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Rome is over. Not just the republic, but the TV show. Despite solid ratings and Golden Globe nominations, the popular cable series ended last year. HBO, the BBC and the Italian RAI had teamed up to offer two seasons of ten episodes each about ancient Rome. Now the series is available on DVD.
Gone are the tacky swords-and-sandals portrayals of the ancient world. The producers of Rome favor not only realistic battle scenes but British accents, graphic sex and characters to care about. They also brilliantly illustrate the world into which the Christian church emerged.
The series begins with the battlefield triumphs of Julius Caesar over "barbarians" in northern Europe and ends with his adopted nephew Octavian's ascension to emperor with his victory over Mark Antony. But it concentrates very little on these highlights of history and instead burrows into the lives of several interrelated characters—especially Lucius Vorenus (Kevin McKidd) and Titus Pullo (Ray Stephenson), rivals-turned-friends within the legions who serve at the sides of sometimes allied, sometimes competing consuls. The two challenge and console one another through hard times as they lead a band of soldiers in charge of the Aventine Hill and its control of Rome's trade.
Other prominent characters include a family conniving enough to make American politicians seem chaste: Julius Caesar (Ciarán Hinds) has a lover, Atia of the Julii (Polly Walker), who becomes the lover of Mark Antony (James Purefoy), who marries Atia's daughter Octavia (Kerry Condon) and abandons them both for the irresistibly seductive Cleopatra (Lyndsey Marshal). This isn't the Rome of your boring Latin class and it's not exactly accurate history. But it is a Rome that is passionately, dangerously alive.
And this Rome is not irreligious. What Christians would come to call pagan practice is replete throughout the series. Rome shows Roman religion to be much like ours: often practiced with fidelity, often practiced for an ulterior motive, and always passionately argued over. The Roman religion portrayed here is not at all that decayed, rotting hulk that a generation of historians portrayed, a religion that toppled in the face of Christianity. When Vorenus in anger casts a curse on his children, Pullo tries to comfort him: "Well, at least you didn't sacrifice a chicken." Vorenus glowers at him and says: "You did." Pullo sighs—they're in real trouble now.
When Atia's rival, Servilia of the Junii (Lindsay Duncan), casts a curse on her, she does so by chanting outside her home, day and night, "Atia of the Julii, I call for justice," while her servant pours ashes on her head. Atia finally emerges. "What do you want, you crazy bitch?" (modern slang renders this show more immediate and, oddly, more Roman—they surely cursed with at least this much gusto). Servilia asks all the gods of the underworld to make this woman taste nothing but iron and ashes. She then seals the curse with a dagger to her heart.
Judaism is portrayed as openly disdained by Romans for its belief in one God and its oddly particular people. One prominent Jewish character is Timon (Lee Bourdman), Atia's chief servant until he revolts. Later Timon gets mixed up in a plot to murder Herod just after the Jewish puppet-ruler pays a bribe to Mark Antony to become "King Herod." Timon is now a geniune zealot, almost willing to kill a fellow Jew who's too cozy with Rome or to start a brawl in a synagogue to prove a point. Religion was bare-knuckled business.
The Romans were ruthlessly violent, and Rome shows it. Pullo casually asks Cicero (David Bamber) if he can have some of his ripening peaches—and then thrusts a sword into his neck. Young Octavian (Max Pirkis) has Titus Pullo help him kidnap the man he suspects is the true father of the child once thought to be Vorenus's. The man won't confess. "Torture him," the future emperor orders. Pullo pauses: "They have experts in these things, you know" (the reflections on torture obviously echo current political debates).
Watching Rome, I could imagine how elated early Christians were when the emperor Constantine and his court converted to Christianity. No wonder that Eusebius spoke of Constantine, Octavian's successor, in messianic terms. To go from a regime with rampant sexual cavorting and violence to one with less open sexual cavorting (if not less violence), and one in which the praise of Jesus was public and the church was officially supported, was something of a miracle. Rome makes that clear. And it's marvelously entertaining.


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kexec: dont initialise regions in reserve_memory()
There is no need to initialise efi_memmap_res and boot_param_res in
reserve_memory() for the initial xen domain as it is done in
machine_kexec_setup_resources() using values from the kexec hypercall.
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <email@example.com>
There is no need to initialise efi_memmap_res and boot_param_res in
reserve_memory() for the initial xen domain as it is done in
machine_kexec_setup_resources() using values from the kexec hypercall.
Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <firstname.lastname@example.com>
|Keir Fraser <email@example.com>
|Thu Feb 28 10:55:18 2008 +0000 (2008-02-28)
line source
2 The Lockronomicon
4 Your guide to the ancient and twisted locking policies of the tty layer and
5 the warped logic behind them. Beware all ye who read on.
7 FIXME: still need to work out the full set of BKL assumptions and document
8 them so they can eventually be killed off.
11 Line Discipline
12 ---------------
14 Line disciplines are registered with tty_register_ldisc() passing the
15 discipline number and the ldisc structure. At the point of registration the
16 discipline must be ready to use and it is possible it will get used before
17 the call returns success. If the call returns an error then it won't get
18 called. Do not re-use ldisc numbers as they are part of the userspace ABI
19 and writing over an existing ldisc will cause demons to eat your computer.
20 After the return the ldisc data has been copied so you may free your own
21 copy of the structure. You must not re-register over the top of the line
22 discipline even with the same data or your computer again will be eaten by
23 demons.
25 In order to remove a line discipline call tty_unregister_ldisc().
26 In ancient times this always worked. In modern times the function will
27 return -EBUSY if the ldisc is currently in use. Since the ldisc referencing
28 code manages the module counts this should not usually be a concern.
30 Heed this warning: the reference count field of the registered copies of the
31 tty_ldisc structure in the ldisc table counts the number of lines using this
32 discipline. The reference count of the tty_ldisc structure within a tty
33 counts the number of active users of the ldisc at this instant. In effect it
34 counts the number of threads of execution within an ldisc method (plus those
35 about to enter and exit although this detail matters not).
37 Line Discipline Methods
38 -----------------------
40 TTY side interfaces:
42 close() - This is called on a terminal when the line
43 discipline is being unplugged. At the point of
44 execution no further users will enter the
45 ldisc code for this tty. Can sleep.
47 open() - Called when the line discipline is attached to
48 the terminal. No other call into the line
49 discipline for this tty will occur until it
50 completes successfully. Can sleep.
52 write() - A process is writing data through the line
53 discipline. Multiple write calls are serialized
54 by the tty layer for the ldisc. May sleep.
56 flush_buffer() - May be called at any point between open and close.
58 chars_in_buffer() - Report the number of bytes in the buffer.
60 set_termios() - Called on termios structure changes. The caller
61 passes the old termios data and the current data
62 is in the tty. Called under the termios semaphore so
63 allowed to sleep. Serialized against itself only.
65 read() - Move data from the line discipline to the user.
66 Multiple read calls may occur in parallel and the
67 ldisc must deal with serialization issues. May
68 sleep.
70 poll() - Check the status for the poll/select calls. Multiple
71 poll calls may occur in parallel. May sleep.
73 ioctl() - Called when an ioctl is handed to the tty layer
74 that might be for the ldisc. Multiple ioctl calls
75 may occur in parallel. May sleep.
77 Driver Side Interfaces:
79 receive_buf() - Hand buffers of bytes from the driver to the ldisc
80 for processing. Semantics currently rather
81 mysterious 8(
83 write_wakeup() - May be called at any point between open and close.
