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posted 29 March 2008 06:40 AM
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080329/CPACTUALITES/803290815/6730/CPACTUALITES
Very interesting. This is a big sample Quebec only poll of 1,000 Quebecers by CROP - and they tend to be way more accurate than the Quebec sub-sample numbers in national polls. To summarize:
BQ - 30% (down from 42% in the last election)
CPC - 29% (up from 25%)
Liberals - 20% (down from 21%)
NDP - 15% (up from 7%) !!
I guess that leaves 6% for so-called green/other (up from 5%)
and most of the fieldwork was done BEFORE all ther latest bad publicity for Dion.
This could really set up some four-way races that the NDP could win in Quebec.
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From: "watching the tide roll away" | Registered: Jun 2004 | IP: Logged
Later in the article, they mention that the poll also asks Quebecers who would make the best PM of Canada. Harper gets 35%, Layton 24% and Dion 16%!!
This makes me think that in a campaign, the NDP has the potential to rise while the Liberals will likely fall further.
ocsi
Babbler # 13760
Originally posted by Stockholm:
The NDP has to sell itself as a viable and credible federalist alternative to the Liberals and Conservatives. I keep reading that the Conservatives will likely pick up Liberal votes simply because they see them as the only federalist alternative to the Liberals.
From: somewhere over the rainbow | Registered: Jan 2007 | IP: Logged
V. Jara
Originally posted by ocsi:
I keep reading that the Conservatives will likely pick up Liberal votes simply because they see them as the only federalist alternative to the Liberals.
Not in Montreal.
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Originally posted by V. Jara:
Great! There are many federalist seats that, given a four way race, the NDP could pick up. Plus, many people will look at the jump in NDP support in the polls and they'll join in.
The NDP has to sell itself as a viable and credible federalist alternative to the Liberals and Conservatives.
What do you call attarcting people like Tom Mulcair and Francoise Boivin (and more to come) and holding conferences in Rimouski and a national convention in Quebec City and having Layton have as a high a profile as possible in Quebec and the party setting aside MILLIONS of dollars to be spent on the campaign in Quebec in the next election?
Okay, I'll change my original comment to read: "The NDP has to continue to sell itself as a viable and credible federalist alternative to the Liberals and Conservatives.
A Blair
Very interesting to note that, as usual, pundits both inside & outside Quebec just don't understand the political dynamic here:
« Mais le parti qui profite davantage de la baisse de popularité du Bloc québécois, c'est le NPD. Les néo-démocrates sont en effet passés de 7,5% en janvier 2006 à 15% aujourd'hui. »
For years the mantra has been that the dominant political axis is federalist vs. separatist in Quebec. But instead, poll results show that the declining Bloc vote is going to the NDP more than any other party! How is this explained by the "federalist-separatist" axis dogma repeated ad nauseum? Sure, it plays a role, but it might be far from as dominant as the pundits want us to think. Maybe it is finally time to stop flogging that dead horse.
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"The NDP has to continue to sell itself as a viable and credible federalist alternative to the Liberals and Conservatives.
Yes, that's better, but the flip side of the coin is that the NDP also has to sell itself as a viable and credible progressive alternative to the Bloc Quebecois!!
unionist
The federalist-separatist axis is truly a red herring. Quebeckers seek and need a party that represents all their interests, and the "national" one is only one of many. The popularity of the Bloc, like the PQ, has been in huge part due to their perceived (and often real) attachment to progressive social, gender, labour, economic and other causes. They filled the left-wing void in Québec politics.
Having said that, the CCF/NDP for decades rendered itself irrelevant in the Québec scene because it was seen and portrayed, not only as being even more "centralist" than all other parties (which it probably was), but opposing Québec's inalienable right to self-determination.
With the adoption of the Sherbrooke Declaration and many similar changes, the NDP has hopefully recognized the folly of trying to attract Quebeckers to their flag while telling them that others will decide whether they have to remain in Canada. Layton's backtracking on the Clarity Act in the last federal election campaign was unconscionable, but maybe they're starting to get it. If they can't say the right thing, it's better to shut up on the subject.
From: Vote QS! | Registered: Dec 2005 | IP: Logged
posted 30 March 2008 05:05 PM
In Quebec City, the so-called 418 region.
Tories: 41 per cent
Bloc: 25 per cent
NDP: 17 per cent
Liberals: 14 per cent
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Aristotleded24
So you're excited about the NDP winning 3 or 4 more seats in Quebec, all at Liberal expense?
From: Winnipeg | Registered: May 2005 | IP: Logged
Originally posted by Aristotleded24:
I know I am.
I think that the NDP would pick up seats in Montreal from the Bloc and not just the Liberals.
But tell me again why the Liberals are entitled to ANY seats after supporting Harper for the last six months?
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Wilf Day
Like . . .
Jeanne-Le Ber?
Hull-Aylmer?
Gatineau?
Laval?
Alfred-Pellan?
Saint-Lambert??
Rimouski-Neigette--Témiscouata--Les Basques??
Chicoutimi--Le Fjord??
Vaudreuil-Soulanges??
Laurier--Sainte-Marie???
Brome--Missisquoi???
Manicouagan???
From: Port Hope, Ontario | Registered: Oct 2002 | IP: Logged
ottawaobserver
Originally posted by Wilf Day:
Fun trivia fact: Laurier--Ste-Marie was the only seat where the NDP came second last time (Duceppe's own riding).
Rimouski is an interesting one, because the Bloc MP, Louise Thibault, left their caucus (or was pushed, I don't remember exact details). They've since nominated another candidate, but I thought I read that Thibault was planning to run again as an independent ... anyone know anything about that? Having the incumbent run as an independent can create some openings (viz. Desjarlais in Churchill).
Laval – Les Îles should be fascinating to watch, because the Conservative candidate, Agop Evereklian, is a former aide to the Liberal incumbent, Raymonde Folco. Was this Mulcair's provincial constituency, or am I mixed up?
Also, if it's true that the NDP is picking up votes from the Bloc, it might be worth us looking at a few more of the East Island ridings, although I can't claim to know much about Montreal. For example, you didn't have Rosemont-La Petite Patrie on your list ... isn't the NDP running Alexandre Boulerice from CUPE there?
I wonder, if the Libs cave on the immigration changes, would any of the allophone ridings in north-east Montreal become vulnerable (Ahuntsic, Honore-Mercier, Papineau, St-Leonard-St-Michel).
Hopefully someone with some local knowledge will weigh in and give us some grist for the mill.
[And whoever can oust Denis Coderre in Bourassa would deserve a medal, and I would probably include the Conservatives in that.]
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KenS
No local knowledge here, but here is my guess.
In general, the Libs ducking on the immigration issue will not I think shake many people except some of those ready to move anyway.
But I would hazard to guess that the Montreal allophones might be an exception- where the NDP is seen as fresh, where the Liberals are in local disrepute already, etc.
But the Liberals have a stranglehold in most [all?] the ridings where the allophones are most numerous. I don't see this being enough to shake the Liberals out of the west island. But there are allophones everywhere and they could have a substantial effect in ridings where the NDP either is a new contendor for the Liberals or in what were previously Lib/Bloc contests where the NDP is bleeding from both and the allophones play a role in the Liberal bleed.
[ 30 March 2008: Message edited by: KenS ]
From: Minasville, NS | Registered: Aug 2001 | IP: Logged
I don't think the NDP has ever made a strong pitch to the allophone community in Québec, unlike they do (with moderate success) in places like the Lower Mainland of BC and Toronto. The extra funds dedicated to Québec in the next election should allow for more of a special media campaign in Québec. In fact, an allophone communication strategy seems to be an important wedge in most urban/suburban electoral contexts. This is probably an area where the NDP could improve in general (e.g. as the Missisaugas, Etobicokes, Richmonds etc spring to mind). It is also worth noting that the Canadian population is only growing through immigration these days, something like 1/4 of the work force is immigrant, and eventually these dynamics will play out in the electoral lists.
I don't think the NDP has ever made a strong pitch to the allophone community in Québec, unlike they do (with moderate success) in places like the Lower Mainland of BC and Toronto.
one problem: the "historic" Quebec immigrant communities, first Jewish, then Italian, became 100 per cent super-loyal Liberal voters, and since then the Hispanic, Middle Eastern and Asian communities have pretty much followed that path, although not as pronounced, given they are rattled by Quebec nationalism and hence stick with the Big Dog, i.e. Liberal Party, for political effectiveness
From: um, well | Registered: Feb 2003 | IP: Logged
The poll numbers may translate into some surpriising seat totals. Assuming a straight swing accross the province without regional variations I get:
Bloq 37 (-14)
Con 18 (+8)
Lib 18 (+5)
Ind 1
NDP 1 (on the numbers reaaly this shd be 0 but I am asssuming Mulcair will hold his seat.)
The Libs do relatively well because of their concentration in Montreal. They also lost a number of close ridings last time to the Bloc whose vote is falling much more than theirs.The Bloc gets double the seats the Cons do on essentially the same vote becuase their vote is more efficient, not being wasted in the West Island.
I realize the limits of this analysis and hope someone can provide a more sophisticated one.
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the colllapse of the Bloc is 10 years overdue ....
lagatta
There are a lot of allophones in Outremont. Remember, the riding includes a large portion of Côte-des-neiges as well as the former city of Outremont, and Mile-End.
Viviane Barbot of the Bloc won Papineau, which had been Liberal for decades. André Frappier had received one of the better NDP votes when he stood there (before Barbot's win).
From: Se non ora, quando? | Registered: Apr 2002 | IP: Logged
