Logic
By Joe Ingino
Editor/Publisher
“I live a dream in a nightmare world”
INSURANCE FOR THE INSECURE
I say let’s put a stop to insurance companies rip off scheme. Why should a consumer pay four thousand a year on insurance when their vehicle is only worth five hundred dollars.
Why should insurance companies get away with short changing victims of accidents when it comes to paying out for damages.
Why should insurance companies be allowed to extort and dictate who pays what.
Why should insurance companies make millions a year with little or no overhead...
We live in a shameful world. It is dog eat dog. Fairness and doing what is right is a myth.
We are led to think we are on righteous path when in reality we are modern day slaves working to the drumming beats of corporations and social confusion.
I have a plan that the government should entertain. Instead of sending billions to foreign lands to be used to purchase more weapons to continue the civil unrest so that these nations can turn around and bleed us of more money. I say put a stop to it.
I suggest the government dissolve all these vultures we know as insurance companies. Replace them with this system of dealing with accidents. No one pays insurance premiums. In the event of an accident. The government will loan that individual the amounts required to compensate for damages caused. The individual will be responsible for re-paying back the government in installments, (much like a loan) or their license to drive may be suspended.
With this. There be no more lawyers, courts and the usual short changing consumers as it happens now. Did you know that if you are in a car accident. Some lawyers may take up to 60% off your settlement.
Under the new proposed system. The money would go to the victim directly to cover any damages. Adjusters for the government would be sent to assess the damages and issue the appropriate awards to compensate.
Did you know that if you are stabbed or shot on any Ontario street. That your life is only worth 100k to any insurance company. Did you know that if you have a million dollar policy. In some cases in order to collect on that policy you have to prove you were worth one million dollars.
Read the fine print.
You may have figured it out by now. I have an issue with insurance companies.... the so called professionals... and we look down at the adult entertainers.... at least you pay and you know what your buying. With the insurance companies you get fucked month after month only to be denied claims and or given dimes on the actual retributional amounts awarded.
We live in a sea of the ignorant. The less we know how something works the more corporations make off our ignorance. Look at the legal system. You can’t fight a simple claims court without representation of some sort. Most people have no clue how to fill out the forms and or present.
Why is the system made so confusing to the average person. Why is it that at schools they don’t teach courses that educate young minds on how to deal with the real issues of our world.
In the case of insurance companies. How to buy direct instead of a broker. How to save money when negotiating rates. How not to be taken by empty fears that they try to push at time of signing.
This planet is a funny place. Nothing is really what it seems and the more you understand it the more you see it for what it truly is.
Mark twain said it best.
“The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.” and this is true for all of humanity.
Saturday, January 6, 2018
WELCOME TO A COLD 2018 By John Mutton
Welcome to a cold 2018. I cannot remember a winter this cold in the Greater Toronto Area, maybe in the 70's perhaps.
Time for change has come, is here and Durham can do better!
John Mutton
President and CEO
Municipal Solutions - Energy and Infrastructure
It
is too cold for road salt to actually work at this point. The new anti
icing spray that our highways are treated with is a godsend.
The
bitter cold this January is also followed by many a Municipal budgets
that are usually a little better to swallow in election year, however
Durham Taxpayers are paying way too much.
As
I have mentioned many times, we can bring taxes down in Durham Region, I
for one know how and I plan on doing so upon my return to public
office.
In Durham we are
funding many services that we have no mandate or responsibility to fund.
However, the inability to say no to special interest groups and social
related issues is putting a financial strain on our residents in the
middle, working class, let alone affordability for those making less
income.
Upon return to
elected office, I will immediately look at what the economic impact has
been from the dozens of international trade junkets that have occurred
both in the public eye and by stealth. I refuse to pay for a vacation
when we don't derive investment or job growth.
Bottom
line is that money is being spent where it shouldn't be and when we
need real funding for real pending issues like Lake Ontario Shoreline
flooding where only beads and trinkets are available in comparison.
John Mutton
President and CEO
Municipal Solutions - Energy and Infrastructure
Friday, January 5, 2018
M103, Islamaphobia and the death of critical thinking
M103, Islamaphobia and the death of critical thinking
By Diane Bujold
It truly insults my intelligence when I hear the word "racist" attributed to a person who questions our government's open-door policy on people from Islamic backgrounds. Immigration as such is not the issue. Islam is not a "race". If you're going to result to insults, at least find a new terminology. The term "racist" should only be attributed to those who are prejudiced against a "race" i.e. a person's skin color. And from what I've experienced anywhere in Canada, there are very few racists.
