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Best of 2009
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Rhaknar: Best of 2009
Not since WOW have I spent so much time on a single game... 2 level 50 characters 2 mid-30s, and I never got bored. I love the look of the game, the fiction (even with the paper thin story), the mmo-style quests and loot perfectly adapted to single player, but mostly, its gameplay. There's something about the gameplay in Borderlands that just makes me want to play it over and over again, and even tho I loved and finished Fallout 3, i wish it had controled like this. The 4 classes actually feel quite different, and you can't really play them exactly the same, even tho they can all use the same weapons. And of course we can't talk about Borderlands without talking about the loot. While it may not have the "gazillion" guns they said (at least visually), it's hard to not get addicted to picking up every piece of loot that drops to see if you get something better than what you are using, and they all feel great to shoot, which goes back to how good this game feels playing. I just wish the DLC had new guns, but that isn't the main game's fault, which is what we are talking about. In a sea of generic first person shooters, Borderlands rises above as something unique. It's by far the best new IP of 2009, and I can't wait to see where they go with the sequel(s) now that the game is a hit. It's not the prettiest game of the year, or even the "best" game of the year...but it is MY game of the year :D
Naughty Dog, the creators of is probably my favorite action adventure / platform trilogy ever, Jax & Dexter, made its PS3 debut with Uncharted instead of continuing the Jax series, and... it was alright I liked the first Uncharted but thought it was a bit bland, if technically amazing. The sequel tho completely blew me away. Let's just get this out of the way, yes the game looks amazing, but the funny thing is that's not even what impressed me about it, not even close.Amazing set pieces, great story, AWESOME voice acting (Nolan North is this industriy's MVP by far), its just a kick ass ride from start to finish. It also has some of the best characters i've seen in a videogame, and Drake is one of the best heroes (anti-heroes?) in recent memory. That being said, I do think some of the comments about it are a bit over the top, and it has some little problems (as amazing as it looks, some of the animations, mostly involving jumping, look downright ugly), the shooting is improved but still feels slightly "off" sometimes, and its a bit on the short side. None of these keep it from being one of the best games in recent years, and probably the GOTY if i was going with my head instead of my heart... but i'm not, so its number 3 :P
I loved the first Assassin's Creed. There, I said it. Even with all it's flaws, and blatant repetition, I loved that game. It looked amazing and it played great. It was also very different, which is always a huge plus for me. So you could say i'm a bit biased towards Creed 2. It took everything right about the first game and made it better, and took out (almost) everything wrong. One of the best sequels I can remember (like Uncharted 2), Ubisoft pretty much heard the fans complaints and made what probably should have been the first game. Bigger and better, with tons more personality and story than the first, and especially TONS more variety, AC2 takes the fiction to a new level that just makes me want to play the third game now, and not in 2 years (or whenever they release it). Oh and Ezio kicks Altair's ass... that's right, I said it!
It's official. I now love western rpgs A LOT more than JRPGs. Another awesome game from Bioware (and Mass Effect 2 is out soon!), I'm starting to think if these guys can do no wrong. Amazing story (if a bit rushed at the end) with 6 different and compeling "origins", or beginnings, its one of the few rpgs that after finishing in 50 hours... I feel like playing again. Not more, just again, with a different character, make different decisions and see what happens. The gameplay worked great (I played on 360 and didn't have a problem, but I admit its probably much better on PC), and it was actually challenging most times. But the best thing about Dragon Age for me was how fucked up everything in this worild was. It's bloody, violent, mean...even the good guys kill without any guilt... it feels more like war than many proper war games. It's also very political, especially the dwarf stories, which really intrigued me. Its easily the best rpg i've played in years (better than mass effect for me, and I loved that game), I hope this isn't the last we've seen of this universe, because I cant wait to see what else bioware does with it. In the meantime, I'll probably play it again with a melee class this time!
Best Batman game ever...I guess that's not really that impressive a feat. But what about one of the best action adventures of not only the year, but in many years? I won't say best superhero game, because the Marvel Capcom fighters hold a special place in my heart, but its up there. Rocksteady just nailed it, making you feel like you are playing Batman, and not just a batman videogame. The way he walks, fights, sneaks around...the gadgets he uses, the villains he faces, it's all so authentic and especially taken seriously, which not even movies most times do. Great gameplay, great graphics, good length and a ton of secrets to discover for the completists, Arkham Asylum is one of those games that years from now i'll go back and think "damn, this was awesome". My only complaint? the ending feels rushed, after 90% of the game having pretty much perfect pacing. But overall, an amazing game that just happens to be a Batman game.
One of the best comic book games that isn't even a comic book, InFamous makes you feel like a superhero like few other games can (even tho Cole is more of a anti-hero if anything). Beautiful graphics, a huge open world city to play around in, almost perfect gameplay (Cole's magnetic personality drove me a bit nuts sometimes when trying to do the climbing), great voice acting, one of the best stories this year, 20 hour campaign AND you can do all this while choosing to be good or evil (changing not only the story, but Cole's look and powers) and you have one of the best games on the PS3 so far. In a genre that is quickly becoming over crowded this generation, Infamous manages to be not only quite different from the rest (it's actually more of a third person shooter disguised as a superhero game), but better than the rest. If i have to say something negative about it is that some of the side missions are a bit repetitive, but thats the nature of the beast with games like this, and at least Infamous manages to have a lot more variety than most open world games. Sucker Punch knocked it out of the Park on their first try on the system, which begs the question... Infamous 2 next, or a stab at a PS3 Sly Racoon? Hell, give me both, because if Infamous is the standard they are going for on the PS3, sucker Punch joins Naughty Dog and Insomniac as some of the best developers around these days
Man how far downloadable games have come. A few years ago this game could have been released in retail at full price and nobody would complain... hell, it could come out today and nobody would complain! A straight up "metroidvania" for the new century, you can tell that chair and epic are huge fans of both those classic games. This is some of the best 2D platform/shooting action around, with beautiful graphics, great gameplay and a cool story, all backed up by the metroid or symphony of the night style gigantic map with dozens and dozens of items to collect, areas you can't reach until you have a specific weapon or item, and even shortcuts to discover. add to this a lenghty campaign that clocks around 8 hours (much less if you discover the shortcuts in later playthroughs) and you got one of the best deals ever at 20bucks (actually its less these days!). Oh and did I mention that Nolan North voices the main character? Or that you get a bunch of challenge rooms to play after you complete the story? One of the most addictive games this year, I just HAD to get 100% in it, and I usually don't care about that in games. Shadow Complex 2 now please Epic!
And the biggest surprise of the year for me is DJ Hero. I used to be (well still am I guess) a huge fan of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, but the last few years i've grown bored of them and haven't even gotten the latest versions (the last GH game I got was GH3). But since I do love those games, I was craving for something new in the genre, and DJ Hero fit that perfectly. It looks similar in videos, but it plays completely different, which I love. The controler feels great, even if it takes a bit to get used to (as does the game itself), the soundtrack is amazing, making me love songs that usually I would hate (gwen stephany mixed with gorrilaz sounds amazing), and when you get down to it, the game is simply FUN. It basically takes me back to when I first played Guitar Hero and I just want to play more and more of it, even if I'm not that good. One of the best new IPs in years (its up there this year with Borderlands), and truly a great surprise for me (I wasn't even going to get it, a friend of mine gave me for Christmas...and now i love this friend a bit more :P), even if it's a bit stripped of features.
