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Pandora: We're Helping Artists Make Millions & We'd Like To Keep Doing That
from the interesting-to-see deptFor all the talk of new music platforms not paying artists enough, we keep hearing counter stories. The latest is that Pandora has revealed that two artists -- Drake and Lil' Wayne -- will make somewhere close to $3 million in royalty payments from Pandora this year. Lots of other artists make many thousands of dollars as well:
Have you heard of Donnie McClurkin, French Montana or Grupo Bryndis? If you haven't you're not alone. They are artists whose sales ranks on Amazon are 4,752, 17,000 and 183,187, respectively. These are all working artists who live well outside the mainstream - no steady rotation on broadcast radio, no high profile opening slots on major tours, no front page placement in online retail. What they also have in common is a steady income from Pandora. In the next twelve months Pandora is on track to pay performance fees of $100,228, $138,567 and $114,192, respectively, for the music we play to their large and fast-growing audiences on Pandora.Of course, while all of this is happening, Pandora is not yet profitable, and may never be profitable -- as it is required, under current webcasting rates, to pay about 50% of its revenue out as royalties (while terrestrial radio and satellite radio get to pay much, much less). As Tim Westergren has pointed out, because of the crazy rates, plenty of other webcasting operations have just left the business entirely -- meaning that there just aren't that many players in this space, because it just isn't profitable for the companies, even as they're developing important new revenue streams for artists.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg. For over two thousand artists Pandora will pay over $10,000 dollars each over the next 12 months (including one of my favorites, the late jazz pianist Oscar Peterson), and for more than 800 we'll pay over $50,000, more than the income of the average American household. For top earners like Coldplay, Adele, Wiz Khalifa, Jason Aldean and others Pandora is already paying over $1 million each. Drake and Lill Wayne are fast approaching a $3 million annual rate each.
I'll have more on this later, but it often seems that legacy players really have no concept of "the golden goose." They assume that any tech company, who is moderately successful in getting users, simply should be bled dry, paying out just about everything to artists, with nothing left for the companies themselves. They think that the music is the entire value, and the service provided is not very important. And yet, without that service, none of that money would come in at all. At some point, the legacy guys are going to have to realize that they're better off having a healthy ecosystem of services, rather than squeezing the absolute highest rates out of these companies, in a way where they can't survive.
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Laid back, free-spirited, artistic, quirky, and scenic, Key West is one of the most unique places in the United States. Known for its live-and-let-live attitude, tropical climate, and seemingly continuous happy hour, this tiny Florida Keys island has been welcoming visitors seeking a vacation from the normal for two centuries.
Since its earliest days, people have come to the end of the Florida Keys island chain to fish, write, carouse, and rejuvenate. From the famous, including Ernest Hemingway, John J Audubon, and Tennessee Williams – to infamous, Key West has always been a place where you can be yourself, find yourself, or re-invent yourself.
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The Jeweled Shillelagh has been spending an awful lot of time in Hollywood over the past decade. Southern California has won nine of its last 10 meetings with Notre Dame in one of college football's best intersectional rivalries.
The Jeweled Shillelagh has been spending an awful lot of time in Hollywood over the past decade.
Southern California has won nine of its last 10 meetings with Notre Dame in one of college football's best intersectional rivalries.
The Trojans won a record eight straight over the Irish before a narrow loss in 2009, falling one dropped touchdown pass short of a perfect 10-year stretch with the bejeweled trophy.
USC's dominance is one reason many of the current players don't have a full grasp of more than 85 years of history between the schools. The Trojans have been on top for most of their youths, winning in everything from blowouts to the famed "Bush Push" game of 2005.
"It's not a great rivalry right now," Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said. "We haven't won enough games. They've had the upper hand on this. We need to make this a rivalry."
The top-ranked Irish have that chance tomorrow at the Coliseum. Notre Dame (11-0) needs a win to advance to the BCS title game, while the Trojans (7-4) have been reduced to spoilers after starting the year at No. 1.
That's a change from the rivalry's recent history dominated by the Trojans, whose incredibly successful run under coach Pete Carroll has been dampened by NCAA sanctions while Kelly revitalized the inconsistent Irish.
The USC-Notre Dame rivalry carries more weight for alumni and former players than the current stars in uniform.
"We try to work on that, (but) I don't think that's natural to them," USC coach Lane Kiffin said. "But that's what we live in nowadays. We're dealing with 17- to 21-year-old kids, and for whatever reason, they don't come in here understanding that, so we work on that."
In fact, Kiffin welcomes Notre Dame's success under Kelly, believing it's the only way to make his players understand what's special about the matchup.
"That will naturally change it," Kiffin said. "I'm sure as these kids grew up with the, whatever it was, eight straight (wins for USC), I'm sure they weren't watching the same type of games that 20 years ago, kids were watching. That would definitely change it, but it's our part to make sure we're up there, too."
The series, which dates to 1926 when Knute Rockne first brought Notre Dame to the West Coast, has been dominated by one team for long stretches in the past half-century or so. Notre Dame went unbeaten in 13 straight meetings from 1983-95, and USC lost only twice from 1967-82.
With Notre Dame two wins away from its first national title since 1988, the Coliseum is an ideal setting for a memorable win.
Although the rivalry was one-sided in recent years, it produced several memorable moments — most of them less regrettable than USC receiver Ronald Johnson's horrific drop of a sure touchdown pass with 1:17 to play on a rainy night in Los Angeles two years ago.
The Bush Push game might have been the most entertaining, with a back-and-forth game culminating in Reggie Bush's push of quarterback Matt Leinart into the end zone in the final seconds of No. 1 USC's 34-31 victory over the green-jerseyed Irish.
Even Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis agreed Bush had simply been trying to win, even if he strayed onto the gray edge of the rule book.
Although the current players don't know everything about the schools' history, they've written a bit of their own already.
USC senior safety T.J. McDonald cites the Trojans' 31-17 victory at Notre Dame last season among the best memories of his college career, still savoring the South Bend silence a year later.
Kelly hopes the Irish start making their own memories tomorrow.
"We need to win some more football games against a great opponent in USC," Kelly said. "Our guys know that. I don't have to tell them that. They've been around. They were here last year when we got beat. We want to make this a rivalry. We're going to have to play great football against a really good football team."


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Harvard looks to collect its first win at Soldiers Field on the season this weekend (Harvard Athletic Communications).
The Particulars
The Harvard softball team kicks off its Ivy League home schedule as it welcomes Columbia for a Friday doubleheader and Penn for a Saturday twinbill. Saturday's matchup between the Crimson and Quakers represents a showdown between the two current Ivy division leaders.
