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The Harper Government™ guts the environment
Rabble poll: Harper's war against the environment continues
Harper deals threaten human rights and the environment in Canada and China, by Maude Barlow
Budget 2012: Good for Big Oil, bad for people and the environment, by Andrea Harden-Donahue
Conservative budget levies frontal assault on environment, First Nations, by Andy Crosby and Crystel Hajjar
On the environment, Canada is a rogue state, by Murray Dobbin
How the Conservatives stole environmental protection, by Elizabeth May
The single biggest assault on environmental law was tabled last Thursday morning in the House – to nary a whimper. No front page headlines. No media interviews for Opposition parties for the major networks. True, we will likely hear more outrage as people wade through the 428 page Budget Implementation Bill, C-38. But, for now, the Harper Conservatives have stolen environmental protection in plain sight....
It had never been mentioned that the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act was to be repealed; and that an entirely new act of 67 pages would be tucked in to the Budget Act. No longer will there be predictable "triggers" for federal reviews. And if there ever is another federal review, it will only examine "environmental effects" of a very limited nature — fish and migratory birds; that's it.
The Harper Conservatives have tried to construct the narrowest possible view of federal Constitutional responsibilities for the environment, and ceded all else to the provinces. The words, covering all the environmental effects to be reviewed in any future EA – "within the legislative authority of Parliament" – never appeared in the previous Act. The same words appear in section 4, the Purposes of the Act, "to protect the components of the environment that are within the legislative authority of Parliament from significant environmental effects caused by a designated project."
None of this was described in advance. It creates a new bizarre environmental assessment law....
It is a wholesale re-writing of all areas of federal jurisdiction over the natural environment.
Bill C-38, introduced in the House last week, calls itself, innocuously, "An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 29, 2012 and other measures." The bill does implement certain budget provisions, it is true: for example, the controversial changes to Old Age Security. But "and other measures" rather understates matters — to understate the matter.
The bill runs to more than 420 pages. It amends some 60 different acts, repeals half a dozen, and adds three more, including a completely rewritten Canadian Environmental Assessment Act....
The environmental chapters are the most extraordinary. Along with the new Act, they give cabinet broader power to override decisions of the National Energy Board, shorten the list of protected species, and abolish the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act — among "other measures." For much of this the first public notice was its inclusion in the bill.
So this is not remotely a budget bill, despite its name. It is what is known as an omnibus bill. If you want to know how far Parliament has fallen, how little real oversight it now exercises over government, this should give you a clue....
Not only does this make a mockery of the confidence convention, shielding bills that would otherwise be defeatable within a money bill, which is not: It makes it impossible to know what Parliament really intended by any of it. We've no idea whether MPs supported or opposed any particular bill in the bunch, only that they voted for the legislation that contained them. There is no common thread that runs between them, no overarching principle; they represent not a single act of policy, but a sort of compulsory buffet.
To be sure, a government with a majority would likely have little difficulty passing them separately, so obediently do MPs now submit to the party whip. But there is something quite alarming about Parliament being obliged to rubber-stamp the government's whole legislative agenda at one go.
Moreover, it utterly eviscerates the committee process, until now regarded as one of the last useful roles left to MPs. How can one committee, in this case Finance, properly examine all of these diverse measures, with all of the many areas of expertise they require, especially in the time allotted to them?...
But the increasing use of these omnibills extends Parliament's powerlessness in all directions: it has become, if you will, omnimpotent — a ceremonial body, little more. What is worse, it cannot even seem to rouse itself to its own defence.
NUPGE: Omnibus budget bill will dismantle federal environmental policy
The NDP said the changes to environmental rules are "reckless" and more far-reaching than the government had previously let on.
"It's hard to grasp the audacity of the Harper government when it comes to the environment," said NDP environment critic Megan Leslie, adding that Ottawa will be "rubber-stamping" pipeline approvals in the future.
"Bill C-38 repeals the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) and replaces it with an entirely new act with a very narrow, limited approach," says Green Party Leader, Elizabeth May. "CEAA will no longer assess impacts on bears, caribou, beavers, forests and more. Only impacts relating to fish, aquatic species and migratory birds will be considered."
Of the 400 pages in this omnibus budget bill, 150 of them deal with environmental regulations and policy. Critics say such sweeping changes should not be rushed through.
