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Perfect for light line and finesse fishing, the extremely light Shimano Core 50MG has the smallest profile of any Shimano reel. Blazing fast as well, its loaded with premium components and features.
-Ultra-Lightweight Magnesium Frame and Sideplate
-Ultra-Lightweight A7075 Aluminum Spool Construction
-Magnumlite Spool Design
-S A-RB Ball Bearings
-A-RB Roller Bearing
-High Efficiency Gearing (HEG)
-Super Stopper
-Super Free (SF)
-Variable Brake System (VBS)
-Reduced Mass VBS Hub
-Escape Hatch
-Dartainium Drag
-Cold Forged Aluminum Drag Star
-Clicking Drag Adjustment
-Aluminum Cast Control Knob
-Rubber Shielded Cast Control Knob
-Tapered Ti Levelwind Insert
-Cold Forged Aluminum Handle Shank
-Drilled Handle Shank
-Septon Handle Grips
-Recessed Reel Foot
-1/8 Turn Easy Access Attached Sideplate
-Approved for use in Saltwater
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About This Reel
Introducing the smallest profile ever in a Shimano reel, the Shimano Core 50MG Casting Reel is designed to take your light line and finesse fishing to the next level. Don't let its small stature fool you, the Shimano Core 50MG has plenty of power to take the fight to any bass. With surprising line capacity and a blazing fast 7.1:1 gear ratio, it is also equipped with HEG (High Efficiency Gearing) and eight S A-RB ball bearings, making it as smooth as you would expect from a Shimano reel of this caliber.
In addition, Shimano's proven VBS Cast Control system and featherweight Magnumlite Spool combine to allow the angler to cast light finesse baits with no chance of backlash. Ergonomic comfort is also ensured via the cold forged and drilled Aluminum Handle Shank paired with premium Septon Grips. The lightweight Magnesium frame and sideplate, as well as, the Graphite non-handle sideplate provide a solid foundation and contribute again to the Core 50MG's overall ultra-light weight. Backed by Shimano's industry leading Warranty, the Shimano Core 50MG is perfect for any finesse technique you might choose and rest assured, it also has the power and speed to match the fury of the meanest bass.
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Customer Feedback
Comments: Super light and without a doubt easy to fish with all day long. I have it paired with a Cumara Med Ex Fast and it is by far a very comfortable rig if you like to fish from sunup to sundown.
From: CJ: Gretna, LA 6/24/14
Comments: This is the second time I've written about the Core 51MG 7.0. I bought another one because my first was so good. I dropped it in the lake last fall & I'm hoping the water goes way down this summer. Got it GPS'd. Nothing equals it for casting light swim baits & such. As easy as a spinning reel and better in the wind. I use 10lb flouro-carbon Sensenich on a 7' custom made revolver rod. Got the second one two weeks ago and I love it.
From: Howard: Paradise, CA 5/29/14
Comments: well shawn I see your point. but I use my core for flipping heavy cover on 50-65lb power pro. awesome reel and powerful hands down. I order a chronarch ci4+ and curado 200i. just so use to the core 50 and chronarch 100d-200e that those reels dont do it for me. everybody titled to their own opinion. and for me the core is a much better reel.
From: Carl: TX 5/14/14
Comments: great reel for more finesse things, I have 4 ci4's and 2 cores...and they both serve their own purpose, got my ci4s for more power fishing (cranks/spinners) and my cores for finesse jigs/weightless both awesome reels
From: Shawn: WI 4/23/14
Comments: I like this reel better then the ci4+. If they discontinue this reel. This reel will always hold its value. just look at the 50 e series curado they still go for 150 used. It'll be nice if they brought some of the upgrades stuff over here for the core like spools handle knob some differ color accents stuff here and there would be cool.
From: She: MN
Comments: Perfect for pitching and flipping with jigs and plastics as it doesn't hold a lot of line it's a good fit for a half spool of 50/65lb braid or 20-25lb fluoro. Great power and fast line pickup. Very strong drag. I use 2 and need 1 more, also good at casting light braids or fluorocarbon. Very light and smooth.
From: Mike: Ontario, Canada
Comments: This reel can handle more than finesse stuff. This reel honestly has the best drag also. The only downfall I see with this reel is the line capacity.
From: Rick Ross: Miami, FL
Comments: This reel can do it all! Handles dd cranks, weightless senkos, hollow body frogs and even the 5" bullshad!
From: Supa: MI
Comments: I must of got a lemon... Out of the box this reel would not stack line properly. After 1 DAY of fishing the thumb button developed a loud squeaky noise. And sometimes the thumb button won't stay engauged. And last but not least my biggest problem with this reel is at random times it will be hard to reel the reel, almost like the tension knob was locked down. This is very sad for shimano.... Daiwa here I come
From: Gary: South Jersey
Comments: I've owned this reel for about a year and a half and have to say its still smooth like day one. Cast everything from 3/16 to 3/4 oz jigs. Have it on a nrx 803 JWR and its ridiculously light. Oh and the guy on the bottom who says this is a Aldebaran copy is totally wrong. Same reel different paint job. Both made in Japan. Oh and BTW, the smoke is no where near as smooth.
From: gman: NYC, NY
Comments: I put this on a 7'1 NRX and the set-up is light as a feather. Pulled in a 6# slounch no problem.
From: Greg: AL
Comments: This reel is gold,for light stuff and anything in between. Very good over all like any top end shimano!!
From: Charlie: Trenton, NJ
Comments: Fantastic reels, truly love them. I've replaced all of my baitcasting reels with the Core 50 and 51. Small, smooth and yet have enough line for nearly all purposes. One of the best spool control adjustment and drag. 5 Stars.
From: Derek: CO
Comments: love it, the 50 and 100 both
From: Chris
Comments: I have a CORE 51 mated with a Dobyns Champion Extreme 744 with 20lb super slick and I was so impressed with the qyuality of these two products and how well they work together to createh a fish cathing machine. Kudos to Shimano and Dobyns, Keep up the good work.
From: JF: NY
Comments: My favorite reel super light , very smooth , awesome drag , cast very well . I throw huddleston 6" with this reel no problem
From: Fishkiller01: NYC, NY
Comments: Hey howard nice review, i used to fish strictly flour and mono line. In the past two years i started using braid and just tie up a bob sans or uni knot and it works great. Braid doesn't backlash much and lasts forever. It is a bit costly but your line will last you an entire season or two. I recommend Samari, i can stand power pro.
From: Danny
Comments: can this reel throw heavy and other baits as well or is it limited to just light baits?
From: BW: CO
Comments: I have all Shimano Reels and I wanted to throw very light baits on light line. The Curado would do it but not easily. This was a lot of money for me but I read reviews & got brave. It is everything the reviews said it would be. Casts so easily that I spent time unhooking my lure from trees until I got used to it. Handled 18"+ bass w/ no sweat. When I went back to my Curdo it was like driving a truck after a sports car. Still not perfect on Flourcarbon but great on light Mono. Although, w/ some practice Florocarbon no problem. You'll be satisfied w/ your purchase and would like to repalce many of your reels w/ this one, money permitting. Great Reel!
From: Howard: Paradise, CA
Comments: Bought the 51mg and love it, casts great and picks up line fast. It's light and fits in the palm of your hand nicely. It's like a muscle car from the 70's alot of power for a magnesium reel with a big block motor. Drag is perfect too. Also comes with a protective coating which is great. Insalled a 90mm swept carbon handle an it's even better now. For an american reel it's one of the best!! 90% of my gear is made in the U.S.A.
