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As Christmas Eve approaches, the fruits of your holiday labor are about to be reaped. The tree is a work of art and your gingerbread house looks so good you wish you could live in it yourself. The presents are wrapped, the ham is ready to cook and of course your holiday baking is finally coming to a close. After slaving over an oven all December long, you are ready to share your confections with the world and are particularly excited about leaving some for Santa himself. After working so hard all season long, you are confident that the cookies you left for him are absolutely perfect. And considering that you probably got all of your recipes from The Daily Meal, we definitely do not doubt your serious baking skills. However, are you sure that your cookie plate is sending the right message?
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After literally traveling the world all evening long, Santa has had the opportunity to sample and see a large variety of cookie platters. Not to put too much pressure on you, but the man is bouncing around the globe to bring your little one(s) the best Christmas he can, you owe it to him to not only give him some stellar sweets but to show him that you care. You can accomplish this easily, so long as you know what the cookies you are leaving him say about you.
If you leave a cookie plate of boring biscottis, how do you think Santa is going to feel? By selecting options like chocolate chip or snickerdoodle, you are totally telling Santa that you love and appreciate him– but a few wrong selections and you could be sending the complete wrong message. To make sure that Santa is satisfied, and you come out glowing brighter than the star tree-topper, check out which cookies you leave for Santa say about you!
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Mrs. Howard will be hosting the Atlanta debut of the BeeLine collection on Friday, April 17 at 6 p.m. at our shop. It is by invitation only, but we would love for all of our readers in the area to be included. Please email me if you would like an invitation, and I will send one along!
We cannot wait to see the BeeLine items in our shop. It has been months in the making, and we are thrilled the time has finally arrived!
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Pope John Paul II Beatified - Case In Point Of Miraculous Cures
As I write this, all the TV stations are carrying the news of the day: Vatican has beatified the late Pope John Paul II. It was the fastest process of beatification in the almost 2000 years of the Church history. However, this post is not about the biography of the Blessed John Paul II (as he is officially addressed after the beatification) nor is it a news flash of this event. I am sure the web is full of such articles. This post is here to explain why is it such a special feat to be recognized as "Blessed" by the Catholic church because every such event means at least one testimony about something that science can't explain.
It is a widely known fact that in order for someone to be beatified, there must be at least one documented miraculous cure that occurred after praying to the venerated person which is to be beatified.
I have heard some skeptics who would have us all believe that these are cases of some poor uneducated, naive people who see someone with a nasty cold and once the cold is over, they think it's a miracle.
The reality is very different. Congregation for the Causes of Saints has a set of clear guidelines for separating a miraculous cure from an ordinary one and each of these points has to be satisfied:
- It must be established that the patient was sick
- There was no known cure for the ailment
- Prayers were directed to the Venerable
- The patient was cured
- The cure was spontaneous, instantaneous, complete and lasting
- Medicine cannot find a natural explanation.
For the argument of something being "unexplained" the points 2, 5 and 6 are especially important.
No case of miraculous cure can be recognized unless it is a case of ailment for which the medical science knows no cure. Therefore, someone suffering from something that a doctor can cure doesn't count. That is not to say that people don't pray for healing even for something that your local doctor can handle and they may indeed enjoy faster healing from it, but such cases do not count towards beatification or canonization of someone.
Point #5 is probably the biggest hurdle. It can't be a case where someone was getting better over the course of few days. Rules clearly state that the cure must be instantaneous and all signs of ailment must be completely gone. One moment someone was ill, the next day (s)he is healed. There can be no return of any symptoms.
Once that is satisfied the point #6 (Medicine cannot find a natural explanation) comes almost automatically. Medical science doesn't know about any process or pill that can instantly heal anything. That is what separates cure from miraculous cure.
Sister Marie Simon-Pierre Case
The miraculous cure that decided the beatification of the John Paul II was the case of French nun, Sister Marie Simon-Pierre. She is a member of the Congregation of Little Sisters of Catholic Maternity Wards, and she was confined to her bed by Parkinson's Disease. She experienced a "complete and lasting cure after members of her community prayed for the intercession of Pope John Paul II". As of May 2008, Sister Marie-Simon-Pierre, then 46, was working again at a maternity hospital run by her order
The case of Marie Simon-Pierre has made rounds through YouTube and news but to really understand how instant a healing can be, one needs to look at the case of Anna Santaniello.
The Miracle of Anna Santaniello at Lourdes
Bouillaud's disease is a genetically imparted illness of the heart. It causes problems with breathing, swelling of limbs and often renders people unable to walk.
Anna's brother and sister already died of this condition and in 1952 Anna was so sick that she was in bed, barely able to breathe. Her doctor and even her priest were advising her against a trip to Lourdes because it was not certain whether she could survive the journey.
In a later interview for Vatican Radio Anna remembered the desicion: "I told them all: 'I want to go. If I must die, I want to die seeing Our Lady'".
She could barely breathe and the Lourdes volunteers did not want to risk taking her from the residence for the sick down to the grotto, she said.
"I prayed with a loud voice so she would hear me, 'Blessed Virgin, you must help me,'" she said. "I saw a shadow, a shadow in the sky that whispered in my ear, 'Do not listen to them, keep going, keep going.'
"Everyone was praying for me, men and women. They had me kiss the statue of Our Lady that they had there on a small altar," she said.
Water of the baths were cold when she entered, "but after a few minutes I felt a great warmth, precisely around my heart. I felt calm. I got up and the volunteers wanted to put me back on the stretcher.
"I told them, 'Go help the others because I can do it on my own,'" she said.
"I got out and went into the square and started serving lunch to the sick," Santaniello said. "At 4 in the afternoon they have a procession with the Blessed Sacrament and I joined in, singing."
When you have a case of someone bed-bound and barely breathing being carried into a grotto with holy water and that same afternoon walking and singing in a procession, completely healed from a genetically caused illness (having already lost two siblings to it) it's hard to call it anything but miracle.
This is one of the strongest cases proving that there are events which are completely out of domain of all known biological processes. The big point here is - this case is not alone. Behind every beatification there is at least one such case, and for canonization (sainthood) it takes two such cases. Catholic Church recognizes over 10,000 saints. That is a whole lot of unexplained out there.
Anna Santaniello before healing and 50 years later
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Love that purple!
OPI Glam Slam England Collection: Swatches, Review
This time around, the OPI Serena Glam Slam Duos for the England Collection are a bit different- In the past, they have included a regular polish and a crackle top coat, but this time the two duos include a silver glittery top coat. Both duos include the silver glitter top coat, but differ in the regular polish, which include a beautiful multi-demensional purple and an intense, tinfoil silver.
Grape, Set, Match!
Grape, Set, Match!
