If Apple stays true to form they will say Consumer Reports is wrong, that their conclusions are false, and that the iPhone 4 is the best smart phone they have ever developed.. After that Apple will maintain the status quo.
Living in Alberta it is generally pretty self evident that there are a lot of dinos in these parts. The most common dino bones we have are Conservativasorous, Republicansorous, and Stelmachochasorous. Most TriKleinotops have been put in museums by now along side the Deficitosaurus.
Thanks for responding gobbo. I wish to point out that the AC's comment on Nunavit doesn't necessarily guarantee an aboriginal vote.
Non aboriginals can migrate to Nunavut, vote in the elections there and if they wanted to supplant what aboriginals may have voted for.
I know my idea of guaranteed independent seats is not very popular, but I don't hear many good ideas in Canada from any party on the matter of aboriginals.
The sad reality is this - We can't even solve the aboriginal issue, I wonder how we intend to solve the impasse over the environment. My hope is that a couple generations from now our descendents are more enlightened.
I am well aware that the natives don't even come close to 5% of the population. And the fact this was rated as troll was of no surprise. Europeans do not want to be reminded that there were people on this land before them. Since Canada refuses to fulfill even its land claim commitments, and refuse to even listen to the UN on aboriginal issues - I believe the made in Canada solution is to finally give the aboriginals the power we continue to deny them.
Imagine this. You have a home you live in it for thousands of years. Then these strangers show up and befriend you. They enter your home. After a while they take over your home and tell you what parts they can live in. As more of these strangers keep arriving they change the rules and make you a guest in your own home and tell you what you can call your own. Eventually they they claim that things are democratic and give you a vote - but in the end the vote you have, the voice you have is completely drowned out.
Very simple. Unlike the white europeans, Canada belongs to them more than anyone else. They have also been neglected by Canadian Governments (Liberal and Conservatives alike) since Confederation began.
They are a neglected minority of Canada that should have a FAR greater say in their self determination within the Constitutional framework.
For them I do not believe the concept of proportional representation should apply.
I've always thought at least 20% of the Parliament seats should be filled by people elected SOLELY by aboriginals themselves (independent of the non aboriginal vote).
I am not aboriginal origin in my heritage, but I'm not blind to how Canada came to be.
Unfortunately now a combination of NDP, Liberal, and Green can't form a coalition government thanks to the Bloc Quebecois. The Bloc trust the Liberals less than the Conservatives.
THe last coalition government in Canada was WWI. Canadian parties generally don't believe in working together but that is exactly what the parties on the left need to do to have any chance.
The best thing for the Conservatives has been the addition of the Green party on the left.
" I'll vote federal Liberal again when they realize that Canada exists west of the Ontario/Alberta border"
should have read:
" I'll vote federal Liberal again when they realize that Canada exists west of the Ontario/MANITOBA border"
For the same reason the right Reform/Alliance/CPC united themselves.
The left can't seem to compromise among themselves to rule together under a unified leftist party. And it is this failure on the left that is handing the Conservatives the power.
It is either unite like the right did or change the system. The Conservatives used the existing electoral system to rebuild. The left realize the system that worked so well for them for over 100 years now puts them on the defensive.
I'm a Liberal who actually voted Federal Conservative for the first time (I always vote Conservative provincially in ALberta to create an NEP firewall). The left is weak and ineffective and want to destroy confederation by alienating the west.
I'll vote federal Liberal again when they realize that Canada exists west of the Ontario/Alberta border.
Electoral reform at the Federal level to me would include a shift to proportional representation, abolishing the senate, and guaranteed seats in Parliament for aboriginals.
At the Federal level first past the post has been used in Canada for most of its history.
Why now do people want proportional representation?
It is simple. Canada is general left leaning and pretty much small "l" liberal. Canada historically votes for a Federal Liberal party. But now things are changing. There is a shift of power in Canada to the west, as well as a move to the right on the political spectrum.
