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Thanks for the head's up on this. I walked in the door and was able to catch everything from TLEO on.
Set:
The Wheel > Cumberland Blues (Phil Lesh), Loser (Mike Gordon from here on out), Mississippi Half Step, Dire Wolf, Dupree’s Diamond Blues, Tennessee Jed, Ship Of Fools, They Love Each Other, Bird Song, New Speedway Boogie, Loose Lucy (Weir Solo Acoustic), Friend of the Devil, Mission In The Rain, Ramble On Rose, Catfish John, Shakedown Street, Terrapin Station, He’s Gone, Eyes Of The World, Scarlet Begonias, Don’t Let Go, Days Between > Franklin’s Tower, U.S. Blues, Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad, Ripple
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I was never a collector, but I always bought/read them while growing up - my little brother used to collect them though.
I did however keep a few from my teens, like my 'Reid Fleming - The World's Toughest Milkman' comics, and I think I still have issue one of the 'Psycho Killers' (Charles Manson) collection as well.
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www.cbc.ca/newfoundland-labrador/hockey-coach-suspension-overturned
Suspension overturned for coach who let players study.A junior hockey coach who allowed his players to study for exams instead of attending the opening ceremony of a tournament has had his suspension overturned.
Brian Cranford is coach of the Mount Pearl Junior Blades team. Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador slapped him with a one-year ban last month.
But Hockey Canada, in a letter dated Thursday, reversed that decision.
"In the interests of fairness, the [appeals committee] has determined that the decision to suspend the appellant should be overturned and, as such, the appellant’s suspension shall be lifted, effective immediately," the letter noted.
Hockey Canada's national appeals committee reviewed the matter, and concluded there is "no dispute" that Cranford breached the tournament regulations.
But the committee said the punishment for that absence was specified in the rules — the loss of the team's performance bond and per diems.
Hockey Canada concluded that "it would be unreasonable to apply additional discipline," given the fact that the penalty to be meted out was actually in writing.
"Had HNL wished to reserve the right to suspend the appellant, it should have included wording to that effect in ... the regulations, so that anyone who was considering failing to appear at the opening ceremonies and banquet would have been fully aware of the consequences of taking that action," the letter, written by appeals committee chairman Allan Matthews, noted.
International attention
Cranford's suspension generated international attention when it first hit the news in June. The team was also slapped with a $2,000 fine.
At the time, Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador president Jack Lee defended the decision, saying the rules were clear — teams in the tournament had to be there from start to finish.
But Cranford — who actually received an award from Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador last year — said it was hard enough getting his players out for the games, never mind the opening ceremonies, because the tournament fell right in the middle of university exams.
"These are junior kids, they’re 18, 19, 20 years old,†Cranford told CBC News in June. “Because of our schedule, we had real issues trying to get a team iced for every game."
Cranford hired prominent St. John's criminal defence attorney Bob Simmonds to handle his appeal.
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http://www.spinner.ca/2012/07/10/bob-dylan-son-william-devogue/
Bob Dylan might have another son, according to one man's story. City Pages reports that 48-year-old Rhode Island resident William DeVogue claims to be the Bard's long lost son, and his story -- not to mention his complexion -- lends a little credence to the theory.
The tale begins in the early 1960s, around the time that Dylan was rising in the New York City folk scene. Anita "Tina" Grace DeVogue was living in Greenwich Village, trying her luck in music when she met Dylan. The couple allegedly were together for a short period of time, which eventually lead to DeVogue's pregnancy in 1963.
After her son was born, DeVogue battled a serious drug addiction and had no money to raise William. She gave her son up for adoption after 10 months, disappearing from his life entirely.
William DeVogue spent years tracking down his mother, who he found in a three-family home in Boston. He asked her for answers, assuming that his biological father was Eugene Michael Procyszyn, a man that initially directed DeVogue to his mother. According to Tina, Procyszyn was not the father, but she was pretty sure that Bob Dylan was.
