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During the recent Castle Dale City Council meeting, the council approved to sign the interlocal agreement between Castle Valley Special Service District and Castle Dale City regarding the B and C road funds. This agreement states Castle Dale City will give 15 percent of those B and C road funds to the special service district each year. In past years the city has given 90 percent of their B and C funds to the CVSSD every 10 years. These funds are for the maintenance, such as crack sealing and chip sealing of the city streets.
Craig Bunnell, attorney for the special service district wrote this interlocal agreement. CVSSD desires to change the previous policy because they feel this is the best plan for the roads and the cities and towns.
Mayor Neal Peacock said, "The special service district is moving from a construction district to a maintenance district. This new agreement will help the city and the special service district to continue. It is my recommendation for the council to sign this agreement." Mayor Peacock also noted that each year, if the amount of the B and C road funds goes up, the amount Castle Dale will pay will go up, and if the funds go down, the city will pay less.
In the planning and zoning report, Kerry Lake, administrator, reported that Richard Herring, ordinance enforcement officer, has checked on the request from Headquarters to install a propane tank. Herring will continue to talk with other businesses in the area to get their feedback on this request.
Lake also stated the general plan for the city is still under discussion, and NIMS training will be available just prior to the November city council meeting.
Councilman Jeremy Jewkes announced a structural engineer has been hired for the update and remodel project at the fire station. Watson Engineering will complete the work. Jewkes also announced the animal control officer for the city has resigned due to moving out of the area, and the process needs to begin to find a replacement. The process will also begin to make a wording change in the animal control ordinance.
The fall burn window for the city will be Sept. 25-Oct. 24. Burn permits can be picked up at the city office during business hours and are free.
Mayor Peacock reported the juveniles who burned the playground equipment at Cheddar Park have been to court. He attended to make a statement for Castle Dale. The cost to replace the equipment is $49,000 and will be paid for by the juveniles.
Councilperson Kollette Cologie announced plans are underway for the annual Pumpkin Festival to be held near Halloween. There will be a thank you dinner on Sept. 30 for the volunteers who gave of their time to water the flowers around the city during the summer.
Councilman Joel Dorsch reminded everyone to have their list of items to be auctioned at the upcoming city surplus auction. This auction, and the list, will be published prior to the auction.
The next Castle Dale City Council meeting will be held Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. in the city hall building.


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Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. IKE SKELTON (D, MO-4): Pakistan is important to the Middle East and our intentions there. Their cooperation, of course, is so very, very important. This legislation gives economic and democratic development assistance to that country.
Rep. HOWARD BERMAN (D, CA-28): We can't allow al Qaeda or any other terrorist group that threatens our national security to operate with impunity in the tribal regions or any other part of Pakistan. Nor can we permit the Pakistani state and its nuclear arsenal to be taken over by the Taliban. To help prevent this nightmare scenario, we need to forge a true strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, strengthen Pakistan's democrat government, and work to make Pakistan a source of stability in a volatile region.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R, FL-18): This bill focuses on past actions and failures attributed to the Pakistani Government, punishing the new leadership for the sins of its predecessors. While the authors of H.R. 1886 may have sought to empower our Pakistani partners to undertake the formidable task of fighting and winning against violent extremists, it does the opposite. We have gone down this road before. I recall during the Iraq debate, Members sought to prejudge the surge strategy before it could even be implemented. Let us hope that this will not be repeated with respect to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. HOWARD BERMAN (D, CA-28): Integrating India into a global nonproliferation regime is a positive step. Before anyone gets too sanctimonious about India's nuclear weapons program, we should acknowledge that the five recognized nuclear weapons states have not done nearly enough to fulfill their commitments under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, including making serious reductions in their own arsenals, nor in the case of the US in ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. BARBARA LEE (D, CA-9): In withholding my approval, I seek not to penalize the people of India but, rather, to affirm the principle of nuclear nonproliferation. Jettisoning adherence to the international nuclear nonproliferation framework that has served the world so well for more than 30 years, as approval of the agreement before us would do, is just simply unwise. It is also reckless.
Approval of this agreement undermines our efforts to dissuade countries like Iran and North Korea from developing nuclear weapons. By approving this agreement, all we are doing is creating incentives for other countries to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
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The internationalist outlook that served America and the world so well during the second half of the 20th century is under attack from both ends of the political spectrum. As the left has gravitated toward protectionism, many on the right have reverted to "America First" isolationism.
Our leaders should articulate a progressive internationalism based on the new realities of the Information Age: globalization, democracy, American pre-eminence, and the rise of a new array of threats ranging from regional and ethnic conflicts to the spread of missiles and biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. This approach recognizes the need to revamp, while continuing to rely on, multilateral alliances that advance U.S. values and interests.
A strong, technologically superior defense is the foundation for US global leadership. Yet the US continues to employ defense strategies, military missions, and force structures left over from the Cold War, creating a defense establishment that is ill-prepared to meet new threats to our security. The US must speed up the "revolution in military affairs" that uses our technological advantage to project force in many different contingencies involving uncertain and rapidly changing security threats -- including terrorism and information warfare.
