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Soybeans started out strong Sunday night and carried the strength right through the close of the day session. August soybeans led the charge closing 29 ½ cents higher. August meal was lock-limit up $20 and limits will expand to $30 tomorrow. Despite the strength in the oilseeds, corn and wheat both closed lower. Much of Iowa missed the rains over the weekend but cooler temps and a more favorable 7 day outlook has kept a lid on corn prices. The midday outlook took some rain out of the second week outlook which was also supportive for soybeans.
Crop ratings were released at 3:00pm CST. The market was expecting an overall drop in corn/soybean ratings of 2-3%. Corn was down 3% as expected and soybeans were down only 1%. That means corn's good-excellent rating is 63% and soybeans is 64%. For corn the most notable areas of decline were Missouri, (down 9%), Kansas (down 9%), and Nebraska (down 5%). Overall the ratings were in-line with the market's expectations for corn and better than expected for soybeans. Winter wheat is now 75% harvested which has had a very quick comeback to bring us back to an average harvest pace. Spring wheat's crop ratings were down another 2 percent at 68% good-excellent.
The market is still trading in a weather-based, choppy pattern. Crop ratings have declined slightly for both corn and soybeans but the national average yield isn't expected to drop low enough for corn to bring carryout to a tight situation next year. If soybean yields drop and the USDA demand estimate is correct we can see how a tight situation could develop. However, we still believe a 10 MMT increase in Chinese imports year over year isn't likely, especially at current prices. We also have to compete with a record South American soy production. Soybean demand is overstated in our opinion and the corn-bean ratio of 2.58 is on the high side as well. If we get to August 1st and rains are adequate we could see this spread come back in-line very quickly. For now we want to remain well hedged going into harvest using a combination of cash sales and options. To sign up for a free trial of our market letter including hedge recommendations, click here.
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If you're a customer of one of the 32 municipalities that make up the North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency managed by ElectriCities, you pay more than Progress or Duke customers for the exact same thing.
The rates the nearly 270,000 ElectriCities customers pay averages 13.6 cents per kilowatt hour, compared to 9.6 cents for Progress, 8.2 cents for Duke, and 11.1 cents for the non-profit Tideland Electric Membership Corporation, which refunded $682,000 to its 22,000 customers last year. Jones/Onslow EMC, with a rate of 10 cents, did the same thing, returning three million dollars in credits or refunds to customers. In fact, the rates ElectriCities customers pay are even higher than the national average of 11.3 cents per kilowatt hour.
Studying the rates ElectriCities members pay is the aim of NC House Bill 559. It calls for a commission to examine rates, services, and any issues that affect rates. The commission also would have the power to subpoena witnesses.
Asked about H.B 559, ElectriCities CEO Graham Edwards said, "Ya know the legislature can study rates in any way, shape or form they like. And we will be there to help them and support them anyway we can."
If the bill passes, one thing the commission will learn is that the 32 municipalities set their own rates, which is why they can vary from town to town. They'll also discover those municipalities can transfer money from their electric fund to their general fund to cover expenses that are not related to the operation of electric services. A separate bill, House Bill 117, would put an end to that practice.
New Bern Mayor Lee Bettis says New Bern and other towns that currently transfer money from the electric fund to the general fund need to stop, but says ending it this summer, as the bill suggests, would result in severe tax increases.
Another bill, House Bill 457, would bring the ElectriCities municipalities under the oversight of the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Right now, as we reported last week, there is no independent oversight.
ElectriCities opposes H.B bill 457, saying "It won't lower rates, but will instead increase a city's costs to operate its electric system, which would contribute to even higher bills."
The legislation in Raleigh is in addition to efforts we have reported on by Betttis to try and intervene in the Progress/Duke merger to find some relief.

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Sadly we live in a world consumed with hatred, danger and trials; therefore, for me daily prayer for my family is essential.
I have experienced scripture to be full of wonderful passages to recite when praying not only for safety for your family, but also in times where there is a need for unity, wisdom, patience and understanding.
Here are a few for you to consider:
1. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. – Colossians 3:16
2. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.– 1 Corinthians 13:4-8
3. And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them. -Luke 6:31
4. The Lord watch between you and me, when we are out of one another's sight.– Genesis 31:49
5. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. – Mark 10:9
6. You, LORD, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry.– Psalm 10:17
7.The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you, the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. – Numbers 6:24-26
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Goalitalia needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 54 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
Corporate Identity for Computer Consulting Firm - Logo, Business Card, Letterheard, Envelope.
TechSolutions, Inc.
"Ideas That Last" (OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS)
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We are a new computer consulting firm. We are looking for a logo/business kit that will set us apart from the other consulting firms. We specialize in Hardware/Software Sales & Support, Networking, Data Recovery, VOIP, Website Design, Exchange Hosting.
Clients should recognize from the business card that we are a COMPLETE I.T Solution Company.
Company Tag Line: "Ideas That Last" (OPEN FOR SUGGESTIONS)Â
Target Audience: Residental & Small Business
The business cards should have a name, title, logo, web address, phone number, email, and fax number.
I like the idea of creatively using the back of the business card to list what we can do for the clients/customers. The business card design should match the design of the stationary.
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A ship can change name and flag state through time, but the IMO number remains the same through the hull's entire lifetime. As a result, it can be useful to identify a ship by using the IMO number.
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Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife Park invites visitors to step back in time with a tour or self-guided leisure walk through its historic village. Walkways connect each of the buildings and travel through picturesque moss draped oak and cypress trees along the Bayou Vermilion.
Vermilionville contains a number of original fully restored structures dating in a period of time from 1765 through 1890, as well as recreations
of other buildings of this period. The Artisans who work daily in the park provide a glimpse back to a time gone by where Acadians, Creoles
and Native Americans provided for themselves and their families.
Artisans provide demonstrations on a variety of essential crafts performed by the early Acadians, Creoles and Native Americans. Please take a moment
to read about some of the Artisans who are dedicated to their craft and to the presentation to all visitors.
Want a piece of history? You can have it here at Vermilionville.
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mhughes needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 47 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
We are a personal lines brokerage (auto insurance) and need an immediately identifiable Marque to help get our copany started.
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We want clever, quirky, bold, subtle, elegant, humorus etc. etc that I won't be embarrassed to give to my mother-in-law (the ultimate test) or my banker. (the ultimate boor).
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Stop it. You're killing me.
Stop it. You're killing me.
Purveyor of fine wines & spirits
Rides a 1996 R1100R
Don't get me wrong. I like scooters, but the visual is killing me.
they insisted on wheeling it out the front door and plopped it in front of a dozen Hulk Hogan types and gave me the key.
There are signs the shop is not top notch but its the guy with the wrenches that counts, not the service manager.
Dieselyoda has given you the best advice in this thread- stick to basics to get a direction.
But you need to understand this complaint is often a red herring from a customer who hasn't even measured the mileage accurately and the shop is probably used to seeing some of that. If you did it over a whole tank with accurate measure of miles that's good but a gallon or two with "maybe miles" is worthless...If it is real, the proper first suspects are any stuff touched or impacted by last service.
My first thoughts went to vacuum issues and dragging brakes...either could have been impacted by work done BUT not necessarily the fault of the mechanic. The idea of jumping to cat code plugs as a cause is silly- it was never touched during a normal service and whatever state it went in is how it came out, so cannot explain any sudden change.
