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[?*][SC] globeandmail.com: PM sounds like defeatist, father of slain soldier says - Comments
F.T. Ward from Canada writes: Where were these officers with their sage analysis in 2005? Did they keep this to themselves because they wanted the glory of a small war? to ensure the cash and kit they wanted came? not to contradict Hillier and risk thei
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Fran Irwin from Medicine Hat, Canada writes: When I saw the news clips from CNN of Harper's 'new' frank message on Afghanistan, I thought two things: 1) I felt he was in fact tryting to 'lecture' Obama, with a 'I know better than you, I'm still the smartest guy in the room..' attitude. The following form the article suggests it was indeed a statement directed across the bow to Obama: 'Military analysts suggested Mr. Harper's comments - made on national U.S. television - were directed at the Obama White House rather than Canadians, saying he appeared to be trying to influence the direction the Democratic administration takes in Afghanistan.' 2) Memories of Harper railing against opposition parties (especially Layton) for even suggesting that the Taliban in fact controlled up to 80% of the country, that there was no purely military solution, that political negotiations were necessary, or even mild suggestions that the government in place in Afghanistan was corrupt - all of these statements were 'treasonous' and indicated that the Opposition did NOT SUPPORT OUR TROOPS - at least according to Harper. I have a big problem with Harper going to CNN to find his 'reason' on Afghanistan. Made be recall when Harper and Monte Solberg went down to appear on FOX News when Chretien refused to send troops to Iraq to declare that he was 'ashamed of his country' for not standing by Bush's invasion. No one should be surprised by Harper's attempt to 'out-smart, out-impress' Obama - it is so true to his character. Harper has shown time and time again how ineffectual and dangerous he is in all areas of foreign policy. This father is expressing the pain of realizing that your son may have died in vain, there will be other Canadians who will not return - and this government has no idea how to rationalize their loss, or how to handle our role in this NATO mission.
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[?*][SC]globeandmail.com: Divorce law and the family
difficulty effecting service on the other side, lack of flexibility in their jobs which can often limit their ability to attend court proceedings, and complete lack of non-legal professional support (e.g. child psychologists, financial experts).
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appeal ... $25k in transcript fees
[SC] globeandmail.com: Hot and bothered
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Hi, I feel that you are 100% right, that desire is a very important component for female lust.
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The way I see it, a women wants a bold guy who does not apologize for his desires but is not necessarily attached to them. This frustrates her ego because no matter how strong they are, he is still in control of himself and will not jump to her tune.
From my experience, women are quite intrigued when a guy is unapologetically bold, provocative, upfront and straightforward about his erotic/romantic intentions and interests without being presumptuous or forceful nor attached to a certain outcome. It's like in the movie 9½ weeks when Kim Basinger criticizes Mickey Rourke for moving too quickly and he responds: "Take off your shirt...or just ask me to leave."
[SC] Harper slams Liberal critic as economy contracts 3.4%
"Last September, the prime minister said that 'If we were going to have some kind of crash or recession, we probably would have had it by now,' " McCallum said. "We know he said this on the eve of the biggest contraction of the Canadian economy in almost
[TXT] Penthouse a steal compared to an SRO
$960 a month, which consists of a $375 shelter allowance, a $230 support payment and $350 for their disability. The remainder got the $610 basic welfare amount.
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The ProvinceMarch 3, 2009
In the Downtown Eastside, a typical 100-square-foot SRO room -- simply four walls with a separate shared bathroom and kitchen that are not always in working order -- rents for about $400 a month, or $4 per square foot.
A quick comparison with some swanky rental properties currently advertised in Vancouver shows that many SRO tenants are paying a fortune for the most unsafe and decrepit housing in town.
Take the penthouse suite atop The Melville in Coal Harbour. With spectacular views and a long list of luxuries, it is available at $5,500 a month for its 1,890 square feet, or $2.91 per square foot. Downtown Eastsiders on welfare pay more per square foot than that and they don't get swimming-pool access, two parking bays, granite counter-tops or a separate wine cellar.
