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|Is Wesley really allowed to use antimatter in his science projects? I know he's meant to be a genius, but if even one milligram of the stuff escapes the explosion would be the equivalent of many tons of normal explosive. That's a risk I'd be awful reluctant to take.
So Riker's ploy to trick the Enterprise depends on Worf knowing their access codes, which he uses to fool the computer into thinking an enemy ship is coming in. But then at the end, they use the same trick on the Ferengi. How? They don't know the Ferengi access codes, surely?
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|The Hathaway was originally supposed to be a Constitution class ship - look carefully at Geordi's lips when he says the class name and you will see he actually says Constitution, with "Constellation" dubbed over it. Armin Shimmerman, who plays Bractor, will later play Quark. He can also be seen as Principal Snider in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, sans the huge ears.
Both officers are rather reluctant to engage in the exercise, judging combat proficiency a rather minor part of a Starship officer's job. Nevertheless they do agree to take part. Kolrami, for his art, seems rather contemptuous of Riker's professional performance, taking every opportunity to make snide remarks about him.
Riker challenges Kolrami to a game of strategema, a Kolrami holographic game which emphasizes extremely complex strategy. Kolrami, an acknowledge master of the game, defeats Riker in a matter of moments.
Pulaski takes this badly and urges Data to challenge Kolrami, sure that his positronic brain will prove superior. Kolrami accepts and, much to everyone's shock, defeats Data almost as quickly as he did Riker.
Meanwhile Riker prepares for the exercise, asking Worf to be his tactical officer and taking a selection of Enterprise personnel along. He also brings Wesley so he can gain some valuable experience.
Data takes his loss badly. He assumes that there must be some sort of damage to his brain to account for the loss, and so removes himself from duty and spends all his time in his quarters looking for the flaw. Neither Deanna nor Pulaski is able to talk him round, but eventually Picard visits and manages to convince him that one can lose even if one does nothing wrong. Data returns to duty.
On the Hathaway, Wesley is able to beam one of his Enterprise experiments to engineering. Since it is powered by antimatter they will be able to make a brief jump with the Hathaway's warp drive, surprising the Enterprise. Worf also works out a way to fool the ship's sensors with his access codes.
The exercise begins. Worf is able to convince the Enterprise that a Romulan ship is coming, and as it turns to engage the Hathaway scores some hits. As the Enterprise turns back a Ferengi warship arrives. Picard assumes that it is another deception and ignores it... but the ship is real, and is able to cripple the Starship. The Daimon demands to know what the Hathaway has that the Enterprise wants so badly, refusing to believe it is just a training exercise. Kolrami says that they should sacrifice the Hathaway to escape, since losing some officers to save many is good strategy. Picard refuses, and when Riker tells him about their warp jump trick he comes up with a plan. He tells the Ferengi he will deny them their prize, and fires a torpedo set to detonate just in front of the Hathaway. That ship jumped away at warp as the explosion hides it. The plan works, and the impressed Ferengi withdraw.
Kolrami is forced to give Riker his fair due at last for his innovative ideas. When Data challenges him to a rematch at strategema, the game proceeds oddly - Data does not win but neither does he lose, the game simply goes on and on and on. Eventually Kolrami, obviously under great pressure, withdraws in protest. Data explains that the game had a built in assumption that players would try and win - instead, he simply played to extend the game for as long as possible until Kolrami cracked under the pressure. Whilst Data technically did not win, as he puts it "I busted him up."
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Linoleic acid
Veterinarian Reviewed on June 19, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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Linoleic Acid
Linoleic acid, or LA, is a carboxylic acid that appears as a colorless liquid at room temperature. It is also considered as an essential fatty acid that is needed in the many metabolic processes in the human body to promote growth and development. It is widely recognized that Linoleic acid is an omega 6 essential fatty acid that is found in all cell membranes of the human body.
Linoleic acid has many benefits and it has been found to be very accepted in the treatment of weight loss and in muscle building techniques.
History and Origin
The name Linoleic originated from the Greek word linon which means flax, and oleic which means relating to or derived from olives. Linoleic acid has an 18 carbon chain with 2 double cis bonds.
In physiology, Linoleic acid is a polyunsaturated fatty acid and is found in the lipid part of cell membranes of every cell in the human body. Health experts believe that Linoleic acid must be part of a healthy regular diet and is important in the body's health and proper development.
Ancient Uses
Linoleic acid is unheard of during ancient times but major sources of Linoleic acid like meats, soybeans, sunflower seeds and other plant oil sources were used as staple foods of many ancient cultures all around the world.
Modern Uses
In the therapeutic use of Linoleic acid, it has been further altered to make conjugated linoleic acid or CLA. This is done to further use the Linoleic properties in reducing body fat and increase its efficiency in development of muscles.
Thus CLA is used as an effective weight loss treatment. There are various conjugated Linoleic acid supplements in the market that is used mainly for weight loss. CLA also helps suppress appetite by acting on the hormones leptin and resistin. CLA is also seen to be more effective in reducing adipose tissue seen in highly obese people.
Muscle building supplements also use conjugated Linoleic acid to promote efficient muscle growth by increasing circulation of hormones that increase blood supply to muscles tissue.
There are also studies that have been done regarding the ability of conjugated Linoleic acid in the prevention of certain cancers such as breast, lung and prostrate cancers but no supportive data has been evaluated yet. Linoleic acid contains antioxidants that make it an ideal candidate to help prevent cancer and growth of tumors.
CLA is also proven to increase the body's metabolic rate to achieve weight loss faster and safer. It is also used in conjunction with thyroid treatments as well.
Side Effects
Linoleic acid and CLA supplements are safe when used accordingly. Never self medicate or use any weight loss products with Linoleic acid without medical supervision.
Pregnant and breastfeeding women must not take conjugated Linoleic acid preparations. There are no studies regarding the safety of Linoleic acid for young children so it is best to avoid use.
Diabetics and people with metabolic syndromes must avoid using supplements with Linoleic acid since it may worsen their symptoms. Always consult a doctor regarding the use of Linoleic acid for your illness since it may have adverse reactions with your current medications.
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Paulina Nelega, RH, has been in private practice as a Clinical Herbalist for over 15 years. She has developed and taught courses in herbal medicine, and her articles on health have appeared in numerous publications. She is very passionate about the healing power of nature. Ask Dr. Jan

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FRIDA FJELLMAN (Swedish, b.1971)
Lustre aux Couleurs Arts Deco, 2016
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Frida Fjellman is a multi-talented artist and designer living and working in Stockholm, Sweden. Taking inspiration from the Scandinavian eco-system and considering her experience of both its biological and emotional components, Fjellman processes and compounds this information into immersive, fantastical tableaus that are constructed with expert artistry across several types of media in combination, including glass, ceramic, wood and neon. Representing hyper-realistic flora and fauna as well as her own biomorphic and surrealist designs, her installations are vivid, effective and cohesive wonderlands that demand exploration.
