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WWF is accepting financing from the National Cattlemen's Association and JBS, the world's largest beef producer.that has begun to "facilitate a global dialogue on beef production that is environmentally sound, socially responsible, and economically viable." The roundtable plans to identify the best practices for raising beef, and spread them widely using the leverage of retailers like Wal-Mart and brands like McDonald's to do so. Someday your burger may come with fries, a Coke, and a "green" seal of approval.
WWF's Clay says the reality is the world will need more, not less, beef in the decades ahead.much as vegetable proteins such as beans, lentils and tofu, according to the Environmental Working Group. Eating less meat is the most important thing an individual can do to curb climate change, some scientists say. Citing a study by Gidon Eshel, a research professor at the Bard Center for Environmental Policy, and Pamela A. Martin, an assistant professor of geophysics at the University of Chicago, the New York Times' Mark Bittman has noted that if Americans were to reduce their meat consumption by a mere 20 percent, "it would be as if we all switched from a standard sedan — a Camry, say — to the ultra-efficient Prius."
'Who wants to tell the truth to the hand that feeds you?' asks Amy Larkin, of Greenpeace.have set standards and certified environmentally friendly forest products, wild fish, palm oil and soy. WWF's theory of change is simple: Rather than wait until billions of consumers decide to shop their way to a more sustainable planet, it wants to persuade a hundred or so global brands and retailers to produce and sell greener products. "Don't give consumers bad choices," Clay says. "Make sure that everything on the shelf is good." Other NGOs in the beef roundtable include the Rainforest Alliance and the National Wildlife Federation.
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Cochrane review finds that use of cardiotocograph on admission to the labour ward, rather than intermittent auscultation of the fetal heart rate, may increase risk of caesarean in low-risk women
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Healthcare professionals should inform women with low obstetric risk factors that intrapartum admission cardiotocography (CTG) increases the likelihood of caesarean section (CS) with no evidence for neonatal benefit.
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Local standup comic Dustin Meadows is a pop-culture aficionado of the highest order, and decided he should put his knowledge on the subject together with his comedy skills for an event. "Struck a Nerve: The Pop Culture Mixtape" is a nontraditional comedy showcase that premiered in January and will be recurring the third Monday each month.
The main goal Meadows wanted for himself, and his standup peers, was to move away from writing the traditional setup/punchline format they'd become accustomed with.
"The idea is you can do anything but standup," Meadows said during an interview at his North Campus home. "Last month, I did a couple mini-essay responses to Shia Lebouf, ["Duck Dynasty's"] Phil Robertson and Buzzfeed because that [theme] was the 2013 Year in Review."
But don't expect "Struck a Nerve" to be all serious. Laughs will be had.
"For the most part, it'll be funny. The way I introduced it last month was that it's a way for me to be funny in a different way, but also … doing these deep cultural examinations of certain things."
The cultural dive for Monday's show is Batman, since this year is the 75th anniversary of the Dark Knight. But don't think you have to be an expert to enjoy these shows; accessibility is the key.
"We're not going to make it a bunch of in-jokes, [instead] break it down in a way [where anyone] will relate to the core concepts of what we're talking about," he said.
Meadows didn't want to give away everything you'll see at Monday's show, but he said there'll be a character sketch, an essay on the effect the Caped Crusader had on a girl and artists doing commissioned pieces like at a Con event.
"Struck a Nerve" is designed to be funny, sure, but it's also about being creative. Therefore anyone is welcome.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Jessica Elizabeth Sauve and Syed Adnan Alli celebrated the beginning of their married life with ceremonies in Buffalo and Lake George, N.Y.
A Muslim ceremony was officiated by Iman Mehdi Chawla at the Jaffarya Islamic Center on July 6 in Amherst, N.Y. The Mehndi was held that evening at The Palms in Williamsville, N.Y. The Shadi followed on Saturday evening at Statler City ballroom in downtown Buffalo. Traditional dance was presented at the reception by a bhangra group from Toronto, Ontario.
One week later the couple exchanged vows in a Christian ceremony at Diamond Point Community Church in Diamond Point, N.Y. The nuptials were officiated by Pastor Stephen Gauger of Rapid River.
Friend of the bride, Savannah Crawley, served as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Lindsay Kenton and Christa Calcari, both friends of the bride.
Syed Ali Abbas, brother of the groom, stood as best man. Michael Pawelek and Stephen Makula, friends of the groom, served as groomsmen.
Other members serving at the ceremony were readers, Michael Schroeder, a friend of the groom, and Elizabeth Falcone, a friend of the bride. Huma Tahir, sister of the groom, and Blair Sauve, brother of the bride, seated the guests. Rachel Holm, cousin of the bride, rang the bell.
Following the ceremony, a reception was held on Lake George surrounded by the Adirondack Mountains. Guests were treated to dinner and dancing on the cruise boat Adirondac.
Jessica is the daughter of Brent and Sandra Sauve of Rapid River. She is a 2005 graduate of Rapid River High School and graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelor's degree in public relations and policy studies. She is currently working on a Ph.D. in economics at Syracuse University.
Adnan is the son of Syed Tahir Raza and Attiya Balqis of Tonawanda, N.Y. He is a 2001 graduate of Sweet Home High School and graduated from Canisus College in Buffalo, N.Y. with a bachelor's degree in computer programming. He currently works as a computer programmer for Yale Law School in New Haven, Conn.


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I have just posted the first sizable offering of teaware from Hong Seong Il in quite some time. For me, it's very exciting as I get to see new work and new designs and glazes that he has been working on.
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I'm finally getting a chance to write about my experience so far with OTTI 19. I too started from the lowest price selection and am trying to work my way up to the Da Yu Ling.
I should start off by saying I'm new to serious tea drinking (3 months) but almost all of my tea experience is with Formosa Mountain Oolongs such as tea from Lishan, San Lin Xi, & Dong Ding so I at least have a baseline to approach these teas. Also this was my first time using such high tea to water ratios and now I'm hooked.
I used the whole 10 grams in a 4oz Porcelain Pot with each, warming the pot first, then doing a rinse and allowing the leaves to open for a minute as instructed. Just off-boiling water.
2013 Spring, Shan Lin Xi: Long-Feng-Xia:
My steeps went something like this: 15, 15, 30, 45, 1m, 1.5m, 2.5m, 3.5m.
The tea started off with a wonderful floral smell with a fantastic sweet taste and moved to a more buttery aroma after the second steep. Around the 3rd steep it had a pronounced light sweet buttery aftertaste. At this point I had to leave the tea for awhile and it just left me with a great sweet taste lingering in my mouth. It was a new experience for me. I loved it.
I ended up steeping it 8 times and it did become quite light but still sweet and the tea could have kept going, I had to quit on the tea.
I did leave my last steep in the Fair Cup and let it cool down and the cooled tea had a great sweet taste.
I loved this tea and so far it is the best experience I have ever had with a Gao Shan Cha. I will definitely order some when I get a chance.
2013 Spring, Lishan: Cui Luan Light Roast Oolong
My steeps with this tea went something like this: 15, 15, 30, 45, 1m, 1.5m, 2m, 3m, 4m.
This tea was a much different animal so to speak from the Shan Lin Xi. It started off with a buttery smell with no floral tones and a very interesting throat feel. By the 3rd steep it got a little astringent but it had a sweet roasted taste. Like described in a few posts in this thread, this tea had a much less obvious in-your-face appeal and a much more mysterious phantom like quality. At first I didn't care for it but then it just won me over and I don't really know why. I definitely felt the mouth watering aspect of the tea. Although it had lightened up considerably near my last few steeps I was still enjoying it.