I also resent the word "Islamaphobia". Being afraid of, or very concerned about, the large influx of immigrants from the Islamic world does not make a person "Islamaphobe". A phobia is an irrational fear of something. Being well aware of what is happening around the world and being concerned that the same will reach our shores in a short time is not "irrational". It is a legitimate concern.
There is such a thing as the Islamization of the Western world. Anyone with half a brain and the inclination to honestly do a little research will soon become aware of what is happening around the world through large influx of Islamic migrants. Germany, Switzerland, England and France in particular have suffered enormous casualties through Islamic terror. Being concerned that what has been - and continues to happen - all over Europe may happen in Canada does not make me "phobic". Rather it is based in a sad reality.
Canada needs immigrants. But inviting everybody and anybody without concern for the open statements of world domination that many in the Islamic world themselves proudly profess as their intent, to me, is a recipe for disaster.
Being concerned about our changing demographics in favor of people who want to destroy our democratic rights & freedoms and at its core, want to want to establish a Caliphate governed by Sharia law, is not a "phobia". It is a realistic concern given a social system attached to the practice of a Political, Judicial, Educational and Religious Ideology that has not changed in 1400 years, and a culture that does not want to integrate but rather to 'dominate'.
This said, I know very well that many Muslims come here to escape the tyranny of an oppressive regime and only want to live in peace and raise their families. I've met several of those people and I can tell you that they have no desire to return to an existence of tyranny such as the one they left behind. We hear from them from time to time in social media, but not nearly as often as we'd like. Those are the legitimately peace-loving immigrants I want to see establish themselves and prosper in our democratic multicultural system.
But let's not stupidly keep our heads in the sand. There are those too who adhere to the principal of world domination as dictated by their understanding of their holy book and the teachings of their radical Imams. They are not hard to find as they openly profess their beliefs. Why, just recently in Montreal, didn't an Imam insist on the construction company next door to their mosque remove the two female workers from the site as it offended the Muslims inside? As our demographic changes to include more and more people of the Islamic faith, I think it would be more prudent for our government to ensure that new immigrants share our values rather than want to practice such things repressiveness as the suppression of women. Haven't we come too far to backtrack into the dark ages? By the way, the construction company apparently complied with the Imam's demands as they relocated the two female workers to another site. I say shame on them for complying.
There are many examples of how this ideology is taking root in our country and many Canadians are bending over backward to shamefully accommodate it. Much of what extremists say though, is often not published in mainstream media because for some reason that escapes me, the powers that be do not want the rest of us to know what how prevalent it is. That kind of convoluted logic doesn't serve any good purpose that I can think of. In a society that prides itself on multiculturalism, everybody should have a voice and those who seek to destroy our freedoms and way of life should be heard loudly and clearly so that we (Muslims and non-Muslims alike) can all make informed decisions as to who we will vote for; the leader who supports such things as Sharia Law or the one who supports Canadian rights and freedom of speech. We are not babies. We should have the right to choose.
I once dated a Muslim man whose country of origin is Iran. I asked him what made him decide to come to Canada. He told me that in the 70s, it was great living in Iran. People had freedom and dressed in Western clothes and listened to Western music. He said that women wore bikinis on the beach and the young people wore tie died t-shirts (even showed me a picture of himself in tight jeans and a colorful hippy type shirt,… very cute). He said that he decided to leave after things had "changed" and people "lost many freedoms" at the end of that era. Today, I understand it to mean the establishment of Sharia Law where severe punishment - even death - follows any criticism of the regime. Now if a man like that made the decision to immigrate to Canada because of lost freedoms in his homeland, what makes anyone think that he would welcome the establishment of Sharia Law in his adopted country? I'm quite sure many Muslims would feel the same way.
Our Prime Minister seems to have taken a shine to anything and everything Islamic. But is he being a bit too biased in favor of Islam and forgoing any sound measure of critical thinking while at the same time completely disapproving of others? M103 would suggest so. After all, why are some people allowed to criticize while others are being shamed into silence with such labeling as "Islamaphobes" and "racists"? It makes no sense.
In a society where freedom of speech still exists, the questioning of the decisions on the part of our law makers should be welcomed by everyone regardless of whether we agree or not with the question posed.
In other words, I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it. And in a democracy, that freedom should never be squashed by the likes of M103 and those who seek to destroy freedom of speech.