The Ratchet games on the PS3 remind me of 2008's Dead Space... in the sense they are games that I can't say anything bad about. They are just well made games in every way. They aren't the best games in the world, but I always feel happy I played them. A Crack In Time is another great action adventure from Insomniac with the same gameplay and visuals you've come to expect from them. In fact, if there is something bad to say about it, is that nothing really has changed from 2 years ago. the game looks and feels pretty much the same as Tools Of Destruction, so its hard to say which is the better game. Actually scratch that, the awesome time puzzles while you control Clank make A Crack In time the better game, and in my opinion their best game so far. Great visuals, great voice acting, great gameplay...great guns :D. It finishes the Future storyline, and while I want more of this quality Ratchet, I wonder what else they can do with this series. But then again, if they release another one as good as the previous 2, im sure it will sneak in my top10 of whatever year it comes out in :)
...and by the way, another thing these PS3 Ratchet games do is make me think how amazing a PS3 Jax game would be...are you listening Naughty Dog? I love Drake and all, but PLEASE go back to Jax!
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Dating your ex husband
It would take a great deal of counseling and work in the relationship to prove the adulterer or abuser is trustworthy and safe.
You spent a large part of your life with this person, and during the years you were together, dating and married, you came to think of that person as YOUR significant other.
You two were a couple and to see your spouse with someone else will trigger feelings in you that may be surprising and unpleasant.
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A Balkans-based network of human rights organizations says that the number of migrants pushed back from Greece into Turkey has spiked in recent weeks. The migrants allegedly reported beatings and violent collective expulsions from inland detention spaces to Turkey on boats across the Evros River.
Greek officers "forcefully pushed [people] in the van while the policemen were kicking them with their legs and shouting at them." Then, the migrants were detained, forced to sign untranslated documents and pushed back across the Evros River at night. Over the next few days, Turkish authorities returned them to Greece, but then they were pushed back again.
This account from 50 Afghans, Pakistanis, Syrians and Algerians aged between 15 and 35 years near the town of Edirne at the Greek-Turkish border was one of at least seven accounts a network of Balkans-based human rights watchdogs says it received from refugees over the course of six weeks, between March and late April.
The collection of reports, published last week by the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN), with help from its members Mobile Info Team (MIT) and Wave Thessaloniki, consists of "first-hand testimonies and photographic evidence" which the network says shows "violent collective expulsions" of migrants and refugees. According to the network, the number of individuals who were pushed back in groups amount to 194 people.
Without exception, according to the report, all accounts come from people staying in the refugee camp in Diavata and the Drama Paranesti pre-removal detention center. They included Afghans, Pakistanis, Algerians and Moroccans, as well as Bangladeshi, Tunisian and Syrian nationals.
In the case of Diavata, according to the report, migrants said police took them away, telling them they would receive a document known as "Khartia" to regularize their stay temporarily. The Diavata camp is located near the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki.
Instead, the migrants were "beaten, robbed and detained before being driven to the border area where military personnel used boats to return them to Turkey across the Evros River," they said. Another large group reported that they were taken from detention in Drama Paranesti, also located in northern Greece, some 80 kilometers from the border with Turkey, and expelled in the same way.
While such push-backs from Greece into Turkey are not new, the network of NGOs says the latest incidents are somewhat different: "Rarely have groups been removed from inner-city camps halfway across the territory or at such a scale from inland detention spaces," Simon Campbell of the Border Violence Monitoring Network told InfoMigrants.
"Within the existing closure of the Greek asylum office and restriction measures due to COVID-19, the repression of asylum seekers and wider transit community looks to have reached a zenith in these cases," Campbell said.
Although Greece last month lifted a controversial temporary ban on asylum applications imposed in response to an influx of refugees from Turkey, all administrative services to the public by the Greek Asylum Service were suspended on March 13.
The suspension, which the Asylum Service said serves to "control the spread of COVID-19" pandemic, will continue at least through May 15.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT— Greek Asylum Service (@GreekAsylum) April 10, 2020
Suspension of all administrative services to the public by the Asylum Service will continue until May 15th.https://t.co/d10ianORfY
Reports of violence and torture
The accounts in the report by the network of NGOs describe a range of violent actions toward migrants, from electricity tasers and water immersion to beatings with batons.
According to one account, some 50 people were taken from Diavata camp to a nearby police station, where they were ordered to lie on the ground and told to "sleep here, don't move." Then they were beaten with batons, while others were attacked with tasers.
They were held overnight in a detention space near the border, and beaten further by Greek military officers. The next day, they were boated across the river to Turkey by authorities with 'military uniform, masks, guns, electric [taser].'"
Another group reported that they were "unloaded in the dark" next to the Evros River and "ordered to strip to their underwear." Greek authorities allegedly used batons and their fists to hit some members of the group.
Alexandra Bogos, advocacy officer with the Mobile Info Team, told InfoMigrants they were concerned about the "leeway afforded for these push-backs from the inner mainland to take place."
Bogos said they reached out to police departments after they learned about the arrests, but police felt "unencumbered" and continued transporting the people to the Greek-Turkish border. "On one occasion, we reached out and asked specifically for information about one individual. The answer was: 'He does not appear in our system'," Bogos said.
An Amnesty report from April about unlawful push-backs, beatings and arbitrary detention echoes the accusations in the report by the network of NGOs.
History of forcible rejections
Over the past three years, violent push-backs have been documented in several reports. Last November, German news magazine Spiegel reported that between 2017 and 2018 Greece illegally deported 60,000 migrants to Turkey. The process involved returning asylum seekers without assessing their status. Greece dismissed the accusations.
In 2018, the Greek Refugee Council and other NGOs published a report containing testimonies from people who said they had been beaten, sometimes by masked men, and sent back to Turkey.
UN refugee agency UNHCR and the European Human Rights Commissioner called on Greece to investigate the claims. In late 2018, another report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), also based on testimonies of migrants, said that violent push-backs were continuing.
It is often unclear who is carrying out the push-backs because they often wear masks and cannot be easily identified. In the HRW report, they are described as paramilitaries. Eyewitnesses interviewed by HRW said the perpetrators "looked like police officers or soldiers, as well as some unidentified masked men."
Simon Campbell of the Border Violence Monitoring Network said the reports he receives also regularly describe "military uniforms," which "suggests it is the Greek army carrying out the push-backs," he told InfoMigrants.
Last week, the Spiegel published an investigation into the killing of Pakistani Muhammad Gulzar, who was shot at the Greek-Turkish border on March 4. "Evidence overwhelmingly suggests that the bullet came from a Greek firearm," the authors wrote.
Violations of EU and international law
Push-backs are prohibited by Greek and EU law as well as international treaties and agreements. They also violate the principle of non-refoulement, which means the forcible return of a person to a country where they are likely to be subject to persecution.