Grape, Set, Match!
Grape, Set, Match! is absolutely gorgeous- it's a deep purple, that leans more red than blue, and has multicolored shimmer. I am in love with this shade! As you can see, I had to put two shots of this color because It likes to photograph fairly dark, but I wanted to show that it has a lot of dimension to it (though you can see that from the bottle shot!) Pink shimmer, blue shimmer.. It's so gorgeous. I can definitely see myself grabbing for this polish often!!
Servin' Up Sparkle
Servin' Up Sparkle
Servin' Up Sparkle is a clear based top coat with different sized multicolor glitter. This isn't one I would normally wear alone, and it isn't exactly a unique polish in the nail world, but the two look pretty together!
Grape, Set, Match! With Servin' Up Sparkle
I saw on another blog someone used the silver gliter top coat just on the tips (her nails were a lot longer than mine though) in a gradient-style way, and it was really pretty :) It looked like she dipped the tips in fairy dust!
Your Royal Shine-ness
Your Royal Shine-ness
Your Royal Shine-ness with Servin' up Sparkle
Your Royal Shine-ness is a bright, shimmery silver that reminds me very much of the silver shatter polish OPI released a few months ago with the Pirates collection, but (obviously) without the shatter effect. I don't feel like it's anything unique, but if you don't already have a color similar It's absolutely worth getting! I don't understand why it is in a duo with this particular glitter polish, though. You can see above, layered they don't really do anything for eachother.
Of the two duos, I'd totally recommend the one with Grape, Set, Match! Over the Your Royal Shine-ness one. LOVE that purple!!
The duos are available this month (June 2011) at OPI Retailers nationwide!
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Do you have any idea why transdesign isn't selling OPI anymore? Is there anywhere else on the internet since they aren't? Jw :)
i'm pretty sure opi put some rules in order that only salons can carry their products now, and they cannot discount for the general public :(
OMG! Grape Set Match is stunning :)
LOL is this the look you were thinking of with the purple with glitter top coat from petrilude's tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veTewQz_cwA
no no, it was one using these specific polishes
Serving up sparkle looks exactly like China Glaze's techno. :O
Grape Set Match is pretty epic though.
These colors are too gorgeous to be true! I want!!
that purple is so pretty, i found the silver shatter at my local walmart (they have a nail place, i dont think it is affiliated with walmart but is i the store none the less!) I will have to look there for that polish…do the come separately or only in a pair?
I need that purple!
oohh I just saw this on another blog but could u link the one you saw where it looks like she dipped into fairy dust *_* because that sounds incredibly awesome haha <3
Oddly enough, I just did a look very much like the second set with Give Me the 1st Dance and a Nyx Girls glitter polish I've got. I think that one's a much brighter foil, though, which makes me feel like I have disco ball nails.
I'm not usually one for constantly shopping for nail polishes, but these look very promising! I might just have to get these when they come out! I love glitter nail polishes.
Servin' Up Sparkle looks sooooo much like cover girls' color boundless glitters…. that I just found out are discontinued…. : / I guess this could be option 2 for me if I run out soon!
Grape Set Match is amazing!! I agree, though, the other two are very dupe-able. :-)
Where can I find this? Because I can't find it on the website?
Grape, Set, Match is PHENOMENAL!


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Dull, shallow characters, bad jokes and a runtime of two hours. You have been warned.
When he's not writing and producing episodes of The Simpsons, evidently James L Brooks enjoys making moderately successful romantic comedies. Propagating one almost every five years, both As Good as It Gets and Terms of Endearment are the obvious highlights.
His latest endeavour, How Do You Know, is much more in tune with the Hollywood notion of what a romantic comedy should entail and follows the more tried-and-tested formulas, in contrast with the more original and unconventional path Brooks followed earlier in his career.
Lisa Jorgenson (Reese Witherspoon) is a softball player and has been all of her coherent life. Ever since she was old enough to swing a bat she's been part of some form of sports team and consequently her grasp of the real world is tenuous. When she gets cut from the team she is faced with a question she had never given much thought too previously; what to do with her life?
She starts by going on a blind date with George (Paul Rudd), he's odd, quirky, a 'non-athlete' and also the subject of a federal investigation. Both are having the worst days of their lives and form a relationship-of-sorts because of it. Clearly confused, Lisa then moves in with her part-time boyfriend Matty (Owen Wilson), a womanising simpleton who also happens to be a professional baseball player.
Faced with a love-triangle conundrum, who will she choose: the honest, charming, genuine George or the chauvinistic, childish and unfaithful Matty? How does she really know when she's in love? The honest answer, after an excruciatingly protracted 120 minutes, is who cares?
An awkward if not enjoyable performance by Jack Nicholson as George's eccentric, manipulative and overbearing father is far from his best, but is one of the film's seldom highlights. Nonetheless, a lack of chemistry between the lead characters, very little in the way of romance and a distinct absence of comedy are flaws that are simply too large to overcome.
Brooks' films are generally defined by the interaction between their offbeat, unconventional but ultimately likeable and well-explored characters; attributes that How Do You Know severely lacks. Despite the crises occurring in each of their lives, each character manages to remain inordinately flat for the duration and it is this personality biopsy that is the film's major undoing.
If you've watched the trailer you've seen the film.
Dull, shallow characters, bad jokes and a runtime of two hours. You have been warned.
Starts badly and just gets worse.
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Fact: Women covered in zombie blood are 48% hotter.
'Green Lantern 2: Havana Nights'?
He's "intensely screen-testing" Blake Lively and Olivia Wilde amongst others. I bet he is. I bet he is.
He gets the best pot.
Looks like a big cartoon, but it's a really cool cartoon.
Blake Lively is Carol Ferris in Green Lantern.
In 8 new clips, you'll see how Hal Jordan learns to fly, thanks to the help of Fish Chicken McGee – among other things.
Get your Cliffs Notes on the origin story.
Until the Mexican cartel bogards her.
Yeah, sure. It looks like 'The Mask', but at least it doesn't look like 'Son Of The Mask'.
Oliver Stone has added a few big names to his marijuana drama / 'Pulp Fiction' Convention 'The Savages'.
What young girl doesn't dream of getting passed around like a doobie between two stoners? Blake Lively certainly must. She's the current front runner to play the female lead in Oliver Stone's new drama, 'The Savages'.
The departure of Jennifer Lawrence means that Oliver Stone must reach out to the next three biggest stars in young Hollywood.
Juliette Lewis In 'Hick'? Go on!
Hollyweird denizen Blake Lively is addicted to playing an addict.
Taylor Lautner has recently signed on to star in eight hundred and forty seven upcoming films, including Incarceron, a strange but interesting sounding young adult lit adaptation about Lautner romancing the daughter of a warden on a prison planet.
