Brain Capacity

404 - bye bye

2008-01-01T22:36:00.000-05:00

Perhaps it's fitting that this is post # 404, since 404 is the "not found" error message you get when a web file is not there.

That's because I am shutting down Brain Capacity for good. After 400 posts in 2005 and 2006, I went on hiatus to do other stuff, with just three posts added in 2007. Now, here it is, the first day of 2008, and I'm turning out the lights.

I'll leave the entries on blogspot.com for awhile. My thousands of readers would deserve that much, at least. But despite the tearful, and I should say moving, requests, demands and entreaties to begin posting again, I must politely decline. I'm too busy with other stuff - completing three doctorates, planning a major round-the-world trip, writing two screenplays and a novel, helping guide world peace talks etc.

Ha ha. No. I just have other stuff to do. I'm sure you will find other much more important and worthwhile stuff to read in the blogosphere.

Adieu.

Articles 14: the ad campaign

2007-06-02T21:45:00.000-04:00

The advertising business is always coming up with new techniques. Ovelle Pharmaceuticals, the Irish maker of Elave skin care products, recently launched an innovative campaign to promote its wares. The products are free of harsh chemicals such as sodium laureth sulfate, parabens and perfumes, which can trigger skin flare-ups.

There have been a lot of articles written about the web advertising campaign. Nothing to Hide has nothing to hide, as you will see if you check out the site here. A 60-second clip is here.

The managing director of the company, Joanna Gardiner, makes a cameo appearance in the video. (But she's not the host of the clip, as some articles have mistakenly stated.)

Apparently sales have risen significantly since the campaign was launched about a month ago. Unfortunately, you can't purchase Elave items in North America.

40th anniversary

2007-06-01T21:10:00.000-04:00

It's been four decades since the release of the Beatles' monumental and influential Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.

Here in 2007, 40 years later, it might not be obvious to some how important this album was (and is), and how much impact it had on the music and social scene of the 1960s and the Summer Of Love.

Though it's not my favourite Beatles LP, I still think this is one heck of a record. I wrote about it in my album spotlight last year. As I said then, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is so much a statement of its time, yet it still reverberates through the world of music four decades after its debut."

back again / 401 / carefree highway

2007-06-01T20:58:00.000-04:00

At long last, Brain Capacity resumes publication. I could tell you that I've spent the last five months travelling the world, seeing exotic sites, jetsetting with the rich and famous ... But I won't because it's not true. I've just been busy with life.

This is the 401st post to this blog, so I have to refer to the freeway that is often called "the main street of southern Ontario" - the McDonald-Cartier Freeway, more commonly known as Highway 401.

Luckily, I don't have to drive on this road every day to commute to work. But it is a great throughway, though it's pretty busy these days. You can see highway views of the GTA at the COMPASS Traffic Cameras site. There's also a thorough article about the highway at Wikipedia.

Hiatus | 400 | Index

2006-12-31T15:51:00.000-05:00

Brain Capacity is on hiatus.

Please check again later.

This post, my 400th entry to Brain Capacity, will be my last for awhile. I have really enjoyed posting my (non) thoughts here. The album and song spotlights have been my most regular type of entry. I've shared my love of all things related to the Beatles, ELO / Jeff Lynne, Guess Who / Bachman / Cummings and other classic rock heroes. I've also posted write-ups on cameras and cars; revealing posts about articles; occasional political rants; and many, many lists, including: dog names; TV stations in Illinois; electronics stores in Saskatchewan, Utah or Ireland; hospitals in New Zealand; cities in France and Argentina; KFC locations in Australia; scientific and cultural topics; Star Trek; and so many other useless subjects.

I originally planned to keep Brain Capacity running for a year. I have done that, with 10 preview posts in 2005, and 390 in 2006 – an average of just over one post a day. It has been swell. I am taking a bit of a break from posting for now. But beware ... I will return. Probably. Maybe.

As a way of noting all that I have posted here, I leave you with a complete index of all the posts to Brain Capacity.

That name again is Mister Plow! (12/19/2005)
My ELO includes Jeff Lynne (and my Guess Who includes Burton and Randy) (12/19/2005)
Child care plans (12/21/2005)
Kids these days (12/21/2005)
Bacon online (12/21/2005)
Calculus and driver's licences (12/23/2005)
Radio gaga - a first (12/23/2005)
This kind of trouble .... (12/23/2005)
Jeff Lynne Song Database (12/31/2005)
Happy Burthday Burton! (12/31/2005)
Imagine vanity plates (1/2/2006)
Preview (1/2/2006)
A$# 001 Beatles | Please Please Me (1/2/2006)
It's George Martin's birthday (1/3/2006)
S$# 001 Byrds | She Don't Care About Time (1/3/2006)
Icelandic female names (1/4/2006)
Words of wisdom (1/4/2006)
aPpLejAm (1/5/2006)
Dear Mr. Harper (1/7/2006)
Rock me gently ... on a weekend morning (1/8/2006)
A$# 002 Blue Rodeo | Tremolo (1/9/2006)
S$# 002 Guess Who | Of A Dropping Pin (1/10/2006)
Fun with phone numbers, part 1 (1/12/2006)
Fun with phone numbers, part 2 (1/12/2006)
A$# 003 Paul McCartney | Flaming Pie (1/16/2006)
Ringo's many all-starrs (1/16/2006)
S$# 003 Police | Dead End Job (1/17/2006)
The power and powers of 2 (1/18/2006)
Encryption (1/19/2006)
Icelandic male names (1/19/2006)
And or & (1/20/2006)
Ideas for a cold Saturday night in January (1/21/2006)
ccTLDs (1/21/2006)
Down to the wire ... (1/22/2006)
Music for the ballot box (1/23/2006)
A$# 004 Electric Light Orchestra | Time (1/23/2006)
S$# 004 Beatles | If You've Got Trouble (1/24/2006)
The numbers . . . (1/24/2006)
Lack of class (1/24/2006)
Dana Delany (1/26/2006)
Like no porpoise could ever do (1/26/2006)
Miscellaneous ramblings for January 27 (1/27/2006)
And Spock said .... (1/27/2006)
A$# 005 Beatles | Let It Be (1/30/2006)
Did I dream about these? (1/31/2006)
S$# 005 Eurythmics | When Tomorrow Comes (1/31/2006)
Travel to friendly Manitoba (2/1/2006)
Worth another viewing (2/2/2006)
Frown (2/4/2006)
Winter's not over yet (2/4/2006)
Definitely worth another viewing (2/5/2006)
A$# 006 Jethro Tull | Heavy Horses (2/7/2006)
S$# 006 Elton John | The Last Song (2/7/2006)
Arrival (2/7/2006)
I remember Beep (2/8/2006)
I got it for the articles ... really (2/9/2006)
Flying by the letters (2/9/2006)
An auspicious debut (2/9/2006)
Beep update (2/10/2006)
Expo 67 was cool! (2/11/2006)
Dividends with divs? (2/12/2006)
A$# 007 Roy Orbison | Mystery Girl (2/13/2006)
S$# 007 Bob Dylan | Positively 4th Street (2/14/2006)
Eating wood (2/15/2006)
TV stations in Illinois (2/16/2006)
Stop and go (2/17/2006)
Calculus gets a reprieve (2/17/2006)
Rock is his life (2/19/2006)
A$# 008 Traveling Wilburys | Vol. 1 (2/20/2006)
S$# 008 Traveling Wilburys | Nobody's Child (2/21/2006)
A fine SF TV writer (2/22/2006)
Traffic in the LA of 24 (2/23/2006)
It just all turned to merde (2/25/2006)
George Harrison's birthday (2/25/2006)
A$# 009 Bob Seger | Stranger In Town (2/27/2006)
S$# 009 Mike & The Mechanics | Word Of Mouth (2/28/2006)
More interesting articles (3/1/2006)
Some dog names, A - M (3/1/2006)
Dog names, N - Z (3/2/2006)
When there isn't much to say (3/5/2006)
Bad taste? (3/5/2006)
A graphic (3/5/2006)
A$# 010 Roger McGuinn | Live From Mars (3/6/2006)
S$# 010 Peter & Gordon | A World Without Love (3/7/2006)
Rules of Acquisition and other Trek minutiae (3/9/2006)
Today (3/10/2006)
Paul and Linda (3/12/2006)
Dana Delany turns 50 (3/13/2006)
A$# 011 Ringo Starr | Ringo (3/13/2006)
S$# 011 Ironhorse | What's Your Hurry Darlin'? (3/14/2006)
First time around - not for me ce soir (3/14/2006)
Another Beatles release coming (3/19/2006)
A$# 012 Guess Who | American Woman (3/20/2006)
S$# 012 Moody Blues | Question (3/21/2006)
A$# 013 Beatles | Rubber Soul (3/27/2006)
Finding the long weekend in spring (3/27/2006)
So what is up? (3/27/2006)
S$# 013 Beatles | Nowhere Man (3/28/2006)
This weird guitar (3/29/2006)
This update about that guitar (3/31/2006)
A preview of a bonus nugget (3/31/2006)
Recap of some music stuff (3/31/2006)
A$# 014 Jeff Lynne | Armchair Theatre (4/3/2006)
S$# 014 Electric Light Orchestra | Everyone's Born To Die (4/4/2006)
Articles during an anniversary (4/5/2006)
Long list of words (4/5/2006)
Words, rearranged (4/7/2006)
Town without Pitney (4/7/2006)
First Ever Brain Capacity Readers Poll (4/9/2006)
A$# 015 Joni Mitchell | Blue (4/10/2006)
S$# 015 Gene Pitney | That Girl Belongs To Yesterday (4/11/2006)
New Burton Cummings site online (4/12/2006)
6fu (4/14/2006)
Dick vs Dick (4/15/2006)
What are you thinking right now? (4/16/2006)
Poll results (4/17/2006)
Linda Mac (4/17/2006)
A$# 016 George Harrison | Gone Troppo (4/17/2006)
S$# 016 Mary Hopkin | Turn! Turn! Turn! (4/18/2006)
It's not about the bra (4/19/2006)
bc1ta (4/21/2006)
Useless measurements (4/22/2006)
Frivolous and vexatious (4/24/2006)
Dumb business names (4/24/2006)
A$# 017 Beatles | Abbey Road (4/24/2006)
S$# 017 Beatles | Here Comes The Sun (4/25/2006)
Know fly list (4/29/2006)
Three's company (4/29/2006)
A word (4/30/2006)
A$# 018 Brian Wilson | Smile (5/2/2006)
Interruptus (5/2/2006)
S$# 018 Youngbloods | Get Together (5/2/2006)
Articles and a first (5/3/2006)
Action (5/3/2006)
Camera (5/3/2006)
Lights (5/3/2006)
Articles and a mayor (5/4/2006)
Tailfins (5/4/2006)
Strum and pick (5/4/2006)
The world's BEST soup? (5/6/2006)
How much bonus is the bonus? (5/7/2006)
A$# 019 The Move | The Move (5/8/2006)
A Macca playlist - just solo and Wings (5/8/2006)
S$# 019 Ian Thomas | Coming Home (5/9/2006)
Kiwi places to recuperate in (5/10/2006)
Articles and the TV reporter (5/10/2006)
Name that kid in la la land (5/10/2006)
Just because I like the elements (5/10/2006)
The original voyages (5/12/2006)
Five vegetables (5/14/2006)
Articles and the reactionary so-called therapist (5/14/2006)
Not even if you're desperate (5/14/2006)
A Macca playlist - no words (5/14/2006)
A$# 020 Byrds | Fifth Dimension (5/15/2006)
S$# 020 Chicago | Gone Long Gone (5/16/2006)
Vivitar (5/18/2006)
In the astounding years to come (5/20/2006)
Five fruits (5/20/2006)
A$# 021 Sarah McLachlan | Touch (5/22/2006)
S$# 021 Elvis Presley | Edge Of Reality (5/23/2006)
Bob's birthday (5/24/2006)
Sunrise and sunset in Stockholm during June (5/24/2006)
Articles and the rock star (5/24/2006)
Cities in France with more than 20,000 people (5/24/2006)
Looking back at the Opel GT (5/25/2006)
Birthdays today (5/26/2006)
Some airplane stats (5/26/2006)
27 - 147 (5/27/2006)
best of tng (a baker's dozen) (5/28/2006)
There is a 14th (5/29/2006)
A$# 022 Beatles | With The Beatles (5/29/2006)
S$# 022 Split Enz | Six Months In A Leaky Boat (5/30/2006)
Members of the United Nations (5/31/2006)
Articles and the women of Star Trek (5/31/2006)
Dickens in Swedish (5/31/2006)
Eight condiments (6/1/2006)
Condiments or toppings? (6/3/2006)
Chapter 2 (6/3/2006)
Restaurants in Hilo (6/3/2006)
A$# 023 Buckingham Nicks | Buckingham Nicks (6/5/2006)
S$# 023 Alanis Morissette | Everything (6/6/2006)
Articles and another first (6/7/2006)
Adieu Billy Preston (6/7/2006)
Ringo on tour again (6/7/2006)
Who won that award? (6/7/2006)
GH bonus tracks – coulda, shoulda, didna (6/10/2006)
Macca playlists - span (6/11/2006)
A$# 024 Randy Bachman | Axe (6/12/2006)
S$# 024 Burton Cummings | With God On Our Side (6/13/2006)
Ringo's rendezvous with Rama (6/15/2006)
Who runs all those machines? (6/15/2006)
Math is still on (6/16/2006)
10 digits (6/16/2006)
More housekeeping (6/16/2006)
Dying for business (6/17/2006)
When he's 64 (6/18/2006)
A$# 025 Burton Cummings | Heart (6/19/2006)
S$# 025 Randy Bachman | Our Leaves Are Green Again (6/20/2006)
20062006 (6/20/2006)
200 | summer solstice (6/21/2006)
three / drie (6/21/2006)
The contrabulous, fabtraptious film career of Troy McClure (6/22/2006)
LITMW remaster coming (6/23/2006)
Milestone of mediocrity in sitcom history (6/24/2006)
Lost (?) in translation (6/25/2006)
A$# 026 Beatles | Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (6/26/2006)
S$# 026 Ringo Starr | Early 1970 (6/27/2006)
Randy and Burton tonight (6/27/2006)
Fine state of affairs (6/27/2006)
Space for Serena (6/28/2006)
ELO in the fall (6/29/2006)
Quarterly music recap (6/30/2006)
Save Studio 2 (7/1/2006)
Canada Day (7/1/2006)
Thunderball (7/2/2006)
A$# 027 Bachman Cummings | The Thunderbird Trax (7/3/2006)
S$# 027 Fludd | What An Animal (7/4/2006)
Unusual elements (7/5/2006)
Is it really? (7/6/2006)
It's Ringo's birthday (7/7/2006)
Have space suit, will write SF books (7/8/2006)
Some of my bad poetry, volume 01 (7/9/2006)
A$# 028 Murray McLauchlan | Gulliver's Taxi (7/10/2006)
S$# 028 Murray McLauchlan | Try Walkin' Away (7/11/2006)
Beep beep (7/12/2006)
Hippie hippie hooray (7/12/2006)
Jeannie the hip hippie (7/13/2006)
Monkees remasters (7/14/2006)
~ and name mangling (7/14/2006)
Some of my bad poetry, volume 02 (7/15/2006)
Columbus was a moron ... and a villain (7/16/2006)
A$# 029 Blue Rodeo | The Days In Between (7/17/2006)
S$# 029 Prism | Young And Restless (7/18/2006)
Yashica FR (7/19/2006)
industriousness (7/20/2006)
What sucks? (7/22/2006)
Capricorn One (7/22/2006)
break / building (7/26/2006)
A$# 030 Lawrence Gowan | ... But You Can Call Me Larry (7/27/2006)
mac buffalo (7/28/2006)
S$# 030 Stan Rogers | Northwest Passage (7/28/2006)
Some of my bad poetry, volume 03 (7/29/2006)
University of Iceland (7/30/2006)
A$# 031 Beatles | Help! (7/31/2006)
S$# 031 Elton John | Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (8/1/2006)
PS (8/1/2006)
My Jeff Lynne wish list for the years to come (8/2/2006)
Seek (8/3/2006)
Australian Capital Territory (8/4/2006)
A$# 032 George Harrison | Cloud Nine (8/7/2006)
S$# 032 George Harrison | I Don't Want To Do It (8/8/2006)
The title is longer than the post (8/9/2006)
The post is longer than the title (8/10/2006)
58008918 (8/11/2006)
Lotus Europa (8/12/2006)
With a capital C (8/13/2006)
A$# 033 Paul McCartney / Wings | London Town (8/14/2006)
S$# 033 Paul McCartney | Sweet Sweet Memories (8/15/2006)
Pentax ME (8/15/2006)
The passing of a King (8/16/2006)
Keeping up with John Carter (8/17/2006)
= (8/18/2006)
Bacon tastes good (8/19/2006)
Asimov on religion (8/20/2006)
A$# 034 Electric Light Orchestra | Eldorado (8/21/2006)
S$# 034 Electric Light Orchestra | Don't Walk Away (8/22/2006)
Keef on lead vocals (8/24/2006)
13 (8/25/2006)
no Zep or Doors (8/26/2006)
Representation abroad (8/27/2006)
A$# 035 Beatles | White Album (8/28/2006)
S$# 035 Beatles | Revolution (8/29/2006)
So many laws (8/30/2006)
15 answers to creationist nonsense (8/31/2006)
Grease is the word (9/1/2006)
Zehrs (9/2/2006)
shift (9/2/2006)
New Byrds box set out this month (9/3/2006)
Contax RTS (9/4/2006)
A$# 036 Moody Blues | Seventh Sojourn (9/4/2006)
S$# 036 Tracey Ullman | They Don't Know (9/5/2006)
landlocked (9/6/2006)
Some of my bad poetry, volume 04 (9/7/2006)
Lunar peaks (9/8/2006)
Avengers (9/10/2006)
A$# 037 ABBA | Super Trouper (9/11/2006)
S$# 037 FM | Phasors On Stun (9/12/2006)
Not all over the world (9/12/2006)
ww on the www (9/13/2006)
His name is Earl (9/14/2006)
Thanks for the invitation … but no thanks (9/15/2006)
A heavy horse and a tumbling sky, brewing heavy weather (9/16/2006)
A$# 038 Bob Dylan | Blonde On Blonde (9/18/2006)
S$# 038 Big Country | In A Big Country (9/19/2006)
In my hands at last (9/19/2006)
So many laws, again (9/20/2006)
Expo blog (9/21/2006)
September 22 many years ago (9/22/2006)
Linda McCartney's birthday (9/24/2006)
300 (9/25/2006)
A$# 039 Beatles | A Hard Day's Night (9/25/2006)
S$# 039 Olivia Newton-John | Suspended In Time (9/26/2006)
Third quarter music recap (9/26/2006)
Bachman at 63 (9/27/2006)
Apply for this job (9/28/2006)
Was it really that bad? (9/30/2006)
the hunt for warm October (10/2/2006)
A$# 040 Electric Light Orchestra | A New World Record (10/2/2006)
56 years ago today ... (10/2/2006)
S$# 040 Beach Boys | Don't Back Down (10/3/2006)
KFC down under (10/4/2006)
Apply for these jobs too (10/5/2006)
Some of my bad poetry, volume 05 (a really short one) (10/6/2006)
Lopsided (10/7/2006)
unload / reload / shift (10/9/2006)
Mamiya M645 1000S (10/9/2006)
A$# 041 John Lennon | Rock 'N' Roll (10/9/2006)
S$# 041 Tragically Hip | Bobcaygeon (10/10/2006)
10/10 (10/10/2006)
Know where these stores are (10/11/2006)
Some cities in Argentina (10/12/2006)
Some of my bad poetry, volume 06 (10/13/2006)
A$# 042 Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang (10/16/2006)
loudenklickenschplugen (10/16/2006)
S$# 042 Gerry Rafferty | Baker Street (10/17/2006)
Opel GT redux (10/18/2006)
Ugunja Community Resource Centre (10/20/2006)
Revisiting the original voyages (10/22/2006)
A$# 043 Byrds | (Untitled) / (Unissued) (10/23/2006)
S$# 043 Pink Floyd | Summer '68 (10/24/2006)
Dream of a midsummer night (10/26/2006)
Tangerines and Summilux; this is what they said (10/29/2006)
An interesting and useful blog (10/29/2006)
A$# 044 Beatles | Beatles For Sale (10/30/2006)
S$# 044 Janis Joplin | Move Over (10/31/2006)
New Macca DVD coming (10/31/2006)
Jeff Lynne IS an icon (10/31/2006)
Bachman Cummings DVD out this month (11/1/2006)
all you need is LOVE (11/2/2006)
camp SF (11/4/2006)
A$# 045 Elton John | The Captain And The Kid (11/6/2006)
S$# 045 Dolly Parton | Here You Come Again (11/7/2006)
gone (11/8/2006)
Biz (high tech) in three cities, in a triangle (11/9/2006)
NOC NOC … who's there? (11/11/2006)
A$# 046 Guess Who | Road Food / Power In The Music (11/13/2006)
S$# 046 Kinks | Days (11/14/2006)
The automotive quests of Mr. Tran's cousins (11/15/2006)
Got my DVD (1) (11/16/2006)
Articles 11: the return (11/17/2006)
George Harrison's musical genius (11/17/2006)
Chess - the game is afoot (11/19/2006)
A$# 047 Andersson / Rice / Ulvaeus | Chess (11/20/2006)
S$# 047 Bob Seger | In Your Time (11/21/2006)
Elaine Paige (11/23/2006)
Articles 12: a comeback? (11/24/2006)
CHUM top 100 for 1971 (11/24/2006)
Shore Leave (11/25/2006)
A$# 048 Beatles | Magical Mystery Tour (11/27/2006)
S$# 048 Eagles | The Last Resort (11/28/2006)
Long live the memory of George Harrison (11/29/2006)
Snows of December (12/2/2006)
Black Christmas (12/3/2006)
A$# 049 T'Pau | Bridge Of Spies (12/4/2006)
S$# 049 Blondie | Dreaming (12/5/2006)
Chewing off more than you can bite (12/5/2006)
Got my DVD (2) (12/5/2006)
Moon unit (1) (12/5/2006)
Moon unit (2) (12/6/2006)
Moon unit (3) (12/7/2006)
Moon unit (4) (12/8/2006)
Long live the memory of John Lennon (12/8/2006)
Another vote on same-sex marriage (12/9/2006)
A$# 050 Elvis Presley | Command Performances (The Essential 60s Masters II) (12/11/2006)
S$# 050 Who | I Can See For Miles (12/13/2006)
Airdrie, Alberta (12/15/2006)
Articles 13: the pop tart (12/15/2006)
Canadian MPs (12/15/2006)
Provincial and territorial legislators (12/16/2006)
UK MPs (12/16/2006)
A$# 051 Various Artists | Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot (12/18/2006)
S$# 051 Gordon Lightfoot | Hey You (12/19/2006)
has my brain reached capacity yet? (12/19/2006)
Seeing Things (12/21/2006)
The rest of the remasters (12/22/2006)
Maltese Bippy (12/23/2006)
Rolleiflex SLX (12/23/2006)
A list of things (12/24/2006)
A$# 052 Beatles | Revolver (12/25/2006)
S$# 052 Mary Hopkin | Goodbye (12/26/2006)
Q4 music recap (12/27/2006)
Elizabeth Montgomery (12/27/2006)
Everybody loves Patricia Heaton (12/28/2006)
Places to stand, places to grow, in Ontari-ari-ario (12/28/2006)
Unlikely compilation (12/29/2006)
Leaders of SAG (12/29/2006)
Jeff Lynne at 59 (12/30/2006)
Penultimate day (12/30/2006)
Burton Cummings at 59 (12/31/2006)
Hiatus | 400 | Index (12/31/2006)

