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10 Things We Learned From… The WTA Season
Posted by Brodie under: 10 Things We Learned From..., Caro, Masha, Serena, Vika
1. No Number 1 Controversy This Time
Let's get this out of the way first: yes, Serena won two majors and the Year End Championships, Azarenka only one major. But there can be little argument that week in and week out, Azarenka was the best player on tour.
Azarenka's transformation has not been a drastic one. She has always looked a player capable of great things. Restraint, both in her attitude and her disposition in rallies has given her the extra 2% to push on to the next echelon of the game. In the past, it has been easy for us to build a narrative on why Azarenka has not done better. Her poor attitude. Her health. Her ability to come blazing out of the gates in big matches only to have those same flames consume her late into the match.
To start, the poor attitude seems all but gone. There is a fine line between cockiness and extreme confidence, and most would argue that Azarenka, at one point, fell on the wrong side of the coin. Often letting the little things get to her and being poor in losing, it looked like the type of thing that would hold her back. Suddenly those cries of frustrations have turned into healthy, self motivating leg slaps. Hair whips of determination and under the breath grunts "keep going". It's been turned inward in a positive way.
Her game has developed in a similar way. Vika at times appeared a ball basher who simply overwhelmed opponents with her weight of shot, with bouts of inconsistency. She has learned great constraint on the forehand, both in her regular, powerful topspin shot as well as in her more defensive, spinning forehand. When the ball isn't in the greatest position for her, she's become much better at finding ways to spin the ball cross court to gain time, instead of simply trying to rip it and hope for the best. Combining this with great movement, she can quickly get back into points and get back on top. She knows how to build points and she knows how to finish them off – and it's a treat to see.
2. Serena is Here To Stay
For a time, it was hard to know if Serena would ever play tennis again. With a new lease on life, Serena is looking as fit and as calm as ever, a truly deadly combination. Wimbledon was a stroll in the park, and the US Open was straight forward outside of a very difficult final. The Year End Championship fell under a similar theme. She plans to train in Paris with her coach over the offseason, a first for her, and likely has her eye on doing another "Serena slam" and winning all four major titles in a row.
I've heard it noted several times, and it is hard to disagree. While Serena is "old" in tennis terms at 31, the time that she has missed through out her career, including recently, may help to considerably lengthen her career. Many players expire around 30 because after 15 years of serious grind, they burn out mentally, their bodies fall apart, and their endurance goes. None of these appear to be an issue for Serena, and she is so fit and with such natural power, it is difficult to see her dropping off any time within three to five years. Mind blowing stuff.
3. Another Year of Stability Should Await in 2013
Let's be honest. At times, the past few years have been difficult for the WTA. We diehards don't so much mind the top ranking being tossed around, or top 20 players winning major titles. However, sadly, it has been difficult to justify the validity of a tour with a number 1 without a slam and players coming from nowhere to win big titles. With Azarenka, Sharapova and Serena taking home all majors this year, it would be difficult to bet against them splitting all four between them again next year. While players such as Radwanska, Kvitova and Li Na will always have a chance against them, it is hard to see one of the big three not topping them in a final (much like the Williams/Radwanska Wimbledon final). A WTA "big four" sounds appealing to match it up to the ATP side of things, but in truth it is a "big three" who should continue raking in big trophies in 2013.
4. Castle Defenders
While a look at the final eight in Istanbul lends itself to a powerful baseline style, three names pop out: Radwanska, Kerber, and Errani. These players tend to be in tough against the top, hard hitting ladies (they went a combined 1-6 versus the other five, not including Stosur) they have the consistency, fitness, and creativity to consistently outmatch players outside of the top 10. I don't like the term counterpuncher for any of them: neither of them prey on pace and turn it back on their opponent. Kerber prefers players with pace, but she specifically prefers players that open up the court for her to take advantage of – she doesn't particularly reverse pace back on an opponent. Radwanska is an incredibly creative, instinctual player, likely with the greatest drop shot I have ever seen, men or women. And at a mere 5'5, Errani can run for days, and uses incredible wrist strength to command a longer handled racquet to cope with pace and push opponents back.
On Twitter I saw several people cry out against the Errani/Radwanska match as terrible matchup, expecting a boring match. While neither are big hitters, they have widely different styles and produced one of the matches of the year. While they may never solve the power puzzles in the way a player like Hingis managed to do, embrace and enjoy these players for all that they offer to the game.
5. The Future of Power
With that being said, it is very clear that the future of the WTA looks very much to favour those with large amounts of power, and there is likely to be more Kvitova winning Wimbledon coming out parties than Schiavone late but great Roland Garros wins. With a big three playing this well, the only way to beat them appears to be beating them at their own game, something Azarenka nearly did at the US Open this year. It's not just the results, but the quality of results that these three tend to get against players hoping to use creativity, defense or counterpunching – it is very rarely close outside of clay.
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Casey Powell is among 23 players retained by the new version of the Rochester Rattlers, formerly the Chicago Machine.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- RocLax LLC Owner & CEO Robert Clark announced Tuesday that Major League Lacrosse will return to Rochester for the 2011 season. The team, nicknamed the Rattlers, will feature the best players in the world and will play its home games at Marina Auto Stadium.
The Rattlers were a charter member of Major League Lacrosse (MLL) beginning play in 2001. In eight seasons in Rochester, the Rattlers compiled a 55-45 record capturing the National Division championship in 2004. The club's greatest triumph came in 2008 when it won the MLL Championship, posting a 9-3 record en route to winning the Steinfeld Cup with a 16-6 win over the Denver Outlaws.
"The MLL is very excited to be returning to Rochester" said MLL Commissioner David Gross. The Rattlers had some of the most passionate and dedicated fans in the league and we're thrilled that they will have the opportunity to enjoy MLL action again. We had the opportunity to work with Rob Clark and his staff this past summer and believe that Rob and his crew will do an excellent job growing the fan base in the region and running a first class operation."
