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France recovered from an eleven-point interval deficit to salvage a 17-17 draw with Ireland in a tension-filled Six Nations clash on Sunday.
France recovered from an eleven-point half-time deficit to seal a 17-17 draw with Ireland in Paris on Sunday.
Declan Kidney's side had put themselves in a strong position going into the break after a try brace from Tommy Bowe stunned les Bleus.
But in a much-improved second-half showing the French found a route back into the fixture and in fact missed two late chances to claim the win.
The draw ends the prospect of a Grand Slam decider between Wales and France on March 17, while Ireland's title aspirations are now over.
France were sluggish throughout the first-half, with their midfield in particular showing signs of sloppiness when Bowe pounced on a wayward pass to ghost over in the thirteenth minute. Jonathan Sexton's easy conversion made it 0-7.
The physical playmaker then added a penalty in reply to France scrum-half Morgan Parra's effort.
Parra, though, quickly made it 6-10 as he kicked a penalty from just inside the Irish half – the ball creeping over the bar and to add insult to injury hitting an unsuspecting Bowe on the head.
Clermont's number nine missed with another opportunity in the 35th minute after Cian Healy became the butt of the French fans frustration when coming back from an offside position he blocked what could have been a try-scoring pass from Aurélien Rougerie.
The Irish then fashioned a try out of nothing. Breaking out of their 22, Keith Earls offloaded to Bowe and the 28-year-old broke one tackle before chipping and outpacing Poitrenaud to score. Sexton's extras went in off the post to give the visitors a 17-6 half-time advantage.
That became 17-9 in the 47th minute as Parra made no mistake from wide out and the lead was reduced further three minutes later when Wesley Fofana's individual brilliance saw him snaffle the ball outside the Irish 22 and using his speed beat full-back Rob Kearney to dive over in the corner. Parra missed the conversion to leave the Irish holding on to a 17-14 lead but he had them all square shortly before the hour mark, landing a long-range penalty.
The Irish ill-fortune continued within seconds as improving scrum-half Conor Murray went to ground clutching his knee and had to be stretchered off to be replaced by Eoin Reddan.
Kidney' side spurned two great chances when Rory Best's throw went askew with the line-out metres from the French line and although they regained possession, centre Gordon D'Arcy knocked on when under no pressure. Scores were beginning to dry up in Paris.
The French also made a mess of trying to end the stalemate as replacement Lionel Beauxis missed his attempt at a drop-goal, as it barely took off before the Irish cleared.
The hosts came back and punched away at the Irish who held strong and, unlike in the 23-21 last minute loss to Wales, didn't concede a penalty and claimed a share of the spoils.
Man of the match: France inside centre Wesley Fofana again demonstrated his potential on the Test scene with an effortless and opportunistic try in the second-half. However, those two tries cannot go unrewarded so we go for Tommy Bowe. A mention for Rob Kearney.
Moment of the match: It has to be when Tommy Bowe collected a short ball on the right wing and then proceeded to chip over the last defender, collect and score his second try of the game. That made it 6-17 with the conversion as things were looking good for Ireland.
Villain of the match: No malice to speak of.
The scorers:
For France:
Try: Fofana
Pen: Parra 4
For Ireland:
Tries: Bowe 2
Con: Sexton 2
Pen: Sexton
France: 15 Clément Poitrenaud, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Aurélien Rougerie, 12 Wesley Fofana, 11 Julien Malzieu, 10 François Trinh-Duc, 9 Morgan Parra, 8 Imanol Harinordoquy, 7 Julien Bonnaire, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (c), 5 Yoann Maestri, 4 Pascal Papé, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 Dimitri Szarzewski, 1 Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Replacements: 16 William Servat, 17 Vincent Debaty, 18 Lionel Nallet, 19 Louis Picamoles, 20 Julien Dupuy, 21 Lionel Beauxis, 22 Maxime Mermoz.
Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Sean O'Brien, 6 Stephen Ferris, 5 Paul O'Connell (c), 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Donnacha Ryan, 19 Peter O'Mahony, 20 Eoin Reddan, 21 Ronan O'Gara, 22 Fergus McFadden.
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

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2Department of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Research, Neurology Clinic, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
3Center for Cardiovascular Genetics and Gene Diagnostics, Zurich, Switzerland
4Zurich Center of Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
5Department of Mathematical and Statistical Methods, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland
##These authors jointly directed this work
*These authors contributed equally to this work
Herein we present the applicability of single-molecule (PacBio RS) and second-generation sequencing technology (Illumina) to the characterization of large genomic deletions. By testing samples previously characterized using a Sanger approach, our methods determined that both next-generation sequencing platforms were able to identify the position of deletion breakpoints. Our results point out various advantages of next-generation sequencing platforms when characterizing genomic deletions; however, special attention must be dedicated to identical sequences flanking the breakpoints, such as poly(N) motifs.
The PacBio RS next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology (Pacific Biosciences, Menlo Park, CA, USA) has not only the potential to identify modified bases and thereby characterize methylation patterns (1, 2), but it also provides previously unprecedented sequencing read lengths (>2kb), making it useful for quickly improving existing genome assemblies (3). In this study, we used the advantage of such long reads for the characterization of large deletions previously identified by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) and microarray analyses. Using traditional Sanger sequencing to characterize large deletions is time-consuming and work-intensive (4, 5), increasing the need for effective breakpoint localization. Indeed, for Sanger sequencing a large fragment (2–10kb) containing the breakpoints has to be amplified by long- range PCR (LR-PCR) and subsequently sequenced in order to identify exact breakpoint positions. Furthermore, since Sanger sequencing permits only ~600 bp to be sequenced using one primer, several sets of internal primers are required for large LR-PCR products.
In contrast, NGS may offer simplified sequencing in such cases. Herein, we tested this possibility by using not only the long reads of the PacBio platform, but also the short reads of a second-generation sequencing technology (HiSeq 2000, Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA). Illumina offers stable lengths of short reads (100 bp in this case) with errors most likely to be grouped at the ends of reads (6, 7); the PacBio RS reads from this study had a mean length of 2459 bp and random distribution of errors affecting 10–15% of nucleotides. In addition, only a few dedicated computational techniques are available for the characterization of large deletions by NGS (8), making data analysis a challenge.
The three DNA samples used in this study harbor previously characterized large hemizygous deletions. Deletions in sample 44 and sample 70 (of length 26,887 bp and 302,580 bp, respectively) affect the FBN1 gene in patients with Marfan syndrome (4); A deletion in sample 53B has a size of 3,408,306 bp and comprises the entire COL3A1 gene in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome vascular type (5). Accordingly, ~6.5–8.5 kb LR-PCR products were amplified using the Expand Long Template PCR System (Roche Diagnostics, Rotkreuz, Switzerland) as described previously (4, 5) and purified by means of QIAquick PCR Purification Kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany).
