What to do with the ex-PMs and all that pent up bile?

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Oh dear poor things...how dare they be treated as a common person! I really don’t have a lot of sympathy for them. I think they are lucky people who have seen the world and done many things that so many of us never will. Their handsome pensions should help keep them living life to the fullest and take care of them financially for the rest of their days here on earth. Yes, I’m sure it can be a stressful job to be in control, but if they choose to go there they will get what they deserve in the end, be it good or bad. Many leaders have gone on to do many wonderful things and maintain the respect of the masses.

Why is it some former leaders can't just use their experience in a positive way instead of living with guilty consciences and then attacking their predecessors the way they seem to do? How awful that Mulroney had to stoop so low as to say what he did about Trudeau. From what I've learned about Trudeau it seems he did pretty good for his country and himself. Mulroney said because Trudeau didn’t serve in WWII, he didn’t deserve to have a position of moral leadership. It is obvious that the Canadian people disagreed because Trudeau spent 16 years as prime minister and decided to step down on his own accord.

Most of these leaders don’t deserve to be grumpy about anything but their own actions during their role in leadership. Give me a break with this one. Be mad at yourself and clean up your own backyard before you attack someone who isn’t even living anymore and can’t defend themselves.

I really like what I read about the former prime ministers from Portugal and Italy moving on with their careers…to them I give kudos! I think that is a perfect example of what should happen. The experience that these guys gain should not be wasted. Keep them involved in some way if you can. On one condition though, that they use their knowledge in a positive way. With attitudes like of Mulroney this could prove to be damaging. Here is a man who definitely lost the respect and trust of many Canadians with his supposed bribe taking skills.

Former leaders have made a footprint in history in one way or another (good or bad) and they will not be ever totally forgotten. The choice really ends up in their hands on how they want to be remembered. It's easy to wipe out all the positive with a stupid move or stupid thing to say.

A fine tribute to Trudeau can be found here.

Sex and marriage with robots? It could happen

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I now pronounce you human and robot!?

Things never cease of amaze me! Wow, this article and theory is definitely thinking outside the box. That is the least I can say on this subject. Just try and wrap your head around the fact that humans could find true love and marriage with a robot programmed specifically to their likes. I suppose this is possible considering psychologists have identified approximately 12 basic reasons why people fall in love. Making a robot more human-like is happening and they can be programmed with similarities of preferred personality and knowledge.

It's all about the sex!

I wonder how the lady in the Withering Marriage debate (Barbara) would feel about this subject? Would she be calling single childless women selfish now? Talk about losing procreation? I don’t know for sure but I doubt they will be able to make robots fertile. I also think they can make a robot look and act like a human but they have no emotions and are definitely artificial. If not bad enough hearing someone say, my husband left me for another woman but then having to say my husband left me for a robot. As if there wasn’t enough competition in the world already. The worst part is that the robot would never feel remorse for stealing your husband away from you. With a human, there is a slight chance of someone having remorse for hurting another. Of course not all people will go out and marry a robot but there will be some who do.

Morse codes unveiled by a talented British mathematician:

Allan Toring was famous during WWII because he decoded Japanese and German algorithm and saved the free world. He became interested in mass communications and wanted public opinion. He then developed a theory and asked himself how a machine was intelligent? He said that knowledge of the self is written by experience in life. Developed an imitation game and it involved an interrogator, a woman and a man. They communicated to each other and did not see one another at all during this time. After awhile they replace one with a computer. If no one could tell when this happened then the machine would be deemed intelligent. Machines can only think and interact but cannot dance or win a beauty contest. Humans cannot match up with the cognitive ability of a computer. We program computers and the fact is people make mistakes but machines don't make mistakes. Artificial intelligence can backfire on us. Therefore you can simulate imperfect knowledge so the computer doesn't answer right.

See some mind provoking comics called: Toring Test Comics

I saw it on Nip/Tuck...

I remember watching an episode of Nip/Tuck where a character named Kimber who was a porn star developed a Kimber doll who was a remarkable likeness of her and one of the doctors had sex with the doll. He was totally having conversation with the doll and was imagining her as Kimber the human. When I watched this episode I thought how whacked is that. This is a similar concept so holywood is doing it. It is only a matter of time until it is happening everywhere else.

It seems to be a well thought of subject with articles being written and research being done. All this being said, I still think it is wacky but understand the reality of it all. Humans are willing to try anything apparently. I suspect this one to have many repercussions attached to it.