Born in 1971 in Mariestad, Fjellman took to working with clay from a young age, attending local ceramics classes with her father. A course at the Community College Helliden with renown Rörstrand designer Inger Persson solidified Fjellman's interest in the medium. The focus of Fjellman's studies later expanded to include courses in glasswork at The Corning Studio in New York in 2000 and in neon at the Pilchuck School of Glass in Washington from 2003-2004.
Fjellman's current projects are a testament to her varied education; her expertly detail-laden sculptures in glass and ceramic are individually hand sculpted or mouth blown. Fjellman's works are undoubtedly strong enough to stand alone, but it is the scope of her tableaus in particular, complete with elaborate decor, that demonstrates Fjellman's proficiency across an astounding amount of media.
At the core of Fjellman's installations are a clear divergence from the subtle minimalism that characterizes most traditional and contemporary Swedish art and design. Fjellman was drawn to these deviating themes and practices out of a rebellious desire to tackle figurative studies, namely the study of animals, because it was considered "tacky and vulgar" and ultimately taboo within the greater artistic community. Fjellman began experimenting with her own perception of the Swedish aesthetic, appropriating and subverting the traditional elements of Swedish design and typified beauty to create highly personal sculptures and installations, which are in many ways evocative of the Northern Swedish landscape.
The environments that Fjellman builds are replete with flora and fauna native to Sweden, however each element of design appears as a hyper-version of itself, refracted in the mind of the artist. Fjellman's sculptures in particular are so intricately detailed down to the palpable expressions of her lemmings, dogs, beavers, bears and ghosts, that they can at times border on the grotesque. Fjellman painstakingly reproduces the details of each animal's expression and posturing to elicit careful, up-close observation by her audiences with the objective of triggering an emotional response. To this effect, Fjellman creates immersive surrealistic and introspective dreamscapes, with elements keying into latent feelings of joy or terror.
Fjellman's design-oriented installations are a microcosm of her more elaborate tableaus, and they resonate with a more acute and focused emotional effect. Several of Fjellman's site-specific architectural installations have been designed around the artist's association between the dynamism of cloud systems and the cultivation of thoughts and ideas. In several iterations, Fjellman has produced suspended, swirling and whimsical skyscapes from brightly patterned acrylic glass and neon, which simultaneously represent both the essence and the manifestation of Fjellman's creativity. Additionally, Fjellman has produced a series of prismatic glass chandeliers, another project that plays upon the wonderment of suspended artwork, to the simple effect of creating spectacle: Fjellman, inspired by the form and color emeralds among other gems, formulated that if she created gems of increased size, so too would increase the proportion of the spectacle of these treasures.
Fjellman's diverse and provocative projects executed with impressive versatility across multiple media have made her a standout contemporary artist both in Sweden and internationally. Fjellman has been the recipient of numerous scholarships and awards, and her captivating artworks have been placed in prestigious public and private collections and institutions, including The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, The Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg, The American Museum of Glass in New Jersey, and notably a cheeky Bichon Frise which Fjelmman calls Alicia can be found to guard the entrance to the Supreme Administrative Court in Stockholm.


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John O'Callaghan - Riders Of Rohan
September 25, 2013
If anyone has kept the sounds of uplifting alive throughout the years, it's Irish producer/DJ John O'Callaghan. This guy hasn't only got a soft spot for the harder sounds of trance music, he also knows how to handle them. And that's exactly why he's next up on the Who's Afraid of 138?! label. Let's trance, to his 'Riders of Rohan'.
That unstoppable drive. That deep, pounding bass. And eventually, after a quality build-up, the pay-off, the break. A little piece of heaven, that's what 'Riders of Rohan' is.


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The first thing I found about Norman was his obituary:
Norman Daniel Schroth
DECATUR - Norman Daniel Schroth, 78, of Winter Haven,FL passed away Sunday January 21, 2007. Funeral services will be 10:00 A.M., Saturday, January 27, 2007, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Decatur, IL, with visitation 5 to 8 P.M., Friday, January 26, 2007, at Brintlinger & Earl Funeral Home, Decatur, IL. Burial will be in Mt. Pulaski Cemetery, with military rites conducted by the Mt. Pulaski American Legion Post 447. Norman was born November 29th, 1928 in Lincoln, IL, married and raised his family in Decatur, IL then moved to Winter Haven, FL in 1977. He is survived by his children Daniel N. Schroth, Portland, OR, Norman A. Schroth, Orlando, FL, Christopher J. Schroth, Decatur, IL, Tamara E. Bennington, Pensacola, FL, Timothy A. Schroth, Winter Haven, FL. He leaves behind 14 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his lovely wife and loving mother, Geraldine Schroth. He served in the Korean War as chief staff photographer. Prior to that he served 6 years in the Naval Reserve. He was a true entrepreneur nationally and internationally. He owned and operated Norm's Camera Shops in Decatur, IL as well as designed, manufactured and marketed Photographic Accessories throughout the US. His later endeavors included the formation of Color World Film Corporation in Lakeland, FL which offered professional and amateur photographers unique film processing services. In 1998 he formed Space Graphics and established relations with NASA to obtain photographs of the various Shuttle Missions to publish as art. He was a dedicated father and was always with his grandchildren when possible. We will greatly miss his enthusiasm for life and his skillful drive for success. Obituary written by family members.
Online guest book at www.legacy.com/heraldreview/Obituaries.asp
Published in the Decatur Herald & Review from 1/24/2007 - 1/25/2007.
I wonder how this post card strayed from the Schroth family. I hope to find someone in the Schroth family who will cherish this.
* I am happy to report that this postcard has been found and is on it's way to a rightful owner!


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Hello! This is Kelly from Little Green, writing to you once again from Sydney, Australia. Well, four hours south of Sydney, to be precise! It is summer in Australia and we are on our long summer school holiday break. I am writing this post from the beautiful beach-side suburb of Kioloa, on the south coast of New South Wales, where I am holidaying with my family. The sun is shining, and the sounds of waves crashing and cicadas chirping are almost deafening! To my left, tree-covered hills and ridges fill the landscape beyond the few rows of houses in this tiny town. To my right is the ocean, with the sun rising splendidly over the blue water. There is nowhere I would rather be right now!
