Question 4 the day..... HOW MANY WORDS CAN U SAY IN 1 MINUTE QUICKLY.... without using the 'letter...a...?
FUN 4 KIDS...
“DIRECTIONS: 1. Cut a glow stick and shake the contents into a jar. Add diamond glitter 2. Seal the top with a lid. 3. Shake.” via Sarah Riley
OR..... ANOTHER WAY....
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This delightful craft can be used as a decoration for a fairy party, Halloween party, or any other event where a few fairies (or fireflies or magic dust) can add a little magical cheer. This craft is inexpensive, and is fun and easy to make.
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Gather the things you'll need: a glowstick (non-toxic is best), a mason jar or other lidded container), and some glitter of any color.
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Cut one end of a glowstick over the jar.
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Empty the contents of the glowstick into the jar.
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Sprinkle in some glitter.
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Screw or clip the lid back on.
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Make the "fairies" appear by shaking the jar.
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The fairy effect lasts for as long as the glowstick would normally last. This should be at least a few hours.
Have children shake the jars whenever they want the best effect.
Alternate Method
- 1Purchase a glass fairy from a craft store or a store where garden ornament are sold
- 2Decorate the bottom of the jar with large stones, moss and leaves.
- 3Hot glue the fairy to a piece of moss or a stone so that in the event of an accidental dropping, the fairy will stay put.
- 4To make a glowing effect at nighttime, you can pour a ring of glowstick around the fairy. This effect works especially if the fairy looks like it's praying or sleeping
MY HEROES.....
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MOST IMPORT ARTICLE EVER ON TEACHING CHILDREN MANNERS, SOCIAL GRACES, SELF INTEGRITY- SELF-RESPECT- ON THE NET - AN ARTICLE 4 THE AGES...
iT'S CALLED MANNERS FOLKS- and oldies took it it school, like dance, setting formal tables, walking sitting properly, and social interaction with each and all..... how to treat each other....
How To Behave In Internet Chat Rooms
Reversing the lost literacy of social graces
Susan Buchanan, a teaching consultant, says that while the education system tries to ensure that all students develop basic skills in math, science and literacy, there is very little emphasis placed on building soft skills, or emotional intelligence (EQ). - Submitted
Published on August 13, 2013
By Heather Killen
TC Media
As the province introduces new approaches to crack down on bullies, it could try ripping a few pages from charm school.
Susan Buchanan, a teaching consultant living near Bridgetown, says that while the education system tries to ensure that all students develop basic skills in math, science and literacy, there is very little emphasis placed on building soft skills, or emotional intelligence (EQ).
These are the social skills that help students to relate to others in their personal lives and, later, in the workplace. Buchanan says that if society wants to create a bully-free world, it can begin by raising people’s EQs.
"Schools are overly concerned about academics," she said. "I haven’t done long division in about three decades, but I use my manners every day."
With a background in educational psychology and testing, about 10 years ago Buchanan was working as a high school teacher when she decided to take a different teaching approach with her class.
She assigned them a project that required them to work in teams and noticed her students didn’t have the social skills they needed to collaborate on the assignments. As much as she needed the teaching job, she realized that she couldn’t fulfill the teaching assignment and went home that night in tears.
Making a change
Even though she knew it was a financial risk, she quit her job and began working as an educational consultant, developing classroom resources that could provide students with soft skills to cope with a variety of situations.
Although not currently used in Nova Scotia, her anti-bullying and other resource kits have been used in about 300 communities across North America. This multi-media resource provides training for teachers, students and parents because it takes a village to create a bully-free world, according to Buchanan.
"I think by the time most of get to high school, we have a pretty good idea of the concepts of solids, liquids and gases, " she said. "But how many of us know what to do if someone is mean to us at work? Bullies don’t just go away after high school."
Bullying is not something that happens because children lack self-esteem, she says. It’s more often a lack of social graces. If we want to create a more compassionate world, we need to give children the tools they need to face life’s situations head-on and earn their self-esteem.
Buchanan defines bullying as a pre-planned, pre-meditated act to cause someone or something harm. Bullying is about imbalance of power, whether perceived or real.
Poor social skills
"A lot of what we see on the playground is rarely true bullying," she said. "Most of it is not pre-meditated and it’s caused when someone wants to make friends, but doesn’t know how."
While true bullying is intended to do harm to another, sometimes children will push others around because they don’t know how to express what they are feeling.
Various inappropriate behaviours are caused by this lack of social skills, she added.
Children can be rough when they tease each other as a sign of affection, or maybe shove in frustration, rather than malice. Buchanan says that if we can teach children how to be assertive and to recognize and express their emotions appropriately, we can build a more compassionate society.
"You can’t just say, ‘bad bully,’ and then send them out in society for the rest of us to deal with," she added. "It’s fine to tell children, be nice. But what does that mean if they don’t have the skills?"
Expelling students from school for inappropriate behaviour serves to cut them off from positive social interaction and compounds the problem as the child develops. The child feels rejected by society rather than contrite for actions.
She added that too often, children are given "the right" to make choices they are often not ready to make, without being taught that rights usually have responsibilities attached. Choices will result in consequences.
Problem parents
She added one of the big problems classroom teachers face are parents who try to shield their children from the consequences of poor choices. Instead of working with the children to improve a situation, they lash out at the teacher.
"Dr. Spock made us worry about our children’s self-esteem," she said. "Self-esteem is something that is developed over a lifetime, you can’t give it to a nine-year-old. Instead you give them tools, and the knowledge of right and wrong."
She added that often parents try to protect children from difficult, or challenging circumstances and consequences, but overcoming adversity is how people develop character and build self-esteem.
"Every time you meet disappointment head-on, it builds self-esteem," she said. "People who have done their homework along the way and are living well in middle age have built good self-esteem. It takes a lifetime to acquire that and people want to give it to eight, or nine year olds? You can’t do it, so you give them tools to build character instead."
Buchanan offers workshops and teaching resources for students in all grades that teach how to recognize the difference between someone who intends harm, and one who lacks the social graces.
The components teach children how to give and receive apologies, how to join conversations and how to ask for help. The course also teaches possible strategies children can use to avoid being harmed.
Her resource kits are tailored for students in each age group, from Primary to senior high school, and offer real-life situations for kids to talk about. It could be what do you do if someone wants to fight with you, or someone kicks your bike.
She also offers other workshops to teach grown-ups how to cope with grief, or family violence, or stress and burnout.
WEBLINK http://www.clariorconsulting.com
http://www.kingscountynews.ca/News/Regional/2013-08-13/article-3346778/Reversing-the-lost-literacy-of-social-graces/1
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Come on world.....homosexuality.... is JUST 'tolerated' by most people.... even those of us who fought so hard 4 basic rights.... aren't stupid....COMMENT IS HONESTY WALKING
GLOBAL REALITY COMMENT:
I like this quote from the article: "This will be the first homophobic Olympics, certainly. That’s without precedent." He gives the impression that worldwide consensus has been pro-homosexuality until now, as if Russia is the first country EVER to oppose homosexuality. What he really means is that the west is so gay-rights-excited that this is the first year that we notice that we have become different than the world.
Pressure mounts on IOC amid backlash on Russia anti-gay law
Next president will inherit controversy after election next month
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2013/08/11/sochi-olympics-ioc-reform.html
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History is replete with examples of a minority’s marginalization being validated by the actions of the very people that would have them forgotten. Russia is finding that out the hard way, but whether or not they care remains to be seen.
In June, Russian President Vladimir Putin put his signature to a law that bans "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations." Essentially this means that if you’re anything but heterosexual in Russia, you’re persona non grata. This has sparked outrage around the world as the Olympics are viewed by many as a time where more than 200 nations put aside their differences to come together in peaceful athletic competition.
In an effort to minimize the profile of gay and transgendered individuals in their own country, Russia has brought this issue to the forefront, an issue that many in the world view as a fundamental denial of human rights. Even though it is unlikely that international visitors to Russia will be affected by the law during the Olympic Games, the issue has taken center stage.
Even though it is only six months away, there is a petition circulating online to move the Sochi Olympics to Vancouver, the venue for the most recent Winter Olympic Games in 2010. While the sentiment behind the petition is well intentioned, it is completely unrealistic. Even with the physical buildings intact, you simply can’t put together an international event of this size in six months. The manpower, security, lodging, communications and other infrastructure required to stage an event of this size is not something that can just be thrown together without years of planning and preparation.
