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happy birthday cuz! have a great one.

i made these on the weekend and everyone ate them up like crazy! the brownie itself is great, and the bacon is nice but you MUST do the candied bacon. * 12 strips bacon * ¾ cup butter * 2 cups sugar * 1 cup Cocoa Powder (we like Dutch Process) * ½ tsp. salt * ½ tsp. baking powder * 1 tbsp. vanilla extract * 3 large eggs * 1 cup all-purpose flour * 3 strips bacon * 6 tsp. brown sugar Preparation: Preheat oven to 325°. Lightly butter and flour a 9 x 13 pan. Bacon for layering in brownies: cook in a large frying pan, flip to insure even cooking. Remove when just starting to crisp. Cool on a paper towel lined plate. When cool, cut into ½ to 1 inch pieces. Batter: Melt butter in a medium sauce pan over low heat. Add sugar mixing with a wooden spoon. Continue to stir on heat for about 3 minutes. Shut off heat. Add Cocoa, salt and baking powder. Mix. Whisk in the vanilla and eggs. Switch back to your wooden spoon and mix int he flour. Baking: Spread half of the batter into prepared pan. Layer in the bacon pieces evenly -- pushing them in slightly if needed. Top with remaining batter. Bake until a toothpick comes out clean and edges have started to pull back from pan -- about 30 minutes. Cool on rack. Bacon for garnish: Line a small baking sheet with foil. Place a wire rack on the pan. Lay bacon slices on rack and sprink with about 1 tsp. brown sugar per slice of bacon. Cook under broiler set to low or with rack lowered to middle of the oven. When bacon starts to color, remove pan. Flip slices. Sprinkle each slice with another teaspoon of brown sugar. Return to oven. Cook until crisp. Remove from oven and allow to cool on rack. Cut/Garnish: cut brownies into 24 pieces top each with a piece of candied bacon.

i was SOOOOO excited to see this!!! then i was SOOOO bummed when i realized i'll be out of town

that looks fun! but i will be at jazzfest that night for sure.

the burmese embassy in ottawa is not far from my place, so we'll be heading over if anyone wants to join. check out this thread to see the latest insane move by the burmese fucktards. it's also not far from the Queensway, and I'm seriously considering kicking things up a notch and blocking it it infuriates me so how the world keeps ignoring this!!! For immediate release: May 15, 2009 Ottawa Protest at Burmese Junta’s Embassy planned for Monday May 18 The Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB) will be holding a protest on Monday May 18 in front of the Burmese military regime's Embassy to protest Suu Kyi's continued detention. We will also be using this time to mark the 1st year anniversary of the devastating cyclone Nargis, a horrible tragedy in which thousands died needlessly because of the incompetence and greed of Burma's corrupt generals. Place: Sidewalk opposite the Burmese Embassy, 85 Range Road, Ottawa (near the intersection of Templeton Street and Range road) Date: May 18 (Monday), 2009 Time: 1:30 – 3:30pm Place: Burmese Embassy, 85 Range Road, Ottawa Note: protest in Toronto is also being planned in the same day and time in front of Toronto City Hall. -30- Media contact: 613-297-6835

awesome pic! lol phishtaper i'm with ya

Canada Deeply Concerned Over New Charges Against Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi May 14, 2009 (6:40 p.m. EDT) No. 131 The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement denouncing the continued, unlawful detention of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi: “Canada is seriously concerned with the new charges laid against Aung San Suu Kyi, and calls upon the Burmese regime to respect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all the people of Burma. “Recent concerns regarding Aung San Suu Kyi’s health will only be heightened by her transfer to harsh prison conditions. Canada strongly urges the Burmese authorities to provide appropriate medical care to all inmates in its prisons and to immediately release Aung San Suu Kyi and all other political prisoners, a number of whom suffer from serious health problems. “Freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law are values fundamental to Canada’s foreign policy. Canada believes that the elections planned for 2010 will only be credible if the Burmese regime unconditionally frees all political prisoners and allows opposition groups to participate freely in the electoral process. “Canada continues to urge the Burmese authorities to engage in genuine dialogue with the democratic opposition and ethnic minorities. We have shown our solidarity with the people of Burma by imposing the toughest sanctions in the world on the regime and by conferring honorary Canadian citizenship on Aung San Suu Kyi.†- 30 - For further information, media representatives may contact: Natalie Sarafian Press Secretary Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs 613-995-1851 Foreign Affairs Media Relations Office Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada 613-995-1874 www.international.gc.ca/index.aspx