The problem for the N.D.P in Quebec has been that their vote is too evenly spread out. Outside of Montreal and Hull-Allymer the N.D.P got between 4-8% of the vote in virtually every riding.
In parts of Montreal the N.D.P vote is higher but still fairly evenly spread out. The highest vote percentage in the last election was something like 17.5%, and that riding is now represented by Mulcair. I would think the N.D.P would be lucky to gain any more, it will definately depend on whether they can get any more 'star' candidates.
That said, I will certainly admit that I don't know the situation 'on the ground' and there may be the odd riding where all the circumstances come together.
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There are some obvious places where the NDP stands to gain seats (if their popular vote actually doubled to 15% or more in Quebec). Hull-Aylmer and Gatineau would be obvious examples. Then you have Jeanne-LeBer, Lasalle-Emard, possibly Westmount-Ville Marie. Mulcair may have coattails in Laval-Les Iles, NDG is always a possibility and then there are a few other BQ held seats in Montreal that could come into play if the NDP keeps gaining largely at BQ expense. Then you have ridings where you have weak BQ/Independent/CPC incumbents where the NDP is running top quality people like Abitibi-James Bay, Rimouski, Levis-Bellechasse etc...
Originally posted by Adam T:
If an election were being held today this would be true but since it isn't it's the trend that's noteworthy.
And that trend is very promising - a total validation of the efforts that Mulcair and Layton have been making.
Quebec politics of late has been so volatile that parties heading into the race in a miserable third (like the ADQ) become official Opposition and nearly government. Parties that were in the single digits (like Harper's Cons) become leading parties. To be the party that's suddenly doubling in support is a very good place to be. To pass the Liberals in the Quebec City region is an extraordinary place to be.
As always, we take bad polls with a grain of salt and good polls as divine gospel - but if this trend reflects what's happening out there we're in for some interesting times.
Lord Palmerston
I don't LaSalle-Emard is really in the cards, the NDP only got 6% there last time and a lot of it I think is pretty suburban. Jeanne-Le Ber is a possibility where there is a high profile NDP candidate running who could take a huge chunk of the Bloc vote and a fair number of Liberals as well, the same is true for Hull-Aylmer and Gatineau. Westmount-Ville Marie could be possible with a true star like Julius Grey or someone else of his stature, though the problem there is that has a lot of very wealthy people who wouldn't vote NDP on principle, Marc Garneau is somewhat of a name, and the Bloc vote there is very small so the NDP would have to do very, very well among Liberals.
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The results from last time in Lasalle-Emard are deceptive. It is a very working class, run-down riding - much like Jeanne LeBer. Paul Martin (the social parasite) isn't running again (It's a disgrace that Martin keeps drawing a salary when he hasn't shown up for a single vote in a year and does no work whatsoever). It is an Outremont-style situation in that there was a very large BQ vote there last time - but the BQ can never win because there are too many non-francophones.
I think that with Paul "social parasite" Martin out of the picture, a strong NDP candidate and an Outremont style collapse in the BQ vote could make it winnable.
Isn't LASALLE-EMARD the riding where Bill Blaikie's daughter ran as the NDP candidate in 2004?
Maybe she'll try again!
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Sean in Ottawa
I am not convinced that the NDP vote is as wide and thin as some may think. When the NDP support is low it is flat but when it rises to the levels it is now it is not likely so flat. We can only guess without historical data for such an NDP surge where that support is. Extensive ground work will be required just to identify which seats are close for us.
The Liberals would benefit from a moderate movement of voters from the BQ to the Cons as that would leave them in first place in many ridings they were second to the BQ provided the Cons are still third-- in many cases they had so far to go that this would be the case. However, this latest poll is indicating that the Cons may now be passing the Liberals in those ridings- the question is of course where that Con vote is. If it is in ridings where the Liberals were flat, the Liberals could gain seats however if it is in those Liberal close ridings then things could got he other way. We should never assume that there is one simple move either.
It could be that the many votes are in flux with BQ votes going to all the other parties and the The Liberals also losing votes to the NDP leaving them close to where they were. If this is the case then they could be picking up support in poor areas and losing it in the ridings thye need to win-- if so then the bloodbath could be worse for the Liberals than people are even guessing as it could be their vote flatening.
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I'm inclined to agree with Stockholm's LaSalle-émard analysis, partly because I'm inclined to believe that the other parties may ignore this riding- having their attention caught up elsewhere. Like Outremont, however, winning LaSalle would not only take a great candidate but a great ground game. With it's low historical NDP vote, I also suspect the NDP has ZERO organisation on the ground, so this would have to be created almost overnight. Rebecca Blaikie is currently a Québec organizer for the NDP, I believe, so hopefully the party braintrust can take a crack at this.
An interesting but unsuprising trend in Québec NDP support seems to be that it is urban centred. Seeing as the party is trying to avoid support that's a mile wide and an inch deep, it'd be interesting to think about how they could exploit that urban advantage. Obviously the NDP budget that kicked in for urban transit, etc is not a bad starter.
Without a strong Liberal challenger this time in Chicoutimi, I wonder if the NDP have a strong chance there. MightFrançoise Gauthier be interested?
The NDP has virtually zero organization on the ground in ANY riding in Quebec. Even in Outremont, it all had to be built from scratch. Lasalle-Emard is as good a place to make an effort as any!
maybe the NDP can start by demanding that Paul Martin (the social parasite) resign his seat so that a byelection can be held - its criminal that a fabulously wealthy multimillionaire like Martin is collecting a paycheck while doing SWEET FUCK ALL as an MP - meanwhile people in the riding essentially have no representation.
Québec NDP support seems to be that it is urban centred
We may rectify that with Romeo Saganash running in Abitibi-James Bay
Uncle John
What kind of new constituencies is the NDP capturing in Quebec? What are their demographics and value sets?
Where are there other places in Quebec where there are people with similar demographics and value sets?
Surely that is where a party should go, not necessarily some place with anecdotal notoriety.
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The NDP has virtually zero organization on the ground in ANY riding in Quebec. Even in Outremont, it all had to be built from scratch.
I'll take your word for it but that doesn't preclude the NDP from winning, and perhaps winning big in Quebec, does it? The internet is changing politics fundamentally and on-the-ground-organizing may become less vital to a successful campaign.
The internet is no substitute for actually going door-to-door
But it wasn't door-to-door canvassing that got the NDP a 7% bump in the polls. There are many factors at play and I wouldn't write off most of Quebec for lack of on the ground organization. I mean, I can't help but marvel at the amount of money, support, and, yes, organization politicians like Ron Paul and Barack Obama have been able to do over the internet.
Quebec politics of late has been so volatile that parties heading into the race in a miserable third (like the ADQ) become official Opposition and nearly government.
True enough, but I would point out 2 things about that:
1.They almost won a minority government. It's not like they almost went from 5 seats to 63 (although they still had a big increase).
As I showed in my numerical analysis of the Quebec Provincial election (which should be on the (Manitoba-Ontario-Quebec board somewhere), every riding the ADQ won in 2007 they received over 15% of the vote in 2003. I think 15% is significant in that it shows a certain critical mass of support (and they won nearly every riding in 2007 where they received 15%+ of the vote in 2003). So yes, there is volatility, but the unpredictable things that occured still occured in predictable ways (if that makes any sense).
For the N.D.P, this means that it's far less likely they will make breakthroughs in most ridings in Quebec because there were only about 8-10 ridings where they got over 10% of the vote last time (and I think just 2 or 3 where they got over 15% of the vote). That said, I don't think anybody here is expecting an ADQ like breakthrough for the NDP in Quebec anyway.
[QB]In fact, an allophone communication strategy seems to be an important wedge in most urban/suburban electoral contexts. This is probably an area where the NDP could improve in general (e.g. as the Missisaugas, Etobicokes, Richmonds etc spring to mind).
Surrey/Burnaby seems more of a Mississauga/Etobicoke/Brampton equivalent than Richmond, which is more akin to Markham/Richmond Hill. That is, if BC's provincial electoral dynamics translated into Ontario, much of urban Peel Region would be held by/competitive for NDP, while York Region would be more unyieldingly "BC Liberal". (Durham'd also be NDP-competitive, perhaps in more of a Mission/Coquitlam way.)
Etobicoke Centre would be BC Liberal; Etobicoke North would be NDP; Etobicoke-Lakeshore might now be borderline a la Burnaby...
Then there's the Harper 2006 wins...
Beauce: 17.09 2004; 67.02 2006.
Beauport: 15.96 2004; 39.54 2006.
Charlesbourg-HSC: 15.78 2004; 41.04 2006.
Jonquiere-Alma: 4.83 2004; 52.09 2006!
Levis-Bellechasse: 19.05 2004; 46.40 2006.
Lotbiniere-CDLC: 24.14 2004; 54.34 2006.
Louis-Hebert: 13.45 2004; 34.47 2006.
Louis-St-Laurent: 31.13 2004; 57.68 2006.
Megantic-L'Erable: 11.42 2004; 49.85 2006.
Pontiac: 22.15 2004; 33.68 2006.
Portneuf-JC: 21.49 2004; 22.67 2006 + 39.84 A. Arthur.
Roberval-LSJ: 8.66 2004; 37.18 2006; 49.45 2007 byelection.
* yes, LaSalle – Émard is where Rebecca Blaikie ran in 2004; if you click on "Census Data", it ranked 16th in the country in the % of tenants (although just 4th in the central Montreal area; I guess there are a lot of tenants in downtown Montreal); also, it has a 23% immigrant population (compared to 38% in Outremont)
