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Facing Off With Fear
Fear sucks the life out of any situation and is worthless to keep around you. Fear debilitates you and limits your effectiveness in any situation. Fear is not the same as being wise and cautious. Fear is the thing that makes you want to curl up in a ball in the corner and go into emotional lock-down, where as being wise and cautious emboldens you to act smarter and make different choices. Fear keeps you from making any choice at all.
I often mix up the two, especially when it comes to my kids.
I'm not sure if any of you ever had any weird 'mind-movies' that played during post-partum. After my son was born, it was like I was dreaming while awake, or perhaps I was just over-tired and simply sleeping while sitting up with my eyes open. During the first few weeks of my son's life, one scary scene kept playing over and over in my mind. In this false reality, I would see myself walking on a dock by a lake, holding my new baby boy. We'd get up near the edge and he would slip from my hands into the water. It FREAKED me out.
When we were invited on a boat ride around a lake when my son was 6 months old, this mind-movie was not far from my thoughts. Was it a warning? He was a bit wiggly now, what if….
When we arrived, I was sure to get his little baby life jacket on him as soon as we got out of the car. I was so nervous and my breathing was fast and shallow. I had sweaty palms and was probably snapping at my husband.
That day, everything ended up being just fine and there were no dramatic baby-drops or water rescues, and I was relieved that my fear of putting my baby near any large body of water was indeed conquerable. My fearful mind-movies were NOT a vision of my life to come nor were they serving any purpose in my life at all except freaking me out and causing me to live under a big cloud of 'what if?' There's enough junk in this life that plagues us. Do we really need to add to it with a scary old 'what if?' worry cloud. No thanks.
But today is a day that has both my husband and I feeling a bit anxious. Our baby boy is now a big 7 year old and he's experiencing his first summer camp. Today features a field trip to the local swimming pool.
Let's just say, my son is NOT a strong swimmer. He's only recently been able to put his head underwater in the bathtub on his own while our younger daughter would still rather sit on the steps and watch all the other kids splash and play instead of risk getting water in her face.
Yep. We've heard about those things called "Swimming Lessons" and have even enrolled our kids in some lessons when they were 2 and 4 years old. But they didn't stick (or maybe 2 months of lessons just weren't enough for our kids) and we are still stuck with the anxious feelings and worrisome nights where we think, "What if something happens? What if there are just too many kids to keep an eye on?"
Adding to our worries are the memories of a scary situation that happened a few summers back.
When our son was 4, we went to a big family potluck. It was summer time, there were lots of kids running around and playing and there was a beautiful built in pool. My kids begged to go in and swim and I agreed, even though my husband had been delayed at work and I was out numbered.
I was holding my toddler while my older son splashed around in the shallow end. He may have had water wings on, since they didn't really make those foam-floatable swim shirts yet. I don't really remember. Things were fine. Later on, I got out of the pool with the girl and my son stayed in to play. There were other kids there who were only two and they could swim like little fish! It was amazing to watch them go underwater, swim the length of the pool, do back flips. Ok, no back flips, but certainly, they knew what they were doing!
Some other parents were in the pool with the my son (who had ditched the floaties) and the other children when I happened to look and see my son standing underwater, just 6 inches from the surface, looking up with wide eyes. His arms were reaching and paddling inefficiently and I yelled at my husband to grab him. My husband, who had just arrived from work, bounded in the water, fully clothed, socks, shoes and all and yanked our son up and out of the water. Our little boy sputtered and coughed and was very scared. He had been hopping in the pool on his tip toes, but his hops took him down the pool's slope and he ended up in water that was over his head.
There were adults within an arm's reach of him, but they were playing with their own kids and had assumed that since my son was the oldest one there, he could manage. If those other little kids were such great swimmers, surely the he would be fine, right?
We were very lucky that day that my husband was there to help our son. But now our boy's off to a swimming field trip where the kids will far outnumber the counselors and life guards. It makes us feel pretty nervous. Of course, the old fear I had when he was a baby is delightfully rearing its ugly head too.
Last night we reminded our son that we are working hard to get to send him to swimming lessons next month and to please, please, please stay in the shallow end of the pool. He agreed and seems to know that he's not quite ready for the deep end.
When we talked to the camp about our son's limitations, they assured us that they have to pass a swimming test with the life guard first, before they are allowed to come out of the kiddie pool. This reassurance did help somewhat, but it's hard not to remember that day just a few years ago when our son was struggling to breathe within an arm's reach of one of our friends.
So today is a day where I'm working on reminding myself about what's real in the situation versus what's not.
Can my son swim well? Nope.
Does he know this? Yes.
Will he be allowed in the deep end where he can get hurt? No.


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HOUSTON -- Houston Astros ace Roy Oswalt was scratched from
Sunday's scheduled start against the Cincinnati Reds with back
spasms just before the game.
The announcement was made two minutes before the game was
scheduled to start and the game's start was pushed back to 2:15
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Ginger-Orange Dressing
From EatingWell: July/August 1992
Spinach, watercress and Belgian endive are good matches for this zesty dressing.
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- 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated orange zest
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- Add orange sections to your salad for a boost of vitamin C and folic acid.
Per tablespoon: 37 calories; 4 g fat (0 g sat, 2 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 1 g carbohydrates; 0 g protein; 0 g fiber; 55 mg sodium; 27 mg potassium.
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BLUF: Two potential plus offensive tools but no chance to stick behind the plate.
The Player: Will Swanner (C, Colorado Rockies) – Drafted in the 15th round of the 2010 draft, the Rockies gave Swanner nearly $500,000 to sign out of high school. He only played 18 games in the Pioneer League that summer and he hit .303 over that span. Returning to Casper in 2011, Swanner played in 43 games while hitting .264 with 14 doubles and ten home runs. He broke out with a strong 2012 performance that centered around a strong .302/.385/.529 line for Low-A Asheville.
