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Debates of May 5th, 2005
House of Commons Hansard #92 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was quarantine.
- Holocaust Memorial Day
- Points of Order
- Government Response to Petitions
- Holocaust Memorial Day
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Patent Act
- Quarantine Act
- Holocaust Memorial Day
- Camrose Kodiaks
- Holocaust Memorial Day
- Maison Michel-Sarrazin
- Ontario Newspaper Awards
- Justice
- Breast Cancer
- Yolande Sirois
- Olivier Simard
- Iron Curtain
- Birth of a Child
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- National Forest Week
- Forest Month
- President of the Treasury Board
- Conservative Party of Canada
- Alberta Scene
- Sponsorship Program
- Government Contracts
- Canada Steamship Lines
- The Budget
- Sponsorship Program
- Justice
- Sponsorship Program
- Commercial Bankruptcies
- Employment Insurance
- Government Contracts
- Sponsorship Program
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Fisheries and Oceans
- Presence in Gallery
- Business of the House
- Points of Order
- Member for Ottawa Centre
- Points of Order
- Quarantine Act
- Food and Drugs Act
- Quarantine Act
- Business of the House
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
Holocaust Memorial Day
10 a.m.
Anita Neville Winnipeg South Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, there have been consultations among all the parties and I believe that you would find unanimous consent for the following motion. I move:
That this House solemnly commemorates the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and death camps and, following Canada's official participation this year in memorial events at the United Nations and at Auschwitz, the site that epitomized the evil of the Holocaust, remembers the lives of the millions of men, women and children who perished at the hands of tyranny, and honours the many Canadians who fought for freedom and justice at a time of darkness.
Holocaust Memorial Day
10:05 a.m.
The Speaker
The House has heard the terms of the motion. Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
Holocaust Memorial Day
10:05 a.m.
Some hon. members
(Motion agreed to)
Points of Order
10:05 a.m.
Jason Kenney Calgary Southeast, AB
Mr. Speaker, you have helpfully reminded me that two weeks ago tomorrow I used the word "hypocrite" in question period. I did not clearly retract it. I would like to do so now.
Points of Order
10:05 a.m.
The Speaker
I thank the hon. member for his usual cooperation in that regard.
Government Response to Petitions
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
New Brunswick
Dominic LeBlanc Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to five petitions.
Holocaust Memorial Day
Routine Proceedings
10:10 a.m.
Mount Royal
Irwin Cotler Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
Mr. Speaker, as I begin to speak I am reminded of the words of the cantor during the Yom Kippur service, hineni heani mimaas , "I am inadequate in word and in deed", for I have neither the wisdom of the scholar nor the experience of the Holocaust survivor. I only know what my parents taught me as a young boy, the profundity and pain of which I only realized years later: that there are things in Jewish history, in human history, that are too terrible to be believed but not too terrible to have happened.
Indeed, Auschwitz, Treblinka, Dachau, the horror of the Holocaust, these are beyond vocabulary. Words may ease the pain, but they can also dwarf the tragedy. The Holocaust was uniquely unique in the singularity of its genocidal intent, where biology was inexplicably and inextricably destiny, a war against the Jews where, as Elie Wiesel reminds us, not all victims were Jews, but all Jews were victims. And so we must ask ourselves on this Holocaust Memorial Day, what have we learned? What must we do?
The first lesson is the importance of zachor, remembrance itself, for as we remember the six million, degraded, demonized, dehumanized, murdered in the Holocaust, we have to understand that this is not a matter of abstract statistics. Unto each person there is a name. Unto each person there is an identity. Each person is a universe. As our sages tell us, whoever saves a single life, it is as if he or she saved an entire universe, but whoever kills a single person, it is as if he or she has killed an entire universe.
Lesson number two is the enduring lesson of the Holocaust, that these genocidal murderers succeeded not only because of the industry of death and the technology of terror, but because of the ideology of hate. It was this state sanctioned teaching of contempt, this demonizing of the other; this is where it all began. As our Supreme Court has affirmed, the Holocaust did not begin in the gas chambers; it began with words. These are the chilling facts of history. These are the catastrophic effects of racism.
Lesson number three is the danger of silence, the consequences of indifference. For the genocide of European Jewry succeeded not only because of the culture of hate and the industry of death, but because of crimes of indifference, because of conspiracies of silence, and we have witnessed an appalling indifference in our own day, which took us down the road to the unthinkable, ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, and to the unspeakable, the genocide in Rwanda, made even more unspeakable because this genocide was preventable. No one can say that we did not know, but we did not act, and we have an international responsibility to act to protect the victims in the genocide by attrition in Darfur.
And so, it is our responsibility to break down these walls of indifference, to shatter these conspiracies of silence, to stand up and be counted, and not look around to see whoever else is standing before we make a judgment to do so because, in the world in which we live, there are few people prepared to stand, let alone be counted. Let there be no mistake about it: indifference in the face of evil is acquiescence with evil itself; it is complicity with evil.
Lesson number four is combating mass atrocity and the culture of impunity.
If the 20th century, symbolized by the Holocaust, was the age of atrocity, it was also the age of impunity. Few of the perpetrators were brought to justice; and so, just as there must be no sanctuary for hate, no refuge for bigotry, so must there be no base or sanctuary for these enemies of humankind.
May I close with a word to the survivors of the Holocaust, for they are the true heroes of humanity. They witnessed and endured the worst of inhumanity but somehow they found in the depths of their humanity the courage to go on and to rebuild their lives as they have built their communities. It is with them and because of them and because of the righteousness of people like Raoul Wallenberg we remember that each person has a name and an identity, and that each person is a universe.
We remember and we pray that this is not just a matter of rhetoric but must be a commitment to action, that never again will we be indifferent to racism and hate, that never again will we be silent in the face of evil, that never again will we indulge anti-Semitism old and new, that never again will we be indifferent in the face of mass atrocity and impunity. We will speak and we will act against racism, against hate, against anti-Semitism, against atrocity and against injustice. This is part of the larger struggle for human rights and human dignity in our time.
May this day be not only an act of remembrance, which it is, but let it be a remembrance to act, which it must be, because in these times qui s'excuse s'accuse. Whoever remains indifferent indicts himself or herself.
Holocaust Memorial Day
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Peter MacKay Central Nova, NS
Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin with thanks to the Minister of Justice for his profound words and comments on the horror of the Holocaust and the lessons that mankind must learn from such atrocities.
I want to join with him and all members of the House in embracing his passion and commitment to end hatred, racism and all forms of intolerance.
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, Yom Hashoah, a day which remembers that six million Jews were murdered simply because they were Jewish. Yom Hashoah occurs on the 27th of Nissan, the Jewish calendar, and this year it occurs as we remember the liberation of Europe. The end of this horrible chapter in world history coincided.
Today, however, we remember the horror of the Holocaust, the concentration camps where Jewish families were decimated, parents lost to children, children lost to parents. Today we remember the pain the survivors of the Holocaust live with every day and we salute their courage to go on and their determination to ensure that we never forget the atrocities that happened to them.
This triumph over tragedy is simply the very best of human spirit and a shining example to all.
