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Junior high and high school students from across the county have qualified to attend the Junior High and High School rodeo state finals.
Junior high rodeo has five qualifying rodeos during the spring rodeo season. Contestants must finish in the top 10 in an event at one of the five rodeos to qualify for state. State junior high finals takes place in Heber City June 1-2.
Six students in grades six through eight have qualified for the Junior High Finals. Junior high rodeo has events aimed at preparing participants for high school rodeo. Bareback riding and saddle bronc riding is actually done using steers. The regular riggings, saddles, and halters are used that would be used on bucking horses. Boys can compete in breakaway roping and goat tying. The two events together prepare them for calf roping in the high school events. Ribbon roping is a team event where one person ropes the calf then dismounts and holds the calf while the partner grabs a ribbon from the tail and runs on foot to the judge.
Austin Allred qualified in the bull riding when he took third place in the Tooele Rodeo. He is the 14 year old son of Cody and Melissa Allred of Cleveland. He attends Canyon View Junior High. His interests are breaking and riding horses, helping out on the family ranch/farm and most of all teasing his brother and sisters.
McKoy Christiansen attends San Rafael Junior High. He is the son of Kirk and Mistie Christiansen of Emery. He is qualified in saddle bronc, bareback riding, tie down calf roping, goat tying and ribbon roping. He will compete in ribbon roping with Riata Christiansen.
Riata is a sixth grader at Ferron Elementary and is the daughter of Kirk and Mistie Christiansen. Riata competed on Thursday for Junior High State Rodeo Queen and was selected as First Attendant.
Ty Gordon, son of Kevin and Dawnette Gordon qualified in boy's breakaway roping and ribbon roping. He lives in Huntington and attends Canyon View Junior High.
Louie Ivie attends Canyon View Junior High and lives in Huntington. He is the son of Kip and Brandi Ivie. He qualified in team roping, boys goat tying and ribbon roping.
Taylor Wilstead attends Canyon View Junior High and qualified in team roping and boys breakaway.
High school state finals is June 5-9 in Heber City. High school rodeo is open to contestants in grades nine-12. Five students qualified for state.
Teigan Adams just graduated from Emery High and is the 18 year old daughter of Gary and Amy Adams. She enters the state competition ranked number two in barrelracing. She is ranked in the top 25 in breakaway roping and pole bending and will also compete in those events.
Taylen Nielsen, a junior, is the son of Shane and Laurel Nielsen. He will compete in team roping with Hadley Cloward. Hadley is the son of Cory and Shannon Cloward. Hadley attended San Rafael Junior High. Both students call Castle Dale home.
Hayden Cloward of Castle Dale is the son of Cory and Shannon Cloward. He qualified for the junior high finals in boy's goat tying.
Hanna Nielsen is the daughter of Shane and Laurel Nielsen and will compete in breakaway roping. She will be a 10th grader at Emery High this fall.
Cindi Lynn Stevens is the daughter of Gary and JoLene Stevens. She competes in barrel racing and pole bending on her horse Cookie, she has qualified to compete in barrel racing at the state level in high school rodeo. She has enjoyed her time doing high school rodeo. It has helped her become a better rider, and be more independent. While competing in high school rodeo, she is gone every weekend, and when she is home she is just trying to balance school work and riding her horses. Through struggle, tears and hard work she has made it to state. Her goals are to do well at state, and then go to college, and go to barrel races as much as she can.
To learn more about junior high and high school rodeo visit www.uhrsa.org. Good luck to all the contestants at the junior high and high school rodeo state finals.


text: Blessing those who have taught YOU or your Child! October's Blessing Challenge Theme – Blessing those who have taught YOU or your CHILDREN! The year is 1967. I'm a freshman in high school. This tall guy is Doug Barram. He shows up at our football PRACTICES. No one ever comes to freshman practices except coaches and a few cheerleaders who are paid. Except Young Life leaders. Doug is a former offensive tackle at Chico State. I find out he's the local Young Life leader. I've never heard of Young Life. But what I soon learn is that this "old" guy (in his 30's then) was called to share with high school kids like me, the fact that Jesus was crazy about them. Even angry kids like me. Hurt from my father leaving years before. Kids headed exactly nowhere, except into more trouble, like I was. The person I picked to write a Blessing letter to this month – someone who Blessed me as a teacher of God's word - but most of all what it means to really live out Jesus' love - is Doug Barram. He was the first grown man I ever prayed with. (That was at Doug's house, where you prayed for the food when you shared a meal with the Barram family – saying grace also being a first for me). He was a man who placed high value on kids like me – second string freshman football players from a single-parent home – as well as all the cool varsity football players he hung out with. Doug shared each week at club about this guy named Jesus. Someone who had changed his life. Someone who could change our life as well - if we made that choice. It was Doug's amazing, Jesus-inspired love for kids - for ME - that lead me to accept Jesus into my heart. And it was Doug who lead my twin brother, Jeff, to Jesus, and who lead my older brother, Joe, to the Lord, and who even lead my mom to Christ. I think our cat may have even snuck into heaven! (Even though theologically there's no evidence for that). Every single person in our family came to a personal, saving, restoring, life-changing, this-life-and-beyond faith in Jesus because of the most relational, loving, encouraging, 6ft 4inch reflection of Jesus on the planet. At least in my mind and heart. Even after all these years, I'm picking Doug as the "teacher" who I'd like to honor with a Blessing letter this month. Go to the post below to learn how you can do the same for a teacher God placed in the middle of your life story… Attachment Posted on Tue, October 1, 2013 by John Trent Click here to read my Comments Policy As you know, Web 2.0 is all about the conversation. But without a few simple ground rules, that conversation can turn into a shouting match that discourages others from entering into the fray. So here is my comments policy. By posting on my blog, you agree to the following: You may comment without registering. You can log-in via IntenseDebate, OpenID, Twitter, Facebook—or not at all. It's up to you. 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Have you seen the Pinterest projects where people take a jar and fill it with memories or blessings throughout the year?
Well, Barb Adams wants to do that on a larger scale — on a community scale — so she's started a Facebook page that's dedicated to collecting those notes of hope.
"The mission of the JAR PROJECT page is to encourage all of us to focus on the positive occurrences in our lives that we might otherwise let slip through our consciousness," she writes. "The JAR PROJECT is dedicated to helping us bathe in the light rather than becoming bogged down in the darkness."
Won't you visit today and add your own note? Or perhaps pull a jar out of the recycling bin and start this tradition at home?
Today's journal page was designed by Elisa Pompili, who�grew up in Spencerport, NY spending most of her time with her big Italian family and a few close friends. Elisa works as a school counselor and loves big and small adventures, chocolate, and traveling. She wrote and finished her debut novel, "Making Room," long before she ever knew she would live in North Carolina, where she currently resides with her husband Greg and their cat Sheldon. You can read more about her at her blog.
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Skip to comments.New D.C. gun laws upheld
Posted on 03/28/2010 6:30:57 AM PDT by marktwain
A federal judge in Washington, applying the Supreme Courts 2008 decision creating a constitutional right to have a gun, ruled on Friday that three new gun control restrictions in the Nations capital city survive a Second Amendment challenge. In the ruling by U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina, the District of Columbia governments laws requiring that guns be registered and banning assault weapons and large-capacity bullet-feeding devices are valid. The case is Heller, et al., v. District of Columbia (District Court docket 08-1289); the opinion can be found here. (The lead individual in the case, government security guard Dick Anthony Heller, is the same District resident who won the Supreme Court case with the same title in 2008.)
Such gun control laws, the judge ruled, are to be subjected to constitutional analysis using an intermediate level of review that is, a challenged law will be upheld if it is substantially related to an important governmental interest. Courts around the country have differed on what level of review should apply to gun regulation, and that issue thus is a likely one for future Supreme Court analysis. The Justices did not lay down a standard in 2008, other than to say it would take more than simple reasonable justification to satisfy the Second Amendment.
