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Reality Bites: Burger Land
Pete Vonder Haar May 22, 2013 12:00PM
It's taken awhile, but after years of self- (and external) loathing, Houstonians have largely come around to appreciating their city.
Houston's negative aspects can't be waved off: The heat and traffic are legendarily terrible, the sprawl threatens to make any trip outside our immediate environs an epic pilgrimage, and our so-called "feuds" with Dallas and Austin often feel like either we're trying to hard (at best) or we're secretly envious (at worst).
But from arts to food to music, Houston has plenty to be proud of, and it's always nice when someone from reality TV deigns to visit the Bayou City and confirm this. And that's just what George Motz did in a recent installment of Travel Channel's Burger Land.
Granted, it isn't as if other shows haven't visited us before. Some, like Animal Cops: Houston, are even (obviously) based here. But the involvement is usually incidental. If you're lucky, nobody will remember if a particular episode of Extreme Hoarders or Neighbors From Hell was set in H-Town. And if you're not...well, the less said about that unfortunate episode of Insomniac with Dave Attell the better.
Burger Land host Motz looks like what you'd end up with if Dr. Moreau combined Wolverine and Jermaine Clement from Flight of the Conchords. But he's an affable enough fellow. And he's not wrong in his assessment of Houston: We're crucial to the nation's oil and gas infrastructure, we like things big and it's ridiculously hot. We also like burgers, almost religiously so, and Motz set himself quite a task trying to nail down a representative Houston burger experience.
He started out safely enough, heading to Christian's Tailgate for the fried bacon jalapeño cheeseburger. It's the nature of these food shows that any experience the host doesn't positively exult over ends up on the editing-room floor, so we already know Motz will love Christian's (and everywhere else on the show). At least those of us who live here realize his reaction was warranted.
Tookie's in Seabrook is next. I like how new owner Barry Terrell describes it as a "landmark" since it was founded waaay back in 1975 (shut up, Euros; not all of us can have an Acropolis). Motz has the Squealer, Tookie's famous bacon-infused burger. Though I've never been to Tookie's myself, anything that convinces people to visit Seabrook must be pretty damn good.
Watching Burger Land, you almost can't help liking Motz. Unlike just about every other food show host, he's not obnoxious (Gordon Ramsay), annoying (Rachel Ray) or bowel-clenchingly awful (Guy Fieri). His attempts at conversation are, honestly, kind of awkward. It's refreshing.
Next up is the classic cheeseburger from Blake's BBQ on the west side (Jeanetta), where Motz is joined by an unusually boisterous Robb Walsh (formerly of the Houston Press), who then escorts him to Stanton's for the bacon cheeseburger. The episode was shot shortly before the untimely death of Stanton's owner Art Fong, and there's a mention of this at the end of the show, which was a nice touch.
Naturally, Houston burger enthusiasts will take umbrage at the joints that didn't make the cut: no Bubba's, or Bernie's, or Lankford's, or Wunsche Bros, or or or. It's a city of 6 million people and the show's only 30 minutes long: Sacrifices have to be made, people (though that didn't stop Motz from stopping by the JSS for a freeze-dried space burger, which looked a lot like a McDonald's patty). If there's one thing America isn't lacking for, it's hamburgers, so I wouldn't rule out a second visit.
Which reminds me: Are those Ghost Adventures guys ever going to drop by?
Peter Vonder Haar writes movie reviews for the Houston Press and the occasional book. The first three novels in the "Clarke & Clarke Mysteries" - Lucky Town, Point Blank, and Empty Sky - are out now.
Contact: Pete Vonder Haar
Twitter: @PeterVonderHaar


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Q: email validation arguments - Wrong number of args in test Michael Hartl Rails tutorial Followed the instructions in chapter 6, tutorial test should be GREEN(no failures/errors), but I'm receiving the below error
Expecting the test results to pass. From the error, I understand there's a missing an arg, but unsure what to change
user_test.rb
test "email validation should accept valid addresses" do
  valid_addresses = %w[user@example.com USER@foo.COM A_US-ER@foo.bar.org
  first.last@foo.jp alice+bob@baz.cn]
  valid_addresses.each do |valid_address|
    @user.email = valid_address
    assert @user.valid?, "#{valid_address.inspect} should be valid"
  end
end

test "email validation should reject invalid addresses" do
  invalid_addresses = %w[user@example,com user_at_foo.org user.name@example. foo@bar_baz.com foo@bar+baz.com]
  invalid_addresses.each do |invalid_address|
    @user.email = invalid_address
    assert_not @user.valid?, "#{invalid_address.inspect} should be invalid"
  end
end

#user.rb
class User < ApplicationRecord
  validates :name,  presence: true, length: { maximum: 50 }
  VALID_EMAIL_REGEX = /\A[\w+\-.]+@[a-z\d\-.]+\.[a-z]+\z/i
  validates :email, presence: true, length: { maximum: 255 },
  format: { with: VALID_EMAIL_REGEX }
end

ERROR["test_email_validation_should_accept_valid_addresses", UserTest, 0.41518251600001577]
   test_email_validation_should_accept_valid_addresses#UserTest (0.42s)
  ArgumentError:         ArgumentError: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)
             test/models/user_test.rb:41:in test'
             test/models/user_test.rb:41:inblock in '

A: I have now managed to get this working. Appears the indentation on the tests was causing AWS cloud9 to throw an error asking for an expected keyword_end. I believe adding an extra end was creating the above error message. Solution: indented code correctly using the keyword_end in the correct places fixed my problem.

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Matt Damon drives his Tesla bought in 2013, the car as friend Ben Affleck owns! Matt who recently moved in a few houses down from buddy Ben in the Pacific Palisades has purchased the same car as the actor! Matt was seen driving his Tesla with his music blaring and windows down as he headed to a private screening theatre in Brentwood,CA.


The current financial situation has made it very difficult for people to maintain their standard of living. Still people prefer to use cars while they are travelling inter states or for excursion trips. Car rentals are provided by different companies and competition is this respect is growing fast. With the advent of internet and everything evolving to have a presence on the internet, now people also prefer those rental services that have presence on the internet. Therefore having websites to cater the demands of customers has become an essential for the car rental agencies. Car rental Website Design is provided by different website design companies to help such car rental agencies who either do not have websites or do want to upgrade their website to draw the attention of customers to themselves.
Car Rental Website Design is provided by many different website designing companies, but as everywhere experience is the most important thing. The company that has experience in designing such websites is the one that can support you in the best possible way. Car Rental Website Design provides car rental agencies with many options. The one is the option regarding to choose between a template website or a custom designed website. A template website comes cheaper and provides with many features enabling the car rental agencies to have an unlimited cars on the website. While on the other hand the custom design website provided by Car Rental Website Design companies, provide the opportunity to design the website in a unique and stylish way according to the requirements of your specific business, and to attract the customers by detailing the ingenuity of your business, and the unique opportunities and benefits that you provide to the customers. That is, all in all a custom designed website though cost you more than a template website, but it increases the amount of customer you can attract through the website manifolds.
There are many other options that are included in Car Rental Website Design. The best feature is the option that lets people register with the website. Along with this option many cutting edge and state of the art features are included that enable easy navigation of the website as well as making it easy for the owners to manage the website. There are some more things that should be considered in Car Rental Website Design. One is to make sure that the price range of the rental is given on the website. The provision of providing feedback regarding the facilities provided by the rental company also makes people trust the website. Information regarding the local offices of the rental agency also helps people to contact the agency and results in increasing the sales.
In short, Car Rental Website Design and development help car rental agencies to have their website designed in the perfect way that projects their company policy and aims in the best way. It also helps in increasing the revenue as more and more people can be targeted using the internet.