We must not forget that these atrocities were the fruits of the hate and racism condoned by nations.
As a society, we must put aside indifference to racism. We must put aside any hint or hesitation of confrontation, of prejudice and hatred. We must continue to disavow anti-Semitism and we must speak out loudly and clearly that these attitudes are simply unacceptable. As a country, we must be ready to stand up in the global community and condemn actions that are unacceptable.
Today, Canadians and the world remember the horror of the Holocaust. We must recommit to never forgetting these atrocities so that these atrocities can never again be committed.
We must offer our prayers to those who have perished and we must offer our compassion and support to those who survived yet live with these memories.
It is only by teaching our children to abhor the attitudes that enabled the Holocaust to occur that we can ensure that this is never repeated. "Never again" must be as real to us and those who follow as it is to those brave survivors of this darkest period of world history.
Holocaust Memorial Day
Routine Proceedings
10:15 a.m.
Richard Marceau Charlesbourg, QC
Mr. Speaker, it is a great honour to rise in this place today. I would, however, rather have been at Auschwitz with the Minister of Justice and our wives along with the 20,000 other people who are participating today in the March of the Living in that death camp in Auschwitz, Poland.
Yom Hashoah is being officially and solemnly commemorated for the second time this year. The chosen date, the 26th day of Nissan in the Jewish calendar, is in remembrance of the Warsaw ghetto uprising that saw weak, famished and poorly armed Jews stand up to the powerful Wehrmacht, the German army.
On November 7, 2003, with a unanimous vote of this House, Parliament passed Bill C-459, establishing Holocaust Memorial Day.
I had made that suggestion after my friend lost his father, Albert Rudolph, who was a survivor of this tragedy. Because there are fewer and fewer of these survivors and heroes still alive, it is incumbent upon public authorities and parliamentarians to take over, so that the horror of what happened is not forgotten. Despite all the studies, books, documentaries and seminars, it is not always easy to properly understand, explain and talk about the Shoah because it is unspeakable.
It is unspeakable in part because, paradoxically, it has both unique and universal aspects.
I use the term universal, because, before the Shoah, and unfortunately also afterward, people all over the world have been the victims of degradation, humiliation, torture and murder because of their ethnic background. The list of these is unfortunately too long. We think immediately of Rwanda, for course, where 800,000 people were murdered with machetes within the space of six weeks. Then there is the former Yugoslavia. The situation in Sudan at the present time, where the Janjaweed are massacring the black Sudanese at will, is another example. How shameful that, after the example of the Shoah, the international community has not put an end to these massacres. Unfortunately, it is obvious that the lessons of the Holocaust have not all been learned.
The other unique aspect of the Shoah is that ant-Semitism is still far too evident today. Some consider this to be the most long-lasting hatred of all. There has been a resurgence of anti-Semitism in the world, according to a recently released study by the University of Tel Aviv. Over the past 15 years anti-Semitic acts have been on the rise in the world.
Its effects are felt in Canada and in Quebec as well. Here are some examples: May 19, 2001, a bomb in a Quebec City synagogue; summer 2004, synagogues and houses vandalized in Toronto; April 5, 2004, United Talmud Torah School set fire to; Chief David Ahenakew's extremely anti-Semitic remarks. Only a week ago, students of Royal St. George's College in Toronto lauched an openly anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi website.
If our youth are still doing such things, it is because we have been remiss as a society. As parliamentarians, we have not done our part to counteract racism, intolerance and anti-Semitism.
This Holocaust Memorial Day imposes two duties on us: first of all, to remember, so that history does not repeat itself; second, to react every time there is a racist remark or a racist act, to stand up and speak out against such things, and to put an end to this behaviour. These duties are imposed upon us by the six million innocent victims. They are a sacred trust.
Holocaust Memorial Day
Routine Proceedings
10:20 a.m.
Judy Wasylycia-Leis Winnipeg North, MB
Mr. Speaker, I am deeply honoured to join with colleagues in the House from all parties to speak of the horrors of the Holocaust and to remember this most tragic chapter in the history of the world.
I am honoured to rise today to speak on behalf of all of my colleagues in the New Democratic Party of Canada and our leader to remember the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
Today is a day to remember and to take time away from our busy lives to commemorate the mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, sons and daughters of those who lost their life during the darkest hours in the entire history of humanity.
Just 60 years ago, within living memory, our world was ravaged by an evil and hatred never before imagined by humanity. Entire families were destroyed. Six million were murdered. Those who survived have spent a lifetime carrying the enormous burden of humankind's most despicable deeds.
Today is vital for all of us who were spared the cruelty of war and the atrocities of the Holocaust. We must remember and honour the victims and the survivors who have to live with this tragedy.
This is a day for reflection and, as my colleague, the Minister of Justice said, to remember, and the act of remembrance is vital to ensuring that history does not repeat itself. It is a time to consider the journey we have taken since the Holocaust and the road that is before us.
Today we live in a world where intolerance still exists, where human rights are not guaranteed and where genocide goes unopposed. We live in a society right now where racially motivated hate crimes are on the increase and where there has been a dramatic rise in anti-Semitic incidents.
We must not forget the lessons of history. We cannot grow complacent, comforted by the passing of time or the security of distance. Inaction in the face of tyranny is an injustice itself, not bound to history books alone. As has been said so often, the omission of good is just as reprehensible as the commission of evil.
It is our obligation to Holocaust victims, survivors and indeed to all of humanity that we never again permit the destructive forces of prejudice and hatred to cast their dark shadow. It is within all of us to stand firm, to strive harder, to aspire to create a world where the best of the human spirit prevails and the evil veil of intolerance is forever eradicated.
As one survivor, Baruch Cohen, has written:
As we commemorate those who were murdered, we also tell their story. We, the few survivors, with our painful, unhealed scars, must continue to reveal our private memories, not for the sake of history only, but for the sake of present and future generations.
Let me end on a personal note to acknowledge the work done by the House a little over a year ago, for which I am very proud, to create the national Holocaust Memorial Day, something that has been very important for the entire country and all our citizens to acknowledge that systemic violence, racism and hatred continue to occur. It has become for us a moment to reflect, remember and rededicate our lives.
I am proud today that we are able to celebrate the second annual Holocaust Memorial Day.
Finally, let me say that I had the privilege of being part of the 55th liberation of Holland ceremonies and had an opportunity to visit Camp Westerbork, which was the transition camp for many on their way to Auschwitz and other death camps.
I will end with the words of Rabbi Levison, who said at that ceremony:
It has been said before, one hundred and two thousand people from this camp were sent to their death. Now, one hundred and two thousand people doesn't mean a thing. It has once been said that one accidental death is a tragedy, twenty accidental deaths is a disaster, one hundred and two thousand is a statistical point. Therefore, I pray you never say one hundred and two thousand people have died. Always think one hundred and two thousand times, one person died. That is the message of peace.
Zakhor, we remember. Shalom .
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
May 5th, 2005 / 10:30 a.m.
Paul Devillers Simcoe North, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the eighth report of the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
The committee draws to the attention of the House that the committee agreed to undertake a study of child pornography, the role of the Internet, the responsibility of Internet service providers, and the impact of any new technology in this phenomenon.