CFOB condemns Suu Kyi’s transfer to Insein, protest planned in Ottawa Canadian Friends of Burma May 14, 2009 Ottawa - The 1991 Noble Peace Prize winner and Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was transferred yesterday to the notorious Insein prison in Burma and has been charged with violating her house arrest. The Burmese military regime will be putting Burma’s most famous political prisoner on trial ostensibly because a foreigner secretly entered her house. American John Yettawa was arrested last week after he reportedly swam across Inya lake to Suu Kyi’s Rangoon residence where she has lived for much of the last 20 years under house arrest. Regardless of what Mr. Yettaw’s intentions were, his uninvited visit couldn’t have come at a worse time as Suu Kyi’s house arrest was set to expire this month and the military regime will almost certainly be using this incident as an excuse to further her detention. Suu Kyi’s doctor has also been arrested, as has her house keeper and the housekeeper’s daughter. CFPB strongly condemns the Burmese military regime’s continued imprisonment of Suu Kyi and the ridiculous show trial that is set to transpire. We call for the immediate release of Suu Kyi and the release of the more than 2,000 other political prisoners jailed in Burma's gulags. Says Tin Maung Htoo CFOB Executive Director “this latest attack on Daw Suu is a desperate attempt by an illegitimate regime to remove the National League for Democracy and its leader from the political scene in advance of next years election.†Ottawa Protest at Junta Embassy planned for Monday Along with Burma supporters and Burmese activist communities from Ottawa, Toronto, and other cities, CFOB will be holding a protest on Monday May 18 in front of the Burmese military regime's Embassy to protest Suu Kyi's continued detention. Place: Sidewalk opposite the Burmese Embassy, 85 Range Road, Ottawa (near the intersection of Templeton Street and Range road) Date: May 18 (Monday), 2009 Time: 1:30 – 3:30pm Place: Burmese Embassy, 85 Range Road, Ottawa Direction: For Bus take the #5 and exit at Laurier and Range road (next to Strathcona Park). Or take #16 and get off at Range Road and Templeton if you are on the Bus heading towards Hospital. For #16 heading to Lincoln Fields get off near Chapel and Templeton and walk one block east on Templeton to Range Road. -30- Media contact: 613-297-6835

ugghhhhh By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be charged in connection with an American man who allegedly swam to her lakeside villa in Yangon where she is under house arrest, a spokesman for her party said on Thursday. Nyan Win of the National League for Democracy (NLD), quoting Suu Kyi's lawyer, said the Nobel Peace laureate would be moved to Yangon's Insein Prison later on Thursday to face trial. The charges related to the apparent breach of her house arrest come only weeks before Suu Kyi's current detention order is due to expire on May 27. Her latest detention began in 2003. State media reported on Wednesday night that a U.S. embassy official had been allowed to visit John Yettaw, who was arrested on May 6 after he claimed to have swam across Inya Lake and spent two days in Suu Kyi's home. "The authorities will move Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and her two female companions, Daw Khin Win and her daughter, to Insein Central Prison this morning to stand trial in connection with the American man who sneaked into her residence," Nyan Win told Reuters. Suu Kyi's lawyer, Kyi Win, was not available for comment, but he told exiled Burmese media that Suu Kyi had not breached the conditions of her house arrest, under which visitors are restricted by the regime. "Daw Suu told him to go back, but he didn't," Kyi Win told the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), using the honorific "Daw" for Burmese women. "He said he was so tired and wanted to rest, but she pleaded with him. Then he slept overnight on the ground floor," Kyi Win said. Suu Kyi, whose party won 1990 elections only to be denied power by the military which has ruled the former Burma for more than four decades, has been detained for more than 13 of the past 19 years. For most of those years she has been held virtually incommunicado at her home, with her telephone line cut and her mail intercepted. Kyi Win told DVB that Suu Kyi's health was improving after she was treated for low blood pressure and dehydration last week. "She looks okay. She has a very strong spirit," he said. The United States and human rights groups have demanded that Suu Kyi be allowed to see her main doctor, Tin Myo Win, who was detained for questioning last week. U.N. legal experts have said her confinement is illegal under Myanmar law, which allows for detention of five consecutive years before the accused must be freed or put on trial. Suu Kyi's lawyer launched an appeal after her detention was extended last year, but it was rejected last month. The generals have ignored international calls for Suu Kyi's release as they push ahead with a seven-step "roadmap to democracy" expected to culminate in multi-party elections in 2010. The NLD and Western governments dismiss the "roadmap" and last year's army-drafted constitution as a cover for the generals to cement their grip on power. (Reporting by Aung Hla Tun; Writing by Darren Schuettler; Editing by Valerie Lee)

