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Debates of May 8th, 2006
House of Commons Hansard #18 of the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was billion.
- Question Period
- The Budget
- University of Prince Edward Island
- Bloc Québécois Supporters
- Aeronautics Act
- World Red Cross Red And Crescent Day
- Winnipeg South
- Saint-Joseph de Madawaska School
- National Mining Week
- World Red Cross and Red And Crescent Day
- Human Rights
- Mining Industry
- Wineries
- John Atkinson
- World Red Cross Red Crescent Day
- Member for Papineau
- John Atkinson
- Agriculture
- Justice
- Access to Information
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Government of Canada
- Humanitarian Aid to Palestine
- Federal-Provincial Relations
- Aboriginal Affairs
- The Environment
- Homelessness
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Manufacturing Industry
- Political Donations
- Agriculture
- Government Contracts
- Atlantic Accord
- Arts and Culture
- Public Safety
- Pensions
- Points of Order
- Emergency Management Act
- Employment Insurance Act
- Education Benefits Act
- Employment Insurance Act
- Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act
- Labour Market Training, Apprenticeship and Certification Act
- Heritage Lighthouses Protection Act
- Employment Insurance Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- The Budget
- Business of Supply
- Norad
- Public Health Agency of Canada Act
Government Contracts
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Peggy Nash Parkdale—High Park, ON
Mr. Speaker, let us be clear. The government is planning on making it easier, not harder, to take advantage of the system. Canadians paid millions of dollars to get to the bottom of Liberal corruption and now the unelected minister is running roughshod over the recommendations.
The minister's plan makes a mockery of the Conservatives' promises in the election campaign.
Will the government tell us why the Conservatives are now behaving like Liberals, saying one thing before an election and doing another thing afterwards?
Government Contracts
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam
James Moore Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics
Mr. Speaker, with respect, the preamble to the question is all over the place and just factually wrong. The government is going to do everything in its power to ensure taxpayer dollars are well spent and spent in the best interests of all Canadians.
Atlantic Accord
Oral Questions
May 8th, 2006 / 2:55 p.m.
Scott Simms Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, NL
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance uses the Atlantic accord as an example of something that is wrong within the Canadian federation. Is he telling us that what is fair in Atlantic Canada is not fair for the rest of Canada?
My question is for the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, yes, my hon. colleague from Newfoundland and Labrador. Will he stand up for his province, take off the muzzle and tell the Minister of Finance that he is dead wrong, that the Atlantic accord is fair for Newfoundland and Labrador and it is fair for Nova Scotia?
Atlantic Accord
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
St. John's South—Mount Pearl
Newfoundland & Labrador
Loyola Hearn Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Mr. Speaker, what surprises me is the gall the hon. member has to stand up and ask a question like that. When we were fighting to get the benefits for our province from the Atlantic accord and when our Prime Minister forced the government to deliver, that member and others sat there and would not lift a finger to help Newfoundland and Labrador.
Arts and Culture
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Gary Schellenberger Perth—Wellington, ON
Mr. Speaker, funding for the arts was part of the government's budget. The money will go to groups who will engage our communities to learn and experience. Could the minister inform this House about the funding for the arts and the reaction from the arts community?
Arts and Culture
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Bev Oda Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women
Mr. Speaker, the government is committed to ensuring the integrity of the arts and cultural communities in Canada. The government's commitment to the arts, as demonstrated in the budget, has been well received. I would like to read for members what was said by the Chair of the Canada Council, Karen Kain:
I think this is a real vote of confidence in the Canada Council. To make it into the first budget of a Conservative government....This government has recognized the value and importance of the arts to the quality of the lives of Canadians and their communities; I think [it] is just wonderful.
I could not agree more.
Public Safety
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Serge Ménard Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Mr. Speaker, over the course of the past year, the media have revealed on many occasions that aircraft chartered by the CIA have flown over Canadian territory while transporting prisoners. Similar observations have been made elsewhere. The Council of Europe and the European Parliament have received a number of reports highly critical of these practices.
Will the Minister of Public Safety tell us whether he approves of the fact that the CIA is using Canadian airspace to transport prisoners?
Public Safety
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Stockwell Day Minister of Public Safety
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the member's concerns. I have asked the representatives of the public security agency about this. It appears that in all cases the pilots had submitted their flight plan, a list of the names and dates of birth of all passengers and the reason for the flight. Up to now, we have found nothing illegal.
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Chris Charlton Hamilton Mountain, ON
Mr. Speaker, in this budget, the Minister of Finance proposed to hide $3 billion of taxpayers' money in the Canada pension plan, a plan that is viable without that investment for at least another 70 years. Moreover, the budget was silent on enhancing public pension benefits for our seniors, who so desperately need financial security to retire with the dignity and respect they deserve.
Instead of hiding surplus money for questionable purposes in what should be a "pay as you go plan", will the minister commit today to investing that money in a pension benefits guarantee fund to protect the thousands of workers and retirees whose pensions are put at risk by the 10,000 commercial bankruptcies a year?
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Jim Flaherty Minister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, those facts as stated are not accurate, but what is accurate is that for 30 years pensioners in Canada waited for an increase in their pension income credit, from $1,000 up. It took 30 years and this government to double that from $1,000 to $2,000.
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
The Speaker Peter Milliken
That concludes question period for today. I believe the Minister of National Defence is rising on a point of order.
National Defence
Points of Order
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Carleton—Mississippi Mills
Gordon O'Connor Minister of National Defence
Mr. Speaker, I would like to clarify the remarks I made in question period on Thursday, May 4. My remarks were in response to a question about Norad's information sharing. The maritime aspect of the agreement will give Norad access to data that has been shared between security and defence agencies in North America for several decades. This applies to all Canadian and U.S. waters, including internal waters. Therefore, Canadian internal waters in the Arctic archipelago would also be covered by this agreement.
This is nothing new. We already share this type of information with the U.S. The Norad agreement will allow us to better manage this activity. In no way will this provision weaken our sovereignty. Any decision about action in Canadian internal waters will remain Canada's alone.
Emergency Management Act
Routine Proceedings
3 p.m.
Stockwell Day Minister of Public Safety
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-12, an Act to provide for emergency management and to amend and repeal certain Acts.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Employment Insurance Act
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Jean-Claude D'Amours Madawaska—Restigouche, NB
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-263, An act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (elimination of waiting period).
Mr. Speaker, first I wish to thank my colleague from Beauséjour for supporting this bill.
Today, I am proud and honoured to introduce this bill, which will help improve the lives of seasonal workers. The purpose of the bill is to eliminate the two-week waiting period that precedes payment of employment insurance benefits. After taking into account the best weeks in previous years, these changes to the Employment Insurance Act will enable seasonal workers to receive employment benefits more quickly.
For several months, I have been working hard in order to introduce this bill in the House of Commons so that the employment insurance system can best meet the needs of seasonal workers.
We are at the first reading stage and I hope that the government will support workers by passing this bill. This program is of vital importance in my riding.
I am therefore very proud of my efforts on behalf of the citizens of Madawaska—Restigouche.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Education Benefits Act
Routine Proceedings
3:05 p.m.
Borys Wrzesnewskyj Etobicoke Centre, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-264, an Act respecting education benefits for spouses and children of certain deceased federal enforcement officers.