From: Kayakman: CT
Comments: the best BANG 4 the bucks! Debated over type r pixy. About 200 bucks cheaper with higher gear ratio! More flex with what this reel can be used for. Daiwa great reels but over price when compare to similar from shimano. Dont get me wrong i own daiwas too, just own more shimano. Im a value buyer. You cant go wrong with core.
From: Sir Calvin: Sacramento, CA
Comments: set this reel up on a dobyns champion extreme 7 foot ml rod and spooled it with 10lb tatsu floro have caught several 3lb bass pickrel 25 to 30 inches throwing 1/2 clackn raps this reel may be small and lite but it is built like a locomotive ultra smooth great casting have used this set up last 2 times out looking foward to using it to throw tubes and senkos next
From: John: NJ
Comments: my core50mg7 and i put some hurtin on alot of big bass. i love the gear ratio, picks up the slack like nothing, and it still has power to make a 5 pounder ski back to your boat. one of the very best reels i fished, and if u drop it in the water it will float. i put the core on a cumara i dont care what anyone says, but it looks 10x better with a cumara.
From: Peter: LA
Comments: Cannot believe someone would say this is a cheap American made replica of the Aldebaran. Both are made in Japan and aside for handle length and color the reels are identical. Trolls are apparently not only found in fantasy novels. :-) The Core is an excellent reel, light and smooth. Arguably comparable to the Daiwa Steez in performance. Owning both I find it hard to choose which I like better. Kudos to Shimano for holding their price line on this reel while the dollar sinks lower vs. the JPY.
From: Naples, FL
Comments: Core and imx 9' c-rod, best by far!!!
Comments: Goes the best on a Kislter Z-Bone, it weighs 9 oz. so light, perfect for shakey head.
From: Kollin: NWI, IN
Comments: Everything that everyone says about this reel is true (ignoring the bad comments). It is extremely light, I have the 51mg mounted on my 6"11 cumulus and it is the lightest freaken combo I have ever used. I throw this combo 98% of the time. I have a 201e Curado and 7"2 cumara but the core and cumulus is just outstanding. When I switch out to my curado combo it just feels so heavy... Gah... I love my core AND my cumulus. Outstanding reel.
From: Mitch: Conover, NC
Comments: I have three core,s and iam still waiting for something bad to happen. These things are super light, cast like a dream and last for ever, these reels are better than sex
From: CA
Comments: Light as a feather and smooth as butter! Upgraded all my reels to this and I have 9 of them now! Handles braid and heavy flourocarbon just fine. Paired them all up with NRX's, baddest bass rod/reel combo made today!
From: Brad: Louisville, KY
Comments: Grab Sufix Elite 10lb and let it rip. Tried 10lb Flouro and had to add a third brake and sacrifice casting distance. Strapped up with Sufix and can send a worm so far I will pit this reel against any to cast as far. It will flat out cast farther than Smoke 100, Smoke 150 HPT, Calais and Quatum Tour PT. This little reel was intended for light line finesse fishing and it shows. A true to spec product with very minimal backlash I like to call it a stupid caster because its basically pretty stupid to cast this far the baits go up and then proceed to move forward in a straight line as if they were bottle rockets. Flourocarbon is where youre going wrong if you dont see baits fly Sufix Mono 10lb do yourself a favor
From: CJ: Gonzales, LA
Comments: insanely light it feels lighter than 5.5 ounces.
Comments: The Core 50mg is bottom line a sick reel. Freespools for days, is stupid light, and is butterly smooth. Performs like a little powerhouse. Would not change a thing about it. Want more.
Comments: i did not like this replica..... the aldebaran was smoother and has a more of a solid feel. the handle to short compared to my aldebaran.... if your going to buy this, don't do it get the original jdm version.. don't get rip off with this reel. its cheap american made. also the quantum smoke is even smoother then the core and smoke is better then the currado
Comments: just bought my third one in 2 seasons...enuff said!
Comments: awesome reel! super light, super smooth, quiet and extremely durable! handled multiple 6-8# LM and SM bass and a beasty 17# channel cat last year with no problems! i paired mine with a Legendary Creations custom rod and the entire thing came in at 8.3oz! thats with a full spool of line and a 1/2oz lure attached! just awesome!
From: Cheng: Maplewood, MN
Comments: This reel is amazing. Was looking for a reel that I can throw weightless plastics with, and this is it. I own a Sol which I bought to do this, spool was too heavy to do what I wanted. The magforce components just weigh the spool down too much and the walls of the spool are too thick. So i went back to my souped up 1600 promax, Sol is on jerkbait duty. Then I saw this reel and decided to give it another go. The spool is so incredibly light, it starts up crazy fast. With the right rod (I'm using a lowrider 6 power 6'10" grass rod), you can pitch a 4" senko a hundred miles an hour, without any lift whatsoever. I was hesitant because of the price, but if you want to fish the light baits with the precision of a casting reel, this is it.
From: Snaildog: Indianapolis, IN
Comments: This reel is great.Dont make the mistake of thinking this reel is only for finesse.I frog and flip with 65lb. braid on them.I drug a 11.2 lb. bass out of a mat and straight to the boat with no problem.It pairs perfectly with a steez XBD rod.
From: Steve: Deland, FL
Comments: The core 51mg is the lightest reel ever. When it comes to comparing it to its competitions excluding the Calais and Steez it soars over them. No doubt better that any Revo.
From: Hmong: Gentry, AR
Comments: Core 51mg is the best reel on the market, light weight, smooth rolling and casting. I have 4 of them, perfect match with my NRX and steez rods, I use this reel for texas rig, light jigs, and spinnerbait. It works perfect.
From: Joe: Markham, ON Canada
Comments: The Core 51Mg was everything I expected it to be for a $370 reel. Super light, smooth casting/retrieving, and so easy to palm - It really is a joy to fish. I have it mounted on a 6'8" MH Cumara and it's my favorite set-up for light jigs and soft plastics. Together this set-up weighs in at a total of 9.1 ounces and balances well, right at the fore grip. If you can afford this reel, then buy it. It will definitely make your fishing experience more enjoyable as it has done for me.
From: Pete: Minneapolis, MN
Comments:This is one BAD dude. I won one in a drawing and I absolutely love it. I am saving now for another. I throw 1/8 oz wacky rigs and shakey head rigs with it and have no issues. I can fish with this out fit ALL day.....
From:Larry: Shepherdsville, KY
Comments: Best reel I have ever had, I got 5 of these 51 MG7's and 3 Aldebarans. Very light and fit in your hand great. Amazing how well they cast light baits, I almost never use my spinning reels anymore.
From:Rich: Oak View, CA
Comments:All I can say is wow. This reel feels solid. I have the Chronarch 50Mg and I love it to death, but the Core is way more refined and solid. The drag is beefy and smooth. The 9 bearing system is beyond smooth and it casts really well. I was worried about line capacity at first, but I spooled up with 15lb. flouro and was casting a country mile with plenty of line to spare. Great for finessing, but don't hesitate to pitch and flip or even throw cranks. You definitely won't be disappointed in this reel. Worth every penny.
From:Blake: Alexandria, AL
Comments:Love my Core 51MG! I have two Chronarch 51MGs and a Scorpion 1000MG and the Core beats them all hands down! Granted, it costs more, but it is worth it, IMO. Even though it is constructed from magnesium, it has a solid feel to it. This can't be said of some other MG reels. It is super smooth and a great caster.