Being a Tough but Tender Leader looks at the processes of dealing with conflict in churches. Most conflicts can be resolved simply by knowing when to be tough and when to be tender.
H.B. London Jr writes: "What I observe is an increase of contentiousness within congregations. I have further observed an increase in forced pastoral terminations and failed assignments. I have seen an upswing in the number of Christian leaders who, because of burnout and frustration, have opted out of their calling. In many cases, this choice has not necessarily been because they wanted to make such a transition, but because they could no longer stand the pressure of a contentious laity. Too make was at stake. The leaders valued their families and their own sanity far too much to stay and jeopardize their own future. I have talked to many of these people and have felt their total frustration at the inability to work out the 'mess' that threatened their leadership."
"In truth, some situations are just too tangled to correct, but from my experience and from the situations I have observed in which leaders successfully worked their way through the mine fields, I would argue that most conflicts between leaders and followers can be resolved. It is simply a matter of knowing when to be tough and when to be tender."
Here are some insights to consider when balancing toughness and tenderness in your leadership.
London notes, "When each of us faces conflict, our decisions are influenced by the way our parents handled their challenges and, in some cases, the ways in which we have addressed our own past disappointments."
In other words, it is important to be aware of these influences. If your parents were people pleasers and avoided conflict, you may have handled most of your problems through avoidance and compromise. Being aware of these influences will help you develop new skills for handling conflict.
Self - We are often our own worst enemy when it comes to conflict. Let's face it, we know our faults and short comings and when conflict comes, leaders need to first look at themselves and ask some hard questions: Am I being fair? Is pride getting in the way of a solution to this problem? Am I being stubborn? etc. etc.
Criticism - We seldom enjoy criticism and often it can lead to conflict. The challenge is working out if there is any truth in the criticism. If there is, we need to accept that. Nevertheless, criticism needs to be confronted and worked through. A good question to ask our critic is: What do you think we can do to resolve our problem?
Communication - Leaders can talk but do we listen!. As London observes, "We have learned well how to speak our opinions, but we have not learned how to hear or respond equally well to the opinions and positions of others." Sometimes, we just need to agree to disagreed.
Staff - Conflict with staff needs to confronted and dealt with, otherwise morale will suffer. If a staff member is no longer supportive or loyal to his leader, then he should leave.
Change - Change always costs something. People either resist change or want change and conflict usually comes when leaders make a choice that either leads to change or that choice maintains the status quo. Sometimes, leaders just need to count the cost of change and get on with the job.
Expectations - London writes, "In the overload frame of mind, a pastor often gives up on a fruitful devotional life and a robust, satisfying family life. As a consequence, many wrestle with empty souls and a loss of family through divorce or rebellious children." In other words, don't let your assignment determine your lifestyle.
Why is conflict so prevalent? It is often the result of immaturity, self-centeredness and pride.
Sometimes the leader himself becomes the target of derision and must show a tough side. If conflict is not resolved, the church will be unable to continue any level of effectiveness. To allow conflict to become a habit is to shirk your responsibility as a leader.
London writes, "I think one of the great challenges for many to today's pastors is to exert firm leadership. Most of us come into the pastorate having tender hearts, and desire to demonstrate servantlike love and mercy. The church, however, is a spiritual battlefield and it often requires a strength of leadership that is uncommon in the secular world."
Leaders often say that conflict in ministry is a given; however, this does not mean it needs to go unmanaged.
London suggests four steps for conflict resolution: 1) Identify the point of understanding, 2) Make reconciliation the primary objective, 3) reestablish oneness of heart, and 4) accept one another for who we are. These steps may not always lead to agreement or understanding on every issue, but it might result in bring people back together.
London writes, "When a person is 'leadership tough,' he needs to perform his leadership duties as a winner. When we view our problems in leadership as a win/lose proposition, it creates exactly that - winners and losers. Tender leadership attacks conflict with a win-win attitude. It wants to come out of the fray with as few scars and hurt feelings as possible."
Always accept personal responsibility for the situation. It may or may not be my fault, but a true leader must take the initiative for reconciliation.
Make any effort necessary to move toward the person or persons involved in the conflict. I can play the 'blame game,' but it will not do any good. As leader I must make strategic use of my limited leadership resources. In those calculations must be a determination to use some of my leadership capital to control conflict-oriented circumstances.
Take the risk of confronting the issue for the sake of the relationship. In the end it will make little difference who wins or who is right, but what really matters is how we walk away from one another.
To read this article by the original author, click on the following link Being A Tough But Tender Leader.


There are also plans to overhaul the MGM Grand's casino floor, showrooms, restaurants and clubs. This plan is being referred to as "the grand renovation" and executives have not released any specific details about the cost or timeline.
Rooms will be renovated about 700 at a time and construction will be limited to daytime weekday hours as to not disturb guests. Construction on each group of rooms should last about six weeks and all rooms should be completed by September 2012.
MGM Grand opened in 1993 at a cost of $1 billion and has not had a major remodel since 1999. Tim Kelly, vice president of hotel operations, said company officials felt the property needed a face-lift to keep itself modern and competitive with other Las Vegas Strip resorts.
MGM's rooms will now have mini bars and media hubs. Rooms will also feature flat screen TVs , LED lighting, solar shades and biodegradable bath amenities.


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StanCorp sees low rates continuing
Life Health > Life Insurance > Term Insurance
January 30, 2013 at 07:49 AM Share & Print
Low interest rates and soft employment are continuing to chill the group benefits market.
StanCorp Financial Group Inc. (NYSE:SFG) cut the discount rate it used for the long-term disability (LTD) claim reserves it established in the fourth quarter of 2012 0.75 percentage points below the discount rate it was using in the fourth quarter of 2011.
The company has warned that more discount rate cuts may be on the way.
Because "a continued low interest rate environment" seems likely to continue to put downward pressure on the discount rate for new LTD reserves, "the discount rate may be lowered 50 to 75 basis points during 2013," the company said in a discussion of its fourth-quarter earnings.
A basis point is equal to one hundredth — or 1 percent — of a percentage point.
StanCorp, the parent of Standard Insurance, is reporting $38.4 million in net income for the latest quarter on $718 million in revenue, compared with $38.6 million in net income on $728 million in revenue for the comparable quarter in 2011.
New group insurance sales premiums fell to $73 million, from $75 million.
"The decrease in group insurance sales was primarily due to pricing competition as the company implemented pricing actions on its long-term disability business to address the impact of the elevated claims incidence and the continued low interest rate environment," the company said.
Total group insurance premiums fell 2.4 percent, to $486 million.
The discount rate fell to 4 percent, from 4.75 percent.
The benefits ratio, or ratio of benefits payments and interest credited to policyholders as a percentage of premiums, rose to 83.7 percent, from 82.8 percent. The benefit ratio increase was mainly due to the drop in the discount rate, the company said. The biscount-rate-adjusted benefits ratio improved slightly, the company said.
J. Greg Ness, StanCorp's president, said during a conference call held to discuss the results that the company has repriced about half of the group LTD business to reflect an increase in claims incidence that the company began to notice in mid-2011 as well as low interest rates.
The company "implemented further pricing actions" in 2012, Ness said.
Group insurance business persistency fell to 86.7 percent, from 88.8 percent. Although the percentage of business that stayed on the books fell, the persistency level was still "very respectable," given the challenges the company has faced, Ness said.
"We will always protect the bottom line over the top line," Ness said.
Executives noted that pricing increases might take a "couple of years to roll through" because of the effects of multi-year pricing agreements.
The executives reported that they see some evidence of LTD prices firming in some markets but expect to continue to face tough pricing competition both when they sell new cases and renew cases already on the books.
Employment levels at StanCorp's group insurance customers fell 2 percent year-over-year, Ness said.
The company already has taken action to align its expenses with the expected revenue levels, Ness added.
An analyst said StanCorp appears to have 20 percent fewer employees than it had in 2008. Executives said they have used outsourcing to compensation for some of the reduction in employees.
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Back in the 1950s when there were only three TV channels, advertising on one of them was the way to go to achieve mass market saturation so that your product or service was seen by as many people as possible.
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And at the end of the day this will make a big difference to your bottom line.