Burton Cummings at 59

2006-12-31T15:26:00.000-05:00

Today’s birthday goes to Burton Cummings, who turns 59. Rock on, man.

It’s been great having him work with Randy Bachman again. There’s more to look forward to in 2007. Some completely new music would be most appreciated, but I’m not holding my breath.

Penultimate day

2006-12-30T10:07:00.000-05:00

The word penultimate actually means "second to last".

So this day, December 30, is actually the penultimate day of 2006.

Jeff Lynne at 59

2006-12-30T10:05:00.000-05:00

My music hero Jeff Lynne turns 59 today. Rock on, man.

It’s been great having ELO remasters streaming out once again. There’s more to look forward to in 2007. Some completely new music would be most appreciated, but I’m not holding my breath.

Jeff, I hope you have a great birthday, and a great 2007.

Leaders of SAG

2006-12-29T21:46:00.000-05:00

There have been 24 people who have served as president of the Screen Actors Guild since 1933, including three women.

Ralph Morgan - 1933, 1938-1940
Eddie Cantor - 1933-1935
Robert Montgomery - 1935-1938, 1946-1947
Edward Arnold - 1940-1942
James Cagney - 1942-1944
George Murphy - 1944-1946
Ronald Reagan - 1947-1952, 1959-1960
Walter Pidgeon - 1952-1957
Leon Ames - 1957-1958
Howard Keel - 1958-1959
George Chandler - 1960-1963
Dana Andrews - 1963-1965
Charlton Heston - 1965-1971
John Gavin - 1971-1973
Dennis Weaver - 1973-1975
Kathleen Nolan - 1975-1979
William Schallert - 1979-1981
Edward Asner - 1981-1985
Patty Duke - 1985-1988
Barry Gordon - 1988-1995
Richard Masur - 1995-1999
William Daniels - 1999-2001
Melissa Gilbert - 2001-2005
Alan Rosenberg - 2005-present

Unlikely compilation

2006-12-29T21:42:00.000-05:00

I never intended for the songs from the Song Spotlight to be a collection of songs. But I have made a playlist featuring the 52 highlighted songs. It's more than three hours of great music.

Places to stand, places to grow, in Ontari-ari-ario

2006-12-28T13:44:00.000-05:00

Here's a list of municipalities in Ontario from the web site of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

Unfortunately, the list doesn't include interesting places that have been amalgamated out of existence (such as Walkerton or Freelton), or unincorporated places like Tin Cap, Staffa or Moltke.

Addington Highlands, Township of
Adelaide-Metcalfe, Township of
Adjala-Tosorontio, Township of
Admaston/Bromley, Township of
Ajax, Town of
Alberton, Township of
Alfred and Plantagenet, Township of
Algonquin Highlands, Township of
Alnwick/Haldimand, Township of
Amaranth, Township of
Amherstburg, Town of
Armour, Township of
Armstrong, Township of
Arnprior, Town of
Arran-Elderslie, Municipality of
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, Township of
Asphodel-Norwood, Township of
Assiginack, Township of
Athens, Township of
Atikokan, Township of
Augusta, Township of
Aurora, Town of
Aylmer, Town of
Baldwin, Township of
Bancroft, Town of
Barrie, City of
Barrie Island, Township of
Bayham, Municipality of
Beckwith, Township of
Belleville, City of
Billings, Township of
Black River-Matheson, Township of
Blandford-Blenheim, Township of
Blind River, Town of
Bluewater, Municipality of
Bonfield, Township of
Bonnechere Valley, Township of
Bracebridge, Town of
Bradford West Gwillimbury, Town of
Brampton, City of
Brant, County of
Brantford, City of
Brethour, Township of
Brighton, Municipality of
Brock, Township of
Brockton, Municipality of
Brockville, City of
Brooke-Alvinston, Municipality of
Bruce, County of
Bruce Mines, Town of
Brudenell, Lyndoch and Raglan, Township of
Burk's Falls, Village of
Burlington, City of
Burpee and Mills, Township of
Caledon, Town of
Callander, Municipality of
Calvin, Township of
Cambridge, City of
Carleton Place, Town of
Carling, Township of
Carlow/Mayo, Township of
Casey, Township of
Casselman, Village of
Cavan-Millbrook-North Monaghan, Township of
Central Elgin, Municipality of
Central Frontenac, Township of
Central Huron, Municipality of
Central Manitoulin, Township of
Centre Hastings, Municipality of
Centre Wellington, Township of
Chamberlain, Township of
Champlain, Township of
Chapleau, Township of
Chapple, Township of
Charlton and Dack, Municipality of
Chatham-Kent, Municipality of
Chatsworth, Township of
Chisholm, Township of
Clarence-Rockland, City of
Clarington, Municipality of
Clearview, Township of
Cobalt, Town of
Cobourg, Town of
Cochrane, Town of
Cockburn Island, Township of
Coleman, Township of
Collingwood, Town of
Conmee, Township of
Cornwall, City of
Cramahe, Township of
Dawn-Euphemia, Township of
Dawson, Township of
Deep River, Town of
Deseronto, Town of
Dorion, Township of
Douro-Dummer, Township of
Drummond/North Elmsley, Township of
Dryden, City of
Dubreuilville, Township of
Dufferin, County of
Durham, Regional Municipality of
Dutton/Dunwich, Municipality of
Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn,
Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, United Townships of
Ear Falls, Township of
East Ferris, Township of
East Garafraxa, Township of
East Gwillimbury, Town of
East Hawkesbury, Township of
East Luther Grand Valley, Township of
East Zorra-Tavistock, Township of
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Township of
Elgin, County of
Elizabethtown-Kitley, Township of
Elliot Lake, City of
Emo, Township of
Englehart, Town of
Enniskillen, Township of
Erin, Town of
Espanola, Town of
Essa, Township of
Essex, County of
Essex, Town of
Evanturel, Township of
Faraday, Township of
Fauquier-Strickland, Township of
Fort Erie, Town of
Fort Frances, Town of
French River, Municipality of
Front of Yonge, Township of
Frontenac, County of
Frontenac Islands, Township of
Galway-Cavendish and Harvey, Township of
Gananoque, Town of
Gauthier, Township of
Georgian Bay, Township of
Georgian Bluffs, Township of
Georgina, Town of
Gillies, Township of
Goderich, Town of
Gordon, Township of
Gore Bay, Town of
Gravenhurst, Town of
Greater Madawaska, Township of
Greater Napanee, Town of
Greater Sudbury, City of
Greenstone, Municipality of
Grey, County of
Grey Highlands, Municipality of
Grimsby, Town of
Guelph, City of
Guelph/Eramosa, Township of
Haldimand County
Haliburton, County of
Halton, Regional Municipality of
Halton Hills, Town of
Hamilton, City of
Hamilton, Township of
Hanover, Town of
Harley, Township of
Harris, Township of
Hastings, County of
Hastings Highlands, Municipality of
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Township of
Hawkesbury, Town of
Head, Clara and Maria, Township of
Hearst, Town of
Highlands East, Municipality of
Hilliard, Township of
Hilton, Township of
Hilton Beach, Village of
Hornepayne, Township of
Horton, Township of
Howick, Township of
Hudson, Township of
Huntsville, Town of
Huron, County of
Huron East, Municipality of
Huron Shores, Municipality of
Huron-Kinloss, Township of
Ignace, Township of
Ingersoll, Town of
Innisfil, Town of
Iroquois Falls, Town of
James, Township of
Jocelyn, Township of
Johnson, Township of
Joly, Township of
Kapuskasing, Town of
Kawartha Lakes, City of
Kearney, Town of
Kenora, City of
Kerns, Township of
Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, Township of
Killarney, Municipality of
Kincardine, Municipality of
King, Township of
Kingston, City of
Kingsville, Town of
Kirkland Lake, Town of
Kitchener, City of
La Vallee, Township of
LaSalle, Town of
Laird, Township of
Lake of Bays, Township of
Lake of the Woods, Township of
Lakeshore, Town of
Lambton, County of
Lambton Shores, Municipality of
Lanark, County of
Lanark Highlands, Township of
Larder Lake, Township of
Latchford, Town of
Laurentian Hills, Town of
Laurentian Valley, Township of
Leamington, Municipality of
Leeds and Grenville, United Counties of
Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Township of
Lennox and Addington, County of
Limerick, Township of
Lincoln, Town of
London, City of
Loyalist, Township of
Lucan Biddulph, Township of
Macdonald, Meredith and Aberdeen Additional, Township of
Machar, Township of
Machin, Township of
Madawaska Valley, Township of
Madoc, Township of
Magnetawan, Municipality of
Malahide, Township of
Manitouwadge, Township of
Mapleton, Township of
Marathon, Town of
Markham, Town of
Markstay-Warren, Municipality of
Marmora and Lake, Municipality of
Matachewan, Township of
Mattawa, Town of
Mattawan, Township of
Mattice-Val Côté, Township of
McDougall, Township of
McGarry, Township of
McKellar, Township of
McMurrich-Monteith, Township of
McNab/Braeside, Township of
Meaford, Municipality of
Melancthon, Township of
Merrickville-Wolford, Village of
Michipicoten, Township of
Middlesex, County of
Middlesex Centre, Township of
Midland, Town of
Milton, Town of
Minden Hills, Township of
Minto, Town of
Mississauga, City of
Mississippi Mills, Town of
Mono, Town of
Montague, Township of
Moonbeam, Township of
Moosonee, Town of
Morley, Township of
Morris-Turnberry, Municipality of
Mulmur, Township of
Muskoka, District Municipality of
Muskoka Lakes, Township of
Nairn and Hyman, Township of
Neebing, Municipality of
New Tecumseth, Town of
Newbury, Village of
Newmarket, Town of
Niagara, Regional Municipality of
Niagara Falls, City of
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Town of
Nipigon, Township of
Nipissing, Township of
Norfork County
North Algona Wilberforce, Township of
North Bay, City of
North Dumfries, Township of
North Dundas, Township of
North Frontenac, Township of
North Glengarry, Township of
North Grenville, Municipality of
North Huron, Township of
North Kawartha, Township of
North Middlesex, Municipality of
North Perth, Municipality of
North Stormont, Township of
Northeastern Manitoulin and The Islands, Town of
Northern Bruce Peninsula, Municipality of
Northumberland, County of
Norwich, Township of
O'Connor, Township of
Oakville, Town of
Oil Springs, Village of
Oliver Paipoonge, Municipality of
Opasatika, Township of
Orangeville, Town of
Orillia, City of
Oro-Medonte, Township of
Oshawa, City of
Otonabee-South Monaghan, Township of
Ottawa, City of
Owen Sound, City of
Oxford, County of
Papineau-Cameron, Township of
Parry Sound, Town of
Peel, Regional Municipality of
Pelee, Township of
Pelham, Town of
Pembroke, City of
Penetanguishene, Town of
Perry, Township of
Perth, Town of
Perth, County of
Perth East, Township of
Perth South, Township of
Petawawa, Town of
Peterborough, County of
Peterborough, City of
Petrolia, Town of
Pickering, City of
Pickle Lake, Township of
Plummer Additional, Township of
Plympton-Wyoming, Town of
Point Edward, Village of
Port Colborne, City of
Port Hope, Municipality of
Powassan, Municipality of
Prescott, Town of
Prescott and Russell, United Counties of
Prince, Township of
Prince Edward County, City of
Puslinch, Township of
Quinte West, City of
Rainy River, Town of
Ramara, Township of
Red Lake, Municipality of
Red Rock, Township of
Renfrew, County of
Renfrew, Town of
Richmond Hill, Town of
Rideau Lakes, Township of
Russell, Township of
Ryerson, Township of
Sables-Spanish Rivers, Township of
Sarnia, City of
Saugeen Shores, Town of
Sault Ste. Marie, City of
Schreiber, Township of
Scugog, Township of
Seguin, Township of
Severn, Township of
Shelburne, Town of
Shuniah, Township of
Simcoe, County of
Sioux Lookout, Municipality of
Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, Township of
Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield, Township of
Smiths Falls, Town of
Smooth Rock Falls, Town of
South Algonquin, Township of
South Bruce, Municipality of
South Bruce Peninsula, Town of
South Dundas, Township of
South Frontenac, Township of
South Glengarry, Township of
South Huron, Municipality of
South River, Village of
South Stormont, Township of
South-West Oxford, Township of
Southgate, Township of
Southwest Middlesex, Municipality of
Southwold, Township of
Spanish, Town of
Springwater, Township of
St. Catharines, City of
St. Clair, Township of
St. Joseph, Township of
St. Marys, Town of
St. Thomas, City of
St.-Charles, Municipality of
Stirling-Rawdon, Township of
Stone Mills, Township of
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, United Counties of
Stratford, City of
Strathroy-Caradoc, Township of
Strong, Township of
Sundridge, Village of
Tarbutt and Tarbutt Additional, Township of
Tay, Township of
Tay Valley, Township of
Tecumseh, Town of
Tehkummah, Township of
Temagami, Municipality of
Temiskaming Shores, City of
Terrace Bay, Township of
Thames Centre, Municipality of
The Archipelago, Township of
The Blue Mountains, Town of
The Nation, Municipality of
The North Shore, Township of
Thessalon, Town of
Thornloe, Village of
Thorold, City of
Thunder Bay, City of
Tillsonburg, Town of
Timmins, City of
Tiny, Township of
Toronto, City of
Trent Hills, Municipality of
Tudor and Cashel, Township of
Tweed, Municipality of
Tyendinaga, Township of
Uxbridge, Township of
Val Rita-Harty, Township of
Vaughan, City of
Wainfleet, Township of
Warwick, Township of
Wasaga Beach, Town of
Waterloo, Regional Municipality of
Waterloo, City of
Welland, City of
Wellesley, Township of
Wellington, County of
Wellington North, Township of
West Elgin, Municipality of
West Grey, Municipality of
West Lincoln, Township of
West Nipissing, Municipality of
West Perth, Municipality of
Westport, Village of
Whitby, Town of
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Town of
White River, Township of
Whitestone, Municipality of
Whitewater Region, Township of
Wilmot, Township of
Windsor, City of
Wollaston, Township of
Woodstock, City of
Woolwich, Township of
York, Regional Municipality of
Zorra, Township of