DeVogue says he reached out to Dylan's manager, Jeff Rosen, in 2010 and spoke with him on the phone. DeVogue asked for a "non-legal" paternity test, but Dylan refused. Now DeVogue says that he is "as sure as I can be without a DNA test" that Dylan is his father.
"I then told Jeff Rosen that I would have to resort to 'plan B,'" DeVogue tells City Pages. "He was very inquisitive to what plan B was, and my answer was that since I didn't have the money to legally seek a paternity test that I would have to bring it out creatively."
The potential-Dylan has gone public with his story, and since doing so, has not heard a peep from Bob's legal team: "To this day I have received no calls from any lawyer or anything telling me to watch my step. Why? It's because he knows something and his counsel knows something and that if this ends up in court everything will come out."
DeVogue is currently working on a book and a short film about his story (find more information here). Despite chasing after a lofty legacy, DeVogue says he doesn't want any monetary compensation from Dylan. "I respect Bob and want no money from him, just the truth. And I will get it!"
See a photo of William DeVogue right here**. Do you think there's a resemblance?
**link to pic >> http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/William%20DeVogue.JPG
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I'm pretty sure dropbox is still offering up 2 gigs of free space and it's easy to use.
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Lawyers get best seats in Ticketmaster class-action as court approves $2.4M payout.
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/07/10/2.4m-payout-for-legal-team/
Ticket resellers are colloquially called “scalpers†for profiting from the desperate, but in the case against Ticketmaster and its resale company, it is the lawyers who are making out like bandits: An Ontario court has approved a class-action settlement giving each victim $36 per ticket and $2,399,019 to their lawyers.An Ontario Superior Court judge approved the settlement offer in a large class-action suit this week, including fees for the law firms pressing the case. The suit must still be approved by judges in Alberta, Quebec and Manitoba before the ticket agency pays the projected $5-million.
“We have shut down the scalping aspect of their business,†said Ward Branch, a Vancouver-based class-action specialist. “We want Ticketmaster to feel the sting†and send a warning to other ticket profiteers: “they’ll be next.â€
The adage that 70% of something is better than 100% of nothing really applies in class-action lawsuits
The settlement calls for the company to pay $36 for each of the 139,848 tickets bought through the company’s resale wing, TicketsNow, in the four provinces where there are anti-scalping laws.
The payout is expected to total $5,034,528 if every cheque is cashed. Lawyers at two firms specializing in class-action suits who worked on the case since 2009 will get 25% of each cheque, for a projected $1,258,632, plus $1,140,387 to cover their time and expenses.
“Fair and reasonable compensation must be sufficient to provide a real economic incentive to lawyers to take on a class proceeding and to do it well,†said Justice Paul Perell in his ruling.
“Counsel are entitled to a fair fee, which may include a premium for the risk undertaken and the result achieved, but the fees must not bring about a settlement that is in the interests of the lawyers but not in the best interests of the class members as a whole,†he said.
The plaintiffs told court they were satisfied with the arrangement.
Mr. Branch defended the lawyers’ cut, saying it is becoming a standard in class-action cases.
“The adage that 70% of something is better than 100% of nothing really applies in class-action lawsuits,†Mr. Branch said. “We agree to work for free and if we lose, we get nothing — less than nothing because we would be out of pocket.â€
An unusual clause in this settlement has the company proactively mailing cheques to those who bought inflated resale tickets without having to fill out forms and file a claim.
Our argument there is, if the ‘convenience fees’ aren’t anything to do with actual costs but just a way of charging more, then it is offside
Mr. Branch hopes the simplified process is copied in future class-action suits. The money from any cheques not cashed will be pooled and donated to charity.
The settlement is scheduled to be heard soon in Alberta, followed by Quebec and finally, on Aug. 15, in Manitoba.
“Then we want people to start looking in the mail for a cheque and let us know if it hasn’t arrived,†said Mr. Branch.