The Lonely Island is back with another SNL Digital Short, and like mature, grown men, they're boasting about their sexual conquests in song form.
Warner Bros. has dropped the trailer for The Green Lantern! …With Espanol subtitles. Ryan Reynolds plays a test pilot who receives a ring from a dying alien that lets him create anything he wants with green energy. He then gets cocky, but soon learns that he shouldn't get so cocky.
Tuesday, Entertainment Tonight is going to premiere the Green Lantern trailer that will play before Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Yesterday they premiered the teaser of that trailer in between "We're number one! We're number one!" promotional graphics.
Christopher Nolan is getting actresses lined up in a pretty little row for The Dark Knight Rises casting. Doesn't sound like Charlize and Vera are in the mix anymore, unless this is some kind of elaborate rouse, and if that's the case, Nolan **shakes angry fist**
There can be only one.
As is the trend nowadays, Baz Luhrmann is using the casting process of his new film as an opportunity to meet Natalie Portman. The director is in search for an actress to portray Daisy Buchanan opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire in his adaptation of the classic novel, The Great Gatsby.
Luhrmann workshopped the script with DiCaprio, Maguire, and Rebecca Hall but wants to expand his efforts to find the right fit. Though Hall still remains in the running, the director is also planning to shoot tests with the usual suspects: Keira Knightley, Amanda Seyfried, Abbie Cornish, Michelle Williams, Scarlett Johansson, and the recently-single Blake Lively. I see what you're doing there Baz, and I'm disappointed. I'd expect that kind of behavior from John Mayer. Not from you. (Deadline)
In this month's issue of Interview Magazine, Ben Affleck tosses questions at Blake Lively, who stars in his latest directorial effort, The Town. She gave answers and stuff, but more importantly, there are hot pics of her locked in a holding cell! In a publication where the visuals usually come second to the copy, I'm surprised they printed a spread that makes you totally forget what reading is.
Check out the pics of Blake after the jump…
It was rumored last week that Blake Lively was making a play for the role of sexy astronaut in Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity. However, it's been expected that role was Scarlett Johansson's for the taking. Well, now it's official that both ladies are pushing for the part, with reports that they both have tested for the role.
Will this create a rift between the two? Will that rift involve wrestling?? Hopefully. We'll let you know if and when Pay-Per-View tickets for the event go on sale. Gravity is said to be a really ambitious, experimental film that would require a lot from whichever actress lands the part. Neither Johansson or Lively have carried a film of this magnitude to date, but both are ready to step up. Personally, I'm really torn. Either would be super-convincing as an astronaut. (THR)
Warner Bros is moving ahead with plans for a second Green Lantern film by hiring Michael Goldenberg to handle scripting duties (as indicated by the hastily-Photoshopped typewriter above). Goldenberg has previously written Harry Potter and the Order of the Pheonix and Contact, as well as a rewrite on the first Green Lantern film. This move shows a lot of faith from the studio that the franchise will be a big hit. So prepare yourselves for the onslaught of marketing materials, because everywhere you look next summer you'll see little kids wearing novelty rings, eating green Whoppers, and suffering from skull gigantism caused by exposure to space radiation. (Variety)
Sounds like Blake's starring in softcore porn.
Warner Bros. dropped these new teaser character posters for Green Lantern. They're not unlike Power Rangers in the sense that if you put them together they form one gigantic poster that can do battle with other gigantic posters. Personally though, I think the Blake Lively poster alone should bring all other marketing materials to its knees.
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Miss New England 2008 Attractive women in New England are few and far between, so when you meet one you had better jump on it. It doesn't matter where you meet. The bar, the Market Basket, and the bank that you are currently robbing are all perfectly acceptable places to pick up a comely, young lass. And that's exactly what Ben Affleck does in the trailer for his second directorial effort The Town. In this daring sequel, Jeremy Renner plays Will Hunting and Affleck reprises his role as Chuckie, who are now bank robbers inexplicably (note to self: fact check this later). Chuckie meets Rebecca Hall during a robbery and develops an attraction to her, even though he's got Blake Lively at home in denim cut-offs. Then Don Draper shows up and is all Mr. FBI Guy and there are a few shoot-outs and Slipknot masks. All in all, it looks really good! I'll see it. WATCH A MOODY MEDITATION ON WHAT DRIVES ONE TO STEAL, AND ALSO BLAKE LIVELY IN DENIM CUT-OFFS AFTER THE JUMP…
In case you're too poor to buy or too chicken to steal this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly featuring Green Lantern photos, I've got five more of them here for you. I gave you the cover this morning, but you just don't let up. Question: If Peter Sarsgaard had a five-head before donning the Hector Hammond prosthetic, then what do you call his new look? You call it a missed opportunity to show more pics of Blake Lively. I'm totally digging her as a brunette. Unhand her, Ryan Reynolds! Blake's mole belongs to me now!Check out the scanned images (because SOMEONE doesn't have an issue breaking the law) after the jump…
I just assumed Green Lantern would tell the story of a test pilot who finds a ring that grants him fantastic powers. CBM got the official synopsis and it's so much more than that. Just kidding. It's still about a guy who finds a ring. Why am I posting this? I think the more important question is why am I not at a barbeque?? Let's have those two questions answer one another.FULL SYNOPSIS AND CAST AND CREW DETAILS AFTER THE JUMP…


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NIPPON Paint (Coatings) Philippines Inc. announced its expansion in Davao on Wednesday at the Marco Polo Hotel Davao following a successful launch in Manila last April 2014.
"Davao is fast growing and we know for a fact that the construction and real estate industries are flourishing in this city. We are definitely looking forward to be part of this exciting growth through our extensive range of coating solutions," said Gladys Goh, group general manager of the Nippon Malaysia Group, the principal owner of Nippon Paint (Coatings) Philippines Inc.
Nippon Philippines has outlets at Citi Hardware Matina and Tagum City and Trust Home Depot Ecoland. Colourland, located along R. Magsaysay Ave, Davao City, is the exclusive distributor of Nippon Paints.
Malot Gaw, Colourland assistant manager for wholesale department, said Nippon Paint has a strong potential in Davao due to the recent boom in the construction industry.
She also said the company has a strong advantage in the industry due to the wide range of selection of high quality and eco friendly paint and coating products.
In order to provide Dabawenyos with easy access to their colors, Nippon Paint has brought in their Nippon Colour Creations, available in their outlets throughout Davao and the Philippines.
The Nippon Colour Creations is a tinting machine that is able to produce thousands of colors, on demand, making it convenient for Dabawenyos to find their choice of color.