Last Time Out
The Crimson traveled to Providence, R.I., Tuesday for a single game against the Friars. Providence took a 2-0 lead after three innings, but a Marika Zumbro RBI single got Harvard on the board in the top of the fourth. Kasey Lange launched a solo home run to lead off the top of the sixth, but the hosts plated one final run in the bottom of the inning to take a 3-2 win. Rachel Brown recorded seven strikeouts in just four innings of work.
About Harvard
With a 3-1 league record, Harvard sits atop the Ivy North Division standings and is one of only two Ivy teams (Penn) with a winning overall record at 15-9. In its first conference action, the Crimson split a doubleheader at Cornell and swept Princeton, posting 14 runs between two games against the Tigers.
Senior shortstop Jane Alexander is having a breakout season at the plate, leading the squad with a .443 batting average, 35 hits and eight doubles. Shelbi Olson has also turned up the heat in her sophomore campaign, ranking second on the team with a .369 average, while classmate Kasey Lange continues to be the team's biggest run producer with 21 RBI this season. Strikeout specialist Rachel Brown boasts a 1.67 earned run average, a 9-4 record and 125 strikeouts in 92 innings pitched.
Scouting Columbia
The Lions enter Friday's doubleheader with a 7-18 overall record to go with a 1-3 conference mark. After playing a challenging tournament schedule to start the season, the Lions have gone 4-3 since Returning to the Northeast.
Columbia collected its lone Ivy win in its Ancient Eight opener against Yale, downing the Bulldogs, 4-1. Christie Taylor and Tristin Moone had a pair of hits and an RBI each in the win and Brooke Darling went the distance in the circle to improve her record to 4-8 on the year. An early Bulldogs lead stood up in Game 2 as Yale captured a 4-3 win, despite a pair of Columbia runs in the bottom of the sixth. Two days later, Brown blanked Columbia, 8-0 in five innings, in Game 1, and held on for a 6-5 win in Game 2, despite a furious comeback attempt in which the Lions scored four runs in the final half inning.
Alison Lam leads all Lions with a .340 batting average while Emily Snodgrass is hitting .303 on the year and holds the team lead in hits (23), doubles (10) and slugging (.434). Morgan Cook has a team-high 11 RBI this season, and Jennifer Bergeron leads the team with six steals in seven attempts. Darling has a team-high 77.2 innings pitched and 47 strikeouts on the season, while Kalli Schultea tops the pitching staff with a 3.32 ERA.
Scouting Penn
The Quakers begin the weekend as the last undefeated team in Ivy play this season, boasting a 4-0 league record. Penn is 19-10 overall on the season and will be playing its first conference road games when it travels to Dartmouth Friday.
In its first Ivy action of the season, Penn took care of North Division opponents Brown and Yale, sweeping both pairs of games. In Game 1 against Brown, Jessica Melendez launched a pair of home runs and drove in four as the Quakers took a 7-4 victory. Game 2 was much closer, and it took a ninth-inning RBI single from Kayla Dahlerbruch to break a 4-4 tie and give Penn a narrow 5-4 win. Dahlerbruch provided the lone run with a solo blast in a 1-0 win over Yale the following day, and the Quakers erupted for 14 runs and 11 hits in a five-inning 14-3, romp in Game 2.
Sydney Turchin enters the weekend with the team lead in batting average (.353), hits (30), runs (22) and steals (11 for 13). Dahlerbruch leads the team with 17 RBI and shares the team lead in home runs (5) with Jessica Melendez. Brooke Coloma is only one off the team lead for RBI with 16 this season. Rookie pitcher Alexis Borden has been stellar for the Quakers and boasts a 12-2 record, 1.18 earned run average and 100 strikeouts in 94.2 innings pitched.


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Frank Dolezal the alleged Mad Butcher of Cleveland
On January 26, 1936, the dismembered body of Florence Polillo is found murdered and dismembered in Cleveland. The murder spree sparked mass panic in the city, where the unknown murderer was dubbed the "Mad Butcher." The "Mad Butcher" of Cleveland, AKA the Cleveland Torso Murderer and Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, was an unidentified male serial killer believed to have killed at least 12 victims between the depression era years of 1935 and 1938. Some believe the killer may have been operating in the area as early as the 1920s and as late as the early 1950s amassing over 40 victims.
On Sunday, January 26, 1936 butcher Charles Paige, called the police to report a murder. A person wishing to remain unidentified had told Paige there was a body of a murdered person lying against a building. Paige investigated and found severed human body parts. The coroner's office later identified the remains as belonging to Florence Saudy Polillo, age 42. She had been arrested several times for prostitution. The coroner determined she had been dead from 2 to 4 days and dismemberment had been done with a sharp instrument just like the other two. The coroner also believed it was the work of someone who knew surgical techniques. Still nobody tied the murders together as being the work of one individual. That is until the press started a media circus with stories of a psychopathic maniac on the loose.
In June 1936, another head, and later a headless body, turned up and police were unable to identify the victim. Even when a replica mask of the victim's face, which was displayed at the Great Lakes Exposition, the victim remained a mystery, while the Mad Butcher continued killing. By the summer of 1938, with the body count into double digits, the Cleveland police were desperate to find the killer. One suspect, an actual butcher named Frank Dolezal, was interrogated for 40 straight hours until he confessed to killing Florence Polillo. However, he subsequently changed his story and then committed suicide in his jail cell. In reality, though, few authorities believed Dolezal was actually the killer. It is believed that the real suspect was relatively prominent and politically connected, and as a result the police department trumped up the case against Dolezal. All official police records of the matter have been destroyed. Ironically, the Mad Butcher's attacks stopped soon after Dolezal's suicide. The true identity of the Mad Butcher remains a mystery to this day.
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CHICAGO (AP) Bulls star point guard Derrick Rose could soon be going through full-contact drills in practice.
Coach Tom Thibodeau says Rose is ``very close'' to doing just that and it'll be ``the next step'' in his recovery from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
Asked if it could happen this week, Thibodeau responded, ``Yeah - it could.''
Is it scheduled to happen this week? The Bulls' coach repeated, ``It could.''
Thibodeau says Rose will have to go through full-contact drills ``for an extended amount of time'' and that he won't be playing after ``one or two days of contact.''
While Rose inches closer to making his season debut, the Bulls were without Luol Deng (sore right hamstring) Monday against the Los Angeles Lakers.


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Nothing big so far.....going thrifting this weekend though!
So far this week:
--Frogger Coleco tabletop - works perfect - $5
--Mario Kart 64 - cart only - $3
Nothing big so far.....going thrifting this weekend though!
So far this week:
--Frogger Coleco tabletop - works perfect - $5
--Mario Kart 64 - cart only - $3
Copied from the January thread because I'm an idiot....
Fortress of Narzod (complete!!)