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise today to introduce a private member's bill entitled an act respecting educational benefits for spouses and children of certain deceased law enforcement officers. This initiative was originally the vision of a former member of the House, Janko Peric, of Cambridge, Ontario. Mr. Peric introduced a similar bill during his tenure. I hope we will see him back in the House to continue his fight for public safety initiatives.
The bill would provide for educational benefits of a financial nature to the surviving spouse and children of federal enforcement officers who die from injuries received or illnesses contracted in the discharge of their duties. The bill mirrors legislation that currently exists in the province of Ontario.
In light of last year's tragic deaths of four RCMP officers in Mayerthorpe, Alberta, I would hope that colleagues from all sides of the House will lend their support to this worthy initiative. We owe it to the families of those who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving and protecting us.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)


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Five Brookfield East athletes sign letters of intent
Two football players, two tracksters, one kicker sign with Midwestern schools
Nine Brookfield athletes - including five from Brookfield East - signed letters of intent with five different colleges Feb. 6, the official signing day.
Here is a closer look at each one and their accomplishments.
Trenton Daniels was a four-year letter winner in track and field and a key contributor to East's 2011 and 2012 state track and field championships. He signed his national letter of intent to compete at the University of Minnesota.
Daniels placed fifth in 2011 and fourth in 2012 in the 400-meter dash at the state meet. He also was a state place-winner in both the 1600 and 3200 relays at the 2012 state meet. Daniels ran a personal-best time last year of 1 minute, 53.59 seconds in the 800.
Alec James, a talented defensive end, signed his National Letter of Intent to play football at Wisconsin. James is one of the most decorated athletes in Brookfield East history and helped football to its greatest three-year run of success ever, including an undefeated Conference Championship last fall.
Some of his awards include being All-Conference, All-Region, All-Suburban and All-Waukesha County. He was the Greater Metro Conference Defensive Lineman of the Year twice; Player of the Year for the Journal Sentinel, Waukesha Freeman and Now Community Newspapers; All State two years in a row and was selected the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association State Defensive Player of the Year.
James was also elected MVP and Captain by his teammates, played in the U.S. Marine National All Star Game in Los Angeles and will play in the WFCA All Star Game this summer.
Brad Johnson was a four-year letter winner and key contributor to 2011 and 2012 state championship track and field teams. Johnson signed a national letter of intent to compete in track and field at the University of Minnesota.
Johnson is the reigning state champion in the 800 run and was also a state place winner last year in both the 1600 and 3200 relays. His time of 1:51.43 in the 800 currently stands as the fourth best all-time in Wisconsin history.
Brian Smith will be attending the University of Minnesota to play football after an outstanding career, playing an integral part of an undefeated Conference Champion and three straight playoff teams. Smith achieved many honors including All-Conference, All-Region, All-Suburban and All-Waukesha County.
He was selected Defensive Back of the Year by the Greater Metro Conference coaches and was a first-team All-State player at Defensive Back. Smith will also play in the WFCA All-Star Game this summer. Smith was a rare two-way starter that will be sorely missed on both sides of the ball.
Jackie Wandt, a senior midfielder, signed her letter of intent to play soccer at Northern Illinois University next year. A four-year starter on a team that has qualified for the sectional finals in two of the last three years, Wandt followed her Honorable Mention freshman season with second-team all-conference recognition her sophomore year. She was injured for much of her junior season.
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Tales of the Unexpected
Aspects of contemporary Australian art
Introduction | Forward | Essay | Works | Gallery
Rosemary Laing | Anne Wallace | Lyndell Brown and Charles Green | Kate Beynon | Sally Smart | Robert Boynes
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The National Gallery of Australia is committed to supporting the work of contemporary Australian artists. The exhibition Tales of the Unexpected: aspects of contemporary Australian art is part of an ongoing series of exhibitions recognising the work of some of our most inspiring artists.
Moving from the 20th century into the 21st, there is a visible sense of zeitgeist, a spirit of the times, reflected in this exhibition – in the merging of the real and the fantastic, and in the search for meaning in a world where, despite the 'information age', there continue to be more questions than answers. The seven artists in the exhibition, whose works are documented in this catalogue, encourage us to think and to re-imagine the world. They provide insights into our dreams and longings, and suggest unexpected possibilities through their highly inventive approaches.
Within what is a broadly thematic context, artists have been selected who work in quite different ways to convey a richness of ideas and approaches. The linkages are apparent in relation to the invention of open-ended or implied narratives and dream-like worlds.
We have been delighted with the involvement of the artists who have worked closely with the curator, Deborah Hart. In addition to their major contribution through the works themselves, they have provided lively quotes from their favourite authors and film-makers for the catalogue – conveying insights into the vitality of cross-media exchanges.
Deborah Hart has shown her great strength as a curator, deep attachment to the physicality of works of art and the effects they can have on their viewers, and an abiding respect for the talents of their creators.
I would also like to acknowledge the generosity of Qantas and Saville Park Suites Canberra. Their support of this exhibition has assisted us in bringing the artists to the Gallery for the exhibition installation and launch. We are grateful to Pirie Printers and CIP Papers for their contribution to the catalogue. Also special thanks to all the lenders and gallery representatives who have assisted us in making this exhibition possible.
The National Gallery is continuing its commitment to display the best of the visual arts across all media. On behalf of all our staff, I express appreciation to the artists involved, who have provided abundant evidence of a flourishing contemporary artistic environment.
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When I first saw the Medallions recalled the late Dootsie Williams of Dootone Records in 1990 I was attracted by the intense young leader Vernon Green. He had a bluesy quality I liked, and he wrote his own material. Vernon was a polio victim who walked with difficulty, and the group members were rough street kids. Even though vocal groups were big around town at that time, nobody would touch them - they were too scruffy. Johnny Otis, who was working for Aladdin at the time, had rejected Vernon and the boys outright because he wanted clean-cut kids with cuddly sex appeal.From their first recording session in 1954, Dootsie Williams sought to preserve that infectious street delivery rather than polish the group into something professional but contrived. these kids had always sung together a cappella. I wanted to catch their style undiluted. When releasing the group's records Dootsie would match an uptempo number on one side with a smoochie ballad on the other. One of these - The Letter - was about as far out as ballads can get. Check it out: Oh my darling, let me whisper sweet words of pismatality and discuss the pulpitudes of love, and put 'em together and what do you have: matrimony! Green's sweet-talk was developed, he says, to compensate for his polio- withered leg and small stature. As a youngster he had practised on the phone, talking to recorded messages to convince his elder brother that he was cool with women. As sleevenote writer Jim Dawson comments: His earnest soliloquies became a staple of nearly all of his slow material.Speedin' assembles 25 great Medallions songs, including 23 from the magic years 1954-1960, running from their first single Buick '59 b/w The Letter through to their eleventh, and last, Rocket Ship b/w Behind The Door. A previously unissued side Ticket To Love is included as are I'm In Love With You and Give Me The Right from a comeback 1973 session.


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Turner in January 2012
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JMW Turner (1775–1851) was perhaps the most prolific and innovative of all British artists. Turner in January showcases thirty-eight of the artist's watercolours, providing a remarkable overview of many of the most important aspects of Turner's career.
Bequeathed to the Gallery in 1899 by the distinguished collector Henry Vaughan, these outstanding works have been exhibited, as he requested, every January for the last 110 years. Vaughan wanted to limit their exposure to light so that they would be conserved; consequently, they are renowned for their excellent state of preservation.
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LITTLETON - Heritage got off to the kind of start it hoped to Nov. 7 against cross-town rival Arapahoe.