In addition, the club announced that B. J. O'Hara would be returning to lead the team as head coach. "B.J. O'Hara's resume made him the obvious choice to lead the Rattlers" said RocLax LLC Owner and CEO Robert Clark. "B.J. was a huge part of the success the Rattlers realized over the years, culminating with a championship in 2008. We feel very fortunate to have B.J."
O'Hara first joined the Rattlers after being named their second head coach in 2004. In five seasons at the helm O'Hara guided the team to a 38-24 mark and four playoff appearances. During that time the Rattlers finished first overall in their conference twice (2004, 2008) and won the 2008 MLL Championship. O'Hara spent the 2010 MLL season as the head coach of the Chicago Machine. Before the professional ranks, O'Hara's coaching career took him to a number of NCAA Division I and III institutions. As a head and assistant coach, O'Hara has been a member of nine NCAA Championship coaching staffs. He was the Head Lacrosse Coach at Hobart College, Dartmouth College and Alfred University. O'Hara was also an assistant coach at Syracuse, Hobart, RPI and North Carolina State.
As a player at Hobart College, O'Hara twice earned All-American honors at attack. In his senior season, he was named Co-Captain and a First-Team All American, and was selected to play in the North-South Game. As a junior, he was named to the USILA Third Team. O'Hara finished his Hobart career ranked second on the all time scoring list with 280 points (163-117) and he held the Hobart career record for goals until 1991. He was inducted into the Upstate New York Lacrosse Foundation Hall of Fame in 1995, the Hobart College Hall of Fame in 1998 and the US Lacrosse Greater Rochester Chapter Hall of Fame in November 2010.
"BJ's experience and understanding of the league has made him one of the top coaches in the MLL" said Rattlers President and COO Pat Ercoli. "He is highly respected by his peers and has earned the right to defend his 2008 championship as the head coach of the Ratters."
The Rochester Rattlers have retained 23 players from the Chicago Machine franchise for the 2011 season. A complete roster is available at www.rochesterrattlers.com. Three of the notable players are: Ned Crotty (2010 MLL Rookie of the Year, led all rookies in scoring with 24 points in seven games), Casey Powell (MLL all-leader leader with 388 points, second in assists with 186 and seventh in goals with 197) and Matt Streibel (member of MLL championship teams in 2004, 2006 and 2007, championship MVP in 2007).
Major League Lacrosse is comprised of six teams across the US and Canada. The Boston Cannons, Long Island Lizards, and Chesapeake (formerly Baltimore, Washington) Bayhawks have been members of the League since its inception in 2001. The Denver Outlaws began play in 2006 as part of the League's western expansion. The Toronto Nationals joined the MLL in 2009 as the League's first international team.
Major League Lacrosse games will once again be featured on ESPN2 in 2011. The network has been the national television home of Major League Lacrosse since 2003, when the two parties agreed on a two-year commitment. In 2007, Major League Lacrosse and ESPN reached an agreement that extended their relationship through the 2016 season, which is the longest commitment that any television outlet has given to a lacrosse entity.
The partnership between the MLL and ESPN continued to grow in 2007, when ESPN360.com, ESPN's signature broadband network, streamed its first MLL game live. MLL games continue to be streamed live on ESPN3 and are archived on the website for a period of one week.
In addition to ESPN, the 2008 season also marked the first time in League history that every regular season MLL game was broadcast live on regional sports networks throughout the country including Time Warner Cable.
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Topics of Interest Congressman, Dennis Kucinich, kucinich, Middle East, Politics
Published on July 2, 2009
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Today on G Living's ROOM101. Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of Congressman Dennis Kucinich joins Sarah Backhouse for an in-depth two part conversation about her life before Dennis and what life is like on the road during the race for the Presidency.
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Steve Zakuani scored a pair of goals and assisted two others while Blair Gavin put the finishing touches on an improbable comeback as the No. 4 University of Akron men's soccer team rallied to a 4-3 victory over Ohio State Friday night.
Akron (15-1-3) started the second half with a 1-0 lead, but it wouldn't hold up in a frantic second half that featured six goals and 17 combined shots.
UA, which hadn't allowed more than one goal in a single game all season, saw OSU score two times in little more than one minute to regain the lead early in the second half and find the net three times for the contest. The Zips' defense, which is ranked second in the nation, had allowed just six scores through the first 18 games of the year.
"This was one of the craziest soccer games I have been a part of," said UA head coach Caleb Porter. "Our performance defensively was not good enough and we are going to have to make some adjustments. However, this team has a special quality that sets them apart. They find ways to win and tonight our attacking group was electric."
"I also can't say enough about our fans, the AK-Rowdies, who made the trip to Columbus," Porter continued. "They were a big part of this victory."
The 2007 national runners-up Buckeyes (9-7-2) wasted little time after the break, blitzing back with two goals in the first five minutes of play. A goal by Ben Zemanski tied the game in the 55th minute, but the Zips had to rally once more as OSU regained the lead less than a minute later.
Zakuani, the nation's goals leader and Hermann Trophy candidate, scored his second goal of the game to pull the Zips even before assisting Gavins's gamewinner in the 82nd minute. Zakuani crossed the ball from the left side of the box and Gavin lifted the ball just under the crossbar from 10 yards out for his first goal of the season.
The Zips were on the attack for much of the first half and capitalized early when Steve Zakuani netted his nation-leading 18th goal off a feed from Darlington Nagbe in the 13th minute. The difficult shot by the Hermann Trophy candidate came from the top of the box and traveled about 25 yards before settling into the top of the goal.
The Buckeyes actually managed to out-shoot UA in the opening period, 8-4, with most of their opportunities coming off counters. Evan Bush recorded three saves as the Zips took a 1-0 lead into the break.
