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Debates of Feb. 22nd, 2007
House of Commons Hansard #116 of the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was immigrants.
- Question Period
- Supplementary Estimates (B), 2006-07
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Business of Supply
- Robert Sutherland
- Bruce McBlain
- Scout Week
- Chinese Canadians
- Lloyd Clemett
- Beijing Concord College
- Anti-terrorism Act
- Montreal High Lights Festival
- Anti-terrorism Act
- George Hyde
- Anti-terrorism Act
- Canada-U.S. Relations
- Homelessness
- Ingrid Betancourt
- Jocelyn Coulon
- Air-India Inquiry
- The Prime Minister
- Air-India Inquiry
- Manufacturing Industry
- Employment Insurance
- The Prime Minister
- Older Workers
- Aviation Safety
- Judicial Appointments
- Air-India Inquiry
- Forest Industry
- Justice
- Judicial Appointments
- The Environment
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Infrastructure
- Presence in Gallery
- Business of the House
- Committees of the House
- Business of Supply
- Human Trafficking
A message from Her Excellency the Governor General transmitting supplementary estimates (B) for the financial year ending March 31, 2007, was presented by the President of the Treasury Board and read by the Speaker to the House.
Foreign Affairs and International Development
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
February 22nd, 2007 / 10:05 a.m.
Kevin Sorenson Crowfoot, AB
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the seventh report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development in relation to its consideration of the issue of cluster bombs.
Veterans Affairs
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Rob Anders Calgary West, AB
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the second report of the Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs in relation to the veterans ombudsman entitled, "A Helping Hand for Veterans: Mandate for a Veterans Ombudsman".
Procedure and House Affairs
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Gary Goodyear Cambridge, ON
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 113(1), I have the honour to present the 36th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs regarding the membership of the legislative committee on Bill C-35, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (reverse onus in bail hearings for firearm-related offences).
Procedure and House Affairs
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
Pursuant to Standing Order 113(1), the report is deemed adopted.
(Motion agreed to)
Employment insurance
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Yvon Godin Acadie—Bathurst, NB
Mr. Speaker, it is my honour to present a petition signed by hundreds of people who are calling for the elimination of the mandatory waiting period so that workers can apply for and receive employment insurance the day they stop receiving wages.
The petitioners are also asking that claimants be served by competent and knowledgeable employees in local Service Canada offices, and that they have a choice between submitting a claim on paper or online.
Veterans Affairs
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Chris Charlton Hamilton Mountain, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have the privilege of presenting a petition today on behalf of veterans in my riding of Hamilton Mountain, as well as their families and friends, in support of Bill C-238, which was moved by the member for Sackville—Eastern Shore.
Presently, if a veteran's spouse dies when a veteran is 50 years of age and that veteran re-marries at age 59, the second spouse is entitled to all the pension benefits. However, if the veteran re-marries at the age of 60, the second spouse is entitled to nothing upon the veteran's death. That must to change.
The House expressed its support for the veterans first motion and we believe that the age discrimination of 60 has to end. It is time the gold digger clause is gone. We believe we should treat our veterans and all people fairly and that is what the petitioners concur in.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Tom Lukiwski Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform
Mr. Speaker, I ask that all questions be allowed to stand.
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
Is that agreed?
Questions on the Order Paper
Routine Proceedings
10:05 a.m.
Some hon. members
Opposition Motion--Citizenship and Immigration
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:05 a.m.
Omar Alghabra Mississauga—Erindale, ON
That, in the opinion of the House, immigrants to Canada and persons seeking Canadian citizenship are poorly served by this government.
Mr. Speaker, I stand before the House today to express the concerns of Canadians about the direction or, more specifically, the lack of direction that the Conservative government has taken toward helping immigrants and new Canadians reach their optimum potential in society.
Canadians are quite rightly proud of our diversity and our reputation for welcoming immigrants. Immigration is more than just a symbol to Canadians, it is also an economic necessity.
At the turn of the last century, Sir Wilfrid Laurier's government started settling our vast land with "men in sheepskin coats". Immigration levels peaked in 1913 when 400,818 immigrants, the equivalent of 1.5 million in today's terms, came to Canada. Today some 5.4 million Canadians, or 18.6% of the population, are foreign born, the highest rate of diversity in 70 years.
The retirement of baby boomers will have a significant impact on the competitiveness of Canada's economy. In 2001, boomers from ages 37 to 55 comprised 47% of the labour force and in 10 years half of them will be 55 or older and 18% will be over the age of 60.
According to the 2001 census, for the first time in history immigration over the preceding five year period accounted for more than 50% of Canada's population boom. Over the past decade, immigration has accounted for 70% of Canada's net labour force growth. Statistics Canada research predicts that between 2011 and 2015, 100% of our net labour force and population growth will come from immigration.
The Conference Board of Canada estimates that by 2020 a labour shortage will leave one million jobs unfilled. There is global competition for immigrants from growing economic powerhouses like China and India, in addition to the traditional pull of other industrialized nations, like the United States and Australia.
The benefit of immigration to a country is more than just economic. Immigrants bring diversity, vitality and innovation to Canada.
As American public policy expert, Richard Florida; has noted, "diversity is an essential component of a thriving country". In short, over the next 10 years the country that can best attract and integrate immigrants will have an advantage in the global race. Canada desperately needs to excel at attracting and integrating immigrants as Canadian immigrants are falling further behind.
By the year 2000, the gap in earnings between immigrant men and Canadian born men registered at an astonishing 40%. The gap was even more pronounced for recent immigrant women as they received 44% lower earnings than their non-immigrant counterparts.
In addition, one-quarter of recent immigrants were low paid in 2000 compared to one-sixth of Canadian born workers. The problem is worsening. A 2005 report by RBC Financial Group shows that since the mid-eighties, immigrants have, as a group, experienced declining starting incomes and their salaries are taking longer to catch up to native born Canadians. Housing ownership rates among new Canadians are also in decline.
The Conference Board of Canada estimates the loss of income associated with unrecognized skills and credentials to be as high as $6 billion per year, half of which is constituted by the lower earnings of foreign born workers.
The toll of underutilization of immigrants can perhaps best be seen by our social agencies. In 2005, people not born in Canada made up approximately half of the population of 175,000 people using food banks in the greater Toronto area, or about 87,500 people. Immigrants using food banks are highly skilled. A remarkable 60% of them have university level education or trade certification. This is nearly double that of the Canadian born food bank population with just 36% who have university level education or a trade certification.
Furthermore, within that 60%, 80% of immigrants using food banks have a post-graduate degree. This is approximately eight times the Canadian born average of just over 1%. There is a growing attrition rate among business class and skilled worker immigrants who are increasingly returning to their country of origin or another destination in search of meaningful employment. More than half of those who leave do so within their first year of arrival.
Our reputation as a welcoming country is at stake. A recent online article out of New Delhi warns:
--for many immigrants Canada has emerged as a land of unmitigated disaster. From rampant discrimination to hidden booby traps, Indians have been forced into an economic quagmire, having to settle for a dead end job.
Immigrant success should be everybody's business and, indeed, it should be a priority for the government.
The previous government realized the need for real and serious measures to respond to the growing needs of our immigrants. This was not just rhetoric. It was backed up by action and tangible improvement.
For the record, let me highlight some of the initiatives that we implemented under the previous Liberal government.
We invested an additional $700 million over five years to improve the immigration system. This included funding to reduce the inventory of backlogged immigration applications and to allow international students or visitors with Canadian experience to apply for permanent residence status.