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If you thrive on change, and challenges, then finance is a good place to find it.
I never intended to work in finance, I stumbled into it! I studied computer science and thought I'd end up in a software house, but after a year-long pre-university work placement in one, I discovered that that wasn't quite for me. I did a summer work placement in an investment bank after my first year at university, which I ended up really enjoying. That led to an internship, and then a graduate position.
Starting Out at Goldman Sachs
Right from my very first interviews I was impressed with the people - very straightforward, open, and clearly all knowledgeable in their fields. That continued into my first few days. I find that in general everything is run like a well organized ship - efficiently, economically, and with a real sense of teamwork and collaboration.
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Our key focus at the moment is on improving our operational efficiency across the Mission Control teams. Operational efficiency is about looking at the things we do in our day-to-day and finding smarter ways to do them – whether through automation of manual tasks or investing in appropriate tools and applications to make those tasks easier. I therefore spend a lot of time doing analysis on what we're doing as a team and what we need to change to get the biggest benefits.
There's a mixture of team-based and individual work in our team. When investigating a particular problem, you often end up looping in various subject matter experts so you have a number of people looking at the same issue from different perspectives, trying to find the root cause of the problem. This is particularly true when there are system outages, either internal or external—at exchanges, for example. These problems affect large proportions of the order flow, and we get "virtual teams" together on conference calls to restore service as quickly as possible.
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There is a real emphasis here on developing you as an individual and advancing your career. If you are willing to take responsibility and want to move ahead, you will definitely be given responsibilities and assignments intended to help you do so. Right from my first interviews, I was told about the internal mobility programs and how the firm wants you to be able to move across roles and teams as part of your development. I joined the firm three years ago, and two of my original team members have had mobility changes—one moved to join a technology team in our New York office, and one moved into the electronic trading business team.

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Blue wins U.S. Women's National Team scrimmage
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 20, 2009) – The U.S. Women's National Team held an intra-squad scrimmage won by the Blue Team on June 20 at JSerra High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., as it prepares to begin a busy summer stretch of matches.
Opposite Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa) led the Blue Team to the 25-23, 19-25, 25-17, 25-12 victory. She posted a match-high 22 points as she collected 17 kills on 44 attacks to go with five blocks. Libero Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) provided 25 digs in the four-set match. Setter Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.) led the Blue Team to a 36 kill percent with 51 kills on 141 attacks while adding 17 digs. She added a kill, block and ace for three individual points. Outside hitter Jane Collymore (Seattle, Wash.) contributed 15 points via 11 kills on 31 swings, three blocks and an ace in the victory. Outside hitter Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah) added 11 points on eight kills and three blocks. Middle blocker Christa Harmotto (Aliquippa, Pa.) tallied four kills on seven errorless swings and four blocks for eight points in the victory. Middle blocker Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) tacked on five points with two kills and three blocks. Middle blocker Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.) scored four kills on five errorless attacks. Outside hitter Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.) added four points on two kills and two blocks.
Outside hitter Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) paced the Red Team in scoring with 13 points, all on kills from 42 attacks, to go with 14 digs. Outside hitter Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.) added 13 digs and 12 points, also all on kills from 43 attacks. Opposite Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.) tallied six kills in the loss, while middle blocker Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.) tacked on eight points on seven kills and an ace. Middle blockers Tracy Stalls (Denver, Colo.) and Jennifer Joines (Milpitas, Calif.) turned in five and four points, respectively. Libero Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) handled 31 service receptions with a 52 positive percent to go with 15 digs. Setter Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.) led the Red Team to a 29 kill percent with 45 kills on 153 attacks, while adding two kills and a block of her own.
The Blue Team started Richards and Collymore at outside hitter, Metcalf at opposite, Bown and Harmotto at middle blocker and Thompson at setter. Metcalf, Collymore and Spicer started all four sets for the Blue. Richards and Harmotto started and only played in the first three sets, while Bown was limited to starts in the first two sets. Crimes started the final two sets, while Paolini and Pressey started the final set.
The Red Team started Barboza and Larson at outside hitter, Haneef-Park at opposite, Scott-Arruda and Joines at middle blocker and Thompson at setter. Scott-Arruda, Barboza, Larson and Thompson started all four sets for the Red Team. Joines started and played only in the first two sets. Stalls started the final two sets, while Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.) started the fourth set.
The Blue Team held a 22-5 block advantage during the match.
The scrimmage served as a tune-up for the Eighth Women's Pan American Cup to be held in Miami June 26 to July 4. The 12-team international tournament played at University of Miami and Florida International includes the top two teams from the 2008 Olympic Games as reigning gold-medalist Brazil and silver medalist United States headline the list of countries participating. The tournament's top three finishing teams from NORCECA and the top finishing team from South America earn spots into the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix. For additional information on the Pan American Cup, click here.
After a day off to travel to Orlando, the U.S. Women's National Team will host the FIVB Women's World Championship Qualifier Tournament – NORCECA Pool G at University of Central Florida July 6-8. The winner of the four-team tournament – including Barbados, Costa Rica and Netherlands Antilles along with the host – receives a berth into the 2010 FIVB World Championship to be held in Tokyo in November 2010. For additional details on the tournament, click here.
Team USA is also entered in the 2009 FIVB World Grand Prix, a 12-team tournament that involves three preliminary weekends of three consecutive matches. The U.S. will trek to Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Miao Li, Chinese Taipei and Bangkok, Thailand during the preliminary round. The top five teams during the preliminary round will join Japan in the five-day, five-match FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round in Tokyo Aug. 19-23.
Red Team
1 – Nicole Vargas (S, 5-8, Seal Beach, Calif., Long Beach State)
2 – Danielle Scott-Arruda (MB, 6-2, Baton Rouge, La., Long Beach State)
3 – Tayyiba Haneef-Park (OPP, 6-7, Laguna Hills, Calif., Long Beach State)
4 – Julie Rubenstein (OH, 6-3, Camarillo, Calif., Pepperdine)
6 – Nicole Davis (L, 5-6, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
8 – Cynthia Barboza (OH, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Stanford)
9 – Jennifer Joines (MB, 6-3, Milpitas, Calif., Pacific)
11 – Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Hooper, Neb., Nebraska)
13 – Tracy Stalls (MB, 6-4, Denver, Colo., Nebraska)
14 – Heather Hughes (OPP, 6-2, Fallbrook, Calif., Loyola Marymount)
15 – Courtney Thompson (S, 5-7, Kent, Wash., Washington)
Blue Team
# - Name (Pos, Ht, Hometown, College)
2 – Morgan Beck (OPP, 6-3, Coto De Caza, Calif., California)
3 – Lauren Paolini (MB, 6-4, Ann Arbor, Mich., Texas)
4 – Angie Pressey (OH, 5-8, Lake Mary, Fla., California)
5 – Stacy Sykora (L, 5-10, Burleson, Texas, Texas A&M)
7 – Heather Bown (MB, 6-3, Yorba Linda, Calif., Hawaii)
9 – Alexis Crimes (MB, 6-3, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., Long Beach State)
10 – Kristin Richards (OH, 6-1, Orem, Utah, Stanford)
12 – Nancy Metcalf (OPP, 6-1, Hull, Iowa, Nebraska)
16 – Christa Harmotto (MB, 6-2, Aliquippa, Pa., Penn State)
17 – Nellie Spicer (S, 5-9, Barrington, Ill., UCLA)
19 – Jane Collymore (OH, 5-11, Seattle, Wash., Florida)


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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of product: State Farm Good Neigh Bears
Units: About 800,000 in the United States and 27,000 in Canada
Distributor: State Farm, of Bloomington, Ill.
