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Many immigrants travel in search of new and better opportunities, some for business, others for freedom. Regardless of the reason, not everyone immigrates with their entire family, and for most, there are still many family members that remain in their homelands.
While you are abroad, there is often the desire to stay in contact with the family you love. There are various means of communication for this, some of which are feasible and others that may not be so easily achieved. We've compiled some of the best new immigrant gifts to send overseas to your family.
What to send?
Perhaps the most classic method of communication is writing. Whether it is a postcard or a lengthy letter, the mail has delivered messages and packages throughout the world. But, you may be concerned about what types of things to send to your family. What types of things would be useful? How can you remind your family that you are thinking of them, even when they are on a completely different continent from you?
To combine the two, nothing is better than a gift that says you are being thoughtful as well as mindful. Start by thinking about what you needed when you were home. Were there some items that were on a wish list? Perhaps there were a few items that you needed which weren't readily available or may have cost too much in your homeland. Certain items can be rare in other countries, while exuberantly abundant in others. This may be a great time to buy gifts to send overseas to your family for these few items that are "hard-to-get."
Lighting up their life always is appreciated
What about lighting? It's always great to have a guiding light in your house, especially when you find yourself in the dark. A simple hand-held LED flashlight is always a handy gift and comes in handy in just about any situation. Some flashlights are even combined with a small tool assortment, making them a handy tool to have around the home. Certain tools can be handy and may even be needed for your family to conduct business or work in their homeland.
You should also consider clothes. What about gear such as shoes and boots? These things can be customized to just about anyone's style or desire, and there are even locations where you can get custom made t-shirts with pictures or writings on them.
Consider a box collection of postcards that has a variety of different scenes of your new city or country. It will save your family the trouble of writing you back, which is a plus since you'll be able to hear from them more often. As they write to you, they can get an idea of where you are and share some of their experiences with you as well.
Music and art is not always readily available abroad, especially music that is specific or regional. You can share a taste of your new culture or even provide a few favorites that they don't have. Regardless, music always makes for a great gift. Just make sure you send them the means to play it with as well. In addition, the arts combine a wide range of different mediums. You may have family members that enjoy painting or drawing. As simple as it may sound, some paper and pens can go a long way to making someone happy as a gift to send abroad.
The gift of your voice
What about a way to call you back? Not every country is renowned for its cellular services, and this would make a great opportunity to look into singing up for Pingo to take advantage of the Family Plan to make international web dial calls from over 200 countries for just 1.75 cents per minute. Then you'd be able to stay in contact with them more conveniently with guaranteed crystal clear quality.
Pay attention to the rules
What type of postage and packaging would you need? Consider what you will need to be able to send packages across international borders. What is allowed to travel across boarders? You don't want to send anything that will be returned or confiscated, so do proper research on banned or prohibited items.
Communication is doubly important. You'll want to consider investing in a prepaid international calling card service so that you can update family on gifts you're sending or even the stories that "go with" your gifts.
Take the time to think of the thoughtful things you can send your family that can help them out as well as remind them that you are thinking of them. Send them a message or gift to send overseas, but always send them your thoughts. Though you may be in a completely different country, you can always stay close as long as you never forget those you love.
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The Hinder by Pink & Pepper won't be hindering your style it'll be enhancing it! This gorgeous almond toe flat with v-strap instep straps is glamorous and chic.
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December 07, 2013
"The other reviews were right, buy 1/2 size up! The heel portions are not very comfy, but a shoe insert fixed this. The straps tend to be a little twisted, not lie exactly flat on your foot, and the shoe will need a little breaking in. I still love how they look and got many compliments!"
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Location: Flushing, NY
November 30, 2013
Great for the price...
"These flats are great, but I would recommend buying half a size up. I'm typically an 8 , but the 8 shoe fit a little tight, but I bought the in the clearance section, so there wasn't a variety of sizes available. The shoes don't feel cheap, although the point of the shoe does require a half size up more for more space. I like them so far, they're a nude color, so they go with again,"
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Location: Jacksonville, FL
August 06, 2013
Love style but not materials
"These flats are so cute and feminine! I fell in love with them and bought them in nude color right away. On my way home, I realized I didn't check both shoes for imperfections, so I did as soon as I could. Unfortunately, the quality of the materials is not as good as the style. Even though I loved them, I ended up returning them. The paint in the studs comes off easily. I guess I am too picky about things like that."
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"Zumba Gold" Class Offered at Greenville Education Center
The Kaskaskia College Community Education Department will be offering a "Zumba Gold" class at the Greenville Education Center.
This class will be held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, starting on September 3 until October 10 from 2:15 pm to 3:00 pm.
The call number for this class is COED 8057 GR01D.
Zumba Gold targets the largest growing segment of the population: baby boomers. It takes the Zumba formula and modifies the moves and pacing to suit the needs of the active older participant, as well as those just starting their journey to a fit and healthy lifestyle. What stays the same are all the elements the Zumba; the exhilarating, easy-to-follow moves; and the invigorating, party-like atmosphere.
Zumba Gold is the perfect fit. It's a dance-fitness class that feels friendly, and most of all, fun.
This class will be held at the Redeemer Lutheran Church; the church is located at 1540 East State Rt. 140 in Greenville.
Cost for this course is $45.00 for students under 60 and no cost for students over 60.
For more information or to register, please call the Greenville Education Center at 664-9394 or Kaskaskia College at 545-3255.
Space is limited, and all students must pre-register for this class.
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What Climate Change Can Do About Tort Law
Douglas A. Kysar
Yale University - Law School
July 20, 2010
Yale Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 215
Environmental Law, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2011
To date, scholars exploring the connection between climate change and tort law have tended to ask what the latter can do about the former. With a few notable exceptions, they have answered, "Not much." This Article first reviews a series of doctrinal hurdles facing climate change plaintiffs and concludes that the pessimism of legal scholars is justified. The Article then poses an inverse and previously unexplored question: what can climate change do about tort law? As it turns out, the answer is, "Quite a bit." By forcing courts to confront questions of harm, causation, and responsibility that lie at the frontiers of science and ethics, climate change lawsuits hold potential to move the bar for what counts as exotic in the domain of tort. Radical though it may seem, such a recalibration should be welcomed: just as the administrative state is being forced to adapt to grapple with the global, complex, uncertain, and potentially catastrophic nature of twenty-first century threats to social welfare, the tort system also must shift in order to serve its role as the administrative state's traditional and necessary backdrop. Not only the climate is changing.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 71
Keywords: Climate Change, Tort Law, Public Nuisance, New Governance
Date posted: July 20, 2010 ; Last revised: October 19, 2014
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Pacific Blue Touches Down At Tullamarine04/03/2004
Direct Flights Between NZ And Melbourne
Virgin Blue's low fare international carrier, Pacific Blue^, will land for the first time at Melbourne International Airport at 8.00am today bringing with it a full load of enthusiastic travellers and new opportunities for Victoria's buzzing tourism industry.
Pacific Blue, the sister carrier to domestic airline Virgin Blue, launched flights between Australia and New Zealand just weeks ago and is now bringing its Trans-Tasman low fares to the Melbourne market to complement its existing daily Christchurch-Brisbane service.
From today, Pacific Blue will offer direct flights between Melbourne and Christchurch with Mid Week Mini Fares starting from $199* one-way on the net, with an everyday low fare starting from $219* one-way on the net and with a Fully Flexible fare of $449* one-way on the net.