We signed the Canada-Ontario immigration agreement that included an additional $920 million over five years. This was the first comprehensive immigration agreement between Ontario and the federal government and was intended to help newcomers reach their full potential in Ontario by increasing funding for settlement, language training and integration services.
We launched the $150 million internationally trained worker initiative that included addressing shortages of health care professionals and the start up of the foreign credential recognition secretariat.
We introduced measures to speed up the processing of sponsorship applications for parents and grandparents and an additional $69 million investment over two years to process citizenship applications faster.
We invested $20 million to conduct a review of the existing Citizenship Act. We allowed spouses and common-law partners of Canadian citizens and permanent residents, regardless of their status, to remain in Canada while their immigration application was being considered.
We allowed international students to work off campus while enrolled at an eligible post-secondary educational institute.
Why did I mention all of that? I wanted to illustrate that when a government identifies certain needs it must act upon those needs. It derives a plan, it implements actual initiatives and it enacts concrete steps.
Let us contrast that to what the minority Conservative government has done. Imprisoned by its ideology, short on ideas and void of a vision, it cancelled some of the previous initiatives and claimed to be a champion of immigration. Using the only method it could think of to solve a problem, the Conservatives offered to cut the landing fee by half and claimed that it was the solution to the challenge that many immigrants face.
I will admit that reducing the landing fees is a welcome relief for all new immigrants, and we support it, but that step offers no strategy and no solution to the short, medium and long term challenges that immigrants face. They also claim that they increased settlement services funding by $300 million and misled Canadians by suggesting that this was a new increase in funding. However, in reality it was a decrease from the overall dedicated funding that the previous government had allocated. Then they shamelessly claimed that they were helping immigrants with their foreign credentials.
Not only have they paralyzed the already created secretariat to assist immigrants, they chose to create a new phantom agency with a lot less money and no mandate.
The Prime Minister exploited the angst of many new Canadians and used, for his political expediency, his promise to fix the difficulties they face when they try to get their foreign trained skills accredited . Now many are wondering if that pledge was just another phony promise that has now been filed in some distant drawer.
I wish it would end with just unfulfilled promises or lack of a vision and a plan, but unfortunately the negligence is exacerbated by a negative attitude that the Conservatives have toward minorities and immigrants. It is not only what they have not done on this file to date; it gets worse when we examine what they have done.
One of the first actions of the Conservative government was to cancel the court challenges program. This relatively inexpensive program offered minor financial assistance to minorities and other groups to enable them to access the Supreme Court to test laws that may have discriminated against them.
The program had been highly successful in providing minorities or disadvantaged groups a voice and a process to ensure that any law that may have inadvertently neglected to consider their rights could be challenged and perhaps corrected.
In the 1980s, and I cannot believe this, immigrant women were not eligible to receive English as a second language training because they were not considered to be the breadwinner of the family. As such, it was thought that they did not need language training. The court challenges program corrected that.
Sikh students were not allowed to wear their kirpan, part of their religious tradition, to school. The court challenges program corrected that.
Tomorrow the Supreme Court will issue a ruling on the security certificate legislation, thanks to the court challenges program.
The opportunity offered to minorities to assert their rights has vanished, thanks exclusively to the Conservatives.
The Conservatives are also bent on making Canadians who hold dual citizenships feel guilty and are quite willing to question their loyalty.
Many of these Canadians are new to Canada and are proud of their new identity, but also cherish their roots and connections to other parts of the world. Many Canadians are offended that the Conservatives would consider their dual citizenship to be a sign of weak Canadian identity and have expressed their anxiety about the direction the Conservatives want our citizenship to take.
Speaking of citizenship, as we celebrate our country's 60th anniversary of the Citizenship Act, we have become aware of various flaws in both the 1947 and the 1977 legislation that have caused countless Canadians to lose their citizenship unexpectedly.
As Canadians learn more about this problem, we find that we have a minister who is dismissive of the challenge and unprepared to confront it. It is not like she did not acknowledge that we have fundamental weaknesses in our citizenship law. She admitted that in committee just this week. What is amazing is that she has no plan to address these weaknesses. In fact, her government cut a $20 million initiative that was started by the previous government to review the act and propose remedies.
How can we have any confidence in the seriousness of the government with respect to immigration and citizenship files when the minister has no plan to address these citizenship loopholes?
All of this incompetence is compounded with a negative historical attitude that is rampant among the Conservative benches. We frequently see glimpses of the Reform-Alliance ghost rear its ugly head and raise alarm levels among immigrants and Canadians.
Last spring, the Conservatives and the Prime Minister attempted to appoint a commissioner, to be in charge of all 6,000 government appointments, who is on the record as accusing immigrants of importing a culture of violence. He is also on the record as condemning Canadian multiculturalism.
These are the kinds of people our Prime Minister trusts to be fair and objective when it comes to selecting people for government-appointed roles at a time when many immigrants and minorities confront various challenges in finding equal access and representation in our society. It is very shameful.
I must take this opportunity to comment on what happened in this chamber yesterday during question period. What happened was an ugly and disgusting demonstration of how low the Prime Minister can go to try to score political points. He did not hesitate to perpetuate unsubstantiated allegations about a member of this House and his family without regard for facts. That was a shameful display of poor judgment and a willingness to tarnish our colleague's reputation, for cheap political points. I want to take this opportunity to repeat the numerous calls that were made in this House yesterday and urge the Prime Minister to apologize for his scandalous behaviour.
In closing, the Conservative government has offered no vision and no plan to help immigrants and new Canadians better integrate into Canadian society. It has done nothing to assist new Canadians in utilizing their skills to their maximum levels. It has refused to build on positive initiatives that were introduced by the previous government.
More importantly, Conservatives need to go a long way to alleviate the doubts Canadians have about their attitude toward minorities. Canadians want a government that is ambitious and is willing to confront challenges and offer a generous vision, not a lazy, simple-minded and ideological government.
Opposition Motion--Citizenship and Immigration
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:25 a.m.
Souris—Moose Mountain
Ed Komarnicki Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
Mr. Speaker, I find it astounding that the member for Mississauga—Erindale would bring forward a motion such as this when he knows full well that some of the problems that we are correcting and trying to do something about have arisen over the past 10 or 13 years, when I can count one, two, three, four, five, six different ministers in the Liberal opposition who have been at the helm. It was under that tenure that the backlog actually increased to 750,000 and now to 800,000, a backlog that we are reversing.
In addition to that, there was a freeze on settlement funding to help newcomers and immigrants with second language training and integration into our society. I wonder how the member and his party saw fit to vote against a $307 million allocation toward integration of newcomers into this country, when in fact the previous government, of which he was a part, froze funding for a decade and allowed people to attempt to deal with this issue without putting any money toward it.
Having said that, I find it remarkable that for the problems we face today, the member would try to suggest that somehow they did not originate from the 1990s, during which time the opposition was in power. Perhaps he can tell us why those members would not support the reduction of the permanent landing fee and in particular the allocation of $307 million, as well as $18 million for credential recognition, something the Liberals failed to do when they had 10 or 13 years and ample time to get the job done. They failed to do it.
Opposition Motion--Citizenship and Immigration
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:25 a.m.
Omar Alghabra Mississauga—Erindale, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rest my case. The hon. member did not listen to anything I said and in fact used rhetoric to make an accusation that was inaccurate.