Clean Sweep (box, overlay, cart)
Cosmic Chasm (box, overlay, cart, envelope)
All for $39 + shipped from AtariAge
Krazy Kreatures
Isolated Warrior
Wheel of Fortune: Family Edition
Top Gun
Guardian Legend
Phantom Fighter
Vegas Dream
Dirty Harry
Snake's Revenge
Blaster Master
Super Spy Hunter
Fester's Quest
Legacy of the Wizard
All NES, all cartridges are in PERFECT condition! No marks, no nicks, perfect stickers! And they all have MINT manuals in the cases with them. And these cases are all in nice shape too. Where did these come from? Some re-seller or something? They have a hang tag, so I assume they are from a store somewhere.
I did a little thrifting today, a lot of driving around but not a lot of finds to show for it. Most of these were from a couple Movie Trading Companies, the copy of Pitfall II was from an actual thrift. They had a bunch of other Atari games, but I was on my last couple bucks because I kept forgetting to go to the damn ATM. Besides, I already had the other games, even though they weren't all that common.
The weird "Cars of Fury" box was something I picked up in a thrift for $3.99. It's a Mac-compatible game with an included USB analog controller shaped like a race car to play the game with. It's pretty rare for me to come across any Macintosh games in the wild, so I bought it to see if it sucks or not.
Leave that In the Hunt for me man. I know the store in Ft Worth that you are talking about. That is my turf
Check my auctions here! I am in the business of finding off-beat things, including video game stuff!
View my collection!
Thanks, I didn't really know too much about the comics. I only found the first issue at a thrift store so I picked it up(I also got a couple of Batman: The Animated Series comic books at the same time). I should note that the comic series came out before the SatAm TV series did, there's an advertisement to look out the TV show "coming this fall", or something like that.
I'll look into the archives, I still think it would be pretty expensive to get all the archives as they come out as there's a lot of issues in the series. I really don't know how many archives would need to be made to get caught up to date with the recent issues.
Also, very tempted to buy this:
I have no idea where to put it though. I could barely find a place to put the 36" TV I got for free a few days ago. Wouldn't fit on the TV stand I put it on my dresser and moved all the games and crap on my dresser on a pile on the bed and am sleeping on half the bed.
my find today
Xenosaga 3 strategy guide brand new-4.99$
bleemcast tekken 3-1.99$
corvette ps2-3.99$
no great but not bad...
Oh, and before I forget, Archie has also started reprinting the Sonic 48 page specials in a separate compilation series called Sonic Selects.
February is starting out pretty good for me and heres what I have found so far. Everything was bought at the local flea market except the two PS3 games.
2 X360 faceplates for $3 each
BD-Watchmen D.C./Rocky Balboa/Beerfest-$10 each
HDDVD-Troy/Harsh Times/King Kong/Flags of our Fathers-$5 each
X360-Pinball Hall of Fame-$10
PS3-Killzone 2-trade from GTZ
PS3-R&C Crack in Time-bought from Gamestop
SNES-Alien 3-$4 box is beat up but the game is in good condition
GBA-Gunstar Super Heroes-$3
Gameboy case/Gameboy/3 games-$10
Is In The Hunt that submarine game? I have 4 copies of it in a box somewhere, three regular jewel cases, one longbox. If anyone wants one, I'll sell or trade them one cheap.
Been a while since I've had any finds that weren't ebay.
Paid $45 for all of the import Dreamcast stuff. Don't worry Steve, I left the ones you wanted there for you!
Gunslinger Collection - $5
Drug Wars - $5
Axelay - $7
Super R-Type - $7
Raiden Trad - $8
UN Squadron - $7
Sega CD
Vay - $50 (didn't realize this one had dropped so far in price lately)
And just for fun, my latest ebay delivery:
Shikigami Evolution Red and Blue for Xbox
Cho Aniki and Zombie vs Ambulance for PS2
Check out www.videogameconsolelibrary.com for all of your console review needs!
Sorry dude.
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Whaddya mean invalid parameters?!
9,000 gigs of ram and it still can't answer a simple question!
Yeah, the main reason I started picking them up is because they're rated R7 here. I didn't realize they're worth pretty much what I paid for them, $5-10 each.
Kitsune: I'd prefer to trade. I'm looking for a couple other PS1 games.
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My kids are too little to understand what New Year's resolutions are all about, so I'm making just one for them. I've never been too much into resolutions because they're so hard to keep, but this one is of extreme importance, and I plan on doing everything in my power to make it a reality in 2014 and in the years to come.
You see, my kids have started doing something I dreaded ever since Santiago was born: they are speaking English to each other. It may not sound like a big deal, but it is because they're already surrounded by enough English on a daily basis for it to be the language of choice between them. While I knew this was inevitable, I wasn't expecting it to happen until later on in their lives. After all, Santiago is only 4 and I don't really think he's fully bilingual just yet. I mean, his English has exploded in the last year since he started going to preschool full time, but his vocabulary continues to be much more extensive in Spanish.
Even so, Vanessa and him seem to prefer speaking in English more and more lately. I don't think they've made a conscious decision or anything like that and it's not like English is the only language they use to communicate, but I've noticed it's their language of choice, especially when they're playing.
So, in more than one occasion I've had to remind them that we only speak Spanish at home. I must admit I've felt a bit bad saying that to them even though I've made sure not to say it in a negative or reprimanding way, but I feel like if I don't put a stop to it now, it'll very soon be a lost battle.
I realize that, as they get older, there may not be much I can do to enforce the "Spanish only" rule at home, but for now, I have to do everything I can. They haven't really complained about it, but I feel like I have to be on top of it all the time because they seem to forget. And that's exactly what I'm trying to avoid: for them to feel like speaking English to each other is the most natural thing in the world.
I know some may not agree and even criticize me for what I'm doing, but my kids' first language is Spanish and I plan on doing everything in my power to keep it that way as long as possible.


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HALLANDALE BEACH (CBSMiami/Herald) – The digging at the scene where tiny human remains were found Friday was completed Saturday afternoon.
Investigators and a team of forensic anthropologists concluded their excavation Saturday afternoon, Hallandale Beach Police Chief Dwayne Flournoy told CBS4 news partner The Miami Herald.
"They have located other remains consistent with that of an infant or small child," Flournoy said.
Brittney Sierra, 21, and Calvin Melvin Jr., 27, parents of Dontrell Melvin, who went missing 18 months ago, were arraigned on child neglect charges Saturday morning.
A Broward county judge increased bond for both parents to $100,000 on the charge of cruelty towards a child and abuse causing great bodily harm.
Melvin, also charged with obstruction of a criminal investigation or falsifying information to locate a missing person, was given an additional $50,000 bond.
Both parents remained in Broward County jails as of Saturday afternoon.