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10:30 a.m.
John Williams Edmonton—St. Albert, AB
Mr. Speaker, I move that the second report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts presented on Thursday, October 28, 2004, be concurred in.
I will be dividing my time with the member for Prince George--Peace River.
Last February 10, 2004 a political storm burst over Canada and the dark clouds continue to spread out even today. Last year we heard from the Auditor General how $100 million had been spent with little or no value. Jean Chrétien, as the Prime Minister of the day, presided over a corrupt program that became the largest political scandal in our history.
Yes, we have had scandals before. We think back to the railway debates under our first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, and the pipeline debates in the 1950s, but both of these occurred as we were building our great country of Canada. The railways were to unite our land from sea to sea and the pipeline was to bring wealth and prosperity to the west. However, this corruption scandal has the capacity to bring an end to our great country, the Canadian dream, and the nation that is admired by people all around the world.
This scandal has fueled the separatists in the province of Quebec. The scandal has infuriated the people of Quebec and they have soured on the federal government that has manipulated and ignored its own rules on referenda, funneled taxpayers' money illegally into its own pockets to fight elections, and the litany goes on and on.
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said this program was all about saving Canada, yet the minister of intergovernmental affairs at the time has said that a few advertising sponsorships around the country would not change anybody's opinion. The Prime Minister of the day, Mr. Chrétien, said, "So there are a few million dollars wasted, lost or stolen. What was the big deal? This was going to save the country". Now we know it may be the catalyst that breaks the country.
This is a scandal, not that we have lost $100 million, which in itself is horrendous, but the fact that it may be the catalyst that brings this great country to an end. That is the corruption scandal of this country; the greatest scandal that we have ever had.
Last year the public accounts committee was charged by the current Prime Minister to investigate this issue. We think of the litany of witnesses who appeared before the committee and how they tried to save their own skins by blaming other people. We had Chuck Guité, a middle level bureaucrat, telling us how he could run into the minister's office at a whim. He could run to the chief of staff of the Prime Minister whenever he wanted to see the chief of staff. He was the conduit for what appears to be a conspiracy at the top that has potentially brought this country to its knees.
We know that the chief of staff to the former Prime Minister has been involved because he admitted that to the public accounts committee and to the Gomery commission. When he has been involved, we know that the former Prime Minister is involved because they were the best of friends going back many years. They shared all their information and the chief of staff would never have worked without the concurrence of the former Prime Minister.
We know that Alfonso Gagliano was involved. He admitted that at the public accounts committee and at the Gomery inquiry, where he should never have been talking to middle level bureaucrats, but he was, in giving them direction as to where the money would go
We had André Ouellet, the former minister of foreign affairs and long time member of this House who ended up running Canada Post, involved in illegal contracts being funnelled through advertising agencies. The money went to Canada Post under his direction and then who knows where it all went from there. We know that André Ouellet was filling his pockets with expense accounts without a single receipt and collected $2 million to $3 million without a single receipt, claiming reimbursement. This is the calibre and the character of the people who were running the sponsorship scandal.
We cannot forget Jean Carle, the Business Development Bank vice-president, also a very good friend of Jean Chrétien, who admitted at the Gomery inquiry that what he was doing was money laundering with taxpayers' money.
The Prime Minister appears to be involved. He has denied his involvement, but nonetheless, he appears to be involved because all his friends were involved, so why would he not be involved? Jean Pelletier, chief of staff, Andre Ouellet, Jean Carle, Alfonso Gagliano, these people were friends. They also had the levers of this country in their hands.
They had a guy by the name of Chuck Guité, who was at the Gomery inquiry yesterday, spilling all the information that he was handing out. Chuck Guité could move among these people at will because he was getting their direction: spend the money here; give the money there; illegal contract over there; bags of cash somewhere else; spread it around. But, while it was spreading around, it was all going in one direction. It was going to the advertising agencies who were all friends and all getting rich with taxpayers' money. However, they had their directions too because they were giving the bags of cash back to the Liberal Party.
Can we tolerate that today? This is the worst scandal that we have had in this country. I cannot believe that we are sitting here tolerating a scandal and the government is saying not to worry, that it will look after it. Something must be done. Therefore, the House and the public accounts committee will do whatever it can to ensure that this never ever happens again.
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10:35 a.m.
Don Boudria Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, ON
Madam Speaker, I listened with interest to what the member had to say. I just came from my constituency a few moments ago, as a matter of fact, where I had a meeting with the chamber of commerce of one of the communities, namely the town of Alfred, or more properly put, Alfred et Plantagenet.
They are two towns in my riding. I spoke with the people there and everyone asked me why the members of Parliament wanted to have an election. I answered that this was not at all what was wanted, although there was a certain party in this House that was keen on it because a few weeks ago it saw what seemed to be a favourable poll, although that has disappeared in the meantime.
Is it not true that the Conservatives have painted themselves into a corner—that they are stuck now because of the position they took a little while ago? Now we have this rather sad situation. We know that Canadians do not want an election. Some Conservative members are not even around; they have gone away to hide so that they will not have to vote like the rest of them. The members in question could hardly deny it. I could even name them.
The hon. member is still insisting on saying what he just told us, with all these exaggerations. Does the hon. member not know that Canadians want to see us get down to work, pass the budget, ask questions in the House about agriculture, and talk about economic development?
Three lobbies were active around Parliament this week, including one group of firefighters from all across the country. Not one opposition member questioned the ministers about what was going to be done to improve the lives of these people, in response to their complaints. The steelworkers were also here, a few days ago, to ask some important questions. It is the opposition members' duty to question the government on these matters. Well, they are not doing it at all any more. They have stopped doing their work as parliamentarians.
Why do the hon. members across the aisle refuse to do what they promised the people in their ridings? They keep on desperately because they are caught in the corner into which they painted themselves a few days ago, claiming to want an election, while they themselves know that some of their colleagues, in their party, do not want one any more. Is it not time to put an end to this charade and get back to work?
Yesterday, I was not even able to ask a question about agriculture in my riding because the Conservative members across the aisle were doing nothing but causing an uproar. The Conservatives did not want to hear people in this House talking about milk quotas. That is the reality.
I'm tired of it, as Canadians are. Why does the member not stop it so that we can get back to work, because that is what people want?
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10:40 a.m.
John Williams Edmonton—St. Albert, AB
Madam Speaker, trust a Liberal member to focus on anything but the corruption scandal and involvement of the Liberal Party. He is talking about elections. He is talking about budgets. He is talking about agriculture. He is talking about anything other than the sponsorship scandal and the fact that the House has a responsibility to hold the government accountable. When the government is not accountable, it gets away with a hundred million dollars of taxpayer money and perhaps even more.
This is why we exist here. We are here to hold the government up by the neck and give it a shake and say, "You can't do that, there is a penalty for doing that and you'll be held accountable for doing that". For the member to suggest otherwise is an affront to the House.
Committees of the House
Routine Proceedings
10:40 a.m.