"It is an affront to democracy to bury such far-reaching changes to laws Canadians depend upon to help protect our environment in the budget implementation bill in order to avoid public scrutiny," Greenpeace spokesman Keith Stewart wrote in an email.
Budget Implementation Act is Gutting of Environmental Laws in Disguise
"Most of Bill C-38 has nothing to do with fiscal matters or what a budget is supposed to do. Instead, it attacks environmental legislation, amending the Environmental Assessment Act, the Fisheries Act, the Species at Risk Act, and repealing the Kyoto Implementation Act, along with cancelling the National Round Table on Environment and Economy," said [Elizabeth] May.
Putting all this in the Budget Implementation Act (Bill C-38) means that none of the environmental laws being changed will ever go to the Environment Committee or be examined by environmental experts.
"This should have been called the 'we don't care about the environment' act," said May.
Podcast: Harper budget a disaster for the environment. Interview with Gwen Barlee, policy director for the Wilderness Committee.
Just saw on CBC that the Cons are limiting debate on the bill - especially the environment sections.Elizabeth May on Facebook: There we go: Time allocation moved today on C-38. The Harper conservatives have moved to limit debate on the destruction of Canada's environmental laws.
Jobs for Friends of the Conservative Party since 2006 Quite a few cushy job slots for Mulroney era hacks and current hangers on to environmental roundtables and patronage appointments galore.
The Patronage List tracks Crown appointments announced biweekly in the Canada Gazette and published regularly in the Orders-in-Council. It does not include reappointments, or appointments filled by civil servants, military officers, judges, etc. In this way, it tracks only those jobs which are given to those outside of government, theoretically on the basis of merit.You get on the list when you appear to have a connection to the Conservative Party of Canada or its provincial allies - the Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Atlantic PC parties, the ADQ, the Saskatchewan Party, and the BC Liberal Party.
The environment is pretty well screwed with these corporate-friendly appointments.
What gets me is this was all predicted before Harper won his first MINORITY as their platform..It was no secret back then and even MacLeans mag had a forum discussion and article on what the cons had planned for the environment. People were warned yet they still voted for them....which was the gutting of environmental assessment regulations ...under a Harper conservative regime you and your family's health , safety and life are nothing but a nusiance, obstruction, and irritant to them and their oil/gas friends.
Now we watch and listen to reports on how the budget wasn't as bad as people say and how the Harper regime isn't near what people warned about...I guess we'll know after the next accident or environmental catastrophe...the media for sure has to take some blame for being so blatantly ignorant.
200 fraudulent riding wins says they don't even have a mandate to legislate anything much less removing safegaurds that protect YOU from this terroristic behaviour.
New http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zky2bn0Gtyg New
Mexico's senate unanimously passes climate change law
Mexico just passed a historic, ambitious law on climate change. All political parties worked together to make it happen - a stark contrast to what has happened in Canada.
And that country's leaders are corrupt. Doesn't say much for Ottawa or Canada's senate. What's afta NAFTA?
The international carbon-trading marketeers are calling the Mexican law "modest", which is about what you would expect given the political situation there.
...Now we watch and listen to reports on how the budget wasn't as bad as people say and how the Harper regime isn't near what people warned about...I guess we'll know after the next accident or environmental catastrophe...the media for sure has to take some blame for being so blatantly ignorant.
Yup... and at this juncture it's a moot point what people thought "manage the economy" meant to them. Erode the funding then go for the regulatory jugular. Yah know... austerity sure seems like it's been a decades long process, or processes. It feels like it's become a part of our socialial psyche now. People can't seem to see how governments are edging closer to joining us in the "99%" club as the "1%" siphons what's left.
On June 4, 2012, join in the web blackout to protest the Harper Government's gutting of the environment.
http://blackoutspeakout.ca/ http://www.silenceonparle.ca/
ETA: David Suzuki's appeal to support June 4 - rabble.ca
The international carbon-trading marketeers are calling the Mexican law "modest", which is about what you would expect given the political situation there.
It says here:
In 2009, the United States attempted, unsuccessfully, to pass a similar climate change bill.
Meanwhile our absentee corporate landlords continue polluting hell out of Canada and exporting profits by the truckload non-stop 24-7. It's as if a banana republic only a bit cooler. And the Polar bears? Still homeless.
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Bill C-38: Environment Devastation Act
The Top 5 Reasons why C-38 will devastate Canada's environment
- It repeals the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act and introduces a weaker version, without a single day of hearings before the environment committee.