Investigators began searching for Dontrell this week, after the Department of Children & Families hotline received a call alleging child neglect.
Police arrived to Melvin and Sierra's home to find two children, instead of the three that were supposed to be there. Melvin disappeared while police were checking in with his parents — the boy's grandparents – in Pompano Beach, where Melvin said he'd left his son.
Dontrell's grandparents said Melvin's story wasn't true.
Chief Flournoy called news conference to announce that Dontrell was missing and probably in danger. Meanwhile, Melvin and Sierra were arrested and taken to Broward County Jail.
Several hours of police digging in the backyard at Sierra's former home at 106 NW First Ave. on Friday and Saturday yielded grisly results: the remains of a tiny skeleton.
The Broward County Medical Examiner's office will soon begin DNA testing on the remains in order to shed more light on what happen to Dontrell Melvin, authorities said.
Flournoy said investigators were led to the couple's former backyard after interviewing Melvin and Sierra.
Melvin has offered police an array of explanations about his son's disappearance. After his original story about dropping the boy off with his parents, he changed his tune and said he'd left Dontrell at a North Miami-Dade fire station.
Police and neighbors are baffled by the fact that no one in Dontrell's family reported his disappearance.
The couple moved in with Sierra's mother, just six blocks away from the little green house on Northwest First Avenue, about a year ago.
A neighbor, Rosetta Braham, said six children now live there. Two of them are Sierra's children.
State child welfare administrators took two children into protective care Friday.
Flournoy did not want to comment on Saturday on what the Department of Children & Families had done with the other children. He did say, however, that a home visit was conducted Friday and action was taken.
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Beaver Creek Oktoberfest oom-pahs its way through Beaver Creek Labor Day weekend
Despite the setbacks, I maintain a fondness for the idea of Oktoberfest. I value the emphasis on quaffable beer that doesn't get you hammered with two pints, like so many American-style ales; the assumption that the festivities take place outside; the reverence for such simple – and potentially great – foods, like knackwurst and bockwurst and pretzels. That's my ideal. Too often, though, my experience has turned on merely weak (rather than well-crafted and weak) suds, and on commodity bratwursts and frankfurters utterly bereft of either subtly or panache. In Germany, they seem to be having such fun; in America, it all seems like just another booze-saturated, perfunctory salute to an ethnicity, like Cinco de Mayo or St. Patrick's Day writ small.
I'm keeping hope alive. Maybe they will do it right in Beaver Creek during Labor Day weekend, when the hamlet of honchos holds its Oktoberfest. By working with Crazy Mountain Brewery, they certainly are getting the beer right. Crazy Mountain is making three German-style brews for the party – a traditional Oktoberfest lager, a dunkelweizen, and a kolsch, all served in a beer garden, with Bavarian food and German music. The weekend holds a Bavarian costume contest too, an annual event for this Beaver Creek tradition.
Munich it ain't, but with the mountain setting and the Bavarian trappings, Beaver Creek is probably about as Oktoberfest as it gets in America.


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Hey up - this isn't the BMAA being high handed. it isn't organised by the BMAA. Its the same as any other event. Dates etc set by the organisers. it is only a 'BMAA event' in so much that ( like most microlight events) it uses the BMAA event insurance ( which fly UK might do as well I don't know).Peter Goff wrote: Kirk - why have you taken it upon yourself to edit my post and remove the questions i asked. i wasn't rude and i didn't swear but you have totally avoided the questions. In fact you didn't even allow them it to be asked.
My questions were for John Moore who had set the date and I was asking if he (or you as the organiser this year) had attempted to liaise with Tom Dawson.
What you seem to be saying is a quite definite no.... and you seem to be potentially threatening the future of Fly Uk by planning Spamfield to undermine it next year.
I find it hard to accept that the BMAA is being so high handed about this. You have a whole year to plan.... Fly Uk always falls on the longest day.... you have a diary so there is no reasonable excuse now to clash next year.
PS Please don't edit my posts again
As an event organiser myself a few times, I know that May to September is wall to wall with other events and its impossible to avoid a clash with something. Often all you can do is to look at published dates and do your best to avoid a clash with stuff you think will attract your potential customer and give you lower numbers.
Its really an embarrassment of riches - we have the nationals league running an event every two to three weeks, fly UK and RBR, Aero Expo, LAA rally, Vannes, Blois, great north Fly in, Cramfield,and Broadmeadow ( this week) Icarus cup, and countless local fly in's, so choice of events to go to almost every week in the summer up and down the country and into France and beyond - isnt it great!
Also are we sure that the RBR / fly UK overlap was a 'clash'- would people want to do both? - lots of time off work and a couple of grand in fuel to do both, and huge brownie point loss for family holiday prospects. I would have thought it was an 'either or' kind of thing, depending on the sort of event you fancied.
If we do have a BMAA Fly in next year, then I am sure the date will be picked to find a convenient hole in the calendar so it doesn't clash with any other microlight event if possible. But if both RBR and Fly UK ( or indeed any other event) organisers want to sync in and finish at it - the clash will be their own business.


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Please check www.denverpost.com/sports for breaking news about Joe Colborne's decision to sign with the Boston Bruins. A complete story will be available in Thursday's paper and online.
Based on my research, Joe Colborne is the 13th DU player to leave the program early for major-junior or NHL contracts since 2000, when Mark Rycroft started the trend. The list could grow to 15 within a week or two, depending on the direction sophomore defenseman Patrick Wiercioch and junior goalie Marc Cheverie take. Wiercioch is mulling an offer from the Ottawa Senators, and Cheverie is expected to sign with the Florida Panthers.
The current list:
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F Matt Pettinger
Drafted: Washington (43rd overall in 2000)
Signed: With WHL in 2001 midway through sophomore year.
D Brett Skinner
Drafted: Vancouver (68th 2002)
Signed: With Canucks in 2005 after junior year.
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Drafted: San Jose (47th 2003)
Signed: With Sharks in 2006 after junior year.
F Paul Stastny
Drafted: Colorado (44th 2005)
Signed: With Avalanche in 2006 after sophomore year.
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Signed: With Oilers in 2006 after junior year.
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A Little League coach in Lakeside, Calif. is suing one of his own players, accusing him of party rocking a little too hard.
Sacramento's KCRA-TV reports Coach Alan Beck is seeking $500,000 in pain and suffering and $100,000 in legal bills from a 14-year-old's family.
In the court filing, Beck alleges the teen tossed his helmet, celebrating his game-winning run. The helmet came down and hit Beck's ankle, severing his Achilles tendon.
The defendant's father, Joe Paris, finds the whole situation ridiculous.
"I actually thought it was a joke – at first," he said. "And now I think it's absurd."