But we're not here to get jealous about my beautiful, warm, sunny location; we're here for mathematical inspiration! And today I want to use one of my favourite math manipulatives as the starting point for that inspiration: the Hundred Chart. This versatile tool has been instrumental in the development of mathematical understanding in countless students. In fact, I would hazard a guess that pretty much every teacher reading this post used one when he or she was a student and has used one at least once with their own students.
Why has this particular tool stayed with us for so long when so many other great tools have come and gone? In my opinion, it is because it is both versatile and simple. Sure, you can buy a super-expensive, whizz-bang, high-tech Hundred Chart, but equally effective is a dodgy black-and-white blurry photocopy of a Hundred Chart, or even a hand-drawn Hundred-Chart on the back of a fast food store napkin! It is often the simple things that stand the test of time and become our constant companions in the classroom.
So, I'm dedicating this post to the Hundred Chart. May it continue to be our mathematical friend for many years to come.
Here are a few ways I use a Hundred Chart:
Counting Aid
Using a Hundred Chart as a counting aid in the early years will help familiarise students with its use and provide them with an effective aid to help them 'follow along' with counting. I would introduce this tool with five-year-olds as soon as they have a firm grasp on the idea that numerals represent numbers and are beginning to count to numbers larger than ten. If you are working with numbers up to twenty or thirty, shield the lower numbers on the chart (with a piece of paper, for example) to allow your students to focus on the numbers they are working with.
Skip Counting Aid
Skip counting is a terrific precursor to multiplication. A Hundred Chart can be used as an aid to the skip counter. Begin by modelling this skill to students then have them 'have a go' on their own. Simply point to the numbers as you count and be sure to 'notice' out loud any obvious patterns (e.g. when counting by twos, you skip one number each time).
Looking for Patterns in the Times Tables
For me, Mathematics is all about locating patterns, looking for logic and making order. If our students can see the patterns in the times tables, they will have a much richer understanding of them than if they simply commit them to memory. Of course, knowing your tables off by heart is important too, but we want our students to be able to do more than rattle off a few numbers! A great way to see the patterns is to colour in the multiples of a particular set on a Hundred Chart.
To extend this further, have them choose a different colour to colour in the multiples of a different set on the same Hundred Chart. In this way, they can see where the sets overlap and can draw conclusions based on this visual evidence.
Showing One More, One Less, Ten More and Ten Less
With a simple modification, a Hundred Chart can be used to help students easily see one more, one less, ten more and ten less than any number. Using cardstock or sturdy paper, create a shield with a cut-out in a cross shape that will reveal the desired numbers (see picture below). Students can move this shield around the chart to discover one more, one less, ten more and ten less of any number (except numbers on the edge of the chart – some explicit teaching is required to help students find the answers for the numbers on the edge).
Calculation Aid
Once your students are familiar with the use of the Hundred Chart, it can be used to help students calculate the answers to addition and subtraction problems to 100. For example, the problem 83-54 might look a little daunting to a student, but it can be easily solved using a Hundred Chart. Begin by putting your finger on the 83 square. To subtract fifty, move your finger up five spaces to the 33 square. To subtract four, move your finger to the left (then up to the end of the row above) four spaces to the 29 square. Easy! Allowing students to use the Hundred Chart in this way will build a strong foundation for mental strategies, such as the 'jump', 'split' and 'compensation' strategies (search for these terms in a Math glossary if you are unfamiliar with them).
Demonstrating Working Out
Demonstrating Working Out
When students are able to use mental strategies to solve addition and subtraction problems, a Hundred Chart can be used to allow them to demonstrate their working to you or to the rest of the class. It is always fascinating to see the different ways other people solve the same problem. Using the above example of 83-54, some students may use a completely different strategy. They may, for example, make the 83 into 80 by subtracting 3, subtract 50, subtract 4, and then add on the 3 they took away at the beginning. Or, they might start by subtracting the tens (80-50), add on 3, and then subtract 4. Using a Hundred Chart to assist in demonstrating thinking will help the abstract thought of an individual become visual for others.
This is certainly not an exhaustive list of ways to use a Hundred Chart – there are certainly many other terrific uses for this versatile tool. How do you use a Hundred Chart in your classroom? Feel free to share any brilliant ideas you have come up with in the comment section below.
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Want to have massive influence over the powers of marketing and publishing that back the world's biggest video games? Then you might want to try writing a game review for K-Mart in the US.
The big-box retailer said that starting this week they will start sifting through user-created reviews on MyKmart.com to select snippets of gamer-written reviews on their store shelves directly under the game in question.
Now companies are going to have to spend millions to woo not just reviewers at massive game sites, but you, the public.
All gentle-elbowing aside, I love the idea of reader reviews having such a meaningful and deep impact, but the ability for abuse is astronomical.
Never mind that K-Mart is probably a bit more interested in putting up a review that helps them sell a game than they are in putting up a review that makes shoppers think, or discover something they didn't know. What about the notion of publishers and developers writing those user submitted reviews themselves, flooding the channel in hopes that one of their snippets is picked over the other?
News of K-Mart's interesting approach comes with this intriguing paragraph:
One thing to note: We'd like to feature your reviews on our shelves, but at this time, we will not be sending out free games for you to review.
Wait! They might pay their reviewers down the line with free games? Crazy.
Video game reviews: Get YOUR MyKmart review featured on store shelves! [K-Mart, thanks Sweet Music]


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Yesterday when I was making tutorials for Dragoart, I felt like drawing another chibi character in the form of a popular Disney figure that we all know and love. So after careful thought, I finally came up with the perfect person to upload as a lesson. Today I am going to teach you "how to draw chibi Tinkerbell", step by step. This version of Tinkerbell is so incredibly cute it almost makes me want to cry. There is so many possibilities when it comes to creating, and drawing some of your favorite figures in chibi form. The best part to making chibi characters from your favorite figures, is the way you can create them to be perfect or imperfect, it's really based on your preference. The time it takes to draw chibi Tinkerbell is incredibly short. There is no way you will be spending a lot of time on this sketch even if you are just a novice artist. I think you will find that drawing Tinkerbell chibi style, is going to be one of the funnest lessons you will follow today. I guess that does it for this description. I will meet you all back here in a bit with some more drawing fun so stay tuned in to see what else I have in store for you all. Adios people, and enjoy your artistic day!
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Reuters urges Caution on Graphite
Asking "Will graphite go the way of rare earth?"a May 6 Reuters story states that shares of companies involved in graphite "have soared, probably to unsustainable highs." The report says graphite prices "rose last year in part on concerns that China, which produces some 70% of global supply, will choke off exports much as it did with the rare earths."