I also tasted the last steep completely cooled down and it had a lovely floral sweet taste.
I do believe I would order this one as well.
2013 Spring, Lishan: Fushoushan High Mountain Oolong
My steeps for this one went: 15, 15, 30, 45, 1m, 2m, 3m, 4m.
For me this tea started off with a buttery smell which increased with a vegetal taste. Around the 4th steep it became a little astringent and by the 5th steep it had become pretty light.
The cooled down last steep had a nice taste.
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Skip to comments.Drudge Headline: Foul Stench Over Malibu
Posted on 12/07/2012 9:14:50 AM PST by GVnana
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That stinkin' whale can sing!
Is Babs dead or hasn't she taken a shower in a month?
if Blabs striesand is in the hood rotting whale is an improvement to the air quality
I really need to start reading the entire article.
I saw the headline and the picture of that rat-ugly BS and just assumed the foul stench was caused by her having passed some gas.
How would anyone be able to differentiate the daily stench from the bloated beached whale stench?
Share the lead.
"Foul Stench, eh? Well, Princess...
I'm not too crazy about that cheap perfume you're wearing either!"
Snicker. Are the Whale Wars hippies going to have to park a boat off the coast near babs house?
Stank for The Skank.
silly. the bloated festering whale carcass smells better of course.
Babs Breath.
Rosie O'Donnell sunbathing on the beach again?
please no Rosie pix at lunchtime! Urg!
God has a great sense of humor. I love it.
I think one of the conservative legal foundations must go to Federal Court immediately and get an injunction against removing the whale carcass. Malibu beach is obviously a sacred whale burial ground and should not be disturbed. I'm sure Babs will back the indigenous rights of the whales to die on Malibu beach regardless of the stench.
What I like best about all of this is it is a private beach so Babs is responsible for the removal of the carcass. The state wants nothing to do with it. Nor does the city. And they cannot get a barge in there to yank the thing out.
Looks like they are going to have to blow it up.
Oh, Right. So she blames the smell on the whale. How convenient.
How can they tell the difference?
There's ways to deal with this:
Babs and friends are going to pay for disposing of this body.
"The Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors was not responsible for
disposing of the more than 40-foot body, said Carol Baker, who represents the agency.
"It's on a private beach" controlled by homeowners down to the high tide line and the state
is responsible for the tide lands, Baker said."
They are easy to remove
The Infamous Exploding Whale
That was disgustingly funny!
Nuke the whales!
Not an issue. There ain't enough booze on the planet to make Babs even marginally attractive.
Are they sure the wind is blowing in from the ocean?
By Dave Barry (1990)
I am absolutely not making this incident up; in fact I have it all on videotape. The tape is from a local TV news show in Oregon, which sent a reporter out to cover the removal of a 45-foot, eight-ton dead whale that washed up on the beach. The responsibility for getting rid of the carcass was placed upon the Oregon State Highway Division, apparently on the theory that highways and whales are very similar in the sense of being large objects.
So anyway, the highway engineers hit upon the plan remember, I am not making this up of blowing up the whale with dynamite. The thinking here was that the whale would be blown into small pieces, which would be eaten by sea gulls, and that would be that. A textbook whale removal.
So they moved the spectators back up the beach, put a half-ton of dynamite next to the whale and set it off. I am probably not guilty of understatement when I say that what follows, on the videotape, is the most wonderful event in the history of the universe. First you see the whale carcass disappear in a huge blast of smoke and flame. Then you hear the happy spectators shouting Yayy! and Whee! Then, suddenly, the crowds tone changes. You hear a new sound like splud. You hear a womans voice shouting Here come pieces of MY GOD! Something smears the camera lens.
Later, the reporter explains: The humor of the entire situation suddenly gave way to a run for survival as huge chunks of whale blubber fell everywhere. One piece caved in the roof of a car parked more than a quarter of a mile away. Remaining on the beach were several rotting whale sectors the size of condominium units. There was no sign of the sea gulls, who had no doubt permanently relocated in Brazil. This is a very sobering videotape. Here at the institute we watch it often, especially at parties. But this is no time for gaiety. This is a time to get hold of the folks at the Oregon State Highway division and ask them, when they get done cleaning up the beaches, to give us an estimate on the US Capitol.
Why don't they just move to one of their homes in Aspen or Baja or wherever the current celebrity hotspot is now for a week or two?
Holy hell, I thought that was a pic of Ozzy.
No doubt but when will CARB get involved?
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ARM, a leading developer of low-power processing technologies for mobile, low-power and consumer electronics, said that it had added a new application processor design into its roadmap. The new chip design will address the market of inexpensive smartphones, which is projected to skyrocket in the coming years.
"The Kingfisher is aimed at lower end smartphones and feature phones and cost-sensitive digital TV applications. It is an A-class processor, a small Cortex A-class processor," said Warren East, chief executive officer of ARM, at a conference with financial analysts.
Smartphones have traditionally been expensive products for people requiring a lot of features from their mobile devices. But as the demands of general consumers grow, manufacturers of smartphones start to make inexpensive versions of smartphones for those, who does not want to get a handset with a hefty price-tag, but want something more than a phone. In the coming years the market of such cell phones will grow rapidly, according to analysts. Many chip designers are already developing their system-on-chip products for such phones. But ARM wants to tailor the architecture itself for inexpensive smartphones.
"Total shipments of mobile handsets are projected to hit 1.3 billion in 2010, and are forecast to surpass 1.7 billion in 2015. Moving to 3G technologies and beyond, increasing demand for smartphones is a key factor that will drive market expansion over the next five years," said industry analyst Celia Bo with ABI Research.
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Wilma Funke, 84, of Marshalltown, died Friday, July 19, 2013, at her home while under the care of Iowa River Hospice and her loving family. Services for Wilma are currently pending at the Mitchell Family Funeral Home. For further information or to send a condolence please visit www.mitchellfh.com or call (641) 844-1234. The Mitchell Family Funeral Home is caring for Wilma and her family.


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Partial standing O for Shawn, and someone gave him a Mad Hatter hat!
Partial standing O for Shawn, and someone gave him a Mad Hatter hat!
Decent skate for Sawyer. Love Shawn and his hat.
Shawn doubled the flip in his sequence and two-footed some jumps (including the 3A) but that was thrillingly entertaining.
2-foot on 3A and 3Lz, iffy landing on 3S with arm over his head.
Shawn's score is 129.68, 186.62 total
Carriere is next.
Shawn's program was mesmerizing despite the small technical mistakes (the two two foots and the double flip). I think he can move up..
Loved the program, can't wait until I see him land a clean 3A in competition.
It's nice to see Carriere. I ahven't seen him skate in a long time.
Does stephen have hole in his pants?
Look what Adam has started...
I HATE this music cut. Wow. But Carriere's got some pizzazz.
UR 4T with a fall, and a hand down on one of his combos.
Stephen's score is 125.06, 184.20 total


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The AAA auto club reports the average price of a gallon of gas in Oregon is $3.77.That's down 18 cents in a week and 47 cents in a month. It's 36 cents higher than the national average.
Some metro prices from the AAA's Monday survey: Portland $3.75, Salem $3.68, Eugene-Springfield $3.71, Medford-Ashland $3.71. Locally, the price has been as low as $3.55 at Pilot outside Central Point.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (140 votes).