The Conservatives in Canada managed to finally unite the right over the past decade and a half. The Bloc Quebecois became a major force that literally takes away 50 seats in parliament that won't go to the Liberals or the Conservatives. The left is more fractured than ever with the NDP, Federal Liberals, and the Green party all spitting the vote.
What does this mean? The only way Canada will get a left leaning government again is if they unite themselves OR change to a method of proportional representation. It is not likely the NDP and Liberals will merge (Liberals and Green more likely). This isn't enough to compete with a united right.
So now we have the left uniting not as a party, but as a force to push proportional representation - because they are too stubborn to have their parties work together.
Who talks to kids anymore? If you want to teach them anything you should send SMS and/or text messages. That'll get their attention:), and help them get use to IT at the same time
As an Albertan in the middle of Canada's oil country one statistic with regards to the Loonie is how much of our provincial Gov't loses in royalties for a given rise in the Canadian dollar. It is estimated that for every One Cent increase, there is a 100 million decrease in royalties/revenue at the provincial level.
Now Alberta faces the Oil Industry to claw back some of that money - a potentially dramatic change in royalty structures - that has CEO's of major oil companies fuming mad that we intend to cut into their bottom line.
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/09/19/royalty-reaxn.html
I decided to peruse the response by JerryMouse (from belkin) and decided to see what other entertaining posts he has made. I find this one a bit funny
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=JerryMouse+spam& hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=9%24--%25_%25%24%25%24%24_ %24%24%25_-%24%40news.noc.cabal.int&rnum=1
At the bottom JerryMouse had this to say "As to your second point, there are no innocent civilians - or at least no
innocent, INTELLIGENT civilians. They don't HAVE to do business with a
spam-tolerant ISP. Period.
"
Now replace "spam-tolerant ISP" with Spam-tolerant hardware manufacturer", and Jerry has told us just how to feel. Intelligent civilians should not do business with belkin!"
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If Apple stays true to form they will say Consumer Reports is wrong, that their conclusions are false, and that the iPhone 4 is the best smart phone they have ever developed.. After that Apple will maintain the status quo.
Living in Alberta it is generally pretty self evident that there are a lot of dinos in these parts. The most common dino bones we have are Conservativasorous, Republicansorous, and Stelmachochasorous. Most TriKleinotops have been put in museums by now along side the Deficitosaurus.
The internet was built wrong enough to host Slashdot ;-)
Seems like a plot right out of a Regenesis script.
Thanks for responding gobbo. I wish to point out that the AC's comment on Nunavit doesn't necessarily guarantee an aboriginal vote. Non aboriginals can migrate to Nunavut, vote in the elections there and if they wanted to supplant what aboriginals may have voted for. I know my idea of guaranteed independent seats is not very popular, but I don't hear many good ideas in Canada from any party on the matter of aboriginals. The sad reality is this - We can't even solve the aboriginal issue, I wonder how we intend to solve the impasse over the environment. My hope is that a couple generations from now our descendents are more enlightened.
I am well aware that the natives don't even come close to 5% of the population. And the fact this was rated as troll was of no surprise. Europeans do not want to be reminded that there were people on this land before them. Since Canada refuses to fulfill even its land claim commitments, and refuse to even listen to the UN on aboriginal issues - I believe the made in Canada solution is to finally give the aboriginals the power we continue to deny them. Imagine this. You have a home you live in it for thousands of years. Then these strangers show up and befriend you. They enter your home. After a while they take over your home and tell you what parts they can live in. As more of these strangers keep arriving they change the rules and make you a guest in your own home and tell you what you can call your own. Eventually they they claim that things are democratic and give you a vote - but in the end the vote you have, the voice you have is completely drowned out.
Very simple. Unlike the white europeans, Canada belongs to them more than anyone else. They have also been neglected by Canadian Governments (Liberal and Conservatives alike) since Confederation began. They are a neglected minority of Canada that should have a FAR greater say in their self determination within the Constitutional framework. For them I do not believe the concept of proportional representation should apply. I've always thought at least 20% of the Parliament seats should be filled by people elected SOLELY by aboriginals themselves (independent of the non aboriginal vote). I am not aboriginal origin in my heritage, but I'm not blind to how Canada came to be.