If your master cylinder had serious corrosion at the seal it indicates serious brake system neglect and perhaps a poorly sealed m/c allowing moisture into the system. Both old dead rubber hoses and gum formed at the pistons (will not be removed by a normal service- takes a caliper rebuild or replace) can cause brake drag. Brakes drag a small amount anyway when in good shape- the diagnostic is simple- raise the front or rear wheel in N and rotate- if it turns easily by hand with no more than modest brushing of the rotor its fine- if its really hard to turn its hung...Another sign is a badly blued or discolored rotor- showing rotor temps exceeded about 1050 F (takes serious track duty or stuck pistons to get there). Absent one of those, its not your brakes..Rear calipers can stick for other reasons and rarely pads can be put in wrong or stick due to manufacturing issues- but this is more often the mistake of a home mechanic than a shop..
Failure to put plugs back on throttle bodies after a synch is common. If synch wasn't checked or done they wouldn't have been touched at last service.
Failure to use all 6 gears can certainly cause crappy mileage but if you're a regular rider that ought to be off the list of likely cause.
So can a hung injector from sitting too long with crappy fuel but that ought to be seen as smoke, dumping raw gas after start or similar..Not a visible leak but an obvious sight or smell. A rule well known to real mechanics is a whole lot of things idiots think somewhere in the fuel system are really simple electrical or vacuum issues easily found by those who understand...always suspect those who want to start with the fuel system without a real justification.
An so can a bad ignition but the crappy starting and running ought to be obvious if its disrupting mileage that much- at least to any experienced test rider..(The HES on oilheads is infamous for wire failures, for example)
Any good shop saves old parts to show customer- both as education for customer and to show they've done decent work- they are after all the customers property...That parts guy is worthless and you should remember that- but using his time so you can go elsewhere isn't exactly fair play either and that's your fault. The Max parts fiche will get you anything you need- learn to use it. Save the "help me but I want to buy elsewhere" stuff until you're a well established customer and known at the dealership- then you might be surprised how much you can learn from those guys. Good parts guys can show you how to save some coin and will- and they're proud of their knowledge that let's them do that- its not in textbooks and comes from experience.
I have no disagreement with Dieselyoda's suggestion for a systematic approach.
Here's what the OP said, "With the bike back and tuned I've done two tanks and averaged 25mpg per tank." That's an awfully big drop and poor mileage, don't you think? The brakes dragging thing is interesting, I'm curious how this turns out.
Well...An earlier comment brought to mind a known problem - the oil temp sensor. I have seen several threads here, there, and everywhere that have pointed to the oil temp sensor (from Paul Glaves, maybe??).
If the temp sensor is bad, it signals the motronic to run rich. You can get one through Max BMW. Easy repair.
Also - irt the master cylinder. The mechanic is correct - if there is more than light pitting they cannot be rebuilt.
BTW - my '98 RS gets 41 mpg at sustained improper, but entertaining, speeds (i.e. a speed that would be 15 over the speed limit on that new toll road in Texas).
-Mileage was calculated on three full tanks before and three full tanks after.
-TB's were synced by them.
-they were paid a grand to check, tune, adjust, and replace everything possible. If they overlooked something...fine...it happens...but they are already hitting me for more money when I think this return diagnostic should not be something I pay for. If they find something else went wrong afterward then we'll deal with that cost but to tell me they want $100 to find out why my mileage dropped 30% after getting it back AND why the bike wouldn't start after they took it in the shop to run some test is dead wrong in my book.
Purveyor of fine wines & spirits
Rides a 1996 R1100R
The shop should of course wave the charge if what is found was their fault.
But there is no reason they should do the diagnosis for free if it simply is one of the things that can happen without their intervention- like brake hoses (written up by several over the history of these bikes and one of the reasons BMW now uses lined, covered stainless for all new bikes) or gummed piston seals.
Lots of time turning wrenches doesn't leave me a big believer in coincidence which is why looking at last work is the place to start diagnosis but that will almost automatically cross into other areas. Whether to charge nothing, part, or all for results should depend on what is found- I'd bet you'll find them willing to cover most or all of a diagnostic charge if it traces to their work. I'd bet the outcome as about even up between it being their fault and just a "stuff happens" cause bsed on my past adventures with stuff like this.
Sounds like you've got a solid measure of mileage so your decrease is very real and no red herring issue.
FWIW, the lowest numbers I've ever been able to push an oilhead down to were low-mid thirties and I'd be looking if any of the ones I've maintained hit 25..Only older stuff in the fleet these days (other than a Transalp) are a R1100S and a K1200RS, the last with possibly the best motor BMW ever made..
I would not expect tire pressure, chassis alignment or similar to cause this much of a decrease without it being very obvious to anyone not a total newb..
I also wouldn't expect a bad temp sensor to reduce mileage that badly- that's a lot of extra fuel being pumped in...
Going with the numbers, 35 mpg in and 25 mpg out, and turning the numbers around, it went in using 2.85 gallons per hundred miles and now is using 4 gallons per hundred miles. That's a 40% increase in fuel.
Just going a bit further, that's like the AFR went from 14.7:1 to 8.9:1. I don't think it would run if like that. So the brakes dragging seems like a plausible explanation and related to the work you'd had done.
I don't know much about it but wouldn't the calipers and rotors get very hot?
As for the bike not running after you brought it in and they returned it, I would put my money on a tech in a hurry and cockpit error.
This will be an interesting one.
something that no one mentioned is a plugged catalytic converter or exhaust restriction. You can remove the O2 and use the hole to measure backpressure, it should read almost zero when the engine is revved. The do fail, not often but it happens.
I haven't opened an oilhead cat to look at construction but have messed with this problem trackside when student vehicles fragged a cat.
Always they had a ceramic brick sized and positioned in a manner so that when it broke lose it could plug the pipe. Metal mesh types don't do it.
The fix for the ceramic bricks is simple- grab a piece of rebar and hammer it out...
Anyone looked inside one of these oilhead cats to see how its made?? Not personally aware of any history of this in oilheads- low probability??
Brake drag is only one possible cause and it comes in lots of degrees, I've seen psitons gum so bad they froze tyhe bike- in first gear the engine could not overpower the brake freeze. Also send moderate blocks so it was only excessive pad drag- that may or may not generate enough heat to blue a rotor. One could eat 40% more fuel without the more severe examples of brake drag. If at the rear, it might amke enough heat in extreme case to be noticed by touching the FD which normally hits only slightly hot to very warm- 130 or so...
1995 (+ some 1996) R1100RS / RSL
My bike: https://picasaweb.google.com/rxcrider/1995R1100RSRSL
My parts: https://picasaweb.google.com/rxcrider/1996R1100RSL
I had the CAT removed from the stock exhaust on my '04 1150RT shortly after purchasing the bike new in '04 and it resembles a bee's nest honey comb and is totally non-restrictive to exhaust flow, you can look right through it. I suppose the passages could become plugged over time but I think that would be a stretch, imo. I also noted no performance improvement just a somewhat throatier sounding exhaust. Cost $50 at a machine shop to have the work done.
Reason for doing it was at the time I didn't like the heat generated by the CAT so close to the transmission. The shop cut a nice neat square piece out of the top of the CAT chamber then cut out the CAT with a grinder then welded the stainless piece back in place, nice job but probably not worth doing now that I think about it.


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Cameron University invites residents of Southwest Oklahoma to get into the holiday spirit at CU's annual tree lighting ceremony and community reception. The event takes place on Tuesday, December 4 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the McMahon Centennial Complex on the Cameron campus. CU President Cindy Ross, assisted by Ole Kim, will light the tree shortly after 6 p.m.
"Cameron University invites all residents of Southwest Oklahoma out to this annual holiday tradition," says Josh Lehman, Senior Director of Public Affairs. "We are fortunate to have outstanding community support and this festive celebration is a way for us express our appreciation for that support. There are a variety of activities for families, and we welcome everyone to come out and have a great time."