"Dabawenyos would no longer waste time in paint centers only to learn that their preferred color is not available. With the machines, they can now ask on demand from over 10,000 paint formulations in our library," Goh said.
They are also introducing their newest product Nippon Momento Special Effects, a textured range of coatings created to give homeowners more options to wall decorations beyond color.
The Nippon Momento Special Effects features two different series the Textured series and the Enhancer series. The Textured series comprises of the following variants: Elegant, Sparkle Silver, Pearl, and Gold. The Enhancer series has two variants: Frost and Cloud, which works as a textured over-glaze to enhance any new existing wall color.
Goh said they are investing more than P100 million for the Nippon Paint (Coatings) Philippines Inc. She said the bulk of their investments will be going to the expansion, deployment of machines, brand awareness, and logistics. Their research and development will be done in Malaysia.
She said their products now are currently being imported from Malaysia.
However, Goh said they have a manufacturing plant in Cabuyao, Laguna but they will begin its operations once they see an increase in demand.
They are aiming to close the year with at least P200 million in sales. In a press statement, the company aims to achieve P1.5 billion in sales turnover in the next three years.
At present, they have some 60 outlets throughout the country since they began in April.
They are present in 15 countries with 56 manufacturing plants employing 15,000 individuals. They are the No. 1 paint player in the Asia-Pacific.
Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on July 17, 2014.
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October 3, Tumpek Kandang, also called Tumpek Andang, falls on Saturday of Uye, the 22nd week of the pawukon cycle. The name Tumpek Kandang is derived from two words, "Tumpek" that means Saturday and "Kandang" refers to Balinese word for the domesticated animals that Balinese Hindu highly honor. They include cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, dogs and birds. Thus, Tumpek Kandang itself means a day to worship God of animals. When the day comes, cows receive special treatment. In Bali, cows are highly honored because they always assist farmers in plowing their rice field. The cows cows are washed and dressed-up like human beings, with special cone-shaped spiral of coconut leaf placed on their horns.
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You probably aren't even aware that you're doing it, but you are. You are "optimizing imperfectly" when it comes to taking money from your defined benefit, 401(k), and other retirement plans.
Instead of putting some of your money earmarked for retirement in a life annuity, a product that would give you guaranteed income for life, you're taking a lump sum. And that, according to a just-published paper from the National Bureau of Economics, may not be in your best interest.
"Guaranteed lifetime income, such as in the form of annuities, is incredibly valuable for retirees," said Jeffrey Brown, a professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a co-author of the paper, Framing Lifetime Income. "It is the single best way on a risk-adjusted basis to maximize one's ability to spend in retirement without concerns about running out of resources. Every other strategy either exposes the individual to more risk, or reduces one's ability to consume."
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And the reason why you are not buying annuities, according to Brown and his co-authors, has to do framing. If you think about annuities as an investment, you'll never buy one—even if it's the right means to an end. But if you think about annuities more as way to fund your expenses in retirement rather than an investment you just might consider buying one.
"This research shows that people value annuities when they are presented in a context where people are prompted to think about spending and consumption," said Brown. "But when they are presented in a framework that emphasizes investment features, people tend not to like them."
This, said Brown, is really important because the reason people save for retirement is so that they can spend and consume. "But we have built a retirement system in the U.S. that for too long has only focused on building wealth," said Brown. Read the paper, Framing Lifetime Income.
So what do other experts have to say about the paper?
John Olsen, president of Olsen Financial Group and co-author of "The Advisor's Guide to Annuities," agrees that consumers' preference for or against buying an immediate annuity are subject to "framing effects."
"... we have built a retirement system in the U.S. that for too long has only focused on building wealth."
In essence, Olsen said the "Framing Lifetime Income" paper confirms a belief he's held for years. "That being, annuities are all about income and that they should be discussed that way," he said. "When a planner recommends allocating a portion of the client's portfolio to immediate or what are sometimes called 'payout' or 'income' annuities and focuses on the annuity in terms of the portfolio as a whole, he will likely get more resistance/refusal than if he had discussed the planning in terms of the income it would guarantee, not in terms of lump sum values."
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Olsen also thinks other factors besides framing are working against Americans who might otherwise purchase, when appropriate, annuities. "The investment-oriented language of most 401 plan literature and documents may be creating an environment that conditions individuals to prefer lump sums over annuities," he said.
Others share that point of view. "It's unfortunate that we have so much framing that looks at things from the investment perspective," said Joseph Tomlinson of Tomlinson Financial Planning. He noted, for instance, advertisements that ask viewers, "What's your retirement number?"
What can be done to fix this? "The answers are far from obvious," said Tomlinson.
Many employers, he said, look at offering lifetime income choices in defined contribution plans as a hassle and/or a potential legal liability. And other employers such as Ford and GM are actively pushing employees to trade in their defined-benefit pensions for lump sums. "So the tide seems to be running the wrong way," Tomlinson said.


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Joyce Murray
|Joyce Murray
|Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Vancouver Quadra
|Assumed office
March 17, 2008
|Preceded by
|Stephen Owen
|MLA for New Westminster
|In office
|Preceded by
|Graeme Bowbrick
|Succeeded by
|Chuck Puchmayr
|Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection of British Columbia
|In office
June 5, 2001 – January 26, 2004
|Gordon Campbell
|Preceded by
|Ian Waddell
|Succeeded by
|Bill Barisoff
|Minister of Management Services of British Columbia
|In office
January 26, 2004 – June 16, 2005
|Gordon Campbell
|Personal details
July 11, 1954
Schweizer-Reneke, South Africa
|Political party
|Liberal Party of Canada
|Other political
|British Columbia Liberal Party
|Dirk Brinkman
|Vancouver, British Columbia
|Businesswoman, politician, activist
Joyce Murray (born July 11, 1954) is a Canadian politician, businesswoman, environmental advocate and is the first Liberal to be selected in British Columbia to run in the 42nd Canadian federal election. She is the Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Vancouver Quadra, which she has represented in the House of Commons as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada since 2008.
Murray served as a Cabinet Minister in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, first as Minister of Water, Land, and Air Protection from 2001-2004, and then as Minister of Management Services until June 2005.