84 The TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP flag indicates if a call
85 is needed but always races versus calls. Thus the
86 ldisc must be careful about setting order and to
87 handle unexpected calls. Must not sleep.
89 The driver is forbidden from calling this directly
90 from the ->write call from the ldisc as the ldisc
91 is permitted to call the driver write method from
92 this function. In such a situation defer it.
95 Locking
97 Callers to the line discipline functions from the tty layer are required to
98 take line discipline locks. The same is true of calls from the driver side
99 but not yet enforced.
101 Three calls are now provided
103 ldisc = tty_ldisc_ref(tty);
105 takes a handle to the line discipline in the tty and returns it. If no ldisc
106 is currently attached or the ldisc is being closed and re-opened at this
107 point then NULL is returned. While this handle is held the ldisc will not
108 change or go away.
110 tty_ldisc_deref(ldisc)
112 Returns the ldisc reference and allows the ldisc to be closed. Returning the
113 reference takes away your right to call the ldisc functions until you take
114 a new reference.
116 ldisc = tty_ldisc_ref_wait(tty);
118 Performs the same function as tty_ldisc_ref except that it will wait for an
119 ldisc change to complete and then return a reference to the new ldisc.
121 While these functions are slightly slower than the old code they should have
122 minimal impact as most receive logic uses the flip buffers and they only
123 need to take a reference when they push bits up through the driver.
125 A caution: The ldisc->open(), ldisc->close() and driver->set_ldisc
126 functions are called with the ldisc unavailable. Thus tty_ldisc_ref will
127 fail in this situation if used within these functions. Ldisc and driver
128 code calling its own functions must be careful in this case.
131 Driver Interface
132 ----------------
134 open() - Called when a device is opened. May sleep
136 close() - Called when a device is closed. At the point of
137 return from this call the driver must make no
138 further ldisc calls of any kind. May sleep
140 write() - Called to write bytes to the device. May not
141 sleep. May occur in parallel in special cases.
142 Because this includes panic paths drivers generally
143 shouldn't try and do clever locking here.
145 put_char() - Stuff a single character onto the queue. The
146 driver is guaranteed following up calls to
147 flush_chars.
149 flush_chars() - Ask the kernel to write put_char queue
151 write_room() - Return the number of characters tht can be stuffed
152 into the port buffers without overflow (or less).
153 The ldisc is responsible for being intelligent
154 about multi-threading of write_room/write calls
156 ioctl() - Called when an ioctl may be for the driver
158 set_termios() - Called on termios change, serialized against
159 itself by a semaphore. May sleep.
161 set_ldisc() - Notifier for discipline change. At the point this
162 is done the discipline is not yet usable. Can now
163 sleep (I think)
165 throttle() - Called by the ldisc to ask the driver to do flow
166 control. Serialization including with unthrottle
167 is the job of the ldisc layer.
169 unthrottle() - Called by the ldisc to ask the driver to stop flow
170 control.
172 stop() - Ldisc notifier to the driver to stop output. As with
173 throttle the serializations with start() are down
174 to the ldisc layer.
176 start() - Ldisc notifier to the driver to start output.
178 hangup() - Ask the tty driver to cause a hangup initiated
179 from the host side. [Can sleep ??]
181 break_ctl() - Send RS232 break. Can sleep. Can get called in
182 parallel, driver must serialize (for now), and
183 with write calls.
185 wait_until_sent() - Wait for characters to exit the hardware queue
186 of the driver. Can sleep
188 send_xchar() - Send XON/XOFF and if possible jump the queue with
189 it in order to get fast flow control responses.
190 Cannot sleep ??

subset: commoncrawl


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Today The Elder Scrolls Online Game Director Matt Firor posted a new "Road Ahead" update blog letting us know what to expect with The Elder Scrolls Online's fifth update and asking players to test and provide feedback on the update.
Firor said the fifth update to the game is now being tested on its Public Testing Server and features these changes:
- A new Veteran Dungeon: City of Ash continues the dungeon's story and introduces dangerous new challenges for your group.
- The new facial animation system makes NPCs far more lifelike during conversations.
- Repeatable Pledges: The Undaunted now reward players once a day for specific dungeon runs with special loot and trophies.
- Repeatable Writs: You'll be able to obtain certification in your crafting skills and then complete Writs for inspiration, materials, and special Survey Reports that will lead you to high-yield harvesting nodes.
- Dungeon level scaling: Dungeons' enemies and rewards will scale to the level of the group leader, giving you more chances to group up, experience a challenge, and get appropriate rewards.
- More player separation fixes: More quests will be streamlined so you aren't separated from your group members as often while adventuring.
North American players can transfer copies of their characters from their server to the PTS. To get a wider range of feedback, ZeniMax Online is also working to allow players from the European Megaserver to play their characters on the PTS as well.
Firor also said: ZeniMax is sorting through feedback on the game from a recent Guild Summit, in which representatives from ESO guilds were invited to talk with the developers; that the company will reveal details about its six month loyalty program soon; that ZeniMax is working on stability and performance improvements for Cyrodiil and is also seeking to squash some exploits; and reminded players that there will be an ESO Live livestream every other Friday on ZeniMax's Twitch channel.
Check out the full blog post here.


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Saratoga International Theater Institute
| Theater company
Drama school
United States of America
|Anne Bogart
Tadashi Suzuki
The Saratoga International Theater Institute (also known as SITI) is an ensemble-based theater company whose three ongoing components are the creation of new work, the training of young theater artists, and a commitment to international collaboration.
SITI was founded in 1992 by Anne Bogart and Tadashi Suzuki to redefine and revitalize contemporary theater in the United States through an emphasis on international cultural exchange and collaboration. Originally envisioned as a summer institute in Saratoga Springs, New York, SITI has expanded to encompass a year-round program based in New York City with a summer season in Saratoga. SITI believes that contemporary American theater must necessarily incorporate artists from around the world and learn from the resulting cross-cultural exchange of dance, music, art, and performance experiences.
SITI is noted for combining the Viewpoints of Anne Bogart with the Suzuki Method of Actor Training of Tadashi Suzuki. Both techniques are alternatives to the Stanislavski-based Method training which dominates the American stage and screen. Actors in the company regularly train together and use the training as part of their rehearsal and warm-up process. In addition to the year-round program in New York City and the summer institute in Saratoga, SITI teaches both the Viewpoints and the Suzuki Method in residencies and masterclasses at colleges and universities across the United States.
In creating and touring productions, SITI has developed ongoing relationships with theaters and arts centers in both the United States and abroad. The three most significant to SITI's history and development as a company are the Wexner Center for the Arts, the Actors Theatre of Louisville, and the City Theatre in Pittsburgh.
See also[edit]
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Matthew Dubé - 18:05
Lib. (ON)
Arif Virani (Parkdale—High Park)
2018-06-18 18:07 [p.21179]
Mr. Speaker, I will be splitting my time with the member for Oakville North—Burlington this evening.
I rise today to speak in support of
. With this
, our government is entrenching our commitment to balancing the primacy of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms with protecting our national security. We are enhancing accountability and transparency. We are correcting the most problematic elements of the Harper government's old
Our government conducted an unprecedented level of public consultation with Canadians about our national security in order to effectively develop the
. Canadians told us loudly and clearly that they wanted a transparent, accountable, and effective national security framework. That is exactly what we will accomplish with
The minister took the rare step of referring
to the Standing Committee on Public Safety after first reading, underscoring our government's commitment to Canadians to ensure that we got this important legislation right. Prior to the
returning to this chamber, it underwent an extensive four-month study, hearing from nearly 100 witnesses. I would like to thank the members of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security for their hard work in studying the
extensively and for their comprehensive report.