We present the applicability of single-molecule (PacBio RS) and second-generation sequencing technology (Illumina) to the characterization of large genomic deletions. Both next-generation sequencing platforms were able to identify the position of deletion breakpoints previously identified by Sanger sequencing.
We present the applicability of single-molecule (PacBio RS) and second-generation sequencing technology (Illumina) to the characterization of large genomic deletions. Both next-generation sequencing platforms were able to identify the position of deletion breakpoints previously identified by Sanger sequencing.
SMRTbell libraries were prepared using the PacBio C2 chemistry (3–10 kb) DNA preparation kit (Part no. 001–540–726, Pacific Biosciences) as well as 5µg purified amplicons without fragmentation. Libraries were subsequently sequenced on the PacBio RS using one SMRT cell per sample and taking two movies of 45 min each. The reads have been mapped with the BLASR mapper (9), which is supplied in the SMRT Portal software suite (Pacific Biosciences) and applies therefore as a standard mapper for PacBio reads. The same amplicons were sequenced on the HiSeq 2000 sequencer using Illumina's TruSeq DNA Sample Preparation v2 protocol with 1 µg input material and 100+100 bp pair-end reads. The reads were mapped using the standard mapper, Bowtie (10). For both NGS platforms, the mappers have been used with default parameters. Respective sequences are available in the NCBI Sequence Read Archive (object ID: ERP002092).
For the PacBio data, the read coverage in the SMRT Portal software suite resulted in a clear drop of read depth in the deleted region (see Supplementary Figure S5), which was subsequently confirmed by zooming in on the breakpoint regions by means of the Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) (11) (Figure 1 and Tables 1 and 2 for sample 70; see Supplementary Figures S1–S2 as well as Supplementary Tables S1–S4 for samples 44 and 53B, respectively). Respective Illumina data displayed in IGV showed more gradually sinking patterns at the expected deletion ends; the site of breakpoints in these data was identified by an increase in mismatches (Figure 1, Tables 1 and 2, Supplementary Figures S1–S2, and Supplementary Tables S1–S4). This may be due to the fact that the mappers typically allow several mismatches, meaning that many of the short Illumina reads could be mapped over the breakpoints. In contrast, PacBio RS data show a number of reads spanning over the deletion, which have not been mapped by the SMRT Portal aligner to the standard reference due to the high number of mismatches. The read depth of both platforms is more than sufficient to find the breakpoint; tests using 1/2 or 1/3 of reads per sample also produced satisfactory results (data not shown).
An additional difficulty may be identical sequences on both sides of the deletion, a common phenomenon that has already been described for different genes (12-14). In particular, this could be observed in all three deletions presented in this study ("CC" in samples 53B and 70 and "GC" in sample 44). In order to find the precise sequence of poly(N) motifs (tandemly repeated nucleotides) at the sites of break and rejoining, we have developed an AWK script to count matches at the sites of suspected deletion breakpoints (see Supplementary Materials). This counting was performed with perfect matches only, resulting in the data depicted in Figure 2 (sample 70) and Supplementary Figures S3 and S4 (samples 44 and 53B, respectively). When a single nucleotide (or pair, in the case of GC) has a fixed probability of being misinterpreted, it can be assumed without loss of generality that the distribution of the occurrences of specific motifs follows the Poisson distribution. The hypothesis that the maximum number of counts represents the appropriate motif has been tested. For PacBio RS reads in sample 70, the probabilities of wrongly accepting the null hypothesis are far below the 0.01 level of significance (p = 1.5 x 10-23, p = 1.06 x 10-46, and p = 3.2 x 10-141 in the cases of 20, 10, and 5 flanking bases, respectively) (Figure 2). In the case of Illumina, due to the high number of reads, error levels are so low that they go below that afforded by the small-number precision in the R language. For details on the calculations, see the R script in the Supplementary Materials. The script can be used on any FASTA or FASTQ data and checks the statistical power at a given significance level regardless of the platform.
As shown by this study, the determination of deletion breakpoints can be done with data obtained from both NGS platforms. However, whereas the long reads of PacBio RS showed a sharp decrease in read depth, Illumina short reads exhibited an increase in mismatches related to the position of the breakpoints. Sample preparation costs are comparable for PacBio and Illumina platforms. However, sequencing using PacBio RS can be done within a working day, while Illumina's system, even the smaller MiSeq version, requires more time. Both platforms are suitable for precise breakpoint localization, provide an alternative procedure for the characterization of large deletions, and require fewer resources and less time than traditional Sanger sequencing.
We are grateful to Yu-Chih Tsai, Jonas Korlach, and Stephen W. Turner for discussions on PacBio technology and data analysis. This work was supported by the FGCZ, as well as grants from the COFRA Foundation (to G.M.), Gottfried & Julia Bangerter-Rhyner-Stiftung (to G.M.), Jubiläumsstiftung Swiss Life (to G.M.), Foundation for People with Rare Diseases (to J.M. and G.M.), Clinical Research Priority Program (CRPP/KFSP-MS) of University of Zurich (to M.O.), and Sciex.ch (no. 11.182 to A.S. and M.O.).
The authors declare no competing interests.
Address correspondence to Michal J. Okoniewski, FGCZ, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland. Email:


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Skip to comments.Did Americans in 1776 have British accents? (Suprising answer)
Posted on 10/09/2010 8:08:47 AM PDT by prisoner6
The typical English accent didn't develop until after the Revolutionary War, so Americans actually speak proper English. Here comes the science.
Reading David McCulloughs 1776, I found myself wondering: Did Americans in 1776 have British accents? If so, when did American accents diverge from British accents?
The answer surprised me.
Id always assumed that Americans used to have British accents, and that American accents diverged after the Revolutionary War, while British accents remained more or less the same.
Americans in 1776 did have British accents in that American accents and British accents hadnt yet diverged. Thats not too surprising.
Whats surprising, though, is that those accents were much closer to todays American accents than to todays British accents. While both have changed over time, its actually British accents that have changed much more drastically since then.
First, lets be clear: the terms British accent and American accent are oversimplifications; there were, and still are, many constantly-evolving regional British and American accents. What many Americans think of as the British accent is the standardized Received Pronunciation, also known as BBC English.
The biggest difference between most American and most British accents is rhotacism. While most American accents are rhotic, the standard British accent is non-rhotic. (Rhotic speakers pronounce the R sound in the word hard. Non-rhotic speakers do not.)
So, what happened?
In 1776, both American accents and British accents were largely rhotic. It was around this time that non-rhotic speech took off in southern England, especially among the upper class. This prestige non-rhotic speech was standardized, and has been spreading in Britain ever since.
Most American accents, however, remained rhotic.
