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Black Dog 2007
JimmyOutrider posted a topic in O2 Arena Concert, London - 12.10.07I was listening to Celebration Day the other day, and I noticed that when they played Black Dog, my favourite track, there was no intro. It's always been Out On The Tiles (apart from when it was changed to Bring It On Home for The Song Remains The Same). Anyone know why it wasn't played?
Jimmy Page and July 7th
mrlowry posted a topic in Pre / Post-Zeppelin ForumI don't post here very often but do read the contributions of other. Today I noticed a strange coincidence when I was looking at my Facebook feed and I don't remember the topic being mentioned or discussed here. The last Jimmy Page-era Yardbirds concert was July, 7th 1968 and the last Led Zeppelin concert with John Bonham was exactly 12 years later on July, 7th 1980. After some additional research it turns out that the last Jimmy Page and Robert Plant concert was July 7th, 2001. What is going on with July 7th and Jimmy Page?
1973 NBC News Report featuring Led Zeppelin footage
Strider posted a topic in NewsI assume most of you have seen 1975 NBC News report that popped up a while back featuring footage from Led Zeppelin's 1975 tour. Now making the rounds is yet another NBC News report...this one from August 1973. Ostensibly about the Payola scandal in the music industry, but really it is just another excuse for MOR America to look down their snooty noses at Led Zeppelin. I was a Walter Cronkite kid myself, so I missed this report when it originally aired...but it cracks me up how the oldtimers always called them 'THE Led Zeppelin'.
Best Song
Lala Land posted a topic in Led Zeppelin NewbiesAfter going on a Zeppelin listening spree, I thought about how different the sons were nd what other people like. My favourite acoustic song is Babe I'm Gonna Leave You and my favourite electric one is Immigrant Song. These are my favourites, what are yours?
Lawsuit over Stairway to Heaven
jim6225 posted a topic in NewsI just read about a new pending lawsuit over Stairway to Heaven, and wanted to give my opinion. It's not the first time LZ has been sued, and probably won't be the last. Here's a link to the article at Businessweek. Note 1: I didn't proofread, edit, or spellcheck this. This is the web, FTLOG. Let the errors go. Note 2: This is one man's opinion. There's a detailed story in Businessweek about the latest copyright infringement lawsuit against Led Zeppelin, one of my favorite bands. I've read most of the biographies and sagas about LZ, plus I have all their music and videos. With that level of interest, I've followed the lawsuits. The suits ask interesting questions of us: what is a "basic" sound that simply exists for anyone to create a variation of, what is a song that loosely inspired another, and when is borrowing considered copying (or stealing) under the law? I feel bad for judges and juries who have to sort these things out, because it's an example of human culture being shoved into a rectangular box, and it can't possibly fit. That's probably why most of these lawsuits are settled prior to an official ruling. These kinds of lawsuits exist in nearly all aspects of life: technology -- hardware and software, books and other writing, cars, etc. I once read that 99% of all cell phones sold in the world yield some of the profits to Microsoft because the company owns so many technology patents. Companies like Microsoft, Apple, Google, and countless others, often buy companies not for their products or services, but to acquire the patent portfolio. It's complicated and fascinating. The latest lawsuit against LZ involves Stairway to Heaven, which sounds a lot like a song called Taurus, by the band Spirit. Does that mean it's copyright infringement? Hard to say. Many people have tried to say LZ's song White Summer (sometimes called Black Mountainside or White Summer / Black Mountain Side) is theft of a Bert Jansch song. To make things more interesting, Jimmy Page started doing the song with The Yardbirds, before LZ was formed. Jansch is (was) a British folk guitarist and singer who did his own version of the song, which he called Black Waterside. Turns out, Jansch's song is similar to a song called Mustapha, by Davy Graham, which came out a couple of years before Jancsh released his own version. Jansh's song is also similar to Graham's guitar version of She Moved Through the Fair. Some say LZ should credit and pay Jansch and Graham. However, Black Mountainside is a British (or maybe Scottish, I can't remember) folk song dating back hundreds of years. This makes it fair game for anyone to use for inspiration, and is likely the reason LZ hasn't been sued over their version. Another area of creativity I've enjoyed, and one that intersects with Led Zeppelin, is fantasy novels -- although not for many years. There just isn't enough good fantasy out there to get fired up (with a few notable exceptions). Tolkien is, of course, the Founding Father, and has never been bettered. When I plowed through The Lord of the Rings as a kid, I thought it was the most creative thing anybody had ever produced. I found out it's not nearly as creative as I thought, starting with elves. Elves existed in popular culture in Celtic and Dark Age Britain, and probably most Celtic areas, at least a thousand years before Tolkien came along. They were thought to exist in a parallel universe, traveling back and forth between their own world and ours through known gateways. The Isle of Avalon in Arthurian mythology is the most famous of these gateways. Myrlin the magician, of Arthurian mythology, could travel freely between both worlds, and he is rendered as Gandalf in LOTR. The elven folklore was so powerful that England's first king, Alfred, is associated with elves. Alfred, btw, was spelled Aelfred at the time, with the A and E combined in the Old English ash character. Today's "alf" could just as easily have been rendered "elf". The name means, literally, "elf councillor". One had to be very important to give advice to the elves, as the people of the time believed, because the race was considered wise and mysterious. In LOTR, Frodo was formally named Elf Friend by the elves. It was a high honor, borrowed by Tolkien wholly from real folklore that existed for thousands of years. To this day, there is some debate about whether "Alfred" was the name of the king, or his title, or both. The way people thought in the 9th century was so different from our own, we may never know. My opinion is that if a royal family in 9th century Anglo-Saxon / Danish England named a second or third son, as Alfred was, A Councillor to Elves, they would have been viewed as incredibly arrogant. Others probably gave him the title, and it was assumed as his name. This was fairly common at the time -- choosing, or adopting a name chosen by others, after attaining a high office. Midieval kings did this as a matter of routine. This ancient history can be seen today in the way Popes change their name upon attaining the office. As for Tolkien, his major works were loosely designed