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Don't say it! The weatherman will do it for youPosted Tuesday, May 25, 2010, at 9:09 PM
There is a four letter word at our house that no one is allowed to say. No one is allowed to talk about it, and certainly no one is allowed to wish for it.
At least not right now.
The four letter word? R-A-I-N. Yes, rain.
But even if I try to avoid the word, just a few minutes listening to a country radio station and I hear that word again in a song by Luke Bryan:
"Rain makes corn.
Corn makes whiskey.
Whiskey makes my baby
a little bit frisky.
Rain is a good thing."
Yeah, right. Although it's a great song, it's obvious Bryan hasn't been trying to grow corn in this area the last few years.
If he had, the song would have gone something like this: "Rain makes corn (a) sprout and then rot in the wet field, (b) turn yellow because of too much moisture, (c) drown in a flooded field or (d) stay in the bag because the fields are too wet too plant."
If I had written the song, the chorus might be:
"Rain makes farming a little risky
and makes my baby wish he had a little whiskey.
Rain is not necessarily a good thing."
Okay, so it doesn't exactly rhyme.
But the truth remains, an over abundance of rain is rarely a good thing.
I was just thinking the other day about a few years ago (in some ways it seems like a lifetime ago) when we couldn't get rain no matter how hard we prayed.
Back in that far-away land, no matter what the weatherman said -- whether it was 90 percent chance or 100 percent chance -- it still didn't rain in our neck of the woods.
I may live to regret it, but right now I miss those "good old days."
Now it seems just the opposite. Ten percent chance means one inch of rain. Twenty percent chance of rain means two inches ... well, you get the idea. No matter what we can't seem to miss one.
During this rainy spring (and the one before that, and the one before that and the one before that ...) my husband constantly tortures himself by watching the weather at least six times a day. He listens to it on the radio at least 20 times a day and looks it up on the Internet no less than 30 times a day.
I can't understand it, because I do everything I can to avoid hearing the weather report. If its not raining today, why ruin my nice day by finding out it is going to rain the next 22 days?
Of course, my "ignoring" the weather is starting to cause problems in our marriage.
You see on those rare sunny days, when he isn't around to watch the weather all six times, he politely asks me to do it instead.
And I mean to, I really do, but apparently I have a "weatherman block out button"
I will force myself to watch the whole news, intensely paying attention to every story and every commercial -- right up until the time the weatherman comes on screen. Somehow, someway my mind begins to wander at that very moment or I hear something outside and have to go check it out, or I remember I have something burning in the oven or I suddenly have to go to the "little girl's room."
It's not always the same thing that distracts me, but I always seem to be distracted. By the time I realize my attention has waned and I have neglected my "job" the weatherman utters his last words, "More on next week's weather tonight at 10 o'clock ..."
Oops, I missed it again.
Hmm, maybe if I buy him some whiskey he'll forget all about the weather.
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Having a farmer husband the above definitely rings true. He is always bringing me info on the weather, and there is no farmer who is ever happy with the forecast - complains because it is raining, and then later will be complaining that it is not !!!! He can spend 20 minutes waiting for the area forecast on Weather Channel - I pop on the internet and have it in 20 seconds. He has internet access on his phone, but I think he likes to compare all of the weather sources in hopes that one of them will be wrong, or suddenly it will change !!! For 27 years I have been telling him he should not fret over things he cannot have any control over, but to no avail. So I just listen and sigh !!!!
-- Posted by the26er on Tue, Jun 1, 2010, at 12:03 PM
Hey Marcia. Enjoy your columns. Let's get in touch. TerriO has my info. Long lost cousin Richard G.
-- Posted by rhgriffin on Thu, Jun 3, 2010, at 9:39 AM
More stressful than being the wife of a farmer is GIRLFRIEND of a farmer. Or so I'm learning. Seven days a week, dawn until dark. If I get to see him at all, I drive over there at 9pm or after with something for his supper. He's usually asleep half way through a conversation. But that's OK, because he's a hard-working man of character and worth it. Wouldn't trade him for all of the 9-5er's in the world!
-- Posted by News Hound on Thu, Jun 3, 2010, at 3:05 PM
And yes, I'm becoming as much of a weather fanatic as he is!
-- Posted by News Hound on Thu, Jun 3, 2010, at 3:06 PM
Well News Hound - do not expect it to change should you get married. I can almost guarantee you that you will see even LESS of him then, especially if he is at this time a young farmer who is only getting started. But yes, those farmers are a hard-working bunch, and they do have a great work ethic. Just sometimes they need to be prodded a bit that there are other important things in life !!! Good luck to ya in your future with your farmboy !!!
-- Posted by the26er on Mon, Jun 7, 2010, at 8:32 PM
Thanks for the good wishes. I believe I'm prepared for his lifestyle and would join him with no regrets. He is older so this has been his whole working life. This is what makes him who he is. I enjoy reading the column. Gives an amusing insight to farm life and family. Those "in the know" realize it's not all fun and games though. But sometimes we need to be reminded that there can be humor in the most frustrating situations.
-- Posted by News Hound on Thu, Jun 10, 2010, at 9:14 AM
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I only booked this as an exception, since it was Oktoberfest and I couldn't find a hotel in time. But everythings was fine, the room, the area, the host, on the whole a positive experience, I just prefer to stay in hotels.
Felix and family.. Thank you so much for letting me stay with you. It was great. And the Oktoberfest was super. The room was perfect and you are wonderful. Wish I could stay more. Sorry I never got to thank u but hope to meet again in the future.. Prost!!!