The other claim in the suit — complaints over service charges added by Ticketmaster in the primary ticket market — continues in court.
“Our argument there is, if the ‘convenience fees’ aren’t anything to do with actual costs but just a way of charging more, then it is offside,†said Mr. Branch.
Wendy Matheson, a lawyer representing Ticketmaster, declined to comment on the settlement ruling.
In 2008, Toronto consultant Henryk Krajewski tried to buy tickets online through Ticketmaster to a Smashing Pumpkins concert. The tickets had a face value of $66.50 each. The show was deemed sold out, and he was directed to the TicketsNow website where he paid $533.65, including service charges and shipping costs.
He later learned TicketsNow is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ticketmaster and his distaste with the transaction prompted him to file a class-action suit against the companies in 2009.
Days later, Edmonton draftsman Norman Brandsma also started an action against Ticketmaster after buying tickets to shows by David Byrne and Jay Leno. A third Ticketmaster suit, by Jeffrey Dunbrack, was also brought to court and all three were consolidated into one action.
“While each of the actions is based on a different statute, the theory of the plaintiffs is the same; namely, the sale of primary and secondary market tickets to the plaintiffs and to the members of the proposed classes was contrary to the various statutes,†said Judge Perell.
The plaintiffs sought an injunction stopping the companies from resale markups and damages for unjust enrichment and conspiracy.
In April 2011, the parties began settlement discussions. By January, an agreement was reached regarding the secondary market complaints over resale by TicketsNow.
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I see Phish 2012-06-23 Burgettstown, PA [FLAC] and [mp3] over at demonoid.
I assume they are sbds. Although I haven't d/l any of them, there appears to be a bunch.
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Phish
06/23/2012
Star Lake Amphitheatre
Burgettstown, PA
**24 bit**
Source: DPA 4023>Sonosax SX-M2>Sound Devices 722 (24/96)
Config/Location: NOS/OTS/SLOC 10' extension pole (~2' left of dead center)
Transfer: 722>Firewire>Macbook>
Sound Studio 3.6(fades, normalize peak, +gain, track)>
xACT 2.18(encode, tag, fingerprint)>flac24 (level 8 )
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The droid I was were looking for.
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Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador has slapped a junior hockey coach with a one-year suspension for allowing his players to study for exams instead of attending the opening ceremony for a recent tournament.
In addition to coach Brian Cranford’s suspension, the Mount Pearl Junior Blades team was fined $2,000 by hockey’s governing body in the province.
“We had a good reason for not going,†Cranford told CBC News. “We’re right in the middle of university exams.â€
Cranford — who actually received an award from Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador last year — says it was hard enough getting his players out for the games, never mind the opening ceremonies.
"These are junior kids, they’re 18, 19, 20 years old,†Cranford said. “Because of our schedule, we had real issues trying to get a team iced for every game."
Cranford says he gave notice that the team wouldn’t be able to make it to the ceremony.
But that wasn’t good enough for the organizing committee.
Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador president Jack Lee says the rules were clear — teams in the tournament had to be there from start to finish.
Cranford and the team appealed the suspension and fine, and lost.
The volunteer coach has hired a lawyer, and now plans to take the matter to Hockey Canada.
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If it is, it's the most arrogant ass-backwards way of going about it I've ever seen. Although, I do figure avoiding the media was Thomas' reasoning behind announcing it on facebook. Conservatives never seem to make much sense.
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I find this to be rather bizarre, and can't think of any other players having done something similar.
Given his (not really relevant to this discussion) political beliefs, I chuckled when I read that he has moved to Colorado Springs. That town is about as conservative as they come (no, really).
Yeah, I thought the same Hart, very strange. Also, not only is Colorado Springs conservative, but it is also home to a few of the bigger (biggest perhaps?) evangelical churches or their headquarters if I remember correctly.