- It removes protection of endangered species and their habitat, when approving pipeline projects, by amending the Species at Risk Act and the Navigable Waters Protection Act.
- It guts the Fisheries Act by removing provisions for habitat protection.
- It repeals the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act.
- It eliminates the National Round Table on Environment and Economy.
Quebec Innu Want to Stop Muskrat Falls Hydro
"Quebec Innu are asking the Federal Court to reverse approval given by the federal government for the construction of new hydroelectric dams on the Lower Churchill in Labrador. The group says the federal government largely ignored the August 2011 advice of a review panel.
According to the panel, 'The project would be unlikely to deliver benefits to Aboriginal communities in Quebec and the project's impacts on their current use of land and resources for traditional purposes would be adverse.' The Quebec Innu group said the proposed hydro-electric dam at Muskrat Falls would create a reservoir 60 kilometres long and would flood an additional 36 square kilometres.
The Innu of Ekuanitshit, who live at the mouth of the La Romaine River in Quebec, said that 'since time immemorial' they have used the territory extending to the Churchill River in Labrador.."
Mulcair Says NDP's Quebec Caucus Fully Behind Muskrat Falls
"Mulcair said he not only was still fully behind a federal loan guarantee for Muskrat - which the federal Conservatives announced before the 2011 election - but that the measure had the full support of the NDP's 58 - member Quebec caucus..."
NDP-Cons F**k the Ekuanitshit Innu
The federal government has confirmed what the rumour mill suspected: it shut down an arm's length, independent advisory group because it didn't like the advice it was getting on addressing climate change.
Funding for the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) was cut in the last budget, giving the group just one year to live. Since 1988, it has been producing research on how business and government policies can work together for sustainable development -- including the idea of introducing carbon taxes.
Environment Minister Peter Kent had initially said the reason for the closure was because such research can now be easily accessed through the Internet, and through universities and other think tanks.
But Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Monday the shuttering of the round table had more to do with the content of the research itself.http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/05/15/pol-cp-nrtee-baird-sile...
The killing of NRTEE is payback for a scathing report it issued last August about the failures and lies of the Harper Government™ on climate change policies.
The interesting thing is the NRTEE is hardly a radical environmental group. Its members – all Harper Government™ appointees - are pretty much grounded in the conservative mainstream of Canadian public and business life.
Mulcair Says NDP's Quebec Caucus Fully Behind Muskrat Falls
"Mulcair said he not only was still fully behind a federal loan guarantee for Muskrat - which the federal Conservatives announced before the 2011 election - but that the measure had the full support of the NDP's 58 - member Quebec caucus..."
Wow, that's pretty shameful. You'd expect Mulcair not to be so tone deaf with aboriginal issues.
ETA: I'm going to be emailing my MP for answers on this.
Canada continues to add to its ecological debt through unsustainable consumption of its natural resources, says a new report released Tuesday by an international conservation group.
The Living Planet Report, released by WWF International, said the footprint of the average Canadian is 2 1/2 times greater than that of the planet's average citizen. More than half of that Canadian footprint is coming from the consumption of fossil fuels, such as gasoline and the resulting heat-trapping gases that cause global warming.
Let it be noted that it is grossly misleading to talk about the "average Canadian", as if we are all individual gluttons for carbon consumption. What the report refers to is of course the per capita carbon emissions of the whole country. That's just total emissions divided by population. The per capita figure includes each person's per capita share of the tar sands operation; all the mining and manufacturing and energy and agribusiness and military operations; all the aircraft, trucks, trains, automobiles, etc.; all the deforestation and land use changes, etc. In other words, most of the per capita footprint has nothing to do with individual consumption and emissions, but is due to industrial use of carbon, much of it from fossil sources.
The solution lies in system change. Personal lifestyle changes just don't cut it.
Environment Minister Peter Kent had initially said the reason for the closure was because such research can now be easily accessed through the Internet...
Yeah, who needs policy analysts when you can just use Google?
The round table's board is dominated by Conservative nominees, and is led by David McLaughlin, a former chief of staff to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.
Last year, the advisory body showed in painstaking detail how it would be possible to impose a carbon tax, meet emissions targets, but also not be too far out of step with American policy at the same time.
McLaughlin has publicly disagreed with the argument that there are other sources of similar research the government can access.