In March, Jürgen Bast, professor for European law at the University of Gießen in Germany, called the action of Greek security forces an "open breach of the law" on German TV magazine Monitor.
Greece is not the only country accused of violating EU laws at the bloc's external border: On top of the 100 additional border guards the European border and coast guard agency Frontex deployed to the Greek border with Turkey in March, Germany sent 77 police officers to help with border security.Professor Bast called Berlin's involvement a "complete political joint responsibility" of the German government. "All member states of the European Union...including the Commission...have decided to ignore the validity of European law," he told Monitor.
In response to a request for comment from InfoMigrants, a spokesperson for EU border and coast guard agency Frontex would confirm neither the reports by the three NGOs nor the existence of systematic push-backs from Greece to Turkey.
"Frontex has not received any reports of such violations from the officers involved in its activities in Greece," the spokesperson said, adding that its officers' job is to "support member states and to ensure the rule of law."
Coronavirus used as a pretext?
On the afternoon of May 5, as the network of NGOs published their report on push-backs, police reportedly rounded up 26-year-old Pakistani national Sheraz Khan outside the Diavata refugee camp. After sending the Mobile Info Team (MIT) a message telling them "Police caught us," he tried calling the NGO twice, but the connection failed both times.
MIT's Alexandra Bogos told InfoMigrants that Khan has not been heard of since and he has not returned to the camp. "We have strong reasons to believe that he may have been pushed back to Turkey," Bogos said.
A day later, the police arrived in the morning and "started removing tents and structures set up in an overflow area" outside the Diavata camp.
Simon Campbell of the Border Violence Monitoring Network said the restrictive measures taken as a response to the coronavirus pandemic have been used to remove those who have crossed the border.
"COVID-19 has been giving the Greek authorities a blank cheque to act with more impunity," Campbell told InfoMigrants. "When Covid-19 restrictions lift, will we have already seen this more expansive push-back practice entrenched, and will it persist beyond the lockdown?"

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SSWL is glad to announce the commissioning of its Chennai Truck wheel plant from February 2018. This plant will add 1.2 Mln wheels capacity to the already existing 1.8 Mln wheels capacity for the Truck/Trailer segment of SSWL. The total capacity of truck wheel segment now stands at 3.0Mln wheels and With this SSWL will be the largest Truck Steel wheel maker in India.
The plant is operating at 90% utilization for the month of February and expected to attain 100% utilization from April 2018 onwards with firm order book from domestic and export customers.
The plant is strategically placed to help SSWL service customers in Southern region in India and being near to the Sea port will provide leverage for serving export customers as well. Supplies will be to all key OEMs in India i.e. Ashok Leyland, Daimler India, Tata Motors and several Truck/Trailer OEMs in Middle East, Europe and US.


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Watch Echelon Conspiracy
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Echelon Conspiracy is a 2009 thriller movie directed by Greg Marcks and starring Shane West, Edward Burns, and Ving Rhames. The movie opens with Max Peterson (Shane West), a young computer engineer, receiving an anonymous package - an advanced cell phone â something he didn't order. The phone appears to be constantly receiving text messages advising him to gamble with his credit card and offering him insider stock tips. A little hesitant at first, Max decides to follow the texts' advice and takes a chance. As he wins bigger and bigger sums, he starts to become suspicious and decides to investigate why he received this untraceable, high-tech device. His search leads him to a shady NSA operative (Ving Rhames) and an international plot of corruption and murder. Along with the help of his friend and coworker, Kamila (Tamara Feldman), and a Special Agent, John Reed (Edward Burns), they must unravel the mystery before their lives are put in danger. The film focuses on a series of global events linked by an unknown tactical network, which the phone seems to have control over. Itâs clear from the beginning that there's more to the phone's programming than just real-time tips and guidance. The story is fast-paced and intricately woven, with unexpected twists, and turns that keep the audience on the edge of their seats. As the plot unfolds, it becomes apparent that the phone is using a massive network of cameras, satellites, and electronic devices to gain access to classified information and manipulate world events. The NSA agent, who eventually claims to have orchestrated the whole plan, says that it was meant to prevent terrorist attacks by executing âpreemptive strikes.â But the means employed â which included the assassination of a Middle Eastern political figure and the bombing of a passenger airplane â are justifiable or not is an interesting question that the movie attempts to explore. The casting is excellent with Shane West's performance as the innocent bystander lured deeper into the web of intrigue, keeping the audience on his side throughout. Ving Rhames adds depth and intrigue to his portrayal of a morally ambiguous NSA agent, and Edward Burns plays the part of a tough-as-nails special agent, offering a counterbalance to Rhames's character. Tamara Feldman also does a great job with her character Kamila, providing the film's heart and sentimentality. The film's setting compliments the story, taking place in a series of exotic and mystifying locales from Bangkok to Prague, making Echelon Conspiracy a global thriller. The ring and narrative are top-notch, and the movie's special effects are impressive, as the technology employed by the phone is almost omnipotent in its ability. Echelon Conspiracy is a movie that explores themes of morality, responsibility, and loyalty. It raises thought-provoking questions about the use of technology and power, and the unforeseen consequences that can result when the line between right and wrong becomes blurred. Itâs not just a standard thriller but a film that has a message to impart. In summary, Echelon Conspiracy is an engaging thriller, full of surprises and suspense, with convincing performances by the cast. The story is compelling and well-crafted, asking some tough questions about the world we live in, and the way we use technology. This film is sure to keep audiences enthralled from beginning to end.

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After 10 months of protest, the search for two Long Plain First Nation women is moving forward.
On Oct. 4, the federal government announced $740,000 in funding to Long Plain First Nation to examine the preliminary steps of searching the Prairie Green landfill for the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran.
“This is a really good first step to being able to bring these women home,” Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Cathy Merrick says.
The Winnipeg Police Service (WPS) suspect their remains were discarded in the Prairie Green landfill in May 2022, about 18 km northwest of the city.
Jeremy Skibicki has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder, and his six-week trial is set to begin on April 20, according to Manitoba Justice.
The police also found partial remains of Rebecca Contois, who was a member of O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation, also known as Crane River, at the Brady Road landfill in Winnipeg.
The police have evidence of a fourth unidentified victim known as Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe or Buffalo Woman, who has yet to be found.
Long Plain First Nation Grand Chief Kyra Wilson is collaborating with experts, the owners and operators of the Prairie Green landfill and provincial and municipal leadership, “ensuring that the respect and dignity of our lost sisters are at the forefront of these humane search and recovery efforts.”
They have 90 days to put together the details of a search, including how they will mitigate the health and safety risks outlined in the final report of the feasibility study, which was released in June.
Merrick says she is disappointed that searching the landfill for First Nations women was politicized in the province. She hopes the families are able to find closure and that officials can identify Buffalo Woman, so she can have her birth name back and be laid to rest.
Demanding the provincial and federal governments to search the landfill while raising awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, Two Spirit and gender-diverse people (MMIWG2S+) has been tiring, she says.
“I strongly believe the Creator places us in these positions to be able to do that,” Merrick says.
“But there’s always those uplifting moments that carry you to the next ... all that support that came from across Turtle Island was from the heart.”