Or try the 1,380-square-foot, open-style penthouse in Gastown's Koret Lofts that's advertised at $3,500 a month. With its great views of the North Shore mountains, it rents for $2.54 per square foot.
The money for the apparent $4-per-square-foot extravagance comes from the B.C. government, which, at the last count in 2007, was paying income assistance to 7,100 people in the Downtown Eastside. Of those, 5,200 received the maximum monthly support of $960 a month, which consists of a $375 shelter allowance, a $230 support payment and $350 for their disability. The remainder got the $610 basic welfare amount. All of these people pay at least their shelter allowance directly to landlords.
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03 Mar 09
Home-alarm & prison monitoring [SC] [TXT] U.S. corrections system overloaded
people who can be managed safely and held accountable in the community at far lower cost
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[TXT] Endorsing naturopathic medicine accepts science over spin
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By Christoph Kind, Special to the SunMarch 3, 2009
The op-ed article about naturopathic medicine published in The Vancouver Sun on Feb. 26 is misinformation of the worst kind, bundled in a false aura of "expertise."
The science behind naturopathic medicine is substantiated by voluminous research conducted by independent, third-party medical experts. In fact, the science behind naturopathic and standard medicine is not different; it is the philosophy behind the application of that science that differentiates naturopathic doctors (NDs) and medical doctors.
The Oregon government found it would be impossible for NDs to pass the necessary exams to be licensed without having comprehensive knowledge in biological and biomedical sciences. Naturopathic medical colleges must therefore prepare NDs with a biological and biomedical education similar to what prepares MDs to be primary care physicians.
Despite their efforts to appear objective, the authors of the article are perpetuating a professional "turf war" and misleading the public with spin. The scientific education and training that naturopathic physicians receive is no different than the scientific training medical doctors receive.
The proposed regulations for NDs, which have been developed through a long-term comprehensive review, will improve patient choice in the delivery of quality health care. By proposing these changes, Premier Gordon Campbell and Health Services Minister George Abbott have recognized science over spin and patients will benefit.
Health legislation in B.C. promotes a shared scopes of practice model. This legislation removes barriers to inter-disciplinary practice, which are not generally in the public interest. The public interest -- and indeed patient care -- is best served when all related health professions work together collaboratively to maximize the quality and choice of services in any field of health care.
The authors gloss over the fact that NDs already offer prim
[TXT] Vancouver convert gets a rough reception from the Taliban
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By Leonard Stern, Canwest News ServiceMarch 3, 2009
Last September, a Vancouver woman named Beverly Giesbrecht published her personal reflections on the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks.
Giesbrecht, 52, used the opportunity to celebrate militant Islam. She talked about the "good news" that the Taliban in Afghanistan were killing NATO soldiers and she praised the "Iraqi Resistance" for killing Americans. The real enemy, she said, was "Zionist-controlled America," and she called upon the Muslim Ummah -- the worldwide Islamic community -- to form a united front.
Canadian security officials undoubtedly read Giesbrecht's manifesto, because they would have been monitoring her Internet site, one of the few openly pro-Islamist sites operating out of Canada. Giesbrecht has exactly the biography that would draw the attention of intelligence authorities.
According to her writings, she was ignorant of Islam until 9/11. The attacks captivated her, and she started living on the Internet, reading everything she could about al-Qaida.
"I remember sitting at five in the morning, exhausted . . . staring at the face of Osama bin Laden," she wrote. "This man does not have the face of a cold-blooded killer."
She started travelling to Egypt, Malaysia and other parts of the Muslim world, eventually converting to Islam and adopting the name Khadija Abdul Qahaar. There is no evidence that she has ever committed a crime, or is capable of doing so, but her evolution into a jihadist spokeswoman was a textbook narrative of radicalization.
Shortly after Giesbrecht wrote her reflections on 9/11 last fall, she was kidnapped near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, where she had gone to meet with and film the Taliban. The Taliban proved more unwelcoming than she expected, and this week a video surfaced of her pleading for help.