I want to take this opportunity to repeat what the previous government had done and what the current government has abandoned: a $700 million investment over five years to improve the immigration system; $920 million over five years in a Canada-Ontario immigration agreement; $150 million to help internationally trained workers, in contrast to Conservatives' measly $18 million; a $69 million investment over two years to process citizenship applications faster; helping parents and grandparents expedite their immigration sponsorship faster; a $20 million investment to conduct a review of the existing Citizenship Act; allowing international students to work off campus while enrolled at an eligible post-secondary institution; and allowing spouses and common law partners of Canadian citizens and permanent residents, regardless of their status, to remain in Canada while their applications are being considered.
Opposition Motion--Citizenship and Immigration
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:25 a.m.
Chris Charlton Hamilton Mountain, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have always heard that the Liberals campaign from the left and govern from the right, but has that ever been thrown into sharp relief over the last few weeks in the House.
Earlier this week, the Liberals supported the NDP's call for a $10 minimum wage, but in government, the McGuinty Liberals in Ontario are doing everything they can to prevent that from happening.
Similarly, when the Liberals were in, government greenhouse gas emissions rose under their watch, but now that they are in opposition they are wrapping themselves in green scarves and are hoping that everyone will forget their record.
Today we have a motion before us that decries the immigration system as being woefully inadequate when it is the very system that the Liberals created when they were in government.
This is the same system that has made life a misery for refugee applicants like the Valencia family in my riding, who have been in Canada for over five years and are still in limbo about their future status. The same is true of the Castro family and the Orban family. These families deserve better. They deserve a timely decision so that their lives are not thrown into chaos when they have been here so long that their children's educational future hangs in the balance.
What about the foreign trained professionals we lure here with promises of jobs when they cannot get their credentials accredited?
I know the member for Mississauga—Erindale is new to the House, but how can he praise the so-called accomplishments of the last Liberal government when it is precisely the system that government created that has made the Canadian experience so disappointing for so many newcomers?
Opposition Motion--Citizenship and Immigration
Business of Supply
Government Orders
10:30 a.m.
Omar Alghabra Mississauga—Erindale, ON
Mr. Speaker, I understand what the hon. member is saying, but for the record I want to let her know that the lowest minimum wages in this country are in provinces that are governed by NDP governments.
Having said that, I also understand that she needed a podium to express her rhetorical position, but at the end of the day I know that she agrees with me and that she and her party will be supporting the motion that the Conservative government has not served immigrants in our country well and has no plan or vision to help new Canadian immigrants better integrate into our society.


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The final campaign finance reports came out for Congressional candidates late last week. Here are the final numbers for Western New York races. These amounts are from the Federal Election Commission and cover Jan. 1, 2011 to Nov. 26, 2012.
New York 25
U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter
Beginning balance: $215,374
Total received: $2.2 million
Total disbursements: $2.4 million

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 5, 2012) – Teams from five top universities sponsoring NCAA sand volleyball teams are set to participate in the Fourth Annual USA Volleyball Beach Collegiate Challenge on April 14-15 at Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Teams from the University of Southern California, Pepperdine, Loyola Marymount, Long Beach State, and Hawaii are scheduled to compete in the USAV Collegiate Challenge, which will be the final competition determining which school(s) will attend the team competition at the inaugural AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championship on April 27-29 in Gulf Shores, Fla.
"USAV is honored to have our annual Collegiate Challenge be the final and deciding competition heading into the inaugural National Championships," said Ali Wood Lamberson, USA Volleyball director of beach programs. "This will be a marquee event in the annual NCAA season. It is exciting to see so many of our former and current USAV Beach high performance athletes be a part of this new venture."
The USAV Beach Collegiate Challenge, which will take place at the Hermosa Beach Pier, will consist of two separate competition phases.
Saturday's competition will begin at 8 a.m. and will consist of a series of team-against-team dual competitions, where one school's five pairs will play one match against another's five pairs. This will count toward a school's win-loss record heading into the inaugural AVCA Collegiate National Championship.
Sunday's action will start at 9 a.m. and will consist of a flighted pairs competition with gold and silver divisions (the top 16 teams will compete in the gold division). Pairs will get ranking points based on their finish that will help them qualify for the pair competition of the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championships.
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Skip to comments.Milwaukee Mayor Beaten Bloody By Man With Lead Pipe
Posted on 08/17/2009 2:23:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is in the hospital after he was attacked by person using a metal pipe as he was leaving the Wisconsin State Fair. The Milwaukee Police Department said in a statement on Sunday that Barrett was in stable condition at a local hospital and was alert and talking when he arrived on Saturday night.
The statement says Barrett was leaving the state fair when he heard a woman crying out for help in the city of West Allis.
Police say Barrett began called 911 when the suspect who was attacking the woman charged at the mayor and began hitting him with a metal pipe. The suspect then fled the scene.
The woman was not injured, and police are still searching for the suspect.
it's a good thing the mayor didn't have a gun, otherwise the guy with the pipe could have gotten hurt..
So calling 911 in an emergancy helped stop the attack? No, it was a man's presence that saved the woman's life. I'm proud that he ran to her aid. A gun with him would have been very useful.
They darned well do know who committed this attack. After all, the woman was being beaten in a case of domestic abuse.
I'll bet that pipe wasn't registered!!!
Latest reports are that his injuries were quie severe, broken and missing teeth, very large cut on face and badly broken hand. Barrett is a pretty good guy for a dem. I seriously doubt his hand was broken punchng the guy. More likely it was a defensive wound.
Didnt this guy have police bodyguards? The mayor of Pittsburgh has bodyguards. But then again, he really needs them.
I hope the mayor heals quickly and they catch the perp and treat him with the same justice as anyone else who beats the mayor. (line stolen from either the Cincinnati or Hamilton County prosecutor whose car was stolen and when he asked if the thief would be treated differently he said "He will be treated exactly the same as anyone else stealing the prosecutor's car".)
...and I'll bet it wasn't lead!
Has anybody even made lead pipe for the last few decades?
Colonel Mustard in the Conservatory!
This story is old. The loser is already in custody.
The assailant had a long rap sheet. My suspicion is that now that a politician has been victimized the criminal justice system will finally decide it's time to put this guy away. Too bad the prior victims and the rest of us don't get such protection.
Okay, that's just sick.
Well, I'm guessing you've heard that a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged...
Lot of other politicians I'd love to see get a lead pipe to their skulls.
May even clear their logic malfunctions.
They are now saying that this could affect his gubernatorial run. If true, it's a devastating blow for the state Democrats. The Lt. Gov (Barbara Lawton) is a complete whack-job and couldn't run a lemonade stand if her life depended on it. The other Dems have no solutions. This is an easy pickup for Scott Walker. My condolences to Mayor Barrett, but hey, c'est la vie.
The Mayor had surgery on his hand today. The perp is in custody, Anthony J. Peters age 20. Thug. Obama Voter. OK, that's a guess, but I bet it's true. The Mayor has numerous injuries.
From the The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Mayor Barrett was released from the hospital today(Monday).
He lost several teeth in the attack, had a shattered hand that required a 3 hour surgery,got stitches in his head, had plastic surgery on his face for a cut that extended from his cheek to his nose.
"the assailant threatened to use a gun...and then punched the 55 year old mayor so hard in the stomach that he buckled...the man then told Barrett to lie face down on the ground." That is when the mayor fought back.
Thanks for the update. Need I ask if the beater was from the ROP?
tacticalogic wrote:
Has anybody even made lead pipe for the last few decades?
Yes they still make Lead Pipes. They are great as "cheater Bars" or "breaker bars", I buy them to use as an extension to the handles on my socket wrenches when I need more "Torque"
It's a cheap solution but they are nasty if they fall on you let alone get hit by one!
I use plain old mild steel pipe. Harder to form to the shape of the handle, but a lot easier to pick up with a magnet if I drop it down a hole.
