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"You feel your obligation to a child when you have seen it and held it. Any human face is a claim on you, because you can't help but understand the singularity of it, the courage and loneliness of it. But this is truest of the face of an infant. I consider that to be one kind of vision, as mystical as any." ~from Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
I woke up and held my son for a long, long time. I'd been gone for three days at the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Disorders Family Conference and had missed him terribly. Driving through Boston on the way to the airport, I told my friend Kate that it was so difficult, so impossible even, so disastrous to imagine feeling that way forever. The missing, the ache.
We agreed that, say what you will about heaven or where we go or visions of the afterlife, the truth about someone being dead is that they're gone from this life, right now, here on earth, with you. That particular person has been removed from your particular life. That's the gut punch and there is no balm for that, no platitude, no prayer, and, I would argue, no belief even that will fix it. My son will be dead within three years and there's nothing I can do about it.
After a brief scare with the lack of a ticket at Logan, a very nice woman ended up fixing the problem for exactly $967.00 less than she was supposed to.
I was waiting at the gate when a woman began crying hysterically, screaming, saying You can't do this to me again. You're ruining my life. Oh my God I can't believe this. I literally thought somebody had died.
As it turned out, the woman had been told she needed to check her luggage as the overhead bins were full, and the last time she flew somewhere the airline had ruined her laptop. I had zero sympathy for her and boarded the plane in a teary huff. When I saw her sit in the row in front of me, still squawling, still hysterical, I thought about offering her a Xanax or perhaps handing her the weekend program schedule from the Tay-Sachs Family Conference: symptom management, secrection control, choosing an end of life plan, memorials, support group for grieving parents.
The man sitting next to me pointed at the back of her seat and said, "FREAK." I nodded. The man sitting next to her asked if she was okay, handed her a tissue, and then the real story came out. For years this woman had been homeless, jobless, and her computer, her laptop, the one thing that had allowed her some freedom, some ability to look for jobs, had been ruined when she flew home for a family funeral with money a friend had given her as a gift.
The man next to me kept laughing, but I did not. I was no longer in the mood for his jeers or my complicity in them moments before. I thought about what people will say about Ronan at the later stages, some of the names they might call him, they way I myself have used "retarded" in the past; the way people regard difference. And I thought, no, she's not a freak, she's someone's child, and beyond that she's a person.
Four hours later and the air on the jetway was like heavy cake. Texas. The Dallas airport, a place that is clearly trying to be a Texas version of Heathrow, same font used for the signs, same glossy stores lining the terminals, arrows directing you to the "toilets" instead of the restrooms. Through the windows of the above ground skylink train whisking between terminals, the lights of the city dripped in the thick sky. I sat near the front of the train as if it were a carnival ride, and I thought about all the sick kids I met in Boston. I held a lot of tiny hands.
I was getting irritated with the loud group of retirees sitting next to me at the coffee shop when one of the men stood up and said, "Okay, well it's chemo day for me, so I'll see you later!" and strolled away. We know so little about people's lives, about what they go through. At least at the family conference where we huddle together and try to figure out how to manage and eventually eliminate all these terrible, insane diseases, everything is out in the open — all the misery, gallows humor, joy, fear, dread. As one mother said, "People talk about living each day as if it were your last, but that's a completely exhausting way to live." Indeed it is.
Sometimes I sit with Ronan and think, "How can I make this moment more precious since he is only here for such a short time?" And then I remember another Mom telling me that her best memories are about just sitting on the couch with her son — no additional meaning needed to be sought or found.
Taking a break from the conference to have a drink at the swanky Blu bar at the overpriced, complete-with-soothing-waterfall Sports Club L.A., I kept thinking about the daughter of my mentor at the conference. Two and a half and gorgeous. I thought about her when I was not at the conference, at night before falling asleep, and I had dreams about her that I can't remember. Probably because she is the closest to Ronan in age, and because her mother and I share a similar philosophy-of-care approach. But it wasn't just that. It was some quality in her face, in her person, that indicated how totally and completely and unabashedly and proudly she was loved.
In the T, walking to the conference, having dinner, I kept having visions of her face and Ronan's, these two particular faces. And then I kept thinking that this particular group pf parents might be the best in the world. No, nobody is going to say "Wow, you did a great job with her; you must be so proud,"' after she graduates from Harvard and becomes the leading radiologist in the world. Nobody is going to say "You raised him right." or "You raised him wrong." There will be no "raising." There will be no "proof" of what was done for these children, no pats on the back from society or community or friends. These parents will never make the mistake of living through their children. Listening to them discuss the minutiae of their children's care, you can't help thinking that each one should write a book about how to be a parent, truly, in the ways that matter the most.
There are many horrible things about living with a terminally ill child, but the hardest is the way in which our parenting approach approximates an old archetypal story — without the redemptive ending. When your child is dying and there is no treatment or cure, it feels as though you are sending them out in the wilderness, only there is no returning from the exile. Nobody is passed over. Nobody is freed. The faces of those children and their parents are brave and beautiful because they are singular faces. The parents know their children's bodies like no other parents; they learn to read the subtlest cues and find moments, even in the later stages of the disease, when elements of the child's personality shine through. And I know their stories now, their desperately human stories. They are sad, sometimes unbearably so, but also, in some moments, absolutely laugh-out-loud funny. What these parents do is as sacred as it is misunderstood.
There is something profound and liberating about naming the unspeakable, giving it voice, letting it live in a room. I can sit in a group discussion and talk about "growing into a diagnosis" and about pulmonary care and how some studies have shown that when people can no longer eat, when their bodies shut down, there occurs an incredible physical euphoria that is the opposite of pain or discomfort. And then someone might tell a joke. And then someone will tell their story about the final days with their child, and the importance of hospice care and night nursing. Sitting in circles, loving their kids, suctioning lungs or feeding or rocking or comforting, all of those people were children once, and now they're fierce parents. They were or are somebody's child. Their own children, dying though they might be, have a claim on them. And all of them have a claim on me.
This is it: although having a terminally ill child has, in many ways, ruined my life because Ronan will die. Talking with these parents helps me strategize about how I will possibly manage his death, which will be forever for his father Rick and for me, and these parents are teaching me about practical considerations (doctors, care options, alternative treatments) as well as all the impractical considerations (how to be strong and hopeful in the face of hopelessness). More than anything else, each face in that circle, infant or adult or otherwise, is teaching me how learning how to live with death is also about learning how to live.
Emily Rapp is the author of Poster Child: A Memoir and an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and Literature at the Santa Fe University of Art and Design. Her work has appeared in The Los Angeles Times, Salon, The Sun, and many other publications.