The Supreme Court two years ago struck down a District government ban on handguns and a separate requirement that guns in the home be kept locked or disassembled. In doing so, the Court for the first time read the Second Amendment as protecting an individuals personal right to have a gun for private use, at least for immediate self-defense in the home. The Court indicated at the time, however, that some forms of gun regulation not spelled out in full might still be valid under that Amendment. The District government followed up the ruling with City Council adoption of new restrictions that officials thought the Heller decision would allow. On Friday, Judge Urbina agreed.
In deciding how to weigh challenges in the new District laws, the judge noted that the Supreme Court had not placed gun rights in the category that gets the greatest constitutional protection that is, rights that are deemed to be fundamental. The judge remarked: If the Supreme Court had wanted to declare the Second Amendment a fundamental right, it would have done so explicitly. Moreover, he added, declaring gun rights to be fundamental could not be squared with the Supreme Courts remarks that some forms of regulation would remain valid.
Following are the three District laws, described in summary, and Judge Urbinas rulings on them:
First, gun registration.
The new District law requires that all guns be registered. The person seeking to do so must submit fingerprints and two photographs, show knowledge of local gun laws, have visual capacity sufficient to get a vehicle drivers license, prove completion of a gun-use or safety course, show how the gun will be used and where it will be kept, and notify District police if the gun is stolen, transferred, sold, lost or destroyed. For pistols, each weapon must be submitted for a ballistic ID test, for which a fee is attached, and no more than one pistol a month may be registered. Registration lasts for three years, but can be renewed.
The judge said that these regulations do implicate the Second Amendment right to defend ones self in the home, but that they are justified as ways for local officials to monitor gun use, track guns used in crimes, and allow prosecution for failing to register. Those goals of public safety, the opinion said, will be served by the registration obligations. Public safety is a quintessential matter of public regulation, Urbina wrote.
Second, assault weapon ban.
The new law provides a list of what it considers to be assault weapons, including pistols, rifles and shotguns, or guns that have military-style features such as use of a magazine that can be detached.
The judge concluded that these weapons are not in common use, are not possessed by law-abiding citizens as a general rule, and are dangerous. Thus, the judge ruled, they are outside the Second Amendments protection. Thus, Urbina said, there was no need to weigh their constitutionality. If intermediate scrutiny were applied, however, the judge said the ban would satisfy that standard because the ban is keyed to public safety.
Third, large capacity magazines ban.
The new law flatly bans a magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that can accept more than 10 bullets.
Just as with the assault weapon ban, Judge Urbina ruled that these restrictions are outside the scope of the Second Amendment but, in any event, would satisfy intermediate scrutiny for public safety reasons
Judge Urbina went on to reject one added challenge to the new local laws: a claim that, because the restrictions go further than those that have been upheld elsewhere, they go beyond the powers of the Districts local government.
Technically, the judge decided the challenge by ruling on competing motions for a ruling without a full trial that is, summary judgment because the facts were not in dispute. Joining Dick Anthony Heller in the challenge were three other District residents, Absalom Jordan, William Carter and Mark Snyder.
The challengers have the option of appealing the ruling to the D.C. Circuit Court and eventually to the Supreme Court. One or both of those maneuvers seems likely, given the breadth of the new restrictions and the fervor of the challengers.
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These laws and the politicians who enact them must go.
According to the 2 Amendment:',the right of people to keep and bear Arms, shall NOT be infringed.' I should be able the keep a fully loaded tank.
I think that the conservative justices on the court need to understand that they are they ONLY thing that can prevent a breakup of the United States, and that they need to be a bit more aggressive in their rulings. In particular, they need to REDEFINE THE COMMERCE CLAUSE to exactly what it means...which pretty much would get the feds out of just about everything unrelated to national security and running the court system. (i.e., you want Social Security, fine, have Sacramento, or Austin, set up a plan...same for EVERYTHING else)
Once our 5-4 majority on the court is eliminated, we'll be lucky to survive 10 years as a unified country...given what the Dems have done, are doing, and will do. There is no way that the states will stand for it. It will not be pretty - but that seems to be their goal (I guess).
"Denniston A federal judge in Washington, applying the Supreme Courts 2008 decision creating a constitutional right to have a gun"
Wow, this on a SCOTUS blog? Unreal. Heller didn't create the right. The Constitution and 2nd Amendment didn't even create the right. They merely recognized the God-given right!
They still don't want to comply. I don't think that they are too stupid to understand that the court interpreted the low and not made it.
Urbina's wrong-headed and moronic decision will be overturned on appeal. Like many another Liberal fool, he's simply attempting to defend the indefensible.
Why can't SCOTUS come up with a tamper proof decision for a change? RKBA IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT!
Don't be too sure about that. The Heller decision stated that certain restrictions, while not defined, would be acceptable and that gun-free zones would also be acceptable (schools were used as an example).
If a liberal were to interpret Heller, you would only have the right to a revolver in your home and nowhere else.
The laws are better than what DC had. But like California, still have a lot to be desired and interpreted.
My thought is that a single shooter may provide me some defense, but what if 10 bad people are coming at me and I only have a single shot or six shooter? Them my right to personal protection is diminished to less than full capacity.
Okay, I'll bet you five cyber-bucks it's overturned.... we'll see what happens.
It's obvious from this article that Judge Urbina is a leftist TWIT!
Tell'em to pound sand.
Kennedy is the swing vote and he has not always been 100% reliable. I predicted after Heller that pushing Kennedy could result in massive restrictions on the Second Amendment.
I'll see your five cyber-bucks.
You're on.
Ten years is an eternity now, think more like ten weeks.
The case has to make it through the Circuit first, before a petition for cert. can even be filed.
"They merely recognized the God-given right!"
Agreed, most will say God given, Ayn Rand said those same rights existed by virtue of your having been born a human being. Those who want to abridge or eliminate the same rights don't believe in rights at all except for the absurd "rights" they invent for the purpose of justifying their interference in every aspect of life.
I hope you're right about Kennedy and that he will not pander in order to be liked better.
I maintained right after the Heller decision that the Court did a better job than most people were recognizing.
Here is an excerpt from the decision:
"By the time of the founding, the right to have arms had become fundamental for English subjects. See Malcolm 122134. Blackstone, whose works, we have said, constituted the preeminent authority on English law for the founding generation, Alden v. Maine, 527 U. S. 706, 715 (1999), cited the arms provision of the Bill of Rights as one of the fundamental rights of Englishmen."
The Supreme Court Justices are not stupid people. They don't use a key word like "fundamental" while referring to a right of the people by accident.
And it would certainly be nonsense to claim that the Second Amendment somehow transformed a fundamental right into something that was less than fundamental.
Urbina was very wrong in his decision.
Sure he is wrong but it will cost big bucks and a lot of time to prove it. If you read the correspondence from the founders there isn't any doubt what they meant by the 2nd amendment. It shouldn't take a process by SCOTUS to make the meaning clear in the first place, but when they make a decision they should engrave it in granite!
I share your frustration with the process. But I think that you would take the opposite tack if the decision had gone against us. Then, I think, you would support having the Court make the narrowest possible ruling given the facts of the case, and leave it to later Courts to expand as necessary for the newer cases.
From an historical perspective the combination of the Heller case and the McDonald case is about as fast as I could possibly imagine this process going. If not for the possibility of Kennedy continuing to support the right to keep and bear arms, I would be in favor of the Supreme Court doing nothing. It's not yet bad enough to kill a million Americans in a civil war. At least not over gun rights.
I believe this falls directly in line with what I said after reading Heller. Basically that the 2nd amendment is a right recognised by the Constitution, but it doesn't really mean anything because the government can do whatever the hell it likes. We'll see if the supreme court will slap them down again, orif the Consitution actually means anything.
Apparently they have not gotten the idea...
And there are not enough people in D.C. to call their bluff (BS)...
It is apparent as well, that a Supreme Court ruling falls on deaf ears in D.C.