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Gabriel Mendola won 6-of-9 faceoffs and collected three ground balls against Quinnipiac (Gil Talbot).
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Harvard men's lacrosse team outscored Quinnipiac, 10-5, in the second half to hold on for a 14-7 victory over the Bobcats Tuesday afternoon. Dean Gibbons paced the Crimson's offense with four points on a goal and three assists, while Harry Krieger played most of the game in net, stopping seven shots in nearly 54 minutes of action.
Jeff Cohen added a hat trick, while Daniel Eipp scored two and assisted on a tally and Matt Hull netted two goals, as Harvard improves to 7-4 overall and moves to 6-2 against non-conference opponents this season. Dylan Webster found the back of the net twice, and goalie Kevin Benzing recorded nine saves for Quinnipiac, which falls to 4-5.
Harvard opened the scoring with a man-up tally from Gibbons off a pass by Ryan Stevens at 8:50 of the first quarter. After Quinnipiac tied it, Hull and Francis Ellis added goals to give the Crimson a 3-1 advantage after the first period of play. Each time scored one goal in the second frame, as Harvard continued to lead, 4-2, heading into the break.
The Bobcats got within one, 4-3, early on in the third, as a shot by Bill Alessi beat Krieger just 12 seconds into the second half. Cohen and Hull responded with back-to-back goals, giving Harvard a 6-3 edge with 9:15 left in the period. After Quinnipiac's Kevin Kelly scored at the 5:53 mark, Stevens started a 6-0 run for Harvard with a score just 21 seconds later at 5:32. The Crimson scored twice more in the third on tallies by Eipp and Alex White to carry a 9-4 advantage heading into the final period of play.
Cohen netted two goals in the opening minutes of the fourth, and then Harvard scored a man-up tally on an own goal by Quinnipiac with 9:01 remaining, as the Crimson grabbed a 12-4 lead. With 6:18 left to go, Carl Zimmerman netted an unassisted score, and then Jack Walker tallied Harvard's fourth man-up goal of the afternoon with 4:31 to go, making it 14-5 in favor of the Crimson.
Harvard finished the game 4-of-7 on man-up opportunities, while Quinnipiac was 1-of-4. The Crimson dominated the faceoffs, winning 16-of-25 (.640), with Andrew Parchman going 7-of-11 (.636). Harvard's Gabriel Mendola claimed six faceoff wins out of nine chances (.667), and Robert Frisbie won three of his five faceoffs (.600).
Parchman and Daniel DiMaria paced Harvard with four ground balls apiece, as the Crimson owned a 30-27 edge in ground balls for the game. Despite the goal differential in Harvard's favor, Quinnipiac outshot the Crimson, 43-30.
Harvard returns home to host No. 15 Penn Saturday, April 16 at 1 p.m.


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The California State Parks Foundation (CSPF) announced Thursday (May 17) it will award 13 grants totaling $328,586 to organizations that are fighting to keep state parks off the closure list.
This one-year commitment is one of several steps the 43-year-old foundation is taking in response to the crisis of park closures across California's state park system, according to a news release. These grants were made possible by generous funding from the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation and the Thomas J. Long Foundation. These foundations have supported the work of CSPF for many years, and both have stepped up their support at this critical moment to help keep a number of state parks open.
"We are pleased to announce these grants as part of our integrated effort to help keep these threatened parks open," said CSPF President Elizabeth Goldstein. "The grantees that have come forward to assist parks need our help now, and more organizations will have similar needs in the future. It is our hope to assist in providing reprieves for as many parks as possible by working closely with the parks community. We've been working hard on a number of different fronts, such as launching a major fundraising campaign and offering new technical assistance to nonprofits working to keep parks open."
In addition to these 13 new grants, CSPF previously awarded two grants to temporarily keep open Santa Susana State Historic Park and Jughandle State Natural Reserve. All of these awards are contingent on the state entering into agreements with these organizations who have developed strong and effective proposals to keep parks open.
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To undertake or apply oneself to (doing) something; to attempt or be able to do something. I'd like to turn my hand to learning the saxophone in my spare time. With Sarah's intelligence, she could probably turn her hand to anything after high school.
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Bosman's Soaring 1996 GMC Sonoma
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It's not too often you see a Sonoma—GMC's S-10 counterpart—built with such quality and attention to detail that the caliber is comparable to a full-on race truck. So when we saw this one, we knew we had to get some photographic evidence.
After attending a desert race with his father at the age of 14, Ryan Bosman came home with one goal: Build a truck so he can play in the desert, too. And he and his dad picked up this little Sonoma the very next day. Over the course of 10 years—working a $10-an-hour job and scraping together every dime while also attending college for manufacturing engineering—Ryan completed his truck's first stage. He built a mild front end for his Sonoma and used Deaver rear leaf springs on his truck's rear end. As Ryan's skills progressed, his desire to truly build an ultra-capable truck grew. He tore the truck down for one last time. The final iteration of Bosman's soaring Sonoma is one of the cleanest S-10 builds you will ever come across.
The truck was equipped with Baja Customs lower control arms and frame plating, while Ryan built his own knuckle and upper A-arms to cycle a total of 17 inches of travel. Ryan then ditched the little 2.2-liter four-banger for a 4.3-liter V-6 powerplant.
After that, things got really serious. The whole back of the frame was removed in favor of a tubed back half with a three-link he designed and built, cycling 28 inches of travel.
We caught up with Ryan during the Annual DezertDimes.com Barstow Meet, a camping trip in the Barstow desert. Rain poured from the sky for the first two days, but Sunday morning brought some clear skies in time to get the photographic evidence we wanted.
Vehicle: 1996 GMC Sonoma
Owner: Ryan Bosman
Chassis: Front half of factory S-10 frame mixed with 1.75-inch DOM rollcage
Engine: Chevy 4.3L V-6, JBA headers, K&N air intake, Magnaflow exhaust
Transmission: 4L60E, CBR transmission cooler
Front Suspension: Baja Customs lower control arms, Bosman-made knuckles and upper control arms, BMS hubs, 10-inch-stroke Sway-a-Way coilovers, Sway-a-Way hydraulic bumpstops
Rear Suspension: Bosman-made three-link with upper triangle and lower trailing arms, 16-inch-stroke Sway-a-Way coilovers, 18-inch-stroke triple-bypass shocks, and hydraulic bumpstops, limiting straps, rear anti-sway bar
Rear Axle: Sandy Cone trussed Ford 9-Inch housing, Currie nodular third member with 5.29 gears and full spool
Brakes: Wilwood calipers at all corners, CNC brake pedal and master cylinder
Tires/Wheels: 35x12.50R15 BFGoodrich Baja T/As on OMF Outlaw II beadlocks
Interior: Momo steering wheel, Rugged Radios race radio, Lowrance GPS, PRP seats, Crow four-point harnesses
Other Stuff: Jaz 32-gallon fuel cell, Rigid Industries light bars


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House of Commons Hansard #171 of the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was water.