Jay Hill Prince George—Peace River, BC
Madam Speaker, before I begin my remarks today, I would like to take a moment to recognize and pay special tribute to three of my colleagues: two from the official opposition and a former Ottawa roommate of mine who now sits as an independent member. Despite all three of these fine gentleman courageously battling cancer, all three continue to honour their families, friends and constituents by placing service to their country ahead of themselves.
To my friends, the members for Okanagan—Shuswap, Westlock—St. Paul and Surrey North, is say through you, Madam Speaker, have not only earned my deepest respect and admiration but that of all Canadians.
I am pleased to address this motion today and I have an amendment to offer the House. While I will be moving it at the end of my speech, I will give the House a little heads up.
The amendment will recommit the report. It will ask the committee to reference chapters 3, 4 and 5 of the November 2003 report of the Auditor General which has brought to the attention of the Canadian public that there appears to be widespread and systemic corruption at the highest levels of the Liberal government, spanning many years and revealed at the Gomery commission. It will instruct the committee to recommend that the government immediately resign because the House has already concluded that it does not have the confidence in the government over the matter of Liberal corruption.
The reasons stated in the amendment are valid. I am of the opinion that the majority of members of the House believe they are true, and I would like to put that to the test.
Clearly there is doubt whether or not the government enjoys the support of the House. It has been talked about many times over the last few weeks. It is unconscionable for it to continue to spend billions of taxpayer dollars and commit billions more without the support of the House.
As the House is well aware, the government has taken supply days away from the opposition parties. It has begun debating committee reports in a procedural bid to scuttle any attempt to have a vote on a particular report that would reinstate an opposition day for May 19.
This attempt by the government to delay a confidence vote is bordering on being unconstitutional, I submit. The House can no longer continue to support the business of the government. The reason is that I do not think the government has the confidence of the House.
Canadians are owed an opportunity to pass judgment on whether the Liberal Party remains fit for public office. If the Liberal Party is corrupt, as the sworn evidence shows, it should be removed. It is not good enough for Liberals to tell Canadians that since none of them have actually been convicted of any crimes they are still fit to govern. Canadians have higher standards than that.
Since the Prime Minister's televised plea for more time, the Liberal government has announced almost $7.5 billion in additional spending, including the $4.6 billion it used to secure 19 NDP votes in the House.
The Prime Minister and the NDP are emptying the public treasury. If we allow the Prime Minister to have his way, this would just be the beginning of 10 month orgy of spending. Canadians cannot afford a 10 month election campaign on their dime. I submit they cannot afford another 10 days of this government, let alone 10 more months.
Before I move the amendment, I would like to address a point of order that the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons made to the last amendment that was moved by the Leader of the Opposition to a concurrence motion. The minister had trouble with some of the wording. He did not like that the amendment instructed the committee. He suggested that the wording should have said, "that the committee has the power to amend".
Then the member for Glengarry--Prescott--Russell referenced the McGrath reforms and tried to associate those changes with the reasons why the amendment should be ruled out of order. It was the McGrath reforms themselves that supported the receivability of the motion, not the other way around as the former House leader tried to make us believe.
Committees prior to the McGrath reforms received their terms of reference from the House, so it was necessary to use the words "have the power". After the McGrath reforms, committees had the power to make independent recommendations, so it is no longer necessary to use those words. Committees are so independent, thanks to McGrath, that they can even recommend that the government resign.
I have reviewed a number of amendments that were moved in previous parliaments and their wording supports the amendment my leader moved on April 22 and they support the wording of the amendment that I will now move.
I move:
That the motion before us be amended by deleting all the words after the word "That" and substituting the following:
The second report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, presented on October 28, 2004, be not now concurred in, but that it be recommitted to the Standing Committee on Public Accounts with instruction that it amend the same so as to recommend, in reference to Chapters 3, 4 and 5 of the November 2003 Report of the Auditor General, which has brought to the attention of the Canadian public that there appears to be wide spread and systemic corruption at the highest levels of the Liberal government, spanning many years, and revealed at the Gomery Commission, that the government immediately resign because the Canadian public has already concluded that it does not have confidence in the government over this matter.


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Statistically speaking, the IRS only appears to be slightly upping its examinations of bottom-bracket taxpayers. In 2006, the IRS conducted around 1.2 million examinations of individuals who earned less than $200,000; last year, there were around 1.3 million of those types of examinations. Still, roughly 90 percent of the 1.4 million IRS audits conducted in 2009 involved persons earning under $200,000. By comparison, the IRS conducted just 28,349 examinations of individuals who earned more than $1 million.
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Complete Streets project approved in Silver Creek
SILVER CREEK – After months of investigation and deliberation, the Silver Creek Village Board decided to adopt a Complete Streets policy.
Lisa Schmidtfrerick-Miller, healthy communities consultant for the county Health Department, originally presented the idea of Complete Streets to the village board in October and later worked with the planning board to set up a policy and plans for future street improvements in the village.
The purpose of a Complete Streets policy is to make streets safe for all users, including vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians, of any age or ability.
She explained this can be as simple and inexpensive as striping a road one way instead of another or as extensive as installing sidewalks and bike lanes.
She said the hope is that once the policy is in place, other entities like the state Department of Transportation and the county will honor the policy in the village also.
No residents attended the forum for questions on the policy, but the board members did have some questions.
Trustee Thomas Harmon asked if there is any flexibility in the policy in case the village cannot go along with it in a specific instance.
"There is flexibility in how the policy is written, for instance, in one section, there are exceptions for right of way and topography issues," Schmidtfrerick-Miller explained.
Mayor Nick Piccolo said he thinks it is important to make streets safe for residents.
Schmidtfrerick-Miller helped the village with drawings for a project they will submit to the DOT's Safe Routes to School grant program in the coming year.
The project includes opening Forestville Road to pedestrian and bicycle traffic. It was closed to vehicle traffic several years ago, but serves as a route to the school despite a lack of pavement or trail past a guard rail.
The village has a list of other ideas for specific street improvements, which Schmidtfrerick-Miller offered to help make a rudimentary map of priorities for.
The board unanimously passed the policy.
The board also discussed water meter installations. Piccolo said some people still need to make an appointment and other residents will be receiving a mailing soon for the second wave of installations. The need for 300 more meters in order to complete replacements throughout the village was also discussed.
Piccolo also reported three interested parties in the village's timber and two interested parties in the upper reservoir property. He said the timber will be evaluated when the weather is better and he called about an assessment for the reservoir, but has yet to choose a person to do it.
The board will next meet on Feb. 18.


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Chrysanthemums, often called mums or chrysanths, are perennial flowering plants of the genus Chrysanthemum in the family Asteraceae which are native to Asia and northeastern Europe. About 30 species have been described.
The name "chrysanthemum" is derived from the Greek words, chrysos (gold) and anthemon (flower).[1]
The genus once included more species, but was split several decades ago into several genera, putting the economically important florist's chrysanthemum in the genus Dendranthema. The naming of the genera has been contentious, but a ruling of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature in 1999 changed the defining species of the genus to Chrysanthemum indicum, restoring the florist's chrysanthemum to the genus Chrysanthemum.