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text: Admin on December 9, 2011 0 Comments A lot has happened since the Rainbow Ale team has last checked in and the beer judging is rapidly approaching so we figured you were definitely due for a status check. Our last post left off with our Honey Brown Rainbow Ale in the primary fermenter. The beer stayed in the primary fermenter for about a week. During this time it was important that we kept it in a cool non-drafty location and let the yeast go to work. We opted to store it in a corner of my dining room. The first 2 to 3 days the air lock that was on the top of the primary fermenting bucket was going crazy. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHooK-MWmsc?rel=0] It was noticeably bubbling as our brew was releasing CO2 which had one of my dogs very curious about this new object in our house. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkF11DkjLzE?rel=0] After the first few days the bubbling started getting less and less and then at about a week of it being in the primary fermenter it was time to move our ale to the secondary fermenter which was a glass carboy. We found out from our friends at Austin Homebrew that using a two stage fermenting process allows for better clarity on our brew. To move the beer from the primary fermenting bucket to the carboy we used an auto siphon (which made it way easier than trying to siphon the old fashioned way because what I had in mind was more like siphoning gas from a car with plastic tubing and you adding suction without trying to get gas in your mouth). The first step it to sterilize everything. This is probably the longest part of the process, but is definitely key. After I was done sterilizing, I put the empty carboy on the floor and made sure to gently place the primary fermenting bucket on the counter above the empty carboy. When transporting the primary fermenting bucket, you want to make sure not to disturb the sediment that has accumulated on the bottom of the bucket. This sediment is called trube. The idea is to try to get as little of the trube as possible into the carboy while getting as much as the liquid (AKA beer) in the carboy. A good tip is to move the primary fermenting bucket to the counter or whatever place you are going to use to transfer the beer the day before. This will allow time for any sediment that you stirred up while moving it to settle before you begin the transfer. I took the lid off the primary fermenting bucket, which can be tricky, but luckily there was a tool in our kit to help with this. I then plunged the auto siphon about half-way in the bucket making sure not to hit the bottom so I don't disturb the sediment. I then gave the auto siphon 2-3 pumps and voila the beer was flowing from the primary fermenting bucket to the carboy! Here the trube that was left in the primary fermenting bucket after the transfer: Here is the full carboy after the transfer: Once it was finished, I placed the air lock tightly on the top of the carboy and moved it back into my dining room for safe keeping and there it sat for about another week. During this time the air lock bubbled less and less until finally it stopped bubbling all together. At this point we knew it was time to transfer our Rainbow Honey Brown Ale from the carboy to the bottles. Once again we moved the carboy to the counter making sure not to disturb the sediment or trube that had accumulated at the bottom. This too can be done the day before the bottling process to ensure the least amount of sediment possible gets in the bottles. At this point you are supposed to take a hydrometer reading to ensure your brew is ready to be bottled and the bottles won't explode on you, however, with the excitement of bottling our brew, we completely forgot about this very important step until it was too late so we had to just cross our fingers and hop for the best. The very important step that we didn't forget was to sterilize everything. We formed an assembly line as we sterilized the bottles. Anthony took them out of the box and handed them to Scott who proceeded to dunk them in the sterilizing liquid in the bucket and then handed them to me, Kara, who placed them on my dishwasher rack to dry. It is very important to have nothing touch anywhere the beer will touch after it has been sterilized so this required strategically place the bottles on the rack where they were balanced but nothing actually going inside them including the rack prongs. This meant they were kind of just hanging on the rack. While we were doing this, Michael heated up the priming sugar on the stove and transferred the beer from the carboy to the sterilized bottling bucket with the auto siphon making sure to get as little trube as possible during the transfer. He then added the priming sugar mixture to the beer and slowly stirred it in by using figure 8 motions for 2 minutes. By this time the bottles were drying out and we set the bottling bucket on the counter, hooked up the bottling hose to the spigot and we were ready to start bottling…or so we thought. We turned on the spigot and noticed nothing was coming out in the hose and was instead leaking out of the sides of the spigot where it connects to the bucket. Uh oh, it was time for us to think fast!!! Thanks to the genious mind of Michael, we decided to syphon the beer from the bucket into the bottles instead of using the spigot. You see, if we didn't have the spigot on, the leak wasn't that bad, it was only when the spigot was open that the leak became a gusher and we thought we were going to quickly sacrifice all of our scrumptious Rainbow Ale to my floor. Though not ideal, we once again formed an assembly line and siphoned our beer into the bottles. Anthony handed Michael the sterilized bottles. Michael filled the bottles up. Anthony handed me the full bottles. I gave the filled up bottles to Scott who capped them. To cap the bottles, we used a capping tool that came in our kit. You place the cap on the bottle and then clamp down with the capping tool, give the bottle a quarter turn, and clamp down again with the capping tool again. You then make sure the bottle has a circle dimple on the top, and if so, it is ready to be placed in the box for safe storage for another two weeks. We bottled 48 beers but of course made sure that there was enough left over to give our brew a little taste tester. At this point in the brewing process the beer will have the flavor of what it will taste like when it is complete, however, it will not yet be carbonated. The carbonation occurs when the yeast eats the priming sugar which happens while in the bottle. We ceremoniously gave a cheers and tasted the uncarbonated version of our brew and if we do say so ourselves…it's delicious. Hooray for Rainbow Ale the best honey brown ale around!!!!


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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. -- Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5
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(Mine was the day we got our first television. It was 1957 and I was ten years old. Walking home from school I could see the men on our roof installing the antenna. I started running until breathlessly I entered our home, flopped in front of the TV and it feels like I've been there since:)
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- Lynn said...
My mother took a picture of me as a toddler, standing in front of my grandparents' TV (much like that one), looking back guiltily just as my hand is reaching out to touch a knob. :)
My favorite childhood memory is finding quiet places to read at our rather full house. I loved a spot at the side of the house next to the roses and under a large tree.
- LL Cool Joe said...
I can't remember any favourite childhood memories at all. I do remember my parents getting a colour tv rather than black and white, but we weren't allowed to watch it because we might make a mark on the carpet and that would make my mother very cross indeed.
- Pat said...
In my sleeping bag with the aroma of wet grass in the tent with just my brother Jack and Mum and Dad, with Mum laughing and saying:
Pat's happy - she's got bed, book and biscuits!'
- ♥ Sonny ♥ said...
One of my favorite childhood memories is about my Uncle Rocco. His brother ran a fish market and twice a week he's bring home fresh shrimp for my Aunt Peggy to fry. I always asked for halibut salad and he'd bring me a tiny container of it.
Being able to live with them for a few months is one of the highlights of my young life. It was a joyful cozy place and I felt loved and welcome.
- Tabor said...
Can't help but laugh...did not expect that ending! I remember the day we got our TV and I think I was pretty much close to that age as well. I will have to remember other childhood favorites and take some time with that. I do think one of them was when I got my first box camera with my own money.
- Nancy said...
Believe it or not, my favorite childhood memory goes back 76 years to 1936. That was the time the Bell Telephone man came to our house and gave us a telephone and our very own number.
Well, not quite our VERY own number. We had 3 other families on the party line we all shared.I still remember that first number.
MADISON 7597J. The J indicated our line from the others in our party.
It tooks at least a week for the novelty to wear off for ALL the families and during that week you could never pick up the phone to use it and not find one of the others on there already talking.
Finally, the novelty wore off and we shared that line very nicely for at least 5 years until we got our own private number.
- Bonnie said...
Wow alot of fun memories here. We always had a tv and I don't really remember when we went for b/w to color. We got our own phone when my parents bought their first house, so both at the same time is a good memory.
- Chatty Crone said...
Watching Lawrence Welk with my parents. sandie
- Riot Kitty said...
Hmm. Love your F*ck cancer icon! Favorite...probably waking my dad up at some ungodly hour and asking him if we could go to the 24-hour doughnut shop. He said yes.
- Cliff said...
Mom made homemade ice cream on Sundays and we always had company. the men and kids turned the crank. It was made with cream from the cows we milked and Blanche Nelson's homemade german chocolate cake. (we always invited the Nelsons because of her cake.)
We always made the big freezer that made 1.5 gallons. Wow.
- Debbie said...
I remember the day mama used her first clothes dryer! She was so excited she stayed up all night dryng clothes, with 6 kids in the house there was always plenty of laundry.
- Snaggle Tooth said...
We got our first color TV in 1973, n layed with pillows on the rug to watch- We had 5 kids plopped about-
I can think of 2 happy memories- When I was 7 n we got a new boxer puppy, who became my bbf "Champ." We'd never had a pet in the house before. (Thanks for giving us the dog, old Uncle Wright- My Mother didn't want it)
Then when I was 12 my Mother took us to the Lippizaner Horse show at the Boston Garden, n I loved horses, but had only read about these before that. I couldn't believe Mom did that for me-
- Granny Annie said...