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Quarantine ActGovernment Orders
1:55 p.m.
Tony Clement Conservative Parry Sound—Muskoka, ON
moved that the bill be read the third time and passed.
Quarantine ActGovernment Orders
1:55 p.m.
Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia Manitoba
Steven Fletcher ConservativeParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak to Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Quarantine Act.
In December 2006 we brought the 2005 Quarantine Act into force. It replaces the previous Quarantine Act, which contained outdated authorities. The new Quarantine Act aims to prevent the introduction and spread of communicable diseases through points of entry into Canada, such as airports and marine ports. It is an essential tool for responding to public health emergencies that may be international in scope.
In December 2006 we also introduced Bill C-42, An Act to amend the Quarantine Act, in the House of Commons. Bill C-42 seeks to amend the wording in section 34 of the 2005 Quarantine Act in order to address certain implementation problems, which relate to the advance notification by operators of conveyances coming into Canada, such as aircraft and ships.
As enacted in May 2005, section 34 requires advance notification by conveyance operators to an authority to be designated by the Minister of Health at the nearest entry point into Canada.
There are implementation issues related to the wording of this section. One issue relates to the need to report at the nearest entry point into Canada. In the event of a public health emergency on board, conveyance operators may be unable to determine which of the many points of entry into Canada was actually the nearest to them at the time of reporting.
Another issue relates to the need to designate an authority who is situated at the nearest entry point. The most appropriate authority to designate, such as a customs or a quarantine officer, is not actually located at every entry point, including all airports and all small ports receiving international traffic. Designating an authority who is at these entry points is therefore not workable.
Bill C-42 addresses all these implementation issues by requiring conveyance operators to notify a quarantine officer before they arrived in Canada if they have reasonable grounds to suspect that: (a) a person or a thing on board could cause the spread of a communicable disease, or (b) a person on board has died.
For land conveyances, this would generally be the first customs officer who they see when they cross the border.
When Bill C-42 was developed, a decision was taken to remove advance notification by land conveyance operators, such as buses and trains, and to focus on air and marine conveyances. Advance notification by land conveyance operators is not required under revised international health regulations. As well, advance notification by land conveyances could be prescribed under regulations at a later date, if a later assessment indicated that it was necessary.
Bill C-42 was debated at second reading and referred to the Standing Committee on Health on March 29. The members of that health committee commented on the issue of advance notification and whether it should also apply to land conveyances, such as buses and trains.
We have heard the views of the committee. We are determined to take every measure possible to get advance notification of potential communicable disease risks from all conveyance operators, including those operating on land. Canadians expect no less.
Under Mr. Clement's leadership, the government—
Quarantine ActGovernment Orders
1:55 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Conservative Andrew Scheer
Order, please. I remind the hon. parliamentary secretary that we do not refer to members of ministers by their name but by their title or riding. This is a good opportunity for me to break into his speech and he can ponder that while we move on to statements by members.
Monuments to la FrancophonieStatements By Members
1:55 p.m.
Royal Galipeau Conservative Ottawa—Orléans, ON
Mr. Speaker, tomorrow at the Orleans Cultural Centre, the third in a series of six monuments will be unveiled as part of Monuments de la Francophonie. I would like to salute the creators, including Richelieu International.
MIFO, the Orleans francophone involvement movement, opened the cultural centre in 1985 because it wanted to make French services available. I was there. Over the years, many programs and organizations got their start thanks to the dedication of the centre's members, volunteers and employees and the francophone and francophile communities.
MIFO's mission is to promote French culture and to meet our artistic, cultural and educational needs. This tool creates new torchbearers.
The monument, which is a huge Franco-Ontarian flag, will be raised on a 25 metre flagpole in a place that celebrates our community's vitality.
Manufacturing IndustryStatements By Members
2 p.m.
John Maloney Liberal Welland, ON
Mr. Speaker, there is a crisis in the manufacturing industry in Canada. During the past 20 years, Canada has lost more than 200,000 manufacturing jobs as companies downsize, move operations abroad, or simply close due to declining profit. In my region of Niagara alone, we have lost 4,400 jobs during the last five years and more are imminent. Canada's manufacturing sector is in dire need of attention.
This loss poses a major threat to the economy and the future of social programs. Manufacturing jobs generate over $20 million in real taxes that help maintain publicly funded health care, education and our country's infrastructure. More important, it pays mortgages, puts food on the table and clothes on backs.
Our country needs to set short term priorities and a long term plan to strengthen our manufacturing sectors. By focusing on fair trade, investment in research and development, the introduction of innovative technologies and continuous skills upgrading of our workforce, we will create a positive climate within Canada to lead the wave of new global manufacturing strategies, but we must act now.
Longueuil's 350th AnniversaryStatements By Members
2 p.m.
Caroline St-Hilaire Bloc Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, QC
Mr. Speaker, Longueuil is celebrating its 350th anniversary. It was founded by Sieur Charles Le Moyne, who named his new seigneury after a village in his native Normandy.
Throughout 2007, Longueuil's history will be celebrated in style by citizens, organizations and municipal authorities who have come together to offer people a variety of festive events and highly original activities.
Longueuil is now Quebec's fifth largest city. Now that we are just days away from adjourning the work of Parliament and from celebrating Quebec's national holiday, I would like to highlight this event of national historical significance and offer the people of Longueuil my best wishes for a wonderful summer. I invite them all to take part in the activities commemorating Longueuil's 350th anniversary.
Aboriginal AffairsStatements By Members
2 p.m.
Catherine Bell NDP Vancouver Island North, BC
Mr. Speaker, after 140 years of attempted assimilation, being stripped of their lands, their rights, their hopes and their dignity, we understand the frustration of first nations communities. For too long the Government of Canada has broken its promise to address this injustice.
First nations communities are challenged with high unemployment, inadequate housing and the effects of the residential school system. They are looking forward to the day when the Prime Minister apologizes for residential school tragedies. They are looking forward to signed treaties and the recognition of their languages and history. They are looking for an end to poverty and social injustice.
Next Thursday, June 21, is National Aboriginal Day. On Vancouver Island, first nations people will be celebrating their heritage and culture, and they have much to celebrate. Their roots are strong and their will to succeed is unwavering.
I will be there to celebrate with them, to assure them that the NDP is committed to working to ensure fairness and equality for all first nations in Canada.
Ottawa SenatorsStatements By Members
2 p.m.
