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im not certain i get this video, it dosn't seem to entirly go with the song; but this is my favorite song in the whole world and i love michael buble, plus this song is just an incredible song to blues dance to ;)

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Under an oversized portrait of Kim Jong Il, Sunday's front page posed the question, "Does North Korea's Dear Leader want nuclear capability for fun or profit?" Like most articles, it overlooked the option that North Korea may want nuclear capability for protection.

An ardent North Korea watcher, I don't deny that Kim is a nut, who is not known for his rational decisions. However, to attempt to understand Kim's actions, we must ask ourselves, "Why does he care more about bombs than food?" A question to which there are many answers. Primarily, Kim Jong-Il is paranoid about what he perceives to be an imminent U.S. attack. Technically, North Korea is still at war with the U.S., as only a military armistice, not a peace treaty, was signed in 1953. Yet, despite Condoleezza Rice's efforts to begin negotiations on a peace treaty back in May 2006 and George W. Bush's recent promise that the U.S. will not attack, America refuses to put a formal end to the perpetual state of war.

This situation, combined with the harsh rhetoric of Bush and John Bolton, the Iraq war, and annual American/South Korean military exercises staged just south of the North Korean border, do nothing to assuage Kim's paranoia. I understand the viewpoint of Pak Gil-yon, North Korea's UN ambassador whom I met in Toronto last year, when he insists that nuclear capabilities are for self-defence.

After all, didn't Bush get exactly what he wants? A nuclear North Korea gives him countless reasons to justify pouring money into his growing nuclear arsenal and missile defence systems.

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I was one of the 20 per cent who could not read and write. I could not even read the word "there," but I do have my grade 12 diploma. For whatever reason, I was pushed along and aside and was considered unteachable. But through a literacy program, I am now at Ontario Literacy and Basic Skills Level 5 (the top adult basic literacy level). That is why I do admire people who have the inner fire to get up the courage to enrol in a literacy program. It is like climbing the biggest peak in Canada. Unlike most people who went to high school who could dream about going into college or university, I was not even able to have this dream. Although some people may fail once they are there, I didn't even have the chance to get up to bat and try to make it.

I am amazed and stunned at the cutback to federal literacy programs that have become a vital part of all the provincial programs right across Canada. In today's society you need essential skills to survive and find a job. Without federal support, provincial umbrella organizations all across Canada cannot survive and these organizations act like the glue that binds all the programs —school board, college and community-based — together.

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I believe that, in local elections only, all residents should be allowed to vote. This idea corresponds to the basic definition of "citizen" offered by most dictionaries: "the resident of a city or town." I find it unbelievable that we would not want all lawful adult residents participating actively in the civic life of their communities.

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There is much ado about the government's climate policy being made in Canada. All Canadian policies are made in Canada, but most of them are also consistent with international agreements that serve our interests and those of our global neighbours. We have a made-in-Canada trade policy that is also consistent with international trade agreements. Canada is a signatory to the Law of the Sea and our made-in-Canada policies on oceans respect that United Nations convention. We have a made-in-Canada forestry plan that honours international accords. We have a made-in-Canada financial policy that also respects international monetary conventions. Our made-in-Canada fisheries plan honours international fisheries agreements. We have made-in-Canada programs for sovereignty and security that are consistent with international charters and treaties.

Going alone on these issues would be irresponsible and damaging. On matters that transcend the borders of countries, Canada benefits from agreements that provide international "rules of the game," addressing efficiency and fairness. Global climate change certainly transcends borders, in its causes and its effects. Most countries of the world are already working toward a post-Kyoto international agreement to better address this global issue. Some north European industrial countries have already achieved Kyoto targets similar to Canada's, without major economic upheaval. In fact, they are benefiting by being at the front of the pack in alternative energy and energy efficiency technology and practices. Surely there are some insights for Canada. An isolationist policy on climate change is foolhardy and impractical. An effective made-in-Canada climate change plan is a great idea — so is a global agreement of which Canada is part.

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I don't know who's a dog. But I do know who's a pussy.

Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay, for one, presently licking his balls back in Nova Scotia — though not dolefully, in the midst of a potato patch, for which we are all extremely grateful — and denying that he ever growled a juvenile remark in the direction of Belinda Stronach, or at least her unoccupied seat in the House of Commons.

And — meow-meow — every one of the Liberal politicians who verily choked on their polemical furballs yesterday, constructing mangy furor out of what was no more than a fleabite, hardly the most offensive remark to emerge from the lowbrow discourse of Question Period.

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I expect there will be much criticism of this idea in that citizens could believe that granting non-citizens voting rights lessens the importance of citizenship and that non-citizens have different interests than the citizens of the GTA. However, I believe that giving non-citizens the right to vote in municipal elections will give them incentive to apply for citizenship; after being involved, they will want to participate more.

Furthermore, I believe that regardless of where a GTA resident comes from, at a local level, we all have shared interests, such as efficient public transportation, reduction of crime, etc. The solution is clear — allow the non-citizen residents to vote in municipal elections. The real issue we need to be addressing is how to get more people voting.

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A small hotel/casino on the Las Vegas strip, directly attached to a Denny's restaurant. The casino offers one of the few dollar Craps games in the city (and the strip), with exceptional 100x odds on the game (yielding a theoretical 0.021% house edge for anyone who can afford betting $101 per round).

It offers $1 Margaritas, penny slots, and other low-minimum games in addition to Craps for cheapskates. Its slot club frequently offers double and triple point promotions.

Apart from these fairly unique attempts to entice people to spend money at their tables, and the by-name reference to the (in)famous book by Ian Fleming, the casino is unremarkable. Its slot club rewards only non-local players; any local who signs up is told they will not receive any funbooks or coupons, no freebies, and is unlikely to receive any promotional mailings from the casino. Its cocktail waitresses are a bit on the old side, and don't wear very impressive outfits anyway. They are all universally slow, no matter how much you're gambling, or how fast.

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