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Q: Submitting a form (no model) and having trouble getting the controller to play its part I've created a basic framework for webapps (some static pages, user authentication, unit/integration testing with rspec).  I'd like to use this as a foundation for future webapps, but I need to setup a way to rename it after cloning it from github.  I got some help generating the renaming code here]1, but I'm struggling to figure out how to integrate it.
I originally wrote had the renaming code in a rakefile, but now I think maybe it should be in the controller.  Unfortunately, I haven't been able to make my code work.  I've got a view that allows the user to enter a new name for the app.  The idea is that the user would clone the framework repo, cd into the framework directory, start rails server, then go to local host on their browser to rename the file from there.  But the view that's suppose to enable that isn't working.
views/namer/new/html.erb

Rails Framework

  <%= form_tag "/namer" do %>
  <%= text_field_tag "appname" %>
  <%= submit_tag "Name Your App" ,  :action => 'create' %>
  <% end %>

I can't get the "submit" action to work to work properly.  Here's what my controller looks like.
controllers/namer_controller.rb
  class NamerController < ApplicationController

      def index
        render('new')
      end

      def new
      end

     def create
       @appname = Namer.new(params[:appname])
       #first, change any instances of the term "framework" to the new name of the app
       file_names = ['config/environments/test.rb', 'config/environments/production.rb',
               'config/environment.rb']
       file_names.each do |file_name|
         text = File.read(file_name)
         File.open(file_name, "w") { |file| file << text.gsub("Framework", @appname) }
       end
       #next,change the root path away from namer#new
       file_name ='config/routes.rb'
       text = File.read(file_name)
       File.open(file_name, "w") { |file| file << text.gsub("namer#new", "pages#home") }
       flash[:notice] = "Enjoy your app."
       render('pages/home')
     end

   end

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
Also, it the controller really the best place for the "renaming" code?
edit: here's my routes.rb file.
Framework::Application.routes.draw do

  resources :users
  resources :sessions, :only => [:new, :create, :destroy]

  match '/signup',  :to => 'users#new'
  match '/signin',  :to => 'sessions#new'
  match '/signout', :to => 'sessions#destroy'

  match '/contact', :to => 'pages#contact'
  match '/about',   :to => 'pages#about'
  match '/help',    :to => 'pages#help'

  root :to => "namer#new"

  match ':controller(/:action(/:id(.:format)))'

UPDATE: I've changed my code in a few ways.

*

*Routes: added post '/namer' => 'namer#create'

*Created a Renamer model. Models/renamer.rb is just "class Namer" and then "end." (I removed the "< Base::ActiveRecord" because there's no database involved.)

*Created a rake file for the renaming code.  It just called "renamer.rake".

Things are looking good, but I'm still looking for a way to call the rake file from the controller.  Any suggestions?
UPDATE 2: Here's my revised Create method for my controller. Now the renaming code is here instead of in a rake file.
def create
  @appname = Namer.new(params[:appname])
  file_names = ['config/environments/test.rb', 'config/environments/production.rb',
    'config/environment.rb']
  file_names.each do |file_name|
  text = File.read(file_name)
  File.open(file_name, "w") { |file| file << text.gsub("Framework", @appname) }
  flash[:notice] = "Enjoy your app."
  render('pages/home')
 end

A: OK, Second part of your question --- is this the right place for your code that renames your App?
No, I wouldn't put it there. I would put this as a rake task (lib/tasks/namer.rake), where you would:
rake namer:rename APP_NAME=NewAppName

This would execute the rename. That's where I'd have this code.

A: Your routes file doesn't have a "post" match for namer, looks like. Easiest way to rectify that would be to put this line in somewhere.
post '/namer' => 'namer#create'

The form_tag helper defaults to creating a post-method form, and if you're creating a resource, that's what you'd want — you just need to make sure your route is there for it. It's possible that Rails doesn't send POST actions through the catch-all route at the bottom, but it's much better practice to ensure your routes are named somehow.
Personally, I prefer resourceful routes whenever possible. Read up on them here; I promise it's worth it.
(If this doesn't help… can you check to see if the code in your def create function is actually firing? Drop in a debugger line or a puts statement to find out.)


Sporadic at Best: Book Nerd!
Let's get something clear... I love books. Heart them. Adore. Obsess. So needless to say, I am constantly adding to my classroom library, updating and sorting. After purchasing and sharing these books with my students, but I was struggling with books being taken and never returned. Plus many of my students haven't the foggiest idea how to locate books in an actual library. In order to resolve both of these issues, I decided to make my classroom a little more official. I purchased small labels and packing tape to use as my book-labeling system. Then I printed the first three letters of the author's last name.
Of course each book was labeled with care, and once organized by author, I ordered the titles too.
Can you tell I'm a Gary Paulsen fan?! All of his books aren't even on the shelf yet! I only made about twenty labels for him. And used them all!
I worked through author's who had multiple books on my shelf. This allowed me to create a bulk set of labels and organize books within authors as well. Then I went through and pulled neighboring letters of author's names that were still undone. I simply tucked books into place as I went from that point on.
In the end, my shelves are beautifully organized and hopefully a bit more deterring from sticky fingers.


W&L win Bath Life Award!
Last night saw the great and the good turn out for the annual celebration of all things Bath; the Bath Life Awards 2016.
We were pleased enough just to be nominated but were almost rendered speechless on winning the Interiors category, especially when up against such a wonderful bunch of fellow nominees.
Thank you to all our team, our wonderful clients and also Bath Life for their ongoing support from the launch of W&L.
Good luck and bon voyage Penny!
We had the last of our one-on-one mentor sessions for a while this week with winner of our 2015 ShowCase competition, Penny Jeffries.
So we bid a fond au revoir to Penny, who is about to start her travels across various continents. She'll be visiting printworks and studios throughout her travels, so there'll be plenty of inspiration for Penny in her future textile design career.
We'll be keeping in touch with Penny throughout her travels, especially in trying to help her gain some additional internships for her return later this year.
Keep checking in for updates on Penny's adventures!


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ATOL protection is designed to reassure consumers that their money is safe, and will provide assistance in the event of a travel company failure. In some cases you can choose to receive lunch instead of breakfast - the hotel will confirm this upon arrival.
Offering comfy accommodation, lovely pool area and close proximity to the best the resort has to offer, this works as a retreat for both families and groups of friends alike. The complex consists of 87 apartments fully equipped with kitchenette, balcony or terrace, bathroom, satellite TV, lounge and a telephone. Even though the complex offers self catering basis, there are a restaurant and bar to be found here as well. Guests can relax by the two outdoor swimming pools or head to the local beaches instead. However, onsite you can enjoy some blissful tranquility which makes the pool area quite tempting for long lazy lounging in the sun there are parasols and sunbeds aplenty.
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I hope this two minute commercial doesn't inspire anyone's sermons this Sunday (I'm looking at you, Joel Osteen).
Brilliant. The website at the end is a real site. Check it out.
I am curious, though, does it count as blasphemy when you mock Joel Osteen and Rick Warren? It sure feels like it.