The No. 28 Eagles were controlling the time of possession, winning the field position battle and forced a turnover against the No. 5 Warriors in the teams' Class 5A state first round game at Littleton Public Schools Stadium.
A touchdown run by Bryan Carlson late in the second quarter gave Heritage a one-point lead, but on that play, the Eagles' chances at victory were swept away.
Carlson was hit after the whistle by Arapahoe's Blake Nelson - who was subsequently ejected for the personal foul and will be suspended for his team's next game - and left the game with an apparent concussion.
Arapahoe's offensive line and running back Jose Cancanon took over the game from there. The junior tailback finished with 236 yards on 27 carries and scored five touchdowns as the No. 5 Warriors (8-2) advanced to the round of 16 with a 42-7 victory.
Arapahoe will play at No. 21 Horizon in the next round, likely on Nov. 9.
"It was a pretty physical game," said Arapahoe tight end Ethan Brunhofer, who had two catches for 31 yards. "We knew if we stuck with the game plan and eliminated the mental errors that we could put some points up on the board."
Leading 13-7 at halftime, Arapahoe pulled away in the third quarter, as they loaded up with a heavy dose of Cancanon, who scored on runs of 2 and 47 yards to give the Warriors a 28-7 advantage going into the fourth quarter.
Cancanon scored his fifth touchdown of the afternoon with 8:55 to play and cornerback Taden Jones padded the lead with an interception return for a score.
"We knew that (Heritage) was a little thin up front, depth-wise," Arapahoe coach Mike Campbell said. "It was going to be tough for them to stand up to our line for the entire game. I thought the second half, we really got things going."
The first half, though, was a different story.
"Heritage is a good team that's well-coached," Campbell said. "They came out and dominated field position. Twice we started with the ball inside our 10-yard line. We couldn't move the ball much in the first half."
For Heritage, which ends its season with a 4-6 record, the future looks promising.
"It's always tough to lose, but only one team is happy at the end of the season," Heritage coach Mike Griebel said. "We're very excited about the future. Our freshman team finished the year undefeated and we've got a lot of talented kids in the program, so the future is bright for us."
Griebel said that losing the dynamic Carlson (he had 32 yards rushing and 26 passing at the time of the injury) was a crippling blow.
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Gus Nemechek had four catches for 106 yards for Heritage, while defensively Nate Novotny had 12 tackles and Jon Wilson added 11.


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I'm building a multiplayer game and I'm using Ruby on Rails to build my lobby server, which registers/unregisters active game servers (IP & Port). When someone loads my game, the game will query my Lobby Server for the list of active game servers they can join. The player can either join a game in the list or create a new game server and wait for people to join. Again, the only information I need to allow a player to join an existing game server is the IP and Port of the game server. This all works fine when running on the same LAN, but it breaks when the server is behind a NAT device because the IP and Port of the server isn't accessible by computers outside the NAT.
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If so, how can I get the IP and Port of the NAT device? If not, what information do I need to implement a NAT Punch Through solution using Ruby on Rails?
Thanks so much for your wisdom!
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Closed Goodyear plant benefited from $1.2 million in funds
The Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. plant closed in Goodyear last week, but it's worth noting how much taxpayer money went into landing the company nearly three years ago. A development agreement with the city gave the China-based solar-panel manufacturer $500,000 for job training. The city also waived $155,000 in permit fees. Suntech received $500,000 in federal funds from a Manufacturing Energy-Efficiency Grant Assistance program, a one-time program created by state commerce officials with money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Lastly, Suntech took in as much as $66,000 in state Enterprise Zone tax credits for hiring 22 employees. The maximum incentive is $3,000 per qualified employment position. The company claimed 22 first-year jobs in 2011, but did not report any credits after the original filing, an Arizona Commerce Authority spokeswoman said. Whether Suntech received the maximum amount allowed is unknown because it is confidential taxpayer information, according to the commerce spokeswoman. All told, Suntech received more than $1.2 million in federal, state and city financial and tax incentives. Suntech's largest subsidiary declared bankruptcy days after the March 12 announcement the plant would close, resulting in the layoff of 43 workers. Goodyear officials went over its agreement carefully to determine if it could try to get some of its money back. City Council members even met privately to discuss the issue. In the end, the city determined Suntech fulfilled all the specifics in the contract, a city spokesman said. Goodyear agreed to give the job training dollars to Suntech after a state workforce training program lost funding is fiscal year 2009, said Harry Paxton, Goodyear economic development manager. To receive the job credits, the company had to hire at least 50 employees in 24 months. Goodyear agreed to provide incentive for up to 77 employees. The company employed 108 at its height of operations. "In terms of job requirements, they exceeded it for most of the time," Paxton said. "The last few months they fell a little bit below 50 (employees)." The city also studied whether Suntech lived up to the contract in terms of how long the Goodyear plant operated. The city expected the plant to be open at least three years. Suntech opened in October 2010, leaving it about 6 months shy of the three years promised in the agreement.
Evolution of bullying & helping Generation Z
Picture this: A student comes home after school and switches on the computer. He or she logs onto Facebook and sees they've been tagged in an unflattering picture. Other students from the same school have commented on the picture. Maybe a girl on the cheer squad called them fat, the boy who sits next to them in English class made disparaging remarks about their sexuality or other students chimed with more insults. Welcome to cyberbullying: where schoolyard taunts are no longer confined to school grounds. Just as computers, phones, and tablets have evolved, so has modern-day bullying. Now it can happen at home, 24 hours a day. All a kid needs is a smartphone or computer, which most have. Schools are scrambling to keep up with the evolution of bullying and teach students how to recognize it, while trying to deal with bullying behavior. But, it's hard to discipline students when incidents happen on weekends or after school on someone's private computer or cell phone. Check out this story to see the challenges schools face when dealing with cyberbullying. As teachers, parents and especially as students -- what can you do, when you're the victim of cyberbullying? Brian Collier, a counselor at the Cartwright School District in Phoenix, deals with those challenges first hand. "It is coming up more times than any other bullying situation at my school," Collier said. He said bullies feel anonymous behind the keyboard and they aren't easily held accountable. He developed series of tips to help his students cope with and report online bullying. He and his wife developed a game available to parents and school districts here, to teach Generation Z and their parents about online safety. We'll be talking to Collier and other experts anti-bullying today on Twitter and Facebook at 1 p.m. Join the discussion by following @EddiTrevizo or azcentral.com's FB page.