The other species previously included in the narrow view of the genus Chrysanthemum are now transferred to the genus Glebionis. The other genera separate from Chrysanthemum include Argyranthemum, Leucanthemopsis, Leucanthemum, Rhodanthemum, and Tanacetum.
Chrysanthemum species are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 50–150 cm tall, with deeply lobed leaves with large flower heads that are generally white, yellow or pink in the wild. They are the preferred diet of larvae of certain lepidopterans.
Chrysanthemums were first cultivated in China as a flowering herb as far back as the 15th century BC.[2] The plant is renowned as one of the Four Gentlemen in Chinese and East Asian art. The plant is particularly significant during the Double Ninth Festival. The flower may have been brought to Japan in the eightth century AD[citation needed], and the Emperor adopted the flower as his official seal. The "Festival of Happiness" in Japan celebrates the flower.
The flower was brought to Europe in the 17th century[citation needed]. Linnaeus named it from the Greek word χρυσός chrysous, "golden" (the colour of the original flowers), and ἄνθεμον -anthemon, meaning flower.
Economic uses
Ornamental uses
Modern cultivated chrysanthemums are much more showy than their wild relatives. The flowers occur in various forms, and can be daisy-like, decorative, pompons or buttons. This genus contains many hybrids and thousands of cultivars developed for horticultural purposes. In addition to the traditional yellow, other colors are available, such as white, purple, and red. The most important hybrid is Chrysanthemum × morifolium (syn. C. × grandiflorum), derived primarily from C. indicum, but also involving other species.
Chrysanthemums are divided into two basic groups, garden hardy and exhibition. Garden hardy mums are new perennials capable of being wintered over in the ground in most northern latitudes. Exhibition varieties are not usually as sturdy. Garden hardies are defined by their ability to produce an abundance of small blooms with little if any mechanical assistance (i.e., staking) and withstanding wind and rain. Exhibition varieties, though, require staking, overwintering in a relatively dry, cool environment, and sometimes the addition of night lights.
The exhibition varieties can be used to create many amazing plant forms, such as large disbudded blooms, spray forms, and many artistically trained forms, such as thousand-bloom, standard (trees), fans, hanging baskets, topiary, bonsai, and cascades.
Chrysanthemum blooms are divided into 13 different bloom forms by the US National Chrysanthemum Society, Inc., which is in keeping with the international classification system. The bloom forms are defined by the way in which the ray and disk florets are arranged.
Chrysanthemum blooms are composed of many individual flowers (florets), each one capable of producing a seed. The disk florets are in the center of the bloom head, and the ray florets are on the perimeter. The ray florets are considered imperfect flowers, as they only possess the female productive organs, while the disk florets are considered perfect flowers, as they possess both male and female reproductive organs.
Irregular incurves are the giants of the chrysanthemum world. Quite often disbudded to create a single giant bloom (ogiku), the disk florets are completely concealed, while the ray florets curve inwardly to conceal the disk and also hang down to create a 'skirt'. Regular incurves are similar to the irregular incurves, only usually with smaller blooms and nearly perfect globular form. The disk florets are completely concealed. They used to be called 'Chinese'. Intermediate incurve blooms are between the irregular and regular incurves in both size and form. They usually have broader florets and a more loosely composed bloom. Again, the disk florets are completely concealed.
In the reflex form, the disk florets are concealed and the ray florets reflex outwards to create a mop-like appearance. The decorative form is similar to reflex blooms without the mop-like appearance. The disk florets are completely concealed, and the ray florets usually do not radiate at more than a 90° angle to the stem.
The pompon form of blooms are fully double, of small size, and almost completely globular in form. Single and semidouble blooms have completely exposed disk florets, with between one and seven rows of ray florets, usually radiating at not more than a 90° angle to the stem.
In anemone blooms, the disk florets are prominently featured, quite often raised and overshadowing the ray florets. The spoon form disk florets are visible and the long, tubular ray florets are spatulate. in the quill form, the disk florets are completely concealed, and the ray florets are tube-like.
The disk florets in the spider form are completely concealed, and the ray florets are tube-like with hooked or barbed ends, hanging loosely around the stem. in the brush and thistle variety, the disk florets may be visible. The ray florets are often tube-like, and project all around the flower head, or project parallel to the stem.
Exotic blooms defy classification, as they possess the attributes of more than one of the other 12 bloom types.
Chrysanthemum leaves resemble those of its close cousin, the mugwort weed — so much so, mugwort is sometimes called wild chrysanthemum — making them not always the first choice for professional gardeners.
Culinary uses
Yellow or white chrysanthemum flowers of the species C. morifolium are boiled to make a sweet drink in some parts of Asia. The resulting beverage is known simply as "chrysanthemum tea" (菊花茶, pinyin: júhuā chá, in Chinese). Chrysanthemum tea has many medicinal uses, including an aid in recovery from influenza. In Korea, a rice wine flavored with chrysanthemum flowers is called gukhwaju (국화주).photo 1photo 2
Chrysanthemum leaves are steamed or boiled and used as greens, especially in Chinese cuisine. Other uses include using the petals of chrysanthemum to mix with a thick snake meat soup (蛇羹) to enhance the aroma.
Small chrysanthemums are used in Japan as a sashimi garnish.
Insecticidal uses
Pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum [or Tanacetum] cinerariaefolium) is economically important as a natural source of insecticide. The flowers are pulverized, and the active components called pyrethrins, contained in the seed cases, are extracted and sold in the form of an oleoresin. This is applied as a suspension in water or oil, or as a powder. Pyrethrins attack the nervous systems of all insects, and inhibit female mosquitoes from biting. When not present in amounts fatal to insects, they still appear to have an insect repellent effect. They are harmful to fish, but are far less toxic to mammals and birds than many synthetic insecticides, except in consumer airborne backyard applications. They are not persistent, being biodegradable and also decompose easily on exposure to light. They are considered to be amongst the safest insecticides for use around food. (Pyrethroids are synthetic insecticides based on natural pyrethrum, e.g., permethrin.)
Environmental uses
Chrysanthemum plants have been shown to reduce indoor air pollution by the NASA Clean Air Study.[3]
Medicinal uses
Extracts of chrysanthemum plants (stem and flower) have been shown to have a wide variety of potential medicinal properties, including anti-HIV-1,[4][5] antibacterial[6] and antimycotic.[7]
Chrysanthemum morifolium - an example of spoon-shaped bloom
Chrysanthemum (white mums)
Cultural significance and symbolism
In some countries of Europe (e.g., France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Croatia), chrysanthemums are symbolic of death and are only used for funerals or on graves; similarly, in China, Japan and Korea, white chrysanthemums are symbolic of lamentation and/or grief. In some other countries, they represent honesty.[8] In the United States, the flower is usually regarded as positive and cheerful,[9] with New Orleans as a notable exception.[10]
Chrysanthemum crest on the Mikasa
Chrysanthemum crest on the gate of Yasukuni shrine
- In Australia,the chrysanthemum is traditionally given to mothers for Mother's Day, whilst men will wear it in their lapels to honour mothers, as the flower is naturally in season during autumn.[11]
- The chrysanthemum is one of the "Four Gentlemen" (四君子) of China (the others being the plum blossom, the orchid, and bamboo). The chrysanthemum is said to have been favored by Tao Qian, an influential Chinese poet, and is symbolic of nobility. It is also one of the four symbolic seasonal flowers.