In short: Unbelievable experience with organisation to match. Date of review: October 15, 2012
In short: Good course, great atmosphereIn full: This was my first point-to-point race, liked the contrast between the Wirral and Liverpool. Great supporters, particularly when coming out of the tunnel. The section in Sefton Park unfortunately didn't really attract spectactors, which made it tougher as this was where most runners were starting to really tire. Still, of course not the organiser's fault.There were some hills but generally a flat course. I did Chester Marathon last year and found this one to be less challenging.Date of review: October 14, 2012
In short: OKIn full: Decent course, but need to look at the cost expensive Date of review: October 14, 2012
In short: Great scenery throughout, 1 killer hill, loved it.In full: Really well organised and the volunteers were superb. Good facilities and reasonable value for money despite the cost.Date of review: October 14, 2012
In short: Ignoring the start delay this was a very well organised race.In full: the atmosphere was great through the majority of the course. If there was a way to liven up the park sections it would have been brilliant.Date of review: November 29, 2011
In short: My first marathon and an absolutely fantastic experience! Date of review: November 19, 2011
In short: Some teething issues but overall loved itIn full: Bit of a problem at the start caused by public not respecting the course markers, communication of this was very poor which led to a half hour delay. Once underway however the race was fantastic, loads of support, loads of aid stations, good scenery (yes, in Liverpool!) and the atmosphere coming out of the tunnel & round the city centre was truly staggeringDate of review: November 17, 2011
In short: Amazing SupportIn full: This was my first marathon, and although I missed out on my 4hr target by 5 seconds!, except my wedding day and the birth of my 2 girls it was probably the best experience of my life.Why? Well it was not just the amazing views, (especially along the New Brighton/Egremont Promenade), and the fantastic cameraderie between the runners; it was the support which was amazing beyond belief and took the whole event to the next level!I know some people have said Sefton Park was a little monotonous and certainly a route back to the city via Otterspool and along the front would be an improvement. But really, this is the first running of this race, and except for there being no communication to the runners in the starting gates as to the reason of the delay, everything about the organisation was excellent.Far too challenging to be a PB course but will defo do again next September. Thanks Liverpool.Date of review: November 7, 2011
In short: As said by all, the tunel exit is a life time memoryIn full: The training had not gone to plan, but the course was very forgiving which enabled me to achieve a new P.B. 3:32.20. This is a truly enjoyable marathon, ideal for a first marathon. This is a city marathon(look and learn Edinburgh), which was well organised and the atmosphere is the best i have ever had. The tunnel is not as hard as you think and worth all of the effort when you hear the drums. When comming out of the tunnel the experience is a moment that will live with me forever. This distracted me enough that i did not realise i had climbed Upper Parliament street. Some runners have complained about the loops in the park, but they must remember that this is the point when the going gets tough, so train better for next time. The crouds along all of the route were excellent, but the last two miles were extra special. Finally, i can not praise all volunteers enough, they were excellent. Alan well done and i will be back in two years. P.S. can i also thank Richard for the seminars, which have helped develop my running. Date of review: November 2, 2011
In short: Brilliant experience. Maybe a bit tough for a first-timer, but the atmosphere was great. In full: Always said 'Never' - until RL decided to put a marathon on in town...so I had no excuse - no travel, no ballot, just turn up on the day!Hardest race I've ever done (obviously) but heartened to see that some 'proper' runners thought it was a bit tough - so that made me feel better.It's all been said about the delayed start - couldn't be helped, but just needed a bit more communication to the pens.As with previous comments - tunnel exit was amazing, water stations were very supportive, finish line folk were lovely and the marshall who helped me out when I stopped was really kind.Spectator support on both sides of the water was great (wouldn't have expected anything less!), especially all the High-5-ing kids and the finish along the Strand.OK - so maybe I have rose-tinted spectacles, but it was a great experience for me. Plus you have the fact that there's a real personal commitment by RL to make this work, and you do feel that any negative feedback is being actively looked at with a view to improving in 2012.I should really flag NO to the Do It Again question... but never say 'never again' (just not next year!) Date of review: October 31, 2011
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This roundup covers ten power supply units (PSUs) from the well-respected Chieftec or, to be exact, selling under the Chieftec brand. The number of products sounds impressive but these PSUs are actually based on three platforms only. Therefore I will discuss them in three groups.
The first group includes the 400W, 450W and 500W models currently shipped together with Chieftec system cases. The second group consists of Turbo Power series PSUs that not only have higher wattage ratings but also sell as boxed products separately from system cases. And finally, the Super Power series includes the highest-wattage power supplies from Chieftec.
Testing Methodology
Click the following link for a description of our testing methodology and equipment and a brief explanation of what the specified and tested parameters of power supplies mean: X-bit Labs Presents: Power Supply Units Testing Methodology In-Depth. If you feel overwhelmed with the numbers and terms this review abounds in, check out an appropriate section of the mentioned article for explanation.
You can also go to our Cooling/PSU section to check out reviews of other PSU models we have tested in our labs.
Chieftec GPS-400AA-101A, GPS-450AA-101A, GPS-500AB-A
I will begin by discussing the power supplies you can find in Chieftec's system cases. Currently, these models range in wattage from 400 through 500 watts. Although the 500W model has a different suffix than the other two, there are more similarities than differences between them.
The actual maker of these PSUs is Delta Electronics. Its "native" products have the same names.
Exterior Design
GPS-400AA-101A и GPS-450AA-101A
The first two models differ with the labels only. Each has a bare steel housing and is cooled with a 120mm fan.
The senior model can be easily confused with the junior ones: the external difference boils down to the use of a highlighted on/off switch and somewhat different positioning of the fan.
Circuit Design
The three power supplies are all based on the same platform. It is even hard to distinguish between the 400W and 450W models by their innards because most of their components are identical.
This is a perfectly typical design of a modern inexpensive power supply. You can see an active PFC choke on the right, next to the black pot of a high-voltage capacitor. A small additional card is installed at the edge of the main PCB – it carries a PFC controller. Power semiconductor components (inverter's transistors and rectifier's diodes) are placed on two aluminum heatsinks of a rather modest size. Two toroidal chokes of the output filter can be seen on the left. It means that the PSU has joint voltage regulation. Otherwise, there would be three chokes. A card with a fan speed controller and overload protection circuitry is on the far left and obscured by wires.
The difference between the 400W and 450W units is in the ratings of their capacitors. They have 270µF and 330µF capacitors, respectively, at the input.
I can find no fault with the quality of assembly. Everything is neat and tidy here. Large components are all fastened with drops of white glue which prevents them from moving about during transportation or usage.
The senior model differs but slightly from the other two. Its heatsinks are larger and there is now a small new heatsink on the diode bridge (in the top right of the photo). The fan controller card on the right is different, too. You will see shortly if this makes any practical difference.


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Debates of Nov. 21st, 1996
House of Commons Hansard #104 of the 35th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was children.
- Point Of Order
- Royal Commission On Aboriginal Peoples
- Government Response To Petitions
- Credit Card Interest Calculation Act
- Committees Of The House
- Petitions
- Questions On The Order Paper
- Questions Passed As Orders For Returns
- Supply
- Elaine Pomajba
- Kenworth Plant Workers
- John Munro
- Government Of Prince Edward Island
- Royal Commission On Aboriginal People
- Ben Powell Sr.
- Osteoporosis
- Mining
- Parliamentary Matching Program
- Copyright Legislation
- Mining
- Justice
- Industry Canada
- Canadian Council For Refugees
- Royal Commission On Aboriginal Peoples
- Canadian Embassies
- Montreal International
- Native Peoples
- Tobacco
- Capital Gains
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Capital Gains
- Research And Development
- Government Contracts
- Francophones Outside Quebec
- Taxation
- Income Tax
- Canada Post Corporation
- Atlantic Groundfish Strategy
- Indian Affairs
- Points Of Order
- Business Of The House
- Supply
- Supplementary Estimates (A)
- Citizenship Act
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Albina Guarnieri Mississauga East, ON
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to tell the House and all Canadians that November is osteoporosis awareness month.