There are a few fascinating exceptions: New York and Boston accents became non-rhotic, perhaps because of the regions British connections in the post-Revolutionary War era. Irish and Scottish accents are still rhotic.
If youd like to learn more, this passage in The Cambridge History of the English Language is a good place to start.
■American English, Rhotic and non-rhotic accents, Received Pronunciation - Wikipedia
■The Cambridge History of the English Language - Google Books
One way to seek out the accents is by reading letters written by somewhat uneducated folks. They spell phonetically and sometimes you can follow the accent by reading the letters aloud. This came to me in the Confederate Museum in Richmond, VA several years ago. Soldier letters home actually spoke with southern accents. Fascinating!!
>> The southern accent seems to be merging with the midwestern accent in my area. <<
Sadly, the Southern Accent — or should one say, the Southern "Accents" in the plural — is/are dying. All across the Deep South, not to mention the Upper South, teenagers now ape the talk of Valley Girls and Britney Spears. In 75 years, the Southern accent will be heard only in old movies and recordings.
(This unfortunate development affects both the "drawl" variety and the "twang" variety of Southern speech, the latter being primarily from the Coastal Plain, lower Piedmont and "Delta" areas of the South, with the latter being primarily from the upper Piedmont and mountain areas.)
"Which one? If you put a Maine lobsterman in the same room with an Alabama sharecropper you'd have difficulty believing they are speaking the same language."
One of my teammates was on a conference call yesterday with a lady from (it was obvious to me) Louisiana. They couldn't understand her very well so they got me on the phone with her. Being raised down South myself I thought she had a very charming and sexy accent and had no difficulty understanding her.
I have always found it somewhat amusing that the Brits will say something like can't with that softer a but when saying a word, though Spanish, like taco they say "tacko".
OK..so explain the southern "woah-man" vs women. It gets puzzlinger and puzzlinger. I'll go get my Saturday morning cup of java and leave you to solve the worlds mysteries. Life is so easy with a Muawiyah around. :)~
George Orl Well?
Back in the 80s I spent some time in Texas and noticed almost immediately that the local newsroom crew didn't have the standard Texas accent that I heard in the stores and resturant.
On my way to Texas I stopped in Little Rock for the night and asked a gas station attendant if there were any decent cheap motels in the area. He said, "Taint none that's fittin". LOL
Clearly, you have never met my ex.
Our ex son in law is originally from Wanhcese, NC and we could never understand him.
>> Listen to any streaming BBC service and marvel at the way different announcers talk <<
In the last decade or so, the BBC apparently has made a deliberate effort to have announcers with different regional accents — Scots, Irish, Canadian, Indo-Pak, West African, etc. But in earlier years, all announcers had to have virtually perfect RP.
(I don't recall hearing an announcer or news reader, however, with an Australian accent. Guess that would be a bridge too far!)
You've hit upon one of my pet peeves, lol! The Brits refuse to pronounce ANYTHING in the language of origin. It all has to be translated back into Brit-speak. Thus, tacos becomes "tackos," pasta becomes the dreaded "pass-ta," the name Sophia is pronounced So-Fie-ya and on and on and on.
I recently had to correct a British actor friend of mine that the name Cesare is NOT pronounced Chez-AR-ray but
Chez-a-RAY, as it is pronounced in Italian. They are a strange, inward-looking breed.
Peter Noone is from way up north in the Mersey area - he has a distinct regional accent.
I agree! BTW you misspelled typewriter. :))
I think the article is a bit simple—I am sure the Boston accent was different than the Virginian. I think the colonials had there own brand of English and it was nothing like what we speak today—same goes for the English. Its all just speculation.
The same goes for the guy who played Dick Winters on "Band of Brothers",and half the cast of American soldiers too.
The funny thing is that I can't think of an American actor who can do a convincing British accent...go figure.
"Others just look for typing and grammatical errors when they have nothing more relvant to contribute to the discussion or thread, but just want their name to appear somewhere on the page."
That's "relevant", not "relvant". (heh, heh, heh....)
I love accents! My favorite is Irish!
I don't like yankee accents at all, it's like nails on a chalkboard to me.
Southern accents are pretty varied, I call some old south and newer south. (not that it is, just a way for me to mark the difference)
I prefer the old south, like SC, Va, Ga, Al, Ms etc, they seem to skip r's...thundastorm instead of thunderstorm.
I think of Tx and Fl accents as new south, it's rougher...kinda like the Aussies compared to the Brits.
I prefer the rougher Aussie accent to the Brits (the Brit accent tends to annoy me, like the yank accents do)
I'm a Texan and I've noticed I miss many of the H's in words, Uouston instead of Houston, Umble instead of humble.
I find Ca, Mn and La accents some of the more unique ones.
I LOVE a great La accent, I would watch Justin Wilson as much for his talk as I did for his cooking!
Then there's Gullah, man!, I have a HARD time understanding that one! I do love the word 'swimps' and use it instead of shrimp...just because I enjoy it and it reminds me of SC.
My Brit in-laws are always amused when they hear people from their part of England, East Anglia, speak with what they call the the posh or received pronunciation accent. They wonder where they learned it. Some English accents are hard to understand. I have a very hard time understanding by bro-in-law from Norwich. However, I have no problem understanding my wife or her sisters who are also from Norwich. Sex and schooling play a part in understandable pronunciation. As in the States, women on average are easier to understand than men. That is when they speak of course.
Just out of curiosity, how would you pronounce 'Julius Caesar'?
"What kind of accent is denoted by the pronunciation:
Very true. I've noticed the same thing myself. Chalk it up to better training on the part of the Brits. Or absorbing a lot more American tv than Americans absorb Brit tv.
I think it is a natural consequence of technology. Accents and whole languages develop over time inside isolated populations. With the development of radio, TV, internet, air travel, and highways, there is no one in the US isolated enough to form or maintain an accent. About the only accents possible are now from bilingual speakers such as from Mexico or India.
I've found it hard to distinguish between the two at times. Australians sound just like Americans, until they hit a vowel. :-)
Yankee twang: In remote corners of East Anglia today, country folk still speak in a harsh, high-pitched, nasal accent unkindly called the "Norfolk whine." This dialect is the survivor of a family of accents that were heard throughout the east of England in the seventeenth century, from the fens of east Lincolnshire to the coast of Kent.In the Puritan great migration, these English speech ways were carried to Massachusetts, where they mixed with one another and merged with other elements. During the seventeenth century they spread rapidly throughout New England, and became the basis of a new regional accent called the Yankee twang.(1)
Southern drawl: The speech ways of Virginia were not invented on America. They derived from a family of regional dialects that have been spoken throughout the sough and west of England during the seventeenth century. Virtually all peculiarities of grammar, syntax, vocabulary and pronunciation which have been noted as typical of Virginia were recorded in the English counties of Sussex, Surrey , Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset, Oxford, Gloucester, Warwick or Worcester.(1)
(1)Albion's Seed,David Hackett Fischer
Shakespeare's pronunciation would have been quite different from ours. At about the time of Shakespeare, the Great Vowel Shift occurred in a remarkably short time span (maybe 50 years) in which the pronunciation of vowels changed markedly. Hamlet's soliliquy (sic) would have opened something like "Toe bay or not toe bay".