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COURAGEOUS CREW
Membership: Jason Hampton, Kelly Hampton, Mikey Hampton, Rick Hampton, Wendy Hampton, Rascal, Retro
Purpose: To explore space
Aliases: "Young Astronauts"
Enemies: None
Base of Operations: Space ship Courageous
First Appearance: Marvel Age#37 (April 1986);
(intended) Young Astronauts#1 (Star Comics, 1986)
(Marvel Age#37) - The Hampton family were involved in the space program some time after the 20th century had turned into the 21st. Family matriarch Kelly Hampton was the captain of the space ship Courageous, but her family had joined her on the high frontier, leading to all sorts of adventures.
(Marvel Age#37/Young Astronauts#1) - When Mikey's rambunctious pet cat Rascal became trapped aboard an unmanned Rover, one of the Courageous shuttle crafts, just as it set off to deliver supplies to Mars, his elder siblings Rick and Wendy snuck off in a second Rover to rescue it, aware the unmanned vessel only had a very limited oxygen supply. Unfortunately, their Rover had been due for repairs, and as a result its automatic pilot had been removed, a detail the pair discovered far too late. Blaming himself for their predicament, Mikey impetuously pinched a third Rover, and together with maintenance droid Retro he set off to Mars in the hope of averting disaster.
Comments: Created by Denny O'Neill (writer), June Brigman (pencils), Pat Redding (inks) and Jim Owsley (a.k.a. Christopher Priest, editor).
In 1984 the Reagan administration set up the Young Astronaut organization, split into two branches, the Young Astronaut Council and the Young Astronaut Management Corporation, intended to encourage American children to study math and science using the by using the United States Space Program as a catalyst. Later that same year the YAC struck a deal for Marvel Productions to be their exclusive representatives for licensing deals related to the Young Astronaut program, and to produce a cartoon and tie-in comic to promote same. One of the first signs of this deal was when adverts began appearing on the back pages of various Marvel titles through 1985, promoting the program.
Meanwhile Marvel Productions began working on a Young Astronauts cartoon, with prestigious Japanese animation studio Toei brought in to produce the actual film cels for the first run of thirteen episodes. Back at Marvel Comics Denny O'Neill and June Brigman began working with editor Jim Owsley to prepare the tie-in comic. The title of the first story was to be A Fall of Marsdust, as revealed when the front page of the issue was sold in an online auction. As things moved along apace, adverts were placed informing readers that Young Astronauts would be among the new CBS line-up debuting on September 14th, 1985, alongside Dungeons and Dragons, CBS Storybreak, Charlie Brown and Snoopy, The Berenstein Bears, Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling, The Wuzzles and Muppet Babies and Monsters.
However, disagreements between Marvel Productions and the YAC delayed the launch, as the Council wanted a scientifically accurate show while CBS, Marvel and (apparently) NASA were aiming for a more adventurous, child-friendly show. Believing that a scientifically accurate show would deathly dull for a young audience, CBS postponed the cartoon's premiere until the differences could be ironed out, which was finally held on January 27th 1986. The YAC ultimately yielded to doing things CBS and Marvel's way, and all seemed well for the cartoon and comic.
The next day, January 28th 1986, the Challenger Space Shuttle blew up during a televised launch. Millions of people worldwide witnessed the tragic deaths of the seven astronauts on board, and the entire future of NASA's Space Shuttle program was called into question. Deciding a show intended to promote space to children who had just witnessed the real world high cost that could come with such exploration was a non-starter, on January 29th CBS contacted both Marvel and the YAC to cancel the cartoon. Despite this, Marvel Age#37, cover dated April of that year still carried an article discussing the comic and the tie-in cartoon, and Marvel Age#38, cover dated May 1986, carried a full page advert for the comic; given that comics traditionally carried a date usually three months later than actual publication (to prolong their shelf-life in shops), and that publication schedules would mean the comics went to print at least a month prior to their release in the shops, these would have actually been produced at latest in January and February respectively, the first prior to the disaster and the second either prior or so soon after that no final decision had been made to axe the comic. However that axe did fall in March 1986, when the YAC informed Marvel Productions they wanted to cancel the comic; on June 30th 1986 the contract between Marvel and the YAC was formally terminated.
The story didn't quite end there. Discovering that despite having an exclusivity clause saying that Marvel had been to arrange any licensing related to the Young Astronaut program, they learned that the YAMC had struck promotional deals directly with Pepsi, McDonald's and Coleco during their contract period, and so successfully sued for their share of the licensing fees.
Sadly, though it seems the first few issues had been completed, given the licensing issues, it seems unlikely they will ever see publication.
Given the near future setting and it being a licensed title to tie in with a cartoon, it seems reasonable to assume that the setting for the stories was not Reality-616, where most Marvel stories take place, but another reality somewhere else in the Marvel multiverse.
This profile was completed 8/19/2021, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 20th anniversary 's celebratory event.
Profile by Loki.
The Courageous Crew, a.k.a. Young Astronauts, has no known connections to:
any other "Crews" or "Couirageous" or "Young" or "Astronaut" characters
Jason Hampton
Jason Hampton was Kelly Hampton's husband and the father of the Hampton children. We've got no art of him, nor do we know his profession, outside that it is something in the space program.
--None
Kelly Hampton
Captain Kelly Hampton was the commanding officer of the space ship Courageous and the mother of the three Hampton children.
--Marvel Age#37
Mikey Hampton
Mikey Hampton was the precocious youngest member of the Hampton family.
Rick Hampton
Rick Hampton was the eldest boy of the Hampton family.
Wendy Hampton
Wendy was the daughter of Jason and Kelly Hampton, and the middle child of the family.
Rascal was Mikey Hampton's inquisitive pet cat.
Retro was a maintenance robot aboard the space ship Courageous.
Marvel Age#38, back cover advert (main image, Kelly, Rick, Retro)
Captain America I#307 back cover (Young Astronaut council advert)
Marvel Age#37, p15, pan2 (Mikey)
Marvel Age#37, p15, pan3 (Wendy)
Marvel Age#37, p15, pan1 (Rascal)
All other characters mentioned or pictured are ™ and � 1941-2099 Marvel Characters, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Casper McWade and the Honkytonk Rebels bio
Casper McWade and his HonkyTonk Rebels are no strangers to country music. Although from different diverse backgrounds this 5 piece band has always shared one common thread, The love of true homegrown country. These boys don't follow suit with the "Nashville" standard nor do they claim to be part of the "Red Dirt" scene. They simply put it out there the way it was meant to be done.
Vocals Guitar: Casper was introduced to country and Gospel music as a kid by his family. His mother and grandmother both were musically inclined being his mom a singer in a gospel group and the grandmother a songwriter. It was Bob Wills and Waylon Jennings who influenced him the most however regardless of the good upbringings associated with Gospel.
Percussion: Grant McCray grew up between Nashville and Oklahoma. His father is a Singer/Songwriter still today. Fiddler/Utility man
Fiddle: David Short "Shorty" has been on stage with such country greats as Willie Nelson, The Oak Ridge Boys and many more. He toured with David Allan Coe as his fiddler for awhile as well.
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Bass: Kat Irons learned to play multiple instruments throughout school but it wasn't until 2010 when she picked up the electric bass was it that she found her instrument of choice. Originally from the Tulsa area you can find her hosting a jam or playing with local Tulsa bands. She can be heard on Sun Studio recording with Memphis Bound, Dwight Twilley, and Susan Cowsill. Kat received "Best Rhythm" award from the Blues Society of Tulsa in 2016.
2012 marked Casper's first Texas radio release "Long Way From Home" and has since been very well received. The band has been deemed a "Dancehall Favorite" in many areas around Texas and Oklahoma.
2019 has been a banner year with Casper having his song "Whiskey" picked up by friend Cody Jinks for the new album "The Wanting" which has been receiving critical praise entering the charts at #1.
With lyrical content that will have you ready to party your boots off or a sad tune that will have you wiping your eyes. Casper and the Honkytonk Rebels continue to win over audiences around the globe.
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R.S.C., 1985, c. O-5 - Table of Contents
R.S.C., 1985, c. O-5
This Web page has been archived on the Web.
Version of document from 2013-07-15 to 2014-02-27:
Security of Information Act
An Act respecting the security of information
Marginal note:Short title
1 This Act may be cited as the Security of Information Act .
R.S., 1985, c. O-5, s. 1
2001, c. 41, s. 25
Marginal note:Definitions
2 (1) In this Act,
Attorney General means the Attorney General of Canada and includes his or her lawful deputy; (procureur général)
communicate includes to make available; (communiquer)
document includes part of a document; (document)
foreign economic entity
foreign economic entity means
(a) a foreign state or a group of foreign states, or
(b) an entity that is controlled, in law or in fact, or is substantially owned, by a foreign state or a group of foreign states; (entité économique étrangère)
foreign entity
foreign entity means
(a) a foreign power,
(b) a group or association of foreign powers, or of one or more foreign powers and one or more terrorist groups, or
(c) a person acting at the direction of, for the benefit of or in association with a foreign power or a group or association referred to in paragraph (b); (entité étrangère)
foreign power
foreign power means
(a) the government of a foreign state,
(b) an entity exercising or purporting to exercise the functions of a government in relation to a territory outside Canada regardless of whether Canada recognizes the territory as a state or the authority of that entity over the territory, or
(c) a political faction or party operating within a foreign state whose stated purpose is to assume the role of government of a foreign state; (puissance étrangère)
foreign state
foreign state means
(a) a state other than Canada,
(b) a province, state or other political subdivision of a state other than Canada, or
(c) a colony, dependency, possession, protectorate, condominium, trust territory or any territory falling under the jurisdiction of a state other than Canada; (État étranger)
model includes design, pattern and specimen; (modèle)
munitions of war
munitions of war means arms, ammunition, implements or munitions of war, military stores or any articles deemed capable of being converted thereinto or made useful in the production thereof; (munitions de guerre)
offence under this Act
offence under this Act includes any act, omission or other thing that is punishable under this Act; (infraction à la présente loi)
office under Her Majesty
office under Her Majesty includes any office or employment in or under any department or branch of the government of Canada or of any province, and any office or employment in, on or under any board, commission, corporation or other body that is an agent of Her Majesty in right of Canada or any province; (fonction relevant de Sa Majesté)