Personally, I don't care about his personal life, religious or political beliefs. Although I can guarantee we would not get along, at least from what I've read from him. I enjoyed watching him play and of course because he was on my team. But it's disappointing that he appears to be just not honoring his contract without any explanation. Very unprofessional in my opinion. At least I don't find "friends, family & faith" as a reasonable explanation. If that's really the case, just give up your contract (if that's possible).
I say just throw him on waivers and hope someone picks him up. Very unlikely I know, but at least the option is available.
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Well, his no-trade clause ends july 1st, but Chiarelli says they have no interest in making a trade. Apparently it may be family related according to a comment from Thomas about family first, over goaltending..but who knows, Thomas says he won't be commenting on it right now.
Thomas' cap hit is $5 million, but his actual salary next season is only to be $3 million. Chiarelli doesn't see this as crippling the team. Add to that they get some cap relief because Marc Savard is on the long-term injured reserve list. They also signed a new goaltender, so they wouldn't be short.
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Boston Bruins starting veteran goaltender Tim Thomas may sit out the 2012-13 NHL season, according to a report that appeared Friday on NHL.com and in the Boston Globe.
Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli will be addressing the situation on a conference call Friday.
According to CSNE.com Bruins insider Joe Haggerty, Thomas "abruptly vacated his suburban home north of Boston and moved his family to Colorado in the middle of this season."
One of Haggerty's sources said that part of the reason for Thomas's move was a desire to potentially work with Team USA's hockey program in Colorado Springs once the goalie's playing career finished.
Thomas, the 2010 Conn Smythe Trophy winner, has one year remaining on his current deal with the Bruins and carries a $5 million cap hit for the upcoming season.
The no-movement clause in his contract, however, expires on July 1.
Last summer Thomas was recovering from hip surgery, but this summer he is in good health after posting a 3-4 record (2.14 GAA, .923 save percentage) in the Bruins’ seven-game opening-round playoff series loss to the Washington Capitals.
A two-time Vezina Trophy winner, Thomas is coming off a strong season (35-19-1) but a strange one.
The 38-year-old native of Flint, Michigan, received criticism for opting not to attend the Bruins championship ceremony at the White House, and he has been non-committal about his future with the Bruins’ hockey club.
The solid play of netminder Tukka Rask (11-8-3), who posted a better goals-against average and save percentage than Thomas, albeit in a backup role, has made him a candidate for a starting job. Rask has not played since suffering a lower-body injury on March 3.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2012/06/01/boston_bruins_tim_thomas_considering_year_off/
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A quote from the B's twitter moments ago:
Chiarelli on possibility of trading TT: "He's a world class goalie...he'd help somebody in a big way if he decided to play."^BISH -
Is that a sustainable future model for the music industry? Would artists have more direct control over their music in this scenario? Would this model eliminate the music corporations, or would it just be another avenue for them to exploit?
I think practical for bands who have no contract/agreement with a recording company yet and promote the hell out of it themselves and perhaps sustainable for bands well established enough (popularity/financially etc) to not have to deal directly with a recording company anymore. Outside of perhaps a recording company they own themselves.
Other then that, I really can't imagine any recording company not exploiting this, or attempt to get a big payout somehow. Although I doubt P.E will be one of those exploited, as I get the feeling Chuck D. knows what and where they are going with all this (personal opinion).
Just look at the 75 trillion dollar lawsuit that 13 recording companies are attempting to sue limewire for. Nothing but greed.
Now, this type of action from a band like P.E that generates the amounts of money they do, or can anyway, will do no doubt infuriate some of the recording industry fat cats. Unless of course they are getting their cut somewhere, and looking at the list of guest artists (are they on the recording or did they contribute $$ to the album?), I really don't see the recording industry not taking as much as they can from someone.
Maybe I'm just too cynical.
Public Enemy have unveiled plans for their 25th anniversary, including the release of two new albums. After raising money from fans, the hip-hop crew have split what might have been "one long CD" into a pair of concept records, their 11th and 12th studio LPs."The statement with these albums … [is] in the audacity of the release," Chuck D told Billboard. "Just like, 'What the hell? Two albums that bookend the summer? What the hell?!'" Both records benefitted from Public Enemy's crowdsourcing campaign, with which they hoped to raise $250,000 (£157,000) directly from fans. Although the group was forced to revise their goal to $75,000 (£48,000), they reached that total with the help of 1,178 fans.