So the peoples voice in unheard, The inalienable, moral, and Constitutional right to keep and bear arms is apparently not recognized by a "faction" of people who do not respect, nor is it fully understood by those that should understand it, and therefore leave it alone...
Seems to me it needs to now be explained in a more direct manner, now that the voice of the people is being ignored...
I would not say it is a fundamental right...
A fundamental right, by definition, would mean it is open for interpretation...(i.e.: elected government)
What the Second Amendment right really is is an "inalienable" right, meaning it is a "moral" right that is afforded by an authority higher than ANY government instituted among men...
One that is simply a right that is not open for interpretation, it is one that needs to be accepted by everyone, regardless if they choose to exercise this right, or not...
Fundamental, to me, means vital to existence, like air, food and water!
Very true...But the Second Amendment being "vital" to you, it is not to others, that (they) obviously do not believe you and I should be afforded this right...
So you and I, and many others who understand the issue, it is also bolstered (supported) by the moral and inheirancy of the authority that was recognized by a virtuous group of men who penned it...
Look at it this way, it is an issue that needs to be understood (or not), but regardless, it is one that needs to be left alone for free men and women to exercise at their discretion...
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So the admiral-fight taking place on this island-theory was actiually correct lol.
Good to finally know how Vegapunk was involved in how this island got it's name + It explains the gate & fence.
As for the baddy in the story... It's pretty obvious now that it's all his doing. (Samurai as well as creatures)
He an old vegapunk-rival or (perhaps failed) experiment that give hims his form/powers w/e they may be?
I can see they guy using a Shishibukai's name when comitting crimes, maybe that explains the samurai's words?
Or, even though unlikely, he might actiually be one of the new shishibukais....


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Documentary ScreeningEvent Details: 1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m., November 16, Tegeler Hall, 3550 Lindell Blvd., Carlo Auditorium, St. Louis, MO, 63103
Saint Louis University will host a screening of the Academy Award-nominated documentary The Garden and will feature a talk by and Q-and-A with director Scott Kennedy from 1-3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 16, in Carlo Auditorium of Tegeler Hall. The event is open and free to all.
Kennedy's film, six years in the making, documents the struggle of a community of Latinos in South Central Los Angeles to fight corruption and local politicking in order to save their public garden from demolition and redevelopment. The film's themes of urban decay and reclamation are all-too-relevant to our own city, while the LA denizens' struggles resonate strongly with the Jesuit commitment to social justice and service to humanity.
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Real Madrid suffer Malaga defeat
A review of the weekend's action in the Spanish Primera Division, with Barcelona winning at Real Valladolid.
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Real Madrid's fading title hopes were handed what could have been a knock-out blow on Saturday night after the stuttering champions slumped to a 3-2 defeat at Malaga to fall 16 points behind Primera Division leaders Barcelona.
Substitute Roque Santa Cruz struck twice in three second-half minutes to help fourth-placed Malaga heap the pressure on Madrid coach Jose Mourinho, who created a surprise by omitting captain Iker Casillas from his starting line-up.
Madrid dominated the first half but were unable to turn their possession into goals and were made to pay as Isco put Malaga ahead in the 48th minute.
An own goal from Sergio Sanchez drew Madrid level midway through the second half but Santa Cruz, who had been on the pitch less than 10 minutes, stunned the visitors by putting Malaga 3-1 ahead with a double strike in the 73rd and 76th minutes.
Benzema pulled another goal back with eight minutes remaining but Madrid could not find an equaliser as they slumped to a fourth league defeat of the season - twice as many as they suffered in winning the title last season.
Earlier, Barcelona gave stand-in coach Jordi Roura a winning start as goals from Xavi, Lionel Messi and Cristian Tello heled them win 3-1 at Real Valladolid.
Roura is deputising for Tito Vilanova, who was discharged from hospital on Saturday after undergoing an operation on his parotid gland on Thursday, and saw his side take a 1-0 interval lead when Xavi tapped in Jordi Alba's cross.
The Spain midfielder then set up Messi for his 91st and last goal of an extraordinary 2012 and, after Javi Guerra pulled one back, Tello rounded off the win in injury time.
Apono and Helder Postiga were on target as Real Zaragoza ran out impressive 2-0 winners on the road at Athletic Bilbao.
Zaragoza had won just one of their last five coming in to Saturday night's game but looked in fine form as they eased to the three points courtesy of Apono's penalty and Postiga's effort shortly before the interval.
Granada secured only their second win in seven league games with a deserved 2-1 victory over Osasuna at the Reyno de Navarra.
Nino had fired the hosts into an early lead with a looping header from Raoul Loe's flick-on, but Granada dominated thereafter and should have been level well before Diego Mainz did find the back of the net from Dani Benitez's free-kick four minutes before half-time.
And Benitez himself then put his side ahead two minutes into the second period with a wonderful left-footed strike from outside the area that left Andres Fernandez helpless.
Mallorca got their first win in 15 games in all competitions as they came from behind to beat Champions League-chasing Real Betis 2-1 at the Benito Villamarin.
Benat's free-kick had given the hosts an early lead, but Victor brought the Islanders level with a fine header on the half-hour mark.
And the comeback was completed just two minutes into the second half when Mario's challenge on Victor was deemed to have taken place inside the area and Javi Marquez comfortably slotted home the resultant penalty.
On Friday night, Ernesto Valverde got his first home win since taking charge of Valencia as Los Che saw off Getafe 4-2 in a hugely-entertaining encounter at the Mestalla.
The hosts got off to the perfect start and were 2-0 up inside seven minutes as Roberto Soldado headed in from Sofiane Feghouli's cross before the Valencia captain turned provider to set up Jonas to curl past Miguel Angel Moya.
Getafe soon had a foothold in the game, though, as Alvaro Vasquez turned in Xavi Torres' pass from a narrow angle, but Valencia restored their two-goal advantage on the half-hour as Ricardo Costa powered home a header from Tino Costa's corner.
Alexis reduced the deficit once more on the hour mark with another fine header, this time from Abdelaziz Barrada's corner, but as Getafe pushed for an equaliser they only succeeded in leaving space at the back and Valencia finally sealed the three points when Nelson Valdez swept home Jonathan Viera's cutback in stoppage time.
Atletico Madrid continued their 100 per cent record in all competitions at the Vicente Calderon this season with a hard fought 1-0 win over Celta Vigo.
Adrian Lopez grabbed the only goal 13 minutes from time with a brilliant half-volley from outside the area that flew past Javi Varas into the top corner.
Joao Miranda was then sent off for a second bookable offence 10 minutes later, but Diego Simeone's men saw out the final few moments without any scares to move seven points clear of Real Madrid in second place.
Atleti have now won 15 straight games at the Calderon, but they were made to struggle after failing to take advantage of a bright opening.
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Over the Cliff with Georgia O'Keeffe
"The cliffs over there, you look at it and it's almost painted for you, you think until you try". Georgia O'Keeffe's beautifully strange formations aren't necessarily the subjective stylings of a modern artist. I drove past a few round-headed, gray-striped … Continue reading
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Saturday 12–13 November 2005
Harlan Butt, 'Earth beneath our feet: horizon #1' 2003, silver, enamel, copper and paint, Collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
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The Transformations Conference on Saturday 12 November 2005 and Forum on Sunday 13 November 2005 are being held in conjunction with the National Gallery of Australia's major exhibition, Transformations: the language of craft.
Showcasing the recent work of 85 Australian and international artists working in the area of studio craft, this exhibition reveals new expressions in the fields of glass, ceramics, textiles, wood, metalwork and through a variety of materials in furniture, jewellery and sculpture.
Amplifying the exhibition experience for visitors, the Conference and Forum bring together leading national and international artists, craft curators and writers to discuss their work and the state of contemporary craft. A number of the speakers are visiting Australia for the first time.
At the Conference, 18 artists from Australia, the United States of America, Europe and Asia will discuss their work in three concurrent sessions, focusing on ceramics, textiles, metalwork and glass.
At the Forum, leading international craft curators, writers and industry professionals from Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America will discuss the interpretation and promotion of contemporary craft.