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More consumers are now aware of Blu-ray disc and its capabilities, but only a fraction of them plan to purchase an appropriate device to take advantage of higher resolution that their high-definition TV sets have. The popularity of Blu-ray may increase once the prices are down.
According to The NPD Group, a market research company, 45% of HDTV owners in the U.S. claim to be familiar with BD format, up from 35% in June 2007. Still, only 6% of all consumers surveyed and 9% of HDTV owners said they plan to purchase a Blu-ray disc device in the next six month.
"With HDTVs now in approximately 40 million US households, that percentage translates to a pool of almost 4 million potential BD player buyers," said Russ Crupnick, entertainment industry analyst for NPD.
Nevertheless, manufacturers still face challenges. Although HD DVD is no longer a competitive threat, many consumers are content with standard-definition DVD players and content. The leading reasons cited as barriers to purchase were a perceived high cost of BD players and a belief that standard-definition DVD is "good enough". Consumers, who purchased a BD set-top player, cited "leading-edge technology" and a "superior viewing experience" as primary reasons for making the purchase.
In fact, current owners of standalone Blu-ray disc players expect that 80% of their upcoming purchases will be in BD rather than standard DVD. By comparison, 43% of Sony PlayStation 3 owners use the BD capability in their consoles at least once a month; however, they do not view BD movies as often as set-top device owners do.
"The door is open for studios to feed the consumer's appetite for Blu-ray content, and we expect sales to increase, as prices for hardware and software moderate in the coming months. Even so it will take a concerted effort by manufacturers and retailers to ratchet awareness even further and convince all of those potential buyers of the superiority of Blu-ray Disc versus standard DVD," Mr. Crupnick said.


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You're right, Nito. There's another version of Kazaa without the spyware. It's called Kazaa Lite, I don't know where you can download it.
I don't think simple mp3-files can bring viruses on your computer, can they? .exe files can, but downloading those is always dangerous, no matter from what source.


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The Consultative Section on Diabetes Education (DECS) of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) was established in 1994. One of DECS' functions is to conduct and/or stimulate the development of programmes and activities relevant to diabetes education worldwide. Over the years, DECS has received many requests for recognition of existing healthcare professional education courses and materials.
In response, DECS now offers the Recognition Programme whereby organisations offering courses for health professionals in diabetes education and management are encouraged and recognised for meeting international standards. Recognition sends a message to the public that a programme has undergone an external review and has achieved a level of excellence in the education of healthcare providers working in the field of diabetes education and management.
Awarding IDF recognition to a programme does not mean that graduates of the program are certified or credentialed in any way by IDF. IDF recognition applies to the programme - not to the individual graduate of the programme.
This programme is deliberately broad with sufficient flexibility to meet the needs of countries in the early stages of course development, while providing adequate structure to allow consistency of presentation and content.
- Programme has been in operation for minimum of 2 years
- Programme is ongoing and planned to be delivered at least annually
- Multidisciplinary faculty is actively engaged in the programme
- Programme has a named coordinator
- Programme has defined selection criteria for students
- Objectives of the programme reflect the IDF International Curriculum for Diabetes Health Professional Education
- Content is evidence- based
- Evaluation of the program is 3 tiered
- Programme as a whole
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- Feedback from evaluations has been incorporated into programme changes
- Course/programme is hosted by a not for profit institution
Recognition obtained under the DECS process applies to diabetes education courses for healthcare providers and is conferred on the understanding that the following pertain:
- For the safety of others, people engaged in the field of health are responsible for carrying out only those clinical and educational procedures for which they have been prepared and are sanctioned by the appropriate regulatory body or professional organisation. Preparation must include theory and supervised practice and assessment within a specified time frame.
- Maintenance of knowledge and skill in performing clinical procedures and education is essential. Measures should be in place to ensure that regular review of competence occurs according to the statutory regulations within each country.
- Health professionals are at all times responsible for their own acts. They are expected to be aware of the limits of their abilities and to function within those limits and according to the specific laws and regulations that govern their practice in the country in which they are working.
- Recognition of education programmes/courses by IDF does not imply any financial support by IDF nor can IDF be responsible or accountable.
- If accepted for Recognition, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will be signed with IDF regarding the use of the IDF Recognised Programme logo (in accordance with IDF guidelines) and the statement "This course has been recognised by the International Diabetes Federation" will be included on promotional and/or educational material for the course.
Programmes that are currently recognised by IDF:
- Curso de Educador Certificado en Diabetes by the Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes (Argentina)
- Advanced Diabetes Nursing Practice by the Centre for Health and Social Practice and Waikato Institute of Technology (New Zealand)
- Atencion de la Persona con Diabetes by the DiabetCentro Institute (Guatemala)
- Diabetes Education; Training for Registered Nurses, Registered Nutritionists -Dietitians and Allied Health Care Professionals by the Philippine Association of Diabetes Educators,Inc. and the Association of Diabetes Nurse Educators of the Philippines, Inc. (The Philippines)
- International Diabetes Educator E - Learning Programe by Project Hope (India)
- Certificate Course in Evidence Based Diabetes Management by the Public Health Foundation of India (India)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes by the University of South Wales (UK)
- Diabetes Educator Graduate Certificate Program, Diabetes Management in the Elderly, Promoting Self Care in Chronic Illness, Diabetes and Pregnancy, Diabetes in Children and Adolescents by The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences (Canada)
- Diabetes Educator Graduate Certificate Program (International) by The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences (Canada)
- Diabetes Care and Management by the Waikato Institute of Technology and the Waikato Dibetes Service (New Zealand)
- Certificate Course on Diabetology (CCD) by the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh - DAB (Bangladesh)
- Certificate Course in Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (CCGDM) by the Public Health Foundation of India - PHFI (India)
- Certified Diabetes Educator-India (CDEI) by the Manav Seva Foundation Inc. Not for Profit Corporation 501©3, USA (India)
- Diabetic Foot Workshop for Nurses by the Endocrinology & Metabolism Research Institute of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
- Comprehensive Course in Diabetes Management by the Endocrinology & Metabolism Research Institute of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (Iran)
- Intensive Training Course for Diabetes Educators by the Philippine Center for Diabetes Education Foundation, Inc. (Philippines)
- MSc, Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate in Diabetes by the University of Leicester (UK)
- Masters (MSc) in Diabetes by the University of South Wales (UK)
- Postgraduate Diabetes Diploma by the Cardiff University (UK)


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Debates of Dec. 7th, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #62 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was wineries.
- Question Period
- Religious Freedom
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities
- Mayor of Williams Lake, B.C.