Victorians are set to benefit from affordable Trans-Tasman fares and more options to jet across the Tasman to hit the ski slopes, take in some of the breathtaking landscape or get into some adrenaline sports such as jet boat riding or bungee jumping. For those with family and friends in New Zealand, it provides an affordable excuse to fly over for a visit.
While it will be great for Victorians wanting to travel to New Zealand, the new flights will also be a boost for tourism in Victoria.
Virgin Blue Chief Executive Brett Godfrey said, "Melbourne has always been one of Virgin Blue's most popular destinations domestically and we have no doubt the city's many shopping, sporting and cultural attractions will appeal to New Zealanders looking for a week's entertainment or a weekend mini-break."
Pacific Blue will bring hundreds of additional visitors to Melbourne each week on its modern 737-800 series aircraft, complete with leather seats and performance enhancing "winglets".
Pacific Blue CEO Tony Marks said while its early days, forward bookings for flights between the two cities are trending well.
"Today's flights in both directions are fully booked and that's as great a start as you can get, so clearly we are happy with that."
He added, "We will keep a close eye on demand as we settle in to the market to ascertain the need for more flights in the future but rest assured, we plan on giving the competition a good run for its money in Melbourne, like Virgin Blue has done domestically."
After today, Pacific Blue flights will depart Christchurch at 6:10am, landing in Melbourne at 8:00am before turning around and departing at 9:00am, arriving back in New Zealand at 2:20pm.
^ Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd trading as Pacific Blue.
* All fares are for flights booked on the Internet. $10 more by phone. Mid- Week Mini-Fares are for travel on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Fares are subject to availability and may not be available on all flights or peak days.


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The Effects of Executives on Corporate Tax Avoidance
Scott Dyreng
Duke University
Michelle Hanlon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Edward L. Maydew
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
September 9, 2009
This paper investigates whether individual top executives have incremental effects on their firms' tax avoidance that cannot be explained by characteristics of the firm. To identify executive effects on firms' effective tax rates, we construct a dataset that tracks the movement of 908 executives across firms over time. The results indicate that individual executives play a significant role in determining the level of tax avoidance that firms undertake. The economic magnitude of the executive effects on tax avoidance is large. Moving between the top and bottom quartiles of executives results in approximately an eleven percent swing in GAAP effective tax rates; thus, executive effects appear to be an important determinant in firms' tax avoidance.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 50
Keywords: Tax avoidance, tax, manager effects, tax aggressive, effective tax rate, cash tax rate
JEL Classification: H25, M41, M43, G30
Date posted: July 11, 2008 ; Last revised: September 19, 2012
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CASTLE DALE: Robert A Weiner, age 70, passed away, Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 in Price. He was born Feb. 11, 1942 in Salt Lake City to Sidney and Margorie McCabe Weiner. Bob married his high school sweetheart Nedra Petrea Peterson on Sept. 16, 1961 in Provo, Utah.
Bob was raised in Springville and Provo. He attended Provo High. He worked for Coca Cola Bottling Company for a couple of years before becoming a steel worker. He worked for Pittsburg Des Moines Steel and CBI Steel for over 40 years before retiring in 2000. Bob learned the value of hard work at a young age and was able to pass this trait on to his children enabling them to work and play together. Bob enjoyed being in the outdoors with this family, be it camping or deer hunting. His greatest love was his wife and children and grandchildren and great grandchildren - they were the love of his life. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather and friend.
Bob is survived by his wife, Nedra of Castle Dale; children: Patricia (Larry) Campbell of Vernal, Utah, Bobbie (Jesse) Baker of Fairview, Utah, Jackie (Cody) Taylor of Castle Dale, Utah, Dorothy (Todd) Frandsen of Livingston, Mont., Robert Sidney Weiner of Castle Dale, Utah and Andrea Tanner of Price, Utah. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, William Weiner, and infant brother, Eddie Weiner.
Graveside services will be Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 at 2 p.m. at Evergreen Cemetery, in Springville, 1997 S. 400 E. Services are in the care of Fausett Mortuary. Friends and family may sign the guestbook and share memories of Bob at www.fausettmortuary.com.


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3.18.13 - Detroit Pistons Game
The Chaldean American Bar Association of Michigan is hosting a fundraiser for the School of Law's Clinical Program on Monday, March 18, in the brand new CLUB 300 at the Palace of Auburn Hills during the Detroit Pistons vs. Brooklyn Nets basketball game. Gates open at 6:00 p.m. and tipoff is at 7:30 p.m. $75 per regular ticket, $60 for current UDM Law students and children. To order tickets, please click here.


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Comfort In/ With Wilderness Training for Children
This training is designed to allow students to develop a sense of confidence in wild places. Plants, insects and animals have many stories to tell. Simply knowing these entities are present in each and every landscape or cityscape can bring one to an understanding of the important roles they play in the web of life. Not fearing these things will bestow a sense of peace to ones life for a lifetime.
Topics covered in one day session
- Relating to the Wild Ones: How to be and behave around animals that are wild.
- Herbal Walk: Plant identification and medicinal value
- Water and Shelter: How do these two things nourish us to be at peace in wilderness?
- Resource Conservation: A creative project concerning endangered species and recycling.
Elke Duerr
Elke is a be-national filmmaker, story teller and teacher from Europe who has made New Mexico her home. She has written and produced the documentary film "Stories of Wolves: the Lobo Returns to New Mexico" and founded the non-profit Web Of Life Foundation, W.O.L.F.
Joshua Willis
Willis is a mixed media artist, a naturalist and native of New Mexico. He received his BFA from the University of New Mexico. Willis curates the gallery and coordinates sustainability programming at the City of Albuquerque Open Space Visitor Center. These responsibilities allow Willis to walk the fine line of balance existing between nature and creativity.
Valentine McKay-Riddell
Valentine was born a "Navy brat" in Orlando, Florida and grew up in Canada and Texas. A graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute, she is a member of the Adjunct Faculty at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto, CA, where she earned a Masters in Counseling Psychology and a Ph.D. in Transpersonal Psychology. .
Descended from Celtic and Native American ancestors, Valentine developed a combination of shamanism and art making (Healing Art©) to heal herself from cancer, and later founded a nonprofit organization, Orenda Healing International (OHI), devoted to promoting individual and community health and wellbeing. She has taught art making to young people and adults and Healing Art© to AIDS and cancer patients; incarcerated, homeless, and challenged youth; developmentally disabled adults; and women in transition for over twenty years.
Valentine is a certified Reiki Master in the Usui Lineage and has a private practice in wellness counseling and shamanic healing in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She and her husband, Lewis Riddell, share an interest in nature photography, art, theatre, gourmet cooking, and cats. She has two adult daughters and five grandchildren, and believes that her experiences in raising her own family inspired her interest in working with adolescents and catalyzed the writing of her books for young adults.


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By Brendan Conway
Being the world's largest asset manager is no get-out-of-jail-free card when your fund managers fall behind. That's the lesson from the Wall Street Journal's Kirsten Grind this morning. Grind's insightful story reports that BlackRock (BLK) has replaced managers at more than half of its 40 actively managed stock funds after a stretch of baleful performance, in one of the key parts of an overhaul of the struggling business.
It's a contrast with what's happening at BlackRock's iShares exchange-traded fund unit, which has pulled in more than $23 billion year-to-date.
Here are the numbers, from Grind:
Only 18% of BlackRock's actively managed equity assets under management have achieved Morningstar's highest four- and five-star rankings over three years, compared with an average of 32.5% for all funds, according to Credit Suisse. Morningstar assesses a fund based on its returns and the amount of risk taken, and its star rating is key to investors.