The poet Alexander Pope famously wrote rhyming couplets, some of which no longer rhyme because the Great Vowel Shift was not quite over when he was doing whatever it is that poets do (or perhaps doe).
I occasionally present technical training on the Continent, where the Great Vowel Shift did not take place. I have to be careful when using vowels as mathematical symbols (for instance, I is understood to mean electric current). I say I and I think my students hear E.
I was born in Texas, but we left when I was a baby. After that, I never ventured below the Mason/Dixon line.
When we moved to Georgia in the mid-90's, I was horrified to find that I couldn't understand *anybody*. For the first two weeks, my mom took on the role of translator as I tried to get our electricity turned on, phone hooked up, garbage collected, etc.
It only took me a couple of months to get the hang of it, now I can barely hear a difference. Weirdly, I occasionally slip and let loose a Southern accent myself. Without even realizing it, I was involved with "language immersion".
"But then, if you had gotten the point, you wouldn't have changed into Captain Spellcheck...would you?"
Touchy, touchy, your humor meter is not turned on this morning, is it. Are you suffering from the Obama thin-skinned syndrome?
I pronounce it in the good ole American way - Julius Caesar. Not with a hard C. But like most Americans I tend to pronounce foreign words as they are said in the language of origin, although I tend not to use Latin pronunciation.
My favorite Brit-speak: the Italian film director Pasolini (Pass-O-Lini) is pronounced Pass-AHL-oni in Great Britain. Truly dreadful.
But think of all the translator's jobs that would be lost!
Ebonics translators or, something this classic "accent" translator from "Bananas"
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF-AcR14Km8
The problem in all "proper" English definitions is the "useage" in dictionaries. It's like people using the word
"floundering" when they mean "foundering" Because it's used it's there- due to social purists in the dictionary world. Doesn't mean it's very intelligent per se, just commonly used. Ebonics unfortunately could become "useage"
and trash talk accepted. I regard all of this like entering a foreign country.
That's exactly the way I describe South African English.....very tough to understand.
Largely the result of mass media. There are still certainly pockets with deeply rooted accents, but we all watch the same TV shows.
American actors now do brilliant British accents; just check out all the David Hare plays that come to B'way with American actors playing Brits. The training for accents in both the USA and Great Britain has improved drastically over the last few decades. We've come a long way, baby since the days of Dick Van Dyke (Mary Poppins) and Laurence Olivier's awful American accents!
Unfortunately, in my past actor days I was truly terrible at accents. No ear.
Ahhsss hooole! BBC twitlet personage
Maggie Gyllenhaal in "Nannie McPhee Returns" did fairly well.
That's because it's Dutch Boer accented English. Like listening to German expats who haven't spoken German in a while, speak English.
The article makes the mistake of assuming there was/is a single British accent and a single American accent.
The pirate accent (heavy on the "r") is alive and well in the small towns of Devon and Cornwall, UK. (Well, 20 years ago it was).
Hear various English accents recorded from the 1950's through the '70s:
I once heard a radio interview with the British actor Patrick Stewart. They asked him something about his younger days and he said, "Ah, yes, I was an assle then."
I once heard a radio interview with the British actor Patrick Stewart. They asked him something about his younger days and he said, "Ah, yes, I was an assle then."
Beat me to it.
I have no clue what the author means by an American accent. Cross state lines, or for that matter from inner city to suburbs, and you're listening to a different accent.
If you don't pronounce it 'Yoolius Kayser' you are guilty of perpetuating one of those English mispronunciations you are railing against.
The only way I can think of that this mispronounciation could have come about is if some English person who had never heard Latin being spoken just read the name as he thought it looked and passed this error on to others. The change in pronounciation could only have come about as a result of confusing the hard and the soft uses of the written letters 'j' and 'c'...
And BBC types and humorists like to make fun of internal regional accents as well, as in this bit of fun from the old
UK TV's the Fast Show-—"We're Cockneys!"
The United States of America, and the United Kingdom, two nations separated by a common language.
Where opportunities for confusion abound.
The reference in the article about the upper classes adopting the non-rhotic speech makes me think of NPR. Why do they use so many people with "British" accents? Do they think it lends credence to their propaganda?
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Debates of March 12th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #94 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was drugs.
- Question Period
- Breast Density Awareness Act
- Air Service Operations Legislation
- Habitat for Humanity
- The Environment
- Focus for Ethnic Women
- Arctic Winter Games
- Carmen Corbasson
- Telecommunications
- Herbert H. Carnegie
- Mattawa Voyageur Days
- Alain-Grandbois Cinematic Cultural Centre
- Japan
- City of LaSalle
- Nigeria
- Town of Mount Royal
- 41st General Election
- Elections Canada
- Government Appointments
- Air Canada
- 41st General Election
- National Defence
- Search and Rescue
- Justice
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Health
- Search and Rescue
- Service Canada
- Foreign Investment
- Employment
- International Co-operation
- Intergovernmental Affairs
- Homelessness
- Air Canada
- Air Transportation
- Budget
- Government Response to Petitions
- Protecting Air Service Act
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Questions Passed as Orders for Return
- Protecting Air Service Operations Legislation
- Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act
- Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act
- Business of the House
- Protecting Canada's Immigration System Act
- Business of Supply
- Safe Streets and Communities Act
- Emergency Debate
Air Service Operations Legislation
Government Orders
9:55 a.m.
Rathika Sitsabaiesan Scarborough—Rouge River, ON
Mr. Speaker, on a point of order. it is hard for me to concentrate on my colleague's remarks as members opposite are carrying on loud conversations.
Air Service Operations Legislation
Government Orders
9:55 a.m.
The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin
Order. This matter has been raised before, that there is noise in the chamber prior to question period. I would encourage all members to listen to their colleagues. Certainly today it is not anywhere near as loud as it often is.
The hon. member for Western Arctic has about a minute left.
Air Service Operations Legislation
Government Orders
9:55 a.m.
Dennis Bevington Western Arctic, NT
Mr. Speaker, there is a difference between people being quiet and people actually listening. I will leave it at that.
When it comes to domestic travel, as I mentioned, the numbers are way up and the aviation industry is healthy in that regard. However, the government has imposed other charges on the industry in the last few years. It upped the security fee. Canadians who fly with our airlines pay three or four times what the Americans pay for security charges. That hurts the industry as well. The government continues to do things which hurt the industry. It sees the industry as a cash cow and that is wrong.