In April 2013, Murray placed second in the Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, 2013.[1] In August 2013, Murray became critic for both National Defence and Western Diversification.[2]
Murray was born in 1954 in Schweizer-Reneke, South Africa, and emigrated to Canada with her parents in 1961. They settled in Vancouver, in the Point Grey area, where she lives now.[3] Murray's mother, Charlotte Coe Murray, granddaughter of Oregon Senator Henry Waldo Coe and medical doctor Viola May Coe, a leader in women getting the vote in Oregon, attended and was the first female Assistant Professor at University of British Columbia architecture school.[4][5][6][7] Charlotte became an award-winning architect who specialized in affordable community and senior housing and heritage restoration, winning heritage restoration gold medals, including for Christ Church Cathedral.[4] In 1968 Murray's father, Gordon Murray, founded Murray & Associates Surveying.[8]
After graduating from Lord Byng Secondary School in West Point Grey, Murray attended Simon Fraser University in the 1970s, studied archaeology and linguistics, and then completed pre-med. In 1989, now a mature student, she pursued an Executive Master's degree in Business Administration, securing, says John Richards, the highest Graduate Record Scores SFU had seen up to 1992 when she received the Faculty of Business' "Dean's Convocation Medal" as the top MBA graduate.[9] Her thesis was a policy analysis of one of Canada's options for meeting the challenge of climate change.[10][11]
In 1977 Murray married Dirk Brinkman with whom she co-founded a group of reforestation companies and raised three children; Baba Brinkman, Erik Brinkman, and Dawn Brinkman.
Business career[edit]
In 1979 Murray co-founded Brinkman and Associates Reforestation Ltd. with her husband Dirk. Brinkman started as a small tree-planting proprietorship in British Columbia, and began to expand when Joyce and Dirk started working together in 1975. In 1976, Nick Kendall of Orca Productions documented the planting millions of trees in the heavy slash debris of that era's logging in a one-hour NFB documentary "Do it with Joy".[12] Released in 1977, it is regarded as a tree planting classic today.[13] In 1979, the CBC made "Do it with Joy" into a half-hour documentary.[14] The companies have grown and diversified their operations, and planted their billionth tree in 2012.[15][16]
Murray and Brinkman diversified the company across Canada (1978 Alberta; 1983 Ontario, 1987 Saskatchewan 1989 Quebec, 1992 Manitoba, 1993 Yukon) and beyond reforestation into ecosystem restoration, urban restoration, forest management services for First Nation communities, rights of way clearing and fully integrated harvest to reforestation services and sustainability initiatives. In 1994 the company's long-term strategic international division, BARCA, was formed to develop forestry initiatives and plantations in Central America.[17] In 2007, Brinkman co-founded the Earth Partners LP which is undertaking the largest private soil and ecosystem restoration projects in the USA.[18] The company operates in six countries and is developing projects in several others. It employs approximately 600 full-time and 800 seasonal positions. Joyce was integral to developing management systems, organizational re-engineering, strategic development, restructuring, training and business planning and for a period beginning 1979 she was the Chair of the board of directors and from this role proposed a global warming strategy for Canada based on her thesis.[19][20]
Provincial politics[edit]
From 1996 to 1999 Murray sat on the BC Forest Resources Advisory Board, and the GVRD Waste Management Committee.[21] As a result of her public interventions, the leader of the then Opposition attempted to persuade her to run for nomination as a BC Liberal candidate, but she challenged him to lead more strongly on sustainability commitments.[22] When she declared as a candidate in May 2000, the headline "From the Greens to the Liberals" ran over an article that opens with predictions Murray had made in 1997 about forest renewal, her background and wish "to create a sustainable community".[23]
In August 2000, Murray won the nomination as the B.C. Liberal candidate for the riding of electoral district of New Westminster. During the election, she developed climate action and forest renewal policy papers for the Leader of the Opposition. In 2001 she switched from business to politics full-time when she became the first Liberal to be elected from New Westminster in 49 years.
She was named a cabinet minister by Premier Gordon Campbell in June, serving from 2001 to 2004 as the first ever Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection, and as Minister of Management Services from 2004 until the 2005 election.[24][25] From 2003 to 2004, Murray was the President of the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, a collection of environment ministers from federal, provincial, and territorial jurisdictions.
Her tenure as Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection focused on protecting ecological sites in the province. For example Murray worked towards developing an agreement with the Heiltsuk first nation and brought about co-management of the protected Hakai Luxvbalis Conservancy Area.[26][27] Spruce Lake Protected Area was named a provincial park, and Burns Bog, the largest domed peat bog on the west coast, was purchased by the province and other local public entities and became the Burns Bog Ecological Conservancy Area. She also presided over budget cuts in the department and rollbacks in environmental regulations. The chair of the Sierra Club's B.C. chapter stated in 2003: "I have never seen such an assault on the environment". However, the Sierra Club later awarded Murray with a medal for her environmental work.[28]
Murray also introduced the first comprehensive framework strategy for total product stewardship for recycling of all products in British Columbia.[29] The new regulations required that producers assume responsibility for removing their products from the waste stream. She also brought together the province's 13 oil producers to develop a cooperative solution for recycling waste oil, plastic (from containers), and steel wool from oil filters. At that time, over 22 million litres of oil was entering the GVRD waste stream annually. Murray then brought the electronics industry under the product stewardship framework to develop solutions for all electronics waste, and worked with the Pulp and Paper industry to help them implement their stewardship strategy. Murray's work has since served as the basis for similar legislation in several other provinces.
As Minister of Management Services, Murray participated in the moves to the first ever cross-Canada interprovincial procurement program and the first legislation that would limit personal information access via foreign corporations working in Canada.[30][31]
She was defeated by Chuck Puchmayr in the 2005 provincial election before moving on to federal politics.
Federal politics[edit]
In the 2006 federal election Murray was the Liberal Party candidate in the riding of New Westminster—Coquitlam. She placed third in the riding behind New Democrat Dawn Black and Conservative incumbent Paul Forseth.[32] In 2007, she defeated two other women to become the Liberal candidate in the riding of Vancouver Quadra. Murray had lived in the riding when at Lord Byng Secondary School but added to her credentials by purchasing a $1.4 million home in the riding before winning the nomination.[33] Stephen Owen, the incumbent Liberal MP in the riding, resigned in July 2007. In a March 2008 by-election Murray narrowly defeated her main competitor, Conservative candidate Deborah Meredith.[34] Murray was re-elected in 2008 and 2011.
