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I have notice of a question of privilege by the member for Ahuntsic.
House of Commons Hansard #118 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was salmon.
House of Commons Hansard #118 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was salmon.
PrivilegeOral Question Period
The Deputy Speaker
I have notice of a question of privilege by the member for Ahuntsic.
PrivilegeOral Question Period
Ahuntsic Québec
Eleni Bakopanos LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Social Development (Social Economy)
Mr. Speaker, I rise today on a question of privilege. Some remarks that were made by an hon. member were only brought to my attention this Monday past .
During private members' business on Monday, May 9, the member for Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, while presenting examples during debate on his Motion No. 312, made reference to my riding of Ahuntsic and stated:
In another riding, it was discovered that the returning officer was the president of the Liberal association for the riding. It is time somebody woke up. This is Earth calling. The returning officer is the president—
PrivilegeOral Question Period
12:05 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker
Order, please. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. member. I had assumed that this was a point of privilege arising out of question period. Since it is not, I would ask the hon. member to give us some notice. The requirement is to give us an hour's notice. If the member were to do that and bring it forward at that time, I would appreciate it.
Points of OrderOral Question Period
12:05 p.m.
Rob Nicholson Conservative Niagara Falls, ON
Mr. Speaker, I did not want to leave any confusion in the mind of the Deputy Prime Minister. My suggestion to the government is that it suspend all foreign aid that it is giving to China until the government expels all communist spies.
Points of OrderOral Question Period
12:05 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker
I thank the hon. whip for that point. The hon. deputy House leader.
Points of OrderOral Question Period
12:05 p.m.
Ottawa—Vanier Ontario
Mauril Bélanger LiberalMinister for Internal Trade
Mr. Speaker, on this point of order, I would certainly hope that we ensure that the tape of this exchange today is maintained in the Speaker's office.
Points of OrderOral Question Period
12:05 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker
All records are kept by Journals in their regular place as they will be for today and every other day.
House of CommonsOral Question Period
12:05 p.m.
The Deputy Speaker
I have the honour of tabling the House of Commons Report to Canadians 2005.
Canadian Forces Housing AgencyRoutine Proceedings
June 17th, 2005 / 12:05 p.m.
Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca B.C.
Keith Martin LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 32(2), I have the honour to table, in both official languages, two copies of the 2003-04 annual report of the Canadian Forces Housing Agency.
Order in Council AppointmentsRoutine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Saint Boniface Manitoba
Raymond Simard LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table in the House today, in both official languages, a number of order in council appointments recently made by the government.
Certificates of NominationRoutine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Saint Boniface Manitoba
Raymond Simard LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 110(2) I have the honour to table two certificates of nomination.
Government Response to PetitionsRoutine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Saint Boniface Manitoba
Raymond Simard LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 36(8) I have the honour to table, in both official languages, the government responses to 17 petitions.
Committees of the HouseRoutine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
André Bellavance Bloc Richmond—Arthabaska, QC
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the 13th report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade on chrysotile asbestos, a very important natural resource for the regions of Asbestos and Thetford Mines.
Pursuant to Standing Order 109, the Committee requests that the government table a response to this report.
Committees of the HouseRoutine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Raymonde Folco Liberal Laval—Les Îles, QC
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the ninth report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities on Bill C-280, an act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (Employment Insurance Account and premium rate setting) and another Act in consequence.
Members of the standing committee have been diligent in taking your two rulings into account as a guide in putting forward several amendments to this bill. The underlying principle in this private member's bill relating to financial initiatives by the Crown remains intact. Therefore, members on this side of the House voted against reporting Bill C-280 in its present form.
I wish to point out how cooperative the members of the committee have been, despite a divergence of opinions.
Parliament of Canada ActRoutine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
Joe Preston Conservative Elgin—Middlesex—London, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-408, An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (change of political affiliation).
Mr. Speaker, this bill was written and co-sponsored by the member for Simcoe--Grey. I wish to thank her for her hard work and dedication on this issue.
Canadians speak of democratic reform and the failings of the democratic deficit. This private member's bill ensures that voters' wishes do not get ignored. All members of Parliament must honour the wishes of their constituents and not achieve personal gain. We as members are and must be accountable to the people. Voters must be listened to. If passed, this bill will ensure that happens.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Committees of the HouseRoutine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
Loyola Hearn Conservative St. John's South, NL
Mr. Speaker, I move that the second report of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans presented to the House on Tuesday, March 22, be concurred in.
I would like to thank my colleague, the member for Vancouver Island North for seconding the motion.
We raise this issue at this time because of the start of the salmon fishery in British Columbia and the concerns that all those involved, all stakeholders, have in this industry.
Yesterday we were presented with responses to two major reports on the failure of the sockeye fishery on the Fraser River last year. One of these reports was tabled by the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. It is a comprehensive, pointed report that deals with the crux of last year's situation.
The recommendations made by the standing committee were responded to, and let me give the minister and his department credit, much more quickly than in ordinary situations. The committee emphasized to the minister the need for a quick response, so that action could be taken this year to prevent what happened last year where we saw the near decimation of the sockeye fishery on the Fraser River.
The second report was done by Justice Williams which was tabled shortly after the report presented by the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans, and the minister has also responded to that report.
One of the reasons the department was able to respond relatively quickly to both reports is that both were very similar. When we have thorough investigations, then we are going to get the same kind of evidence. There is only one way to respond to such evidence, and that is with clarity and truth. The two reports presented to government were very similar. They basically made the same recommendations and outlined the same problems.
In the past we heard that complaints were hearsay and we could not react to hearsay. We could not react to innuendo and we could not react to accusations or local jealousies. That has now been dispensed with and we are concentrating on the facts.
The Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans visited the area and had extensive hearings earlier this year. The Williams committee of course has been having hearings as well, throughout the late fall and into spring. Every stakeholder involved had the opportunity to come forward to express their various concerns about what happened last year and to emphasize to the department that action had to be taken to ensure that such a disaster would never happen again.
In one case last year on one of the runs, a provision had been made by the department, through its counting efforts and its monitoring, to actually start off with about 90,000 salmon reaching the headwaters for spawning purposes. Last spring and early summer, the temperatures were relatively high in the Fraser. This raised concerns because the higher the temperature the greater the stress on the salmon, particularly if there are other stresses up the river, such as gillnets, drift nets, overfishing, or whatever.
An allowance was made that there would be some losses due to mortality because of the water temperatures. The number of breeders was raised to 129,000. We had a significant increase in the number. When the count was finally made, of the 129,000 salmon expected to reach the headwaters it was discovered that only 9,000 salmon reached the headwaters for breeding purposes.
This means that four years from now, when the salmon return to the river, that run in particular will be to the point where it will be unable to be fished. If t it happens again this year and over the next couple of years, we could see the complete destruction of the salmon fishery on the mighty Fraser River.
People would think this is unheard of, but I remind them that 30 years ago one could go anywhere off the coast of Newfoundland and catch cod using any method whatsoever. Cod was in abundance. People never thought they would see the day when they would be unable to catch one fish for a meal of fresh cod, which they were used to having, certainly during the summer and fall. The same thing can happen to salmon on the west coast if we are not careful.
The Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans presented a pointed report to the minister. The Williams commission did the same thing. Both reports were very similar. If we listened to the evidence presented by stakeholders involved and if we used the collective experience around both the tables of the standing committee and the Williams committee, the recommendations would have to be similar because the people involved have a concern about the future of the stocks.