By Diane Bujold
It truly insults my intelligence when I hear the word "racist" attributed to a person who questions our government's open-door policy on people from Islamic backgrounds. Immigration as such is not the issue. Islam is not a "race". If you're going to result to insults, at least find a new terminology. The term "racist" should only be attributed to those who are prejudiced against a "race" i.e. a person's skin color. And from what I've experienced anywhere in Canada, there are very few racists.
I also resent the word "Islamaphobia". Being afraid of, or very concerned about, the large influx of immigrants from the Islamic world does not make a person "Islamaphobe". A phobia is an irrational fear of something. Being well aware of what is happening around the world and being concerned that the same will reach our shores in a short time is not "irrational". It is a legitimate concern.
There is such a thing as the Islamization of the Western world. Anyone with half a brain and the inclination to honestly do a little research will soon become aware of what is happening around the world through large influx of Islamic migrants. Germany, Switzerland, England and France in particular have suffered enormous casualties through Islamic terror. Being concerned that what has been - and continues to happen - all over Europe may happen in Canada does not make me "phobic". Rather it is based in a sad reality.
Canada needs immigrants. But inviting everybody and anybody without concern for the open statements of world domination that many in the Islamic world themselves proudly profess as their intent, to me, is a recipe for disaster.
Being concerned about our changing demographics in favor of people who want to destroy our democratic rights & freedoms and at its core, want to want to establish a Caliphate governed by Sharia law, is not a "phobia". It is a realistic concern given a social system attached to the practice of a Political, Judicial, Educational and Religious Ideology that has not changed in 1400 years, and a culture that does not want to integrate but rather to 'dominate'.
This said, I know very well that many Muslims come here to escape the tyranny of an oppressive regime and only want to live in peace and raise their families. I've met several of those people and I can tell you that they have no desire to return to an existence of tyranny such as the one they left behind. We hear from them from time to time in social media, but not nearly as often as we'd like. Those are the legitimately peace-loving immigrants I want to see establish themselves and prosper in our democratic multicultural system.
But let's not stupidly keep our heads in the sand. There are those too who adhere to the principal of world domination as dictated by their understanding of their holy book and the teachings of their radical Imams. They are not hard to find as they openly profess their beliefs. Why, just recently in Montreal, didn't an Imam insist on the construction company next door to their mosque remove the two female workers from the site as it offended the Muslims inside? As our demographic changes to include more and more people of the Islamic faith, I think it would be more prudent for our government to ensure that new immigrants share our values rather than want to practice such things repressiveness as the suppression of women. Haven't we come too far to backtrack into the dark ages? By the way, the construction company apparently complied with the Imam's demands as they relocated the two female workers to another site. I say shame on them for complying.
There are many examples of how this ideology is taking root in our country and many Canadians are bending over backward to shamefully accommodate it. Much of what extremists say though, is often not published in mainstream media because for some reason that escapes me, the powers that be do not want the rest of us to know what how prevalent it is. That kind of convoluted logic doesn't serve any good purpose that I can think of. In a society that prides itself on multiculturalism, everybody should have a voice and those who seek to destroy our freedoms and way of life should be heard loudly and clearly so that we (Muslims and non-Muslims alike) can all make informed decisions as to who we will vote for; the leader who supports such things as Sharia Law or the one who supports Canadian rights and freedom of speech. We are not babies. We should have the right to choose.
I once dated a Muslim man whose country of origin is Iran. I asked him what made him decide to come to Canada. He told me that in the 70s, it was great living in Iran. People had freedom and dressed in Western clothes and listened to Western music. He said that women wore bikinis on the beach and the young people wore tie died t-shirts (even showed me a picture of himself in tight jeans and a colorful hippy type shirt,… very cute). He said that he decided to leave after things had "changed" and people "lost many freedoms" at the end of that era. Today, I understand it to mean the establishment of Sharia Law where severe punishment - even death - follows any criticism of the regime. Now if a man like that made the decision to immigrate to Canada because of lost freedoms in his homeland, what makes anyone think that he would welcome the establishment of Sharia Law in his adopted country? I'm quite sure many Muslims would feel the same way.
Our Prime Minister seems to have taken a shine to anything and everything Islamic. But is he being a bit too biased in favor of Islam and forgoing any sound measure of critical thinking while at the same time completely disapproving of others? M103 would suggest so. After all, why are some people allowed to criticize while others are being shamed into silence with such labeling as "Islamaphobes" and "racists"? It makes no sense.