- Iraq
- Child Pornography
- Poverty
- Riding of Kitchener Centre
- Search and Rescue
- Coach of the B.C. Lions
- Violence Against Women
- Iran
- Wreaths Across Canada
- Firearms Registry
- New Democratic Party of Canada
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Canada-U.S. Relations
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Minister of National Defence
- Port of Montreal
- President of the Treasury Board
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Search and Rescue
- Employment Insurance
- Employment
- Ocean Choice International
- Foreign Affairs
- Canadian Wheat Board
- The Environment
- Firearms Registry
- The Environment
- Pensions
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Foreign Affairs
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Air India
- Kyoto Protocol
- Points of Order
- Privilege
- Public Sector Integrity Commissioner
- Government Response to Petitions
- Prohibition on Importing Goods Produced by Sweatshop Labour Act
- Protecting Canadians' Personal Privacy Act
- Private Members' Bills
- Petitions
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Motions for Papers
- Message from the Senate
- Points of Order
- Fair Representation Act
- Senate Reform Act
- Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act
Member for Lethbridge
Points of Order
Oral Questions
3:15 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
We can consider the matter closed. The member has indicated that he will respect the Speaker's ruling going forward. He certainly seems to have indicated regret that anybody may have taken offence.
I thank all hon. members in advance for respecting the ruling I gave yesterday on overall decorum and comportment not only during votes, but also during question period when members are both putting questions and trying to answer them.
The hon. member for Mount Royal is rising on the question of privilege he raised some time ago.
Telephone Calls to Mount Royal Constituents
Oral Questions
3:15 p.m.
Irwin Cotler Mount Royal, QC
Mr. Speaker, I rise again in the matter of the question of privilege I first raised on November 16. Simply put, the submission from the member for New Brunswick Southwest on Monday evening misstated the facts at issue, however inadvertently, yet again, while ignoring the attending breach of privilege. Moreover, he did not make any reference to the principles and precedents which support my position and which should guide your ruling.
I want to organize my remarks and ensure that we are all following House of Commons Procedure and Practice, second edition from 2009 by the recognized authorities O'Brien and Bosc. The member stated:
In conducting voter identification, the Conservative Party used its traditional voter ID script, with no mention of a byelection.
Either every person who has called, emailed, mailed or faxed my office, or talked to me in person about these calls is lying, or the member is utterly mistaken as to their content while ignoring the evidence.
May I draw your attention, Mr. Speaker, to a Huffington Post article, a copy of which was provided to the table clerks, along with samples of the emails and phone calls to my offices, wherein a constituent says:
I kept arguing with them. They kept insisting that there was a byelection and I'm politically aware and there isn't one.
Mr. Speaker, I will repeat. The constituent, and more importantly this constituent is representative of the calls received and the evidence you have received, said, "They kept insisting that there was a byelection..." "was" being the key word, not "maybe", "could perhaps be", "might be". She said "was" and that she had to argue with the caller otherwise.
Any dispute as to the contents of these calls is quickly resolved by looking at the evidence my office has submitted to the table clerks. But, Mr. Speaker, I will remind you that you need not resolve the actual content of the calls prior to ruling. Indeed, as the Clerk of the House noted before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs in 2002, reprinted on page 145 of O'Brien and Bosc:
The Speaker's role ought to be explained, and it is that the issue put before the Speaker is not a finding of fact, it is simply whether on first impression the issue that is before the House warrants priority consideration over all other matters, all other orders of the day that are before the House.
Indeed, Mr. Speaker, your role is finding whether there is a prima facie breach which O'Brien and Bosc reminds us means a breach, "on the first impression or on first glance".
It is standard practice that you would take the matter under advisement as you have done, upon first being presented with it. However, I would assert that it is evident on its face, particularly as we begin a fifth round of interventions on this topic, that the matter is sufficiently serious and sufficiently prejudicial to warrant consideration by the whole House and subsequently at committee.
The member for New Brunswick Southwest asserts that my privileges have not been breached and that my parliamentary duties have not been sufficiently impeded. The member is ignoring that sowing confusion as to a member's identity is actionable on its face and alone a per se impediment.
While l believe that I made a clear and compelling case in this regard in my previous intervention, I would like to remind the House and that member, through you, Mr. Speaker, that there is another privilege avenue of which I have not yet spoken. Specifically, O'Brien and Bosc explained it:
In deliberating upon a question of privilege, the Chair will take into account the extent to which the matter complained of infringed upon any Member's ability to perform his or her parliamentary functions or appears to be a contempt against the dignity of Parliament.
Admittedly, I have not delved much into the discussion of "contempt against the dignity of Parliament" in my previous interventions because the interference with my parliamentary duties was compelling enough on its face. Accordingly on this point, may I briefly remind all hon. members of what O'Brien and Bosc note re prima facie privilege:
...some matters found to be prima facie include the damaging of a Member's reputation and the usurpation of the title of Member of Parliament...
It went on to describe the reputational damage cases which I cited in my first intervention and where the matter at hand accords with the established precedents. While I realize that the precedents in O'Brien and Bosc are somewhat more recent on this point, may I draw your attention to the 1987 remarks of Speaker Fraser:
The privileges of a member are violated by any action which might impede him or her in the fulfilment of his or her duties and functions. It is obvious that the unjust damaging of a reputation could constitute such an impediment.
While the government member assertions that "calls were within the bounds of typical political discourse", I believe that once there is a false and misleading statement of fact made that there is or will be a byelection and that the member has resigned or is about to resign, this clearly crosses the line and is constitutive of reputational damage.
Again, Mr. Speaker, it is you who informs the House of vacancy in the representation, not any party and certainly not any unsolicited phone call.
I realize that determining contempt against the dignity of Parliament is a somewhat subjective test. On this point, I would direct you to articles in the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the National Post, an editorial in the Ottawa Citizen, columns in Le Soleil and other papers that all similarly conclude that these calls are "black ops", "sleazy", "odious", "disgusting", "Watergate-like", "a new low in politics", and much more, the whole bringing members and this institution into disrepute, let alone the clear reputational damage involved.
On this point, Queen's University professor, Ned Franks, a noted expert on parliamentary procedure, referred to the calls as "disgusting...a perversion of the system of representation".
Similarly, Carleton University political scientist, John Pammett, said:
People are confused and negative enough about politics that they don't need that extra push to make them think politicians are crooks or not telling them the truth.
I think those quotes and other like commentary speak for themselves.
Elsewhere in his intervention, the member for New Brunswick Southwest replied to an intervention from the hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Islands regarding a 1985 precedent involving a newspaper ad that identified the previous MP as being the sitting MP. The government member said:
This is not comparable to the dispute before us today, for a simple reason. The newspaper ad caused confusion by stating that the seat in question was held by someone other than the person who held it.