The minister's response, even though there are positive components, does not give many of us a hope that much work will be done to preserve the stocks. It has an awful lot of what I refer to as government wording, such as "we have to study", "we have to monitor" or "testing will determine". All these things are wonderful, but the monitoring, testing and experimentation have been done. It is over with. The evidence is hard and fast that we have a major problem with the salmon fishery on the west coast. Fingers were pointed at certain aspects of the harvesting and it is up to the minister to respond.
When we met with the various stakeholders, it was made quite clear that the department's monitoring of the stock was inadequate. The enforcement certainly was inadequate.
The minister this year says that the government will to zero in on enforcement. That seemed to be the biggest problem, as highlighted by both committee reports. He has not said the government will increase the number of fisheries officers on the river. He has said it will give them overtime, let them work a bit longer.
Fisheries officers are very dedicated individuals. They do not just sit around when there is work to be done. They do not necessarily work their eight hour days, punch the clock and go home. Many of these people work a lot of overtime anyway. Many of them work a lot of overtime for which they never get recognition or pay. Therefore, to ask them to work overtime will not give us the type of surveillance that is necessary on the river. It was recommended by the standing committee that the number of fisheries officers be greatly increased, that it be brought up to the number of officers who originally patrolled the great Fraser. The minister refused.
The other consolation he has offered is if we need other fisheries officers above and beyond what we have now, they will be taken from other parts of the province and moved into the Fraser. Unfortunately for the minister, and fortunately for the people involved in the fishery, salmon do not stop and wait until the fisheries officers come back before they head off to the various rivers. They do not stop and wait to go up certain rivers because the fisheries officers have gone up the Fraser.
The salmon runs approximate each other in most rivers. At the time when the fisheries officers on the Fraser are busy, they are busy everywhere else. To think that we can move fisheries officers around during peak season is a pipe dream. If we try to solve a problem in one area, we create a bigger one somewhere else.
It was a disappointment to us when the minister refused to add to the fisheries officers on the Fraser. He did say, however, that we would have more overflights with helicopter and fixed wing aircraft. Having said that, he admitted that a lot of the overfishing, for want of a better word, took place in the canyons.
Flying through canyons is not a pleasant chore for anybody. The minister also mentioned, maybe without thinking, that a lot of the overfishing and the illegal fishing went on at night time. Can hon. members imagine what it would be like to fly a fixed wing aircraft through the canyons off the Fraser at night time? I do not know if the department will call for proposals for kamikaze pilots, but that is what we would need. It is impossible to patrol the Fraser by air at night time, certainly in the areas of the canyons.
This does not make any sense whatsoever. It is a big area so overflights in the day time would be of some help. I am not trying to belittle the amount of assistance being provided. I am just saying it is completely inadequate.
The main concern I have is that in response to all recommendations, at no time does the minister show or give us any encouragement whatsoever that there will be stronger enforcement. The one word that predominated at all meetings with all witnesses last year during our hearings and at the meetings held by Justice Williams was "enforcement".
We have had fishery officers, people who fish on the river, all types of people state that they have been witness to blatant, illegal overfishing. In many cases nothing whatsoever is done. Either there is a lone fisheries officer or a couple of fisheries officers and the people involved greatly outnumber them. It is the fear factor. Other times, they do not want to cause a stir because it would cause poor relations, maybe with native bands.
It should not matter who is doing the overfishing. If somebody is illegally fishing, whether it be a recreational fisherman, or a trawler, or somebody with set nets, or somebody illegally using drift nets, or an aboriginal or a tourist, it should not matter. If people are deliberately destroying a stock, they should be punished for it. That has not happened. If we let people break the law, they just take it for granted that it is their God given right to do so and they continue to do it.
This is where I see the response completely and utterly fails. I will just read a couple of general elements of the response.
It says that additional resources will be provided in 2005, and we thank the minister and the department. However, additional resources mean nothing if they cannot be properly used and if there is no result to their effect.
Here is what the department will do. It will allow for more patrols, better surveillance and increased operational activities, including more helicopter and overflights. I am quite sure nobody has ever been charged yet from an overflight. All they can do is spot the activity and try to relay it to people on the ground. It depends on when, where, how far away and how many fisheries officers they have, and that is a difficult chore.
All these words are great but there is not one thing about taking action against those whom they catch breaking the law, using illegal gear or blatantly fishing illegally or overfishing.
It says that the department will increase catch monitoring and provide for better tracking of the catch. That needs to be done because there are questions as to how good the actual count was at Mission last year and whether the department had a good handle on the numbers. We know a lot of fish disappeared going up the river, but it is almost impossible to tell how many. People do not know how many went through the bridge in the first place.
It says that it will "evaluate", another beautiful word, the feasibility for improved assessment of Fraser River sockeye abundance at Mission, using two technologies. This is wonderful, consoling stuff. We do not want evaluations. We do not need any more feasibility studies. We have all the information we would ever want. What we need is concrete action.
Another one says that the department will improve estimates and timeliness of environmental and fishing impacts. What we need to do is improve the conditions that are created by the impact of overfishing.
This is a beaut and a real dilly. It says that it will provide for specific research such as a drift net study to evaluate the implications of fishing methods and fishing plan preparation. In other words, it is not saying that drift nets should not be used, as everybody wants, except mainly those who illegally use them. It does not say that there are certain times or places where set nets should not be used. Nobody knows how much loss occurs from dropout from these nets which sometimes are left untended for days.
The department is not taking action against illegal drift netting or banning drift netting. It says that it must do more research to see the effects. Talk to the fishermen. It does not matter which type. They will tell us that there are negative effects. They will tell us that there is illegal drift netting taking place. How can the salmon get up a river if there are wall to wall nets? Salmon are great at jumping. I have seen them jump through waterfalls, but it is very difficult to keep jumping. Trying to go up the Fraser River is just like doing the hurdles at the Olympics. That is not how we will get salmon to survive. Also, water temperatures, stress and everything else are factors which negatively impact the salmon stocks on the Fraser.
What should we do? The minister is concentrating on trying to work his way around the real issues. Saying that he knows what is causing the decline of salmon on the Fraser and saying that he is going to take action and anybody who is involved in impeding the progress of salmon illegally will pay a price, would give us some consolation in that area.
However, just stopping people from fishing is not enough. Salmon, like cod, is a renewable resource. Once we understand what is causing the destruction, we must also be prepared to build the biomass. We must look at improving the habitat. We must concentrate on factors that will help grow the stock. Maybe some day will come when the amount of salmon we are taking now we can take legally because collectively we all work together to build the stock.
This is a serious situation. It does not seem that this year will be any better than last year. If we do not wake up, there will not be a tomorrow to worry about.
Committees of the HouseRoutine Proceedings
12:30 p.m.
Raymond Simard Liberal Saint Boniface, MB
Mr. Speaker, discussions have taken place and I believe that I would have unanimous consent to proceed to questions on the order paper.
Committees of the HouseRoutine Proceedings
12:30 p.m.
The Acting Speaker (Mr. Marcel Proulx)
Is that agreed?
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Some hon. members
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Some hon. members
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12:30 p.m.
Jay Hill Conservative Prince George—Peace River, BC
Mr. Speaker, today is indeed a good day to have this debate, although in the 12 years that I have had the privilege of representing my constituents of Prince George—Peace River here, it seems as if we have been debating it over and over in these last dozen years.
In the real world outside of Ottawa before I became involved in politics, I was a farmer. I know what tough times farmers are having, not only in my riding in northeastern British Columbia and in western Canada but indeed all across Canada.