So cheers to the Mayor and I hope he is better soon.
P.S. CCW. The life you save may be your own.
From one of the reports last night he sounded like your average young drunk punk.
"Anthony J. Peters, 20, was arguing with his ex-girlfriend's mother, whose cries for help were answered by the mayor. Telling his sister to take his two young daughters out of harm's way, Barrett confronted the man and tried to calm him. When Barrett took out his cell phone, Peters attacked him (with a pipe), authorities said. ...
West Allis Police Chief Mike Jungbluth described Peters as a "desperate man" who had threatened to shoot himself and others. He had taken a cell phone from the woman who was trying to protect her 1-year-old granddaughter from Peters, the girl's father, police said."
"Peters has been arrested after fights with the baby's mother before."
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- U.S. stocks gained Thursday as Akamai Technologies
The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to 1,584.82.
The stock market has gained 35% since the "dark days" of October 2011 when companies were reporting losses and gold appeared poised to double, Martin Leclerc , principal, chief investment officer and portfolio manager of Barrack Yard Advisors in Bryn Mawr, Pa. said in a phone interview.
"Since then, the stock market has become more of a darling but we tend to be skeptical when things look too optimistic," said Leclerc. "The bear market could be hibernating ... we won't know if it's dead until the market smashes through the old bull market high by 30% to 1,700, 1,800 on the S&P 500. There needs to be a decisive breakthrough of old highs."
The Labor Department reported that weekly initial jobless claims fell 16,000 to 339,000 in the week ended Apr. 20 and that the four-week moving average looking at longer-term trends decreased 4,500 to 357,500. Continuing claims fell 93,000 to 3 million in the week ended Apr. 13. Economists, on average, expected initial claims of 351,000 and continuing claims of 3.06 million.
Akamai Technologies surged 18% to $42.68 after the Internet content-delivery provider on posted stronger-than-forecast second-quarter guidance. Akamai was upgraded to "overweight" from "neutral" at JPMorgan after the report.
"It's really a market of stocks right now, not so much a stock market," Leclerc said, adding that big, cash-loaded technology companies with a free-cash-flow yield of 10% look attractive.
Cliffs Natural jumped 15% to $21.01 after the mining company reported better-than-estimated first-quarter earnings Wednesday and hiked its 2013 sales volume expectations to 21 million tons from its previous estimate of 20 million tons driven by increased pellet demand from U.S. customers.
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The Society for Economic Botany
Fostering research and education on the past, present, and future uses of plants by people.
Economic Botany 2008
The 49th Annual Meeting
June 1 - June 5, 2008
Symposium: Building Upon the Legacy of Botanical Education and Traditional Knowledge
Peter Raven
Missouri Botanical Garden
Hosted by: The Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University, North Carolina Botanical Garden at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the J. C. Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University
A day-long symposium will focus on the diverse roles gardens currently play in botanical education. We will look at how they can become more involved in classes and programs to preserve the future of botanical knowledge and research, and how they can better communicate the importance of plants in all aspects of human activities to a wide range of audiences from university and K-12 students to life-long learners. Economic botany and ethnobotany, which underscore the relevance and vital nature of plants in the full scope of past, present, and future human activities, are a good fit for new curricula that emphasize interdisciplinary studies. We will highlight how economic botany at the interface of human-plant interactions offers opportunity for new directions and greater versatility in botanical teaching and research. A key objective of the symposium will be to put the teaching and dissemination of botanical knowledge into historical perspective, characterize the changes in university curricula and programs today, elucidate how those changes are impacting the teaching of botany, delineate the challenges we face, and discuss how botanical gardens can embrace economic botany/ethnobotany to exhibit creative leadership for breathing new life into programs that will proactively shape a secure future for botany.
Local Organizing Committee
The 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany will be held at Duke University in Durham, NC, June 1-5, 2008. The meeting is sponsored by the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, the North Carolina Botanical Garden, and the J. C. Raulston Arboretum. Members of the local arrangements committee are Richard A. White, Peter White, Denny Werner, Robert Healy, and Mary Eubanks is the local arrangements chair.
The lead host institution will be Duke University where most of the activities will be held. Duke University currently enrolls 6,300 undergraduate and 4,500 graduate students representing almost every state and 75 foreign countries. The Sarah P. Duke Gardens, a premier public garden on 55 acres in the heart of the Duke University campus, is renowned for landscape design. Ellen Shipman, a pioneer in American landscape design, planned and directed the garden's construction. It is considered Shipman's greatest work and is recognized as a national architectural treasure. The Sarah P. Duke Gardens include the terraces, H. L. Blomquist Garden of Native Plants representing the flora of the southeastern United States, and the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. The opening reception on Sunday night and the Distinguished Economic Botanist dinner will be held in the Sarah Duke Gardens' Doris Duke Center.
The North Carolina Botanical Garden at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a leader in southeastern native plant conservation and education. Included in its collections and displays of 7,000 accessions (2,200 species) are natural habitat gardens, an acclaimed collection of carnivorous plants, as well as culinary, economic, medicinal, and poisonous plants, and a Native American garden. Peter White, Director of the North Carolina Botanical Garden, will host an evening event in the garden and lead a field trip to the Green Swamp.
The J. C. Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh is a nationally acclaimed garden with the most diverse collection of cold hardy temperate zone plants in the southeastern United States. The 8-acre arboretum is a research and teaching garden with over 5,000 taxa from 50 countries. Denny Werner, Director of the Raulston Arboretum will host the barbecue in the arboretum and lead a field trip to White Pines Nature Preserve in Chatham County.
Registration - On-line conference registration and payment over a secure web site is through Duke University Conference Services, which will also process mailed or faxed registrations. We can accept American Express, Discover Card, Master Card, Visa, cash, check, IRI, and institutional purchase orders. Contact Conference Services point for questions regarding events and/or registrations (firstname.lastname@example.com; phone 919-660-1760, Fax: 919-660-1769).
On-Campus - Campus Accomodations reservations are now closed.
The Millennium Hotel (2800 Campus Walk, Durham, NC 27705; Phone: 919-383-8575; www.millenniumhotels.com) is a full-service hotel that is relatively convenient to the Duke campus and offers shuttle service to and from campus and other places within 5 miles of the hotel for a one-time auxiliary fee.
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Symposium: Building a Legacy of Botanical Education and Traditional Knowledge
Symposium speakers will put the role of gardens in botanical education and conservation into historical perspective, focus on the diverse roles gardens currently play in botanical education, and propose ways gardens can become more involved in classes and programs to preserve the future of botanical knowledge, as well as improve communication about the importance of plants in all aspects of human activities to audiences ranging from university and K-12 students to life-long learners. Economic botany and ethnobotany underscore the relevance and vital nature of plants in the full scope of past, present, and future human activities. The subject is thus a good fit for innovative curricula and programs in 21st century education that emphasize interdisciplinary approaches to education. We will highlight how economic botany at the interface of human-plant interactions offers opportunity for new directions and greater versatility in botanical teaching and research.