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The Arab American Institute has compiled a Scorecard to catalogue the voting record of the 112th Congress on issues of importance to the Arab American community. For the House, we included 15 items: two bills on the Arab Spring, five bills and one letter on Palestine, two bills on Lebanon, three bills and a letter regarding civil liberties, and two bills on immigration.
Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents or any of the transactions ordinarily incident to such travel, except in time of war or armed hostilities between the United States and Cuba, or of imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers.
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Thank you for your ongoing work to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and for your commitment of $300 million in US aid to rebuild the Gaza Strip. We write to you with great concern about the ongoing crisis in Gaza.
The people of Gaza have suffered enormously since the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt following Hamas' coup, and particularly following Operation Cast Lead. We also sympathize deeply with the people of southern Israel who have suffered from abhorrent rocket and mortar attacks. We recognize that the Israeli government has imposed restrictions on Gaza out of a legitimate and keenly felt fear of continued terrorist action by Hamas and other militant groups. This concern must be addressed without resulting in the de facto collective punishment of the Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip. Truly, fulfilling the needs of civilians in Israel and Gaza are mutually reinforcing goals.
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We are writing to reaffirm our commitment to the unbreakable bond that exists between our country and the State of Israel and to express to you our deep concern over recent tension. In every important relationship, there will be occasional misunderstandings and conflicts.
Our valuable bilateral relationship with Israel needs and deserves constant reinforcement. As the Vice-President said during his recent visit to Israel: "Progress occurs in the Middle East when everyone knows there is simply no space between the U.S. and Israel when it comes to security, none. No space." Steadfast American backing has helped lead to Israeli peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan. And American involvement continues to be critical to the effort to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
We recognize that, despite the extraordinary closeness between our country and Israel, there will be differences over issues both large and small. Our view is that such differences are best resolved quietly, in trust and confidence, as befits longstanding strategic allies. We hope and expect that, with mutual effort and good faith, the United States and Israel will move beyond this disruption quickly, to the lasting benefit of both nations.
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ALANYA, Turkey – Garrett May and Sam Schachter of Toronto upset the seventh-seeds in opening main draw round robin action on Thursday at the world junior beach volleyball championships.
May and Schachter, seeded 18th, defeated Daniil Kuvichka and Grigory Goncharov of Russia 21-16, 21-16 in 39 minutes. This is the second world championship event this year for May who placed fourth last month at the youth worlds with Nick del Bianco of Surrey, B.C.
"I guess it's sort of an upset but we are here to win," said May, 18. "We played extremely well. We kept an aggressive pace to the match and kept them off balance. It's a style we think we can have success with at this tournament."
May and Schachter have played together before but for this season only joined forces last month. They placed fifth against senior competition at the national championships in late August. Their lack of playing time together doesn't seem to be an issue.
"We just seem to have a natural chemistry in this sport," said Schachter, 20. "Playing at nationals was an important step and we gained some confidence there against an experience field."
May and Schachter are in pool L with the Russians, sixth-seeds Safak Sezer and Caner Turhan of Turkey, and 19th seeds and Luis Raul Sandoval and Julio Cesar Alvarez of Costa Rica. The top-two in each of the six pools plus four wildcards advance to the playoff round. May and Schachter play their two other round robin matches on Friday.
On the women's side, two great efforts by Shanice Marcelle of Victoria and Caleigh Whitaker of Sharon, Ont., came up short. The 14th seeds lost to Zhang and Wang of China, seeded 11th 18-21, 21-18, 15-12 and second seeds Fabi Boogaerdt and Julia Schmidt 21-17, 16-21, 15-13.
The Canadians must defeat 23rd seeds Anna Markova and Anna Alova of Russia on Friday to keeps their playoff hopes alive.


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Chapter 18
The tabernacle of the congregation is set up at Shiloh—Benjamin receives an inheritance by lot.
1 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at
2 And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance.
3 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the Lord God of your fathers hath given you?
4 Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.
5 And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their
6 Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast
7 But the
8 ¶And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the Lord in Shiloh.
9 And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh.
10 ¶And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
11 ¶And the lot of the tribe of the children of
12 And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of
13 And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of
14 And the border was drawn thence, and
15 And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
16 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of
17 And was drawn from the north, and went forth to En-shemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the
18 And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of
20 And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families.
21 Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz,
22 And Beth-arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth-el,
23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
24 And Chephar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages:
25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth,
26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah,
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- The Disk Space Management (DSM) file deletion would occur before image verification. This has been change to after verification.
* File and Folder backup password problem
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Shakespeare's Restless World is currently being broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Today's episode A Time of Change, a Change of Time explores the shifts in how time was measured and perceived.
Paul Glennie, University of Bristol
Most places had particularly elaborate ringing of the day bell, a period of continuous ringing for two or three minutes or more. It was an unmistakable marker of the day and it had important cueing information. It was a priming trigger, as it were.
There wasn't a standard hour at which everything started but work very often started at a set time for a particular task or a particular workshop – and the presence of several people may have been necessary because work needed to be coordinated. If one imagines a Blacksmith's, one needed to have a number of people working at the same time and in phase with one another so they all needed to be present once the forge was up and running, but those who were responsible for maintaining the fire need to be present earlier to get things started and so forth.