Lynn -- We could select our own programs as long as we didn't pick soap operas. (We got to watch those at grandma and grandpas.) Yes I can imagine you curled up with a book in hiding and letting your imagination entertain you. The good reader you were has made you the good writer that you are:) Now, are you still trembling from the tree that almost killed you? Yikes!
LL Cool Joe -- You always make me worry about you when you say such things as not having any favorite childhood memories. You sure seem to have a vivid memory of Margaret Thatcher. Your post as well as the comments from others were very interesting and thought provoking.
Pat -- Oh yes, I can suddenly recall that wonderful aroma of spending the night outside especially on newly mowed grass. Love the "bed, book and biscuits". That would be a great book title. I am only slightly more savy about apps than your spouse. I don't have those fancy phones or ipads, etc. It worries me that I have given up my technological obsessions.
sonny -- Anyone named "Rocco" had to provide a safe and comfortable place:) What is in halibut salad? Maybe some halibut salad would help you recover from your current illness. Hope you are feeling lots better and enjoying your portable screened in porch.
Tabor --That ending is a little too true. I do luvs me some telebishon:) Your camera memory reminded me of one of mine. I got a bicycle, a puppy and a camera one Christmas. All that on one Christmas and I'll never forget it. Those box cameras were cool weren't they? Obviously those cameras were easier to use than today's smart phone, etc. You and Pat (of Past Imperfect) are both having problems with your spouses and their understanding of apps. LOL
Nancy -- Wow, you got off the party line really fast. It seemed that we had one much longer than five years, but it could just be my imagination. You must have been wealthy to have had a phone in 1936! And I am not surprised you can still remember your first phone number. I am happily awaiting your next story at The Elder Storytelling Place. It's taking a long time. Meanwhile, I'm planning to debut Nancy the kitten on Wednesday's blog. Stay tuned.
Bonnie -- A new house and your own phone all in one swoop. Whew, that must have been heaven. Hey, your were pretty strict with us about checking out that necklace giveaway. I'm heading right over there to check it out. Thanks!
- Granny Annie said...
Chatty Crone --I used to pout and stomp when my parents insisted we watch Lawrence Welk but today those reruns fill me with fond memories. Your post was certainly from Animal Kingdom today. Thanks to another blogger, I already knew what an Okapi was:)
Riot Kitty -- What a great dad! My dad might have done the same if there had been such a thing as 24 hour anything. Glad you like the needlepoint icon. LOL You and I both have had quite the tooth extraction blues lately. Hope you are totally recovered now.
Cliff -- Gee whiz Cliffy -- Homemade ice cream and Blanche Nelson's german chocolate cake!! You were a lucky little boy weren't you. And poor Blanche thought everyone loved her for her wit and charm. I think it's time for a new post from you. However, how can we ever tire of those three pictures. You really don't change your expression in any of them. It's a good thing Marilyn has some with and charm. (You don't just keep her around for the cooking do you?)
Debbie -- Now that's a special daughter who reserves her favorite childhood memory for what made her mother happy. I'm betting lots of things still went on the old clothesline. Now about that mic in the house. Do the neighbors ever complain? Just sayin.....
Snaggle Tooth -- Oh yes, pillows on the floor. I still stack lots of pillows in the living room and den and the grandchildren just grab one and plop themselves down anywhere. Good old Uncle Wright for giving you a dog. Hip Hip Hooray! And good for your mom taking you to see the Lipizzaner Horse Show. Wow, that is something I would still like to see very much. I am sorry you are having problems with the new blogger. Listening to others having the same problems makes me glad I changed early. I know you have lots of problems with your computer anyway so I'm wishing for you to be able to get a new one soon.
- Scarlet said...
Driving to visit family in NJ (8-hour car trip) with my brother and I in the backseat singing "Candy Man" by Sammy Davis, Jr. while eating steak sandwiches. (I know it's not polite to sing with your mouth full...but it was after every bite!). ;)
Love that memory!
- Granny Annie said...
Scarlet -- Of course "the Candy Man can"! I can just see the steak sandwich falling out of your mouth. Now, how are you doing for recruits on your new health program? Those are some pretty big sacrifices and I have to wonder how you'll do with the wine change. LOL
- cube said...
Geez, that is a tough question because, as a fortunate child, I have way too many good memories to choose from.
I really do have too many... one would be standing in Lady Liberty's head with the rest of my 6th grade class looking out upon New York's harbor. It was fantastic.
Another would be the first time I played in the snow. That was fantastic for a tropical flower like myself.
- cube said...
Scarlet: Your comment made me laugh. We drove from New York to Tampa and I sang the theme song to "Green Acres" until my father went ballistic and insisted I either shut up or sing another song.
- Granny Annie said...
cube -- I too was a fortunate child. We didn't have a lot of money but we had a lot of love. Like you and Scarlet, my siblings and I sang and sang on road trips. Our father always joined in our poor mother just tried to survive it. Once in a while she would join in too if the song wasn't too stupid. Now, being married to a former sailor, Ron will blurt out some pretty strange songs on our road trips. They create a lot of laughter.
- cube said...
I don't know for sure, but being married to a sailor must be close to being married to a carpenter (Mr. Cube). I can imagine some of those songs can be pretty colorful.


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Joshua Polacheck serves as the Public Diplomacy Officer for the Provinical Reconstruction Team in Mosul, Iraq.
When I arrived in Mosul in March of this year one of the first things I heard about was the Mosul Airport. It's a pre-war airstrip built with British assistance and for most of its seven decades of existence it's been primarily a military airfield. Iraqi Airways flew there briefly in the early 1990's. Since then, it has been almost exclusively military and, since 2003, run by the U.S. Army.
I came to Mosul as a member of one of the State Department's Provincial Reconstruction Teams. Our focus is primarily on strengthening the capacity of Iraqi institutions - "nation-building" if you will. Since the Government of Iraq has billions of dollars in revenue, we focus our direct monetary assistance in Ninewa so as to build up the ability of the provincial government to care for its own citizens. To that end, we use the traditional State Department foreign aid, Economic Support Funds, as a supplement to the Iraqi $200+ million provincial reconstruction and development budget for Ninewa. This gives the Ninewa government a second budget cycle to practice on. (Before 2006, the provincial governments had no input into financial decisions with local impact, and are still building their capacity in this regard.)
In early 2007, the Ninewa Provincial Council (similar to a state legislature in the U.S.) voted the renovation of Mosul Airport one of its top priorities for the 2007 Economic Support Fund budget (U.S. funded $25 million supplement to the $250+ million Iraqi budget). Ten months later, after many thousands of hours of work, the Mosul Passenger Terminal was ready to receive passengers.
And just in time. This renovation was part of a larger promise by Iraqi and American officials that Hajj flights would leave from Mosul in 2007. Our contribution helped the provincial and national governments to work together on the larger issues of resuming normal commercial flights to Mosul. In an innovative solution with the U.S. Army, the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority controls one end of the base where civilian commercial operations take place, while the larger airbase is still under military control.