The come-and-go event will include horse-drawn carriage rides, cookie-decorating stations for kids of all ages, musical performances and the lighting of a fully decorated tree. Hot cocoa, coffee, cupcakes, popcorn balls, cookies and 'smores will be served.
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A powerful photography exhibition telling the stories of recent American veterans opened at the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College in the Upper Gallery: Jennifer Karady's In Country: Soldiers' Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan. A talk by the artist and an opening reception are set for Feb. 13.
The opening reception is set for Feb. 13 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Museum, preceded by a talk by Karady at 4 p.m. in Olin Auditorium. The exhibition will run through April 7.
For the past six years, Jennifer Karady has worked with American veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to create staged narrative photographs that depict their individual stories and address their difficulties in adjusting to civilian life. After extensive interview processes with the veterans and their families, Karady collaborates with each of her subjects to restage a chosen moment from war within the safe space of his or her everyday environment, often surrounded by family and friends.
The collision between or collapse of the soldier's world and the civilian world evokes the psychology of life after war, and the challenges that adjustment to the home front entails. The process of making the photograph is intended to be helpful for the veteran subject, and is conceptually related to cognitive behavioral therapy.
Each photograph takes approximately a month to produce and involves several extensive interviews (recorded), collaborative conceptualization, location scouting, producing a sketch, discussion/approval from veteran, propping, makeup, costuming, rehearsal of physical action, training local assistants, set construction, casting extras, artificial lighting and the photo shoot. The process of making the photograph culminates in a highly choreographed installation/event. There is no digital manipulation whatsoever in order to ensure the truthfulness of the staged moment and the authenticity of the veteran subject's participation.
Each large-scale color photograph is accompanied by a recounting of the veteran's story in his or her own words that has been transcribed and edited from the interviews. So far, Karady has produced 15 photographs in the series with veterans in Nebraska, New Hampshire, upstate New York, New York City, California, Florida and Virginia, and she hopes in the end to complete a series of 25 photographs.
Describing herself as working more like a painter than as a photographer, Karady differs in her practice from other staged narrative photographers in that she collaborates with real people to dramatize their stories through both literal depiction and metaphorical and allegorical means.
Support for the artist's work on "Soldiers' Stories from Iraq and Afghanistan" has been provided by SF Camerawork, CEPA Gallery, The Puffin Foundation, The Corporation of Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, The Blue Mountain Center, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, The Atlantic Center for the Arts, the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. and individual donors. It is a sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, through their Fiscal Sponsorship Program.
The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, known for its diverse collection and its innovative educational programming and outreach, is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and noon to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The Museum is closed Mondays and college holidays, including March 30, Easter Sunday. The Museum is a member of the ARTZ/Artists for Alzheimer's museum network and is accessible to visitors with disabilities. Admission is free. The Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums. Exhibitions and programs are funded in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.


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The project has been developed through the collaboration of the museum community, police and customs agencies, the art trade, insurance industry, and valuers of art and antiques. It helps to combat art theft by encouraging use of the standard and by bringing together organisations around the world that can encourage its implementation.
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Anime Expo 2015 Report Now Up
So, somehow or another I managed to compile this report of Anime Expo 2015. I honestly wish it'd had been nothing but fun fun fun, and that I could relegate to you the awsomeness that I was part of, but I can't really do that this time around. That being said, there WAS fun, and it was damn good fun. Still, there was some shit that went down behind the scenes of this one, and if you want to know, click on that link up there to check it out. As for me, I still need to get those torrents up. Enjoy!
Anime Expo 2015 Report
I find it to be a most interesting feeling to know when I'm almost done with something. I can't really describe it to anyone, but a sinking anticipation is the best I can give. Like a countdown to something unknowable that you cannot stop...and at some point, you're not even sure you want to. Anime Expo is rapidly reaching the point where it may have to be put paid, or it may have already reached that point...the next few months will tell me that. I get ahead of myself, however.
As it has been the past few years, and for the next five years at least (since they've signed a new contract with the venue), Anime Expo has taken place at the Los Angeles Convention Center and surrounding venues. This year it played host to over 90,000 attendees, which is an unreal amount of people, and one I truly believe if trying to get through its dealer's hall was any indication of those numbers. I'm reminded a great deal of the final couple of years I went to Comic Con, what I experienced there, and how it felt. Very much like now, to be honest. Up to and including the way you could almost not even move in some places there were so many.
Anime Conji Report Now Up
So, after a few weeks, here's my little report on Anime Conji 2015. Kinda felt like this one needed a pick me up, even with some of what went down. Still, not a bad use of a weekend by any stretch. Take a gander inside, and check out what I thought. Maybe you'd like to attend in the future, who knows?
Anime Conji 2015 Report
It should probably be noted at the beginning that if one is a photographer, it becomes an act of masochistic love to go to a convention of shiny cosplayers (yes, that was a deliberate Pokemon reference) with carpal tunnel syndrome. Thankfully, Anime Conji is a small convention and not the much larger Wondercon up in Anaheim. As it was, every single time I hefted the camera and took a photo, lancing pain through my hands and up my forarms was my reward.
This is the fifth year of Anime Conji, taking place at the Sheraton Hotel in the Marina across from the San Diego International Airport (no, really, you can walk across the highway to the airport just outside of the hotel) as it did the previous year. I admit to liking the Town and Country a lot better than the Sheraton due to the fact that it's a lot more accessible and the Fashion Valley Mall was in back of it, so one could bail out and get something to eat. Now, granted everything was spread all over the place at the Town and Country, but I'm thinking this could have mitigated somewhat by reserving more of the convention center proper with all of its little outlying rooms, but who knows how the hotel may have logistically fucked that one up to make that a nonstarter. But, whatever, it's at the Sheraton...nothing else to be done. Admittedly I wasn't planning on attending initially, but events did conspire to allow me the time and inclination to head over there. I'm not entirely certain what I went to, however. By that, I mean, a convention has a certain feel to it. This event was not lacking in it per se, but it was greatly lessened. Oddly, I even ran into an overbearing floor manager, and got kicked out of the Improv Masquerade, which is usually a threat at the larger conventions with such individuals; yet, even that didn't quite make me feel like I was at a convention. I think I get what it was, but I'll save that for later.
Sac Anime Summer 2014 Report Up And Vimeo
Okay, a bit of procrastination aside, we now have the Sac Anime Summer 2014 report up. I'm not the only one going to be doing one, or so I hope, so expect at least one more. I found this event to be pretty much stress free and generally fun; so why not check it out how I lived it?
Also you can check out the videos embedded in the report, including the Masquerade that is hosted at our new Vimeo channel (not sure if it'll last, but we'll see).
Sac Anime Summer 2014 Report
Ah, Sac Anime Summer 2014.
I think this is the fourth year I've gone to this convention, having been convinced to go by Mayhem due to it being a smaller convention, and thus not prone to the same, shall we say, 'mishaps' that tend to occur at the larger ones. They're happier just having fun and hanging out with others that enjoy all the same things we do. Yes, that's an apt description; the smaller conventions have less drama and are more laid back overall. Unfortunately as a convention does grow, attendance grows so problems and other concerns creep up. Logistics gets more problematic due to more people getting involved, the need for more space becomes a greater issue, you can now bring in higher caliber guests, but have to deal with the baggage they carry, and so forth and so on. I mention this as I've seen it happen to two conventions so far: Anime Expo and Fanime. They each followed the same pattern. Even ACEN has done this to an extent, though I came in during their transition from smaller to larger convention (and there's other concerns with the midwestern convetions that have become more prevalent as time has gone on, but that's another article). I note this because Sac Anime is about where Anime Expo was in 1999, when I first went to it. I've seen this convention as it was, small and fun at the hotel, but now it's about to start making the leap into being a larger convention, and now we're all going to see how they handle it given all the examples and lessons learned in the past that are available. Let us hope they are students of history.