Why the Budget Act is bad news for fish
With the introduction of Bill C-38, the Budget Implementation Bill, Canada is proposing changes to the Fisheries Act. These changes would remove the protection of some fish habitat from the Act. But without their habitat fish will not survive. It's that simple. And you don't need a degree in biology or logic to figure that one out.
The environmental cuts just keep on coming.http://www.canada.com/technology/Canada+pearl+Arctic+research+with+funding+freeze/6352109/story.html#ixzz1wCyVTtlf
Federal grants that have kept the Arctic environmental station running continuously since 2005 have run out, forcing the science team that runs PEARL to shut it down, at least temporarily. PEARL, the Polar Environmental Atmospheric Research Laboratory at the northern tip of Ellesmere Island runs this with funding from CFCAS, the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences. CFCAS projects, on everything from extreme weather to Prairie drought have now wound down — "just at a time when we require more intense, not less intense, research," says executive director Peltier, noting that the loss of CFCAS has "strongly diminished" the country's ability to assess what the future will be like.
http://www.canada.com/Conservatives+environment+panel+turn+Internet+information/6388549/story.htmlThe proposed elimination of a key federal business and environmental panel that delivered stern warnings about Canada's climate change policies will leave a ``policy vacuum'' in the country's economic development, according to a former CEO of the group.
Environmental programs intended to curb health threats will have their budgets slashed by nearly 15 per cent over the next three years -- a move the Opposition says makes the Conservatives look "delusional." Overall, Environment Canada is bracing for cuts of $79.3 million over three years, dropping its budget to $918.3 million in 2014-15 from $997.6 this year ... One of the department's stated goals is to mitigate any harm pollution could cause to Canadians and their environment. Two of the programs designed to do exactly that -- one through controlling waste management, the other through monitoring greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality -- are seeing their budgets slashed by 14 per cent and 11 per cent respectively between now and 2015.http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Tories+anti+pollution+scientific+unit/6683957/story.html#ixzz1wCtY77k6
A spokes-man said the department was shifting toward using outside sources of research to avoid "duplication" on information that "already is obtained from credible sources". ... The federal government plans to break up a team of Environment Canada smokestack specialists that played a key role working with enforcement officers and industry to crack down on toxic pollution, a Postmedia News investigation has revealed. ... While Minister Peter Kent has acknowledged in a recent report tabled in Parliament that budget cuts were putting his department's scientific expertise and capacity to protect Canadians at risk, Environment Canada has said budget cuts will not have any impact on its core services.The Union of Environment Workers has described the emissions research and measurement unit as a unique team that provides expertise that is not available from other sources.
Thomas Duck, an atmospheric scientist from Dalhousie University in Halifax, suggested the cuts would jeopardize the government's plans to create a credible monitoring plan for the oil-sands, which are needed to help boost the industry's environ-mental reputation on the inter-national stage with scientific evidence about its footprint.
"It's vandalism of our scientific capacity," said Duck. "Why announce a [oilsands-monitor-ing] plan and then undermine your own ability to implement it. So to me it suggests that they never had any intention to follow through on the [oilsands] plan and that it's for show only."
Bill C-38: 'Being Pissed On By The Rich'
"Let me put this plainly. Bill C-38 is equivalent to being pissed on by the rich, and then being told to like it..."
Deep Green Resistance Strategy to Save the Planet
"This book is about fighting back. The dominant culture - civilization - is killing the planet, and it is long past time for those of us who care about life on earth to begin taking the actions necessary to stop this culture from destroying every living thing.."
'Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just do not dare express themselves as we did.' Sophie Schell - The White Rose Society
Further to that - Budget offers new tools to "authorize" water pollution, says Harper minister The honesty is refreshing.


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The Dialectic Method: A Critical and Postmodern Alternative to the Scientific Method
This paper introduces Hans-Georg Gadamer's dialectic method and elaborates upon its application to social work inquiry. Its strengths lie in its ability to uncover social constructed truths, to explain human behavior in a non-deterministic manner that emphasizes personal agency and empowerment, and to foster a consciousness-raising process that leads to praxis. This makes it ideally suited for knowledge gathering by practitioners in the field who seek to apply postmodern practice approaches such as the strengths perspective, solution-building therapy, and narrative therapy. Examples are given of its application to both micro and macro practice concerns.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (18 votes).