Fundamental to our promise to bring our national security framework into the 21st century, we are fixing the very flawed elements of the old
C-51, which I heard so much about from my constituents in Parkdale—High Park during the 2015 electoral campaign.
I am proud to support this evidence-based, balanced legislation, and I am reassured to see positive reactions from legal and national security experts right around the country, including none other than Professors Craig Forcese and Kent Roach, two of the foremost legal academics in Canada who have been at the centre of concerns about the overreach of the Harper government's old
Professors Forcese and Roach have said, "
is the biggest overhaul in Canadian national security since the creation of the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) in 1984—and it gets a lot of things right."
builds on our commitment to enhance accountability, which started with our government's introduction of
C-22 in 2016.
C-22, which has received royal assent established an all-party committee of parliamentarians, representatives elected by the Canadian public, to review and critically analyze security and intelligence activities. For the first time in history, a multi-party group of members of this chamber as well as the Senate are now holding Canada's security apparatus to account.
We are building on
C-22 with the current
, which would establish a national security and intelligence review agency. The NSIRA, as it would be known, would function as a new expert review body with jurisdiction across the entire government to complement the efforts of the recently established parliamentary oversight committee, which I just mentioned. This feature would incorporate one of the important recommendations of the Maher Arar inquiry, which called on the government to, and I am citing recommendation 16 from the Maher Arar inquiry, "develop a protocol to provide for coordination and coherence across government in addressing issues that arise" respecting national security.
With the establishment of a parliamentary oversight committee in
C-22, and a new arm's-length review body in
, we would be addressing the glaring gap that exists in our review bodies for national security agencies. Currently, some agencies do not have a review body or are in charge of reviewing themselves. We cannot allow the lack of such fundamental oversight to continue, especially with regard to the safety and security of Canadians.
As Professors Forcese and Roach have observed, with respect to
the government is finally redressing the imbalance between security service powers and those of the review bodies that are supposed to hold them to account.
quite properly supplements the parliamentary review committee...with a reformed expert watchdog entity. Expert review will be liberated from its silos as the new review agency has a whole-of-government mandate.
This is a critical piece in our government's work, providing my constituents in Parkdale—High Park and indeed Canadians right around this country, with a comprehensive and responsible national security framework.
In addition to establishing the NSIRA,
calls for increased and improved communication between this organization and other relevant review bodies, such as the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. This will not only boost efficiency and avoid duplication and unnecessary use of resources, but also promote a more holistic approach to protecting privacy and security at the federal level.
While speaking with the residents of Parkdale—High Park in 2015, I heard about the Harper government's old
C-51 over and over again at the doors. The major concern the residents expressed to me was about the threat posed by the previous government's
C-51 to their constitutional rights and freedoms. The residents of my community are an intelligent and engaged group of citizens, and they were on to something. The federal government, under the guise of "public security", cannot be permitted to infringe on the rights and freedoms that are fundamental to our very society, to what it means to be Canadian.
Yes, ensuring public safety is the pre-eminent responsibility of any government, but it is simply not acceptable to pursue security at any cost. My constituents, and indeed all Canadians, expect a government that respects fundamental constitutional rights, a government that will put in place mechanisms and safeguards to protect those rights.
That is precisely what
would achieve. How? First, it would tighten the definition of what constitutes "terrorist propaganda". The narrower and more targeted definition would ensure that the sacrosanct protection of freedom of expression under section 2(b) of our charter is observed, and that our security laws in Canada are not so overreaching as to limit legitimate critique and debate.
Second, as a corollary to this point,
would also protect the right of all Canadians to legitimate protest and advocacy. One of the most searing criticisms of the Harper government's old
C-51 was that bona fide protestors who dared to disagree with the government of the day could be caught up in a web of security sweeps, all in the name of public safety.
That is not how our Liberal government operates. We respect the charter and the right of all Canadians to engage in legitimate protest and advocacy, whether they represent a group with charitable status that opposes a government policy, or a gathering of students on a university campus who take up the call for more aggressive investment of federal funds to support the expansion of women's rights internationally.
That kind of advocacy is not a threat to our public security. To the contrary, it is an enhancement of our democracy. It is civil society groups and public citizens doing exactly what they do best, challenging government to do, and to be, better.
, we recognize this principle. We are saying to Canadians that they have constitutional rights to free speech and protest, and that we are going to affirm and protect those rights by correcting the balance between protecting safety and respecting the charter.
would also upgrade procedures as they relate to the no-fly list. We know that the no-fly list is an important international mechanism for keeping people safe, but its use has expanded to the point of encroaching on Canadians' rights. In
, we are determined to address this imbalance.
Our changes to the no-fly list regime would do the following. They would require the destruction of information provided to the minister about a person who was, or was expected to be, on board an aircraft within seven days following the departure or cancellation of the flight. It would also authorize the minister to collect information from individuals for the purpose of issuing a unique identifier to them to assist with pre-flight verification of their identity.
This is a critical step that would provide us with the legislative tools needed to develop a domestic redress mechanism. The funding for a domestic redress mechanism was delivered by our government this year, specifically $81.4 million in budget 2018. However, in order to start investing this money in a way that would allow Canadians, including children, who are false positives on the no-fly list to seek redress, we need legislative authority.
would provide that legislative authority.
Finally, with
we would re-establish the paramountcy of the charter. I speak now as a constitutional lawyer who practised in this area for 15 years prior to being elected. It is unfortunate that the paramountcy of the Constitution needs to be entrenched in law. As a lawyer, I know, and we should all know, that the Constitution is always the paramount document against which all other laws are measured. Nevertheless, the previous government's disdain for the charter has made this important step necessary.
, we would entrench, in black and white, that any unilateral action by CSIS to collect data in a manner that might infringe on the Constitution is no longer permitted. Instead, under
, any such proposals would have to come before a judge, who must evaluate the application in accordance with the law, where protecting charter rights would be the paramount concern. Our party helped establish the charter in 1982, and our government stands behind that document and all the values and rights it protects.
As I and many others have said before in the House, the task is to balance rights and freedoms while upholding our duty to protect the safety of Canadians. That is not an easy task, but I am confident that
, in partnership with
C-22, would provide a comprehensive and balanced approach to national security. It is respectful of the charter and our Constitution. That is why I support this
, and I ask all members to do the same.
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Nathan Cullen - 18:17
Randall Garrison - 20:20
Hon. Erin O'Toole (Durham)
2018-06-18 20:21 [p.21198]
Madam Speaker, it is a real pleasure for me to rise and speak to an important
and issues related to public safety and security in general.
I would like to begin my remarks with a positive word of thanks for those men and women who are charged with keeping our communities safe, certainly the front-line police officers and first responders, but a lot of the people in the intelligence networks from CSIS, to CSE, to think tanks that analyze these things, to engaged citizens who are constantly advocating on issues related to public safety and security. These are probably some of the most important debates we have in this chamber because we are charged with making sure we have a safe community and finding the right balance between the remarkable freedoms we enjoy in a democracy like ours and the responsibility to ensure that there is safety for Canadians. We thank those who are charged with doing that both in uniform and behind the scenes and sometimes under the cloak of secrecy. All Canadians respect that work.