Murray became the third-party opposition critic for Small Business and Tourism, the Asia Pacific Gateway, and Western Economic Diversification for the Liberal Party's shadow cabinet.[35] She previously served as the Liberal critic for Amateur Sport leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, and as the critic for Democratic Reform in 2008.[25][36]
During her first term in the House of Commons she sat on the House's Standing Committee on International Trade and was Vice-Chair of the Liberal Caucus Committee on Environmental Sustainability. Murray also visited Colombia and Panama to review proposed Free Trade Agreements.[37] She attended the climate negotiations at the Bali Conference in 2007 and the Copenhagen Summit in 2009.[38] After the latter, Murray wrote, while applauding positive actions on Canada's municipal governments, "a patchwork of climate initiatives is far from effective – a coordinated approach across this vast and diverse country is required".[39]
Since her first term, Murray's committee experience has included membership on the Standing Committees on Environmental and Sustainable Development, Fisheries and Oceans, and Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Health.[40] She is also an active member of the Canada-China Legislative Association, chairs Parliament's All Party Conservation Caucus, and is the Vice-Chair of the Liberal Policy Caucus. In March 2012 Murray visited Haiti as a member of a delegation representing the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas.[41]
In June 2008, she presented her first private member's bill, Bill C-572[42] which proposed exempting bikes (including electric bikes), bike accessories, repairs, and safety training from GST. In December 2010, Murray introduced Bill C-606, An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, which proposed to ban oil tanker traffic on Canada's Pacific North Coast. The Bill passed first reading in the House of Commons and was scheduled for second reading when an election was called in March 2011. She has since reintroduced the bill as Bill C-437[43]
Murray is opposed to all pipelines that would ship Alberta oil and bitumen to the British Columbia coast, calling them a "stone age" approach to energy development.[44] Murray has called for more oil to be refined and upgraded in Canada and for an end to "oilsands industry subsidies, and opposition to pipeline proposals to carry bitumen to a B.C. port".[45]
Murray confirmed in September 2012, that she was exploring the idea of running for leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada.[46][47] On November 26, 2012, she announced that she was entering the leadership race.[48][49] Murray was the only candidate in the leadership race located in western Canada.[50] However, former Toronto MP Martha Hall Findlay's campaign was being run from Calgary, Alberta and she had recently been working in the city.[51]
Murray described her leadership platform to a "capacity crowd" in her riding on December 1. Murray announced that she supported appointing a minimum of 40 percent women to cabinet and to government boards, commissions, and agencies. She also supported putting a price on carbon, legalizing marijuana, and wanted Liberals to work cooperatively with the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Green Party in the next federal election if this is the desire of riding associations.[52] Murray was the only candidate in the leadership race who supported cooperating with other parties before the election.[53] More than half of Liberals (53%), NDP supporters (55%) and Green Party supporters (57%) polled February 6 were supportive of running a single candidate against the Conservatives in each riding.[54] The NDP party was officially opposed to the idea although their house leader, Nathan Cullen, had suggested the concept before when he gained support from Greens according to Green Party leader Elizabeth May. May praised Murray "for charting a difficult course, displaying political courage and integrity".[55][56] On February 15, the eve of the third debate, Murray's position had come to the attention of on-line groups seeking electoral co-operation.[57][58] Murray was also the only Liberal leadership candidate to speak out strongly in favour of electing the House of Commons with a system of proportional representation, favouring a system which supplements individual districts with "list seats" to make a party's seat share for a given region identical to vote share. She challenged Trudeau on the issue, especially over his assertion that voters wanted proportional representation because they didn't understand the consequences of adopting it.[59] David Suzuki endorsed Murray's Climate Change position February 15.[60][61]
On March 13, Marc Garneau, who was considered to be in second place, dropped out of the leadership race. An internal poll released by Garneau showed that Murray was in third place behind Justin Trudeau and Garneau, with 7.4% support among potential voters, and she had taken the role of "challenger".[62][63][64] It was later admitted that the poll did not comply with federal caller identification rules.[65] March 23, Elizabeth May announced the Green party would not run a candidate in the Labrador by-election and Murray announced that cooperation on the matter had been discussed with May.[66][67][68] The topic was discussed in the 5th debate.[69] The NDP nominated a candidate although May asked them not to.[70] On March 26 Murray claimed to have the greatest number of registered supporters.[71] Similar numbers of supporters and members of the party may have registered to vote.[72]
In the fourth quarter of 2012, Murray's raised $56,554.06 in campaign donations. Out of the seven candidates who were registered at this time she placed fifth in the amount of donations raised.[73] A March 2013 report showed Murray in third place having raised $169,000.[74] A later March report put Murray in second place having raised $198,000.[75]
With each of the 308 ridings across the country assigned equal weight, Joyce Murray finished in second place with 10.16% points ahead of Martha Hall Findlay's 5.71% and behind winner Justin Trudeau's 80.09% points.[1] Trudeau had lost only 5 ridings, all to Murray and all in BC.[76]
Federal politics after the leadership race[edit]
Joyce Murray was appointed the Liberal critic for both National Defence and Western Diversification and became chair of the Party's Northern and Western Caucus.[2][77][78] Murray spoke out on matters from defence procurement and safety to electoral reform.[79][80][81] In her defence role, Murray co-authored a published opinion "Who's watching our spies?" when a security scandal arose after Parliament was prorogued on 16 September 2013.[82]
Prorogation does not require Private Members' bills to be reintroduced, hence Murray's bill, C-437, from the first session of the 41st Canadian Parliament remained in place as the second session opened 16 October 2013.[83] Before the opening, Liberal Party expenses, including Murray's, had been posted.[84]
Articles by Murray,"Canada's Navy is a Sinking Ship", and "My Wish List for National Defence in 2014", published 27 November and 20 December respectively.[85][86] The first draws from the comments made in the Auditor General's report covering the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy.[87]
2 March 2014, Joyce Murray was introduced to Vancouver Quadra supporters as their acclaimed candidate and the first Liberal to be selected in British Columbia to run in the 42nd Canadian federal election tentatively scheduled for 19 October 2015.[88]