Anime Expo 2014 Report Now Up
I've procrastinated long enough on this one. At great personal expense in the lack of sleep department, I have finally completed one of my longest reports, the one for Anime Expo 2014. In it I talk about the convention, its main events, and its triumphs and tragedies. I share news, photo, and video all done with my own personal brand of Gonzo Journalism which is not for the faint of heart, but is at least truthful...from my own perspective anyway. But why waste time? Why not head over there now and take a look? I'm sure you can find some useful tidbits in there and perhaps a bit of entertainment...or so I hope. Enjoy!
Anime Expo 2014 Report
Have I really been doing this for around 15 years? Well, aside from the year 2000, yes, yes I have. In all this time I've typically gone to this convention with the same group of people; even going so far as to increase our participation in the conventions we go to by going as press under the auspices of Dragon's Anime and TFA Cosplay. That didn't happen this year. No, this year I was on my own in regards to being press as the core group couldn't make it this year due to various factors. Still, I wasn't totally on my own, as there were others who we've known for all this time who graciously invited me to room with them this year. This worked out a lot better than I'd have thought, because even though the Vagabond Inn up the road from the convention center was more expensive than we'd wanted, they had bunk beds of all things, which were far more comfortable than the Coleman Cots we're usually used to using when we stuff ourselves into these rooms. I'll have to admit though, this year put it into perspective on just how much I've come to rely on Gensao, Pio, and Mayhem for all sorts of things little and big when it comes to covering this convention as press which caused me to miss out on a lot more than I'd have liked. This doesn't count all the other disasters outside of everyone's control that wound up occurring.
The Fanime 2014 Report Is Up
After a few weeks of procrastination, we finally have the Fanime 2014 Report up. What to say about this year? A lot better than last year, let me tell you. Though I think we need a lot more participation from our fellow journalists than simply walking around and taking pictures, like providing some feedback and participating a bit more in the events other than just showing up thinking everything will be ready for whatever...we need to get in there and take a bit more of a part of production so we can all do our jobs better and not step on each other's toes. Honestly, though, that's more of a personal anecdote. Read on to see more about what the convention was about and how well they did this year.
Fanime 2014 Report
So here we are, eight years since the first time I've been to Fanime, and six, I believe, that I've worked with them as a member of the press for Dragon's Anime and TFA Cosplay. Some things have changed and some have remained the same. The location, for one, has remained constant, though the use of that location, as well as the construction of the location itself has altered over time. Most of the main events have remained constant, though in the cases of the Music Fest, have widened considerably in scope. Stage Zero remains one of those basically ongoing events that one can just stop in the middle of their traversals through Fanime and take in, but the presentations have been getting more and more formalized with Singing, Maid Para Para Dancing, and the like in addition to the game shows and whatnot that have been there staple of the location. Opening Ceremonies has grown from Stage Zero to encompassing the entire entrance to the convention center, and sometimes even outside depending on what sort of things they will have going on. All in all, it's still a convention by the fans, for the fans, but it is growing, and while the location is growing with it, I've noted in my last few reports that I'm curious as to when true saturation point there in down town San Jose will occur, and what that will mean for the convention. Still, that's just idle speculation at present; it's time to get to the main event.


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"Perhaps others disagree with me that animals have personalities, but the highly documented torture of animals is unacceptable, and the human cost Foer describes in his book, of which I was previously unaware, is universally compelling," she wrote.
She went on to discuss the medical and bacterial issues – including the rise of swine flu – that Foer argues factory farming has contributed toward.
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Natalie also revealed a personal anecdote from her college years at Harvard that helped inform her beliefs.
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I've just pushed a new version of the fingerprint package that contains an update provided by Abhik Seal that significantly speeds up calculation of pairwise similarity matrices when using the Dice similarity method. A ran a simple comparison using different numbers of random fingerprints (1024 bits, with 512 bits set to one, randomly) and measured the time to evaluate the pairwise similarity matrix. As you can see from the figure alongside, the new code is significantly faster (with speed ups of 450x to 500x). The code to generate the timings is below – it probably should wrapped in a loop to multiple times for each set size.
fpls <- lapply(seq(10,300,by=10),
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Damascusdəmăs´kəs [key], Arabic Dimashq or ash-Sham, city (1995 est. pop. 1,500,000), capital of Syria and of its Damascus governorate, SW Syria, on the eastern edge of the Anti-Lebanon Mts. It is Syria's largest city and its administrative, financial, and communications center. Damascus stands in the oasis of Ghouta on the margins of the Syrian Desert, and is bisected by the Barada River. Manufactures include textiles, metalware, refined sugar, glass, furniture, cement, leather goods, preserves, confections, and matches. The city is served by a railroad, highways, and an international airport.
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One weekend last year, we asked our vet how we would know when it was time to put down Byron, our elderly dog. Byron was 14, half blind, partly deaf, with dementia and arthritis. He often walked into walls, stood staring vacantly with his tail down and had begun whining for reasons we could not always decipher.
We softened his food with water and sprinkled it with meat; we cuddled him when he whimpered and took him outside to relieve himself seven times a night. We couldn't take a vacation because we couldn't imagine asking anyone to do what we were doing. Nor could we fully trust anyone to provide the care we thought Byron required.
But it was also true that Byron often toddled along happily on his daily walks sniffed bushes with the measured attentiveness of a research scientist, flirted with passersby.
When asked whether it was time to put Byron "to sleep," our vet said he used the 50 percent rule: Were at least half of Byron's days good days? Or was it two bad days for every good? When you get to the latter, he explained, it's time.
This conversation gave me pause for two reasons. First, what did Byron want? There was, of course, no way to know.
Which brings me to my second reason for pause. When not serving as faithful servant to our tiny dog, I am a geriatrician. I care for the frailest and sickest of older adults.
To many people's surprise, most of my patients are as satisfied with their lives as they were when they were less debilitated. But this isn't true for everyone, and some are eager to say they've had enough. They are bedbound or dependent, unable to do any of the things they once valued so dearly -- working, caring for their families, eating solid food or even hearing the conversation of those who come to see them. Still others cannot express their wishes or needs but sit propped in chairs frowning and grimacing, despite attentive care and trials of antidepressants and pain medications.
"Why doesn't God want me?" asked a 96-year-old felled by multiple strokes and fed through a tube.
"Can't you do something?" begged an 89-year-old with advanced Parkinson's disease and incontinence who would have killed himself if only he still could.
And these were two people who lived relatively comfortably with frequent visits from loving families. But others, even those with similar or equal disabilities, might feel just as strongly that they want to preserve their lives at any cost. They would never choose euthanasia.
Of course, we can't have a 50 percent rule for humans. Because who decides? These are vulnerable people, and while the world is full of dedicated, self-sacrificing caregivers, it also contains far too many people who stand to gain from death (through inheritance) or from continuing life (in the form of Social Security checks or cheap housing).
For Byron, the fateful day came both slowly and suddenly. We had intended to take a palliative approach: doing only those treatments that lessened his suffering and avoiding stressful vet visits at all costs. But then his paw hurt, so we took him in. He didn't respond to the first antibiotic so sedation and a biopsy were required. Next, he developed bloody, watery stool. We talked the vet into prescribing standard antibiotics without a visit, and he improved. But a few months later, he was short of breath. He needed an X-ray to determine that it was pneumonia, then oxygen and more antibiotics. He stayed overnight. A few months after that, pus dripped from his red, swollen eyes -- conjunctivitis. Each time he had to go to the vet, he shook, panted, climbed up our bodies and tugged on his leash, his tiny body straining for the door.