In a society where freedom of speech still exists, the questioning of the decisions on the part of our law makers should be welcomed by everyone regardless of whether we agree or not with the question posed.
In other words, I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend your right to say it. And in a democracy, that freedom should never be squashed by the likes of M103 and those who seek to destroy freedom of speech.
Another province calls Trudeau's carbon tax bluff
Another province calls Trudeau's carbon tax bluff
Wearing thin is the insistence from carbon tax proponents across Canada that there was no other way this could have played out
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By Paige MacPherson
Contributor
Canadians for Affordable Energy
Contributor
Canadians for Affordable Energy
When the Alberta government introduced its carbon dioxide emissions tax, ministers often
claimed that if they hadn't, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would impose his own tax, leaving taxpayers worse off.
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More
than a year later, New Brunswick is challenging that 'we have no
choice' assertion. In December, Premier Brian Gallant's government announced
that instead of introducing a new carbon tax, they are rebranding a
portion of their gasoline tax as a carbon tax and redirecting the cash
into a fund to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Critics of the New Brunswick's plan are skeptical. Redirecting existing funds means less money
for general revenues and seldom do taxpayers see governments do more
with less. A green fund can easily become a money pit of black hole
proportions (see Ontario).
But while federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna directed some disapproving comments
at New Brunswick - and repeated that Ottawa will impose the federal
price on any jurisdiction that doesn't apply it - to date it's all talk.
With
N.B. voters going to the polls in 2018, Trudeau is unlikely to push an
unpopular carbon tax on would-be Liberal voters, threatening Gallant's
Liberal government.
Voters know they're already paying carbon taxes by another name anyway.
Carbon
tax proponents insist that increasing the cost of carbon (on things
like gasoline) will encourage people to use less of it.
Gas taxes have
gone up. Before the current NDP government came into office, Alberta's
gas tax was increased by four cents to 13 cents per litre, without a
carbon tax. New Brunswick's gas tax is already a weighty 15.5 cents per
litre - more than 50 per cent higher than the 10-cent federal excise
tax.
If you want high taxes on people driving their kids to school and moving groceries from farms to shops, you already have it.
In Alberta, the environment minister continues to scoff
at scrapping the tax, which United Conservative Party Leader Jason
Kenney vows he'll do. The minister maintains that Ottawa would have
acted if Alberta hadn't introduced its own new tax (never mind that
Alberta's was imposed earlier and at a higher rate than the federal
plan).
But the list of provinces challenging that in one way or another is growing.
If Trudeau is bluffing, several premiers are now calling it.
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Manitoba's government challenged Trudeau's declaration by imposing a carbon tax at half the federal price.
And a carbon tax was noticeably absent in Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall's climate change strategy.
New
Brunswick's plan employs political wordplay. Saskatchewan's strategy of
simply saying no is much clearer. For any government that sees the
value in affordable energy, the only fair solution is no carbon tax at
all.
But
New Brunswick's plan has illustrated again that despite Trudeau's
declarations, the provinces have their own priorities and, importantly,
their own taxpayers to answer to. That's a wake-up call for carbon tax
enthusiasts, as well as Alberta government ministers still clinging to
the defence that Ottawa will drop a carbon tax on the province like a
lump of coal in their stockings.
It's
a political game of chicken. In the meantime, Alberta taxpayers have
been paying the carbon tax for a full year. As an added New Year's
treat, the tax increased by a further 50 per cent on Jan. 1.
Wearing
thin is the insistence from the Alberta government, and carbon tax
proponents across Canada, that there was no other way this could have
played out.
Emails destroyed, justice denied?
Emails destroyed, justice denied?
What part of 'Don't delete government emails' did these Ontario cops not understand?
By Karen Selick
Contributor
Troy Media
Contributor
Troy Media
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Now an unrelated Ontario trial has revealed another alleged incident of deliberately deleted government emails.
In late 2015, government employees and police raided Glencolton Farms near Durham, Ont. It's the home of dairy farmer Michael Schmidt, who has for decades advocated the legalization of raw milk sales in Canada. The farm is now an incorporated co-op owned by about 150 shareholders.
When
bureaucrats and police officers began seizing milk products and
computers, about 70 people (co-op owners and their family members)
rapidly converged on the farm to defend their property. Someone - not
Schmidt - drove a tractor across the driveway,
making it impossible for the government's van to leave. Dozens of
people milled about, questioning the legality of the intended seizure
(or, as they saw it, theft) of the milk.