* here are the NDP's best seats in Quebec in 2006; of the seats mentioned in this thread, a lot of them appear at the top of the list alright (OK not LaSalle – Émard, but it was the PM's riding) ... there are 11 seats at 10% or higher last time, plus another 5 at 9%. Most of them are in Montréal, a couple are in Québec city, and the rest are in the furthest eastern points (Manicouagan, Chicoutimi, and Rimouski), except for Sherbrooke in the Eastern Townships.
As others have mentioned, there may be some seats lower on the list that with top-notch candidates could become competitive, and perhaps there some at the top of the list that are not yet ripe.
Here are the top ones...
17%	Outremont
17%	Laurier – Sainte-Marie
15%	Hull – Aylmer
15%	Westmount – Ville-Marie
13%	Manicouagan
12%	Notre-Dame-de-Grâce – Lachine
11%	Rosemont – La Petite-Patrie
11%	Lac-Saint-Louis
10%	Pontiac
10%	Gatineau
10%	Rimouski-Neigette – Témiscouata – Les Basques
9%	Québec
9%	Jeanne-Le Ber
9%	Louis-Hébert
9%	Sherbrooke
9%	Hochelaga
The results from last time in Lasalle-Emard are deceptive. It is a very working class, run-down riding - much like Jeanne LeBer.
2001 census average household income:
Quebec $49,998
Westmount-Ville-Marie $70,144
Saint-Lambert $52,246
Honoré-Mercier $52,241
Saint-Laurent-Cartierville $52,062
Outremont $51,808
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Lachine $49,026
Laval $47,899
Ahuntsic $47,043
Jeanne-LeBer $45,718
La Pointe-de-l'Île $45,527
LaSalle-Émard $44,209
Saint-Léonard-Saint-Michel $42,759
Laurier $40,436
Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie $37,052
Bourassa $36,848
Hochelaga $36,434
Papineau $34,380
This was an obviously unique situation where you had the fairly popular former P.C M.P Jean Pierre Blackburn running for the Conservatives and also at the last minute the Liberal candidate basically quit and endorsed him.
It does certainly show that in individual ridings anything can happen, but most of the time a political party needs a certain established critical mass of support to acheive a breakthrough. Of the 9 other ridings the Conservatives won, they had over 15% in the previous election in 7 of them and the two other cases I believe were ridings in and around the same area.
its criminal that a fabulously wealthy multimillionaire like Martin is collecting a paycheck while doing SWEET FUCK ALL as an MP - meanwhile people in the riding essentially have no representation.
How wealthy do you have be before it's criminal?
Paul Martin wealthy?
Alexa McDonough wealthy?
What's the cutoff?
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Originally posted by David Young:
With all due respect to the young Ms Blaikie, I suspect we'd do better with a candidate with some legitimate claim to Quebec roots.
From: Regina, SK | Registered: Mar 2004 | IP: Logged
Originally posted by pebbles:
The problem is less that he's wealthy than that he is wealthy and still collecting a paycheque for a job he isn't doing.
(Actually, I'd still be pissed if her were poor and collecting a paycheque for a job he wasn't doing.
My point is that its not as if Paul Martin desparately needs the MP's paycheck in order not to have to sell his wife's jewellery to a pawn shop.
If the guy refuses to do any work, he should resign or at the very least forfeit his paycheck or donate it to charity. Instead Paul Martin insists on being a shameless social parasite. Earning money for doing NOTHING. Its inexcusable and i think vigilantes should start spray painting his office "social parasite" to get the point across.
I don't know how many years you have to live somewhere to have legitimate roots. Rebecca Blaikie has actually lived in Montreal for quite a few years and is now the NDP provincial secretary for Quebec and by all accounts doing a very good job.
Allan Blakeney was born and raised in Nova Scotia. Did anyone question whether he had enough roots in Saskatchewan to run for office? Does anyone scoff at Jack layton running for a seat in Toronto when he was born and raised in Montreal? Does anyone in Calgary denounce Stephen Harper as a carpetbagger from Toronto?
posted 01 April 2008 10:33 PM
If the guy refuses to do any work, he should resign or at the very least forfeit his paycheck or donate it to charity. Instead Paul Martin insists on being a shameless social parasite. Earning money for doing NOTHING.
Belinda Stronach, whatever else one may think of her, has been donating her Parliamentary salary to charity from the start. And she actually turns up to work from time to time.
posted 02 April 2008 02:36 AM
If memory serves, former P.M. John Turner hardly ever showed up in the House of Commons after Jean Chretien took over as Liberal leader, and was threatened with expulsion as an M.P. for lack of attendance (John Turner mentioned in the same context as Louis Riel? Whoda thunk it?!)
There seems to be some means by which an M.P. can be chastized for non-attendance. We just have to wait and hopefully Martin with do himself in!
Broadly distributed rises in the polls, and better internet working on that would help. But to win a riding, in the end you have to do it 'on the gorund'.
Building a winning organization when you had almost nothing to show before is easier than you would think.
It happened in Nova Scotia in 1997-8, and is happening now in Quebec.
When you have special momentum, and put up the headquarters, people come.
The Nova Scotia NDP is chock full of people who first got involved at all during or shortly before those historic campaigns. We are folks who had always voted NDP, may have once or twice gone to an event, but had never before seen anything sufficeint to get involved with.
The point is we were out there in the woodwork, as people are in Quebec.
Election campaigns put the resources and the structure on the gound, and when you have momentum, the volunteers just come in the door.
That's the practical manifestation of overnight building an organization from scratch.
Just realized that there are two such NS NDP 'veterans' in this discussion.
I don't know about David, but I actually did not came in with that wave of activists than came in during the run-up to the 97-98 campaigns or in the elections themselves.
I was in a little before that, so I got to see the difference. But I consider myself most like that wave of folks that came in then- and like a great many, came from a place where the NDP had gone from zero organization or presence to winning.
In the provincial riding where I live, QUEENS, we ran a 'bare-bones' campaign in the 1993 provincial election, and we still got 10% of the vote.
Just 13 years later, QUEENS voted in an N.D.P. candidate for the first time in it's history.
Just 13 years David?
Most of us didn't have to plug away that long. I'm at the other extreme, Hants East, where we went from 17% in 1993 to almost 50% in 98.
West Coast Lefty
I read somewhere that Paul Martin also donates his salary...but his total disregard for his duty to his constituents is still unacceptable and he should resign his seat immediately.
Jack has demanded that Martin resign his seat. As for Martin's salary...
Moreover, Martin is donating to First Nations charities the after-tax income from his $155,400 annual salary as MP for the southwest Montreal riding, his office argues.
That's admirable, but Paul needs to quit as MP if he's not prepared to do the job the people of Lasalle-Emard sent him to Ottawa to do.
From: Victoria, B.C. | Registered: Feb 2003 | IP: Logged
Belinda Stronach is not in the HoC because of breast cancer. Though I still believe she shouldresign as she intends in not re-running anyway. However if the seat were to go CPC if she were gone, well then she should stay.
"They [Liberal Party leadership] just don't know what they're doing, that's the perception. I'm pretty sure, they think they know what they're doing and I'm pretty sure they've a strategy they have worked out for themselves. But outside of Ottawa, people are saying, 'What the hell is going on?' " said one senior Liberal who spoke to The Hill Times on condition of anonymity last week.
"They've run away from every battle saying, 'I don't like this, but I'm not going to oppose it.' That creates a perception problem just not only for the rank and file Liberals but also for the general public also. I see them as weak, others see them as weak, it might be good strategy, maybe a short-term strategy that has long-term negative consequences. They have left the field open to the Conservatives on a whole range of issues. How can you say, 'We've been opposed to what the Conservatives have been doing when you haven't voted against the Conservatives.' How do you go into an election saying that?"
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Do you have questions about compulsory school?
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School is compulsory for all children aged 7-16 living in Sweden. Tuition is free of charge and children at compulsory school are also given free lunch. A pupil can receive a special diet for medical, ethical or religious reasons if a certificate is presented from a doctor, registered dietician or school nurse. Most schools in the municipality have public activity without specialisation. Some units have special profiling.
A place is always reserved for children who live in the school's catchment area and they always have priority to the school. Legal guardians of a child can choose to apply for a place for their child in a school other than the one assigned by the municipality, but the child can only be registered there if there are free spaces. The preschool pupils (six-year-olds) are integrated into the lower years of compulsory school.
Pupils in a preschool class or compulsory school are entitled to free school transport from their home to the school if certain distance criteria are met. If the legal guardian of the child applies for a place at a school other than the one assigned in the municipal school management area, he/she must pay for school transport himself/herself.
Pupils who live with each parent in turn can apply for school transport, under certain conditions. School transport for alternate accommodation is applied for, for one school year at a time.
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Mytea is gone cold I'm wondering why i got out of bad at all. The morning rainclouds up my window and i can't see at all. And even if I could it'll all begray, but your picture on my wall, it remains me that is not so bad.
I'm sure that there are many people in thisworld are very easily affected by weather or surrounding environments.Thiskind of people is every emotional, they maybe meet occasionally ineffablesadness, even cannot tell a reason.
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Ina world, to be a positive person is not that difficult, since we can master ourmind, we should choose a positive over passive. Then life will be better.