But as Chris Berry noted at OnPage Media's Graphite Express-Conference in Toronto on May 2, a pullback in graphite stocks began about a month ago, well before the "unsustainable highs" now reported by Reuters. "Phase One of this graphite boom is completed," Berry said. "But the trends that put graphite on the map are still intact." The co-author of Morning Notes and founder of House Mountain Partners states that even without lithium batteries and other next-generation uses, "and assuming global GDP growth of 5% over the next eight or nine years, you're looking at about a 1.8-million- or 1.9-million-tonne market."
Reuters quotes Asbury Carbons CEO Stephen Riddle as saying, "In a three-month period we had prices double, just that quickly." The story states, however, that his company, which manufactures a range of products from graphite, "has had no trouble finding graphite supplies, and prices are even softening."
Reuters suggests that projected demand for lithium-ion batteries has been overstated and that manufacturers prefer synthetic graphite to the natural flake product. The article acknowledges that "synthetic graphite can cost more than $20,000 a tonne, while unprocessed flake graphite costs $1,500 to $3,000 a tonne. Add in processing and coating, and the price is about $8,000 a tonne, meaning natural graphite represents major cost savings."
Nevertheless, Jonathan Lee, a battery materials analyst with Byron Capital Markets, says a shift to the natural product "will take time, and I don't think that it is imminent."
Reuters concludes with a comparison to the rare-earths bubble, in which stocks rose and fell sharply when China slashed exports in 2010. "You could double your money on a company that has nothing. However, there's no way to tell when a flavour of the day will become a flavour of yesterday," says Louis James, a mining investment strategist at Casey Research.
The article noted that "Northern Graphite TSXV:NGC, Focus Metals TSXV:FMS and Energizer Resources Inc TSXV:EGZ are often mentioned by analysts as promising development-stage companies."
The US Geological Survey pegged 2011 world graphite production at 1.1 million tonnes. That amount is expected to drop in 2012, according to Simon Moores, an authority on graphite and other strategic commodities who writes for Industrial Minerals. Moores has also pointed out that China produces about 80% of world supply, not 70% as reported by Reuters.
Moores, Berry, geologist Mickey Fulp and others have pointed out a number of contrasts between the graphite space and the circumstances leading to the rare-earths bubble. They include the fact that graphite has a wider range of both current and emerging uses; graphite's 2011 world production was about 10 times that of rare earths; graphite's exploration and mining is simpler, faster and cheaper; graphite's metallurgy is much simpler; and graphite expertise exists outside China, as does a graphite supply chain.
While Berry remains bullish on graphite, he cautions investors that a project "shouldn't be too slanted toward a given end use, say batteries. A balanced footprint is the best bet because it insulates a company from demand shocks. What you need to remember is with a graphite deposit it is not one size fits all. Mesh size and carbon content can vary. It's great to be able to say we have a certain percentage that is perfect for the battery industry, based on flake and carbon content. But if that's only 20% of a given deposit, you need to be thinking about what's going to happen with the other 80%."
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bhottes necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 199 diseños de 50 diseñadores freelance.
We required a cleanly designed logo for company that has a culture of developing great swimmers to achieve personal excellence. We offer swim learning and training across all levels of swimming. We tend to develop youngsters into performance swimmers, and we want to convey excellence and prestige, and at the same time we need a brand that is elite and has some strength and toughness.
The Swim Faculty
The Swim Faculty is a company that provides swim learning for all levels of swimmers. We teach everyone from babies and toddlers right through to performance state and national swimmers, and sometimes Paralympic/Olympic swimmers.
Our offering can be summarised as follows
• Learn to Swim – Babies, Toddlers, Pre-school, Adults
• Squad training – Juniors, Seniors, Adults, Triathlon
• Open water swimming
• Handicapped Swimmers
• Performance training techniques – video analysis, dry land training etc.
• Cross training
• Sports Psychology
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We have used the term 'faculty' to imply that it's place of quality and progressive learning that builds every day people into either strong swimmers, or performance swimmers that compete in events. We want to help the kids of today become stars of tomorrow.
Our main goal is to create great swimmers.
Although we offer learn to swim, this is only a part of offering, hence our brand should capture mums and dads with learn to swim requirements, but should also have some prestige attached.
We do not offer any 'free-swim' or 'public swimming' at our pool, only swim learning and training.
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We are considering the use colours like dark blues and oranges, however this is not compulsory. We'd like you to surprise us here as we are open to ideas.
Please provide artwork in vector format at end of competition.
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We don't want any animals depicted i.e Sharks, dolphins, fish etc
We don't want anything cheesy and childish.
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A California high school student decided to play Nancy Drew when money was being repeatedly stolen from backpacks during gym class, according to ABC News.
Justine Betti, a sophomore at Linden High School outside Stockton, conducted her own sting by hiding in a locker to try to spot the thief.
After all of the students shuffled outside, the gym teacher stayed back to pilfer money from backpacks.
Betti was shocked. Her own gym teacher was the culprit. Who would believe her?
Betti played detective again, but this time she took her cell phone into the locker to capture video footage. She set up a second camera in another locker.
The teacher struck again, and Betti got clips of her rummaging through her students' bags.
Betti showed the video to the school principal who said he'll look into the matter. The principal also asked Betti to delete the clips but the student had already sent them to her father.
The district superintendent didn't respond to questions from ABC, but the news organization did determine that the teacher is on administrative leave.
The unnamed teacher has reportedly been teaching for over 30 years and is well-liked. Yet students have applauded Betti for catching the thief.
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Wouldn't it be great to have one program that offered solutions in member retention, lead generation, profit to the bottom line and staff development? Staff at Wheaton Sports Center, which has operated in Wheaton, IL, for more than 30 years, wanted to create such a program. And they did just that with their Waist Slimming Challenge, which is a fun, motivating vehicle that promotes healthy weight loss and gives members and their guests an opportunity to work in small groups with personal trainers.
This program has positively affected not only the numbers on the scale but also the membership and staff as a whole. After the first challenge began, people in the club were abuzz. People who were not enrolled in the program saw the setup for the workouts and the topics for the workshops and wanted to know more.
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Member retention. Getting new members introduced to other members can be difficult, but members who participate in the challenge become connected to each other as well as the staff. "Getting to know each other by name, encouraging each other through tough workouts, even some friendly competition, make this program about more than weight loss," says Jim Hughes, fitness director at Wheaton Sports Center. The Waist Slimming Challenge has the components that help make social connections among members seamless. One of the biggest complaints from busy members is that they do not have time to participate, but this program is scheduled 19 times within the week, so participants can look at their week and match their availability to the training schedule. No one is locked into a certain time. Participants can change training times every week if their schedule requires.
Lead generation. The program is set up so members can ask nonmembers to participate, which has been a great lead generator. The guests get to experience the club for the six weeks of the program and are invited to join the club during the program. The members who are challenge participants have membership incentives. Happy members refer their friends.