Healing ceremonies and the answers that follow
One month ago, Merrick attended an annual Indigenous ceremony on a farm in Libau, Manitoba, about 58 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, serving as a Cree interpreter. To her surprise, the Knowledge Keeper leading the ceremony called to Merrick, saying a grandmother spirit wanted to speak with her.
“She started talking about the search at the landfill,” Merrick says. “‘It’s going to happen,’ she says, ‘but it’s going to be a hard process.’”
Merrick’s happiness and hope for searching the Prairie Green landfill started in ceremony. She says it felt good to hear those words as she hugged one of Harris’s family members who was there.
“It’s very bittersweet,” Merrick says.
The victims’ families and friends have to carry the heaviness of their grief and trauma while advocating for governments to do the right thing by agreeing to a search, she says.
Breaking down the feasibility-study report
On Dec. 5, 2022, the WPS told the family members of Harris and Myran they believed their remains were likely located at the Prairie Green landfill and that a search would not take place.
Family members, including members from AMC, Long Plain First Nation and other organizations and committees, requested federal funding for a feasibility study in February.
Shortly after the release of the final report of the study, former premier Heather Stefanson said in a news release in July that the Province would not commit to a search due to risking workers’ health and safety in addition to the overall costs of the operation without guaranteed results.
The feasibility-study findings report that a search could take between one to three years and cost between $84 million and $184 million.
These costs include estimates for developing a conveyor-belt system to sort through 67,200 tonnes of garbage, heavy equipment and the operating and labour costs of hauling and excavating materials from the landfill cells 13 and 15, staff buildings and trailers and personal protective equipment (PPE).
The feasibility study provided recommendations to protect workers’ health and safety from toxic chemicals like methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and asbestos.
However, all workers would be required to complete specific health and safety training and wear PPE like hazmat suits, disposable microporous coveralls, full-face respirators and chemical-resistant gloves. The report also recommends having paramedics on standby.
The change in leadership following the provincial election on Oct. 3 has given the victims’ families hope in recovering their loved ones.
Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is committed to helping initiate a search.
“It’s important for us to deliver on this and, again, it’s important for us to try,” Kinew said during a news conference. “This will be one of those items that we want to tackle in the very early days of our administration.”
The Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree said in a statement that he “will continue to work in partnership with Indigenous leaders, families, survivors and communities to support healing and closure.”
Merrick says having a First Nations premier is a new chapter for First Nations people, and she will hold him accountable to his word.
Disproportionate violence against Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people
Indigenous people make up 18 per cent of the population in Manitoba, where 58 per cent identify as First Nations, 40 per cent are Métis and 0.3 per cent are Inuit, according to the latest census data.
Between 2001 and 2014, the rate of murdered Indigenous women in Manitoba was 7.16 per 100,000, which was higher than the national average of 4.82 per 100,000.
Last year, Winnipeg reported a record number of 51 homicides, and at least 10 of those killed were Indigenous women, according to the WPS.
After witnessing the impact of Idle No More, a movement dedicated to protecting the environment and Indigenous rights, Sheila North was inspired to take action on the rights of Indigenous women and girls.
While working as a journalist in 2012, she helped to create the MMIWG hashtag, which has since expanded to include Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people. As she met families with missing or murdered female relatives, she realized some of their stories were similar to her own.
“It kind of clicked around that time that I was a survivor of this issue,” North says.
She moved to Winnipeg from Bunibonibee Cree Nation at 15 years old and lived with a house parent in the North End while she went to high school.
North says she didn’t know what to expect as a shy teenager living in the city.
“I must have stuck out like a sore thumb to predators and, unfortunately, they targeted people like me at the time,” she says.
North described an experience one evening where a man threatened to harm her if she didn’t get in his car while she waited outside the Winnipeg Roller Rink on Portage Avenue and Langside Street.
After driving her home, the man attempted to force himself on her before she unbuckled her seatbelt and ran.
“I think I stayed in my room after that for a couple of days because I was so scared of it,” she says.
Federal and provincial power structures in Canada have long failed Indigenous communities. The impact of residential schools, the Sixties Scoop and other ongoing forms of colonialism have created significant disparities within the healthcare, education and the justice systems. These inequalities place Indigenous women at an increased risk of violence while providing little consequences for those who harm them.
Tina Fontaine, a 15-year-old girl from Sagkeeng First Nation was murdered on Aug. 17, 2014. Her body was found wrapped in a duvet cover weighed down by rocks in Winnipeg’s Red River.
The accused perpetrator was acquitted by a jury in 2015, which raised awareness across Canada to protect women and girls and create a database for those who are missing or murdered.
Indigenous leaders criticized the verdict along with the child-welfare system and the lack of counselling services and support for Fontaine in the years leading up to her death.
More than 2,380 people, including families and survivors of violence shared their experiences, helping create the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
The final report was released in 2019 and establishes 231 calls to justice for all levels of government, institutions and individuals. It highlights the inequities MMIWG2S+ face and the Indigenous-led responses needed to address these injustices and systemic issues.
Within four years, Canada has completed two of the 231 calls to justice, according to CBC’s analysis – a number advocates say is barely scratching the surface of the work needing to be done.
North says one of the common themes she sees is a lack of access to resources, stable housing and funding helping vulnerable women, girls, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people.
“Their vulnerability becomes something for predators to use to victimize people,” she says. “If we can start to lessen the need for reliance on everything else, and empower people to sustain themselves, I think the less victims we’ll see going forward.”
All of these systems are connected and tie back to Canada’s negligence of the treaty obligations to First Nations people, Merrick says. This lack of support and protection creates space for predators like Jeremy Skibicki to prey on vulnerable people, she says.
“There’s a lot of work that needs to be done just beyond the landfill,” Merrick says. “We need action on those other items, too, if we really want to make a change and make things better.”
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In a recent Tea Party Unity conference call Brian Brown of the The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) not only tried to sell NOM as a “libertarian” and that the Tea Party should get behind them in denying the gay community its civil rights.
“There is really one or two outcomes that’s going to happen in this: either we’re going to have the state embrace this new definition of marriage and use the power of the state to punish, repress and marginalize those of us that know that marriage is the union of a man and a woman, or we’re going to have the state recognize the truth about marriage. Ours is actually a libertarian argument. We’re not arguing that the state create marriage, the state does not create marriage, but the state has to recognize the truth that marriage is by its nature the union of a man and a woman. When it abandons that truth, you’re giving the power to the state to call black white and white black, to put a falsehood into the law and a state that can do that is a state that pretty much can do anything.”
At one point in the conference call Brown took a call from the infamous hatermonger Brian Camenker of the anti-gay hate group MassResistance who challenged Brown about this selective language use, asking why NOM doesn’t just admit that homosexuality is a “perversion.” Brown admitted that he didn’t think harsher language could sway Supreme Court Justice Kennedy, but he encouraged, yes encouraged extreme hate group’s like Camenker to keep doing their own thing and keep the extreme anti-gay hate and rhetoric flowing:
CAMENKER: It’s concerning to a lot of people that the arguments being used in the various court cases concede that homosexual relationships are legitimate and not a perversion or what have you, we just don’t like them, and we wonder if there was more of a hard stance that they are not legitimate, that it is perverse, unnatural and what have you, that we might have some better success in some of the cases. […]
BROWN: Whenever I’m asked about what I think about homosexuality, I’m very clear, I believe and as a Catholic I believe in the traditional teaching of our church. I think that sex is reserved for marriage, period. As far as the legal arguments go we may differ. I think a lot of the legal arguments have been made in the Prop 8 case especially have been made to speak to [Justice] Kennedy and Kennedy has already found in the Lawrence case, for example, that states can’t ban sodomy. So it’s not likely that a stronger argument about homosexuality is really going to shift Kennedy.