With a venue change removed as an option, celebrities and others are using their personal clout to demand a boycott of this year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Some are saying that to attend the games is to give tacit approval to the law while others say that the sporting event is an international competition and is about more than one country’s (even if they’re hosting) stance on cultural issues within their own borders. What remains, after what will most certainly be many more months of debate, is a personal choice by individuals and competitors to decide for themselves where they stand and to demonstrate their choice by their actions. Support the games or stay home and change the channel?
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14 Wing Greenwood Sunset Ceremony - 78th Highlanders
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Papa Francisco- we love u so much...
Roman Catholic pilgrims from Kings County visit Brazil
Local Roman Catholics from St. Joseph's Parish Kentville pilgrimed 2 Brazil 2 see Papa Francisco
The Kentville pilgrims pose before the statue of Jesus as Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado Mountain in Brazil. - submitted
Published on August 11, 2013
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By Wendy Elliottwelliott@kingscountynews.ca KingsCountyNews.ca
Thirteen Roman Catholic pilgrims from St. Joseph's Church in Kentville found themselves among three million of the faithful in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, recently.
Youth co-ordinator Kate Corrigan said they were delighted to get close to the most famous pilgrim of all as Pope Francis returned to his native continent in late July for the first time since his election.
"Pope Francis looked me in the eye and waved. What a humbling experience," Corrigan said.
At the Saturday night vigil on Copacabana Beach, Corrigan said the Kentville group watched the service on the twelfth screen back from the Pope.
The 76-year-old pontiff told young people from nearly 180 countries, who had come for the church’s biennial World Youth Day, to look into their hearts.
"His homily challenged us," said Corrigan. "He encouraged us to go and make disciples of the nations."
He asked all the pilgrims to pray for a young girl who was shot trying to leave her home country to attend the Youth Day.
She was impressed with the fact that the Pontiff she called Papa Francisco stood before the masses in tattered and torn shoes.
"He’s the coolest guy. He’s so real. His humility showed us what it is to be a Christian."
During Eucharistic adoration, where the host of the Body of Christ is displayed for veneration, Corrigan said it was so quiet on the beach that for 30 minutes you could only hear the waves of the ocean. It was very moving, she added.
Joe Gnemmi, an ESL teacher from Hantsport, got close to the pontiff twice and said he is still processing the whole experience.
"It was completely crazy and completely awesome," he said. "People from all over the world were there, professing the same thing, and they were all young."
The Kentville representatives spent a week before the youth gathering in family billets outside Rio. They took a doll made by Mary Lou Hatfield as a mascot and attached Canadian and Nova Scotia flags to hockey sticks so no one got lost.
Corrigan said the Brazilians they encountered were very friendly.
"The people were lovely. A number of times I was told people had a dream to come to Canada."
Both Corrigan and Gnemmi had attended previous World Youth assemblies.
Also attending the event were Phil Gnemmi, Margaret Gnemmi, Beverley Harris, Matthew Hillier, Matthew Lannan, Jerschelle Mendoza, Adrianna Merks, Jermaine Perez, Faith Santos, Jason Schofield and Mark Trenholm.
http://www.kingscountynews.ca/Community/2013-08-11/article-3346745/Roman-Catholic-pilgrims-from-Kings-County-visit-Brazil/1
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Africas want Canada 2 big up their disaster bill 4 green after allowing Russia and China 2 rape all they have- especially wildlife, and lands of minerals and all that was magnificant.... oh no.... nope.
CANADA MUST SAY NO $$$... Africa wants Canada 2 $$$$4 the raping of Africa by China n Russia's greed? Russia-China-USA-Japan-New Zealand-Australia-India-Pakistan REFUSE 2 SIGN OR $$$FUND ?SHD CANADA? Seriously Africa...... seriously???? u-sold-out-2-China n Russia- u destroyed ur lands, ur animials butchered - ur people in abject poverty.... seriously Africa???
African bank chief calls on Canada to finance climate change fund
Donald Kaberuka warns against CIDA-DFAIT merger leading to 'mercantilist agenda
The Harper government has said it won’t contribute a dime to the new Green Climate Fund, adopted at the 2011 UN climate change summit in Durban, South Africa, until all major greenhouse gas emitters sign on to a binding deal, which countries in Durban were given until 2015 to reach.
http://www.embassynews.ca/news/2013/08/06/african-bank-chief-calls-on-canada-to-finance-climate-change-fund/44280
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Golen Heights, Northern Israel..... sorry that Iran thinks ur a pimple on the ass of the elephant that is Islam....... Imagine... and iddy biddy State Nations 4 all the world's jews.... and the Holy Bible of the old and new Testaments of Je...See More
Inspiring imagery....a rainbow over the raging Sa'ar Waterfall - Golan Heights, Northern Israel
Photo by: Noam Chen
God's blessing on us all- Golen Heights, Israel- GOD'S FIRST PEOPLE ISRALITES
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From God's First Peoples - Israel 2 the beloved Idle No More- First Peoples- what a share.... and what love we have 4 the First Peoples- 10,000 years- majestic, intelligent, beautiful and Mother Nature's true caregivers of our planet 2da
Remember to smile, live with your eyes and heart open wide. Dream big, believe in peace, find your rainbows.
Thank u beleloved brothers and sisters of our First Peoples of North America- 10,000 years.... God's blessing is upon us...
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Russia QUESTION: 2013
Can homosexuals STILL serve in russia's military 2013
Gay people (at least officially) can serve in the military on a par with heterosexual people since 2003
Gay Russian Soldiers- imho.... this seems like some sort of porn than actual Russian Gay Military... perhaps I'm wrong...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJCtlCIine0
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UNITED KINGDOM-
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF GLOBAL CRISIS- illegals dumping- notice not Russia, China, Africas, Islam countries..... United Nations needs 2 step up here..... illegals are outnumbering our acual residents in some countries..... like USA- the number of illegals in USA outnumbers the whole population of CANADA- yet all treat First Peoples of our nations horribly..??? why???-imhio- AND WHAT ABOUT OUR OWN NATIONS- HOMELESS, JOBLESS, ILL, DISABLED?
there are so many illegals storming in2 and breaking our Natural Immigration laws globally that many 'civilized' countries just cannot keep up..... with the taxpaying people who put food, medicine, clean beds, education and care of our ill and elderly anymore.....
Home Office backs down over 'go home' vans after legal complaint
Government agrees to consult with local communities before embarking on such campaigns again
Rowena Mason, political correspondent
theguardian.com, Monday 12 August 2013 15.00 BST
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/12/home-office-backs-down-go-home-vans
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hmmmmm who's more agressive on this planet.... USA???? or CHINA?????? or RUSSIA?????...MUSLIM NATIONS?????
hmmmm
Defence analysts say navy should shift vessels to West Coast
Halifax has more warships than Esquimalt, yet modern threat is from China. Canada should get out of its Cold War mindset and move the majority of its warships from Halifax to the B.C. coast in response to the Chinese navy’s aggressive military buildup, say defence analysts
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HONOURING CANADA PEACEKEEPERS- Fishers Day in Nova Scotia- Nouvelle-Ecosse Aug. 11- luv u- CANADA GAMES 2013/Maritime Cadets step up 4 anti-bullying help lines- L'Intimidation Psychologiquehttp://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2013/08/honouring-canada-peacekeepers-fishers.html
CANADA MILITARY NEWS: Aug12-Legions Remember troops/PTSD/Suicides-2many/IdleNoMoreCanadanews/OneBillionRising/Rehtaeh/Canadanewshttp://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2013/08/canada-military-news.html
HONOURING CANADA PEACEKEEPERS- Fishers Day in Nova Scotia- Nouvelle-Ecosse Aug. 11- luv u- CANADA GAMES 2013/Maritime Cadets step up 4 anti-bullying help lines- L'Intimidation Psychologiquehttp://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2013/08/honouring-canada-peacekeepers-fishers.html
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TIDBITS
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Remember- BULLIED 2 DEATH- 11 year old Canadian Child- he had a medical condition- and they tortured him in class, on way home... at home..... HE WAS AN 11 YEAR OLD CANADIAN CHILD...... the face of bullycide
BULLYCIDE- 11 YEARS OLD- disabilities
JAMIE FROM OTTAWA- R U HAPPY NOW????? BULLYCIDE
I've been 2 vietnam and suffered child abuse- believe me- child abuse was harder
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Canada- kind of sleeezy don't u think..... the Canada -media (well all media does this because it's 98% owned by about 20 people) hijacks elections - as evidenced by Tory Majority - and... now.... hijacking voters in Canada- like Canadians will fall 4 this???