I am going to talk about
from a few vantage points, some of the things that I thought were positive, but I am also going to express three areas of very serious concern I have with this legislation. In many ways,
is a huge step back. It is taking away tools that were responsibly provided to law enforcement agencies to be used in accordance with court supervision. In a lot of the rhetoric we hear on this, that part has been forgotten.
I am going to review some of it from my legal analysis of it, but I want to start by reminding the House, particularly because my friend from Winnipeg, the parliamentary secretary to the government House leader is here, that here we are debating yet another omnibus
from the Liberal Party, something that was anathema to my friend when he was in opposition. Omnibus bills of this nature that cobbled together a range of things were an assault on democracy, in his words then, but here we are in late night sittings with time already allocated debating yet another Liberal omnibus
. The irony in all of this is certainly not lost on me or many Canadians who used to see how the Liberals would howl with outrage whenever this happened.
came out of some positive intentions. My friend from Victoria, the NDP's lead on the parliamentary security oversight committee of parliamentarians is here. I want to thank him for the work that we did together recommending some changes to the minister ahead of what became
. The NDP member and I as the public safety critic for the Conservative Party sent two letters to the minister providing some general advice and an indication of our willingness to work with the government on establishing the committee of parliamentarians for security and intelligence oversight.
My friend from Victoria ably serves on that committee now and as a lawyer who has previously practised in the area of national security and finding the right balance between liberty and security, he is a perfect member for that committee as are my friends from the caucus serving alongside the Liberal members. That is very important work done by that committee and I wish them well in their work. We indicated pre
that we would be supportive of that effort.
In those letters we also indicated the need for a super-SIRC type of agency to help oversee some of the supervision of agencies like CSIS and CSE. We were advocating for an approach like that alongside a number of academics, such as Professor Forcese and others. We were happy to see an approach brought in that area as well.
It is important to show that on certain issues of national safety and security where we can drive consensus, we can say we will work with the government, because some of these issues should be beyond partisanship. I want to thank my NDP colleague for working alongside me on that. It took us some time to get the minister to even respond, so despite the sunny ways rhetoric, often we felt that some of our suggestions were falling on deaf ears.
I am going to commit the rest of my speech tonight to the three areas that I believe are risks for Canadians to consider with
. I am going to use some real-world examples in the exploration of this, because we are not talking in abstract terms. There are real cases and real impacts on families that we should consider in our debate.
The first area I want to raise in reference to the fact that when
was introduced, it was one day after a Canadian was convicted in a Quebec court in a case involving travelling abroad from Canada to join and work with a terrorist organization. Mr. Ismael Habib was sentenced the day before the government tabled this omnibus security legislation, and I think there is a certain irony in that. In his judgment, Justice Délisle said, "Did Ismael Habib intend to participate in or knowingly contribute to a terrorist activity? The entirety of the evidence demonstrates the answer is yes." There is such an irony in the fact that the day before this debate there was a conviction for someone who was leaving Canada to train and participate with a terrorist organization.
Only a short time before Mr. Habib left Canada to do this, the previous government criminalized that activity. Why? Really, there was no need to have in the Criminal Code a charge for leaving Canada to train or participate in a terrorist organization, but this was a reaction to a troubling and growing trend involving radicalized people and the ability for people to go and engage in conflicts far from home. Mr. Habib's case was the first of its kind, and the charge he was convicted of by a Quebec court was for an offence that just a few years before did not exist. This is why Parliament must be seized with real and tangible threats to public safety and security. Unfortunately, a lot of the elements of
are going to make it hard for law enforcement to do that, to catch the next Mr. Habib before he leaves, while he is gone, or before he returns and brings that risk back home.
The first area that I have serious concerns with in the
relates to preventative arrest. This was a controversial but necessary part of
C-51 from the last Parliament. Essentially it moved a legal threshold from making it "necessary" to prevent a criminal activity or a terrorist act instead of "likely" to prevent. By changing the threshold to "necessary", as we see in this
, the government would make it much harder for law enforcement agencies to move in on suspects that they know present a risk yet do not feel they have enough proof to show that it is necessary to prevent an attack. I think most Canadians would think that the standard should be "likely", which is on balance of probabilities. If we are to err on the reality of a threat that there is violence to be perpetrated or potential violence by someone, then err on the side of protection. We still have to have the evidentiary burden, but it is not too hard.
It is interesting who supported the preventative arrest portions of
C-51 in the last Parliament. The Prime Minister did as the MP for Papineau. I loved
C-51 in so many ways, because it showed the hypocrisy of the Liberal Party at its best. The Liberals were constantly critical of
C-51, but they voted for it. Now they are in a position that they actually have to change elements of it, and they are changing some elements that the Prime Minister praised when he was in opposition, and they had this muddled position. My friends in the NDP have referred to this muddled position before, because now they think their Liberal friends are abandoning the previous ground they stood on.
What did the Prime Minister, then the leader of the third party and MP for Papineau, say about preventative arrest in the House of Commons on February 18, 2015? He said:
I believe that
C-51, the government's anti-terrorism act, takes some proper steps in that direction. We welcome the measures in
C-51 that build on the powers of preventative arrest, make better use of no-fly lists, and allow for more coordinated information sharing by government departments and agencies.
What is ironic is that he is undoing all of those elements in
, from information sharing to changing the standard for preventative arrest to a threshold that is unreasonably too high, in fact recklessly too high, and law enforcement agencies have told the minister and the Prime Minister this.
The Prime Minister, when he was MP for Papineau, thought these important powers were necessary but now he does not. Perhaps society is safer today. I would suggest we are not. We just have to be vigilant, vigilant but balanced. That is probably why in opposition he supported these measures and now is rolling them back.
Nothing illustrates the case and the need for this more than the case of Patrice Vincent. He was a Canadian Armed Forces soldier who was killed because of the uniform he wore. He was killed by a radicalized young man named Martin Couture-Rouleau. That radicalized young man was known to law enforcement before he took the life of one of our armed forces members. Law enforcement officers were not sure whether they could move in a preventative arrest public safety manner.
The stark and moving testimony from Patrice's sister, Louise Vincent, at committee in talking about
C-51 should be reflected upon by members of the Liberal Party listening to this debate, because many of them were not here in the last Parliament. These are real families impacted by public safety and security. Louise Vincent said this:
According to
C-51, focus should be shifted from "will commit" to "could commit", and I think that's very important. That's why the RCMP could not obtain a warrant from the attorney general, despite all the information it had gathered and all the testimony from Martin Couture-Rouleau's family. The RCMP did its job and built a case, but unfortunately, the burden of proof was not met. That's unacceptable.
It is unacceptable. What is unacceptable is the Liberals are raising the bar even higher with respect to preventative arrest. It is like the government does not trust our law enforcement agencies. This cannot be preventative arrest on a whim. There has to be an evidentiary basis for the very significant use of this tool, but that evidentiary basis should not be so high that it does not use the tool, because we have seen what can happen.
This is not an isolated case. I can recite other names, such as Aaron Driver. Those in southwestern Ontario will remember that thanks to the United States, this gentleman was caught by police on his way to commit a terror attack in southwestern Ontario. He was already under one of the old peace bonds. This similar power could be used against someone like Alexandre Bissonnette before his horrendous attack on the mosque in Quebec City. This tool could be used in the most recent case of Alek Minassian, the horrific van attack in Toronto.
Preventative arrest is a tool that should be used but with an evidentiary burden, but if the burden is too high necessary to prevent an attack, that is reckless and it shows the Prime Minister should review his notes from his time in opposition when he supported these powers. I suggest he did not have notes then and probably does not have notes now.
