 August 2009 | Certificate: Parental Guidance
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Disney restarts their beloved Witch Mountain franchise with this family-friendly adventure. Dwayne Johnson (THE GAME PLAN) stars as a taxi driver who gets more than get bargained for when he picks up two teen runaways (AnnaSophia Robb and Alexander Ludwig). Not only do the pair possess supernatural powers, but they're also trying desperately to escape people who have made them their targets.
Release Date: 24 August 2009
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Actors: Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Carla Gugino, Ciaran Hinds, Alexander Ludwig, Tom Everett Scott, Chris Marquette, Cheech Marin and Garry Marshall
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Dallas - Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic and No 3 Roberta Vinci advanced to the quarter-finals on Tuesday at the WTA Texas Open, a tune-up event for next week's US Open in New York.
Jankovic, the former world number one from Serbia, defeated Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 to line up a quarter-final clash against eighth-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania, a 6-1, 7-5 winner over France's Alize Cornet.
Italy's Vinci encountered little resistance in a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Slovakia's Polona Hercog. She'll face seventh-seeded Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa, who beat New Zealand's Marina Erakovic 6-4, 7-6 (7/3).
Vinci, who won the last three games to close out her match, said she was feeling confident with the US Open due to start on Monday on the hard courts of Flushing Meadows.
"I played good tournaments in Montreal and Cincinnati," Vinci said. "I like to play on hard courts. I like to play on fast courts. I play a lot of slice, probably that's why I play on fast courts.
"I won (Monday) 6-2, 6-2. I won (Tuesday) 6-2, 6-3, so for sure, I'm confident, and we will see tomorrow," she said. "But I am confident going into the US Open."
Fourth-seeded Belgian Yanina Wickmayer was a second-round casualty, falling to Australian Casey Dellacqua 6-4, 6-3.
Dellacqua, a qualifier, will face unseeded Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak who beat compatriot Eugenie Bouchard 6-2, 6-2.
Sixth-seeded Peng Shuai of China moved safely through with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over France's Pauline Parmentier.
Peng will face wild card Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia, who beat Croatian Mirjana Lucic 7-6 (7/5), 6-2.
Results from the WTA Tour's Texas Open on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):Second round:Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt Mirjana Lucic (CRO) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2Peng Shuai (CHN x6) bt Pauline Parmentier (FRA) 6-4, 6-2Roberta Vinci (ITA x3) bt Polona Hercog (SLO) 6-2, 6-3Chanelle Scheepers (RSA x7) bt Marina Erakovic (NZL) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3)Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) bt Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 6-2, 6-2Casey Dellacqua (AUS) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL x4) 6-4, 6-3Sorana Cirstea (ROM x8) bt Alize Cornet (FRA) 6-1, 7-5Jelena Jankovic (SRB x2) bt Arantxa Rus (NED) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2
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Easy Cranberry Orange Bread Recipe
Slices of this citrusy bread are scrumptious for breakfast. I've adapted the recipe over the years to fit my needs as a diabetic.—Doris Heath, Franklin, North Carolina
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup quick-cooking oats
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup orange juice
- 1/2 cup egg substitute
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 1 tablespoon grated orange peel
- 3/4 cup chopped fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed
- 1. In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. In another bowl, combine the orange juice, egg substitute, oil and orange peel; mix well. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in cranberries.
- 2. Pour into an 8x4-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 55-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack. Yield: 1 loaf (12 slices).
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1 slice: 212 calories, 7g fat (1g saturated fat), 1mg cholesterol, 138mg sodium, 35g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 2g fiber), 4g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1 fat.
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What is normal memory loss? It's perfectly natural to feel a little worried when you forget something, particularly when you are in your forties and fifties and in the knowledge that around five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's and some of those are the in the same age range as you.
How can you tell the difference between your memory issues and something more significant? Clearly if you are really concerned you need to seek medical advice but we will quickly go through the sort of situations that might be causing your memory loss and give you some pointers to help improve your brain health.
The first situation you might find is when you have the sort of lapses that are of themselves not life changing. We all forget things; the name of a song or the odd appointment, why we've just walked into a room for something and forgetting what it was. These are all everyday types of lapses we all get from time to time.
These normal slowing down of recall are connected to a naturally aging brain and many other lifestyle factors like stress. If you are disrupted constantly with memory problems then there might be something else going on but, it's a good sign if despite those occasional frustrating memory lapses, you can still hold that the job, get up in the morning, take up hobbies, engage socially and look after yourself.