The morning format will include a keynote presentation by Dr. Peter Raven, President of the Missouri Botanical Garden and Engelmaan Professor of Botany at Washington University. Dr. Raven is a renowned botanist and conservationist whose leadership has made the Missouri Botanical Garden one of the world's leading centers of plant conservation. Dr. Raven, has authored over 400 articles and 16 books, including the leading botany textbook Biology of Plants, which has been published in five languages. Dr. Raven, who has served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a member of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology, and Chairman of the National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration. In 1999, Time magazine recognized Dr. Raven as one of its "Heroes of the Planet" who has done extraordinary things to preserve and protect the environment. Dr. Raven's address will be followed by Dr. Michael Balick, New York Botanical Garden Vice President and Chair of Botanical Science Research and Training. Dr. Balick will talk about how he has employed urban ethnobotany to develop innovative teaching methods that give students first-hand ethnobotanical field experience in New York City. Dr. Robert Bye, Director Emeritus of the Botanical Garden of the Institute of Biology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and his collaborator Dr. Edelmira Linares will then provide an international perspective on botanical education. Dr. Bye's and Dr. Linares' educational programs and work with indigenous communities are an exemplar of how botanical gardens with their academic resources and conservation commitments can combine education, research, and community outreach to enhance in situ conservation and revitalize the indigenous knowledge base of native plant use. The morning session will conclude with a presentation by University of Hawaii Professor of Botany Will McClatchey. Dr. McClatchey has been instrumental in establishing the first BS degree offered in Ethnobotany in the United States. Dr. McClatchey will elaborate on the University of Hawaii's NSF-sponsored innovative "Segues to Science" initiative for enhancing undergraduate science education.
At the conclusion of the morning presentations the speakers will form a panel to address questions from the audience and facilitate discussion. There will be opportunity for members of the audience to further engage in small group dialogue at luncheon round tables led by symposium participants. The afternoon session focus will be on teaching courses in economic botany and ethnobotany, and it will be led by Dr. Gail Wagner. Five to six people who teach courses will make a 15 minute presentation of their course syllabi as a backdrop for engaging the audience in feed-back and discussion about teaching.
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Biocultural Diversity in the Land of the Cherokee; May 29-June 1
Meet in Asheville, NC for a 3-day field trip that starts with a drive to Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, an old growth 13,000-acre forest in the Southern Appalachians on May 30. This amazing forest has 450-year-old trees with a circumference greater than 20 feet. We'll spend the day talking about the cultural influences that made this forest what it is along with the unique and diverse flora of the region. After the day in Joyce Kilmer, drive to Cherokee for a Cherokee foods picnic dinner followed by a visit to the casino in the evening. The second day of the field trip will take us to Oconaluftee Indian Village, a replica of life as a Cherokee person in the 18th century. The tour will be led by Cherokee people who will discuss and demonstrate various aspects of Cherokee life including spirituality, medicine, basketry, hunting, and governance,. After a brief picnic on the mountain, we'll visit the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. Both exhibits have benefited recently from a cultural revitalization movement. In the evening, sit back and enjoy a Cherokee storyteller at dinner. On the third morning, visit 'Talking Trees', part of a Cherokee language interpretive walk in the Oconaluftee Riverside Park, travel by van to the SEB conference at Duke University.
May 29th - Participants arrive at Asheville Regional airport and catch a shuttle to the motel (group rates negotiated). A contact information sheet will be presented to each party arriving-participants will be asked to check in with Karen Hall upon arrival.
May 30th - Vans will pick participants up at 8:30 and drive to Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. Lunch will be provided (Box lunches in vans) for this ~3 hour drive due to arrive around lunchtime. Dr. Hall will present a walking tour of the park covering the biological/cultural history including a theory of the big trees' size related to Native American influence. After a tour of this area, we will drive back to Cherokee where we'll stay at the Pioneer motel. Dinner will be a collective cookout (included) in the picnic area associated with this motel on the banks of the Oconaluftee River. If folks wish, we'll visit the casino this evening. In addition to the gambling, there is a fine exhibit of Cherokee arts and crafts distributed throughout the attached convention center.
May 31st - Breakfast (on your own), then proceed on to the Oconaluftee Indian Village (http://www.cherokee-nc.com/oconaluftee_intro.php). This replica 18th century village is a guided walking tour through Cherokee history and culture led by Cherokee people. Following the tour, folks may either walk back through the living exhibit and talk to Cherokee people or exit the tour and walk through the Cherokee Gardens above the exhibit, designed by landscape architect Doan Ogden, but incorporating many of the plants in use by the Cherokee. Box lunches (included) will be provided at the picnic center slightly lower down this beautiful mountain. Following lunch, visit the Museum of the Cherokee Indian (www.cherokeemuseum.org), associated gift shop and Qualla Arts and Crafts, an artists' cooperative. In the evening, drive to dinner (included) at the Fryemont Inn and be treated to a presentation by a Cherokee storyteller.
June 1st - In the morning, make a brief stop at the Oconaluftee River Park. This park, situated in the middle of the River, has a series of 'talking trees'. Names of trees can be heard spoken in Cherokee and in English. After this, proceed to Duke University, stopping for lunch (on your own) on the way.
Land Use and Research History of the Duke Forest, Sunday June 1, 2-5 PM
Sturdy shoes and raingear are recommended for short walks over gentle terrain.
Tobacco: The Plant the Built Durham (and Duke), June 5, 9AM-1PM
During the last quarter of the 19th century, Durham was one of the fastest growing and most prosperous cities in the South. Its economy was based on the growing, selling and manufacture of Carolina Gold, the mild, flue cured tobacco characteristic of the North Carolina and Virginia Piedmont. The most powerful of all the families associated with the tobacco industry was the Dukes, who at one time controlled 90 percent of the U.S. cigarette market. This tour drives through Durham's old downtown, where the now closed tobacco factories show new life as apartments and offices. We spend the morning at Duke Homestead, a North Carolina Historic Site, which includes the Duke's 1870s tobacco farm and a museum on the history of tobacco and the tobacco industry. Finish with a picnic lunch at the Homestead.
SEEDS, Inc., June 5, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM
Come and see how a local nonprofit teaches gardening and food practices.
White Pines Nature Preserve, June 5, 8 AM-2:30 PM
The 258-acre White Pines Nature Preserve is at the confluence of the Deep River and Rocky River in Chatham County, North Carolina. It is home to federally endangered plant and fish species and is the most biologically significant property of the Triangle Land Conservancy. The preserve has several stands of white pines, a tree normally found in the cooler climate of the mountains. Some are over 150 years old and more than 30 inches in diameter. The forest is also host to the Catawba rhododendron, 200-year-old beech trees, many wild flowers, and 55 species of birds. It will take one hour to drive from Duke to the site. We will stop for lunch in Pittsboro and arrive back at Duke around 2:30.
Organic Farm Tour, June 5, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
The tour includes stops at two farms and a biofuels facility. The first stop will be at Peregrine Farms, a small 5-acre farm that grows a wide variety of vegetables and flowers. Owners Alex and Betsy Hitt were awarded the Patrick Madden national sustainable agriculture farmers of the year award in 2006 representing the southern region. From Debbie Roos' Growing Small Farms website… "When they began farming in 1981, the Hitts cultivated five acres and set a goal of going smaller without sacrificing income. Over the years, they have reduced acreage and labor by improving their soil with cover crops, concentrating on high-value crops that grow well in the area, and direct marketing through the Carrboro Farmers' Market and Weaver Street Market, a cooperative grocery store. Each acre returns a minimum of $20,000 annually, while four high-tunnel greenhouses bring in at least $1,000 per crop. The Hitts embrace their small scale, growing 80 varieties of 23 vegetables along with 164 varieties of cut flowers on just three acres. Betsy, who concentrates on the flower half of the farm, says Canterbury Bells and lisianthus draw the most customers due to their clear bright colors and long vase life."