Nearly every Iraqi I talked to in my ten months here has brought up Mosul Airport sometime during our conversations. The desire to reconnect to the outside world, as symbolized by an airport, was palpable. On December 2, down at the airfield, we heard the clapping and cheering from the airport staff as the first Iraqi Airways 737 pulled up to the terminal. Though our work had ended a week before, their work was just beginning, and a few hours later, the first Hajj pilgrims had boarded the plane on the first leg of the trip to Mecca. To see the joy of people's faces reinforced all the work we at the PRT had down since we started in 2005.
Rachel in Texas writes:
It must be wonderful to have a direct connection with the rest of the world after being cut off for so long. I cannot imagine the suffocation that must have been felt, both on an individual level and in a political sense when Mosul could not physically directly access the rest of the world.
Thank you for the update!
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Mosul is Ninevah . . , with a key lesson for nations to repent... with a Noah.


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Debates of Oct. 4th, 2006
House of Commons Hansard #59 of the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was code.
- Question Period
- Agriculture
- Literacy
- Mental Illness Awareness Week
- Aboriginal Women
- Forest Industry
- Literacy
- Automotive Industry
- Craig Paul Gillam and Robert Thomas James Mitchell
- Federal Accountability Act
- Literacy
- National Family Week
- Conservative Government Policies
- Literacy
- Bernard Landry
- Government Programs
- Liberal Party of Canada
- Justice
- Government Appointments
- Government Programs
- Afghanistan
- Literacy
- Justice
- Literacy
- Government Appointments
- The Environment
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Firearms Registry
- Sudan
- Employment Insurance
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Sudan
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Motions for Papers
- An Act to amend certain acts in relation to DNA Identification
- Committees of the House
- An Act to Amend Certain Acts in Relation to DNA Identification
- Criminal Code
- Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006
- Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act
- Criminal Code
- Trent-Severn Waterway
2 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
It being Wednesday, we will now have the singing of the national anthem led by the hon. member for Halifax West.
[Members sang the national anthem]
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Dave Batters Palliser, SK
Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to rise today in the House of Commons on behalf of the residents of Palliser and Canada's new government to state my appreciation and this government's appreciation for the tremendous contribution made by Palliser producers.
Farm families in Palliser have spent more than a decade trying to convince Liberal and NDP governments to take Canada's farm crisis seriously.
Canada's new Conservative government understands farm families. We share their values and we are standing up for them.
Our first budget provided an additional $1.5 billion for agriculture, tripling our campaign commitment.
We are going to scrap the failed Liberal CAIS program and replace it with a new farm income support program that will meet farmers' needs.
We are moving forward with our biofuels strategy.
We have listened to farmers who told us they wanted choice in marketing.
I am proud of the outstanding contribution made by Palliser producers. I will continue to fight hard for farm families here in Ottawa.
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Don Bell North Vancouver, BC
Mr. Speaker, there has been a national outcry in response to the government's decision to slash $17.7 million in federal funding for regional and local literacy programs. These devastating cuts will force literacy organizations across Canada to close their doors.
This is not the only blow delivered to literacy by the government. The Conservatives have also cut $17 million from the workplace skills strategy, which has a key focus on literacy and employability.
The government has cancelled the $3.5 billion set aside by the previous Liberal government for labour market partnership agreements with the provinces, which focused on increasing workplace training in several areas, including literacy and essential skills.
Basic education and skills are critical for Canadians trying to access employment and earn advancement on the job.
These cuts are a step backwards in our ability to meet the literacy challenges of Canadians and to build the kind of workforce our country needs.
Mental Illness Awareness Week
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Christiane Gagnon Québec, QC
Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to recognize that October 1 to 7 is Mental Illness Awareness Week. This week is about fighting prejudice by bearing in mind that mental illness can affect anyone.
Indeed, statistics in this regard speak for themselves; they show that 20% of the population will experience mental illness at one time or another during their lifetime, and that 80% will be affected by the illness of a close relative.
Under the slogan "Our mother has a mental illness... We need help", this year's event is designed to reach out to children of all ages with a mentally ill parent.
Given that children have the right to know and, more importantly, to understand what is going on, let us wish all the best to those organizations which strive to reach out to them in an effort to spare them a great deal of suffering.
Aboriginal Women
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jean Crowder Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
Mr. Speaker, October marks Women's History Month. This year's theme is Aboriginal Women: The Journey Forward.
Bev Jacobs is a Mohawk from Six Nations and a member of the Bear Clan. She is the president of the Native Women's Association of Canada. I have met with Bev regularly since I became an MP and she inspires me with the dedication she brings to the issues affecting aboriginal women.
Today Bev Jacobs led aboriginal women and their supporters in rallies across Canada to remember their 500 missing sisters as part of the Sisters in Spirit campaign to document violence against aboriginal women.
Bev Jacobs has also been a leading voice in denouncing Canada for its poor record on the rights of aboriginal women.
This week she hosted the UN special rapporteur on human rights, Rodolfo Stavenhagen, who disapproves of Canada's plan to derail the adoption of the United Nations declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples.
I ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating Bev Jacobs and the journey forward for aboriginal women in this country.
Forest Industry
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jay Hill Prince George—Peace River, BC
Mr. Speaker, British Columbia has been engaged in a devastating battle against the mountain pine beetle since 1993. Throughout that time, I have fought alongside the forest industry and our forestry dependent communities to help them stand their ground against the infestation and federal Liberal neglect.
Now that we have formed government, we have swiftly provided that long overdue support. This new Conservative government has committed to $1 billion in new federal funding over the next 10 years to help B.C. communities ravaged by the pine beetle to address local priorities associated with the epidemic, diversify their economies and create new long term jobs, jobs like those the Prince George airport is striving to create through its expansion and development plans.
We will continue to invest in the scientific research necessary to help manage the aftermath of the infestation and to remain competitive under its threat in the future.
In just eight months, the Conservative government has already put B.C.'s forest industry on track for a much brighter future.
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Marlene Jennings Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, QC
Mr. Speaker, on September 8, the Minister of Human Resources and Social Development stated that the Government of Canada was working to help citizens enhance their literacy skills. Barely two weeks later, the government announced it was cutting $17.7 million from funding to local and regional literacy programs.
These cuts will have a serious impact on services provided to minority communities in Canada. Such cuts will destroy the minority language literacy services network, including the Pluri-elles group which will have to shut down nine literacy centres in French-speaking rural Manitoba.
That is a disgrace.
Automotive Industry
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Jeff Watson Essex, ON
Mr. Speaker, what drives the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association, the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers of Canada, the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association and the Canadian Automobile Dealers Association to come to Ottawa?
Climb into the rumble seat and fasten the seat belts, because it is auto days on Parliament Hill. My engine revs because these associations represent nearly 600,000 direct jobs across Canada, no mini-achievement.
In case people have not picked up on it, highly paid auto jobs power Canada's economic engine and fuel our quality of life in our communities.
It does not stop there. These associations are leading the way with cutting edge environmental technologies and processes.
I would not steer members wrong. These associations have parked themselves in Ottawa. They are not in neutral on the need for more competitiveness measures. They will not reverse their call for continued investment in this sector.
To the representatives of CVMA, AIAMC, APMA and CADA, I say welcome, and I wish them many miles of continued success in Canada.