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Before that, he had worked as president and CEO at UPMC Passavant Hospital and was the controller at Montefiore Hospital.


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Chemistry 1 for Credit Recovery (#2003345)
Laboratory investigations that include the use of scientific inquiry, research, measurement, problem solving, laboratory apparatus and technologies, experimental procedures, and safety procedures are an integral part of this course. The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) recommends that at the high school level, all students should be in the science lab or field, collecting data every week. School laboratory investigations (labs) are defined by the National Research Council (NRC) as an experience in the laboratory, classroom, or the field that provides students with opportunities to interact directly with natural phenomena or with data collected by others using tools, materials, data collection techniques, and models (NRC, 2006, p. 3). Laboratory investigations in the high school classroom should help all students develop a growing understanding of the complexity and ambiguity of empirical work, as well as the skills to calibrate and troubleshoot equipment used to make observations. Learners should understand measurement error; and have the skills to aggregate, interpret, and present the resulting data (National Research Council, 2006, p.77; NSTA, 2007).
Special Notes: Credit Recovery courses are credit bearing courses with specific content requirements defined by state academic standards (SAS). Students enrolled in a Credit Recovery course must have previously attempted the corresponding course (and/or End-of-Course assessment) since the course requirements for the Credit Recovery course are exactly the same as the previously attempted corresponding course. For example, Geometry (1206310) and Geometry for Credit Recovery (1206315) have identical content requirements. It is important to note that Credit Recovery courses are not bound by Section 1003.436(1)(a), Florida Statutes, requiring a minimum of 135 hours of bona fide instruction (120 hours in a school/district implementing block scheduling) in a designed course of study that contains student performance standards, since the students have previously attempted successful completion of the corresponding course. Additionally, Credit Recovery courses should ONLY be used for credit recovery, grade forgiveness, or remediation for students needing to prepare for an End-of-Course assessment retake.
Abbreviated Title: CHEM 1 CR
Course Length: Credit Recovery (R)
Course Type: Credit Recovery
Matter, Matters Part 2: Physical and Chemical Changes:
Explore, identify, and describe chemical and physical changes in matter with this interactive tutorial.
Matter, Matters Part 1: Properties of Matter:
Explore and define matter, properties of matter, and the difference between physical and chemical properties in this interactive tutorial.
Why Does Water Bead Up? A Guide to Intermolecular Attractive Forces:
Explore intermolecular bonding and attractive forces in this interactive tutorial.
pH Scale:
Keep an eye on pH as you learn about what makes acids and bases.
Physical and Chemical Changes in Food :
Don't overreact when this chemist describes physical and chemical changes that you can observe in your own kitchen!
Ethanol Fuel:
Why can't you put Ethanol fuel in a boat motor?
A Moment on Dipole-Dipole Forces:
Learn how molecules have the potential to be polar, but not all are.
Text Resource
American Elements:
This web site features an interactive periodic chart that provides information on the elements, including a description, physical and thermal properties, abundance, isotopes, ionization energy, the element's discoverer, translations of element names into several languages, and bibliographic information on research-and-development publications involving the element. Additional information includes technical information and information on manufactured products for elemental metals, metallic compounds, and ceramic and crystalline products. The American Elements company manufactures engineered and advanced material products.
Hydrogen Bonding Force:
A hydrogen bond is the electromagnetic attractive interaction between polar molecules in which hydrogen is bound to a highly electronegative atom, such as nitrogen, oxygen, or fluorine. This tutorial will help the learner understand how hydrogen bonds form between the molecules.
This tutorial will help the learners to understand the molecular structure of the water molecule, its inter- and intra-molecular bonds, and the formation of hydroxide ions.
Shapes of Molecules:
Differentiate between electron pair and molecular geometry
Learn how to name electron pair and molecular geometries for molecules with up to six electron groups around the central atom
Illustrate how electron pair repulsion affects bond angles
Explain the concept of concentration
Explain the effect of concentration changes on colors of solutions
Demonstrate the effect of changing the amount of solute, or solvent, or both on the concentration of the solution
Identify a saturated solution
Periodic Table:
This unique periodic table presents the elements in an interesting visual display. Select an element to find an image of the element, a description, history, and even an animation. Other chemical data is linked as a PDF file (requires Acrobat Reader).
Precipitation Reaction Systems:
Precipitation reactions occur when cations and anions of aqueous solutions combine to form an insoluble ionic solid, called a precipitate. This simulation explores systems for which precipitation reactions are possible.A precipitation reaction is controlled by the magnitude of the solubility product, solubility product constant and the concentrations of the ions in solution.
Equilibrium Constant:
Chemical equilibrium is the condition which occurs when the concentration of reactants and products participating in a chemical reaction exhibit no net change over time. This simulation shows a model of an equilibrium system for a uni-molecular reaction. The value for the equilibrium constant, K, can be set in the simulation, to observe the reaction reaching the constant.
Create Molecular Shape:
This simulation will provide the learners with a chance to increase their understanding of a molecular shape. The learners will be required to follow a "Lewis dot structure" which involves two basic principles:
The shapes of the molecule is determined by the repulsion between electron pairs in the outer shell of the central atom. Both bond pairs and lone pairs must be considered.
Lone pairs repel more than bond pairs.
Titrations:
This virtual manipulative will help you understand the process of titration, which is a neutralization reaction that is performed in order to determine an unknown concentration of acid and base. With this simulation, you will be able to calculate the moles of the acid with the understanding that the moles of acid will be equal to the moles of base at the equivalence point.
Vapor Pressure:
This simulation activity will help you understand the concept of vapor pressure which is defined as the pressure of the vapor resulting from evaporation of a liquid (or solid) above a sample of the liquid (or solid) in a closed container. You will also recognize that the vapor pressure of a liquid varies with its temperature, which can be seen with the help of a graph in the simulation.
Chemical Equilibrium:
This virtual manipulative will help the students in understanding the concept of chemical equilibrium which is a state wherein both reactants and products are present at concentrations with no further tendency to change with time. Students will also observe that chemical equilibrium does not mean the chemical reaction has necessarily stopped occurring but that the consumption and formation of substances has reached a balanced condition.
Neon Lights and Other Discharge Lamps:
This virtual manipulative will allow you to produce light by bombarding atoms with electrons. You can also visualize how the characteristic spectra of different elements are produced, and configure your own element's energy states to produce light of different colors.
Other areas to investigate:
Provide a basic design for a discharge lamp and explain the function of the different components.
Explain the basic structure of an atom and relate it to the color of light produced by discharge lamps.
Explain why discharge lamps emit only certain colors.
Design a discharge lamp to emit any desired spectrum of colors.
Reversible Reactions:
This virtual manipulative will allow you to watch a reaction proceed over time. You can vary temperature, barrier height, and potential energies to note how total energy affects reaction rate. You will be able to record concentrations and time in order to extract rate coefficients.
Additionally you can:
Describe on a microscopic level, with illustrations, how reactions occur.
Describe how the motion of reactant molecules (speed and direction) contributes to a reaction happening.
Predict how changes in temperature, or use of a catalyst will affect the rate of a reaction.
On the potential energy curve, identify the activation energy for forward and reverse reactions and the energy change between reactants and products.
Form a graph of concentrations as a function of time, students should be able to identify when a system has reached equilibrium.
Calculate a rate coefficient from concentration and time data.
Determine how a rate coefficient changes with temperature.
Compare graphs of concentration versus time to determine which represents the fastest or slowest rate.
Reactions Rates:
This virtual manipulative will allow you to explore what makes a reaction happen by colliding atoms and molecules. Design your own experiments with different reactions, concentrations, and temperatures. Recognize what affects the rate of a reaction.
Explain why and how a pinball shooter can be used to help understand ideas about reactions.
Describe on a microscopic level what contributes to a successful reaction.
Describe how the reaction coordinate can be used to predict whether a reaction will proceed or slow.
Use the potential energy diagram to determine : The activation energy for the forward and reverse reactions; The difference in energy between reactants and products; The relative potential energies of the molecules at different positions on a reaction coordinate.
Draw a potential energy diagram from the energies of reactants and products and activation energy.
Predict how raising or lowering the temperature will affect a system in the equilibrium.
Balloons and Buoyancy:
This simulation will provide an insight into the properties of gases. You can explore the more advanced features which enables you to explore three physical situations: Hot Air Balloon (rigid open container with its own heat source), Rigid Sphere (rigid closed container), and Helium Balloon (elastic closed container).
Through this activity you can:
Determine what causes the balloon, rigid sphere, and helium balloon to rise up or fall down in the box.
Predict how changing a variable among Pressure, Volume, Temperature and number influences the motion of the balloons.
Atomic Interactions:
In this simulation, explore the interactions between various combinations of two atoms. Specific features of the simulation allows you to see either the total force acting on the atoms or the individual attractive and repulsive forces.
Options for learning:
Explain how attractive and repulsive forces govern the interaction between atoms.
Describe the effect of potential well depth on atomic interactions.
Describe the process of bonding between atoms in terms of energy.
Balancing Chemical Equations:
This activity will allow you to practice balancing a chemical equation. You will have to make sure you are following the law of conservation of mass and recognize what can change to balance an equation.
Balance a chemical equation.
Recognize that the number of atoms of each element is conserved in a chemical reaction.
Describe the difference between coefficients and subscripts in a chemical equation.
Translate from symbolic to molecular representation.
Acid-Base Solutions:
How do strong and weak acids differ? Use lab tools on your computer to find out! Dip the paper or the probe into solution to measure the pH, or put in the electrodes to measure the conductivity. Then see how concentration and strength affect pH. Can a weak acid solution have the same pH as a strong acid solution.
Some of the topics to investigate:
Given acids or bases at the same concentration, demonstrate understanding of acid and base strength by 1. Relating the strength of an acid or base to the extent to which it dissociates in water. 2. Identifying all the molecules and ions that are present in a given acid or base solution. 3. Comparing the relative concentrations of molecules and ions in weak versus strong acid (or base) solutions. 4. Describing the similarities and differences between strong acids and weak acids or strong bases and weak bases.
Demonstrate understanding of solution concentrated by: 1. Describing the similarities and differences between concentrated and dilute solutions. 2. Comparing the concentrations of all molecules and ions in concentrated versus dilute solutions of a particular acid or base.
Describe how common tools (pH meter, conductivity, pH paper) help identify whether a solution is an acid or base and strong or weak and concentrated or dilute.
Beer's Law Lab:
This activity will allow you to make colorful concentrated and dilute solutions and explore how much light they absorb and transmit using a virtual spectrophotometer.
You can explore concepts in many ways including:
Describe the relationships between volume and amount of solute to solution concentration.
Explain qualitatively the relationship between solution color and concentration.
Predict and explain how solution concentration will change for adding or removing: water, solute, and/or solution.
Calculate the concentration of solutions in units of molarity (mol/L).
Design a procedure for creating a solution of a given concentration.
Identify when a solution is saturated and predict how concentration will change for adding or removing: water, solute, and/or solution.
Describe the relationship between the solution concentration and the intensity of light that is absorbed/transmitted.
Describe the relationship between absorbance, molar absorptivity, path length, and concentration in Beer's Law.
Predict how the intensity of light absorbed/transmitted will change with changes in solution type, solution concentration, container width, or light source and explain why?
Understanding Polarity:
Understanding molecular polarity by changing the electron-negativity of atoms in a molecule to see how it affects polarity. See how the molecule behaves in an electric field. Change the bond angle to see how shape affects polarity. See how it works for real molecules in 3D.
Some learning goals:
•predict bond polarity using electron-negativity values
•indicate polarity with a polar arrow or partial charges
•rank bonds in order of polarity
•predict molecular polarity using bond polarity and molecular shape
Students can test the pH of several substances and visualize hydronium, hydroxide, and water molecules in solution by concentration or the number of molecules. Students can add water to a given substance to see the effects it will have on the pH of that substance; or they can create their own custom substance.
PhET Gas Properties:
This virtual manipulative allows you to investigate various aspects of gases through virtual experimentation. From the site: Pump gas molecules to a box and see what happens as you change the volume, add or remove heat, change gravity, and more (open the box, change the molecular weight of the molecule). Measure the temperature and pressure, and discover how the properties of the gas vary in relation to each other.