- A chrysanthemum festival is held each year in Tongxiang, near Hangzhou, China.[12]
- Chrysanthemums are the topic in hundreds of poems of China.[13]
- The "golden flower" referred to in the 2006 movie Curse of the Golden Flower is a chrysanthemum.
- "Chrysanthemum Gate" (jú huā mén 菊花门), often abbreviated as Chrysanthemum (菊花), is taboo slang meaning "anus" (with sexual connotations).[14]
- Chrysanthemums were first cultivated in China as a flowering herb as far back as the 15th century BC.
- An ancient Chinese city (Xiaolan Town of Zhongshan City) was named Ju-Xian, meaning "chrysanthemum city".
- The plant is particularly significant during the Double Ninth Festival.
- Industrial musicians Einstürzende Neubauten base their song "Blume" around the flower.
- The Chrysanthemum Throne is the name given to the position of Japanese emperor.
- Chrysanthemum crest (菊花紋章, kikukamonshō or kikkamonshō) is a general term for a mon of chrysanthemum blossom design; there are more than 150 different patterns. The Imperial Seal of Japan is a particularly notable one; it is used by members of the Japanese imperial family. There are also a number of formerly state-endowed shrines (官国弊社, kankokuheisha) which have adopted a chrysanthemum crest, most notably Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine.[15]
- The Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum is a Japanese honor awarded by the emperor.
- The city of Nihonmatsu, Japan hosts the "Nihonmatsu Chrysanthemum Dolls Exhibition" every autumn in historical ruin of Nihonmatsu Castle.[16]
- In Imperial Japan, small arms were required to be stamped with the Imperial Chrysanthemum, as they were considered the personal property of the Emperor.
- The chrysanthemum is also considered to be the seasonal flower of September.
United States
- The chrysanthemum is the flower of the American musician fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
- The yellow chrysanthemum is the flower of the Phi Kappa Sigma international fraternity.[17]
- Chrysanthemums were recognized as the official flower of the city of Chicago in 1961.[18]
- Chrysanthemums are the official flower of the city of Salinas, California.
- The indie rock band The Mountain Goats references chrysanthemum in the title song from their 1995 album Nine Black Poppies.
- The rock band Everclear has a song named after the flower.
- The punk rock band Strung Out references the flower in the song "Lucifermotorcade".
- The alternative/punk band AFI references the flower in their song "The Great Disappointment' from their 2003 album Sing the Sorrow.
- The yellow chrysanthemum is the official flower of Sigma Alpha, a professional agricultural sorority.
- The white chrysanthemum is the flower of Triangle Fraternity, a society of engineers, architects, and scientists.
- The term "chrysanthemum" is also used to refer to a certain type of fireworks shells that produce a pattern of trailing sparks similar to a chrysanthemum flower.[citation needed]
- The chrysanthemum is also the flower of November.[19]
See also
- ^ landscaping.about.com
- ^ History of the Chrysanthemum. National Chrysanthemum Society USA
- ^ B. C. Wolverton, Rebecca C. McDonald, and E. A. Watkins, Jr. "Foliage Plants for Removing Indoor Air Pollutants from Energy-efficient Homes" (PDF). http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19860066312_1986066312.pdf. Retrieved 3 May 2007.
- ^ Collins RA, Ng TB, Fong WP, Wan CC, Yeung HW (1997). "A comparison of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 inhibition by partially purified aqueous extracts of Chinese medicinal herbs". Life Sciences 60 (23): PL345–51. doi:10.1016/S0024-3205(97)00227-0. PMID 9180371.
- ^ Hu CQ, Chen K, Shi Q, Kilkuskie RE, Cheng YC, Lee KH (January 1994). "Anti-AIDS agents, 10. Acacetin-7-O-beta-D-galactopyranoside, an anti-HIV principle from Chrysanthemum morifolium and a structure-activity correlation with some related flavonoids". Journal of Natural Products 57 (1): 42–51. doi:10.1021/np50103a006. PMID 8158164.
- ^ Sassi AB, Harzallah-Skhiri F, Bourgougnon N, Aouni M (February 2008). "Antimicrobial activities of four Tunisian Chrysanthemum species". The Indian Journal of Medical Research 127 (2): 183–92. PMID 18403798. http://www.icmr.nic.in/ijmr/2008/february/0213.pdf.
- ^ Marongiu B, Piras A, Porcedda S, et al. (2009). "Chemical and biological comparisons on supercritical extracts of Tanacetum cinerariifolium (Trevir) Sch. Bip. with three related species of chrysanthemums of Sardinia (Italy)". Natural Product Research 23 (2): 190–9. doi:10.1080/14786410801946221. PMID 19173127.
- ^ Flower Meaning. Retrieved 22 September 2007. Archived October 12, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.teleflora.com/about-flowers/chrysanthemum.asp
- ^ http://www.pbase.com/septembermorn/metairie_cemetery
- ^ http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/2000/archives/2000/in_the_garden/flowering_plants_and_shrubs?p=1456
- ^ "Remarkable Investment Attraction Result of Tongxiang City". Zhejiang Foreign Frade and Economic Cooperation Bureau. Archived from the original on 16 December 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20031216082741/http://www.zftec.gov.cn/english/open/govern/detail.jsp?m_id=561. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
- ^ 2010年03月27日星期六 二月十二庚寅(虎)年. "国学365-中国历代菊花诗365首". Guoxue.com. http://www.guoxue.com/365/index.php?kid=006. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ Chao, E. (2009), Niubi: the real Chinese you were never taught in school, Plume
- ^ Inoue, Nobutaka (2 June 2005). "Shinmon". Encyclopedia of Shinto. http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=271. Retrieved 17 November 2008.
- ^ "二本松の菊人形". City.nihonmatsu.lg.jp. http://www.city.nihonmatsu.lg.jp/kanko/kiku/kiku.html. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ "Phi Kappa Sigma". Queens University of Charlotte. http://www.queens.edu/Life-on-Campus/Greek-Life/Sororities-and-Fraternities/Phi-Kappa-Sigma.html. Retrieved 17 December 2011.
- ^ http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/chiflower.html[dead link]
- ^ "Birth Month Flower of November - The Chrysanthemum - Flowers, Low Prices, Same Day Delivery". 1st in Flowers!. 27 October 2008. http://www.1stinflowers.com/fom_november.html. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
Further reading
- Carvalho, S.M.P.; Abi-Tarabay, H.; Heuvelink, E. (2005). "Temperature affects Chrysanthemum flower characteristics differently during three phases of the cultivation period". Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 8 (2): 209–216. http://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/lang/338932.
- Ploeg, A. van der; Heuvelink, E. (2006). "The influence of temperature on growth and development of chrysanthemum cultivars: a review". Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 81 (2): 174–182. http://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/wurpubs/lang/346163.