Funds at BlackRock's rivals, including Fidelity Investments, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and T. Rowe Price Group Inc. (TROW) have done better during that time.
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Thirteen of the 21 funds that have seen manager changes have underperformed their benchmarks this year, Morningstar said. That includes the BlackRock Capital Appreciation Investor Fund (BFGBX), a $4.1 billion fund that invests in stocks like Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and Home Depot Inc. (HD) Over three years, the fund has lagged behind its benchmark, the S&P 500, by an average of six percentage points a year, according to Morningstar.
BlackRock hired Lawrence Kemp, formerly head of U.S. large-cap growth equity at UBS AG, to replace 10-year veteran Jeffrey Lindsey. So far this year, the fund trails the S&P 500 by about six percentage points, though Mr. Kemp has only been running the fund since January.
The management team at the BlackRock Energy & Resources Investor Fund (SSGRX) has changed three times in the last year, according to Morningstar.
Over three years, the $636.6 million fund returned 0.17% on average each year, compared with 12.94% for its benchmark, the MSCI World index, according to Morningstar. The fund has lost 0.52% so far this year, compared with 10.18% for the benchmark.
Grind also reports this morning that Chris Leavy, chief investment officer of fundamental equity for the Americas and dubbed in the story a "chief architect" of the company's active-stock fund overhaul, will take a medical leave.
BlackRock's iShares, meanwhile, was out last night with a prediction that U.S. ETF assets could more than double in the next five years, to more than $3.5 trillion.


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By Dennis Seid/NEMS Daily Journal
FedEx Ground will be moving into a new 60,000-square-foot distribution center in Tupelo.
The facility on North Coley Road will be located on a site adjacent to where the northern loop will be built, connecting Coley to Barnes Crossing Road.
Construction crews have been working on the site for the facility, which is scheduled to open in September.
The new distribution center will replace an older 18,000-square-foot facility nearby. FedEx Ground employs 36 employees in Tupelo and dispatches 34 trucks.
Those employees will be transferred to the new facility.
Jesse Bull, a spokesman for FedEx Ground, said it will add workers "as necessary to support increased demand for service in the area."
Clearly, FedEx anticipates business to grow.
Bull said the new facility is part of the company's nationwide expansion to boost its capacity.
"Since 2005, the company has opened 11 new hubs featuring the most advanced material-handling systems and expanded or relocated more than 500 local facilities," he said.
The Tupelo site was chosen "because of its ease of access to major highways, its proximity to customers' distribution centers and a strong local community workforce for recruiting employees."
FedEx said its network enhancements have cut ground service delivery by one day or more in two-thirds of the U.S.
According to the company, FedEx Ground delivers more than 62 percent of packages in two days or less and more than 82 percent of packages in three days or less.
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By JONATHAN ADAMSLogan
The "war on drugs" has been a sad excuse for a drug policy in this country. Decades of a zealous prohibition and intensive, often unconstitutional, law enforcement efforts to rid the country of illegal drugs have failed us.
The Economist estimates that the illegal drug industry rakes in well over $60 billion a year. Those that peddle illegal drugs run an underground operation free of taxation, regulation, and quality control.
By banning drugs, the government has ceded all control of potentially dangerous substances to criminals. In legalizing the drugs in question, we deny criminals this industry and market. The federal government could tax and regulate drug production; and, under the auspices of the FDA, ensure their quality and relative safety. Ceding all this to an underground industry would ensure the addicts' lives will be devastated by the crippling costs of their addictions.
Legalization alone is not enough. We need to decriminalize drugs. An addiction to a drug is a public health issue, not a crime. We only exacerbate the problem when we maintain the current "lock 'em up" mentality. Nonviolent drug offenders make up nearly 60 percent of our federal prison population. We need to rehabilitate drug abusers. Drug imprisonments are a leading cause of rising local tax burdens, they have neither stopped the sale and use of drugs nor enhanced public safety.
Let's refocus our aims to reduce drug abuse and prohibition-generated crime. Our addiction to an illegal drug prohibition has been crippling, but I'm confident we can kick it.
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Sustainable Water Resources: Priorities for Policy Frameworks and Best Practices
Distinguished delegates, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen
- I am honoured to be here today at this key event on Water, which brings together public and private partners.
- We are grateful to the Swiss Government and Swiss Re for hosting this meeting, which will result in a memorandum for PrepCom IV
The Millennium Declaration, adopted by Head of States, set the world the following goals:
- To halve, by the year 2015, the proportion of the world's people whose income is less than one dollar a day, and the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
- and, by the same date, to halve the proportion of people who are unable to reach or to afford safe drinking water.
- This is what we are all working towards
- The consensus reached in Bonn, on a number crucial issues was a good step towards meeting these goals - here we hope to build on the Bonn recommendations
- Without adequate clean water, there can be no escape from poverty. Water is the basis of good health and food production.
- Water has always held a central role in the practices and beliefs of many cultures and religions - it is the primary building block of life - and is vital to sustainable development
- The Koran mentions that all life originated from water and that man himself is created of water
- The Incas believed that Lake Titicaca was the centre of the original world - water was the essential factor in the stability and prosperity of the Mayan peoples
- The Gikuyu tribe of Kenya believe that drought is a sign that the God is angry
- Mankind is always at the mercy of water for survival and development
- Water pollution, poor sanitation and water shortages kill over 12 million people every year. Millions are in bad health and trapped in poverty - much of their energy and time wasted in the quest for clean water
- The cost of providing water supply and sanitation to meet basic human needs is $ 20 billion annually (the USA and Europe spend $17 billion annually on petfood )- less than $20 could save a life AND give someone the chance of a better life (energy to work …)
- Water is vital to sustainable development. We must recognize the true dimension of the challenge we face. The challenge of ensuring sustainable water demand and use and supply of water to all - Appropriate water management is required to meet this challenge.
- Hindus believe that in their "sacred waters" distinctions of caste cease to exist - We too should use water to restore equity
- It would be wonderful if we could (adopt a Harry Potter approach,) wave a magic wand and give the world more water. But we are not wizards - We must take an integrated approach, which will ensure better use of the available water.
- The solutions are known- We need policy, planning, investment and regulation.
- The solutions urgently need to be put into practice.
- What has been done since Rio? FAR too little.
- National governments and international organizations, including (and especially) the UN must act coherently now - Act to save millions of people from certain death and miserable lives.
- Integrated water resources management is required to ensure:
- Sustainable demand and use
- Supply to all
- 88% of water used in Africa is for agriculture - some of which is exported to the developed world in the form of flowers and vegetables
- Often 60% of water is lost when being used for irrigation and 40% of municipal water is lost through leaks and other inefficiencies-contributing directly to poverty
How does this affect the poor (where I live)?
- In Nairobi slums clean water is virtually non-existent - Waterways are polluted, sanitation is close to non-existent - The cost of water is very high
- in rural Kenya women spend many hours walking to collect water - time which could be used more productively (- growing food, educating children or earning a living in another way)
- The struggle to obtain enough water for survival is a drain on human health, finances and energy - it soaks up assets which could be used to build a better life
- Develop water resources and manage them efficiently - reduce water loss
- Improve the management of water utilities in developing countries - Commercialization, can help where profits are ploughed back into improving services - private investment is vital to these initiatives - e.g. Water for African Cities: Accra, billing, collection and meter installation have been privatized -increased efficiency.
(needs due attention to avoid abuse of dominant market position)
- Good governance at national and international level - put in place policies, regulation and institutions which support and can sustain integrated water resources management
- Capacity building for improved management of water resources - Transfer of knowledge
- Raise awareness at every level - put into practice the least-cost (often simple) solutions for sustainable water conservation (e.g. roof rainwater collection, leak location, recycling and reuse)
- All planning, management and education should take account of climate change and the unpredictability of weather patterns.