18 June 2014, Murray tabled for first reading, Private Member's Bill C-622, "An Act to amend the National Defence Act (transparency and accountability), to enact the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts".[89] Murray noted during second reading 30 October 2014 that "the prior commissioners of CSEC and prior chiefs of CSEC or CSE have called for this very committee themselves".[90] On 5 November after further discussion, with members aware that Australia, New Zealand, the U.S and the U.K. had civilian security oversight committees, Bill C-622 was defeated by 142 votes to 120.[91][92]
12 December 2014 it was reported that Ministers had written that Foreign Affairs and Defence representatives would provide an update on Canada's mission in Iraq to an existing committee in response to a letter from Joyce Murray and Marc Garneau.[93]
14 April 2015 an opinion piece by Murray published on the response to an oil spill in English Bay.[94]
September 2015 Murray's "Vision of a sustainable society" published.[95]
16 September GreenPAC, an NGO dedicated to action to protect the environment, announced that an expert panel had placed Joyce Murray amongst the eighteen greenest candidates in the 2015 election.[96]
18 September Craig Forcese and Kent Roach detailed Murray's Bill 622 noting it "impressive and wide ranging" saying "Joyce Murray's private members bill proposed an interesting attempt to prevent partisan and government domination of a new committee by providing that no political party should have a majority of committee members. This is a worthy idea."[97] 1 October it was reported Forcese and Roach had "applauded Murray's legislative attempt to deal with the shortcomings of Bill C-51".[98]
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- ^ a b http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=86fed1de-3861-4448-8242-ad414073ef2e&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience
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- ^ Filmography, Nicholas Kendall http://www.orcaproductions.com/nkendall.htm
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- ^ 4th Session, 37th Parliament, Hansard Vol 18 No 10 Page 8058 November 19th 2003
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- ^ HANSARD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2004 ESTIMATES: MINISTRY OF MANAGEMENT SERVICES http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/37th5th/h40421p.htm#10329
- ^ HANSARD TUESDAY OCTOBER 19 2004 BILL 73_2004 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY AMENDMENT ACT, 2004 https://www.leg.bc.ca/37th5th/3rd_read/gov73-3.htm
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- ^ Murray, Joyce (14 December 2009). "The triumphs and challenges of the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics". Straight.com. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
- ^ http://openparliament.ca/politicians/joyce-murray/?page=40
- ^ http://www.bloggingcanadians.ca/ConservativeBlogs/Joyce_Murray_is_Stephane_Dions_sort_of_environmentalist/
- ^ Murray, Joyce, Copenhagen, Climate Change & Canada http://content.liberal.ca/e4766904-82bc-46d1-830c-395c99e1901c/pdf/copenhagen-report-by-joyce-murray-mp-distribution.pdf
- ^ http://www.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/ProfileMP.aspx?Key=170450&SubSubject=1003&Language=E
- ^ http://www.parl.gc.ca/IIAPublications/Document.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&sbdid=b1eda728-81be-4870-bfb5-c8b7710fc1f0&sbpid=d11305cc-acac-4e07-b6a7-e97df43163fe&sbpidx=1
- ^ Bill C-572
- ^ Bill C-437
- ^ O'Neil, Peter (26 November 2012). "B.C. MP joins Liberal leadership race, pushes for end to 'stone age' pipeline projects". National Post. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ Yaffe, Barbara, op. cit 10 December 2012
- ^ Pablo, Carlito. "Straight.com - Vancouver Quadra MP Joyce Murray looks at Liberal leadership run". Straight.com. Straight.com. Retrieved September 30, 2012.
- ^ O'Neil, Peter. "The Times Colonist - Liberal leadership hopefuls from B.C. could drive pipeline debate off the fence Potential candidates' opposition to project is at odds with official party position". The Times Colonist. The Times Colonist. Retrieved September 9, 2012.
- ^ http://www.therecord.com/news-story/2616510-joyce-murray-joins-liberal-leadership/
- ^ "B.C. MP Joyce Murray launches Liberal leadership bid". CTV News. 26 November 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ Delacourt, Susan (17 January 2013). "Liberal leadership debate in Vancouver will give candidate Joyce Murray time to shine". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ Berthiaume, Lee (21 January 2013). "Is Quebec over-represented in the Liberal leadership race?". Canada.com. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ Smith, Charlie (1 December 2012). "MP Joyce Murray tells constituents why she's seeking federal Liberal leadership". Straight.com. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- ^ Berthiaume, Lee (20 January 2013). "Liberal leadership contenders dismiss co-operation with NDP". Canada.com. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ http://www.joycemurray.ca/newspages/166-cooperationpoll
- ^ http://www.timescolonist.com/news/national/liberal-hopeful-joyce-murray-wins-virtual-endorsement-from-greens-may-1.71947
- ^ "MP Joyce Murray says Liberal-Green co-operation could be a 'game changer'". CTV News. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ http://www.timescolonist.com/news/online-groups-back-electoral-co-operation-boost-liberal-hopeful-murray-1.74846
- ^ http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-canadienne/201302/15/01-4622234-plc-des-groupes-favorables-a-la-cooperation-sinteressent-a-joyce-murray.php
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/FairVoteCanada/posts/10151350844846247
- ^ Article, The Canadian Press, David Suzuki Endorses Joyce Murray For Liberal Leader, Huffington Post, 21 Feb 2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/02/21/david-suzuki-joyce-murray-liberal_n_2735512.html
- ^ Video, Evan Solomon, Why David Suzuki is backing Joyce Murray for Liberal leader, CBC News February 22 2013 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/why-david-suzuki-is-backing-joyce-murray-for-liberal-leader-1.1342951
- ^ http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/03/14/michael-den-tandt-harsh-welcome-awaits-trudeau-led-liberals/
- ^ Berthiaume, Lee (13 March 2013). "'The game is long': Liberals still in leadership fight for votes after Marc Garneau bows out". National Post. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ^ "Garneau's exit brings Trudeau closer to federal Liberal Party leadership". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). 5 April 2013.
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/03/15/garneaus-campaign-admits-_n_2883208.html
- ^ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/03/23/the-greens-stand-down-in-labrador/
- ^ http://joycemurray.ca/newspages/262-release-labrador-by-election
- ^ http://commonground.ca/2013/04/democracy-for-a-change/
- ^ "Trudeau, Joyce Murray butt heads on strategic voting". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). 5 April 2013.
- ^ "Former Liberal MP stays away from Labrador byelection". CBC News. 25 March 2013.
- ^ "Liberal leadership candidate Joyce Murray: "Our numbers are higher than anyone else's"". The Star (Toronto). 26 March 2013.
- ^ http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/27/anti-harper-campaigners-set-to-influence-liberal-vote
- ^ "Federal Liberals opt for interviews over leadership debate". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ "Money haul suggests fight for second between Murray and Hall Findlay date=24 March 2013". The Star (Toronto).
- ^ http://globalnews.ca/news/437930/follow-the-money-its-trudeau-v-murray/
- ^ http://canadianelectionatlas.blogspot.ca/2013/04/liberal-leadership-race-results-map.html
- ^ http://www.liberal.ca/mp/joyce-murray/
- ^ http://www.ipolitics.ca/2013/08/22/liberals-shake-up-their-shadow-cabinet/
- ^ "Ottawa was warned about Arctic patrol ships' high price". CBC News. 18 September 2013.