In short: I got a course record!!!!!In full: .....sadly not for the fastest running time, but for the slowest time that the course has been run in. But still chuffed that I got a record; and that I finished!!!Great support from both locals and the marshals: especially the two sweepers on the bike who were very patient whilst having to continually stop and wait for me; the 2 marshals who filled up my bladder bag; the marshal who had brought along bananas as emergency food, as no food was supplied, and the police man who followed me on a scooter for the last 5 miles when all the other marshals were pulled from the race and was very encouraging even when I kept stopping to walk along the promenade - and all the people at the finish who encouraged me over the finishing line - including one of the finishers who came over to shake my hand - much appreciated.I loved the relay teams starting 30 mins after the main race: it was great having all those encouraging comments as they went past, and then the hoots from their cars as after they had finished and were making their way back, were still encouraging me on. It all helped!!!!Finally a big thank you to my husband, who despite finishing the marathon way before me, came back along the course, to encourage me along the last mile to the finish.Date of review: October 4, 2011
In short: Short course and not a road marathonIn full: Advertised everywhere as a road marathon and it's not, probably a quarter of the course is off road and I've since discovered that the UKA permit is indeed for a Multi terrain event. Very disappointed, I wasted a weekend and a lot of money going to Jersey to do this race. The course was also short so not as many folk did PB's as they thought. The first half of the course is lovely. Good support and kind marshalls but not one marshall did anything about the idiots wearing headphones, which were supposed to be banned from this race.I did speak to the race director and he didn't seem to be aware that the race was advertised as road! But he did apologise (he was a very nice chap) but I doubt they'll do anything to put this right so I will have to take the matter further.Date of review: October 4, 2011
In short: A superbly organised eventDate of review: October 3, 2011
In short: A great race to runIn full: It was so hot but managed to complete my first marathon. Liked having the relay running alongside the main event as all runners encouraged each other as they passed.Regular water stations, marshals superb as were the people of Jersey who turned out to encourage us through the heat.Shame it was too hot for many who DNF.Finishing First Marathon 10/10Running through the cheering crowd of runners at the first few crossovers 10/10Shouts of come on Serpie on the way round 10/10Cameraderie of other runners pacing and encouraging each other across the line 10/10Everyone on the beach cheering us along the final 2 miles 10/10Police motorbike that stayed with Lizzie all the way to the finish 10/10Organiser and marshals chering in Lizzie, last finisher 10/10Lizzie for carrying on through the heat while others stopped 10/10Date of review: October 2, 2011
In short: Well organised scenic marathonIn full: Growing marathon which is not flat. This year it was hot but plenty of water and Powerade available. Some nice scenery but also road traffic as roads are not closed but well marshalled. Encouraging locals and marshall help you along. Enthusiatic crowd at finish . Good quality medal and tech. T-shirt. There is also popular team 5 stage relay race run at the same time - if like me you have to drop out, drop out at a relay point and get a quick transfer back to the start/finish area. I was DNF but my wife got a PB - c'est la vie!!Date of review: October 2, 2011
In short: A great marathon course with atmosphere.In full: A race designed to avoid traffic.One long four mile hill that is steep past lakes and autumns greenery.Inspirational scenary through a theraputic woodland that takes you all the way back down that steep hill with an eight mile decline between 12-21.The finish is along the beach and fast times are ensured as long as the wind abates.Excellent water stations 1/4 litre bottles of highland spring were appreciated.Date of review: October 9, 2006
In short: My favourite race to dateDate of review: October 9, 2006
In short: A great eventIn full: Pleasant country roads, pavements and cycle tracks; excellent marshalling and local encouragementDate of review: October 9, 2006
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I was surprised at well they tasted. Using them tonight on a thin crust. The 6in1 are better but the Great Value was surprisingly close.Glad someone else tried them.Randy
Essen 1Please let us know what you think of the Muir Glen's. I know a lot of people love these, but they have almost doubled in price in the past few years. Also, I've been hit and miss on them, sometimes they're good, sometimes, meh! Consistency is valued in my book.
chickenparmWhat type of tomatoes had the calcium chloride? That's a firming agent more apt to be used in whole tomatoes so they stay whole, really no need for it in crushed tomatoes or puree.