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Power: Plus bat speed and natural loft in the second half of his swing. Power projection is present. Very strong with ability to drive the ball to all fields. Could hit 20+ home runs annually with an additional 20+ doubles. Very good power projection that stands out for a catcher. Some power could be sapped because of overly aggressive approach. Grade (raw power) – 50/60
Arm: Has raw arm strength that could earn plus grades. Plays down because of footwork, transfer and throwing mechanics. Lacks accuracy on throws. Has shown little improvement so far. Grade – 40/40
Fielding: Very poor defensive catcher. Has feel for game and can call pitch sequencing at a solid level. Terrible receiver. Boxes pitches and lacks mobility to get to pitches to either side. Not a good pitch blocker. Lots of passed balls and extra bases from runners even when it's blocked. Struggles to get rid of the ball on steals. Doesn't control running game. Not a catcher. Grade – 30/30
Speed: Runs better than most catchers with average times from home to first. Position could wear on him and slow him down long term. Could maintain roughly average or at worst fringe-average speed with a move to another position. Grade – 50/50
Summation: Catching experiment won't last long. Bat will carry him as a prospect. Has a chance to be a plus offensive player and could support a move to an OF corner. Runs well enough for OF as well. Likely a LF because of arm action and need to adapt to outfield throwing mechanics. Chance to hit .285 with 20 home runs and 20 doubles, batting in the fifth or sixth slots in the order. Very solid offensive potential. Must improve approach and swing-and-miss tendencies to reach offensive ceiling. Strong makeup and good feel for the game should allow position switch to be possible and gives him a chance to maximize offensive tools. Chance to be a solid everyday guy on an outfield corner.
Relative Risk: High. Approach has to develop or it could jeopardize offensive ceiling and position switch is required.
Future: Level at a time guy, particularly with a position switch in his future. Could reach Double-A late in 2013 if he mashes in the California League. Unlikely to be a big-league option until 2015 and to make that happen, everything would have to go right offensively and defensively.


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WASHINGTON The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to weigh in on whether gun owners have a constitutional right to carry handguns outside the home.
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As the Civil War entered its first full calendar year for the Old Dominion, Virginians began to experience the full ramifications of the conflict. Their expectations for the coming year did not prepare them for what was about to happen; in 1862 the war became earnest and real, and the state became then and thereafter the major battleground of the war in the East. Virginia...more
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Jun 27, 2012 Paul Lunger rated it liked it · review of another edition
"Virginia at War, 1862" is a series of 9 essays describing pretty much every aspect of life in the Old Dominion State throughout the second year of the American Civil War. In each essay various authors examine the daily trials & tribulations from the industrial to the military to the human side of life facing citizens of the state. Particular attention is paid to Richmond, the Confederate capital, which paid a harsh price at various times throughout the war & especially in 1862. The essa ...more
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The third in a series of essays by fellow historians the books discusses different aspects of Virginian life in 1863. The essays cover a broad range of the area's social fabric, ranging from military actions to everyday lives. Scrapbooking emerges as an interesting historical tool, one which reveals local opinion of events. Other subjects discussed in the essays include the experiences of children and young adults, missionary teachers, and the role of Virginia's embattled churches. Another inter ...more
Currently professor of history at Virginia Tech, William C. Davis has written over fifty books, most about the American Civil War. He has won the Jefferson Davis Prize for southern history three times, the Jules F. Landry Award for Southern history once, and has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.More about William C. Davis...
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Can the legal community 'bring them home?'
- B.C. benchers use recent retreat to build stronger ties with aboriginal community
The recent Law Society of British Columbia benchers' retreat in Penticton was used to build stronger ties with the indigenous community and gain a broader awareness of the issues underlying the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's call to action and its 94 recommendations.
|First Nations lawyer Ardith Walkem says the bencher retreat had a positive and 'different feeling at the start.'
There are, for example, a disproportionate number of aboriginal children now in government care in Canada and a disproportionate number of native men and women filling our jails. Not to mention the numbers of missing women and affected families because of domestic violence.
Bluntly speaking: Can the legal community bring them home?
LSBC president David Crossin acknowledges that the justice system fell far short of protecting an earlier generation of aboriginal men and women and the children forced into residential schools, many of whom now lie in unmarked or unknown graves.
"The justice system really fails the indigenous population, particularly as it relates to the residential school protocol that was put in place. The legacy of those schools is horrible," says Crossin.
It is the legacy that the justice system now deals with. In the fall of 2015, the LSBC and its benchers adopted a position to embrace the TRC report recommendations.
"The LSBC felt it was one of the most important justice issues of our lifetime," says Crossin.
The Penticton retreat was a forum for delving deeper into key issues such as indigenous children in custody, criminalization of aboriginal people and their incarceration, and domestic violence.
It also highlighted what many have already known about Canada's justice system.
"The justice system does not fit with [native] culture and we have to address that. We can't ignore it," he says.
"This is not something that will take weeks or months but rather, years," says Crossin, who is also a member of a Federation of Law Societies of Canada committee formed to address the call to action recommendations.
Crossin quotes TRC chairman Justice Murray Sinclair, who when speaking of the report, said: "We have described for you a mountain. We have shown you a path to the top. We call upon you to do the climbing."
The Penticton forum did not focus on the socio-economic and political problems surrounding the aboriginal Canadians, which are complex, but more on how to climb the slope.
Crossin says: "It really relates to how the LSBC will lead the legal profession on this path and on this road to reconciliation."
He says there needs to be more public dialogue on the issues.
"It is a challenge to appreciate how to best heal these relationships. It is our task and our desire to start that process. It starts with personal relationships. It starts by sitting there and looking people in the eye and speaking the truth to one another and going forward. I truly believe we must begin this and that it is a process. It is not going to happen overnight that we come to a collaborative plan with the aboriginal community going forward."
Crossin adds: "We will be working with the Aboriginal community to formulate a specific concrete plan of action and going forward."
While the Penticton forum drew in mainly aboriginal representatives from the legal community, Crossin says there is a need for feedback on a broader level.