Everybody loves Patricia Heaton

2006-12-28T13:32:00.000-05:00

I've been enjoying Everybody Loves Raymond reruns lately. It's quite an entertaining show. Patricia Heaton as Debra Raymond is really quite entertaining.

She can also really turn the heat on.

Elizabeth Montgomery

2006-12-27T20:30:00.000-05:00

I've been watching some Bewitched on DVD. I always remark how great an actor Elizabeth Montgomery was.

Q4 music recap

2006-12-27T16:41:00.000-05:00

Well, I have finished my year’s commitment to spotlight interesting albums and songs. In this final quarter of 2006, I’ve focused on some truly excellent music. Many of the selections are by my very favourite artists. I’ve also tried to introduce some diversity to my choices too, especially in the highlighted songs.

Album Spotlight

Song Spotlight

S$# 052 Mary Hopkin | Goodbye

2006-12-26T22:57:00.000-05:00

Mary Hopkin followed up her 1968 smash hit Those Were The Days with Goodbye, released on March 28, 1969 on the Apple label.

Goodbye is a Lennon / McCartney song written by Paul. Mary's sparkling voice took the song to no. 2 on the UK charts (kept from the top spot by the Beatles' own Get Back).

It's a moving love song that really grabs the listener and tugs at the heart strings.

Please don't make me wait too late
Tomorrow comes and I will not be late
Late to day when it becomes tomorrow
I will leave to go a-way

Goodbye...goodbye...
Goodbye, goodbye, my love, goodbye

Songs that lingered on my lips excite me now
And linger on my mind
Leave your flowers at my door I'll leave them for
The one who waits behind

Goodbye...goodbye...
Goodbye, goodbye, my love, goodbye

Far away my lover sings a lonely song
And calls me to his side
When a song of lonely love invites me on
I must go to his side

Goodbye...goodbye...
Goodbye, goodbye, my love, goodbye

Goodbye is featured on the Mary Hopkin compilation album called Those Were The Days.

A$# 052 Beatles | Revolver

2006-12-25T12:52:00.000-05:00

The Beatles had turned a corner with Rubber Soul. With Revolver, released in August of 1966, they ascended heights no other pop act has ever been able to match. Sgt. Pepper may have received more plaudits back in the 60s, but Revolver, the Fabs' seventh album, is equally deserving of the most effusive praise.

Just consider some of its laurels, as chronicled in Wikipedia:

In 1997 it was named the 3rd greatest album of all time in a 'Music of the Millennium' poll conducted by HMV, Channel 4, The Guardian and Classic FM. In 2006 Q magazine readers placed it at number 4, while in 2000 the same magazine placed it at number 1 in its list of the 100 Greatest British Albums Ever. In 2001 the TV network VH1 named it the number 1 greatest album of all time, a position it also achieved in the Virgin All Time Top 1,000 Albums. A PopMatters review described the album as "the individual members of the greatest band in the history of pop music peaking at the exact same time", while Ink Blot magazine claims it "stands at the summit of western pop music". In 2002, the readers of Rolling Stone ranked the album the greatest of all time. In 2003, the album was ranked number 3 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

So what is it that makes Revolver so great? Well, it should be obvious from a first listen, from the count-in of Taxman to the hypnotic psychedelia of Tomorrow Never Knows, that the shear talent in singing, songwriting, musicianship and recording innovation is probably the best you're ever going to hear ... from anyone.

George had really developed as a songwriter by 1966, and on Revolver, he contributes three excellent songs. Taxman is a resounding rocker that skewers the unfair British tax system; Love You To is a superlative melding together of Western and Eastern music; I Want To Tell You is another rollicking number, about the difficulty of expressing one's thoughts.

Paul's contributions to the album are particularly masterful. Good Day Sunshine and Got To Get You Into My Life are uplifting, soulful numbers. For No One and Here, There And Everywhere are among the best love songs Macca ever penned (and *that* is saying something), though the former is melancholic, whereas the latter is adoring.

Paul also wrote the song that Ringo sings on Revolver - Yellow Submarine. Is it merely a simple kids song? Is it a psychedelic anthem? Or perhaps a metaphor for the fishbowl environment that the Fabs were living in? Perhaps it's all of those, or not. That's part of the simple brilliance of YS; it can be whatever the listener wants it to be.

Paul's pièce de resistance track on the album is Eleanor Rigby, the sad and moving tale of a lonely lass. The song, as Wikipedia says, "is in modern Dorian mode, rather than the normal major/minor modes of popular music. It remains one of The Beatles' most recognizable and unique songs, with an eight-person string section working from a score by George Martin and its striking lyrics about the loneliness of old age, continuing the transformation of The Beatles started in Rubber Soul from a mainly pop-oriented act to a more serious and experimental studio band."

John's songs on Revolver are equally compelling. The trippy I'm Only Sleeping includes a backwards dual guitar solo by George. And Your Bird Can Sing and Doctor Robert are great psychedelic rockers. She Said, She Said chronicles John's (and Peter Fonda's) experiences with LSD.

But it's the album closer, Tomorrow Never Knows, that is the really creative piece of music on the LP. John's lyrics were based on the Timothy Leary's version of the Tibetan Book Of The Dead (and the title was one of Ringo's aphorisms), and he famously wanted the vocals to sound like a thousand monks chanting. Producer George Martin knew that was impractical, but through studio trickery was able to produce the quality John was seeking.

As Fab historian Mark Lewisohn wrote:

[TMK] was a heavy metal recording of enormous proportion, with thundering echo and booming, quivering, ocean-bed vibrations. And peeking out from under the squall was John Lennon's voice, supremely eerie, as if it were being broadcast from the cheapest transistor radio from your local market, and delivering the most bizarre Beatles lyric yet....

Ringo's drums carried a hypnotic and mournful thud. Paul's bass, hight up on the fretboard, matched Ringo note for mesmerising note. There was another eerily live Lennon vocal, a tambourine, one note of an organ playing continuously, two guitar solos, one fuzzed and played backwards, the other put through a Leslie organ speaker ... and a jolly honk-tonk piano. [And this was just after their first session for the song.] Coming less than three years after She Loves You, Tomorrow Never Knows reveals an unrivalled musical progression and the Beatles' willingness to first observe the boundaries and then smash right through them."

With tape loops and more effects added later, TMK would sound like nothing that any rock artist had ever released. Its recording also produced new innovations in recording techniques, such as artificial double tracking (ADT).

Revolver was such a departure that the Beatles did not even try to perform any of its songs on their final North American tour. The 14 songs in it, plus Paperback Writer and Rain, also recorded during those sessions, revealed that the Beatles had gone far beyond any regular three-chord rock 'n' roll band.

It's an understatement to call Revolver a masterpiece. It's way more than that.

Track listing:
1. Taxman
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. I'm Only Sleeping
4. Love You To
5. Here, There And Everywhere
6. Yellow Submarine
7. She Said, She Said
8. Good Day Sunshine
9. And Your Bird Can Sing
10. For No One
11. Doctor Robert
12. I Want To Tell You
13. Got To Get You Into My Life
14. Tomorrow Never Knows

A list of things

2006-12-24T21:03:00.001-05:00

For some, this is the eve of Christmas. It's certainly a time to think about a number of things, like ... rational thought, human rights, bananas, M*A*S*H, coloured lights (can hypnoptize), apples, yellow submarines, the flush toilet, 1969 Chevrolet Camaro, popsicles, escalators, turkey dinner, kapok trees, Star Wars, equality of the sexes, the humane society in Saskatoon, surfboards and Beach Boys songs, igloos, toboggans, Jetsons reruns, the complete works of William Shakespeare (such as The Tempest, The Two Gentlemen Of Verona, The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Measure For Measure, The Comedy Of Errors, Much Ado About Nothing, Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant Of Venice, As You Like It, Taming Of The Shrew, All's Well That Ends Well, Twelfth Night, Or What You Will, The Winter's Tale*, Pericles, Cymbeline* King John, Richard II, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, Henry V, Henry VI Part 1, Henry VI Part 2, Henry VI Part 3, Richard III, Henry VIII, Romeo And Juliet, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, Timon Of Athens, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Hamlet, Troilus And Cressida, King Lear, Othello, Antony And Cleopatra), latex paint, baseball, checkers, the Strand in London, the Northern Lights, any movie with Jane Fonda in it (including, but not limited to Walk On The Wild Side (1962), Sunday In New York (1963), La Ronde (1964), Cat Ballou (1965), The Chase(1966), Any Wednesday (1966) , Barefoot In The Park (1967), Barbarella (1968), They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), Klute (1971), Julia (1977), Coming Home (1978), Comes A Horseman (1978), California Suite (1978), The China Syndrome (1979), The Electric Horseman (1979), 9 To 5 (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Rollover (1981), Agnes Of God (1985), The Morning After (1986), Stanley And Iris (1990), Monster-In-Law (2005)), the initial Hot Wheels cars ((Brabham Repco F1, Chaparral 2G, Classic '31 Ford Woody, Classic '32 Ford Vicky, Classic '36 Ford Coupe, Classic '57 Bird, Custom Charger, Custom AMX, Custom Continental, Custom Police Cruiser, Ford MK IV, Indy Eagle, Lola GT70, Lotus Turbine, Maserati Mistral, McLaren M6A, Mercedes-Benz 280SL, Rolls-Royce, Shelby Turbine, Splittin' Image, Torero, Turbofire, Twin Mill, Volkswagen Beach Bomb), Bonanza, Gilligan's Island, jello, six kinds of homemade jam (strawberry (freezer jam), raspbery, grape jelly, peach, apple jelly and blackberry), and other things....

If you celebrate this holiday tomorrow, have a nice Christmas. If you don't, have a nice day.

Rolleiflex SLX

2006-12-23T09:03:00.000-05:00

The Rolleiflex SLX was a great step forward for the medium format cameras made by Rollei GmbH.

Introduced to the market in 1976 as a successor to the Rolleiflex SL66, the 6x6-format SLX featured several technical advances. Its compact body had a built-in motor drive. Lenses contained a leaf shutter with a maximum shutter speed of 1/500th of a second. The aperture and shutter were motor driven; one could sync with electronic flash at any speed.

The metering system had a shutter-priority auto exposure system, and it would also work on fully manual settings. The default viewfinder was waist level one, but interchangeable with a prism finder.

The SLX was manufactured from 1976 until 1979. Then a newer SLX 2 was introduced.

You can read about the SLX at PHOTOgraphical.NET or Mj;i.

Here are some specs from the latter site.

* First introduced in 1976.
* Camera type : 6 x 6cm leaf-shutter AE SLR camera
* Film : 120 roll film (12 exp.), 220 roll film (24 exp.)
* Standard lens : Planner f2.8/80mm (five-group, seven-element)
* Closest focusing distance : 0.9 m.
* Shutter : linear motor leaf shutter
* Shutter speeds : B, 30 - 1/500sec.
* Focusing : helicoid focusing
* Viewfinder : collapsible waist-level finder
* Focusing screen : split-microprism
* Exposure meter : full-aperture centre-weighted light reading AE,utilizing silicon photo-diode
* Film speed range : ASA 25 - 6400
* Power resources : 9.6V nickel-cadmium battery
* Film winding : auto-winding, winding speed / 0.7sec., continuous taking enabled.
* Frame counter : automatic-resetting, forward counting frame counter
* Body dimensions : 85 x 138 x 162 mm (with standard lens)
* Body weight : 1800 g. (1250 g. without lens)

You can also find more interesting stuff at Rolleigraphy and Rolleiclub.

(This is the last of my camera posts for this year. The observant among you may have noticed that I failed to write about the Mamiya / Sekor 1000 DTL on January 22, or the Miranda Sensorex on June 20. Also MIA are posts about the Fujica G690 and Mamiya RB67 Pro S, on unspecified dates. You're right. I messed up.)

Maltese Bippy

2006-12-23T08:59:00.000-05:00

In 1969, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin had one of the hippest, funniest TV shows around - Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

The tried to capitalize on this humour in the horror spoof flick The Maltese Bippy. Rowan and Martin play the producer and star, respectively, of naughty films, and they get involved with murders and missing treasure in a supposedly haunted house.

Unfortunately, the movie didn't work. It wasn't very funny and it tanked at the box office. I caught in on TV on December 23, 1977.

It's not available on DVD. You can read more about it on the Chroma-Noise site.

The rest of the remasters

2006-12-22T20:51:00.000-05:00

If you check out Face The Music Online, you'll see that the rest of the ELO remasters are due out early in the new year.

Out Of The Blue and Balance Of Power will be issued on February 12 in the UK and February 20 in the USA. They'll each contain bonus tracks. You can hear a sample of one of the tracks, Latitude 88 North, at the site.

Seeing Things

2006-12-21T23:14:00.000-05:00

Back in the early 80s, Seeing Things was my favourite Canadian TV show. It was a comedy drama about journalist who has psychic powers that help him get the story.

The show starred Louis Del Grande (who also created the show and wrote many episodes), his real-life wife Martha Gibson and Janet Laine-Green. It ran on CBC from 1981 to 1987, and 43 episodes were produced. In the 90s, Showcase reran the series.

The Unofficial Seeing Things Webpage features an episode guide and other info about the show.

Unfortunately, it's not available on DVD.

has my brain reached capacity yet?

2006-12-19T21:57:00.000-05:00

Today is the first anniversary of Brain Capacity. In my very first post, I wondered aloud about an Ontario Ministry of Transportation public service spot that I saw on TV years and years ago. I'm no closer to finding any more info about it - my queries to MTO have gone unanswered - than I was 365 days ago.

Which just about sums it up about this blog too. I've posted lots of things. But I really have had nothing to say!

S$# 051 Gordon Lightfoot | Hey You

2006-12-19T21:54:00.000-05:00

On his 1980 album, Dream Street Rose, Gordon Lightfoot brought a more laidback feel to his songs than he had on the rockier previous outing, Endless Wire.

Hey You, a track from DSR, is a fine example of the Canadian bard's songcraft. It's not a really well known song (certainly not as well known as the songs of the same name by Pink Floyd and BTO!) in Gords' canon. But I've always liked it since I first heard it 2½ decades ago. It's probably my favourite track from the album.

The song has a roots feel. There's nice interplay between Pee Wee Charles's pedal steel and the guitar work of Gord and Terry Clements. Gord's vocals on this positive - but in no way treacly - love song sound clear and confident.

Hey you, upon this ship of fools
I have found you bending your own rules
Thank you, I don't mind if I do
Dream a while of the lovin' that we knew

There was such a flaming time
I never will forget
It was all so easy then
This is my one regret

Hey you, my angel in blue
Mother Nature saved her best for you
Green grow the lilacs on the wall
Heaven help them, catch them as they fall

Hey you, angel in disguise
What is your angle what is your surprise
Hey you, fever that is mine
What is your game plan what is your design

Reality brings mystery
And ne'er the twain shall meet
And all of my wild horses
Cannot pull you off your feet

Hey you, angel on my mind
All around me til the end of time
Thank you, I don't mind if I do
Dream a while of the lovin' that we knew

There was such a flaming time
I never will forget
It was all so easy then
This is my one regret

Hey you, my angel in blue
I'm entangled, tell me what to do
Green grow the lilacs on the wall
Heaven help them, catch th em as they fall

Hey You is available on the Dream Street Rose CD.