In Shakespeare's time there would be plenty of sectors of the London economy in which workers were rather familiar with the idea of being driven hard to make sure that they worked a full day. But there was plenty of complaining about the volume and intensity of work and about hard task-masters long before time discipline comes in.
Although it might be very easy to blame the clock and the strong sense of urgency it brings, anyone who supposes that life in the pre-industrial countryside was an idyllic kind of existence doesn't have a sense of how urgent it was to get the harvest in before it rained, for example.
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The NEHS reunion will be held July 3 at the Huntington Elementary School. If you have received your registration form in the mail, fill it out and return it to Dixie Bass, P.O. Box 1323, Huntington, UT 84528 or Sharron Pulli, P.O. Box 885, Huntington, UT 84528 by May 30. If you have any questions contact Janet Leamaster 435-687-9254
It's trek time. Emery county historical members are welcome to our May trek on May 30, to Willow Springs coal mine, Butch Cassidy's name, and Oak Ranch. Meet at the Museum in Castle Dale at 9 a.m. or Emery City Park at 9:30 a.m. Bring a pot luck dish, water, bug repellant, a chair, sun screen, and a hat/jacket. The historical society will furnish the hot dogs and buns. We will lunch at the Oak Ranch. For more information call Joyce 748-5165 or 749-0041. Next trek is June 13. Watch for details. Have you paid your 2009 dues? Still $5.
All ye buccaneers are welcome to join us for a week long voyage that promises adventure, surprise, grub and loot for each mate. Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church of Ferron will be held on June 1-5 from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. There will be puppets, crafts, snacks, Bible stories, games and more fun. Any buccaneer from ages 4-12 is welcome. Come join the fun.
Start your summer fun by attending Orangeville Day Celebration beginning at 6:30 a.m. register for the Fun Run, meet at the Community Center ($15), 7 a.m. flag raising and breakfast in the park, 10 a.m. Parade (needing participants, contact Marti Snow - 748-5455), 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. concessions, races, slides, games, and horse shoes, 12 noon ATV poker ride, ($5 per hand meet on the east side of the ball field in the park), 1 p.m. water games (if weather permits), 5:30 p.m. Humphrey Brothers lamb fry ($6 per plate 9 years and up, $3 per plate 8 years and under), at dusk (approximately 8:15 p.m., movie in the park (free). No fireworks this year.
June 1, 2, 3, at Spartan Center, 8-12 grade 9-11:30 a.m.- $35, elementary-7 grade 12:30-2:30 p.m.- $30. Questions call Steven Gordon at 749-9807 or 687-2373.
The Relay for Life will be on June 12-13 at 6 p.m. It's never too soon to register for Relay 2009. Plan to help us celebrate Relay's 25th Anniversary. This year's theme is "Kool for a Kure." The Relay event starts with a kick-off dinner at 6 p.m. and ends with a pancake breakfast on Saturday morning. Former Senator Jake Garn will be the key note speaker. At the Ms. Relay competition; males competing for the crown, will be back again this year. For more details contact Judi Bishop 653-2221. For Luminarias contact Brenda Jensen 749-9023.
Interested girls between ages 17-24 are welcome to enter the Miss Emery Scholarship Pageant on July 11. Scholarship is $1,200 and a new computer for first place; $700-second and $500-third. Call Jerilyn at 381-5667, Leslie at 381-2119 or Patsy at 381-2431.


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Hopefully, they will all fall into the river. I am sick of these preservationist telling me how we need to keep these around to preserve our history. They are unsightly and dangerous. Time to move on from our past. Give these preservationist one grain elevator to restore as a museum. Tear the rest down. Give them ten years to restore the one that is given to them. If they can't come up with the money to restore...down it comes. It's one thing to restore areas such as the cobblestone district but another to keep what 7 or 8 of these dinosaurs around. Move on Buffalo. Quit living in your past!!!
Tim Tielnan
Better Uses of Grain Elevator Site Available- Demolish the whole Building
That grain elevator has been an eye sore for years. For a while it had the rusted out hulks of different lake vessels tied off next to it. More blight. That piece of property could be used as a marina, a strip of shops,a water sports venue or some combination thereof. Or it could just be cleared and add to the upgrades going on in the rest of the area. Buffalo needs to get over it, save one elevator for posterity and get on down the road.
Get Rid of the Whole Elevator...Better Uses for the site
That grain elevator has been an unsafe eyesore for years. That site could definitely be better utilized. For years it attracted other blight in the form of rusted out boats. It should be removed in its' entirety. One or two of these buildings savedfor posterity would be enough. The site has incredible potential for renewal. The waterfront and Buffalo would be better off. Lets get on down the road, other Great Lakes cities have.
Tim Tielnan
Dude, the only purpose these obsolete, useless structures serve is to remind us of a bygone era that will never again exist in our lifetime. You make numerous statements regarding the need to keep these structures and back them up with zero facts/reasons. So your point boils down to this "we need to preserve these structures because I say so".
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seriously old silos is the best we have to offer hmmm no wonder Sam Bass moved on
Preservationists are experts on everything
The guy on the news seems to know all about history, grain elevators, explosive demolition, building decay and what we all should think and feel. Bud, take your useless ideals, condecending manner and liberal attitude somewhere else. The contractor did us a public service. The river can be cleaned up, as there is not much that went in. Now get rid of the rest of those hazardous elevators and public eyesore.