prohibited place
prohibited place means
(a) any work of defence belonging to or occupied or used by or on behalf of Her Majesty, including arsenals, armed forces establishments or stations, factories, dockyards, mines, minefields, camps, ships, aircraft, telegraph, telephone, wireless or signal stations or offices, and places used for the purpose of building, repairing, making or storing any munitions of war or any sketches, plans, models or documents relating thereto, or for the purpose of getting any metals, oil or minerals of use in time of war,
(b) any place not belonging to Her Majesty where any munitions of war or any sketches, plans, models or documents relating thereto are being made, repaired, obtained or stored under contract with, or with any person on behalf of, Her Majesty or otherwise on behalf of Her Majesty, and
(c) any place that is for the time being declared by order of the Governor in Council to be a prohibited place on the ground that information with respect thereto or damage thereto would be useful to a foreign power; (endroit prohibé)
senior police officer
senior police officer[Repealed, 2001, c. 41, s. 26]
sketch includes any mode of representing any place or thing; (croquis)
terrorist activity
terrorist activity has the same meaning as in subsection 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code ; (activité terroriste)
terrorist group has the same meaning as in subsection 83.01(1) of the Criminal Code . (groupe terroriste)
Marginal note:Her Majesty
(2) In this Act, any reference to Her Majesty means Her Majesty in right of Canada or any province.
Marginal note:Communicating or receiving
(3) In this Act,
(a) expressions referring to communicating or receiving include any communicating or receiving, whether in whole or in part, and whether the sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information itself or the substance, effect or description thereof only is communicated or received;
(b) expressions referring to obtaining or retaining any sketch, plan, model, article, note or document include the copying of, or causing to be copied, the whole or any part of any sketch, plan, model, article, note or document; and
(c) expressions referring to the communication of any sketch, plan, model, article, note or document include the transfer or transmission of the sketch, plan, model, article, note or document.
Marginal note:Facilitation
(4) For greater certainty, subsection 83.01(2) of the Criminal Code applies for the purposes of the definitions terrorist activity and terrorist group in subsection (1).
Marginal note:Prejudice to the safety or interest of the State
3 (1) For the purposes of this Act, a purpose is prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State if a person
(a) commits, in Canada, an offence against the laws of Canada or a province that is punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of two years or more in order to advance a political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause or to benefit a foreign entity or terrorist group;
(b) commits, inside or outside Canada, a terrorist activity;
(c) causes or aggravates an urgent and critical situation in Canada that
(i) endangers the lives, health or safety of Canadians, or
(ii) threatens the ability of the Government of Canada to preserve the sovereignty, security or territorial integrity of Canada;
(d) interferes with a service, facility, system or computer program, whether public or private, or its operation, in a manner that has significant adverse impact on the health, safety, security or economic or financial well-being of the people of Canada or the functioning of any government in Canada;
(e) endangers, outside Canada, any person by reason of that person's relationship with Canada or a province or the fact that the person is doing business with or on behalf of the Government of Canada or of a province;
(f) damages property outside Canada because a person or entity with an interest in the property or occupying the property has a relationship with Canada or a province or is doing business with or on behalf of the Government of Canada or of a province;
(g) impairs or threatens the military capability of the Canadian Forces, or any part of the Canadian Forces;
(h) interferes with the design, development or production of any weapon or defence equipment of, or intended for, the Canadian Forces, including any hardware, software or system that is part of or associated with any such weapon or defence equipment;
(i) impairs or threatens the capabilities of the Government of Canada in relation to security and intelligence;
(j) adversely affects the stability of the Canadian economy, the financial system or any financial market in Canada without reasonable economic or financial justification;
(k) impairs or threatens the capability of a government in Canada, or of the Bank of Canada, to protect against, or respond to, economic or financial threats or instability;
(l) impairs or threatens the capability of the Government of Canada to conduct diplomatic or consular relations, or conduct and manage international negotiations;
(m) contrary to a treaty to which Canada is a party, develops or uses anything that is intended or has the capability to cause death or serious bodily injury to a significant number of people by means of
(i) toxic or poisonous chemicals or their precursors,
(ii) a microbial or other biological agent, or a toxin, including a disease organism,
(iii) radiation or radioactivity, or
(iv) an explosion; or
(n) does or omits to do anything that is directed towards or in preparation of the undertaking of an activity mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (m).
Marginal note:Harm to Canadian interests
(2) For the purposes of this Act, harm is caused to Canadian interests if a foreign entity or terrorist group does anything referred to in any of paragraphs (1)(a) to (n).
Miscellaneous Offences
Marginal note:Wrongful communication, etc., of information
4 (1) Every person is guilty of an offence under this Act who, having in his possession or control any secret official code word, password, sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information that relates to or is used in a prohibited place or anything in a prohibited place, or that has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act, or that has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under Her Majesty, or that he has obtained or to which he has had access while subject to the Code of Service Discipline within the meaning of the National Defence Act or owing to his position as a person who holds or has held office under Her Majesty, or as a person who holds or has held a contract made on behalf of Her Majesty, or a contract the performance of which in whole or in part is carried out in a prohibited place, or as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract,
(a) communicates the code word, password, sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information to any person, other than a person to whom he is authorized to communicate with, or a person to whom it is in the interest of the State his duty to communicate it;
(b) uses the information in his possession for the benefit of any foreign power or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State;
(c) retains the sketch, plan, model, article, note, or document in his possession or control when he has no right to retain it or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it or fails to comply with all directions issued by lawful authority with regard to the return or disposal thereof; or
(d) fails to take reasonable care of, or so conducts himself as to endanger the safety of, the secret official code word, password, sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information.
Marginal note:Communication of sketch, plan, model, etc.
(2) Every person is guilty of an offence under this Act who, having in his possession or control any sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information that relates to munitions of war, communicates it, directly or indirectly, to any foreign power, or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State.
Marginal note:Receiving code word, sketch, etc.
(3) Every person who receives any secret official code word, password, sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information, knowing, or having reasonable ground to believe, at the time he receives it, that the code word, password, sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information is communicated to him in contravention of this Act, is guilty of an offence under this Act, unless he proves that the communication to him of the code word, password, sketch, plan, model, article, note, document or information was contrary to his desire.
Marginal note:Retaining or allowing possession of document, etc.
(4) Every person is guilty of an offence under this Act who
(a) retains for any purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State any official document, whether or not completed or issued for use, when he has no right to retain it, or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it, or fails to comply with any directions issued by any Government department or any person authorized by any Government department with regard to the return or disposal thereof; or
(b) allows any other person to have possession of any official document issued for his use alone, or communicates any secret official code word or password so issued, or, without lawful authority or excuse, has in his possession any official document or secret official code word or password issued for the use of a person other than himself, or on obtaining possession of any official document by finding or otherwise, neglects or fails to restore it to the person or authority by whom or for whose use it was issued, or to a police constable.
R.S., c. O-3, s. 4
Marginal note:Unauthorized use of uniforms; falsification of reports, forgery, personation and false documents
5 (1) Every person is guilty of an offence under this Act who, for the purpose of gaining admission, or of assisting any other person to gain admission, to a prohibited place, or for any other purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State,
(a) uses or wears, without lawful authority, any military, police or other official uniform or any uniform so nearly resembling such a uniform as to be calculated to deceive, or falsely represents himself to be a person who is or has been entitled to use or wear any such uniform;
(b) orally or in writing in any declaration or application, or in any document signed by him or on his behalf, knowingly makes or connives at the making of any false statement or omission;
(c) forges, alters or tampers with any passport or any military, police or official pass, permit, certificate, licence or other document of a similar character, in this section referred to as an official document, or uses or has in his possession any such forged, altered or irregular official document;
(d) personates or falsely represents himself to be a person holding, or to be in the employment of a person holding, office under Her Majesty, or to be or not to be a person to whom an official document or secret official code word or password has been duly issued or communicated, or with intent to obtain an official document, secret official code word or password, whether for himself or any other person, knowingly makes any false statement; or
(e) uses, or has in his possession or under his control, without the authority of the Government department or the authority concerned, any die, seal or stamp of or belonging to, or used, made or provided by, any Government department, or by any diplomatic or military authority appointed by or acting under the authority of Her Majesty, or any die, seal or stamp so nearly resembling any such die, seal or stamp as to be calculated to deceive, or counterfeits any such die, seal or stamp, or uses, or has in his possession or under his control, any such counterfeited die, seal or stamp.
Marginal note:Unlawful dealing with dies, seals, etc.