A goal by OSU's Konrad Warzycha in the 48th minute knotted the game at 1-all and a score by teammate Dave Tiemstra in the 49th minute gave the Buckeyes their first lead of the game. Both tallies were assisted by Joshua Breto, with Warzycha also getting credit for an assist on Tiemstra's score.
Zemanski his second goal of the season from the top of the box off a feed from Zakuani to tie the game for the second time, but OSU answered right back with a goal off the foot of Doug Verhoff and assisted by Sam Scales less than one minute later.
Zakuani struck again in the 68th minute with his 19th goal of the year to tie the game for a third and final time off a pair of passes from Gavin and Bunbury.
Zips Notebook: UA, which improved to 22-6-2 all-time versus Ohio State, defeated the Buckeyes for the first time in Columbus since 1984 – snapping a string of three-straight defeats ... The Zips finished the regular season with a 2-0-2 record versus schools from the Big Ten Conference ... More than 150 UA students made the trip to Columbus and were a factor throughout the game.
Courtesy: Akron Media Relations
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Top 5 things to do this weekend: Klyde Warren Park opening, Dia de los Muertos and more
KLYDE WARREN PARK OPENING The Woodall Rodgers Deck Park opens this weekend with lots to do and plenty of fanfare, with dozens of activities and performances. Highlights will include performances and demos by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fido's Finest Dog Training, the UTD chess program, students from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, the YMCA, the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Children's Theater and more. There'll be fireworks at 10:45 p.m. on Saturday, after a concert by Polyphonic Spree and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue (this concert required tickets; sold out). On Sunday, try zumba or tai chi, hear performers from the Dallas Opera and Daiko Drummers, and settle in for a concert by Bob Schneider and Jimmy LaFave at 4:30. The evening will wrap up with a showing of Midnight in Paris, attended by star (and Dallas native) Owen Wilson, honorary chair of the opening weekend. Everything is free. For more info, visit our Klyde Warren page at dallasnews.com/deckpark, or go to klydewarrenpark.org. — Joy Tipping
HUFFHINES ART TRAILS Discover paintings, pottery, glass, woodwork, jewelry and handcrafts by local and regional artists and craftspeople amid the trees and trails of Huffhines Park. This year's featured artist is LeRoy Garcia, who creates mixed media works. Local talent will perform on the entertainment stage, and there'll be a kids' scavenger hunt, a hay bale maze, a cafe and food vendors. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Huffhines Park, 1500 Apollo Road, Richardson. Free. 972-744-4581. huffhinesarttrails.com. — Ellen Ritscher Sackett
1776 AT LYRIC STAGE A presidential election is a perfect excuse to revive 1776, the Tony Award-winning musical based on the political maneuverings that led to the Declaration of Independence. Lyric Stage has a terrific cast. Local actors with national careers play the leads: Brian Gonzales as John Adams and David Coffee as Ben Franklin. The other main roles are taken by sensational finds that Lyric discovered in its last two hits. Oklahoma! star Bryant Martin jumps from Curly to Thomas Jefferson, and Kyle Cotton follows up his award-winning Jud Fry with the pro-slavery Edward Rutledge. The superb Rosabella from The Most Happy Fella, Amber Nicole Guest, is Abigail Adams. Oct. 26 through Nov. 4 at Irving Arts Center's Carpenter Performance Hall, 3333 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving. $25 to $53. 972-252-2787. lyricstage.org. — Lawson Taitte
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Find our list of local haunted houses here. — Shannon Sutlief
DIA DE LOS MUERTOS The Latino Cultural Center will host its sixth annual Day of the Dead celebration that includes craft workshops, Alegre Ballet Folklorico, a performance by singer Carolina Imperial on the plaza and Aztec dancers. The annual community art show will be on display in the gallery through Nov. 3. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dia de Los Muertos is Saturday at the Latino Cultural Center, 2600 Live Oak Dallas. 214-671-0045. dallasculture.org/latinocc. — Ellen Ritscher Sackett


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BEIJING (AP) The U.S. women's field hockey team got the same message in its seventh-place match it had been receiving throughout the Olympics - close, but not quite there yet.
Spain defeated the United States 3-2 Wednesday, with Rocio Ybarra scoring on a penalty corner late in the second extra period.
The Americans completed the tournament having earned a win against New Zealand and draws with Argentina, Japan and Britain. The team's other loss was to defending Olympic champion Germany.
The draw with Argentina, the world's No. 2-ranked team, was the highlight. But especially against Britain and Spain, the effort was there, but numerous opportunities were wasted in two matches that well could have been wins.
"It's probably no real one thing that we can pinpoint," U.S. coach Lee Bodimeade said. "The way the girls played throughout the tournament gave to belief that we could have come away with some more wins. We're going to be better for this Olympics and this experience, but it's (the loss to Spain) a hard one to take along the way."
In the other early game, South Korea defeated Japan 2-1 for ninth place. It was a disappointing finish for Japan, which was ranked No. 5 in the world.
The U.S. qualified for the Olympics for the first time since 1996, when it was given a host bid, and won its way in for the first time since the 1988 games. The American showing in Beijing wasn't so bad, considering their world ranking of 11th was the second-worst among the qualifiers.
The U.S. rolled through its qualifier in April but struggled to score at times during the Olympics. The three draws caught up with the Americans and kept them out of the medal round.
"We were successful against a lower level of competition, but when it really matters, we need to step up," Bodimeade said.
U.S. captain Kate Barber said the lack of experience on a world stage was a factor in the results.
"I think with more experience on these top levels, as we continue to play against the best teams in the world on a consistent basis, that's what's really going to continue to develop this team and this program."
The Americans seemingly had Spain beaten when Angela Loy scored in the 59th minute to give her team a 2-1 lead.
American Carrie Lingo was sent off after getting a yellow card late in regulation, and Spain took advantage when Raquel Huertas scored in the 68th minute to force extra time. Ybarra's goal came in the 84th minute, about 90 seconds before the match would have gone to penalty strokes.