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The Vermont state legislature has passed legislation focusing on net-metering and interconnection standards. In 1998 the Arkansas state legislature enacted net-metering legislation that has been subsequently amended and required the Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) to establish interconnection standards. (2005 Act 61 and 2010 H.B. 781) The legislature also set up Vermont's Clean Energy Development Fund (CEDF), in 2005, to promote the development and deployment of cost-effective and environmentally sustainable electric-power resources. The Vermont state legislature enacted legislation that forbids agreements prohibiting the use of renewable resources. [2, 3, 4, 5]
"In March 2008, Governor Douglas signed into law the Energy Efficiency and Affordability Act of 2008 (H 520). The new law is similar to EPACT 2005 in that it directs Vermont's Public Service Board to "investigate opportunities for Vermont electric utilities cost effectively to install advanced 'smart' metering equipment capable of sending two way signals and sufficient to support advanced time of use pricing during periods of critical peaks or hourly differentiated time of use pricing." After its investigation, the Board is to require each utility to file plans for deploying smart meters and TOU pricing, provided that the utility serves a territory where such a deployment is "appropriate and cost-effective."" [1]
The State of Vermont Public Service Board had established Time-of-Day rates for all customer types by 1987. By 2006 the Board had moved away from interruptible accounts for demand-side management and focused on curtailable load accounts. [6, 7]
"In February 2007, the Vermont Public Service Board decided not to adopt PURPA Standard 14 ("Time-Based Metering and Communications") as enacted in EPACT 2005. Instead, it will "consider the standard's applicability on a utility-specific basis in a future rate case or rate-design case, as appropriate." The Decision cited two determining factors:
- "There are considerable differences among Vermont's distribution utilities with respect to the number and type of time-based rates they offer, as well as the utilities' implementation of smart-metering technologies."
- "Each utility's circumstances should be taken into account when determining whether to require the utility to change its rate design or its metering system. Adopting the EPACT 2005 smart metering and time-based standard on a statewide basis at this time would not allow this case-specific consideration to take place. Therefore, the Board will consider the applicability of the EPACT 2005 smart metering and time-based standard on a case-by-case basis in a future rate case or rate-design case, as appropriate."
In August 2008, Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) and the Vermont Department of Public Service launched a collaborative smart-grid pilot program open to participation by any utility in the state. The collaboration, according to the utility and the state agency, will establish "templates and standards for new meter and communications technology." It will also develop CVPS SmartPower, "a systematic program to analyze and install the latest in metering technology over several years." (As of now, CVPS SmartPower is expected to run through 2013.) CVPS and the Vermont Department of Public Service expect that ultimately CVPS SmartPower will yield expanded time-of-day rate programs and new real-time rate programs." [1]
Time-of-Day and Time-of-Use rates break the cost for electricity into periods of either peak or off-peak pricing. Two subsets of Time-of-Use include critical peak rates and electric load management rates. Critical peak rates where a reduced rate is charged for energy during peak and off-peak hours and energy price is set when the company calls for critical hours based on Day Ahead ISO-NE Locational Marginal Price. Critical hours are when the company notifies the customer nine hours before the power day begins that the price for energy during critical hours will be different and they have the option of paying the new price of energy or de-energizing equipment. Electric load management rates charge a significantly reduced rate for off-peak energy consumption.
Demand-side management includes curtailable load rates. Curtailable rates are when the company notifies the customer at least one hour before the curtailment period begins equipment must de-energize if curtailment does not occur the customer will pay a premium for energy used during the curtailment period.
Central Vermont Public Service
- Central Vermont Public Service Residential Rates
- Central Vermont Public Service Business Rates
Green Mountain Power
- Green Mountain Power Rates
See the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) for information on consumer-owned Cooperatives: http://www.nreca.org/members/MemberDirectory/Pages/default.aspx
Vermont offers a business solar tax credit and lending program at the corporate and personal levels, clean energy finance districts, property tax exemptions for solar and CHP/cogeneration, and grants and rebates for wind, water and solar.
More information can be found in the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE): http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?re=1&ee=1&spv=0&st=0&srp=1&state=VT
State Energy Office:
- Vermont Department of Public Service Energy Efficiency Division State Energy Office
State Authority Dealing with Energy Regulation:
- State of Vermont Public Service Board
- Docket Search: http://publicservicedept.vermont.gov/dockets
Vermont Statutes
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE): http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?re=1&ee=1&spv=0&st=0&srp=1&state=VT
[1] Demand Response and Smart Metering Policy Actions Since the Energy Policy Act of 2005: A Summary for State Officials, Prepared by the U.S. Demand Response Coordinating Committee for The National Council on Electricity Policy, Fall 2008. URL: http://www.oe.energy.gov/DocumentsandMedia/NCEP_Demand_Response_1208.pdf
[2] Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, Vermont – Net Metering, 06/11/2010. URL: http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=VT02R&re=1&ee=1
[3] Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, Vermont Interconnection Standards, 06/08/2010. URL: http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=VT01R&re=1&ee=1
[4] Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund (CEDF), 06/22/2010. URL: http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=VT06R&re=1&ee=1
[5] Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency, Vermont Renewable Energy Access Law, 06/09/2010. URL: http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=VT10R&re=1&ee=1
[6] Central Vermont Public Service, Residential Service Rates, 4/1/2010. URL: http://www.cvps.com/CustomerService/ResRates.aspx
[7] Green Mountain Power, Rate Tariffs. URL: http://www.greenmountainpower.com/customer-service/billing/rates/tariffs.html


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Reep, what's the price on the CF?Also, what's the door height?
Scott I know the door on the FGM is 8.5" and the Dome is 9.8" so that 63% ration does not work out right? You can go raised +3" and use same door.
Reep,Where are you located? Generally I wouldn't mention it due to cost, but considering what you are looking at I think the option of having a custom oven built by stovemasters would be within reason.http://www.stovemaster.com/html_en/commercial_brick_oven.html
But I'm also not entirely sold on the CF either. Something feels off. I'm a bit concerned about the entryway. If it's uninsulated stainless, that's going to be a major problem. Even if it's insulated stainless, I'm still concerned. Hopefully I'm wrong about this and the front of the oven has some thermal mass, but, if it doesn't, that's going to make for much more uneven bakes.
Now, the 1030C is low mass/quick pre-heat, which might end up working great for family night pizza, but not so great for residual heat baking, but you're not going to get every feature you're looking for in a single oven.
It seems like you have the money and the space. Have you considered two ovens? One small-ish for quick pre-heats and another larger for bigger events and/or a greater variety of foods?
Have you looked at the Stefano Ferraro or Acunto John
Option 8 get a small portable oven like a primavera 60 put on wheels maybe? and you can allways sell this later, most here would be happy to have any WFO . Then learn how to make pizza decide if you even like the work involved and keep doing research for a few months.? And Keep Scott123 in the WFO loop there are other forums as well that may be helpful in your quest for the perfect oven. Not sure we can do more ?I am stickin with the solid reasonable choice here for a home oven the FGM 950 B (raised it you want ) Done Have you decided what tools you will be using ? I can help with that for sure much easier question for me, and Ihope you remember me when the time comes Thanks Reep!