Craig Paul Gillam and Robert Thomas James Mitchell
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Claude Bachand Saint-Jean, QC
Mr. Speaker, it was with great sadness that the Bloc Québécois learned yesterday of the deaths of two Canadian soldiers, Sergeant Craig Paul Gillam and Corporal Robert Thomas James Mitchell of the Royal Canadian Dragoons. They were working on a road construction project 20 kilometres west of Kandahar.
The members of the Bloc Québécois mourn the loss of these men and offer sincere condolences to their families and friends, as well as to the Royal Canadian Dragoons.
We would like to tell the bereaved families that their loss will not have been in vain. The men were working to rebuild democracy and improve quality of life for Afghans.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.
Federal Accountability Act
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
James Moore Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, today is day 105 of the Liberal Senate's foot dragging and filibuster on the toughest anti-corruption law in Canadian history. It is shameful that the Liberal Senate is deliberately delaying the passage of the accountability act after this House passed it in a mere 72 days.
Canadians remember the sponsorship scandal as a terrible stain on our country's history, yet when Canada's new Conservative government acted immediately to clean up the Liberal mess and restore the public's trust in government, the Liberal Party did nothing but play games.
Canadians want to know why the party of corruption has done nothing to help move forward the federal accountability act. Canadians want action. Canadians want an end to corruption. Canadians deserve better than these games that are being played by the Liberal Party of Canada.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Nancy Karetak-Lindell Nunavut, NU
Mr. Speaker, the Conservative government spending cuts announced last week included the slashing of $17.7 million for literacy organizations throughout Canada. The cuts mean that local and regional literacy programs will no longer be funded.
The cuts mean that literacy organizations such as the Saskatchewan Literacy Network will have to close their doors. Yukon will lose the Yukon Literacy Coalition. Nunavut will lose its Arctic College culturally based pilot program. Manitoba will lose approximately $620,000 from local and regional literacy programs.
Twenty-two per cent of adult Canadians have serious problems reading simple printed material. In light of these numbers, it is unconscionable that the Conservative government has chosen to slash a program to help adults who want to help themselves to learn to read and write, while at the same time posting a $13 billion surplus.
National Family Week
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Brian Storseth Westlock—St. Paul, AB
Mr. Speaker, this week Canadians across the country celebrate National Family Week. This is an opportunity for all of us to celebrate families and recognize their importance in our lives.
Strong families draw from and benefit the communities in which they live, work and play. Families are the building blocks of our society and our country. This government is committed to providing them with the support and recognition they deserve.
Canada's new government is helping families with the cost of kids' sports, public transit and everyday purchases.
We are there for farm families who need short term financial relief, while also looking at ways to improve income for the long term.
Millions of parents are now receiving direct support for child care through the universal child care benefit.
Canada's new government will continue supporting our country's future by supporting Canadian families. I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing National Family Week.
Conservative Government Policies
Statements By Members
October 4th, 2006 / 2:10 p.m.
Peter Julian Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
Mr. Speaker, far from standing up for Canada, the Conservative government is waving the white flag of surrender. We see this with the softwood lumber sellout. We see this with the Wheat Board sellout and we see it in the secret Banff meetings.
That government is prepared to give away everything in its endless efforts of capitulation to the Bush government, with ministers committed to giving away even more of Canada under the so-called security and prosperity partnership.
Remodelling Canada as a carbon copy of the United States, means lowering our quality of life and Canadian standards in food safety, health, labour rights, transportation and the environment.
The NDP is pressing for full disclosure of everything the Conservative government is doing to sell us out, just like the Liberals did, and diminish our ability to build the society Canadians deserve.
In the upcoming election, Canadians will have a clear choice between the sellout versions of Canada by the Conservatives and Liberals and a vision of a new, proud, independent Canada, promoted by the NDP.
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Yasmin Ratansi Don Valley East, ON
Mr. Speaker, economists from across Canada agree that literacy is fundamental to boosting economic productivity and prosperity. Canada currently has one of the highest levels of post-secondary attainment among OECD countries. However, this achievement is in jeopardy, as the Conservative government does not believe in literacy.
Without warning last week and despite a budget surplus of $13 billion, the Conservatives eliminated $18 million from the federal literacy skills program. Incredibly, this announcement came out on the same day that the Prime Minister's wife was on the streets of Ottawa campaigning for more literacy programs.
While cutting literacy programs, the Prime Minister is spending $3 million of taxpayer dollars on renovations for his official residence at 24 Sussex. I hope that includes plans for a comfortable, new doghouse with room enough for two. I have a sneaking suspicion that the Prime Minister will be spending a lot of time in it.
Bernard Landry
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Pierre Paquette Joliette, QC
Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal declared Bernard Landry Patriote of the year for 2006-07.
Since 1975, this title has been awarded annually to a notable Quebecker. The official award ceremony takes place in November, the month during which we commemorate the Patriote victory over English troops on November 23, 1837, at Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu.
As a former Quebec premier and a minister many times over, Mr. Landry helped create the quiet revolution and modern-day Quebec. His foremost concern has always been serving Quebec and the nation.
With uncommon determination and intelligence, he has worked tirelessly to this day to give Quebeckers the only tool that will enable them to express themselves and reach their full potential as a people: national independence.
He constantly reminded us that our sense of conviction keeps us faithful to our ideals. Throughout his half-century of public life, Bernard Landry remained faithful to his ideal: making Quebec a country.
The Bloc Québécois salutes Bernard Landry, a truly great patriot, on being awarded this honour.


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@chickenparm, beautiful looking pies. Just out of curiosity, have you ever considered placing your stone directly under the broiler for the entire bake. Preheat stone for 1 hour at the position you like it placed for the broil cycle. Place pie on preheated stone and cook under the broiler immediately? Might be worth a try on your next pie!


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On the Scene -- Seven Sports Make Olympic Plea in Lausanne
The sports will present at IOC headquarters on Monday.
(ATR) The seven sports vying for a place on the 2016 Olympic program plead their cases Monday at IOC headquarters in Lausanne.
Delegations from baseball, golf, karate, roller sports, rugby, softball and squash all rehearsed Sunday in the Coubertin Room at IOC headquarters..
They will have 30 minutes with the IOC leaders Monday, each sport allowed six presenters and one technical support person.
Presentations must last no longer than 20 minutes, followed by a 10-minute Q & A session.
The sports delegations will sit at one end of the rectangular boardroom table and make their pitches from their seats without a podium. Four 42-inch plasma monitors will be in the center of the room.
Because only 10 minutes separates the presentations, the IOC has asked that the sports bring no backdrops or props.
The representatives are not permitted to offer any gifts to the EB members on the day of the presentation. No handouts, such as brochures and pamphlets, are allowed, either.
The sports will present in alphabetical order, starting at 2 p.m. with baseball, followed by golf at 2:40 p.m., karate at 3:20 p.m., a 30-minute coffee break at 3:50 p.m., rugby at 4:20 p.m., softball at 5 p.m., roller sports at 5:40 p.m. and squash at 6:20 p.m. All times are CET.
IOC President Jacques Rogge has said that the he intends for the EB to recommend two finalists at its August meeting in Berlin. Those sports would then face a vote by the IOC Session in October.
The baseball delegation will include Dutch player Sidney de Jong, Bob DuPuy of Major League Baseball, Don Fehr from the Major League Baseball Players Association and IBAF President Harvey Schiller.