While there is no less confusion caused by the misrepresentation in the matter at issue that I have resigned or am about to resign, there is also a long-standing principle in this place, and one need only search Hansard to see it repeated time and time again, such as by the Deputy Speaker on January 31, 2003, by the Acting Speaker on April 7, 2008, and by the Speaker on April 19, 2007, let alone in law generally, "...you cannot do indirectly what you cannot do directly".
Accordingly, stating that there is a pending or imminent byelection clearly implies that the member is no longer serving. I do not think for a moment that, just as we would not tolerate calls that say "so and so is no longer your member of Parliament", we should equally not tolerate these calls which, in their effect, if not also in their intent, convey the same false and misleading information that breaches a member's privilege.
Again, Mr. Speaker, I draw your attention to Speaker Bosley's 1985 ruling, which reads:
...anything tending to cause confusion as to a Member's identity creates the possibility of an impediment to the fulfilment of that Member's functions. Any action which impedes or tends to impede a Member in the discharge of his duties is a breach of privilege.
Mr. Speaker, I will conclude by addressing the final remarks made by the government member. He asserts that this practice will result in you being called upon to "rule on all matters of political activity" and that "You are being asked to send the House into territory where it does not belong".
While my previous interventions sought to demonstrate that the conduct at issue has nothing to do with normal political activity, let alone the absurdity of trying to validate it under free speech, false misrepresentation is simply not protected speech inside or outside this House. This misconduct clearly falls into the territory of a breach of privilege on which you are asked to rule and for which ample precedent, as I have cited, already exists and has yet to be countered by anything said by government members who have yet to cite any relevant and pertinent authority in this regard.
Any ruling you make, Mr. Speaker, is directly on the point of parliamentary privilege. In other words, people can still discuss politics and people can still traffic in rumours, however distasteful that may be, as I noted already, but the line is crossed when false, misleading and prejudicial information is presented as if it were fact. This is when it becomes and constitutes a prima facie breach of privilege and becomes actionable in the House as past Speakers in the House itself have found.
In this regard, I would draw the attention of all members to the finding of a breach of privilege in the 38th report of the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs in the first session of the 38th Parliament on a matter regarding ten percenters and applicable to the matter before us. In the privilege case discussed in that report, mailings were sent to the wrong riding and, as such, contained references to "your MP that were inaccurate in terms of the member's positions, voting record and committee assignments". This was found to breach the member's privileges.
Simply put, while I have intervened already in this matter to demonstrate that it has no relation to free speech, I would note that, with specific regard to false statements made about members, it has already been found that such matters may constitute a breach of privilege.
As such, whereas the government member asserted on Monday, Mr. Speaker, "you are being asked to send the House into territory where it does not belong", let it be known that the House has already been there, has already pronounced and has already found that such actions may constitute a breach of privilege.
Mr. Speaker, I sincerely hope that there need not be anything more said on this matter, lest we spend more time discussing matters irrelevant to your ruling such that a breach of privilege somehow becomes protected speech or that false, misleading and prejudicial misrepresentations of fact are somehow said to be within the bounds of political discourse, or that somehow it is relevant as to what members did or did not invoke such privileges in the past as distinct from the principles and precedents where such privileges were invoked and applied.
In closing, Mr. Speaker, you have the authorities before you. The table clerks have been provided with the evidence. I have canvassed all the principles and precedents in this matter and applied them to the case at hand. It should be abundantly clear that the matter is one for the whole House to resolve and, as such, I urge you to find a prima facie breach of privilege with all deliberate speed.
Telephone Calls to Mount Royal Constituents
Oral Questions
3:30 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
I thank the hon. member for his further intervention on this point.
Public Sector Integrity Commissioner
Routine Proceedings
3:30 p.m.
Peter Van Loan Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 111(1), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, a certificate of nomination, with biographical notes, for the proposed appointment of Mario Dion to the position of Public Sector Integrity Commissioner. I request that the nomination be referred to the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates.
Government Response to Petitions
Routine Proceedings
3:30 p.m.
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre
Tom Lukiwski 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 four petitions.
Prohibition on Importing Goods Produced by Sweatshop Labour Act
Routine Proceedings
December 7th, 2011 / 3:30 p.m.
Peter Julian Burnaby—New Westminster, BC
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-378, An Act to prohibit sweatshop labour goods.
Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Joliette for seconding the first reading of this bill.
As members know, Canada is a signatory to the International Labour Organization Convention. It talks about five labour standards that exist within the International Labour Organization and they are enforced here in Canada. They are: the right of association; the right to bargain collectively; the prohibition on the use of any forced or compulsory labour; a minimum age for employment of children; and acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work and occupational health and safety.
We enforce these regulations and standards here in Canada but there are often companies abroad that do not enforce them. Because of that unfortunate situation and because of our clear belief in fair trade policies that set a higher standard around the world, I am tabling this private member's bill today to say that sweatshop goods should not be brought into Canada. There should not be a way of getting around the ILO standards.
We must ensure that the right of freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining is enforced. In areas where there is compulsory labour, no right to free association and to organize collectively and where those fundamental human rights are violated, Canada should say no to the goods coming from those sweatshops.
I am very proud to table this bill and I hope it receives support from all members of the House.
In closing, I would like to thank the students of Loretto Abbey Catholic Secondary School in Toronto. With their "Voices Through Choices" campaign, they are strong supporters of ending sweatshop labour.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Protecting Canadians' Personal Privacy Act
Routine Proceedings
3:30 p.m.
Frank Valeriote Guelph, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-379, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (visual recording of persons in their residence).
Mr. Speaker, I thank the member for Scarborough—Guildwood for seconding my private member's bill.
We are quite fortunate to live in a time where we glean so many positive benefits from technological developments. That said, many of these developments have serious implications for such basic matters as privacy.
In the past, the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court and other provincial courts have ruled that an individual's expectation to privacy in public areas is limited at best. While people may take offence to a neighbour making or attempting to make a visual recording of them in the privacy of their home or backyard, inadvertently or otherwise, presently it is not an offence to do so unless the crown can prove the victim was harassed, fearful or that the act of recording was of conduct sexual in nature. Barring those circumstances, a victim has to sue the person taking the recording, an exercise only the wealthy can afford.
The bill would effectively alleviate the victim from having to explain his or her activity on his or her own property, as innocent or private as it might have been.
What is worse is the retention of these recordings, which could be made public, disseminated to a specific audience or kept for personal reasons without the knowledge of those who had been recorded.