Farmers are having a tough time, but I cannot imagine how some of the fishermen who rely on the Fraser River salmon have been able to survive in these last 12 years. As a farmer, I can probably project the tough times that they have had with this disaster that has faced the fishery for quite some time now.
I have a couple of questions for my hon. colleague. The first one deals with exactly what I am relating this back to, and that is the number of times this has happened over the last 12 years. Just as he is even more familiar with the disaster that faced the cod fishery in his home province of Newfoundland and Labrador, I am sure he is familiar with this ongoing disaster in British Columbia with the Fraser River salmon fishery.
What has he noticed in the last dozen years? How many times have the fishermen in British Columbia had to face this type of ongoing disaster and how little has the government done? The government has been in power for almost 12 years now, since the fall of 1993, and as with so many important issues, it seems that the Liberals get up to express their great concern and say they are going to study it and try to arrive at some solutions, but in the end nothing happens. It must be extremely depressing for those fishermen.
My second question is about this latest go-round. I have heard various numbers, but how much does the member project that this has actually cost the B.C. economy? One of the numbers I have heard is $80 million and some.
It is just incredible to think about the struggle that my home province of British Columbia has had in the last while. I am the first to admit that part of it is due to some very ineffective and inefficient governing by the New Democratic Party in the recent past, but this disaster has been an enormous hit, not only to those individual fishermen and their families but by extension to the B.C. economy as a whole. Does the member have any idea of a number so we can put some framework around what this has meant to the province of British Columbia?
Committees of the HouseRoutine Proceedings
12:35 p.m.
Loyola Hearn Conservative St. John's South, NL
Mr. Speaker, in relation to how often concerns about the Fraser have come up, I have been here five years. Every year since I have been here, and for my four years on the committee, there has always been a problem, last year of course highlighted by the fact that it was a disaster. Every year stakeholders are expressing concerns.
The positive things that have happened around the west coast salmon fishery resulted basically from the part played by the different stakeholders through their organizations. They have done a great job, but of course they are not the ones to call the shots. They can set the scenario. They can make the recommendations. It is up to the government to carry out the recommendations.
It is the same thing on the east coast. The government has done a tremendously poor job of managing the stock, a lot of that because it has no real scientific basis. The science is readily available because the people involved in the fishery know exactly what is going on. It is a matter of collection, coordination and involvement. The department has done a tremendously poor job of that.
In relation to the loss to the B.C. economy, I think it would be much greater than $80 million. There are three main aspects we have to look at: the recreational fishery, the commercial fishery and of course the aboriginal food and ceremonial fishery. All of these are extremely important to the different sectors. All of them benefit greatly and all of them add tremendously to the economy. It is hard to get a handle on one.
To give the members an example, this year alone, one of the major concerns is what the department has been or was planning. Departmental people were telling me as late as yesterday that they have not made a final decision, but it looked as if the department was going to limit the sockeye fishery on the Fraser to try to preserve the colonies of sockeye. There are only a handful of them left. In order to prevent the complete decimation of that stock, they are limiting the fishery. With the small numbers, limiting the fishery has very little effect on the rebuilding of the colonies, but it has a tremendous effect on the fishery; in fact we are told it is perhaps as great as $60 million to the commercial fishery alone. That is just one phase of the total problem.
I would say that the effect on the province of British Columbia is astronomical, but if we let things go on the way they are and there is no science, no management and no enforcement, then a few years down the road the salmon fishermen in all sectors in British Columbia will be like the cod fishermen in Newfoundland. They will be asking the government if it will allow them to go out for one day to catch one fish just to set her back on the water and that is a pretty sorry state of affairs.
Committees of the HouseRoutine Proceedings
12:40 p.m.
Charlottetown P.E.I.
Shawn Murphy LiberalParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans
Mr. Speaker, I agree with some of the comments made by the member across the way. This was a major issue that occurred in last summer's run of the salmon in the Fraser River. It has certainly been a major concern of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
I want to congratulate and thank the member and the other members of the fisheries committee for all the work they did over the last winter.
As the member knows, this is a very complex issue. There is no one simple solution that can be identified. The minister knew this last fall. He knew there was a real problem. He knew there were a number of different causes for the problem. People in British Columbia were pointing fingers at each other.
The minister appointed Mr. Justice Bryan Williams and another panel to do a post-season review and come back with recommendations and a report. Also, of course, the members of my committee, who are the masters of their own destiny, decided that this was the number one issue facing us over the winter months. We spent at least three to four months on this issue. Both the panel and the committee wrote reports and, as the member pointed out, they are both good reports, and the minister responded.
One thing concerned me in this whole thing. As a member of the House, I was very embarrassed about it. After the minister appointed Mr. Justice Bryan Williams, former chief justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court and a former president of the Canadian Bar Association, to chair the post-season harvest report in British Columbia, Justice Williams was met with a full court frontal attack in this House, led by the members opposite. He was criticized. He was ridiculed. There was a motion in the House for a judicial inquiry. There was a motion to the committee to fire him. Of course he had no means or mechanism to respond to these attacks. It was very embarrassing and unjustified. It brought this House into disrepute.
I have a question for the member opposite. Given the excellent report that Mr. Justice Williams prepared and given the work of the committee, is the member not embarrassed like I am? I should point out that the charge was led not by that member but by the member for Delta—Richmond East. As a member of the Conservative Party, is he not totally embarrassed by his party's actions over the last winter?
Committees of the HouseRoutine Proceedings
12:40 p.m.
Loyola Hearn Conservative St. John's South, NL
Mr. Speaker, before I answer the last question, let me pick up on what the member was saying. He is a member of our standing committee and knows full well some of the serious issues we have taken up.
In fact, over the last four years that I have been on the committee, we has undertaken some major studies. I would suggest that there are issues being dealt with today which would never have surfaced if our standing committee had not done a great job. We have been able to do it because we have been strictly non-partisan. At our committee meetings it is very difficult to tell who represents which party. That is the way it should be; perhaps that is the way it should be here in the House.
One of the issues we dealt with certainly was the major report on the Fraser River. We have done it with infrastructure. We did a great report on overfishing. This coming fall we will be starting to ask the question of what happened to the northern cod and why it has not come back after 12 years. I hope we never get to the day when we are asking where the Fraser sockeye have gone and why they have not come back after x number of years. The committee does a good job.
In relation to Mr. Williams' report, I really cannot answer, because I do not know Mr. Williams. I have never met him. I do know that a lot of concern was expressed, not because of Mr. Williams but because of the way the department operates. Quite often it tries to sneak in some kind of activity to try to cover up for its inadequacies, and it appeared the government was picking someone who would probably tell it what it wanted to hear. It might have tried that with Justice Gomery and it was wrong there also.
I will be the first to admit that Justice Williams picked a very good representative group of people to be on his committee. Originally there was talk about bringing in everybody involved, over 30 people, to the committee, but no one thought that would work properly. He put together a concise committee of people heavily involved in the fishery, all of whom were stakeholders, many of whom also had concerns about how well the committee would operate, and they did a very good report.
I would say to the member that it was no better than our own, maybe not as pointed but a very good report, because we were dealing with the same topic and talking to the same people. One of the reasons our committee tabled its report before Justice Williams' report was so the minister could easily see that this was all legitimate.
The bottom line is that two good reports were done. It is the response that concerns us.
Committees of the HouseRoutine Proceedings
12:45 p.m.