"The justice system is not just the domain of the lawyers and judges," he says. "Our mandate is to look after the public interest and that includes thousands within the Indigenous community."
Ardith Walkem, a First Nations lawyer with Cedar & Sage Law Corp., says an important aspect of the forum was "the different feeling at the start" as those attending expressed a curiosity and openness to explore issues.
"There was a willing to discuss issues and ask the legal profession to respond to them," she says, as the members looked both "inward as well as outward."
"The TRC said the law in the past had played a role in the colonization of the Indigenous people," says Walkem. That role should be examined in the context of how the law is formed and acted upon in society, not just by the law societies but by all Canadians.
Resolving the issues in the Indigenous community will require action on many different fronts, albeit social, political, or legal. "But it is important that the Indigenous people drive it," she says, adding the Indigenous people want "nothing about us, without us."
The retreat, which drew in benchers and guests from Nova Scotia, Manitoba, and representatives from other law societies, was more of a discovery process for individuals participating, says bencher Dan Smith, who commented as a First Nations member. Smith, who has worked for government, says they are slow to change.
"There are often systemic and attitudinal barriers that prevent change," he says. "The system to date requires a change and initiating change within government is very difficult."
Smith says there is a need for "recognition of being inclusive" in Canadian society. That need translates into native voices breaking through societal barriers and to "be included in the development of policy and regulation. . . ."
Walkem calls this inclusion challenge "one of the greatest human rights questions of our time."
And, for the legal community, the questions may all simply render down to that - protecting human rights and freedoms, the underpinning of the legal community's past failure to protect another generation of Indigenous people. That failure now looms as an opportunity to bring the current generation of aboriginal people home on their own terms and definition.
Legal news roundup - June 21, 2016Written by Patricia Cancilla Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Search underway for man in alleged sex assault of teen in Toronto library, Canadian Press
Canadian man back home after being detained nearly two years in UAE, Canadian Press
Police investigate after pig's head left outside Quebec City mosque, Canadian Press
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Justice Department opposes president's plan to close Guantanamo jail, Reuters
Man arrested at rally said he wanted to kill Donald Trump, Reuters
Anchorwoman sues TV station after she's fired for Facebook remarks on race, Canadian Press
Shareholders sue Volkswagen over emissions-test cheating, Reuters
Jaguar Land Rover copycat lawsuit proceeds despite China's patent cancellation, Reuters
New judges appointedWritten by Gabrielle Giroday Monday, 20 June 2016
New judicial appointments will mean fresh faces on the bench in Quebec, Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario, as well as on the Federal Court of Appeal.
|Freya Kristjanson will join the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto as a judge.
On Friday, the Trudeau government announced its first judicial appointments since taking office last fall. There are 15 appointments, including six in Alberta, five in Ontario, two in British Columbia, one in Quebec, and one in the Federal Court of Appeal. Of the 15, 10 are women and five are men.
In Alberta, Sheilah L. Martin — formerly a judge with the Alberta Court of the Queen's Bench in Calgary — has been elevated to Alberta Court of Appeal in Calgary. She replaces Justice C. O'Brien, who retired in 2014.
Martin, who holds degrees from McGill University and the University of Alberta and a doctorate from the University of Toronto, has been on the bench since 2005. She spent 16 years as a professor and dean of the faculty of law at the University of Calgary and has spent four years with Code Hunter LLP in Calgary, from 2001 to 2005, and three with Evans Martin and Wilson (formerly known as Wolch Wilson and Dewitt), from 1996 to 1999.
Martin made headlines recently for her decision to grant approval to an ALS survivor for physician-assisted suicide, while the government was still working on its new law in the area.
Shelia J. Greckol has been elevated to the Alberta Court of Appeal in Edmonton from the Court of Queen's Bench. She fills the spot vacated by Justice Russell S. Brown, who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2015. Greckol will also be serving as a judge of the Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories and the Court of Appeal of Nunavut.
Greckol, who was called to the bar of Alberta in 1976, has served on the Court of Queen's Bench since 2001. Before that, she was a partner with Chivers Greckol & Kanee from 1986 to 2001, and an associate and a partner with Wright Chivers & Co.
Filling Greckol's spot at the Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton is John T. Henderson. Henderson was called to the Alberta bar in 1980, and then spent 19 years with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (now Dentons Canada LLP). Since 2009, he has been a judge with the Provincial Court in Edmonton.
Douglas R. Mah, who was secretary and general counsel with the Alberta Workers' Compensation Board in Edmonton, has been appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench. The spot has belonged to Justice D.R. Thomas, who elected supernumerary status in 2015.
Since 1988, Mah has been counsel with Worker's Compensation, and before that was an associate with Milner & Steer in Edmonton. He was called to the bar in 1982.
Another new face at the Court of Queen's Bench in Calgary is Gillian D. Marriott. Marriott is the former executive director of Pro Bono Law Alberta, from 2009 to 2013, and has been counsel with Widdowson Kachur Ostwald Menzies LLP in Calgary since 2013. Marriott replaces Justice Martin, who was elevated to the Alberta Court of Appeal.
She also is a former associate, then partner, with Dunphy Best Blocksom LLP. She also has experience with the Alberta Law Reform Institute and the Health Law Institute
Rounding out the Alberta appointments is Avril B. Inglis, a prosecutor with Alberta Justice in Edmonton, who will be joining the Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton.
Inglis was called to the bar in Manitoba in 2000 and in Alberta in 2003. She was a Crown prosecutor in both provinces from 2000 to 2014. In 2014, she became project counsel with Alberta Justice and Solicitor General, in Edmonton. Inglis replaces Justice F.L. Schutz, who was also elevated to the Alberta Court of Appeal.
New appointments in Ontario will mean new faces in Ottawa, London, Toronto, Oshawa, and Brampton.
In London, Justice Jonathon C. George has been elevated from the Ontario Court of Justice and will join the Superior Court bench. George was admitted to the bar in 2001, and is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario. George replaces Justice B.M. Miller, who has been with the Ontario Court of Appeal since 2015.