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Conference Program Saturday 12 November 2005
10.30am Introduction | Ron Radford Director NGA and Robert Bell Senior Curator Decorative Arts & Design
10.35–11.30am | Keynote speaker Adrian Saxe (Ceramics, USA)
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12.45–2.20pm Lunch
Forum Program Sunday 13 November 2005
11am Introduction | Robert Bell, Senior Curator, Decorative Arts and Design
Interpreting contemporary craft
11.05–11.20pm | Mark Leach, Director Mint Museum of Craft and Design (USA)
12.10–12.25pm Lunch
Australian contemporary craft: an innovative player in the creative industries, panel discussion
12.30–1.30pm | Brian Parkes, Associate Director of Object: Australia Centre for Craft and Design | Christine Ballinger, Executive Director Craft Queensland
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(July 07) Today we're celebrating . . . Father & Daughter Take a Walk DaySaturday, July 7th, 2007
Father & Daughter Take a Walk Day
With the beautiful weather outside now is the perfect time to take a father / daughter walk. Just the two of you. Enjoy the beauty of the summer and the enjoyment of each other.
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World Water Day 2010 Highlights Solutions and Calls for Action to Improve Water Quality Worldwide
Nairobi (Kenya), 22 March 2010 - Investment in safe water will have high returns in ensuring a healthy ecosystem and human society, says a new report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) during the global World Water Day celebrations in Nairobi.
An investment of US$20 million in low-cost water technologies, such as drip irrigation and treadle pumps, could lift 100 million poor farming families out of extreme poverty, according to the report, Clearing the Waters: A Focus on Water Quality Solutions'.
It adds that repairing leaky water and sewage networks can also secure not only supplies but reduce pollution and generate employment. In some developing countries, 50-60 per cent of treated water is lost to leaks and globally an average of 35 per cent is lost. By some estimates, saving just half of this amount would supply water to 90 million people without further investment.
But while there are solutions, much more needs to be done, notes the UNEP report. The facts are:
Adeel Zafar, Chair of UN-Water said: "Water quality impacts the lives of millions of people worldwide every year - a majority of them under the age of 5. We are happy that this year's World Water Day puts great emphasis on this delicate issue which is so much reflected in the Millennium Development Goals. The MDGs stress clearly the importance of safe water and sanitation. UN-Water, as the coordination mechanism the United Nations community, puts great emphasis to support worldwide efforts for improving water quality and restoring degraded water ecosystems."
Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNEP, said: "Human activity over the past 50 years is responsible for unprecedented pollution, and the quality of the world's water resources is increasingly challenged. World Water Day highlights how the work of improving and sustaining the world's water quality is everyone's responsibility. It may seem like an overwhelming challenge but there are enough solutions where human ingenuity allied to technology and investments in nature's purification systems such as wetlands, forests and mangroves can deliver clean water for a healthy world."
The Chair of the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation, His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands said in his key note speech that "Each year, World Water Day gains more momentum and spurs thousands of local initiatives around the world - in schools, in churches, in communities. Its emphasis on local action is what gives World Water its power and beauty. We know that no single global instrument can ensure our most important common good is saved. Water must be protected locally."
Under the theme 'Clean Water for a Healthy World', World Water Day 2010 will see a series of initiatives organized around the globe to raise awareness and emphasize the key importance of good water quality in improving human well-being.
The global event aims to bring attention to the state of water quality around the world, and is a call for action on pollution prevention, clean-up, and restoration of waterways in order to sustain healthy ecosystems and human well-being.
At the three-day flagship event in Nairobi on World Water from 20 to 22 March, policy makers, scientists and eminent personalities will discuss how to address the challenges of degrading water quality around the world, release new research and visit sites in Kenya to understand the critical importance of water quality for ecosystem functioning, human well-being and livelihoods.
Central to World Water Day 2010 is the launch of the UN-Water Statement, a consensus document of 26 UN agencies and other partners, scientists, and practitioners, pointing out the state of the world's water and defining the will and the way forward. In the morning a panel of international scientists will present and release a scientific communiqué on global water quality and a high-level panel will convene in the afternoon to respond to the UN-Water Statement on Water Quality as part of the World Water Day proceedings in Nairobi.
The outcomes of the event will be presented into key global political processes and meetings such as the UN General Assembly; the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD); the Convention on Biological Diversity; and Stockholm World Water Week.
More specifically, UNEP's report 'Clearing the Waters' report also feeds into the discussion by detailing how water quality is as important as water quantity for satisfying human and environmental needs, yet has received far less investment, scientific support, and public attention.
Prepared in collaboration with the Pacific Institute, one of the world's leading non-profit research organizations on freshwater issues, the UNEP report is part of the World Water Day 2010 effort to bring global attention to the need for clean, safe water - and action and policy to address water pollution.
The report calls for worldwide action to:
'Clearing the Waters' emphasizes the urgent need to act to improve and safeguard water quality:
The report notes that it is almost always cheaper to prevent pollution than clean it up - and poor water quality has significant economic costs, from ecosystem and human-health costs and impacts on economic activities to increased water treatment costs and reduced property values.
For example, economic losses as a result of health impacts from the lack of water and sanitation in Africa are estimated at US$28.4 billion, or about 5 percent of GDP. And sanitation and drinking water investments have high rates of return: for every US$ 1 invested, there is a projected US$3-US$34 economic development return.
Freshwater ecosystems sustain a large number of identified species, including a quarter of known vertebrates. Such systems provide more than US$75 billion in goods and ecosystem services for people, but are increasingly threatened by a host of water quality problems.
Also on World Water Day, UNEP and UN-Habitat launched the report 'Sick Water - The Central Role of Wastewater Management in Sustainable Development', which shows that an estimated 90 percent of all wastewater in developing countries is currently discharged untreated directly into rivers, lakes or the oceans. Currently, an estimated 245,000 kilometers of marine ecosystems are affected with a clear impact on fisheries, livelihoods and the overall food chain.
World Water Day supports the United Nations' declaration of 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity, working to reduce the constant loss of biological diversity worldwide. UNEP is the coordinating agency for World Water Day 2010 on behalf of UN-Water, collaborating with 26 members from the UN System and external partners representing various organizations and civil society.
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About World Water Day:
The UN General Assembly designated the first World Water Day in 1993, and each subsequent year the March 22 event has highlighted a specific aspect of freshwater sustainability. Over the years, World Water Days have focused on transboundary waters, sanitation, coping with water scarcity, and water and culture. The annual World Water Day is coordinated by UN-Water, a coordination mechanism of 26 UN agencies working on water. UNEP with its strong environmental focus was designated the lead for World Water Day 2010.
For 2010, 'Clean Water for a Healthy World' initiatives around the world focus on water quality challenges and solutions, with the central event organized by UNEP in Nairobi, Kenya on 20-22 March.
The World Water Day 2010 theme of "Clean Water for a Healthy World" calls attention to Millennium Development Goal No.7, to ensure environmental sustainability, particularly in:
-integrating principles of sustainable development into country policies and programs and reversing the loss of environmental resources (Target 1);
-significantly reducing biodiversity loss and rate of loss (Target 2);
-halving the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation by 2015 (Target 3); and
-achieving significant improvements in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020 (Target 4).
Worldwide, events are planned to mark World Water Day 2010 and activities on water quality to further "Clean Water for a Healthy World" will be ongoing throughout the year.
For a list of international events, to add an event and to access outreach materials and further information, visit www.unwater.org/worldwaterday.
For more information on how individuals can participate in World Water Day 2010 and address challenges to the world's water quality, visit: www.worldwaterday2010.info.
About the Nairobi World Water Day event:
The flagship celebration of World Water Day at the UNEP/UN-Habitat headquarters in Nairobi on 20-22 March is jointly hosted by UNEP, UN-Habitat, the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB), and the Government of Kenya.