Suddenly, I fully understood something I observed at work all the time -- how it was possible to love a frail relative, prioritize his comfort and well-being, yet repeatedly find oneself doing things that felt awful to everyone.
Finally we made an appointment with a hospice vet. When I returned home from work that night, the humans of our family were cradling Byron and looking sad. He ran to me, wiggling his tail. He hadn't eaten all day. I thawed some chicken, and he gobbled it down. Someone said, "You can't kill him."
Then he followed me to the bathroom and vomited the chicken onto the floor at my feet. He stood, tail down, facing the wall.
That night, the vet gave him the injection, and Byron died in our arms.
Since then, I have often wondered whether we waited too long. We counted the time he spent sleeping as contentment, tipping the scale above the 50 percent mark. But I know that in elderly humans, sleep is more often a sign of chronic exhaustion, depression and avoidance of pain. In dealing with the guilt brought on by our mixed feelings -- we love him; he's ruining our lives -- I realize we may have overcompensated to his detriment.
With dying humans, similar situations arise every day -- hospital stays that fix the acute problem and worsen the chronic ones; emergency department visits that yield diagnoses but require weeks of recovery from the waiting and testing; surgeries that are themselves minor but provoke major complications and hated nursing home stays. On the other hand, there are the relatively simple problems that might be addressed by a doctor if only seeing one didn't require an ambulance for transportation, or time off work by an adult child, or more taxi fare than remains in the Social Security check, or more effort than seems worth the while.
And sometimes it's even more complicated than that. Last year, a patient of mine with 15 major medical problems, including a form of leukemia, decided he didn't ever want to return to the hospital, do chemotherapy or try any of the other treatments we discussed. But for weeks after that, he railed and fumed at the prospect of palliative care, because he wanted very badly to live.
He wanted to live -- just not in the hospital, with poisons in his blood. He was sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. Like so many, his was a reasoned and reasonable stance.
Louise Aronson is an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and the author of "A History of the Present Illness." She wrote this article for the New York Times.


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Two nights ago, my ten-year-old daughter, Tish, who is a younger version of me (in every wonderful, terrifying way) sat on my bed and said with a shaky voice, "Mama, the other girls are all skinny. Why am I different?"
I stared at her and silently lost my mind. Ten is when I noticed my differentness, too. Ten is when I decided there was something wrong with me and became bulimic. My life became a total shit storm for the next twenty years. And as I sat on that bed with my baby, I swear to you I became ten again. It all rushed back and I froze. I just froze. I could not think of one helpful word to say. Even though it is my entire job to think of something helpful to say.
I kept repeating this in my head: This can't be happening. No, no, no. NO. NoNONONO.
I tried to use my secret life strategy, which is to treat every conflict like I'm at an improv. Instead of resisting other people or ideas or problems, instead of no no no no I say: YES. And….. But that didn't work. Nothing but frozen silence from me.
Craig was by the door and he said, "G, can I talk to you for a second?"
I looked at Tish and said, "Hold on, baby." Craig and I went into the bathroom.
I looked at him and said some bad words. Then I said, "I can't do this. I AM this. How do I help her from becoming this when I AM THIS?"
Craig said, "No. You can't freak out right now. I know this is intense for you — but she needs you. You were made for this. Just tell her the truth. Can you do this?"
And I said, "Yes. Fine. Okay." So I went back out and Tish and I sat on my bed for two hours and talked about everything. We talked about all the messages girls get about staying small and quiet and competitive and how that's all horseshit meant to keep girls weak and separate from each other, so we can't join forces and lead. We talked about how hard and wonderful it is to have a body, and we talked about what, exactly, bodies are for. I did my best. The truth is – I'm still learning what it means to be a woman and how to live comfortably inside my body. Ten to forty has gone by pretty fast.
Then last night, Tish and I went to a bookstore. On our way out, Tish stopped in front of the magazine rack. She stood in front of a rack made up of seven covers — covers that all displayed pictures of women, each blonder and more emaciated than the last, each angrier and more objectified than the one before. These magazine covers held up a certain type of pretend woman for all to see as the pinnacle of female achievement. Tish stared. My insides caught fire. I thought about calling her away but then decided: no. I won't leave her to figure this out alone. We'll wade into this together.
So I walked over and said, "Confusing isn't it? What do you think they're trying to tell you about what it means to be a successful woman? Do you believe them?"
We talked for a while.
Then I picked up a magazine and we looked at it together. I said, "Tish, what do you think women's bodies are for?"
And she said, "Writing, running, hugging."
And I said: "Are women's bodies for selling thing?"
She said no.
And I said, "That's why this feels bad to you. Because this is a lie. There's nothing wrong with you, baby. There's something wrong with THIS."
She nodded.
And when we got home Tish went to her room and the next thing I heard from her was: "MOM! HOW DO YOU SPELL PETITION?" And an hour later she brought me this.
And I cried and cheered and then we all signed it and I wrote HELL YEAH but my son changed it to HECK YEAH because honestly my kids are a little judgey.
BUT, LOOK. That's the shift, right? When I was little — I looked at the one size fits none standard of beauty and thought: "Damn. There's something wrong with me." And Tish will look at the same crap and say: " Damn. There's something wrong with THAT."
And she'll likely get a little pissed. And that's what I want. I want girls who are angry instead of sick.
Awake girls might be a little angry. But they know that the poison is outside, not inside. And they'll work to clear the air for all of us.
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Born and bred in de Veluwe, one of the most conservative regions of Holland, Willem has become one of the world's most unpredictable and sardonic cartoonists. While studying Fine Arts between 1962 and 1967, it all started with some early comix and cartoons for magazines like De Legerkoerier (The Army Courier), and with Willem's contributions to the legendary student magazine Propria Cures. There, he got in touch with Roel van Duyn, the editor of the paper for the hippie movement Provo.
Piet Por (Aloha #26, 1972)
Since Provo at that time didn't have an illustrator, Willem started working for them right away. In 1966 he caused quite a stir by portraying the Dutch queen Juliana as a prostitute in one of his cartoons for the Provo publication God, Nederland & Oranje. What followed was a persecution for lese majesty and a fine of 200 guilders. Following the demise of the Provo movement, his work appeared in De Nieuwe Linie in 1967. He moved to Paris, France in the following year, where his first cartooning work were contributions to L'Enragé during the May 1968 student strikes in Paris.
He subsequently became a regular contributor to Hara Kiri as well as its follow-up Charlie Hebdo. Willem's beloved themes such as fat women, biological warfare, crabs, small children and police violence were all represented in the many political cartoons, illustrations, puzzles, comix and texts for the magazine. He also served as a promotor of Dutch comic abroad with his own publication Surprise. He was eventually editor-in-chief of Charlie Mensuel. He also appeared in Benoît Lamy's documentary 'Cartoon Circus' (1972), a Belgian documentary about cartoons and comics, in which he was interviewed alongside Siné, Picha, Roland Topor, Cabu, Jean-Marc Reiser, François Cavanna, Professeur Choron, Gal, Georges Wolinski, Joke and Jules Feiffer.
Prince Bernhard comics about the Lockheed case
Ever since the late seventies, Willem has been contributing controversial daily cartoons to the French left-wing daily Libération. All through these years his output has been prolific, resulting in a veritable mountain of book publications, which are almost without exception hard to find. Luckily, in 1998, the editor Jean-Pierre Faur published the anthology 'Deadlines', a beautiful overview of the works of one of the most internationally renowned Dutch graphic artists.