Since 2012, George was a provincial court judge in London and previously served as the legal counsel for the Kettle & Stony Point Chief and council, in Kettle Point First Nation, as well as being an associate with Robbins Henderson & Davis in Sarnia.
Longtime Superior Court Master Calum U. MacLeod now joins the Superior Court bench in Ottawa. MacLeod is a graduate of Queen's University, and has been a case management master since 1998. He was also previously an associate with Zwicker Evans & Lewis, in Barrie, Ont., and a mediator and arbitrator with MacLeod Dispute Resolution in Barrie, among other experience. He was admitted to the Bar of Ontario in 1983.
MacLeod replaces Justice H. Levenson Polowin, who died in May.
In Toronto, Freya Kristjanson is also joining the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Kristjanson has been a partner with Wardle Daley Bernstein Bieber LPP since 2015 and a partner with Cavaluzzo Shilton McIntyre & Cornish LLP in Toronto from 2009 to 2014. She also has experience as counsel and then partner with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Toronto from 1989 to 2008. She was admitted to the Ontario bar in 1989.
Kristjanson will replace Justice G. Mew, who is now in Kingston, after being transferred there to replace Justice Scott in 2015.
Toronto lawyer Sharon Lavine will be joining the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Oshawa, to fill the role vacated after Justice M.L. Lack elected supernumerary status earlier this year.
Lavine has served as the alternate chair of the Ontario Review Board since 2004, as well as an associate and then partner with Greenspan Humphrey Lavine in Toronto since 1993, when she was admitted to the bar in Ontario.
Lastly for Ontario, Lucy K. McSweeney will be joining the Ontario Superior Court in Brampton.
Since 2010, McSweeney served as the Children's Lawyer for Ontario, with the Ministry of the Attorney General. Her prior experience was as litigation counsel with the Ministry of the Attorney General, including as deputy legal director of the strategic planning unit and of the Crown Law Office – Civil. McSweeney replaces Justice D.L. Edwards, who was transferred in March.
On the West Coast, Margeurite H. Church has been elevated to the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Prince George. Church has been a judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia in Williams Lake since 2011.
She has prior experience with Cundari Seibel LLP in Kamloops and Rogers & Hyslop in Kamloops. She also was a senior research associate with Department of Asian Legal Studies at the University of British Columbia and an associate with Rudd Watts & Stone in Auckland. She is called to the bar in both British Columbia and New Zealand. Church is taking the spot formerly filled by Justice J.W. Williams, who was transferred to Vancouver in 2014.
Maria Morellato, a partner with Mandell Pinder LLP in Vancouver, joins the Supreme Court of B.C. in Vancouver.
Morellato has been with Mandell Pinder since 2009, and was an associate and partner with Blake Cassels and Graydon LLP from 1989 to 2008. She also has experience with the Industrail Relations Council and as an associate with Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang. Justice L.A. Fenton — who previously had the spot — was elevated to the Court of Appeal in 2015.
In Quebec, Éric Downs, who was a judge with the Court of Québec in Montréal, will now be serving on the Superior Court of Québec in Montréal. Downs has been on the bench since 2012. His predecessor in the position — Justice M. Delorme — resigned in 2015.
Downs was previously a partner with Downs Lepage from 2008 to 2012. From 1991 to 2008, he was counsel and then partner with Hebert Bourque et Downs, and a prosecutor with Justice Quebec for four years, from 1987 to 1991.
Judith M. Woods, a judge with the Tax Court of Canada, has been elevated to the Federal Court of Appeal. Woods has been with the Tax Court since 2003. Justice C.M. Ryer had resigned in May from the court.
She was previously a partner with McCarthy Tétrault LLP from 1978 to 2003. She also served as a lawyer with Dow Chemical Canada, and was admitted to the bar in 1976.
The appointments are all effective immediately.
The federal government had come under fire in recent months for judicial vacancies that critics said were clogging the courts.
"We know that our country is stronger, and our judicial system more effective, when our judges reflect Canada's diversity. As promised, we have filled the urgent judicial vacancies by drawing on a list of recommended candidates who are of the highest caliber and who are as diverse as Canada," said Jody Wilson-Raybould, federal Justice Minister and Attorney General of Canada.
In a statement, Canadian Bar Association president Janet Fuhrer said, "We are delighted that the government has started to fill the vacancies on the courts. The unfilled vacancies have created some delays and other problems for Canadians seeking justice.
"While we all wish for vacancies to be filled expeditiously, we understand that revamping the process will take time and appreciate the Government's efforts to do things right. We are in communication with government officials and the Minister's office and fully expect an ongoing dialogue on how best to fill vacancies and appoint a judiciary that is reflective of Canadian society."
Legal news roundup - June 20, 2016Written by Patricia Cancilla Monday, 20 June 2016
Toronto police search for van driver after woman dies following hit and run, Canadian Press
All three shooting suspects in custody in Sooke, B.C.: RCMP, Canadian Press
Man who killed Delta, B.C. police officer is back out on bail, Canadian Press
United States
Senate to vote on gun control, but none of the bills expected to pass, Reuters
Orlando survivors hope response to shooting a turning point for LGBT rights, Reuters
More than 20 people killed in bomb attacks in Afghanistan, Reuters
N.W.T. lawyers hope to save Yellowknife law libraryWritten by Alex Robinson Friday, 17 June 2016
Yellowknife lawyers say the impending closure of the city's law library could have significant impacts on access to justice in the Northwest Territories.
|Bar members found out about the impending closure of the law library in an e-mail from the law society. (Photo: CambridgeBayWeather)
"Costs are already quite significant in the north and access to lawyers is quite a challenge. People are already having difficulties finding lawyers in a lot of areas of practice," she says. "This will not make that easier."
Wawzonek says the closure would likely result in an increase in cost for clients, as lawyers will have to spend more on resources.
Bar members were first alerted to the fact the N.W.T Department of Justice had decided to close the library in an e-mail from the law society.