The second issue I would like to speak about is the deletion of charges and the replacing with a blanket offence called counselling commission of a terrorism offence.
What would that change from
C-51? It would remove charges that could be laid for someone who was advocating or promoting a terrorism attack or activity. Promotion and advocation are the tools of radicalization. If we are not allowing charges to be laid against someone who radicalized Mr. Couture-Rouleau, do we have to only catch someone who counsels him to go out and run down Patrice Vincent? Should we be charging the people who radicalized him, who promoted ISIS or a radical terrorist ideology, and then advocated for violence? That should be the case. That actually conforms with our legal test for hate speech, when individuals are advocating or promoting and indirectly radicalizing.
Therefore, the government members talk about the government's counter-radicalization strategy, and there is no strategy. They have tried to claim the Montreal centre, which was set up independently of the government, as its own. The government would not tour parliamentarians through it when I was public safety critic, but it tours visiting guests from the UN and other places. That was an initiative started in Montreal. It has nothing to do with the Liberals' strategy. I have seen nothing out of the government on counter-radicalization, and I would like to.
The same should be said with respect to peace bonds, another tool that law enforcement agencies need. These have been asked for by law enforcement officials that we trust with their mandate. They are peace officers, yet the government is showing it does not trust them because it is taking away tools. The peace bond standard is now in a similar fashion to the preventative arrest standard. Agencies have to prove that it is necessary to prevent violent activity or terrorism, as opposed to the
C-51 standard of "likely to prevent". A protection order, better known as "a peace bond", is a tool, like preventative arrest, that can set some constraints or limitations on the freedom of a Canadian because that person has demonstrated that he or she is a potential threat. To say the individuals have to be a certain threat, which a "necessary" standard promotes, is reckless and misguided.
I wish the MP for Papineau would remember what he said a few years ago about the reduction of the high burden on law enforcement in preventative arrest situations. Sadly, there are going to be more Aaron Drivers out there. I always use the case of Aaron Driver, because sometimes members of specific groups, some Muslim Canadians, have been unfairly targeted in discussions about radicalization. This is a threat that exists and not just in one community. Aaron Driver's father was in the Canadian Armed Forces, a career member of the military. Their son was radicalized by people who advocated and promoted radical ideology and violence. With this
, we would remove the ability to charge those people who helped to radicalize Aaron Driver. However, this is a risk that exists.
Let us not overstate the risk. There is not a bogeyman around every corner, but as parliamentarians we need to be serious when we try to balance properly the freedom and liberties we all enjoy, and that people fought and died for, with the responsibility upon us as parliamentarians to give law enforcement agencies the tools they need to do the job. They do not want a situation where they are catching Aaron Driver in a car that is about to drive away. We have to find the right balance. The movement of standards to "necessary" to prevent the commission of a terrorism offence shows that the Liberals do not trust our law enforcement officers with the ability to collect evidence and lay charges, or provide a peace bond, when they think someone is "likely" to be a threat to public safety and security.
I started by saying that there were elements I was happy to see in
, but I truly hope Canadians see that certain measures in this would take away tools that law enforcement agencies have responsibly asked for, and this would not make our communities any safer.
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Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to rise and speak to such an important piece of legislation. I do not say that lightly. While we were in opposition, Stephen Harper and the government of the day brought in
C-51. Many Canadians will remember
C-51, which had very serious issues. I appreciate the comments coming from the New Democrats with respect to
C-51. Like many of them, I too was here, and I listened very closely to what was being debated.
The biggest difference between us and the New Democrats is that we understand very clearly that we have to ensure Canadians are safe while at the same time protecting our rights and freedoms. As such, when we assessed
C-51, we made a commitment to Canadians to address the major flaws in the
. At a standing committee on security, which was made up of parliamentarians, I can recall our proposing ways to address the whole issue and concerns about the potential invasion of rights and freedoms. It went into committee, and it was a really long debate. We spent many hours, both in the chamber and at committee, discussing the pros and cons of
What came out of it for us as the Liberal Party back in 2015 was that we made a commitment to Canadians. We said we would support
C-51, but that if we were to form government we would make substantial changes to it.
That is why it is such a pleasure for me to stand in the House today. Looking at
, I would like to tell the constituents I represent that the Prime Minister has kept yet another very important promise made to Canadians in the last election.
We talk a lot about Canada's middle class, those striving to be a part of it, and how this government is so focused on improving conditions for our middle class. One could ultimately argue that the issue of safety and rights is very important to the middle class, but for me, this particular issue is all about righting a wrong from the past government and advancing the whole issue of safety, security, freedoms, and rights.
I believe it is the first time we have been able to deal with that. Through a parliamentary committee, we had legislation that ultimately put in place a national security body, if I can put it that way, to ensure a high sense of transparency and accountability from within that committee and our security agencies. In fact, prior to this government bringing it in, we were the only country that did not have an oversight parliamentary group to look at all the different aspects of security, rights, and freedoms. We were the only one of the Five Eyes that did not have such a group. New Zealand, Australia, the U.S., and the U.K. all had them.
Today, Canada has that in place. That was a commitment we made and a commitment that was fulfilled. I look at
today, and again it is fulfilling a commitment. The government is, in fact, committed to keeping Canadians safe while safeguarding rights and freedoms.
We listen to some of my colleagues across the way, and we understand the important changes taking place even in our own society, with radicalization through the promotion of social media and the types of things that can easily be downloaded or observed. Many Canadians share our concern and realize that at times there is a need for a government to take action.
does just that.
We have legislation before us that was amended. A number of very positive amendments were brought forward, even some from non-government members, that were ultimately adopted. I see that again as a positive thing.
The previous speaker raised some concerns in terms of communications between departments. I remember talking in opposition about how important it is that our security and public safety agencies and departments have those links that enable the sharing of information, but let us look at the essence of what the Conservatives did. They said these agencies shall share, but there was no real clear definition or outline in terms of how they would share information. That was a concern Canadians had. If we look at
, we find more detail and clarity in terms of how that will take place.
Again, this is something that will alleviate a great deal of concern Canadians had in regard to our security agencies. It is a positive step forward. Information disclosure between departments is something that is important. Information should be shared, but there also needs to be a proper establishment of a system that allows a sense of confidence and public trust that rights and freedoms are being respected at the same time.
My colleague across the way talked about how we need to buckle down on the promoting and advocating of terrorism. He seemed to take offence to the fact that we have used the word "counselling" for terrorism versus using words like "promoting" and "advocating". There is no doubt the Conservatives are very good when it comes to spin. They say if it is promoting or advocating terrorism, that is bad, and of course Canadians would agree, but it is those types of words. Now they are offended because we replaced that with "counselling". I believe that "counselling" will be just as effective, if not more effective, in terms of the long game in trying to prevent these types of actions from taking place. It will be more useful in terms of going into the courts.
There is no doubt that the Conservatives know the types of spin words to use, but I do not believe for a moment that it is more effective than what was put in this legislation. When it comes to rights and freedoms, Canadians are very much aware that it was Pierre Elliott Trudeau who brought in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. We are a party of the charter. We understand how important that is.
At the same time, we also understand the need to ensure that there is national safety, and to support our security agencies. It was not this government but the Stephen Harper government that literally cut tens, if not hundreds of millions of dollars out of things such as border controls and supports for our RCMP. This government has recognized that if we are not only going to talk the line, we also have to walk the line and provide the proper resources. We have seen those additional resources in not only our first budget, but also our second budget.