This private member's bill is drafted to capture those situations where the act of making or attempting to make a visual recording, or the publication, attempted publication or possession of the recorded material, whether made deliberately or recklessly, are made illegal, regardless of the intentions of the person recording and without the need for the crown to prove that the victim was harassed, fearful or had the use or enjoyment of his or her property interfered with in any way.
People deserve the opportunity to use and enjoy their own home and property, perhaps their last bastion of privacy, and conduct themselves as they wish without concerns that any of it is being recorded so long as the conduct is not criminal in nature.
I hope that when the bill comes before the House I can count on the support of all members of this place.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
An Act to authorize the Industrial Alliance Pacific General Insurance Corporation to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of Quebec
Private Members' Bills
Routine Proceedings
3:35 p.m.
Guy Caron Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC
Mr. Speaker, if you seek it, I believe that you will find unanimous consent for the following motion.
That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practice of the House, Bill S-1002, An Act to authorize the Industrial Alliance Pacific General Insurance Corporation to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of Quebec, be deemed to have been reported favourably by the Examiner of Petitions pursuant to Standing Order 133(3); and that the bill be deemed to have been read a second time and referred to a Committee of the Whole, deemed considered in Committee of the Whole, deemed reported without amendment, deemed concurred in at report stage and deemed read a third time and passed.
An Act to authorize the Industrial Alliance Pacific General Insurance Corporation to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of Quebec
Private Members' Bills
Routine Proceedings
3:35 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
Does the hon. member have the unanimous consent of the House to propose this motion?
An Act to authorize the Industrial Alliance Pacific General Insurance Corporation to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of Quebec
Private Members' Bills
Routine Proceedings
3:35 p.m.
Some hon. members
An Act to authorize the Industrial Alliance Pacific General Insurance Corporation to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of Quebec
Private Members' Bills
Routine Proceedings
3:35 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
Is it the pleasure of the House to adopt the motion?
An Act to authorize the Industrial Alliance Pacific General Insurance Corporation to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of Quebec
Private Members' Bills
Routine Proceedings
3:35 p.m.
Some hon. members
An Act to authorize the Industrial Alliance Pacific General Insurance Corporation to apply to be continued as a body corporate under the laws of Quebec
Private Members' Bills
Routine Proceedings
3:35 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
(Motion agreed to, bill read the second time, considered in committee of the whole, reported without amendment, concurred in, read the third time and passed)
The Environment
Routine Proceedings
3:35 p.m.
David Tilson Dufferin—Caledon, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have a petition from people all across Canada who are concerned with the proposed mega quarry in Melancthon township in Dufferin country, Ontario, which would be the largest open-pit quarry in Canada of over 2,300 acres.
The petitioners are concerned about a number of items, one of which is that the proposed mega quarry would put at risk the drinking water of over one million Canadians.
The petitioners ask that the Government of Canada conduct an environmental assessment under the authority of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act on the proposed Highland Companies' mega quarry development.
The Environment
Routine Proceedings
3:35 p.m.
Linda Duncan Edmonton Strathcona, AB
Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to table in the House a petition from Albertans supporting the Canadian interfaith call for leadership action on climate change.
The petitioners call on Parliament, in the spirit of global solidarity, to take collective action by: signing a binding international treaty to maintain our temperature at 2°C; demonstrating national responsibility by committing to national carbon emission targets, which I will remind the House our country signed on a year ago to do exactly that, and a national renewable energy policy to achieve sustainability; implementing climate justice by playing constructive roles in the design of the green climate fund under the UN governance; and contributing public funds to assist the poorest and most affected countries to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change.


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Five Things We Learned From Today's Press Conference
The Columbus Dispatch - September 02, 2013 07:45 PM
Five things we learned from today's press conference announcing Brian Bliss has taken over as interim coach of the Crew in place of Robert Warzycha:
1. Bliss is in it to win it.
After being named the Crew's interim coach, it was safe to assume that Bliss might have some reservations about taking over for Warzycha after working with him so closely for so many years.
Bliss left no doubts that he considers himself a viable long-term candidate for the position.
"Not to put any pressure on Mark (McCullers) or Anthony (Precourt), but I am here for the job and I want the job and they know that," Bliss said. "I'm ready for the challenges that lie ahead to be that next guy. Make no mistake about this: This is a career choice that I'm put myself into and one that I feel I'm up to the task to do."
He will serve as technical director and interim coach for the remainder of the season. Bliss' contract, which contained a clause that would have allowed him to assume a head coaching position elsewhere, is up at the end of the year. Bliss said he had not spoken to Warzycha because he wanted to be respectful and let some time pass.
Bliss also described himself as an "optimist ... but not a dreamer."
2. Saturday's loss did not doom Warzycha.
"I don't think I would hang it on a specific loss," McCullers said. "To be honest, I'm not sure that the result on Saturday would have changed the decision that we're announcing today. We were talking about Robert and his contract situation and when it was prudent and decided when we were knew that we were not going to renew or extend his contract that we were going to make that move (to part ways)."
He added: "I think once we made the decision that we were not going to renew his contract we wanted to make the change now to give us the maximum amount of time to conduct a thorough search and be able to take our time and really be very thorough and thoughtful as Anthony had stated. I think that, and also to go ahead and let Robert know our decision so that he has the maximum amount of time to find his next opportunity."
3. The Crew might not hire full-time assistants to replace Ricardo Iribarren and Scoop Stanisic.
"I think the day-to-day on the field is not the biggest challenge," Bliss said. "Mike (Lapper) can handle a certain amount of players; I can handle a certain amount of players. The goalkeepers can be trained as well. We've got some guys that we're going to reach out to that we know are in our system and can certainly step in three, four days a week when need be in the mornings to help us fulfill that on the staffing side. Whether those coaches travel is a completely different topic, but the day-to-day training I think we're covered with some of the options that we've got."
From a scouting standpoint, Bliss said more responsibility will fall on his shoulders as well as Lapper, the lone assistant who was retained.
"In terms of resources on the scouting side, we've got some other people we can lean on," Bliss said. "Mike, myself will probably have to pick up the phone a little more often than we have done in the past. We'll find some guys regionally that we can send to a game or two during the college season to look at those players. Technology is fantastic with all the scouting software we have. If we need to send somebody, we send somebody. We have those things buttoned up; it's a matter of talking to those we're talking about and getting them on board."
4. McCullers has a list of criteria for picking a new coach.
"I think all I would say right now is I think it's important that we have somebody that is a fit with our corporate culture and a fit with our brand pillars, somebody that has buy-in to who we are and what we stand for as a club," he said. "Beyond that, I would say that we're looking for somebody who has a strong vision that fits within that culture and brand. And then other things, certainly communication is an important factor and some other technical aspects, vision on player developments and things like that."