Aftetr testing almost all the canned tomatoes that walmart sells, i came to the conclusion that the great value tomatoe PUREE was even better than the crushed. Had the right water content, smooth texture, no salt or citric acid. I like to add a few dried spices to it, some oil and slightly heat it to incorporated the flavors fully. Here is a picture of the puree on one pizza from the other night. Nice bright red color.
hmmm.. good point there also. maybe ill try the crushed again..
in my experience, this product is horrible. tastes like i'm eating a box of matchbox cars melted down with tomatoes
Maybe you got a bad can? I have gotten those with all brands.Even Cento,which I love,I had a few cans I had to throw away as well.


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Dunkirk: Councilman's ill voting record
Dunkirk Councilman William J. Rivera is not alone. Others, especially longtime residents, also get ill when they hear about city finances.
Last week, the Second Ward councilman indicated in an article by Gib Snyder that he can get "ill" when he thinks about city finances. And as a council member, he has a little more control over the city coffers at this time than voters do.
But what has he done to cure his illness? Just the opposite. He approves any spending plan that comes before council.
Consider these actions during his 17-month term as a council member:
Last week, he was one of four council members to approve a $200,000 engineering design resolution to address the deteriorating condition of the Lake Front Boulevard seawall.
He approved a total of around $2,700 in annual stipends for volunteers who serve on the Dunkirk Housing Authority last month.
He approved a $22 million city budget that increased the taxes and water rate for this year in November.
In July, he approved the transition of the city clerk from part time to full time.
In April 2012, he gave his support to a new rescue truck for the city Fire Department.
So you see, Rivera may be feeling ill about the finances. But he has no one to blame but himself. He, like the city – and all other governmental entities in Chautauqua County – have a spending problem.
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DDR3 memory will capture one third of the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) market by the end of the year, confirms DRAMeXchange market research firm, which will be a tipping point for the latest type of memory. However, in the short-term future the contract price on the DDR3 will go higher due to increasing demand towards the new memory type.
According to DRAMeXchange, the June contract price did not fluctuate since some contract deals between PC OEMs and DRAM vendors are conducted either in monthly basis or quarterly basis. DRAMeXchange believes that DDR3 contract price in July will increase 5% - 10% due to the aggressive promotion of notebooks powered by consumer ultra low voltage (CULV) platform and new contract deal negotiation in July.
As for spot market, given the stable range between $1.5 and $1.7 of DDR3 1Gb chip with 50% premium compared to DDR2 1Gb chip, DDR2 1Gb chip price has dropped to $1.00 from $1.34 in May.
"From the supply side perspective, DRAM vendors adopted the "Capacity Cut" strategy through the difficult period in 2H 2008 given the frozen demand and global financial crisis. Qimonda filed bankruptcy early this year while ProMOS maintained the minimum operation. With the improved economy, DRAM vendors gradually enhance production," explained Patricia Chien, a spokesperson with DRAMeXchange.
DDR3 wafer-in portion is expected to be up to 30% in Q4 2009 from 15% in Q1 2009 while Korean and Japanese vendors demonstrate the great ambition on the DDR3 migration.
At present, Nanya and Inotera are the only capable Taiwanese vendors that can dedicate to DDR3 production. However, the DDR3 portion of Nanya and Inotera is below 10%, while the rest 90% is occupied by Korean and Japanese vendors, Samsung, Hynix and Elpida.
Since many DRAM vendors suffered considerably from the global financial crisis, some of them had to reduce capital expenses, which undermined their ability to migrate to DDR3. In general, smaller memory makers cut their spending more substantially. Nevertheless, they still invested into 70nm and 65nm process technologies. As for Korean vendors, they do aggressively conduct not only DDR3 migration but also 50nm technology adoption.
According to DRAMeXchange, it is expected that at least 70% of DDR3 chips will be produced with 50m technology. 65nm remains current mainstream technology for Japanese vendors. Although Qimonda's 70nm technology is still adopted to produce DDR3, Micron's 68nm and 50nm technology will be mainly applied in the second half of 2009. This technology migration will give Nanya and Inotera some credit to compete with Korean/Japanese vendors. Meanwhile, Powerchip and Rexchip are both qualified for mess production, the research firm claims.


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Village deals with police department lawsuits
TUPPER LAKE – The village is dealing with several lawsuits against its police department, one of which was settled in January.
In two cases, people who had dealings with the police accuse police of being too rough, and in the other, a man says the police didn't do enough to protect him.
Recently settled
In January, a judge dismissed Stephen Vaillancourt's federal case again the village, the police department and former village police officers Chris Skiff and Justin Perryman in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of New York.