Profit to the bottom line. Offering great programs has never been a problem. Offering great programs that are revenue-generating typically has proved more difficult. Pricing the challenge in such a way that it is a value to participants and does not drain the profit margin is critical. The structure of the program maximizes the profitability. Wheaton Sports Center compensates staff with a salary rather than a per participant commission. The circuit training and healthy living seminars combine for a program that offers nutrition, lifestyle choices and physical fitness—all for one price. Prizes, workout and food diaries, and T-shirts all fall within 20 percent of the total revenue. Profit margins for the total program range from 40 percent to 60 percent, depending on the number of participants.
Staff development. This program has been an invaluable tool for staff development. The program allows staff to learn new skills in routines, cueing, proper form, new ideas, new circuits and new combinations. Every exercise must be modifiable from the beginner to the most advanced participants without making the beginner feel as though they cannot do the exercise and ensuring the advanced member is still challenged. This program also trains the trainers to overcome the fear of small group training, allowing for more income per training hour, and it improves personal training income overall. Often, the business side or sales side of personal training is the most difficult to develop in even the best personal trainers. The Waist Slimming Challenge has created a perfect springboard for crossover to our personal training department, boxing and Pilates. We train the staff to create an expectation of continuing with all the participants. The underlying concept is that this is the beginning of many varieties of fitness they can enjoy.
The mistake some clubs make with their weight-loss programs is that once the program is over, the member wants more direction but does not have support. This is a missed opportunity. We offer Waist Slimming Camps and healthy living seminars and workshops to fill in the gaps between the challenges. The camps are priced separately from the challenge. They allow members to continue small group training. The entire program has exceeded our expectations, and the energy in the club with both members and staff during challenges is contagious.
Karla Butler is membership and marketing director at Wheaton Sports Center. To learn more about how to set up a Waist Slimming Challenge in your club, please contact Jim Hughes, fitness director at Wheaton Sports Center, at [email protected].


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Durham Amateur Rowing Club was founded in 1860 by "a few gentlemen interested in aquatic sports" , who professed that, " .. outdoor amusements, and in the main cricket and boating are the very best means of bringing out the bone and muscle of our English youth." see Barry Hudson's Club History Timeline
Today, we have a thriving rowing club with juniors, womens, mens and masters sections. In recent years the Explore rowing learn to row programmes have brought a whole new group of people into the club with an enthusiastic Recreational rowing section, and a Development squad, for those that choose to move into competitive rowing, rather than to enjoy the simple pleasures of "boating" on the River Wear, through historic Durham City.
Whilst still "amateur" in name and ethos, the club has developed many varied commercial interests, since the completion of a brand new clubhouse in 2007, complete with first class facilities.
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Jeanette De Melo is the editor in chief for the Register. She recently became co-host to Register Radio along with Thom Price and Dan Burke. Before joining the Register staff in 2012, she served as the Archdiocese of Denver's communications director, spokeswoman and general manager of the Denver Catholic Register, El Pueblo Católico, and the archdiocesan website. Prior to this position, she was the associate communications director for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, where in addition to managing media relations, she co-produced a weekly archdiocesan television program.
On Register Radio this week, I spoke with Kathy DiFiore, the founder of Several Sources Shelters, homes for pregnant women in crisis. This woman's remarkable story is part of the inspiration of the Hollywood film, Gimme Shelter, which premiers in theaters nationwide Jan. 24. It's a film well worth seeing.
More than 30 years ago Kathy found herself in crisis with nowhere to go. She had just escaped her abusive husband and she was on the streets. Eventually she rebuilt her life. Her simply prayer throughout this time was that of St. Francis of Assisi: "Lord make me a instrument of your peace…"
Indeed, she became just such an instrument. Shortly after settling into a new life in a new house, she opened her home to a pregnant mother and thus began a journey that would lead to the founding of five homes in New Jersey (four for pregnant mothers and one for homeless women). The establishment of these homes wasn't easy and in the early years Kathy got help from none other than a saint — Mother Theresa.
Gimme Shelter, directed by Ron Krauss, is based on the life of a pregnant teenager who escapes from an abusive mother and lives on the streets until she eventually reaches rock bottom. Through the help of a priest she finds her way to Several Sources Shelter, Kathy's motherly care, and other women similar to herself that become like family. In the film, the teenager is played by Vanessa Hudgens, the abusive mother by Rosario Dawson, the priest by James Earl Jones, and Kathy by Ann Dowd.
Listen to the radio interview to hear Kathy DiFiore's powerful story of bringing hope and restoration to the lives of these young women. To find out how to help start a shelter for pregnant women, click here. There are only 550 shelters like this in the country, so many more are needed.
Prayer and Peace
This week Dan Burke spoke with French priest Father Jacques Philippe, the author of more than five books on Catholic spirituality, including Time for God, Interior Freedom, and Searching for and Maintaining Peace.
Father Jacques speaks of the need that every human heart has for true peace and recognizes that his book simply provides an answer to that need based on the Gospel and in a way that has been nourished by the spiritual tradition of the Church through saints like Francis De Sales, Therese of Lisieux and others.
Peace is not important only because we want to be comfortable, said Father Jacques. "But the more … we try to keep our inner peace, the more we are open to the work of God and we can listen to him."
"The more I am in peace, the more I can help people do good, and receive and communicate the grace of the Holy Spirit," he said.
Dan and Father Jacques spoke about the difficulties of maintaining peace in our busy and often complicated lives.
Said Father Jacques, "In a practical way, it is very important to pray… the peace we need, we can find this peace not by ourselves but in God. God is the God of Peace.
"Each time we offer a moment of prayer, true sincere prayer, in a desire to meet God, when we are open to the presence of God in a simple and confident way, I think a part of the peace of God is given to us."
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Products like the pool treadmill, the ExerSwim, and the Home Swimmer all provide a way for you to swim indefinitely in a home-sized pool without building a gigantic circular pool.
This Aquavee portable swim system offers similar benefits, allowing you to "swim in any style at any time" and continue swimming as long as you're able to keep flopping and kicking. It works by using a harness and suction cups to hold you in place. Suction cups are, as you know, the world's most secure way to attach something, so you know this is going to work forever. On the bright side, you won't have to plant stakes into the ground—something that's not quite kosher if you live in an apartment complex like us. [Aquavee]


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The Republican Party faces a fundamental decision in the coming weeks. Will it accept the burden of government or will it serve as a vehicle for an ideological agenda that is not shared by most Americans or by the Democrats who control the Senate and the White House?