- In Ancient Rome each Roman was supplied with around 1,000 litres of water per day. Today the average Roman's demand for water is more modest - it is influenced no doubt by cost
- There is a need to change water demand - pricing would encourage high water consumers to find and use new technologies (IETC can help)
- Water-pricing should reflect the true cost of the resource, encouraging more efficient use and discourages waste
- Water for the poor should be affordable - they are willing to pay for clean water - the price of dirty water is high in terms of health and potential loss of earnings
- Push for abolition of subsidies for large-scale water users (promotes waste and irresponsibility)(e.g Kenya breweries in Nairobi consume up to 5% of the total city supply, mainly for washing purposes)
- Subsidies on agriculture encourage increased production - leads to inefficient water use and increased pollution -(examples Africa, EU, N. America) -remove subsidies on agriculture
- The value of ecosystems should be taken into account in water allocation (and pricing?)
- Introduce progressive tariffs (e.g South Africa)
- Funds available, including aid (re)directed to projects which have taken account of all costs and benefits
As well as satisfying the world's demand for water we must also ensure that the water is CLEAN (polluted water is useless)
- Both the Koran and the Bible mention polluted water as a punishment from God
- Recognize the scope of the problem (at all levels)
- Develop projects to clean up water and raise awareness, especially of the solutions
- (e.g. Project for the Prevention of Accumulation and Disposal Measures for Obsolete Stockpiles of Pesticides in Africa
- Yemen: implementation of appropriate wastewater management strategies and National programme of action
- Apply polluter pays principle
- Water has to be brought to those who need it
- Human energy should not be wasted walking hours to the nearest water supply (6 -8 hours per family per day) -women could spend this time on more important matters
- investment in supply infrastructure (least cost most effective technology)
- Involve communities in the delivery decision-making- at present those without water often have no voice in water management and planning
- education in the better management of available water (especially women)
- Remember solutions are not always complex and costly
e.g. the Hippo Roller, a plastic barrel with a handle, which can be filled with water and pushed along like a wheel barrow. Women using it in South Africa can roll four times as much water as they used to carry on their head.
- Integrated concrete action will ensure
- Supply to even the poorest slums
- Together we have the power to take action - the power to put in place the policies which will ensure water for those in need
ACTION now
- We should make every effort to give a new perspective to the millions of women trudging great distances to fetch water. We have to give new hope to the children suffering, and dying, from water related diseases.
- Let this year mark the start of action to meet the goals of the Millennium Declaration. Action. We have a great opportunity before us, the World Summit on Sustainable Development, in Johannesburg. There the world can show real commitment to solving the problem of water.
- The Bonn Freshwater Conference recommendation provide clear guidance on what needs to be done - I trust that they will be reflected in your memorandum to PrepCom IV.
- Johannesburg will be a Summit of Partnership, I urge you all to play an active role in this partnership for the future - the UN is ready to act, but we need you, our partners
- Responsibility to act now, rest with all - both the developing and developed world
- I echo the hopes of Kofi Annan, that in Johannesburg we will see all stakeholders come together in a new coalition, "A coalition for responsible prosperity"
IF we agreed with the words of Mahbub al Haq :
" Sustainable development is a question of quality of life for the rich countries but it is a question of life for the poor countries".
I believe we have no choice but to act together responsibly to ensure water for all, for a better future.
- I wish us all the very best over the coming days, and look forward to working with you, to formulate a substantive document on water, for PrepCom IV.


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President Obama has proclaimed today to be National Entrepreneurs' Day. The president who has brought us regime uncertainty, more regulations, more government intrusion into the economy, more debt, and is proposing to raise taxes on productive businesses and individuals wants to celebrate entrepreneurship?
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Corruption Hits HOME
Benjamin Franklin wrote that "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." Were he alive today, Franklin might add to the list corruption in federal housing programs.
The Case for Privatizing Transit
A new policy analysis from Randal O'Toole eviscerates the "one industry [that] has unquestionably been socialistic for decades: urban transit."
Postal Service Announces $8.5 Billion Loss
The U.S. Postal service has announced a net loss of $8.5 billion for fiscal 2010. Since 2006, the USPS has lost $20 billion, and the organization is close to maxing out its $15 billion line of credit with the U.S. Treasury. Although the USPS has achieved some cost savings, they haven't been enough to overcome a large drop in revenue due to the recession and the greater use of electronic alternatives by the public.
Fiscal Commission Compared to Clinton
The Obama fiscal commission's draft report suggested that federal spending be reduced from 25.1% of GDP today to 22% by 2020, and lower after that. That's a reasonable goal for a centrist kind of commission, but let's remember that spending was just 18.2% in President Clinton's last two fiscal years, 2000 and 2001.
Obama's Fiscal Commission
The co-chairs of President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform released a draft report yesterday on how to reduce federal budget deficits.
Downsizing the Department of Defense
More and more figures on the right — especially some darlings of the all-important tea party movement — are coming forward to utter a conservative heresy: that the Pentagon budget cow perhaps should not be so sacred after all.
Government Cheese
Self-anointed elites have been relentless in prodding government planners to apply their enlightened solutions for the purported benefit of the ignorant masses. As a result, the federal government has become a Super Nanny monitoring and guiding the intimate activities of the nation's 300 million inhabitants. However, the government is not altruistic and does not have the solutions for how people should live their lives.
Cutting Spending to 2008 Levels
Following last week's electoral victory, the House Republican leadership has been talking up its pre-election pledge to return federal spending to 2008 levels. As I've previously discussed, the Republicans are only talking about non-security, discretionary spending. This category of spending represents a relatively small portion of the overall federal budget, and would only shave about $100 billion off of what the president wants to spend.
Overpaid Feds: Some Market Evidence
In a story titled, "Federal government upping pay, seniority to lure skilled workers from private sector," the Washington Business Journal notes:


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By Brendan Conway
A data hiccup is being blamed for an outage in the options market lasting about an hour this afternoon.
Exchange operators CBOE Holdings (CBOE), NYSE Euronext (NYX) and Nasdaq OMX Group (NDAQ), and BATS Global Markets reported shutdowns that were later resolved, reports Bloomberg News' Nikolaj Gammeltoft. About a half hour ago, Nasdaq said its PHLX, Nasdaq Options Market and BX options were functioning normally, after reporting problems early this afternoon.
Bloomberg's story fingers the Options Price Reporting Authority as the source of the problem:
Exchanges said they experiencing an issue with the OPRA data feed.
"We have had customers who cannot see their bids and offers reflected in the marketplace," Christopher Rich, head options strategist at JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC in Chicago, said in an interview.
From the Wall Street Journal's Jacob Bunge:
The issue arose when OPRA ran into a problem distributing quotes to buy and sell contracts and other market information, according to a person familiar with Monday's issues. Traders submitting quotes for options contracts weren't able to see their prices go out to the market, the person said.


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ATLANTA – Henrik Stenson broke his 4-wood on the driving range shortly before Friday's third round of The Tour Championship by Coca-Cola and was forced to play with just 13 clubs in his bag.
It didn't matter.
Just as he did the day before, Stenson shot out of the starting gate Friday in the second round of The Tour Championship by Coca-Cola to extend his opening-round lead.
Now can he hold on for the final 36 holes and win the FedExCup?
At least he'll have 14 clubs for Saturday's third round as his caddie took the damaged 4-wood to get fixed.