Osteoporosis is a degenerative bone disease that predisposes individuals to the risk of fractures. It affects 1.4 million Canadians over the age of 50, most of them women. It is estimated that one in four post-menopausal women has osteoporosis which often leads to a substantial deterioration in their quality of life while incurring considerable costs to the individual, their families and caregivers.
The Canadian MultiCentre osteoporosis study, a five year study supported by Health Canada and several private sector partners, provides better insight into this disease, its risk factors and its prevention.
We welcome team efforts such as this one, where many sectors get together to face a common challenge. The government also supports community programs designed to inform victims and help them improve their quality of life.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Brent St. Denis Algoma, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would like to emphasize for my parliamentary colleagues the importance of mining to Canada's economy.
In 1995 the metals and minerals sector accounted for $23 billion worth of economic activity, an amount equal to 4.4 per cent of Canada's gross domestic product. These numbers represent 340,000 high quality, high paying jobs of the future. Indeed, over 85 per cent of those working in the mining industry use advanced technology every day.
Mining pays a higher average wage than any other industrial sector in Canada and these are not seasonal but year-round jobs.
I applaud all those who are working to promote mining in Canada, including the mining industry representatives and labour we saw this week, as well as the Minister of Natural Resources.
I look forward to continuing my work with this industry, especially in Elliot Lake and Bruce mines, both located in my riding of Algoma. Each has undertaken important local projects to preserve and promote Canada's mining history and heritage with tours, historical sites, museums and the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame in Elliot Lake.
Parliamentary Matching Program
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Gérard Asselin Charlevoix, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday and the day before, the House of Commons welcomed a group of about 20 students from the Université de Sherbrooke, as part of the parliamentary matching program.
The purpose of this initiative is to match a student with a member of the House of Commons, preferably one representing the participant's riding.
This year, the vast majority of trainees were teamed with Bloc Quebecois members. The program gives these young people an opportunity to familiarize themselves with parliamentary procedures, and to see with their own eyes what parliamentarians do every day.
On behalf of the Bloc Quebecois, I congratulate the Université de Sherbrooke, and particularly Luc Dastous, who started this program. I personally want to thank the members on both sides of the House who welcomed a student this year, and I invite all members to do the same next year.
Copyright Legislation
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jim Abbott Kootenay East, BC
Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are pushing copyright legislation through this House in their usual ramrod way. Bill C-32 is before committee as we speak. We have had 190 briefs and 65 witnesses in eight weeks. It is called legislation by exhaustion.
The Liberals want to charge a blank tape levy on audio tapes that will hit churches, schools and their shut-in supporters. Why? Because some tapes happen to be used to copy music. This is tape tax.
The Liberals will not protect broadcasters in Canada from vexatious charges by composers and performers for the technical transfer of music but will hit those same broadcasters with new performance levies. This is called a performance tax.
However, to show how rushed this flawed copyright bill is and the lack of prior consultation, consider the archivists and people wanting to trace their geneology. Unbelievably, the Liberal legislation would slam the door on tracing family trees and reviewing property documents. This is typical Liberal legislation, all image, dangerous in substance, rammed through with minuscule meaningful input.
Statements By Members
November 21st, 1996 / 2:05 p.m.
Réginald Bélair Cochrane—Superior, ON
Mr. Speaker, yesterday was the annual lobby day of keep mining in Canada, an industry initiative to explain the importance of Canada's minerals and metals sector to parliamentarians. At the same time, the new minerals and metals policy was released in recognition of the importance of the mining industry in this country.
Mining plays a key role in Canada's economic well-being and the economic growth of cities such as Timmins, Ontario. It provides 12.4 per cent of total Canadian exports and employs some 341,000 people. Forty-nine new mines are scheduled to open in 1996 and 1997 with the potential of creating 31,000 direct and indirect jobs over the next five years. This will make a significant contribution to this government's jobs and growth agenda.
Thanks to the new policy on minerals and metals, and to other positive measures taken by the government, Canada will get its fair share of foreign mining investments.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Colleen Beaumier Brampton, ON
Mr. Speaker, earlier this month I hosted the Brampton public forum on justice issues for concerned constituents in my riding. The purpose of this forum was to solicit their views on the future direction of Canada's justice policy.
My constituents came together to produce a number of constructive policy recommendations which I have submitted to the Minister of Justice for his review. Their message is clear. This government must continue its efforts to address pressing justice issues which we face as a society.
I would like to acknowledge the efforts of my constituents and the facilitators and recorders who oversaw the functioning of the workshops. I would also like to thank the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice, the chief of the Peel regional police, the crown attorney for central west region and other panellists and resource people who were so generous with their experience and knowledge. All these elements came together to make the Brampton public forum on justice issues a success.
Industry Canada
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Gerry Byrne Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, NL
Mr. Speaker, I would like to talk about the community access program of Industry Canada.
It is a program that is being offered which a lot of communities in my riding are adapting well to. It provides Internet access to schools and community groups so that they can receive all the power of the Internet and what it has to offer.
Community access is a very important program because it provides all communities throughout Canada with an equal opportunity to information. It provides all communities, whether you live in Quirpon, Cambridge, Victoria or Fogo Island, with equal access to the resources and to the knowledge of science, technology, culture and language.
This is an incredibly important program and I would like to congratulate Industry Canada on a job well done.
Canadian Council For Refugees
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Osvaldo Nunez Bourassa, QC
Mr. Speaker, the national conference of the Canadian Council for Refugees is being held from November 21 to 25 at the Aylmer monastery. Commencing today, dozens of participants will assess the situation of refugees in Canada.
The CCR represents 138 associations across the country, all of which are dedicated to providing assistance to refugees. Since its creation in 1977, the Canadian Council for Refugees has been arguing that no individual should be deported to a country where he may be jailed or tortured.
I fervently hope this conference will produce positive measures to improve settlement requirements for those refugees who choose Canada and Quebec as their new home. The government should draw inspiration from the humane policies put forth by this organization, which I commend for the outstanding job it has done over the past 19 years.
Royal Commission On Aboriginal Peoples
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Margaret Bridgman Surrey North, BC
Mr. Speaker, this morning the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People's report was tabled in the House.
This report costs $58 million over five years and consists of approximately 4,200 pages. Equating that out to roughly $13,000 to $14,000 a page I do not think very many Canadians will consider that a bargain.
Also the report itself on the aboriginal people notes that more than $10 billion is spent for aboriginal peoples at all levels of government. Yet the royal commission is recommending in the order of a 50 per cent increase in spending.
There are three levels of government spending money but only one set of taxpayers. It is time to stop using these billions of dollars to line the pockets of the Indian industry lawyers and consultants. It is time to start putting money where it is needed, with the grassroots aboriginal people.
Canadian Embassies
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Robert Bertrand Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle, QC
Mr. Speaker, the PQ minister responsible for international affairs said yesterday that Canadian embassies had been instructed to limit Quebec's influence abroad as much as possible.
Right off I must condemn this statement, which is totally false and unfounded. Second, the minister should admit that, if indeed Quebec does not have as much influence abroad as it used to, he has only himself and his cuts to Quebec delegations abroad to blame.
Sylvain Simard's comment shows that, in the PQ, the more things change, the more they stay the same. When they do not know how to explain their difficulties, they blame the federal government. Quebecers who have travelled or done business abroad are aware of and appreciate the value and quality of the services provided by Canadian embassies.