to provide a creation myth for Great Britain, so they needed to feel like they originated in the Dark Ages or earlier -- hence the similarities to the folklore and literature of the period. If you read the Niebelungenlied (sp?) and the Kalevala (sp?) and Arthurian literature and some other Dark Age stories, you quickly discover that Tolkien is not nearly as creative as most people seem to believe. He had some novelties, and was a great writer, and crafted a heavyweight story on things that mostly existed earlier. He plagiarized nothing, yet invented little. His greatness was the story and the writing. Magic rings? Like elves, commonplace for the era, and not invented by Tolkien. Today we see an echo of this ancient history whenever a wedding ring is placed on a finger. Tolkien was influenced by many sources, and he in turn was a major influence on Robert Plant, the primary lyricist for Led Zeppelin. Many LZ songs contain references to LOTR. And, just like Tolkien's writings, many LZ songs can be traced back to older sources -- other rock songs or earlier blues songs, but that doesn't necessarily mean theft. If it was that easy, Robert Jordan would have been sued by Tolkien's estate for the Wheel of Time series of fantasy novels. Tennyson's estate, if it still existed, would sue both, except that copyrights expire after awhile. The descendants of Beowulf's author would sue everyone. Tolkien was, after all, an Anglo-Saxon (Old English) scholar and considered one of the best translators of Beowulf. A recent lawsuit was that of Dan Brown over his authorship of The Da Vinci Code. The authors of a non-fiction (although highly speculative) book called Holy Blood, Holy Grail sued Brown because, they said, Brown fictionalized their book. I don't believe Brown denied this, and after reading both of those books, I can say he would have been foolish to deny it -- they're nearly identical at the idea level. Brown won because, as the British court said, an idea can't be copyrighted. The main idea in both books is the Holy Grail, a powerful motif of Arthurian mythology, which greatly influenced Tolkien, who greatly influenced Robert Plant. This why I wrote this long-winded post -- so many parallels, so many connections, so much gray area, and occasionally a court of law has to sort out the meaning of it all and how the law applies. Ridiculous and fascinating. Oh, I also wrote this because I love LZ and Tolkien, and also because I believe law must exist, and because it's a mostly rational concept that deals with irrational human beings, it will never function well. So, what's the dividing line between an idea and an original work of creativity, protected by copyright laws? LZ will win the new lawsuit if they can demonstrate that the song Taurus had nothing to do with Stairway to Heaven or that Taurus was merely the idea that prompted an original work. The Businessweek article shines a light on this: "Ultimately, the legal test isn't what experts say. Under U.S. law, the standard a jury or judge would apply is whether the song in question sounds like a copy to an ordinary lay listener." Tolkien's estate will never have to deal with these types of lawsuits because the copyright on Dark Age literature is long expired, and also because the exact authorship of many of the works is impossible to prove, but these are the only reasons. I've read most of the source material that influenced Tolkien, such as the Arthurian stuff, the Kalevala, the Norse sagas, the Niebelungenleid, Beowulf, the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, Taleisin, Aneirin, etc. I've also listened to most LZ music, as well as the source material. The parallels are uncanny. If LZ stole Taurus and re-worked it as Stairway to Heaven, then Tolkien stole Gandalf from Old Welsh writers. I don't hold it against Tolkien -- I don't consider him a thief -- and I don't consider LZ a thief over Taurus. The inspiration seems clear, but I think it stops well short of copyright infringement. I'd give you 10:1 the suit is settled out of court with a small monetary payout and a new credit appearing on future releases of Stairway to Heaven.
No Quarter live
Misfit posted a topic in Led Zep LiveWhat are some of your favorite live versions of No Quarter? Some of my favorites are: 7/20/73 7/21/73 7/29/73 1/12/75 4/27/77 4/28/77 6/23/77
Led Zeppelin's Influence on Popular Music from 1969-1990
pjfischer posted a topic in Led Zeppelin Master ForumCan anyone point me towards articles (both primary and secondary sources) that describe Led Zeppelin's influence on popular music? Although their influence is well known, it is not well documented and as such is hard to find evidence. (I'm doing a small research paper on them and their influence/effect on popular up until the 90s). Thanks!
Possible real reason Plant doesnt want to Zep again?
borrowed time posted a topic in Led Zeppelin NewbiesSo, I had been wishing that Zeppelin would tour one last time so I could see them once, missed them as a kid and kicking myself for it. I figure they wouldn't be as good as they were 20 years ago, but still, cool. I have been keeping track of the back & forth between Plant & Page about reuniting and was frustrated by the outcome. HOWEVER, I have been listening to alot of Plant's later work and came up with a theory; Was Plant ever really into the harder, "metal" type hard rock? Most of the work he's done has been slower blues, folk, and nearly country music as with Alison Krauss. NOTE: I love this later work, so this isnt a slam on it! So, to you folks out there that know Plant better, what do you think? Thank you!
Dogz of Zeus
zepstonesaerosab posted a topic in Other Bands / MusicHi guys, I wanted to introduce you to my band, based out of NYC. We are called Dogz of Zeus. Some of our material is more metal, but our rock and ballad stuff is very influenced by Led Zeppelin. I wanted to share a couple videos of one of our more mellow songs called The Circle to see if you guys can dig it:
O2 Kashmir Best Ever?
JaredR59 posted a topic in O2 Arena Concert, London - 12.10.07Do you guys think the o2 Kashmir was the best ever? Or was it the 1979 Knebworth?
Stairway to Heaven Cover (The Violution)
Jennifer Lynn posted a topic in Musician's CornerSharing a little video teaser of The Violution's cover of "Stairway to Heaven" with only electric violin, bass and drums. Enjoy (FYI No guitars were used in the recording of this track.) www.theviolution.com
Cover Compilation of Whole Lotta Love
Ermin Axl Hafizović posted a topic in Led Zeppelin Master Forum
Outrider opinions
JaredR59 posted a topic in Pre / Post-Zeppelin ForumI personally like Outrider I think has more of Jimmy's hard rock and bluesy feel. Unlike some of Robert's later projects. (I enjoy Robert's solo career as well)
UK Visit
Sydni posted a topic in Led Zeppelin NewbiesHello all, I will be visiting the United Kingdom this May. I want to take advantage of the trip and find places to visit that have significance in relation to Led Zeppelin. Whether it be venues they have played, places they have lived, or museums. Please let me know!