We will also visit the site of Piedmont Biofuels Industrial. Piedmont Biofuels' mission is to lead the grassroots sustainability movement in North Carolina by using and encouraging the use of clean, renewable biofuels. The organization offers a variety of valuable services to the community: they produce and sell 100% biodiesel fuel to members throughout the Triangle region. They also design and build biodiesel reactors for clients across the U.S. Piedmont Biofuels' staffers created the biodiesel program at the Pittsboro campus of Central Carolina Community College, where students can learn about all aspects of biodiesel production. Piedmont Biofuels' staff also travels around the country lecturing to groups interested in renewable energy. In the fall of 2006, Piedmont Biofuels opened up their new commercial biodiesel plant with the capacity to produce one million gallons of biodiesel. Their goal is to be able to produce/collect feedstocks from within 100 miles of Pittsboro, and to distribute the fuel out to that same 100 miles. Piedmont Biofuels Industrial is one of the demonstration sites for a Pollinator Conservation and Biodiversity project led by Chatham County extension agent Debbie Roos. We will see how the Piedmont Biofuels lawn was replaced with mostly native plants that attract pollinators. We will also hear about the area's thriving organic agriculture community from Debbie, who has one national awards for her website (http://www.growingsmallfarms.org) and her outreach and support of the producers.
Green Swamp Preserve, June 5, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Easy hike in gentle terrain.
Google Earth for Ethnobotanists, Thursday June 5, 9:30-11:30 AM
Dr. Kim Bridges, Department of Botany, University of Hawaii, will lead this workshop in cooperation with the Duke University Office of Information Technology in the OIT teaching classroom. The workshop will be a hands-on experience with Google Earth. Demonstrations and exercises start with the basic features of Google Earth and extend to a variety of tasks that are helpful to ethnobotanists.
Ethnobotanical Laboratory Activities, Thursday June 5, 1:00 - 4:00 PM
The workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to learn hands-on teaching techniques that can be coordinated directly into their classrooms. Participants will have the option of rotating through interactive teaching technique stations where they will leave the station with the ability, and in some cases materials, to apply the technique in the classroom. For example, one station might demonstrate how to use a talking book in the field with illiterate children to introduce them to medicinal plants common in their area. The station coordinator would then aid the group in assembling their own individual books, so they understand how to employ the technique in their own educational setting. Another station might show participants an interactive technique to introduce the theory or Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) to their students.
Station coordinators will be competitively selected to present a technique that would work with students from the K-12 to the graduate educational level. Criteria for selection to present a station will be based on usefulness of technique to given audience, applicability to ethnobotany, and feasibility to present and demonstrate technique in 45 minutes. Participants will rotate through each of the 5 stations. Each coordinator will have approximately 45 minutes with each group of participants as they rotate throughout the stations. To learn more about this workshop or if you are interested in being a station coordinator, please contact Dr. Lyons.


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PUC will consider appointment for Nehls water tower commission
NEW ULM – The New Ulm Public Utilities will meet today at 5 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall.
The PUC will consider selecting one of its member to serve on the Nehls Park Elevated Storage Tank Aesthetics Committee. The Committee will consist of four members from each associated local committee: the PUC, the City Council, the Park and Recreation Commission and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
The Committee will be responsible for selecting the design aspects of the new water tower, which is being built to replace the failing Hermann Heights water tower and to supply improved water needs for the New Ulm hilltop area. The meetings for the new committee will be set after the representatives from each organization are selected.
The PUC will also officially appoint its members and select members to serve on City boards and commissions, including the Energy Awareness Committee, Personnel Committee and the Long Term Power Committee.
In addition, the PUC will consider declaring several pieces of electronic equipment for the PUC's subordinate departments surplus property.
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Indians sign Shoppach for Clippers
The Columbus Dispatch - August 30, 2013 01:32 PM
The Cleveland Indians signed veteran catcher Kelly Shoppach to a minor-league contract today and assigned him to the Clippers.
Shoppach, 33, signed with the Seattle Mariners in the off-season and spent the first two and a half months of the season with Seattle where he hit .196 with three home runs and nine RBI in 35 games before being released on June 20.
He also has played for Syracuse (Washington) and Indianapolis (Pittsburgh) in the International League this season.
Shoppach played for the Indians organization for four seasons from 2006-09 after being acquired from the Boston Red Sox in January of 2006.
Cleveland reportedly wants to add a catcher when major league rosters expand on Sunday. Clippers catchers Omir Santos and Roberto Perez are non-roster candidates for the job. With his prior connection to Cleveland, Shoppach might join the field.


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Issue Brief #3756 on Caribbean
October 19, 2012
October 19, 2012 | Issue Brief on Caribbean
The historically pro-American multilateral organization known as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been struggling for decades to form a regional "Single Market and Economy" (CSME) to integrate the disparate islands and sub-continental economies of the Caribbean Basin into a common market based on sound democratic institutions and pro-market policies. The obstacles to this integration have been plentiful, but none has been as daunting in recent years as the assault on free enterprise in the Caribbean mounted by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Since taking power in 1999, Chavez has been enticing and outright bribing member countries to join instead his own statist regional creations: the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas (ALBA) and "PetroCaribe." The U.S. should strongly support market democracy and free enterprise in the Caribbean while simultaneously encouraging CARICOM to reject and withdraw from ALBA and PetroCaribe.
CSME: The Long and Winding Road
CARICOM emerged in 1962 from a federation of former British colonies. The foundation was first set in 1968 with the Caribbean Free Trade Association, whose first members included Antigua, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana. Since then, 11 additional members have joined the group. They vowed to form a political and economic union as well as a common market that would play an integral role in their future development. In the subsequent four decades, CARICOM moved toward greater integration, adopting the plan to create the CSME in 2001.
Since then, however, progress has slowed. The failure in the 1990s of the U.S.-led effort to create a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) contributed to the CSME stalemate, which was reconfirmed at a meeting of CARICOM heads of government in July 2012.
Along this bumpy road to integration, the United States has extended an encouraging hand. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan announced the Caribbean Basin Initiative, which unilaterally lowered duties and tariffs on goods imported into the U.S. from the Caribbean nations. Since 1984, this initiative has been made permanent under U.S. law, and it currently holds a waiver on preferential treatment in the World Trade Organization (WTO) until 2014.
A Caribbean single market would have significant benefits for its members. The free movement of labor, capital, and goods would allow economies to diversify—a goal of increasing consequence for Caribbean economies that are dependent on single exports such as oil or bananas. A single and open market would also improve efficiency. This is particularly important because of the very nature of CARICOM, a sparsely populated amalgamation of small island economies.
A single market would also increase economic freedom. Harmonization of laws and regulations, standardization of business practices, and creation of a Common External Tariff would permit easier negotiation of future bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements. Governance in these Caribbean nations would also improve, turning around declines in economic freedoms that have been registered since 2006.
Snake-Oil Exports from Hugo Chavez
While Caribbean leaders have done themselves no favors with their foot-dragging and mismanagement of CSME implementation over the past two decades, the impact of Chavez's aggressive and fundamentally dishonest campaign of "oil diplomacy" has done much greater damage and has undermined the possibilities and incentives for full CSME integration.
A long-time opponent of capitalism and free-markets, Chavez has bankrolled the political campaigns of many leftists in the region. His "Bolivarian" programs of foreign aid and lavish subsidies—under the pretense of fighting poverty—are really just ruses to increase CARICOM countries' dependency on Caracas.