(2) Every person who, without lawful authority or excuse, manufactures or sells, or has in his possession for sale, any die, seal or stamp referred to in subsection (1) is guilty of an offence under this Act.
Marginal note:Approaching, entering, etc., a prohibited place
6 Every person commits an offence who, for any purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State, approaches, inspects, passes over, is in the neighbourhood of or enters a prohibited place at the direction of, for the benefit of or in association with a foreign entity or a terrorist group.
Marginal note:Interference
7 Every person commits an offence who, in the vicinity of a prohibited place, obstructs, knowingly misleads or otherwise interferes with or impedes a peace officer or a member of Her Majesty's forces engaged on guard, sentry, patrol or other similar duty in relation to the prohibited place.
Special Operational Information and Persons Permanently Bound to Secrecy
8 (1) The following definitions apply in this section and sections 9 to 15.
department means a department named in Schedule I to the Financial Administration Act , a division or branch of the federal public administration set out in column I of Schedule I.1 to that Act and a corporation named in Schedule II to that Act. (ministère)
partie à un contrat administratif
government contractor means a person who has entered into a contract or arrangement with Her Majesty in right of Canada, a department, board or agency of the Government of Canada or a Crown corporation as defined in subsection 83(1) of the Financial Administration Act , and includes an employee of the person, a subcontractor of the person and an employee of the subcontractor. (partie à un contrat administratif)
person permanently bound to secrecy
personne astreinte au secret à perpétuité
person permanently bound to secrecy means
(a) a current or former member or employee of a department, division, branch or office of the federal public administration, or any of its parts, set out in the schedule; or
(b) a person who has been personally served with a notice issued under subsection 10(1) in respect of the person or who has been informed, in accordance with regulations made under subsection 11(2), of the issuance of such a notice in respect of the person. (personne astreinte au secret à perpétuité)
special operational information
renseignements opérationnels spéciaux
special operational information means information that the Government of Canada is taking measures to safeguard that reveals, or from which may be inferred,
(a) the identity of a person, agency, group, body or entity that was, is or is intended to be, has been approached to be, or has offered or agreed to be, a confidential source of information, intelligence or assistance to the Government of Canada;
(b) the nature or content of plans of the Government of Canada for military operations in respect of a potential, imminent or present armed conflict;
(c) the means that the Government of Canada used, uses or intends to use, or is capable of using, to covertly collect or obtain, or to decipher, assess, analyse, process, handle, report, communicate or otherwise deal with information or intelligence, including any vulnerabilities or limitations of those means;
(d) whether a place, person, agency, group, body or entity was, is or is intended to be the object of a covert investigation, or a covert collection of information or intelligence, by the Government of Canada;
(e) the identity of any person who is, has been or is intended to be covertly engaged in an information- or intelligence-collection activity or program of the Government of Canada that is covert in nature;
(f) the means that the Government of Canada used, uses or intends to use, or is capable of using, to protect or exploit any information or intelligence referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (e), including, but not limited to, encryption and cryptographic systems, and any vulnerabilities or limitations of those means; or
(g) information or intelligence similar in nature to information or intelligence referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (f) that is in relation to, or received from, a foreign entity or terrorist group. (renseignements opérationnels spéciaux)
Marginal note:Deputy head
(2) For the purposes of subsections 10(1) and 15(5), the deputy head is
(a) for an individual employed in or attached or seconded to a department, the deputy head of the department;
(b) for an officer or a non-commissioned member of the Canadian Forces, the Chief of the Defence Staff;
(c) for a person who is a member of the exempt staff of a Minister responsible for a department, the deputy head of the department;
(d) for a government contractor in relation to a contract with
(i) the Department of Public Works and Government Services, the deputy head of that department or any other deputy head authorized for the purpose by the Minister of Public Works and Government Services,
(ii) any other department, the deputy head of that department, and
(iii) a Crown Corporation within the meaning of subsection 83(1) of the Financial Administration Act , the deputy head of the department of the minister responsible for the Crown Corporation; and
(e) for any other person, the Clerk of the Privy Council or a person authorized for the purpose by the Clerk of the Privy Council.
2003, c. 22, s. 224(E)
2004, c. 12, s. 21(E)
2013, c. 9, s. 28(E)
Marginal note:Amending schedule
9 The Governor in Council may, by order, amend the schedule by adding or deleting the name of any current or former department, division, branch or office of the federal public administration, or any of its parts, that, in the opinion of the Governor in Council, has or had a mandate that is primarily related to security and intelligence matters, or by modifying any name set out in the schedule.
Marginal note:Designation — persons permanently bound to secrecy
10 (1) The deputy head in respect of a person may, by notice in writing, designate the person to be a person permanently bound to secrecy if the deputy head is of the opinion that, by reason of the person's office, position, duties, contract or arrangement,
(a) the person had, has or will have authorized access to special operational information; and
(b) it is in the interest of national security to designate the person.
Marginal note:Contents
(2) The notice must
(a) specify the name of the person in respect of whom it is issued;
(b) specify the office held, position occupied or duties performed by the person or the contract or arrangement in respect of which the person is a government contractor, as the case may be, that led to the designation; and
(c) state that the person named in the notice is a person permanently bound to secrecy for the purposes of sections 13 and 14.
Marginal note:Exceptions
(3) The following persons may not be designated as persons permanently bound to secrecy, but they continue as such if they were persons permanently bound to secrecy before becoming persons referred to in this subsection:
(a) the Governor General;
(b) the lieutenant governor of a province;
(c) a judge receiving a salary under the Judges Act ; and
(d) a military judge within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the National Defence Act .
R.S., 1985, c. O-5, s. 10
Marginal note:Service
11 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person in respect of whom a notice is issued under subsection 10(1) is a person permanently bound to secrecy as of the moment the person is personally served with the notice or informed of the notice in accordance with the regulations.
Marginal note:Regulations
(2) The Governor in Council may make regulations respecting the personal service of notices issued under subsection 10(1) and regulations respecting personal notification of the issuance of a notice under that subsection when personal service is not practical.
Marginal note:Certificate
12 (1) Subject to subsection (2), a certificate purporting to have been issued by or under the authority of a Minister of the Crown in right of Canada stating that a person is a person permanently bound to secrecy shall be received and is admissible in evidence in any proceedings for an offence under section 13 or 14, without proof of the signature or authority of the Minister appearing to have signed it, and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of the fact so stated.
Marginal note:Disclosure of certificate
(2) The certificate may be received in evidence only if the party intending to produce it has, before the trial, served on the party against whom it is intended to be produced reasonable notice of that intention, together with a duplicate of the certificate.
Marginal note:Purported communication
13 (1) Every person permanently bound to secrecy commits an offence who, intentionally and without authority, communicates or confirms information that, if it were true, would be special operational information.
Marginal note:Truthfulness of information
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), it is not relevant whether the information to which the offence relates is true.
Marginal note:Punishment
(3) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years less a day.
Marginal note:Unauthorized communication of special operational information
14 (1) Every person permanently bound to secrecy commits an offence who, intentionally and without authority, communicates or confirms special operational information.
(2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 14 years.
Marginal note:Public interest defence
15 (1) No person is guilty of an offence under section 13 or 14 if the person establishes that he or she acted in the public interest.
Marginal note:Acting in the public interest
(2) Subject to subsection (4), a person acts in the public interest if
(a) the person acts for the purpose of disclosing an offence under an Act of Parliament that he or she reasonably believes has been, is being or is about to be committed by another person in the purported performance of that person's duties and functions for, or on behalf of, the Government of Canada; and
(b) the public interest in the disclosure outweighs the public interest in non-disclosure.
Marginal note:Paragraph (2)(a) to be considered first
(3) In determining whether a person acts in the public interest, a judge or court shall determine whether the condition in paragraph (2)(a) is satisfied before considering paragraph (2)(b).
Marginal note:Factors to be considered
(4) In deciding whether the public interest in the disclosure outweighs the public interest in non-disclosure, a judge or court must consider
(a) whether the extent of the disclosure is no more than is reasonably necessary to disclose the alleged offence or prevent the commission or continuation of the alleged offence, as the case may be;
(b) the seriousness of the alleged offence;
(c) whether the person resorted to other reasonably accessible alternatives before making the disclosure and, in doing so, whether the person complied with any relevant guidelines, policies or laws that applied to the person;
(d) whether the person had reasonable grounds to believe that the disclosure would be in the public interest;
(e) the public interest intended to be served by the disclosure;
(f) the extent of the harm or risk of harm created by the disclosure; and
(g) the existence of exigent circumstances justifying the disclosure.
Marginal note:Prior disclosure to authorities necessary
(5) A judge or court may decide whether the public interest in the disclosure outweighs the public interest in non-disclosure only if the person has complied with the following:
(a) the person has, before communicating or confirming the information, brought his or her concern to, and provided all relevant information in his or her possession to, his or her deputy head or, if not reasonably practical in the circumstances, the Deputy Attorney General of Canada; and
(b) the person has, if he or she has not received a response from the deputy head or the Deputy Attorney General of Canada, as the case may be, within a reasonable time, brought his or her concern to, and provided all relevant information in the person's possession to,