Barber said the timing of Spain's last two goals left some bitterness, but she believes the Americans will learn from the games.
"We have nothing to be ashamed of," Barber said. "We played very, very well and gave it everything we could out there. Unfortunately, Spain just kept coming at us."


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Topic: How to post xml files to another server?
I am about to do an app that is going to post xml files to another server. I have read the standard library documentation and found the net/http.rb with class net::HTTP to post form data to another server.
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An LSA experiment to watchFriday, May 1st, 2009
The light sport aircraft community, admittedly off to a slow start these past four years, ought to watch an experiment by the flight department at the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) in Melbourne, Fla. Director of Flight Training Nick Frisch has purchased two Remos light sport aircraft to join his fleet of 41 trainers. He is challenging a "significant unknown," in his words, and that unknown is the public's general acceptance of light sport aircraft.
Frisch is betting that among the school's 7,000 non-aeronautical students there are a number of pilot candidates who will jump at the chance for a $5,000 sport pilot certificate. To improve chances for success, he will offer the Remos aircraft to the Melbourne community as well in a flying club. Some of the 41 trainers are ready for retirement. Will serious FIT pilot candidates accept the Remos because of its lower rental cost?
He is starting with two aircraft, but additional Remos aircraft will be purchased if the experiment works. So watch FIT's flight department at the end of this year. That is when Frisch's "significant unknown" will be known, and when a new order is, or is not, made.


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Topic: Paginate method
Am new and working on that "Aha!" moment.
I generated CRUD methods via scaffold and was a bit thrown by:
def list
@hotel_pages, @hotels = paginate :hotels, :per_page => 10
Figured "paginate" must be a method that does something like @hotels = hotel.find :all
plus some sort of pagination.
However, I'm thrown by the syntax @hotel_pages, @hotels....
What is going on with the comma? How do these two elements relate to each other? Is this common?
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
Makeup Lessons - Wedding Guest Look
It's been another crazy day at work so I thought I'd leave you with a quick post. A few weeks ago, one of my lovely YouTube viewers contacted me requesting a makeup lesson. Half of my gigs are actually makeup lessons for both everyday makeup wearers as well as aspiring makeup artists. I love doing these because it's always a good feeling to help others learn and embrace the craft.
My client was interesting in creating a look for a wedding she was intending. I always request the clients to bring their makeup bag and brushes to make sure they know how to use their products to create the look. There's no point in using my products when they don't own them.
We had two options: a green or a purple look. I ended up only taking pictures of the green look but both looked great!
Each time I have a client, I try to take some jewels of wisdom and add it to my makeup knowledge bank. Here are a few highlights from the lesson which I hope you all can benefit from as well:
1) If you go to a MAC counter for help...make sure they try the product on you. If you get a snobby artist...ask for someone else or go to another counter. The truth is...in the makeup business, there are a lot of snooty people out there. However, this is a service industry and you should be able to get great service. I hate when people think they're better than you just because they work at a certain cosmetics brand or even a clothing retail store...to me, it doesn't make sense. They're in the service industry to serve others not to stand there with a superiority complex. Many brands have a return policy even for used cosmetics - just make sure to bring it back with a receipt within the allotted time frame. If you don't like it...return it. And don't feel pressured to by something just because someone pressures you. You guys know what i'm talking about!
2) If your skin is starting to mature and you start to notice those fine lines especially around your eyes and on your eye lid...avoid frosty, super shimmery eye shadows. They only accentuate the lines even more and make you look order. Instead, stick with mattes or satins with a slight sheen.
3) Don't be afraid to experiment! Try going through your makeup stash and practice pairing different colors together. You'll get a lot more miles out of your makeup that way then sticking to the same combinations.
With that said, here are pictures from the lesson. I didn't get a chance to take a before and after but at least I got the latter!
Here's What I Used:
-moisturizer and primer (don't remember which ones)
-MUFE corrector palette - the darkest one...I used this for concealer, foundation and contour
-Azalea Blush
-Bobbi Brown concealer
-gorgeous gold e/s
-sumptuous olive e/s
-femme noir e/s
-bamboo e/s
-prescriptives gel liner
-ardell false lashes
-client's own MAC lipstick and gloss
-chesnut lip pencil
That's all for now folks!
Atlanta Makeup Artist
4 comments:
- Katie Ms. Cocktail Smarty said...
She looks so pretty!! I know exactly what you mean about the snooty makeup girls/guys.... I just see it as they must not love what they do.
- October 8, 2009 at 10:39 PM
- Monique said...
This woman is SOOOOO PRETTY! Look at her skin!!! I am so jealous. And I agree. I don't take that crap from sales people at counters or anywhere else. You are there to help me and I am paying your bills!! Lol.
- October 9, 2009 at 2:03 PM
- SepiaAngel78 said...
Girl...you are so right. The retail/service fields have either awesome people to help or the snooty ones. I'll be quick to go to the next person if I get anyone that acts like they cannot help me. This lady looks incredible! Very beautiful...her smile made me smile. :o)
- October 10, 2009 at 12:35 PM
- dawlz said...
gosh the mac girls in my mall are so bitchy. during my last visit to mac, they completely ignored me and even AFTER i asked for help, they acted like my business wasn't important to them and just chatted amongst themselves and blasted their music. they even said mac products aren't suitable for me. so i took my butt and my pride to another company's counter and swore off mac forever. n i haven't made a single mac purchase in over 2 years. which brings me to a question for you ren, do you know of any blotting powders/finishing powders that are dupes for mac's natural msf and blot powder? <3 ya
- October 14, 2009 at 7:58 AM


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I need to be able to run some standard tasks with sudo. (E.g. my account name is george and george has password-less sudo access to the 'web' account to deploy files and such.)
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Chinese firm Wanxiang Group won the auction for A123 Systems on Saturday for about $260 million. This has concerned certain members of Congress, who said that A123's contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense are at stake.