Air Service Operations Legislation
Government Orders
10 a.m.
The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin
Order, please. The time for Government Orders has expired. The hon. member for Western Arctic will have 12 minutes when the House returns to this matter.
Habitat for Humanity
Statements by Members
10 a.m.
Susan Truppe London North Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, before I begin my statement on Habitat London, I would like to congratulate the Western University Mustangs men's track and field team for winning their first CIS national title this past weekend.
Habitat for Humanity
Statements by Members
10 a.m.
Some hon. members
Hear, hear!
Habitat for Humanity
Statements by Members
10 a.m.
Susan Truppe London North Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, since its inception in 1993, Habitat London has built homes for 34 local families. While the houses are simple, they provide families with a home where they can feel safe and comfortable.
Our Conservative government believes strongly that partnerships with community organizations like Habitat for Humanity play a vital role in creating opportunities for families while building stronger communities. I am pleased to inform this House that our friends at Habitat London are expanding their affiliate to Oxford, Middlesex and Elgin counties. Between 2012 and 2016, Habitat London will build homes and serve 38 families. This is more than the number of homes built in the previous 18 years combined.
I am pleased to support Habitat for Humanity London. I congratulate Habitat London's CEO, Jeff Duncan, and his dedicated team for their commitment to a stronger London and a stronger Canada.
The Environment
Statements by Members
10 a.m.
François Pilon Laval—Les Îles, QC
Mr. Speaker, just a few days ago, Le Devoir reported that, in the Laval region alone, developers have been given permission to fill 25 of the region's last remaining wetlands.
I am very worried about this continuing trend. When he was a minister in the Quebec government, the member for Outremont fought, with the determination for which he is known, against the destruction of wetlands and even ordered that a building site be restored to a wetland in my riding of Laval—Les Îles. Last May, Quebeckers voted en masse for a party that stands up for the environment and Quebeckers' values.
I intend to work hard to draw attention to the wetlands issue during the conservation study that the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development has just begun.
Mr. Speaker, we in the New Democratic Party will work hard to protect Quebec's natural areas and green spaces and to improve co-operation between the federal and provincial governments on the environment and sustainable development.
Focus for Ethnic Women
Statements by Members
March 12th, 2012 / 10 a.m.
Stephen Woodworth Kitchener Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, last week I celebrated International Women's Day by attending an awards banquet for Waterloo region's Focus for Ethnic Women. This unique volunteer-driven group has, for many years, provided support for women facing the challenge of re-establishing their lives in Canada.
The room was full of articulate, effective women from the four corners of the earth successfully contributing to our community in a great many ways. I was reminded of the infamous Canadian law which would have hindered so many successful women by failing to recognize them as "persons". We can be grateful that law was reformed in the last century. We all win when everyone's fundamental human rights are recognized.
Special congratulations are deserved by the women who won awards: Margaret Skowronska-Binek for achievements as an immigration lawyer and Ann-Marie Marston for a successful banking career. Hats off to Focus for Ethnic Women.
Arctic Winter Games
Statements by Members
10 a.m.
Carolyn Bennett St. Paul's, ON
Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the Liberal Party, I would like to congratulate the over 2,000 competitors who competed in this year's Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse, Yukon highlighting traditional Arctic sports and Dene games.
The very first Arctic Winter Games were opened in 1970 by former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. More than 40 years later, the games continue to honour the athleticism and pride that are part of the culture and unique traditions of northern Canadians.
Canadians from coast to coast to coast cheered on our competitors from the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik and Northern Alberta, and celebrated the victories of northern Canadians.
Rachel Kinvig from the Yukon, age 15, was undefeated in both the 7 dog/13 kilometre and the 6 dog/10 kilometre dog mushing competition. Andrew Bell from Kugluktuk, Nunavut, age 27, won the gold in the Arctic sports triple jump open male competition.
Congratulations to all the competitors from Canada and abroad, their coaches and supporters, as well as the volunteers and organizing committee who made the 2012 Arctic Winter Games a resounding success.
Carmen Corbasson
Statements by Members
10:05 a.m.
Brad Butt Mississauga—Streetsville, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is with profound sadness that I rise in the House today to announce the passing of former Mississauga City Councillor Carmen Corbasson on Saturday morning.
"Carmen", as everyone affectionately knew her, was a selfless, truly dedicated public servant both in the years she worked as the executive assistant to councillor Harold Kennedy and then in her 16 years of representation in Mississauga's Ward 1.
She put her fingerprint on just about everything that happened in her community. She was never afraid to speak out and was one of the few people in politics I know who returned every call and email. Carmen was a true grassroots politician who will never be forgotten. Her grace under fire and ability to truly listen to people are legendary.
Carmen leaves many, many friends but also her daughters, Lisa and Julie, granddaughter Summer, grandson Gabriel, her great partner, Sebastion, and beloved dog, Maggie.
My family and I join thousands in saying "we will miss our Carmen each and every day".
Statements by Members
10:05 a.m.
Sylvain Chicoine Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, QC
Mr. Speaker, the telecommunications industry is one of our economy's most dynamic industries. However, the effects of this industry are not all positive. Recently, in my riding, a cellphone company put up four cellphone towers less than 15 metres high without consulting anyone.
The current legislation does not require these companies to consult municipalities, city planners or residents prior to construction. Given the increasing number of companies that offer wireless services, the government needs to adjust its policies so that towers are not just being built haphazardly.
To the extent possible, we must ensure that Canadians are not seeing towers erected right next door to their homes. This is what happened to a resident of Mercier, who says that she cannot sell her home because the tower that was erected several metres from her backyard is scaring off potential buyers.
I am calling for changes to Industry Canada's policy by joining my voice to that of this resident and the mayor of Châteauguay who has said that the current approach is outdated and that the precautionary principle should be applied given the harmful effects that microwaves may have on health.
Herbert H. Carnegie
Statements by Members
10:05 a.m.
Lois Brown Newmarket—Aurora, ON
Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that we learned of Herb Carnegie's passing this weekend. Herb Carnegie was a good friend to many in York region and, indeed, all of Canada.
He was known as many things in his remarkable 92 year life: hockey trail blazer, philanthropist, author and mentor. To me, perhaps most vividly, he was someone who always put the interests of youth at the forefront. His future aces program aimed to inspire youth to be their very best and to enhance character-building initiatives. Fittingly, a hockey arena and school are named in his honour: the Carnegie Centennial Arena in North York and the Herbert H. Carnegie Public School in Vaughan. Among his many awards, he was named to the Order of Ontario and the Order of Canada. In 2006, he was made an honorary police chief with the York Regional Police.
I invite all Canadians to join me in recognizing the remarkable life of Herbert H. Carnegie.
Mattawa Voyageur Days
Statements by Members
10:05 a.m.