A$# 051 Various Artists | Beautiful: A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot

2006-12-18T18:26:00.000-05:00

Gordon Lightfoot is Canada’s bard, and he's often compared to Bob Dylan for his ability to turn a phrase, tell stories and evoke images. Beautiful is an excellent 2003 salute to Gordon, performed by some of Canada’s most talented musicians.

Gord has always come across as an unpretentious everyman (albeit a very talented one), as album executive producer Colin Linden writes in the liner notes about the first time the two met and played together:

We sat and played for awhile, and I was awestruck by his presence. He was so “un-star-like”, but he had this intense, dignified charisma in every word he said, and in every note he played. He seemed as if he was born standing up to a cold wind, unbreakable, outlasting season after season.

The timelessness of his music is apparent on the tracks contained in the collection, performed by a diverse group of artists. The tracks span more than three decades, from his 1966 Lightfoot! up to 1998’s A Painter Passing Through.

All of the performances are very well done, but several stand out. The Cowboy Junkies open the album with their read of The Way I Feel, with Margo Timmins’ sultry vocal style caressing the metaphorical lyrics. I also like Ron Sexsmith’s performance of Drifters. A fine singer / songwriter himself, he certainly does the song justice.

Some of the rockier arrangements are excellent. Blue Rodeo, with Greg Keelor singing lead, do a great job of Go Go Round. The Tragically Hip give an earnest rendition of Black Day in July, and Blackie And The Rodeo Kings rock up Summer Side Of Life.

Lightfoot-contemporaries Bruce Cockburn and Murray McLauchlan are excellent on Ribbons Of Darkness and Home From The Forest, respectively. Murray’s arrangement, on which he plays piano and penny whistle, is particularly moving.

The two strongest performances, imho, are Maria Muldaur (the only non-Canadian on the disc) on That Same Old Obsession, and Quartette’s haunting delivery of Song For A Winter’s Night.

There’s also an original track called Lightfoot by Aengus Finnan. It’s a good song – though I would have instead included the 1969 Guess Who song of the same name instead (an early tribute to the man) - and rounds out this great tribute to superb singer / songwriter.

Track listing:

1. Cowboy Junkies | The Way I Feel
2. Jesse Winchester | Sundown
3. Ron Sexsmith | Drifters
4. Bruce Cockburn | Ribbons Of Darkness
5. Blue Rodeo | Go Go Round
6. Blackie And The Rodeo Kings | Summer Side Of Life
7. Connie Kaldor | If You Could Read My Mind
8. Terry Tufts | For Lovin' Me
9. Harry Manx | Bend In The Water
10. Tragically Hip | Black Day In July
11. Murray McLauchlan | Home From The Forest
12. Maria Muldaur | That Same Old Obsession
13. James Keelaghan | Canadian Railroad Trilogy
14. Quartette | Song For A Winter's Night
15. Aengus Finnan | Lightfoot

UK MPs

2006-12-16T19:16:00.000-05:00

Of course, the Canadian parliamentary system is based on the UK Parliament. Here’s a list of members of the House of Commons.

Parties:
Cons = Conservative
CWM = ?
DCWM = ?
DU = Democratic Unionist
Ind = Independent
Ind Lab = Independent Labour
Lab = Labour
Lab/Co-op = ?
LD = Liberal Democrat
PC = Plaid Cymru
Respect = Respect
SNP = Scottish National
SF = Sinn Fein
SDLP = Social Democratic & Labour Party
UU = Ulster Unionist
SPK = Speaker and Deputies