The event will bring together scientists from around the world for a panel on 'Water Quality Challenges and Responses' and will also include site visits to Lake Victoria, Kibera/Nairobi River and the Kenyan Coast in order to illustrate the critical importance of water quality for ecosystem functioning, human well-being and livelihoods.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will deliver a message for World Water Day 2010, and the afternoon's keynote address will be delivered by His Royal Highness Prince Willem Alexander of Orange, Netherlands, who serves as the Chair of UNSGAB.
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Further Resources
Clearing the Waters: A Focus on Water Quality Solutions
UNEP: World Water Day
UNEP Executive Director, Achim Steiner's Message for World Water Day
World Water Day 2010
Kenya Prime Minister, Raila Odinga's Message for World Water Day
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There's a prominent guest blogger at the White House website: Joe Biden.
The vice president took to the Web to promote new infrastructure projects, and to urge Congress to pass a new highway funding bill.
"The funding we have in place to fix and maintain the federal highway system is set to run out by the fall," Biden writes. "At stake are more than 112,000 active projects to fix our roads and upgrade our bridges, along with approximately 5,600 projects to improve public transit systems.
"Together, these projects support about 700,000 jobs."
Biden does praise Congress for the recent passage of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, saying it will "help modernize our water infrastructure, expand American ports, and create American jobs."
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The emergency medical services system in Emery County shall go back under the umbrella of the Emery County Sheriff's Office. The Emery County Commissioners voted two to one to return the system to the sheriff's office. It was one year ago when the EMS was moved from the sheriff's office to a stand alone department. Jim Gordon was hired to be the part-time director of the EMS.
Commissioner Gary Kofford said, "We have had several meetings on the EMS. One year ago it was pulled from under the sheriff's office and an ambulance department was formed and Jim Gordon was hired to fill this part time position. We are at a cross roads. Jim has put together a plan for the future of the department."
Kofford said there were several items on the agenda pertaining to EMS. The first was the recommendation to make the director of the EMS system, a full time position. This passed with a unanimous vote. Gordon will begin this position with a grade 20 with benefits beginning at $20.70 per hour.
Commissioner Jeff Horrocks said that in looking at the budget Gordon can be set at a grade 20 and the money is available in the current budget to allow that to happen.
The second item was to increase the on call pay of the EMTs from 50 cents per hour to $1 per hour. This on call increase will take effect immediately.
Horrocks said, "Based on where we are at with the budget at this time, we can go to $1 per hour for the rest of this year and we'll look at it again at budget time."
There have been recent increases for the basic charge of calling out an ambulance, but mileage fees haven't been increased. Kofford said the money for the EMT on call pay can be found for the rest of this year and the county will need to look at where that ongoing money will come from.
Darrel Leamaster wondered how being on call for the ambulance works. He said it would be good to check the Fair Labor Standards Act and make sure the county is in compliance with that in regards to the requirements an EMT is under while they are on call.
No one seemed to know if the county is in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act and County Attorney David Blackwell will check on compliance.
Kofford said when the EMTs are on call it is for 12 hour periods at a time. Blackwell added they are restricted to stay in their town and must always carry their pager so they can arrive quickly at a scene.
In regards to the on call pay increase, Kofford said it is a start to address some of the problems.
Kofford said there has been some talk of starting a special service district for the ambulance. This would include a five member board, three of which would be EMTs; one from Green River and one from the northern end of the county and one from the south. These representatives to the board would be voted upon by the EMTs from each station. A special service district would give the county the opportunity to put mineral lease money into the EMS program.
He said there were a number of options on the table including the creation of the special service district. Another option would be to leave the EMS where it is now under the commission. Another option would be to leave it where it is now under the commission and establish an advisory council. Another option would be to take it back under the sheriff's office. Another option would be to put it back under the sheriff's office with a five person advisory council. The EMTs want input on decisions made for the EMS program.
Kofford asked for comments on his remarks and suggested the commission work towards a motion.
Blackwell said if the intent was to create a special service district then a resolution must be drawn up and published for three weeks with the intent to establish a special service district. A public hearing would also need to be held.
But, the establishment of an advisory council would not require a special resolution. The advisory council would include the sheriff, a commission member and three EMTs.
Horrocks said the establishment of a special service district would take at least three months to complete and a person would need to be added to operate the district. But, it would allow for additional funding for EMS. He said that would be a positive, having additional funding. He said some special service districts work well and he felt like some do not. Horrocks liked the idea of an advisory council and keeping the EMS department under the commission. He said he didn't think it needed to be moved and it was harmful to keep moving it back and forth. He said he would be favorable to the creation of a special service district or an advisory council, this was more in line with what the EMTs had requested.
Commissioner Laurie Pitchforth said she has mulled the question of what to do with the EMS back and forth. She made a list of good points and bad points in each choice. She talked to several EMTs. "I personally feel it shouldn't have been taken from under the sheriff's office when it was. I feel it was a political issue when it was taken. If that money (from the move) had been put towards the sheriff's office where it was needed, we wouldn't be here today discussing it. I am at a quandary. I have tried to come up with a solution to benefit our community. I feel it has a long way to go and is still floundering. I would like it to go back to the sheriff's office with an advisory council."
Horrocks said he disagreed with Commissioner Pitchforth and moving EMS back to the sheriff's office. He said they have long range plans and he still believes the EMS needs to stand alone and be independent. "I am receptive to a special service district and I am receptive to an advisory council to assist the commission.
Kofford said it comes down to a motion. Both commissioners have valid arguments. "Jim has been trying to put this on track on only four hours a day. It is an emergency service. I feel the best fit is under the sheriff's office," said Kofford.
Horrocks made a motion to keep the EMS under the commission and create an advisory council. The motion died for lack of a second.
Pitchforth made a motion to move Gordon to a full-time position and put the EMS department back under the sheriff's office with the creation of an advisory council.
Horrocks would not second Pitchforth's motion. Kofford stepped down as chairman and seconded the motion. A vote was called for and Pitchforth and Kofford voted yes and Horrocks voted against the motion. The EMS will go back under the sheriff's office with Gordon as the full-time director and a five person advisory council will be created.
Blackwell was instructed to prepare a resolution on how to form the advisory council for the EMS.
In an interview with Sheriff Guymon he said, "We will figure out where the EMS sits today. I haven't been involved with it for a year now. We will see where we are and take it from there. We will do whatever it takes to make it work. The safety of our county residents is one of our greatest concerns within the sheriff's office."


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Debates of March 18th, 2010
House of Commons Hansard #12 of the 40th Parliament, 3rd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was documents.
- Question Period
- Keeping Canadians Safe (International Transfer of Offenders) Act
- Committees of the House
- Speech from the Throne
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Privilege
- Resumption of Debate on Address in Reply
- Tribute Dinner
- The Environment
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- International Day of La Francophonie
- Democracy
- World Firefighter Combat Challenge
- University Athlete of the Year
- Clara Hughes
- Justice
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- Economic Action Plan
- Tuberculosis
- Violent Crime
- Rendez-vous de la Francophonie
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- Taxation
- Ten Percenters
- Aboriginal Affairs
- International Development
- Tax Harmonization
- Securities
- Prorogation of the House
- International Cooperation
- Afghanistan
- AgriFood Industry
- Employment Insurance
- Official Languages
- Status of Women
- Public Safety
- Food Safety
- National Defence
- Quebec City Armoury
- Crab Fishery
- Aviation Safety
- Arctic Sovereignty
- Justice
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- The Budget
- Business of the House
- Supplementary Estimates (C)
- Points of Order
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- Canada Labour Code
Violent Crime
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Shelly Glover Saint Boniface, MB
Mr. Speaker, our government has continuously taken action to get tough on crime and protect our communities. I am particularly proud of the Tackling Violent Crime Act that targets dangerous offenders, impaired drivers, sexual predators and those who commit serious gun crimes.
We did not stop there. Just this week, the Minister of Justice introduced legislation to strengthen the way the young offenders system deals with violent and repeat young offenders.
Yesterday, the protecting victims from sex offenders act was tabled in the Senate. This act would further protect our children and help victims.