What the City Needs Is a Big Bulldozer
While I love history, some things are just not realistic to hold on to. Ever watch that show hoarders? Well the city hoards its buildings. There are some buildings worth holding onto, and odds are the ones that are worth holding onto already have occupants and have been restored. Let go of the past its time to move on. There is no way someone would sink money to revive an old grain elevator period..... Its not worth the investment. Maybe if we had some clear land something can actually be done with the property. It is hard enough for businessman to invest in the land of big government and high taxes, then we expect them to revive a structure that would cost more to renovate than to tear down and build a new one? Give me a break, I don't think this city will ever change. That's why I am saving money to move, and should have moved a long time ago. The city will just continue to rot, because of the politics, regulations, and the anti business attitude of NY State. When I do finally leave, I say to the rest of you left behind good luck with this rotten state, and good luck with your literally rotting city.
Save one if possible
I agree they are a total eyesore & if there was some use or re-use of the old ones, than it should have been done along time ago. Yes, it would be nice to save one of them, if there is one worth saving for historical purposes for Buffalo. But at some point as much as I love history, things are always changing, torn down & rebuilt, and then all over again. Is this why the Skyway still is standing, to preserve the most unsightly history-eyesore on the waterfront? But that is another story.
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Description deceiving, but nice shoe
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April 15, 2013
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Debates of April 5th, 2012
House of Commons Hansard #107 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was general.
- Question Period
- Safer Railways Act
- Passover and Easter
- National Volunteer Week
- Battle of Vimy Ridge
- Plast
- Rights and Freedoms
- Rio Tinto Alcan Workers
- Yorkton Film Festival
- National Volunteer Week
- Horeb Saint-Jacques
- Battle of Vimy Ridge
- National Volunteer Week
- Katyn Memorial Day
- National Day of Reflection on the Prevention of Genocide
- Firearms Registry
- Member for Sherbrooke
- National Defence
- Search and Rescue
- Ethics
- National Defence
- Radio-Canada/CBC
- The Budget
- National Defence
- Veterans Affairs
- Gasoline Prices
- Housing
- Gasoline Prices
- Youth
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Firearms Registry
- Youth
- Firearms Registry
- Business of the House
- Privilege
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- Government Response to Petitions
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Fish Inspection Act
- Committees of the House
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- Questions on the Order Paper
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- Strengthening Military Justice in the Defence of Canada Act
- Canadian Human Rights Act
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Marie-Claude Morin Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, QC
Mr. Speaker, clearly, fighting poverty and putting a roof over the head of each Canadian are not really a priority for the Conservatives. The fact that they are cutting $102 million from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation is proof of that. This is the complete opposite of what the NDP and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities have called for. In view of the urgent current needs, this is a priority that should not be ignored. A budget is a matter of making choices.
Why are the Conservatives refusing to invest in affordable housing, to help Canadians live with dignity? And please, I would prefer that the answer is not that we voted against it.
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Kellie Leitch Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to the Minister of Labour
Mr. Speaker, let me be clear. The member did vote against it. This government has been exceptionally supportive of individuals who are vulnerable and in need. Whether that be the 16,500 new homes for low-income families or the 615,000 individuals across the country who benefited from the economic action plan and our investments in construction and renovations for low-income housing units, I do not know what else to say but we are doing our part. Why do they not support us?
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Anne-Marie Day Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, QC
Mr. Speaker, access to housing is an important human right. If there is a shortage of available housing, that right is jeopardized. Where is the Conservatives' plan? There is absolutely nothing for affordable housing in the recent budget. Housing comes in a distant second to fighter planes and gifts to the big oil companies. That is not surprising, since the Conservatives have been cutting housing since 2006.
What are the Conservatives going to do to provide every Canadian with a roof and to combat homelessness?
Oral Questions
Kellie Leitch Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to the Minister of Labour
Mr. Speaker, we have been committed to helping vulnerable Canadians be self-sufficient and have a house they can live in. This year alone, the government provided over 615,000 individuals with subsidized housing.
Last summer we announced significant funding in collaboration with the provinces, a framework ongoing for many years. This government is committed to making sure that low-income Canadians have a roof over their heads. I ask the NDP, why does it never support these initiatives?
Gasoline Prices
Oral Questions
April 5th, 2012 / noon
Cheryl Gallant Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON
Mr. Speaker, Canadians across the country are voicing concern over what they are paying at the pumps. In a country as vast as Canada, driving is not an option if people want to take their children to soccer or ringette practice, or if they drive a truck. Will the Minister of Industry please update the House on what measures the government is taking to protect consumers when they go to fill up their cars, trucks or vans?
Gasoline Prices
Oral Questions
Christian Paradis Minister of Industry and Minister of State (Agriculture)
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her good question. Gas prices are indeed a concern. Both the NDP and the Liberals would impose a job-killing carbon tax on Canadians that would see gas prices skyrocket.
Fortunately, Canadians spoke in the last election.
I must say to the House that we have reduced the GST by 2%, we have strengthened the powers of the Competition Bureau and we brought in the Fairness at the Pumps Act. These are real, concrete measures that we are very proud of.