"I am very concerned by Wanxiang's acquisition of A123," said Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland). "A123 maintains several contracts with the Department of Defense and given the thin line between Wanxiang and the Chinese Government, I am concerned about the Government of China having access to sensitive technologies being used by our military forces."
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There'll come a time when James Bond will need to hand back the Walther PPK, the MI6-issued Omega Seamaster and the License to Kill and get hitched, have a couple of rugrats and settle down. The current 007, Daniel Craig, is 45, for goodness' sake. Arthritis and AARP are surely just around the corner.
Of course, with matrimonial bliss come spatial needs. It's no good thundering around in a classic '60s two-seater—even one with machine guns and ejector seats—when there are baby seats to fit.
Assuming Bond will always drive an Aston Martin, his new vehicle of choice can only be one model: the four-door Rapide. Lucky for him, there's a refreshed version—the 2014 Rapide S—that could be dropped off at Q-Branch right away. Naturally, it would be painted Skyfall Silver, like the car we're driving.
The only criticism of the original Rapide, which debuted in 2010, was its shortage of muscle. While 470 horsepower may seem plenty potent to mere mortals, in the rarified world of supercars, only 500-plus ponies will do.
For 2014, the Rapide gets the latest version of Aston's fabled 5.9-liter V-12—first seen on the new Vanquish—with a robust 550 horsepower. Now, when you squeeze the throttle, zero-to-60 acceleration is dispensed in 4.7 seconds, a full half-second faster than before. That's more like it.
But this new $199,950 Rapide S is so much more than a V-12 engine on steroids. This car is even more deliciously gorgeous than the original. The front has been resculpted and rehoned with a bigger, more dramatic version of that iconic grille, while the rear has a larger "ducktail" spoiler to improve aerodynamics. Is it the most beautiful four-door in the world? I'd say so.
We've come to the Emporda region of Spain, birthplace of artist Salvador Dali and an easy 90-minute amble east of Barcelona, to put this newest Aston through its paces. Here, the roads are fast, empty and curvier than a bowl of fusilli pasta. To awaken the Aston, like the last model, insert the chunk of crystal that doubles as an ignition key into its slot on the dashboard. Press once, and prepare for the aural thrill as the big V-12 erupts into life.
This must be one of the great pleasures of Rapide S ownership: to know each time you caress the crystal, your pulse will quicken and every hair on the back of your neck will stand to attention.
The Jekyll and Hyde character of the Aston is that in Drive mode, it will cruise as serenely and sedately as your neighbor's Lexus. The six-speed automatic shifts gears with lazy fluidity. The ride is magic carpet smooth; noise levels are hushed.
Now punch the Sport button. Valves in the exhaust system open wide to let the full force of those 12 cylinders exhale uninterrupted. Response from the transmission becomes light-switch immediate, and the whole car comes alive.
Around those Catalan curves, the Rapide corners as if running on invisible tracks. This S model features Aston's new three-mode Adaptive Damping System that offers the choice of Normal, Sport and Track modes. Sport provides the perfect blend of no-roll cornering with a ride that's supercar-firm, yet won't loosen your dental work.
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1:40 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker
The hon. member for St. Albert has raised a very substantive issue before the House. I know he would expect, as would all members expect, the Chair to consider it with the seriousness and thoughtfulness that it will require. The Chair will take this point of order under advisement and come back to the House at a later date.
The House resumed consideration of the motion.
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
1:40 p.m.
Oak Ridges
Bryon Wilfert Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, I am a bit surprised to be debating the issue of bank mergers, particularly when a very detailed report by the Standing Committee on Finance was finished in March 2003. Obviously my colleagues in the corner missed a lot of this review because they would not be raising an issue today which went through many months of detailed analysis.
We were charged by the Minister of Finance to look at the issue of public interest. Some of my colleagues believe that we cannot allow bank mergers. The fact is that Bill C-8, legislation which was before the House in 2001, allows for that.
The Minister of Finance asked us to look at the public interest. For the record I would like to make it very clear what it is he asked for. He asked that Canadians in all regions be able to have quality financial services, with special attention to the disabled, low income individuals and rural communities. He wanted us to look at the choice among financial service providers and the availability of financing for businesses, particularly small businesses and Canadians; creation of long term growth prospects for Canada; having more effective internationally competitive institutions; and adjustment and transition issues, including the treatment of employees. We took the minister's letter and evaluated the issue of public interest.
It is important for all Canadians to know that we have and will continue to have the strongest financial institutions, I would say, in the world. During the Great Depression of the 1930s the banks in the United States folded like cards. The banks in Canada did not. We did not have any bank failures.
The process began. The banks were brought before the standing committee. All sorts of interested stakeholders were brought before the standing committee to evaluate these issues. We did not take these issues lightly.
The review process is important. Obviously the banks may make a decision and it may be based on whether or not they feel they can be competitive internationally. They are going to make a business decision. It is up to us as parliamentarians to evaluate the public interest to see if it will be served and how best to respond.
We produced a report with 11 key recommendations. I would invite members of the New Democratic Party to read them sometime. They will find that the recommendations address the issues that were presented by the minister in his letter.
The discussions with the banks in terms of issues were wide ranging. Any proposal, if it were to come forth, would be reviewed by the Competition Bureau. The Competition Bureau is going to look at the issue of competition in areas across the country. The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions plays a key role. It analyzes any proposed merger with respect to the soundness and stability of the banking system. The Standing Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce in the other place and the House of Commons finance committee were asked to look at the public interest.
The majority of the witnesses who came forward indicated very clearly that we have strong financial institutions. Some did not want to see any changes. Some of the members were suggesting earlier that some of the banks were closing in their ridings. I am sympathetic to that, but that is a decision the banks make and they would go ahead whether or not there are mergers. The decision to open branches in certain areas is based on the needs as perceived by those particular banks. Obviously there are procedures in place to deal with notification issues, et cetera.