Jay Aspin Nipissing—Timiskaming, ON
Mr. Speaker, today I want to recognize the continued success of the Mattawa Voyageur Days festival in my riding of Nipissing—Timiskaming. For the fifth year in a row, Mattawa Voyageur Days has been named one of the top 100 festivals in the province by Festivals and Events Ontario.
Voyageur Days includes many exciting events, including regional talent night, the lumberjack competition, canoe races, performances by noted Canadian musicians and a choreographed fireworks show that should not be missed. This year marks the 15th anniversary of Voyageur Days. Festival organizers expect to see 35,000 visitors and locals attending events in July.
I want to congratulate the community of Mattawa on organizing this festival and sharing its beautiful town with festival goers each year. I am proud to represent the community leaders in Mattawa who make Voyageur Days a success. I encourage all who are able to attend the festival to do so.
Folks should get their wristbands early.
Alain-Grandbois Cinematic Cultural Centre
Statements by Members
10:05 a.m.
Élaine Michaud Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, QC
Mr. Speaker, in the Portneuf village of Saint-Casimir, a large cultural project is nearing completion. In a few weeks, the Ciné-centre culturel Alain-Grandbois will finally open its doors.
The Ciné-centre is a cinematic interpretation centre that promotes culture. In addition to providing a meeting place for people who work in the film industry and the general public, the centre also highlights Saint-Casimir's heritage by giving new life to the old cultural centre that was built in 1947.
Since environmental protection is also part of the centre's mission, it will host the ninth edition of the Portneuf environmental film festival, the first francophone festival of its kind.
The centre's name pays tribute to Alain Grandbois, the great poet and writer from Saint-Casimir. Considered Quebec's first true modern poet, Alain Grandbois sparked our imaginations with his tales of travel and discovery of the world's hidden secrets.
Congratulations to Léo Denis Carpentier and his team for their work on this outstanding project. I wish the Ciné-centre culturel Alain-Grandbois great success and I hope to see you at the Portneuf environmental film festival in April.


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This exceptional art gallery features local artists - paintings, photography, ceramics, woodworking and much more. Also offered are children's art classes as well as pottery classes. Open: Monday thru Saturday: 10 am - 7 pm.
Woodbine Glass Museum and Gift Shop
Museum displays 4,020 pieces of hand-blown glass, including contemporary and antique work from many countries. Gift shop.
The Windmill Cultural Center houses an extensive collection of 21 European windmills representing ten European countries. Interpretive exhibits provide unique information on the products produced by windmills, country of origin, windmill specifications, and the cultural impact of windmills. The Education Area features video presentations of the windmill countries and an education area contains children's activities including coloring, puzzles, and toys promoting scientific concepts. The gift shop sells fresh stone-ground flour, Delft pottery, and souvenirs of Fulton, the Windmill Cultural Center and the windmill.
This small shop offers a wide variety of yarns, needles and accessories. Classes in knitting, crochet and weaving are also offered. Open: Monday, Thursday, Friday: 9 am- 5 pm; Tuesday: 11 am - 9 pm; Wednesday and Saturday: 9 am - 2 pm.
Enjoy this store offering over 7000 bolts of the finest quality 100% cotton quilting fabric, quilt books, patterns, supplies and classes. Original designs and patterns plus kits galore. Open: Tuesday thru Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm; Sunday, Monday and Evenings: by appointment.
Illinois' oldest continuously-running professional summer stock theatre. Live performances June-August. Reservations required. Children's program July-August.
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Professionally guided photography tours of the tri-state area. Printing/framing services available. Studio gallery displaying photographs by Henry Matthiessen, III.
Stockton Heritage Museum is a not-for-profit entity dedicated to the preservation and teaching of Stockton area history. Discover exhibits on the Chicago Great Western Railroad, model trains, history of Kraft Foods, and Stockton-area history exhibits.
At this real haunted house, built in 1870, you'll hear about the inn's spooky history on a tour that takes you through the twists and turns of this creepy building.
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On Any Sunday Motorcycle Museum
See 40 motorcycles on display, including European bikes built from 1942-1978.
Glass studio nestled in the hills offers a shopping experience. Local glass artists at work using lampwork and fusing techniques.
The Fulton Historical Society is located in this Civil War-era home donated to the city by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Martin.
This historic movie theater, built in 1922, features first-run movies presented in the latest 4K digital projection and sound on nine screens. Stadium seating, digital 3D and party room.
This famous statue was designed by Leonard Crunelle and was presented to Freeport at the 71st anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate on August 27, 1929, by local industrialist W. T. Rawleigh. It is located in Taylor Park.
Built in 1896, the 100-foot-tall tower is believed to be one of only three in Illinois of similar construction, and has become the symbol of the Village of Lena.
Visit this delightful kitchen store full of artisan-quality, handmade, wooden spoons, spatulas, spurtles and other kitchen products all made on site.
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Jane Addams, born and raised in Cedarville, was an internationally famous humanitarian and social work pioneer who founded Hull House and won the Nobel Peace Prize. She is buried in this lovely old hillside cemetery.
Unique, fun gifts for all ages and occasions. Located in historic downtown Stockton, five blocks south of US Hwy 20.
On the Mississippi River in an old 12-acre quarry is where you will find a restored and furnished mid-1800s settlement. Paths through the wooded hillsides lead from one home site to another.
High atop a wooded hill, overlooking the Mississippi River, sits Carroll County's grandest mansion. Experience a guided tour of this six story, 63 room, hilltop home of Mr. & Mrs. Alan St. George. An amazing 2.5 hour tour featuring original art work and sculptures. Alan and Adrienne St. George spent over 30 years perfecting this castle of American Aristocracy which is now open to the public. Available for tours, weddings, events and receptions. Call for reservations.
Explore five permanent galleries: European (19th century paintings, sculpture), Art of the Near and Far East (Egyptian, Chinese, and Southeast Asia), Native American (pots, baskets and Kachina dolls), African and Oceanic Art (masks, ceremonial pieces and textiles), and Contemporary (prints and paintings). Two galleries feature new exhibitions every 8-12 weeks and are devoted to regional art or national exhibitions. A student gallery features aspiring young artists from local schools. The museum also offers educational programs, performances, and special events. Open: Tuesday thru Friday: 10 am - 5 pm; Saturday: Noon - 5 pm. Free admission, but donations are appreciated.
Full service florist with lots more. Stuffed animals, candles, angels, home decor, photo frames, plants, balloons, and custom designs.
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For model railroad aficionados -- and everyone else who ever enjoyed model trains -- this model railroad is something to see. The Fever River Railroad is a 120X24-foot HO scale model with detailed scenery, rail yards, factories, and interchanges with many other railroads. The Fever River Railroad is an ongoing project with upgrades to the layout and scenery that provides an exciting model railroad experience. A collection of railroad memorabilia and pictures, many from the surrounding area, are on display throughout the facility. The Stephenson Society of Model Trainmen, who operate the railroad, host an open house twice a year. Groups are welcome by prior appointment.