"I have been in captivity for almost three months," she says. "I wake up in the dark, and I go to sleep in the dark." In the video there are
[TXT] The 'old media' are the 'new media' -- just look at The Sun
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News is expensive to gather, and you get what you pay for
By Stephen Hume, Special to the SunMarch 3, 2009
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No matter what package journalism comes in, it is the content that is important, and someone will have to pay to provide it.
No matter what package journalism comes in, it is the content that is important, and someone will have to pay to provide it.
Photograph by: Chuck Russell, Vancouver Sun files, Special to the Sun
Denver's venerable Rocky Mountain News ceased 150 years of publication last Friday. The San Francisco Chronicle, a newspaper older than Canada, joined the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on death row.
Meanwhile, blogosphere chatter responds with gleefully patronizing pronouncements on how the "old media" are toast, about to join the pterodactyl. The "new media" leads the way to a promised land of free information and citizen journalism.
Permit a few observations from the tar pits. First, the old media are the new media. The Vancouver Sun's website, for example, generated 10 million page views in February -- more than 357,000 a day. Our blogs attract more than 500,000 page views per month and have become -- let me quote from the boss's last memo -- "a vital tool to gather and distribute content." And all these numbers trend upward.
Second, it's not about the medium, it's about the content.
Think milk. In my day, I've bought milk in bottles delivered to my doorstep every morning, at the supermarket in plastic bags that fit into reusable jugs, at my local gas station in waxed cardboard cartons, at the all-night convenience store in plastic blimps, in cans and in tetra packs. The medium of delivery may change but milk is milk and I don't expect to get it free because the package changes. The price I pay for milk enables farmer and cow to produce it.
Journalism is the content cow. News organizations are the farmer. Both represent input costs recouped by charging for the output.
The
[SC][TXT] Why no second thoughts?
RCMP officer on TV stating he'd do it all over again the same way. He wouldn't have gotten an interpreter? He wouldn't Taser just once? He wouldn't have tried to talk to the poor man instead of taking him down gang-style?
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Vancouver SunMarch 3, 2009
It was with deep revulsion that I watched the RCMP officer on TV stating he'd do it all over again the same way. He wouldn't have gotten an interpreter? He wouldn't Taser just once? He wouldn't have tried to talk to the poor man instead of taking him down gang-style?
What arrogance. Why can't the RCMP just admit the whole Robert Dziekanski episode was handled in the worst way possible, apologize and accept disciplinary action for their actions?
I've worked as a nurse with violent people. Should I have been allowed to Taser them? We need to talk to these people, not shoot them.
It's a great welcome to the world for 2010 isn't it? Come to Vancouver: If the gangs don't shoot you, the RCMP might.
L. DAVIDSON
Castlegar
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[txt] Optometrists have wider range under Health Professions Act
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By Doug Ward, vancouver sunMarch 3, 2009
Naturopaths aren't the only health professionals in B.C. who are seeing their scope of practice expanded.
A regulation under the new Health Professions Act has given optometrists the right to prescribe and administer topical medications and remove superficial objects from a patient's eye.
Previously, only physicians were allowed to perform these tasks in B.C., said Ministry of Health Services media relations manager Bernadette Murphy.
Under the new regulation, optometrists must complete a certification course and also notify a patient's medical doctor of any prescribed medications.
Paul Neumann, president of the B.C. Association of Optometrists, said optometrists have "always had the ability to diagnose common eye problems and now the government is saying that you can treat them as well."
Neumann said the change brings B.C. in line with most other provinces. There is a shortage of ophthalmologists in B.C. and across Canada, he added.
"So this change is a huge win for patient access to eye care."
Victoria similarly expanded the prescribing rights of pharmacists in January.
Pharmacists can now renew routine medications that have been prescribed by physicians, said ministry official Murphy.
Pharmacists can also change dosages up to six months after the original prescription.
B.C. Medical Association media relations manager Sharon Shore said her group has urged Victoria to make sure optometrists are qualified to provide the medications and are properly regulated.