- ^ Kathleen Harris, "Cyclone helicopter contract revisions urged by report", 4 September 2013, CBC News
- ^ http://www.simcoe.com/news-story/4074443-electoral-reform-the-focus-of-conference/
- ^ http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/10/11/garneau-murray-whos-watching-our-spies/
- ^ http://www.parl.gc.ca/procedure-book-livre/Document.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&sbdid=DFC709E5-ED90-48E5-B7EC-02E6D98BF07B&sbpid=78E3CC16-2123-4786-AAC2-BF599BBA99D7
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- ^ The Huffington Post Canada Nov 27th 2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/joyce-murray/canada-navy-auditor-general_b_4345775.html
- ^ http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/joyce-murray/national-defence-_b_4480907.html
- ^ PWGSC NSPS http://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/app-acq/sam-mps/snacn-nsps-eng.html
- ^ http://vancouverquadra.liberal.ca/blog-fr-en/join-joyce-murray-quadra-supporters-celebrate-joyces-acclamation-liberal-candidate-riding-vancouver-quadra/
- ^ Giuseppe Valant "Liberal MP Tables Bill to Tighten Spy Agency's Powers", Sun News 19 June 2014
- ^ http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=41&Ses=2&DocId=6751043
- ^ http://www.parl.gc.ca/legisinfo/BillDetails.aspx?billId=6676664&Mode=1&Language=E
- ^ 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, Hansard, November 5, 2014 http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Doc=139&Language=E&Mode=1&Parl=41&Pub=Hansard&Ses=2
- ^ Jake Edmiston 12 December 2014 National Post "Tories respond to Liberals' demands for special committee on Iraq" http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/12/12/john-baird-tells-liberals-he-wont-grant-request-for-new-committee-to-give-updates-on-iraq-mission/
- ^ Opinion: Oil spill response anything but "world class" by MP Joyce Murray, Vancity Buzz 3:12 PM PDT, Mon April 13, 2015 http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/04/english-bay-oil-spill-response-anything-but-world-class-mp-joyce-murray/
- ^ Joyce Murray September 2015 Common Ground "Vision of a sustainable society" http://commonground.ca/2015/09/vision-of-a-sustainable-society/
- ^ http://www.greenpac.ca/candidates
- ^ Craig Forcese and Kent Roach, False Security, The Radicalization of Canadian Anti-Terrorism, Irwin Law Inc.,ISBN: 978-1-55221-410-7, 2015 http://www.irwinlaw.com/titles/false-security
- ^ Michael Harris (journalist) How Justin Trudeau could get out from under the C-51 cloud, IPolitics, 1 October 2015 https://ipolitics.ca/2015/10/01/how-justin-trudeau-could-get-out-from-under-the-c-51-cloud/
External links[edit]
- Joyce Murray
- Liberal Party of Canada Website
- Profile at Parliament of Canada
- Joyce Murray – Parliament of Canada biography
- Speeches, votes and activity at OpenParliament.ca
- 1954 births
- British Columbia Liberal Party MLAs
- Businesspeople from Vancouver
- Canadian environmentalists
- Canadian women in business
- Canadian women Members of Parliament
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Living people
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
- Naturalized citizens of Canada
- People from Schweizer-Reneke
- Politicians from Vancouver
- Simon Fraser University alumni
- South African emigrants to Canada
- Women MLAs in British Columbia


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Westcountry Olympians have thrown their weight behind an on-going global campaign to rid the world of polio.
Penzance rower Helen Glover and Plymouth swimmer Ruta Meilutyte have signed up to the Rotary Club's World Polio Day, held today.
Former PE teacher Helen, 26, started Britain's "Golden Games" summer, winning Team GB's first gold medal in women's pairs rowing.
Lithuanian Ruta, who attends Plymouth College, made her name in the women's 100-metre breaststroke when she struck gold.
The athletes have joined Plymouth divers Tom Daley and Tonia Couch, who lent their support to the campaign in 2011. Other Plymouth Leander Swimming Club Olympians, where Ruta trains, are also backing the bid, including Antony James, Jade Howard, Jamila Lunkuse and Hazal Sarikaya.
Plymouth Albion's Canadian internationals Aaron Carpenter and Sean-Michael Stephen are also on board as well as Welsh Rugby 7s player Rhodri McAtee and Cornish Pirates players Grant Pointer and Jonny Bentley.
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SOCIAL CIRCLE -- Public safety is a top priority for Social Circle officials who are beginning to set priorities for a future sales tax referendum.
Walton County's current special purpose local option sales tax is set to expire at the end of 2012, and officials are laying plans to place before voters on Nov. 8 a referendum for another SPLOST that would begin in 2013.
Elected officials in Walton County's cities, including Social Circle, are tasked with preparing their list of proposed projects to be funded by the future SPLOST, should it be approved.
The Social Circle City Council met Tuesday to begin outlining proposed SPLOST projects so it can submit a final list to county officials on May 19.
City Manager Doug White said Social Circle anticipates it will receive about $3.1 million in sales tax revenue from the SPLOST that is expected to generate about $60 million over five years.
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* $500,000 for library improvements and expansion;
* $500,000 for water and sewer improvements; and
* $250,000 for playgrounds and recreation projects.
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"We also want to hear about reports that Walton County may have interests in further recreational improvements to include a seniors facility, aquatics facility or health and fitness facility or some combination of this in our area," White told council members.
The Social Circle City Council will discuss the proposed project list further at its May 17 meeting.
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- Newton BOE to vote on 2013 SPLOST resolution ( November 14, 2012 )
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- Newton school board approves call for SPLOST election ( December 1, 2012 )
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Weather proved to be the toughest opponent for Purvines Racing Honda's David Pearson and Trevor Ricci, but they coped with the cold and windy conditions to triumph at the Bilek Racing Silver State 300, round three of Best in the Desert's American Off-Road Racing Series out of Alamo, Nevada, April 30. It marked the second victory of the season for Pearson and was a welcome result after the DNF at round two. (Regular partner Carl Maassberg remains on the sidelines recovering from injury.)
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"I think that's the coldest my hands have ever been in my whole life," Pearson declared. "It went good. It was a crazy day, though." Pearson will find out if he can enjoy a saner day and add another victory at round four - the Epic Racing Blue Water Gran Prix - will take place in Parker, Arizona, in two weeks.
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Worcester Warriors: South African prop Nick Schonert agrees move
Worcester Warriors have agreed a deal to sign South African forward Nick Schonert from Super 15 side Cheetahs this summer.
The 6ft 2ins tight-head prop will be director of rugby Dean Ryan's 13th signing for next season.
Worcester changes for 2014-15
Andries Pretorius (Cardiff Blues), Matt Cox (Gloucester), Ryan Mills (Gloucester), GJ Van Velze (Northampton), Charlie Mulchrone, Dan Sanderson, Ben Sowrey (all Rotherham), Joe Rees (Ospreys), Heath Stevens (Plymouth Albion), Ryan Lamb (Leicester), Sam Smith (Harlequins), Niall Annett (Ulster), Nick Schonert (Cheetahs).
Josh Matavesi (Ospreys), David Lemi (Bristol), Mariano Galarza (Gloucester), Semisi Taulava (Newcastle).
Warriors are seven points adrift at the foot of the Premiership with three games left and are favourites to be relegated to the Championship.
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