esau, last year my pass (last-minute) was about 85$ (maybe plus some tax/fees) if that helps

happy birthday!

Ottawa - Vancouver-based mining firm Ivanhoe Mines has recently hired two big names to lobby the Canadian government on its behalf, Eddie Goldenberg, former chief of Staff for Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Allan Gotlieb, former Canadian Ambassador to the US. According to filings with the Commissioner for Lobbying, Goldenberg and Gotlieb are to lobby Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Canadian Ambassador to Mongolia about "Canada's position regarding foreign investments in Mongolia." Both Goldenberg and Gotlieb have indicated in their filings with the Lobbyist Commissioner that their client Ivanhoe Mines "does not have any subsidiaries that could be affected by the outcome of the undertaking." In fact Ivanhoe's latest Annual Information form filed with the SEC lists several "principle subsidiaries" that could be affected by their lobbying these include Ivanhoe's fully owned Mongolian subsidiary Ivanhoe Mines Mongolia Inc and SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd which is 80% owned by Ivanhoe and has substantial coal interests in Mongolia. “It’s extremely disappointing that both Mr. Gotlieb and Mr. Goldenberg are not taking the office of the commissioner seriously by means of hiding the fact that Ivanhoe does indeed have several subsidiaries that would benefit from their lobbying,†says Kevin McLeod, member of the board of directors of the Canadian Friends of Burma. "I wonder if they are neglecting to include any other information about their lobbying for Ivanhoe," he added. Goldenberg was seen as a key member of the Chretien brain trust. He served as a senior policy advisor to Chretien from November 1993 till June 2003 when taking over as the Prime Minister's Chief of staff, a role he filled till the end of Chretien's tenure as prime minister. Allan Gotlieb was as an important senior civil servant in Ottawa during the Trudeau era before being appointed Canadian Ambassador to the US in 1981, a position that he held till 1988. Mr. Gotlieb also served on the board of directors of Hollinger, the defunct media giant controlled by now jailed tycoon Conrad Black. Ivanhoe Chairman Friedland believes Mongolia perfect place for waste dumps In 2005 Ivanhoe Chairman Robert Friedland angered many Mongolians when he boasted to an audience at an American mining conference about the benefits of Ivanhoe's Mongolian project. "The nice thing about this, there's no people around. ...There's no NGOs. ...You've got lots of room for waste dumps without disrupting the population." (The Globe and Mail, 30 September 2005). In light of Mr. Friedland's comment, it is hardly surprising that he was burned in effigy at a massive protest held in the Mongolia capital, an apparent first for a Canadian mining executive. Many Mongolians fear that Ivanhoe's planned Oyu Tolgoi Project which will require huge amounts of water that will drain the Mongolian countryside of already dwindling supplies of water. Instead what little clean water that is available will be turned into poisoned mining waste. In 2007 Ivanhoe's partner in Mongolia, Rio Tinto acquired a 9.95% stake in Ivanhoe Mines in a deal that stated that Ivanhoe was withdrawing from Burma. Despite Ivanhoe's claims that they withdrew from Burma, the firm by way of a blind trust created in February 2007 continues to own a 50% stake in Myanmar Ivanhoe Copper Company Limited (MICCL), the joint venture created by Ivanhoe with the Burmese military regime to operate Burma's largest mine the Monywa copper project. The "blind trust" is extremely convenient for Ivanhoe because the firm can continue to own a 50% stake in the mine and claim they've pulled out of Burma. Ivanhoe has refused to seriously address toxic pollution caused by the mine which has severely impacted neighbouring farmland. Just days before President Bush left office this past January the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added (MICCL), the joint venture now held by the blind trust, to the US government's Burma sanctions list. Ivanhoe has so far declined to comment on this major development, preferring to leave shareholders in the dark about it.