MPs

Abbott, Diane - Hackney North & Stoke Newington (Lab)
Adams, Gerry - Belfast West (SF)
Afriyie, Adam - Windsor (Con)
Ainger, Nick - Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire (Lab)
Ainsworth, Peter - East Surrey (Con)
Ainsworth, Rt Hon Bob - Coventry North East (Lab)
Alexander, Danny - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey (LD)
Alexander, Rt Hon Douglas - Paisley & Renfrewshire South (Lab)
Allen, Graham - Nottingham North (Lab)
Amess, David - Southend West (Con)
Ancram, Earl of, Rt Hon Michael - Devizes (Con)
Anderson, David - Blaydon (Lab)
Anderson, Janet - Rossendale & Darwen (Lab)
Arbuthnot, Rt Hon James - North East Hampshire (Con)
Armstrong, Rt Hon Hilary - North West Durham (Lab)
Atkins, Charlotte - Staffordshire Moorlands (Lab)
Atkinson, Peter - Hexham (Con)
Austin, Ian - Dudley North (Lab)
Austin, John - Erith & Thamesmead (Lab)
Bacon, Richard - South Norfolk (Con)
Bailey, Adrian - West Bromwich West (Lab/Co-op)
Baird, Vera - Redcar (Lab)
Baker, Norman - Lewes (LD)
Baldry, Tony - Banbury (Con)
Balls, Ed - Normanton (Lab/Co-op)
Banks, Gordon - Ochil & South Perthshire (Lab)
Barker, Gregory - Bexhill & Battle (Con)
Barlow, Celia - Hove (Lab)
Baron, John - Billericay (Con)
Barrett, John - Edinburgh West (LD)
Barron, Rt Hon Kevin - Rother Valley (Lab)
Battle, Rt Hon John - Leeds West (Lab)
Bayley, Hugh - York, City of (Lab)
Beckett, Rt Hon Margaret - Derby South (Lab)
Begg, Miss Anne - Aberdeen South (Lab)
Beith, Rt Hon Alan - Berwick-upon-Tweed (LD)
Bell, Sir Stuart - Middlesbrough (Lab)
Bellingham, Henry - North West Norfolk (Con)
Benn, Rt Hon Hilary - Leeds Central (Lab)
Benton, Joe - Bootle (Lab)
Benyon, Richard - Newbury (Con)
Bercow, John - Buckingham (Con)
Beresford, Sir Paul - Mole Valley (Con)
Berry, Dr Roger - Kingswood (Lab)
Betts, Clive - Sheffield, Attercliffe (Lab)
Binley, Brian - Northampton South (Con)
Blackman, Liz - Erewash (Lab)
Blackman-Woods, Dr Roberta - Durham, City of (Lab)
Blair, Rt Hon Tony - Sedgefield (Lab)
Blears, Rt Hon Hazel - Salford (Lab)
Blizzard, Bob - Waveney (Lab)
Blunkett, Rt Hon David - Sheffield, Brightside (Lab)
Blunt, Crispin - Reigate (Con)
Bone, Peter - Wellingborough (Con)
Borrow, David S. - South Ribble (Lab)
Boswell, Tim - Daventry (Con)
Bottomley, Peter - Worthing West (Con)
Bradshaw, Ben - Exeter (Lab)
Brady, Graham - Altrincham & Sale West (Con)
Brake, Tom - Carshalton & Wallington (LD)
Brazier, Julian - Canterbury (Con)
Breed, Colin - South East Cornwall (LD)
Brennan, Kevin - Cardiff West (Lab)
Brokenshire, James - Hornchurch (Con)
Brooke, Annette - Mid Dorset & North Poole (LD)
Brown, Rt Hon Gordon - Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath (Lab)
Brown, Lyn - West Ham (Lab)
Brown, Rt Hon Nicholas - Newcastle upon Tyne East & Wallsend (Lab)
Brown, Russell - Dumfries & Galloway (Lab)
Browne, Rt Hon Des - Kilmarnock & Loudoun (Lab)
Browne, Jeremy - Taunton (LD)
Browning, Angela - Tiverton & Honiton (Con)
Bruce, Rt Hon Malcolm - Gordon (LD)
Bryant, Chris - Rhondda (Lab)
Buck, Karen - Regent's Park & Kensington North (Lab)
Burden, Richard - Birmingham, Northfield (Lab)
Burgon, Colin - Elmet (Lab)
Burnham, Andy - Leigh (Lab)
Burns, Simon - West Chelmsford (Con)
Burrowes, David - Enfield, Southgate (Con)
Burstow, Paul - Sutton & Cheam (LD)
Burt, Alistair - North East Bedfordshire (Con)
Burt, Lorely - Solihull (LD)
Butler, Dawn - Brent South (Lab)
Butterfill, Sir John - Bournemouth West (Con)
Byers, Rt Hon Stephen - North Tyneside (Lab)
Byrne, Liam - Birmingham, Hodge Hill (Lab)
Cable, Dr Vincent - Twickenham (LD)
Caborn, Rt Hon Richard - Sheffield Central (Lab)
Cairns, David - Inverclyde (Lab)
Cameron, Rt Hon David - Witney (Con)
Campbell, Alan - Tynemouth (Lab)
Campbell, Gregory - East Londonderry (DU)
Campbell, Ronnie - Blyth Valley (Lab)
Campbell, Rt Hon Sir Menzies - North East Fife (LD)
Carmichael, Alistair - Orkney & Shetland (LD)
Carswell, Douglas - Harwich (Con)
Cash, William - Stone (Con)
Caton, Martin - Gower (Lab)
Cawsey, Ian - Brigg & Goole (Lab)
Challen, Colin - Morley & Rothwell (Lab)
Chapman, Ben - Wirral South (Lab)
Chaytor, David - Bury North (Lab)
Chope, Christopher - Christchurch (Con)
Clapham, Michael - Barnsley West & Penistone (Lab)
Clappison, James - Hertsmere (Con)
Clark, Greg - Tunbridge Wells (Con)
Clark, Katy - North Ayrshire & Arran (Lab)
Clark, Paul - Gillingham (Lab)
Clarke, Rt Hon Charles - Norwich South (Lab)
Clarke, Rt Hon Kenneth - Rushcliffe (Con)
Clarke, Rt Hon Tom - Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill (Lab)
Clegg, Nick - Sheffield, Hallam (LD)
Clelland, David - Tyne Bridge (Lab)
Clifton-Brown, Geoffrey - Cotswold (Con)
Clwyd, Rt Hon Ann - Cynon Valley (Lab)
Coaker, Vernon - Gedling (Lab)
Coffey, Ann - Stockport (Lab)
Cohen, Harry - Leyton & Wanstead (Lab)
Connarty, Michael - Linlithgow & East Falkirk (Lab)
Conway, Derek - Old Bexley & Sidcup (Con)
Cook, Frank - Stockton North (Lab)
Cooper, Rosie - West Lancashire (Lab)
Cooper, Yvette - Pontefract & Castleford (Lab)
Corbyn, Jeremy - Islington North (Lab)
Cormack, Sir Patrick - South Staffordshire (Con)
Cousins, Jim - Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Lab)
Cox, Geoffrey - Torridge & West Devon (Con)
Crabb, Stephen - Preseli Pembrokeshire (Con)
Crausby, David - Bolton North East (Lab)
Creagh, Mary - Wakefield (Lab)
Cruddas, Jon - Dagenham (Lab)
Cryer, Ann - Keighley (Lab)
Cummings, John - Easington (Lab)
Cunningham, Jim - Coventry South (Lab)
Cunningham, Tony - Workington (Lab)
Curry, Rt Hon David - Skipton & Ripon (Con)
Curtis-Thomas, Claire - Crosby (Lab)
Darling, Rt Hon Alistair - Edinburgh South West (Lab)
Davey, Edward - Kingston & Surbiton (LD)
David, Wayne - Caerphilly (Lab)
Davidson, Ian - Glasgow South West (Lab/Co-op)
Davies, Dai - Blaenau Gwent (Ind)
Davies, David T. C. - Monmouth (Con)
Davies, Quentin - Grantham & Stamford (Con)
Davies, Philip - Shipley (Con)
Davis, Rt Hon David - Haltemprice & Howden (Con)
Dean, Janet - Burton (Lab)
Denham, Rt Hon John - Southampton, Itchen (Lab)
Devine, Jim - Livingston (Lab)
Dhanda, Parmjit - Gloucester (Lab)
Dismore, Andrew - Hendon (Lab)
Djanogly, Jonathan - Huntingdon (Con)
Dobbin, Jim - Heywood & Middleton (Lab/Co-op)
Dobson, Rt Hon Frank - Holborn & St Pancras (Lab)
Dodds, Nigel - Belfast North (DU)
Doherty, Pat - West Tyrone (SF)
Donaldson, Jeffrey M. - Lagan Valley (DU)
Donohoe, Brian H. - Central Ayrshire (Lab)
Doran, Frank - Aberdeen North (Lab)
Dorrell, Rt Hon Stephen - Charnwood (Con)
Dorries, Nadine - Mid Bedfordshire (Con)
Dowd, Jim - Lewisham West (Lab)
Drew, David - Stroud (Lab/Co-op)
Duddridge, James - Rochford & Southend East (Con)
Duncan, Alan - Rutland & Melton (Con)
Duncan Smith, Rt Hon Iain - Chingford & Woodford Green (Con)
Dunne, Philip - Ludlow (Con)
Dunwoody, Gwyneth - Crewe & Nantwich (Lab)
Durkan, Mark - Foyle (SDLP)
Eagle, Angela - Wallasey (Lab)
Eagle, Maria - Liverpool, Garston (Lab)
Efford, Clive - Eltham (Lab)
Ellman, Louise - Liverpool, Riverside (Lab/Co-op)
Ellwood, Tobias - Bournemouth East (Con)
Engel, Natascha - North East Derbyshire (Lab)
Ennis, Jeff - Barnsley East & Mexborough (Lab)
Etherington, Bill - Sunderland North (Lab)
Evans, Nigel - Ribble Valley (Con)
Evennett, David - Bexleyheath & Crayford (Con)
Fabricant, Michael - Lichfield (Con)
Fallon, Michael - Sevenoaks (Con)
Farrelly, Paul - Newcastle-under-Lyme (Lab)
Farron, Tim - Westmorland & Lonsdale (LD)
Featherstone, Lynne - Hornsey & Wood Green (LD)
Field, Rt Hon Frank - Birkenhead (Lab)
Field, Mark - Cities of London & Westminster (Con)
Fisher, Mark - Stoke-on-Trent Central (Lab)
Fitzpatrick, Jim - Poplar & Canning Town (Lab)
Flello, Robert - Stoke-on-Trent South (Lab)
Flint, Caroline - Don Valley (Lab)
Flynn, Paul - Newport West (Lab)
Follett, Barbara - Stevenage (Lab)
Foster, Don - Bath (LD)
Foster, Michael Jabez - Hastings & Rye (Lab)
Foster, Michael. - Worcester (Lab)
Fox, Dr Liam - Woodspring (Con)
Francis, Dr Hywel - Aberavon (Lab)
Francois, Mark - Rayleigh (Con)
Fraser, Christopher - South West Norfolk (Con)
Gale, Roger - North Thanet (Con)
Galloway, George - Bethnal Green & Bow (Respect)
Gapes, Mike - Ilford South (Lab/Co-op)
Gardiner, Barry - Brent North (Lab)
Garnier, Edward - Harborough (Con)
Gauke, David - South West Hertfordshire (Con)
George, Andrew - St Ives (LD)
George, Rt Hon Bruce - Walsall South (Lab)
Gerrard, Neil - Walthamstow (Lab)
Gibb, Nick - Bognor Regis & Littlehampton (Con)
Gibson, Dr Ian - Norwich North (Lab)
Gidley, Sandra - Romsey (LD)
Gildernew, Michelle - Fermanagh & South Tyrone (SF)
Gillan, Cheryl - Chesham & Amersham (Con)
Gilroy, Linda - Plymouth, Sutton (Lab/Co-op)
Godsiff, Roger - Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath (Lab)
Goggins, Paul - Wythenshawe & Sale East (Lab)
Goldsworthy, Julia - Falmouth & Camborne (LD)
Goodman, Helen - Bishop Auckland (Lab)
Goodman, Paul - Wycombe (Con)
Goodwill, Robert - Scarborough & Whitby (Con)
Gove, Michael - Surrey Heath (Con)
Gray, James - North Wiltshire (Con)
Grayling, Chris - Epsom & Ewell (Con)
Green, Damian - Ashford (Con)
Greening, Justine - Putney (Con)
Greenway, John - Ryedale (Con)
Grieve, Dominic - Beaconsfield (Con)
Griffith, Nia - Llanelli (Lab)
Griffiths, Nigel - Edinburgh South (Lab)
Grogan, John - Selby (Lab)
Gummer, Rt Hon John - Suffolk Coastal (Con)
Gwynne, Andrew - Denton & Reddish (Lab)
Hague, Rt Hon William - Richmond, Yorks) (Con)
Hain, Rt Hon Peter - Neath (Lab)
Hall, Mike - Weaver Vale (Lab)
Hall, Patrick - Bedford (Lab)
Hamilton, David - Midlothian (Lab)
Hamilton, Fabian - Leeds North East (Lab)
Hammond, Philip - Runnymede & Weybridge (Con)
Hammond, Stephen - Wimbledon (Con)
Hancock, Mike - Portsmouth South (LD)
Hands, Greg - Hammersmith & Fulham (Con)
Hanson, David - Delyn (Lab)
Harman, Rt Hon Harriet - Camberwell & Peckham (Lab)
Harper, Mark - Forest of Dean (Con)
Harris, Dr Evan - Oxford West & Abingdon (LD)
Harris, Tom - Glasgow South (Lab)
Harvey, Nick - North Devon (LD)
Haselhurst, Rt Hon Sir Alan - Saffron Walden (CWM)
Havard, Dai - Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney (Lab)
Hayes, John - South Holland & The Deepings (Con)
Heal, Sylvia - Halesowen & Rowley Regis (DCWM)
Heald, Oliver - North East Hertfordshire (Con)
Healey, John - Wentworth (Lab)
Heath, David - Somerton & Frome (LD)
Heathcoat-Amory, Rt Hon David - Wells (Con)
Hemming, John - Birmingham, Yardley (LD)
Henderson, Doug - Newcastle upon Tyne North (Lab)
Hendrick, Mark - Preston (Lab/Co-op)
Hendry, Charles - Wealden (Con)
Hepburn, Stephen - Jarrow (Lab)
Heppell, John - Nottingham East (Lab)
Herbert, Nick - Arundel & South Downs (Con)
Hermon, Lady Sylvia - North Down (UU)
Hesford, Stephen - Wirral West (Lab)
Hewitt, Rt Hon Patricia - Leicester West (Lab)
Heyes, David - Ashton-under-Lyne (Lab)
Hill, Rt Hon Keith - Streatham (Lab)
Hillier, Meg - Hackney South & Shoreditch (Lab/Co-op)
Hoban, Mark - Fareham (Con)
Hodge, Rt Hon Margaret - Barking (Lab)
Hodgson, Sharon - Gateshead East & Washington West (Lab)
Hoey, Kate - Vauxhall (Lab)
Hogg, Rt Hon Douglas - Sleaford & North Hykeham (Con)
Hollobone, Philip - Kettering (Con)
Holloway, Adam - Gravesham (Con)
Holmes, Paul - Chesterfield (LD)
Hood, Jimmy - Lanark & Hamilton East (Lab)
Hoon, Rt Hon Geoff - Ashfield (Lab)
Hope, Phil - Corby (Lab/Co-op)
Hopkins, Kelvin - Luton North (Lab)
Horam, John - Orpington (Con)
Horwood, Martin - Cheltenham (LD)
Hosie, Stewart - Dundee East (SNP)
Howard, Rt Hon Michael - Folkestone & Hythe (Con)
Howarth, David - Cambridge (LD)
Howarth, Rt Hon George - Knowsley North & Sefton East (Lab)
Howarth, Gerald - Aldershot (Con)
Howells, Dr Kim - Pontypridd (Lab)
Hoyle, Lindsay - Chorley (Lab)
Hughes, Rt Hon Beverley - Stretford & Urmston (Lab)
Hughes, Simon - North Southwark & Bermondsey (LD)
Huhne, Chris - Eastleigh (LD)
Humble, Joan - Blackpool North & Fleetwood (Lab)
Hunt, Jeremy - South West Surrey (Con)
Hunter, Mark - Cheadle (LD)
Hurd, Nick - Ruislip - Northwood (Con)
Hutton, Rt Hon John - Barrow & Furness (Lab)
Iddon, Dr Brian - Bolton South East (Lab)
Illsley, Eric - Barnsley Central (Lab)
Ingram, Rt Hon Adam - East Kilbride, Strathaven & Lesmahagow (Lab)
Irranca-Davies, Huw - Ogmore (Lab)
Jack, Rt Hon Michael - Fylde (Con)
Jackson, Glenda - Hampstead & Highgate (Lab)
Jackson, Stewart - Peterborough (Con)
James, Siân C. - Swansea East (Lab)
Jenkin, Bernard - North Essex (Con)
Jenkins, Brian - Tamworth (Lab)
Johnson, Rt Hon Alan - Kingston upon Hull West & Hessle (Lab)
Johnson, Boris - Henley (Con)
Johnson, Diana R. - Kingston upon Hull North (Lab)
Jones, David - Clwyd West (Con)
Jones, Helen - Warrington North (Lab)
Jones, Kevan - North Durham (Lab)
Jones, Lynne - Birmingham, Selly Oak (Lab)
Jones, Martyn - Clwyd South (Lab)
Jowell, Rt Hon Tessa - Dulwich & West Norwood (Lab)
Joyce, Eric - Falkirk (Lab)
Kaufman, Rt Hon Sir Gerald - Manchester, Gorton (Lab)
Kawczynski, Daniel - Shrewsbury & Atcham (Con)
Keeble, Sally - Northampton North (Lab)
Keeley, Barbara - Worsley (Lab)
Keen, Ann - Brentford & Isleworth (Lab)
Keen, Alan - Feltham & Heston (Lab/Co-op)
Keetch, Paul - Hereford (LD)
Kelly, Rt Hon Ruth - Bolton West (Lab)
Kemp, Fraser - Houghton & Washington East (Lab)
Kennedy, Rt Hon Charles - Ross, Skye & Lochaber (LD)
Kennedy, Rt Hon Jane - Liverpool, Wavertree (Lab)
Key, Robert - Salisbury (Con)
Khabra, Piara S - Ealing, Southall (Lab)
Khan, Sadiq - Tooting (Lab)
Kidney, David - Stafford (Lab)
Kilfoyle, Peter - Liverpool, Walton (Lab)
Kirkbride, Miss Julie - Bromsgrove (Con)
Knight, Rt Hon Greg - East Yorkshire (Con)
Knight, Jim - South Dorset (Lab)
Kramer, Susan - Richmond Park (LD)
Kumar, Dr Ashok - Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland (Lab)
Ladyman, Dr Stephen - South Thanet (Lab)
Laing, Eleanor - Epping Forest (Con)
Lait, Jacqui - Beckenham (Con)
Lamb, Norman - North Norfolk (LD)
Lammy, David - Tottenham (Lab)
Lancaster, Mark - North East Milton Keynes (Con)
Lansley, Andrew - South Cambridgeshire (Con)
Laws, David - Yeovil (LD)
Laxton, Bob - Derby North (Lab)
Lazarowicz, Mark - Edinburgh North & Leith (Lab/Co-op)
Leech, John - Manchester, Withington (LD)
Leigh, Edward - Gainsborough (Con)
Lepper, David - Brighton, Pavilion (Lab/Co-op)
Letwin, Rt Hon Oliver - West Dorset (Con)
Levitt, Tom - High Peak (Lab)
Lewis, Ivan - Bury South (Lab)
Lewis, Dr Julian - New Forest East (Con)
Liddell-Grainger, Ian - Bridgwater (Con)
Lidington, David - Aylesbury (Con)
Lilley, Rt Hon Peter - Hitchin & Harpenden (Con)
Linton, Martin - Battersea (Lab)
Lloyd, Tony - Manchester Central (Lab)
Llwyd, Elfyn - Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (PC)
Lord, Sir Michael - Central Suffolk & North Ipswich (DCWM)
Loughton, Tim - East Worthing & Shoreham (Con)
Love, Andy - Edmonton (Lab/Co-op)
Lucas, Ian - Wrexham (Lab)
Luff, Peter - Mid Worcestershire (Con)
McAvoy, Rt Hon Thomas - Rutherglen & Hamilton West (Lab/Co-op)
McCabe, Stephen - Birmingham, Hall Green (Lab)
McCafferty, Chris - Calder Valley (Lab)
McCarthy, Kerry - Bristol East (Lab)
McCarthy-Fry, Sarah - Portsmouth North (Lab)
McCartney, Rt Hon Ian - Makerfield (Lab)
McCrea, Rev Dr William - South Antrim (DU)
McDonagh, Siobhain - Mitcham & Morden (Lab)
McDonnell, Dr Alasdair - Belfast South (SDLP)
McDonnell, John - Hayes & Harlington (Lab)
MacDougall, John - Glenrothes (Lab)
McFadden, Pat - Wolverhampton South East (Lab)
McFall, Rt Hon John - West Dunbartonshire (Lab/Co-op)
McGovern, Jim - Dundee West (Lab)
McGrady, Eddie - South Down (SDLP)
McGuinness, Martin - Mid Ulster (SF)
McGuire, Anne - Stirling (Lab)
McIntosh, Miss Anne - Vale of York (Con)
McIsaac, Shona - Cleethorpes (Lab)
Mackay, Rt Hon Andrew - Bracknell (Con)
McKechin, Ann - Glasgow North (Lab)
McKenna, Rosemary - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth & Kirkintilloch East (Lab)
Mackinlay, Andrew - Thurrock (Lab)
Maclean, Rt Hon David - Penrith & The Border (Con)
McLoughlin, Rt Hon Patrick - West Derbyshire (Con)
MacNeil, Angus - Na h-Eileanan an Iar (SNP)
McNulty, Tony - Harrow East (Lab)
MacShane, Rt Hon Denis - Rotherham (Lab)
Mactaggart, Fiona - Slough (Lab)
Mahmood, Khalid - Birmingham, Perry Barr (Lab)
Main, Anne - St Albans (Con)
Malik, Shahid - Dewsbury (Lab)
Malins, Humfrey - Woking (Con)
Mallaber, Judy - Amber Valley (Lab)
Mann, John - Bassetlaw (Lab)
Maples, John - Stratford-on-Avon (Con)
Marris, Rob - Wolverhampton South West (Lab)
Marsden, Gordon - Blackpool South (Lab)
Marshall, David - Glasgow East (Lab)
Marshall-Andrews, Robert - Medway (Lab)
Martin, Rt Hon Michael J. - Glasgow North East (SPK)
Martlew, Eric - Carlisle (Lab)
Mates, Rt Hon Michael - East Hampshire (Con)
Maude, Rt Hon Francis - Horsham (Con)
May, Rt Hon Theresa - Maidenhead (Con)
Meacher, Rt Hon Michael - Oldham West & Royton (Lab)
Meale, Alan - Mansfield (Lab)
Mercer, Patrick - Newark (Con)
Merron, Gillian - Lincoln (Lab)
Michael, Rt Hon Alun - Cardiff South & Penarth (Lab/Co-op)
Milburn, Rt Hon Alan - Darlington (Lab)
Miliband, Rt Hon David - South Shields (Lab)
Miliband, Edward - Doncaster North (Lab)
Miller, Andrew - Ellesmere Port & Neston (Lab)
Miller, Maria - Basingstoke (Con)
Milton, Anne - Guildford (Con)
Mitchell, Andrew - Sutton Coldfield (Con)
Mitchell, Austin - Great Grimsby (Lab)
Moffat, Anne - East Lothian (Lab)
Moffatt, Laura - Crawley (Lab)
Mole, Chris - Ipswich (Lab)
Moon, Madeleine - Bridgend (Lab)
Moore, Michael - Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk (LD)
Moran, Margaret - Luton South (Lab)
Morden, Jessica - Newport East (Lab)
Morgan, Julie - Cardiff North (Lab)
Morley, Elliot - Scunthorpe (Lab)
Moss, Malcolm - North East Cambridgeshire (Con)
Mountford, Kali - Colne Valley (Lab)
Mudie, George - Leeds East (Lab)
Mulholland, Greg - Leeds North West (LD)
Mullin, Chris - Sunderland South (Lab)
Mundell, David - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale (Con)
Munn, Meg - Sheffield, Heeley (Lab/Co-op)
Murphy, Conor - Newry & Armagh (SF)
Murphy, Denis - Wansbeck (Lab)
Murphy, Jim - East Renfrewshire (Lab)
Murphy, Rt Hon Paul - Torfaen (Lab)
Murrison, Dr Andrew - Westbury (Con)
Naysmith, Dr Doug - Bristol North West (Lab/Co-op)
Neill, Bob - Bromley & Chislehurst (Con)
Newmark, Brooks - Braintree (Con)
Norris, Dan - Wansdyke (Lab)
Oaten, Mark - Winchester (LD)
O'Brien, Mike - North Warwickshire (Lab)
O'Brien, Stephen - Eddisbury (Con)
O'Hara, Edward - Knowsley South (Lab)
Olner, Bill - Nuneaton (Lab)
Öpik, Lembit - Montgomeryshire (LD)
Osborne, George - Tatton (Con)
Osborne, Sandra - Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock (Lab)
Ottaway, Richard - Croydon South (Con)
Owen, Albert - Ynys Môn (Lab)
Paice, James - South East Cambridgeshire (Con)
Paisley, Rt Hon Ian - North Antrim (DU)
Palmer, Dr Nick - Broxtowe (Lab)
Paterson, Owen - North Shropshire (Con)
Pearson, Ian - Dudley South (Lab)
Pelling, Andrew - Croydon Central (Con)
Penning, Mike - Hemel Hempstead (Con)
Penrose, John - Weston-Super-Mare (Con)
Pickles, Eric - Brentwood & Ongar (Con)
Plaskitt, James - Warwick & Leamington (Lab)
Pope, Greg - Hyndburn (Lab)
Pound, Stephen - Ealing North (Lab)
Prentice, Bridget - Lewisham East (Lab)
Prentice, Gordon - Pendle (Lab)
Prescott, Rt Hon John - Kingston upon Hull East (Lab)
Price, Adam - Carmarthen East & Dinefwr (PC)
Primarolo, Rt Hon Dawn - Bristol South (Lab)
Prisk, Mark - Hertford & Stortford (Con)
Pritchard, Mark - Wrekin, The (Con)
Prosser, Gwyn - Dover (Lab)
Pugh, Dr John - Southport (LD)
Purchase, Ken - Wolverhampton North East (Lab/Co-op)
Purnell, James - Stalybridge & Hyde (Lab)
Rammell, Bill - Harlow (Lab)
Randall, John - Uxbridge (Con)
Raynsford, Rt Hon Nick - Greenwich & Woolwich (Lab)
Redwood, Rt Hon John - Wokingham (Con)
Reed, Andy - Loughborough (Lab/Co-op)
Reed, Jamie - Copeland (Lab)
Reid, Alan - Argyll & Bute (LD)
Reid, Rt Hon John - Airdrie & Shotts (Lab)
Rennie, Willie - Dunfermline & West Fife (LD)
Rifkind, Rt Hon Sir Malcolm - Kensington & Chelsea (Con)
Riordan, Linda - Halifax (Lab/Co-op)
Robathan, Andrew - Blaby (Con)
Robertson, Angus - Moray (SNP)
Robertson, Hugh - Faversham & Mid Kent (Con)
Robertson, John - Glasgow North West (Lab)
Robertson, Laurence - Tewkesbury (Con)
Robinson, Geoffrey - Coventry North West (Lab)
Robinson, Iris - Strangford (DU)
Robinson, Peter - Belfast East (DU)
Rogerson, Dan - North Cornwall (LD)
Rooney, Terry - Bradford North (Lab)
Rosindell, Andrew - Romford (Con)
Rowen, Paul - Rochdale (LD)
Roy, Frank - Motherwell & Wishaw (Lab)
Ruane, Chris - Vale of Clwyd (Lab)
Ruddock, Joan - Lewisham, Deptford (Lab)
Ruffley, David - Bury St Edmunds (Con)
Russell, Christine - Chester, City of (Lab)
Russell, Bob - Colchester (LD)
Ryan, Joan - Enfield North (Lab)
Salmond, Alex - Banff & Buchan (SNP)
Salter, Martin - Reading West (Lab)
Sanders, Adrian - Torbay (LD)
Sarwar, Mohammad - Glasgow Central (Lab)
Scott, Lee - Ilford North (Con)
Seabeck, Alison - Plymouth, Devonport (Lab)
Selous, Andrew - South West Bedfordshire (Con)
Shapps, Grant - Welwyn Hatfield (Con)
Shaw, Jonathan - Chatham & Aylesford (Lab)
Sheerman, Barry - Huddersfield (Lab/Co-op)
Shepherd, Richard - Aldridge-Brownhills (Con)
Sheridan, Jim - Paisley & Renfrewshire North (Lab)
Short, Rt Hon Clare - Birmingham, Ladywood (Ind Lab)
Simmonds, Mark - Boston & Skegness (Con)
Simon, Siôn - Birmingham, Erdington (Lab)
Simpson, Alan - Nottingham South (Lab)
Simpson, David - Upper Bann (DU)
Simpson, Keith - Mid Norfolk (Con)
Singh, Marsha - Bradford West (Lab)
Skinner, Dennis - Bolsover (Lab)
Slaughter, Andrew - Ealing, Acton & Shepherd's Bush (Lab)
Smith, Rt Hon Andrew - Oxford East (Lab)
Smith, Angela C. - Sheffield, Hillsborough (Lab)
Smith, Angela E. - Basildon (Lab/Co-op)
Smith, Geraldine - Morecambe & Lunesdale (Lab)
Smith, Rt Hon Jacqui - Redditch (Lab)
Smith, John - Vale of Glamorgan (Lab)
Smith, Sir Robert - West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine (LD)
Snelgrove, Anne - South Swindon (Lab)
Soames, Hon Nicholas - Mid Sussex (Con)
Soulsby, Sir Peter - Leicester South (Lab)
Southworth, Helen - Warrington South (Lab)
Spellar, Rt Hon John - Warley (Lab)
Spelman, Caroline - Meriden (Con)
Spicer, Sir Michael - West Worcestershire (Con)
Spink, Dr Bob - Castle Point (Con)
Spring, Richard - West Suffolk (Con)
Stanley, Rt Hon Sir John - Tonbridge & Malling (Con)
Starkey, Dr Phyllis - Milton Keynes South West (Lab)
Steen, Anthony - Totnes (Con)
Stewart, Ian - Eccles (Lab)
Stoate, Dr Howard - Dartford (Lab)
Strang, Rt Hon Gavin - Edinburgh East (Lab)
Straw, Rt Hon Jack - Blackburn (Lab)
Streeter, Gary - South West Devon (Con)
Stringer, Graham - Manchester, Blackley (Lab)
Stuart, Gisela - Birmingham, Edgbaston (Lab)
Stuart, Graham - Beverley & Holderness (Con)
Stunell, Andrew - Hazel Grove (LD)
Sutcliffe, Gerry - Bradford South (Lab)
Swayne, Desmond - New Forest West (Con)
Swinson, Jo - East Dunbartonshire (LD)
Swire, Hugo - East Devon (Con)
Syms, Robert - Poole (Con)
Tami, Mark - Alyn & Deeside (Lab)
Tapsell, Sir Peter - Louth & Horncastle (Con)
Taylor, Dari - Stockton South (Lab)
Taylor, David - North West Leicestershire (Lab/Co-op)
Taylor, Ian - Esher & Walton (Con)
Taylor, Matthew - Truro & St Austell (LD)
Taylor, Dr Richard - Wyre Forest (Ind)
Teather, Sarah - Brent East (LD)
Thomas, Gareth - Harrow West (Lab/Co-op)
Thornberry, Emily - Islington South & Finsbury (Lab)
Thurso, John - Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross (LD)
Timms, Rt Hon Stephen - East Ham (Lab)
Tipping, Paddy - Sherwood (Lab)
Todd, Mark - South Derbyshire (Lab)
Touhig, Rt Hon Don - Islwyn (Lab/Co-op)
Tredinnick, David - Bosworth (Con)
Trickett, Jon - Hemsworth (Lab)
Truswell, Paul - Pudsey (Lab)
Turner, Andrew - Isle of Wight (Con)
Turner, Dr Desmond - Brighton, Kemptown (Lab)
Turner, Neil - Wigan (Lab)
Twigg, Derek - Halton (Lab)
Tyrie, Andrew - Chichester (Con)
Ussher, Kitty - Burnley (Lab)
Vaizey, Edward - Wantage (Con)
Vara, Shailesh - North West Cambridgeshire (Con)
Vaz, Rt Hon Keith - Leicester East (Lab)
Viggers, Peter - Gosport (Con)
Villiers, Theresa - Chipping Barnet (Con)
Vis, Dr Rudi - Finchley & Golders Green (Lab)
Walker, Charles - Broxbourne (Con)
Wallace, Ben - Lancaster & Wyre (Con)
Walley, Joan - Stoke-on-Trent North (Lab)
Walter, Robert - North Dorset (Con)
Waltho, Lynda - Stourbridge (Lab)
Ward, Claire - Watford (Lab)
Wareing, Robert N. - Liverpool, West Derby (Lab)
Waterson, Nigel - Eastbourne (Con)
Watkinson, Angela - Upminster (Con)
Watson, Tom - West Bromwich East (Lab)
Watts, Dave - St Helens North (Lab)
Webb, Prof Steve - Northavon (LD)
Weir, Mike - Angus (SNP)
Whitehead, Dr Alan - Southampton, Test (Lab)
Whittingdale, John - Maldon & East Chelmsford (Con)
Wicks, Malcolm - Croydon North (Lab)
Widdecombe, Rt Hon Ann - Maidstone & The Weald (Con)
Wiggin, Bill - Leominster (Con)
Willetts, David - Havant (Con)
Williams, Rt Hon Alan - Swansea West (Lab)
Williams, Betty - Conwy (Lab)
Williams, Hywel - Caernarfon (PC)
Williams, Mark - Ceredigion (LD)
Williams, Roger - Brecon & Radnorshire (LD)
Williams, Stephen - Bristol West (LD)
Willis, Phil - Harrogate & Knaresborough (LD)
Willott, Jenny - Cardiff Central (LD)
Wills, Michael - North Swindon (Lab)
Wilshire, David - Spelthorne (Con)
Wilson, Rob - Reading East (Con)
Wilson, Sammy - East Antrim (DU)
Winnick, David - Walsall North (Lab)
Winterton, Ann - Congleton (Con)
Winterton, Sir Nicholas - Macclesfield (Con)
Winterton, Rt Hon Rosie - Doncaster Central (Lab)
Wishart, Pete - Perth & North Perthshire (SNP)
Wood, Mike - Batley & Spen (Lab)
Woodward, Shaun - St Helens South (Lab)
Woolas, Phil - Oldham East & Saddleworth (Lab)
Wright, Anthony - Great Yarmouth (Lab)
Wright, Dr Tony - Cannock Chase (Lab)
Wright, David - Telford (Lab)
Wright, Iain - Hartlepool (Lab)
Wright, Jeremy - Rugby & Kenilworth (Con)
Wyatt, Derek - Sittingbourne & Sheppey (Lab)
Yeo, Tim - South Suffolk (Con)
Young, Rt Hon Sir George - North West Hampshire (Con)
Younger-Ross, Richard - Teignbridge (LD)