Goodyear man makes appearance on Leno
Goodyear resident and real-estate agent Mike Drefs was guest on the "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Thursday, March 21. During a segment called "Meal or No Meal," Drefs and two others were invited to demonstrate their special talents. Three comedians judged the acts to determine if contestants should be awarded a free meal. Drefs followed a 17-year-old from Boulder, Colo. who clapped her elbows together in a strange bird wing-like way. She was awarded a streak dinner. Drefs was interviewed briefly by Leno before bouncing a golf ball on the face of a sand wedge about 30 times. Leno and the judges didn't seem too excited. "Don't guys do that at the golf course a lot," Leno said. One judge called the act impressive and said skier Lindsey Vonn might want Dref's number. Vonn is dating golfer Tiger Woods. The judge voted to give Dref's the meal. A second judge did not want to award a free meal because he said he thought golf was boring already. The last judge said he wanted to award Dref's the free meal but he wanted more pizzazz. "Maybe like a cute golfer's outfit, like little knickers," he said. In the end, Leno did slyly award Drefs with dinner for four and Arizona Diamondbacks tickets. Drefs, who has lived in West Valley for 17 years, was selected because in 1985 he held the record for bouncing a golf ball on the end of a golf ball 1,192 times, according to the book "Firsts, Facts, Feats & Failures in the World of Golf." A clip from the show can be seen here: http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/meal-or-no-meal/n34101/
Stealing the signs of the times
It's election season in Goodyear and City Council candidates want it remembered that anyone messing with their political signs will not be tolerated. A spokesman called to say the City Hall-types are noticing an uptick in campaign signs being stolen. Seems we hear this every election, don't we? In any event, signs near Litchfield Road and Avalon Drive, Estrella Parkway and Vineyard Avenue and Bullard Avenue and Yuma Road have gone missing. Removing or defacing signs is illegal . It's a criminal penalty under state law and those caught and convicted can face up to four months in prison, up to a $750 fine, or both. Drawing fake mustaches with Sharpies on the faces of those pictured on the signs will also get you in trouble.
Schools try to prevent shootings, can't predict
The mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. has made schools more vigilant about safety, but chilling news about a teen who brought a loaded gun to Dysart High School underscores a big challenge districts face: the unknown.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly threatened another student with the gun at a bus stop, took the weapon on a school bus and brought it to school. No one was hurt. The student was arrested after school, far away from campus, after he got off a school bus. (Read the story here) (Press release here)
Luckily, we won't ever know if the teen would have followed through with his alleged threats.
The student at the bus stop, a 14-year-old boy, was so frightened he stayed home to avoid the armed teen, said Jim Dean, a spokesman for the Dysart Unified School District.
"Staff were concerned that the student didn't come to school. Sheriff's deputies were asked to do a welfare check," Dean said.
Thanks to the frightened boy who reported the incident, officials made an arrest. Without that student, who would have guessed a gun-toting 16-year-old might be sitting in class, eating at a cafeteria or riding on a bus, surrounded by his peers?
In the weeks following the tragic shooting of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook, schools have been under increasing pressure to make campuses safer.
Pressure to keep strangers off school grounds. Pressure for cash-strapped schools to pay for additional security cameras, radios, alarm-systems, police officers on campus, gates and safety doors. (Check out some costs here)
Schools can scrutinize, upgrade, rebuild and purchase safety equipment, but they can't predict the future. They can't watch all of the volunteers, teachers, janitors, cooks and students walking through their doors. They can't read minds.
Concerned parents should rest assured that student safety is a top priority for the Dysart district, despite unpredictable events, like Tuesday.
The Dysart Unified School District is spending thousands of dollars renovating front offices to control access to school buildings. Visitors are screened before they can enter a campus. School officials are considering panic-button alarm systems that would lock safety-doors and help prevent threats from accessing buildings filled with kids. That's in addition to the security guards and police officers already at high school campuses.
Next week, district officials will make sure young students know what to do during emergencies. High school students will visit kindergarteners in eight Dysart schools to teach them some basic skills including evacuation drills, safety planning, how to call 911, stranger danger, water safety, CPR, and dealing with bullies.
"We're trying to provide the safest environment possible for our students," Dean said
Blinking yellow traffic signals debuted in Peoria
Left-hand turns at traffic lights can be tricky for drivers, but new traffic gizmos are perplexing too. Some motorists making a left turn at the Thunderbird Road and 75th Avenue this week stared unmoving in the left turn lane as they tried to decipher what to do with a blinking yellow arrow. A sign above the traffic light explains it: Proceed left with caution. The blinking yellow turn signals made a Peoria debut at the intersection last week. The signals already are used in many states, and locally in Scottsdale, Gilbert and Mesa, Peoria Traffic Engineer Jamal Rahimi said. Rahimi said studies have shown accident rates at intersections that use the flashing yellow lights have dropped 20 to 50 percent. Here's how the lights work: At most so-called protected/permissive stoplights, left turns are allowed on a green arrow, then on a green light once traffic is clear. With the new system, the signal transitions from a green arrow to a flashing yellow arrow. "People know what flashing yellow means. It means caution," Rahimi said. "It's almost engrained in their conscious that that's what it means, as opposed to a green ball." A yellow signal connotes caution more than a steady green signal, he said. City traffic staff has watched the intersection a few times since the flashing yellow arrows came on. About 90 percent of drivers know what to do, Rahimi said. "We were impressed at how many people are getting it right away and are doing what they are supposed to do," he said. "There are occasional drivers where they are hesitating and the one behind him reminds him that he can go." The city put in the first of the lights at 75th Avenue and Thunderbird Road primarily because the intersection is already under construction and the signals needed to be replaced. "It wasn't really (an additional) cost to us," he said. Replacing the signals at a typical large intersection costs about $350,000 to $400,000, he said. Three more intersections — Lake Pleasant and Beardsley roads, 83rd and Peoria avenues and Peoria Avenue and Cotton Crossing — should be outfitted with flashing yellow arrows by June. The intersection of Lake Pleasant and West Wing parkways is next on the list. For more information, call Rahimi at 623-773-7224 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. — Allie Seligman
Jamison could push Coyotes purchase to final minute
Prospective Phoenix Coyotes owner Greg Jamison has until 11:59 p.m. Thursday to purchase the team from the NHL to make good on his end of a lucrative arena management agreement with Glendale. Jamison can push the deal to the final minute, because the deal does not specify that he has to complete the purchase by any particular time, city attorney Craig Tindall said this afternoon. "It says Jan. 31st. I mean, it's not defined that definitively. We didn't really see a need to do that," Tindall said. "There's nothing in there that would dictate that it's 5 o'clock or midnight or whatever." And since the agreement was written in Arizona, Jamison has until the end of the day Arizona time to complete the purchase, he said. One question that arises is whether anyone will be around to receive any news Jamison has to offer late into the night. "I'm not going to be here at 11:59," said Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers. "To me, it seems like it would be the close of the business day. Wouldn't you think? I don't think Craig's going to be down here at 11:59 either." Glendale officials have been reviewing the nuances of the deal because the deadline looms. If the former San Jose Sharks president and CEO buys the Coyotes by the deadline, he will be paid an average of $15 million a year for 20 years to book non-hockey events at Jobing.com Arena. If he misses the deadline, it will be up to the Glendale City Council to consider whether to grant him an extension or another deal altogether. That could be problematic because four members of the seven-member council that agreed to the existing deal have since left office. Weiers, who is one of the new members, opposes the current agreement with Jamison. "If he can make the thing happen, we'll do everything we can to make it work. If he can't, we're certainly going to be going in a different direction," Weiers said. To further complicate matters, there is no provision in the city agreement that spells out exactly how Jamison or the NHL would notify or prove to city officials that the purchase has indeed been completed, Tindall said. "I don't think the NHL would indicate to us that they have sold one of their franchises unless they consider it to have been sold," Tindall said. "I can't imagine that they would answer that question, unless they were certain that they had a sale." The easiest option, of course, would be for Jamison and the NHL to notify Glendale officials that the team has been sold, and for Jamison to sign the arena-management deal before the close of business Thursday, Tindall said. As a practical matter though, Jamison could complete the purchase with the NHL by the deadline to meet the terms of the agreement with the city, then sign the arena-management deal a day or two later, the attorney said. Jamison could not be reached by The Arizona Republic for comment today. He previously said he was working to complete the purchase before the deadline and that he would have an announcement one way or the other today or Thursday. Coyotes and NHL officials said today they had no updates on the matter. -- Paul Giblin