Journalists vying for seat in Commons shows politics changing: Spector
‘It’s so counter-intuitive to everything we’ve been experiencing in Canadian politics,’ says Norman Spector.
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Prince Charles
Prince Charles says 'brutal' execution of Drummer Lee Rigby has 'taken its toll' on morale of armed forces
The future king said the Woolwich killing of the father-of-one Fusilier on May 22 has hurt British troops but also proved their ability to overcome adversity
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WALKING WITH THE WOUNDED- 2013- ANTARCTIC CHALLENGE
Prince Harry braves -40C with Wire star Dominic West in training for polar charity trek
Both men took part in ten hour trek across Langjökull Glacier in Iceland
Trek was in preparation for Walking With The Wounded Antarctic challenge
Harry will the UK team while Dominic West leads the Commonwealth Team
They will have to travel 208-miles in grueling conditions across South Pole
By SUZANNAH HILLS
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Prince Harry is pictured far right on a ten-hour trek across the Langjökull Glacier in Iceland in preparation for the Walking With The Wounded challenge which will see him lead a UK team of four wounded soldiers on a 208-mile expedition across the South Pole. Actor Dominic West, star of The Wire, pictured third from the right, also attended the training exercise and will lead a Commonwealth team and there will be a third team of soldiers from America
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2389993/Prince-Harry-braves-40C-Wire-star-Dominic-West-training-polar-charity-trek.html
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UK- fracking?????
OH Lord..... and thought Cameron was rather ok... ewwwww-poor UK
We must welcome fracking everywhere, Cameron says (but would he really want drilling near his Oxfordshire home?)
The Prime Minister urged communities to 'seize' the chance to welcome shale gas drilling near their homes – but Downing Street refused to say if he would be happy with a gas sites in Witney.
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Afghanistan
Disowned by her family and in a shelter after fleeing her abusive husband, tragic fate of Afghan woman MP who now wants to leave her war-ravaged country
Noor Zia Atmar, 40, who was a politician from 2005 to 2010, now lives in a home for abused women after escaping from a husband who beat her and a family who disowned he
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The lost voices of Britain before WW1: German recording of British PoWs reveals a rural society rich in now extinct accents that varied from village to village
The recordings were discovered by British academic John Adams
They are believed to be the earliest known recordings of its kind
Experts fascinated that the Oxfordshire accent has completely changed
Recordings made by Alois Brandl and Wilhelm Doegen
They will be unveiled at next year's First World War centenary events
By TARA BRADY
PUBLISHED: 11:52 GMT, 12 August 2013 | UPDATED: 12:46 GMT, 12 August 2013
The voices of British soldiers held prisoner in Germany during the First World War have been uncovered in recordings that offer extraordinary insight into a world before radio and mass produced motor cars.
Discovered by academic John Adams in Berlin, they reveal a society where accents changed distinctly from village to village and some dialect words are virtually unrecognisable.
Among the men recorded was John Hickman, a musician from Bletchingdon, north of Oxford, who experts say has an Oxfordshire accent completely different from that of today.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2389902/German-recording-British-PoWs-reveals-rural-society-rich-regional-accents-lost.html#ixzz2bmJydqk4
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Millions have cried out in the heartbreak and despair of Rehtaeh Parsons travesty unfolding be4 our eyes.... Courtney, Jenna, Jamie from Ottawa, Amanda- thousands of Canadian kids killing themselves because of tortured2death by peers...... u know we all thought the internet was such a blessing...
... but people under 16 should have absolutely NO PRIVILEGE on the internet etc... if murder is so easy..... like Canada (2nd largest country-largest in minerals on planet) with population of only 36 million can afford 2 lose thousands of our Canadian kids 2 evil little sheets... that need 2 be tarred and feathered and sent all around the towns, villages, and cities 4 the world 2 see WHAT COWARDS LOOK LIKE!... Imho- All these beautiful kids 4 dead... bullied 2 death.... in Canada and globally.
Former Ontario official to review Nova Scotia justice system in Parsons case
HALIFAX – A former Ontario prosecutor and civil servant has been appointed by the Nova Scotia government to conduct an independent review of the handling of the Rehtaeh Parsons case by police and the provincial Public Prosecution Service.
Murray Segal has been asked to make recommendations to improve the justice system and consider the impact technology is having on young people and their families, as well as their interaction with the justice system and police.
Segal was deputy attorney general and the chief prosecutor in Ontario with more than 30 years experience as a lawyer, consultant, mediator and government adviser. He has been given until April 1 to provide the province with a report.
Segal has been asked to determine, among other things, whether to the length of time it took to conduct the police investigation in the Parsons case was appropriate, and if it wasn’t, then how can investigations be handled more quickly in the future.
Parsons was 17 when she was taken off life-support following a suicide attempt in April.
Her family alleges she was sexually assaulted by four boys in November 2011. They say the teen was then bullied for months after a digital photo of the alleged assault was passed around her school in Halifax.
Two 18-year-old men are due in court Thursday to face child pornography-related charges after they were arrested last week.
The charges came a day after a new law took effect in the province that allows people to sue if they or their children are being cyberbullied.
Nova Scotia Justice Minister Ross Landry said the province wants to get to the bottom of how the case was handled by justice officials.
"We are committed to reviewing everything that led up to this tragic death, including the role of police and the prosecution service," he said in a statement Monday. "We aren’t leaving any stone unturned."
The terms of reference for Segal’s review include looking at whether the police investigation of Parsons’ complaint complied with training, policies and procedures that were in place at the time. It will also determine whether police training, policies and guidelines used to investigate allegations of sexual assault, child pornography and other offences related to cyberbullying are adequate.
Segal has also been asked to look at whether the advice given to the police by the Public Prosecution Service complied with appropriate training, policies, procedures and guidelines, and determine whether they are adequate.
In a statement, Segal said he recognizes that the Parsons case "has captured the hearts and minds of Nova Scotians and Canadians."
"I am committed to conducting a thorough review that will support the ongoing efforts to address this important issue."
by The Canadian Press on Monday, August 12, 2013 10:55am
http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/08/12/nova-scotia-to-detail-next-steps-in-review-of-justice-role-in-parsons-case/
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Protect the victims, but also prevent the bullying
Published on August 13, 2013
Topics : Halifax , Bridgetown
In the wake of the province’s anti-bullying legislation this week, bullying is something that’s on everyone’s minds.
The provincial legislation, dubbed the Cyber-Safety Act, does a number of things – most notably, it protects both minors and adults from cyberbullying.
It also holds parents accountable for the actions of their children by making them financially responsible – victims can sue both their tormentors and their parents if the bully is a minor – and gives schools more teeth, enabling them to hold students accountable for cyberbullying, whether it’s done on school property or not.
For anyone who has been bullied, the act is likely welcomed news. It’s easy to remember, as adults, the hurt that arises from being picked on in school. Technology, however, has enabled bullying to go beyond torment at school, making the victims unable to leave it behind at the end of the school day.
As a province, we saw the devastating realities of what can happen when a child is the victim of cyberbullying in the tragic case of Rehteah Parsons, a Halifax teen who committed suicide last April. Parsons endured months of bullying, prompted by the distribution of a digital photo of her allegedly being sexually assaulted in November 2011. Charges were laid in her case last week against two Halifax teens accused of distributing child pornography.
Overall, this legislation is an important step. This bill specifically puts a degree of responsibility on both the parents and the school system to protect children who are victims of bullying.
However, what about the bullies themselves? A Bridgetown woman has an interesting perspective on the issue. Susan Buchanan, a teaching consultant, says that a lack of emphasis in schools on developing "soft skills," or emotional intelligence, is one of the reasons bullies develop.
Buchanan defines bullying as a pre-planned, pre-meditated act that is done deliberately to do another child harm. She believes that the kids labeled as bullies on the playground aren’t really that at all; instead, she thinks they simply don’t have the social skills necessary to interact with other children.