Larry Miller Conservative Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, ON
Mr. Speaker, last week the Ottawa Senators' great Stanley Cup run ended after a tough series against the Anaheim Ducks. The Sens were led in the trenches and on the bench by 28-year-old right winger Chris Neil.
Chris was born and raised in the town of Flesherton, in my riding of Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, and has played for the Senators since 1998. He is a power forward who plays with the heart of a lion.
Chris was an integral part of the Sens run in the 2007 playoffs and made his presence known both on the bench and along the boards.
Chris Neil is a fan favourite, both in Ottawa and in Flesherton. During the Stanley Cup finals, hundreds of fans, including his father Barry and brothers Jeff, Dan and Jason packed the hometown arena to watch their hero. The town of Flesherton was red, covered in ribbons and other decorations to show its support.
Congratulations to Chris Neil on a great season and for being a great ambassador for the riding and the sport of hockey. We are all proud of him.
Medal of BraveryStatements By Members
2 p.m.
Sukh Dhaliwal Liberal Newton—North Delta, BC
Mr. Speaker, tomorrow is a very proud day for my constituents of Newton—North Delta. One of our finest police officers and one of my constituents, Constable Gerald Proctor, will receive the Medal of Bravery from the Governor General.
He is receiving this medal for rescuing a woman from her car, which plunged into the Fraser River after a collision. Constable Proctor, like so many of the outstanding police officers in our community, did not think twice about putting his own life on the line. He dove into the freezing waters and pulled her to safety.
I am sure I speak for all my constituents and the House when I congratulate Constable Proctor on this well deserved honour. Please join me in congratulating him on this great honour and his contribution as a great Canadian.
Medal of BraveryStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Blaine Calkins Conservative Wetaskiwin, AB
Mr. Speaker, tomorrow Daniel Peacock from Rimbey, Alberta will be awarded the Governor General's Medal of Bravery.
While camping with his church group last June, 15-year-old Daniel risked his life to save a friend from drowning in the strong current of the Ram River. Daniel reacted instantly when a fellow camper lost his footing and fell into the deep, raging water. Battling the strong undertow with his frightened friend on his shoulders, Daniel swam to the surface and helped the struggling young man back to shore and waiting rescuers.
Daniel's maturity, ingenuity and courageous efforts likely prevented a tragic drowning. He showed his selflessness when he said, "My life is not more important than Jeromy's and I could not live with myself if I watched him drown to death".
Daniel Peacock is a hero. On behalf of the constituents of Wetaskiwin, I want to thank him for his noble action and congratulate his parents for raising such a remarkable young man.
World Blood Donor DayStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Christiane Gagnon Bloc Québec, QC
Mr. Speaker, since it is World Blood Donor Day, I would like to thank blood donors in Quebec and around the world, but I would particularly like to stress the importance of transfusion safety in universal access to blood donations. The Canadian tainted blood scandal was one of the last century's worst medical tragedies.
In fact, on June 7, the Superior Court of Quebec approved the Settlement Agreement between the Government of Canada and all those infected with hepatitis C before 1986 and after 1990.
This initial legal settlement should be applauded, but it is unfortunately too late for the 500 individuals who were excluded from the Liberals' first compensation package, and who died waiting for one from the Conservatives.
Let us hope that that this settlement will offer some form of relief to their families and to the 5,500 people infected, some of whom have lost everything.
Aboriginal AffairsStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Rod Bruinooge Conservative Winnipeg South, MB
Mr. Speaker, it is my great pleasure to rise today to recognize the right hon. Prime Minister's historic announcement Tuesday afternoon in a new and progressive approach to the resolution of specific claims.
We are all aware of the negative fallout from unresolved specific claims, the frustration, the tension, the erosion of the goodwill that exists between first nations and other Canadians. When the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development was appointed to the office, he made it a priority to fix this broken system. With the announcement of this new approach, this government has made a huge step forward.
I extend my congratulations to the Prime Minister, the minister and National Chief Phil Fontaine for this significant accomplishment. It is an impressive example of what can be accomplished when we pledge to work together, governments and first nations, to make a difference in the lives of the first nations people and communities in Canada.
Kurt WaldheimStatements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Mark Eyking Liberal Sydney—Victoria, NS
Mr. Speaker, when great contributors to our society and our world pass away, it is important that we recognize them for what they did right.
Kurt Waldheim passed away earlier today at the age of 88. He was the fourth secretary-general of the United Nations, serving from 1972 to 1981. In 1956 he was ambassador to Canada and he returned to the ministry in 1960. Then he became the permanent representative of Austria to the United Nations in 1964.
Beginning in 1968, he was the federal minister of foreign affairs in Austria. Then he returned as permanent representative to the UN in 1970. Waldheim served two terms as UN secretary-general, during which he oversaw disaster relief in Bangladesh, Nicaragua, and Guatemala, as well as peacekeeping missions in Cyprus, the Middle East, Angola and Guinea. He returned to Austria and was elected as president in 1986 and served until 1992.
He contributed greatly to his country and the world as UN secretary-general, and we commend him for that.
Veterans AffairsStatements By Members
June 14th, 2007 / 2:05 p.m.
Betty Hinton Conservative Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, BC
Mr. Speaker, Canada's new government is strongly supportive of veterans and their widows.
Instead of trying to score cheap political points, the member for Pickering—Scarborough East should encourage his Liberal colleagues on the veterans affairs committee to focus on the veterans independence mandate.
The Conservative government has increased spending on veterans by $523 million a year. In contrast, in 1995 and 1998 the old Liberal government cut a collective $69.7 million.
The Conservative government added 12,200 new clients to the veterans independence program. The Liberals cut VIP entitlement to allied vets.
We have introduced the veterans bill of rights. On their watch, the Liberals cut the burial program for veterans.
We have established a veterans ombudsman. The Liberals cut veterans travel rates and treatment benefits.
Canada's new government has invited the official opposition to be a part of the process of improving the veterans independence program at committee. This new government supports and values the men and women who sacrificed and fought for our freedoms. They are our priority. The Liberals--
Veterans AffairsStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken
The hon. member for Victoria.
Access Health CentreStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Denise Savoie NDP Victoria, BC
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about an innovative and valuable project in my riding, the Access Health Centre.
In partnership, AIDS Vancouver Island and the Victoria Cool Aid Society plan to create a comprehensive health centre providing care to the homeless and those affected by HIV-AIDS and hepatitis C, groups that typically face barriers to accessing mainstream medical care.
The centre is designed as part of a preventive health and drug strategy. It will provide effective services while reducing the costs to government and society.
Support for this project crosses all party lines. All MPs in south Vancouver Island recognize its value and its potential in assisting homeless people to rebuild their lives.
This much needed project requires the participation of all levels of government. I urge the Conservative government to collaborate and to commit financial support to make this a reality.