John Bonhams Drumming Explained
TheR0ver posted a topic in Led Zeppelin Master ForumJohn Bonhams Drumming Explained Rather a heady title I admit. I don't think anyone can fully explain him. However I have been playing the drums for roughly 38 years, and I started out wanting to be like him at the age of 5. (And Ringo). So I thought some of you might want some insight from a drummer who has studied a master. Because after all, to become a master one must study a master. This could well be a 100 page essay, but in the interest of brevity I have selected a few songs hopefully everyone has access to, and noted time marks where applicable to illustrate my examples. John Bonham could play with feel, a deep enveloping feel. He was a drummer where "feel" came first, time second. Whereas, in the case of Neil Peart for example, time is first, feel is second. Bonzo also had the amazing quality of being powerful, yet nimble. He also had swing, as is evident in Candy Store Rock, Kashmir, Out On The Tiles, just to name a few. It is easy to see his jazz/swing influences such as Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa, and Joe Morello. In fact John Bonham borrowed a lot of of Joe Morello's triplet ideas. Dazed and Confused Of course the most noticeable God like quality of his drumming was his speed. He could bend time. The good drummers can do this, our brains can move in nanoseconds, calculating what you just played, what you are playing, and what you are going to play all at once. The best example of John's speed is the end of Dazed and Confused (from The Song Remains The Same). There have been fierce debates as to whether it is has been sped up, but I can assure it has not. The hand is quicker than the eye. I also know because I can play it. Same song now, different example: Note at the 11:59 mark how Jimmy Page lets Jonesy and Bonzo take over in this rhythmic interlude. This is a great example of how fast and tight the rhythm section was, and how important it was to the success of the band. Trampled Under Foot Here is another example of the blistering speed at which he could play. And maintain throughout a 10 minute song. At the 4:36 mark we get a glimpse of John's concentration, he is definitely "in the zone", and as you can see, sweating and working very hard. Moby Dick/Over The Top Another great glimpse into the happiness and concentration on John's face occurs at 4:56, 5:20, and 6:04. One of things I believe that made Zeppelin great was the happiness in their music. The Song Remains The Same The happiest and most swinging Zeppelin song, in my opinion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he6TQsU8d6k John has an interesting approach to this song where alternates the lead beat of the bar between the snare drum and the bass drum. Just another example of his jazz feel, and his attention to detail. When The Levee Breaks Some more interesting attention to detail here at the 1:35 mark. At one time I thought this was tape noise, but I'm convinced it's John making the sound of water bursting through a small hole. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEKkJHSO8A0 Of course this is also one of the best known songs for capturing his drum sound. Although there were some interesting recording techniques used, the sound still came from the drummer. He played the first note on his bass drum with an accent (hitting it harder) then silencing his drum head with his bass drum mallet before striking the second note just after. Simple yet genius. Here is a great example of his speed and nimbleness around the kit at 5:16, and his incredible foot speed at 5:26 We can also witness the sheer speed of his wrists with his machine gun drum rolls at 6:48. In closing I want to say happy birthday to the most intelligent, powerful, soulful, nimble, quickest, passionate and and talented rock drummer of all time.
REMASTERED HOUSES OF THE HOLY (ALL EDITIONS): Post Your Reviews/Reactions/Thoughts Here
Strider posted a topic in Led Zeppelin ReissuesNow that the remastered "Houses of the Holy" has been released, here is where you can post your feelings, good or bad, about the reissue. This goes for whether you only got the remastered original album, or if you got the Deluxe Vinyl package or if you went whole hog and got the Super Deluxe Editions. Or even if you just got the HD downloads. Whatever format you got this remastered "Houses of the Holy", give us your review. How does it sound to you as compared to the original vinyl or the old cds? Do you like the packaging? Were there any flaws or screw-ups in your opinion? What sounds better? What sounds worse?
The Complete BBC Sessions and possible How the West was Won reissue
firstname.lastname@example.com posted a topic in Led Zeppelin Master ForumThe upcoming release of The Complete BBC Sessions got me thinking. In 2007 Jimmy rereleases The Song Remains the Same with previously unreleased tracks like Over the Hills and Far Away (although the rerelease was still missing the organ solo / Thank You of which the organ solo is ??). Then in 2014-2015 he rereleases all the studio albums with never before heard outtakes and mixes (of which my favorite would definitely have to be 10 Ribs & All Carrot Pod Pod (Pod) from the companion disc for Presence). Now it's 2016 and Jimmy is rereleasing BBC Sessions with a companion disc. Do you see the pattern? I think we're finally going to get to hear the missing tracks from How the West was Won in good quality. The Communication Breakdown from June 25th, 1972 is my personal favorite version. I don't know if any of you guys noticed but sometime around 1970 Jimmy started playing the chorus part of Communication Breakdown a little differently. The part when Robert goes "communication breakdown, it's always the same, I'm having a nervous breakdown drive me insane" in the studio version and in all the live versions on the Led Zeppelin DVD and all the live versions on BBC Sessions (except for the sample song from the new BBC Sessions companion disc that you can buy on iTunes right now) he plays the guitar part the normal way which is basically bar chord on the fifth alternating pinky on the ninth then bar chord on the seventh alternating pinky on the eleventh (see the Led Zeppelin Mothership tab book for a more detailed description). But on other live versions for example on the June 25th, 1972 and the blueberry hill version and the earl's court 1975 version the chorus part gets changed to something I haven't entirely figured out how to play yet. Anyways, I predict that How the West was Won is going to get rereleased sometime within the decade and we're going to finally get to hear good quality versions of the missing songs like Tangerine, Communication Breakdown, Louie Louie (I'm most excited about this one), and Thank You. What do you guys think? Will How the West was Won get a rerelease with the missing songs?
LED ZEPPELIN's entire DISCOGRAPHY covered in 6 minutes on drums (VIDEO)
Lorenzo Ferrari posted a topic in Other Bands / MusicHere's my new video: LED ZEPPELIN's entire DISCOGRAPHY covered in 6 minutes on drums! Hope you like it! ?
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SteveAJones posted a topic in NewsClassic Rock April 2009 issue (UK)
complete bbc sessions Interviews for "The Complete BBC Sessions" release - 2016.
Ross62 posted a topic in NewsFollowing the latest Led Zeppelin news this year for the upcoming release of "The Complete BBC Sessions" on September 16.Please post interviews regarding this here.
led zeppelin Led Zeppelin On The Web And/Or Alternate Places
Edwin King posted a topic in Led Zeppelin Newbieshttp://ultimateclassicrock.com/led-zeppelin-legal-fees/
I think this was close to led zep!
Adrianovanta posted a topic in Musician's CornerHi everybody! i'm a huge fan of led zeppelin. I live in rome and i think that this new tribute band is very great! Tell me waht you think about! cheers
led zeppelin If you could only have one CD of Led Zeppelin?
email@example.com posted a topic in Led Zeppelin NewbiesHypothetical: If you could only have one CD of Led Zeppelin what would you put on it? Can be from studio, live, 2014-15 outtakes, bootlegs, etc, whatever you want. No caveats. (Also a CD can fit 80 min of music).
Biggest fail live
Klape posted a topic in Led Zep LiveHi ! We can say it, Led Zeppelin was an awesome live band .. most of the time .. but sometimes thing just doesn't work right. It can be interesting to see some fail moments they did. And sorry if I make mistake I'm french Well it wasn't Led zeppelin but for Robert Plant, I think of the Live AID in 1985 when he totally stop Page in his solo on Stairway to Heaven, maybe it's the fault of one of the drummer who start the fast beat but Plant heard this repeated lick thousands of time so he knew it's wasn't the end of the solo. Link to the video : https://youtu.be/CBk-iRihSUg?t=8m25s For Jimmy Page,it's definitely the solo of Ten Years Gone at Oakland in 1977, That's just horrible : https://youtu.be/Ha11bkQGPsk?t=3m49s I can't really think of anything really bad about Bonham and even less about John Paul Jones. Maybe you have some fail to post ?