5. The front office structure could change.
McCullers said that while Bliss could possible return to his technical director role exclusively should the club hire someone else as coach, the job as it stands might not even be there.
"The short answer to that is it all depends on what the decision is," he said. "Whether it's Brian or whether it's somebody else, but there's definitely a chance Brian would move back into the technical director role. We're also going to take this opportunity to look at our competition. It makes sense for us to look at other models, look at what other teams in Major League Soccer and around the world are doing in terms of the competition staff and structure.
"(It) could be a general manager, could be a sporting director. We want to keep our options open and look at a lot of different variables."


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Mike Mushett, U.S. Olympic Committee Director of Community Programs, Paralympic Division, has been honored by the Athletes with Disabilities Hall of Fame with its 2008 Rick Knas Lifetime Achievement Award. This award acknowledges the exceptional success, sportsmanship and community service of one outstanding individual.
Mushett's career spans more than 30 years directing competitive sports and adaptive recreation programs on the community, national and international level. Prior to joining the U.S. Olympic Committee, Mushett also held positions as Senior Vice President and Chief of Game Operations on the Atlanta Paralympic Organizing Committee and as Vice President of Programs for BlazeSports America.
"Michigan was where my career started and being honored with this award provided me the opportunity to reconnect with friends and colleagues," said Mushett. "Additionally, Rick Knas (who the lifetime achievement award is named after) was a close friend and colleague who passed away a number of years ago, so it made the receiving of the award especially meaningful."
The Athletes with Disabilities Hall of Fame was established in 1999 to celebrate men and women who overcome physical challenges to become elite athletes and superior role models.


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Go beyond the apple with these five easy projects, perfect for gifting.
Update the centuries-old tradition of placing a fresh, juicy apple on the teacher�s desk with handpicked gift ideas that are sure to bring a smile to your child�s teacher�s face. Lisa Cannon, a kindergarten teacher in McDonough, Ga., who�s received her share of coffee mugs and candles, says any gift from a student is special, but these practical�and consumable�gifts are some of her favorites.
School supplies. Many teachers dip into their own pockets to buy classroom necessities. Give them a beginning-of-the-year boost with boxes of tissues, pens, pencils or copier paper. If you�re not sure what your child�s teacher will need, ask the local Parent Teacher Association or classroom parent.
Nail polish.�Most teachers will enjoy giving their fingertips a little TLC after shuffling papers all day. If choosing the perfect polish color seems difficult, consider a bottle of cuticle moisturizer, quick-drying topcoat or a nail repair kit. Attach a note that says, �Teachers like you paint bright futures� or �You�re�one polished teacher.�
Gift cards.�Whether for a local mall, restaurant or spa, you can�t go wrong with gift cards, Cannon says. Personalize the card with a witty message. For a Target retail gift card, help your child draw a bull�s eye and write the message, �I really hit the Target getting you as my teacher.� Or add �Thanks a latte� to a coffee shop gift card.
Hand sanitizer. Teachers battle coughs, colds and sniffles year- round. Arm these dedicated germ fighters with scented soaps and hand sanitizers. Have your child trace his hand on construction paper, cut out the handprint, write the phrase, �Hands�down, you�re the best teacher around,� and attach to a bottle.
Tea kit. High-quality or flavored tea bags packed in a reusable travel mug will warm up teachers on cold winter mornings or give them a little afternoon pick-me-up.�For a bonus, add a gift card to a local coffee shop or tearoom. Add�a cute note that says, �I�m looking forward to a TEA-rific school year.�
Teacher Taglines
Search Pinterest for clever gift tag messages or consider the following:�You deserve a break� attached to a giant KitKat bar. �Thanks for helping me blossom� on fresh-cut flowers or bulbs. �With you as my teacher, i�ll be one smart cookie� with cookies, homemade or store-bought. �I�m so happy that i got the most popular teacher� with a box of microwave popcorn. �You were �mint� to be my teacher� with a box of andes or other mint candies. �Let me �ream�ind you what a great teacher you are� with a ream of paper.
Apple for the Teacher
Teachers and apples go hand-in-hand. But why? In the 18th and 19th centuries, teachers who received little to no pay often were given food�whatever was in season at the time�from family farms. And the beginning of the school year typically coincides with the bountiful fall apple harvest.This article originally appeared as on American Profile


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Grand Theft Auto • Page 3
How to play as 700 different characters in GTA Online
The single player mod that lets you play as 700 different characters in Grand Theft Auto 5 now works in multiplayer.
This GTA 4 mod makes it look absolutely stunning
Version 3.0 of the iCEnhancer mod for Grand Theft Auto 4 is now available for download, and if you thought it was looking great back in 2011, you are in for a surprise.
Get MGS 5: Ground Zeroes for $19.99 through this 2-for-1 sale on US PS Store
Sony is holding a 2-for-1 Sale through the US PlayStation Store and there are some nice bundles listed.
Half-Life to Vice City: 8 classics we want remastered for next-gen
If we're only going to get remasters and HD remakes for Xbox One and PS4 in the near future, can we have these ones please?
Is Rockstar working on the next handheld GTA?
A trademark filing by Take-Two, the parent company of GTA developers Rockstar, shows something with the name "City Stories" might be on the way.
What is Rockstar's new billion dollar next-gen game?
GTA V has passed $1 billion in sales and developer Rockstar is gearing up to reveal a new game for next-gen consoles. What's next from the creators of Grand Theft Auto?
GTA Online's High Life Update releases next week
GTA Online's The High Life Update, which was announced in early April, will be released next week.
PSN posts Rockstar sale: offers savings on GTA, Manhunt, Max Payne & more
Sony has posted a new PSN sale focused on Rockstar titles, including Grand Theft Auto, Manhunt and much more. It's a lot better than Microsoft's Rockstar sale.
Rockstar game titles are on sale this weekend through Steam
Rockstar game titles are on sale this weekend through Steam, just in case you miss out on the BAFTA sale.
Rockstar founders to receive BAFTA Fellowship
Grand Theft Auto creators Dan and Sam Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut will receive the BAFTA Fellowship on March 12th.
Take-Two: mobiles & tablets "not quite there yet," says Zelnick
Take-Two boss Strauss Zelnick has said in a new interview that he publisher isn't ready to fully embrace mobile and tablet game development because the technology isn't "quite there yet." He's also shed light on Rod Fergusson's departure to Microsoft.
GTA Online Xbox 360 livestream: nobody moves, nobody gets hurt
VG247 will be running around robbing banks all whacked off Scooby Snacks from 5pm GMT. Get involved or get out the way.
GTA role offered to Alec Baldwin for "a ridiculous amount of money"
Alec Baldwin turned down an "incomprehensible amount" of money to appear in the second Grand Theft Auto 2, the actor has said in a new interview.