We have ministers such as public safety, immigration and citizenship, and others who are working together on some very important files. When I think of
and the fine work we have done in regard to the establishment of this parliamentary oversight committee, I feel good for the simple reason that we made a commitment to Canadians and the
is about keeping that commitment. It deals with ensuring and re-establishing public confidence that we are protecting freedoms and rights. At the same time, it ensures that Canada is a safe country and that the terrorist threat is marginalized as much as possible through good, sound legislation. That is what this is.
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I am definitely going to try this recipe. Yesterday I had a slice of Nettle and Lemon Cake, which was absolutely delicious.
I would recommend that anybody with any doubts should put them aside, as this type of cake really is delicious, as is Beetroot Chocolate Cake.
Perhaps one should serve these cakes to people and not tell them what they contain until they have devoured every last crumb!
Delicious Nettle and Honey Cake
Nettles, in a cake?! I know what you're thinking – what a bizarre combination, and to be honest, even the kids were adamant they weren't going to try it; "Yuk" – was apparently their response on their way to meet me. However, at a glorious Spring foraging walk, the whole big, green(ish) cake was devoured, and yes, the children were practically in it before it was cut, and ate every last smidgen.
"That's possibly the best cake I've ever eaten" commented one participant – well even I was bowled over by that! So I thought it was time I shared the recipe with you.
I was brought up around baking – friday was baking day in our household, with cakes and snacks being made by mum for the coming week. Three hungry daughters, all with a sweet tooth – we were familiar with kneeling on chairs to stir large bowls of cake mixture, placing dollops in paper cases. Carefully ensuring a fair amount missed the cases for us to clean up with light fingers and sticky mouths.
As an adult, my love of cake making, and the alchemy of cooking has remained with me. I can't boast my mother's finely honed skills, though I can slowly line a cake tin, and since my teens have experimented with a broad range of cake recipes, from the classic sponge to sweetening with malt barley to adding wild twists.
Nettles, you may know, are a personal favourite of mine, and I'm always looking for new ways to incorporate them into both savoury and sweet dishes. Why miss out on their fabulous nutrition just because you favour cake over soup? No need I say, here's the recipe. Based on a Devonshire honey cake, it's rich, sweet in a wholesome way, and utterly, enjoyably cakey;
Nettle Cake
300g self-raising flour
250g clear honey
100g dark muscovado sugar
225g butter
3 large eggs beaten
2 (gloved) handfuls of raw nettles
225g butter 300g self-raising flour 100g dark muscavado sugar
Weigh out the ingredients, next preheat the oven at 150°C, gas mark 2. Line a 20cm diameter cake tin with grease proof paper.
Lining a Cake Tin
Grease the sides and base of the tin with a little butter. Cut around the circle of the tin, with a couple of centimetres extra. Cut into the circle, just as far as the size of the tin base. Place inside, folding the paper up where the cuts are so they are rising up the tin sides. Do similar with measuring the cake sides, cutting into the edges again, and holding onto the base. You may need to add a little butter to the cut edges so the paper sticks to each other and holds the shape of the tin.
Using gloves, place nettles in a vegetable steamer (or saucepan with minimum water in) and steam or simmer for 5 minutes. Remove excess liquid (through a sieve or squeezing with a wooden spoon) and blend with a food blender, once blended, squeeze a little extra liquid out, though not too much that you remove all the flavour!
Raw Nettles Blended Nettles in Sieve
Next, break the butter into pieces & put in a pan with the sugar & honey. On a low heat, stir until melted, transfer contents into a mixing bowl,adding the nettle pulp & put aside to cool for 15-20 minutes.
Beat the eggs and add into the butter/sugar/nettle mixture, then stir in the flour. Pour into the cake tin & bake for about 1 hour 10-20 minutes.
Or until the cake is golden brown, springs back when pressed & a skewer pushed into the middle comes out clean. Remove & leave to cool a little before slicing. Delightful while still warm. Or until the cake is golden brown, springs back when pressed & a skewer pushed into the middle comes out clean. Remove & leave to cool a little before slicing. Delightful while still warm.
I've since updated this recipe, you can see my most recent version here; Spring dessert: Nettle and Honey Cake with Gorse Flower Syrup
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I am definitely going to try this recipe. Yesterday I had a slice of Nettle and Lemon Cake, which was absolutely delicious.
Hi, I am interested in making this recipe. Can you tell me, do you know if it freezes well? And what can I expect from the batter, before cooking, is it very loose? Thanks, Lisa.
Could you tell me approximately how much nettle pulp is added. For instance was it the size of a golf ball or. A bar of soap? I would greatly appreciate this information.
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Top-seeded Cilic moves to 2nd round
Top-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia was taken to three sets Monday before defeating Ivan Dodig 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the opening round of the U.S. National Indoor Championships.
Cilic ranked 12th, got out slowly in the first set, but controlled the final two en route to the second round. He won 89 percent of the points when he converted his first serve, but managed only six aces to Dodig's 13 in the match that lasted 1:46.
Cilic was the only seeded player on the men's side of the tournament to play on Monday. Third-seeded John Isner and Sam Querrey, the tournament's No. 4 seed, are expected to open play Tuesday.
On the women's side of the tournament, top-seeded Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium and second-seeded Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden were straight-set winners earlier Monday.
Flipkens defeated Shahar Peer of Israel 6-2, 6-2, while Arvidsson was a 6-4, 6-4 winner over qualifier Jana Cepelova of Slovakia.
The only other seeded player on the women's side - No. 8 Kristina Mladenovic of France - was scheduled to play wild card entry Courtney Collins of the United States later Monday night.


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This weekend was the annual Broken Kettle Grasslands Preserve bison day near Westfield, Iowa. This preserve is part of Nature Conservancy and is the largest prairie area in the state of Iowa for the organization and contains the largest remaining prairie in Iowa. The buffalo herd or bison were started in northwest Iowa five years ago with 28 animals from the Wind Cave National Park herd in South Dakota, and are as genetically pure a descent of those former bison that roamed these prairies when Europeans first began exploring the area. This was the fourth annual bison day and a variety of activities, geared for children, but educational for adults as well. Naturalists talk and show living bird species that include a bald eagle and raptors and and owl. Then there is the hayrack ride out into the area where the bison are currently roaming. The volunteers and members of the conservancy are great in answering questions as well as trying to get their visitors as close as possible to the wary animals. This weekend was a little soggy, as rain continued to make its presence intermittently. But that didn't dampen the excitement when the bison came into view and both adults and children oohed and aahed with delight.
After seeing the bison visitors were then treated to some treats that volunteered had cooked via the Dutch oven method, an oft used way of cooking that campers still use, but was in vogue with the pioneers. Around the home base are fields that visitors can explore and climb some small hills that give an extended view into the Loess Hills area and enjoy the vistas, imagining what the Native Americans saw when they roamed this open land, and what early settlers had seen when they first arrived.
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Our car entered the narrow lane of the overcrowded Yaba area in Lagos as we proceeded to meet our prospect; a mid-size business into outdoor media. My colleague who accompanied me, had explained to me that the prospect was one of the leaders in the vertical and was in dire need of a suitable automation solution.
He quickly spoke to my driver in local Yoruba dialect and the car stopped in front of a dilapidated building. There was no road ahead. I gathered that we had entered a wrong lane. "Sir; Pls follow me. We are there", he said. I was taken aback. My eyes wandered to locate the office of my prospect, but could find none. He guided me straight to the entrance of the dilapidated building!