"I think [I was] shocked and disappointed no one was consulted. Members of the bar were not consulted because I would usually notice and participate in that kind of thing," says Sandra MacKenzie, a litigation lawyer with Lawson Lundell LLP, who is fighting the closure.
"What's going to happen to the collection? Where any alternatives considered and where are self-represented litigants going to go?"
The justice departmetn said the decision was made because costs have increased over the years while usage has steadily decreased. Last year, it cost the government $467,000 to run the facility, which only saw 984 visits and only had 385 books signed out, according to the government.
"That breaks down to a cost of almost $500 each time a user stepped in the door, and over $1,200 for every book checked out," justice spokeswoman Marie-Eve Duperre told Legal Feeds in an e-mail.
However, lawyers say the usage numbers the government provided might not be accurate as not everyone signs the attendance book when they enter the library.
While outright closure could save the Department of Justice money, Wawzonek says the N.W.T. CBA branch would like to see an alternative solution achieved through consultations.
"Reduced use and being over budget that to me seems like a financial math problem and not one that is necessarily best solved by a blanket decision to close the law library," says Wawzonek, who uses the library whenever she has a trial in Yellowknife.
"We're still hopeful a solution that supports the bar and supports access to justice, while still being fiscally responsible can be found."
The N.W.T. law society is currently canvassing its members for their opinions and expects most responses will express displeasure, says spokesman Bob Wilson.
"It is unclear whether the results of our informal survey will change any minds, as it appears that the government of the Northwest Territories' Department of Justice has made its decision," Wilson said.
Sole practitioners, small firms, and self-represented litigants are likely to be most affected, as they do not have the resources of a large firm, says MacKenzie. But ultimately any lawyers who use the library will be affected.
"We're a small rural jurisdiction. So lawyers are already struggling to have access to the most timely and most thorough, up to date materials," says Wawzonek.
"It's more challenging. People are often sole practitioners or in small groups of practitioners. They're not necessarily in the position to each individually be buying every tome that's come out in a certain area of practice."
The government says court services will offer an interlibrary service, allowing people to access books in Alberta law libraries, but Wawzonek worries whether such a system will be an acceptable resource for lawyers in Yellowknife.
"It does not meet the need for lawyers who need information quickly, immediately, whether it's a quick reference on a trial mater they're in the middle of or whether it's something they're working on that they need to do some in depth research on," she says.
"This is the only resource for many lawyers in the territory."
While bar members are hoping there might be some chance of reversing the decision, they may be too late as the N.W.T. legislature is set to vote on its budget in the next couple of weeks.
Legal news roundup - June 17, 2016Written by Patricia Cancilla Friday, 17 June 2016
Man stabbed and killed at Calgary clinic in 'domestic' incident: police, Canadian Press
Ottawa police charge motorcyclist for allegedly pointing gun at slow drivers, Canadian Press
Squamish Nation launches court challenge to overturn NEB approval of Trans Mountain, Canadian Press
United States
Orlando victims' families call for gun control as they bury their dead, Reuters
Years of research required before FDA lifts ban on gay blood donors: experts, Reuters
EU referendum campaign suspended after British lawmaker murdered, Reuters
Boko Haram shoot and kill 18 women at funeral in northern Nigeria, Reuters
Cities have no say on location of cellphone towers: SCC
- Federal government retains exclusive control over radio-communications
The federal government — and only the federal government — may approve or reject the location of a cellphone antenna, regardless of health concerns or any other issues that may be within the purview of provincial or municipal governments.
|Patrice Gladu says his client thought it had a good chance of opening a new avenue to involve the municipalities that are on the front lines.
The appeal stems from a construction delay. Rogers Communications had been granted approval to build a cellphone antenna at a particular location in Châteauguay, south of Montreal. Citizens mobilized against the project, leading the municipal government to issue a "notice of reserve" that would forestall any construction for two years.
The city conducted public consultations and offered an alternative location, but Rogers rejected that site as inadequate. Then, a few days before the reserve notice was set to expire, the city extended the delay for another two years — prompting Rogers to launch its action.
The city argued successfully on appeal that it had authority to block construction of the antenna, given the concerns of nearby residents that the land was being misused and that their health would be affected — issues that falls under municipal and provincial mandate.
Today, however, in a unanimous decision written by justices Richard Wagner and Suzanne Côté, the SCC has overturned the appeal court's decision, taking a hard line on constitutional divisions of power.
As the decision states: "Even if this measure addressed health concerns raised by certain residents, the fact remains that it would constitute a usurpation of the federal power over radiocommunication. . . . A finding that the siting of radiocommunication infrastructure has a double aspect would imply that both the federal and provincial governments can legislate in this regard, which would contradict the precedent established by the Privy Council in In re Regulation and Control of Radio Communication in Canada . . ."
The court found that Rogers was bound by a federally imposed obligation to ensure adequate cellphone coverage in the area, and that allowing cities to reject the location of cellphone infrastructure would make it impossible for these companies to carry out their obligations.
David Watt, senior vice president of regulatory affairs at Rogers, says the ruling is a win for Canadians who expect good cellphone service and that it's important to have a fair and transparent process to work with communities across the country.
In an e-mail to Legal Feeds, he says: "We appreciate today's decision and will always respect the communities we invest and operate in, meeting and beating health and environmental standards because we work here, live here and raise our kids here too."
For Patrice Gladu, the lawyer at Dunton Rainville who represented Châteauguay, the decision is a disappointing loss for his client.
"We thought that we had a good chance of opening a new avenue to involve the municipalities that are on the front lines in the decision-making for planning of the land," he says, "but we clearly understand that the ruling today of the Supreme Court says that municipalities do not have any kind of say over determination of the site. It's up to the company and minister of industry to decide where an antenna is going to be built."
Gladu, however, notes that the court does cite the possibility of a compromise, noting that municipalities — while lacking the authority to reject a specific site — may use their powers to expropriate land as a way of offering an alternative. He says his client is now open to that possibility.