The finance committee was charged with the responsibility of seeing how the public interest would be dealt with. Dealing with and defining the public interest in anything is very difficult. It depends upon whom we are talking about in the public. The various stakeholders range from bank presidents to interest groups to community organizations who are concerned, and legitimately so, about the state of financial institutions and the implications if there were to be mergers.
There have been no proposals presented, but we wanted to be proactive as a committee to make recommendations to the minister. There is a procedure, as members know. The minister is going to report later this month on the recommendations. What I find interesting is that the New Democratic Party would have us move concurrence when the fact is that we have asked the minister to respond to the report.
I want to know what the point is of producing a detailed and thoughtful report by parliamentarians on which the official opposition agreed, except for my friends in the corner who did not agree and that is their right, in which we asked the minister to respond. Now that the minister will be responding, the NDP want to jump the gun. That does not make any sense. Why would we spend all that time putting forth a detailed report, asking the minister to look at some very important recommendations which we believe will advance the public interest and are important to the public interest and will help in shaping the minister's response to the recommendations? No, the NDP would rather spend time in the House today talking about something with which we have dealt and are waiting for a response under the guidelines and the timelines granted to the committee and to the minister.
The minister will fulfill that timeline and in doing so, we will get a detailed response. If members in the House do not like the minister's response, they have every right to say so and they can respond accordingly. But to jump the gun, to jump the queue before the minister responds makes no sense.
If members of the New Democratic Party were to read the report in detail, they would realize, and in their own dissenting report they would at least be able to say that it has had a fair hearing before the minister. If they do not like the recommendations, so be it.
In my view, they would rather play politics here and waste the time of the House by talking about something because they do not want to talk about something else which is of importance to Canadians as well. We all know that, but this is the way this institution works.
Let us talk about some of the key issues in that report that we addressed to the minister.
The issue of access is important to Canadians whether they live in a big city, in rural Canada or remote places. My New Democratic friends would agree with that as well. The issue then becomes, what kind of services? Are we talking about full banking services?
Today in the age of technology we can go to ATM machines, but some ATM machines are not convenient for people because they may not have a full range of services. People may not be able to use a particular card or the machines may not have the kind of transactions that they would like. They may be okay to take the money out but they may not necessarily be good for bill payments and other things. That came out during the discussions. We talked about access issues, saying that there needs to be full service access, whether it is through bricks and mortar or machines. They have to provide access to Canadians wherever they live and it needs to be high quality.
Jobs are also important. People who live in a rural community where the only bank in that community has closed may want to take out a loan. What happens then? They knew the bank manager in their community but now they have to go 100 kilometres down the road to a bank where no one knows them. Those issues were brought to our attention and we responded.
The Bank of Montreal said that its strategic plan was to deal with small business loans. Its niche in the banking sector is small business. That is what it wants to deal with and it wants to expand on that market. It was not necessarily so for other banks, but they all look at the issue of how they can take care of their customers. Banks are no different from anything else. Obviously if they do not have customers, they are not going to have profits. If they do not have profits, they are not going to do very well. Naturally those were issues we wanted to deal with. As I said, that was an important issue.
We know that if any bank mergers were to occur, people in the big cities would be all right, primarily because of the concentration and number of financial services available in large cities, but that is not so in rural and remote communities. This was a very important point which we stressed in the report. Again I would suggest that my friends in the New Democratic Party may want to read it.
On the other hand, I know the NDP has talked about employment issues. We certainly tried to address some of the issues in the report, such as job protection for Canadians who work in these financial institutions, early retirement and what things can be done to make sure, through attrition or whatever it happens to be, that we do not have a great dislocation, particularly for people on the front lines.
One of the issues that the financial institutions talked about was the issue of competitiveness internationally. We have six very strong banks in this country and yet they have to compete on a global scale. What is the impact on a global scale? Is there a strong rationale to do so?
I said that we have very strong financial institutions in this country, and we do. In fact, we can be proud that they operate efficiently and that we have not had the collapses that we have seen in other jurisdictions.
The discussion of course is, on scale, on international competitiveness, which was one of the major issues the banks addressed. Another issue they addressed had to do with the whole issue of shareholder value. They also talked about the health of the financial service sector.
From our standpoint, obviously we are concerned about whether these institutions will be able to deliver in this market and what they may do elsewhere. We know, for example, that 50% of the Bank of Nova Scotia's profits comes from overseas, particularly in areas in the Caribbean. That is where it decided to focus its particular niche.
However we wanted to make sure that, in terms of addressing the minister's letter, we responded effectively, which is why the March report was presented.
Normally, when committees present their reports they wait to hear from the minister. Hopefully the ministers, when they read those reports, and I know they read them very carefully, will respond effectively to those 11 recommendations. I know the Minister of Finance is very much interested in what we have to say or he would not have asked us to undertake the issue of public interest.
The fact that we have done that and that we are now waiting for a response from the minister within the prescribed timeframe, it seems a bit strange that today we would try to, in my view, hijack the House by suggesting that we need to deal with an issue for which a report has already been presented, and trying to say that we are not getting a response. The fact is that we are doing it under the prescribed timetable that the committee works under and that the minister works under.
I can tell the House that the Minister of Finance will respond in a way in which he will look very carefully at the 11 recommendations because it is not only important to members of the House, it is important to every Canadian. Every Canadian has the right to know the approach the government will be taking. I can assure members that is one thing the Minister of Finance will do and he will be do it effectively .
It is also important to note that, as I said, we do not want to mix apples and oranges.
Bill C-8, as we know, was the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Act . We know that under that legislation the issue of mergers was allowed. What the minister is trying to find out is how that can be further clarified in terms of the public interest, and therefore if banks wanted to merge tomorrow they could make a proposal.