Today, the Minister of Public Safety tabled important amendments to the International Transfer of Offenders Act. These amendments would ensure that the protection of our society is the paramount consideration when assessing requests for the transfer of international offenders.
We continue to call on the opposition to support our tough on crime measures. Canadians expect action and we are delivering.
Rendez-vous de la Francophonie
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Monique Guay Rivière-du-Nord, QC
Mr. Speaker, from March 5 to 21, we are celebrating the 12th Rendez-vous de la Francophonie, in connection with the International Day of La Francophonie, which will be celebrated on March 20.
Quebec singer Mario Pelchat has agreed to be the spokesperson for the rendez-vous, and he invites the 9.5 million francophones in Quebec and Canada to join the celebrations. I encourage members to participate in the many activities that will be held in their ridings, like the ones organized in my riding of Rivière-du-Nord on March 6 at the Salle André-Prévost and on March 12 at the Salle Antoine-Lessard.
I extend a special invitation to all my colleagues to come to Val-d'Or, in Abitibi, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year and was named Francoville 2010 by the Office québécois de la langue française.
This year, the Rendez-vous de la Francophonie has created a network on Facebook for anyone who loves the French language and La Francophonie. The network is called "Rendez-vous de la Francophonie".
I invite all francophones and francophiles to come out and enjoy the festivities.
Statements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Jeff Watson Essex, ON
Mr. Speaker, the Liberal leader has found himself at odds with Canadians. He cannot stand our jobs and growth budget. He cannot stand that our economy is recovering. He cannot stand that Canadians have rejected his tax and spend ways. So, he is taking a break and he is on his tax and spend road show.
The Liberal leader may try to convince Canadians his uncosted spending promises provide an alternative to our jobs and growth budget, but his alternative is clear. The Liberal leader will raise our taxes and kill jobs. We know this because he said it: "we will have to raise taxes".
The Liberal leader might think his March break lecture will change the facts, but Canadians know better. Higher taxes kill jobs. When the Liberal leader chooses his tax and spend road show over the work of this House, he proves what we have been saying along. The Liberal leader is not in it for Canadians, he is only in it for himself.
Ten Percenters
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Ralph Goodale Wascana, SK
Mr. Speaker, the public clearly detests the practice of mass mailing millions of nasty pamphlets known as ten percenters to voters outside an MP's own riding. There is no way we can paint a moustache on that pig and call it Brad Pitt.
The House voted Tuesday to end the practice. The Conservatives voted to keep it, but yesterday, the Prime Minister seemed to indicate that he too was ready to get rid of out-of-riding ten percenters.
Would the Prime Minister confirm this point today, and are we all now on the same page for the Board of Internal Economy?
Ten Percenters
Oral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, this is an odd question coming from the Liberal Party. I am told that just in the last few days our members have received mailings from the members for Etobicoke—Lakeshore, Toronto Centre, Eglinton—Lawrence, York Centre, Winnipeg South Centre, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, and Etobicoke Centre.
The position of our government is clear. If all of the parties wish to abolish this particular subsidy for mailings outside of an MP's own riding, of course this party would be delighted to do that. Of course, we would also like to see the $30 million direct tax subsidy to political parties abolished.
Aboriginal Affairs
Oral Questions
March 18th, 2010 / 2:15 p.m.
Ralph Goodale Wascana, SK
Mr. Speaker, I would remind the Prime Minister that 69% of the mass mailings that are done come from the Conservative Party and not from this side of the House.
I take it that what the Prime Minister has done is confirm the point that we are all on the same page. I hope that makes life easier for you, Mr. Speaker.
Let me ask the Prime Minister a different question.
The governance problems that have been of concern at First Nations University have been fixed. No one condones the administrative mistakes that were made in the past, but they are past. A new structure is in hand. The University of Regina is prepared to handle the money matters while First Nations University concentrates on the learning of students.
Will the Prime Minister give it a chance?
Aboriginal Affairs
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Calgary Southwest
Stephen Harper Prime Minister
Mr. Speaker, once again I think I have been very clear on the subject of these mailings. Of course the Conservative Party, as I said, will support eliminating them. My point is that the statement made by the Liberal Party yesterday that it has already ended its program is completely untrue.
In terms of the second question the member asked me, our concern is with aboriginal students. The Minister of Indian Affairs has made it clear that we will take action to ensure those students are protected, but no level of government will continue to support the kind of abuse we have seen at that particular institution.
Aboriginal Affairs
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Ralph Goodale Wascana, SK
Mr. Speaker, the administrative deficiencies that the Prime Minister speaks of have been corrected and it is time now to aim for the future.
For several hundred young aboriginal students every year, if there is no First Nations University, there will be no higher education. It is not right to visit upon these innocent young people the past sins of others.
The total amount needed by First Nations University is about one-third of what this Parliament has been spending annually to print and distribute those wasteful ten percenters. Would it not be more appropriate to give that money to First Nations University?
Aboriginal Affairs
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon
Chuck Strahl Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Mr. Speaker, I am not sure where the hon. member is coming from on that. What I read into that is that he would like to get rid of the political subsidies to political parties in order to help fund some other important things.
If he wants to talk about that, that would be interesting, but what we have said on First Nations University is that we continue to see a litany of announcements. The latest one is that $400,000 that was destined for student scholarships is now missing.
We have said that we will continue to support those students. Sixty-five per cent of them receive funding from the federal government. That continues, as does our support for the Indian students support program, which they can apply for.
International Development
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Bob Rae Toronto Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, in July 2009, the G8 summit communiqué contained words committing the member states to "voluntary family planning" and "sexual and reproductive health care".
I would like to ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs, how is it possible that Canadian foreign policy has been hijacked by the tea partiers on the other side, taking us away from great traditions and taking us away from the principle that our policies should be consistent with what the government agreed to last year?
International Development
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Bev Oda Minister of International Cooperation
Mr. Speaker, as the member opposite knows, at the upcoming summit the G8 leaders will discuss and chart the way forward to tackle child and maternal health.
As we have been saying all along, we are not closing the door on any options that will save the lives of mothers and children, including contraception. And as we have been saying all along, we are not opening the abortion debate.
International Development
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Bob Rae Toronto Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, there has been a total change in the party policy announced yesterday and then today by the government. In his budget, the minister announced cuts of nearly $200 million in funds for the poorest and most vulnerable countries.
How are these cuts in sync with a policy that aims to care for women and children in Africa? What she has just announced is totally incompatible with that.
International Development
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Bev Oda Minister of International Cooperation
Mr. Speaker, this government knows how to manage its finances. We are in fact increasing the budget for CIDA, for its international assistance. We have been doing that consistently. We will reach a level of international assistance never reached by any other government in the history of Canada.
Tax Harmonization
Oral Questions
2:20 p.m.
Gilles Duceppe Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC
Mr. Speaker, no progress is being made in the matter of tax harmonization. The Prime Minister told us yesterday that Quebec had not harmonized its tax. And yet, the 2006 budget clearly indicates that it has.
The federal government also used the excuse that Quebec was collecting a tax on a tax. That has also been resolved. We were also told that Quebec did not charge the sales tax on certain goods, such as books. There are similar exceptions in other provinces, and that has not prevented the government from concluding agreements with them.
Will the Prime Minister acknowledge that what he really wants is to collect the GST instead of Quebec?


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I was diagnosed with celiac almost a month ago, about a week before our FET. I cut our gluten and never looked back. Our next IVF (in vitro fertilization) is in January and we're hoping so much that celiac has been part of our issue all along. I've only been pregnant once with my first IVF, but it was ectopic.
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Trendy Curly Updos for Weddings & Proms
by Alicia Ward on Friday, June 3rd, 2011
Wedding and prom season are here! We've got the run down on the last curly hairstyle trends for formal events this year. Veteran stylist Anna Craig of Trashy Root Salon & Spa, show us how to achieve two trendy looks for this formal event season. Craig, Pravana Artistic Educator and DevaCurl Specialist, with over nine years of experience loves updos and shows us how to achieve these looks at home with ease.