Provincial and territorial legislators

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They have many different abbreviations: MLAs, MPPs, MNAs, MHAs. But they’re our elected representatives in the provincial and territorial legislative assemblies. I’ve pulled together these lists. Hopefully they’re current as of today. But there are always changes going on. For instance, New Brunswick PC leader Bernard Lord has just announced his resignation. So there will be a by-election there soon. There are also a few vacant seats in other places across the country.

The legislatures’ web sites were helpful, to a greater or lesser degree. Alberta’s was the easiest to pull data from – one can download a CSV file with full contact info for all members. The sites for Ontario and Newfoundland And Labrador listed members by riding, and by party on separate lists, so it took some stitching to get those together. Some sites did not list who is “Honourable”.

Parties:
AA = Alberta Alliance
ADQ = Action Démocratique du Québec
Ind = Independent
Liberal = Liberal
NDP = New Democratic Party
PC = Progressive Conservative
PQ = Parti Québécois
SP = Saskatchewan Party
YP = Yukon Party
Northwest Territories and Nunavut do not have parties.

Alberta

Abbott, Tony - Drayton Valley-Calmar (PC)
Ady, Mrs. Cindy - Calgary-Shaw (PC)
Agnihotri, Bharat - Edmonton-Ellerslie (Liberal)
Amery, Moe - Calgary-East (PC)
Backs, Dan - Edmonton-Manning (IND)
Blakeman, Laurie - Edmonton-Centre (Liberal)
Bonko, Bill - Edmonton-Decore (Liberal)
Boutilier, Hon. Guy - Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo (PC)
Brown, Dr. Neil - Calgary-Nose Hill (PC)
Calahasen, Hon. Pearl - Lesser Slave Lake (PC)
Cao, Wayne - Calgary-Fort (PC)
Cardinal, Hon. Mike - Athabasca-Redwater (PC)
Cenaiko, Hon. Harvey - Calgary-Buffalo (PC)
Chase, Harry - Calgary-Varsity (Liberal)
Coutts, Hon. David - Livingstone-Macleod (PC)
Danyluk, Ray - Lac La Biche-St. Paul (PC)
DeLong, Alana - Calgary-Bow (PC)
Doerksen, Victor - Red Deer-South (PC)
Ducharme, Hon. Denis - Bonnyville-Cold Lake (PC)
Dunford, Hon. Clint - Lethbridge-West (PC)
Eggen, David - Edmonton-Calder (NDP)
Elsalhy, Mo - Edmonton-McClung (Liberal)
Evans, Hon. Iris - Sherwood Park (PC)
Flaherty, Jack - St. Albert (Liberal)
Forsyth, Hon. Heather - Calgary-Fish Creek (PC)
Fritz, Hon. Yvonne - Calgary-Cross (PC)
Goudreau, Hector - Dunvegan-Central Peace (PC)
Graydon, Hon. Gordon - Grande Prairie-Wapiti (PC)
Griffiths, Doug - Battle River-Wainwright (PC)
Groeneveld, George - Highwood (PC)
Haley, Carol - Airdrie-Chestermere (PC)
Hancock, Dave - Edmonton-Whitemud (PC)
Herard, Hon. Denis - Calgary-Egmont (PC)
Hinman, Paul - Cardston-Taber-Warner (AA)
Horner, Hon. Doug - Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert (PC)
Jablonski, Mrs. Mary Anne - Red Deer-North (PC)
Johnson, LeRoy - Wetaskiwin-Camrose (PC)
Johnston, Art - Calgary-Hays (PC)
Klein, Hon. Ralph - Calgary-Elbow (PC)
Knight, Mel - Grande Prairie-Smoky (PC)
Kowalski, Hon. Ken - Barrhead-Morinville-Westlock (PC)
Liepert, Ronald - Calgary-West (PC)
Lindsay, Fred - Stony Plain (PC)
Lougheed, Rob - Strathcona (PC)
Lukaszuk, Thomas - Edmonton-Castle Downs (PC)
Lund, Hon. Ty - Rocky Mountain House (PC)
MacDonald, Hugh - Edmonton-Gold Bar (Liberal)
Magnus, Richard - Calgary-North Hill (PC)
Mar, Hon. Gary - Calgary-Mackay (PC)
Martin, Ray - Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview (ND)
Marz, Richard - Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills (PC)
Mason, Brian - Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood (ND)
Mather, Mrs. Weslyn - Edmonton-Mill Woods (Liberal)
McClellan, Hon. Shirley - Drumheller-Stettler (PC)
McFarland, Hon. Barry - Little Bow (PC)
Melchin, Hon. Greg - Calgary-North West (PC)
Miller, Dr. Bruce - Edmonton-Glenora (Liberal)
Miller, Richard - Edmonton-Rutherford (Liberal)
Mitzel, Leonard - Cypress-Medicine Hat (PC)
Morton, Dr. Ted - Foothills-Rocky View (PC)
Oberg, Dr. Lyle - Strathmore-Brooks (PC)
Oberle, Frank - Peace River (PC)
Ouellette, Hon. Luke - Innisfail-Sylvan Lake (PC)
Pannu, Dr. Raj - Edmonton-Strathcona (ND)
Pastoor, Bridget - Lethbridge-East (Liberal)
Pham, Hung - Calgary-Montrose (PC)
Prins, Raymond - Lacombe-Ponoka (PC)
Renner, Hon. Rob - Medicine Hat (PC)
Rodney, Dave - Calgary-Lougheed (PC)
Rogers, George - Leduc-Beaumont-Devon (PC)
Shariff, Shiraz - Calgary-McCall (PC)
Snelgrove, Lloyd - Vermilion-Lloydminster (PC)
Stelmach, Edward - Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville (PC)
Stevens, Hon. Ron - Calgary-Glenmore (PC)
Strang, Ivan - West Yellowhead (PC)
Swann, Dr. David - Calgary-Mountain View (Liberal)
Taft, Kevin - Edmonton-Riverview (Liberal)
Tarchuk, Janis - Banff-Cochrane (PC)
Taylor, Dave - Calgary-Currie (Liberal)
Tougas, Maurice - Edmonton-Meadowlark (Liberal)
VanderBurg, Hon. George - Whitecourt-Ste. Anne (PC)
Webber, Len - Calgary-Foothills (PC)
Zwozdesky, Hon. Gene - Edmonton-Mill Creek (PC)

British Columbia

Abbott, Hon. George - Shuswap (Liberal)
Austin, Robin - Skeena (NDP)
Bains, Harry - Surrey-Newton (NDP)
Barisoff, Hon. Bill - Penticton-Okanagan Valley (Liberal)
Bell, Hon. Pat - Prince George North (Liberal)
Bennett, Hon. Bill - East Kootenay (Liberal)
Black, Iain - Port Moody-Westwood (Liberal)
Bloy, Harry - Burquitlam (Liberal)
Bond, Hon. Shirley - Prince George-Mount Robson (Liberal)
Brar, Jagrup - Surrey-Panorama Ridge (NDP)
Campbell, Hon. Gordon - Vancouver-Point Grey (Liberal)
Cantelon, Ron - Nanaimo-Parksville (Liberal)
Chong, Hon. Ida - Oak Bay-Gordon Head (Liberal)
Chouhan, Raj - Burnaby-Edmonds (NDP)
Christensen, Hon. Tom - Okanagan-Vernon (Liberal)
Chudnovsky, David - Vancouver-Kensington (NDP)
Coell, Hon. Murray - Saanich North and the Islands (Liberal)
Coleman, Hon. Rich - Fort Langley-Aldergrove (Liberal)
Conroy, Katrine - West Kootenay-Boundary (NDP)
Coons, Gary - North Coast (NDP)
Cubberley, David - Saanich South (NDP)
De Jong, Hon. Michael - Abbotsford-Mount Lehman (Liberal)
Dix, Adrian - Vancouver-Kingsway (NDP)
Evans, Corky - Nelson-Creston (NDP)
Falcon, Hon. Kevin - Surrey-Cloverdale (Liberal)
Farnworth, Mike - Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain (NDP)
Fleming, Rob - Victoria-Hillside (NDP)
Fraser, Scott - Alberni-Qualicum (NDP)
Gentner, Guy - Delta North (NDP)
Hagen, Hon. Stan - Comox Valley (Liberal)
Hammell, Sue - Surrey-Green Timbers (NDP)
Hansen, Hon. Colin - Vancouver-Quilchena (Liberal)
Hawes, Randy - Maple Ridge-Mission (Liberal)
Hawkins, Sindi - Kelowna-Mission (Liberal)
Hayer, Dave S. - Surrey-Tynehead (Liberal)
Hogg, Hon. Gordon - Surrey-White Rock (Liberal)
Horgan, John - Malahat-Juan de Fuca (NDP)
Horning, Al - Kelowna-Lake Country (Liberal)
Ilich, Hon. Olga - Richmond Centre (Liberal)
James, Carole - Victoria-Beacon Hill (NDP)
Jarvis, Daniel - North Vancouver-Seymour (Liberal)
Karagianis, Maurine - Esquimalt-Metchosin (NDP)
Krog, Leonard - Nanaimo (NDP)
Krueger, Kevin - Kamloops-North Thompson (Liberal)
Kwan, Jenny - Vancouver-Mount Pleasant (NDP)
Lali, Harry - Yale-Lillooet (NDP)
Lee, Richard T. - Burnaby North (Liberal)
Lekstrom, Blair - Peace River South (Liberal)
Les, Hon. John - Chilliwack-Sumas (Liberal)
Macdonald, Norm - Columbia River-Revelstoke (NDP)
MacKay, Dennis - Bulkley Valley-Stikine (Liberal)
Mayencourt, Lorne - Vancouver-Burrard (Liberal)
McIntyre, Joan - West Vancouver-Garibaldi (Liberal)
Neufeld, Hon. Richard - Peace River North (Liberal)
Nuraney, John - Burnaby-Willingdon (Liberal)
Oppal, Hon. Wally - Vancouver-Fraserview (Liberal)
Penner, Hon. Barry - Chilliwack-Kent (Liberal)
Polak, Mary - Langley (Liberal)
Puchmayr, Chuck - New Westminster (NDP)
Ralston, Bruce - Surrey-Whalley (NDP)
Reid, Hon. Linda - Richmond East (Liberal)
Richmond, Hon. Claude - Kamloops (Liberal)
Robertson, Gregor - Vancouver-Fairview (NDP)
Roddick, Val - Delta South (Liberal)
Routley, Doug - Cowichan-Ladysmith (NDP)
Rustad, John - Prince George-Omineca (Liberal)
Sather, Michael - Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows (NDP)
Simons, Nicholas - Powell River-Sunshine Coast (NDP)
Simpson, Bob - Cariboo North (NDP)
Simpson, Shane - Vancouver-Hastings (NDP)
Sultan, Ralph - West Vancouver-Capilano (Liberal)
Taylor, Hon. Carole - Vancouver-Langara (Liberal)
Thorne, Diane - Coquitlam-Maillardville (NDP)
Thorpe, Hon. Rick - Okanagan-Westside (Liberal)
Trevena, Claire - North Island (NDP)
Van Dongen, Hon. John - Abbotsford-Clayburn (Liberal)
Whittred, Katherine - North Vancouver-Lonsdale (Liberal)
Wyse, Charlie - Cariboo South (NDP)
Yap, John - Richmond-Steveston (Liberal)

Manitoba

Aglugub, Cris L. - The Maples (NDP)
Allan, Hon. Nancy - St. Vital (NDP)
Altemeyer, Rob - Wolseley (NDP)
Ashton, Hon. Steve - Thompson (NDP)
Bjornson, Hon. Peter - Gimli (NDP)
Brick, Marilyn - St. Norbert (NDP)
Caldwell, Drew - Brandon East (NDP)
Chomiak, Hon. David Walter - Kildonan (NDP)
Cullen, Cliff - Turtle Mountain (PC)
Cummings, Glen - Ste. Rose (PC)
Derkach, Len - Russell (PC)
Dewar, Gregory - Selkirk (NDP)
Doer, Hon. Gary - Concordia (NDP)
Driedger, Myrna - Charleswood (PC)
Dyck, Peter George - Pembina (PC)
Eichler, Ralph - Lakeside (PC)
Faurschou, David - Portage La Prairie (PC)
Gerrard, Hon. Jon - River Heights (Liberal)
Goertzen, Kelvin - Steinbach (PC)
Hawranik, Gerald - Lac Du Bonnet (PC)
Hickes, Hon. George - Point Douglas (NDP)
Irvin-Ross, Kerri - Fort Garry (NDP)
Jennissen, Gerard - Flin Flon (NDP)
Jha, Bidhu - Radisson (NDP)
Korzeniowski, Bonnie - St. James (NDP)
Lamoureux, Kevin - Inkster (Liberal)
Lathlin, Hon. Oscar - The Pas (NDP)
Lemieux, Hon. Ron - La Verendrye (NDP)
Mackintosh, Hon. Gord - St. Johns (NDP)
Maguire, Larry - Arthur-Virden (PC)
Maloway, Jim - Elmwood (NDP)
Martindale, Doug - Burrows (NDP)
Mcfadyen, Hugh - Fort Whyte (PC)
Mcgifford, Hon. Diane - Lord Roberts (NDP)
Melnick, Hon. Christine - Riel (NDP)
Mitchelson, Bonnie - River East (PC)
Nevakshonoff, Thomas G. - Interlake (NDP)
Oswald, Hon. Theresa - Seine River (NDP)
Penner, Jack - Emerson (PC)
Reid, Daryl Gary - Transcona (NDP)
Reimer, Jack - Southdale (PC)
Robinson, Hon. Eric - Rupertsland (NDP)
Rocan, Denis - Carman (PC)
Rondeau, Hon. Jim - Assiniboia (NDP)
Rowat, Leanne - Minnedosa (PC)
Sale, Hon. Tim - Fort Rouge (NDP)
Santos, Conrad - Wellington (NDP)
Schellenberg, Harry - Rossmere (NDP)
Schuler, Ron - Springfield (PC)
Selinger, Hon. Gregory F. - St. Boniface (NDP)
Smith, Hon. Scott - Brandon West (NDP)
Stefanson, Heather - Tuxedo (PC)
Struthers, Hon. Stan - Dauphin-Roblin (NDP)
Swan, Andrew - Minto (NDP)
Taillieu, Mavis - Morris (PC)
Wowchuk, Hon. Rosann - Swan River (NDP)
Vacant, - Kirkfield Park (PC)