Perhaps, then, part of the solution is ensuring that our kids are taught compassion for others at a young age. Focusing on a child’s social development is just as important as academics, and as Buchanan points out, it takes a village to raise a child. Ensuring that society sends a clear message that cyberbullying is unacceptable isn’t enough; we also need to emphasize to our kids how they should be interacting with their peers by giving them the tools and leading by example
http://www.kingscountynews.ca/Opinion/Editorials/2013-08-13/article-3346751/Protect-the-victims,-but-also-prevent-the-bullying/1
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Can cyberbullying laws really work?
Nova Scotia's law in wake of Rehtaeh Parsons tragedy only 'a first step'
By Janet Davison, CBC News Posted: Aug 12, 2013 5:15 AM ET Last Updated: Aug 12, 2013 9:58 AM ET
Nova Scotia's new law to counteract cyberbullying aims to protect victims and hold young perpetrators — and even their parents in some cases — responsible. But legal and social welfare experts have their doubts that the law will have a significant impact in the fight against the insidious online behaviour unless much more educational groundwork is laid.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/08/09/f-cyberbullying-legislation-rehtaeh-parsons.html
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WHEN ALL MEDIA... is called sleeze.... even those 'no fans' of Rob Ford
Experts say "social media paparazzi" surrounding Rob Ford unprecedented
The level of "social media paparazzi" surrounding Rob Ford is unprecedented, media and online experts say, as videos showing the Toronto mayor enjoying a night on the town have sparked renewed questions about his behaviour.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/experts-say-social-media-paparazzi-surrounding-rob-ford-unprecedented-219186121.html
Winnipeg
Is the level of "social media paparazzi" surrounding Toronto Mayor Rob Ford unprecedented?
Yes 64%
No 36%
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UNITED KINGDOM-
HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF GLOBAL CRISIS- illegals dumping- notice not Russia, China, Africas, Islam countries..... United Nations needs 2 step up here..... illegals are outnumbering our acual residents in some countries..... like USA- the number of illegals in USA outnumbers the whole population of CANADA- yet all treat First Peoples of our nations horribly..??? why???-imhio- AND WHAT ABOUT OUR OWN NATIONS- HOMELESS, JOBLESS, ILL, DISABLED?
there are so many illegals storming in2 and breaking our Natural Immigration laws globally that many 'civilized' countries just cannot keep up..... with the taxpaying people who put food, medicine, clean beds, education and care of our ill and elderly anymore.....
Home Office backs down over 'go home' vans after legal complaint
Government agrees to consult with local communities before embarking on such campaigns again
Rowena Mason, political correspondent
theguardian.com, Monday 12 August 2013 15.00 BST
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/12/home-office-backs-down-go-home-vans
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Sockeye food, recreational fisheries banned for Skeena River First Nations
By: The Canadian Press
TERRACE, B.C. - Sockeye salmon returns have plunged to historic lows in the Skeena River system of northwestern British Columbia, forcing drastic, never-before imposed, fishing closures.
Commercial and non-native recreational fisheries were shut down on the river last month but, for the first time ever, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has closed First Nations food and recreational fisheries on the waterway.
Closures extend from the Pacific Ocean, up the Skeena River and its tributaries, while recreational fishing is also restricted in Babine River and Babine Lake, east of Smithers.
That closure angers the Lake Babine Nations, who have issued a release noting non-native recreational sockeye fishing continues in one section of the huge lake, and the closure to the aboriginal fishery amounts to a violation of First Nations constitutional rights.
Department of Fisheries North Coast area director Mel Kotyk estimates only 395,000 sockeye will return to the Skeena system this year, down from initial estimates of up to 800,000 fish.
He says the management plan for the river requires a total closure if counts fall below 400,000 and he blames conditions at sea for the poor returns, but doubts those conditions will affect next year's sockeye spawning cycle
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HONOURING CANADA PEACEKEEPERS- Fishers Day in Nova Scotia- Nouvelle-Ecosse Aug. 11- luv u- CANADA GAMES 2013/Maritime Cadets step up 4 anti-bullying help lines- L'Intimidation Psychologique
http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2013/08/honouring-canada-peacekeepers-fishers.html
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REHTAEH DESERVED BETTER POLICING AND BETTER VIGILANCE FROM SCHOOLS, HOSIPITALS, COMMUNITY AND POLICING- this girl really did..
READER’S CORNER: Disgusted with police
August 12, 2013 - 5:28pm
Rage welled up inside me as I read the hollow and infuriating comments from RCMP Chief Supt. Roland Wells and Halifax Police Chief Jean-Michel Blais at the news conference announcing the charges laid against two youths in the Rehtaeh Parsons case.
I quote from your Aug. 10 news story: "Wells even said the public would be wrong to see Rehtaeh’s case as a matter for law enforcement. ‘The tendency might be to look at this as a police issue. This is not a police issue,’ said Wells. ‘This is about a ... community issue, helping our youth be respectful to one another and to get through the struggles that they’re getting through.’ "
Unbelievable! Since when is an allegation of rape not a matter for police?
It’s apparent the police have no intention of acknowledging they mishandled this case. They seem much more committed to protecting themselves and the identity and safety of the two accused youths charged than they ever were to investigating Rehtaeh’s complaint.
It also seems they’re not above wielding the law like a hammer to intimidate, hinder and thwart the efforts of groups such as Anonymous.
Wells and Blais need to be immediately removed and replaced with individuals who acknowledge that rape is a crime, not a social problem that one "struggles to get through."
Shame on them. Wells said vigilantism would "not be tolerated;" if only police were as vigorous in their defence and protection of Rehtaeh and her rights, we might not be discussing this case today.
Disgusting! I have lost all confidence in and respect for RCMP and Halifax police brass.
Karen Davison, Halifax
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PARSONS PROBE REVIEW
Answers, perhaps, at long last
With the announcement Monday of a six-month independent review into the initial investigation of the Rehtaeh Parsons case, Nova Scotians may yet find out why no charges were laid after the teen was allegedly sexually assaulted, then viciously cyber-bullied after photos of the incident were circulated online.
After Rehtaeh’s death, many Nova Scotians were outraged to learn that no charges had been laid in the case.
The province announced in the spring that it would review the role of the police and the public prosecution service in the case. With the help of Crown attorneys from Ontario, two 18-year-olds were charged last week, one with producing child pornography, the other with two counts of distributing it .
Toronto lawyer Murray Segal is in charge of the review, expected to last six months at a cost of $200,000. Mr. Segal, a specialist in criminal law, was deputy attorney general of Ontario for eight years and acted as chief legal adviser to the Ontario government, and is also a former chief prosecutor for the Province of Ontario.
At a news conference announcing the review on Monday, Justice Minister Ross Landry said the government wants the review to advise on how the justice system can deal with issues arising from technology.
If the review has a shortcoming, it is that Mr. Segal, under the review’s terms of reference, cannot compel anyone to provide evidence but must depend on the co-operation of those involved.
Given the tragic nature of, and high public interest in, the case, plus the fact that Mr. Segal’s probe could lead to new investigations and further charges, expecting everyone involved to co-operate is unrealistic.
However, Mr. Segal may be uniquely positioned to help the province refine how the law responds to such cases. His publications include one on how the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms affects criminal law.
The province’s new Cyber-Safety Act, now in effect, has been criticized as too broad and open to Charter challenges on the basis of restricting free speech. Mr. Segal may be able to help the province refine its legislation to avoid such challenges.
Mr. Landry indicated as much Monday, saying that the province is looking to the review for direction on how best to move forward on the Parsons, and similar, cases.
A teenage girl found no remedy in the justice system for an alleged crime and the merciless online harassment that ensued, and her family — and other Nova Scotians — want to know why.
Mr. Segal may not be able to answer all our questions about the Parsons case, but his work will be a success if his recommendations lead to appropriate legislation that is in place the next time a young person finds herself or himself in a similar situation.
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N.S. adds medals in paddling, triathlon
August 13, 2013 - 3:58pm By STEVE BEZANSON Sports Reporter
Kayaker Marshall Hughes, 18, of Fall River, won Canada Games silver Tuesday in the K-1 1,000 metres. (Communications Nova Scotia)
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The medal harvest on the water of Lac Magog continued for Nova Scotia’s canoe-kayak team at the Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke, Que., on Tuesday.