Hazard: The eyes on these bears can come off, posing a choking hazard to young children.
Incidents/Injuries: State Farm received one report of the plastic eye of a bear coming off and a child placing it in her mouth. No injuries have been reported.
Description: This recall involves the 11-inch (28 cm) and 18-inch (46 cm) State Farm Good Neigh Bears with plastic eyes. The bears are brown and wear a white and red State Farm shirt.
Sold at: The bears were given away free through State Farm agents and at State Farm sponsored events from September 2005 through March 2007.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately take these bears away from young children and discard them.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact State Farm toll-free at (877) 226-8079 Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. CT or visit the company's website at www.statefarm.com or www.statefarm.ca
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Skip to comments.Al Gore Would Not Refuse 2004 Presidental Nomination
Posted on 01/28/2003 7:55:48 AM PST by ewing
Those in the know are not counting former Vice President Al Gore out.
Al Gore is not out of politcs.
Folks who are close to him say that his opting out of the 2004 Presidential Campaign does not mean he would refuse the nomination.
About to sweat for it he wouldn't.
Just letting you in on what I know.
A clue of a wisp of an indication of an answer of how much coverage MetWest Executive Gore will get as he pops up across America with some regularity: A man described as 'Salons returning national correspondant' chatted up Mr. Gore at the Grappa Italian Cafe in Park City, Utah last week, and practically folled him into the men's room.
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Correction: Al Gore Is Refuse for the 2004 Presidental Nomination
Just imagine this disturbing image being our President!
Who wudda thunk?
"I was the first one to lose my job"
Funny, being unemployed doesn't stop them from jet setting all around the country.
Some sweeheart deal Tennessee/Washington Insurance -Health company?
Nevertheless, he apparently has a job. Is there a person more ill suited for work as an executive somewhere in corporate America as old Al? My god, he'll be micromanaging the janitors changing lightbulbs in the restrooms and reminding everyone not to flush each time.
They decide early on who they like, and start concentrating on those one or two men. The herd-culling will start extra early this time around (isn't Dean already out?)
Of the other obvious losers, only Sharpton will hang on until the end. You can't have that hairdo and pass up a chance to prance endlessly in front of television cameras. I hope he goes back to the gold chains and fat-boy jogging suits. Those were the days.
Nevertheless, he apparently has a job. Is there a person more ill suited for work as an executive somewhere in corporate America as old Al? My god, he'll be micromanaging the janitors changing lightbulbs in the restrooms and reminding everyone not to flush each time.
This might explain Gore's support for gay rights....
Haven't seen how Gore would fare.
It would leave half the Dems in the room feeling brokenhearted and betrayed.
It could be the surprise television hit of the summer!
If I am not mistaken, it was brokered or very close to it in the 1976 RNC. Reagan and Ford went down to the wire. Reagan came amazingly close to unseating a sitting President, which is as Peggy Noonan put it, "a very un-Republican thing to do."
BTW, didya hear the latest? Seems Clinton admitted to earning $9 million last year - giving (ahem) speeches. You do the math. At $100 thou a speech (if every venue paid him that amount), he musta been awful busy what with travel and everything. You'd think we woulda heard about all these high-paid speeches, wouldn't ya?
Kerry and Edwards can't tie their own shoes!
Kerry/Clinton, 2004. The media will say she adds gravitas. HA!
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The following are courses that have been offered or are usually offered by the Department of Theatre & Communication Arts.
For a comprehensive list of courses, please refer to the current Schedule of Classes or Course Catalog.
THEA 50. Theatre Practicum
Participation in two major productions, either as an actor or as a member of the stage crew. Actors must audition and are cast by the director of each production. Possible stage crew assignments include scenery construction and painting, properties preparation, stage lighting preparation, costume construction, sound recording, and serving on backstage crews during rehearsals and performances. Enrolled students should contact the instructor at the very beginning of the semester to arrange their production assignments.
THEA 110. Introduction to Acting
Impulse to action—introduces the student to ideas on/about performance. This introductory course focuses on fundamental stage techniques for the actor: stage geography, body positions, motivated action, timing, stage business, analysis of the script/role, and conditioning. Principles from the teachings of Spolin, Stanislavski, Laban, Bogart, Benedetti, and more will be used for both scene and monologue study
THEA 230. Improvisation
Improvisation is a workshop-based performance laboratory course exploring several dimensions of theatrical self-expression through improvised exercises and situations. This course employs lecture, discussion and performance activities to raise awareness and proficiency in improvisational techniques through dramatic interaction involving imagination and creativity. This course has twice been paired with EDUC 301. Heritage, Identity and Empowerment class, which provides pre-service teachers with the tools to promote cultural relevancy with not only their students of color, but all students.
THEA 240. Introduction to Design & Technology
An introduction to design and technology for the theatre arts. Most of the course focuses on three design specialties: scenery, lighting, and costumes for theatre, with some additional attention given to design for film and television. Concurrent enrollment is required in Theatre 240L, the laboratory component of this course, which will be arranged by the instructor on an individual student basis (usually 2 hours per week). Through the laboratory component, students will participate in the construction of scenery and properties for two productions during the semester.
THEA 260. Chicano/Latino Theatre
Traces the contextual, thematic, and historical influences of Chicano/Latino theatre. Analysis of plays, performances, movements, and theatre troupes that express the experiences of the Chicano/Latino people.
THEA 310. Styles of Acting and Performance
Focuses on a specific style or genre of acting and/or performance such as commedia dell'arte, Comedy of Manners, Farce, Epic Theatre, Realism, Greek, Pinter, Mamet, Shakespeare, Chekhov, Artaud, Grotowski, and more.
THEA 315. Fundamentals of Stage Direction
Introduces students to principles, procedures, and practice of stage direction; script selection, analysis, casting, assembly of a director's prompt book, research, and rehearsal problems and strategies. Prerequisites: THEA 110 and THEA 240, junior or senior status; instructor permission.
THEA 378. Musical Theatre Workshop
A workshop exploring the unique combination of skills necessary to work in the musical theatre. Acting, singing and movement/dance techniques will be emphasized. Workshop will culminate in a studio full-scale musical theatre production.
THEA 392. Performing Non-Fiction
This course utilizes performance as a research medium, using solo performance as a means to understand and critique historical and contemporary figures. Students study the figure of their choice, conducting research and creating an original script, which culminates in a one-person performance. Additionally, the elements of performance are examined via the creation of four short solo performance pieces, focusing on light, sound, color, and language. Solo-performances that are well researched and rehearsed will be invited to present at an open performance in the Studio Theatre at the end of the semester.


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I hate waiting!!Posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009, at 9:32 AM
Actually I don't hate waiting. I despise walking into a doctors office, checking in, smiling at the person behind the window(them smiling back)and waiting and hour and a half past the appointment time without being told!!!
I understand emergencies happen so don't go to that old stand by! But to not notify the rest of the CUSTOMERS, which is what they are, is just inconsiderate and rude!
I found it to be a habit of this particular doctor to be late to everything including my surgery!! I was prepped and ready the rest of the staff standing around saying "We are sorry we don't know where he is." Which means he didn't even think he needed to call and notify the hospital he would be late!!