Raymond Simard Liberal Saint Boniface, MB
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I believe that if you seek it, this time you will find unanimous consent to proceed temporarily to questions on the order paper.


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Arthur Dodge lifetime registrant on state's sex offender list
ROCKPORT, Maine —
Maine state police said they have arrested a convicted sex offender accused of sexually assaulting a teen.
State police charged Arthur "Ron" Dodge, 54, of Rockport, with gross sexual assault and unlawful contact.
The lifetime registrant on Maine's sex offender list was arrested on Thursday at his home.
Police said the victim is a teenage girl from the area and investigators said he assaulted the girl at his home last year.
Dodge was convicted in 1990 of unlawful sexual contact and is required to be on the sex offender list for the rest of his life.
He is being held on $50,000 bail at the Knox County Jail after making his fist court appearance on Friday.

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Central Fires Football Coach Bennet
Central Washington University today announced the release of head football coach Blaine Bennett from his contract. " We appreciate Blaine's many years of service and we wish him well in his future endeavors," said CWU Athletic Director Dennis Francois, adding that the university had chosen to move the football program in a new direction.
Long-time CWU assistant coach John Picha, a 1993 Central graduate, will replace Bennett and serve as interim head coach. CWU competes in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference, NCAA Division II.
"John's been a full-time assistant coach on both sides of the ball for the past 18 years, for five different Central head coaches. He's also been the recruiting coordinator and overseen team travel," Francois said. "John is experienced, student-centered, and embodies the high standards we expect of both our coaches and players. He was my first choice to lead our program and I'm pleased that he accepted."
Picha, 47, joined the CWU football staff as a graduate assistant in 1988. A two-year performer at center for the Wildcats, in 1986 and 1987, he earned honorable mention all-league honors as a senior and was named CWU's Best Blocker as a junior. Picha played for two years at Wenatchee Valley College, earning Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges honors as a sophomore. At CWU, Picha has also served as men's and women's track and field coach.
"I'm honored to be asked to lead the program and I'm excited about the challenge. We've got a good group of returning players and we've been able to add some transfer students and freshman who will help," said Picha, who grew up in Puyallup. "The GNAC is a tough conference, but we're going to compete very well."
CWU has won the GNAC football title seven times in the 10-year football-playing history of the conference. Picha will lead a team that features senior linebacker Stan Langlow, from University Place, and senior offensive tackle Mike Nelson, Carnation, both of whom were named to the Beyond Sports Network Division II Pre-Season All-American Team. Langlow was last season's GNAC Defensive Player of the Year, while Nelson was a first team all-GNAC selection for the third straight year.
CWU will open the season on Saturday, September 7, with a home game at Tomlinson Stadium against Texas A&M Kingsville. It will be the first of three straight home games to begin the season for the Wildcats.
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Our pals over at Make posted this article about Will O'Brien, and how he took an old iPhone, an Arduino, and a handful of electronic crap and made a remote starter for his Subaru Outback that lets him start his car with a text message. The link to his site gives a full schematic of how it was done, and he's made the software source code available to whomever wants it as well.
This is exactly the kind of thing I love to see, as it's a great reminder of what an incredible age we're living in, car tinkering-wise. Just look at Will here, for example: he had, laying around, an unused, pocket-sized, battery-powered computer that can communicate wirelessly with no trouble at all. A huge number of us have exactly the same thing, forgotten previous iPhone or Android phone models, languishing in drawers. We take for granted how powerful these little machines really are, and how car experimenters a decade or so ago would have happily parted with kidneys for something like them.
The Arduino's an amazing thing, too — for those not in the know, an Arduino is, essentially, a great, customizable interface between electronics and the real world. Starting one's car with a text message is a great example of what's possible.
Now, I'm not exactly sure how useful it really is, but who cares? Any remote starting application is really more about fun or scaring the piss out of people than anything else, so a start via SMS seems like a fine advancement of the art to me. Good job, Will.


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This weekend we celebrated Lil' E's 7th Birthday. Going along with the Star Wars themed Cupcakes we made this R2D2 cake. This was a fun cake to make. It is made from 3-6"rounds, and a 1/2 ball cake pan. The cake itself was alternate layers of White Sour Cream Vanilla Cake and Chocolate Cake with Cookie n Cream filling. This go around I even made my own marshmellow fondant. It turned out great and was just as easy to work with. Who would have thought. Man I have been spending way to much on the other stuff. It only cost me about $5 to make 6 lbs. Wheras the other is about $4-$5 a pound.
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Typhoon Bopha hit the Philippine island of Mindanao bringing heavy rains and gusts of winds over 200 km/h (130mph). A typhoon is a hurricane that occurs in the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the International Date Line. Hurricanes occur in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Pacific Ocean east of the International Dateline; cyclones in the Southwest Indian Ocean. A cyclone is an atmospheric closed circulation that rotates counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Philippines, slightly larger than Arizona, lies in Southeastern Asia, an archipelago comprised of over 7,000 islands between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam. The climate is tropical marine with monsoons in the northeast from November to April and monsoons in the southwest from May to October. The terrain is mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands. Philippines' natural resources include: timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt, and copper. The natural hazards facing the country include: typhoons, landslides, active volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis.
The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; following the Spanish-American War, they were ceded to the United States in 1898. In 1935, the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth. In 1942, the islands fell under Japanese occupation during World War II; the US forces and Filipinos fought together during 1944-45 to regain control. On 4 July 1946, the Republic of the Philippines attained its independence. A 20-year rule by Ferdinand Marcos ended in 1986. In 1992, the US closed its last military bases on the islands. Joseph Estrada was elected president in 1998. He was succeeded by his vice-president, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, in January 2001. Macapagal-Arroyo was elected to a six-year term in May 2004. Benigno Aquino III was elected to a six-year term as president in May 2010.
Minanao is the second-largest island of the Philippines. Its terrain is generally mountainous and heavily forested. Mount Apo, an active volcano, is the highest peak (2,954 m/ 9,690 ft). Mindanao lies below the typhoon belt, and its climate is considered to be more favorable than that of Luzon. Pineapples, mangoes, bananas, and other fruits, as well as rice and corn are grown on the island.
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LONDON (MarketWatch) — European stock markets rallied on Thursday after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi reiterated that the bank has plenty of tools left to ease further if demanded by economic conditions.
Upbeat earnings reports also helped lift sentiment, including results from Daimler AG, Vodafone Group PLC and Akzo Nobel NV.
Climbing for a second day, the Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, +1.80% rose 1.5% to end at 322.77, the highest closing level in a week.
Among notable movers, shares of Daimler DAI, +3.82% added 2.6% after the German car maker said it closed out 2013 with record earnings and gave an upbeat outlook for 2014.
Shares of Vodafone VOD, +0.69% VOD, +0.57% picked up 3.7% after the telecoms firm reported a narrower-than-expected fall in third-quarter revenue.
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Danske Bank AS DANSKE, -0.71% climbed 3.7% after the Danish lender proposed paying a dividend for the first time in five years.
On a more downbeat note, shares of H. Lundbeck AS LUN, +0.35% dropped 2.9% after the pharmaceutical firm trimmed its 2014 guidance as it posted a sharp drop in fourth-quarter profit.
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More broadly, central-bank meetings were the focal point for Thursday's action. The European Central Bank left its main refinancing rate unchanged at a record low of 0.25%, leaving some analysts surprised. Economists were split ahead of the rate call as to whether the ECB would lower rates even further in response to low inflation and tighter money-market conditions.