One day after securing seven medals for the province - one gold, four silver and two bronze - Nova Scotia’s paddlers upped the total to 11 with four more medals in early action.
Dartmouth’s Craig Spence set the tone in the day’s first final, winning gold in the men’s C-1 1,000-metres. Spence’s time of 4:24.39 made is a comfortable winner over Alberta’s Drew Hodges (4:27.80) in second and Tom Sherwin (4:32.12) in third.
Sam Hall also captured gold, winning the women's K-1 1,000 metres.
Marshall Hughes won silver in the men’s K-1 1,000 and Emily Riddle earned bronze in the women's C-1 1,000.
Off the water, Connor Gillespie-Friesen captured bronze in men’s triathlon.
Gillespie-Friesen finished just 22 seconds out of top spot with a time of 55:35. Quebec’s Xavier Grenier Talavera was first in 55:13 and Tyler Mislowchuk of B.C. second in 55:26.
MORE TO COME
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Nova Scotia Nouvelle-Ecosse
Thank a peacekeeper
By Kate White, Ottawa Citizen August 9, 2013
National Peacekeepers' Day is the day to remember and honour Canadian peacekeepers, and marks the events of Aug. 9, 1974, when nine Canadian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Emergency Force in Egypt and Israel lost their lives when their plane was shot down over Syria.
It is an important day to reflect on the contributions and leadership Canada could be making to UN peacekeeping today. Canadians often believe that we have continued to be a leader in contributing to UN peacekeeping around the world. Our global contribution is currently 92 police (largely in Haiti), 56 troops (again, largely in Haiti) and 12 military experts.
This, at a time when the Canadian Forces have emerged highly trained and experienced from one of the most complex engagements in Afghanistan, with skills and talents that will atrophy if not used. This is an important time for Canadians and our government to explore innovations and new leadership in peacekeeping. Peacekeeping has evolved in each mission since the first, promoted by Lester B Pearson, in the Sinai. Peacekeeping relies on highly trained and disciplined soldiers who are prepared to use force, using modern technologies, and is fraught with real dangers.
This hasn't stopped Canada in the past from bringing our best in leadership and resources to maintaining and building lasting peace so others might enjoy our freedom and great privileges. We should be doing that again.
Don't forget to thank a peacekeeper today.
Kate White,
President and CEO
United Nations Association in Canada
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CANADA MILITARY NEWS: Aug11/IdleNoMoreCanada-First Peoples/Child Abuse/Legions remember troops-we honour wounded n 158 waitin on us/One Billion Rising-breaking the chains/PTSD-Invisible barriers of mental illness needs healing/Rehtaeh/Canada nws
http://nova0000scotia.blogspot.ca/2013/08/canada-military-news.html
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BEST VIDEO OF THE GAMES
Sherbrooke 2013 aux Jeux du Canada d'Halifax / Sherbrooke 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxWbxtWzABY
Canada Games Day 8: Preview
Kings County News
Published on August 11, 2013
Topics : Canada Games , Team Nova Scotia , Nova Scotia , Kings , Para
On the first day of competition at week two at the Canada Games, several Kings County athletes will compete for Team Nova Scotia.
Para-athletes Ben Brown will compete at 4:50 p.m. ADTin the 400 m wheelchair preliminary, while David Bambrick will compete in shot put at 3:45 p.m. Read more about their hopes for the Games here.
Athletics competitions will get underway, with Chelsea MacMurtery of Hants Border competing in the 100 m Special Olympics Female at 2:50 p.m. and Greenwich’s Tyler Carter-Smith and Lindsey Griffin competing in the 100 m Special Olympics Male at 3:20 p.m. Special Athletes' coach Scott Turnbull is from Berwick.
Women’s basketball gets underway with Team Nova Scotia facing off against PEI at 10 a.m. Playing for Nova Scotia is Horton student Lauren Joudrey, while assistant coaches Beth Detienne and Adam Detienne are from Kentville.
Women’s beach volleyball will get underway at noon, with Nova Scotia facing off against New Brunswick. Playing for Team Nova Scotia is Hillary Monette of New Minas.
Watch the Canada Games online.
Full schedules, results and statistics are available here.
Read more about the local athletes or see a slideshow of them at the Games.
Mobile-friendly link to Kingscountynews.ca coverage
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CANADA GAMES
Push for the podium
David Bambrick
Published on August 11, 2013 The Register/Advertiser
By Jennifer Hoegg
jhoegg@kingscountynews.ca KingsCountyNews.ca
David Bambrick is looking forward to donning Team Nova Scotia gear this week.
The Wolfville para-athlete will compete in both shot put and discuss during the second week of the multi-sport competition in Sherbrooke, Que.
"It’s my first and only Canada Games so it’s pretty sweet to represent your province and put on that jersey with the flag on it," the 29-year-old said last week.
"It’s pretty sweet to represent your province.
"When I was a little kid I played all kinds of sports, but just town teams," Bambrick said. "This is my biggest accomplishment yet to represent my province."
Canada Games is a step towards the goal of representing Canada at the 2015 Para Pan Am games in Toronto. After that?
"My major goal is to represent Canada in 2016 in Rio," he said.
Not much holds Bambrick back rom his goals.
Bambrick has cerebral palsy in his right side and came to his sport through participating in Acadia’s SMILE program.
"The former co-ordinator of SMILE Ueli Albert talked to me one day."
The para-athletic coach, and national wheelchair coach, connected Bambrick to Steve Wohlmuth with Launchers’ Athletics.
"As you can see by my size, I’m not the Usein Bolt," Bambrick said, laughing. "At 240 pounds, I’m not going to get the nine seconds for 100 metres.
Throwing the shot put, however, Bambrick can do well.
"That was in 2009 and I’ve been with Steve ever since," Bambrick said. "He’s an awesome coach."
The coach has faith in Bambrick, too.
"I believe David will be on the podium," he said last week, "the question is what colour?"
Wohlmuth said Bambrick is still learning after three years in the sport, and only a month in discus, but is ready to compete in shotput and discus.
"Although David has CP, I continue to push him to higher levels," Wohlmuth added "No special treatment with me. Hopefully this will be a positive experience to advance David onto the international para-track and field stage."
Training six days a week in the weight room and on the track, Bambrick has been dedicating himself to his athletic goals, even giving up his work as the Acadia hockey team’s equipment manager.
"I have to give up something to gain something," he said.
Preparation has also been about fundraising and Bambrick said he is grateful for generous supporters.
"I would really like to thank the community and my family for all the support," Bambrick said. Especially his parents, he added. "They let my try everything in sport."
While Bambrick is thrilled to be with Team Nova Scotia for the first time, 25-year-old Ben Brown is competing in his third winter games.
Injured in an off-road vehicle accident, the Weston-native has retrained as a wheelchair athlete and represented the province in track at the 2009 summer games and wheelchair basketball at the 2011 winter games.
Sherbrooke will also be his last Games, Brown says.
"I’m using it as a stepping stone for the next thing," he said last week, "which is either world championships or the Para Pan Ams."
Ben Brown
<p>Ben Brown’s friends and supporters have signed a Nova Scotia flag for him to carry to the Canada Games.</p>
View the gallery
Like Bambrick, he has his sights set on the 2016 Paralympics and has been fully dedicated to wheelchair racing for the past two years.
"If you’re going to try to make the Paraympics in a sport, you can’t do other sports," he said. "It takes a whole dedication that not a lot of people understand.
" I truly stepped up my commitment in the fall of 2011 when I realized this is the sport that’s going to get me to travel the world, get to the Paralympics, enable me to get an education that allows me to get a fulltime career," he added.
As part of that mission, Brown’s goal is to be on the podium in Sherbrooke for both the 200-metre and 400-metre races.
"And personal bests, increase my world rankings for the end of the season and finish the season as strong as I started it or stronger," he added.
"We’re in the business of doing well and doing my very best, not of participating."
After dropping 10 seconds off his 400 time in the last year, Brown is having a good season and thinks he has what it takes to medal.
"Everything has been clicking very well," he said.
To get there, he has been training hard with coach Albert Ueli and facing the challenges of travel and fundraising to pay for equipment, fuel and living.
Finding the right surface to train one – the Acadia track is too soft – is one of the challenges, meaning Brown’s schedule includes frequent travel to Halifax to train at Saint Mary’s and at the Oval on the Commons.
At home, he hits the asphalt.