I know some people think we need to focus more on homosexuality. All I’ll say is that when asked I state what I believe and many of the religious supporters that we’ll have at the march clearly will stand up and proclaim biblical truth on marriage, but I’m not sure whether legally that is the best strategy. Also, different groups need to do different things, not all groups have to do the same thing. So folks that are taking a harder line in focusing more on homosexuality, there need to be different groups doing different things
More unadulterated lies, hate and uneducated trash from the uneducated trash Brain Brown. But he does tip NOM and his own hateful hand proving once again that it’s not at all about same-sex marriage but about hate and bigotry pure and simple.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP/WNCN) — A former U.S. Marine found guilty of conspiracy to illegally export and smuggle firearms and controlled equipment from the U.S. to Haiti has been sentenced to more than five years in prison.
A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Raleigh says 34-year-old Jacques Yves Sebastien Duroseau was sentenced on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Raleigh.
Prosecutors alleged that Duroseau smuggled the weapons to train Haiti’s army in foreign armed conflict.
They also said Duroseau and a co-conspirator impersonated high-ranking military officers, pretending to be on military business so they could illegally move eight firearms by commercial aircraft to Haiti.
The weapons included a Ruger model Precision Rifle 300WIN MAG and a Spike’s Tactical model ST15, as well as copious ammunition, riflescopes, and body armor, all set to travel via commercial aircraft to Haiti.
Court documents also say that Duroseau planned to get caught at the airport in Haiti with the weapons so that he could “gain a platform to make a statement”.
Documents filed in 2019 also say that Duroseau was in contact with the U.S. Embassy in Haiti to tell them that he wanted to be president of the country.


By TIMOTHY AEPPEL
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Talk about deja vu.
Hovering over Bridgestone/Firestone Inc.'s
current recall fiasco is an episode in the 1970s
that holds strange parallels to today: the
Firestone 500. That one is still the granddaddy
of tire recalls by dint of sheer size. Firestone
ultimately recalled 13 million radial tires -- twice the number targeted
this time, though the number is growing.
Then, as now, the company appeared blindsided by the furor set off by
the recall and made huge tactical blunders, such as initially trying to
blame customers for not taking good care of their tires.
"Firestone violated the basic rules of a recall, and they're doing the
same today," says Dirk Gibson, an associate professor at the University
of New Mexico who studies product recalls. The first rule is to act
quickly; back in the 1970s, the company fought the government for
months before agreeing to replace the tires. This time, questions are
being raised whether Firestone knew the problem was there for years
but turned a blind eye.
In the wake of the 1978 recall, there was a flurry of proposals for
regulatory changes aimed at tightening federal tire standards. But
nearly all of these moves were dropped or sharply watered down after
the Reagan administration came into office and proclaimed one its goals
to be lightening the regulatory burden on business.
One proposal was to require the auto and tire industries to come up
with a system for warning drivers when the pressure in their tires had
dropped dangerously low, either through a red button that would pop
up from the stem of a tire or a light on the dashboard. Underinflation
has arisen as an issue in the latest recall. That proposal was scotched
after the industry argued it was too inaccurate and costly.
Other proposals that were ultimately dropped included requiring tire
makers to print identification numbers on a tire's exterior, rather than
interior, sidewall, thereby making it easier for consumers to check the
origin of their tires. Regulators also proposed making mandatory a
voluntary system for registering tires sold through independent tire
Both proposals have implications for the current recall. Having a number
clearly visible makes it easier for consumers to check the origin of tires,
and a mandatory reporting system would make it more certain that
people who buy replacement tires are notified of the recall.
Most tire makers, including Bridgestone/Firestone, a unit of Japan's
Bridgestone Corp., and industry leader Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.,
say they favor updating the regulations.
Firestone's current tire crisis looks similar to the earlier problem --
treads peeling off tires -- though experts say the way the tires are
coming apart is different this time around. A 1972 letter from
Firestone's director of tire development to another company official,
released as part of the government's investigation, warned ominously
that problems with the radial tires were so serious that "we are in
danger of being cut off from Chevrolet because of tire-separation
failures." The problem with the 500 eventually prompted congressional
hearings. Guess what is happening in Washington this week?
Or consider this: In 1978, Firestone announced some consumers might
have to wait as long as a year for replacement tires, outraging
consumers and industry critics. Fast forward to last month.
And while Americans may think our society was less litigious in decades
past, apparently not when it came to tire failures. By the time Firestone
signed a final recall agreement with the government, in late 1978, it
faced more than 250 civil cases alleging faulty radial tires caused
personal injuries, a host of class-action suits and a virtual rebellion
among customers. At least one thing was different: The Firestone 500
was linked by the government to 41 deaths, whereas the alleged toll
this time is twice that and growing.
Most of the failures then, as now, were reported in areas of the country
with higher temperatures. Heat speeds the breakdown of any tire. And
as now, part of Firestone's defensive posture was to suggest many
consumers brought problems on themselves by underinflating their tires
by four pounds, the exact same discrepancy that has arisen now.
Firestone says its tires should be filled to 30 pounds per square inch;
Ford directed drivers to fill them to 26.
If the past is any guide, ferreting out the cause of the current tire
failures will be difficult. Only after federal investigations in the 1970s did
the cause of the failures finally surface. In its rush to adopt what was
then new radial-tire technology, Firestone had increased the level of a
compound called Resorcinol mixed into the rubber that is used to hold
the steel belts together. The problem is that over a longer period of
time, the more Resorcinol that is added to the rubber, the worse the
adhesion, according to Firestone's own experts at the time. Thus the
steel belts separated in the company's last tire crisis over 20 years ago.


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The synchronous occurence of primary carcinomas of endometrium and ovary is well recognized. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumours (MPNSTs) may also rarely occur in patients diagnosed with malignancies of the female genital tract. We report a rare case of synchronous primary carcinomas of endometrium and ovary, followed by a metachronous retroperitoneal MPNST. Ascites cytology and endometrial biopsy, followed by hysterectomy and bilateral adnexectomy, were performed to remove the synchronous tumors. Histology was suggestive of synchronous endometrial endometrioid carcinoma and ovarian mucinous adenocarcinoma. After the removal of the retroperitoneal tumor, a MPNST was diagnosed by immunohistochemistry. The patient developed two consecutive vaginal tumors diagnosed as metastases of the previously diagnosed endometrial carcinoma. Although synchronous tumors of endometrium and ovary were relatively early staged and consequently had a favorable prognosis, subsequently occuring implants along the lower genital tract and the metachronous MPNST added up to a poor prognosis.