Oral Questions
Justin Trudeau Papineau, QC
Mr. Speaker, the government deceived us to the tune of $10 billion on the F-35 budget. Put into perspective, $10 billion is enough to fund the Katimavik program for over 700 years.
Every year Katimavik takes over 1,000 kids and gets them to serve their country, one community at a time.
Last year, those young people did 572,000 hours of service for the most vulnerable people everywhere in Canada.
Does this government understand that by cutting Katimavik from this budget it is completely off base?
Oral Questions
Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam
James Moore Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
Mr. Speaker, my hon. colleague knows that the Katimavik program has been one of the most expensive programs the Government of Canada has run. It has a one-third dropout rate.
Katimavik has received up to $21 million per year from taxpayers for over 30 years. It is time it stands on its own two feet.
If Katimavik is so great, so important and so well-run, perhaps the member for Papineau can explain why his own government cut it by over $2 million.
Aboriginal Affairs
Oral Questions
Linda Duncan Edmonton Strathcona, AB
Mr. Speaker, students in Attawapiskat are yet again being forced to plead with the government to release the allowances due to them. It is humiliating. The Conservatives' third-party manager is not even returning their calls. Instead of preparing for their final exams like other Canadian students, they are being forced to try to scramble for money to buy food and simply buy bus fare.
What happened to the government's commitment to quality education for aboriginal students? Why are these students being subjected to this mistreatment?
Aboriginal Affairs
Oral Questions
Vancouver Island North
John Duncan Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
Mr. Speaker, I would like to inform the member for Edmonton—Strathcona that the money is in the student account for post-secondary education as of today.
Firearms Registry
Oral Questions
John Williamson New Brunswick Southwest, NB
Mr. Speaker, Canadians gave our government a mandate to end the wasteful and ineffective $2 billion long gun registry once and for all.
Yesterday, the Senate voted overwhelmingly to scrap this law that targets law-abiding farmers, hunters and shooters, which does absolutely nothing to protect law-abiding Canadians.
Law-abiding Canadians are finally free at last.
Can the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety please update the House on what the Canadian government will be doing and when this measure will become law?
Firearms Registry
Oral Questions
12:05 p.m.
Candice Bergen Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety
Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to report that our government has ended the long gun registry once and for all. This afternoon the royal assent of Bill C-19 will be proclaimed.
We were happy yesterday to receive the support of three Liberal senators who supported ending the long gun registry. We have received support from two NDP members of Parliament, and we received support from three Liberal senators. Together, we are ending the long gun registry once and for all. We have fulfilled our commitment to Canadians.
Oral Questions
12:05 p.m.
Charmaine Borg Terrebonne—Blainville, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Conservatives cut funding for the Katimavik program without notice. As a result, 600 young Canadians who were supposed to enter the program this summer have been left in the lurch.
The Conservatives are penalizing these young people in order to save just $14 million. However, this government has no problem spending billions of dollars on F-35s.
What does the minister have to say to these 600 young people?
Oral Questions
12:05 p.m.
Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam
James Moore Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages
Mr. Speaker, let us be clear.
We will continue supporting youth programs that work.
As a matter of fact, just this past Monday we signed a three-year agreement with Encounters with Canada, a program that is efficient and effective and works.
Katimavik had a cost of over $28,000 per participant and a one-third dropout rate. It received up to $21 million a year from taxpayers over the past 30 years.
As Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, I have to make difficult decisions and easy decisions. Ending funding for Katimavik is one of the easiest decisions I have ever made.
Firearms Registry
Oral Questions
12:05 p.m.
André Bellavance Richmond—Arthabaska, QC
Mr. Speaker, a survivor of the École polytechnique shooting, Nathalie Provost, summed up yesterday's deplorable vote in the Senate quite well: "Something we built has just been demolished with a simple vote."
With its majority, the Conservative government is ignoring the victims and insisting on preventing Quebec from setting up its own registry using the data that Quebeckers have already paid for. Nonetheless, the Conservative government cannot ignore the Government of Quebec's application for an injunction.
Will the Conservative government have the decency to wait for the ruling from the Superior Court of Quebec, which is hearing the case as we speak, before it starts to destroy the firearms registry, especially the data?


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Best Belgian Waffle Recipe
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Not a bad motto, except that we are always trying to improve even the most tried and true of Village Inn of Woodstock' s recipes. My old recipe for Belgian Waffles used baking powder & baking soda for leavening. I came across the idea of a yeasted batter some time ago, and decided to give it a try. We haven't gone back. That's all I have to say about that.
We serve these most Sundays here at our bed and breakfast and I get asked for the recipe quite often. Almost everything is done ahead of time, so I hope that you'll give them a try at home.
Belgian Waffle Recipe (Serves 4 to 6)
1/2 teaspoon instant yeast (see note below)
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoon sugar
2 cups milk
8 tablespoons butter (1 stick), melted and cooled
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
Canola or other neutral oil for brushing waffle iron
2 eggs
Before going to bed, combine the dry ingredients and stir in the milk, then the butter and vanilla. The mixture will be loose. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside overnight at room temperature.
Preheat the waffle iron. Separate the eggs and stir the yolks into the batter. Beat the whites until they hold soft peaks. Fold them gently into the batter.