Montreal International
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Nick Discepola Vaudreuil, QC
Mr. Speaker, on November 18, the secretary of state responsible for FORD-Q announced that the federal government would contribute $2 million to an initiative aimed at establishing a private company called Montreal International and providing it with $10 million in working capital.
These funds will enable the new company will be able to focus on promoting the greater Montreal area at the international level. It will, among other things, look for foreign investors and help set up head offices and international organizations in the greater Montreal area.
Montreal International will help create a climate that will promote job creation and enhance business activity significantly in Montreal. My congratulations to everyone involved.
Native Peoples
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Michel Gauthier Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, after more than five years of hearings, including a two year extension under the present government, and $58 million of the public's money, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples has just tabled a voluminous report of over 4,000 pages on the situation of native peoples in Canada.
My question is for the minister of Indian affairs. Does he agree with the royal commission that the solution to aboriginal problems lies in a royal proclamation followed by a series of legislative measures by the federal government?
Native Peoples
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Sault Ste. Marie
Ron Irwin Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Mr. Speaker, the royal commission tabled a few hours ago a voluminous series of reports involving 440 recommendations, covering everything from housing to royal proclamations. It involves just about every ministry in the federal government and probably every minister of the provincial and territorial governments.
The royal proclamation is something that the premiers of the provinces, the Prime Minister and the First Nations will have to discuss. They will need time to read the report and come up with whatever recommendations they see fit.
Native Peoples
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Michel Gauthier Leader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, since a good many aboriginal problems come under provincial jurisdiction, how does the minister of Indian affairs intend to proceed in order to respect this jurisdiction, bearing in mind the recommendations of the Dussault-Erasmus report with its extremely centralizing approach?
Native Peoples
Oral Question Period
2:15 p.m.
Sault Ste. Marie
Ron Irwin Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Mr. Speaker, the commissioners and the commission make it quite clear that on many aspects of the report it will need co-operation of the provinces and territories and the federal government.
There are only 89 recommendations where they say the federal government has the direct right to implementation. In the overwhelming majority, I think over 200, they are saying it will require consultation with the provinces, sometimes cities and sometimes territories.


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Yellow Ribbon walk/run attracts many to park
SLEEPY EYE – It wasn't nearly as warm as it was for the race last year, but the second annual Breaking The Ice 5k/10k walk run with the troops Saturday around Sleepy Eye Lake raised more than $4,000 for the Brown County Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program.
Duane Oftedahl, 31, of New Ulm and Steven Regan, 23, of Redwood Falls, finished ahead of 233 runners and walkers, winning the 5k (3.1 mile) and 10k (6.2 mile) races respectively despite a stiff northwest wind on the trail that has four tractor crossings and splits several farm fields.
Oftedahl, a physician assistant at New Ulm Medical Center, and Regan, who works at Monsanto, ran together for the first (5k) lap of the lake. Oftedahl's chip time was 19:05 over 5k. Regan's 10k chip time was 37:51.
Stephen Joyce, 16, of Sleepy Eye, finished third overall in the 5k in 21:25; winning his age group. Donna Weets, 22, was the first female 5k finisher in 26:50. Mary Rosenhammer, 17, followed in 27:04.
Maria Bauer, 22, was the first female 10k finisher in 39:38, an eyelash ahead of Jennifer Brady, 28.
Many of the runners and walkers were New Ulm-based Minnesota National Guard members, their spouses, families and relatives.
Donations, partners and sponsors are needed for Yellow Ribbon, a non-profit organization created to bring service members all the way home. Community coalitions formed of local law enforcement, doctors, nurses, school personnel, clergy, scout leaders, parents, youth, etc. can effectively help develop and implement the Yellow Ribbon Program in communities.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (815 votes).
In short: Memorable and friendly race for my first marathonDate of review: May 17, 2011
In short: Great marathon, friendly, well-organised and scenic.In full: This was my first full marathon, and has converted me to the experience, I only thought I'd want to do one! Good camaraderie, especially in the second half made up for the more sparse support in places, which is always the way in rural races. There were places to run on verges/grass which spared my usually-offroad-running knees.Date of review: May 17, 2011
In short: well organisedDate of review: May 17, 2011
In short: A very good race, enjoyed it all.In full: 3rd time here and sadly as I now have my Good For Age will be doing London next year. Will miss the country lanes, etc.Organisation very good this year with more water stations. Toilets at start a good addition as well.Date of review: May 16, 2011
In short: Pleasant Low Key MarathonIn full: I had a really pleasant Stratford Marathon experience. A new PB didn't hurt, but I enjoyed the quiet country lanes and the frequent water stops. The course is undulating, and the two laps might put some off, but I enjoyed both of these elements. My only slight quibbles were the droning on of various dignitaries before the race started, I just wanted some upbeat music. The other was the lack of a sports drink on route, but we had been prewarned and so could have brought our own if needed. Overall a fantastic weekend and race in a beautiful part of the country.Date of review: May 13, 2011
In short: My first marathon - really enjoyed it. Lots of helpful marshals, frequent water and sponge stations and variable surfaces - some in town, some lanes, some busyish roads and the off road path home.In full: Could have done with some gels or sports drinks. Thought the run in was great - annoucing your name and everyone cheering....my kids were also not stopped from running up to me as I crossed the line - so very family friendly...Great first Marathon course and thoroughly recommended.Date of review: May 12, 2011
In short: A very well organised race, friendly and supportive marshalls / spectators. The 2nd lap was a challenge but OK. The medal was excellent. Only improvement would be some energy drinks / gels on the 2nd lap..Date of review: May 12, 2011
In short: Lovely start and finish, not sure about the other 25 miles!!In full: I had a really hard day out. So i'm probably a bit jaded.Overall the event was great, if i have any issues with it, they are as follows...Too many open roads for my liking. But mainly I found running the 2nd loop extremely mentally hard, having seen the halfers peel off, going out again was hard, and as i was pretty slow it was very lonely at the back... For about half of the run it didn't feel like an event at all. My fault for being slow i guess!Marshalls were good, and you can't fault the location. I will be back, but i will only be doing the half....Date of review: May 12, 2011
In short: The marathon route was good, incorporating a long well surfaced path.In full: This is my eight marathon, after a break of twenty five years, and is the most pleasant marathon I have done. The organisation was good, and runner orientated, with plenty of encouragement from volunteers, marshals, and the general public. I hit the wall at eighteen miles, and my pace suffered, but encouragement came from everyone, including fellow runners, for the remaining miles.Date of review: May 11, 2011
In short: Great race, recommend itIn full: Well organised, slick race. Very welcoming for all runners. I would recommend this race. The course has a couple of hills which can catch you out on the second lap, but nothing major. Had no complaints about the plastic cups, I can't believe how many races in the UK still use bottles - I've spent a few years racing in the States and bottles are extremely uncommon due to the environmental impact. Drinking from cups is another skill, practice a couple of times crushing the cup into a spout and you'll be fine. Well done to the Rotary Club, I hope you raised as much money as you could, it is well worth it.Date of review: May 11, 2011
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Biography: New Deal, WWII
Born January 30th, 1882 in New York, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inspired to pursue a life of politics after his fifth cousin – Theodore Roosevelt – ascended to the presidency in 1901. After marrying his fifth cousin once removed, Eleanor Roosevelt, he began his climb that ultimately got him to the White House. His New Deal politics promised to alleviate the strain from the ongoing Great Depression. He spent much of his third and fourth terms fighting the Second World War. Just a month before the war ended in Europe, FDR died and left a legacy as one of the best presidents in history. In this video, WatchMojo.com learns more about the life and career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.