Led Zeppelin Over Europe 1980
Nutrocker posted a topic in Led Zep LiveHaving done a search, this tour doesn't get discussed much on the forum. I was hoping to start this thread so's to stir up a bit of 1980 tour discussion. As promised (threatened? ) I have put together a 1980 compilation in the tradition of my 1977 How The West Was Won II comp. Using 1st gen soundboard sources, I came up with this: LED ZEPPELIN OVER EUROPE 1980 Train Kept A Rollin' (Cologne 18 June) Nobody's Fault But Mine (Cologne 18 June) Black Dog (Cologne 18 June) In The Evening (Frankfurt 30 June) The Rain Song (Frankfurt 30 June) Hot Dog (Frankfurt 30 June) All My Love (Frankfurt 30 June) Trampled Under Foot (Berlin 7 July) Since I've Been Loving You (Zurich 29 June) Achilles Last Stand (Zurich 29 June) White Summer/Black Mountain Side (Cologne 18 June) Kashmir (Cologne 18 June) Stairway To Heaven (Berlin 7 July) Rock And Roll (Berlin 7 July) Money (Frankfurt 30 June) Heartbreaker (Zurich 29 June) Communication Breakdown (Cologne 18 June) Whole Lotta Love (Berlin 7 July) (I concede I may have made some 'controversial' choices here, but I had my reasons, which we can also discuss. Also I noticed the Cologne soundboard had a much rougher sound than the others, which had a more uniform quality to them. Damn, some of these 1980 soundboards sound good!) I have to be honest: I certainly don't have the enthusiasm for the 1980 tour that I have for, say, 1977 Some of the '80 gigs I find generally dreadful, some are just so-so, and then there are nights like Zurich and Frankfurt where the band could hit their old peak and were transcendent. Having said that, though, listening to these four shows in full over the last couple days gave me a new appreciation for the tour, and what Zeppelin was trying to do. Quite simply, they seemed to change their whole approach to performing, focusing more on playing songs than showing off with a lot of drawn out self indulgent improvisation. We all know the story about the band's 'cut the waffle' attitude towards these gigs, and quite frankly it did seem to be the right decision. There are of course some drawbacks...first and foremost some of the 1980 shows feature Jimmy Page at his absolute worst. On the basis of his sloppy, erratic playing, I don't reckon Page looks back on a lot of these performances with fondness (he has expressed enthusiasm for the Zurich and Munich shows in the past.) Though there were still moments of the old brilliance from Pagey, but they seem to come from so out of left field it makes you appreciate them that much more. Robert Plant, consummate pro that he is, seemed to switch from enthusiastic to apathetic at the drop of a hat. Some nights it sounds like he simply did not want to be there; others he's just as impassioned in his vocals as ever (particularly on the newer material). His attitude towards the audience seems to have changed as well- gone is the witty charm in his Plantations; some nights (Rotterdam and Hannover immediately come to mind) there are times when Percy seems downright contemptuous towards the audience. Plant's mixed emotions make for an interesting listen at times. John Bonham could be erratic on this tour as well; he seems to have a more restrained approach to his playing in general, though that isn't necessarily a bad thing (some nights the whole band seems subdued) and it's hard to tell if Bonzo was rethinking his whole approach to drumming or if the booze and drugs were beginning to take their toll (though Bonham had a way to go before reaching the same level of substance induced decline of somebody like Keith Moon). Then there's John Paul Jones...there were some '77 shows where JPJ really rose to the occasion and carried the band. In 1980 that appeared to be the case in general. Considering Page's (and Bonham's) erraticism, and Plant's lack of enthusiasm, JPJ is the star here. He plays more keyboards than bass than ever at these shows, and though he may have made some questionable choices in regard to his keyboard sounds, his efforts towards 'modernizing' the band's sound were admirable. As I've stated before, my biggest issue with the 1980 tour is the setlist. I admit I generally skip the whole "Rain Song"/"Hot Dog"/"All My Love" sequence; that kind of running order IMO poured saltpeter over the audience in much the same way that back to back drum and 'noise' solos did in 1977. I've no issue with them performing those songs, just that order. It's no wonder they had to pull the audience out of their stupor with "Trampled Under Foot" after that. Had Zeppelin made it to the States to tour later in the year, I could see the fluctuating momentum of the setlist causing some hostility with the punters. Any, what are yer thoughts about the tour? I know the '80 gigs have their fans and supporters here. And if yer innarested in hearing the comp I made, well, you know the drill, shoot me a PM.


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Rev. Olympia Brown is serving as a chaplain in a Boston hospital when she finds a colleague in a compromising situation involving a patient. Things rapidly move from uncomfortable to unsafe, and Olympia ends up running for her life. Even Father Jim, her partner in sleuthing, and Frederick, Olympia's lovable Englishman, can't protect her from a murderous psychopath with an unholy mission.
November 3, 1861
It is already November and this most eventful year is almost to its end. The days are short and the nights are dark and cold…and I am taking a bold step forward…but more of that anon.
My little Jonathan is pulling himself up to standing now. Once he is upright he turns and looks at me and then collapses to the floor in a fit of giggles only to do it all over again. He is a sturdy little fellow, but slight of build, not unlike his father—but I must not think of him – now or ever. Here my private thoughts and words are safe.
When I have filled these pages I shall wrap this book in a square of good fine linen and hide it away—as I have the others. One day, it might be that someone I will never know will read these words and know me, not as a sinner, but as a woman who would not be shamed nor give in to despair.
When I think that he is old enough to understand, I will tell my son the truth of who he is and how he came to be. I cannot predict what he will think of me with that disclosure. This is a curious and most unfair world. I can only pray that my son will not be stained with his mother's fall from grace. This would not be so were I born a man.
Alas, I've let myself become too serious, and that will never do. We all have our secrets. I made my choices, and I am living with them. Jonathan is a very precious gift. He will know that, as well. I count my blessings that he is fit and healthy. There are far too many headstones in the church graveyard of those poor dear little ones who did not survive that first most perilous year. In truth, I have much to be thankful for.
More anon, LFW
Olympia Brown closed the worn leather diary she'd discovered in a secret cupboard when she bought the house. Page by handwritten page, she was working her way through it and learning about the life and times of the last direct descendant of the man who built her home. She was waiting for a very important letter—a letter that would determine what she would or would not be doing for the next four months. It was due to arrive that day, and from where she sat she could see and hear the mail truck squealing to a stop at the end of her driveway.
Office of Chaplaincy and Pastoral Care
Mercy Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Dear Rev. Dr. Brown,
I am pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into our Extended Unit, Winter Chaplaincy Practicum, beginning on November 1 of this year and continuing until February 28. This unit of study requires twenty-five hours a week of combined practical and clinical work for a total of seventeen weeks, which, when completed successfully, will qualify as a credentialed unit of CPE totaling four hundred hours of supervised Clinical Pastoral Education.
You are one of a highly select group of six chaplains chosen from over fifty qualified applicants. Mercy Hospital has one of the most highly rated CPE programs in the country with a tradition of excellence which you and your five colleagues will be expected to meet, if not exceed.
Please report to the Kessler Conference Room on Monday, November 1, promptly at 9:00 a.m. At that time you will be issued your hospital identification badge and will take an introductory tour of the hospital. At 11:30 a.m. we will have a period of centering prayer in the interdenominational chapel, followed by lunch in the hospital cafeteria. We will begin our clinical discussions at 1:30 p.m. back here in the Conference Room and continue until 4:00.