Some argued a rate cut would be premature, while others believed the central bank was keen to be ahead of the curve on inflation and therefore would ease policy further. During the following news conference ECB President Mario Draghi addressed the inflation concerns, but indicated he wasn't worried about deflation. Instead, he explained that the low inflation partly currently is due to low energy and food prices, which benefit consumers and usually don't turn into deflation.
He stressed, however, that the ECB remains ready to take "decisive action" if needed.
"Our reading is that the [Governing Council] is close to deploying another instrument, possibly next month if the ECB's medium-term inflation projections are sufficiently weak or if money market tensions do not subside sufficiently," said Philip Shaw, chief economist at Investec Securities, on a note.
He argued that further action won't necessarily be a rate cut, but could include nonstandard measures.
Atif Latif, director of trading at Guardian Stockbrokers, also said the reassurance from Draghi was enough to encourage investors to take on more risk after a steep decline in the beginning of the month.
Earlier in the day, the Bank of England left the size of its bond-buying program unchanged and held its key lending rate at a record low of 0.5%, where it has stood since March 2009. The central bank's Monetary Policy Committee left its asset purchases, the centerpiece of its quantitative-easing strategy, at 375 billion pounds ($611 billion).
After the decisions, most country-specific indexes closed in positive territory. The U.K.'s FTSE 100 index UKX, +1.95% gained 1.6% to 6,558.28, while France's CAC 40 index PX1, +1.70% put on 1.7% to 4,188.10. Germany's DAX 30 index DAX, +2.63% rose 1.5% to 9,256.58.
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May 13- 23, 2011. It's finally here! Those dates have beckoned to me from the pages of my calendar all winter long, adding a little ray of hope to the cheerless days. I've left my home in St. John's, Newfoundland, and my dear little cat Frankie in the able hands of my friend Katrin to start on this adventure. Now I'm in Toronto, meeting up with Joyce and some of the gang to travel to Heathrow together. What fun! After an enthusiastic rendezvous at Pearson and the usual restless night over the Atlantic dawn comes pretty darn early to our group . We stumble from the plane and shoot off immediately on the fastest moving sidewalk I've ever clung to. We're in the big city now, I think. No time for ambling along, lost in obscure Celtic thoughts.
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England's Alex Goode claims that the team's high levels of fitness are down to the pressure and competitive nature of the Aviva Premiership.
England have two wins from two heading into Saturday's Six Nations clash against win-less France and Stuart Lancaster's team have been praised for their impressive conditioning. In contrast, Wales' Leigh Halfpenny mentioned in the wake of their win over France that they deemed Les Bleus to be struggling with the pace of the match.
And Goode insists the pressure-cooker environment of the Premiership, which is often compared unfavourably to the RaboDirect PRO12 or Top 14, has left them well prepared for the Six Nations.
"I look at our conditioning in a different way - I see it as a strength of the Premiership," Goode said. "We argue whether relegation should be there or not, or if the games are boring, but the great thing is that we have a Premiership that's tight.
"How often are games decided in the last 10-15 minutes? Top teams are generally the ones that come through in that last passage. Yes everyone in the England squad is in great shape, but it's also down to the way we're used to playing under pressure.
"Every game matters and there can be no complacency if you're playing a team at the bottom of the league. You know it will be tough and generally won in the last 15 minutes. That's where we get our composure from."
And former England lock Simon Shaw, who now plays in the Top 14 for Toulon, believes that Lancaster's team can take full advantage of any shortcomings in France's conditioning.
"Fitness is an area England can exploit," Shaw told the Times. "But France have an ability to do remarkable things. The passion when things are going their way almost supersedes any need for fitness. You only have to look at the World Cup final. They were immense against arguably the fittest side in the world [New Zealand].
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Protesting farmers and truckers roil Colombia
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Protesting coffee growers, farmers and truckers are blockading Colombian highways for a third day in various regions, with some protesters pelting riot police with rocks and homemade explosives.
Police director Gen. Rodolfo Palomino reports at least 61 arrests in the disturbances that began Monday.
The more than 30,000 protesters have an assortment of demands: Truckers want cheaper gasoline. Potato and onion growers are demanding lower prices for fertilizer. Coffee farmers want a government subsidy extended.
Many of the farmers object to free trade agreements signed with the United States and European Union that they say threaten their livelihoods.
The protests do not affect vital industries. But they are a major challenge for President Juan Manuel Santos.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – The Coker softball team dropped a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader to Brevard College on Saturday (Apr. 5).
Coker struck first in game number one with two runs in the first, but the Tornados responded with one run in the second, three in the third, and one more in the fourth to take a 5-2 lead. The Cobras would close the gap by scoring one run in the fifth and sixth innings, but could not produce the game tying run as Brevard would take it by a score of 5-4.
Tyresha Ellis led the Cobras in game number one with a homerun and and two RBI. Sydney Weatherford was also a factor as she recorded a double and an RBI, while Carley Baily also drove in a runner.
Lauren Phillips (8-9) would be marked with the loss after giving up five runs on seven hits in three innings.
In game number two, the Cobras had a 4-2 lead in the top of the seventh with two on and two outs. Kinsey Parrish would then step to the plate and connect on a three run homer to take the 5-4 lead. Unfortunately, Coker could not respond in the bottom of the seventh as Brevard went on to take the game and the series by a final score of 5-4.
Weatherford continued to find her rhythm in game number two, as she connected on two doubles and scored one run, while Katelyn Szupello and Bethany Sevek recorded one RBI each.
Logan Cox (1-5) would get the loss, after giving up five runs on nine hits in seven innings of work.
Coker will hit the road for their next competition, as they travel to Wingate for a SAC doubleheader on Tuesday (Mar. 8). Game number one will start at 2:00 p.m., followed by game two at 4:00.
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BOSTON, Mass. - The No. 5 Bulldog coed sailing team showed that they were ready to take on the nation's best teams in fleet racing this weekend by winning the ICSA National Western Semifinal hosted by No. 8 Harvard on Saturday and Sunday. The Bulldogs, who edged out No. 1 Boston College for the win, qualified for their third consecutive ICSA/Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship with their performance. The team also competed at the BU Trophy hosted by No. 13 Boston University on Saturday and Sunday.
The ICSA National Western Semifinal brought 18 of the top teams in the nation to Boston's Inner Harbor at Fan Pier to face off against each other in FJs. The teams, each of which qualified for the Western Semifinal based upon their finishes at their conference championships, were all hoping to do well enough at the regatta to earn their ticket to the ICSA/Gill Coed National Championships to be hosted by No. 13 Stanford on June 1-3. The top nine teams from the Western Semifinal earned spots to the National Championships, which will also include the top nine teams from the Eastern Semifinal, which was hosted concurrently at the same location by MIT.
The conditions at the venue were tricky on both days, with light wind and frequent shifts creating tough conditions for all the sailors involved. As well, strong current meant that it was critical to assess the current situation and change the game plan accordingly, including adjusting laylines and taking the impact into account at both the starts and mark roundings. Because of the tough conditions, only eight races were completed in both A and B divisions over the two days of competition. In the normal college regatta, the goal is to complete the same number of races as the number of teams competed, so 10 fewer races were completed than were aimed for.