Updos for Wavies (Type 2) and Curlies (Type 3)
Step 1: Start by diffusing and applying gel. Apply gel first then diffuse till dry completely dry.
Step 2: Start on the bottom half of the hair and pull curl by curl and pin to the side—right behind the ear (slightly to the side).
Step 3: Twist some pieces, while alternating side, keep the hair loose and kind of messy. It shouldn't be perfect.
Step 4: Part to the side: Then start twisting the top—alternate side to side—keep it loose do not pull on the curl. Pin, alternating side to side.
Step 5: Leave a few pieces in front (only if the client has shorter bang pieces/framing).
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Is this dampening system a do-it-yourselfer thing or would I need to get a repairman?
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Camelot Unchained is winding down its KickStarter campaign and the dev team has revealed a lot of great features that will be included. In an exclusive reveal, Mark Jacobs sheds some light on the stealth system that players can expect in Camelot Unchained. Treat yourself to a great read before leaving your thoughts in the comments.
MMORPG: It's been a long time coming that people found out how you're going to handle Stealth in CU. What've you learned from time spent on DAoC and WAR, to help influence your decisions with Camelot Unchained?Mark Jacobs: First, I wanted to build a stealth mechanic that is geared to the RvR focus of Camelot Unchained, one that gives stealthers the ability to play a major role in the game. Second, I wanted to design a system that rewarded solo play stealthers while discouraging roaming groups of them since in a game like CU, where we want players of all levels in RvR, their impact could be substantial. Third, I dislike the movement slowdown of some stealther implementations because that gets old fast. Finally, I wanted to see if I could design something that will be both fun for the stealthers and not incredibly frustrating for their victims. I also looked at the implementation of the mechanic in every MMORPG I've played and a few others that I didn't.
Read more of Bill Murphy's Camelot Unchained: Stealth Mechanic Revealed.
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Stealth class looks awesome! I'll be glad to finally have a mechanic that makes sense. Why else would I randomly be able to turn invisible?
Keep it up!
Sounds interesting, there are a few things about this game that have me on the fence.. I've seen GW2 put out a AAA Title that didn't require a sub, so they will have to do something pretty epic to make me pay a monthly again.
But DAoC was pretty epic, so if there is a lore, and a time period of game that could do it, it would be a mix of Pre-TOA, mix of some Catacombs, DAoC. I have faith that he can make the game, I just am not so sure his strength in staying with that vision is there.
The people that are trying to make the world worse never take a day off , why should I. Light up the darkness Bob Marley
I'm very impressed with the amount of detail being considered for seperate features, some of the things that are disappointing in some MMOs is that everythings designed for everybody so they can get the maximum amount of use out of each feature, but doesn't deliver the quality that makes a game surreal.
I wish them luck in their endevour.
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, if they get angry, they'll be a mile away... and barefoot.
Not sure how this will turn out, but at least it sounds interesting and different.
If it were for me, I'd remove classes based primarily on stealth from the face of the universe, permanently. They've caused me more grief over the years than any amount of time spent looking for healers or tanks in a chat channel. The pure concept of combining a burst class with on-demand invisibility is a balance nightmare imo, but still one almost every MMO out there takes on.
I hope they won't repeat those mistakes. But I still vividly remember the promises of GW2 in this regard and how it eventually turned out to be 2 - button spamming classes who did insane damage, could continuously re-stealth in combat and would perpetually make entire zergs of people trying to take an objective pointless, for several months.
Feel free to use my referral link for SW:TOR if you want to test out the game. You'll get some special unlocks!
It sounds pretty good
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Nice read! Played a stealther in daoc as well and had my eyebrowsed raised when i first heared about this but after giving it a few mins and read some comments etc i will def play one in CU as well
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Originally posted by saurus123
again everything on paper that will never work in a mmo
We have already seen many beautiful ideas that have never been realized in the world of MMO
this sounding sales pitch...
Originally posted by ZoeMcCloskey
I still like to think of stealthers as the class for cowards. :P
Well hopefully it will become a class for the "patient" ( I remember waiting a long time hanging off a wall stealthed waiting to time a PA on an ugly Archer spamming arrows onto the battlefield). I always believed a stealth class (especially in PvP/RvR) should be a carefull thinker and planner on how they will attack. Sounds like they are doing a great job of at least trying to develop a way for a stealth class to still have fun in PvE and be able perform in player poking as well. Will be interesting!
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Tucked away in the rolling hills of Germantown is a Civil War Fort. There is a jail, civil war cannons, a stage coach, a livery, log cabins, and much more.
Dr. Poos Home - Heritage House Museum
Built in 1888, this home was occupied by Dr. Robert Poos, a local practitioner and druggist. Dr. Poos was also the staff physician at the Springs Hotel and Bath House, later known as the Okawville Original Springs Hotel.
General Dean Suspension Bridge
Located just outside the city of Carlyle, this historic 130-year-old bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the area. The original bridge served as a crossing over the Kaskaskia River.
Constructed in 1857 as the southern division of the Illinois State Supreme Court, Abraham Lincoln successfully argued a famous tax case in 1859. In 1888, Clara Barton used the building as a hospital. Tours are available. Please call in advance.
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Ingram's Pioneer Log Cabin Village
Pre-Civil War log structures rescued from destruction by the Ingrams. Many of the 17 homes and other buildings are furnished with authentic pieces and open to the public. Visit Jacob's Well Inn, frequented by Abraham Lincoln.
Visit an exact replica of a Civil War Fort complete with a jail, one-room home, livery, and log cabins.
Jefferson County Historical Village
Experience the past as you walk through a pioneer village of authentic log cabins featuring a calaboose (circa 1820), the Mount Olive Church (circa 1873), a one room school house and more.
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The original wooden cross was erected in 1850 by a farmer in thanksgiving for his family being spared during a cholera epidemic. Subsequent owners of the property have repaired and replaced it.
In 1779 George Rogers Clark led his army from Kaskaskia through this area to Vincennes, Indiana, where they captured Ft. Sackville from the British. At the time, this building was named for being near the midpoint of the Vincennes-St. Louis Trail.
An extensive collection of genealogical materials offers visitors an opportunity to research local Mt. Vernon history.
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Joseph Koch, who along with eight other local miners died in a mine explosion in 1947, is depicted here.
Clinton County Historical Museum
This building was the former home of Judge Sidney Breese, who came to Illinois from New York. He studied law here and became Assistant Secretary of the State of Illinois.
Centralia Area Historical Museum
Artifacts, pictures of coal mining, railroading, business, farming in and around Centralia. A work in progress by the Centralia Area Historical Society to preserve the past of Marion County.
Centralia's resident carilloneur performs on the town's 65-bell carillon, one of the few in the country. The surrounding park also features a museum and tours of the 165-foot-tall tower.
Centralia Historical Society Museum
Centerpieces of the collection are newspapers and memorabilia from the coal mining days with tributes to railroad history.
Three properties -- Dr. Poos Home & Medical Museum; the Frank Schlosser Home, which includes a turn-of-the-century house, barn, harness shop, and commercial laundry; and the Joseph Schlosser Home -- make up the Museum complex.
Jefferson County Historical Village
Authentic log structures. Historic memorabilia from the area are carefully preserved and displayed at the village. Open from the first weekend in May through the last weekend in October
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Washington County Historical Museum
Built in 1871 as a private residence, this building now holds hundreds of artifacts from the country including a display of period wedding dresses.
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Season Preview: Goats and Stars
Thomas Drance
September 27 2011 11:38AM
It's become a tradition: every year at the Nations Network, our writers and commenters pick their stars — that one player who they will praise without end no matter what — and their goats — their yearly whipping-boy; he who can do no good for the season.
And this season is no exception.
CanucksArmy has expanded in the past few months, and our roster of writers has grown along with the blog. Writing for the site this season will be: Jeff Angus, TinfoilTuque, Cam Charron, Thomas Drance, Remy Greer (aka Herbert Vasilijevs), Patrick Johnston and Alix Wright.