McGuinty's Liberals roll to majority

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Liberals stayed solid in their campaign focus

McGuinty had a simple campaign focusing on health care and education. Whether you work or have experienced being a patient within the healthcare system, you know how important funding is. The healthcare system has been on a steady decline for a long time, which became quite evident in the early 1990’s with a big crunch that is being felt even more now with an aging work force. He said he was going to enhance healthcare the last time he ran and he turned around and introduced a health tax. Education has also been a hurting sector and the same kind of financial issues apply here. The people of Ontario really want to believe there will be positive changes in these two very stressed and important sectors. I remember reading that McGuinty's wife is a teacher, so that should be a bonus for the educational system. After all, she is the love of his life!

I see many different needs in our province and I hope the liberal party will do right by the Ontario people as Mr. McGuinty stressed that this win was about the Ontario people.

What does a majority government mean for Ontario?

I think the people of Ontario are basically sick of government propaganda and broken promises. Tory may have had a chance at stopping the majority government, but as said before, the faith-based funding issue really freaked people out. If we can't sustain what we have already, then how would we fund other faith-based schools? I live in rural Ontario and have seen a steady decline in public school enrolment here. The catholic based school system has captured a majority of enrolment with the building of a brand new state of the art highschool in 2000. I agree with the fact that John Tory basically handed the election over to Dalton McGuinty when he said he was going to publicly fund other faith-based schools. That was a hot topic too hot to touch.

McGuinty was then able to use the segregation issue of our children to his advantage and win the majority vote. He sent powerful messages like “our children always play and sing together”, as well as asking the public if they wanted to segregate our children? This would be the case if the PC’s got in power. I really think this was the nail in the coffin for the Tory’s. The fact that John Tory retracted his original statement and proposed a vote in Queen's Park meant nothing to most people as the damage had already been done. With the liberals getting a majority government there will be little opposition for them and their agenda.

It's about the Ontario people...

It's up to McGuinty and his government to do the best for Ontario. Only over the next four years will we know for sure what this government will in fact do. Maybe next time we will also have a better attendance at the polls. What a shame that only 52% of people got out to cast their vote.

Whither Marriage

Link for this video intereview and discussion can be viewed here.

I am not sure statistically how true this whole thing is anyways. So many people are opting out of getting that piece of paper (marriage certificate), and are living together, having a family and contributing to society just as a married couple would do. This has become an acceptable lifestyle to our society. Then you can look on the flip side. There are many couples that suffer from not being able to get pregnant. They spend thousands of dollars on fertility treatments even with the likelihood of lower percentage rates of success. That says a lot to me, especially for a society so focused on the almighty dollar. If people are going that extra mile for a baby then that has to be acknowledged. It’s a sad thing and quite a disappointment for many couples. There are also many unwanted children out there who are being adopted by couples and by single women and men. There is no definite answer to these phenomena.

Observation and thinking twice

Chastising women for not getting married and procreating is an unfair judgement. It's offending really. Great that Barbara met a supportive man and things turned out nicely for her, but the reality of it all is that it doesn’t turn out so rosy for many women out there. Saying that women are selfish for not marrying and procreating is wrong. Have you ever heard the saying, “don’t judge another person until you walked in their shoes”? In other words, you can’t say here is a pair of shoes, same size and colour for all. That is definitely not going to work for everyone because we are so individual and unique. Let's not forget that fact that it takes two to tango and I never heard any mention of the men who make choices to remain single and live life to the fullest. To me, it is sounding more and more like a double standard.

Women realize they don’t have to settle anymore just for marriage sake. Many before us have settled and made misery for not only themselves but also their partners and their children. Finding the right person is not an easy thing in this world. True courting has gone away and has been replaced with more of a fantasy cyber world. People meet on chat lines, communicate through email, SMS and phone conversations have become rare. We may have desensitized ourselves of the real contact and communicating. Making a solid connection with another is not easy in this generation. Do many of us really know what this really feels like anyways?

In this particular interview Barbara seems to be branding single women with a focus on selfishness and dishonour for being single for whatever reason there may be. If single women are such a disappointment to society, should they apologize for not getting married and having children before now? Unfortunately, many have never found a situation that led them on this path. I'm sure many of these women wish they would have met a suitable mate and gone on to have a family. Instead many continue to think positive and look for that right person and opportunity while they give back to their community by volunteering their time, working and paying their bills. My impression here is that single women are not as worthy as the women who has married and become a mother. There are too many situations and scenarios out there to even begin to think this way.