The Bulldogs did not let this hold them back, though, capturing the regatta title by the narrowest of margins. The team came away with the win by scoring 64 points over the eight races in each division, only one point better than Boston College. The nail biter of a regatta was not decided until the final race of the day, with the Bulldogs finishing off with a fourth in the final race. To keep excitement high during the regatta, the regatta had B division sail first followed by A division, the opposite of most regattas. Entering the last race of the day, the Bulldogs had a three-point lead on the Eagles, who took second in the final race of the day, compared with a fourth by the Bulldogs. The one point difference allowed the Bulldogs to carry home their first title from the Semifinal competition. Last year, the Bulldogs took second at the first-ever ICSA Semifinal.
While both divisions of competition sailed strongly for the Bulldogs, the B division duo of freshman Joseph Morris and senior Grace Becton again showed that they are the team to beat. They captured the B division title by earning 24 points over the eight races. Their average of a three in each race was incredibly impressive considering the tough conditions. The duo only finished outside of the top five in one race, the final race of the day, in which they took sixth. They had four second-place finishes. Boston College's Adam Roberts and Carrie Amarante were second with 33 points. Roberts and Amarante sailed an outstanding regatta, never finishing outside the top three, but withdrew from one race following competition because they failed to fully complete a penalty turn.
Morris was very pleased with the performance and thought that there was good sportsmanship at the regatta.
"As a team, I think that we did extremely well," Morris said. "The conditions were extremely hard, but we did well by staying consistent. We just kept plugging away in the races and ended up beating Boston College. It is always a nice feeling to beat the top-ranked team in the nation. Even though we ended up winning our division and overall, Boston College sailed fantastically. Adam Roberts withdrew from the final race without even being protested, which was an incredible display of sportsmanship on his part. The fact that withdrawing cost his team the regatta, which he and the team were doing phenomenally at, is really testament to his character."
Morris thinks that the one of the factors to his success was his partner, but believes he and Becton still have some more work to do.
"Grace [Becton] was the best crew in my division by a mile," Morris said. "She was perfect the entire weekend and never made a single mistake. This played a huge role in us doing so well, but I think we still have some more work to do. We have been working hard all year and have been resilient, coming back from tough situations."
The Bulldogs also turned in an impressive performance in A division, where they were led by junior captain Thomas Barrows and sophomore Blair Belling. The duo took second in A division with 40 points, only eight behind Boston College. Five of their eight races were in the top five and they won the second race of the regatta. They really turned it on in the closing races, when they were fighting Boston College for the overall title, by taking a second in the seventh race and a fourth in the eighth race.
Barrows found the conditions tough, but tried to stay consistent throughout the weekend.
"The wind was light, incredibly shifty and puffy," Barrows said. "You could be sailing directly behind someone and be on a different tack than them, which I have never seen before. We both tried to stay consistent in all of our races by getting good starts. Being conservative did not mean that we sailed up the middle, but instead we tried to win our side of the course. We also had to know when our side wouldn't work and then consolidate. Current was a big factor this weekend and we did a good job at recognizing it and how it impacted the laylines. There were only four races in each division both days, which is a lot less than most regattas, so each one counted a lot."
Besides tough competition, the Bulldogs were also able to compete in the shadow of the Volvo 70s, which were on land at Fan Pier. The Volvo 70s are taking part in the Volvo Ocean Race, a 37,000 mile around the world race. The only stop in North America was in Boston at the venue of the Semifinals. As a result, thousands of spectators were on hand to watch the racing, in addition to checking out the boats and other attractions at the venue.
The team will now move on to the ICSA/Gill Coed Dinghy National Championships. The Championships should be extremely competitive, with only one of the teams that qualified for the Championships not being ranked in the top 20 nationally.
Next up for the Bulldogs is the New England Team Race Championships for the Fowle Trophy. The Bulldogs need to compete well at the event to have a chance at qualifying for the ICSA/APS Team Racing National Championship.
Morris believes competition at the qualifying regatta will be tough.
"Team racing will be a totally different game for us next weekend," Morris said. "NEISA [New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association, the conference the Bulldogs compete in] is a very competitive district and the best at team racing. There are probably five teams in NEISA that are capable of winning nationals and only three get to go on. It will be tough, but we are going to be working hard though exams and will be practicing and hope to qualify."
The Bulldogs also competed strongly, taking fourth place, at the BU Trophy hosted by Boston University on the Charles River in FJs. The regatta, which was the final fleet race regatta of the season for the teams that did not qualify for the ICSA National Semifinals, included some tough competition. A number of teams sent their top coed squads while other teams used the regatta as a tune up for the ICSA Women's National Championship by sending their women's teams.
The conditions at the Charles River venue were very tricky. On Saturday, there was light wind that was puffy that came from the west. The wind shifted erratically with frequent wind shears. It was critical to stay in phase on both the up and downwind legs because there were significant angle differences across the course. At the same time, it was important not to take too many risks by going to an extreme side of the course because there were frequent wind shears. On Sunday, the wind was again light, but came from the east. This wind was characterized by larger, more predictable shifts. While staying in phase was again important, there were significant velocity differences across the course, so it was critical always to be looking around before and during the races in an attempt to predict where there was more pressure and a better angle to the next mark.
The Bulldogs did a good job adjusting to the tough conditions though, ending the regatta with a fourth-place finish with 94 points over the nine races in each division. The fourth-place finish is the best result for the Bulldogs at the regatta in more than a decade. Last year, the Bulldogs took sixth, their best finish since 2004, when they also took sixth. The team last won the regatta, which is in its 61st year, in 1971.
The Bulldogs were led by the second-place finish in B division by seniors skipper Caleb Dorfman and crew Emmet Smith. After getting off to a rough start on Saturday, the duo sailed incredibly well on Sunday to score 43 points over the nine races. Only 12 of those points came from the five races they sailed on Sunday. The duo had six top five finishes overall, including no finish worse than fourth on the second day of racing. The duo finished their collegiate career sailing together in a strong fashion, winning the final race of the regatta, which was also the last race of the year in NEISA sailing. Prior to the final race, the wind died, before proceeding to shift 180 degrees two times before finally filling in from a direction that had not been seen in the regatta before. The team quickly adapted to the new breeze, winning the pin because the left side of the course seemed to have more wind. The left side paid off and the duo rounded every mark in first to cap off their college careers on a high note. They also won the fifth race of the event. The pair had the best performance by any team in their division during Sunday's competition. Dorfman was seventh in B division at the event last year.
Senior skipper Kate Hagemann and junior crew Rebecca Jackson also turned in a solid performance at the event, taking fourth in A division with 51 points. For Hagemann and Jackson, the event was a good opportunity to race one more time before they compete at the ICSA Women's National Championships in San Francisco on May 25-27. The duo had a very strong and consistent day in tricky conditions on Saturday. The duo only finished outside the top four in one race on Saturday, a remarkable feat considering the erratic nature of the wind shifts. While the pair had a tough start to the day on Sunday, they finished strongly, with a third-place finish. Overall, the duo placed in the top five in six of the nine races. They were in third in A division after the first day of racing.
The Bulldogs are next in action on Saturday and Sunday at the New England Team Race Championships for the Fowle Trophy hosted by Roger Williams.
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"If you can find something you can really enjoy, you've done it. It doesn't matter how much money you make. If you can find something every day that makes you feel good about your contribution to the world, you've really figured things out," said Regina Miller, local photographer.
In September, Miller launched Origin Photo, her own photography business that focuses on children's portraits. "I'm creating memories. Ask someone what they would grab if their house was on fire, and inevitably they'll answer, 'My photos.' It's those moments of time captured that people want to save. And I'm helping them capture moments of childhood. Kids are constantly changing all the time."