These photos are quite blurry, thanks to the fast moving train and smudgy windows. But this is what it looks like where I grew up.
I saw a couple of jets from RAF Lakenheath, and caught one of them in the photo below (represented in classic black-smudge-at-the-top-of-the-frame fashion).
The train made a stop in Ely. Here's a snap of Ely Cathedral, famous for its octagonal tower.
Next time I'm over, I plan to spend a bit of time in Ely.
The train continued to Peterborough, and there we changed trains for York. Peterborough, btw, has a booming economy (growing faster than the rest of England) and is home to many Italian, Indian, Pakistani and more recently Eastern European immigrants.
Still to come: John, Pauline and York.
You can read about The Fens here.


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Family Life of the Dinosaur Supports Lessons in Paleontology
May 18, 2016 at 12:00 pm	(Berkshire County, Berkshire Museum, Hilltown Families, Museum, Suggested Activity)
Tags: dinosaurs, Natural History, paleontology
Rare Look at the Life of Dinosaurs Through the Lens of their Eggs, Nests & Young
Young paleontologists unite! Resources for learning about dinosaurs abound here in western Massachusetts. From museum exhibits to hands-on paleontology activities to natural wonders, our region is rich with experiential and place-based opportunities for learning about the prehistoric creatures of the past.
Trends come and go, but there are some topics which fascinate children across generations. One such topic is dinosaurs! Extinct species tell us a lot about evolution, biology, and the history of the Earth. Dinosaurs are particularly interesting because of their, in some cases, massive size. While birds are modern day descendants of dinosaurs, it is a challenging and fun exercise to try to imagine bird-like creatures being much bigger than humans, like the Tyrannosaurus Rex, which stood up to twenty feet tall! See a life-sized replica at the Springfield Museums and an actual skull at the Beneski Museum at Amherst College (both in their permanent collections) for an exciting comparison of just HOW much bigger these creatures were! Read the rest of this entry »
Dino-Centric Studies in Western MA
November 11, 2015 at 12:00 pm	(Community Based Education, Franklin County, Hampden County, Hilltown Families, Suggested Activity)
Upcoming Events Highlight Local Paleontology Connections
Western Massachusetts' natural history is one of epic proportions – dinosaurs loved our local landscape! In addition to the numerous year-round community-based opportunities to explore paleontology, families can take advantage of upcoming community events in order to further explore dino-centric studies, including Dinosaur Hunter, Paul Sereno!
Here in western Massachusetts, dinosaurs play a huge role in the history of our landscape.
A wealth of community-based educational resources help to support paleontological studies of all kinds, and the local connection to dinosaurs can help budding paleontologists put their dinosaur-centric knowledge into a local context.
To support locally based studies of all things dinosaurs, families can utilize learning opportunities offered by two upcoming events.
Local History: Greenfield Home to First Dinosaur Museum in the Country!
May 1, 2013 at 3:00 pm	(Franklin County, History, Suggested Activity)
Tags: Connecticut River Valley, Dexter Marsh, dinosaur footprints, dinosaur museums, History, Museum, paleontology, Pioneer Valley
Greenfield's Lost Museum: Dexter Marsh and the Dinosaur Tracks
The town of Greenfield was once home to a world famous museum – it drew a stunning 3,000 visitors in just 7 years! The museum, opened during the mid-19th century by a local jack-of-all-trades named Dexter Marsh, was home to the first ever dinosaur tracks to receive a thorough and official scientific examination. What happened to the tracks? And what happened to the museum? Find out more about this fascinating piece of Pioneer Valley past at Greenfield Community College's Sloan Theater on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 7pm. Presented by the Pioneer Valley Institute. 1 College Drive. Greenfield, MA. (FREE)
Many local people know that Dexter Marsh (1806-1853), quarrier — stonemason, janitor, handyman, and jack-of-all-trades in 19th-century Greenfield, MA — was among the first to discover dinosaur footprints, but how many know that he opened one of the first dinosaur museums in the country? In 1835, when he first saw the prints, he thought they had been left by very large birds — and professional geologists agreed with him. These became the first known tracks in the world ever to receive a thorough scientific examination, performed by a professor at Amherst College named Edward Hitchcock.
In the following years, the largely self-educated Marsh learned about paleontology and built an extra room onto his house to exhibit his collection. From 1846 to 1853, an astonishing 3,000 people signed the visitors' register of his house-museum, including such famous Americans as Oliver Wendell Holmes and even travelers from Europe and the Near East. At his early death in 1853, Marsh's museum was dispersed at public auction, split mostly between Amherst College and what is today the Boston Museum of Science.
By looking into his daybooks and visitors' registry in the archives at Amherst College, Dr. Robert Herbert has given Dexter Marsh the most thorough examination to date, bringing the man and his museum from obscurity back into the light. On Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 7pm, using maps, photographs, and illustrations, Dr. Herbert will give a lively talk about this brilliant day laborer whose curiosity moved him into another world. It is our great good fortune that Dr. Herbert, formerly an art historian at Yale University and later Mount Holyoke College, has long been interested in the history of geology. In recent years, he has written about Edward Hitchcock and Orra White Hitchcock and continues to delve into the history of dinosaur footprints in the Connecticut River Valley.
Dr. Herbert's talk will take place at Greenfield Community College, Main Campus, Sloan Theater (Main Building, South Wing). For more info contact Cynthia Herbert at pvi@gcc.mass.edu
Submitted by Cynthia Herbert. Photo courtesy of the Historical Society of Greenfield.