New Brunswick

Steeves, Wayne - Albert (PC)
Kenny, Brian - Bathurst (Liberal)
Boudreau, Roy - Campbellton-Restigouche Centre (Liberal)
Albert, Hon. Hédard - Caraquet (Liberal)
Graham, Dale - Carleton (PC)
Landry, Hon. Denis - Centre-Péninsule-Saint-Sauveur (Liberal)
Huntjens, Antoon (Tony) - Charlotte-Campobello (PC)
Doucet, Hon. Rick - Charlotte-The Isles (Liberal)
Arseneault, Hon. Donald - Dalhousie-Restigouche East (Liberal)
Leblanc, Cy (Richard) - Dieppe Centre-Lewisville (PC)
Dubé, Madeleine - Edmundston - Saint-Basile (PC)
Lamrock, Hon. Kelly - Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak (Liberal)
Byrne, Hon. Greg - Fredericton-Lincoln (Liberal)
Burke, Hon. Thomas J. (T.J.) - Fredericton-Nashwaaksis (Liberal)
Miles, Richard (Rick) - Fredericton-Silverwood (Liberal)
Keir, Hon. Jack - Fundy-River Valley (Liberal)
Ouellette, Hon. Ronald - Grand Falls - Drummond - Saint-André (Liberal)
Mcginley, Eugene - Grand Lake-Gagetown (Liberal)
Harrison, Bev - Hampton-Kings (PC)
Williams, Claude - Kent South (PC)
Graham, Hon. Shawn M. - Kent (Liberal)
Northrup, Bruce - Kings East (PC)
Robichaud, Paul - Lamèque-Shippagan-Miscou (PC)
Volpé, Jeannot - Madawaska-les-Lacs (PC)
Leblanc, Bernard - Memramcook-Lakeville-Dieppe (Liberal)
Robichaud, Hon. Carmel - Miramichi Bay-Neguac (Liberal)
Foran, Hon. John Winston - Miramichi Centre (Liberal)
Fraser, Bill - Miramichi-Bay du Vin (Liberal)
Betts, John W. - Moncton Crescent (PC)
Lord, Bernard - Moncton East (PC)
Murphy, Hon. Michael - Moncton North (Liberal)
Macalpine-Stiles, L. Joan - Moncton West (PC)
Lavoie, Cheryl - Nepisiguit (Liberal)
Ashfield, Keith - New Maryland-Sunbury West (PC)
Haché, Hon. Roland - Nigadoo-Chaleur (Liberal)
Carr, Jody - Oromocto (PC)
Stiles, Wally - Petitcodiac (PC)
Schryer, Hon. Mary - Quispamsis (Liberal)
Mockler, Percy - Restigouche-la-Vallée (PC)
Fitch, Bruce - Riverview (PC)
Poirier, Rose-May - Rogersville-Kouchibouguac (PC)
Blaney, Margaret-Ann - Rothesay (PC)
Macintyre, Hon. Roly - Saint John East (Liberal)
Doherty, Hon. Dr. Ed - Saint John Harbour (Liberal)
Leblanc, Abel - Saint John Lancaster (Liberal)
Holder, Trevor - Saint John Portland (PC)
Jamieson, Hon. Stuart - Saint John-Fundy (Liberal)
Boudreau, Hon. Victor E. - Shediac-Cap-Pelé (Liberal)
Brewer, Rick - Southwest Miramichi (Liberal)
Olscamp, Mike - Tantramar (PC)
Landry, Claude - Tracadie-Sheila (PC)
Kennedy, Dr. Larry - Victoria-Tobique (Liberal)
Alward, David - Woodstock (PC)
MacDonald, Kirk - York North (PC)
Urquhart, Carl - York (PC)

Newfoundland And Labrador

Andersen Wally - Torngat Mountains (Liberal)
Barrett Percy - Bellevue (Liberal)
Burke Joan - St. George’s–Stephenville East (PC)
Butler Roland - Port de Grave (Liberal)
Byrne Ed - Killbride (PC)
Byrne Jack - Cape St. Francis (PC)
Collins Felix - Placentia and St. Mary’s (PC)
Collins Randy - Labrador West (NDP)
Denine Dave - Mount Pearl (PC)
Dunderdale Kathy - Virginia Waters (PC)
Fitzgerald Roger - Bonavista South (PC)
Foote Judy - Grand Bank (Liberal)
Forsey Clayton - Exploits (PC)
French Terry - Conception Bay South (PC)
Goudie Kathy - Humber Valley (PC)
Harding Harry - Bonavista North (PC)
Hedderson Tom - Harbour Main-Whitbourne (PC)
Hickey John - Lake Melville (PC)
Hodder† Harvey - Waterford Valley (PC)
Hodder Jim - Port au Port (PC)
Hunter Ray - Windsor-Springdale (PC)
Jackman Clyde - Burin-Placentia West (PC)
Johnson Charlene - Trinity-Bay de Verde (PC)
Jones Yvonne - Cartwright-L’Anse Au Clair (Liberal)
Joyce Eddie - Bay of Islands (Liberal)
Langdon Oliver - Cape La Hune (Liberal)
Marshall Elizabeth - Topsail (PC)
Marshall Tom - Humber East (PC)
Michael Lorraine - Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi (NDP)
O'Brien Kevin - Gander (PC)
Oram Paul - Terra Nova (PC)
Osborne Sheila - St. John's West (PC)
Osborne Tom - St. John's South (PC)
Ottenheimer John - St. John's East (PC)
Parsons Kelvin - Burgeo and La Poile (Liberal)
Reid Gerry - Twillingate and Fogo (Liberal)
Rideout Tom - Lewisporte (PC)
Ridgley Bob - St. John's North (PC)
Shelley Paul - Baie Verte (PC)
Skinner Shawn - St. John’s Centre (PC)
Sullivan Loyola - Ferryland (PC)
Taylor Trevor - The Straits and White Bay North (PC)
Thistle Anna - Grand Falls-Buchans (Liberal)
Weeney George - Carbonear-Harbour Grace (Liberal)
Whalen Dianne - Conception Bay East and Bell Island (PC)
Williams Danny - Humber West (PC)
Wiseman Ross - Trinity North (PC)
Young Wallace - St. Barbe (PC)

Northwest Territories

Bell, Hon. Brendan - Yellowknife South
Braden, Bill - Great Slave
Delorey, Hon. Paul - Hay River North
Dent, Hon. Charles - Frame Lake
Groenewegen, Jane - Hay River South
Handley, Hon. Joe - Weledeh
Hawkins, Robert - Yellowknife Centre
Krutko, Hon. David - Mackenzie-Delta
Lafferty, Jackson - Monfwi
Lee, Sandy - Range Lake
McLeod, Michael - Deh Cho
McLeod, Robert C. - Inuvik Twin Lakes
Menicoche, Hon. Kevin A. - Nahendeh
Miltenberger, J.M. - Thebacha
Pokiak, Calvin P. - Nunakput
Roland, Hon. Floyd - Inuvik Boot Lake
Ramsay, David - Kam Lake
Villeneuve, Bobby J. - Tu Nedhe
Yakeleya, Norman - Sahtu

Nova Scotia

Bain, Keith - Victoria-The Lakes (PC)
Baker, Michael - Lunenburg (PC)
Barnet, Barry - Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville (PC)
Belliveau, Sterling - Shelburne (NDP)
Bolivar-Getson, Carolyn - Lunenburg West (PC)
Casey, Karen - Colchester North (PC)
Chisholm, Ronald - Guysborough-Sheet Harbour (PC)
Clarke, Cecil - Cape Breton North (PC)
Colwell, Keith - Preston (Liberal)
Conrad, Vicki - Queens (NDP)
Corbett, Frank - Cape Breton Centre (NDP)
d'Entremont, Chris A. - Argyle (PC)
Deveaux, Kevin - Cole Harbour - Eastern Passage (NDP)
Dexter, Darrell - Cole Harbour (NDP)
Dooks, Bill - Eastern Shore (PC)
Dunn, Pat - Pictou Centre (PC)
Epstein, Howard - Halifax Chebucto (NDP)
Estabrooks, Bill - Timberlea - Prospect (NDP)
Fage, Ernest - Cumberland North (PC)
Gaudet, Wayne - Clare (Liberal)
Glavine, Leo - Kings West (Liberal)
Gosse, Gordie - Cape Breton Nova (NDP)
Goucher, Len - Bedford (PC)
Hurlburt, Richard - Yarmouth (PC)
MacDonald, Manning - Cape Breton South (Liberal)
MacDonald, Maureen - Halifax Needham (NDP)
MacDonald, Rodney J. - Inverness (PC)
MacDonell, John - Hants East (NDP)
MacIsaac, Angus - Antigonish (PC)
MacKinnon, Clarrie - Pictou East (NDP)
MacLeod, Alfie - Cape Breton West (PC)
Massey, Joan - Dartmouth East (NDP)
McNeil, Stephen - Annapolis (Liberal)
More, Marilyn - Dartmouth South-Portland Valley (NDP)
Morse, David - Kings South (PC)
Muir, Jamie - Truro - Bible Hill (PC)
Parent, Mark - Kings North (PC)
Parker, Charlie - Pictou West (NDP)
Paris, Percy - Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank (NDP)
Porter, Chuck - Hants West (PC)
Preyra, Leonard - Halifax Citadel (NDP)
Raymond, Michele - Halifax Atlantic (NDP)
Samson, Michel - Richmond (Liberal)
Scott, Murray - Cumberland South (PC)
Steele, Graham - Halifax Fairview (NDP)
Streatch, Judy - Chester-St. Margaret's (PC)
Taylor, Brooke - Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley (PC)
Theriault, Harold Jr. - Digby-Annapolis (Liberal)
Whalen, Diana - Halifax Clayton Park (Liberal)
Wilson, Dave - Sackville-Cobequid (NDP)
Wilson, David - Glace Bay (Liberal)
Zinck, Trevor - Dartmouth North (NDP)

Nunavut

Aglukkaq, Hon. Leona - Nattilik
Akesuk, Hon. Olayuk - South Baffin
Alagalak, David - Arviat
Arreak, James - Uqqummiut
Arvaluk, James - Tunnuniq
Barnabas, Levi - Quttiktuq
Brown, Hon. Levinia - Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove
Evyagotailak, Joe Allen - Kugluktuk
Kattuk, Peter - Hudson Bay
Kilabuk, Hon. Peter - Pangnirtung
Mapsalak, Steve - Akulliq
Netser, Hon. Patterk -
Okalik, Hon. Paul - Iqaluit West
Peterson, Keith - Cambridge Bay
Picco, Hon. Ed - Iqaluit East
Simailak, Hon. David - Baker Lake
Tapardjuk, Hon. Louis - Amittuq
Tootoo, Hunter - Iqaluit Centre

Ontario

Arnott, Ted - Waterloo--Wellington (PC)
Arthurs, Wayne - Pickering--Ajax--Uxbridge (Liberal)
Balkissoon, Bas - Scarborough--Rouge River (Liberal)
Barrett, Toby - Haldimand--Norfolk--Brant (PC)
Bartolucci, Hon. Rick - Sudbury (Liberal)
Bentley, Hon. Christopher - London West (Liberal)
Berardinetti, Lorenzo - Scarborough Southwest (Liberal)
Bisson, Gilles - Timmins--James Bay (NDP)
Bountrogianni, Hon. Marie - Hamilton Mountain (Liberal)
Bradley, Hon. James J. - St. Catharines (Liberal)
Broten, Hon. Laurel C. - Etobicoke--Lakeshore (Liberal)
Brown, Hon. Michael A. - Algoma--Manitoulin (Liberal)
Brownell, Jim - Stormont--Dundas--Charlottenburgh (Liberal)
Bryant, Hon. Michael - St. Paul's (Liberal)
Cansfield, Hon. Donna H. - Etobicoke Centre (Liberal)
Caplan, Hon. David - Don Valley East (Liberal)
Chambers, Hon. Mary Anne V. - Scarborough East (Liberal)
Chudleigh, Ted - Halton (PC)
Colle, Hon. Mike - Eglinton--Lawrence (Liberal)
Craitor, Kim - Niagara Falls (Liberal)
Crozier, Bruce - Essex (Liberal)
Delaney, Bob - Mississauga West (Liberal)
Dhillon, Vic - Brampton West--Mississauga (Liberal)
Di Cocco, Hon. Caroline - Sarnia--Lambton (Liberal)
DiNovo, Cheri - Parkdale--High Park (NDP)
Dombrowsky, Hon. Leona - Hastings--Frontenac--Lennox and Addington (Liberal)
Duguid, Brad - Scarborough Centre (Liberal)
Duncan, Hon. Dwight - Windsor--St. Clair (Liberal)
Dunlop, Garfield - Simcoe North (PC)
Elliott, Christine - Whitby--Ajax (PC)
Flynn, Kevin - Oakville (Liberal)
Fonseca, Peter - Mississauga East (Liberal)
Gerretsen, Hon. John - Kingston and the Islands (Liberal)
Gravelle, Michael - Thunder Bay--Superior North (Liberal)
Hampton, Howard - Kenora--Rainy River (NDP)
Hardeman, Ernie - Oxford (PC)
Horwath, Andrea - Hamilton East (NDP)
Hoy, Pat - Chatham-Kent--Essex (Liberal)
Hudak, Tim - Erie--Lincoln (PC)
Jeffrey, Linda - Brampton Centre (Liberal)
Klees, Frank - Oak Ridges (PC)
Kormos, Peter - Niagara Centre (NDP)
Kular, Kuldip - Bramalea--Gore--Malton--Springdale (Liberal)
Kwinter, Hon. Monte - York Centre (Liberal)
Lalonde, Jean-Marc - Glengarry--Prescott--Russell (Liberal)
Leal, Jeff - Peterborough (Liberal)
Levac, Dave - Brant (Liberal)
MacLeod, Lisa - Nepean--Carleton (PC)
Marchese, Rosario - Trinity--Spadina (NDP)
Marsales, Judy - Hamilton West (Liberal)
Martel, Shelley - Nickel Belt (NDP)
Martiniuk, Gerry - Cambridge (PC)
Matthews, Deborah - London North Centre (Liberal)
Mauro, Bill - Thunder Bay--Atikokan (Liberal)
McGuinty, Hon. Dalton - Ottawa South (Liberal)
McMeekin, Ted - Ancaster--Dundas--Flamborough--Aldershot (Liberal)
McNeely, Phil - Ottawa--Orléans (Liberal)
Meilleur, Hon. Madeleine - Ottawa--Vanier (Liberal)
Miller, Norm - Parry Sound--Muskoka (PC)
Milloy, John - Kitchener Centre (Liberal)
Mitchell, Carol - Huron--Bruce (Liberal)
Mossop, Jennifer F. - Stoney Creek (Liberal)
Munro, Julia - York North (PC)
Murdoch, Bill - Bruce--Grey--Owen Sound (PC)
Orazietti, David - Sault Ste. Marie (PC)
O'Toole, John - Durham (Liberal)
Ouellette, Jerry J. - Oshawa (PC)
Parsons, Ernie - Prince Edward--Hastings (Liberal)
Patten, Richard - Ottawa Centre (Liberal)
Peters, Hon. Steve - Elgin--Middlesex--London (Liberal)
Peterson, Tim - Mississauga South (Liberal)
Phillips, Hon. Gerry - Scarborough--Agincourt (Liberal)
Prue, Michael - Beaches--East York (NDP)
Pupatello, Hon. Sandra - Windsor West (Liberal)
Qaadri, Shafiq - Etobicoke North (Liberal)
Racco, Mario G. - Thornhill (Liberal)
Ramal, Khalil - London--Fanshawe (Liberal)
Ramsay, Hon. David - Timiskaming--Cochrane (Liberal)
Rinaldi, Lou - Northumberland (Liberal)
Runciman, Robert W. - Leeds--Grenville (PC)
Ruprecht, Tony - Davenport (Liberal)
Sandals, Liz - Guelph--Wellington (Liberal)
Scott, Laurie - Haliburton--Victoria--Brock (PC)
Sergio, Mario - York West (Liberal)
Smith, Monique M. - Nipissing (Liberal)
Smitherman, Hon. George - Toronto Centre--Rosedale (Liberal)
Sorbara, Hon. Greg - Vaughan--King--Aurora (Liberal)
Sterling, Norman W. - Sterling Lanark--Carleton (Liberal)
Tabuns, Peter - Toronto--Danforth (PC)
Takhar, Hon. Harinder S. - Mississauga Centre (NDP)
Tascona, Joseph N. - Barrie--Simcoe--Bradford (Liberal)
Tory, John - Dufferin--Peel--Wellington--Grey (PC)
Van, Maria - Bommel Lambton--Kent--Middlesex (PC)
Watson, Hon. Jim - Ottawa West--Nepean (Liberal)
Wilkinson, John - Perth--Middlesex (Liberal)
Wilson, Jim - Simcoe--Grey (PC)
Witmer, Elizabeth - Kitchener--Waterloo (PC)
Wynne, Hon. Kathleen O. - Don Valley West (Liberal)
Yakabuski, John - Renfrew--Nipissing--Pembroke (PC)
Zimmer, David - Willowdale (Liberal)