Unfortunately now a combination of NDP, Liberal, and Green can't form a coalition government thanks to the Bloc Quebecois. The Bloc trust the Liberals less than the Conservatives. THe last coalition government in Canada was WWI. Canadian parties generally don't believe in working together but that is exactly what the parties on the left need to do to have any chance. The best thing for the Conservatives has been the addition of the Green party on the left.
" I'll vote federal Liberal again when they realize that Canada exists west of the Ontario/Alberta border" should have read: " I'll vote federal Liberal again when they realize that Canada exists west of the Ontario/MANITOBA border"
For the same reason the right Reform/Alliance/CPC united themselves. The left can't seem to compromise among themselves to rule together under a unified leftist party. And it is this failure on the left that is handing the Conservatives the power. It is either unite like the right did or change the system. The Conservatives used the existing electoral system to rebuild. The left realize the system that worked so well for them for over 100 years now puts them on the defensive. I'm a Liberal who actually voted Federal Conservative for the first time (I always vote Conservative provincially in ALberta to create an NEP firewall). The left is weak and ineffective and want to destroy confederation by alienating the west. I'll vote federal Liberal again when they realize that Canada exists west of the Ontario/Alberta border. Electoral reform at the Federal level to me would include a shift to proportional representation, abolishing the senate, and guaranteed seats in Parliament for aboriginals.
At the Federal level first past the post has been used in Canada for most of its history. Why now do people want proportional representation? It is simple. Canada is general left leaning and pretty much small "l" liberal. Canada historically votes for a Federal Liberal party. But now things are changing. There is a shift of power in Canada to the west, as well as a move to the right on the political spectrum. The Conservatives in Canada managed to finally unite the right over the past decade and a half. The Bloc Quebecois became a major force that literally takes away 50 seats in parliament that won't go to the Liberals or the Conservatives. The left is more fractured than ever with the NDP, Federal Liberals, and the Green party all spitting the vote. What does this mean? The only way Canada will get a left leaning government again is if they unite themselves OR change to a method of proportional representation. It is not likely the NDP and Liberals will merge (Liberals and Green more likely). This isn't enough to compete with a united right. So now we have the left uniting not as a party, but as a force to push proportional representation - because they are too stubborn to have their parties work together.
He seems to genuinely care about his fellow man, and want to solve conflicts rather than fan the flames.
I guess "fellow man" is anyone in Canada who lives outside of Alberta.
Does video professor have a P2P course? ;-)
Who talks to kids anymore? If you want to teach them anything you should send SMS and/or text messages. That'll get their attention :), and help them get use to IT at the same time
Me too, but I'd need to be able actually read the article with Safari on OS/X first.
As an Albertan in the middle of Canada's oil country one statistic with regards to the Loonie is how much of our provincial Gov't loses in royalties for a given rise in the Canadian dollar. It is estimated that for every One Cent increase, there is a 100 million decrease in royalties/revenue at the provincial level. Now Alberta faces the Oil Industry to claw back some of that money - a potentially dramatic change in royalty structures - that has CEO's of major oil companies fuming mad that we intend to cut into their bottom line. http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/09/19/royalty-reaxn.html
I decided to peruse the response by JerryMouse (from belkin) and decided to see what other entertaining posts he has made. I find this one a bit funny http://groups.google.com/groups?q=JerryMouse+spam& hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=9%24--%25_%25%24%25%24%24_ %24%24%25_-%24%40news.noc.cabal.int&rnum=1
At the bottom JerryMouse had this to say "As to your second point, there are no innocent civilians - or at least no
innocent, INTELLIGENT civilians. They don't HAVE to do business with a
spam-tolerant ISP. Period.
"
Now replace "spam-tolerant ISP" with Spam-tolerant hardware manufacturer", and Jerry has told us just how to feel. Intelligent civilians should not do business with belkin!"