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Blauw Baai - Blue Bay Beach - Curacao Now!
Blauw Baai or Blue Bay beach is a great beach that offers you many facilities. It is located right at the center of Curacao and can easily be reached by car. It features a restaurant, pool,dive school etc.
Playa Boka Santu Pretu beach is one of it's kind on the island. This secluded beach does not have white sand as most of the other beaches on Curacao and thus the name "Santu Pretu". Litterly this means "Black Sand". Since the road to acces this beach is closed it is most of the times deserted.


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The freshest Kim Kardashian news the web has to offer.
Multiple sources claim the couple are expecting a baby boy in 'early May'.
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Kim and Kanye are expecting again via surrogate, and this time it's a boy.
Kim and Kanye have three children but may welcome a fourth in 2019.
Rather than involve himself in the tiresome feud, Drake instead hosted a party in L.A.
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Q: Scroll top after showing a tab I have Bootstrap tabs on my page, but when I click on it, the tabs are hidden. Is there a way to scroll the position up so the tabs can be seen? Nothing I have found helped me. I can't change positions of the tabs or use hidden anchors - the tabs are the anchor.

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This is the JS I use to get to the anchors:
  $("ul.nav-tabs > li > a").on("shown.bs.tab", function(e) {
    var id = $(e.target).attr("href").substr(1);
    window.location.hash = id;
  });

  var hash = window.location.hash;
  $('.nav-tabs a[href="' + hash + '"]').tab('show');

Page with tabs: http://testovani-frameworku.wz.cz/jennifer-lawrence.html#awards

A: If you want to go to the very top, you could do it a couple ways
window.scrollTo(0, 0);

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$("mySelector").animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, "fast");

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$(window).scrollTop(0);

It just depends what type of effect you want. Could just set the scrollTop to 0 (which is very top) if you don't want animation effect. Could just use the vanilla JS window.scrollTo(x,y)
Hope this helps!

A: So this is how I've solved it. I've added "-tab" at the end of a tab's ID and the original ID has the link.
$("ul.nav-tabs > li > a").on("shown.bs.tab", function(e) {
    var id = $(e.target).attr("href").substr(1);
    id = id.substring(0, id.length-4);
    window.location.hash = id;
});

var hash = (window.location.hash);
$('.nav-tabs a[href="' + hash + '-tab"]').tab('show');

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National Sheep Dog Trials kick off today in Donegal
Ciaran Moran
Jul 24, 2014, 12:57pm
Some 5,000 visitors are expected to 'flock' to Burt, Co. Donegal this week to attend the 2014 Irish National Sheep Dog Trials. Sponsored by SSE Airtricity, the annual event will take place at An Grianán Estate in Burt from today until Saturday, July 26.
Handlers of 150 of the best sheep dogs from Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man will battle it out over three days in an effort to be crowned National Champion and secure one of just 15 coveted places to represent their country at the International Sheep Dog Trials.
Each year, the event attracts visitors from all over Ireland as well as Europe, America and New Zealand. As well as the competition, there will also be food, craft and trade stands plus plenty of children's entertainment, promising a fun day out for all the family.
The current World Sheep Dog Champion James P McGee was on hand to launch the event at SSE Airtricity's wind farm in Meentycat, Co. Donegal. "As a proud Donegal man, it's a real honour to host the National Sheep Dog Trials in my home county which has a strong sheep dog trialling tradition. It's a fantastic family event and I would like to sincerely thank all of my colleagues on the organising committee who have put in so much hard work to make sure we give all the competitors and spectators a really great few days."
Seamus Herron of SSE Airtricity said: "We're delighted to support this event, which will no doubt be one of the highlights of the summer in the local area. At SSE Airtricity, we strive to bring positive energy to the communities closest to our wind farms and the Sheep Dog Trials will do just that. There is a lot of local interest in the event and it's a great opportunity to showcase the local area on a world stage."
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It was much, much milder out the day I wore this than it had been of late so light layers were a good option, especially as I was wearing my super-thick waterproof coat due to the rain that was forecast. The shirt is a cosy flannel, but paired with a cotton cardi it was just right.
Note to self: try pairing this shirt with the slouchy back cashmere sweater when the temperature dips again.