Two 'roughnecks' were standing at the entrance. Both were smoking and were engaged in an animated dialogue. They had seen us getting down and walking towards the entrance. My heart missed a beat as their eyes sized me up from top to toe. I kept my face straight and walked past them to the building and entered a small room, which apparently was the reception!
An old hawkish lady greeted us and spoke to my colleague in a husky tone. She told him that the MD was expecting us and would be meeting us soon. I hardly heard her as I was totally bewildered at the décor and the location of the office.
I was terribly angry at my colleague and was livid from inside. Back home in India; it would have been my funeral on the same day had I taken my boss to a prospecting call of this nature. But this was Nigeria!
The door behind us creaked open and one of the 'roughneck' I had seen outside while entering, came into the room. Upon his entry; the receptionist got up immediately to greet him and she quickly left the room. "I am Ola; the MD of this company. You are welcome!. Pls follow me to the conference room".
The floor below me moved as the statement sunk into me. I knew that something was terribly wrong and was glancing at my colleague who was in his thoughts, oblivious to my plight. How can this 'roughneck' be the 'MD'? Does an 'MD' ever stand outside his office for a smoke? Where is the catch? My mind was racing furiously trying to make sense of the whole event.
We went in the conference room and our meeting started. Ola was a keen listener and he asked several key questions. I was beginning to feel better. Suddenly, he got up, glanced at his watch and almost jumped up in exclamation!. "I have to rush out. I have some important business to finish. Pls send me your offer for the product and then we will take this ahead". We acknowledged his 'hospitality' and stepped out of the room after exchanging some niceties.
Once back in the car, I looked at my sales colleague squarely in his eyes. His eyes were shifting. He was not able to look back at me in my eyes. The whole story dawned on me. I had several questions for him. Who was the guy whom we actually met? Was my colleague related to him? Was this visit staged? Did my colleague sincerely believe that he could get business from this outfit? Was my colleague trying to show me that he was actually trying to make a sale, knowing that he lacked a good pipeline? Was he really so incompetent so as to ignore the basic rules of prospect qualification? He deserved to go back to school!
Our car swerved back on the main Western Avenue as we headed back to office. He was quiet. My driver sensed that something was wrong and broke the silence by hurling profanity at the okada driver on his side for making a wrong turn. I desperately wished he had hurled that at my colleague. I was trying to stay in control. I did succeed. Only till we reached back to our office.
He definitely did deserve to go back to school!


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Bunions can be both unsightly and limiting, especially when they're inflamed, making even your most comfortable shoes a painful affair. At Jersey Foot & Ankle Institute, the podiatric team led by Ankur Dharia, DPM, routinely helps their Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, patients find effective and long-term solutions for bunions. For experienced bunion care, call the office or schedule an appointment online.
Bunions, which are medically known as hallux valgus, are bony protrusions that form at the base of your big toe on the insides of your feet. Bunions are a progressive condition in which your bones shift, causing your big toe to drift toward your other toes, sometimes even traveling over or under your second toe.
Bunions aren't necessarily severe, but they can cause considerable discomfort when they're inflamed, and they can limit your footwear choices quite considerably. Not to mention, many find the bony protrusion and repositioning of the big toe unsightly.
Structurally speaking, a bunion forms in your metatarsophalangeal joint, which is the joint that connects your metatarsal to your toe. When the tiny bones in this joint fall out of alignment, your metatarsal can begin to shift inward and the bones in your toe begin to shift toward the rest of your toes. Then the bony protrusion forms as your body's way of protecting itself against friction.
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Since bunions are progressive, it's important that you seek help at Jersey Foot & Ankle Institute at the first signs of a developing bunion.
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Linn State Technical College, a 1,200-student two-year college just outside of Jefferson City, Missouri, plans to require all incoming freshmen to submit to mandatory urinalysis drug testing
Linn State Technical College, a 1,200-student two-year college just outside of Jefferson City, Missouri, plans to require all incoming freshmen to submit to mandatory urinalysis drug testing
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Hi Alex, as a patient I wanted to say that you need not worry, it is not just the young people. I see it every week an army of middle aged and elderly passing among the younger patients and they do know their rights and they are willing to fight for them. Here every dispensary, safe transfer points, and I think head shops are supposed to shut down around Dec. 15 until the local governments can get their heads outta their butts.
I hope you are faring well friend.
Houghchrist - I fit were me, if at all possible, I would find another school as a mandatory U/A to go to school is to outragous to me. Athletes, Maybe, although I doubt they test for steroids. To me this is a invasion of my privacy and it is unprintable what I would tell them. Good luck, hope the Pain Monster is not being too bad - Take care.
I wouldn't test the entire body--I'd just test their brains!!!!!!!!!!
Not only would i find a differant school, I would tell them where to put the cup.
what utter nonsense! guess they have too much money to spare in that school??don't misunderstand me-I'm certainly not advocating kids to smoke pot.
just realized how old this thread is. think parent's can buy a home testing kit nowadays right?
I will say it again - they know where to put the cup -
You know Alex44, some things are just not worth getting upset over. When I started with my Pain Management Dr. I signed a contract. I read all the rules and regs. so it wasn't news to me.
My problem with the drug test is the cost!! I had one done a couple of months ago. I got a statement from the hospital, where they have thier blood and urine checked.
Well, I almost fainted when I saw the statement was for over 700.00 $. I thought the last time I did the urine test done it was almost 600.00$$. I don't know at the moment who I need to talk to about it, but I will find out .
My family Dr. does my complete blood panel once about every 3 months. they check for everything I can think of and it has NEVER been close to the test my PM does.
So, I didn't read the artical but I suppose I should. If it's a private school I would think they have a right to do what ever they want to do. I may be wrong about that, things change so fast I can not keep up with it.
So Alex, I'm not trying to pick a fight, just wanted to get that little tidbit off my mind! Our health care system is in a horrible mess and I see no end in sight.
I hope you are feeling better, Alex.
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Javan understood the jab, and he and Garmund shared a covert grimace. He blinked and wiped the amusement off his face when Cerwyn addressed him again.
"Yes," he said. "I've got four sisters and a brother. Thornden's the oldest - he's around here somewhere." He turned around and looked toward the head table. "There he is, by Eodwine. He's the steward here." He paused before turning back to his table, looking at Eodwine and Thornden, sitting side by side, but not conversing. They both looked tired.
Javan turned back around. "Thornden got here first, and my father thought to send me to him." He stopped before explaining why. "Actually, at the time, Eodwine's court was held in Edoras. It was an old inn, I think, where he first was. We moved the entire household here when the previous landlord here turned out to be a villain." He briefly told the story of Sorn and how Eodwine and his men got caught up in dealing with his crimes. He could not go into much detail, for honestly, he did not remember much, he having been but a boy, and an irresponsible, disinterested one at that.
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Motorized march from Moldova and Transylvania to Bucharest, scheduled on Saturday, to demand the completing of infrastructure projects
Hundreds of cars from several counties from Moldavia, as well as from Transylvania, will start Saturday, May 19, a motorized march to Bucharest to request the speeding up of the two major motorway projects for Moldavia: A8 Târgu Mureş – Tg. Neamt – Iasi – Ungheni and A7 Suceava – Bacau – Focsani – Buzau – Ploiesti. The two major projects, included in the Transport Master Plan, have been delayed for years by the transport authorities: cancelled contracts, failed auctions, dozens of deferred deadlines for design., hotnews.ro reports.