"My distance on the road can be a minimum 10, maximum 15 (kilometre) in 45 minutes," Brown said. "People in Aylesford, Cambridge, Berwick have all seen me.
After all the work and concentration, he’s ready to race.
"Looking forward to getting on the track and being the best I can be and hopefully shocking the country."
What to watch
Aug. 12
4:50 p.m. ADT
Ben Brown
400 M wheelchair preliminary
Personal best: 58.41 seconds
3:45 p.m.
David Bambrick
Shot put
Personal best: 11.33 metre
Aug. 13
2:50 p.m. ADT
Brown
200 M wheelchair preliminary
Personal best: 30.04 seconds
Aug. 15
3:45 and 4:15 p.m.
Brown
400 M wheelchair finals
Aug. 16
2:20 and 3:20 p.m.
Brown
200 M wheelchair finals
7 p.m.
David Bambrick
Discus
Personal best: 27.94 metres
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Incredible Accordian playing...
FISHERMEN'S FAREWELL John Drakes, Nfld Accordion Player
"Fisherman's Farewell" is a newfie (newfoundland) song composed by Jim Pittman (1937-1996) from Nova Scottia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSGldCI8HE4
Scenes of Fortune Bay, Nfld and song "
Fisherman's Farewell" sung by John Drakes
website: www.lukeysboat.com
CDs available jsdrakes@hotmail.com
I dedicate this song to my very best friend Ron from Canada. I had not a partiture to learn the song. I played this song on my own style with some improvisations. It is played with a 45 years old Scandalli accordion.
Thanks to Nfld Accordion Player John Drakes for some information about this song. He played this song with his group Lukey's Boat (www.lukeysboat.com)
First Annual Mariner's Day Observed- Nova Scotia Nouvelle-Ecosse
Fisheries and Aquaculture
August 9, 2013 12:50 PM
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Nova Scotians who make a living at sea will be remembered Sunday, Aug. 11, as the province observes Mariner's Day and Seaman's Memorial Day.
A sunset ceremony will take place at the Fishermen's Monument, MacCormack's Beach Provincial Park, 1641 Shore Rd., Eastern Passage, with refreshments at Fisherman's Cove after the event.
"Mariner's Day pays tribute to all men and women who contributed so much to the economic prosperity of this province and who lost their lives in the process," said Sterling Belliveau, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture. "It also provides an opportunity to promote safety practices within the fishing industry."
Families can encourage safety by asking loved ones to take greater precautions while at sea, ensuring a crew will return home without suffering an injury or worse.
The province is working with agencies and associations to promote safety within the fishing industry and to help prevent future fatalities.
"On Mariner's Day, the Fisheries Safety Association of Nova Scotia recognizes the history of the fishing industry and its contribution to our wonderful province," said Stewart Franck, executive director of the association. "With the strong tradition of fish harvesting also comes a saga of loss and tragedy off our coast.
"We are hopeful that Mariner's Day will prompt every person associated with the Nova Scotia fishing industry to strengthen their commitment to safety at work and at sea."
A ball tournament is also planned in the Municipality of Barrington in memory of Katlin Nickerson, captain of the ill-fated Miss Ally. The tournament, which starts on Friday and wraps up on Mariner's Day, has 18 teams registered. Funds raised will support the Katlin Nickerson Memorial Bursary.
In April, the Mariner's Day Act was passed to observe the second Sunday in August as Mariner's Day.
Some communities, such as Canso, will continue to observe Seaman's Memorial Day. The Canso ceremony, hosted by the Canso Lions Club, will begin at 2 p.m. at the Seaman's Memorial.
FOR BROADCAST USE:
Nova Scotians who make a living at sea will be remembered
this Sunday (August 11th) as the province observes Mariner's Day.
Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Sterling Belliveau says
Mariner's Day pays tribute to all men and women who contributed
so much to the economic prosperity of this province and who lost
their lives in the process and provides an opportunity to promote
safety practices within the fishing industry.
In April, the Mariner's Day Act was passed to observe the
second Sunday in August as Mariner's Day. Some communities, such
as Canso, will continue to observe Seaman's Memorial Day.
Global National : Push for Maritime memorial day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0eiNJBvCik
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The sea is our life in Nova Scotia....Newfoundland... PEI and New Brunswick..... FOR ALL U BELOVED FISHERS....
Canada's beautiful soul.... from Nova Scotia Blue Rocks (Lunenburg-Liverpool area)...... Hank Snow...
Hank Snow - Squid Jiggin Grounds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyHJ7XU5eLE
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NOVA SCOTIA- SHIPBUILDING.... IT'S WHO WE ARE..... THE BLUENOSE.... OR OUR CANADIAN NAVY....OR OUR FISHERS.... IT'S WHAT WE DO...
The Queen of the Grand Banks Schooners
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWUD_r6E4U8
Rare footage of the original Bluenose schooner, racing against her Gloucester rival, the Gertrude L. Thibault, set to Stan Roger's inspiring music and voice.
Hats off to two great Canadian icons.
COMMENT:
Noone from Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver or any other "great" Canadian city can ever understand the maritime pride this song and that ship bring to every Nova Scotian!
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FISHERS..
GOD BLESS CANADA`S FISHERS
NOVA SCOTIA`S halibut fishing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIrD0u11Tmc
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Lobster Fishery in Southwest Nova Scotia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=linihCkB3rk
Province to consider lobster plant proposal
Greg Bennett RSS Feed
The Coastguard
The proponents of a new lobster processing plant in Cape Sable Island will be meeting with the Economic Development Minister Graham Steele at the end of this month in an effort to leverage provincial funding for the project.
Members of the Fishermen’s Premium Atlantic Lobster Inc., a company born from a local fishermen’s association, hopes to buy and expand upon an existing Cape Sable Island lobster tank and pound to turn it into a processing facility that would hire between 60 and 70 people on a seasonal basis.
The new company submitted a business plan to the province at the beginning of the month with the hope that more than 50 per cent of the capital costs would be covered.
Although born from the 1688 Professional Lobster Fishermen’s Association, company officer Erica Smith emphasized that the new company was a completely separate entity with its own board of directors.
While operated as a company, the operation would follow the cooperative principles say proponents.
If approved, the company hopes to purchase the property this fall and start lobster processing operations early in 2014.
The Municipality of Barrington is supporting the fledgling company’s efforts in principle
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Cadets don pink instead of camouflage for anti-bullying rally
Raise awareness and money for Kids Help Phone
The cadets raised $250 for Kids Help Phone through T-shirt sales. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
More than 200 Canadian cadets attended an anti-bullying rally at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown on Thursday, sporting pink T-shirts.
Cpl. Katy Adams was among them. She says she gets bullied, all the time — both inside the cadets and out.
"I've been bullied all my life," said Adams, a petite 17-year-old from Oxford, N.S., who is going into Grade 12 this fall.
"I've been to three different schools and I've been bullied at every school I've been to," she said. "It makes me feel really small inside."
"I came here, to camp, to stay away from bullying and I get here and there is so much bullying going on. I always want to go home every time it happens," said Adams.
"All the girls in our barracks, there's 40 of them in there, like 42, and there's so much bullying going in there, it's crazy."
"I think that these things do help," she said, referring to the protest.
Goal is to educate
The goal of the campaign is to expose, and eliminate bullying within the cadet program and have that experience filter into the everyday life of a young person after the army program has ended, said Lt.-Col. Allan Boileau, the commanding officer of Argonaut Cadet Summer Training Centre.
"Up until Grade 9 I was the smallest kid in my class," admits Boileau. "I was definitely picked on, so maybe that gives me a little more sympathy to the cause too."
Cadets purchased the pink T-shirts with their own money, raising $250 for the Kids Help Phone, a service dedicated to anonymously helping kids and teens through life issues, including bullying.
"It may not be a lot of money, we realize that. But the goal here is education," said Boileau.
"We're dealing with young people, between ages of 12 and 18 at the training centre here. So sometimes it becomes a matter of them not realizing that they're bullying somebody," he explained.
"Sometimes they just think that they are 'teasing' somebody. However the impact on the other cadet is that they feel as if they are being bullied."
Boileau said he's not naïve enough to think that bullying doesn't happen in cadets, but he contends there’s "very little" going on.
"We're very proactive. Cadets are given presentations when they first come on the grounds. We don't put up with it here," he said.