Secondly there are lots of brain fitness tests products available online and there is no evidence that those can reverse the sort of memory loss associated with illnesses like Alzheimer's. If you are engaged with some brain training program and have seen improvement then that's a good sign.
If you are still forming new memories by learning new things then again that's a good sign. Memory dementia is an inability to form new memories so if you can learn new things then that's great. There are a lot of brain improvers around, you can get courses for your computer, and you can get books of crossword, brain teasers and Sudoku, all of which will maintain brain fitness.
If you have just started on a course of medication and are concerned that might be having an effect on your memory then it could well be the case. Before you get too stressed that your memory loss is a problem, consider whether there been any changes to your lifestyle recently, have you been put on a course of cholesterol drugs or statins for example? Always check whether any new prescriptions might have an effect on your memory if you are concerned about it.
If no one else seems to notice your memory loss then it will not be serious. Certainly some people might not mention it for fear of offence but constant memory loss can cause a lot of friction and if members of your family or friends complain that you are constantly forgetting appointments or making mistakes that you can wouldn't normally make then you may wish to seek some medical advice. What we're talking about here is something more sinister than the occasional slip and the teasing around that. These are the sort of memory lapses which are grating on others so may be indicative of wider issues
Other perceived problems with the memory can be caused by stress or sleep issues or trying to do too much. You are stressed not demented. Doing more than one thing at once challenges our brain. You are actually moving your attention from one thing to another which means you are notreally attending to either fully and this can create a short term memory loss. Not getting enough sleep is another factor because the brain is still working on while we are asleep, processing and organizing. Sleep deprivation and stress can affect memory as increases in cortisol can interfere with the brain cells. If you are tending to forget and are sleeping well, not stressed at work or at home and your family are noticing this then these are all the early signs them something else might be going on.
So if you have reached the conclusion that to your occasional memory lapses are nothing to worry about but want to improve your brain health, what can you do? We have already touched on the sort of brain fitness challenges and online programs you might want to consider but you should also be aware of other factors including your diet. You might find a general all round brain fitness supplement like brainfire could help. It has had good reviews and has the sort of ingredients one would be looking for to improve brain health.
Other factors to consider apart from your diet, reducing stress levels and cutting down on the alcohol consumption which can of course create memory problems of its own if used in excess. Taking a good hard look at our lifestyle is not a bad thing and may certainly help you to distinguish your brain problems from those associated with dementia.
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Kids need more than anything to belong and be safe if they're to succeed in school -- after a career in inner-city schools, Myra Laramee knows that all too well.
"Belonging is missing for a lot of young people," Laramee told an all-candidates meeting Thursday night for Winnipeg School Division's Ward 2 held in Wolseley.
There are gangs even in Wolseley, Laramee warned.
A child's mind, body and spirit are affected by what that child sees and hears, said Laramee, a retired nationally honoured aboriginal educator.
"We need more people who can put racism on the table," and deal with what holds children back, she said. "There are too many young people going back to school as adults," who should get their education the first time around, Laramee said.
The meeting Thursday evening appears to be the only all-candidate session scheduled anywhere in the city prior to Wednesday's municipal election.
Only 23 people old enough to vote were in the audience, including organizers from the Wolseley Residents Association and a handful of campaign workers.
Candidates were unfailingly civil, not one breath expended on attacking anyone else, candidates picking up each other's ideas on helping kids and running with them.
Incumbent Kristine Barr repeatedly cited the need to continue improving graduation rates. "What's been missing is strong engagement with community partners" to work with students, she said.
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Just-retired teacher Rolf Salfert called for across-the-grades Canadian heritage courses and more teachers to reduce class sizes. The division needs a new high school in the northwest to ease overcrowding at Sisler High School, he said.
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U.S. Ex-Im Bank Funds Dirty Mine in Australia
Today the U.S. Export-Import Bank approved US $694 million in financing for the massive Roy's Hill Mine project in Western Australia over the objections of US conservation groups who charged that the environmental review was flawed and did not comply with US conservation laws.
Photo Port Hedland iron ore facility with mangrove and wetlands, Pilbara region of Western Australia by Teri Shore, SeaTurtles.org, 2009
"Here we go again with the U.S. exporting environmental destruction in order to subsize multi-billion dollar corporations and rich CEOS who don't even need the money," said Teri Shore, Program Director at Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN - http://seaturtles.org/index.php) in California. "The Ex-Im Bank must at least require an environmental review and public process as required on our own soil."