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Discussion in 'CNC Mills/Routers' started by RogueGeek, Oct 28, 2014.
This build log will chronicle the construction of my oversize (1000mm X 1500mm) OX router.
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Hmmm... that filling idea of yours sounds quite interesting. Maybe just fill the space between the two 20x60 to keep them together and leave the other spaces empty to minimize weight (and cost) ? Although it might add stiffness to the whole structure ...
I've not considered filling the aluminium either. Taking additional weight into consideration, as Serge says, I guess even a dense expanding foam could add strength to some degree, providing there was no where for it to be squeezed out.
It'll be interesting to watch your build!
Good Luck and keep us informed please.
Thanks for the comments...
I'm not too worried about weight. If my calculations are correct, and they often aren't, the volume of the space to be filled is around 0.52 liters or approx 17.5 fl oz. The resin has a specific gravity of 1.05 so it is just barely heavier than water. Giving me a resin weight of 18.3 oz to fill a 1000mm beam.
Since the X axis beam is driven by the dual motor Y axis gantry. I don't think it will overload the motors.
Due to some issues beyond my control, after Sunday I will not be able to work on the Ox again until Nov 15 or 16. So this mod may take a while to complete.
Doesn't sound that bad of a weight gain, especially if you have a lighter spindle/router to move around.
As you seem to be into molding as well, you probably did as they often do : fill the space with some fine dry sand (or whatever they use, some do use water) and then pour whatever filled the form into a container which is easier on the calculation of volume (ex: cube). The trick being not to compact the filler material during the process (water thus being a good choice).
GrayUK's suggestion of dense expandable foam could work, without any leaks, in the enclosed opening/spaces of the extrusions. Might be tricky to get an even density as the foam needs an escape route, if that could affect inertia and such as the tool end zooms around the work area (?) Would filling those extra openings add enough stiffness to be worth the extra cost/effort/weight ?
I do like the 'fusing' of two lengths approach though... It could be a lot cleaner (if no leaks during the process) and fit the gap like a pair of skin tight jeans The clamping of the two lengths would have to keep the lengths nice and straight until fusing agent is fully cured.
On myOX, with full 1500mm lengths, I can see the two lengths somewhat parting. They just share the load, none of the other forces like twisting and such. Bolting and glueing them together seemed to be the only practical way ... until now.
It looks like I screwed up something when I was calculating the surface area of the voids to be filled and as a result my volume calculation were wrong.
This time I brought the VSlot drawing into AutoCad and used the "area" command to calculate the area and thus the volume.
So the total volume of the voids created by the dual beam X axis is 924 cubic cm. or approx. 32 fluid oz. This will bring my resin weight up to 2 pounds.
Still not too much, but a bit more than I was hoping for. I may do some experimenting (using one of my other molds) with adding a light weight filler like perlite to the resin and see how much it effects its strength and weight.
I'll post results once I get time to experiment.
Suggestion: 3D Print 9 of the pieces in the resource file to hold the 2 beams together. Drive 3 to the middle mark, holding the centers of the 2 X beams together. Turn up on one end and fill one half of the center with alunilite resin, leaving room at the top for the 2nd printed "caps". When resin is firmed up enough, turn the beam ove and repeat for the 2nd half. The other holes not used to connect the beam will not need to be filled. Should be easy and very solid.
Might also want to add some of that 'micro bead' filler used by those molding their own fishing lures. The stuff, if well mixed, appears to remain suspended and allow the resulting part to "float". It might help shave a few oz off without reducing too much the strength - especially with the imbedded 3D printed parts to help keep the beams tight together and plugged during the curing of the alumilite.
This is getting very interesting ... Can't wait to see where RogueGeek takes it.
Sorry for the long delay in updating my build. I had to unexpectedly make a trip to Florida for two weeks due to an illness in the family.
Now that everyone is recovering and I'm once again home. I'll be resuming work on my OX.
I finally received the pc boards for my custom GRBL breakout while I was away. I'll be assembling those this weekend.
Before I left on my trip I tested my resin to make sure it was still good after setting on the shelf for almost a year. As luck would have it, it had went bad. So my resin filled gantry rails are on a temporary hold until I make it down to the hobby shop and pickup more resin.
I'll be updating the build log this weekend to reflect all of the changes and upgrades.
thats all for now...
Construction of my OX is 99.5% complete and it has had its first taste of wood.
I only have a little bit is clean up of the wiring left to do and I need to add limit switches and a dust shoe.
Here is a quick video of the first cut.
Warning the audio is very loud.
Brian, what are your GRBL settings for speed/acceleration?
did you build a bigger bench? LOL
I am looking to build my first cnc router soon. I would like to see how you replace the belts with the lead screws. This is what I would to do. Lead screws instead of belts.
Phil take a look at Neil's Frog build. His final build uses lead screws and looks to be running nice. McMaster Carr has six foot 5 start 1/2" lead screws for less than $20 right now which is a great price. I purchased 3 6 foot 5 start rods in October and they were $63.00 each.


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www.thetelegraph.comHe had only just begunSenator eulogizes JFR Jr. as pied piper
Saudamini Siegrist mourns Friday outside a memorial Mass for John F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, at the Church of St. Thomas More in New York.
NEW YORK (AP) - In a heart-breakings familiar scene, John F. Kennedy Jr. was eulogized Friday as a free spirit who carried the torch of America’s first family of politics with unusual ease and grace and — like his father “had every gift but length of years.”
“He was a boy who grew into a man with a zest for life and a love of adventure,” said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, JFK Jr.’s uncle. “He was a pied piper who brought us all along. ... He had a legacy, and he learned to treasure it. He was part of a legend, and he learned to live with it.”
Kennedy’s life was cut in half, the senator told 350 family members and friends who filled the velvet-lined pews at the Gothic-style Church of St. Thomas More on
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Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where JFR Jr.’s mother often sought solace.
“We dared to think ... that this John Kennedy would live to comb gray hair,” the senator said, borrowing from the poet William Butler Yeats. “But like his father, he had every gift but length of years.”
The memorial Mass came a week after the young Kennedy’s plane crashed off Martha’s Vineyard — killing him, his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette.
Family and friends — among
them President Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Muhammad Ali — celebrated Kennedy as a playful and courageous man who kept his bearings long after he was the child who saluted his father’s casket and was cast as the heir to Camelot.
Sen. Kennedy, who delivered eulogies for Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in 1994, invoked a phrase often used to describe the length of President Kennedy’s term as he remarked on JFK Jr.’s marriage.
“For a thousand days, he was a husband who adored the wife who became his perfect soul mate. John’s father taught us all to reach for the moon and the stars. John did that in all he did — and he found his
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County is trying to unload home’s property, group says
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the conclusion of a two-part series about the controversy surrounding Madison County and its two care homes.
By PAUL MACKIE
Telegraph staff writer
EDWARDSVILLE - Madison County officials are trying to unload “bad” property on a private developer, according to members of a group fighting to keep two tax-supported care homes open.
Attorneys representing the county and the state have agreed that the Madison County Nursing Home should close in four months and a new dual-purpose home should be built on 12 acres where the Madison County Sheltered Care Home stands at 333 S. Main St. in Edwardsville.