Stenson, who made five birdies in his first seven holes and shot 64 in the first round to grab a one-shot lead at venerable East Lake Golf Club, birdied three of his first four holes in round two and finished with a 4-under-par 66 to lead by four shots over Adam Scott (69) and by five over Jordan Spieth (67).
Stenson's 130 total after 36 holes matches his career low. Now he's two solid rounds away from winning the $10 million grand prize that comes with winning the FedExCup. Stenson – as well as Scott, Tiger Woods, Zach Johnson and Matt Kuchar – automatically win the FedExCup if they win The Tour Championship.
"I don't think I've ever started a round with 13, not that I can remember. It might have happened," Stenson said. "But in general, I try to keep it at 14. Most rounds I manage to finish with 14, as well."
Justin Rose (68-68), Dustin Johnson (68-68) and Billy Horschel (66-70) are in a three-way tie at 4 under. Zach Johnson (69-68) leads a group of five at 3 under. Phil Mickelson shot 67 to move to 2 under.
Woods made a charge – then slipped far down the leaderboard. Woods, who didn't make a birdie in the first round, made five in his first 13 holes to move within four shots of the lead. But he faded with a bogey, double bogey and a triple bogey in his last five holes and shot 71 to fall to 4 over.
The only thing that may stifle Stenson's march to the winner's circle is the weather. A storm front is moving into the area and tee times have been pushed back for Saturday's third round, with the 30 players going off in threesomes off the first tee starting at 7:30 a.m.
Otherwise, Stenson is proving hard to catch, with only two bogeys through 36 holes to go with 12 birdies. Stenson, who won the second FedExCup Playoffs event at the Deutsche Bank Championship near Boston, has been in form since tying for third in the Scottish Open in July. That was the first of five top-3s in his last seven starts.
"I think I've done pretty well," as a front-runner, Stenson said. "I've won quite a few of my wins from being in the front. I've always looked at it like if I'm ahead the other guy's got to play better to catch up. So I don't mind it at all. They got more work to do than I have, in that sense. It might seem like a large lead or whatever, but four shots during two rounds is not that much. We know sometimes four shots isn't enough on nine holes.
"So I'm pretty cool about that. I'm just going to go out and try to do the best I can for the next two days, and hopefully that's good enough."
Scott, who opened with a 65, shot 69 to remain in second. He again started slowly with two bogeys in his first four holes but was flawless from the fifth hole on when he added two birdies.
"I'm fairly pleased. I didn't play my best golf out there," Scott said. "There were a few errant tee shots. Not that I got in a lot of trouble, but when you're out of position, it's really hard to have a good score around here. I scrambled well on a few holes, and I didn't get much to go down when I had opportunities. It was just one of those days, and at least it's only one guy four in front. So four (shots) is not so many at this point.
" … Look, Henrik is playing fantastic. So he's got this thing under control at the moment. But … there's too many good players here. It's not just myself or someone at 5 under. Someone back at 3 and 2 can still have a run at this thing. If it is softer (Saturday) because of rain, there could be a lot better scores because it's playing probably as tricky as it can at the moment, and if it softens up, I'd expect the scores to be a little better."
Spieth, who started the year with no status on the PGA Tour but won the John Deere Classic, was selected as a captain's pick for the Presidents Cup and is the only rookie to make it to The Tour Championship, is now in position to win FedExCup. And he's none the worse for wear.
"I think I'm just so still stoked about being at this tournament, what it means, and then the Presidents Cup is in two weeks, and that obviously keeps you going. Maybe after that, I'll be a little tired, but right now I'm good," said Spieth, who said his ball striking was off a bit but his putting saved him.
Spieth needs to win The Tour Championship to win the FedExCup – and have a bunch of other stuff happen, including Woods finishing in a tie for seventh or worse, Stenson finishing in a tie for fourth or worse, Scott in a tie for third or worse, and, well, you get the picture. But at least Spieth is in the picture.
"I think from this point with Henrik first and Adam second, it's kind of not the scenario that would be perfect for me," he said. "I don't expect to win the FedExCup at this point, but I can make a run at The Tour Championship."


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The Galatia High School softball team stole a pair of wins on the road at Hamilton County Wednesday, knocking off the Foxes 14-7 in Game 1 and taking Game 2 10-2.
Larissa Bond got the win in Game 1, going five innings and giving up no earned runs on four hits, while walking four and striking out two.
Brooke Burris came on in relief and pitched innings, allowing three runs on one hit, while walking five.
Emily Reed paced the Galatia-Thompsonville offense in the first game by going 4-for-4 at the plate, while Elizabeth Sloan went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs. Bond also had a home run, going 4-for-5 wih three RBIs.
Galatia scored three runs in the first inning and tacked on three more runs in the second inning. The Bearcats added a run in the fourth inning, before exploding for seven runs in the sixth inning.
Hamilton County tied the game in the first by getting three runs and later plated a run in the fifth and sixth inning. The Foxes finished the game with two runs in the seventh inning.
Reed picked up the win on the mound in Game 2 by going five innings, striking out eight and allowing two earned runs on four hits.
Bond continued her tear at the plate by going 2-for-3 with an RBI, while Lexi Johnson finished 1-for-1.
Galatia put up two runs in the first and finished with four runs in the second inning. The Bearcats then tacked on three runs in the third and one more in the fourth.
Both of Hamilton County's runs came in the second inning.
Galatia is now 6-4 on the season and is scheduled to play Hardin County today at 4:30 p.m.
West Frankfort 10, Eldorado 0
ELDORADO — Eldorado was limited to four hits as they were shut out by West Frankfort 10-0 Wednesday.
Caitlyn Stafford, Michaela Laswell, Sam Mings and Stephanie Oker all picked up hits for the Eagles, while Laswell picked up the loss on the mound.
Laswell gave up 10 hits and 10 runs, five earned, while striking out five and walking one.
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Skip to comments.Claim of US Preparation to Attack Iran
Posted on 09/19/2006 4:18:21 AM PDT by Flavius
Time magazine reported that the U.S. is hypothetically preparing for an armed conflict with Iran. The magazine asserted that the U.S. Army is preparing an air strike plan of 1,500 targets.
Based on information received from U.S. military authorities, Time magazine reported the Pentagons war plan prepared specifically for attacks to be waged against Iran. While continuing its diplomatic efforts to ensure the imposition of sanctions against Iran, the U.S. is also making preparations for a probable military intervention.
Time also wrote that the Army had been asked to be fully prepared by October 1, while the Pentagon continues works on military strategies for a probable operation against Iran.
It has been reported that Bushs cabinet, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, strongly favored a diplomatic resolution regarding the issue of Irans nuclear ambitions.
Experts and diplomats from the U.S., Iran, and the Middle East hold different views on the probability of U.S. military intervention in Iran. While some argue that a military intervention would serve American interests, others warn that its cost to the U.S. economy would be enormous.
In the debate, the question as to whether military intervention in Iran is more dangerous than cohabitating with a nuclear Iran stands out. Stating that they preferred the continuation of negotiations, an official from the U.S. administration however implied that the administration has not ruled out a military option. The official further said: Nobody is considering a military operation right now. We are simply trying to create the best environment and conditions for a future military intervention, in case President Bush chooses between a nuclear Iran and waging war. The officials statement suggests that the U.S. has not excluded a military campaign against Iran and that it wants to be ready if the decision to take action is taken.
According to Time, the main objective of such an intervention would be to delay Irans development of nuclear weapons. The magazine also stressed the operation would be limited to air strikes, and would not include any ground invasion.