TIRN and two allied conservation groups analyzed the plans for the massive new open-pit iron ore mine, railway and port near Port Hedland and discovered major threats to endangered species, plants, air and water that were not adequately considered or prevented as required under the U.S. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Endangered Species Act (ESA).
TIRN argued in comments to the Ex-IM Bank that sea turtles and other marine species protected under the ESA that rely on the mangroves and marine habitat in Port Hedland would be harmed by the new port facilities that will be built for shipping iron ore from the mine. Juvenile green and flatback sea turtles were identified as utilizing mangrove habitat where the Roy's Hill port facility is being built. The extensive dredging required for the port facilities is also likely to harm, harass or otherwise disturb sea turtles and other marine species protected under the ESA.
Download Environmental Comments on the Roy's Hill Mine Project here. http://seaturtles.org/downloads/Roy%20Hill%20Comments%20FINALLogo.pdf
The U.S. Ex-IM Bank said the US $694 million is going to Roy Hill Holdings of Australia (CEO Gina Rinehart) contingent upon the purchase of U.S. mining and rail equipment from Caterpillar Inc., GE, and Atlas Copco.


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America, Take Note: Three Lessons the Netherlands Learned After Decades of Evolving Its Drug Policy
Open Society Foundations (OSF) released a report this summer, Coffee Shops and Compromise, analyzing the history and effect of the Netherlands' drug evolution starting with a revision to the Opium Act in 1976.
As a country that's reached an important junction of consciousness in reforming its' drug laws, this report deserves a close look.
These are three chief lessons the Netherlands learned after decades of evolving drug policy:
- Decriminalization doesn't increase drug use.
Although a favored argument by those who hail the deterrent from criminalization, decriminalization fueling an increase in drug usage isn't consistent with the results of countries that have actually decriminalized drugs. Based on a paper by Cato Institute on Portugal's decriminalization, it was found "In almost every category of drug, and for drug usage overall, the lifetime prevalence rates in the pre-decriminalization era of the 1990s were higher than the post- decriminalization." It should be underscored this includes a decrease in drug use among the two critical age groups (13-15 and 16-18) of teens, an important statistic since these are the formative years for brain development and a primary concern from those who claim tolerant drug laws will equate with increased usage among young people. It seems that more tolerant laws coupled with honest education is proving to be the way to go. Studies regarding decriminalization in the Netherlands have echoed Cato's findings about usage not increasing.
- You can successfully separate drug markets.
In light of a hard-drug epidemic in the 1970's and '80's, the Netherlands sought to keep young people away from heroin and cocaine. Clear distinctions between "soft" and "hard" drugs is how the Netherlands chose to do it. By separating drug markets, they effectively severed the "gateway" potential that many loosely claim pot confers. It seems prohibition, which lumps substances together and necessitates one buy from the black market, may be the gateway culprit rather than cannabis. Scientists from the American Journal of Psychiatry, British Journal of Addiction, and the Institute of Medicine, to name a few, echo these phenomena with scientific studies finding no causal link between cannabis and harder drugs. Should heroin be treated as the same as cannabis or psilocybin? Because of unfair and unscientific drug scheduling in the U.S., many are not able to think and talk intelligently about the drastic difference between these substances.
- Commitment to public health-driven drug policy contributes to reduction of drug-related harm.
Much is to be gained by retreating from the status quo. The Netherlands gained control of their hard drug problem in a couple decades and now boast one of the lowest rates of hard drug use in the European Union because of honest education and government information, and have the healthcare system to take care of the now aging addicts. Also, the "Netherlands consistently features low prevalence of HIV among drug users, reads the Introduction to the OSF report, "cannabis use among young people on par with the European average and a citizenry that has generally been spared the burden of criminal records for low-level, non-violent drug offenses."
The wheels of change have been set in motion in the U.S. however there is a lot of inertia still to overcome. Doubts will persist and the same banal arguments will be voiced from those urging we continue to do more of the same.
Profits may not be an immediate benefit of a non-criminal, public health approach to drugs, but we have to ask ourselves what kind of value systems we stand by: violence, and profiting at all costs, even if it's from sick or incarcerated people or promoting compassion, peace and safety, and the health and mental well-being of individuals?
I know where I stand. Do you?
Christopher Soda is an intern with the Drug Policy Alliance.