Legal news roundup - June 16, 2016Written by Patricia Cancilla Thursday, 16 June 2016
Halifax man found dead in jail cell after being arrested for public intoxication, Canadian Press
Calgary police officers charged in anti-corruption investigation, Canadian Press
Jury deliberates for fourth day at Tim Bosma trial in Hamilton, Canadian Press
United States
Appeals court grants Republican governor injunction against Kentucky abortion clinic, Reuters
FBI says Donald Trump is wrong: U.S. Muslims do report extremist threats, Reuters
British lawmaker shot and stabbed, in critical condition, Reuters
Chinese authorities 'abducted' Hong Kong bookseller, says associate, Reuters
Federal, Quebec justice ministers ask CJC for new hearing on GirouardWritten by Yamri Taddese Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Quebec Superior Court Justice Michel Girouard is not off the hook just yet despite the Canadian Judicial Council's decision not to recommend his removal from the bench due lack of evidence that he purchased drugs while working as a lawyer.
In an unprecedented move, the federal and Quebec justice ministers have jointly asked the Canadian Judicial Council to open a new inquiry Girouard's conduct. This time, Jody Wilson-Raybould and Stéphanie Vallée are asking that Girouard be investigated for his conduct before the committee that was tasked with investigating the drug allegations against him.
Despite finding there wasn't enough evidence to prove Girouard purchased drugs while he was a lawyer, the inquiry committee recommended that the CJC remove him from the bench because the majority of the committee believed the judge lied to them during the inquiry.
In a press release yesterday, the ministers said:
Given the important purpose of the judicial discipline process, the critical role of integrity in ensuring public confidence in the judiciary, and the need to ensure fairness to Justice Girouard, the Ministers agree that the best course of action is to jointly request, pursuant to s. 63(1) of the Judges Act, that an inquiry be held into the findings of the majority of the Inquiry Committee that prompted it to recommend his removal."
Meanwhile, Quebec's Superior Court announced Girouard will be relieved of his regular responsibilities and administrative duties as co-ordinating judge for the judicial districts of Rouyn-Noranda and Témiscamingue while the new inquiry is underway.
The CJC decided in April not to recommend Girouard's removal because the credibility and integrity issue was separate from the reasons for the inquiry, which were the allegations of drug purchase.
Despite the majority of the committee's assurance that Girouard was given chances to respond to the inconsistencies in his testimony, the CJC said he was not informed that "the specific concerns of the majority were a distinct allegation of misconduct to which he must reply in order to avoid a recommendation for removal."
"Because the judge was entitled to this kind of notice and did not get it, the Council does not know whether the majority's concerns would have been resolved had it received an informed response to them from the judge," said the CJC.
Ethics and professionalism lawyer Gavin MacKenzie says he's never seen anything like this request being made by the ministers. But although "it's a very unusual case," MaKenzie says the ministers' request is understandable.
"It's not a case of double jeopardy," he says. "The reaction of some seeing what has occurred is that the judge has been vindicated by the recommendation of the Canadian Judicial Council, but I can see the sense and the fairness of the ministers' actions in requesting a new hearing in these circumstances.
"There's a potentially legitimate concern that's expressed in the majority reasons of the inquiry panel," adds MacKenzie. "And it's equally valid to draw the conclusion that the judge has not had a fair opportunity to respond to those allegations."
Due to the passage of time, the inquiry committee could not prove allegations that Girouard purchased drugs from a drug trafficker in the '80s and early '90s. A drug trafficker, who later became a police informant, told authorities he sold Girouard a total of one kilogram of cocaine with an approximate value of between $90,000 and $100,000.
Another former drug dealer, Yvon Lamontagne, also told police Girouard was his client as early as 2010, and he's sold cocaine to him just days before Girouard's appointment to the Superior Court bench in September of that year.
At Lamontagne's movie rental store, police found surveillance video that showed an exchange between Girouard and Lamontagne. While the duo's interaction seemed "suspicious," the inquiry committee was not convinced the video, which had no sound, is conclusive evidence of a drug transaction.
But in its November 2015 report to the CJC, the majority of the inquiry committee, including Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton, expressed "deep and serious concerns" about Girouard's credibility, and therefore integrity, throughout the process.
"In short, on the basis of all the evidence submitted to the Committee to date, and subject to our comments below about the possibility of bringing a further count, we cannot, with great regret, accept Justice Girouard's version of the facts," the majority of the inquiry committee wrote regarding what happened in the video between Girouard and Lamontagne.
"Although this implies nothing about the nature of the object that was exchanged, we wish to express our deep and serious concerns about Justice Girouard's credibility during the inquiry and, consequently, about his integrity. In our opinion, Justice Girouard deliberately attempted to mislead the Committee by concealing the truth," they said.
In recommending Girouard's removal, the majority of the inquiry committee said his conduct fell below the standards expected from members of the judiciary.
"He did not set an example of integrity. Instead, he lacked integrity. By acting in this manner, he placed himself in a position incompatible with the due execution of the office of judge, which amounts to misconduct under paragraph 65(2)(d) of the Judges Act," the two committee members said.
But the dissenting member of the committee, Justice Richard Chartier, said the inconsistencies in the judge's statements didn't rise to the level of concrete doubt about this credibility. He also found it would be inappropriate to recommend Girouard's removal based on conduct that wasn't the basis of the inquiry, a position the CJC, too, later accepted.
Update June 22: The Canadian Judicial Council announced on June 22 that at the request of the justice ministers it will convene an inquiry into the conduct of Justice Michel Girouard. In a press release, the CJC noted, the Judges Act requires that it proceed with an inquiry when requested by the Minister of Justice of Canada or by the attorney general of a province.