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The Department of English Studies at the University of Cyprus invites
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Skip to comments.Miami-Dade voters remove Mayor Carlos Alvarez
Posted on 03/15/2011 8:21:04 PM PDT by Kartographer
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There has been a state income tax in NJ for as long as I can remember; I don't know when it went into effect. Florida's lack of a state income tax is a main reason why many people (military personnel, professional athletes, even Rush Limbaugh) "officially" live in Florida. Rush got into a spat with the governor of NY, who said we didn't need him up here; he now broadcasts from Florida, and took those millions in NYC and NY State income taxes with him (yes, NYC has an income tax - and they did need him).
As I understand it only part of Florida is impacted by hurricanes.
That has gotten so old. The reason Florida has gotten that reputation is because of former NEW YORKERS....
It's still corporate welfare.
And I'm quite sure that they'll never draw that many fans to the new stadium. Close to half the crowd I usually sat with (section 452, upstairs behind the plate right on the railing, best seats in the house) was from central and western Broward. They are not going to spend 50-70 minutes each way going to the ball park 4-5 nights a week.
It would have made far more sense to build the stadium out on I-75 where it would have been easy to get to from anywhere.
Thank God.
That's what he meant.
Just his name sickens me. An ex New Yorker
Yep. I lived in Florida for 14 years. Not a bad place except for the transplanted New Yorkers stinking up the place. Thankfully there aren't enough of them to turn the place into Queens-on-the-St.-Johns.
You have GOT to be a writer.
That was well written!
Getting rid of a RINO is as important and satisfying as unhorsing a demrat. This is a win-win for Tea Party conservatives.
Amish New Yorkers?
that was said of clinton also.
we have a weak GOP line up. we have huskster collecting emails and phone numbers via his "voice petition" obamacare scam. The MSM is going to foist a bob dole or mccain on us via an open primary.
I was gonna apologize after being informed by someone I trust that frantzie is a bit of a rabble rouser his-herself but I see you live to flame given your last half dozen posts here.
but..that last was witty on Yankees fan....I'll give you that.
but you gotta be a yankee yourself...sweet irony no?
It is not just New Yorkers...where I live everyone is from Romneyville...
On your Profile you fly the Flag of New York!
We will keep Senator Marco Rubio where WE want him. Unless he runs for POTUS!!!
You, maybe, should pay more attention to New York's Slimy politics and Slimy Politicians.We got rid of Crist and soon will boot Bill Nelson. Maybe you should oust a few Charlie Rangels.
You might also try to replace that midget Bloomberg and keep him out of other state's business; ie, GUNS!
Have a nice day, Yank.
"former NEW YORKERS" and MASSHOLES too.
Well, certainly, at least to some very limited extent, it is. I would have preferred that Loria (and his co-owners) pay for the whole thing. As it turns out, they will actually retire about $150 million of the debt via rent. About 1/3rd. Not an insignificant portion.
But, they won't be paying for the whole thing. They should be, but they're not. So, what?
It was done according to the laws in existence and with the acquiescence of the elected politicians.
Much as I'd like to impose my personal or Norman Braman's preferences, I can't do that. If the people of Miami-Dade think it was a bad deal, they have only themselves to blame, they elected those who agreed to it. So it goes.
it is likely that the joint will be completely sold out for the entire 2012 season
So, we'll have to wait and see if they are able to make Bosox or Cubs style sellout numbers.
What have the Marlins management said lately about the team? Are they still promising that a new stadium will mean they can maintain a competitive payroll?
Remember that Pittsburgh and Cleveland and Milwaukee were promised the same thing.
Please respond without a chip on your shoulder if possible, I have not taken any shots at you in this thread.
Take a lesson Gov. MoonBeam.... or are his Kookifornicata constituents so leftist over the edge it doesn't matter how much Ca. taxes get raised.
Are you really as ignorant as you appear to be?
2012 ticket sales are what they are. On fire. As opposed to your blathering that "I'm quite sure that they'll never draw that many fans to the new stadium" delusion, which is based on precisely nothing.
2012 will be sold out. I've already stated what I think will happen thereafter. The Marlins will be a middle-of-the-MLB-range payroll team.
What "Pittsburgh and Cleveland and Milwaukee" were "told" by whoever is of zero significance. It's also not my problem that you're stuck in some sort of football stadium time-warp.
You need to check your morning cornflakes FRiend. Make sure what got poured in there is, in fact, milk.
That's it? You have no further defense of your off-the-wall conjecture that Im quite sure that theyll never draw that many fans to the new stadium?
Why am I not surprised.
I tell Ileana off via fax, phone calls and letters on a regular basis.
lol..you remind me of no pardons
Also read here:
Miami-Dade Mayor Recalled, Candidates Jockey for Positionhttp://shark-tank.net/?p=12331
Learn to keep the electronic equivalent of a civil tongue, and you'll get more replies to your posts.
You don't get it.
I couldn't care less about replies, I make my points and that's that. My query was rhetorical. Too bad that you have nothing better to support your conjecture than a lame ad hominem.
Beyond that, I have no particular interest in being "civil" as you call it, I'd rather that morons who don't have any idea what they're talking think twice before they post their drivel lest they be made to look like an idiot.
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I called Lisanti since they are not far from where I live, and they are in business. However, upon speaking with a sales rep I was told that they do not sell at retail, for example, to individuals on a cash and carry basis. Peter


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The Antiques Diva Does Italia!
We're speaking Italian on this Travel Tuesday with some exciting news. Our ONLY choice for European lifestyle tours, The Antiques Diva, is expanding to, you guessed it, Italia; and Toma is already working her magic on the romantic language by saying, "Buongiorno Baby" to anyone wanting to come along for the Tuscan ride!
Tuscan tastemaker Susan Pennington will create and direct the tours, which will amble through the best venues in Florence, Sienna, Arezzo and Lucca (here's a feature in Belle Inspiration). A British expat living in the heart of Tuscany, Pennington was once an antiques buyer for Harrods in London and an auction-house specialist in New York City. She's lived in Tuscany for the past two decades, running Montestigliano, a local agriturismo business known for its sumptuous Tuscan-style luxury décor.
Word up, Diva fans; this is Toma's sixth country, and the list of destinations for gallivanting is impressive: France, England, Belgium, Holland, Germany and, now, Italy. Where's my passport? Did someone say the University of Bologna is calling?
P.S. We understand there is a spot of royalty in The Antiques Diva's future. Check in at adroyt in the next week or so and we'll fill you in!


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By Mary Ann Bowles
"Grip," "finger power," "flat shot," "stick smash," "cross-stop," "block,"--these vocabulary words were part of the language for the 2012 Dennis Christensen International Junior & Adult Training Camps held in Morrisville, North Carolina (in the Raleigh/Durham area), August 4-10. Thirty-three adults and thirteen juniors were treated to the latest badminton information on grip, footwork, strokes, and tactics for singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.
A 2-day adult weekend camp opened the camping sessions with Brent Cutcliffe, of Denver, CO, as the coach. This session was followed by an international junior and adult 4-day camp led by Coach Dennis Christensen and Assistant Coach Petter Yngvesson. Dennis is a Swedish National Coach (although he is a jolly Dane with a twinkle in his eye), and had just returned from the London Olympics where a Men's Singles player had competed for Sweden.
The 4-day camp consisted of morning and afternoon sessions with a 1-hour lunch break, and open coached play for two hours following the afternoon session. Coaches were always reminding campers to warm up, and included warm-up time in sessions. Campers were presented with basic information on grip, specific strokes, and tactics for singles, doubles, and mixed doubles, etc., then games were introduced which used the information, strokes, and tactics. Coach Christensen would call campers back together for feedback, questions, and more info or games with a big "O-K-A-A-A-A-A-Y!!!"