But members of the County Homes Action Committee think the plan is a diversion from the state’s administrative hearing process, which has been canceled pending the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board’s decision about the proposal at its Aug. 19-20 meetings.
“There was no need for a plan, and that would have been proven in an administrative hearing,” said Gary Groeteka, a co-chair of the Action Committee.
He cited an independent audit that claimed there was no financial reason to close the homes. Groeteka said the County Board’s original reason for closing the homes was lack of operational money, but he claimed the board’s recent philosophy simply has been to get the county out of the health care business.
The Action Committee contends funding for the homes has been available all along and the County Board should be more sympathetic to the residents and should even take a new vote.
Committee members said there are other ways to make money for the Homes Fund, but they charge the County Board is concerned only with dumping the 12 acres in the heart of Edwardsville into private hands.
“All those hills back there (behind the Sheltered Care Home) are loaded with graves from when it was a poor farm. They’re giving
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Workers seek to drop union
By LINDA N. WELLER
Telegraph staff writer
The Telegraph/JOHN BADMAN
Felesha Freeman, who works in the dietary department at Beverly Farm Foundation in Godfrey, wipes away perspiration as she sweats out her picket line duties in front of the foundation-operated Hardin Apartments on Humbert Road. Freeman, a member of AFSCME Council 31 who went on strike two weeks ago, had to seek a cooler place Friday after becoming overheated.
GODFREY — Nonstriking workers at Beverly Farm Foundation filed a petition Friday with the National Labor Relations Board seeking decertification of its union.
About 130 employees signed the petition, which said: “We no longer support American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and their actions. We no longer wish to be part of their bargaining unit.”
An employee who did not want to be identified said he delivered the petition Friday morning to the NLRB office in St. Louis. Leo Dollard, acting regional director of the NLRB, confirmed the petition had been filed.
“We will check to see the number of people who signed it,” Dollard said.
“The petitions must show an
■ See WORKERS, Page A-9
Bathon’s daughter killed in golf cart accident on course
ving a beverage cart Thursday while working at Legacy Golf Course, 3500 Cargill Road in Granite City, when she drove into a bar across a path near the golf-cart shed, causing an injury that apparently cut off her supply of oxygen.
“Maybe something fell, or she was distracted,” said Bill Engelke, owner of the course. “I don’t see how she missed it, and neither did the police. I don’t understand it.”
Friends and co-workers said the teen-ager apparently was pinned against the bar for several minutes about 6 p.m. before help arrived.
“Apparently, she had just
■ See BATHON, Page A-9
By PAUL MACKIE
Telegraph staff writer
EDWARDSVILLE Madison County Treasurer Fred Bathon’s 17-year-old daughter died early Friday from injuries suffered in an unusual golf-cart accident.
Jessica Bathon, of the 4900 block of Sequoia Drive in Pontoon Beach, was pronounced dead at 12:40 a.m. Friday at St. Louis University Hospital.
She apparently had been dri


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PTC’s potential sale could stir up CAD space
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News that Parametric Technology Corp. may be seeking a buyer has generated more buzz than the news that it may end its fiscal year with a billion-dollar top line for the first time in a decade.
But what impact, if any, its potential sale might have on PTC and its people is still up in the air — and the company itself isn’t talking.
If fellow CAD software maker SolidWorks Corp. is any indication, an acquisition may not be a bad thing for the local economy.
In 1997, SolidWorks, which was founded in 1993, was acquired by Dassault Systemes SA in a stock deal worth $310 million. SolidWorks revenue has grown from $28 million in 1997 to $350 million last year, company officials said. It employed 115 people before the acquisition and now employs 620 — more than half of them based locally.
Such growth is mostly due to Dassault, in large part, allowing SolidWorks to operate independently, said Axel Bichara, a partner at Atlas Venture, one of the early venture capital investors in SolidWorks.
“It was a textbook example of an acquisition that worked well,” Bichara said. “It’s really a huge success story.”
But acquisitions by larger corporations can also have disruptive consequences, spurring talented workers to jump ship in an effort to control their own destiny, Bichara said. “This may be the trigger point” for an exodus of talent from PTC, if the company isn’t careful, he said.
The report that Needham-based PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) hopes to sell itself for more than $2 billion, published in the Financial Times citing unidentified sources, follows years of consolidation in the computer-aided design (CAD) industry.
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Thirteen award-winning female mystery and crime writers present an exciting, clever, and suspenseful serial mystery in the tradition of Naked Came the Phoenix and Naked Came the Manatee. Edited by award-winning author Marcia Talley, I'd Kill for That has an origjnal storyline, an unforgettable colorful cast of characters-and exhibits the extraordinary talent behind some of the best authors today.
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Democratic Reform Minister Pierre Poilievre’s new, self-styled “Fair Elections Act” does contain at least a few positive changes.
Even Opposition Critics such as the NDP’s Craig Scott recognize that.
The Act would create a registry of “voter contact” calls, for instance, although records will only be maintained for a year, and it would put those “contact” activities under the supervision of the CRTC.
The Act also introduces prison terms for impersonating an Elections Canada official, and increased penalties for the use of deception to prevent people from voting.
It increases fines for such offenses as overspending, although it limits maximum fines, for the most part, to $50,000. (Political financing offenses committed “intentionally” are subject to a maximum $100,000 fine.)
An earlier NDP Bill had recommended maximum fines of up to $500,000, and, for election overspending, former Chief Electoral Officer Jean-Pierre Kingsley recommends a fine of twice the amount by which a party has overspent.
Kingsley points out that there has been overspending in the recent past of well over one million dollars. In those cases, a $50,000 fine is just a cost of doing business. Paying a two million dollar fine would have real deterrent value, Kingsley argues.
Poilievre’s proposed reform also creates the new offenses of obstructing an investigation and providing false information to an investigator.
That’s the good part.
What the new legislation does not do is give powers to the people who investigate abuses that the Chief Electoral Officer, Marc Mayrand, says are absolutely necessary.
In the current robocall case the investigators have been stymied by the stonewalling of people who quite likely have important information. Mayrand has recommended that the chief elections investigator, the Elections Commissioner, have the capacity to compel such people to answer questions.
It is not surprising Poilievre ignored that recommendation.
Most of those who are currently making themselves unavailable to investigators are associated with the 2011 Conservative election campaign.
Weakening the investigation role
But Poilievre has gone further. He plans to weaken the capacity of investigators.
The official responsible for all election related investigations is the Elections Commissioner, who is currently appointed by the head of Elections Canada, the Chief Electoral officer.
Now, Poilievre wants to separate the Commissioner, and his/her investigating functions, from Elections Canada and house it in the office of the Public Prosecutor.
Kingsley wanted to be charitable when commenting on this idea, which, to anyone who has followed this issue, seems to come out of thin air. Nobody has ever proposed such a move.
The former Chief Electoral Officer told one interviewer that Poilievre’s proposal for the Commissioner “could work; but I doubt that it will.”
Opposition MPs have had stronger words.
They point out that the principal elections investigator’s office will now be separated from the source of evidence and information about possible election abuse.