I look forward to working with you and ask that on our first day together you be dressed appropriately, have writing materials with you, and arrive on time.
In faith and mercy,
Sr. Patrick Alphonsus, OP
When Olympia Brown finished reading though the letter a second time, she handed it to Frederick Watkins, her live-in significant other, and began fanning herself with the empty envelope.
"That's terrific, Olympia. I know what this means to you, and I think it's a good idea that you waited to be in the extended program. You must be thrilled. Think of it, you start in less than three weeks."
Olympia smiled and looked at the man who had come to mean so much to her. "The timing is perfect. I really wanted to have a little time when my daughter's baby was born. It was so long that I couldn't be present for her. I've missed out on so much. So when she asked me to be there for the birth of her own baby, there was no way I was going to let anything get in the way of it. But now that Laura, little Erica and all the grandparents are doing well, I can get on with my own life.
"She really is a little beauty. I'd forgotten how small they are. I suppose this makes me a sort of grandparent as well," said Frederick.
"No, my dear, watching you holding her in the hospital, I think you qualify for the real thing."
Olympia changed the subject and pointed to the letter in his hand. "That is one no-nonsense letter, Frederick. I know the CPE program at Mercy is rated as one of the best in the country, but this reads like an order to show up at boot camp—and what the hell is appropriate dress?"
"I guess that means dressing smartly."
"Does that imply I dress stupidly?"
"Not at all, my darling. My mother used to say, 'neat but not gaudy.' In England smart clothing is what you might wear in an office but not quite so impersonal. You are simply not a gray pinstripe and school tie sort of woman."
Olympia put down the envelope and frowned. "This could present a problem. Nobody cared what we wore at the college, and I've hardly been a follower of fashion. I'm built for comfort, not for speed, and my summer on Martha's Vineyard, the casual capital of the western world, did nothing at all to improve on that. I'm more shabby chic than haute couture."
"Few women are, and unless you are a policewoman or a British Airways flight attendant, neckties are not womanly attire. A pretty scarf, maybe, but not a tie. Look, why don't you just call the good nun who wrote the letter and ask her?"
"The good nun who wrote that letter sounds like a drill sergeant. She's the last person I want to look stupid in front of."
"Olympia, something simple in a subdued color, freshly ironed and devoid of cat hair, in which you feel comfortable should do it. Wear what you wear when you preach."
"I wear my clerical robe," wailed Olympia. "It covers everything."
"A bit bulky, I think," said Frederick.


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Hermione Granger had been through many tough times throughout her reasonably short life. Working together with her best friends Harry Potter and Ron Weasley she had helped bring down the greatest threat to the Wizarding World since Grindlewald. Many of her allies and friends had died and she had been left with permanent scars, physical and mental. Healing had been a long process for Hermione but she had eventually found it, all thanks to Severus Tobias Snape. Merely thinking of him caused a sad smile to show on Hermione's face. Her eyes welled up with tears and she clutched the letter in her hand close to her heart.
Severus had sent her many letters throughout their friendship, which had somehow evolved into a courtship. Hermione had cherished these letters and could never bring herself to part with them even though their had been several attempts of others trying to take them from her, mainly Harry and Ron. They had never understood Hermione's feelings for Severus and Hermione though they never could. It was rather cruel of her to say but she didn't think either of them had the capacity to understand or love another as much as Hermione had, did, Severus.
He had saved her and helped heal her when she was in a dark, terrible place. It was rather cliché in a way, like some romantic love story. She had been in so much pain, feeling as though her heart were tearing into pieces. She was racked with guilt and barely able to function. In desperation to stop feeling Hermione had turned to alcohol, somehow finding solace in a bottle of firewhisky. They had met each other at a bar, her staggering in, barely able to support her own weight, dressed up in an outfit that left very little to the imagination. She could remember the night so clearly, as if it had happened only days before, rather than decades.
It had been a Saturday night and Hermione had decided that she'd needed to get out rather than sit holed up in her apartment drinking herself practically to death. Her liver had probably been crying out in constant pain all the time so she thought she'd try give it the night off. Of course, the most likely event would have been that she'd give it about two hours tops before beginning to poison herself with alcohol again. It had happened. She hadn't had a night out on the town in so long and thought that she'd have to glam up for it. If she looked good enough she'd hoped she might even be able to pull someone other than an international quidditch star and a rather dense boy with the emotional range of a teaspoon. She meant no offence to Viktor or Ron, she loved them both in some way, just not enough to want to screw either of them again. So it came to pass that Hermione Granger, the dubbed brightest witch of her age, was trussed up like some common whore, prowling the streets of London. In one-way Hermione had been no better than the common whore. She really was the town bike. Anyone fancied a good, solid fuck all they had to do was give her a bottle of booze and she'd very willingly spread her legs.
She'd been out for less than half an hour when she decided to head into a pub. She'd sat there, chucking down the shots of vodka like there was no tomorrow. At one point if Hermione had had her way there would have been no tomorrow for her. Unfortunately Ginny Weasley had intervened and thankfully the girl had kept her peace about it. If she hadn't Hermione wouldn't have been enjoying the lovely freedom she had now, she'd probably be playing a game of pinball against the padded walls in a lunatic asylum and she'd be the pinball, complete with jumpsuit and crash helmet. Instead she was staggering along cobbled stones, oblivious as to which area of London she was in, giggling to herself. She saw a bar and immediately zeroed in, changing her direction and heading towards it. She'd pushed open the door and practically fell in. She'd wobbled over to the bar in her red stilletto's and leaned on the wood for support, requesting a triple shot of whiskey. The man behind the bar had looked at her questioningly before fully complying and giving her the triple shot. Hermione turned and toasted to the room before downing the triple shots. She turned around again and requested another. Before the bar man could answer however a hand closed round and her wrist. She looked at the hand then lifted her gaze to the arm, the torso and then eventually the face of the man holding onto her. She had gasped and then giggled girlishly as she locked eyes with none other than her old Potions Professor Severus Snape
"Hullo thar profezzor" Hermione slurred, flashing what she thought was a winning smile at him. He leaned forward until he was close enough that she could smell sandlewood oil, obviously left over from his potions brewing.
"What are you doing Miss Granger?" He hissed, low enough that no one else could hear
"Drinkin to oblivion obiously" Hermione replied, her voice quiet as well, as she too leaned in closer to him, inhaling that sandlewood smell. She'd always liked it
After that, Sandlewood had became Hermione's favourite essential oil, replacing vanilla and rose. After that and a firm reprimand Severus had dragged her out of the bar and after finding out where Hermione's apartment was had apparated her there. As soon as she touched the bed she was gone to the world. Severus had later confessed to purging her apartment of all the alcohol. He had gone further though. He had obviously been watching her for there was no other way to explain how he appeared at every drinking establishment she went to and stopped her when she was heading towards drunkenness like a runaway train. This continued for months and months until Hermione had curbed her habit and learnt how to drink sensibly. After that, Severus had never appeared again and part of her had lamented at his loss. Then she had received a letter from him and they had begun to correspond.