In Holland his work has been published in books by De Harmonie, De Nieuwe Linie and Van Gennep, including 'Billy the Kid', 'Forty Dirty Drawings', 'Weg met de varkens', 'De vrolijke zelfmoord', 'Rust en orde' and 'De lotgevallen van Piet Por'. He has also continued to produce a weekly political cartoon for HP/De Tijd.
Willem hosted an exhibition in Galerie Lambiek in September 1998. He was honored with the Dutch comics prize, De Stripschapsprijs, in 2000. Willem was the first Dutch artist to receive the Grand Prix d'Angoulême during the 40th Angoulême Comics Festival in February 2013.
Lambiek will always be grateful to Willem for illustrating the letter "R" in our encylopedia book, 'Wordt Vervolgd - Stripleksikon der Lage Landen', published in 1979.
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Feds indict 4 in peanut butter salmonella outbreak, one the Company Owner....
Named in the indictment were company owner Stewart Parnell, his brother and company vice president Michael Parnell, Georgia plant manager Samuel Lightsey and Georgia plant quality assurance manager Mary Wilkerson.
A federal grand jury indicted four former employees of a peanut company linked to a 2009 salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds, leading to one of the largest recalls in history.
The 76-count indictment was unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Georgia. It charged the former employees of Virginia-based Peanut Corp. of America with conspiracy, wire fraud, obstruction of justice and others offenses related to contaminated or misbranded food.
FDA inspectors found remarkably bad conditions inside Parnell's processing plant in Blakely, Ga., including mold and roaches, and the company went bankrupt after the recall.
"When those responsible for producing or supplying our food lie and cut corners, as alleged in the indictment, they put all of us at risk," Stuart F. Delery, who heads the Justice Department's Civil Division, said in a news release. "The Department of Justice will not hesitate to pursue any person whose criminal conduct risks the safety of Americans who have done nothing more than eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich."
The indictment accused the Parnells and Lightsey of conspiring to defraud customers and obtain money through false and fraudulent pretenses. Wilkerson was charged with obstruction of justice.
Parnell's attorneys said in a statement after the indictment was unsealed that they are disappointed that the government has decided to pursue the case after four years and charged that the Food and Drug Administration knew about the company's salmonella testing and had not objected.
"At this point, we will evaluate the charges that have been filed against Mr. Parnell and will prepare for a vigorous defense," said attorneys Bill Gust and Tom Bondurant in a statement. "There is little doubt that as the facts in this case are revealed, it will become apparent that the FDA was in regular contact with (Peanut Corporation of America) about its food handling policy and was well aware of its salmonella testing protocols."
"I'm glad it finally came out so we can get this cleared up and clear Sammy's name," he said. "We look forward to getting to a trial where we can finish the story."
The indictment alleged the conspiracy lasted from about June 2003 through February 2009 and that peanut products were shipped after testing positive for salmonella.
Stewart Parnell, who invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying before Congress in February 2009, once directed employees to "turn them loose" after samples of peanuts had tested positive for salmonella and then were cleared in a second test, according to e-mail uncovered at the time by congressional investigators.
The indictment cited emails sent between defendants talking about contamination in the product.
A federal judge in 2010 approved a $12 million insurance settlement for more than 100 salmonella victims.
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PhD, History, College of William and Mary
HIST 203: American History to 1820
HIST 204: American History 1820 to 1920
HIST 205: American History Since 1920
HIST 263: American Studies
HIST 304: Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy
HIST 312: American Immigration History
HIST 313: Women in America
HIST 315: History of Pennsylvania
HIST 316: American Foreign Policy
HIST 317: Revolutionary America
HIST 318: Atlantic Worlds
HIST 351: History Seminar I
HIST 402: Social Movements in History
HIST 451: History Seminar II
My primary goal, as an educator, is to provide my students with the education they should expect to receive at any top-ranked university. I seek to vary my approach to teaching and my assignments to accommodate the disparate learning styles of students, the different kinds and amounts of primary source materials available at different points in history, and the diverse course topics that I teach. Thanks to the wealth of primary source documents on the internet, I am able to introduce students in introductory classes to the moving words of people in the past, and to encourage students to engage in original research projects.
"'A Girl of Business': Calicia Allaire at the Howell Iron Works," New Jersey Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1 (2017).
"Digitizing Dolley, and Eliza and Harriott Pinckney," Journey of the Early Republic, Vol. 35, No. 4 (2015).
"Pennsylvania's History from a Unique Perspective through Oral History," Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 82, No. 1 (2014).
"First Person Assignments: Considering How History Affects and Is Affected by the Individual." The History Teacher, Vol. 47, No. 2 (2014).
Holy Family University School of Arts and Sciences Teaching Excellence Award, 2015
Pennsylvania Humanities Council Small Grants (2007, 2008) to fund the Holy Family University-Glen Foerd Speaker Series
Spencer Dissertation Fellowship, 1995
Virginia Historical Society Mellon Research Fellowship, 1994
I am a co-chair of the Glen Foerd-Holy Family Speaker Series, which invites a distinguished speaker to Holy Family University each spring and fall for a lecture on a topic in American history in the period from the War of 1812 up through the early 20th century, which is the period of time interpreted by Glen Foerd on the Delaware, the historic house museum located a few blocks from campus. All lectures are free and open to the public.
My own research focuses on the education of southern women in the early republic, and women's involvement in reform organizations. I argue that, while the formal curriculum at girls' schools in the early republic held up as an ideal lady one who was timid and modest, beautiful and fascinating, innocent and submissive, the informal curriculum provided altogether different lessons. Observing widows, unmarried women, and professed nuns establish and run schools, young women understood that an independent and influential life was an option available to them. Attending evangelical revivals and religious services, girls learned of their obligation to advance piety in the world. Working with their teachers to staff Sunday schools, aid orphan asylums, and raise money for African colonization, pupils gained knowledge of their ability to shape the world in which they lived. Through these activities, southern women began to challenge the social paradigms limiting the lives of the region's women in the early republic.


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It being Wednesday, we will now have the singing of the national anthem, led by the hon. member for Brampton West.
[Members sang the national anthem]
House of Commons Hansard #8 of the 40th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was lanka.
2 p.m.
The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken
It being Wednesday, we will now have the singing of the national anthem, led by the hon. member for Brampton West.
[Members sang the national anthem]
Spirit Catcher AwardStatements By Members
2 p.m.
Patrick Brown Conservative Barrie, ON
Mr. Speaker, one of the most prestigious awards in Barrie is the city council Spirit Catcher Award. The spirit catcher stands high above the city's waterfront and symbolizes the city. This year's recipient was Arch Brown, who is no relation, by the way. Arch already holds an incredible array of honours, including the chamber of commerce's hall of fame, honorary colonel of Canadian Forces Base Borden, a senator of the Grey and Simcoe Foresters, the Queen's golden jubilee medal, and the Order of Canada.
Arch has been a tremendous supporter of the MacLaren art gallery in Barrie and Georgian College. His donation to Georgian College resulted in the building of the Helen and Arch Brown Centre for Visual Arts, and Arch's friendship with former premier Bill Davis also played a big role in the development of Georgian College in the 1970s.
Arch has had a distinguished career with Canadian Tire as its national sales director. He introduced the company's groundbreaking cash bonus program, Canadian Tire money, and set up most of their stores across Canada.
Today I salute Arch as Barrie's 2009 Spirit Catcher Award recipient and I salute the work he has done in building Barrie for the better.
Senior CitizensStatements By Members
2 p.m.