The fiscal cliff negotiations were a fiasco for House Republicans. The final deal was worse than the deal they walked away from eighteen months ago during the negotiations to raise the debt ceiling. The deal was worse than several they walked away from in the past two months since the election. In the end, after the Senate passed the fiscal cliff legislation by such an overwhelming margin, the House leadership had little choice but to bring the measure to the floor for a vote, even though it garnered only about one-third of the Republican caucus. Had they failed to approve the measure, they and they alone would have borne the full brunt of criticism for failing to govern. That is not a position any responsible political leader can be in.
Conservative Republicans complain that no measure should come to the floor without the support of a majority of the GOP caucus, but there is nothing conservative about that procedural requirement. It was invented only about ten years ago and is known as the "Hastert Rule" after then-Speaker Daniel Hastert. But, in a legislature older than the U.S. Congress, the British parliament, the governing party at times allows a free vote to its members, not whipping them to support one side of the issue or the other. This practice is at times necessary when a caucus is divided. It is also necessary, as it was earlier this week, when the need to put something to a vote trumps the need to maintain internal party cohesion.
Unfortunately for the GOP, there is no reason to think that the political dynamics will be hugely different in two months when the debt ceiling issue comes round again from what they faced last week. This week, after the debacle of the fiscal cliff negotiations, Republicans were crowing that next time they would have the leverage, but if the leverage is defaulting on the national debt, with unforeseeable consequences for the U.S. and world economy, it is hard to imagine them not caving at the last minute as they just did. You don't risk the entire economy to make a point, even a very important point, not when there are at least reasonable compromises to be had.
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More importantly, for reasons I do not understand, the Republicans seem intent on fighting over the same issue that dominated the election last year, an election they lost. You would think that Speaker Boehner and Senator McConnell would have spent at least a little bit of time figuring out new policy initiatives that would permit them to present a different face to the electorate. The speeches delivered by Cong. Paul Ryan and Sen. Marco Rubio at the Jack Kemp Foundation event last month gave at least some rhetorical hints at a new direction, but they did not elaborate any policies that would allow the GOP to appear like a party that cares about more than the tax rates of millionaires.
There are a variety of social and political ills that the Republicans could address that would simultaneously allow them to highlight their core principles and also appear as new policy initiatives. The pathologies of the inner city were a constant and real concern for the late Congressman Kemp. He was not allergic to government efforts to ameliorate the poverty of the inner city, but Kemp understood that one needed strong families and communities, and the help of the market, to really provide assistance. What policies could the GOP be advocating that would help struggling families, help new businesses get a start in the inner city, etc.? It is vital that the GOP demonstrate it cares as much about the poor as it does about the rich.
Usually, when a party has a proven track record of electoral defeats, the intellectual re-making of the party starts not with its Washington representatives but with governors. Think of the role then-Governor Bill Clinton, among other Democratic governors, played in starting the Democratic Leadership Council in the 1980s. Surely there is a conservative equivalent of Bill Galston, who remains one of the most creative policy thinkers in Washington, a man who knows the data like the back of his hand, but can also discern a political philosophy in the numbers. The Republicans like to talk a lot about federalism, but what initiatives have their governors actually begun? Are there any successful anti-crime programs, any pro-immigrant policies, anything being done in the hinterlands that might gain traction nationally? The GOP governors we read about in the national papers seem hell-bent on enacting a Tea Party agenda that the vast majority of voters reject. Where is the GOP governor who is thinking creatively about the implementation of the Affordable Care Act? Have any Republican governors taken the lead on an environmental issue?
The fundamental ideological challenge for today's Republican Party is to decide whether it will constitute itself as a classic, Burkean conservative movement, one that respects the role of tradition and culture and communities and families, or one that will embrace a libertarianism that sounds good ("Freedom!") but which destroys the communal fiber of any polity and would have horrified Burke. Today's GOP needs to ask itself whether they really think the unfettered financial sector is good for those other important social goods they care about: social stability, upward mobility, the traditional family. I do not expect them to abandon their pro-business calling cards anytime soon, but just as the DLC crowd challenged the political orthodoxy of the Democratic left, and just so invited voters to give them a new look, today's GOP leaders need to be willing to challenge some of the received orthodoxies of the political right. And, they can do so in terms that are conservative. The early George Will would or should be embarrassed by some of his more recent writings.
I frankly do not see a truly traditionalist, Burkean conservative wing regaining control of the GOP anytime soon. There are no more Howard Bakers or Bob Doles. The new mantras of the up-and-coming crowd of GOP leaders in Washington are the mantras of libertarianism. They do not want balanced budgets so much as they want to eviscerate the social safety net. They do not consider Social Security and Medicare as the achievements they are, but as things to be done away with, via privatization. They view the "laws of capitalism" as if they had been transcribed at some economic Mt. Sinai. Their hostility to organized labor is shameful. Their views on foreign policy are jingoistic.
The GOP today needs grown-ups. It needs leaders who will stare down the climate change deniers in their party just as thoughtful conservatives in the 1950s stared down the John Birchers. It needs leaders who devise conservative solutions to intractable problems, not wishful thinking and incantations of the economic gods from Austria. They need a foreign policy rooted in something more ethical than might makes right mixed with Islamophobia. They need to get on board immigration reform or risk being confined to minority party status for at least a generation. Where are the future leaders of the GOP? And when will they rescue the party from the Tea Party fire they created, but which has now burned out of control? Our country needs a vigorous two party system. The health of our democracy depends upon it. I certainly want a check on the ambitions of Mr. Obama and Mrs. Pelosi! But, the check on power must be reasonable, disposed to govern not to grandstand, and willing to examine evidence that challenges party orthodoxies. It remains to be seen whether or not the GOP in Washington can get its act together, but the first few days of the year were far from promising.


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Peg is a tool less, collapsible range of stools and tables. The entire range is centred on the detail of how the parts of each piece are attached together. As the name peg may suggest, the assembly of the legs of each piece happens, with the insertion of the peg-like legs into a holes of the top. The key to structural integrity of the piece comes from the leg and the hole in the top having a matching taper. Once the leg is inserted, its acts like a wedge and is securely held by this and this alone. There are no nasty tools, glue or fixings required or any kind, resulting in a user experience and interaction that is as simple and pleasant as it should be.
The materials of the range also reflect the status and quality of peg and our design studio, aluminium tops which are form folded and welded at the crucial areas of the corners. These are available in 6 colours. And selection of 3 hard woods maple, oak and walnut for the legs.
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The iPhone 6 is generally very robust with the most coming in for screen replacements due to having the touchscreen glass smashed by being dropped on a hard surface.