The
standoff ended after about five hours with the government unloading its
van and the co-op members then permitting the empty vehicle to depart.
No one was arrested that day. But eventually, five people were charged
with obstructing police officers. One was Schmidt, who the prosecutor
cast as the blockade's mastermind, despite markedly conflicting evidence
from witnesses.
While
awaiting trial, the accused filed a freedom of information request.
They especially wanted to find out why only five of them, out of 70
present that day, were charged. What criteria had the government used in
deciding who to prosecute? Was this prosecution actually designed to
put Schmidt in jail and silence his repeated, annoying advocacy on raw
milk?
They
eventually received a copy of the notebook of lead investigator Const.
Ken MacPherson of the West Grey Police Service. His notes made
references to emails exchanged between himself and other investigators.
The accused asked for those emails. To their consternation, they were
told that MacPherson had "resigned from [the police] service in June of
2016 and his email account including all sent and received emails was
deleted at that time."
What?
The chief investigating officer in a criminal case leaves his job while
a trial is still pending and all of his electronic correspondence is
destroyed? Is this what normally happens at the West Grey Police
Service? How many other cases were on MacPherson's plate when he left?
How many other accused people have been denied full disclosure because
officers resign or retire and their email accounts are destroyed? And
considering that the charges relating to the destroyed gas plant
documents had been laid only six months earlier, how could it have
escaped the police service's attention that destroying all of an
officer's emails might be problematic?
The
Police Services Act of Ontario gives clear guidance on this subject:
it's considered misconduct for an officer to wilfully or carelessly
cause the loss or damage of records belonging to the police force. It's
also a Criminal Code offence to wilfully destroy computer data. Someone
might be in a wee bit of trouble.
In
any event, the Crown dropped the charges against two of the accused and
a third was acquitted before Schmidt went to trial. Schmidt was
convicted in October 2017 and sentenced in November to 60 days in jail. A
few days later, the Crown quietly dropped the charges against the fifth
accused.
One
obvious inference is that the goal of the exercise was indeed to put
Schmidt in jail and that charging the others was mere window dressing.
Once a conviction was secured against Schmidt, the others were
superfluous. The missing emails might corroborate this.
Both
the current chief of police in West Grey and the Crown counsel
prosecuting the case declined to be interviewed for this article.
Schmidt
is appealing his conviction, his sentence and a judicial ruling that
prevented him from accessing the destroyed emails on the computers of
the people who MacPherson corresponded with.
Meanwhile,
a formal complaint about the destroyed emails under the Police Services
Act, and possibly under the Criminal Code, seems warranted.
Breaching the fine line between teaching and brainwashing
Breaching the fine line between teaching and brainwashing
Being a teacher means making sure your students are exposed to more than one perspective
By Michael Zwaagstra
Senior Fellow
Frontier Centre for Public Policy
Senior Fellow
Frontier Centre for Public Policy
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It's easy to mix these two things up if we aren't careful.
People
who work in schools are called teachers rather than brainwashers for
very good reason - there's a world of difference between teaching
students what to think and teaching them how to think.
While teachers should challenge students' thinking by exposing them to
contrary ideas, teachers should not indoctrinate students with their
worldview.
Unfortunately,
there's reason to believe that some teachers are blurring the line
between teaching and brainwashing. For example, a recent CBC story
featured a Regina public school teacher who had his Grade 6 and 7
students spend most of November working on a variety of climate change
projects. This unit culminated with a public event where students made
presentations about how to stop climate change.
Obviously,
climate change is an important issue and it makes sense for students to
learn about it. However, the story also noted that the teacher recently
spent time at an intensive training session led by former U.S.
vice-president Al Gore. That teacher is now a "climate reality leader"
who is expected to train other teachers about how to take action on
climate change. This probably explains why he had his students watch
Gore's latest movie, An Inconvenient Sequel, during class.
The
CBC story makes it clear that this teacher went far beyond informing
students about climate change. His climate change unit was designed to
make his students take action that conformed to what he learned at the
Gore training session. That isn't teaching, it's indoctrination.
We
can expect to see more of this type of indoctrination if provincial
curriculum guides continue to focus more on social justice than on
learning a defined body of knowledge. For example, the Alberta
government is rewriting its kindergarten-to-Grade-12 social studies
curriculum and there's a disturbing lack of emphasis on historical facts
and events. Instead, students will focus on broad themes such as
diversity and environmental stewardship. This ambiguity practically
invites teachers to indoctrinate students.