Ujjal Dosanjh Liberal Vancouver South, BC
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak to you on behalf of the senior citizens of Vancouver South, southeast Vancouver in particular, and on behalf of the Southeast Vancouver Seniors' Arts and Cultural Society and the president, Lorna Gibbs. There is a dire need for a seniors centre in this area of Vancouver. The census indicates that there are 25,000 seniors living in the southeast quadrant of my riding. That is almost a third of the senior citizens living in Vancouver.
There are nine seniors centres in the city of Vancouver, eight of them west of Main, only one east of Main, and none in this area, so there is a significant need.
I can tell you that Vancouver City Council and the Province of British Columbia are trying to find ways of making this a reality for senior citizens. I would urge the federal government to work with the provincial government and the City of Vancouver to make this a reality for the senior citizens of Vancouver, senior citizens who have actually built this country into what it is today.
Quebec Teachers' WeekStatements By Members
2 p.m.
Diane Bourgeois Bloc Terrebonne—Blainville, QC
Mr. Speaker, Quebec Teachers' Week takes place from February 1 to 7. Today I would like to pay tribute to the thousands of dedicated teachers in Quebec who play such a skilful role in the transfer of knowledge.
The teaching profession often comes under criticism. However, we must remember that we owe our education and that of our children to teachers. They gave us a wealth of knowledge, values and skills that have made us successful today.
School officials and parents rely on our teachers to meet the challenges inherent in education. Teaching, like learning, is not always easy, but both are essential. It does not matter what subject or what grade is being taught; teachers deserve an A+.
Their work is appreciated. We recognize their abilities and the quality of the work they do to ensure that as many of our youth as possible succeed. They have taught us, they continue to—
Quebec Teachers' WeekStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken
The hon. member for New Westminster—Coquitlam.
World Cancer DayStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Dawn Black NDP New Westminster—Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to highlight World Cancer Day, a day of action against a disease which, as it has with far too many, has touched me personally. Two of my children have battled cancer, one as an infant and one while in university.
In the 1990s I was proud to be an initiator of a parliamentary study on breast cancer, which resulted in the groundbreaking report "Breast Cancer: Unanswered Questions". These committee hearings were a turning point. Many of the women who testified are leaders today in the fight against cancer.
We have come a long way. Research funding is up. Every province has a breast screening program. Canada led the way on a vaccine for cervical cancer.
But so much more needs to be done. Cancer patients need a catastrophic drug plan so that they can focus on fighting cancer, not on fighting to make ends meet.
Today I join thousands of Canadians across the country in a call for political action and public engagement in the campaign to control cancer and to beat it.
CancerStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Rick Dykstra Conservative St. Catharines, ON
Mr. Speaker, today on World Cancer Day, I rise to speak to an issue of great personal significance.
Every week thousands of Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer. Cancer is not discriminatory in who it affects. In September my family and I experienced the tragedy of losing a loved one to cancer, a tragedy many Canadians have also experienced. That is why I am proud to be part of a government that has risen to the challenge of working towards a solution.
We began a Canadian strategy for cancer control in 2006, and this has led to new research and initiatives such as the Canadian partnership for tomorrow project, which began in 2008. It will explore how genetics, environment, lifestyle and behaviour contribute to the development of cancer.
I believe it is important for the millions of Canadians affected by this disease to know their government is working hard on their behalf to help beat this terrible disease.
Saint-Léonard Economic and Community Development Corporation Awards GalaStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Massimo Pacetti Liberal Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, QC
Mr. Speaker, on November 12, I had the pleasure of attending the Saint-Léonard economic and community development corporation's awards gala, where Claude Poirier, president and CEO of Magnus Poirier, was honoured as part of the event's "community builders" theme.
The tribute highlighted his contribution to Saint-Léonard's development and his generous social, community and philanthropic involvement.
In addition to being a member of 14 boards of directors and the honorary president of many an event, he distinguished himself by setting up the Quebec branch of Youth Net, a not-for-profit organization working to prevent suicide among young people.
As the member for Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, I would like to thank Mr. Poirier and offer him my most sincere congratulations for this well-deserved honour. People like Claude Poirier make it possible for us to achieve great and wonderful things.
Donald Jasper SprouleStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
David Tilson Conservative Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Mr. Speaker, I stand in the House today to remember a dear friend of our community, Mr. Donald Jasper Sproule, who I am sad to say passed away on December 20, 2008.
Don, who was born and raised in Dufferin County, was an outstanding pharmacist, an involved and dedicated citizen and a tremendous father, husband and grandfather.
In his over 30 years as a pharmacist and as owner of Sproule's Drug Store in Orangeville, Don compassionately provided countless residents of our community with sound advice and guidance, and always did so with a smile.
His dedication to our community carried over to his work with the Orangeville Optimist Club. He was a member for 35 years and was known for his infectious enthusiasm. He also served as an energetic board member and volunteer for Hospice Dufferin for several years. His proudest achievement was his family.
Don will be greatly missed, but will always be fondly remembered for his remarkable community service, his dedication to his family and his incredible spirit.
Quebec SovereigntyStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jean Dorion Bloc Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, QC
Mr. Speaker, with the support of the Liberal Party, the Conservative government has opted to abandon Quebec. The results are: crass interference in Quebec's areas of jurisdiction; a unilateral change to equalization, to Quebec's detriment; a reduction of Quebec's political weight in the House of Commons; the creation of a Canada-wide securities commission. That is what the federalists have to offer Quebec.
The government prides itself on practising open federalism and claims to recognize the Quebec nation, but these few examples demonstrate once again that Quebec has everything to lose by staying in Canada.
The Canadian parties continue to impose measures on us that are at odds with measures shown to be successful in Quebec. Quebec has the ability to take charge of the economic, political, cultural and social means at its disposal. It is capable of controlling its own destiny.
Quebec sovereignty cannot come soon enough.
Member for Calgary EastStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Kevin Sorenson Conservative Crowfoot, AB
Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today to acknowledge my colleague and friend, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the hon. member for Calgary East.
Last month the President of India bestowed upon the parliamentary secretary the highest honour given to overseas Indians, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award.
As an Indo-Canadian, the member for Calgary East has displayed a leadership role in the Indian diaspora in Canada and has been tirelessly active in the promotion of Canada-India relations.
Whether during the years of the Liberal government, when our relations with India were foolishly left to the side, or today, when our improved relations with India are blossoming into expanded and mutually profitable trade, the member for Calgary East has been front and centre, helping build the personal and professional links between the countries.
I congratulate my friend on this very prestigious honour, a testament to the value of his continued efforts.
World Cancer DayStatements By Members
February 4th, 2009 / 2:10 p.m.
Keith Martin Liberal Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, BC
Mr. Speaker, today we stand to support the International Union Against Cancer in recognizing World Cancer Day.
Each year a staggering seven million people die from cancer and close to eleven million new cases are diagnosed worldwide. Last year in our country alone, 166,400 people were diagnosed, and 73,000 people died from this disease.
The theme for this year's World Cancer Day is encourage a balanced lifestyle based on a healthy diet and physical activity. This is especially important for parents, who need to encourage their children to eat well, be active and maintain a healthy body weight, for 30% to 35% of all cancers can be prevented by doing this, and we know that the earlier the start, the greater the benefits.
On this World Cancer Day it is vitally important that we encourage children and adults alike to eat well, exercise and not smoke. In this way we can reduce the incidence of cancer and save lives.
ZimbabweStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Deepak Obhrai Conservative Calgary East, AB
Mr. Speaker, recently an agreement for unity government was struck between the parties of Morgan Tsvangirai and Robert Mugabe. While this is a positive development, the people of Zimbabwe need real change.
Since the signing of the global political agreement on September 16, 2008, Canada's position has been very clear. Effective change in Zimbabwe requires actual political shift by the country's leadership. This extends to the Government of National Unity as well.