The lightning port(also know as the charging port) is also quite a common repair and also not being waterproof liquid damage is of course an issue. The original battery had a fairly high capacity (1810mah) but over time the daily charge cycle will take its toll and battery replacements are becoming more common.
We offer a fast track repair service for iPhone-6's in our Southend repair centre (top floor of the victoria shopping centre) where most repairs will be completed in 2 hours (typically 30 mins), so we are ideally located for customers in the Westcliff, Leigh, Chalkwell, Hadleigh and Rayleigh areas. We also offer a postal service for customers not in the Essex Area.
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Start Garden invests in cigarette counter and greenhouse microcomputer
Start Garden went back to its regular practice of funding two weekly startup ideas.
Although Start Garden's team and the Start Garden community picked the same idea earlier this month, Rick DeVos' $15 million seed fund split $10,000 in funding between two ideas last week.
Pi Garden
The Start Garden team put $5,000 into Pi Garden, an idea to incorporate microcomputers into hydroponics, allowing for a "plug-'n'-play" environmental control unit for greenhouses.
"Custom and commercial applications are of interest as well. This could be used for many things, including tissue/cell culture, mycology, brewing, HVAC or even pets. When you can control the environment, you control what you decide to do with it," writes idea creator Drew Mellema on his Start Garden page.
"Phase two includes a dosage system for hydroponics," Mellema writes. "The goal is to have a nice user interface or perhaps more power/customization for those who choose. Data may be stored and the system controlled remotely via the web from multiple devices."
The Start Garden community voted to give $5,000 to PAKCheck, an idea for an automated inventory system for detecting cigarette pack theft.
PAKCheck automatically counts every pack as it is physically removed from its spot in the rack. The system could reduce the cost of losing packs to shoplifters, as well as cut back on labor costs, because it can be used by one employee who oversees several stores.
"Approximately 40 percent of (convenience) stores pay employees to hand count cigarette packs every shift and will continue to do so, because it has reduced theft. PAKCheck removes the need for labor intensive hand counting by automatically counting each pack as it's pulled from a rack," writes idea creator Patrick Kapenga on his Start Garden page.
"We can retrofit our hardware to current cigarette dispensing systems, which means our hardware could be licensed to the companies that manufacture those systems," Kapenga writes. "And since most convenience stores use a POS system made by Veriphone, we could license our software as an add on to their system."


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The Nomads Weston-supre-Mare Weather Station is back. Knee good enough to climb ladder, replace batteries and reset unit Checked and a appears OK. Not a lot of wind to monitor at present, but what wind speed and direction readings there is; the weather station appears to be measuring and transmitting
PS I'm in for an operation on the knee on thursday 2nd Sept so with a bit of luck and a lot of physiotherapy I might make a windy session before the year ends.
PPS Thanks for the batteries Martin. They should last more than long enough for the knee to recover, in time for the next battery replacement.
Weston Weather Station back from the dead
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Start off your engagement photo shoot at the intimate Herb Garden and have your engagement photographer snap some photos of you and your fiancée surrounded by over 150 lush green herbs, as well as a collection of finely crafted sculpture works. You can then head over to the Japanese Garden, whose tranquil pond and carefully arranged rocks and bonsai trees will provide a serene ambience for your photography session. Also check out the Scripture Garden, which contains a secluded little chapel area that will work great for your engagement photos. Finally, head over to the Boettcher Memorial Conservatory, which houses thousands of different species of tropical plants and trees from around the world. These are just a few of the exhibits that you can explore at Denver's premier botanical garden! Park hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and admission is $11.50 for adults.
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For the couple that wants to explore the exciting sites of the city, Denver's Larimer Square is the perfect location for an engagement photography session. Denver's very first city block, Larimer Square has expanded to become the city's premier business and shopping district while maintaining a unique historic feel.
Have your engagement photographer take some photos of you and you fiancée in front of the classy Tamayo restaurant, using as backdrop the building's red brick exterior. Continue on down the street and explore some of the other restaurants and bars, including Osteria Marco restaurant and the downstairs area of Lime restaurant. Latimer Square's pervasive old-style brick architecture makes just about every secluded nook and cranny in the district into your own personal photo studio! Have your engagement photographer utilize the countless staircases of some of the city's older buildings, as well as the cozy benches and lamp posts strewn throughout the district.After you've finished your photo shoot at Larimer Square, head over to Commons Park – one of Denver's most popular urban parks. Relax on the park's lush green lawn as your engagement photographer captures some lighthearted moments between you and your fiancée. Toward the center of the park you'll find a carefully landscaped circular space, a combination of modern sculpture and outdoor ambience that will work well for your engagement photos. Finally, have your engagement photographer take some photos on the immaculate Millennium Bridge, which connects Commons Park to Denver's 16th Street Mall, using the water beneath and the surrounding cityscape to create a perfect setting.
Often overshadowed by some of Denver's larger higher learning institutions, the small, private Regis University contains a picturesque campus that will make it a perfect place for your engagement photography session. Begin your photo shoot on campus at the magnificent crimson Main Hall, where you and your fiancée can pose on the stairs beneath the arched front entrance, seated on one of the benches in front of the building, or relaxing on the verdant lawn in the foreground. You can then head over to Gothic-looking Carroll Hall, where you and your fiancée can pose on the large stones that are neatly arranged in front of the building, as well as beneath any of the large green oaks and pines in the front garden. Your engagement photographer can also snap some photos as you and your fiancé take a promenade around Carroll Hall, following its neatly paved brick walkway. Afterward, head over to DeSmet Hall and take some photos in the finely landscaped courtyard. If you have time, you can also visit Rocky Mountain Lake Park, which is located just a few blocks away campus. This small, yet scenic, Denver Park contains a seemingly undisturbed natural setting that will make it the perfect place to conclude your engagement photography session in Colorado's capital city.
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Praise for Murder at the Lanterne Rouge
"Black expertly weaves the social issues of Chinese sweatshops and illegal immigrants with current science and computer technology, 14th-century Templars and guilds, and the local police and French secret service."
—Columbus Dispatch
"Outstanding . . . Readers will relish realistic villains and an evocative atmosphere that begs for a trip to the City of Lights."
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
"The Paris investigator is a perpetual-motion machine, and she's almost always inappropriately dressed for highspeed galivanting: heels, miniskirts, leopard prints—Aimée never sacrifices style for convenience . . . Thickening her plot like a French chef stirring coq au vin, Black throws a murdered scientist, a human-trafficking scandal, the Knights Templar, and revelations about Aimée's long-presumed-dead mother into the pot, leaving readers nearly as breathless as Aimée, who hurtles her way toward the conclusion. Fans of the series know the formula and don't mind a bit that it rarely varies. Paris never needs a new look, and neither does Aimée Leduc."