i wanna see the new rider show!

it's at 36.. when does the contest finish?

43

wsp/abb is the 22nd

Happy Birthday Stapes!

i have to go out of town on wednesday, dammit i wish i could be at the spades.

i like your new avatar

yay, havinbeers!

Rights & Democracy sponsoring groundbreaking film screening on the Democratic Voice of Burma TORONTO – April 27, 2009 – The gripping story of “Joshua†and other Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) video journalists risking arrest and torture to document life under Burma’s military regime is the subject of the new documentary making its Canadian debut in Toronto next Monday, May 4, on the heels of World Press Freedom Day. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Society is a co-presentation of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and Rights & Democracy (International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development), which supports the DVB’s work. Media and members of the public will have the unique opportunity to meet “Joshua,†Khin Maung Win, Director of the DVB, and Anders Østergaard, the documentary’s director, at a 9 AM press conference on Tuesday, May 5, at the University of Toronto’s Innis College. Burma VJ is comprised largely of material shot by the undercover journalists of the DVB, a non-profit media organization dedicated to providing free and fair information inside Burma. Some elements of the film have been reconstructed in close collaboration with the actual persons involved, just as some names, places, and other recognizable facts have been altered for security reasons and in order to protect individuals. “Armed with small handy cams, the DVB’s undercover video journalists keep up the flow of news from their closed country,†said Rémy M. Beauregard, President of Rights & Democracy. “They have gained international exposure with their coverage of Cyclone Nargis’ devastation last year and the monk-led pro-democracy demonstrations in 2007.†Going beyond the occasional news clip from Burma, acclaimed director Anders Østergaard, brings us close to the video journalists who deliver this footage. Risking torture and life in jail, these courageous young citizens of Burma live the essence of journalism and stop at nothing to report. Their material is smuggled out of the country and is broadcast from the DVB’s headquarters in Oslo, Norway, back into Burma via satellite. It is also provided to international media for distribution. The whole world has witnessed single event clips made by the DVB’s VJs, but for the very first time, their individual images have been carefully put together. The result is a much bigger story. “Joshuaâ€, aged 27, is one of the young video journalists, who works undercover to counter the propaganda of the military regime. When peaceful, popular protests erupted in September 2007, no foreign TV crews were allowed in the country, leaving Joshua and his crew to keep the revolution alive on TV screens the world over. Rights & Democracy’s involvement in Burma dates to 1990, the year Burma’s military refused to cede power to Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy party after its landslide election victory. Our Burma programme’s objectives include: ensuring a peaceful transition to democratic rule and the liberation of all political prisoners; empowering women and assuring their participation in the democratic process; documenting human rights violations committed by the junta; and supporting free and independent media through the Democratic Voice of Burma, thanks to support from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The press conference takes place on Tuesday, May 5, from 9 am to 10 am at Innis Town Hall, Innis College, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue. For more information, please contact Steve Smith at Rights & Democracy, 514-898-4157.

happy birthday you WEIRDO watch bobby at 3-3:30 or so lol

around 6 or 7 come one, come all