Monin chocolate syrup in stylish 70cl glass bottle. The origins of chocolate stretch back at least four thousand years. The ancient populations of Central America used cocoa beans (Theobroma means food of the gods) to make a hot, frothy and bitter drink called chocolate. This concoction was sacred and was associated with fertility and wisdom. After Christopher Columbus introduced chocolate to Europe, the drink was to become a best seller. In subsequent centuries, it was discovered that cocoa could be mixed with milk and cocoa butter to make what we now know as 'chocolate' since 1876. Monin Chocolate is used as the main flavour and also combined with other Monin flavours. Used in speciality coffee beverages, desserts, and culinary.
Taste: Cacao beans smell, cacao liqueur taste.
Applications: Coffees, dessert drinks, milkshakes, flavoured milks, mochas.
Sugar, water, flavouring, colouring agent: caramel E150a. Contains cocoa extract.


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inline int intround(float x ) {
  return static_cast<int>(x + (x < 0.0f ? -0.5f : 0.5f)); }
inline int intround(double x) {
  return static_cast<int>(x + (x < 0.0  ? -0.5  : 0.5 )); }

inline boost::gil::point2<int> intround(const boost::gil::point2<float >& p)  {
  return boost::gil::point2<int>(intround(p.x),intround(p.y)); }
inline boost::gil::point2<int> intround(const boost::gil::point2<double>& p)  {
  return boost::gil::point2<int>(intround(p.x),intround(p.y)); }

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// CLASS bounds
///
/// A 2D bounding box represented as a pair of top left (_min) and bottom right
/// (_max) points. The coordinates of _max must be greater or equal to those in
/// _min.
///
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

template <typename T>
struct bounds {
  typedef boost::gil::point2<T> point_type;

  bounds() : _min(std::numeric_limits<T>::max(), std::numeric_limits<T>::max()),
    _max(std::numeric_limits<T>::min(), std::numeric_limits<T>::min()) {}
  bounds(const point_type& minPt, const point_type& maxPt,bool)
    : _min(minPt), _max(maxPt)                   {}
  bounds(const T& xMin, const T& yMin, const T& xSize, const T& ySize)
    : _min(xMin,yMin), _max(xMin+xSize,yMin+ySize) {}
  bounds(const T& xMin, const T& yMin, const T& xMax, const T& yMax, bool)
    : _min(xMin,yMin), _max(xMax,yMax) {}
  bounds(const point_type& minPt, const point_type& sz)
    : _min(minPt), _max(minPt+sz) {}
  template <typename T1> explicit bounds(const bounds<T1>& p)
    : _min(p._min), _max(p._max) {}

  bounds(const bounds& b)                     : _min(b._min), _max(b._max) {}
  const bounds& operator=(const bounds& b) {
    _min=b._min; _max=b._max; return *this;
  }

  bool            intersects(const bounds& b)    const;
  template <class T1> bool contains(const boost::gil::point2<T1>& pt)    const {
    return _min.x<=pt.x && pt.x<=_max.x && _min.y<=pt.y && pt.y<=_max.y;
  }
  bounds& operator+=(const point_type& pt) { _min+=pt; _max+=pt; return *this; }
  bounds& operator-=(const point_type& pt) { _min-=pt; _max-=pt; return *this; }

  bool contains(const bounds& b) const;
  bool is_null() const    { return width()<=0 || height()<=0; }

  void set_to_intersection(const bounds& b);
  void set_to_union(const bounds& b);
  void set_to_union(const point_type& p);

  boost::gil::point2<double>  center()                        const;

  const point_type size()       const { return _max-_min; }     // obsolete
  const point_type dimensions() const { return _max-_min; }
  T               width()       const { return T(_max.x-_min.x); }
  T               height()      const { return T(_max.y-_min.y); }

  const T& operator[](std::size_t i) const {
    return reinterpret_cast<const T*>(this)[i];
  }// unsafe
  T& operator[](std::size_t i) { return reinterpret_cast<T*>(this)[i]; }// unsaf

  point_type _min,_max;
};

template <typename T> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os,
                                               const bounds<T>& b) {
  return os << b._min<<" "<<b._max<<" ";
}
template <typename T> std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& is, bounds<T>& b) {
  return is >> b._min >> b._max;
}

template <typename T> inline
bool operator==(const bounds<T>& b1, const bounds<T>& b2) {
  return (b1._min==b2._min && b1._max==b2._max); }

template <typename T> inline
bool operator!=(const bounds<T>& b1, const bounds<T>& b2) { return  !(b1==b2); }

template <typename T> inline
bounds<T> operator+(const bounds<T>& b, const boost::gil::point2<T>& pt) {
  return bounds<T>(b._min+pt,b.size()); }

template <typename T> inline
bounds<T> operator-(const bounds<T>& b, const boost::gil::point2<T>& pt) {
  return bounds<T>(b._min-pt,b.size()); }

template <typename T>
bool bounds<T>::intersects(const bounds& b) const {
  return !(_min.x>b._max.x || _min.y>b._max.y ||
           _max.x<b._min.x || _max.y<b._min.y);
}

template <typename T>
bool bounds<T>::contains(const bounds& b) const {
  return contains(b._min) && contains(b._max);
}

template <typename T>
boost::gil::point2<double> bounds<T>::center() const {
  return boost::gil::point2<double>((_max.x+_min.x)/2.0f,(_max.y+_min.y)/2.0f);
}

template <typename T> inline
boost::gil::point2<T> get_dimensions(const bounds<T>& b) {
  return b._max - b._min;
}

// Can result in incorrect bounds if the two bounds don't intersect
template <typename T>
void bounds<T>::set_to_intersection(const bounds& b) {
  _min.x=std::max(_min.x,b._min.x);
  _min.y=std::max(_min.y,b._min.y);
  _max.x=std::min(_max.x,b._max.x);
  _max.y=std::min(_max.y,b._max.y);
}

template <typename T>
inline bounds<T> intersect(const bounds<T>& b1, const bounds<T>& b2) {
  return bounds<T>(std::max(b1._min.x, b2._min.x),
                   std::max(b1._min.y, b2._min.y),
                   std::min(b1._max.x, b2._max.x),
                   std::min(b1._max.y, b2._max.y),true);
}

// unfortunately union is a C++ keyword
template <typename T>
inline bounds<T> union_bounds(const bounds<T>& b1,const bounds<T>& b2) {
  return bounds<T>(std::min(b1._min.x,b2._min.x),
                   std::min(b1._min.y,b2._min.y),
                   std::max(b1._max.x,b2._max.x),
                   std::max(b1._max.y,b2._max.y),true);
}

template <typename T>
void bounds<T>::set_to_union(const bounds& b) {
  _min.x=std::min(_min.x,b._min.x);
  _min.y=std::min(_min.y,b._min.y);
  _max.x=std::max(_max.x,b._max.x);
  _max.y=std::max(_max.y,b._max.y);
}

template <typename T>
void bounds<T>::set_to_union(const boost::gil::point2<T>& p) {
  _min.x=std::min(_min.x,p.x);
  _min.y=std::min(_min.y,p.y);
  _max.x=std::max(_max.x,p.x);
  _max.y=std::max(_max.y,p.y);
}

template <typename T> inline
bounds<double> operator*(const bounds<T>& b, double scale) {
  return bounds<double>(b._min*scale,b._max*scale,true);
}

template <typename T> inline T area(const bounds<T>& b) {
  return b.width()*b.height(); }

inline const bounds<int> iround(const bounds<float >& p)     {
  return bounds<int>(intround(p._min),intround(p._max),true);
}
inline const bounds<int> iround(const bounds<double>& p)     {
  return bounds<int>(intround(p._min),intround(p._max),true);
}

template <typename Bounds>
double bounds_overlap(const Bounds& b1, const Bounds& b2) {
  double x0=std::max(b1._min.x, b2._min.x);
  double x1=std::min(b1._max.x, b2._max.x);
  if (x1<=x0) return 0;

  double y0=std::max(b1._min.y, b2._min.y);
  double y1=std::min(b1._max.y, b2._max.y);
  if (y1<=y0) return 0;

  double int_area = (x1-x0) * (y1-y0);
  return int_area / double(area(b1) + area(b2) - int_area);
}

template <typename Bounds1, typename Bounds2, typename Scalar>
inline void interpolate_bounds(const Bounds2& b2, Scalar w2, Bounds1& accum,
                                 Scalar w1=1) {
  interpolate_point(b2._min,w2,accum._min,w1);
  interpolate_point(b2._max,w2,accum._max,w1);
}

template <typename Bounds, typename Scalar>
Bounds get_interpolated_bounds(const Bounds& b1, Scalar w1,
                               const Bounds& b2, Scalar w2) {
  return Bounds(get_interpolated_point(b1._min,w1,b2._min,w2),
                get_interpolated_point(b1._max,w1,b2._max,w2), true);
}

template <typename MetaView>
inline bounds<int> view_bounds(const MetaView& v) {
  return bounds<int>(0,0,(int)v.width(),(int)v.height()); }

typedef bounds<int> int_bounds;
typedef bounds<float> float_bounds;