Maybe one of you super smart computer whizzes could come up with a web sight reporting on the on-time stats for doctors in the area! If it affects their wallet maybe they would try harder to respect the customer!!!
Do you really think this will improve if we socialize health care? What will be the incentive then? They get paid regardless and get the same amount regardless of how they perform their job!! You won't even be able to pack up your files and choose a different doctor as I did in this instance!!
Get ready to wait until the government says so, but that is ok because as soon as they socialize the work force you will still get paid to wait!!!
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Welcome to the Blogosphere, Ranting Roy! You certainly do NOT seem "lukewarm"!
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I am new to this but I am assured by more experience members of the Blogospere (love that by the way) that I will do okay. I hope that if nothing else I will make people think! If for no other reason than to prove me wrong!!
Again I say thank you!
-- Posted by Roy3 on Wed, Oct 21, 2009, at 9:12 PM
That's a good attitude, Roy. I'm also glad to see that you check your blog right away and don't let it languish untended.
It'll take awhile for the NSC site to get on its feet. Hopefully, folks will get wind of the fact that it's over here. An opinion piece should help get things moving.
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About the Author: Alec Ross serves as Senior Advisor for Innovation in the Office of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Earlier this month, I was in Ciudad Juarez, working with leaders from the local, state, and federal government in Mexico, as well as local civil society organizations and telecommunications companies to help build an anonymous crime reporting TipLine for the local community. The problems with drug trafficking and violence in Mexico are tragic and severe -- and there are, of course, no simple answers. I've appreciated the feedback and discussion that this initiative has produced.
Transnational criminal organizations have been preying on the people of Ciudad Juarez. I heard firsthand from the people of Juarez that they want and need to take a stand against the violence that is harming their community.
The TipLine (which will launch in the months ahead), is one small part of a much larger effort by the Mexican and U.S. governments to restore security to the border region. The United States has invested $1.4 billion so far in the Merida Initiative, which focuses on the shared challenge of narco-fueled violence in the region. The TipLine is a pilot, but if we can make a difference in the epicenter of the violence along our shared border, then there may be an opportunity to scale it more broadly.
Some of these efforts seek to address root causes, and some seek to address immediate needs. One of the immediate needs is to restore public confidence in the police force, and ensure accountability and transparency in law enforcement wherever possible. To this end, we are working with Mexico to establish anonymous crime reporting in Ciudad Juarez. Part of a plan to overhaul the public safety communications system in the city, the idea for the TipLine has two primary components. The first is to provide anonymity to callers so that they can be assured of their safety, and the second is to create transparency in how the police have responded to the tips by establishing a public website that provides information about the investigations in response to tips.
The TipLine effort is a tiny part of the Merida Initiative, but one that we think holds promise and one that responds to what people at the community level have asked of us.
The TipLine project has to be implemented with great care by many stakeholders for it to be successful. We are working very closely with civil society organizations in Ciudad Juarez to make sure the service meets their needs and expectations. We are working very closely with the telecommunications companies in the city -- all of whom have agreed to help make the service secure. And, of course, we are working with Mexican government and law enforcement officials, who are committed to making this a useful public service. All stakeholders are involved in the creation of a strategy of public education to promote the service when it becomes operational. In the meantime, we are taking all the necessary precautions to ensure this is done right.
There are no "silver bullet" solutions to the problems with drug trafficking in Mexico. There will be many answers working at many different levels on different parts of the problem. With the TipLine, our goal is to put better tools into communities to play a role in combating the violence. Listening to local civil society organizations is a critically important part of our work. There is a great deal of mistrust between security forces and local communities, which we are looking to bridge in a responsible manner.
This is no time to sit back and simply watch an ever-rising homicide rate. This is the time to work closely together with our Mexican partners to take action. People are dying, and this is one small way in which we can help.
Related Entry: Using Technology To Turn the Tide of Violence in Juarez, Mexico
Sarah G. in Washington, D.C. writes:
Hi Alec,
Thank you for your insightful response. I greatly appreciate your efforts in Juarez, and I believe if enough trust is gained from all sides, sufficient progress can be made. Also, it is great to know that our comments on DipNote are received and acted upon. Thanks!
Gerald A. in the U.S.A. writes:
I was in Ciudad Juarez, working with leaders from the local, state, and federal government in Mexico, as well as local civil society organizations and telecommunications companies to help build an anonymous crime reporting TipLine for the local community.
Local community tip line for Transnational criminal organizations... have been preying on the people of Ciudad Juarez.
Your efforts fall short, where is the Transnational tip line all languages both sides of the border and S America?
Dr. G. in West Virginia writes:
The ability to report crime or to turn in a badguy anonymously is paramount to encourage the citizenry to help combat narcocrime.A great step.
Another even greater step would be to legalize marijauna in the US and tax it heavily like alcohol. That would stop the crossborder trafficking and provide huge revenues for the states.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Busy, I'm sorry. Pohang would not. I'm not don'twant, they tell me to approach you must hate themselves. Again, I think their minions have committed the crime. If money is not going to go to Pohang know ....
look in front of large domestic corporations of the shopping center, showing them to the people, to help ish. Many businesses and politicians of the South Korea ...
By any chance, do you hide a way to reverse?
Lilly in Washington DC writes:
The violence in Ciudad Juarez is unjust and inexcusable. More should be done to protect the citizens in the border regions and I agree that the TipLine is a step in the right direction. But this is just a bandaid to a much larger social and economic problem.
In order to decrease the number of senseless killings it is imperative to diminish the want/consumption of drugs in the United States. While legalizing marijuana may eliminate it from the illicit drugs that come over the border everyday, 90 percent of the cocaine used in the U.S. comes from Mexico. This makes it clear that this is not, simply put, the "Mexican drug war" but a United States consumption problem. The violence stems from the high demand for drugs in the U.S.
My heart goes out to all the families in Ciudad Juarez and all across the border, who have lost loved ones or who may be caught up in drug trafficking. I hope the TipLine will be successful in combating drug cartels and assure safety in the community.
Pamela G. in West Virginia writes:
This is a wonderful plan, anything to try to stop the violence in Mexico is a great idea. Thank you to the author Alex Ross for bringing this to our attention.


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1. Carol Lord,
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Message 1: TEFL: Asst/Assoc Prof, California State University, CA, USA
Carol Lord <clord
TEFL: Asst/Assoc Prof, California State University, CA, USA
University or Organization: California State University, Long Beach
Department: Linguistics
Job Rank: Assistant or Associate Professor of Linguistics
Specialty Areas: English as a Foreign Language
The Department of Linguistics invites applications for a tenure-track
position in Teaching English as a Foreign Language, at the Assistant or
Associate level.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Earned doctorate (by time of appointment) in
Applied Linguistics, Linguistics or related field. Specialization related
to the teaching of English as a foreign or second language. Record in
teaching, scholarship, and service commensurate with professional level.
Ability to teach courses in EFL/ESL and in language acquisition. Ability to
maintain a research program and to direct student research. Ability to
communicate effectively with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus
DESIRED/PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Ability to teach in one or more of the
following areas: second language writing, classroom research, applied
linguistics. Ability to help develop the BA program. Ability to create and
maintain connections with educational institutions in other countries.
Ability to obtain support for research. Demonstrated strong teaching at the
university level. Professional/personal experience with languages other
than English.