"It's important because up here in Camp Argonaut," said cadet Cameron Hibbs, from Belle Isle, N.L. "We don't like bullying and we look at ourselves as one big family," he said.
"In families there shouldn't be bullying."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2013/08/09/nb-cadets-bullying-protest.html
comment:
My 20 year old went through 5 year,s of cadet training,was bullied all her life and found a good home with the canadian forces reserve unit and is now at gagetown training.hats off to the cadet program
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CANADIAN PURE- Classified- OFFICAL VIDEO- 3 Foot tall- MEN BREAKING CHAINS OF ABUSE
ONE BILLION RISING- breaking the chains of abuse and bullying- CHECK OUT- MEN breaking the chains of abuse- bullying - KIDS STAND AGAINST BULLYING-
VIBE Premiere: Classified '3 Foot Tall' Video
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=641632725854753&set=a.153203521364345.32932.100000240949070&type=1&theater
CHECK OUT- breaking the chains of abuse- CLASSIFIED'S NEW VIEW 3foot tall- MEN BREAKING THE CHAINS
OH MY GOD.... CLASSISIFIED HAS THE BEST BULLY VIDEO E-VA- Break the chains of abuse
VIBE Premiere: Classified '3 Foot Tall' Video-OFFICIAL VIDEO
VIBE Posted July 23, 2013 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BV_b9zTUvs&feature=player_embedded
In the follow-up to his chart-topping single "Inner Ninja," rapper Classified doesn't fall short of delivering his message on "3 Foot Tall." In the video, the Canadian spitter recruits a pint-sized voice box to battle against negative verbal warfare. "When you're alone, life can be a little rough/ It makes you feel like you're 3 foot tall/ When it's just you, well times can be tough/ When there's no one there to catch your fall," sings the toddler with a faux black eye. With words like "dummy," "loser," and the more sexually charged "faggot" and "lesbian" sprawled across the clip, the writings on the wall come at a time where digital bullying has run rampant in the younger generation, especially with the presence of social media. Still, it's the ability to overcome that stands above all. Watch the rapper also known as Luke Boyd preach the good word in the video below. - See more at: http://www.vibe.com/article/classified-3-foot-tall-video#sthash.q3GzUtE2.dpuf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BV_b9zTUvs&feature=player_embedded CHECK OUT- MEN breaking the chains of abuse- bullying
CHECK OUT- breaking the chains of abuse- CLASSIFIED'S NEW VIEW 3foot tall- MEN BREAKING THE CHAINS
OH MY GOD.... CLASSISIFIED HAS THE BEST BULLY VIDEO E-VA- Break the chains of abuse
VIBE Premiere: Classified '3 Foot Tall' Video-OFFICIAL VIDEO
VIBE Posted July 23, 2013 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BV_b9zTUvs&feature=player_embedded
In the follow-up to his chart-topping single "Inner Ninja," rapper Classified doesn't fall short of delivering his message on "3 Foot Tall." In the video, the Canadian spitter recruits a pint-sized voice box to battle against negative verbal warfare. "When you're alone, life can be a little rough/ It makes you feel like you're 3 foot tall/ When it's just you, well times can be tough/ When there's no one there to catch your fall," sings the toddler with a faux black eye. With words like "dummy," "loser," and the more sexually charged "faggot" and "lesbian" sprawled across the clip, the writings on the wall come at a time where digital bullying has run rampant in the younger generation, especially with the presence of social media. Still, it's the ability to overcome that stands above all. Watch the rapper also known as Luke Boyd preach the good word in the video below. - See more at: http://www.vibe.com/article/classified-3-foot-tall-video#sthash.q3GzUtE2.dpuf
http://www.vibe.com/article/classified-3-foot-tall-video
LINKS ON BULLYING AND CHILD ABUSE- (Mind Rape/Physical Torture/Sexual Assault)
FOR KIDS- TWEENS-TEENS-YOUNGBLOODS- But perhaps most of all..... each and every Canadain Adult- we must take more responsibility and be more vigilant:
To learn more about bullying and if u r being abused- check out:
www.stopcyberbullying.org
www.cyberbullying.novascotia.ca
www.prevnet.ca
www.cpha.ca/en/activities/safe-schools.aspx
http://needhelpnow.ca/app/en/ AND http://needhelpnow.ca/app/fr/
RespectED: Violence & Abuse Prevention
http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000294
www.kidshelpphone.ca
If you are a victim of bullying, call The Kids Help Phone at 1-800-668-6868.
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Bullying Prevention Awareness Month
Again (Made by Canadian students for Canadian students) we give u an A Plus
De nouveau (Fait par des étudiants canadiens pour des étudiants canadiens) nous donnons u Un un Plus
L'Intimidation Psychologique (Anti-Bullying Commercial)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px1uK5tpAq8&feature=related
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Nova Scotia- Nouvelle-Écosse
HEADS UP VIDEO VIOLENT- HEADS UP- VIDEO VIOLENT- NOVA SCOTIA SCHOOL BULLYING ASSAULT
NOVA SCOTIA'S SHAME- CANADA'S SHAME- CHILD,TWEEN,TEEN BULLYING- BULLYCIDE... the schools ignore- and here's the proof- THXS ANONYMOUS- rehtaeh parsons- every Canadian's daughter
WATCH THE UGLY VIDEO CANADA- IN NOVA SCOTIA SCHOOL LIBRARY
Video of fight grim reminder of youth violence
July 23, 2013 - 8:50pm By SELENA ROSS and FRANCES WILLICK Staff Reporters
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1143934-video-of-fight-grim-reminder-of-youth-violence
EDITOR’S NOTE: Language contained in the video may be offensive to some.
A girl sits in what appears to be a library. She’s looking at a computer screen, minding her own business.
Hiding in the stacks is someone wielding a camera, watching her.
The camera-holder momentarily loses her cool, perhaps giddy with expectation, and turns away from the scene, giggling.
The camera turns back to the girl at the computer. Suddenly, a second girl walks into the frame of the YouTube video carrying a large hardcover book. The first girl looks to her left, greets the other, and then turns back to her desk.
It comes unexpectedly, in a split second, with shockingly violent force.
In a fluid motion, the girl with the book suddenly strikes a stance that will give her better balance. At the same time, she pulls the book behind her with both hands, like a baseball bat.
With every ounce of strength she can muster, she swings the book at the girl’s head.
There’s a loud pop as it makes contact.
The blow easily knocks the girl off her chair.
The two begin to scuffle, kicking and swearing at each other, one falling on the floor. Two adults intervene, trying to pull them apart, and the scene abruptly ends.
The video, along with two others, was spread to more than a million people via social media Monday as an example of violence in Nova Scotia schools.
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The online group Anonymous publicized them, tying them to the Rehtaeh Parsons case and questioning the RCMP’s handling of the incidents.
Rehtaeh, a 17-year-old Cole Harbour student, attempted suicide in April and was taken off life support a few days later. She was allegedly raped by four boys in 2011 and then bullied when a photo of the alleged assault was circulated among classmates.
Anonymous said the videos were posted by one of the boys Rehtaeh accused of rape.
"This appears to be on NS school property where adults intervene?" wrote the person who originally posted the link and found the videos on YouTube.
"Who was the woman bullied/assaulted here @RCMPNS?"
The videos were first posted in the spring of 2012, and they had been removed from YouTube by late Monday, after they were publicized on Twitter at about 5:30 p.m.
They don’t all take place on Nova Scotia school property, but The Chronicle Herald has confirmed that at least two of the three were shot in metro Halifax.
As glimpses into Nova Scotia teenage violence, the three videos posted on the account are chilling.
The library video, called Girl Fight, was posted April 30, 2012, with the caption "Halifax Nova Scotia. Watch the other fight videos on my channel."
The Chronicle Herald has confirmed that the video of the fight in the library was recorded at the Alderney Landing branch of the public library in Dartmouth. Reporters visited the library and found the spot where the attack took place.
Library staff said a March 29, 2012, incident that may have been the one in the video was reported to the police.
Halifax Regional Police responded to a call from Alderney Gate library that day, about a dispute between two girls, said Cst. Pierre Bourdages. Police identified both girls, but there was no charge laid in the incident, he said.
Police were not aware at the time that there had been a video taken.