Hermione sighed and took the letter away from her bosom, looking down at it. She pressed it down onto the carpet and smoothed out the wrinkles on the paper as best as she could. It was the first love letter he had ever sent her, and it was the one she cherished the most.
I am sure you have heard this from many men before but you truly are beautiful. I have never seen a more gorgeous creature walk this earth. Your hair shines in the sunlight becoming cold, as soft as silk. Your skin is as smooth and soft as satin. Your lips are like the petals of a rose. Your eyes are honey, sweet nectar, and are hooks for the soul. You can hold any mans heart in your delicate hands and indeed you hold mine. I loved once before, or so I thought. Never though, have I ever felt such a depth of feeling for anyone than I do for you now. You are almost too good to be true. Your laugh bubbles up out of you like a clear stream glittering in the sunshine and makes me smile. Your mind is so fertile and imagination to rival the greatest who have ever lived. You intellect astounds me and leaves me in awe. You have the purest heart that I have ever encountered before and a soul so kind it could bring tears of joy to my eyes. You are an angel and I only wish that you could be mine. Alas. I am not fortunate enough, nor am I worthy of such a wonderful, charming and elegant woman as you. Hermione Jean Granger is perfection, even with her flaws (bossiness being one) and I wish you only the greatest of happiness. You have changed my life Hermione, my darling one; you have saved me from the darkness of my own self. My soul was shattered, beyond repair and yet you have done the impossible, you have repaired me and saved me. Know that I love you so much that my heart aches with the sheer force of it. Know that I will always love you and if you would have me, will stay with you to protect always or remove myself from your life permanently
Your willing and obedient servant
Severus Tobias Snape
Hermione watched as a tear fell onto the parchment, beginning to dissolve the ink that had written 'Severus' She had felt such great joy at the letter and immediately responded in kind, confessing her own love for him. He had claimed that she had saved him from himself but Hermione viewed it the other way round. It was safe to say that if Hermione had never met him she would have died before she reached her twenty first birthday and would never have known happiness again and the exhilaration of love.
It had not taken long after this declaration of love between Severus and Hermione that they began to see each other frequently. Hermione had moved in with Severus and shortly after that he had proposed to her. It would have been one of her most cherished memories if their wedding had not eclipsed it all.
"Do you, Severus Tobias Snape, take Hermione Jean Granger as your wife? For richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?" The priest asked Severus. Severus let go of Hermione's hand and gently stroked her cheek, whispering 'I do' and smiling the happiest smile she had ever seen in her life. She returned the smile and leaned into his hand stroking her cheek before briefly flicking her gaze to the priest. Severus kept his hand on her cheek as the priest spoke again
"Do you, Hermione Jean Granger, take Severus Tobias Snape as your husband? For richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?" The priest asked again. Hermione felt a few years escaping from her eyes as she nodded and murmured 'I do' Severus wiped the tears away with his thumb and took a step closer to her, pulling her to him
"I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss your bride" Severus wrapped his arms around Hermione, squeezing gently before pressing his lips against her own in a chaste yet heart stopping kiss. He pulled back and, smiling again, reached his hand up to stroke a few of Hermione's errant curls
Till death do you part It was death which had finally parted them, and Hermione could not bear to be without Severus. He had been her life and her love, her soul. Without him, she was nothing. Throughout all he had supported, loved, cherished and adored her. He had teased her and challenged her on so many occasions. He had given her so much love and happiness and she had returned in kind, unable to think of a life without him. Yet now, she was facing one, and Hermione could not bear it.
The love letter lay on the floor and Hermione threw herself down onto the floor beside it, hands gripping her hair and sobs wrenching themselves free from her. She screamed and wailed, barely able to breath as she choked on her own cry's. The grief and anguish, it was unbearable. A life without Severus, it was one she could not live. If there was any mercy in the world, she wouldn't have to. Yet how could there be? For Severus had been taken before her and she would probably live for many more years to come without him. It was a thought Hermione could not suffer and her wails reached fever pitch as she tore out a clump of her hair and writhed on the ground. The pain it was unbearable, a burning in her chest, a burning in her heart, spreading to her arm. Soon, it felt as though her entire body was being covered in fire. She screamed her pain again, tears still flowing free and fast before eventually falling still, her breathing becoming ragged and shallower as blackness claimed her
Yesterday, Hermione Jean Granger Snape was found dead in her home. Authorities suspect no foul play, stating that her heart gave out. Mrs Snape's husband, Severus Tobias aged 93, died only a few weeks ago; is it possible that Mrs Snape died of a broken heart? At the age of only fifty five Mrs Snape leaves behind two daughters, a son and a granddaughter. Mrs Snape is to join her husband in the crypt erected by their children. It is rumoured that Mr Snape's coffin was enlarged so that there was room for Mrs Snape to join him in the event of their death. With charms to preserve dead bodies and halt natural decay and rot it is a possibility.
The boy who lived Harry Potter, curse breaker Ronald Weasley and International quidditich legend Viktor Krum have created a statue showing Mr and Mrs Snape on there wedding day and placed it by the statue of Albus Dumbledore on the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where together they ruled the school. As joint Headmaster and Headmistress is it possible that the Snape children will be able to see their parents together in the Headmasters Office at Hogwarts?