Miller, 27, knew what she enjoyed from an early age: photography. A Flourtown native, she started taking photography classes at Springfield Township High School and instantly fell in love. She made photography the subject of her senior project, and then pursued a degree in photojournalism at Temple University.
Right out of college she landed a job at Montgomery Newspapers as a photojournalist. "I really enjoyed it. Every day was different. You get to meet interesting people every day. I also liked the small-town nature of shooting for local papers."
Though her time there coincided with the 2008 presidential election, which meant she was present at many Obama events around Philadelphia, she looked for story ideas that were different from the norm.
One of her favorites was about a special education classroom that she fully documented over the course of a semester. "I showed the fullness of their lives. They weren't just 'life-skills' kids. They had so much going on. They worked; they played sports; they were involved in the choir. It wasn't a typical Montgomery Newspapers story."
The allure of photography for Miller was its ability to be more than just a photo. "It's a form of art, but an incredibly powerful storyteller too. It's easy to take a picture, but to get the story behind it is very interesting. I was drawn to photojournalism because it can make a difference."
Miller decided to share her love of photography, and found a volunteer opportunity teaching photography at the nonprofit Centro Nueva Creacion, in the Fairhill section of North Philadelphia that is known as "The Badlands." It created a program called "The Goodlands" in 2000 to give children in elementary school the opportunity to transform their neighborhood through photography.
"The aim was to empower the kids. We'd go out and photograph the neighborhood. They'd come back with these amazing photos that painted their neighborhood in a beautiful light. They were able to tell their story. They were reclaiming the neighborhood in their own way."
By the end of her year volunteering at The Goodlands, Miller had enjoyed working with these kids so much, she knew she wanted to continue to work with children. She went back to school and got her master's degree in elementary education from LaSalle University. After teaching in the Upper Dublin school district, as well as in Philadelphia, Miller decided it was time to merge her two passions.
"I decided I'm not going to go back to teaching, and it's time to do this. I love working with kids, and I love photography. Kids are just so honest and lovely. I bring a great style that can capture kids as themselves."
It's her experience in photojournalism and working with children that lets her take one-of-a-kind images. "You can't put kids somewhere and ask them to smile. I think that's refreshing. The best photos of children are when they're not even aware they're being photographed. Capture them when they're themselves. I spend time getting to know the child, and then I tell them to just go play. I want the photos to be natural."
To see Miller's work and learn more about Origin Photo, visit http://www.origin-photo.com. Two-hour portrait sessions start at $150 and include an online password-protected gallery where clients can order high-quality prints.


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Thursday, September 30, 2010
Bone Bread
Dinosaur Valley
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
A Little Fun with...Fruit Salad
There is a gal at church (Sandee) who brings this fruit salad to most of our parties, and it's where I head first in the food line. She was gracious enough to share her recipe with me. I love it, and it's so easy to make.
Mix 1 container of light cool whip, one 3.4 oz package of fat free/sugar free instant vanilla pudding. Add 1 6 oz can of chunked pineapple with the juice, 1 10 oz jar of maraschino cherries, drained, 1 c. mini marshmallows, 1 8 oz can of Mandarin oranges, drained, 1 c. walnuts, chopped, 2 green apples, peeled, and cored, and 1 green apple, peeled and cored. Serve cool.
As for the orange bowl, I carved the top like a pumpkin, removed the innards with a melon scoop, and made these my serving dishes. I like 'em. I made this months ago, and saved the picture until...whenever. This would be cut with a little carved pumpkin face (I've seen this done before), or a drawn pumpkin face. But really, who cares if it's cute, it's delicious, and that's how I pick a meal! Oh wait...I do care, I care deeply if it's cute, but....I didn't think about it until later....as I started seeing pumpkins pop up at the store.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Cupcake Topped Cupcake
I saw this idea at confessionsofacookbookqueen, and it made me smile. I had an extra cupcake once upon a time (mostly b/c I got tired with whatever project I was currently constructing), so I tried out this cupcake topped cupcake. I think with some fun liners, and a passion for piping this could be really cute. I was running on E at the time of this, but I had to share the idea.
The cupcake is pretty basic, and then you just add your Mini Cupcake.
Mini Cupcake Construction included a mini Peanut Butter Cup, Icing, and Cherry Berry sprinkles I bought at Michal's, but you could also use Sixlets, or a mini red M&M.
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Halloween Broom Cookies
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
Traveling Pin Cushion
This past summer I attended a sewing/scrapbooking retreat. One of my favorite things about retreats (other than actually getting 'stuff' done) is discovering new toys and doodads the others bring along. One sewing gal brought along this little pill bottle someone made her as a 'hello' gift at another retreat she attended.
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
Handled Travel Pillow
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Galveston Island, Texas
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Thursday, September 23, 2010
Johnson Space Center
Alternative Title: Feeding My Inner Nerd
I didn't have any idea what to expect, and initially, upon exploring the museum, it met my expectations. I've always loved stars, space, and just Mother Nature's nightly show (a little harder to appreciate in the suburbs, but....I try). The Planetarium was my favorite field trip in school, so...I knew a space center would feed that positive memory, and it did.
I have to add, if I had kids with me, this would also be a PERFECT spot. They had a ginormous play area. Seriously, it was made for big and little kids alike, and they were having a blast. There's a food court, and a gift shop...or two with all sorts of fun things. Like the ever, wonderful, space ice cream.
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It's a boy for model Marisa Miller!
The model, 34, gave birth to her first child with husband Griffin Guess on Thursday, Dec. 13, her rep confirms to Us Weekly.
The couple welcomed son Gavin Lee Guess into the world at 7:58 p.m. in Santa Cruz, Calif. He weighed in at 8 pounds, 10 ounces, measuring 22.5 inches long.
The baby is the first for the former Victoria's Secret Angel and her record producer spouse, who tied the knot on April 15, 2006. Miller confirmed the pregnancy to Us in June; two months later, she tweeted a photo of her growing baby bump.
The gorgeous blonde — who has graced more than 80 magazine covers in her career — flaunted her famous body as recently as last month, when she stripped down for a topless photo shoot in Allure. Speaking to the mag about her pregnancy, she said that she had become more relaxed about her beauty and fitness regimen.
"Embrace everything and all the changes," she said of what she'd learned from her baby-to-be. "I had never even owned a scale before, but gaining weight is part of charting your progress. Yes, I was seeing numbers I'd never seen before, but I let go of that because I had a new goal and focus."
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I am considering attending law school in the fall. I have applied to quite a few, but only heard back from one thus far, where I got in. I graduated with above a 3.5 undergrad with a triple major in finance (dual degree + management) along with a minor in history. Not mind-blowing but not bad. My general question is about actually deciding whether to go, regardless of the school (Didn't apply Ivy league, just some T2-T4). I have had trouble finding work with my UG degree, and the only few of my peers who have found really good jobs had serious connections. My family (even a close uncle who is a partner in BigLaw) is not so keen on me attending law school, but are willing to support me (financially) to a large degree. In this day and age I feel it would be beneficial to earn some post-graduate degree so part of me wants to continue now. I am confident I will get into the law schools in my home state, but don't really want to be there. So, I almost find it pointless.
I have also been advised to also enroll in a dual JD/MBA program. Even so, I am skeptical about choosing a T3 or T4 school just because I want to be a lawyer. That being said, I honestly would like to be an attorney. I feel I eventually will have to earn a post-grad degree, and the dual degree sounds enticing in that I can combine my UG with what I would like to.