Full of "powerful songs and great collaborations", the albums are titled Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp, which is due this summer, and The Evil Empire of Everything, expected this autumn. Outside contributors include Large Professor, Henry Rollins, DMC, Tom Morello and Brother Ali. The albums are "twins", Chuck D said, "fraternal twins – not identical, but they will talk to each other".
"Maybe in the past one would've been an A-side and the other a B-side, or it would've been a long CD," he explained. "But halfway into making it we decided to have two different aspects, one that dealt with the whole movement of people and the other that deals with the situation of everything coming at you at once, like a blizzard."
Public Enemy's last album was 2007's How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/may/24/public-enemy-25-anniversary-albums
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http://www.amazon.ca/Three-Day-Road-Joseph-Boyden/dp/0143056956
Three Day Road is the first novel from Canadian writer Joseph Boyden. Joseph’s maternal grandfather, as well as an uncle on his father’s side, served as soldiers during the First World War, and Boyden draws upon a wealth of family narratives. This novel follows the journey of two young Cree men, Xavier and Elijah, who volunteer for that war and become snipers during the conflict.[1]Set in 1919, following the end of World War I, the novel takes place in the wilderness of Northern Ontario and on the battlefields of France and Belgium. Niska, an Oji-Cree medicine woman, is the remnant of her native relatives who refused to assimilate in the 19th century. She rejected European beliefs and culture and continues to thrive in the bush in a manner befitting her and her traditions. Niska’s voice is one of two narratives that complete the novel. After getting word that her closest thing to living family, Elijah, is coming back from the war she paddles the three-day journey to meet him in town. She finds, however, that it is not Elijah but her nephew Xavier who has returned from battle. In an attempt to heal her only relative, who has clearly been sucked dry of his soul and has hardened with slaughter and turned hollow from morphine, she begins to recount the stories of her past. She believes that perhaps this will revive Xavier and the Three Day Road will not be one to his demise. Similarly, Xavier attempts to stumble over his story for his aunt and unearths ghosts of his bullet-riddled past.
The novel was inspired in part by real-life aboriginal World War I heroes Francis Pegahmagabow and John Shiwak.
In the 1870s whaling was North America’s biggest business. Successful voyages south, to the warm waters of Melville’s great white whale, or north, to the Arctic, brought back ships laden with the whale oil that lit the lamps of the civilized world and the whalebone that stiffened its corsets. Many of the fortune seekers in this harsh trade lost their lives, while others became millionaires.In James Houston’s exciting new adventure novel it is the spring of 1875. Two ships set sail from Connecticut, traveling north together to the Baffin Island Arctic whaling grounds.
One ship is captained by a hard-as-nails Yankee veteran, a man who knows how to deal with mutineers. The other falls to the command of a young Newfoundlander, an expert at sailing through ice fields in a wooden hull – an “Ice Master†– but inexperienced in the specialized, bloody trade of Arctic whaling. Fierce conflicts arise between the two men as they struggle for control during a year-long stay with whale-hunting Inuit at their base on the shores of Baffin Island, where the seamen and the local people find exciting ways of whiling away the long winter nights.
To the drama of the whale hunts is added the dangers of dog-team trips inland, involving terrifying encounters with polar bears. At the whaling station further drama is added by a rivalry with a nearby group of Scottish whalers and an encounter with their dreaded missionary, and a feud with a local shaman, a woman possessed of uncanny powers. Then both ships face the long, creaking, perilously heavy-laden voyage back to New England with a fortune on board.
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I think Mulcair is really trying to reach out to centerist liberals right now, in preparation for not only the next election but also the Liberal leadership race.