Marketed as a replacement for the failed U.S. FTAA effort, ALBA is a regional political and trading bloc that includes CARICOM members Antigua, Dominica, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It is meant to reduce members' dependence on the U.S. Trade within the bloc has grown from $1.6 billion in 2004 to $5.8 billion in 2010.[1]
ALBA is twinned with PetroCaribe, a scheme to provide subsidized petroleum loans to 18 Caribbean nations through which Venezuela promises to finance up to 50 percent of the cost of the oil over a 25-year period. In practice, however, PetroCaribe is far different, dishonestly and deceptively allowing leftist leaders in beneficiary countries to deploy the program's many vote-buying benefits up front through "creative financing" arrangements and initial concessional terms that dump the bulk of loan repayments on future generations.
Through PetroCaribe, populist leaders have been able to fund comparatively generous packages of social benefits through official government channels while also diverting some PetroCaribe proceeds and using them for their private re-election campaigns.
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua is a particularly egregious example. Using proceeds from PetroCaribe, he has bought votes by showering constituents with social programs and party giveaways. As if that weren't enough, a private holding company called "Albansia" that is controlled by Ortega's inner circle has been able to profit from asset purchases using Venezuelan funds.[2] As Venezuela expert Javier Corrales argues, PetroCaribe and other aid from Chavez "consists mostly of unaccountable financing of campaigns, unelected social movements, business deals, and even political patronage by state officials" that allows leaders like Ortega to enrich themselves and further entrench their own political power.[3]
Over the years, PetroCaribe has increased the dependence of the 15 participating CARICOM members on Venezuelan oil imports and morphed into the largest single source of concessional finance in the Caribbean region[4]—adding to the burden, for example, of Jamaica's already out-of-control $1.9 billion sovereign debt. These programs not only undermine open markets, but also help to draw regional countries into a Venezuelan voting bloc that could oppose the U.S. and join Venezuela in strategic alliances with Iran, Russia, and China.
U.S. Should Pivot to Its Own Backyard
While the Obama Administration has touted its "pivot" toward Asia in recent years, it has failed to address CARICOM's problems in America's own backyard. The Obama Administration and Congress should take the lead in pushing back against Chavez by:
U.S. Should Support Growth
For CARICOM to grow, it needs to embrace open trade and free markets, not a policy throwback to the protectionism and failed import substitution policies of a bygone era. By supporting sound economic policy initiatives such as the CSME, the U.S. can lead the way for the nations of CARICOM to claim a better seat at the global economic table.
—James M. Roberts is Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth and Ryan Olson is Research assistant in the Center for International Trade and Economics at The Heritage Foundation.
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[1]Editorial, "Latin American Integration," The Economist, November 26, 2011, http://www.economist.com/node/21540319 (accessed October 18, 2012).
[2]Jean-Michel Caroit, "Flush With Chávez Petro-Dollars, Nicaragua's Ortega Eyes Controversial Third Term," Le Monde, November 4, 2011, http://www.worldcrunch.com/flush-ch-vez-petro-dollars-nicaragua-s-ortega-eyes-controversial-third-term/world-affairs/flush-with-ch-vez-petro-dollars-nicaragua-s-ortega-eyes-controversial-third-term/c1s4043/ (accessed October 5, 2012).
[3]Javier Corrales. "Using Social Power to Balance Soft Power: Venezuela's Foreign Policy," The Washington Quarterly, October 2009, pp. 97–114.
[4]Norman Girvan, "ALBA, PetroCaribe and Caricom: Issues in a New Dynamic," May 8, 2008, http://www.normangirvan.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/alba-petrocaribe-and-caricom1.pdf (accessed August 27, 2012).


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PA ballerina dances into retirement06/15/2012
by Lisa Thomas-Laury 6ABC January 12, 2012 The Pennsylvania Ballet is saying goodbye to one of the best dancers in the business. The Ballet's principal ballerina is retiring next month. Born in Havana, Cuba, Riolama Lorenzo began her ballet training with her mother at age 14.... More
Photo Of The Day: Pennsylvania Ballet Dancers at The Comcast Center06/15/2012
Allison Stadd Uwishunu December 7, 2011 The Comcast Center Holiday Spectacular, a Philadelphia holiday favorite, includes new and enchanting scenes from George Balanchine's The Nutcracker performed by the renowned Pennsylvania Ballet, filmed this past October. The... More
Tis The Season06/15/2012
by Jillian Mele NBC Philadelphia December 17, 2011 Jillian Mele gets an exclusive look behind the scenes at the Pennsylvania Ballet. Watch the video at NBCPhiladelphia.com.
A Prince of a Part06/15/2012
by Michael Elkin Jewish Exponent December 14, 2011 At Lucas Tischler's Bar Mitzvah this February at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel, will they be doing the Macarena or a pas de deux? Why not both: The proudly Jewish Elkins Park youngster is high on Haftorah and ballet leaps... More
PA Ballet's 'The Nutcracker'06/15/2012
By Pat CiarrocchiCBS PhillyDecember 14, 2011 It's the holiday season, and George Balanchine's The Nutcracker is at the Academy of Music now through New Year's Eve. With its score by Tchaikovsky and the performance by the elite dancers of the Pennsylvania Ballet, The... More


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Skip to comments.Bunnies implicated in the demise of Neanderthals
Posted on 03/04/2013 11:15:00 AM PST by BenLurkin
Now, John Fa of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in Trinity, Jersey, says Neanderthals eventually bit the dust because they were unable to adapt their hunting to small animals like rabbits.
Fa and his colleagues counted up the skeletons of animals found in three excavation sites in Spain and southern France. Up until 30,000 years ago, the remains of large animals such as deer were abundant in caves. But around that time, coinciding with the disappearance of Neanderthals, rabbit remains became more prevalent. The authors postulate that humans were more successful at switching to catching and eating rabbits.
It's not clear why Neanderthals would have had more trouble changing prey, says Fa. They may have been less able to cooperate. Rather than using spears, early humans probably surrounded a warren and flushed out rabbits with fire, smoke or dogs. But Bruce Hardy of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, says Fa takes the interpretation too far. Humans may have eaten more rabbits than Neanderthals, but neither would have exclusively eaten meat, he says.
The question might be settled by what Fa says is his next project: studying the isotopes in the bones of hominins from this region, which may differ according to what they ate.
(Excerpt) Read more at newscientist.com ...
No comment from me ping.
"Humans may have eaten more rabbits than Neanderthals"
Wonder what a Neanderthal tastes like.
Them bunnies be some vicisous bastards they are.
I *warned* you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you *knew*, didn't you? Oh, it's just a harmless little *bunny*, isn't it?
Run away! Run away!
Ancestors of Jimmah Carter?
Thus endeth the great "Duck season!/ Wabbit season!" debate.
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Too busy looking at the centerfolds to hunt and gather?
They could have used the holy hand grenade of Antioch.
Missed it by less than a minute.
>>Wonder what a Neanderthal tastes like.
If there had been Neanderthals in Indonesia when Barack was growing up, he'd know.
And thus the story of the Eater Bunny was born.
Well played sir. Well played indeed!
I seem to recall some nut who is writing a story about killer rabbits...
Catching Bunnies is simple!
I'd eat that...
Vegan is an Algonquin word for lousy hunter.
"They may have been less able to cooperate. Rather than using spears, early humans probably surrounded a warren and flushed out rabbits with fire, smoke or dogs."
No common sense what so every.
We can all have a lot of fun with this nonsense. But, of course, Neanderthals never actually existed. If there ever were any "other kinds of humans," they would have been explained in Genesis. Also: 30,000 years ago? The Earth has not been here nearly that long!
Yeah...go figure. I'm actually supposed to be working. Or rather, paying attention to the training class I'm in.