(i) the Security Intelligence Review Committee, if the person's concern relates to an alleged offence that has been, is being or is about to be committed by another person in the purported performance of that person's duties and functions of service for, or on behalf of, the Government of Canada, other than a person who is a member of the Communications Security Establishment, and he or she has not received a response from the Security Intelligence Review Committee within a reasonable time, or
(ii) the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner, if the person's concern relates to an alleged offence that has been, is being or is about to be committed by a member of the Communications Security Establishment, in the purported performance of that person's duties and functions of service for, or on behalf of, the Communications Security Establishment, and he or she has not received a response from the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner within a reasonable time.
Marginal note:Exigent circumstances
(6) Subsection (5) does not apply if the communication or confirmation of the information was necessary to avoid grievous bodily harm or death.
Communications with Foreign Entities or Terrorist Groups
Marginal note:Communicating safeguarded information
16 (1) Every person commits an offence who, without lawful authority, communicates to a foreign entity or to a terrorist group information that the Government of Canada or of a province is taking measures to safeguard if
(a) the person believes, or is reckless as to whether, the information is information that the Government of Canada or of a province is taking measures to safeguard; and
(b) the person intends, by communicating the information, to increase the capacity of a foreign entity or a terrorist group to harm Canadian interests or is reckless as to whether the communication of the information is likely to increase the capacity of a foreign entity or a terrorist group to harm Canadian interests.
(2) Every person commits an offence who, intentionally and without lawful authority, communicates to a foreign entity or to a terrorist group information that the Government of Canada or of a province is taking measures to safeguard if
(b) harm to Canadian interests results.
(3) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for life.
Marginal note:Communicating special operational information
17 (1) Every person commits an offence who, intentionally and without lawful authority, communicates special operational information to a foreign entity or to a terrorist group if the person believes, or is reckless as to whether, the information is special operational information.
(2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for life.
Marginal note:Breach of trust in respect of safeguarded information
18 (1) Every person with a security clearance given by the Government of Canada commits an offence who, intentionally and without lawful authority, communicates, or agrees to communicate, to a foreign entity or to a terrorist group any information that is of a type that the Government of Canada is taking measures to safeguard.
(2) Every person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years.
Marginal note:Use of trade secret for the benefit of foreign economic entity
19 (1) Every person commits an offence who, at the direction of, for the benefit of or in association with a foreign economic entity, fraudulently and without colour of right and to the detriment of Canada's economic interests, international relations or national defence or national security
(a) communicates a trade secret to another person, group or organization; or
(b) obtains, retains, alters or destroys a trade secret.
Marginal note:Defence
(3) A person is not guilty of an offence under subsection (1) if the trade secret was
(a) obtained by independent development or by reason only of reverse engineering; or
(b) acquired in the course of the person's work and is of such a character that its acquisition amounts to no more than an enhancement of that person's personal knowledge, skill or expertise.
Marginal note:Meaning of trade secret
(4) For the purpose of this section, trade secret means any information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, method, technique, process, negotiation position or strategy or any information contained or embodied in a product, device or mechanism that
(a) is or may be used in a trade or business;
(b) is not generally known in that trade or business;
(c) has economic value from not being generally known; and
(d) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.
Foreign-influenced or Terrorist-influenced Threats or Violence
Marginal note:Threats or violence
20 (1) Every person commits an offence who, at the direction of, for the benefit of or in association with a foreign entity or a terrorist group, induces or attempts to induce, by threat, accusation, menace or violence, any person to do anything or to cause anything to be done
(a) that is for the purpose of increasing the capacity of a foreign entity or a terrorist group to harm Canadian interests; or
(b) that is reasonably likely to harm Canadian interests.
Marginal note:Application
(2) A person commits an offence under subsection (1) whether or not the threat, accusation, menace or violence occurred in Canada.
Harbouring or Concealing
Marginal note:Concealing person who carried out offence
21 (1) Every person who, for the purpose of enabling or facilitating an offence under this Act, knowingly harbours or conceals a person whom they know to be a person who has committed an offence under this Act, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment
(a) for a term of not more than 14 years, if the person who is harboured or concealed committed an offence under this Act for which that person is liable to imprisonment for life; and
(b) for a term of not more than 10 years, if the person who is harboured or concealed committed an offence under this Act for which that person is liable to any other punishment.
Marginal note:Concealing person who is likely to carry out offence
(2) Every person who, for the purpose of enabling or facilitating an offence under this Act, knowingly harbours or conceals any person whom he or she knows to be a person who is likely to carry out an offence under this Act, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years.
2013, c. 9, s. 29
Preparatory Acts
Marginal note:Preparatory acts
22 (1) Every person commits an offence who, for the purpose of committing an offence under subsection 16(1) or (2), 17(1), 19(1) or 20(1), does anything that is specifically directed towards or specifically done in preparation of the commission of the offence, including
(a) entering Canada at the direction of or for the benefit of a foreign entity, a terrorist group or a foreign economic entity;
(b) obtaining, retaining or gaining access to any information;
(c) knowingly communicating to a foreign entity, a terrorist group or a foreign economic entity the person's willingness to commit the offence;
(d) at the direction of, for the benefit of or in association with a foreign entity, a terrorist group or a foreign economic entity, asking a person to commit the offence; and
(e) possessing any device, apparatus or software useful for concealing the content of information or for surreptitiously communicating, obtaining or retaining information.
Conspiracy, Attempts, Etc.
Marginal note:Conspiracy, attempts, etc.
23 Every person commits an offence who conspires or attempts to commit, is an accessory after the fact in relation to or counsels in relation to an offence under this Act and is liable to the same punishment and to be proceeded against in the same manner as if he or she had committed the offence.
Marginal note:Attorney General's consent
24 No prosecution shall be commenced for an offence against this Act without the consent of the Attorney General.
Marginal note:Jurisdiction
25 An offence against this Act may be tried, in any place in Canada, regardless of where in Canada the offence was committed.
Marginal note:Extraterritorial application
26 (1) A person who commits an act or omission outside Canada that would be an offence against this Act if it were committed in Canada is deemed to have committed it in Canada if the person is
(a) a Canadian citizen;
(b) a person who owes allegiance to Her Majesty in right of Canada;
(c) a person who is locally engaged and who performs his or her functions in a Canadian mission outside Canada; or
(d) a person who, after the time the offence is alleged to have been committed, is present in Canada.
(2) If a person is deemed to have committed an act or omission in Canada, proceedings in respect of the offence may, whether or not the person is in Canada, be commenced in any territorial division in Canada, and the person may be tried and punished in respect of the offence in the same manner as if the offence had been committed in that territorial division.
Marginal note:Appearance of accused at trial
(3) For greater certainty, the provisions of the Criminal Code relating to requirements that a person appear at and be present during proceedings and the exceptions to those requirements apply in respect of proceedings commenced in a territorial division under subsection (2).
Marginal note:Person previously tried outside Canada
(4) If a person is alleged to have committed an act or omission that is an offence by virtue of this section and the person has been tried and dealt with outside Canada in respect of the offence in a manner such that, if the person had been tried and dealt with in Canada, the person would be able to plead autrefois acquit, autrefois convict or pardon, the person shall be deemed to have been so tried and dealt with in Canada.
27 Unless this Act provides otherwise, a person who commits an offence under this Act is guilty of
(a) an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 14 years; or
(b) an offence punishable on summary conviction and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 12 months or to a fine of not more than $2,000, or to both.
28 [Repealed, 2001, c. 41, s. 130]
SCHEDULE(Subsection 8(1) and section 9)
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité
Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar
Commission d'enquête sur les actions des responsables canadiens relativement à Maher Arar
Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182
Commission d'enquête relative aux mesures d'investigation prises à la suite de l'attentat à la bombe commis contre le vol 182 d'Air India
Communications Branch of the National Research Council
Direction des télécommunications du Conseil national de recherches
Communications Security Establishment
Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications
Criminal Intelligence Program of the R.C.M.P.
Programme des renseignements criminels de la GRC
Internal Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin
Enquête interne sur les actions des responsables canadiens relativement à Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati et Muayyed Nureddin
Office of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner
Bureau du commissaire du Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications
Protective Operations Program of the R.C.M.P.
Programme des missions de protection de la GRC
R.C.M.P. Security Service
Service de sécurité de la GRC
Security Intelligence Review Committee
Comité de surveillance des activités de renseignement de sécurité
Technical Operations Program of the R.C.M.P.
Programme des opérations techniques de la GRC
SOR/2006-81, 336
2012, c. 19, s. 386
4 - Offences
4 - Miscellaneous Offences
8 - Special Operational Information and Persons Permanently Bound to Secrecy
16 - Communications with Foreign Entities or Terrorist Groups
19 - Economic Espionage
20 - Foreign-influenced or Terrorist-influenced Threats or Violence
21 - Harbouring or Concealing
22 - Preparatory Acts
23 - Conspiracy, Attempts, Etc.