Beth Shalom AnniversaryStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Mauril Bélanger Liberal Ottawa—Vanier, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight the 50th anniversary celebration of the Congregation Beth Shalom, located in Ottawa-Vanier.
On Sunday, May 27, I was pleased to take part in the kickoff ceremony of these celebrations. On that occasion, a very lively concert entitled "A Musical Odyssey" was presented. It was great fun.
The congregation is very active, dynamic and open to all ages. It brings joy and happiness to many constituents. On its 50th anniversary, I wish to congratulate the congregation.
This congregation has embraced a vision shared by many Canadians that Canada is an open, pluralistic and democratic society. It is an integral part of our social fabric and has contributed in endless ways to Ottawa's development and to our collective Canadian identity.
I extend my most sincere best wishes to the members of the Jewish community and in particular to the Beth Shalom congregation on this joyous occasion.
Palestinian AuthorityStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Johanne Deschamps Bloc Laurentides—Labelle, QC
Mr. Speaker, by weakening the Palestinian Authority, did the international community not reinforce the position of those who claim that only an armed struggle will free the Palestinian people from their miseries? Instead of taking this opportunity to show the Palestinians that democracy is the best path to take, the international community marginalized those who would have preferred a democratic route.
We can see the results. The Palestinian Authority appears to be losing all control over the Gaza Strip. Furthermore, we are hearing allegations of war crimes committed by the Palestinian parties involved. No one can be happy about this worrisome situation that not only complicates the revival of peace talks, but also makes the security of Israel even more problematic. The Palestinian Authority must be reinforced immediately, while there is still time.
Canada, the first country in the world to cut funding to the Palestinian Authority following the last election, cannot wash its hands of the current situation. The government now has the opportunity to show that it is able to promote peace. The Mecca agreement sent a message of reaching out, and we must respond to it.
Foreign AffairsStatements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Michael Savage Liberal Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, NS
Mr. Speaker, within hours Mr. Din Ahmed could be deported from the United States to Bangladesh, where he faces execution. This follows a trial in absentia that was severely flawed, a trial the member for Mount Royal called "a political trial without due process".
A number of NGOs, such as Amnesty International, the Catholic bishops, the CFS, the United Church and the Quaker committee, urge Canada to accept Mr. Ahmed to our country, where he would be welcomed by family who live here, including a niece in my riding.
Other MPs, including the member for Halifax, support that call and have worked for his freedom.
Canada is a humanitarian nation that opposes the death penalty and supports due process. It would be unconscionable for Mr. Ahmed to be sent back to Bangladesh to be executed.
If he is sent back, we ask the Government of Canada to monitor Mr. Ahmed, ensure he is not tortured and do everything possible to ensure that the death penalty is not carried out.
His Canadian family and many Canadians across this country ask that Din Ahmed be spared.
Budget 2007 Implementation ActStatements By Members
2:15 p.m.
Daniel Petit Conservative Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, QC
Mr. Speaker, the Liberals do not recognize the fiscal imbalance, and now they are voting against Bill C-52.
The bill is now before the Senate, which is comprised of a majority of unelected Liberal senators. If the bill is blocked by the Liberals in the Senate, it will result in the loss of more than $4 billion in tax breaks and funding for programs to the end of the 2006 fiscal year, including more than $1 billion to help provinces reduce patient wait times and $1.5 billion for provincial environmental initiatives in support of projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Leader of the Liberal Party should show a bit more leadership by urging irresponsible Liberal senators to make the interests of Canadians their priority, to respect the will of the House of Commons and to vote for bill C-52.
AfghanistanOral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Québec
Stéphane Dion LiberalLeader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, today the Prime Minister would have had a lot of explaining to do concerning his handling of Afghanistan.
Let us start with the Red Cross. Last Monday, the Minister of Foreign Affairs made a number of claims that were contradicted by the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Kabul, who confirmed that the Red Cross is not conducting an inquiry into allegations of torture in Afghanistan.
Will the Prime Minister admit that the only people really investigating allegations of torture in Afghanistan by Afghan authorities are the Afghan authorities?
AfghanistanOral Questions
2:15 p.m.
York—Simcoe Ontario
Peter Van Loan ConservativeLeader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform
Mr. Speaker, the International Committee of the Red Cross has a right to visit detainees at any time. That right, of course, derives from international law.
I think everybody in the House is now well familiar with our supplementary agreement that we entered into with the government of Afghanistan and which reaffirms within that agreement that role for the Red Cross.
Of course, that agreement, as everybody knows, and it was tabled in the House, sets out quite clearly that the onus is on the government of Afghanistan to advise Canada, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and the Red Cross about any corrective action with regard to complaints about treatment of prisoners.
AfghanistanOral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Québec
Stéphane Dion LiberalLeader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, so much for the Red Cross and this government's attempts to manipulate the situation. Now let us talk about censorship in the Department of Foreign Affairs.
On April 25, the Prime Minister stated that ministers are not consulted about documents prepared under the Access to Information Act. That is not true. We now know that the famous report on allegations of torture that the minister claims he never saw was, in fact, sent to his office "for review", and that the government prohibited the public servant who has information about this issue from appearing before the parliamentary committee.
Will the Prime Minister let this person talk? What is he trying to hide?
AfghanistanOral Questions
2:15 p.m.
York—Simcoe Ontario
Peter Van Loan ConservativeLeader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform
Mr. Speaker, I am sorry to have to say it, but the Liberal Party leader's accusations are totally false.
Everybody knows that the Department of Foreign Affairs reports annually on human rights and they are internal reports intended to help inform policy.
On the question of the redactions, everybody in the House knows and has heard repeatedly that those redactions are done by officials who are charged with that responsibility. It is done without any political interference and that is the case with these reports as well.
There is absolutely no truth to the allegations being levelled by the leader of the Liberal Party right now and he should apologize for them.
AfghanistanOral Questions
2:15 p.m.
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Québec
Stéphane Dion LiberalLeader of the Opposition
Mr. Speaker, there is an easy way to know. We just have to let public servants testify at the committee. This interdiction is showing that there is something to hide.
There is another cover-up. The Prime Minister's own department produced a report last November showing that the Taliban resurgence is so dramatic that the country may split in two. This report has never been published. Instead, the government published a very rosy report last February. Why? To hide the truth is not a way to support our troops or to help Afghanistan.
How could the Prime Minister let his ministers table a report that he knew was false?


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Holland is a town in Massachusetts. It was formed in 1783 and was previously called South Brimfield (Wales). It can be found in Hampden county and is a part of the Springfield registry of deed district. For more information, contact the county at 27 Sturbridge Rd., Holland 01550. On the attached map, Holland is shown as 23 in Hampden county.
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