"The pace accelerates as fast as Aimee's Vespa. The details of the series, Aimee's love of vintage couture, her love life, and the specter of her mother's disappearance, all make welcome appearances here. Murder at the Lanterne Rouge is wonderfully plotted, and Cara Black ties together the past and present with élan."
—New York Journal of Books
Praise for the Aimée Leduc series
"Transcendently, seductively, irresistibly French."
—Alan Furst
"Wry, complex, sophisticated, intensely Parisian . . . One of the very best heroines in crime fiction today."
—Lee Child
"So authentic you can practically smell the fresh baguettes and coffee."
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Questions for Canadians:
Are you as proud of being Canadian in 2015 as we all were in 1967 or 1867 when launched confidently onto the world stage? How about in 1987, when we were fighting acid rain and working to free Nelson Mandela? How about in 1997 when we led the world into the historic Kyoto Accord to try to address Climate Change?
Do you feel more secure now or less? There is nowhere to hide from terror except freedom. Terror grows in poverty, failed wars and greed. You can't beat terror in a war – you beat terror with the firm stance of a peacemaker. With fairness and justice. And with compassion and assistance.
What are Canadian values? What is the essence of Canada? Is it found in the historic compromise of private and public enterprise? In the diversity we all share and admire? In the natural beauty and wonderful environment we have been blessed with. Or is it as simple as keeping your promises? Do you really feel that any political party represents those values?
Good Business – Sustainable Prosperity
Economic growth is not the only measure of human achievement but the creation of wealth makes it possible for us to do many things. We seek to create a sustainable economy with true competition and a level playing field. Balance in the economy is crucial. If any one player has too much power, be they big business, big government or big unions – then the balance is lost.
We are, at heart, a party that supports small business. There is a role for government in the economy, but it must support and not compete with small business.
We support the "100 mile challenge" which encourages purchasing from local enterprises. It's environmentally sound because it uses far less resources. It's economically sound because local businesses return far greater amounts to the economy. It fits with our belief that small business is the engine of our economy.
We will restore income trust legislation to it's previous state and work with all key stakeholders to develop legislation that makes sense for Canadians. For more information on our policy, click here.
We consider family farms to be one of the great examples of small business.
Our "100 mile challenge" would support family farms and innovative agricultural businesses.
We completely support the Wheat Board but we need more. We need the equivalent of the CMHC for farmers.
We guarantee mortgages to facilitate the housing market.
We need a solution of a similar nature for farmers to once and for all relieve the terrible pressures that are driving them off the farms.
Our Place in the Global Community
A well equipped, highly motivated military is the key to our sovereignty and our place in the world. We are peacekeepers and diplomats – both of which take exceptional courage and determination. We need to find our own voice in the world and set our own policy – friendly, but independent of the dominance of any other nation. We need to find the .7 percent solution and make a contribution towards world peace by ending the scourge of world hunger and disease in our lifetime.
We have a plan to get out of Afghanistan with dignity and to rethink our role as peacekeepers and protectors of our own sovereignty. People in poor nations take desperate measures due to extremes of poverty. Economic aid and justice are the best weapons against terror.
Investing in Education:
Our education system needs to be set to meet our future needs. In a country where we are chronically short of doctors, and where the population is aging does it make sense that we can only find 5 students to enter geriatric medicine? Does it make sense that a student should have to go more than 60 and perhaps even as high as 100 thousand in debt to fill these important needs?
Our education policy is about equal opportunity for all. We will provide a program of economic support for every student in post secondary education to ensure that education is accessible for all. Over a period of years we will phase in a tax based program to relieve students of the burden of debt. Providing the graduate stays in Canada for a period of years, and providing the student participates in the tax system, Canadian students will no longer carry debt.
We will renew funding to post secondary institutions for operations and not just capital projects. This program will cover all post secondary education from trade schools to universities.
Our program will feature a "head start" to ensure that young children are given an equal opportunity by recognizing some of the challenges in early years that must be addressed
Health Care
We believe in a One-Tier health care system – BUT - we believe that small business has a key role in the public system. Doctors are one type of small business that already supplies the public system. If it is more cost effective to utilize business in our health care system that is what we should do, providing that health care is still available to all at no cost and that payment will not put someone at the front of the line.
Through our education program we will have more trained medical staff staying in Canada to relieve the severe shortage.
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Democratic Deficit, Accountability and Intergrity
Keeping promises is essential to faith in democracy. We propose a Contract with Constituents – we will be clear on what we will promise versus what we will make up our minds on with the facts at some future date. To keep from keeping his promises, Mr. Harper has started a campaign of disinformation on all of these areas. We need to set the records straight.
Government needs accountability and an end to patronage. There are too many examples of senior officials and agency appointees who have been "fired" with colossal severance. We need to reward great performance but not poor or substandard performance. Ensuring that accountability is in place is the best way to restore pride in civil service and encourage those who work hard.
We need to start keeping our promises by honouring the Kelowna Accord with First Nations; we need to continue what we started by meeting Kyoto Commitments; we must keep our promises with Provincial governments.
We need to end the culture of defeat on the environment. This is the country that won at Vimy Ridge. We helped with the only battle that Churchill feared to lose – the battle of the Atlantic. We invented peacekeeping. Canada as a nation is at its best when confronted by "impossible" challenges.
Our natural environment is not only a treasure, it is an asset. Water is the oil of the next century…our natural resources have to be protected as they will be our currency on the world stage in the next hundred years. Kyoto is an opportunity to transform our economy, retrofit our infrastructure (especially in cities), clean up our air and water and make this the "wealthiest" country in the world. Sadly, we have to prepare for the impact of global warming while we try to minimize it.
Equality is Not Entitlement but Equality of Opportunity
We need to end some of the shames of aboriginal and child poverty in our country. If we cannot convince Canadians to do this because it's the right thing to do, we have to make the economic and safety arguments. A dollar invested in crime prevention is equal to seven or more spent on criminal justice systems.
Financial Responsibility
We need to schedule paying off our real debt over the next 25 years. The current government has increased spending at a rate of 8% -- the highest in years.
We spend approximately 25% of our national tax revenues on social programs such as health and education, yet these programs are not federally audited to ensure that your tax dollars are being spent fairly and wisely. It is the duty of the Government of Canada to ensure that all tax dollars collected are spent in a manner that benefits every Canadian. We will institute a "Social Auditor" to track and measure spending in social programs.
Support for Local Municipalities:
Cities, particularly our major cities are a key to our economic prosperity. Aging infrastructure and archaic funding formulas threaten the ability of our cities to compete on a world stage. We support the 1 cent solution brought forward by the country's mayors.
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