Neanderthals were too stupid to hunt rabbits (and other small game) or food? They deserve to be extinct if that is true. Perhaps they were just too lazy to have to bag twenty four pound rabbits to replace one eighty pound deer. Again, if so they deserve to be extinct.
I seem to remember P.J. O'Rourke writing about the "famine" in the Horn of Africa. He mentioned driving by corn fields and pastures with cattle, sheep, and goats in them and remarking that stuff looked like food to him. (The "famines" were caused by the war lords, i.e., politicians throughout the region.)
I also remember my fifth grade teacher telling the class about the German's reaction to the heavy infusion of American grain to Europe after World War II. "Corn ist fur schwein!" A lot of Germans refused to eat corn because Germans fed corn to pigs! They apparently would rather be hungry than to eat grits or cornbread. They were too stupid to survive and likely only did so because the U.S. State Deparment switched to shipping wheat instead of corn.
When I was little visiting my grandparents in Ohio, they served rabbit that my grandfather had hunted. I thought I would die.
Between hunting, gardening, canning, and making wine from their grapes, they did not spend much on food. They had a pond nearby for fish. They traded with a neighbors for chicken, beef, eggs, cheese and milk.
They loved their lifestyle and neighbors in the country. My grandfather was a meter reader and one of the few in their town to keep a job through the depression. My grandparents supplied the church with wine for services and fed a lot of people in the congregation. Grandma said it was like fish and loaves. She has no idea how they produced and provided so much food.
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I'm with you on this! I just recently had my home painted the faintest grey and it reads white with a little bit of tint. I love that I can change anything else in the room and the paint still look good. Also, I find it to be very fresh and calming.ReplyDelete
I agree! I like the look of colored walls but in my home I like white. What is or are your favorite whites?ReplyDelete
Love this post and love white walls. Mine are white and I am not decorating others homes, just love white walls in my little, bitty, house!ReplyDelete
I totally agree! I absolutely love white walls. On my own home, I have a lot of barely there whites but if I were to do it all over I would do a brighter shade all throughout.ReplyDelete
My living room walls are white-ish, and I really love it. It's really clean looking and like you said, you open to a lot more options for styling.ReplyDelete
I totally agree. We're in the process of lightening our entire house. While we haven't gone pure white on the walls we are using very light grays and it is amazing how our furniture and accessories look so much more important and special against the light backdrop.
I know what you mean. Colour can be overwhelming. I personally prefer a very dainty dove grey, as it sets off all other colours perfectly. White would be a close second.ReplyDelete
This is exactly where I am right now! Do you have any recommendations for a great white? Who would have thought white would be so hard?ReplyDelete
I just decided to paint my walls white this past week. After noticing like a bajillion of white-walled Pinterest images I decided to finally do it. I second StubbsFamily for a good white recommendation.
Also, I think the first photo is from here: http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/weekendlivingsecondhome/east-hampton-summer-home_ss1.html
And the last photo, I believe, is part of The Veranda "House of Windsor" showcase, designed by Tara Shaw. For some reason it isn't listed in her online design portfolio.
I too love white walls but almost by accident! We live in our investment property (meaning we will move out in the near future and it's not our forever home) and it has tons of vaulted ceilings. As a first-time home owner, I was thrilled with the opportunity to finally paint our walls! Long story short, we left the walls white and I came to the same realizations as you---white walls are a blank canvas and let you go all out on color and pattern.ReplyDelete
I adore color, but for the big spaces at home I prefer a more neutral canvas. Right now our rental has fifty-shades-of-brown, but we have leave to paint however we want. I went wild in the powder room with My Color by Pantone Ocean Depths. That said, I'm looking at a light, silvery grey for the great room, entry/hall and a slightly warmer greige for the kitchen/dining/stairwell very soon. Well, springtime soon - it's 24 degrees outside, so its not like I can open the windows to air out the paint smell!ReplyDelete
I used to find that I immediately wanted some color on my walls (even if a very muted shade); however I'm finding that's changing. We are in a rental home this year where it really didn't make sense for me to paint walls, and I really don't mind the white, I'm actually finding that I like it. One exception is in our master--I love a cozy dark color on our bedroom walls!ReplyDelete
Love white walls when the house is filled with interesting things. When you're still working on curating a good collection (AKA POOR! Hehehe) it's cheap and easy to make your home interesting with paint. I had a turquoise color in our newlywed home (named Jamaica Bay, after our honeymoon) and that's all anyone ever cared about. (My poor, beautiful couch!)ReplyDelete
Your theory is spot-on. I remember when I worked with clients all day long, even my own home looked too busy to my eyes and brain, so white is a place for the eye to rest!! Good post with great examples of what you are talking about!
I like white walls in theory, but in practice I much prefer color. If you don't have tons of natural light, you need the liveliness of colored walls. Color keeps everything cohesive, what might otherwise look like a total hodgepodge is given continuity. It's like a big bow around all your stuff.
Plus I like that it forces me to stick to a color palette. Otherwise I'd go broke buying completely new accessories every season. My guest room is a pale cucumber green and it's way too neutral for me - I haven't even finished decorating it and am already thinking about going in a different direction. My dark turquoise living room, on the other hand, I'm happily able to keep with my original concept.
But yeah, if I lived somewhere with lots of natural light, I might be singing another tune.
You make me want to paint my walls white! Do you have a favorite white paint? There are so many options it's overwhelming!ReplyDelete
I'm moving within the next year and really want to lighten my spaces up in my next house. I would love to know what whites you prefer.ReplyDelete
And I am the opposite. I love color on my walls. White woodwork. Although this then requires a certain amount of white and cream in the rest of the room. I think you're either all in or all out with white walls. I grew up in a white walled house and craved to control the colors. And it's a good thing to know exactly what it is that makes you happy. And I'm happy if you are.
I'm curious about your favorite whites as well. I'm usually partial to color in my own house, but My Dad likes white walls. His whole house is white and my mom, who LOVES color, always says I should make him paint (being that I'm the designer of the family). It's quite the funny dynamic! I keep telling her I'd never do that because its not his style and I think white can look awesome, but sometimes I wonder if a different white would be better. I'd love to hear your favs.ReplyDelete
Loving the white. It's fresh. I am very changeable so it's working well for me right now.ReplyDelete
I'm with you 100 percent! I used a lot of saturated color and pattern in my little girl's nursery and was SO sick of it by the time she was two! When I designed her big girl room, I made sure all of my major pieces were white, so that I didn't tire of them easily. If I need a change, I can easily switch out the pillows and other accessories. Plus, white is just so fresh and clean looking. I love it!ReplyDelete
Oh, I really think I agree. I'm realizing that all of my favorite inspiration rooms are white. And all of the photos you posted are gorgeous! I love the contrast of an off-white against bright white trim. I'm about to repaint my green kitchen and family room an oatmealish shade.ReplyDelete
we just picked out our white paint today to paint the living area and kitchen white! I have to admit though, picking out white paint might be one of the hardest color decisions ever...there are so many shades of white!ReplyDelete
I totally agree! When we moved into our house we painted it a beige/grey that I love, but after a day full of color from clients and blogs I wish I had white. Thinking about changing some rooms out... the hubs will like that! HA!ReplyDelete
Could you post some pictures of your living room as a whole? I think I have a similar room layout and would love to see how you did it, but can't tell from the vignette pictures. Would love to see what it looks like all together!!
I'm loving white walls more and more (especially with a touch of black) and your inspiration photos make me want to paint everything white! Again!ReplyDelete
Kristin, I totally agree! I love having a blank canvas to work with, and can find choosing a color so much more intimidating than starting with white and layering in different colors, patterns, and textures.
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