Ottawa signs on to rival emissions pact

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There are so many difficult issues and facets to think about and deal with regarding the global warming issue. It is apparent that world leaders are now panicking, because the Kyoto target date is coming faster than the antidote to the greenhouse gas emission problems in the world. There has been so much talk about global warming over the past few years. Media, environmentalists, activist groups, public and world leaders have all preached the danger the world is in because of greenhouse gas emissions. The fact is, that we are all contributors and we all need to work together to find a plan to help lower emissions put into the autmosphere. In Ontario, our Premier decided he would help out by shutting down all coal electricity plants in Ontario. He said he would accomplish this by the year 2007, then pushed back to 2009 and has since targeted a 2014 deadline. Do you suppose there is a reason for him pushing this date back?

The rest of the world doesn't seem to be shutting down coal plants, countries like the U.S. and China are buidling more. The fact is, they are expanding, and Ontario is at risk of not only power interruption, but also job loss and decline in economy. The United States and China are building new low emission, high efficiency coal burning electricity generating plants. Coal gasification is just one of the ways to achieve this. From the old, new technologies have been re-discovered that clean up coal fired power plants and can bring down emission rates as low as that of natural gas. This conversion technique is not only being looked at for coal plants but also for manufacturing processes and the cars we drive.

The U.S. government posted an article from the U.S. Department of Energy talking about Gasification Technology.

More interesting facts on Gasification Technology can be found here.

China replacing old coal plants with new ones, read more here.

The rest of the world continues to make coal generation a major part of their future. Instead of creating problems in the long run in Ontario, the government should do what is best for Ontario and keep the continuity in our electricty program, as well as dealing with emission problems. This would mean chosing a technology that is best for our existing infastructures. There is more emission reduction technology out there that should be looked at. Examples of this technology are Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR's) and scrubbers to clean coal and capture harmful gases before they go out the stack. Any way you look at it, it will take money to retrofit existing facilities or build new ones posing a threat to increased energy costs for Ontario.

For more information on SCR and scrubber clean coal technologies, click here.

The underlying product of these set backs in the closure of Ontario's coal burning electricity plants is the fact that coal is an essential power source in the production of elecricity. At this time, there is nothing available that is dependable enough to meet the electrical demands faced daily and replace this reliable generating power. "Pulling the plug" on coal in Ontario and taking it out of the equation will indeed, create more and more frequent blackouts and power interruptions. What does this mean to you? However, the Premier maintains continuity in his orginal statement to shut down coal fired plants by 2014. I suppose we could buy our power from the U.S. What kind of power would we be buying you say?..ahhh, coal generated power....mmmm...now that makes sense to me....NOT!

Keep in mind that there are many contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. One of the emissions that focus seems to be on right now is C02. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't C02 something that is lapped up by trees and vegetation as a means to survive? I wonder about the deforestry of our trees and rainforests and what kind of effect this has had on our global warming issue in the world. Has this activity helped knock us off balance here? Let's look at the whole picture.



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There is an obvious need to put a plan in place to clean up emissions and if all the players were on the same page, this could be easier to accomplish than we think.

Should your daughter get the HPV vaccine?

After reading this article, many things come to mind regarding this issue. There are some valid opinions expressed and many sides to look at here. Empathy definitely needs to take precedence as well as some sympathy because of people who were directly involved by having loved ones lose their lives to cervical cancer.

I am blown away by the fact that young girls in Grade 6 are being exposed to sexual matters, but it is transparent to this day and age. Life seems to become a way of adulthood at much earlier ages these days. It is scary that the virus is so obviously rampant in our present day society. The medical experts say this is one of the most common STD's, and they have advised giving the vaccine to girls before they become sexually active. This tells me that we are dealing with an epidemic of some kind. The government wouldn't be investing $300M in tax dollars to fund such a program, if it weren't a major problem. There must be some reflection on treatment costs and the number of cases. Yes, the pharmaceutical companies are winning again, but they are just the lucky souls that discovered a way to help human kind buy time and save health issues.

I would definitely say it would be wise to give the vaccination to help stop the infection of future generations. In general, I don't think that it promotes promiscuity. It's all about values of people and we are all different in that department. There are too many individual behaviours and other STD's to worry about not to think about safe sex (condom use).

Given the fact that long term effects are not proven yet because the vaccination is so new, I would still recommend giving it. Clinical studies proved outstanding results in the protection from most HPV viruses. There are 4 types and this virus is responsible for 70% of cervical cancer and 90% of genital warts.

Another thing that comes to mind is what happens to the girl who ends up with the HPV infection and gets genital warts or cervical cancer and has to undergo treatment and humilliation knowing that she now has a STD? This could very well in some cases, affect the persons self esteem, self perception and give them a feeling of inadequance. Why not keep these issues at bay?

Read this article yourself and see what you think.

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