The newly created College of Optometrists will be regulated under the Health Professions Act and replaces the Board of Examiners in Optometry.
The College of Optometrists will also monitor the prescribing patterns of individual optometrists and will establish standards of practice.
By June of this year, the Health Professions Act will cover the professions of pharmacy, chiropractic, medicine and dentistry. Previously, many
[SC][TXT] 'Appalling' testimony draws guffaws from the gallery
Const. Kwesi Millington, 32, became the third officer Monday to acknowledge his notes, his statements and the report he was required to make after deploying the conducted energy weapon were riddled with errors.
He admitted at the public inquiry into th
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By Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver SunMarch 3, 2009
The public gallery now is laughing in disbelief at the RCMP version of events the night Robert Dziekanski was Tasered and died at Vancouver International Airport.
Const. Kwesi Millington, 32, became the third officer Monday to acknowledge his notes, his statements and the report he was required to make after deploying the conducted energy weapon were riddled with errors.
He admitted at the public inquiry into the tragedy that you would have a "distorted view" of the incident if you read his accounts as opposed to viewing an amateur video that captured what happened Oct. 14, 2007.
Millington didn't even get right the number of times he zapped the 40-year-old Polish immigrant with the conducted energy weapon.
After watching the video of Dziekanski screaming in agony, collapsing to the floor writhing in pain, Millington maintained he was justified in jolting him -- again, again, again and again.
In all, the weapon's internal memory showed the officer deployed the Taser five times. And he said he'd do it again.
After the first blast, Dziekanski ended up on the floor with his feet in the air but Millington said he "perceived" him to be still standing.
"From my training, the effects of the Taser being fired are that the person being applied against is supposed to fall immediately and supposed to immobilize them," he told the inquiry.
"It didn't have that effect on Mr. Dziekanski so I fired again."
Millington said during his third attempted discharge of the Taser he heard a clacking noise that indicated the weapon wasn't working properly.
He then removed its probe cartridge, applied the Taser directly to Dziekanski's back and deployed it in what he called "pain compliance" mode.
"He was still kicking and fighting and struggling with members," Millington explained.
The Mountie, who is six-feet-one inch, 205 pounds -- about four inches taller and 30 pounds heavier than Dziekanski -- insis
[TXT] B.C. naturopath cites U.S. experience
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He says those in three states allowed to prescribe medications
By Doug Ward, Vancouver SunMarch 3, 2009
The drug-prescription experience in three American states proves that naturopathic physicians in British Columbia could prescribe a range of medications safely and effectively, says a Kootenay-area naturopath.
Christoph Kind, who is based in Castlegar, said naturopaths in Washington state, Oregon and Arizona have been prescribing medications for years without major problems.
"Those states are perfect examples of how prescription rights for naturopaths can work if properly regulated," said Kind.
The provincial government has proposed changes that would make B.C. the first province in Canada to grant naturopathic doctors the authority to prescribe drugs such as antibiotics, painkillers, and antidepressants.
The move is opposed by the B.C. Medical Association, whose president Dr. Bill Mackie said medical doctors -- not naturopathic physicians -- have the scientific and clinical training required to prescribe pharmaceutical drugs.
Susan Gragg, program manager for Washington state's Health Department, said there are few complaints about the drug-prescribing practices of naturopaths in her state.
Naturopaths in Washington state began prescribing a limited range of pharmaceuticals, including antibiotics, in 1987 and that list of drugs was expanded in 2005.
"As yet we have not seen any significant issues regarding the extended scope," said Gragg.
Naturopaths in Oregon began prescribing some medications, including antibiotics, in the '50s. The Oregon legislature significantly increased the list of pharmaceuticals available to naturopaths in 1989.
"It's worked fine," said Anne Walsh, executive director of the Board of Naturopathic Examiners. She said a naturopath's pharmacology training is comparable to what is provided in medical school.
Naturopaths in Oregon are required to take five hours of continuing education in pharmacology
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