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ORANGEVILLE-Gloria Estelle Van Buren, age 87, passed away March 28, 2012 at Castleview Hospital in Price, Utah. Gloria was born Oct. 12, 1924 in St. Louis, Mo. to Joseph and Amelia Luckert Weisner. She married L. Duane Van Buren Jan. 12, 1947 in Los Angeles, Calif.
Gloria was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was raised in St. Louis until the age of 16 when they moved to Los Angeles, Calif. She lived in St. Louis as well as in the California cities of Hawthorn, Lawndale, and Gardena. After Duane retired, they moved to Orangeville, Utah in 1985. At the age of 14, Gloria worked for a sewing factory. During WWII when she was 19, she was a "Rosie Riveter" working on the wings of the Douglas PB1 Aircraft. She also worked as a PBX operator at the hospital when she was 45 years old. She worked there for 10 years.
Her hobbies included quilting-she won 35 ribbons at numerous fairs in several states with her quilts-, gardening, needle point, and she was an avid bowler. She liked sewing, cooking, canning, and also working Sudoku puzzles. Gloria loved to travel to see her children and grandchildren. She also enjoyed traveling with Royce and Lorene Olsen.
Gloria is survived by her children: Cheryl (Jack) Blair of Carrollton, Texas, and Linda (Britt) Durfee of Cascade, Idaho; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Duane Van Buren; son Dennis Van Buren; brothers: Wendle and Joseph; and sister, Aliene.
Graveside services will be held Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Orangeville City Cemetery. There will be a viewing that morning from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Fausett Mortuary (720 N. Center St., Castle Dale).
Services are in the care of Fausett Mortuary. Family and friends may sign the guest book and share memories of Gloria at www.fausettmortuary.com.


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Lol good one, and I meant mention attiny 85 not the series in broad which I don't like to assume it works as is for everything since I imagine everything from the 28pin ic to the 6pin doesn't have the same machine code
So if I make a library called spi85 that basically includes that code, then change the mirf library to use the spi85 instead of regular spi, it should work right? I know size of the library may cause problems but I think I can handle that
Why wouldn't simple sketches work? Does it affect millis() or something?
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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
The Book Cliff Lodge and Restaurant in Green River was heavily damaged by fire on Saturday. Emery County Detective Jeff Thomas said, "On Saturday afternoon at 4:43 p.m., deputies responded to a citizen dispute at the BookCliff Lodge. There was a verbal altercation in one of the rooms and it was settled at the scene. The male who was a truck driver left the scene in his truck and the female stayed behind and was supposed to leave later by bus. The deputies left the scene a little after 5 p.m. Deputy Kay Jensen for the Emery County Sheriff's Office was one of those responding.
"At 6:02 p.m. a call came in for a structure fire at the BookCliff Lodge. Fire crews responded to the scene and the fire was in the rooms next to the restaurant. The fire was in the vicinity to where the couple had been staying. We needed to locate them and talk to them. The male was located in Wellington and Sergeant Tom Harrison went over and took his statement. Some eyewitnesses said they had seen the female on foot since the fire. She is wanted for questioning. There were no injuries in the fire, but major property damage occurred. The restaurant was a total loss and burned to the ground. There were 17 motel rooms destroyed.
"The cause is still under investigation. The state fire marshal's office responded and assisted in collecting evidence. They are treating it as a suspicious fire and we are waiting to hear from them as to the cause. They collected evidence in the room where the fire started. It was the room where the couple was staying, where the fire apparently started and spread east and west from there.
"The couple checked into the room at approximately 2 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. The female had apparently been traveling with the male for a short time. The male was very cooperative and had a load to deliver in the Salt Lake area on Sunday.
"We have put out a nationwide attempt to locate on the female. She is described as being a white female, 32 years of age. She is approximately 5'3" and 180 pounds. She has blue eyes and dishwater blonde, shoulder length hair. She wears glasses and was last seen wearing a red shirt and red shorts. We are in the process of obtaining photos of her from another agency at this time.
"The Emery County Sheriff's Office and the Grand County Sheriff's Office as well as the Utah Highway Patrol responded to both calls to the motel and restaurant. They will continue to watch for the female suspect and have sent out dispatches to other agencies. Motels and bus stations as well as truck stops were checked on Saturday night and the female has not yet been apprehended as of Monday morning.
"A vehicle was stolen from a Green River residence on Saturday evening and was not reported stolen until Sunday morning. The news channels reported that the female suspect had taken the vehicle, but that was not true. The vehicle was taken by two juveniles from Colorado and was located in Pleasant Grove.
"This was a big fire and units responded from Huntington and Emery. Main Street was blocked off for several hours. Also helping with the fire suppression was the Penhall Company. They are currently working on the Green River bridge rehabilitation and they brought their track-hoe and loader in and knocked a hole between the fire and where it hadn't reached yet. This kept the fire from spreading and kept it contained. The damage could have been worse if they hadn't of come to help.
"The building has been released to the owners for clean-up, but the investigation is ongoing. Michael Dunwoody and Gerald Cordingley have been managing the properties and they planned to meet with insurance agents on Monday to survey the damages," said Detective Thomas.
Dunwoody said, "We are disappointed with our loss and what it means to the community. A lot of people will be unemployed and it will hurt the community. We are right across the street from the Shady Acres which has a sandwich shop and other restaurants that the people who stayed here supported. We plan on rebuilding and remaining a part of the community."
Dunwoody said they had a fire six months ago and still haven't received any compensation from their insurance on that fire. He said the adjustor from the insurance company hadn't been out to look at the fire after a month had gone by so they hired a private adjustor, Nathaniel Cook who is also assisting with the fire from Saturday. Cook said, "We are preparing an estimate of damages. We estimate between $1-2 million for the structural damages and there are extra expenses like personal belongings and loss of income which will all be added on. They are interested in keeping the business and rebuilding and there is no reason why they wouldn't be able to do this. The office area was not consumed by the fire, but suffered extensive smoke damage as well as damaging the roof. They are still renting rooms however. There are 74 rooms left standing with 10 of those which are smoke damaged and will have to be repaired or rebuilt.
"They are making plans for a temporary office to be brought in, from which they will conduct business; for right now we're just limping along," said Cook.


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Skip to comments.Obama issues new executive orders against guns (While looking at Syria.....)
Posted on 08/29/2013 12:24:19 PM PDT by yoe
President Obama ordered two more executive actions Thursday to restrict guns, banning the re-importation of military surplus firearms to private entities and proposing a regulation that would close a loophole in background checks.