Any such operation is predicted to last a couple of days and target over 1,500 pre-determined sites. The magazine reported that the U.S. would mainly target nuclear facilities, most of which were still undetermined. The operation will presumably delay Irans plans to develop nuclear weapons for two or three years.
If this is true, the leakers should be rounded up and publicly executed!
I'm sure we have a plan in place to attack every nation on this planet. It would stupid not to.
Damn hypothetically /tear
I wonder how the Weenie Boys (and Bruiser Girls) at Time and Newsweek will adjust when the Islamo-fascists arrive at their offices in the name of the ruling mullahs of the Islamic Republic of America, take away their pink neckties (boys), and their comfortable pants suits (girls), get out the headtowels and the burkhas, and begin the "re-education program" that will "assist" them in converting into full and proper "Islamic Journalists" ?
About the only delicious fantasy associated with the coming jihad.
Why would the US want to attack us?
How in the hell does the NYT let itself get scooped on such a treasonous leak? Heads will roll in the NYT for letting this one get away.
The simple fact of the matter is that the U.S. has plans on the table for almost every conceivable contingency right down to how the US might react if the Grand Poobah of Bamboozlestan were to cut herself while shaving her elbows during the annual run of the Albino Aardvarks, 99.9999% of those plans will never ever be needed.
"Grand Poobah of Bamboozlestan"
Is that just north of Elbonia?
I'm sure we have a plan in place to attack every nation on this planet. It would stupid not to.
Bingo!!! There are a bunch of high ranking officers sitting around in a room dreaming up ways to attack other countries. And guess what there will be as long as the U.S. has a military.
Yes, unless the leaks are disinformation or deliberately released to intimidate or confuse the lunatics over there.
If I wanted to make sure some information was released to as many listeners as possible, I'd tell a TIMES reporter and ask them not to release it as American safety and security depended on keeping it secret.
Dilbert is an awesome strip.
Not your country, just your stingrays.
Having their ties and pants suits taken away would be the least of their worries. Islamists have a special reward for atheists.
Axtually, it's more like 6,000 targets.
And Iran, in turn, is preparing staged pictures of injured civilians and demolished hospitals and orphanages.
Living in the DC area you couldn't throw a rock without a chance of hitting a Colonel or higher. They have to be doing SOMETHING all day.
Maybe the plans are fresher and more detailed for Iran than say, Mongolia. We probably have a plan somewhere on how to conquer Vatican City.
I don't think Steve would be completely happy with that...
Not 6k if someone was to pop a huge EMP over Tehran about 100 miles up one night. This looks like a perfect time to see exactly how prepared they are for that kind of assault. Hey, they wanted to live back in the 10th century, let's show them what it was like.
Back in 2002 when debate over Iraq was raging, the lefties said don't attack Iraq. Iran is much more of a threat. So now if we aim to eliminate that threat, and take out Iran, will those same lefties approve? Somehow I think not.
Why are you diluting the paranoia with facts? lol
Nothing more than psyops. When better to have this show up in the papers than when Ahmediwhackjob is in NY to speak.
It would be great if Iran's nuke sites were bombed right at the moment the Hilter wanabee starts his speech at the UN.
It is not hard to deduce that the US has formulated plans to attack Iranian nuke facilities in the event that becomes necessary. To TIME, that is "news".
Other than the "Army be ready by Oct. 1" part it undoubtedly is. We'd be stupid not to have plans to invade Iraq, or Pakistan, or Saudi Arabia for that matter.
During the time between WW-I and WW-II, we had plans to fight a Naval War in the Pacific. Multiple plans actually, depending on who the enemy was. The two major candidates were Japan..... and Great Britain.
I'm shocked, shocked that the US would have a plan for attacking Iran. Of course the US has plans for attacking practically everyone. I would imagine there is even a plan for attacking Canada.
"Grand Poobah of Bamboozlestan"
"Is that just north of Elbonia?"
Yes. It is also just south of Bohicastan
Valid concerns, certainly. What do you think the consequences will be when Iran completes an arsenal of nuclear weapons? Do you believe the Iranian nutjob will use them on Israel or the USA to usher in the islamic messiah that he espouses? Are you willing to risk American lives on the assumption that he won't?
The United States should bomb Iran's nuclear sites and also it's oil wells and pipelines. Pound Iran into the stone age.
We had to "attack" Europe, when it was overrun by the Germans. Anything is theoretically possible.
Now, they are saying we can contain Iran. OR, just a few months ago, they suggested we attack NK. The only wars they seem to be for the US conducting are the ones she is planning on doing soon.
NOT planning...
War Plan White : domestic uprising in the US
War Plan Gray : Caribbean republic.
War Plan Purple : Central American republic, or possibly with Russia (There may have been two different Purples).
War Plan Green : Mexico
War Plan Gold : France and French Caribbean possessions.
War Plan Black : Germany. The best-known version of Black was conceived as a contingency plan during World War I in case France fell and the Germans attempted to seize French possessions in the Caribbean, or launch an attack on the eastern seaboard.
War Plan Indigo : Iceland
War Plan Brown : uprising in the Philippines.
War Plan Yellow : China
War Plan Olive : Spain.
War Plan Silver : Italy.
War Plan Emerald : intervention in Ireland in conjunction with War Plan Red.
War Plan Tan : Cuba.
War Plan Orange : Japan
War Plan Red : Britain
War Plan Crimson : Canada.
War Plan Scarlet : Australia / New Zealand
War Plan Ruby : India
War Plan Red-Orange : Japan / Britain (Anglo-Japanese military alliance expired 1924)
Well why don't we just announce it to them ahead of time so more of our soldiers can come home in body bags? These pieces of dirt are TRAITORS and should be treated as such!
Oh Yes, Yes!!!!!
Actually you guys were War Plan Scarlet. Those plans were back when ya'll were a lot tighter with GB and there was that little thing called the Anglo-Japanese alliance.
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Balance - previous versions of the game had balance issues on both ends. Like the all archer army was too powerful, and the BIG 200+ point monsters were never worth taking. Having all soldiers simply be soldiers (and not Grunts & Adepts) was the most visible end result of this.and the other two?
'Speed of Play' was one of our 'Big 3' overall goals when designing Warlord 2.
Streamlined - getting rid of all the little rules that either came up so infrequently (e.g., retreat) or never had a big enough affect (e.g., cohesion, army construction rules) that I deemed the game better without them.


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Debates of May 9th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #120 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was chair.
- Question Period
- Red Deer Optimist Rebels
- Montreal's Homeless Organizations
- French Education
- David Weatherhead
- Sport
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Freedom of Speech
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Hunger Awareness Week
- Garth Webb
- Rape and Gender Violence
- International Trade
- Workplace Safety
- French Language
- Workplace Safety
- Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
- The Environment
- Public Appointments Commission
- Auditor General
- National Defence
- Canada Revenue Agency
- The Environment
- Conservative Party of Canada
- Political Party Financing
- Ethics
- Aerospace Industry
- National Defence
- Health
- Public Safety
- Veterans Affairs
- Agriculture and Agri-Food
- Pensions
- 41st General Election
- Financial Institutions
- Workplace Safety
- Foreign Investment
- Health
- The Environment
- Cultural Heritage
- Government Response to Petitions
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Canadian Human Rights Act
- Canada Labour Code
- Housing
- Breast Density Awareness Act
- Business of the House
- Employment Insurance Act
- Business of Supply
Financial Institutions
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Jim Flaherty Minister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, there are disclosure requirements with respect to the interest charged by various credit cards. Different rates of interest are charged by different credit cards, so I encourage consumers in Canada to shop around and choose the credit card they want.