The fact that they have not presented a proposal means that they are waiting. They are not jumping the gun. They are waiting to hear what the minister has to say. Only the NDP wants to jump the gun. However Canadians and the banks want to hear what the minister has to say, as do, I believe, all members in the House. When that comes down, I would then expect a full and thorough discussion, as it should be.
We listened to many witnesses who made very thoughtful and useful presentations to members of the Standing Committee on Finance. We were able to look at the issues very carefully and to dissect some of the key problems that people were seeing out there.
We were not just focusing on large urban communities but also on rural and northern communities to make sure that if we were going to do it we would do it right. If we are going to allow something, we want to do it right because 70% of the mergers generally across the globe fail and therefore we want to make sure that it is done right. The New Democratic Party wants to rush it but we do not. We want to make sure it is done right.
I hope those members will give the minister the ability to present his report and for us to be able to then respond. I have great faith in the fact that the Minister of Finance will do so in a very timely manner.
At this point, as we wind down to our question period, we are faced with the issue of what the guidelines are and what we want the minister to evaluate. He has 11 key recommendations that deal with the issues of access, competition and employment. Those are important issues and they need to be addressed under the timelines and guidelines set out by Parliament. Otherwise we will have a response that will not do justice to the committee report.
I congratulate all my colleagues who were on the committee and who spent long hours to make sure we heard from Canadians and various stakeholders in order to do our job effectively. The report, which the minister has been looking at, is one for which we are very pleased. I can tell the House that when the minister responds I expect we will be able to evaluate his response and say where it is that we agree. Hopefully, we will agree on everything, but if we do not, at least we will have had a fair hearing.
One of our responsibilities as parliamentarians is that we do not have to agree but we have to talk about the process, and nobody has complained about the process. I want to make it very clear that the process is important to us and to all Canadians.
I hope my New Democratic friends will read the recommendations, because clearly they must have missed them. They also must have missed their own minority report because obviously if they had read it they would know that they were asking the minister to respond, and that of course is what we are trying to do.
Juno Beach Centre
Statements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Julian Reed Halton, ON
Mr. Speaker, when the Juno Beach Centre opens this week, a bronze sculpture called "Remembrance and Renewal" will be the centrepiece of the courtyard leading into the centre.
It features five helmeted figures facing outward from a circle. Each figure represents a distinct emotion, such as leadership, vigour and alertness. Another looks sombre and reflective. A fourth figure advances while assisting a comrade.
It was sculpted by Colin Gibson and cast at Artcast Inc. foundry in Georgetown, in the riding I serve.
I would like to thank the sculptor and Artcast Inc. for their contribution to the Juno Beach Centre.
Above all, I would like to pay tribute to the veterans who stormed the beaches of the Normandy coast in 1944, for all the sacrifices they made.
We will remember them.
Aboriginal Affairs
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Brian Pallister Portage—Lisgar, MB
Mr. Speaker, we would not remodel our home if the foundation was rotten. That would be wasteful, foolish and illogical.
Yet that is exactly what the federal government is doing with Bill C-7, the $1 billion first nations governance act.
The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development said just a few days ago that all 634 Canadian chiefs were "self-serving bullies". If he believes that assertion we would have to ask ourselves why he would then want to give those bullies much more power than they already have.
The bill would entrench the most expensive and least effective model of governance yet tried in first nations.
Meanwhile, the government is preoccupied with the dumb as a bag of hammers Bill C-24, the political financing act.
Rifts have developed. A legacy is at risk. However
the Liberals have resolved the issue by tapping the taxpayers for another $5 million, all because the bill would have an impact on just $1 million of Liberal fundraising.
Meanwhile, Canadian taxpayers are being charged a billion--
Aboriginal Affairs
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker
The hon. member for Algoma—Manitoulin.
Distinguished Service Award
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Brent St. Denis Algoma—Manitoulin, ON
Mr. Speaker, two days ago on June 3, former parliamentarian Aideen Nicholson was honoured by her peers. The Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians presented to Aideen the Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her service to Canada, to Parliament and to her former constituents of Trinity whom she so capably represented from 1974 to 1988.
Ms. Nicholson is now a northerner living in Elliot Lake, Ontario, in my riding of Algoma--Manitoulin. We feel blessed to have her living among us.
Aideen, in a fashion typical of her lifelong service to others, has jumped right into our community. It is clear that she has thrived in our wonderful social and natural environment having become a hospital trustee and a board member for the White Mountain Academy, the Women's Crisis Centre, St. Peter the Apostle Anglican Church and the list goes on.
During her parliamentary career, Aideen distinguished herself on both the government and opposition sides of the House as a committee chair and parliamentary secretary in numerous portfolios.
However, for all her accomplishments, we still like her best for her heart and her soul. I congratulate Aideen.
Middle East
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
John Bryden Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot, ON
Mr. Speaker, I invite my colleagues to join me in congratulating United States President George Bush for his efforts to bring peace to the Middle East.
As we are all aware, the conflict in the Middle East is an old and deep-rooted one. Yesterday, President George W. Bush attended what may very well become an historic meeting for peace by joining Mahmoud Abbas, the new Palestinian prime minister, and Israel's leader, Ariel Sharon, in the Jordanian city of Aqaba.
This meeting represents the first cautious steps taken along a road that is designed to lead to a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
I am sure the House shares my optimism toward this renewed effort to resolve the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. I join my colleagues in support for the U.S. president in building the confidence on both sides that is crucial to the success of achieving peace in this troubled region of the world.
Democratic Republic of Congo
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Irwin Cotler Mount Royal, QC
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sound the alarm, to warn against an impending genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo, such as occurred in Rwanda in 1994.
In one sense the unspeakable has already occurred. War in the Democratic Republic of Congo has lasted four years, involves six African states in Africa's world war and more than 3 million people have been killed. The "never again" rings hollow in the face of "yet again", again and again.