How is NJAAnuary treating you so far, honestly? Are you paying for the sins of Drinkscember? I am not :-). Partly because I was working throughout that period and because I have learnt that a budget is important thus the theme of this blog. Let's talk about the third edition of Nairobi Restaurant Week that is almost upon us.
If you are not upto speed on what restaurant week is, it is practised in major cities in the world. Select restaurants offer a specific menu at a discounted rate for a period of time and that is what #NRW2016 is all about.
Thanks to the lovely hosts Eatout, Nairobi's finest restaurants will be designing special 3-course menus for Ksh 1500 / Ksh 2500 depending on the establishment. 2-course lunch menus will also be on offer at most restaurants at Ksh 1000 / Ksh 1800. This is 10 days of sampling all your top favourite restaurants from 28th January – 7th February 2016. You can check out the list of participating restaurants here.
The second edition of NRW came at a time I considered very bad for my wallet. After spending almost all the December salary without a thought of what will happen in NJAAnuary and our company paying us almost on 5th February my hopes of sampling more than one restaurant during NRW were all crushed. So come this year after making several adjustments to my budget and planning, I am very excited to state that Nairobi Restaurant Week 2016 hasn't come at a better time for treats on a budget.
1. Larder – Radisson Blu Hotel: I have read some very positive reviews since Larder opened. It is on my list of to visit restaurants in 2016, what better time than NRW.
2. J's Fresh Bar and Kitchen: Believe it or not I haven't been to J's despite the fact that I follow some very interesting people on Ig who are always posting sinful food photos from J's. After the numerous plans that failed in 2015, it is about time.
3. Bamboo at Zen Garden: I love that they offer fusion cuisine whether Chinese, Thai or Japanese. Who doesn't love a good bargain?
Which restaurants do you plan on visiting for #NRW2016?