In the lawsuit, Vaillancourt accused Skiff of assaulting and unconstitutionally restraining him in the early morning hours of May 13, 2011. At the time, Vaillancourt was 23.
According to the lawsuit, Vaillancourt and some friends left Old Northern Pub and one of the friends found that he had lost his car keys, setting off the car's alarm when he tried to get into it.
Since the police department is near Old Northern, Skiff and Perryman heard the alarm and came to investigate. Skiff reportedly offered to give them a ride when they said they were locked out of the car. The suit alleged that on the way to the car, Skiff used a gay slur to refer to Vaillancourt, and the two got into an argument about it that continued as Skiff started driving.
According to court documents, Skiff drove the men part of the way to their destination, then tried to get Vaillancourt to get out of the car. Instead, however, he let the other passengers out and brought Vaillancourt back to the police station, saying it was so Vaillancourt could calm down. When Vaillancourt refused to get out of the car, Skiff allegedly screamed at him and physically assaulted him, elbowing him in the face and jaw, biting his chest, kneeing him in the back and ribs, and choking him.
The suit alleges that Skiff brought Vaillancourt into the police department and talked with him there, choking him and yelling at him at points throughout, at one point making him "nearly pass out due to the lack of oxygen," the complaint reads.
At no time during the incident was Vaillancourt read Miranda rights or advised that he was being arrested or charged with anything, the suit states.
It also accuses Perryman of failing to intervene, as well as handcuffing Vaillancourt despite him not being arrested and having no Miranda rights read to him.
The suit alleges that Skiff should not have been employed by the village police department by then because he had failed to follow protocol in the past, including physical assaults of other people, alleged drug use and insubordination.
Both Skiff and Perryman were suspended from duty a week later, after Vaillancourt filed a complaint.
Skiff resigned in September to settle a criminal investigation into the incident, and Perryman transfered to another police squad.
Skiff's attorney, Robert Arleo, filed a letter with the court last December asking that two assertions about a criminal investigation be struck from the complaint. It states that the criminal investigation is closed and that Skiff was never indicted on criminal charges in the case.
The village's attorney, Gregg Johnson, represented Perryman but not Skiff in the civil case.
In the village's answer to the complaint, it acknowledges that Skiff restrained Vaillancourt when he stood up during a "wide ranging 'discussion'" in the Tupper Lake Police Department booking room.
The village also admits that Skiff violated certain orders, rules and regulations of the police department, but it does not admit that Skiff broke any laws.
The answer says Vaillancourt was intoxicated and that all damage suffered by Vaillancourt was caused in whole or part by his own conduct. It states that Vaillancourt made a sworn statement on July 27, 2011, that on the date of the incident he was "out of control" and "delusional," and that TLPD officers did not "abuse (him) in any way, hurt (him), nor do anything wrong to" him.
In a December letter, Johnson said his office negotiated "a final and complete resolution of all claims asserted in this action with Plaintiff's counsel."
The Enterprise has not been able to find out the terms of the settlement. A woman from the law office representing Vaillancourt said in an email that there is a gag order with respect to the settlement, so they could not divulge any information about it.
Messages for Skiff left with his family members were not returned.
The amount of the settlement couldn't be determined by press time.
Village Mayor Paul Maroun told the Enterprise last week that the village is insured against such a lawsuit, but it normally has to pay the first $10,000 on any suit.
Maroun said the case wasn't settled to keep anything quiet.
"It's not about hiding anything, it's just I think a settlement's been reached that's fair to all parties involved, including the taxpayers, without having to go to a litigation," Maroun said.
Village Clerk Mary Casagrain had the Enterprise file a Freedom of Information request for the settlement details, which has not yet been responded to.
Jason Jauron
A case brought by Jason Jauron against the village is still working its way through court.
Jauron, a Fort Drum soldier in his early 30s, was attacked by about 30 people in a brawl Memorial Day weekend 2011 outside Old Northern Pub, and he ended up stabbing two local women: Bethany Carmichael and Sarah Poirier. Later that year, a grand jury ruled that Jauron was justified in his use of deadly force.
In the lawsuit, Jauron asserts that he sustained serious and severe injuries because of the negligence of the police officers who showed up to the scene of the brawl: Wesley Hoyt and Jason Amell. Jauron's lawyer, Stephen Vanier, writes in court papers that the officers failed to provide a safe environment for Jauron, failed to protect him once he was taken into custody, made him vulnerable to attack, followed unsafe and improper police procedures, and failed to take any reasonable precaution to safeguard Jauron's life.