DUTIES: Teach courses in language acquisition and in teaching English as a
foreign or second language. Teach courses in applied linguistics at the BA
and MA level. Supervise student research in relevant areas. Engage in
scholarly activity leading to publication. Participate in service to the
department, university, and community.
SALARY RANGE: Commensurate with experience and qualifications; probable
salary range: $49,000 - $59,000.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION: Letter of application; curriculum vitae; three
letters of recommendation; official transcripts from institution awarding
the doctorate and from other institutions documenting coursework relevant
to the position; copies of scholarly publications relevant to the position;
teaching portfolio including teaching statement, course syllabi, and
teaching evaluation summaries. Employment is contingent upon proof of the
legal right to work in the United States. This proof must be provided
prior to employment at the University. An appointment is not final until
proof is provided.
POSITION OPEN UNTIL FILLED (or recruitment cancelled). Review of
applications to begin December 1, 2004. Applications, required
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MILROY – Services for Joel R. Turgeon, age 57, of rural Milroy, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday with a 7:30 p.m. prayer service at the Hamilton Funeral Home in Marshall. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday.


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Skip to comments.Conn. lawmakers unveil bipartisan gun control plan
Posted on 04/02/2013 5:23:22 AM PDT by Zakeet
With an announcement of sweeping proposals to curb gun violence, Connecticut lawmakers said they are hoping to send a message to Congress and other state legislators across the country: A bipartisan agreement on gun control is possible.
Legislative leaders on Monday revealed proposals spurred by the Dec. 14 Newtown school shooting following weeks of bipartisan, closed-door negotiations. A vote is expected Wednesday in the General Assembly, where Democrats control both chambers, making passage all but assured.
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Among other provisions in this new monstrosity:
I suspect "Magpul Fever" is about to spread.
Well, I'm gonna do my part. I'm gonna make damned well sure that anything I buy doesn't come from CT. That includes any more Colt firearms.....
Look for Colt to move out down the road.
And the rapists and robbers and home invaders are celebrating. Yes, the message has gone out to the rest of the country alright. It reads, " stay the f@rk out of Connecticut, and don't vote Democrat or something just as moronic will happen in your state."
I hope Cabelas pulls out of CT and relocates to New Hampshire!
Materal that will in time land up in the courts again.
republican minority leader went along with this travesty
Politicians dancing on the graves of children............
Nothing they are proposing would have stopped the massacre at Newtown.
You can't legislate away mentally deranged people. They will always be among us.
That's a big reason to stay alert, stay armed.
It can't be "bipartisan" without a party being partisan.
If the GOP were pro-2nd, then they wouldn't compromise on their values.
Or rather use dead children and adults for their polical agenda.
Why is bipartisan always moving things left?
CT. the constitution state??????
I certainly expect so. I won't do business with them if they accept doing business in that state.
This isn't your free country of the past. We are so inundated by evil, everyone must make a stand. They are either with us, or they are with evil.
Wow! andy coomo had better get busy so that connectikkkut doesn't surpass new yawk as the state with the MOST unconstitutional "firearms safety" laws.
connectikkut was already a slave state. Now its just a worse slave state.
(An "ammunition eligibility certificate" required to buy ammo)
This is the most awful part of the law, and just the start. Now it's the government that decides to give you rights. You don't start with any! The way the Constitution was written is that the citizen retains all rights except for those that the citizen makes the government eligible to.
We are living very sadly in very, very dark times right now.
So now when you buy amo for say a 9MM and you havent registered a 9MM they will look at the data base and see you havent registered a 9 so why you buyen AMO.
They will then get a lib judge to issue a search warrent to look for that 9.
The9MM is just an example,.scenarios abound
Ruger has their HQ their, too. If it stays I've purchased my last Ruger.
Corporate Headquarters
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A little to the south of Connecticut in the People's Republic of New Jersey, we've been required to have a "Firearms Purchaser ID" to buy ammo since 2008. (Our gangsters being too dumb to drive across the bridge from Camden and Trenton to legally purchase ammo at a WalMart in Pennsylvania?) And we've had magazine capacity restricted to 15 rounds here since 1991. I would be happy to register 30 round magazines with the State of NJ, if I could only buy them!
If all these laws had been in place in Connecticut the week before the Sandy Hood massacre, would they have stopped Adam Lanza?
If anyone is wondering why all the jobs and people with marketable skills are moving away from the big blue states, the thinking that brought Connecticut to this is a prime example.
Now CT will be at least as safe as Chicago, NYC, DC...
If they would just ban creepy goth kids there would be more mass shootings.
These people are idiots.
Let's see which criminal registers first!
This is bi-partisan? Gee, I wonder what the bill would like if the RINO's opposed it?
Is it time yet, Claire...?
But will these new laws ABSOLUTELY PREVENT a Newtown from happening in the future? If they cannot answer YES, then it is all useless legislation.
Are the legislators willing to make themselves PERSONALLY LIABLE if their new gun law fails to prevent such killings in the future?
"Are the legislators willing to make themselves PERSONALLY LIABLE if their new gun law fails to prevent such killings in the future?"
Nope. The opposite is at work. Incrementalism. When these laws fail to prevent the next "Newtown", they will get to work on even more restrictive laws, claiming the previous law "didn't go far enough." Like they did with Obamacare, liberals take baby steps towards their ultimate goal of full socialism, and their horizon is multi-generational. They create restrictive laws that are built to fail, with failure further justification for increased restrictions. Patient calculation is one of their greatest strengths. We're up against pure evil.
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Composer Seeks Funding (or What Hath Kickstarter Wrought?)Posted by Greg Stepanich in Composer Survival Strategies
Composer Carson Kievman has been fighting the good fight for classical music in South Florida at his SoBe Institute of the Arts, just off Miami Beach's fabled, chic South Beach, and he could use a little love from the contemporary music community for his latest symphonic project.
A student of Olivier Messaien, Luigi Nono and Earle Brown, among others, Kievman worked with Joseph Papp and his Public Theater, and has taught at Princeton, Montclair State, Kean and Tory universities, and was the composer-in-residence for the Florida Philharmonic. He founded the SoBe Institute in 2005, where he recently welcomed John Corigiliano for a concert of his music featuring violinist Lara St. John, violist Kim Kashkashian and cellist Matt Haimovitz.
Kievman is in the last couple days of a Kickstarter campaign to raise $35,000 to fund a recording of his Fourth Symphony, a paean to biodiversity that he hopes will call attention to the crisis of the natural world and raise more money for the SoBe Institute. You can read a piece I did for the Knight Arts blog about it here:
If he gets the money for the recording, he'll use the services of conductor Delta David Gier and the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, who have recorded two other Kievman symphonies. South Florida is a region that's on the verge of getting to the fabled next level nationally as a place worth knowing for its vibrant arts scene, and organizations such as the SoBe Insitute are an important part of making that happen.
Here's the link to Kievman's Kickstarter project, with a video that explains some more about the project.


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Climate science settled?
Contrary to what President Barack Obama claims, the science on climate change is far from settled. That conclusion can be drawn from a new scientific report.
Obama insists Americans need to do more to limit climate change resulting from emissions of carbon dioxide. To do that, the president is willing to force tens of millions of us to pay much higher electricity bills.
But methane is 21 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in influencing global warming. There has been little attention focused on it because of a belief the volume of methane emissions is substantially below that of carbon dioxide.