Coyotes announcement due this week, Jamison says
Prospective Phoenix Coyotes owner Greg Jamison told The Arizona Republic on Monday that he expects to complete his purchase of the team on Wednesday or Thursday this week, just ahead of a crucial deadline associated with Jobing.com Arena in Glendale. (Special note to Seattle and Canadian hockey fans who were hoping to snare a vagabond Coyotes franchise: Insert your curses in either English or French here.) Jamison needs to buy the team from the NHL by Thursday to secure a 20-year deal with the city to use and manage the 17,250-seat arena. The deal will pay him about $15 million a year to book concerts and non-hockey events into the facility. If he blows the deadline, the agreement will vanish. Jamison vowed that he'll meet the deadline. "There's a lot happening. We're moving forward. There will be an announcement before the end of the week," Jamison said Monday morning. Really? An announcement this week? "Yes, there will. There certainly will," he said. The former CEO of the San Jose Sharks franchise declined to explain the cause of the seemingly slow progress of negotiations with the NHL to purchase the team. "The deadline is the 31st, right? We're working toward that," Jamison said. "There are a lot of moving parts. It's very difficult to explain how many moving parts there are to put it all together. Rather than constantly going into that with people – people are a little tired of hearing that – I think they would just prefer to have an announcement, one way or the other, at an appropriate time," he said. No doubt that Jamison will be asked again about the seemingly slow progress when he makes his announcement, one way or the other, later his week. Meanwhile, NHL and Coyotes team officials told the Republic on Monday morning that they have no updates concerning the sale. Glendale city officials did not immediately return calls seeking comment. A lot can change in a day. Here's where the story stood on Sunday. – Paul Giblin
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Glendale's City Council members still were getting to know each other Tuesday during their first regular meeting since the new mayor and three other new members were sworn in last week. There were a few long awkward moments as they shuffled papers and pushed through a mostly benign slate of agenda items. At one point during Tuesday's meeting, Mayor Jerry Weiers good naturedly corrected a speaker on the pronunciation of his name. Weiers said his name is pronounced "Wires." Holdover Councilwoman Yvonne Knaack similarly reminded those in attendance that her name is pronounced "Kan-ack." Earlier, Weiers and a couple of others mispronounced her name as "Nack" or something close to that. People seemed to have an easier time with the names of the other new members – Sam Chavira, Ian Hugh and Gary Sherwood. – Paul Giblin (which is pronounced Gib-lynn)
The mayor's office gets a new look
Walk into Jerry Weiers office on the fourth floor of Glendale City Hall and there is little doubt a new mayor is in town. When Elaine Scruggs moved out after 20 years in office, Weiers moved in with elk head mounts and custom-made artwork inspired by the wilderness. Three elk heads, mounted to the maroon walls, encircle guests who step in to the common room. A couch and an arm chair congregate around a coffee table displaying a tilted log, dug into with a knife and accentuated with a small antler. Sculpted wild animals line shelves. Think hunting lodge. "I work best when I'm comfortable and I don't like talking over a desk," Weiers said. "People come in here to talk with me they've got something important to say and I want to feel comfortable and at ease and I think this room does that." Weiers says he designed his office to reflect his interest in hunting and conservation. He'll "hunt anything" he is permitted to in Arizona and sometimes in out-of-state trips. With his new post, however, he says he expects to have less free time to venture out. Caitlin McGlade


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Chekan, Christopher
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- LL.M. Indiana University '95
- J.D. University of Detroit Mercy Canadian Lawyers Program '93
- LL.B. University of Western Ontario, Faculty of Law '92
- B.A. University of Michigan '88
Currently with McTavish LLP, Professor Chekan represents clients in civil and criminal litigation in both the United States and Canada. He represents companies, individuals, and governments regarding all kinds of civil claims, including intellectual property, product liability, construction, competition, libel and slander, contracts, sales of goods, securities, labor and employment and all matters of crime, including felonies, misdemeanors and summary conviction offenses.
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The Historical Society President Evelyn Huntsman welcomed everyone and introduced the program. She announced that an Emery County Chapter was being started to preserve the memory of the Old Spanish Trail.
For entertainment Tina Cordner of Huntington sang a musical number titled "I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart".
Dottie Grimes introduced Tom McCourt from Price as the featured speaker for the evening. She said, When he worked as a young lad in Nine Mile Canyon for the Nutter Ranch he found many sites containing Indian rock art. Because of these finds he developed a great interest in the study of archaeology. McCourt has written several books centered around cowboy life and what he has learned about Utah outlaws.
McCourt said, "I have always wanted to write, but didn't until I lost my job at the coal mine, when the Willow Creek mine blew up. I had an office job and I was too young to retire. My wife however encouraged me to fulfill my dream of writing books. Since then, I have written half a dozen books and this latest one is very special to me, because I had spent time with my grandparents, as a child in the area where Cass Hite lived.
"The book I have written is called "The King of the Colorado." This is a story about Cass Hite, Utah's legendary explorer, prospector and pioneer. If any of you have been down to Lake Powell, you know about the old Hite Ferry the Hite Marina and the old town of Hite."
McCourt said, "When I was little boy. I spent a lot of time down in Cass Hite's White Canyon with my grandparents. I've always been interested in archaeology, anthropology, and the Indians in that area. A lot of my information comes from White Canyon at the top end of Glen Canyon, which is down on the desert between Hanksville, and Lake Powell. My grandfather used to take us camping there near a spring. While we camped. I was able to explore several pictographs, one of which appeared to be an Indian painting of a woman and a dog on a rock wall. I also found the signature of Cass Hite on a rock wall high above the river.
"My grandparents, during the 1950s were in the uranium business. My maternal grandfather's name was Jon Lauren Winn," said McCourt.
He then showed the group a slide of his family at Temple Mountain, where his grandfather was digging for uranium. After his grandfather's mine lease ran out in 1951 or 1952, he got a job at the uranium mill in White Canyon located near Dandy Crossing and across the river from where Cass Hite's home had been.
"While my grandfather and uncle went to work in the uranium mill, my grandmother went to work running a boarding house. My brother and I went exploring. Grandmother cooked three meals a day for 75 to 80 men. Many of the people working at the mill lived in tarpaper shacks and most of the men working there were World War II ex-soldiers.
"At one time there was a ferry that was used to cross the river at Hite. The ferry was pulled back and forth by an old model A Ford. This ferry operated during the 1950s and early 1960," said McCourt.
He showed photos of the old ferry, the old uranium mill, Cass Hite and his cabin.
"On the east side of the canyon above the town of Hite on a rocky ledge there rested an old Indian fort made of rocks. My brother and I explored there often. The crumbling fort was originally 20 feet square and 12 feet high. There were a large number of pioneer names written on a huge flat sand stone rock at the base of this rock fort. Indian granaries could be seen under the hill below the fort. All of this is now under about 100 feet of water held back by Glen Canyon Dam.
"Lewis Cass Hite was born March 3, 1845 in Marion, Ill. The family later moved to a place near St. Louis, Mo. When Cass was 21, he went west to seek his fortune. He spent a few years prospecting along the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers in Montana and Wyoming and the Salmon River in Idaho. Because he didn't like the cold weather of the Rocky Mountains he moved back to Missouri and then on to Utah. In Utah, Cass explored along the Colorado River and around the White Canyon from 1879 to 1914. He also did some gold prospecting in the Uintah Mountains.