Spray the waffle maker with canola oil spray. Spread batter onto the waffle iron and bake until the waffle is done, about 4 minutes, depending on your iron. (We use the KitchenAid Pro Line waffle maker, and find that it is really superior to the other makers that we've tried.) Serve immediately or keep warm for a few minutes in a low oven.
NOTE: This recipe calls for "instant yeast." Unlike "active dry yeast," instant yeast does not need to be first dissolved in water or proofed before mixing. It can be added right into to the dry ingredients. At the store, you'll sometimes see instant yeast sold as "bread machine yeast" or "rapid-rise yeast."


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Surrounded by a grove of ancient olive trees, the 16th-century Masseria Torre Maizza – sister hotel of nearby Smith favourite Masseria Torre Coccaro – has been brought bang up to date with a cool, contemporary decor. High, barrel-vaulted rooms have been accessorised with chrome lights and mushroom-coloured, loose-weave linens, while its spa, pool, golf course and cookery school all provide welcome flashes of modernity. Beach bunnies will love the hotel's Coccaro Beach Club, which has private gazebos, massage pavilions, a seafood restaurant, boutique and a lounge where DJs man the decks until the wee hours.
A wonderful restaurant, serving fresh, artisan produce
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Looks very bad, went to the website, no effort put in it whats so ever, cant imagine how little effort the put in the game if they cant even make a website.
Website looks nicely done to me....
It looks bad because it is.
Bad NPC speech,with bad English. it's repetitive, and boring, they all sound the same.
Game play is a real soonzer. The voice sounds for each spell My shadowmage cast was annoying and not really helpful. I love Asian chicks, god i do, but i don't want to hear grunts, and growls like she's in some martial arts class when she's suppose to be a caster. Save that for the melee stuff.
From what i heard from the melee classes, they are as just as annoying and repetitive too...
How about some whispery magical words if you have to have speech for casting???
On the plus side, I thought the spell progression was fast, and gave me access to all the different kinds of things I would want, with out feeling skill point starved.
I had good heals, good buffs, and decent enough damage to get along fine.
I do not like how the game consists of just field and fields of mobs randomly walking around doing nothing. That just doesn't work anymore, yet Devs still do this. Please for the love of the gods STOP IT. This is not 2001!
The game looks dated already, like it's from 2002-2003 era.
I understand that games tend to look fresher most of the time at release, but this game would need A FRIGGIN TON of work to get it up to even 2008-2009 levels.
I did enjoy the spell FX a good bit, in fact that's the only reason the game gets any props from me. The art work for the characters is also decent, as is some fo the stylization for SOME of the mobs. Some of them just looked downright silly.
Every quest I did, with the exception of the get to know the people quest line was kill this or that. BORING! I mean I don't mind that for every other quest,(/monkeyface) BUT ALL OF THEM???
Grinding is long and tedious with out quests so there is no real alternative.
They have a lot of work to do if this title is going to make something for it's self. Otherwise, it will be
"Just another" ho hum mmo, and barely that.
I don't think it's ready for open beta... IMHO.
Final Verdict: 1.5/5
Had hoped for better, what I got was just another rehash...
oh well the link they give in the article here dosnt take you there, the game still looks like junk anyways. i dont see why this site gives it any attention.
Be like a magazine for audiophiles putting a stero that can barely give you 70's am radio quality on the cover of their magazine.
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Donkey Kong online?
That's what I thought at first too! (which might not be a bad concept)
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I've played this game a little bit more,and it is getting better, as far as content is concerned.
The 25+ game can accually be quite challenging.
But, Just as soon as I started to like the game the servers start to give up the ghost, either that, or the hampsters they have went Gangnam Style. With Hyuna around it's hardly a wonder why. I think I would too.


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It is no secret that the influence learning material developers has on the industry is vital but to what extend can we as roleplayers tolerate personal views instead of sticking to plain definitions and SAQA guidelines.
The alarming fact is that it slips through SETA processes and learners accept the course outlay and content as absolute truth.
We can however blaim the SETA's but there must be a way of influencing the developer directly by highlighting the fact that SAQA guidelines and definitions is sufficient and important and any other "agenda" whether it is political, personal or social is irrelevant.
If there is no sollution to this problem then I guess the line is drawn.
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Manus, a client's selection criteria for designers/developers of learning material and assessments based on SAQA-aligned qualifications and unit standards should include an evaluation of the designer/developer's views on such development - appropriate questions asked during negotiation about development should reveal the designer's views and approach.
Marie, that is not always possible since many material are being bought of the shelf and you only realise that views has been written in when you read through the learner guides. It is easy to analyse the writers political views and even those regarding the economy ... the parts that has not been cut and paste. You will only select things you agree with.
I am pro-government but the policies and procedures and I do and learning material are not written in my views or dressed up in "red" however I have notice that material reflects views that are not necessary true. Hence the question of Manus, when does a developer cross the line. It should be written in an objective manner, pro-developmental of nature.
Cartoons deflicting government or ex-government officials is also crossing the line. I always say: you don't add anything of a political, religion or explicit value. You write totally "A". Articles of a political nature is also crossing the line. We must remember to respect the views of others, even when we don't agree. To produce work that does not further our interest but the interst of education and training.