A credible new scientific report estimates the U.S. releases about 50 percent more methane than had been thought, however. Methane may be much more significant in climate change than the Obama strategy takes into account.
Three states – Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas – account for nearly one-fourth of U.S. methane emissions, the report notes. It adds the natural gas industry and livestock are important sources of methane.
Yes, livestock. You may remember radical environmentalists making fun of conservatives who speculated cow flatulence was a source of air pollution. They were right.
Obviously, the new study should prompt the Obama administration to rethink its policies. If not, Congress should insist real science be taken into account.


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Bzzzzzt. They're trying to swarm Scotland Yard
Rochester's Social Media Club, basically a bunch of locals who have connected on Twitter, Facebook and the like, is hosting a Foursquare Swarm Party tonight at the Scotland Yard Pub, 187 Saint Paul St.
A swarm badge is earned on Foursquare when 50 or more people show up to a venue. Typically, it's easy to earn the badge at large airports or concerts, so there are no guarantees that visitors will earn the badge.
But they are going to try during the party, which starts at 6 p.m. Food and drink specials will be available along with live music.
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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Picturesque friendly event that's well organised and a good warm-up for the London TriathlonIn full: I did this Duathlon as a warm up for the London Triathlon. There was a celebrity start from Jon Tickle and a warm welcome from the Swallowfield villagers. As Duathletes start the run with the 10K runners, the streets are lined with people clapping and cheering giving a lovely atmosphere. Then you head out into narrow lanes with scenic views, before returning to the village to head out on the bike course, which is mostly flat and feels pretty fast. The run finishes with your name being announced, a nice touch for a small event like this, and you get a weighty medal at the end of it all. I found it a great way to spend a September Sunday morning.Date of review: September 22, 2012
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House of Commons Hansard #77 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was investment.
- Question Period
- Committees of the House
- Pest Control Products Act
- Currency Act
- Labour Market Training, Apprenticeship and Certification Act
- Railway Noise and Vibration Control Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Business of Supply
- Mont-Joli Regional Airport
- Waterloo
- Ocean Ranger
- Hockey
- National Sweater Day
- The Economy
- National Sweater Day
- Henry Vernon Kneale
- National Sweater Day
- Gatineau Youth
- Public Transit
- Larry Desjardins
- Human Rights
- Vancouver
- Maldives
- Conservative Party of Canada
- Canada-China Relations
- Foreign Affairs
- Pensions
- Justice
- Pensions
- International Trade
- National Defence
- Pensions
- Foreign Investment
- International Trade
- Human Rights
- Persons with Disabilities
- National Defence
- Search and Rescue
- Public Transit
- Census
- Airline Industry
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Forestry Industry
- Search and Rescue
- Transport
- National Parks
- Air Canada
- Foreign Investment
- Business of Supply
- Business of the House
- Points of Order
- Business of Supply
- Federal Framework For Suicide Prevention Act
Government Operations and Estimates
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the fourth report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates in relation to its study on the certificate of nomination of Anne-Marie Robinson to the position of the President of the Public Service Commission.
Pest Control Products Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-390, An Act to amend the Pest Control Products Act (prohibition of the use of chemical pesticides for certain purposes).
Mr. Speaker, I thank my seconder for the introduction of this important bill.
The bill seeks to put a moratorium on the use of chemical pesticides in the home, garden and recreational facilities, such as parks and golf courses, until the scientific and medical evidence showing that such use is safe has been presented to Parliament and confirmed in a report prepared by a parliamentary committee.
The bill seeks to put the reverse onus on the chemical companies for them to prove the product is safe, instead of putting the onus on the individual to try to prove that the product is dangerous, an impossible test in many areas.
We believe the bill has broad support across the country and I would seek the co-operation of my colleagues in the House of Commons for the passage of this bill at second reading.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Currency Act
Routine Proceedings
February 9th, 2012 / 10:05 a.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-391, An Act to amend the Currency Act and the Royal Canadian Mint Act (calling in of the cent).
Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to re-introduce this bill and I, again, thank my seconder.
There are over 30 billion pennies in circulation in Canada today, many of which are underneath my bed in an old cookie jar. I believe everyone here has a similar jar underneath their bed.
In spite of this silliness, one billion pennies are produced by the Royal Canadian Mint every year. Each penny costs more to produce than it is worth and nobody wants them. We are spending a fortune producing something nobody wants and nobody needs, and that provides no functional service to the public anymore.
If any evidence is needed, it is the freebie jar at every cash register that says "Take one or leave one". We do not see jars full of loonies there because loonies are worth something and pennies are not.
I am urging the Minister of Finance, perhaps in the budget or by the introduction of this bill, to eliminate the penny. I ask that he do us all a favour. I hope this receives broad support from my colleagues.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Labour Market Training, Apprenticeship and Certification Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Pat Martin Winnipeg Centre, MB
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-392, An Act to provide for the establishment of national standards for labour market training, apprenticeship and certification.
Mr. Speaker, once again, I thank my nominator for his support of this bill.
As a certified journeyman carpenter as my post-secondary education, I feel strongly that the apprenticeship system could be enhanced and would benefit from the introduction of such a bill that would provide national standards for each apprenticable trade. The bill also would encourage more trades to become certified apprenticable trades. We believe it would increase the labour mobility of working people in the skilled trades and would address some of the serious skills shortages we have going forward in the coming years.
We are hoping the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development would adopt such a bill in recognition of the need and demand for more skilled trades and certified apprenticeships in this country.
I ask for and seek the support of my colleagues on this important initiative.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Railway Noise and Vibration Control Act
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Peter Julian Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-393, An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (railway noise and vibration control).
Mr. Speaker, I thank my seconder from Laval—Les Îles who is one of the new bright young lights in the NDP caucus.
In many parts of the country, we have rail yards in urban areas where there are excessive, noisy activities in the evening. We are talking about idling of diesel engines, shunting and extended whistle blowing. This interrupts the sleep of constituents in my riding and, of course, Canadians right across the country.
The amendments to Bill C-11 simply have not dealt with the problem. Mediation has not worked. We have many examples where mediation has not been respected by the railway companies.
I am bringing forward this legislation to give very clear guidelines about what rail companies can do in the middle of the night in urban areas. They cannot do the shunting, idling and excessive whistle blowing that interrupts the sleep of so many Canadians.
I hope to get all party support on a problem that many urban areas experience. I am sure all members would agree that every Canadian has the right to a good night's sleep.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Railway Noise and Vibration Control Act
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Peter Van Loan Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I have been making considerable efforts to invite other parties to arrive at workable approaches to dealing with bills before the House. In fact, I have asked them on specifically 10 bills to agree to work plans. I am particularly optimistic on one bill and that is Bill S-5, because speakers from all parties have indicated that they are willing to move forward quickly.
Therefore, based on those speeches, we have proposed the following work plan in this motion, for which I hope there will be unanimous consent. I move: That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, Bill S-5, An Act to amend the law governing financial institutions and to provide for related and consequential matters, shall be disposed of as follows: The bill shall be deemed read the second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Finance; if the bill has not been reported back to the House by Wednesday, March 28, 2012, during routine proceedings, it shall be deemed reported back without amendment and when the order for consideration of report stage of the bill is called, the bill shall be deemed concurred in at report stage without amendment and a motion for third reading may be made immediately and not more than one sitting day shall be allotted to the third reading stage of the bill provided that the motion for third reading shall not be subject to amendment and that at the end of government orders on that day, when no further member rises to speak, the bill shall be deemed read the third time and passed.