Schiller tells Around the Rings that he plans to conclude his presentation by telling the Executive Board that -- like most of the people in the room -- he has been part of the Olympic Movement as a volunteer for a long time.
"I would not have taken on this responsibility if I did not think that baseball was good for the Olympic Movement," he said.
The seven sports will have another chance to address the EB in Berlin in August, when the field could be narrowed to two candidates for presentation to the full IOC Session in October for a vote.
"We're looking forward to meeting with the committee," Schiller says, "but we don't think this is the end, and hope we'll have the ability to continue the dialogue over the next couple of months and into October when the final decision will be made."
The golf delegation will include the most well-known athletes:
Annika Sorenstam of Sweden and Colin Montgomerie of Great Britain.
Sorenstam is an IGF Global Ambassador and and Montgomerie is the 2010 European Ryder Cup captain.
They will join Tim Finchem, PGA TOUR Commissioner, LPGA of Japan President and World Golf Hall of Fame member Hisako "Chako" Higuchi, IGF Co-Secretary Peter Dawson and IGF Executive Director Ty Votaw for the presentation. Dawson and Votaw have been coordinating golf's Olympic bid.
Golf will also show a film featuring 16 of the game's most prominent players including Tiger Woods and current World No. 1 ranked Lorena Ochoa, plus IGF Global Ambassador Jack Nicklaus describing "the compelling reasons why golf should be reinstated as an Olympic sport after an absence of more than a century," Votaw said in a statement.
World Karate Federation President Antonio Espinos tells Around the Rings he alone will handle the formal presentation to the Executive Board for his sport. He'll be accompanied by secretary general George Yerolimpis, the WKF sports director and two athletes, all available to answer questions from the EB.
In an Around the Rings Q&A last week, Espinos said karate would be an easy addition to the Olympic program.
"We have a proposal for 120 elite athletes, 60 men and 60 women, so we contribute to gender equity. It's a spectacular and attractive sport and we get very good audiences when we have big events like world championships. Karate can share an existing venue in the Olympics such as volleyball or basketball; we don't need additional venues. Also it's a very cheap sport. We only need two sports competition areas, plus training areas, screens and scoreboards," said Espinos.
Roller Sports
President Sabatino Aracu will lead the delegation from the International Roller Sports Federation, with secretary general Roberto Marotta.
"The Olympic medal is a dream that already alone justifies our full commitment in the campaign for inclusion in the Olympic program. In addition, roller sports are very practiced and followed all over the world, but entrance at the Olympics would give us the visibility we need to continue the campaign to promote our sport even in areas where we are less present, opening a great potential", said Aracu about the message roller sports intends to deliver the IOC Monday afternoon.
The international lineup for rugby includes Bernard Lapasset, President of the IRB; secretary general Mike Miller; Cheryl Soon, captain of the Australia women's team that won the first Rugby Sevens World Cup in Dubai; Humphrey Kayange, captain of the men's team for Kenya; Agustin Pichot, captain of the Argentina team for Rugby World Cup Sevens 2001 and Rugby World Cup 2007 and Anastassiya Khamova, a player and referee from Kazakhstan.
"We are looking forward to our presentation to the IOC's Executive Board members. Our team will express their passion for the game and their commitment to contributing to the inclusion of Rugby Sevens in the Olympic Games. This is a very important moment in our campaign and we are confident that our new films, combined with personal stories from players who recently performed spectacularly at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai, will resonate with members. We have worked very hard in preparation for this presentation with full rehearsals in London a few weeks ago and again throughout this weekend here in Lausanne. We are feeling good and confident of delivering rugby's case to the IOC."
The BackSoftball delegation includes gold medalists Michele Smith and Jessica Mendoza of the U.S., Danielle Stewart of Australia, Rubilena Rojas of Venezuela, Gergana Handjiyska, the Bulgarian Softball Federation's secretary general, and Lynn Alexander, who will coach South Africa at the Youth World Cup.
Not all of them will be in the presentation room, since the sport has also brought BackSoftball Task Force Co-Chairs Donna de Varona and Dale McMann, International Softball Federation President Don Porter, ISF Deputy Secretary General Ms. Low Beng Choo and ISF Director General Toma Malikoff.
"This is softball's last and most important official presentation before the decision will be made as to whether or not softball returns to the Olympic program in 2016," DeVarona said in a statement. "Our team is confident that softball exemplifies the best qualities of the Olympic movement. It is inclusive, global, adaptable, and lends itself to a multitude of initiatives seeking to teach important sports, health, and peacemaking lessons."
IOC member Prince Tunku Imran of Malaysia will lead the squash team, which will also include N Ramachandran, President of the World Squash Federation, women's world No. 1 player Nicol David of Malaysia, and three other players.
"The team has put an enormous amount of work into Monday's presentation, which is a reflection of how important Olympic inclusion is to the whole of squash, Ramachandran said in a statement. "We are looking forward to the opportunity to address the Executive Board and highlight the many ways in which squash fulfills the criteria to become an Olympic sport."
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Easy to install, and gave my bike a new sound and feel compared to stock, would recommend.
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There's one thing K&N filters will get you, and that's airflow. This can get you those last couple ponies you need to catch your rival while streaking toward the finish line. Combined with the lifetime warranty (handled by going through K&N directly), you can expect to be set for the life of the bike. Fitlration lags behind OEM filters relative to the increase in airflow, so you'll want to make sure you keep an eye on your rings and cylinder walls along with your spark plug changes (something you should be doing anyway!). If you don't mind somewhat lower filtration in trade for greatly increased airflow, you're looking at a great option.
Fit my 2012 YFZ 450 perfect without modification. Performance gains seem minimal but now I never have to buy a new filter again.
The filter was a perfect fit and was extremely easy to install. I noticed a small increase in throttle response, and power. Well worth the money.
I just installed this so I haven't had to clean it yet but that idea appeals to me! Spend $80 once and it should last as long as the bike with proper cleaning and oiling.
The filter fit great and came with a few decals.
I've wanted to get one of these filters for my Yamaha R1 for awhile, and I wish now I would have gotten it sooner. I knew there'd be a little more power and a little better fuel economy, and it's definitely a notable change, but the throttle is smoother as well as engine braking. The exhaust tone is much better and has a far more tuned sound to it. One simple mod made my bike all around more enjoyable to ride!
I bought this to replace a UNI foam air filter that had deteriorated over the years to the point of crumbling at the slightest touch on my friend's Honda 50. I have a 2004 SDG mini that came with a similar filter which is still in good shape today, so I have no doubt that this filter will last and require less maintenance.
Easy to install, fit as well as the OEM filter and power is back to normal.
Adds a little power and keeps the dirt out
Install was quick and easy, shipped quickly also!
I had the prescribed 15,000 miles on my 2010 BMW S1000RR and was looking for a replacement. The K&N is priced a few dollars more than a stock paper filter but will last nearly forever..... Not a very difficult decision. Motosport.com had the best price I could find for the K&N. Product was delivered a day ahead of expectation.
Best service, best prices!!
I got this filter beacuase it was cleanable didnt expect much of a performance boost I was wrong there is a noticable improvement in power
Gas mileage increase right out the box.
Mounting instructions easy to read.