"Cass started out in 1879 prospecting on the San Juan River. That is where he learned about the lost Mitchell and Merrick silver mine. From this incident Cass Hite learned the Navajo Indians had silver on the Indian Reservation.
"The story is that two adventurers, Ernest Mitchell and James Merrick were crossing the Indian reservation where they shouldn't have been, and they found a silver mine. They then returned home with some of that silver. However when they went back to get more silver, they were killed by the Navajo Indians.
"Cass Hite became very interested in finding that silver mine of the Navajo Indians. Cass gathered a group of men and started out into the Indian Reservation. They were almost caught and killed by the Indians on their first venture into the reservation. Gathering some more information about Navajo customs Cass decided he would visit the Indian encampment and meet with their Chief Hoskininni. As a result, Cass spent nearly two years living with the Navajo. Cass Hite was given the Indian name of Hosteen Pish-la-ki and became a blood brother to the Chiefs son Hoskininni Begay.
"Near the end of Cass's stay with the Indians he told the chief that he wanted to find silver and bring riches to the tribe. The chief told him I knew why you were here and I will not tell you where to find the silver. If you will leave this alone, I will show you where to find gold that was once mined by the Iron Hat Mexicans on your side of the river. Hoskininni then showed Cass where there were several old Spanish gold mines. The Indians also showed Cass a good place to cross the Colorado River. He named this crossing the Dandy Crossing. There were sandbars in the river at this crossing, thus giving a person on horseback or a wagon crossing the river a place to rest before going the rest of the way. This was considered a friendly river crossing.
"As soon as Cass was shown where the Spanish had been mining Cass took his gold pan and started checking out these mines. Sure enough, he found gold there and that is how he came to settle there by the river. He put his first claim stake in at Dandy Crossing and staked a large number of mining claims along the river. "Cass knew the Dandy Crossing was a key to the whole area and set up his headquarters there. It was 100 miles to the next river crossing. Anyone with a wagon wanting to cross the river had to cross at Dandy Crossing. There were river crossings at Lee's ferry and another at Moab. The railroad bridge was built at Green River in 1883. This crossing had flat land on both sides of the river and no steep cliffs to contend with. Dandy River Crossing gave Cass the ability to find out who was in the country and who was passing through. Cass started a little store and got a post office and that is when the town of Hite came to be," said McCourt.
A photo of Cass's house was shown and at one time there were five or six cabins at Hite.
"Cass was staking mining claims up and down that river for hundreds of miles. He was staking all of the gravel bars. He actually started a gold rush down in Glen Canyon. When Cass took his gold to town the public found out that he was getting gold from the Colorado River. Two of his brothers were invited to come from Missouri to help him sell mining claims. His brother John ran the store, took care of the farm, the garden and the orchard. His brother Homer worked the gold claims. There were placer mining using sluice boxes and pans. Several men were employed to work the mining equipment.
"Tens of thousands of dollars worth of gold was taken off of the river, but it cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars to get it. Most of Cass Hite's gold mines were in other people's minds. That may be how he came to become a hermit down there. He may have been hiding out from the investors, to whom he had sold shares in his gold mines.
"Cass had a big colt revolver and was known to be quick on the draw. He cut the 7-inch barrel down to 1-inch. He put the gun in a 7-inch holster. He became very proficient with the gun and would whip the gun up and shoot through the end of the holster. Cass later spent a year in the Utah State prison for killing a man in Green River. The Emery County attorney said it was justifiable homicide.
"Cass was proud of his Indian name and often signed his name as Hosteen Pish la ki. Hosteen means Mister and Pish la ki means white metal or silver. The Navajo's called him Mister Silver and he loved that name.
Cass Hite died in 1914 at Ticaboo, Utah at the age of 69," said McCourt.
The following is a brief summary of some of the events in the life of Cass Hite. If you would like to read more about this interesting Western character, the book is available from Tom McCourt of Price.
Cass Hite discovered Utah's Natural Bridges National Monument, explored the wilderness of Glen Canyon and the San Juan River drainage, lived among the Navajos as an adopted son of Chief Hoskininni, found and named the Dandy Crossing of the Colorado River, searched for The Lost Mitchel and Merrick Silver Mine in Monument Valley, worked old Spanish gold mines along the Colorado River, inspired the Glen Canyon gold rush, founded the town of Hite, served time in prison for killing a man in a classic Old West gunfight, buried the victims of the Indian fight at Soldier Crossing, searched for The Lost Rhodes Mine and found gold in the Uintah mountains, became a high-roller socialite in Salt Lake City, lived his golden years as a hermit in hidden Ticaboo Canyon and sleeps for ever beneath the waters of Lake Powell.
Parts of this article were taken from the book King Of The Colorado, The Story of Cass Hite written by Tom McCourt, published by Tom McCourt 2012.


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What started as a hobby in the early '70s became a full time business ten years later. Primarily a collector with a passion for buying, I realized I needed an outlet. F.F.B. Antiques & Decorative Accessories has been part of antique collectives from San Francisco to Beverly Hills. Currently, we display at antique shows from California to Texas and work closely with a handful of local decorators. Hopefully, we can help you find that treasure you are looking for!


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You Can Have Strawberries All Summer Long
If I had to pick one fruit as my favorite (thank goodness, I don't!), it just might be the strawberry. Specifically, I love the wild strawberries that used to grow along the railroad tracks near my childhood home, but they're like peas - you have to pick hundreds of them before you really have enough to eat or use in recipes. Can't beat that wild strawberry flavor though.
For years, we grew a June-bearing variety of strawberries, but when you love them as much as I do, one picking of berries just isn't enough. So this year, we're making entirely new raised beds and we're trying a different kind of strawberry. We're planting a day-neutral variety.
There are three types of strawberries: June-bearing, everbearing and day-neutral. The first produces fruit for two to three weeks in June and then they're done. Everbearing strawberries will produce two to three crops throughout the summer and day-neutral plants bear berries intermittently all summer. June-bearing produces lots of runners and the fruit is generally larger than the other two types, which don't produce many runners.
There are varieties that can be grown in just about all zones in the U.S., from zone 3 to zone 10. Be sure to check the tag. They are typically planted in the spring, making sure they are sited in full sun and have good drainage.
With all types, it's recommended to remove the blossoms and runners for the first year, although blossoms can be left after July 1 to mature into fruit on day-neutral and everbearing plants. The idea behind this is to allow the plants to focus their energy on growing strong roots and parent plants, which means there will be better fruit production.
Strawberry plants produce best in the first three years. They tend to decline every year after that, so it's advisable to replant new runners or new plants and get rid of older plants to keep your strawberry bed working to its best potential. This is the same for all varieties.
According to NutritionData.com, a cup of strawberries provides 149 percent of your recommended daily allowance of Vitamin C! They're also high in folate, potassium and manganese, and provide 12 percent of our dietary fiber recommendation.
Strawberries are one of my favorite snacks and one of the few that I love that's actually good for me!


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HIGHLANDS RANCH - Lexy Thorderson comes from a family of basketball players.
The 6-foot junior at Rock Canyon is carrying on a family tradition as the youngest of four sisters who have played high school basketball in the Highlands Ranch area.