This would allow ample time for study at committee.
Railway Noise and Vibration Control Act
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
Does the hon. House leader have the unanimous consent of the House to propose this motion?
Railway Noise and Vibration Control Act
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Some hon. members
The Environment
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Gord Brown Leeds—Grenville, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am happy to rise today to present a petition on behalf of the constituents in my riding of Leeds—Grenville that calls on the government to sign and implement a binding agreement to take the place of the Kyoto agreement.
Health of Animals Act
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Alex Atamanenko British Columbia Southern Interior, BC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present three petitions today. The first one is in support of my current Bill C-322, which states that horses are ordinarily kept and treated as sport and companion animals, that they are not raised primarily as food-producing animals and that they are commonly administered drugs that are strictly prohibited from being used in the food chain.
The petitioners, therefore, call upon the House of Commons to adopt legislation based on my previous bill in the last Parliament, Bill C-544, to prohibit the importation and exportation of horses for slaughter for human consumption, as well as horse meat products for human consumption. It is signed by over 200 citizens from the southern Ontario region.
Nuclear Disarmament
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Alex Atamanenko British Columbia Southern Interior, BC
Madam Speaker, my second petition deals with nuclear disarmament.
The petitioners note that there are 22,000 nuclear weapons in the world today, that several thousands are on alert and capable of being used in under 30 minutes, that their use could accidentally trigger a catastrophe and that the UN Secretary-General has proposed a summit on nuclear disarmament.
Therefore, the petitioners call upon the House of Commons to issue an invitation for all states to gather in Canada to begin discussions needed for a global legal ban on nuclear weapons.
Wine Industry
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Alex Atamanenko British Columbia Southern Interior, BC
Madam Speaker, I am pleased to present my last petition from citizens all over British Columbia in support of Bill C-311, An Act to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act (interprovincial importation of wine for personal use) and a personal exemption for the purchase and shipment of wine across provincial borders.
I am in support of the bill and I thank the hon. member for Okanagan—Coquihalla for presenting it. I certainly will be voting in favour of Bill C-311.
Oil and Gas Ombudsman
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Chris Charlton Hamilton Mountain, ON
Madam Speaker, petitions just keep pouring in from all over the Golden Horseshoe calling for the creation of an oil and gas ombudsman. I am pleased to present two stacks of those petitions here today. Clearly, consumers are tired of getting hosed at the pumps.
While the petitioners acknowledge that the combination of growing demand, worries over the turmoil in the Middle East and the closing of several strategic refineries in eastern Canada will continue to keep gas prices high for the foreseeable future, they also know that speculation by unregulated derivatives traders and index investors operating without enough government oversight exacerbates those price hikes.
The government cannot play these petitioners for fools. They rightly point out that it is rampant speculation that has thrown the fundamentals of supply and demand right out the window and that supply and demand fundamentals cannot discipline the price of discovery and that the price can be whatever it wants and any excuse can be used.
That is why the petitioners are calling for the speedy passage of my bill, Bill C-336, which would establish the oil and gas ombudsman. The ombudsman would be charged with providing strong and effective consumer protection to ensure that no big business can swindle, cheat or rip off hard-working Canadians.
The petitioners are demanding a meaningful vehicle for having their complaints taken seriously with effective mechanisms for investigation and remediation to help consumers fight the squeeze.
While the rules of the House do not allow me to endorse a petition, I do want to conclude by thanking everyone who is actively engaged in working toward the passage of my bill.
Employment Insurance
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Mark Warawa Langley, BC
Madam Speaker, I am honoured to present a petition on EI benefits. The petition, signed by a number of constituents, states that there are a number of severe and potentially life-threatening conditions that do not qualify for disability programs because they are not necessarily permanent or because of waiting lists for surgeries which lengthen recovery time and that the current medical EI benefits of 15 weeks do not adequately address the problem.
The petitioners are calling upon the House of Commons to adopt legislation to provide additional medical EI benefits to at least equal to maternity EI benefits for people who find themselves in these situations.
Korean War Veterans
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Peter Julian Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
Mr. Speaker, I have two petitions to present today.
The first petition is from dozens of residents of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia who appreciate all the sacrifices made by the tens of thousands of Canadians and millions of Korean soldiers who served in the Korean conflict under the banner of the United Nations.
These petitioners call upon the Government of Canada to participate in and support the creation of a Canadian memorial museum centre for the Korean War, which would educate Canadians about this important part of our history and, in particular, about the sacrifices of those veterans to uphold the values of democracy, freedom and dignity of human rights.
As members know, in Burnaby there is a Korean War memorial. These petitioners are asking that a museum centre be created to honour the memory of those veterans.


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New Detroit police chief will face all of the same problems
To say that we wish the Detroit Police Department's new chief the best of luck may sound flippant, but it's God's own truth.
At least 375 people were murdered in the city last year, the worst murder rate in years. More than 1,121 people were shot in 2012. The murder rate is a direct assault on residents, but smaller, less cataclysmic crimes – such as burglary and car theft – chip away at quality of life, eroding residents' confidence in the city, suggesting that what you get out of staying might not be worth the price you pay. Crime is the reason people leave, and the reason more don't move in.
Hired by emergency manager Kevyn Orr – who is charged with resolving Detroit's financial crisis – James Craig must make a mark on Detroit's crime rate before the end of Orr's 18-month term or risk replacement. And if Craig is unsuccessful, Orr's work will be largely irrelevant.
Craig, who started his career as a cadet in Detroit, has a lot of great ideas. The new chief – a veteran of police departments in Los Angeles, Cincinnati and Portland, Maine – told the Free Press Editorial Board (on May 16) that he believes the Detroit department can become a premier police agency. He said he'll work to bring the department into compliance with all the provisions of the federal consent decree it operates under as quickly as possible.
Craig brought CompStat, a crime statistics reporting system that allows police to direct resources to crime hot spots, to other departments, and he said he plans to use it in Detroit. He wants to move officers from dispatch centers and precinct desk jobs back onto the streets, and plans to re-evaluate the unpopular 12-hour shift imposed by a former police chief.
But all of Craig's good intentions may founder against the reality of Detroit's budget crisis.
CompStat costs money to set up and to staff. For officers staffing emergency dispatch centers to move to patrol, civillians must be hired to fill those jobs. The 12-hour shift was created to curb out-of-control overtime costs.
Here's the reality of Detroit's budget: Police officers' pay has been cut by 10 percent. And while private businesses and philanthropic organizations have contributed funds for the purchase of ambulances and patrol cars, the department is unlikely to see its operational budget increase.
Even within those constraints, Craig said he believes he can boost response time and make the department more efficient by evaluating staffing – not just how many officers are working, but how they're assigned.
Gov. Rick Snyder has said he's committed to helping Detroit return not just to fiscal health, but to begin to grow its population. If the city's crime rate stays high, that's unlikely to happen. This is the time for Snyder to prove to Detroit residents that he's acting in good faith.
State funds to set up a CompStat system and train officers in its use would be a strong signal to Detroiters that the governor's care for the city's future isn't just lip service.
Craig has also promised that his department will be open and accountable to the news media and the community. This would be a marked change for the department, which has been characterized by slow responses to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act, and reluctance to release public information, such as basic crime statistics and the number of officers working in the department.
Craig said he understands that the community is served when crime statistics are made public, and when the department is open and accessible. We hope that proves true.


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