One of the many possible perils of buying material 'off-the-shelf', along with - as you mention - 'the parts that have not been cut and paste. I have come across many providers who have burnt their fingers. And providers comment 'but they market themselves so well..' I understand that it might seem worthwhile to buy materials at bargain prices.. but shouldn't that wave a red flag for' buyers'? It takes days and up to two weeks to develop a programme based on one unit standard if the topic is properly researched, the content formulated in the developer's own words and meaningful formative and summative assessment activities developed. I have found that providers who are proud to present meaningful programmes are keen to have material that belongs to them and is not bought 'off a shelf'.
Marie, thank you for this reply. Yes - for me its the amount of work that I put into the material I develop that does lead to a "woolies"price instead of "pep stores"price. The thing is that many training companies/departments are not on top of the reality behind development and therefore are daft enough to go for cheapies. It does make me dissonant, but I do so love doing what I am doing and will still continue teaming up with others who hold quality dear!
I once heard that education and training was a calling and not a career - I couldn't understand it then.
SAQA Guidelines and applicable definitions = "Pep Stores"
SAQA Guidelines and applicable definitions + Customisation = "Woolies"
No traces of SAQA Guidelines and applicable definitions + No intention of Customisation = Trash
You do make me smile!
I have a much simpler approach: Irrespective of the monetary value, you deliver quality material, whether you do it for R156 000 or you only do it for R35 000 or R15 000 - you deliver quality material that have been properly research on the correct principles, have been developed by yourself and not "cut and paste" [I hate that function of Microsoft Office] and you deliver it to improve the standard of education, irrespective of your own believes or feelings.
Deliver a product you will feel comfortable to give to your child to be taught on and heavenly sake...let us just write according to the set principles of the topic...
Quality Material for a quality education and training system irrespective of what you are paid to do it.
Yes, Mari, it takes about 8 - 10 days to deliver a good product, you can write 5 days with 5 nights = 10 good days...
I think that this debate is long overdue. It is almost as if those never having been involved in the process of developing the learning experience has very little understanding of the expertise required and the extent of the input to ensure efficiency and usefulness. Hence the thinking that one could just purchase something off the shelve and shove it into the arms of a willing facilitator.
Unfortunately the lack of proper expertise in evaluating such material for approval often is absent in the SETA stuctures, and therefore the market is flooded with lots of offerings at very enticing prices.
The principles of a free marker system applies - so I have little sympathy with those having paid for stuff that they did not bother to inspect or to have internally moderated at so-called bargain prices. My goodness, you don't purchase clothes and shoes without trying it on first, why would you think that all learning material will meet the same standard and automatically suit your purpose and customisation needs? Surely the willingness of the developer to present and explain the material as well as allowing time to inspect a sample should be a clue towards whom you should be doing business with?
But it's not an ideal world out there.....
Marie, that is impressive that you are able to produce good material in 5 days and 5 nights!!
I am with Tass on this one! That shoddy work is getting through the SETA's (and sometimes good work being prevented for whatever reason - including that submissions are lost or that the author is not known to the ETQA representative) is most unfortunate and very frustrating!!
Manus, the onus however, rests with the provider to provide quality training AND materials. As such, the provider should take the neccessary time to evaluate the material before taking possession of it. I too have learnt my lesson the hard way, having bought material because of a time constraint, only to rewrite it anyway. This does not mean that there is not good material out there!! Some material is great! If great material is what one wants, one must be prepared to pay for it.
This is an extraction from my new book: The DNA of Great Teachers.
It is a bit out of the context of Manus's initial question, but it addresses the principle of design.
'Average teachers and learning material design consultants see the curriculum as synonymous with a 'race course' to be run by all learners in the same way within a specific timeframe. They translate the curriculum outcomes into lessons, using one or more textbooks and if possible other references to amplify the curriculum's purpose and intentions.
Great teachers and learning material design consultants see the curriculum as the prime guiding document indicating what learners must learn, but not how they should learn. They know all learners don't have the same background and abilities and cannot run the course in the same way; they elevate learning activities from the curriculum which works for their specific learners."
What standards are aplicable to course developers?
What are the rules and regulations pertaining to course development?
Who establishe such rules if they exist and where can they be found?
If you can define the "line" it will be easier to say when a developer has crossed it. Problem is that many course developers establish their own lines or boundaries and that makes it difficult to define when the lne has been crossed.
For that reason Manus I find it difficult to comment on your specific question.
I think that Manus is also touching on ethics in this arena...facts not being checked and other personal view points creeping in... yes it is up to people who purchase off the shelve to check using the principles of authenticity, reliability, validity and is it measurable. The mine field we often deal with is that you have an influx of people who are new at developing either doing it after hours or as a "I dont have a job so will write"type situation. They develop without the skills that some of us have honed for years - and sell it at very very cheap prices and the material is not up to standard or have got it from "somewhere"put it in templates and sold it. They are in this to write and make a sale and quality is lost.
This leaves those of us who do this for a living because we LOVE it, find it being a service to the greater community; being painted/tainted as an industry as a whole... I develop because I want to contribute to the skills in this beloved country, I develop because I want material to be able to be sold again and again because its of such a high standard that people keep coming back to me... but I too am affected by "quick writes". However this is not going to stop me, in the end people will know who to go to!!