New strokes to most of the campers included the "stick smash" and the "cross-stop" forehand and backhand. Campers also were treated with some of the Olympic experiences Coach Christensen had enjoyed in London, as well as some of his previous coaching experiences in other countries. Both coaches switched off on sessions with the junior and adult groups, and floated from court to court while campers were trying techniques and playing games designed to focus on the specific skills being taught during the camp. Questions and answers were invited and answered enthusiastically.
The 4-day camp closed on Friday afternoon with a session on Morten Frost (famous Danish World Champion and All-England Champion) endurance exercises performed in timed sequences, and viewing an on-court session with Coach Christensen actually training his assistant coach who is a Swedish senior player ("senior" in Europe is 20+).
We asked Dennis about the development of badminton over the last twenty years, and here's his analysis:
"There has been a lot of progress in badminton during the last 20 years, but for me there are 2 things that particularly stand out.
1. The physical part
Badminton has evolved so much in the physical part. Look at the matches from the Olympic Games in 1992, and try to compare with the Olympic final in London 2012. Here you can see a fantastic difference in pace and explosiveness. There are several reasons for this development: the largest is the players' physical fitness. Today's badminton player is incredibly explosive and can hold an incredible pace for an entire game.
The "new" rule of playing a set to 21 with a break at 11 has also helped to develop the fast games. As the pace of the game has become so high, the breaks between the rallies have become longer than the rallies themselves.
2. The complete badminton player (pair)
A great change has taken place in mixed doubles, where the lady has become a much greater part of the game. The ladies have developed their game physically and technically, and therefore take more responsibility and cover a bigger part of the court.
Twenty years ago, you could manage to be in the top of the world if you had one of these:
A great physique (Morten Frost)
A dangerous attack (Hariyanto Arbi)
A super defense (Pullela Gopichand)
In the last years, badminton has developed in such a way that you need to be great in all facets in order to be among the best players in the world. In my opinion, the most complete singles player of all time is Lin Dan."
Many thanks to Lisa Ward-Knechtel and Paul Knechtel; the great coaches Dennis Christensen, Petter Yngvesson, Brent Cutcliffe, and Joel Goldstein; Konark Patel, Josie Spontak, and the NCBC Board of Directors for making the camp possible. A special thanks to the USBEF (United States Badminton Education Foundation) for providing junior scholarships to assist young players' participation in the camp and again to Joel Goldstein for hosting two of the junior players from Florida. Kudos to Chris McClellan, the general manager of Netsports, along with his staff, for facility support, and Fonnie Duron for great lunches throughout the week.
If you're looking for a great camp, this is the one for you. You'll get plenty of basic information, lots of court time to practice strokes, and play games using the information and demonstrations provided. Next year's camp may become a coaching clinic for coaches, but it will be an informative one for either coaches or players. For this year's camp sessions, as Coach Christensen exclaimed at the end of each session, they were "GOOT!"


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This is the Tune of the Month for the LBPS and the NSPso it may be of interest to consider it here; it certainly reveals the oddities of classification of the 'highland/lowland' divide; whereas our first tune, 'Lowland Amusement' appears only in collections of 'highland bagpipe' music, this one, despite its title, first appears in lowland, indeed, border, sources. Mind you, when you look at the contents of these early to mid-19th century highland collections, they contain at many tunes that we can identify as 'lowland' in origin.
So I'm going to start with Wm. Dixon's Highland Laddie [the Dixon manuscript date from 1733, for those who have yet to encounter it. The edition published by Matt Seattle is available from the LBPS shop; Matt has asked that it not be reproduced here.]
Again, it's a question of getting those quaver passages in the right place; a tune as sparse as this really shows up when they're wrong. At first I thought it was just strain 4 but the more attention I paid to that the more I realised that it applies to all the strains. Even those that have crotchets, like 1 & 3, still insist on having their 'pick-up' quavers absolutely right. here's the first full attempt; I'm concentrating here on those quavers, and so some other things get neglected, such as wilfull decisions about the repetaed notes in the tags; some are nearer to an intention than others So I think I'll try and record just few strains - I may even upload the ones where I get it wring, just to make the point ... Meanwhile, here's my current version .
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Yup, I'm still using more yeast than you did, and by day 6 or 7 there might be huge bubbles in the dough, but simply reballing the dough seems to work everytime. Did you see Scott's reply regarding fermentation here: http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,14161.0.html What great info!!!Here's a pizza we made tonight: I'm really loving those rotisserie chickens you can buy in the stores nowdays. Anyway, chicken, onion, rosemary, mustard and extremely light cheeses. 46 Hours in fridge, reball 5 hours prior to bake, 520 degree home ovenJohn
...mixed 3 minutes on stir plus one half.
NormaI think your dough is just fine....I've had some really ugly dough balls that filled up the whole container with huge bubbles.....at times I thought they were toast, but simply reballing fixed all of that....just wait until the day you bake it. By the way Norma, have you tried using a screen on the doughs that don't brown like you want...if I'm talking out of turn just ignore me....it looks as if the bottoms of some pizzas have no problem browning...if you could throw a screen underneath when its about 3/4s the color you want, this will slow the bottom down and let your edges brown more. Just a thought.John
John,Thanks for telling me my dough looks fine and how some of your doughs have looked. Do some of your doughs that are fermented for a long while, develop spots on or specks on the top of the dough? Good to hear probably reballing will fix the dough. It has always worried me when my dough gets to this point or further. I do use screens in some of my experimental pies when the bottom seems to want to burn too fast, but didnt think about using screens when my top crusts arent brown enough. I usually go by how my cheeses brown to know when my pies are baked enough. I will try and use the screen method to see how that works. Thanks for the tip!Norma
Most of the time when I see specks, it's when i'm using high gluten flour...and it's funny because sometimes they show up very fast, like day 2.. don't have a clue whyI don't know how long screens have been around, but back in the olden days before we knew about them (35 years ago, we would use pizza trays to throw under our pizzas to stop the bottom and let the top catch up). Screens do a much better job, and are the best tool an oven tender could ask for!John
Thank you Norma...I would have to see these before going to bed......they look fantastic!!!Thanks for trying themJohn
I'm just glad it works Norma....did you use your dough right out of the fridge, or did you warm it up? If you experiment at all you will find the doughs are good from day 1, and just get marginally better.Best wishesJohn
Hey Norma36 hour dough...my employees fight for the edges!John
This is a standard breakfast pizza we have every once in a while. 1 beaten egg, 4 oz mozz, a little romano, an ounce of ham, chopped green pepper and onion. I sincerely think there is a place for a breakfast pizza....I don't know where yet...if I were a younger man and had the time I would investigate.JOhn
NormaHere is the experiment I wanted to try with frozen doughs. I took my standard hybrid which had fermented in the fridge for 3 days, reballed it and stuck it in a freezer bag to freeze for 2 days. Took the dough out of the freezer and let set in fridge 1 day. I reballed this one 4 hours prior to bake. The dough was solid...it gave some resistance when I pushed it out....if I were really good I would have given it a couple quick tosses...but I'm not. My point is you can lift this dough up and let it hang from your fists, thus all the surface flour falls off. I'm showing you a photo of my peel with corn meal....there is very little....the corn meal does not stick to the dough and what little does brushes off easily. Coarse corn meal is what we've used for all 36 years I've been in the biz....You CAN overdo it though..just know that!I didn't have much in my fridge for a pizza...so I beat up a couple eggs, added black pepper and mozzarella. This baked in my home oven, at about 535 degrees, just a bit more than 5 minutes. The pictures will show that the crust and bottom could have been much browner (and were well on the way to getting there), but I had to pull the pizza before i burned the top (I definitely wanted to eat this too). Look at the oven spring...this with just 4 hours from reball...and I'm telling you 2 hours would also do the trick....and I have to add...this was a great breakfast !!!Best wishesJohn
John,Thanks for doing the experiment on the hybrid Reinhart frozen dough ball. I can understand how important it is for all the flour to fall off. I appreciate you showed me a picture of your peel with the coarse corn meal. I will look for some coarse corn meal in my area this coming week. You did get great oven spring even with a reball just 4 hrs. before. I just ate lots of pizza yesterday, but I sure would have like to tasted your breakfast pizza today! Great job and thanks for helping me and anyone else that might want to try your formula.Norma
norma, most yellow or white corn meals you buy in the baking ingredient section are coarse corn meals (quaker, betty crocker, hodgson mill, etc)
Brand new batch, and a new technique (at least for me)So, here is a dough which was in the fridge 23 hours. It was reballed 12 hours prior to baking. It was opened up right out of the fridge (no warm up period). What a difference, so easy to open and stretch because it wasn't TOOOOO stretchy. This is a 12 ounce dough, stretched to 12 inches...easily could have been 13 inches but my peel wasn't big enough. This is baked in my home oven, which I only had up to 530 degrees...and I think it was perfect...every inch was golden brown. The pizza is crisp, but oh so tender!John


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From Trials to Trails: A Q&A with Alicia Shay
After a long and difficult absence from competitive running, Alicia Shay is back, finding healing and victory on the trails.