The organizers of the protest call for a meeting with Romanian Prime Minister, Viorica Dăncilă, and Transport Minister, Lucian Şova, to receive firm official guarantees and a roadmap with deadlines and clear actions to unlock the construction of the A8 and A7 motorways, needed for interregional development.
"Hundreds of cars from several counties – Iasi, Vaslui, Neamt, Bacau, Suceava, Botosani, Galati, Vrancea, but also from Brăila, Buzău, Harghita and Mureş, will go to the Victoria Square as final destination, expected to arrive after 17:00h. The departure from Iasi will take place on Saturday, at 7:00h, from Unirii Square," is the announcement made by the organizers, the associations 'Together for the A8' and 'Moldavia wants a highway'.
For the A8 Iasi – Târgu Mureş motorway, the one that would connect Moldavia to the European routes, two feasibility studies have been cancelled so far, the situation being at zero point, after 11 years, exactly as in 2007, the organizers say.
For the A7 Motorway (or Express Road, the Government has not yet decided on the category), the auctions for the feasibility studies have been postponed 16 times in 5 years! Two days ago took place the latest postponement – May 15, 2018 was the deadline for the assessment of the offers on the A7 highway section Buzau – Focşani. It was postponed for the 16th time! The new deadline: July 16, 2018, the above mentioned organizations say.


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We can make fun of Jane Brewer demanding, despite those evil foreigners being so sneaky as to leave the border regions one of the safest places in America, that the border be "secured" but not asking for the comprehensive immigration reforms that would make that easier and cheaper. When tribal brutishness goes from silly to ugly, it's less easy to laugh. But nonetheless what's going on in Prescott is hilarious.
Jennifer Fang, a new 'blogger on Blog For Arizona, sums it up well. A mural celebrating "green transportation" is being painted on the wall of the Miller Valley Elementary School. Have a look at the Prescott Courier's photos. It's bad art. It doesn't look like "graffiti in LA" but it does look like trashy street art, the sort I remember seeing on Freret Street buildings in New Orleans but without the (thin) excuse of "authenticity". It's a flubbed caricature of the visually grating, intelligence-insulting worst of the New Deal WPA murals, and the outsized boy so centrally featured makes it 3 times worse than it would have been otherwise. (I made up the number. You get the point. And at least the WPA murals weren't mere labels for the buildings. This one is "happy healthy children here, and support green transportation!" Absurd in a literate society.) Not only is it grotesque, it matches the Prescott aesthetic--and by that I don't mean the fake waterfalls of the new development--about as well as would the Eiffel Tower. Intrinsically ugly, out of place, and amateurish on top of that, it ruins the neighborhood ambiance and has the potential to depress property values.
But that's not the gripe that's making the news. According to the muralist in his interview with the Prescott Daily Courier, for two months people have been driving by shouting things like "You're desecrating our school," "Get the nigger off the wall," and "Get the spick off the wall." Yes, people are bothered not so much by the art but because a dark-skinned Hispanic boy at the school was the model for the featured grotesque.
I have enough ties to Prescott now (come Oct. I can say that's where my "in-laws" live) that this disappoints but doesn't surprise me. The area has for a long time been dominated by old folks, and a large minority of those are the sort to whom bigotry comes as naturally as calculus does to a physicist. Putting one of those low-status colored people on the wall, and not the godawful ugliness of the piece, somehow is a "desecration".
No word about this from the model himself. The poor kid was painted to look like he had a bad lymph node disorder; on top of that finding out that people--his neighbors, given that Prescott is still a rather small city--hate him for no reason except that he didn't have the good sense to choose 100% European ancestors has probably been a bit traumatic.
As the Courier noted in its editorial, it's 2010 and this is just a mural; in other words, the controversy is based on nonsense.
Contrary to rumor, it doesn't seem that Miller Valley principal Jeff Lane wanted the skin-tones lightened but rather wanted the piece touched up for aesthetic reasons. Councilman Steve Blair (again reported by the Courier), on the other hand, took the nonsense to higher levels:
On his May 21 show, for instance, Blair said, "I am not a racist individual, but I will tell you depicting a black guy in the middle of that mural, based upon who's President of the United States today and based upon the history of this community, when I grew up we had four black families - who I have been very good friends with for years - to depict the biggest picture on that building as a black person, I would have to ask the question, 'Why?'"
Why not? And what does Barack Obama have to do with this? Further down:
Blair said he has received a number of calls from long-time Prescott residents who ask, "Who authorized that graffiti on the wall?" He added: "What these people don't like is somebody forcing diversity down their throats."
I see. Depicting one of the students at the school on the mural is a (perhaps sexual) act of dominance. Plenty of room for explaining that with current sociobiological theories of racism; I'll leave that up to the reader.


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Combat Kenpo is not a traditional martial arts style as I believe my safety should not be left in the hands of tradition.
I developed Combat Kenpo by combining my 46 years of martial arts training with the survival mindset, advanced tactical training, arrest and control techniques, and the realistic street self defense applications that I acquired during my 25 year law enforcement career. Working for a quarter of a century in law enforcement has taught me that my martial arts had better work because failure to control or overcome a serious threat would not just be a blow to my ego, it could result in serious injury or even death. My ultimate goal was to develop a practical, effective, and simple self-defense system that could be adapted to any situation or student. Using the strong foundation and basics of Kenpo Karate, Kenpo self defense and fighting principles, along with the acquired street survival knowledge of my law enforcement career, I created a unique and practical system of self defense, and martial combat, that allows students to build the skills and confidence necessary to protect themselves against the threats of society.
As a teacher my goal is to train students to identify the threat, whether large or small, and then provide them with the tools necessary to gain a position of advantage and respond to the threat in a proper manner. A big part of the training is for each student to develop techniques that they can use to stop the opponent as quickly and safely as possible. Through my training and teaching I have developed many drills that work specific principles of offensive and defensive movements. Utilizing these drills, students practice for every conceivable attack scenario. The benefit of this training is that there will be less hesitation in their response and therefore increase their chances of survival. A byproduct of Combat Kenpo training is health and fitness. When you practice the Daily Warm-Ups, and other drills on a regular bases, you will improve your fitness, and develop the muscle memory needed to keep your martial reflexes sharp.
As a martial artist, I have been privileged to train with many of the top instructors in the United States in Kenpo Karate, as well as several other disciplines of martial arts. I have been a student of Senior Grandmaster Alemany since 1991. I am a previous owner of what was the oldest Kenpo Karate School in Marin County California, and past president of the Bay Area Chapter of ATAMA (American Teachers Association of the Martial Arts).
I retired as a Special Agent for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation in 2008. During my years in law enforcement, I was a Defensive Tactics Trainer, SERT Team Squad Leader, Rangemaster, and Baton Instructor. I have also worked numerous dignitary protection and threat assessment cases. During my law enforcement career I was fortunate to have worked and trained with some of the most highly trained and streetwise law enforcement personnel in California.


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Promoting active travel at Teddington School
We fully support the STARS – Sustainable Travel: Active, Responsible, Safe – accreditation scheme for schools to inspire young Londoners to travel sustainably, actively, responsibly and safely.
Teddington School has been awarded Silver Level Accreditation from the STARS scheme.
Participation in STARS can benefit the whole school community:
Transport for London recommends the Zip Oyster photocard as the most cost effective way for students to travel in London.
For directions to Teddington School including public transport options please click here.
Please see links below for further information about travelling to school safely
Travelling to School: a good practice guide
BBC guide - getting to and from school
Family Lives : Travelling to School