There's
a better option. In order for students to become critical thinkers,
they need to master a defined body of knowledge in a variety of subject
areas. It can't be assumed that students will naturally pick up the
necessary knowledge while engaging in inquiry projects conducted within
specific themes. For example, if students are going to grapple with
major issues like climate change, they need to know a whole lot about
meteorology. Much of this knowledge needs to come by direct instruction
from the teacher. Otherwise it won't be learned.
All
too often, critical thinking is presented as an abstract skill when
it's actually highly dependent on subject-specific content knowledge.
Students can't think critically about something they know nothing about.
Social
justice appeals to a lot of teachers. It can be far more exciting to
engage students in what seems to be an important social justice project
than to painstakingly help them master basic curriculum content.
However, there are no shortcuts where real learning is concerned. If
students are going to become critical thinkers, they need to first learn
a lot of basic facts and skills. This may not be as flashy but it's
essential to learning. Teachers must be responsible for the essentials
of learning.
When
this learning process is short-circuited, students are easily
brainwashed. Students, particularly those in younger grades, are
influenced by their teachers. If their teacher is passionate about what
he recently learned at an Al Gore training session, it's easy for
students to simply adopt their teacher's beliefs. It may look like
students are deeply engaged in the subject matter but more often than
not they're regurgitating what they know their teachers want to hear.
Obviously,
we want to develop critical thinking in schools. So teachers need to
take the time to help their students develop substantial
subject-specific content knowledge.
In
addition, when controversial issues arise, teachers must make sure
students are exposed to more than one perspective. That way, students
can make up their own minds about these issues.
John Mutton and 2018
As we enter 2018, I will be very active on issues effecting Durham
Region as a whole and the best practises that I have learned across the
cutting edge municipalities in Canada and the USA that I have a
privilege to work in.
John Mutton
President and CEO
Municipal Solutions - Energy and Infrastructure
This year I will tackle the issues of:
•Taxes: Yes we can hold the line and pay less in Durham Region. How...well watch me and find out.
•Health
Care: We can do better with our own mandated responsibilities, this
will be one of my in depth focuses for illumination to the residents.
•Crime:
The answer to better policing in Durham lies with our front line
divisional staff who know their divisions better than anyone. I will
have an exclusive on this with advice and recommendations from our
officers that actually work our streets.
•Affordable
Housing: Again, North American and European best practises have proven
examples to follow. We need to embrace change and I will show you how
others have broken down the barriers to affordable housing.
•Poverty
and Homeless initiatives: We are living in the era of the disappearance
of the middle class or perhaps to be put better, the increases in
struggling of the middle class. Stay tuned for ideas around
affordability, non profit housing and a strong economy having programs
for inner city youth and those impoverished.
•Transit:
it can be better if coordinated GTA wide properly with egos set aside
and more affordable with proper purchasing and tendering policies. No
more upside down bridge installations.
•Emergency
Management: Never again should we be caught unprepared for the massive
flooding along our lakeshores. For a municipality that has the best
emergency planning for Nuclear, why can't we deal with other emergencies
such as flooding in a well practised, scripted and plausible plan.
2018
is going to be an exciting year, it is a year for change across the
Province, Durham and our local municipalities. We have grown
tremendously, we need thought leaders to govern accordingly.
Till next week....
John Mutton
President and CEO
Municipal Solutions - Energy and Infrastructure
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Finding The God Particle In This Article
Finding The God Particle In This Article
By Joe Ingino
By now it is no secret of the great work that is underway at the CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) laboratory in Switzerland.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It first started up on 10 September 2008, and remains the latest addition to CERN’s accelerator complex. The LHC consists of a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets with a number of accelerating structures to boost the energy of the particles along the way.
Inside the accelerator, two high-energy particle beams travel at close to the speed of light before they are made to collide. The beams travel in opposite directions in separate beam pipes – two tubes are kept at ultrahigh vacuum. They are guided around the accelerator ring by a strong magnetic field maintained by superconducting electromagnets. The electromagnets are built from coils of special electric cable that operates in a superconducting state, efficiently conducting electricity without resistance or loss of energy. This requires chilling the magnets to -271.3°C – a temperature colder than outer space.