On the day B. Todd Jones is being sworn in as the new director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the White House said the ATF is proposing to conduct background checks on firearms registered to a trust or corporation. The administration said felons and others prohibited from having firearms currently are able to avoid background checks by choosing this route.
[snip] The orders follow 23 other executive actions on gun control that the White House unveiled in January. In the spring, the Democratic-controlled Senate rejected a proposal to require expanded background checks for gun purchases.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Mr. Obama will see to it protecting your self, your family and your property is no longer viable....so many were left defenseless and sent to labor camps...it took a few years but once enforced by the SS....
I figure the trust or corporation provision is to go after the guns in the NRA museum.
After all, many crimes may have been committed by those museum guns, or the guns owned by Pinkerton and similar security agencies. Well, we can't have that.
Fast and Furious, anyone? Anyone??
Why would conducting a background check on the firearm make sense? If it's a new gun, for example, it won't have much of a history
the dick tater ha spoken.....
Things that are real problems, he ignores. Things that are NOT problems, he tries to 'solve'.
I feel so much safer now, knowing that gangs won't be arming themselves with M1 Garands...
Fortunately, executive orders can be dissolved with the stroke of a pen...if there is ever a Republican President again.
The administration is now saying criminal background checks for employees are "discriminatory" and should be outlawed. So, why not lift them for firearms to? What could possibly go wrong?
He's just a front person. The shadowy cabal of leftists who snuck him into office make decisions, prepare policies and write speeches for him to present — as if he was really the one doing the work.
And a BIG IF with the current weenies have their way (cept for Cruz and Palin types who are few and far between).
I read this morning where the Kenyan was going to "close a LITTLE KNOWN loophole" with one of his Dumbass Actions. If it's LITTLE KNOWN, what the heck is the problem? Obama can KMA.
"...the ATF is proposing to conduct background checks on firearms registered to a trust or corporation. The administration said felons and others prohibited from having firearms currently are able to avoid background checks by choosing this route."
The Fk they can.
Just another way to infringe on the rights of law abiding citizens.
Effing A-hole.
3.2 more years of this Kommunist and his Fascist Dicta's.
NO, the"Trust and corporation" provision is to go after LEGAL machine guns, sawed-off shotguns, short-barrelled rifles, and silencers, that would be bought by people, except that their liberal "Chief Law Enforcement officer" in the area won't sign permits for Class III purchases. In other words, if your local cops (like the Dallas police!) won't give you PERMISSION to buy an NFA firearm as an INDIVIDUAL, like a pre-March 1886 machine gun, you COULD still buy one with a corporation or Trust owning it. Now, Hussein Obama wants to close that "Loophole". Like the so-called "gun show loophole" that also does not exist.
I really wanted one of those Korean Surplus.
If it is RACIST to ask for photo ID to VOTE, then it is RACIST to ask for Photo ID to BUY A GUN!
GOA and NRA are on this like stink on obama.
They can only go after them if they are registered.
That leads to an obvious counter measure.
There is no legal requirement to incriminate oneself.
I have a really nice M1 Garand that was made in WW2. Get one while you can, the prices are only going to go up.
I would never vote for a Republican president. None of them are pure enough for me.
After all, better to let the country crash and be morally pure than to save the country for my children by compromising.
...banning the re-importation of military surplus firearms to private entities
I don't know - the CMP's Garands are re-imported by the US Army - hardly a private entity.
Although Garands are nice, there are better weapons now becoming available with the use of new printing technology.
And since we are talking about weapons that are not registered, one can get some very nice weapons indeed. Fully automatic grenade cannons that home in on evil and use lasers to correct for range!
Since the IRS and NSA don't obey the law, then I am not required to either.
Of course, it would be nice if the fed gov would follow their laws, and then I would once again feel bound to obey the various constitutional laws.
Exactly...I liked Mitt BUT...I like Ron Paul but...I like Cruz but...
If you don't register an NFA wesapon, they go after you on Tax Evasion charges. The transfer tax is $200 per gun, per transfer.
They say I can't make and own new NFA weapons anyways, so since I can't legally do it, I can't legally pay tax on it.
"the administration said it will deny requests to bring military-grade firearms back into the U.S. to private entities,"
So now the country is safe from technologies of 110 year old 03 Springfields and 75 year old Garands.
See, I didn't register a NFA weapon.
Most likely, neither have you. Few people own them.
So most of us have not paid tax on transfer of NFA weapons.
That is not in doubt. Let us stipulate that.
Now, there is another element of the 'crime' of not paying tax on a transfer of a NFA weapon. They have to prove that one has created or transfered such a weapon.
They can do that with any of us with false testimony.
So we are all just waiting for the corrupt government to take us in. Our question is: Are they corrupt enough to go after me today?
And we will never know until it is too late.
Now that he will curb corporate gun violence, the streets of Atlanta will be safe once again!
that's got to be at least .0001% of the population.about the same % of carry permit holders committing felonies with guns.
This is beyond stupid. The NFA crowd is THE most law abiding group out there. Not to mention the ridiculous NINE MONTH wait right now to get a stamp back. Wonder what they're going to do for stamps that are in process...
If you dont register an NFA wesapon, they go after you on Tax Evasion charges.
If you possess an unregistered NFA weapon, they go after you for the crime of possessing an unregistered NFA weapon, which has a 10 year prison term associated with it.
He wants to leave us high and dry, so IF there is a crisis he and his homies can swoop in a take everything.
He is arming our enemies and disarming the American people.
The full auto and short barreled tools are readily available at the appropriate time of our choosing from one's local police department, free — where no tax or trust or sign off was done for "the only ones" in law enforcement either. The successful raids on police armories by public enemies in the 1930s should come to mind.
Interesting that health care is a right that we have to be forced to buy, but owning a firearm is a right that is being taken away from us bit by bit.
does this mean guns like the Mosin, British enfields and all bolt action rifles that were used by military will be banned as well?
Good thing I own them....
I'm pretty sure that this EO only applies to surplus firearms that were initially manufactured in the US, then given to other countries. It shouldn't apply to the vast majority of surplus firearms imports. Of course, most of those have dried up by 2013 anyway...
In practical terms, this will prevent about 250,000 M1 Garands and Carbines from being imported from South Korea.
Maybe those rifles I mentioned are next.
Its a shame about those Garands. Would love to own one of those babies
Perhaps, although the numbers involved are so small I don't think he'll bother; how many FN-49s or T-40s are being imported these days?
Its a shame about those Garands. Would love to own one of those babies
You can still get one, but expect to pay at least $1000 (or so) for a decent shooter...at least twice that for a nice collectable one.
Right. But they also go after you on Tax Evasion charges. Like how they got Al Capone. That was the "little warrant" from the IRS in the US Treasury in the Waco Branch Davidian raid, while the ATF one was the "big warrant".
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