Here is an updated schematic of the CF. Looks like solid mass all the way up around the door opening:http://person.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Outdoor-Kitchen/i-dgzSxJn/0/XL/110WoodTradSpecsPage2-XL.jpgAlthough, these might not be super accurate as they state that the dome is 4" thick, but show the outside diameter at 49.5" and the interior as 44" [(49.5-44)/2=2.75" not 4", but the top of the dome appears to be thicker than the sides.
If one were to purchase an FGM "high" with the 12.8" dome and 11.5" door, would it be all that hard to build your own insert to lower the inner door height to 8.5"? If you had such an insert, then you could have the best of both worlds. 11.5" door for the turkey, and use the insert when you want to cook neo pizza? It's main goal would be to prevent the hotter higher air from escaping as easily, so it would only have to handle the heat. Maybe make a metal band in the shape of the new inner door and top it with fire brick to the shape of the old inner door. It would not have to be a perfect fit, just enough to block most air flow.For those of you who are builders, could you not just mortar in an inner door solution as well? Maybe support it with some thin pieces on the sides of the door to keep it in place and not lose too much width?
Actually, I was looking at the Neapolitan model and not the Traditional.
Yes, until Antoine comes up with a cast iron insert, I think a homegrown approach is an excellent idea.I was thinking about this yesterday. While it would be nice if the insert could be insulated and/or have some mass, neither are critical. The main purpose is trapping hot air so that it contacts the dome longer before flowing under the inner door and up the chimney. The lower the inner door, to a point, the more heat you're capturing in the dome. The higher the inner door, the more heat is lost up the chimney.You might even be able to get away with something like copper flashing. You will want it to be fairly snug, though, so the gases are forced underneath it.
Scott, just thinking out loud here; how much difference could a couple inches of hot air make? Air doesnt hold much heat. If you reduce the size of the door opening, you are also going to restrict the oxygen flow, right? Id be more worried about the effect this had on the ability of the fire to convert fuel to heat. I would think a couple inches of hot air is a poor tradeoff for a cooler fire.


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Here's how RW members rated this race (191 votes).
In short: A few teething problems but as a first-timer at this distance I was pretty happy - it was flat!Date of review: April 8, 2008
In short: Great race really enjoyed it.In full: It was a race for the "old-school" type runner....the type who don't need an ipod to be able to run! A small field of runners running on a damp,cold morning for the fun of it.I am grateful to the race organiser because this, to me, is what running is all about. Date of review: March 11, 2008
In short: Having not run a half marathon for 10 years its was the perfect venue to ease me back in and set a realistic Date of review: March 11, 2008
In short: A friendly half-marathon on a small scaleIn full: Small scale race, although this was a 'test run' I think. Would be a shame to turn it into a huge event - size isn't everything! Definite PB potential if the wind isn't too bad.Date of review: March 11, 2008
In short: my first half great for a beginnerDate of review: March 10, 2008
In short: Some good things, some not so goodIn full: Some marshalls were great, especially the lad and lass on the corner of the coast road and the road out of Lydd (at about 4 miles). However other marshalls were too busy talking amongst themselves to offer encouragement. The one and two mile markers were definitely way out. Most of the organisers were pretty positive though, and given this was the first running for years, I would like to say thanks and hope the event continues into future years.Date of review: March 10, 2008
In short: needs better organisation!In full: Rather a lot of money for a very ordinary race .No police to pay for so should have been a bit cheaper! also not many marshalls needed as roads are almost dead straight! I found this a boring run. Expected to return a different way! good p.b. potential if you can overcome the wind. as the route is so exposed it is probably always windy. well done to the marshalls though!start needs to be signposted from the main road-only found the green by sheer luck at the last minute!Date of review: March 10, 2008
In short: Windy but Flat PB potentialIn full: Great Race, looking forward to returning next year, nice to see the organisers already looking to improve the race and the facilitices. lets hope for better weather next yearGot a PB by just under a minute, would have one question mark over the race distance as my gps measured it to be 12.9 mileskeep up the good workDate of review: March 10, 2008
In short: Lovely raceIn full: Bit disappointed M20 closed so was late getting to race. Couldn't find the start as no markings, asked some spectators so think I started at the right place but can't feel I can count my time as not sure if I started at the right place. Other than that a really good race, I found marshalls encouraging and I will be joining in next year.Date of review: March 10, 2008
In short: Excellent PB course.Date of review: March 10, 2008
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I just purchased a Martin custom 0-15S with a FINGERBOARD WIDTH AT NUT of 1-3/4'' and a BRIDGE STRING SPACING of 2-1/4''. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if the M1 would work with this spacing? I hope so, since I love these pickups so much!
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Using Facebook to discuss Super Bowl ads
If you're only using social networking to connect with high school friends and avoid physical contact with people, you're missing out on its other advantages. Social networking allows people, businesses and organizations to connect from all over the world for instant communication. Take media outlets like CNN and ESPN, for example. They both have entire segments dedicated to viewer feedback from comments on Facebook and Twitter.
And more and more companies are taking advantage of social networking to connect clients and customers and generate buzz for their business.
This Sunday, 150 million viewers will tune in to watch the Super Bowl – and the infamous ads, which cost between $2.5 and $2.8 million for a 30-second slot. Rochester based advertising agency Roberts Communications knows just how important these ads are, and is using Facebook to garner instant feedback. In the past, Roberts has hosted focus groups during the game, but this year they realized the advantages to reaching more people via social networking.
For The Customer Bowl V: Rochester Friends the Ads, the agency will post eight to 10 of the most anticipated ads on its Facebook wall, which people can visit before, during and after the game. Viewers can then post comments about the ads. To leave your feedback on this year's ads, visit www.customerbowl.com or search for Customer Bowl V on Facebook.


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Looks great! Bravo, and I also want to commend you for changing up the lemonade for a nice Jack and Coke midway through the meal.
Good looking pizza. Nice crumb. Which dough recipe did you use?
Matt,perfect looking pies, Bro!! I don't think it gets any closer to the real thing. Good job...but...Malibu??? Come on now
Dang that looks tasty! I could do with a slice of that, right about now. Nice work (as always) Matt.Toby


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In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court just announced its ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby, holding that, "as applied to closely held corporations, the government's HHS regulations imposing the contraceptive mandate violate the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA)." The full opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito, can be read here.
Although there is still much to digest, and although the majority opinion still leaves quite a bit of room for related battles to continue, it's worth noting that that whatever perceived "narrowness" we see in the decision — confining things specifically to closely held corporations — remains a significant victory, particularly given our culture's prevailing attitudes about business.
According to HHS, by simply incorporating one's business in the pursuit of profit — "without in any way changing the size or nature of their businesses" — a company "would forfeit all RFRA (and free-exercise) rights" (quotes from Alito's paraphrase). The arguments supporting such a view vary, including the principal argument advanced by HHS that corporations cannot "exercise religion."
Alito dissects this from a variety of angles, and does so rather compellingly. But one of the more noteworthy sections is his refutation of the notion that for-profit corporations aren't protected by RFRA because they "simply seek to make a profit." (more…)


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