GTA creator rebuilding original game's map in 3D
Mike Dailly, the DMA Design staffer who created both Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings, is rebuilding the first game's map in full 3D using employer YoYo Games's creation suite Game Maker Studio. Although the original game was a top-down 2D affair, USGamer reports it was constructed in 3D to show the height of buildings and […]
GTA Online: lost characters cannot be restored, says Rockstar
Rockstar has confirmed today in a statement that GTA Online characters lost as a result of the games' troubled launch, will not be restored.
GTA Online players will have GTA$500,000 deposited in their accounts by Rockstar
GTA Online players will soon be handed a special stimulus package, if they play or have played the game during October.
GTA Online – latest "Let's Play" video features VG247 and Eurogamer acting the daredevil
GTA Online is "the" game to be playing right now, and to show you more of its contents, we have another "Let's Play" video for you featuring VG247′s Sam Clay and Eurogamer's Ian Higton running amok in it. This time, the fellas are racing around the city and doing a bit of skydiving. Hopefully, they […]
Grand Theft Auto has evolved, it's "not just about shooting anymore," says Houser
Grand Theft Auto 5 is about more than shooting things, according to Rockstar boss Dan Houser, and long time GTA fans know this: it's an adventure full of cultural satire, humor, kick ass music, and about holding a mirror up to the dregs and upper crust of society. It's come a long way since GTA […]
GTA's creators discuss first game and how it almost wasn't made
Grand Theft Auto 5 is about to drop on the games industry like a ton of bricks, and ahead of tomorrow's launch, the series creators have discussed the concept's birth while at now-defunct studio DMA Design.
GTA movie has been offered to Rockstar many times, money not worth risk, says Houser
Grand Theft Auto has been pitched as a movie to Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser many times now, but the money just hasn't been up to the risk of potentially sullying the franchise.
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Grand Theft Auto 5 Avatars and Gamerpics now available on PSN, XBL
Grand Theft Auto 4 and its DLC on sale through Xbox Live Marketplace
GTA 5 ships on two Xbox 360 discs, 8GB install on both systems
New GTA 5 screens show muscle cars, and some grand theft auto
GTA 5 will contain a character named Casey voiced by Jeff Wincott
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GTA 5 pushed into September, analyst suspects next-gen release
GTA: Rockstar Games wants to combine all cities into one world
GTA PR lead "wouldn't argue" with scandal claims, but doesn't remember
GTA: PR guru orchestrated media outcry to make original game a success, claim devs
Houser: GTA III "wasn't about violence; it was about freedom"


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Gerri Brightwell was brought up in South Devon, England. After deciding a degree in zoology was not for her, she took up literature and art history, and lived on a narrow boat in Bristol. Since then she has roamed more widely, working in Spain, Thailand, Canada and the United States. She has worked as a cleaner, ice-cream seller, sandwich-maker, pottery sponger, editor, nanny and, most recently, a teacher of writing and literature.
She has master's degrees in creative writing from the University of East Anglia, and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, plus a doctorate in literature from the University of Minnesota. Her novel, The Dark Lantern, has been published in North America, Australia, New Zealand and Italty, and tells the story of a maid and her mistress in a nineteenth-century household full of secrets. Her first novel, Cold Country, was published by Duckworth in 2003 and is set in Alaska.
Derick Burleson's first book, Ejo: Poems, Rwanda 1991-94 won the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry. His poems have appeared in The Georgia Review, The Kenyon Review, The Paris Review and Poetry, among other journals. He is also a recipient of a 1999 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry. His second book, Never Night is a hymn to life, a meditation on day and night, on the seasons, on nature and on love. His third book of poetry,Melt, will be released in October 2011.
Daryl Farmer was born in Colorado Springs, at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. He developed a taste for the open road at an early age, and has spent a life roaming the country, photographing and writing about the land and people he loves. He has lived in New Mexico, Oregon, New Hampshire, Mississippi and Texas, among other places. He received a B.A. in physical education from Adams State College(Alamosa, Colorado) and an M.A. and Ph.D. in creative writing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Recent work has appeared in Hayden's Ferry Review, The Laurel Review, Quarter After Eight and Isotope. His first book Bicycling beyond the Divide: Two Journeys into the Westreceived a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writer's Award and was a Colorado Book Award finalist. Before moving to Fairbanks, he taught writing at the University of Nebraska, Georgia Tech. and Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.
Leonard Kamerling is Curator of Film at the University of Alaska Museum of the North, and Associate Professor of English at UAF. Over the last 25 years, he has produced numerous critically acclaimed, international award winning documentary films about Alaska Native cultures and Northern issues. He received his training at the London Film School, and earned his MFA in Creative Writing from UAF. He joined the Creative Writing Faculty in 1999 where he specializes in teaching writing for film, theater and television.
His film, "Heart of the Country," was nominated for the American Film Institute's prestigious Par Lorenze Award. Recently his documentary, "The Drums of Winter," was named to the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress.
Throughout his career, Leonard Kamerling has been concerned with issues of cultural representation in film, cross-cultural communication and the role that film and film writing can play in eliminating stereotypes and in credibly translating one culture to another.
Born and raised in Milledgeville, Georgia,Sean Hill has an MFA from the University of Houston. He has received fellowships and grants from Cave Canem, the Bush Foundation, The MacDowell Colony, the University of Wisconsin, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Jerome Foundation, and Stanford University where he was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry. Hill's poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Callaloo, Crab Orchard Review, DIAGRAM, The Oxford American, Ploughshares, Poetry, Tin House, and other literary journals, and in the anthologies Blues Poems, Gathering Ground, The Ringing Ear, and Black Nature: Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry. His first book, Blood Ties & Brown Liquor, was published by the University of Georgia Press in 2008. In 2009 Hill became an editor at Broadsided Press. His second collection of poetry is forthcoming from Milkweed Editions in early 2014. He makes his home in Bermidji, Minnesota, but has moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, to join the creative writing faculty at UA-Fairbanks as a visiting professor.


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Basic personal hygiene is critical to help prevent the spread of illness and disease among displaced Syrians.
After nearly two years of ongoing brutal conflict, more than 4 million people in Syria are in need of humanitarian assistance, including some 2.5 million who are displaced from their homes.
In Atmeh's Olive Tree Camp, near the Reyhanli border crossing in Turkey's Hatay Province, many of the residents left their homes with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
Good basic personal hygiene and hand washing are critical to help prevent the spread of illness and disease, and providing basic hygiene supplies and education was identified as a priority in the camp.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) -- through an international non governmental organization -- began distributions of family hygiene kits in the camp in October 2012. Each kit includes two towels, toothpaste and toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, and feminine pads. USAID also provided two water containers and buckets to store and transport clean water to tents and makeshift homes.