Take off side panels of the bike to aid in the installation process.
Instant increase in initial power when i lay it on her. thats where i noticed the difference to my old filter. gets the air she wants, right away
once again k&n makes me happy. bikes running smoother with better throttle response.
2001 warrior stock replacement. Get it dirty, clean and reoil. Lasts a lifetime
I bought this for my 2005 honda cbr600rr to replace the stock filter. The power difference was immediate over the stock filter. Being able to service the filter is awesome , especially with the serivce interval. In my opinion its a must have upgrade. My only complaint was needing to modify the tabs in my airbox for proper fit.
Easy installation.
Easy to install, fit right in place with no modifications what so ever. Lifetime warranty means no more disintegrating foam type filters any more.
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The Deal: Gauging the Benefits of Airline Mergers
A big problem for the airlines is that the federal government's merger guidelines have a high bar for proving that those kinds of efficiencies will outweigh the harm of lost competition. The DOJ's Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission have historically been wary of efficiency claims and a 2010 revision of the agencies' horizontal merger guidelines increased the level of proof that merging parties must demonstrate to show that benefits of merger will offset any damage to consumers.
"There is a heavy burden for showing the agencies that efficiency claims can overcome competitive effects and I've never known a case to come out well for merging parties when it comes to efficiency claims," said one antitrust practitioner.
"The government is usually skeptical
But a source familiar with the airlines' thinking predicted that in defending the merger they will argue that the benefits consumers would receive don't have to be proven according to the general guidelines but instead should be measured according to an economic methodology used in the DOJ's 2009 approval of Delta Air Lines Inc.'s acquisition of Northwest Airlines Corp. and spelled out in a paper published later that year by DOJ economists Ken Heyer, Carl Shapiro and Jeffrey Wilder.
The economic analysis allowed DOJ economists to place a dollar value on schedule improvements and other service enhancements that could make the merged carriers more attractive to consumers. The methodology also allowed agency economists to compare the forecasted demand for the combined carriers' likely post-merger schedules to the forecasted demand for Northwest and Delta flights if the airlines remained separate. In that merger the model showed that the merged carrier was likely to attract more customers and therefore increase consumer welfare.


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Corbicula fluminea
Corbicula fluminea is a species of freshwater clam, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Corbiculidae.
This species is of originally mainly Asian origin and thus it is often commonly called Asian clam or Asiatic clam. In the aquarium and koi pond trade it is often called Golden Clam or Golden Freshwater Clam. In Southeast Asia it is known as the prosperity clam or good luck clam.
This species has been introduced into many parts of the world, including North America and Europe.
Right after reaching maturity these clams produce eggs, followed by sperm. Even later, they produce eggs and sperm simultaneously. They can self-fertilize, and release up to 2,000 juveniles per day, and more than 100,000 in a lifetime. Juveniles are only 1 mm long when discharged, and take one to four years to reach maturity. At this time they are about one centimeter long. Adults can reach a length of about 5 cm.
The outside of the shell is normally yellow-green with concentric rings. The color can flake, leaving white spots. The shells are lightly purple on the inside.
They feed primarily on phytoplankton (algae), which they filter from the sandy or muddy bottom of streams, lakes, or canals. According to the United States Geological Survey, C. fluminea is likely to continue to expand its North American range until it reaches its lower temperature tolerance.[1]
The primary economic and social impact of the invasion of C. fluminea has been billions of dollars in costs associated with clogged water intake pipes, associated with power plants, among others. Ecologically, C. fluminea contributes to declines and replacement of highly vulnerable, already threatened native clams. [1].
As a native species
This clam originally occurs in Russia, Thailand, the Philippines, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, but also in parts of Africa.[2]
As an invasive species
Corbicula fluminea was probably brought to North America at the latest in 1924, by Asian immigrants who used the clams as a food source. The clams are abundant in the Albemarle region of North Carolina, as well as other areas along the east coast. Non-indigenous distribution of Corbicula fluminea include:
- It was first found in the Rhine in the late 1980s and subsequently found its way into the Danube through the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal. It reached the Elbe in 1998 at the latest.[3]
- Czech Republic - in Elbe in Bohemia since 2000[4][5] and it is spreading.[6]
- It is now in rivers of Portugal, like Minho River.
- Cuba[7]
- Venezuela[8][9][10]
- Lake Placid, NY, USA
- Allegheny River, Pittsburgh, PA
- River Nore & Barrow, Republic of Ireland. First recorded in April 2010.
There are in fact two species present in introduced populations, C. fluminea and C. fluminalis.[11] However, the two species are often mixed together. The names themselves are sometimes confused in the literature (e.g. by being called '"Corbicula fluminata"'). Care needs to be taken in order to properly distinguish the two species.
The ratio of width and height in C. fluminea is on average 1.1. In C. fluminalis it is smaller (0.97); still, there is much variation and considerable overlap in shape. Most easily, they can be distinguished by the amount of ribs on the shell; C. fluminea has 7 to 14 ribs per cm, C. fluminalis 13 to 28.[12] This character is already clearly recognizable (albeit only by direct comparison) in very small (5 mm diameter) specimens. In addition, when viewed from the side (looking at the opening between the shells), C. fluminalis is rounder, almost heart-shaped, while C. fluminea has a slightly flatter shape like a teardrop with a notched broad end. Small specimens of C. fluminalis are almost spherical, while those of C. fluminea are decidedly flattened. All these differences except the rib number are a consequence of C. fluminalis having a markedly more swollen, pointed and protruding umbo (the oldest part of the shell valves, close to the ligament holding them together).
See also
- ^ USGS (2001): Nonindigenous species information bulletin: Asian clam, Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) (Mollusca: Corbiculidae). PDF fulltext
- ^ Jueg, U. & Zettler, M.L. (2004): Die Molluskenfauna der Elbe in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern mit Erstnachweis der Grobgerippten Körbchenmuschel Corbicula fluminea (O. F. Müller 1756). Mitteilungen der NGM 4(1): 85-89. [in German] PDF fulltext
- ^ Beran L. (2000) "First record of Corbicula fluminea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Czech Republic". Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 64: 1-2.
- ^ (Czech) Horsák M., Juřičková L., Beran L., Čejka T. & Dvořák L. (2010). "Komentovaný seznam měkkýšů zjištěných ve volné přírodě České a Slovenské republiky. [Annotated list of mollusc species recorded outdoors in the Czech and Slovak Republics]". Malacologica Bohemoslovaca, Suppl. 1: 1-37. PDF.
- ^ Beran L. (2006). Spreading expansion of Corbicula fluminea (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Czech Republic. – Heldia 6 5/6: 187-192.
- ^ Vázquez A. A. & Perera S. (2010). "Endemic Freshwater molluscs of Cuba and their conservation status". Tropical Conservation Science 3(2): 190-199. HTM, PDF.