Canada has been and will continue to be insistent upon this point. In September, Canada imposed targeted censures against Zimbabwe's ruling elite and associated entities. These censures will remain in effect until Zimbabwe has demonstrated positive shifts in policy that result in improvements in freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
Canada continues to stand in solidarity with the people of Zimbabwe.
Gaétan RobergeStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Glenn Thibeault NDP Sudbury, ON
Mr. Speaker, Warrant Officer Gaétan Roberge served his country for 28 years. He was known as a soldier's soldier. Roberge showed this quality in his final days when he returned early from a three day break to help his fellow soldiers. It was on that day, December 27, 2008, that Gaétan was killed when his vehicle struck a roadside bomb just outside of Kandahar City.
Gaétan was a soldier in the 2nd Battalion of the Irish Regiment of Canada based out of Sudbury.
His Lieutenant Colonel John Valtonen had this to say about Roberge, "He was the embodiment of a proud, professional Canadian soldier".
Roberge was not just an exemplary soldier, he was a loving son, dedicated father, caring husband and a fun loving brother. As his father says, "an all around great man". Gaétan was known to be quick to help and lend a hand. He was a family man through and through and enjoyed skating with his family and taking his children to hockey games.
His service to our community and country will not be forgotten. May he rest in peace.
Thérèse Lavoie-RouxStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Jacques Gourde Conservative Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, QC
Mr. Speaker, this week, Quebec and Canada lost a distinguished politician, the former Minister of Health of Quebec and Conservative senator, Thérèse Lavoie-Roux.
Born in Rivière-du-Loup, Ms. Lavoie-Roux obtained a degree in social sciences. Her professional life took her to the Montreal Children's Hospital, the school of social work at the Université de Montréal, the school of rehabilitation at the Université de Montréal and the Institut Marguerite-d'Youville. She chaired the Commission des écoles catholiques de Montréal, now the Commission scolaire de Montréal, until she was elected to the National Assembly in the riding of Acadie in 1976.
Under Ms. Lavoie-Roux's leadership, the Commission des écoles catholiques de Montréal supported institutions in disadvantaged areas. The reforms she introduced as minister of health and social services led to greater employee versatility, legalization of the profession of midwifery and decentralization of the health care system.
I would like to express my sincere sympathies to Ms. Lavoie-Roux's family.
Forestry IndustryStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Robert Bouchard Bloc Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, QC
Mr. Speaker, last week we witnessed a sorry sight. The member for Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean professed to one and all that the government's hands were tied by the softwood lumber agreement, preventing it from supporting the forestry industry. The member raised the ire of the industry and also of forestry workers in his riding who cannot believe his lack of commitment.
What citizens need to know is that the government does have the right and the ability to take action, for example, by providing loan guarantees to the forestry industry, a measure proposed by the Bloc Québécois a long time ago.
Faced with the forestry crisis that has deeply affected his riding, Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean,and all of Quebec, the member for Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean preferred once more to ignore it. He has abandoned the workers and families that he had promised to help, choosing instead to spout his party's ideology.
Black History MonthStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Marlene Jennings Liberal Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, February is a special month for me. Black History Month allows us to celebrate Canada's accomplishments and recognize the remaining challenges.
I was 16 years old when Hon. Lincoln Alexander became the very first black Canadian elected to the House.
I am grateful, beyond measure, that my own daughter witnessed my election in 1997 as the first ever black Quebec MP and that she, at 16, also witnessed the election of the very first black President of the United States.
We still have a long way to go. Right now I am the only black MP sitting in the House. However, it is the capacity of democracies like Canada's to effect fundamental change based upon the belief in equality that brought me to this chamber and my daughter to a world where she, and not the colour of her skin, will choose her future.
AgricultureStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
James Bezan Conservative Selkirk—Interlake, MB
Mr. Speaker, since 2003, cattle producers in my riding have been unable to export to Jordan as a result of a ban imposed because of BSE.
Yesterday the Canadian government re-secured full access to the Jordanian market for Canadian beef and cattle exports. As a result of this announcement, the value of Canadian beef exports to Jordan will increase.
This news, along with a similar deal with Hong Kong and the signing of several free trade agreements, is proof positive that the government is delivering for livestock producers.
Last month the agriculture minister announced the creation of a market access secretariat to better coordinate government initiatives with producers and industry to aggressively pursue new markets.
As the Prime Minister said yesterday, in regard to the U.S. COOL, "This is the government...that recently got changes to the country of origin labelling".
In these times of global economic turmoil, the Conservative government is reducing trade barriers, opening new markets for Canadian exporters and standing up for Canadian producers.
Automotive IndustryOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Etobicoke—Lakeshore Ontario
Michael Ignatieff LiberalLeader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, a year ago the Minister of Finance refused any direct support for the auto sector, saying they would not get into the business of picking winners and losers. While the Government of Ontario was trying to keep auto plants open, the minister criticized it for "old-fashioned thinking" and "Band-Aid fixes".
Because the government allowed ideology to get in the way of action, we now need surgery and not Band-Aids. What does the government and the Prime Minister propose to do to stop the bleed in the auto sector?
Automotive IndustryOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Calgary Southwest Alberta
Stephen Harper ConservativePrime Minister
Mr. Speaker, the House will know that the difficulties of the auto sector are not just in Canada. They are continent-wide and, in fact, worldwide. Particularly the Detroit Three companies face major challenges.
That is why I have joined with Premier McGuinty and we are working in collaboration with the government of the United States to facilitate the restructuring of this industry, which is going to have to happen, to ensure in the process that we keep our share of this vital industry in this country.
Automotive IndustryOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Etobicoke—Lakeshore Ontario
Michael Ignatieff LiberalLeader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, it is too late. The auto sector crisis affects workers not only in Ontario, but also in Quebec and the Atlantic provinces. It is a national crisis.
All last year, the government refused to take action. Why did the government sit on its hands? Does it believe that the demise of this sector is inevitable, but does not dare say that?
Automotive IndustryOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Calgary Southwest Alberta
Stephen Harper ConservativePrime Minister
Mr. Speaker, we are working in collaboration with the Ontario government and the American administration to restructure this industry, which is so very important for the Canadian economy. I would invite the opposition to work with us for the benefit of this industry and the entire Canadian economy.
Automotive IndustryOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Etobicoke—Lakeshore Ontario
Michael Ignatieff LiberalLeader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, all last fall the government sat by, waiting for the Americans to put together their package. By waiting so long, it may have caused Canadian auto workers their jobs.
What specific measures is the government taking in Washington to ensure that Canada does not lose product mandates, production jobs and assembly line capacity when the U.S. government and U.S. industry finalize the rescue package for their industry?
Automotive IndustryOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Calgary Southwest Alberta
Stephen Harper ConservativePrime Minister
Mr. Speaker, this is a completely integrated continental industry. We cannot fix this problem ourselves. That is why we have acted in full collaboration not just with the government of Ontario here, but with the American administration. Our officials are in touch with their counterparts in treasury and in the U.S. government each and every day. I would be happy to provide the Leader of the Opposition with briefs on that, if he so desires.
Automotive IndustryOral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Frank Valeriote Liberal Guelph, ON
Mr. Speaker, there is speculation that General Motors may pull out of Canada entirely.
While the industry has struggled to meet his February 20 deadline, the Minister of Industry has been idling. The Detroit Three are working hard. The auto workers are at the table. The U.S. government is on the ball. While Canadian communities remain desperate to retain auto sector jobs, the minister is the flat tire slowing down progress.
When exactly did the minister actually meet with his American counterpart to ensure our Canadian jobs would be protected?


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