In another video, a boy beats another boy in a parking lot, breaking his glasses. It was shot near Sir John A. Macdonald High School in Upper Tantallon, with the school clearly visible in the background.
In the third video, which appears to take place in a school, two girls fight viciously in a hallway lined with red lockers as other students look on. The Chronicle Herald could not identify the location.
Since becoming aware of the videos in April, The Chronicle Herald has made several unsuccessful attempts to identify the people who appear in them.
The newspaper has found several links between the video account and the boy Rehtaeh accused. The owner of the five-year-old account chose a username consistent with the boy, combining his first name and part of his birth date.
The user also commented on videos related to the Rehtaeh case, most recently writing a comment accusing Leah Parsons, Rehtaeh’s mother, of being a bad mother and telling her "karma is coming."
A Chronicle Herald reporter went to the home of the boy involved in Rehtaeh’s case Monday evening. The boy’s father declined to comment on the videos or ask his son to comment, and told the reporter to leave "before I dig out my shotgun."
Glen Canning, Rehtaeh’s father, said he believes the videos were provided to the Cole Harbour RCMP detachment in April. The Twitter user who first posted the links to the videos Monday, who goes by the name Org9, said the same.
Org9 told The Chronicle Herald through social media that the RCMP should make clear whether they had attempted to identify and help the victims shown in the videos.
But an RCMP spokesman said officers only became aware of them this week, when they were publicized.
"This is the first we’ve seen it, but we never want to say 100 per cent without a doubt," said Cpl. Scott MacRae.
In general, he said, when police learn of potential crimes captured on video, they decide to act on a case-by-case basis.
"It depends on the video, right?" he said.
"It would be a determination of what you can review in the video — what information is available for investigators. I mean, without solid information on location, identity, people, that is a real challenge for police."
Education officials also said they first heard of the videos this week.
Doug Hadley, a spokesman for the Halifax regional school board, said board staff learned of them through The Chronicle Herald on Tuesday. He confirmed that the Sir John A. Macdonald building is visible in the parking lot video.
Hadley has since shared that video with staff at the school, who were also unaware of it or the incident, he said.
"But they will be following up when the school opens in September," he said.
"They’ll look at it more closely, they’ll try to determine who’s in the video, what may have happened just before or after, they’ll look at whether or not there’s consequences for those who are involved."
It is unclear whether the video was filmed in a parking lot on school property.
Marilyn More, the minister for the Status of Women, said in an emailed statement that she learned of the videos Monday afternoon.
"They are disturbing. Violence is never acceptable in our community," said More, who has also been leading the provincial government’s efforts against sexual assault and violence.
"I encourage any person seeing or knowing about violent incidents to call the local police and report it so it can be investigated."
More said she saw one of the videos before it was removed and heard about the others. She added that she has brought them to the attention of police.
One of the two bullying experts who headed up the review of the school board’s response to Rehtaeh said she knew nothing about violence on school property as it related to the case.
"We didn’t have any information or any inquiries into the alleged assaulters or their activities," said Penny Milton from her home in Toronto.
Nova Scotia’s new legislation makes schools responsible for investigating incidents of bullying on school property, she said, and also for investigating any activity outside of school that affects the learning environment.
Canning said Monday that he has been aware of the videos for some time, and watching them made him sick.
"It’s assault. There’s that one there that looks like it’s in a library — that’s just a vicious attack. It’s sad that that’s your form of entertainment."
The person who posted the library video only wrote one comment about it, about the time it was posted.
"Hahaha, its soooo funny!"
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COMMENT;
The only way to address the issue and make it stop is to identify every one of the young people who are perpetrating these acts, the live violence and the online bullying, and go to each of their houses, identify their caregivers, bring in social services and determine what kind of abuse and lack of parental support is happening in each case. My guess is half the kids will be pulled out of the homes because of incompetent parenting. Don't punish the kids yet- go after the parents. Harrass them in each and every way legally allowed until they get the picture that they will be held responsible for their kids actions. The parents of the bullied kids could also start civil action against the parents of the aggressors. The acts will soon stop when you make people pay.
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NOVA SCOTIA- $$$$$ SEXUAL ASSAULT AND VIOLENCE FUNDING
$200k to fight sex assault, violence
Requests up after Rehtaeh Parsons case
SELENA ROSS STAFF REPORTER
sross@herald.ca @CH-sross
Some regions of Nova Scotia have no sexual assault services whatsoever, but $200,000 of provincial funding announced Monday will go toward organizations working on thos e gaps.
"We need to make sure survivors and their families can get the help they need no matter where they live," said Marilyn More, minister responsible for the Status of Women, in a news release.
In an event at the Mi’kmaq Native Friendship Centre in Halifax, More said she knows it’s "baby steps," but the time is right to keep people brainstorming about the problem.
"I have to say, I’ve never been so struck by the collective will of Nova Scotians" to address sexual violence than over the past three months, since the death o f 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons, said More.
The province is putting $1.1 million in total toward sexual assault services. The first instalment of $200,000 was offered May 1 as emergency funding to help organizations meet a spike in demand for sexual assault services after Rehtaeh’s death.
Another round of funding — $700,000 — will arrive in the fall after the organizations have a chance to work on their ideas.
This round of funding will be divided among 13 organizations in Sheet Harbour, Sydney, New Glasgow, Yarmouth, Truro, Antigonish, Eskasoni, Kentville and the Halifax area.
The recipients needed to demonstrate that they would use the money to increase collaboration and be "a catalyst" for new services in their area, said More.
"Every region of the province is in a different place, so we want to be fairly open-minded and see what different communities need to move on to that next step," she said.
"Not that we don’t want to be accountable for the money, but we don’t want to penalize an area because they’ve never had a chance to work together whereas another region of the province might have been working on some of these issues together for 20 years."
The grants range from $4,000 to the Spryfield YWCA to $38,000 to the Legal Information Society of Nova Scotia, based in Halifax.
One recipient of a mid-range grant is the New Start Society, which offers counselling to men who have been violent to intimate par tners.
Its grant of $11,240 will be jointly used by programs in Dartmouth, Truro and Colchester County, said social worker Wendy Keen, director of New Start Couns elling .
"We can now work with men who come to our organizations for counselling who are also disclosing that they have been sexually abused and traumatized as young boys or youth," she said.
Staff will be trained and, in a few months, they will know how they might integrate that work into their general practice in the long term, said Keen.
The Avalon Sexual Assault Centre in Halifax will receive $ 22,000.
The centre also received $100,000 in May in emergency funding, and it’s still seeing significantly higher demand than usual, said director Irene Smith.
This is the first time a Nova Scotia government has funded this kind of collaboration on sexual assault, and the plan represents the largest infusion of provincial cash toward the problem, said Mo re.
She was asked how she felt about the fact a death pushed the province to act .
"I feel terrible," she said.
"I’m one of the people that’s been working mostly through the community but als o through government on these issues for most of my life. So I’m not going to defend the status quo or what has or has not happ ened, but this is our opportunity to change things."
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PAEDOPHILE ALERT/PAEDOPHILE ALERT
Former Edmonton-based soldier charged with 119 counts of child luring, porn
Published on August 9, 2013
The Canadian Press
EDMONTON — A former Edmonton-based soldier faces more than 100 charges related to child pornography and luring.
Topics : Canadian Forces , Alberta Crown , Justice Department , North America , Alberta , Edmonton
"This is an exceptionally disturbing case of alleged child sexual exploitation using computers and social media," Col. Rob Delaney, acting Provost Marshall of the Canadian Forces said Thursday in a release.
Delaney, the most senior military police officer in the country, said the allegations are "a grim reminder that there are predators out there who can and will use technology and social media to exploit our children’s innocence — and it is our responsibility to protect these most vulnerable members of our society."
The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service said the investigation was conducted with several other law enforcement agencies across North America. A military police official said they began their investigation in 2011 into allegations of improper conduct. Details of the allegations were not released.
Matthew Richervezeau, 23, has been charged with 119 counts of child luring, possession of child pornography and other charges.
The military handed over the results of the investigation to the Alberta Crown earlier this year. The case is now being handled by Alberta’s Justice Department.
Richervezeau was being held in custody in the Edmonton area pending a Sept 5. court appearance.
Canadian Forces military police said Richervezeau joined the army in 2011 and served as an armour crewman with the Edmonton-based Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians) regiment. He left the army voluntarily in May.
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