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Natalie MacMaster sighs the long, protracted breath of any mother with young children who wonders how to balance her family with her career and the crazy life that both bring.
"I have no answer," MacMaster said in a phone interview. "I simply don't know."
As examples of her so-called crazy life, MacMaster doesn't even bring up her husband, Donnell Leahy, or either one of their careers as famous fiddlers, or the 100 gigs a year she plays, including Wednesday's show at the Fort Collins Lincoln Center. She brings up the talking points that most parents, including those in Greeley, would give. MacMaster and Leahy have five children from 5 months to 7 years old.
"Christmas was crazy," she said. "We went to all these events and parties and my first thought was, 'We never went to all these things when I was a kid.' And yet, every now and again, we're home, and then we say we want to go do something."
I've always appreciated (performing). I've always been grateful for that gift and for having music in my life. But it's in a new way.
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Rather than bemoan the craziness that kids can bring, MacMaster seems to embrace it. She homeschools her kids, for instance, and she laughs about the music choices she made when she was 9. She listened to Ozzy Osbourne. She's not sure she would let her own kids do the same, though she said in the same breath that if the home life is right, Ozzy may not matter all that much.
She also believes her children have made her a better musician. She certainly appreciates performing more now.
"I've always appreciated (performing)," MacMaster said. "I've always been grateful for that gift and for having music in my life. But it's in a new way."
She doesn't tour, for instance, to get away from her kids, even as she said being on stage is a nice break from them. She takes her kids with her. She at least takes the infant, and if she does leave her kids, she's excited about that, too, because that's a chance to bond with Leahy, whom she calls "the funnest" dad.
Family is obviously important to her. She owes her parents, Alex and Minnie, for inspiring her to perform. Her father taught her how to fiddle for six months when she was 9 before it was clear she had a special talent (she named a track off her latest album after him). Her mother taught her to step dance, which she will do occasionally while playing, which wows audiences but MacMaster said "really isn't that hard."
She also owes as much to her roots. Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, is known for its fiddling, to the point where MacMaster wasn't really viewed as a prodigy or all that unusual since everyone does it there.
"It's a way of life there, you know," she said. "It's around all the time, in homes and square dance halls."
She describes the Cape Breton sound as "natural, raw, unrefined and really gritty." MacMaster wants to play that way, though the kids, she said, have softened her up a bit. She plays a cleaner style, but she's always seen herself as a Cape Breton fiddler (she titled her latest album, a straightforward disc of instrumentals, "Cape Breton Girl"), and where she lived influenced her more than her favorite music, even Ozzy or Def Leppard.
She is working on an album with her husband, which excites her. She respects him as much as anyone and he is probably the better player, she said.
"He can do things on the fiddle I haven't heard," she said. "You can hear the practice in his music."
She paused. She thought she heard a baby crying upstairs. Her husband wasn't home. It was up to her. The interview had to end. When she returned for a brief minute, as she didn't want to be rude, she said she looked forward to Wednesday's concert in Fort Collins. And then she went back to being a mother.
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Man is justified through the blood of Christ—Adam fell, and Christ atoned that man might be saved.
1 Therefore being
2 By whom also we have access by
3 And not only so, but we glory in
4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5 And
6 For when we were yet without
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet
9 Much more then, being now
10 For if, when we were enemies, we were
11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the
12 Wherefore, as by one man
13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's
15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by
16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of
18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the
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20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
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Item # 280374
Experience the Staccato by Two Lips. This sky high pump is just the right choice for any fashionista who wants to stand out.
- Faux suede upper
- Back zipper
- Ankle strap with metals spikes
- Almond toe
- 1½" platform, 5" covered heel
- Synthetic sole
- Imported
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By: IndigoRose
Location: Denver, CO
March 04, 2014
SO SAD about these :(
"I am 5'2" 145 lb, and in decent shape. I love high heels and wear them often. These shoes immediately grabbed my attention and I ordered them as soon as I could, full price and all. When I received them, they were in great shape, the suede was nice, the studs were pretty neat too. As I put them on, the strap was GIGANTIC. It was SOOO big and heavy that it hung downwards around my ankle. I am a pretty thick girl for my size but I could NOT imagine anybody's ankle that it may fit. My Boyfriend was even appaled as to how large the strap was. It is NOT adjustable so as I walked, ths spikes would actually dig into my skin. The shoes do not look defective so I am lead to believe that this is how they are made. I am going to my local store to ask since I really want to keep these shoes. I even went a half size smaller to make sure, and ended up getting these straps that look like a circus tent around my ankle. So sad and disappointed."
By: TheShoeDiva33
Location: CT
December 18, 2013
"This shoe looks way more expensive than it is and is very sexy!!!!!! Also found it to be slightly tight in the toe area but once I got them stretched they were perfect. I am usually between a 7.5 and 8 and the 8 was perfect. Very comfy to walk in considering I had an ankle injury a few months ago. The spikes really make the shoe. Sexy!!!!"
By: Klrocks
Location: New York
October 27, 2013
"Very full of flare and sexiness!! The platforms make the height on these comfortable."
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