Some credit cards have higher rates of interest; they offer more benefits and points and things like that. Some are more bare bones and have lower rates of interest. It is good for consumers to shop around.
Workplace Safety
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Scott Armstrong Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley, NS
Mr. Speaker, safety in the workplace is a priority for Canadians and it is a priority for this government.
This is North American Occupational Health and Safety Week, giving us an opportunity to focus the attention of employers, employees and the general public on staying safe in the workplace, at home and in the community.
Could the Minister of Labour please share with this House why occupational health and safety is such an important priority for this government and why today's date, May 9, has such great significance?
Workplace Safety
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Lisa Raitt Minister of Labour
Mr. Speaker, the government is committed to ensuring that when workers go to work in the morning, they return home safely.
While it is North American Occupational Health and Safety Week, it is also an important date that marks the 20th anniversary of the tragedy that occurred at Westray Mine in Plymouth, Nova Scotia, in the riding of my colleague, the Minister of National Defence.
An entire shift, 26 miners, lost their lives that day, and the lives of their families, friends and community were instantly changed forever. It was this tragedy that ultimately led to the changes in the federal law in order to make it a criminal offence.
Foreign Investment
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Ralph Goodale Wascana, SK
Mr. Speaker, the government has made piecemeal promises about future changes to foreign investment rules, but 18 months after its potash fiasco, there is still no clear definition of "net benefit" or "national interest" or "strategic asset".
Specifically, in the foreign bid by Glencore to take over Viterra, Canada's biggest grain company, do troubling public allegations against Glencore of past labour abuses, environmental degradation and even criminal matters get investigated in the assessment of net benefit, and how will any promise of a substantive head office in Regina actually get enforced?
Foreign Investment
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Gerry Ritz Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board
Mr. Speaker, the first adjudicators of this deal will be the shareholders of Viterra, who will vote sometime in late May, I understand. At the same time, there is the Investment Canada Act that has to be gone through, the Competition Bureau is looking at different aspects of the act and I can assure the member that the rules and regulations that are in play today are exactly the same that his government used for 13 years.
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Jinny Sims Newton—North Delta, BC
Mr. Speaker, not content with just attacking refugees in their misguided legislation, Conservatives are also slashing temporary health care for vulnerable newcomers. Doctors have called this Conservative move "unfair, unethical and inhumane". These cuts are short-sighted, and experts say they will end up costing Canadians more.
Does the minister even know how much more it will cost in long-term health care expenditures? Will he reverse these punitive and short-sighted cuts?
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Calgary Southeast
Jason Kenney Minister of Citizenship
Mr. Speaker, with respect to refugees, this government is increasing by 20% the number of resettled refugees that we accept from the around the world and increasing by 20% the integration assistance that they get through the refugee assistance program. No government has done more to help those who are facing persecution.
With respect to the interim federal health program, I will say what is unfair and unethical: a health program that gave better benefits to smuggled false asylum claimants than to Canadian seniors who have been paying their taxes their whole lives. With these changes, there will be fairness when it comes to health care.
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Joy Smith Kildonan—St. Paul, MB
Mr. Speaker, I read the encouraging news today informing Canadians that an increasing number of people are surviving cancer. I am proud of all the work our government has accomplished to inform and support Canadians about how to prevent cancer from occurring in the first place, but we are also doing a lot of work on the research side.
Would the hon. Minister of Health please provide some details to the members of the House on all the good work that is being done?
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Leona Aglukkaq Minister of Health and Minister of the Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleague, the member for Kildonan—St. Paul, for that great question. I would also like to thank the member for Barrie for introducing his bill, Bill C-314, regarding raising awareness for women with dense breast tissue. I hope it will result in more lives being saved.
Our government has invested almost $1 billion for cancer research since we formed government in 2006. We also renewed our funding commitment over the next five years for the Canadian Partnerships Against Cancer so that it can continue to do the great work that it is doing. Thanks to this, more people are—
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
The hon. member for Thunder Bay—Rainy River.
The Environment
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
John Rafferty Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON
Mr. Speaker, we know the government has identified 142 heavily contaminated sites across Canada. One example is Big Grassy River First Nation on Lake of the Woods in my riding, which is heavily polluted with petroleum hydrocarbons. Eight years ago, the federal budget set aside $3.5 billion to clean up these sites.
Why has the government spent only a fraction of that money to clean up these toxic and deadly sites in Canada? The Treasury Board says it has been monitoring Big Grassy for five years. When will real action be taken to make Big Grassy River First Nation safe?
The Environment
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Peter Kent Minister of the Environment
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question and I can assure him that the federal contaminated sites program is still continuing apace, but I would remind him it is designed to attack and remediate the largest contaminated sites across the country. For the hundreds of others, that is the responsibility of 16 various departments and agencies. I will try to determine for my colleague which specifically is responsible for the site in question.
Cultural Heritage
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Jean-François Fortin Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, QC
Mr. Speaker, the government is not only cutting hundreds of specialized jobs at Parks Canada, but it intends to make off with Quebec's history by taking away artifacts from the days of Champlain, Frontenac, Beauharnois and Vaudreuil and even artifacts from the battle of the Plains of Abraham.
The Conservatives want to take away entire pieces of our memory, our identity and our culture by moving everything to Ottawa.
Will the minister drop his plans, listen to the concerns of the National Assembly and keep these objects from our collective heritage in their rightful place, or does he intend to perpetrate a hold-up of Quebec's history?
Cultural Heritage
Oral Questions
3:05 p.m.
Peter Kent Minister of the Environment
Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for the question.
Our government recognizes how important culture and heritage are to Quebeckers. Of course it would be better to keep the artifacts in places where they can be admired by the public, but for now they will remain in storage. Nonetheless, I can assure the hon. member that the collection in question will remain in Quebec.
Government Response to Petitions
Routine Proceedings
May 9th, 2012 / 3:10 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 36(8) I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government's response to 60 petitions.


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Type: Improvement
Status: Closed
Priority: Minor
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 2.1.3, 2.2, 2.3
Testing Instructions:
- Create a quiz with "How questions behave: Adaptive mode" (otherwise, with standard settings)
- Add one question: "Short Answer" type, question text: "What is the great answer?", answer text: "42" (100%), Score for the question: 3
- Log in as a student and attempt the quiz.
- Enter the following answer in this sequence, click "Check" on the corresponding question after each entry.
o What is the great answer? a
Verify penalty message: "This submission attracted a penalty of 1.00"
o What is the great answer? b
Verify penalty message:
in Moodle 2.1: "This submission attracted a penalty of 1.00."
in Moodle 2.2 and Master: "This submission attracted a penalty of 1.00. Total penalty so far: 2.00"
o What is the great answer? 42
Verify that no penalty message is present.
run unit tests at question/behaviour/adaptive and report any anomalies.Create a quiz with "How questions behave: Adaptive mode" (otherwise, with standard settings) Add one question: "Short Answer" type, question text: "What is the great answer?", answer text: "42" (100%), Score for the question: 3 Log in as a student and attempt the quiz. Enter the following answer in this sequence, click "Check" on the corresponding question after each entry. o What is the great answer? a Verify penalty message: "This submission attracted a penalty of 1.00" o What is the great answer? b Verify penalty message: in Moodle 2.1: "This submission attracted a penalty of 1.00." in Moodle 2.2 and Master: "This submission attracted a penalty of 1.00. Total penalty so far: 2.00" o What is the great answer? 42 Verify that no penalty message is present. run unit tests at question/behaviour/adaptive and report any anomalies.