Overall I feel that it doesn't make sense to attend law school unless (i) its free and in a desirable location or (ii) a top ten school. I feel as if this is the current consensus from everyone, so I just want to collect any extra thoughts on the matter, in light of my basic situation, that anyone has. To me it doesn't make any to sense to pay $100,000 - $150,000 just to still be in the same position in three years that I am in now; but if one does well in their studies and earns their JD/MBA, is the added marketability worth the cost, for say, working for a corporation or business and not as litigator with a solo JD?
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When you graduate law school you will be in the same position as your are now. If you attend MBA school you will be in the same position as well. If you go to the Police Academy or Fire Academy the same will occur as well. When you graduate no school guarantees you a job and going to law school simply because you can't find a job is a terrible reason to attend.
I am confident if you keep looking for work with your undergraduate degree you will find something, but it will take a lot of time, effort, and rejection. Just look at these different articles from each profession
(nurses can't find work)
(College grads can't find work)
(MBA"s can't find work)
Will most college graduates, nursing graduates, MBA"s, law grads find jobs? Yes more than likely if they stick with it, but it is hard to find a job and when you graduate from law school you will be in the same position.
Now you say you want to be an attorney and if that is the case then law school can be a great choice, but WHY do you want to be a lawyer. T.V. and movies make it a little more glamorous than it is, but it can be a very rewarding career if you know what your getting into.
Your options of going to law school for free or attending a top 10 school are unrealistic. With a 3.5 your not getting into a top 10 school and no law school is going to pay for your living expenses, but if you want to be a lawyer then go to law school, but you really need more direction. The JD/MBA won't hurt your career prospects, but it will cost you 100,000+ and you will spend 4 years in school, which will take from professional development you might obtain over 4 years. You will find a job in 4 years if you apply yourself, but it will be hard and it probably won't be a glamorous position you have to work your way up the chain that is life.
I think if you give a little more detail on what you want more advice can be given, but do not attend law school or any graduate degree because you don't know what else to do, which is the impression I obtained from your post. It is to big of a commitment to enter into simply because your having a tough time finding a job.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
McGARVEY Family - The Brick Wall I Didn't Know I Had
There was a bond for $600 in exchange for land. The land description does not give a state, but my guess is that it is in Hamilton County, Ohio where all parties resided. Or it could be across the border in Indiana. I'll have to figure out the townships and ranges later.
The land description wasn't the important piece of the document to me anyway. The interesting part was the parties involved. Robert Bovard and Chas W. Lloyd paid Mary McGarvey for the land. I have no idea who Charles Lloyd is, but Robert Bovard is my 5th great grandfather. Robert married Margaret McGarvey. So who was Mary McGarvey?
I lucked out on this one. I went looking for McGarvey wills in Hamilton County, Ohio. The Hamilton County, Ohio probate court records are available online for free. The Hamilton County records were burned a few times, including the original will books. But the court went back through the probate packets and found the original wills and rerecorded them in new books. I found the will of Mary McGarvey that was written in 1828 and probated in 1830.
In the will she gives land to her daughter, Peggy Bovard, wife of Robert Bovard. Happy Dance!
I broke down a brick wall I didn't even know I had. I had assumed that I would never find Margaret's family. I knew she was born in Philadelphia in 1788 and that was where she married Robert and had 2 children before moving to Ohio and then to Indiana. I definitely didn't think I would find her family in Ohio, but it appears that the whole McGarvey family (or most of them) moved to Hamilton County.
It just goes to show that one little document can open up a whole generation of your family tree.
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What a nice surprise for you, congratulations!ReplyDelete
That's great! And I loved the post title! Sucked me right in!ReplyDelete
Excellent! Isn't it amazing to come upon these jewels when you're not even expecting them? I think of this phenomenon as the "zen of genealogy."ReplyDelete
That is great that the court went through the probate files and re-recorded the wills!
I an fascinated the lengths that people will go to when researching their ancestry. I have more interest in the old photographs that this throws up and spend endless hours restoring them for people. A friend did my family tree a number of years ago and it is amazing how first names travel through history. Good luck with your search I will follow to see how you progress.ReplyDelete
Great find! And you are the second case tonight demonstrating the importance of expanding your search! Congrats!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 16, 2011 at 8:48 PM
Wow I would like to collaborate the mcgarvey side with Mary. There might be a link as our mcgarvey came from PhiladelphiaReplyDelete
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- AnonymousFebruary 27, 2012 at 11:22 AM
My family also has roots in Philadephia. I would love compare note with you and Michael.ReplyDelete
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Van Jones, a Yale law school graduate from rural Tennessee, spent years trying to help troubled inner-city youths get out of jail and into the real world, but he was repeatedly disheartened when kids wound up back in prison because they couldn't find jobs.
"On a personal level I just got burned out," said Jones, who founded the Ella Baker Center in Oakland, Calif., a nonprofit that advocates social justice. "You put your face to the furnace all the time, going to a lot of funerals, a lot of court hearings, things not working out the way you wanted them to."
And then it clicked for Jones. As the United States pursues renewable energy technologies and becomes more environmentally responsible, there will be a need for workers with green skills.
"I just had this epiphany in mind and said, you know, these kids in America need green jobs, not jails, that's what they need," he said. "We want to lift a quarter million people out of poverty into the green economy by creating green-collared job training, employer incentives and entrepreneur opportunities."
In this "green-collared" world that Jones envisions, inner-city youth would climb out of poverty by installing solar panels, retrofitting buildings to become more sustainable and taking on green construction jobs with hefty pay checks. He said this could all be achieved through training in high schools and community colleges, giving disadvantaged young people a "pathway out of poverty."
"If you teach a young person how to put up solar panels, that kid is on their way to becoming an electrical engineer," he said. "They could join the United Electrical Workers Union. If you teach a kid how to weatherize a building, double-pane the glass so that it doesn't leak so much energy, that kid is on his way to becoming a glazer that can join a union."
Launching the Campaign
Because Jones knew setting his plan in motion would be a huge undertaking, he reached out to other environmental groups to build a green coalition.
The Green for All Campaign, along with its strategic partners Sustainable South Bronx, 1 Sky, Color of Change, Apollo Alliance, Center for American Progress, Workforce Alliance, Applied Research Center, Solar Richmond, COWS/Center of Wisconsin Strategy, Center for State Innovation and Energy Action Coalition, works to educate everyday Americans about the "work, health, and wealth benefits" of a "green economy."
"The next step in the green movement is about social uplift in environmentalism & that is less about the Birkenstocks and tofu," he said. "It's more about our hard hat and our lunch bucket, roll up our sleeves, get a little dirt under our fingernails and let's fix America kind of environmentalism."
The campaign continued to spread its message and gained an influential ally, former President Bill Clinton.
On Sept. 26, 2007, the Green for All Campaign was officially launched at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York.
"He highlighted our initiative," Jones said. "I am very happy and proud I've got Bill Clinton's signature on a piece of paper. He put his arms around us & I would have never thought that would happen, but it did and it just shows that miracles are possible."
Poverty, Pollution and Politics
But Green for All did not stop there: It took its message to Congress.
In 2007, the United States Senate and House of Representatives approved the Green Jobs Act (H.R. 2847) and in December, President George W. Bush signed the bill into law. It gives $125 million to workforce training programs that target veterans, displaced workers, at-risk youth and individual families who fall 200 percent under the poverty line. Jones' Green for All campaign will receive part of that funding.
"We can save the polar bears and we can save these low income kids with green-collared jobs," Jones said. "We can put a whole generation to work & and save this country for the future."
Carrie McGourty contributed to this report.
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