What is needed, therefore, is a multi-layered diplomatic, defence, political and humanitarian intervention in which Canada can take the lead. In particular, the United Nations force, as authorized by the UN Security Council, is too limited both in numbers and mandate to do what is needed; stop the killing, end the flow of weapons and disarm the militias.
Canada should also seriously consider contributing a significant force to the UN position.
Political: Canada should join the U.S., European countries and South Africa to increase the pressure with respect to a political solution.
Humanitarian: A massive humanitarian relief effort is needed.
Most important, we need someone, some country, to sound the alarm, to place wake-up calls to the international community to ensure that "never again" means exactly that.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Leon Benoit Lakeland, AB
Mr. Speaker, Canadian cattlemen and the cattle industry are facing the most devastating situation I have seen in my lifetime. Many are my friends and neighbours, and I know they ask for very little from the government. They ask only for the removal of unfair trade restrictions so they can have free and fair trade. They ask for lower taxes. They ask for unnecessary regulations to be removed so they can spend more time running their business.
The Canadian Cattlemen's Association has been an incredibly responsible organization when it comes to representing the views of cattlemen. Last year when cattlemen faced the most serious drought in history, they asked for no special help at all. Now, in their time of need when cattlemen need action on the part of government to do what is necessary to ensure the border is reopened, what do they get? Very little.
What is the government's plan to deal with the crisis in the cattle industry? It does not have one.
In this time of need our cattlemen, who ask for so little, deserve an awful lot more from the government.
Juno Beach Centre
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Bob Speller Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant, ON
Mr. Speaker, tomorrow the Prime Minister and many Canadian vets are taking part in ceremonies to open the Juno Beach Centre in France.
As we watch the ceremonies unfold tomorrow and the Prime Minister honours the bravery and valour of all those who served in the second world war, all Canadians should be proud.
What the Prime Minister and my colleagues in the House should know though is that $7,000 of the millions it took to build this memorial was raised by the 2853 Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps in Simcoe, Ontario. This is a group of 20 young individuals who went door to door around my riding explaining to people the need for such a memorial.
I want to show our appreciation here today in the House of Commons for the work that these 20 young individuals did. Also I hope my colleagues will join me tomorrow in celebrating the 59th anniversary of D-Day and to salute the efforts of over a million Canadians who served in the second world war.
World Environment Day
Statements By Members
June 5th, 2003 / 2:05 p.m.
Bernard Bigras Rosemont—Petite-Patrie, QC
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my colleagues in the Bloc Quebecois, I would like to point out that World Environment Day reminds us that water, land and air are not to be taken for granted.
Each and every one of us must do our share to protect our environment every day. Moreover, people should be able to expect that governments will take the necessary steps to protect our resources.
The UN sees this day as an excellent opportunity to ratify international conventions on the environment. Of course, there is the Kyoto protocol, which represents a step in the right direction when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions. However, much work remains to be done, particularly on problems related to global warming, which may end up being 30% greater than forecast by UN experts.
In Quebec, there are the sites contaminated by the federal government, the St. Lawrence and lakes whose water levels are dropping, and the impact on the atmosphere.
Finally, I would like to remind members that our everyday actions, as individuals and as a government, will determine whether we succeed in protecting our environment, and as a result, our health.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Larry Bagnell Yukon, YT
Mr. Speaker, in respect of Dr. Cynthia Maung, who joins us in Ottawa today, I stand before the House to bring to the attention of my fellow colleagues the shameful situation in Myanmar or as most people prefer to call it, Burma.
In 1948 Burma was one of Asia's most promising young democracies, buttressed by a growing free market and well educated population. Today it is Asia's most backward country. It is a police state, ruled by a medieval military dictatorship, plagued by five violent insurgencies. Consequently, the majority of its population languishes in abject poverty.
This past weekend, Burma's ruling junta attacked the convoy of Aung Sun Sue Chi, Nobel prize laureate and winner of Burma's last free election. Between 70 and 100 pro-democracy activists may well have been murdered. Aung Sun Sue Chi was arrested with 19 of her colleagues and has not been seen since. There are reports she has been seriously injured and there are rumours she may have been killed.
Enough is enough with this regime. It has pillaged Burma and its people for too long while playing the rest of us for fools. Canada has rightly cut off most of its ties with that government. Following this shameful display on the weekend, we and our allies must, with one voice, tell Burma's generals this will not stand.
Environment Week
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Bob Mills Red Deer, AB
Mr. Speaker, like my colleague from the Bloc, we are glad to celebrate World Environment Day. Our environment is one of our greatest assets. It is our duty to be good stewards of our environment and to make certain that we do all we can to keep it healthy.
The government's report card would include many failures: smog days continue to grow in our cities; asthma cases rise yearly; boil water orders grow across Canada; no action on major transborder pollution issues which occur in southern Ontario and the Fraser Valley; invasive species increase in our great lakes; contaminated sites are not prioritized and no cleanup plan is in place; and sewage is dumped into our oceans in Victoria, Halifax and St. John's.
The Liberals, for all their talking about the importance of the environment, have done very little to help our environment. These issues are serious and must be dealt with soon. When our environment deteriorates, the health of our people deteriorate.
How much longer will the Liberals neglect our greatest asset? How much longer will they neglect what is good for the health of all Canadians?
Environment Week
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Geoff Regan Halifax West, NS
Mr. Speaker, as we celebrate Environment Week, I am delighted to inform the House that the Halifax Regional Municipality has become a leader among Canada's large urban areas by adopting an advanced municipal solid waste management strategy that has significantly reduced the amount of waste that goes to landfill.
Greenhouse gas emissions from the municipality's landfill site have been reduced by approximately .5 megatonnes per year, or about 1.4 tonnes per resident, compared to 1995. These reductions are among many environmental benefits of a system that has helped achieved a 61.5% reduction in the amount of waste per person sent to landfill between 1989 and 2000.
I invite all members of the House to join me in congratulating the Halifax Regional Municipality for its significant contribution to combating climate change.


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