At this facility many physic theories are being explored. But no one more important than the ‘God Particle’. The term 'The God particle' was coined by the physicist Leon Lederman in his 1993 popular science book, The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
The particle that the book title refers to is the 'Higgs boson'. The particle we now call the Higgs boson has never been observed. First hypothesized in 1964, the Higgs boson, if discovered, would be a vital missing piece of the model that physicists use to describe elementary particles and their interactions: the Standard Model.
What is the Higgs boson? The theories and discoveries of thousands of physicists over the past century have resulted in a remarkable insight into the fundamental structure of matter: everything in the Universe is found to be made from twelve basic building blocks called fundamental particles, governed by four fundamental forces. After 5 years of scrutinizing the elusive Higgs boson closely, scientists say they've determined that the "God particle" Tapping into ‘Dark Matter’
Astonishingly, astrophysical observations have demonstrated that all visible physical matter accounts for only four percent of the Universe. Now the race is on at CERN to find those elusive particles or phenomena responsible for dark matter (23 percent) and dark energy (73 percent).
Essentially what the CERN experiment hopes to achieve is to separate – by way of the atom smasher - the invisible dark matter, which has been described as the very glue that holds together, from the visible. There’s just one problem with this experiment: Nobody has any idea what the consequences will be if that goal is achieved. So once again, this ‘dark versus visible’ paradigm has generated a battle that transcends the scientific world, becoming a question involving philosophy and spirituality.
What fascinating science. At the end of the day. It appears that no matter what we attach to the word ‘God’ to it transforms it into a whole new priority and or importance to the world.
But even if we define the so called elusive mystery of the ‘GOD PARTICLE’. Can it really be called ‘GODLY’. Let’s take a step back. If God made us in his image. How can a particle define a GOD?
The other aspect of the scientific labeling is more for hype then practicality. Think about it... defining the origin of matter...anything to do with GOD as we know it?
Scientist as clever as they are also human with the same complexities and confusion as the rest of us. I guess under their understanding. Defining the origin of all matter would incorporate the social concept of a GOD. It would shed light to religious doctrine and once in for all put religions of the world in their place. Primarily ‘SOCIETY’.
If we learn anything from human history is that the writing have been on the wall all along and we as humans make advancements by piecing the parts of the puzzle to paint a picture of understanding.
In this case. We must clearly put ‘GOD’ where it belongs. As a tool through out history that was used to oppress and control the human psychic from it’s primal instincts. Fear, is a powerful tool to the ignorant. With this said. All religions of the world may be understood if incorporated as a social building element of world societies. The root for all cultures, customs and traditions.
And now back to science.
What the scientist at CERN are attempting to do is not find GOD. But instead gain understanding to how matter and anti matter co-exists and the ramifications it has to our existence.
Are we energy entrapped in frequency of sort, manipulated by laws and rules. If so we still have the dilemma of defining the origin of the source of energy.
I remember once someone saying ‘IN NOTHING WE FIND EVERYTHING AND IN NOTHING WE HAVE DEFINE ALL’. Interesting thinking.
As it puts CERN firmly in it’s place... as no matter the discovery we still have the issue of the causation of the origin... or the source.
As stated if dark matter (23 percent) and dark energy (73 percent) then are we getting any closer to the answer of what came first. The chicken or the egg? Or are we just sophisticating the question by attaching ‘GOD PARTICLE’ to it.
I think that understanding is crucial to our development as a civilization. I doubt it very much if a definiative answer can rationally be found to the origin of matter. What I think we will find by the research at CERN are new sciences... The long standing theories of dimensions, dual realities and new ways to improve technologies. Such as the use of dark energy to replace nuclear reactors in the production of electricity. How to use the dark energy to supply infinite energy to all kinds of machineries.
Scientists are at the brink of understanding the frequencies that inter twine our realities. Port holes that until know have been feared as not fully understood. World within worlds that up to know have been nothing but science fiction. World’s that due to lack of scientific understanding have been kept secret. We have not had a major scientific break through in over 50 years. I think we are at the brink of such break through. Are we ready as a people? As a civilization?
Time will tell.
By Joe Ingino
By now it is no secret of the great work that is underway at the CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire) laboratory in Switzerland.
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator. It first started up on 10 September 2008, and remains the latest addition to CERN’s accelerator complex. The LHC consists of a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets with a number of accelerating structures to boost the energy of the particles along the way.