The suit lists the injuries Jauron sustained in the brawl: a broken eye socket, a broken nose, bruising and pain in his arm, rib, groin, head, leg and back. He needed emergency room treatment, X-rays, MRI and CT scans, and consulted with an optical surgeon.
"The plaintiff, Jason Jauron, underwent and will necessarily continue to undergo a long and painful course of treatment endeavoring to cure and relieve himself of the aforementioned injuries and maladies," the suit reads. "Said plaintiff was obliged to spend large sums of money for medical and other assistance and will necessarily continue to do so."
It also states that Jauron suffered shock, mental upset and mental embarrassment, plus difficulty sleeping, due to the incident.
The suit was originally brought against the town of Tupper Lake as well, but that portion of the suit was dismissed in early December. The stipulation allowed for that change because Hoyt and Amell were not employees of the town.
At the beginning of January, the suit was revised to include a number of people involved in the brawl as defendants. Also named in the suit now are Carmichael, Glen W. Haran, Lindsey M. Wells, Lindsay E. Thomas, Michelle M. Jessie, Shawn M. Savard, Douglas J. Snyder, William L. LeBlanc, Curtis J. Eggsware Jr., Robert W. Charland and the Old Northern Pub. All of those people, except for Haran, were charged in July 2011 with crimes related to the incident.
The case was recently re-assigned to Tupper Laker John Ellis, who was elected in November to the seat of judge on the state Supreme Court.
Patricia McLear
Patricia McLear is suing the village because she says she was injured when a police officer used unreasonable and unnecessary force when she was arrested on Jan. 22, 2011. She also alleges that the officer failed to help her down the stairs in the police station while her hands were cuffed behind her, so she fell down the stairs.
McLear is suing for damages and her legal costs. The village was issued a summons on the case, which was filed in the clerk's office Jan. 18.
Mayor Maroun noted that the current police department location is rife for lawsuits, since it's not accessible to people with handicaps and has narrow stairs as an entryway. If someone comes to the police department and slips, the first $10,000 is the village's responsibility to pay.
"That's wide open, in my mind, to lawsuits," Maroun said.
With both the McLear case and the Jauron case, Maroun said the village will "try to settle them as best we can.
"If we think we're right, we're going to take them to court, if we have to, if they don't agree with our offers."


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New Student Loan Bill Has Endless Summer
By John Sandman
NEW YORK (MainStreet)--A group of U.S. Senators has lined up behind yet another student loan bill, and this time, they say it's the real a deal.
What they agreed to is a compromise where undergraduates with Stafford loans--subsidized and unsubsidized--would pay an interest rate of 3.85% next year--slightly higher than the 3.4% rate that expired on July 1 but less than the 6.8% rate that replaced it.
The gang of nine behind this plan now includes Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tom Harkin (D.-Iowa), Jack Reed (D-R.I.) Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) Richard Burr (R.-N.C.), Tom Coburn (R.-Okla) and Angus King (I-Maine). Not all of them are wild about what they've signed up for. And it is a temporary, one-year fix--one that the House has yet to agree to.
What's more, the plan is linked to market rates--the 10-year Treasury bill--and rates are going up. There is a cap on how high they can go.
Undergraduate rates will stop at 8.25%. PLUS loans for graduate students would be limited to 9.5%, and loans co-signed by parents would peak at 10.5%.
"People signing up for their student loans will pay about half what they would have paid" without this bill, said Maine Independent Angus King.
But even with the caps, Stafford loans could go as high as 8.25% in future years--reflecting a major concession from some senate Democrats, including Warren and Harkin.
Chris Lindstrom, higher education director at U.S. PIRG said she was sure that a deal would get done this week with a vote in the Senate as early as next week. "Things will move very quickly from there in terms of conferencing and a White House signing," she said. "Even if it weren't done until September, then the deal would be retroactive."
But Lindstrom thinks it's a bad deal. Even if rates are kept 3.85--or less--for next year for subsidized Stafford borrowers, "that benefit is paid for by all borrowers who will see rates higher than current policy as soon as 2015. Worse, the deal makes permanent $184 billion of needless profit to be extracted from all borrowers over ten years for purposes of balancing the budget."


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