During the NDP leadership race Mulcair was criticised for not being as pro-union/pro-labour as the NPD's roots, maybe that's what we are seeing here.
Yeah, that sounds about right I suppose. Although, personally I don't know how I feel about that - I find many centrists to be a bit too right leaning, regardless if they say otherwise. Either way, Mulcair hasn't been impressing me, yet anyway - although, I think appointing Cullen opposition house leader was a good choice, so I'll give Mulcair that.
Though I'm obviously an NDP supporter, I'm not the type of supporter that blindly follows any party. I'm just looking for the best fit with my personal politics. Currently (and historically) that is the NDP. But I certainly don't agree with everything they do.I think it's unfortunate when you get people who blindly follow a political party. No institution is perfect, especially a political one
Agreed. I normally try to keep my support to myself, although it's always obvious where my opposition is. lol - Even though my Father was a union member and strict ndp supporter, I've only voted for them once (last election). Lpc lost me in the early 90s and voting for the smaller or grass roots groups has accomplished nothing except help split the vote and allow me a clean conscious, knowing I voted, each time I open my mouth to whine and bitch about the gov't.
Needless to say, the ndp also best fit my politics - at least when I weigh my politics against the choices available to me that could have the strongest effect against the cpc. Obviously I'm not overly impressed with them so far, but if I have to take a side - then ndp it will be.
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To be honest, I knew you were into politics but I don't think I even knew you were once employed by the ndp, maybe I did and have forgot. Anyway, I had just finished watching cpac run the EI announcement when I made my comment and was rather let down at the complete lack of questions regarding unions by the press, not to mention consideration by Nash while voicing the ndp's "concerns" about these changes.
I too, am pro-union. I've been a union member now since 1990 (IBEW L.U 105) and my locals ties to the ndp run seriously deep. Basically the ndp is responsible for my local's existence in Hamilton. So, it concerns me when I hear very little regarding unions from them, at least in recent months anyway. Personally, I hope Mulcair works, but currently, all I really see is lots of chest pounding without much substance. Time will tell. They are definately gaining some traction.
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Agreed. I read the entire bill the other week. I really hope others are or will as well. The amount of shit being effected is monstrous.
http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=3293341&Language=E&Mode=1
Disgusting.
I was also very disappointed after watching the announcement regarding EI today and no reporter/person questioned Finley about the new EI rules and it's effect on union trades workers. Like if we will be forced to break our union agreements to be eligible for EI. Sadly, it doesn't seem to be part of the NDPs concerns either.
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Budget bill they say....
http://embassymag.ca/page/view/crossborder-05-16-2012
The RCMP is planning to ease Canadians into the idea of United States law enforcement agents pursuing suspects across the land border and onto Canadian soil through "baby steps," say two top Mounties."We recognized early that this approach would raise concerns about sovereignty, of privacy, and civil liberties of Canadians," RCMP Chief Superintendent Joe Oliver, the Mounties' director general for border integrity, told the Senate Committee on National Security and Defence on May 14.
"We said 'Let's take baby steps, let's start with two agencies to test the concept, let's demonstrate to Canadians and Americans that such an approach might work."
Mike Cabana, RCMP deputy commissioner for federal policing, also used the metaphor for an incremental approach in comments he made just before Mr. Oliver's.
"First of all, the discussion started with respect to marine environments. And secondly, baby steps," he said. A marine-based version "was seen as probably the most logical place to start to explore the possibilities."
Both officials were responding to a question by Conservative Senator Don Plett, who hails from Manitoba, as to why the Mounties hadn't gone further with Shiprider—the colloquial term for Integrated Cross-Border Maritime Law Enforcement Operations.
That program will make it permanently legal for United States agents to be certified as police in Canadian waters. It is on track to be passed into law by the majority Harper government as part of its budget bill, C-38, in the form of amendments to the RCMP Act, the Criminal Code, and the Customs Act.
The plan to roll out cross-border policing over land is to start this summer, according to the Canada-US perimeter security plan.