Eric Thorderson played basketball at Wayne State. He was a girls assistant coach at Highlands Ranch for three years and is in his fourth season as an assistant with the Rock Canyon girls program.
Ali and Abby Thorderson played at Highlands Ranch and were on one of the Falcons' state championship team. Both went on to play basketball at Weber State.
Chole Thorderson graduated last spring from Rock Canyon where she lettered in basketball. She is now attending Utah State.
"I watched all three of my sisters play," said Lexy Thorderson. "I went to all the games. I played with Chole but I was pretty young so I didn't play with my older sisters.
"Now days if they all come home, we play a little bit."
Eric Thorderson moved his family from Detroit when Lexy was 2 years old.
"Lexy has probably seen more games than most kids because we'd take her to games when she was 2-years-old," Eric Thorderson said. "When we moved here Ann Strother was playing. Lexy has been totally submerged in the girls basketball culture. She understands the game fairly well."
Thorderson considers himself a lucky father.
"Obviously having four daugthers, I know other families with four daughters," he said. "I say, you know what, I could have been going to ballet or swimming. I just happened to get lucky and they wanted to play basketball and it's something that I love."
Lexy Thorderson, who tore her ACL the summer before her sophomore season and was slowed by the injury during the 2011-12 campaign, is scoring at a 15.6 clip this season for Rock Canyon, a team that is fifth in Class 5A rankings.
She is averaging 5.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.7 steals.
"Coming off a torn ACL last year, I think it's motivating me more to come back and show I can play this year," said Lexy.
Rock Canyon coach Robbie Ballard has watched Lexy mature.
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Ballard claims that it has been fun to coach Lexy.
"I have coached Lexy since she was a sixth grader so I have had the opportunity to see her grow as a person and player," said Ballard. "In coaching it is said that it is always easiest to coach the kids that are most like you as a player and Lexy is certainly that to me.
"Growing up in a basketball family, she has the basketball IQ and has watched and played a lot over the years. She is the leader of our team and I am very proud of her effort this year. This is the best Rock Canyon team we have had and it has a lot to do with Lexy."


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Skip to comments.CIA Director Petraeus resigns, admits extra-marital affair
Posted on 11/09/2012 5:24:27 PM PST by BCW
CIA Director David Petraeus resigned as head of the leading U.S. spy agency on Friday, saying he had engaged in an extramarital affair and acknowledging he "showed extremely poor judgment."
In a letter to the CIA workforce, Petraeus, 60, said he met with President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday and asked "to be allowed, for personal reasons, to resign from my position."
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Just tell us how long this has been going on.
Subpoena, subpoena, subpoena! Do not let this pathetic, cowardly Obamaneuver prevent Patraeus from testifying. Haul his a** up to Capital Hill and wring the truth out of him.
What a coincidence!
So, he cannot be called for questioning about Benghazi now?
Obama needs to be IMPEACHED!
Sean I hate to tell you this, but that investigation will be run by Tom Sawyer, one of the greatest whitewashers in history.
We will get no truth from Congress.
Well, now we'll have plenty of time.
Betraeus. Then run away like a little chickensh!+ POS. Strip him of everything. Take it all. Paint him bright yellow and make him roam the earth, homeless, penniless, until the end of his days.
Hmmm... Hopefully he got sick of the blackmail that was going on to keep him shut up. Perhaps coming right out and admitting it was a way to make it stop ? Probably wishful thinking.
Oh, he can be compelled to testify, via subpoena, if the Pubs have the nerve to do it!
Petraeus was dead to me after he attacked our right of Freedom of Speech
Please...don't mistake anything I might say for optimism over getting to the truth.....
Isn't it really ironic that, back under Bush, the Dims used the "Betrayus" in that NYT ad unfairly and undeservedly -— and now, it looks like it might actually fit!
Interesting that Hillary, Patreaus and Panetta, all the youtube video liars, who tried to cover up the true nature of the Libian murders, are stepping down as Congress gears up for it's investigation.
They were all involved in putting the radical Muslim Brotherhood in power in the Middle East. That means they helped Dear Reader set up the bomb and now are evacuating before it blows up in Israel's lap and they are called upon by House to lie some more.
Since when do Dems care about men whoring around behind their wives' backs? They proved their sluthood when they donned kneepads for BJ Clinton. So I think the general is hightailing it to help in the cover-up ongoing around Libya and arms running to Al Queda rebels in Syria.
The second term of this foreigner is going to be... I can only think of cuss words.
2. Jarrett says "you either lie to congress or Ill tell the world about your affair
3.Patraeus resigns and tells the world he had an affair.
4. He now has no gun to his head and can still be called to testify and will.
If he did this just so he could avoid having to testify before Congress, then he has forfeited his place in Valhalla and knows it. I'm hoping that he did this so that he could testify. Let's see what happens.
1. Petraeus was going to spill the beans and do the honorable thing and tell the truth about what happened at Benghazi. 0bama gave him a choice, resign or end up like Jimmy Hoffa.
2. Petraeus refused to cover for Hussein and the Beast, so he resigned and may avoid testifying.
3. Petraeus refuses to serve under a traitor like 0bama, so he resigns.
4. 0bama can't risk anyone with a shred of honor being in that position, and now he has "more flexibility" and the purge has begun, so 0bama can consolidate his dictatorial powers.
There is so much fraud and deceit surrounding 0bama and his regime, there's absolutely no way I'm taking their explanation at face value.
He has less protection now, right? As a civilian, they could call him now, right?
Never! I don't trust the man at all. I'm suspecting more and more these election results. Mitt Romney was far from my choice (actually he was second from last)as the nominee but I'm thinking more and more that he was cheated BIG TIME and legally won.
I do NOT trust Obama.
You make good points but no surprise about Hillary stepping down. It was known she was only on for his first term since 2009 or 2010. I think it was discussed here back then and many suggested it would be to prepare for her "2016 campaign".
Petraeus or anybody who has serious info regarding Benghazi-
gate needs to document their info and protect it in every way
possible. It may serve as a life insurance policy down the road.
Oh, there was already blackmail going on....by the Democrats. Petraeus had this affair while he was still in the Army. I guarantee you, the minute that some FBI Agent walked out of some Colonel's office who served with Petraeus in Afghanistan, that Colonel would have been high-tailing it to some gas station to call Petraeus and tell him, "Boss, the FBI was here and they asked me questions about your relationship with that reporter." Petraeus has known for some time that he was under investigation. Obama didn't even have to threaten him. He'd just look at Petraeus and smile and say, "Dave. How are things with your wife?" Petraeus is smart enough to know that Holder would have been read in on this and reported it to Obama. Also, since this affair happened while Petraeus was on Active Duty, I believe they could call him back to Active Duty and threaten to court martial him. Yep, adultery is still a punishable offense. You really have to have one of the parties admit it, but I'm sure they could reduce him a couple of stars without much problem. Petraeus would probably be happy to get off with just that. Want to know if he's really in trouble? See if they bring him back on Active Duty or threaten it.
The big question is will he do Viagra commercials like Dole?
I absolutely believe this election was a fraud...watch Florida and what Alan West does....if he doesn't get a recount that means the fix was in.
I think every republican congressman and senator who lost should be asking for a recount. Is it too late for Romney to ask?
There is no doubt that the FBI and others knew about the relationship. 4 Star Generals have a lot of handlers and security. They knew who was with the General every minute of the day. These people are all Top Secret cleared and have their own security clearances to worry about..so when asked..they must tell the truth to FBI. My guess is that other journalists knew about the relationship.