Legal news roundup - June 15, 2016Written by Patricia Cancilla Wednesday, 15 June 2016
Three sex assault allegations under investigation at Simon Fraser University, Canadian Press
Quebec must explain how long-gun registry will affect aboriginals: leader, Canadian Press
Manitoba premier says legislature may install gender-neutral washroom, Canadian Press
United States
Grand jury to investigate wife of Orlando mass murderer, Reuters
Stanford sex assault judge removed from new case after prosecutors complain, Reuters
Alligator drags 2-year-old boy into lagoon in Florida, search underway, Reuters
Prosecutor says Oscar Pistorius should serve at least 15 years in prison, The Guardian
Chinese online loan sharks demand nude photos from borrowers, Reuters
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Texas Motor Speedway is in the midst of preparations for company. But this isn't just a visit from the in-laws.
This weekend, TMS will be host to a NASCAR Craftsman truck race, a Busch series race, and a Nextel Cup race. Larger than eight Texas Stadiums combined and nestled on 1,500 acres, hundreds of thousands of race fans are expected to descend on TMS, according to Mike Zizzo, director of media relations.
"On a typical NASCAR race weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, we are playing host to and serving around 400,000 guests," Zizzo said. "The NASCAR Nextel Cup events each year at Texas Motor Speedway are the largest-attended single-day sporting events in the state of Texas and are among the largest sporting events in the United States annually."
In the 30 days leading up to this weekend's race activities at Fort Worth, TMS operations department director Mat Stolley and his full-time staff of 30 will log a collective 7,000 man-hours preparing for the fan invasion of "The Great American Speedway," with thousands of additional people working during the race weekend.
"Our guys have quite a 'honey-do' list, to say the least," Texas Motor Speedway President Eddie Gossage said. "The magnitude of items on the list makes my complaints around the house sound kind of hollow. I complain about having to replace a light bulb while these guys typically have to replace 750 burned-out bulbs before every event. And no complaints out of me from now on about taking care of the yard chores -- my yard sure beats worrying about 900 acres to mow and planting thousands of flowers. The guys in our operations department have a great deal of pride, though, and they will have the place sparkling beautiful for our guests before the gates open."
The TMS staff will cut grass, lay down seed, trim hedges, plant flowers, and spray weed killer in turf parking and the campgrounds. 290 U.S. flags will be raised. Seats will be power-washed, floors will be vacuumed, and special attention will be paid to the restrooms, where lots of scrubbing and mopping takes place in the 2,383 toilets, 750 men's urinals and 761 bathroom sinks. While you probably make sure there is an extra roll or two of toilet paper at home, the TMS crew stocks the restrooms with 4.5 million feet of toilet paper. That would be 852 miles of toilet paper, enough to go to Galveston, Texas, and back and still have 100 miles to spare.
TMS orders an additional 800 porta-johns and physically unloads and places them around the facility for the guests, increasing the total amount of toilets to nearly 4,000.
But windows? Even TMS draws the line somewhere. The track hires professionals to handle the window cleaning, which involves hanging from a harness high above the frontstretch cleaning the giant glass window fronts on 144 suites, the press box and the nine-story Speedway Club.
Then there's the trash left behind when the race is over. There will be so much garbage that TMS operations will carry and position more than 5,000 trash barrels and 250 Dumpsters to collect it all.
Levy Restaurants, food supplier at the track, will order and prepare: 25,000 hot dogs and buns, 10,000 quarter-pound hamburger patties (equivalent to 1.25 tons of hamburger meat) and buns, 2,000 prime rib steak sandwiches, 15,000 orders of nacho chips and 13,680 ounces of nacho cheese sauce. That will be washed down with 18,750 gallons of Coca-Cola soda and water products.
Levy also will have eight semi-trailers of food that chefs will prepare for guests in the suites, The Speedway Club and Victory Lane Club. The chefs will prepare a variety of foods, including four tons of brisket, two tons of chicken breasts and more than a ton of chicken wings.
When the race is over, however, that doesn't mean the work at the track is done.
"Given the enormity of these race weekends and the attention to detail that is required, the planning, preparation and execution of these events is a yearlong process," Zizzo said. "You can't just open the speedway doors and hope for the best. In addition to race weekends, we have track rentals, driving schools, special events and other major happenings in which the track is active in some sort of fashion nearly 365 days a year. And by August of each year, we also are in the midst of our company planning for the following season. There is plenty to keep everyone on the staff busy and our speedway president, Eddie Gossage, is always challenging us and driving us to outwork and outperform every other speedway."
"I guess you can compare it somewhat to an NFL, NBA, or MLB franchise in a sense," Zizzo added. "We have a few months between races, which is more or less the offseason period for those sports. But you can bet they don't have their feet up on their desks. Like us, they are planning and strategizing for the next season, or in our case, a major event, and looking to stay in the public consciousness."


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Help Mrs. Burley and her detective son Sammy as they dive into the Incredible Adventures of my Mom, a fun hidden-object game by FlyWheel Games. After the chief of police is kidnapped, Sammy is put in charge of an extremely dangerous case. Mrs. Burley decides to travel to Italy to help look after her son and ends up in an incredible adventure.
The Mom Says No product from Visionsoft Limited, allows you to control when and for how long, each user of the PC will have access to MSN Messenger and optionally, the worldwide web.
Wire-MoM is a method of moment program for the analysis of wire structures. The wire structure can be placed in free space or over an infinite perfectly conducting ground plane. Wires can also be connected to the ground plane.
The program computes the current in the wires in the frequency domain due to either voltages sources on the wires or an incident plane wave.
Tumbleeze is an easy to use, ultra-feature-rich tumblr client that aims to provide cross-platform quick desktop publishing of all of your media types directly to tumblr.
Tumbleeze is a free Adobe Air application, specially designed for Tumblr users.
TumblRipper is a free program that enables you to backup your Tumblr blog's content with only a couple of clicks. The program supports Tumblr blogs, Tumblr tags, 500px, Instragram and FlickR. It also automatically downloads all photos and videos from a given blog.
CoView is a simple and free comic viewer where you will be able to watch and read your favorite comics, and remember those funny moments from your childhood (like me). This excellent viewer will let you to open CBR (Comic Book Rar) and CBZ (Comic Book Zip) files easily.