"When people are running away from war and destruction, they think less about hygiene and keeping the children clean," says one Syrian mother. "I like the items that my family got, because we now have things that we can use and are of a help to us as a unit."
To further improve hygiene in the camp, USAID funding also repaired the water pump, established water trucking, and constructed a septic system that supports 60 latrines, with 100 more in the construction process. In addition, USAID also established 120 garbage collection points and established trash removal services in the camp.
These hygiene programs are in addition to medical and other assistance USAID is providing to Syrians in the Olive Tree Camp.
In total, the United States is providing nearly $385 million to help the innocent children, women, and men affected by the crisis in Syria. We will continue to stand by and with the Syrian people.
Editor's Note: This entry also appears on the USAID Impact Blog.
AlFetah in Washington, D.C. writes:
If you weren't so insistent on overthrowing the Assad regime, this wouldn't have happened. Tell Qatar and Saudi Arabia to quit arming the foreign backed rebels, so that the Syrian Arab Army can end their operation.
H.S. in Australia writes:
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I hope in future you will write another blog post and share with us.Than you for your post.
Mari in the U.S.A. writes:
I agree with AlFetah. First you displace them, then you lecture them on hygiene. That goes beyond patronizing, all the way to humiliating.


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Plasma Cars
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This zippy little ride is the must-have toy of the year for kids of all ages, and is powered by the forces of nature. Simply turn the steering wheel from side to side to set the car in motion, then hold the wheel still and put down your feet to stop safely.
- 31" long x 16.5" wide x 14" high
- Simply turn the steering wheel to propel forward; requires no pedals or gears.
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AFP - Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Lisbon and other Portuguese cities Saturday to protest against the government's austerity measures aimed at rescuing the debt-hit eurozone nation.
The rallies were organised by a non-political movement which claimed 500,000 marched in the country's capital and another 400,000 in the main northern city of Porto. There have been no official estimates of the crowds.
But the mood of the crowd was clearly political, calling for new elections with banners declaring "Portugal to the polls!" and "If you fall asleep in a democracy, you wake up in a dictatorship".
Another banner showed a picture of centre-right Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho with the caption: "Today I am in the street, tomorrow it will be you."
Portugal was granted a financial rescue package worth 78 billion euros ($103 billion) in May 2011, in exchange for a pledge to straighten out its finances via austerity measures and economic reforms.
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How does one march against austerity?
Does one bitch and moan? And who is to blame? And how will the problem be solved?
Abolish austerity!!
Coming soon to a concentrated Democrat parasite nest ("city") near you!
All across Europe, the parasites outnumber the hosts.
Congratulations to Europe's version of America's Democrats.
(psssst.... Hey Portugese! The socialists you elected to keep you fat and happy have run out of other people's money.)
Living within your means?
da horror
"We are marching against math and basic common sense!"
They are literally marching against their own rescue! absolutely amazing!
Portugal May Become the First of Europes Bankrupt Welfare States...
You are too complicated.
All you need is paper and ink and a printing press and print moh cruzeros or dollars or whatever. Problem solved.
Like America's own Democrat party base of moochers, bums, deadbeats, and parasites, they have absolutely no inkling that the "free stuff" they receive from their politicians in exchange for their votes is not simply conjured up out of thin air by government - - it is confiscated at the point of a gun from other people who get up and go to work every day.
I guess these marching Portuguese are what we call "low information voters".
Dear Portugal,
Your government has run out of other people's money.
Earn your own now. Or starve.
Other People
Reminds me of American union-thugs, who would rather go on strike, refuse to capitulate, and destroy the very company that provides their jobs.
What is the destination of their march? The poorhouse? Who are they hoping to impress? The Germans? After the march their leaders no doubt told them that the Germans will once again subsidize their consumption.Here in America Obama has great faith in China and Bernacke. Soon it will be apparent that those who consume more than they produce cannot be saved by endless subsidies, financial gimmickry and the endless printing of currency.
How soon do you think that will be? (The answer, of course, is: When it is way WAY too late.)
They should have cut them off in 2011. Kicking the can down the road just makes the inevitable blowup bigger.
Sounds familiar...
It is already too late.Critical amounts of capital have been squandered on consumption and subsidies. Real poverty, despite the whining of politicians and clueless mindless voters,is the destiny of most of those marchers.
They don't believe that. They believe that evil rich people are exploiting them. What they don't understand is that the socialism they crave is actually just the same chocolate covered narcotic that has been killing them slowly and leading them to the abject state of welfare junkies.
Marching and rallying for something less than mediocrity.
Socialism is a loser's way of life.
"they have absolutely no inkling that the "free stuff""
Even if they knew that their free stuff came from the backs of other people, they wouldn't care. The entitlement mantality is rampant.
Meanwhile,our supply of Twinkies has dried up.Thanks to a bunch of union idiots.We are not amused.
That's a good point. In the end they're really no different than the Democrat party's base of moochers here in America.
Rich well managed economies bailing out weak poorly managed ecnonomies, with quid pro quo to "get your shite in order."
Ungrateful Portugal gives finger to Germans, says for the Germans to work more weeks per year, work to an older age than the Portuguese.
Like in the US where civilians will work forever, so government employees can retire at 50 with full pay, platinum health care, etc.
At the end of the day, it ain't good.
EVERYTHING FREE FOREVER! (boom) EVERYTHING FREE FOREVER! (boom)
If only I had the foresight to go down there and laugh at them as they picketed.
They should spend their way to prosperity, like us.
My sister's all for "free healthcare."
I'm exasperated.
It's going to take a complete collapse to reboot the system, whether or not people learn from it.
Yep. Like a hopeless alcoholic, America needs to wake up one afternoon in a dumpster, covered in it's own vomit, urine, and feces before the road to recovery can begin. The sooner America hits bottom, the sooner a new nation can be built. In that way, the African communist Ubama is the perfect captain of this Titanic. That simple p.o.s. is trying to hit every iceberg he can find. If anybody can finish off the once-proud America, it's that guy.
Like they say, "You can choose your friends but you can't choose your relatives." I've got a couple of simpletons in my family, too, believe me.
Flowers Foods, which bid $360 million for the Hostess bread brands, made it clear that it won't honor any previous pension plans or collective bargaining agreements.
These 50 IQ morons in the baker's union really believe that they can move the union into the new owner's buildings and operate as before. Reality is about to bite these union guys in the butt.
Correct, they have not one but several socialist parties, as if one isn't enough.
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