Inside the accelerator, two high-energy particle beams travel at close to the speed of light before they are made to collide. The beams travel in opposite directions in separate beam pipes – two tubes are kept at ultrahigh vacuum. They are guided around the accelerator ring by a strong magnetic field maintained by superconducting electromagnets. The electromagnets are built from coils of special electric cable that operates in a superconducting state, efficiently conducting electricity without resistance or loss of energy. This requires chilling the magnets to -271.3°C – a temperature colder than outer space.
At this facility many physic theories are being explored. But no one more important than the ‘God Particle’. The term 'The God particle' was coined by the physicist Leon Lederman in his 1993 popular science book, The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question?
The particle that the book title refers to is the 'Higgs boson'. The particle we now call the Higgs boson has never been observed. First hypothesized in 1964, the Higgs boson, if discovered, would be a vital missing piece of the model that physicists use to describe elementary particles and their interactions: the Standard Model.
What is the Higgs boson? The theories and discoveries of thousands of physicists over the past century have resulted in a remarkable insight into the fundamental structure of matter: everything in the Universe is found to be made from twelve basic building blocks called fundamental particles, governed by four fundamental forces. After 5 years of scrutinizing the elusive Higgs boson closely, scientists say they've determined that the "God particle" Tapping into ‘Dark Matter’
Astonishingly, astrophysical observations have demonstrated that all visible physical matter accounts for only four percent of the Universe. Now the race is on at CERN to find those elusive particles or phenomena responsible for dark matter (23 percent) and dark energy (73 percent).
Essentially what the CERN experiment hopes to achieve is to separate – by way of the atom smasher - the invisible dark matter, which has been described as the very glue that holds together, from the visible. There’s just one problem with this experiment: Nobody has any idea what the consequences will be if that goal is achieved. So once again, this ‘dark versus visible’ paradigm has generated a battle that transcends the scientific world, becoming a question involving philosophy and spirituality.
What fascinating science. At the end of the day. It appears that no matter what we attach to the word ‘God’ to it transforms it into a whole new priority and or importance to the world.
But even if we define the so called elusive mystery of the ‘GOD PARTICLE’. Can it really be called ‘GODLY’. Let’s take a step back. If God made us in his image. How can a particle define a GOD?
The other aspect of the scientific labeling is more for hype then practicality. Think about it... defining the origin of matter...anything to do with GOD as we know it?
Scientist as clever as they are also human with the same complexities and confusion as the rest of us. I guess under their understanding. Defining the origin of all matter would incorporate the social concept of a GOD. It would shed light to religious doctrine and once in for all put religions of the world in their place. Primarily ‘SOCIETY’.
If we learn anything from human history is that the writing have been on the wall all along and we as humans make advancements by piecing the parts of the puzzle to paint a picture of understanding.
In this case. We must clearly put ‘GOD’ where it belongs. As a tool through out history that was used to oppress and control the human psychic from it’s primal instincts. Fear, is a powerful tool to the ignorant. With this said. All religions of the world may be understood if incorporated as a social building element of world societies. The root for all cultures, customs and traditions.
And now back to science.
What the scientist at CERN are attempting to do is not find GOD. But instead gain understanding to how matter and anti matter co-exists and the ramifications it has to our existence.
Are we energy entrapped in frequency of sort, manipulated by laws and rules. If so we still have the dilemma of defining the origin of the source of energy.
I remember once someone saying ‘IN NOTHING WE FIND EVERYTHING AND IN NOTHING WE HAVE DEFINE ALL’. Interesting thinking.
As it puts CERN firmly in it’s place... as no matter the discovery we still have the issue of the causation of the origin... or the source.
As stated if dark matter (23 percent) and dark energy (73 percent) then are we getting any closer to the answer of what came first. The chicken or the egg? Or are we just sophisticating the question by attaching ‘GOD PARTICLE’ to it.
I think that understanding is crucial to our development as a civilization. I doubt it very much if a definiative answer can rationally be found to the origin of matter. What I think we will find by the research at CERN are new sciences... The long standing theories of dimensions, dual realities and new ways to improve technologies. Such as the use of dark energy to replace nuclear reactors in the production of electricity. How to use the dark energy to supply infinite energy to all kinds of machineries.
Scientists are at the brink of understanding the frequencies that inter twine our realities. Port holes that until know have been feared as not fully understood. World within worlds that up to know have been nothing but science fiction. World’s that due to lack of scientific understanding have been kept secret. We have not had a major scientific break through in over 50 years. I think we are at the brink of such break through. Are we ready as a people? As a civilization?
Time will tell.
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