This new arrangement will make it more difficult to look into cases of fraud and voter suppression. It will turn the Commissioner into what one critic called a “passive player.”
And the Conservatives probably want it that way.
Accusing Elections Canada of bias
Poilievre claims the Commissioner has to be independent both of political parties and of the non-partisan, neutral body, Elections Canada — an agency that, as Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau noted, is respected around the world.
The Conservative Democratic Reform Minister goes on to justify the separation of the Commissioner from Elections Canada by the strange argument that the “referee should not be wearing a team jersey” — suggesting that Elections Canada is somehow a partisan entity.
Those are pretty strong words, and based on no facts or evidence whatsoever.
This bizarre rationalization from the Minister supports the view of many that what Poilievre is doing is as much about payback for Mayrand — who has had the gall to pursue the Conservatives for a series of abuses — as it is about fairer elections.
What is even more worrying than the petulant and vindictive nature of Poilievre’s scheme is the degree to which the new system will be much less effective than what it would replace.
Overall, Poilievre’s reform is the equivalent of a government creating a series of new criminal offenses (although without commensurately serious sanctions), but then severely hobbling the power of the police to investigate them.
That would hardly be a recipe for reducing crime.
Allowing more money into the system and a great big loophole
And there is yet more.
For some inexplicable reason, the Conservatives think there is not enough money floating around in Canada’s electoral system. So the new legislation would up the amount Canadians could contribute to political parties, and increase the amount parties could spend on campaigns.
At the same time, Poilievre’s proposed new law would take away all of the Chief Electoral Officer’s public education powers. Elections Canada will be severely curtailed in its ability to share the neutral and non-partisan information with Canadians.
Poilievre then adds in what may be the weirdest provision of all: he would exempt from campaign spending limits money parties spend on reaching out to donors. In other words, most fundraising activities would be not be subject to any spending limits.
The Minister makes the superficially plausible argument that raising money is one thing, spending it on a campaign is something else.
However, anyone who has witnessed how the Conservatives (and other parties) raise money knows Poilievre’s claim is utter sophistry.
When parties reach out to potential donors, they don’t just ask them for money; they rally their troops’ enthusiasm with political messages. In reality, fundraising and political campaigning are intricately linked and cannot be cleanly separated.
Poilievre’s proposed loophole — and that is what it is — would almost certainly become a huge gap in the rules. Exempting parties’ so-called “fundraising” expenditures from spending limits would allow massive, unregulated campaign spending for parties that had the cash to pay for it — all under the guise that they weren’t, technically, campaigning, merely “fundraising.”
If that provision passes Parliament back room operators across the land will be rubbing their hands with glee.
There are, in the end, a number of provisions in Poilievre’s bill that all parties could support. But for this reform to really be a reform — and not a disguised step backwards — the proposed legislation would have to be amended in many major ways.
This Conservative government’s record on allowing serious consideration and amendment of legislation is not a good one.
Whenever their legislation is vigorously contested Harper’s government brings down the hammer, in the form of time allocation, and forces it through the House.
To force such a fundamental reform as Poilievre’s proposed new Act through Parliament without even considering reasonable improvements would be a sign that Harper and his troops really have scant respect for democracy.
We’ll see how it all works out.
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GoesTattoo.com – Are you interested in making spine tattoo? Today, many people, whether they are men or women, take a liking to body tattoo like this because it can make them look awesome. Despite the pain of tattoo machine, they will get, they still want to have the cool tattoo on their body. Well, there are many designs for such tattoo you can choose, though. Let us categorize them into five main design ideas here. This way, it should be easier for you to make your choice. Then, let’s see them one by one below.
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Tattoo Ideas with Plant Patterns
If there is the animal pattern, there must be plant design as well.
Adding the pattern with small leaves will make it look even real and prettier. You don’t have to give this pattern color to make it look awesome. It is beautiful enough this way. Sometimes, flower patterns for a tattoo can make pretty intricate, though. They might not seem real but can look artistic in their way. So, even flower design offers you more than one option to choose. All you can do is simply to pick the one you like the most.
Tattoo Ideas with Certain Symbols
Using patterns, like animals and plants might be a good girl ideas for spine tattoo. However, they are not the only main design ideas that offered to you. You see, you can tattoo your spine with characters of the particular symbols. The symbols you choose can be anything. It can be English, Chinese, Japanese, or the others. Tattoo designs like this can be short on the upper part of your back, but they can also belong too, going down along your spine.
If you want different impression from this kind of tattoos, we suggest you use a characters or symbols. You might know the meaning, but others might not know it, indeed. However, this is what will make them wonder and ask you instead. If the sense of symbols happens to be high or touching, the others’ impression towards your tattoo can be great as well.
Tattoo Ideas with Beautiful Latin Letters
Tattooing the spine of yours with different characters can surely give a good impression from others after learning the meaning. However, you can also make them understand it on their own if you choose to tattoo your spine with the beautiful Latin letters. You can use your meanings of words if you find the right quote with the language. You can also choose letters in English for many people must have known this language already. So, they can get the meaning by themselves even without asking.
Tattooing your body with latin letters like this is not just something to make you look awesome. You can also get encouraged as well. It might tattoo on your back, but you can still see it by looking at the mirror. It is not only about you. Other people who read the words on your back can experience the same as you. So, it is always an excellent idea to make tattoo on the spine with this tattoo design. It is beautiful to look at and even beautiful in its meaning as well. It is worth to try this idea, indeed.
Tattoo Ideas with Skeleton Pattern
Since we are talking about the tattoo that made on humans’ spine, why not making something surprising this time? When it comes to such tattoo, the most fabulous idea for it would be skeleton pattern. It is humans’ backbone to be exact. If we make it on our spine, wouldn’t it look so real? Well, even skeleton pattern has various options to choose. There is skeleton model in which only the spine that made on humans’ back. Women often like this idea more. What about the others?
Others can be as extreme as making the pattern of humans’ whole backbone. Looking at it would make you seem to see through humans’ skin. The tattoo idea that men would like more instead even when the color used is black only, and you can still get the vague impression with this pattern for your spine tattoo. Admittedly, this design idea would make you look all the more amazing and cooler. If that is what you want, it will not hurt to try this tattoo on your back, you see.


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The sourdough starter I, erm, started a few months ago is going really well, and I have spent the last few months working on improving my sourdough bread. I haven't perfected it yet, but I am getting better, with more good outcomes than failures. I use my kenwood to do most of the kneading, which saves some time and elbow grease :-)
Here is my starter bubbling away on baking day.
I have become a big fan of the soft sourdough bread from Gina's blog - in fact it is the bread I make most often at the moment. I love the flavour - not just the sourdough part but also the honey. The honey flavour and aroma really comes through in this bread, so it is interesting to experiment with different types of local honey.
As a soft loaf it is also good for sandwiches (and of course makes great toast). Granted you don't get that artisinal chewy crust, but I have found the recipe to be really reliable, resulting in a tasty bread with a good texture. The version with added oatmeal is also delicious. However it is an all-day exercise due to the long rising periods required (no commercial yeast is used). Here is a recent loaf, and some rolls I made using the same recipe.
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