Very easy: just add the following line to question/behaviour/adaptive/renderer.php, function feedback( )
towards the end:
$output .= "Total penalties so far: ".$gradedstep->get_behaviour_var('_try') * $qa->get_question()->penalty;
return $output;
Affected Branches:MOODLE_21_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE, MOODLE_23_STABLE
Fixed Branches:MOODLE_21_STABLE, MOODLE_22_STABLE
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In Adaptive mode (with penalty set), when student submits (Check button) successive incorrect answers, the "This submission attracted a penalty of..." message remains static on the screen. This may cause the student to believe that he is keeping that penalty for the whole of his successive tries. I suggest it would be much more informative to dynamically display the Total number of penalties incurred. That way, the student would understand better how many more tries he's got left before his final submission leaves him with a mark of zero.
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This patch introduces the following improvements to the penalty information in adaptive mode:
(1) "Total penalty" message added as suggested by Joseph. Note: I've chosen to display this only when the total penalty is actually higher than the penalty incurred in the present try. Not sure whether this is the best way to do.
MDL-29780 fixed.
(3) Fixed another bug: So far, penalties were always displayed as a fraction between 0 and 1, not as a fraction of the maximum score for the question. Unfortunately this was incorrectly coded in the unit tests as well.
(4) Changed wording of 'gradingdetailsadjustment' as suggested by Tim in the discussion of
(5) Unit tests have been fixed and extended.
This looks good to me. Submitting for integration.
I think this should go into 2.2.1 and 2.3. (Sorry we missed the actual 2.2 release.) I don't think we should change this on the 2.1 stable branch.
The new behaviour is clearly better, so we might get away with just putting it in 2.1, or it might really annoy someone. I don't know which way to call it. I'll post in the quiz forum and see if I can get any other opinions.
-1 since it means two versions of adaptive with hint behaviour to deal with difference in two versions of adaptive behaviour
The differences would arise, since penalty calculation with hints differs from penalty calculations without them, and just $gradedstep->get_behaviour_var('_try') * $qa->get_question()->penalty isn't total penalty when dialing with hints.
I would need to have a clear version change to specify to users which version of adaptive with hint penalty they should use with which internal Moodle adapative behaviour.
I can't quite follow - the "adaptive" behaviour doesn't use hints at all. It duplicates the behaviour of the Moodle 1.9 quiz, which didn't have the concept of hints. You may be referring to the "interactive" behaviour, which uses hints but is outside the scope of this change.
you could better follow me if you look at the behaviours code (http://code.google.com/p/oasychev-moodle-plugins/source/checkout - you could browse the code even if you don't willing to use Hg) or read hinting part of http://docs.moodle.org/21/en/Preg_question_type . These are not new Moodle 2.1 "hints" at all (I asked Tim to rename them to something more specific, like "teacher-defined hints" or something to avoid confusion, but he ignoring it so far).
These are response based hints that Joseph Rezeau REGEX and (later) my PREG question types had since Moodle 1.x times, they worked with adaptive quizzes traditionally and need it adaptive support at least for the sake of backward compatibility. For now it's next character hint, that allows student to see next possible character if student was stuck, for some penalty. That is why it changes the way penalty is calculated (some penalty for tries and some for hints) and why this change bother me.
Looking at the code more thoroughtly, I would be very much obliged if a calculation of current and total penalties for dispaly would be separated in special function, instead of been in the middle of renderer method penalty_info.
This simple refactoring would make it much easier for child behaviours to overload the way how total penalty calculated without touching the way it is displayed (or change display without touching calculation).
It may be even wise to place a function to calculate penalties ($currentpenalty and $totalpenalty) in the behaviour class, leaving renderer only display info. It's actually isn't renderer's work to calculate something (even if it's just two strings of code) and that way we could have unit-tests for penalty calculation function.
Also - that is clearly for Tim to decide - I don't actually like re-wording putting word "tries" in penalty info. I would prefer neutral strings, that could be reused with penalty for anything, not just tries.
The main moodle.git repository has just been updated with latest weekly modifications. You may wish to rebase your PULL branches to simplify history and avoid any possible merge conflicts. This would also make integrator's life easier next week.
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The discussion here has turned a bit from modifying the displayed output of the Core component (which the bug description is about) to refactoring the code in order to provide an API for Contrib code (which is what Oleg is proposing).
Tim, it seems to me that the refactoring/API part would clearly be a separate issue, and in any case nothing for a stable branch.
The present change is integration ready for Moodle 2.2 and 2.3. Regarding 2.1, if you want a bugfix-only backport, this would likely contain points (2) and (3) above, plus partially (5), and I can do it here, or separately in
I agree. This fix in this bug is good, and should get integrated.
The code can be improved more in future. Oleg is right that, according to general principles, we should not be computing things like penalties in the renderer, it would be better to call a method on the behaviour. However, we can re-factor to achieve that later. Particularly because we have good unit tests.
Well, Tim, it's up to you whether you think having calculations in the renderer is acceptable. I just brought the matter to you attention.
However, you probably shoudn't count on me much on doing such refactoring. I could live without it - especially given overall bad state of adaptive mode code. DIY.
Thanks everyone for their work and input!
This has been integrated and is ready for testing (2.1+, 2.2+ master)
Tester: please also test the unit tests are fine @ question/behaviour/adaptive
This works great on 22 and master.
Not sure if am missing some setting or something but doesn't work for me on 21.
I have set the quiz and question as per the instruction but when I enter an answer (example 'a') and submit, no feedback message is shown at all.
The patch applied for 2.1 was significantly different from 2.2 onwards. We may need separate/subset testing instructions for 2.1.
"No feedback message at all" is certainly not expected in 2.1. You should still see "This submission attracted a penalty of..." when entering a wrong answer first, like described in the testing instructions.
I'll look into that and get back to you.
Sorry, I can't reproduce the problem at the moment. (I tested on the branch
MDL-29772-21 given above, as well as on the MOODLE_21_STABLE branch from the integration repository.) For me, it's working as expected.
Are you sure that, in the quiz settings screen, you chose "Adaptive mode" rather than "Adaptive mode (no penalties)"?
Are the unit tests working for you?
Ankit, as promised, my test results for 2.1 after running through test sequence on "Adaptive mode" , (default mark=3) :
test(a) & test(b) both have penalty message (1.00). last messsage -
Marks for this submission: 3.00/3.00. With previous penalties this gives 1.00/3.00.
(or 0.33/1.00 if i set to 1 mark)
(no penalties) : gives me "Marks for this submission: 3.00/3.00." at end of test sequence.
this test seems to work for me on 2.1.
Aparup Banerjee added a comment - 13/Dec/11 5:11 PM
when you say
This has been integrated and is ready for testing (2.1+, 2.2+ master)
What is the URL of the "integration repository"?
I would like to test this.
in my browser I get error: git://git.moodle.org/integration.git
The requested URL /integration.git was not found on this server.
URI staring with git:// can be used in git clients such as CLI git, GitTower, SourceTree, GitX, SmartGit, Netbeans, egit for Eclipse, etc. If you want web frontend for your web browser you can use http://git.moodle.org/gw
Hi Guys,
Thanks for the help with testing it out.
I found the issue with my 21 branch, I had the feedback options unchecked under "During the attempt" option, so was getting no feedback.
Anyways works fine now, sorry for all the rush.
Whoever decided one week was worth 14 days had really one bad idea. Anyway, the nightmare is over, so thanks for your, once again, amazing contributions. Many, many thanks!
Now... disconnect, relax and enjoy the next days, yay!


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