FSZ Comics is an application that provides amazing comics and funny images. You can choose different categories of comics or images or click on random button to read randomly selected comics. Also, the program allows you to sort comics by their labels.
eComicsReader is a free comics reader developed by Raj Comics.
With eComicsReader you can view any comics developed by Raj Comics or other developers. eComicsReader is very easy to use and install offering a great and simple interface for your to enjoy .
Tumblr Collage is a browser extension that provides a revolutionary way to browse Tumblr photo blogs. The Tumblr Collage icon appears on the right side of the address bar when you visit a Tumblr blog. Clicking on this icon will open a new tab displaying the blog's photos in a dynamic collage.
Wisegal is a "hidden object game" set up in Mafia ambience. You will play Patty Montanari, a lady who once worked for the Mafia, but who decided and managed to leave that life in order to protect her three sons. Now, her older son has disappeared in New York, after receiving a letter from an old friend. Your goal is to track down Patty's son by solving mysteries and finding hidden objects.
Pop Dot Comic is a fun way to create comic-book style illustrations from your snapshot or ones taken of your friends and family. This program applies thick outlines, bold colors, and plenty of benday dots to newsprint or pulp papers to give every creation the look of one that's been printed or published.
This Chrome browser extension puts the time of each post that appears in your Tumblr dashboard, in the lower left hand corner of every post. It will be helpful for all those people who is frustrated at going through hundreds of posts and having no idea if they were looking at stuff from a week ago or a month ago.
Free Comics Screensaver is a great slideshow for kids, especially for boys, which shows different pictures of popular cartoon heroes, such as Batman, X-men characters, and Spiderman, to name but a few. By default, the images are shown with different transition effects and they are shuffled, so you may notice that some images will appear lots of times while others only a few.
Eighteen years have passed since the last of Bluebeard's wives managed to escape with her life, and the life of their unborn son. As he approaches manhood, the young man now faces nightmares that threaten to drive him mad. His aunt reveals the true tale of his father's past. If he does not destroy the immortal heart that cursed his father, he shall die before his next birthday.
JE-Comics is a Java application able to convert a group of images into a pdf.
It can take as an input Jpeg, gif and png files even if compressed in a zip or cbz file.
Useful for making an e-book friendly version of comics, or just easily convert the scan of documents and notes into pdf.
The software features a Decor module, which saves you repetitive work by automating the layout of foliage, rocks or other natural element. The clipping function prevents the shadow of the trunk to overflow into the image. Also, the brush type "spray" can quickly draw pearl necklaces or other repetitive topics.
Son of the Finn is a game where you have to fulfill the last wish of character's deceased father by pursuing the adventures in the Andes. Tombs of ancient rulers are filled up with treasures and dangers. Wander through catacombs using either force or wits, the choice is yours.
The Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of SQL Server 2008, 2005 and SQL Server 2000 in an enterprise environment. Availability and configuration monitoring, performance data collection, and default thresholds are built for enterprise-level monitoring. Both local and remote connectivity checks help ensure database availability.


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The Reader Diaries is a discussion feature in which I rant, unleash my inner psycho fangirl, and discuss bookish topics. Todays topic was inspired by Snuggly Oranges fantastic post on Ship-Defining Quotes
Unlike OTP's (my favorite word in the universe) BrOTP's are those that you ship together as best friends and who are destined to remain that way forever and for the rest of eternity. In many cases they could be considered "frenemies"
Mary // Catherine from Reign
There is so much relationship development with these two. They've gone from Catherine trying to kill Mary multiple times to two queens on the same team who know what its like to rule in a world where men hold all the power. When they work together the result is often hilarious, compelling, and entertaining. Easily the best most complex dynamic on the show.
Juliette // Kenji from Shatter Me
This relationship gives me the feels just thinking about it. Kenji truly saved the Shatter Me books from being overtaken by the dramatic (yet entertaining) love triangle. He offered some much needed comedic relief and the friendship between him and Juliette is beautiful. He calls her out on her shit and gives it to her straight no matter how hard the truth might be.
"Kenji snorts."That's because you're not fragile," Kenji says. "If anything, everyone needs to protect themselves from you. You're like a freaking beast," he says. Then adds, "I mean, you know—like, a cute beast. A little beast that tears shit up and breaks the earth and sucks the life out of people."
Rose // Christian from Vampire Academy
Rose and Christian from Vampire Academy are just so amusing to read about! They're complete opposites and are the perfect example of a relationship that goes from clear hostility to respect and eventually friendship.
Mara // Jamie from The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Another hilarious yet heartwarming friendship. These two make for one of the most humorous most witty pair of partners in crime I have ever read about.
I planted a kamikaze kiss on Jamie's cheek.
"FUCK," he shouted, wiping it off. "What if you killed me!" He threw a Skittle at my face. It hit my forehead.
"Taste the rainbow bitch."
Meredith // Christina from Grey's Anatomy
One of the many reasons why Grey's Anatomy has kept me hooked for over ten seasons. This friendship is absolutely amazing. Their scenes together always made me crack up or sob quietly in the corner. Now that Christina left the show Grey's is not the same, nor will it ever be.
Celaena // Rowan from Heir of Fire
THESE TWO. My babies. My orignally-hated-each-other-and-then-slowly-flourished-to-become-the-most-beautiful-relationship-I've-read-about babies. Their relationship is not romantic (YET!) but its more intimate than one between lovers. Rowan undeniably understands her, he accepts her, he listens, he calls her 'fire heart,' knows her entire story, and ugh they're perfect for one another okay? I apologize for the fangirling.
Klaus // Rebekah from The Originals
Much like Mary and Catherine from Reign (CW am I seeing a trend here?) Klaus and Rebekah have an extremely complex relationship, a result of a thousand years together. They've killed each other, betrayed one another, hurt each other in the worst way possible, but its obvious that theres love between these two even though it might be a bit messy.
Who are some of your favorite BrOTP's?