Jeff Angus' Star and Goat
Star: Alex Edler
The table is set for Edler to take the next step into the class of truly elite two-way defensemen in the National Hockey League. His physical game has developed from average to dominant in a little over two seasons, and his confidence with and without the puck as increased just as dramatically. Look for him to break the 50-point mark playing at both even strength and on the power play with the Sedin twins and Alex Burrows.
Goat: Roberto Luongo
Roberto Luongo is an elite goaltender in the NHL. He had a wildly inconsistent Stanley Cup Final, but he did help the Canucks get to within one game of winning it all. His problems are mostly off the ice, where his sensitive personality has risen to the forefront in a hockey-crazed market. Luongo needs to stop caring what other people think of him (Tim Thomas, his teammates, fans, whoever), and play the game that got him a Gold Medal and Vezina and Hart Trophy nominations. Luongo needs to get some fluidity back in his game – looking at highlights from even two or three years ago, he looks too robotic and predictable right now. He has a lot of hockey left in the tank, and the Canucks still have a few years left in their window to win.
Unfortunately, he's going to be the goat of this team unless he can lead them to a Stanley Cup. Fair nor not, he needs to not care and just play his game.
Cam Charron's Star and Goat
Star: Alex Edler
Henrik Sedin said it best: Many of Christian Ehrhoff's points the last couple of seasons with the Canucks were situational. Edler, I believe, is a superior player to Ehrhoff at both ends of the ice and he will get his chance with favourable offensive zone starts with the twins and powerplay opportunities. I fully expect Edler to become the first Canuck defenseman to crack 60 points since, get this, Doug Lidster back in 1987.
Goat: Marco Sturm
Aside from having a name that sounds like some sort of disease, I literally had to search Sturm when the Canucks signed him because I had completely forgotten which team he played for. (For the record, it was Washington) Sturm was the major piece in the Joe Thornton deal back in 2006 and had a couple of good seasons with the Bruins and nothing else before spending more time in the hospital waiting room than in goal celebrations.
I have nothing against this signing, if it were made back in 2007, but the Canucks dropped a lot of money on a question mark on the wing when there were many, better, healthier options available. Regardless of whether or not Sturm plays or has an impact, I will silently mutter under my breath that an alternative would still have been a better pickup.
TinfoilTuque's Star and Goat
Star: Alex Edler
Alex Edler is going to get the lion's share of Ehrhoff's PP minutes. And PP points for a defenceman look real sexy. Edler's role with the team will certainly be ramped up from last year, and he's shown that he is ready for the added responsibility.
Goat: Marco Sturm
I like the acquisition, and the price was right. But unless he scores 20+ goals and 50+ points, it will be seen as a poor season for him. Given his recent injury history and his age, he's not likely to hit those milestones.
Thomas Drance's Star and Goat
Star: Manny Malhotra
Before he suffered a freak injury that nearly cost him his eye, Manny Malhotra was the best defensive player in hockey last season. He spent the playoffs healing, and "having fun," then made an epic comeback in the finals. His effectiveness - unsurprisingly - suffered in the series against Boston, but he showed a lot of heart that Canucks fans won't soon forget. He has yet to appear this preseason, having undergone a couple of offseason surgeries, but I expect he'll make a full comeback this season and pick up where he left off, "enabling" his teammates, while acting as "a cooler" against the opposition's top lines.
Goat: Keith Ballard
The 4.5 million dollar man had a disappointing first season in Vancouver, and sadly I expect that will continue. Watching him in the preseason, his play remains erratic and he hasn't stood out above the likes of Aaron Rome and Chris Tanev on the scrub teams the Canucks have iced. When you're basically tied with Bieksa and Hamhuis as the highest paid defender on the team - and you're not significantly better than Aaron Rome - that's a big issue. Ultimately I think Keith Ballard will fail to crack the team's top-4, and I think he'll get limited power-play time as well. This correlation of factors will keep his production down and cement his albatross contract status.
Remy Greer's Star and Goat
Star: Jannik Hansen
As evidenced by my summer musings on Vancouver's Danish Delight, I am quite the ardent supporter of Jannik Hansen.
Whether or not the right winger puts up more points this season, which I expect him to do if given increased offensive opportunities, what I admire most about Hansen's game is his consistency. You would be hard pressed to find a Canuck who showed up to more games last season and put in that workmanlike effort on both the forecheck and back-check. I'm a sucker for players who thrive on will rather than an abundance of skill and I look forward to Hansen's hands catching up to his feet this season. Jannik Hansen will be the breakout star on the Canucks and with a cult following of hockey nerds already singing his praises, expect the Dane to hit the mainstream come 2012.
Goat: Aaron Rome
I have a hard time picking one player I genuinely dislike on this roster. I'm not going to hate on Sami Salo or Marco Sturm for being injury-prone, but I will hold Aaron Rome accountable for being prone to bad decisions on the ice. I can see what Vigneault likes in the stay-at-home-defenceman, he makes the easy plays, he's physical, he's a safe player on the back-end. However, every once in a while we see Rome seemingly panic, as if his body and mind reach a disconnect leading him to play wildly out of position or use his aggression to compensate for his being lost on the ice.
I hope Rome does well this season, it's just frustrating to see him in the lineup in favour of future Calder Cup Trophy winner Keith Ballard.
Patrick Johnston's Star and Goat
Star: Mikael Samuelsson
Anecdotally, he was hurt almost all of last season, yet he still put 50 points. He's one of several players whose absence was noted in playoffs post-mortems. His talent is undoubted; neither is his age. If he's healthy, he is a vibrant scoring threat, using his fantastic shot to pick corners and his vision to find his equally threatening linemates. He'll be burning to improve on last season, and if everyone says last year stank for him, how can this year *not* be better. You can't say a 34-year-old will have a breakout season, but you can say he'll be everything we want and more. Mikael Samuelsson will be a star because, quite simply, he won't be hurt all year.
Goat: Mason Raymond
Yes, I am going to pick on the injured guy. Yes, last year he played heavy, heavy minutes against some of the opposition's best players. We know he can play a responsible defensive game. What we hope for, but will probably be disappointed about, is a regular scoring presence. He takes lots of shots, and it's unlikely he'll repeat his anemic 7.6 shooting percentage, but will it really be enough to give you the kind of production you want? Whenever it is that is he returns to lineup, his 2nd line spot may be gone. Will he be useful enough on lines that aren't there to score? Probably. Unfortunately his contract says otherwise. His contract pays him to be a two-way player; that means scoring, and that means more offensive zone starts than Manny Malhotra gets. Mason Raymond may become a goat, simply by circumstance.
Alix Wright's Star and Goat
Star: Alex Edler
He should get tons of power play time and rack up the points leaving Canucks fans saying Erhoff who? If Edler stays healthy he could put up 50 points and give the defence a strong offensive kick. Bieksa and Hamhuis were a very strong top pairing last season but it's been a long time since the Canucks have had a true number one d man. Edler has the talent to get to that level.
Goat: Alain Vigneault
Many of his decisions with younger players and d men baffle me. He likes to raise heartbeats by often sitting on leads. AV can't seem to adapt during the playoffs when his team gets shutdown. But his love of Aaron Rome and weird relationships with Cody Hodgson and Keith Ballard give me half of my blog humour so maybe AV should actually be my hero.
September 27 2011, 12:00PM
Only one Luongo pick?
September 27 2011, 12:12PM
Edler played with Error on the same PP D pairing until Edler got injured. Edler will not get more PP time because Error is gone but simply because he should be healthier. Error was also the trigger man from the point something Edler isn't as good as, but a much better 2-way d-man. Edler will not completely replace Error in this department.
September 27 2011, 02:43PM
@Thomas Drance
Sure. But he's still a good candidate, if only because a lot of folks are just waiting for him to trip up. If he has a bad season (even if it's only because of variance), the hyenas will pounce.