My kitchen windowsill is a veritable breeding ground for clutter: vases, potted herbs in various stages of death, and the ever-present soap bottles, sponge and kitchen rag behind the sink. It's this latter category that does my head in, making even a neat kitchen look messy.
Or course, many of us have the best of intentions to keep this stuff out of sight, underneath the sink, when not in use. In my experience this never lasts long; hand soap and cloths for quick clean-ups need to be instantly accessable. More permanent options like integrated soap dispensers are great, but they're not practical for renters, and only take care of one item of clutter (the soap bottle), after all.
Nope, the only real option is to corral it all somehow, cut back on the number of products where you can, and make the remaining ones pretty. Here are a few products and ideas on how to instantly make this area of your home look and function better, without having to invest much time or effort.
My favorite caddy (as seen in my sister's kitchen, above) is from Joseph Joseph. It's got a draining tray, room for soap and a sponge, and even a hanging bar, so that cloth doesn't have to be draped over the faucet anymore.
The company also does a in-sink version, which is ideal for sinks located in islands, and rooms where counter space is at a premium.
I also like this soap dispenser from Umbra, which has integrated storage for your sponge or brush.
Of course you don't need any special products to adopt this habit; you can also just use an attractive tray to corral cleaning items, as in this photo from Martha Stewart.
Think vertically, as well. Storage baskets can be hung on any available wall or cupboard return, as seen in this photo from Good Housekeeping.
How do you deal with all that necessary kitchen sink clutter?


Ahead of our full review, here are some sample images taken with a full production version of the brand new Fujifilm X-T20 compact system camera.
A gallery of sample images taken with the Fujifilm X-T20 compact system camera.
The Fujifilm X-T20 enables users to capture RAW and JPEG format files. We've provided some Fujifilm RAW (CR2) samples for you to download (thumbnail images shown below are not 100% representative).
This is a sample movie at the highest quality setting of 3840x2160 pixels at 30 frames per second. Please note that this 16 second movie is 198Mb in size.
This is a sample movie at the quality setting of 3840x2160 pixels at 25 frames per second. Please note that this 16 second movie is 196Mb in size.
This is a sample movie at the quality setting of 3840x2160 pixels at 24 frames per second. Please note that this 16 second movie is 197Mb in size.


EduPristine>Blog>Will you make it with that passing rate for ACCA?
Will you make it with that passing rate for ACCA?
It is an introduction to accountancy in business. It contains the introductory segment to accountancy with the basic concepts. The passing percentages have seen a rising trend in the past years with a little depression in December 2011- December 2012. Most students usually clear this exam as it is very basic and introductory. The pass rates are usually high and you can expect to pass in this subject easily with a little effort.
The purpose of cost accounting and costing techniques which are required to regulate a business efficiently is discussed. The passing percentages in management accounting dangles between 55- 65%. Unlike accounting in business, it is more explanatory and elaborative and one needs to put in more effort to clear this paper with good marks. So work a little hard and you will ace this paper.
It focuses on creating financial statements and account sheets along with the process of creating accounting statements. This, like management accounting dodges between 50-65%. It is not as difficult but it does require a lot of practice. Creating financial statements and accounting statements require accuracy and to become an efficient ACCA member you should ace this paper.
It focuses on developing the skills and knowledge to understand the general legal framework under which a firm operates and when to seek legal advice. The pass percentage for this has been dwindling between 40-50%, but the exams held in December 2014 saw a shoot up of the percentage to 70%. Understanding the rules and regulations and to govern it requires you to have a complete knowledge of the law. It consists of theoretical knowledge and is not difficult if you keep revising the laws and its norms.
It builds on the knowledge gained from F2: Management accounting. It provides a theoretical base to management as well as how to measure performance and efficiency. It is a prelude to P5: Advanced performance Management. The pass percentage for this subject has been constantly changing every year. It sees a hike and them a boom. It keeps shifting between 38-45%. This subject, once again is not as difficult as assumed. It requires concentration, once you concentrate on it, it will be like the way to parish church.
It introduces the candidates to taxation, the types and gives a basic insight of the tax system and its functioning. It gives core knowledge of the underlying principles and concepts of taxation in a business as well as for individuals. It is an interesting subject and the average passing percentage for this is 50%. It is one that induces you and questions your intellect, thus it automatically develops an interest. You can take up this subject as a game and clear it with ease.
It emphasises on the knowledge acquired in F3: financial accounting. It seeks to further enhance your knowledge about the financial reports and the information contained in them. The pass percentage for this subject is subjective and you can clear it without any problem if you just put your mind to it. Excelling in this subject is up to you and the effort that you are willing to put in. The passing percentage range between 40-55%.
It focuses on five topics. The nature, purpose and scope of assurance engagements both internal and external, including the statutory audit, its regulatory environment, and governance and professional ethics relating to audit and assurance, planning and risk assessment audit, audit of financial statements including the scope of internal control, audit reports, management reports, and internal audit reports. This enhances your knowledge and skills required to become an ACCA. The passing percentages hold wide fluctuations and clearing this paper is not such a tedious task. It is a bed of roses, all you need is a little revision and practice and a will to clear it.
It is a prelude to P4: Advanced Financial Management. It basically focuses on the role and purpose of financial management within a business. The three key financial management decisions of investing, financing, and dividend policy in the economic environment are stressed on and how to make such decisions. The passing rate for this too dodges between 35-40%.
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2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Prof. Joachim Frank
Columbia University congratulates Joachim Frank, PhD, professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics and of biological sciences, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017, shared with Richard Henderson and Jacques Dubochet "for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution."
Prof. Joachim Frank
Joachim Frank's Bio
Joachim Frank, PhD, is a professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics at Columbia University Medical Center and biological sciences at Columbia University. Dr. Frank helped pioneer the development of cryo-electron microscopy, a technique used to reveal the structures of large organic molecules at high resolution.
Dr. Frank developed the necessary computational methods for reconstructing the three-dimensional shape of biological molecules from thousands of two-dimensional images of molecules, methods employed today by most structural biologists who use electron microscopy.
Cryo-electron microscopy is commonly used by structural biologists to study the molecular processes inside cells that drive protein synthesis. Using this technique, Dr. Frank has made important discoveries about the interactions between ribosomes (complex molecules that serve as the 'factories' of the cell) and other proteins in the cell. In a 2013 paper in Nature, Dr. Frank uncovered unique details about ribosomes from the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness that could lead to the development of new drugs for this disease. In another Nature paper later that year, he revealed how viral RNA commandeers the ribosome of the virus's host to produce new viruses.
Dr. Frank was born in Germany during World War II. He received his undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Freiberg and a master's degree from the University of Munich. Later, Dr. Frank earned a PhD in physics from the Technical University of Munich, where he taught as a professor. He conducted post-doctoral work at the University of California at Berkeley, where he worked with Robert Glaeser, a pioneer in cryo-electron microscopy. Subsequently, Dr. Frank performed research at University of Cambridge before heading to New York, where he would eventually join Columbia University in 2008.
Dr. Frank is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the Biophysical Society. In 2014, he was awarded the Franklin Medal in Life Science by the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. This past year, Dr. Frank was also awarded the prestigious Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences. He was a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator from 1998 to 2017.
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