The RCMP has told Embassy this land-based program could give US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Drug Enforcement Administration agents the ability to pursue suspects on Canadian soil.
Embassy has also revealed that the government is not ruling out that aerial police surveillance over land will occur as a result of the current amendments.
As a result, opposition members and academic observers raised several questions around national jurisdiction and police accountability.
But both Public Safety Canada and the RCMP say they are sensitive to these concerns and that Canadian law will remain supreme.
The Mounties say they need the legislation. Criminals, said Mr. Oliver, are "exploiting the fact that we have to respect our boundaries and we have to stop at the border."
"We've had instances where we've engaged in the attempts to interdict vessels in our shared waterways, and the vessel has fled into the other territory and has escaped apprehension," he said.
Mr. Oliver also revealed that while it is often seen in the context of national security, cross-border policing is typically used to pursue organized crime.
Canadian and US agents are consistently focused on the terrorist threat as the "number one priority," he said, but "the reality is that during our day-to-day interactions, the most prevalent threat that we encounter is organized crime, criminal entrepreneurs."
Costs revealed
The RCMP has invested $3 million since 2005 on pilot projects, training, and getting four standardized Shiprider vessels, said Mr. Oliver.
The RCMP has roughly 400 boats, smaller vessels that are often deployed in contract policing or federal policing, he said. But for Shiprider, the program is now moving to a standard vessel so officers can quickly find equipment.
Around 140 Canadian and US cross-border officers have been trained so far, say the officials, at the US Federal Law Enforcement Training Center site in Charleston, South Carolina.
This year there are three classes of 28 people. They said the training is continually modified based on lessons learned in the field.
Each of the training courses cost the RCMP around $75,000. The Mounties pay for the accommodation and travel of officers, but the US pays for the courses.
The two officials noted that entrenching Shiprider into law didn't necessarily mean they would have to go to the federal government and ask for more money—the desire was more about a legal tool to use at events.
"Even in the absence of dedicated resources, there will be things like the Olympics, like the G20. Well, this will provide us an effective legislative tool in our toolbox that we can deploy on an as-needed basis," said Mr. Oliver.
Partial data-sharing in place
The Mounties do not yet have a single computer network that allows all law enforcement and government agencies to share information in real time, said Mr. Cabana.
The closest, he said, is ASIS, an organization that networks different security professionals. It has eight chapters in Canada: Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Edmonton, Calgary, the Prairies, the Pacific, and Southwestern Ontario.
There are other initiatives, he added, such as Canada's Marine Security Operation Centres, which vacuums up and consolidates information from different marine environments. American agents are located at a site in the Niagara region, he said.
"There are processes and protocols that have been implemented...out of concern to ensure the privacy and security of Canadians and to make sure that the information that exists, Canadian information, is properly maintained and properly shared."
An RCMP intelligence analyst is also located at Selfridge Air National Guard Base near Detroit, said Mr. Oliver.
There are also the annual threat assessments from the Integrated Border Enforcement Team, which draw input from the Canada Border Services Agency, the RCMP, the US Coast Guard, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the US Customs and Border Protection
ALTERNATIVE (sub free) LINK: http://canadianawareness.org/2012/05/baby-steps-to-us-agents-on-canadian-soil-rcmp/
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Y-Wing Fender
B Wing
The Eigenharp Alpha
“Available in a variety of finishes, it has 120 highly sensitive keys, 12 percussion keys, 2 strip controllers, a breath pipe and numerous pedal inputs. This gives almost endless possibilities for flexible keyboard layouts, fast instrument switching and expressive musical control. The comprehensive software system provides a wealth of musical performance features, including playback of its own native instruments, many common software plugins, soundfonts or midi instruments.â€
In case you missed it or nodded off http://www.tristudios.com/watch
in Soundboard
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This youtube channel appears to have all or most of the songs and the pre-show.
http://www.youtube.com/user/BubJackson1323/videos?view=0