Either way this reporter feels that Mr and Mrs Snape will always be remembered not only for their contributions to saving the wizarding world and for helping wizarding society to grow, but also for their astonishing and astounding love with a strength to rival that of the mythical Romeo and Juliet. Mr and Mrs Snape, Blessed Be
Here lieath Severus Tobias Snape and his Wife, Hermione Jean Granger Snape, lovers and friends till their last breath. Not even death can overcome a love so strong


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List of contributors
Introduction: The Emergence of Information Technology as a Strategic Issue
1 Developments in the Application of Information Technology in Business
Information technology in business: from data processing to strategic information systems
E. K. Somogyi and R. D. Galliers (with a Postscript by R. D. Galliers and B. S. H. Baker)
Part One: Information Systems Strategy
2 The Evolving Information Systems Strategy
Information systems management and strategy formulation: applying and extending the 'stages of growth' concept R. D. Galliers and A. R. Sutherland
3 Information Strategy
Assessment of information strategies in insurance companies M. T. Smits, K. G. van der Poel and P.M. A. Ribbers
4 The Information Technology and Management Infrastructure Strategy
Globalization and information management strategies /. Karimi and B. R. Konsynski
5 Change Management Strategy
Change agentry - the next information systems frontier M. L. Markus and R. I. Benjamin
Part Two: Information Systems Planning
6 Information Systems Plans in Context: A Global Perspective
Understanding the global information technology environment: representative world issues P. C. Palvia and S. C. Palvia
7 Approaches to Information Systems Planning
Experiences in strategic information systems planning M. J. Earl
8 The Information Systems Planning Process
Meeting the challenges of information systems planning A. L. Lederer and V. Sethi
9 Evaluating the Outcomes of Information Systems Plans
Managing information technology evaluation - techniques and processes L. P. Willcocks
Part Three: The Information Systems Strategy-Business Strategy Relationship
10 Measuring the Information Systems-Business Strategy Relationship
Factors that influence the social dimension of alignment between business and information technology objectives B. H. Reich and I. Benbasat
11 Information Systems-Business Strategy Alignment
The dynamics of alignment: insights from a punctuated equilibrium model
R. Sabherwal, R. Hirschheim andT. Goles
12 Strategies in Response to the Potential of Electronic Commerce
Market process reengineering through electronic market systems: opportunities and challenges H. G. Lee and Т. Н. Clark
13 The Strategic Potential of the Internet
Strategy and the Internet M. E. Porter
14 Evaluating the Impact of IT on the Organization
The propagation of technology management taxonomies for evaluating investments in information systems Z. Irani and P. E. D. Love
Part Four: Information Systems Strategy and the Organizational Environment
15 The Information Technology-Organizational Design Relationship
Information technology and new organizational forms R. Lambert and J. Peppard
16 Information Technology and Organizational Decision Making
The effects of advanced information technologies on organizational design, intelligence and decision making G. P. Huber
17 The Information Technology-Organizational Culture Relationship
Understanding information culture: integrating knowledge management systems into organizations D. E. Leidner
18 Information Systems and Organizational Learning
The social epistemology of organizational knowledge systems В. Т. Pentland
19 Information Technology and Customer Service
Redesigning the customer support process for the electronic economy: insights from storage dimensions O. A. El Sawy and G. Bowles
20 Information Technology and Organizational Performance
Beyond the IT productivity paradox L. P. Willcocks and S. Lester
Author index
Subject index
Although information systems of some form or another have been around since the beginning of time, information technology (IT) is a relative newcomer to the scene. The facilities provided by such technology have had a major impact on individuals, organizations and society. There are few companies that can afford the luxury of ignoring IT and few individuals who would prefer to be without it... despite its occasional frustrations and the fears it sometimes invokes.
An organization may regard IT as a 'necessary evil', something that is needed in order to stay in business, while others may see it as a major source of strategic opportunity, seeking proactively to identify how IT-based information systems can help them gain a competitive edge. Regardless of the stance taken, once an organization embarks on an investment of this kind there is little opportunity for turning back.
As IT has become more powerful and relatively cheaper, its use has spread throughout organizations at a rapid rate. Different levels in the management hierarchy are now using IT where once its sole domain was at the operational level. The aim now is not only to improve efficiency but also to improve business effectiveness and to manage organizations more strategically. As the managerial tasks become more complex, so the nature of the required information systems (IS) changes - from structured, routinized support to ad hoc, unstructured, complex enquiries at the highest levels of management.
IT, however, not only has the potential to change the way an organization works but also the very nature of its business (see, for example, Galliers and Baets, 1998). Through the use of IT to support the introduction of electronic markets, buying and selling can be carried out in a fraction of the time, disrupting the conventional marketing and distribution channels (Malone et al., 1989; Holland, 1998). Electronic data interchange (EDI) not only speeds up transactions but allows subscribers to be confident in the accuracy of information being received from suppliers/buyers and to reap the benefits of cost reductions through automated reordering processes. On a more strategic level, information may be passed from an organization to its suppliers or customers in order to gain or provide a better service (Cash, 1985). Providing a better service to its customers than its competitors may provide the differentiation required to stay ahead of the competition in the short term. Continual improvements to the service may enable the organization to gain a longer-term advantage and remain ahead.
The rapid change in IT causes an already uncertain business environment to be even more unpredictable. Organizations' ability to identify the relevant information needed to make important decisions is crucial, since the access to data used to generate information for decision making is no longer restricted by the manual systems of the organization. IT can record, synthesize, analyse and disseminate information quicker than at any other time in history. Data can be collected from different parts of the company and its external environment and brought together to provide relevant, timely, concise and precise information at all levels of the organization to help it become more efficient, effective and competitive.
Information can now be delivered to the right people at the right time, thus enabling well-informed decisions to be made. Previously, due to the limited information-gathering capability of organizations, decision makers could seldom rely on up-to-date information but instead made important decisions based on past results and their own experiene. This no longer needs to be the case. With the right technology in place to collect the necessary data automatically, up-to-date information can be accessed whenever the need arises. This is the informating quality of IT about which Zuboff (1988) writes so eloquently.
With the use of IT, as with most things, comes the possibility of abuse. Data integrity and security is of prime importance to ensure validity and privacy of the information being held. Managing the information involves identifying what should be kept, how it should be organized, where it should be held and who should have access to it. The quality of this management will dictate the quality of the decisions being taken and ultimately the organization's survival.
With the growth in the usage of IT to support information provision within organizations, the political nature of information has come into sharper focus. Gatekeepers of information are powerful people; they can decide when and if to convey vital information, and to whom. They are likely to be either highly respected, or despised for the power that they have at their fingertips.
Such gatekeepers have traditionally been middle managers in organizations. Their role has been to facilitate the flow of information between higher and lower levels of management. With the introduction of IT such information can now be readily accessed by those who need it (if the right ГГ infrastructure is in place) at any time. It is not surprising then that there is resistance to the introduction of IT when it has the potential of changing the balance of power within organizations. Unless the loss in power, through the freeing up of information, is substituted by something of equal or more value to the individuals concerned then IT implementations may well be subject to considerable obstruction.
Developments in IT have caused revolutionary changes not only for individual organizations but for society in general. In order to understand the situation we now find ourselves in with respect to IT, it is as well to reflect on their developments. This is the subject matter of Chapter 1. Written by Somogyi and Galliers, it describes how the role of IT has changed in business and how organizations have reacted to this change. They attempt, retrospectively, to identify major transition points in organizations' usage of IT in order to provide a chronicle of events, placing today's developments in a historical context. The chapter charts the evolution of the technology itself, the types of application used by organizations, the role of the DP/IS function and the change in the methods of system development. Such histories are not merely academic exercises, they can serve as a foundation for future progress, allowing organizations to avoid past mistakes and to build on their successes. A postscript has been added in order to bring the original article up to date, listing a number of key applications that have appeared over the past decade or so.
Cash, J. I. (1985) Interorganizational systems: an information society opportunity or threat. The
Information Society, 3(3), 199-228. Galliers, R. D. and Baets, W. R. J. (1998) Information Technology and Organizational
Transformation: Information for the 21st Century Organization, Wiley, Chichester. Holland, С (ed.) (1998) Special edition on electronic commerce. Journal of Strategic Information
Systems, 7(3), September. Malone, T. W., Yates, J. and Benjamin, R. I. (1989) The logic of electronic markets. Harvard
Business Review, May—June, 166—172. Zuboff, S. (1988) In the Age of the Smart Machine: The Future of Work and Power, Butterworth-
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While pledging to strengthen election laws, Stephen Harper's Conservatives have yet to consult with the country's chief electoral officer about his recommended changes to beef up the powers of Elections Canada to fight fraud.
Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand told a Parliamentary committee Tuesday that, since 2010, he has made a series of recommendations to modernize Canada's "19th century" election laws and give investigators new powers. But the government has not asked him about those, or involved him in the new amendments currently being drafted.
Meanwhile, the clock is ticking, with Mr. Mayrand warning that changes must be in place within one year to give him new powers during the 2015 election.
"We are up against the clock. We have a fixed date, and yes, we need to know what are the rules of the game well ahead of the game being played," he said. Without that, "the rules will be poorly understood and we will not be prepared," he said.
"It's increasingly difficult to meet Canadians' expectations with regard to the fairness and integrity of the electoral process if we don't modernize our legislation," he said.
The Chief Electoral Officer's comments come after a robo-call controversy in the 2011 election. A judge ruled last week that fraud – phone calls falsely claiming to be from Elections Canada and designed to mislead voters – did take place, though on a small scale, and was linked to the Conservative Party's private voter database. It's not clear who used the database, the judge ruled.
Mr. Mayrand's 2010 report included "a good number of recommendations that would have helped us over the past few years" in investigations, he said on Tuesday. Further recommendations were made by Mr. Mayrand five weeks ago, but the government also hasn't asked about those, he said.
"I'm surprised that the government felt that briefing the Conservative caucus was OK but not that briefing you on legislation to fix our electoral system was a good idea," NDP House Leader and committee member Nathan Cullen told Mr. Mayrand during Tuesday's meeting.
The government "will bring forward amendments to the [election] law in the not too distant future," Tim Uppal, the Minister of State for Democratic Reform, said in Question Period on Monday.
After the committee appearance Tuesday, a spokesman for Mr. Uppal said he met with Mr. Mayrand on Oct. 30 last year and April 15 this year and his "recommendations were discussed." Mr. Uppal is legally barred from consulting Mr. Mayrand on details of the election law before it's tabled in Parliament, a spokesman said.
Elections Canada said that, in each meeting, Mr. Mayrand was only "informed" generally of looming changes, which haven't yet been revealed, but not consulted or given any specifics. "The meetings were brief, and no documents were shared," spokeswoman Diane Benson said.
Mr. Mayrand issued a series of warnings during Tuesday's meeting, citing questions raised by the robo-call scandal as a reason to fast-track electoral reforms.
"I think the events of the last general election are certainly a cause of concern for Canadians, and they've told us loudly and in large numbers… We really need to modernize our legislation. We're out of sync with the times. It's not been looked at carefully. We need to bring it from the 19th to the 21st century," he said.
Specifically, he expressed concern about the sophisticated databases of voter information political parties have developed, including the Conservative system that last week's ruling said was somehow involved in voter fraud. The databases are built largely with Elections Canada information, but the information isn't meant for that, the chief electoral officer said.
"Once the information has integrated with the party's database, it's lost the intrinsic quality of being a voters list. It's no longer a voter list. It becomes data in a database," Mr. Mayrand said, later adding he wants to "enhance and tighten up regulations of the use of this information that's obtained in a privileged fashion." That could include third-party guarantees that "rules of protection of privacy will be respected and can be respected" by political parties, he said.
In last week's robo-call ruling, the judge found that six Conservative MPs "engaged in trench warfare in an effort to prevent this case from coming to a hearing" and that the Conservative Party "made little effort to assist with the investigation."
Mr. Mayrand asked for powers to force people to speak with Elections Canada investigators, similar to powers held by many provincial election authorities. In particular, Mr. Mayrand acknowledged that three individuals connected to the robo-call investigation have refused to co-operate.
That raised a concern from committee member Dave MacKenzie, a Conservative MP and former police officer.
"I have a great deal of difficulty in the suggestion that an accused has to co-operate with somebody that's conducting an investigation. It's never been my experience in policing – no one has to co-operate," he said.
Mr. Mayrand stressed he isn't asking for the power to force people to give information about themselves, but about others, and only would do so with court permission.
The chief electoral officer was also asked about how Senators or MPs must report election expenses. That question came after it was revealed Senator Mike Duffy billed Senate expenses on several days in 2011 where he appears to have been campaigning.
"The costs incurred in campaigning in favour of a candidate or a party need to be reported as election expenses," Mr. Mayrand said. Campaign documents, filed with and audited by Elections Canada, suggest at least five Conservative campaigns visited by Mr. Duffy during the 2011 election did not do this.
Mr. Mayrand also urged a national discussion on whether to allow online voting, though he acknowledged some might have misgivings about "unsupervised voting to such a large scale." He said Elections Canada needs to be overhauled to do more of its work online.
"We need to start looking at the way the voting process is designed. We need to introduce technology in the system. Right now, nowadays, I need signatures, documents, papers, all these sorts of things that are not aligned with the times. Canadians deal less and less with paper. They want to deal with us electronically," he said.
Elections Canada is facing layoffs of 32 of its 372 employees, Mr. Mayrand said. With 30 new ridings being added in 2015, the agency will need more money, he warned.Report Typo/Error
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text: The Middleby Corporation (NASDAQ: MIDD) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the net assets of Mauer-Atmos GmbH, subject to the satisfaction of certain closing conditions. Mauer-Atmos is a leading manufacturer of thermal processing systems for the food processing industry based in Germany with approximate annual revenues of $20 million. The addition of this brand complements and further strengthens Middleby's food processing equipment platform. "Mauer Atmos is a globally recognized brand with a reputation for superior quality. Its extensive portfolio of batch and continuous cooking systems will further extend our ability to offer unique and innovative solutions to our food processing customers globally," commented Selim A. Bassoul, Chairman and CEO. Mr. Bassoul further added, "I am also very pleased to announce the promotion of Ivo Cozzini to Group President of Sales and Marketing, and Magdy Albert to Group President of Operations. Ivo and Magdy will work side by side to jointly lead and further develop our growing food processing platform. Upon completion of this latest acquisition, the brands in the Middleby Food Processing Group will include Alkar, Cozzini, Danfotech, Mauer-Atmos, MP Equipment, and RapidPak." "This new structure will enable us to accelerate the coordination of activities of the expanded portfolio of brands in the Middleby Food Processing Group. Under the leadership and direction of Ivo and Magdy, we will leverage the combined strengths and resources of the group and further realize synergies from the recent acquisitions." "Ivo's deep industry experience and customer relationships will be a great asset as we coordinate efforts amongst the brands in selling and providing services to our food processing customers globally. Ivo will lead initiatives to further expand our global reach as we target developing markets and develop customized equipment solutions for our customers with our broadened portfolio of products. Prior to Middleby's acquisition in 2010, Ivo was the President and former owner of Cozzini Inc. with over 25 years of industry experience."