Affairs weren't secrets in Afghanistan..just too many watchers.
There is no doubt that the FBI and others knew about the relationship. 4 Star Generals have a lot of handlers and security. They knew who was with the General every minute of the day. These people are all Top Secret cleared and have their own security clearances to worry about..so when asked..they must tell the truth to FBI. My guess is that other journalists knew about the relationship.
Affairs weren't secrets in Afghanistan..just too many watchers.
As *I* recall, it was Sens Clinton, Reid, Obama , et al who took out the full-page ad in the NYT calling him "General Betray-us" *before* the surge in Iraq happened. That he later worked with these same people had *me* questioning the clarity of his judgement THEN.
He willingly served under Obama knowing how Obama felt about him personally, and about his missions. He should have refused SECDEF from the start, were his integrity as high as many here assumed it was...
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Back And Forth About Wilson
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February 26 2012 12:57PM
"I hate each and every one of you media dirtbags"
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If there's any doubt right now about whether the Leafs are in free-fall mode, there shouldn't be. This is the definition of plummeting. The team is torpedoing down through the standings, and right now it's the goaltenders who are rightfully taking a lot of the heat.
But now, as expected, the head coach is taking his fair share as well. Whether it's warranted or not is still up in the air, and will be debated over by many in the next few days until either (a) Wilson is canned, or (b) the Leafs turn this thing around.
Personally, I'm undecided on what I think should happen with the head coaching job in Toronto right now. While many have chosen to pick a side, I'm not sure I can say for sure whether the Leafs should rid themselves of Wilson or just stand pat and let things carry on. But regardless, there are certainly two sides to be explored here.
In the realm of pro-Wilson - which is losing residents at an alarming rate - it can be argued that the head coach has still yet to have a solid team on the ice, and many of his problems lie in brutal goaltending; basically something he cannot control. Fair enough.
From my own view, one of the things that would bother me about being in Wilson's position is that he's sort of handcuffed in terms of his own roster. Since Burke has failed in some recent signings - mainly Komisarek and Armstrong's 7.5 million dollar pressbox salaries - Wilson has been put in a tough spot from time to time when trying to get the right group of guys on the ice. He has to deal with guys being pissed off about whether they believe they should be playing, as was evidenced earlier this season when he had that little media spat with Cody Franson. It's hard to have sympathy for super-rich athletes and coaches in that type of situation, but it still makes things tough - players want to play, and whether it's in the media or not, you know the guy who sits isn't pleased.
Another pro-Wilson argument would quickly point out the successes of players like Kulemin, Grabovski, and MacArthur who have all, at one point, found new levels to their game during his tenure. Luke Schenn used to be part of that group but we're unsure what to think about him at the moment (same can be said for Kulemin I guess, but he's lower profile). Most recently, Jake Gardiner has been given a boatload of responsibility despite his young age, and it's good that Wilson recognizes his skills, so one could point to that in a "Save Wilson" campaign as well.
In the "Fire Wilson" party there are a lot of folks who will point to the penalty-kill woes, the lacking defensive system that may be burying the Leafs' own defencemen and goaltenders, and a dearth of communication between player and coach. Wilson has been criticized in the past for not being a "player's coach", so his detractors could load that one up in their arsenal.
I'm not saying either side is right or wrong, and there are solid arguments from both.
For me, personally, it comes down to this; I could really care less if Wilson gets fired, and I won't complain if he stays around for the next twenty games either. But I will say that, if Wilson should get the hook, it's because the Leafs simply need to try something new. It isn't that he's a disastrous coach or he killed this team -- the Leafs are still a bubble team on paper -- it just may be time to see if something else works better.
There's no doubt that Wilson absolutely has to be fired for this reason should the Leafs miss the playoffs, and I'll revisit with a Fire Wilson article of my own at season's end. If he's let go before that, perhaps the best route would be to keep Scott Gordon around in the interim and then make a decision on Gordon, Eakins, Carlyle, or whoever else's name may pop up in the summer months.
Through all of this, whether you're on the "Fire Wilson" team or not, it's only right that these questions are being raised at least.
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February 26 2012, 01:59PM
I agree that if he's gonna go, it's not necssarily because it is all his fault, but because something has to change. One thing about this season is that despite the recent slide, the team is not out of it yet. I suspect the passing of the trade deadline with either something or nothing happening will rejuvenate the team. Then we will see.
I see a couple possibilities.
1) Fire Wilson, put Gordon in for now, and them go with Eakins next year. Maybe a coaching change will shake things up. I think someone did a post on that somewhere.
2) Give Wilson the rope to hang himself. Basically, if the Leafs make the playoffs, he can keep his job. If they don't, next fall, it's Eakins time.
I really want to see Dallas Eakins get a chance to coach this team. He seems like the perfect next fit. But Wilson casts a long shadow.
February 26 2012, 11:52PM
"For me, personally, it comes down to this; I could really care less if Wilson gets fired, and I won't complain if he stays around for the next twenty games either. But I will say that, if Wilson should get the hook, it's because the Leafs simply need to try something new. It isn't that he's a disastrous coach or he killed this team -- the Leafs are still a bubble team on paper -- it just may be time to see if something else works better."
Couldn't agree more.
February 26 2012, 11:54PM
This may not even be in the realm of reality but what about Dougie G? I had a buddy who played for him in Kingston, loved it, spoke highly of him as a coach, granted, that may be in part due to his being a Leaf Fan but still...
Started a Fire Ron Wilson group on facebook. Everyone is welcome to join
February 29 2012, 01:21PM
why not call up the minor league goalie scrivens he could not be any worse, long term make john anderson coach we must that this year the leafs had every chance to make the playoffs will carolina and tampa perform so poorly next season


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An exciting one! A BROWN SNAKE-EAGLE (Circaetus cinereus) has been sighted recently on a regular basis by Mike, Chris and their guests while game driving Long Camp. As yet we don't have a picture to publish for you because the conditions haven't been ideal for photography lately but hopefully Chris will oblige soon! This bird, although a nomad, is way south of its usual range, so as soon as we have the visual proof, the serious "twitchers" in the area will be notified.
Not a common resident at SIBUYA, the buzzard-sized BOOTED EAGLE (Aquila pennatus) has been sighted regularly over the last couple of weeks by Mike and his guests.
An incredible sight was a flock of fourteen TRUMPETER HORNBILLS (Bycanistes bucinator), a couple of beautiful AFRICAN GREEN-PIGEONS (Treron calvus) and some KNYSNA TURACOS (LOURIES) (Tauraco corythaix) all clambering about in an enormous dense COMMON WILD FIG TREE (Ficus burkei) while feasting on ripe figs... what a bonus! At the moment there is an abundance of fruit around as the WILD OLIVE (Olea europaea, sub-species Africana) and a number of other trees are also providing plentiful food for fruit-loving birds. Great sightings are numerous at present.
Great excitement! A SPOTTED HYENA (Crocuta crocuta), which has not been a resident animal at SIBUYA, has appeared in pics taken at night by the RHINO WATCH CAMERAS. This "stranger" has been seen by Bryan and his guests during a late afternoon game drive and is apparently a rather tatty specimen as its missing an ear and the other one looks a bit tattered and torn… obviously the result of a fight!
The newly arrived Spotted Hyena
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