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A two-time NCAA Division I collegiate 10K champion (2003 and 2004) from Stanford University, Alicia Shay showed nothing but promise after she graduated in 2005. She went on to become the U.S. 20K champion in 2007, with a time of 1:06:56.
Mere months after the tragic death of her husband, Ryan Shay, during the 2008 Olympic Marathon Trials in New York, she withdrew from the 10,000-meter trials and, then, disappeared from racing altogether. Ryan, an accomplished long-distance runner collapsed 5.5 miles into the marathon, suffering a massive and extremely unexpected heart attack. A domino-like series of obstacles overwhelmed Shay as she struggled to cope with grief, while enduring chronic fatigue and illnesses (later diagnosed as Celiac disease), an abdomen injury and, finally, a labral tear in her hip.
After five years, diet changes and sheer determination, Alicia Shay, 30, of Flagstaff, Arizona, is back, and not just as a road and track racer. This past June, she burst onto the trail-running scene with a definitive win at the GORE-TEX TransRockies RUN3, a stage race covering 58.4 miles through the Colorado Rockies. Along with a return to racing, she is a coach with the Run S.M.A.R.T project, which provides personalized programs for runners of all levels, including training plans, private coaching, nutritional advice and running retreats. Shay offers detailed nutritional analysis and advice to her client-athletes. Despite her busy schedule, we caught up with Shay to discuss her recent successes both on and off the trail.
Your return to competitive running comes after a long and trying emotional and physical recovery. Does it feel to you like a comeback or, rather, a natural progression?
My desire has always been really strong but it has been difficult physically to get healthy again. All my stress and grieving had a major impact on my physical health and it has taken a while to heal.
People often describe running as a therapeutic or cathartic endeavor. In your experience, has that been true? How has trail running been therapeutic?
Running is definitely therapeutic for me. I love having uninterrupted quiet time to think or not think, process, pray, cry or rejoice. Sometimes I end up doing all of those things in one run!
My favorite way to spend my free time is exploring one of the many beautiful trails surrounding Flagstaff. The only time I touch pavement is when I choose to do a workout on the roads or track. Trail running keeps me curious and engaged in my surroundings. Rather than just looking at a beautiful landscape, I get to be a part of it and experience nature in an extremely satisfying way.
What about running has changed in the years since Ryan's death?
My motivation to run has changed. Before, my main drive was to compete. Now, running is simply an expression of gratitude. I feel incredibly blessed. … Everything that God has done for me, the friends that have supported me, the doctors and therapist that have helped me get healthy again. … I am so thankful and I don't know how else to express it other than to pour out my gratitude through doing what comes natural to me—running and competing.


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OCZ Technology Group, a leading provider of high-performance solid-state drives (SSDs), on Thursday introduced its next-generation Intrepid 3000 series of enterprise-class SSDs delivering the industry's best sustained performance and consistent I/O responses. The new SSD family is based on Everest 2 platform and supports storage capacities up to 800GB.
OCZ Intrepid 3600 and the Intrepid 3800 models are available in 100GB, 200GB, 400GB and 800GB usable storage capacity models; the new drives come in 2.5" form-factor. The new SSDs are powered by g the Everest 2 platform, a combination of the Marvell 88SS9187 controller with OCZ's proprietary firmware; the new series features advanced flash management and endurance capabilities that extend NAND flash life and enhance drive reliability, all supported by a 5-year warranty. The new drives use NAND flash memory made using 19nm process technology. Full specifications of the drive are published below
The proprietary Intrepid 3000-series firmware is optimized to achieve consistent I/O responses and continues to perform at top speed regardless of whether data is in a compressed or uncompressed format. In this scenario, OCZ's new advanced flash management efficiently manages all of the housekeeping routines such as garbage collection, enabling the SSD to keep up with incoming read and write requests.
In a steady state condition by which the drive is writing, erasing and re-writing data repeatedly over the full capacity of the drive, the performance for both large block sequential operations, as well as small block random operations, is high. This includes 520MB/s for sequential reads (128K blocks), 470MB/s for sequential writes (128K blocks), 91,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS) for random reads (4K blocks) and 40,000 IOPS for random writes (4K blocks). In comparison to OCZ's previous SATA III enterprise drives, the Intrepid 3000-series delivers five times faster sustained performance for 4K write operations and two times faster sustained performance for 4K read operations.
The Intrepid 3600 drives utilize reliable and cost-effective multi level cell (MLC) NAND media while the Intrepid 3800 models feature high endurance enterprise MLC (eMLC) NAND media. For read-intensive applications, such as online archiving, media streaming and web browsing, the Intrepid 3600 MLC Series is the best alternative and guarantees one complete drive write per day for 5 years. For write-intensive or mixed workload applications such as OnLine Transaction Processing (OLTP), Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), email servers and analytics, OCZ's Intrepid 3800 Series provides the best option and guarantees five complete writes per day for 5 years.
"Our new Intrepid 3000 Series leverages in-house firmware with an impressive enterprise feature-set to enable customers with unprecedented performance, data management, endurance and reliability, and cost flexibility resulting in an optimal storage environment. Delivering exceptional SSD responsiveness in even the most demanding and compute-intensive applications, the Intrepid 3000 Series achieves unsurpassed performance under any workload, regardless of data type and I/O pattern for the complete spectrum of applications including online archiving, media streaming and web browsing OLTP, VDI, email and analytics," said Daryl Lang, senior vice president of product management for OCZ Technology.
The Intrepid 3000 Series features an advanced suite of endurance and reliability tools designed to extend NAND flash memory life while providing the enterprise-class endurance, reliability and data integrity required by today's data center managers. This includes:
- Strong multi-level BCH error correction coding (ECC) that effectively corrects errors up to 85 bits per 2Kb of data while significantly reducing the uncorrectable bit error rate (UBER);
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All Intrepid 3000 series models will be available through OCZ's global channel of authorized enterprise solution resellers in the first quarter of 2014.
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