- ^ Martítnez E, Rafael. 1987: Corbicula manilensis molusco introducido en Venezuela. Acta Científica Venezolana 38:384-385
- ^ Ojasti, Juhani., González Jiménez, Eduardo, Szeplaki Otahola, Eduardo. y García Román, Luis B. 2001: Informe sobre las especies exótica en Venezuela. Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales Caracas. 207p. ISBN 980-04-1254-9
- ^ Lasso, Carlos A., Martínez E, Rafael, Capelo, Juan Carlos., Morales Betancourt, Mónica y Sánchez- Maya, Alejandro. 2009: Lista de los moluscos (Gastropodos_Bivalvia) dulceacuícolas y estuarinos de la cuenca del Orinoco (Venezuela). Biota Colombiana, 10(1 -2):63-74.
- ^ It is not entirely clear that this is the correct name (Jueg & Zettler, 2004)
- ^ Jueg & Zettler (2004), and see "External links"
7. ^ Weitere, M. et al. (2009) Linking environmental warming to the fitness of the invasive clam Corbicula fluminea, Global Change Biology, Volume 15 Issue 12, Pages 2838 - 2851 [2]


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GOTALOG 2000 Fourth Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue Gothenburg University, Sweden June 15-17 2000 http://www.ling.gu.se/gotalog/ SECOND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Gotalog 2000 will be the fourth in a series of workshops that aim at bringing together researchers working on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogues in fields such as artificial intelligence, formal semantics and pragmatics, computational linguistics, and psychology. This year's workshop is organized in collaboration with the EU-sponsored project TRINDI (http://www.ling.gu.se/research/projects/trindi/), and will take place at Gothenburg University. It will include talks on a number of topics in the semantics and pragmatics of dialogues, including: - the semantics and pragmatics of anaphora - decision theory in pragmatics - information state update - dialogue games - the semantics and pragmatics of questions - spoken dialogue systems - turn-taking and grounding in dialogue as well as presentations by our four invited speakers: Jens Allwood (Gothenburg) Herbert Clark (Stanford) Paul Dekker (Amsterdam) Ronnie Smith (East Carolina) (See program below.) Information about participation and registration, an online registration form, and the program are available at http://www.ling.gu.se/gotalog/ The workshop is endorsed by SIGDIAL, the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Discourse and Dialogue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Preliminary program: Day 1, Thursday June 15th 8:00 Registration, refreshments 9:00 Opening remarks SESSION ON FORMAL MODELLING OF PRAGMATIC ISSUES 9:10 INVITED TALK 1: PAUL DEKKER On Safe Updates by Means of Supported Assertions 10:10 Towards an analysis of dialogue acts and indirect speech acts in a BDI framework Andreas Herzig, Dominique Longin, and Jacques Virbel 10:50 Coffee 11:10 Decision problems in pragmatics Rob van Rooy 11:50 Communication and Cooperation among Agents Rossana Damiano & Guido Boella 12:30 Lunch SESSION ON REFERENCE 2:00 When is a union really an intersection? Problems resolving reference to locations in a dialogue system Donna Byron and Myroslava Dzikovska 2:40 Lifelong Discourse Representation Structure Gabor Alberti 3:20 Empirical Study of the Anaphoric Accessibility space in Spanish dialogues Patricio Martinez-Barco & Manuel Palomar 4:00 Coffee 4:20 The Meaning of `and' in a formal theory of discourse and dialogue Isabel Gomez Txurruka 5:00 INVITED TALK 2: OVERVIEW OF TRINDI PROJECT RESULTS 6:15pm-8:00 OPENING RECEPTION in Linguistics Dept, including Wine, snacks, and demos and posters - ------- Day 2, Friday June 16th 9:00 INVITED TALK 4: JENS ALLWOOD Parameters of dialog analysis 10:00 The Pragmatics of English Dialogues in the Chinese Context Zongxin Feng 10:40 Coffee SESSION ON QUESTIONS 11:00 Accomodating questions and the nature of QUD Robin Cooper, Elisabet Engdahl and Staffan Larsson 11:40 First-Order Inference and the Interpretation of Questions and Answers Johan Bos & Malte Gabsdil 12:20 Lunch SESSION ON DIALOGUE SYSTEMS 2:00 INVITED TALK 3: RONNIE SMITH Trying to Understand Misunderstanding: How Robust Can Spoken Natural Language Dialogue Systems Be? 3:00 Asynchronous Dialogue Management: Two Case-Studies Johan Boye, Beth Ann Hockey, Manny Rayner 3:40 Design Constraints and Representation for Dialogue Management in the Automatic Telephone Operator Scenario Jose Quesada, J. Gabriel Amores, Gabriela Fernandez, Jose` A. Bernal, M. Teresa Lopez 4:20 Coffee SESSION ON DIALOGUE GAMES 4:40 Dialogue Games are Recipes for Joint Action Joris Hulstijn 5:20 A formal model of Conversational Game Theory Ian Lewin 6:00 Obligations, Intentions, and the Notion of Conversational Games Jorn Kreutel and Colin Matheson 6:40 BANQUET - on a boat in G'burg harbour - ------- Day 3, Saturday June 17th 9:00 Processes of collaboration and communication in desktop videoconferencing: do they differ from face-to-face interactions? Alison Newlands, Anne Anderson, Jim Mullin and Anne-Marie Fleming 9:40 Multi-speaker utterances and coordination in task-oriented dialogue Hannes Rieser and Kristina Skuplik 10:20 Coffee SESSION ON WIZARD OF OZ STUDIES 10:40 Modality Convergence in a Multimodal Dialogue System Linda Bell, Johan Boye , Joakim Gustafson and Mats Wiren 11:20 What is a Situation? Kerstin Fischer 12:00 Lunch 1:30 POSTER/DEMO SESSION #2 2:40 INVITED TALK 5: HERBERT CLARK Uptake and its role in conversation 3:40 Coffee MAPTASK AROUND THE WORLD 4:00 Accessibility, duration, and modelling the listener in spoken dialogue Ellen Bard 4:40 The nature of common ground units: an empirical analysis using MapTask dialogues Lesley Stirling, I Mushin, J Fletcher, and R. Wales 5:20 Overlaps and interruptions: Towards a hearer's model of turn taking Mika Enomoto and Syun Tutiya 6:00 FINAL REMARKS AND CLOSING DRINKS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Local Arrangements: The local organization chair is Robin Cooper. 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Clive Bayley
Clive Bayley, bass, sings regularly with the major opera companies in a diverse repertoire spanning Monteverdi, Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Berg, Britten, Birtwistle, Wagner and Ligeti.
His schedule for 2013/14 includes: Daland in Der Fliegende Holländer at the Royal Danish Theatre and 2014 opens with his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where he will sing the Doctor in Wozzeck and will continue with engagements throughout Europe like Peter Grimes as Swallow at Grange Park Opera.
Operatic engagements in 2012/13 included for example two Russian-composed roles at the Frankfurt Opera: Dosifej in Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina, and Prokofiev's The Gambler, in which he performs as the General; Sir Walter Raleigh in Britten's Gloriana, at both the Hamburg Opera and the Royal Opera House. Appears regularly at prestigious opera houses like Covent Garden where he made his debut, and amongst other was engaged for a role in the world premiere of Harrison Birtwistles opera Gawain, at Bayrische Staatsoper, Glyndebourne, Opera North, Welsh National Opera and Opera National du Rhin, Strasbourg. At Frankfurt Opera he has sung Fasolt in David McVicar's new production of Das Rheingold and Claggart in Richard Jones's production of Billy Budd.