Prince Edward Island

Mooney, Andy - Souris-Elmira (PC)
Crane, Olive - Morell-Fortune Bay (PC)
Currie, Hon. Michael - Georgetown-Baldwin's Road (PC)
Bagnall, Hon. Jim - Montague-Kilmuir (PC)
Binns, Hon. Pat - Murray River-Gaspereaux (PC)
MacDonald, Wilbur - Belfast-Pownal Bay (PC)
McKenna, David - Glen Stewart-Bellevue Cove (PC)
Dover, Hon. Mildred - Tracadie-Fort Augustus (PC)
Ballem, Hon. Jamie - Stanhope-East Royalty (PC)
MacFadyen, Hon. Elmer - Sherwood-Hillsborough (PC)
Gillan, Hon. Chester - Parkdale-Belvedere (PC)
Brown, Richard - Charlottetown-Kings Square (Liberal)
Ghiz, Hon. Robert - Charlottetown-Rochford Square (Liberal)
MacAleer, Wes - Charlottetown-Spring Park (PC)
Collins, Wayne - Winsloe-West Royalty (PC)
MacKinley, Ron - North River-Rice Point (Liberal)
Bertram, Carolyn - Crapaud-Hazel Grove (Liberal)
MacKenzie, Beth - Park Corner-Oyster Bed (PC)
McCardle, Fred - Borden-Kinkora (PC)
Murphy, Hon. Mitch - Kensington-Malpeque (PC)
Deighan, Hon. Gregory - Wilmot-Summerside (PC)
MacDonald, Helen - St. Eleanors-Summerside (PC)
Brown, Hon. Philip - Cascumpec-Grand River (PC)
Arsenault, Wilfred - Evangeline-Miscouche (PC)
Rodgerson, Eva - West Point-Bloomfield (PC)
Dunn, Cletus - Alberton-Miminegash (PC)
Shea, Hon. Gail - Tignish-Deblois (PC)

Quebec

Arseneau, Maxime - Îles-de-la-Madeleine (PQ)
Auclair, Vincent - Vimont (Liberal)
Audet, Michel - Laporte (Liberal)
Bachand, Claude - Arthabaska (Liberal)
Bachand, Raymond - Outremont (Liberal)
Beauchamp, Line - Bourassa-Sauvé (Liberal)
Beaudoin, Denise - Mirabel (PQ)
Béchard, Claude - Kamouraska-Témiscouata (Liberal)
Bédard, Stéphane - Chicoutimi (PQ)
Bergeron, Stéphane - Verchères (PQ)
Bergman, Lawrence S. - D'Arcy-McGee (Liberal)
Bernard, Daniel - Rouyn-Noranda__Témiscamingue (Liberal)
Bernier, Raymond - Montmorency (Liberal)
Bertrand, Rosaire - Charlevoix (PQ)
Bissonnet, Michel - Jeanne-Mance_Viger (Liberal)
Blackburn, Karl - Roberval (Liberal)
Boisclair, André - Pointe-aux-Trembles (PQ)
Bordeleau, Yvan - Acadie (Liberal)
Bouchard, Camil - Vachon (PQ)
Bouchard, Daniel - Mégantic-Compton (Ind)
Boucher, Claude - Johnson (PQ)
Boulet, Julie - Laviolette (Liberal)
Bourdeau, Alexandre - Berthier (PQ)
Brodeur, Bernard - Shefford (Liberal)
Caron, Jocelyne - Terrebonne (PQ)
Chagnon, Jacques - Westmount__Saint-Louis (Liberal)
Champagne, Noëlla - Champlain (PQ)
Charest, Jean - Sherbrooke (Liberal)
Charest, Nancy - Matane (Liberal)
Charest, Solange - Rimouski (PQ)
Charlebois, Lucie - Soulanges (Liberal)
Chenail, André - Huntingdon (Liberal)
Cholette, Roch - Hull (Liberal)
Clermont, Maurice - Mille-Îles (Liberal)
Copeman, Russell - Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (Liberal)
Corbeil, Pierre - Abitibi-Est (Liberal)
Côté, Jacques - Dubuc (PQ)
Couillard, Philippe - Mont-Royal (Liberal)
Courchesne, Michelle - Fabre (Liberal)
Cousineau, Claude - Bertrand (PQ)
Cusano, William - Viau (Liberal)
Delisle, Margaret F. - Jean-Talon (Liberal)
Descoteaux, Pierre - Groulx (Liberal)
Deslières, Serge - Beauharnois (PQ)
Després, Michel - Jean-Lesage (Liberal)
Dion, Léandre - Saint-Hyacinthe (PQ)
Dionne-Marsolais, Rita - Rosemont (PQ)
Doyer, Danielle - Matapédia (PQ)
Dubuc, Jean - La Prairie (Liberal)
Dufour, Marjolain - René-Lévesque (PQ)
Dumont, Mario - Rivière-du-Loup (ADQ)
Dupuis, Jacques P. - Saint-Laurent (Liberal)
Fournier, Jean-Marc - Châteauguay (Liberal)
Gabias, André - Trois-Rivières (Liberal)
Gagnon-Tremblay, Monique - Saint-François (Liberal)
Gaudet, Francine - Maskinongé (Liberal)
Gauthier, Françoise - Jonquière (Liberal)
Gautrin, Henri-François - Verdun (Liberal)
Gendron, François - Abitibi-Ouest (PQ)
Girard, Nicolas - Gouin (PQ)
Grondin, Janvier - Beauce-Nord (ADQ)
Hamad, Sam - Louis-Hébert (Liberal)
Hamel, France - La Peltrie (Liberal)
Harel, Louise - Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (PQ)
Houda-Pepin, Fatima - La Pinière (Liberal)
James, Yolande - Nelligan (Liberal)
Jérôme-Forget, Monique - Marguerite-Bourgeoys (Liberal)
Jutras, Normand - Drummond (PQ)
Kelley, Geoffrey - Jacques-Cartier (Liberal)
Lafrenière, Réjean - Gatineau (Liberal)
Lamquin-Éthier, Michèle - Crémazie (Liberal)
Leblanc, Diane - Beauce-Sud (Liberal)
L'écuyer, Charlotte - Pontiac (Liberal)
Lefebvre, Elsie - Laurier-Dorion (PQ)
Légaré, Sylvain - Vanier (ADQ)
Legault, François - Rousseau (PQ)
Legendre, Richard - Blainville (PQ)
Lelièvre, Guy - Gaspé (PQ)
Lemay, Martin - Sainte-Marie_Saint-Jacques (PQ)
Lemieux, Diane - Bourget (PQ)
Lessard, Laurent - Frontenac (Liberal)
Létourneau, Michel - Ungava (PQ)
Loiselle, Nicole - Saint-Henri__Sainte-Anne (Liberal)
MacMillan, Norman - Papineau (Liberal)
Malavoy, Marie - Taillon (PQ)
Maltais, Agnès - Taschereau (PQ)
Marcoux, Yvon - Vaudreuil (Liberal)
Marsan, Pierre - Robert-Baldwin (Liberal)
Mercier, Éric R. - Charlesbourg (Liberal)
Moreau, Pierre - Marguerite-D'Youville (Liberal)
Morin, Michel - Nicolet-Yamaska (PQ)
Morin, Norbert - Montmagny-L'Islet (Liberal)
Mulcair, Thomas J. - Chomedey (Liberal)
Normandeau, Nathalie - Bonaventure (Liberal)
Ouimet, François - Marquette (Liberal)
Pagé, Sylvain - Labelle (PQ)
Papineau, Lucie - Prévost (PQ)
Paquet, Alain - Laval-des-Rapides (Liberal)
Paquin, Jean-Pierre - Saint-Jean (Liberal)
Paradis, Pierre - Brome-Missisquoi (Liberal)
Pelletier, Benoît - Chapleau (Liberal)
Perreault, Sarah - Chauveau (Liberal)
Picard, Marc - Chutes-de-la-Chaudière (ADQ)
Pinard, Claude - Saint-Maurice (PQ)
Reid, Pierre - Orford (Liberal)
Richard, Lorraine - Duplessis (PQ)
Rioux, Jean - Iberville (Liberal)
Robert, Hélène - Deux-Montagnes (PQ)
Roy, Sylvie - Lotbinière (ADQ)
Simard, Sylvain - Richelieu (PQ)
Soucy, Jean-Pierre - Portneuf (Liberal)
St-André, Jean-Claude - L'Assomption (PQ)
Théberge, Carole - Lévis (Liberal)
Thériault, Lise - Anjou (Liberal)
Thériault, Luc - Masson (PQ)
Tomassi, Tony - LaFontaine (Liberal)
Tremblay, Stéphan - Lac-Saint-Jean (PQ)
Turp, Daniel - Mercier (PQ)
Vallières, Yvon - Richmond (Liberal)
Valois, Jonathan - Joliette (PQ)
Vermette, Cécile - Marie-Victorin (PQ)
Vien, Dominique - Bellechasse (Liberal)
Whissell, David - Argenteuil (Liberal)

Saskatchewan

Addley Hon. Graham - Saskatoon Sutherland (NDP)
Allchurch Denis - Rosthern-Shellbrook (SP)
Atkinson Hon. Pat - Saskatoon Nutana (NDP)
Beatty Hon. Joan - Cumberland (NDP)
Belanger Hon. Buckley - Athabasca (NDP)
Bjornerud Bob - Melville-Saltcoats (SP)
Borgerson Lon - Saskatchewan Rivers (NDP)
Brkich Greg P. - Arm River-Watrous (SP)
Calvert Hon. Lorne - Saskatoon Riversdale (NDP)
Cheveldayoff Ken - Saskatoon Silver Springs (SP)
Chisholm Michael - Cut Knife-Turtleford (SP)
Cline Hon. Eric - Saskatoon Massey Place (NDP)
Crofford Joanne - Regina Rosemont (NDP)
D'Autremont Dan - Cannington (SP)
Dearborn Jason - Kindersley (SP)
Draude June - Kelvington-Wadena (SP)
Duncan Dustin - Weyburn-Big Muddy (SP)
Eagles Doreen - Estevan (SP)
Elhard Wayne - Cypress Hills (SP)
Forbes Hon. David - Saskatoon Centre (NDP)
Gantefoer Rod - Melfort (SP)
Hagel Hon. Glenn - Moose Jaw North (NDP)
Hamilton Doreen - Regina Wascana Plains (NDP)
Harpauer Donna - Humboldt (SP)
Harper Ron - Regina Northeast (NDP)
Hart Glen - Last Mountain-Touchwood (SP)
Hermanson Elwin - Rosetown-Elrose (SP)
Higgins Hon. Deb - Moose Jaw Wakamow (NDP)
Huyghebaert D. F. (Yogi) - Wood River (SP)
Iwanchuk Andy - Saskatoon Fairview (NDP)
Junor Judy - Saskatoon Eastview (NDP)
Kerpan Allan - Carrot River Valley (SP)
Kirsch Delbert - Batoche (SP)
Kowalsky Hon. P. Myron - Prince Albert Carlton (NDP)
Krawetz Ken - Canora-Pelly (SP)
Lautermilch Hon. Eldon - Prince Albert Northcote (NDP)
McCall Hon. Warren - Regina Elphinstone-Centre (NDP)
McMorris Don - Indian Head-Milestone (SP)
Merriman Ted - Saskatoon Northwest (SP)
Morgan Don - Saskatoon Southeast (SP)
Morin Sandra - Regina Walsh Acres (NDP)
Nilson Hon. John - Regina Lakeview (NDP)
Prebble Peter - Saskatoon Greystone (NDP)
Quennell Hon. Frank - Saskatoon Meewasin (NDP)
Serby Hon. Clay - Yorkton (NDP)
Sonntag Hon. Maynard - Meadow Lake (NDP)
Stewart Lyle - Thunder Creek (SP)
Taylor Hon. Len - The Battlefords (NDP)
Thomson Hon. Andrew - Regina South (NDP)
Toth Don - Moosomin (SP)
Trew Kim - Regina Coronation Park (NDP)
Van Mulligen Hon. Harry - Regina Douglas Park (NDP)
Wakefield Milton - Lloydminster (SP)
Wall Brad - Swift Current (SP)
Wartman Hon. Mark - Regina Qu’Appelle Valley (NDP)
Weekes Randy - Biggar (SP)
Yates Kevin - Regina Dewdney (NDP)
Vacant - Martensville (SP)

Yukon

Cardiff, Steve - Mount Lorne (NDP)
Cathers, Hon. Brad - Lake Laberge (YP)
Edzerza, John - McIntyre-Takhini (NDP)
Elias, Darius - Vuntut Gwitchin (Liberal Party)
Fairclough, Eric - Mayo-Tatchun (Liberal Party)
Fentie, Hon. Dennis - Watson Lake (YP)
Hardy, Todd - Whitehorse Centre (NDP)
Hart, Hon. Glenn - Riverdale South (YP)
Horne, Hon. Marian - Pelly-Nisutlin (YP)
Inverarity, Don - Porter Creek South (Liberal Party)
Kenyon, Hon. Jim - Porter Creek North (YP)
Lang, Hon. Archie - Porter Creek Centre (YP)
McRobb, Gary - Kluane (Liberal Party)
Mitchell, Arthur - Copperbelt (Liberal Party)
Nordick, Steve - Klondike (YP)
Rouble, Hon. Patrick - Southern Lakes (YP)
Staffen, Hon. Ted - Riverdale North (YP)
Taylor, Hon. Elaine - Whitehorse West (YP)

Canadian MPs

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Here is a current list of the Members of Parliament for Canada:

Abbott, Jim, Kootenay—Columbia, British Columbia - Conservative
Ablonczy, Diane, Calgary—Nose Hill, Alberta - Conservative
Albrecht, Harold, Kitchener—Conestoga, Ontario - Conservative
Alghabra, Omar, Mississauga—Erindale, Ontario - Liberal
Allen, Mike, Tobique—Mactaquac, New Brunswick - Conservative
Allison, Dean, Niagara West—Glanbrook, Ontario - Conservative
Ambrose, Rona (Hon.), Edmonton—Spruce Grove, Alberta - Conservative
Anders, Rob, Calgary West, Alberta - Conservative
Anderson, David, Cypress Hills—Grasslands, Saskatchewan - Conservative
André, Guy, Berthier—Maskinongé, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Angus, Charlie, Timmins—James Bay, Ontario - NDP
Arthur, André, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, Québec - Independent
Asselin, Gérard, Manicouagan, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Atamanenko, Alex, British Columbia Southern Interior, British Columbia - NDP
Bachand, Claude, Saint-Jean, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Bagnell, Larry (Hon.), Yukon, Yukon - Liberal
Bains, Navdeep (Hon.), Mississauga—Brampton South, Ontario - Liberal
Baird, John (Hon.), Ottawa West—Nepean, Ontario - Conservative
Barbot, Vivian, Papineau, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Barnes, Sue (Hon.), London West, Ontario - Liberal
Batters, Dave, Palliser, Saskatchewan - Conservative
Beaumier, Colleen, Brampton West, Ontario - Liberal
Bélanger, Mauril (Hon.), Ottawa—Vanier, Ontario - Liberal
Bell, Catherine , Vancouver Island North, British Columbia - NDP
Bell, Don H., North Vancouver, British Columbia - Liberal
Bellavance, André, Richmond—Arthabaska, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Bennett, Carolyn (Hon.), St. Paul's, Ontario - Liberal
Benoit, Leon, Vegreville—Wainwright, Alberta - Conservative
Bernier, Maxime (Hon.), Beauce, Québec - Conservative
Bevilacqua, Maurizio (Hon.), Vaughan, Ontario - Liberal
Bevington, Dennis, Western Arctic, Northwest Territories - NDP
Bezan, James, Selkirk—Interlake, Manitoba - Conservative
Bigras, Bernard, Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Black, Dawn, New Westminster—Coquitlam, British Columbia - NDP
Blackburn, Jean-Pierre (Hon.), Jonquière—Alma, Québec - Conservative
Blaikie, Bill (Hon.), Elmwood—Transcona, Manitoba - NDP
Blais, Raynald, Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Blaney, Steven, Lévis—Bellechasse, Québec - Conservative
Bonin, Raymond, Nickel Belt, Ontario - Liberal
Bonsant, France, Compton—Stanstead, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Boshcoff, Ken, Thunder Bay—Rainy River, Ontario - Liberal
Bouchard, Robert, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Boucher, Sylvie, Beauport—Limoilou, Québec - Conservative
Bourgeois, Diane, Terrebonne—Blainville, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Breitkreuz, Garry, Yorkton—Melville, Saskatchewan - Conservative
Brison, Scott (Hon. ), Kings—Hants, Nova Scotia - Liberal
Brown, Bonnie , Oakville, Ontario - Liberal
Brown, Gord , Leeds—Grenville, Ontario - Conservative
Brown, Patrick , Barrie, Ontario - Conservative
Bruinooge, Rod, Winnipeg South, Manitoba - Conservative
Brunelle, Paule, Trois-Rivières, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Byrne, Gerry (Hon.), Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte, Newfoundland and Labrador - Liberal
Calkins, Blaine, Wetaskiwin, Alberta - Conservative
Cannan, Ron , Kelowna—Lake Country, British Columbia - Conservative
Cannis, John, Scarborough Centre, Ontario - Liberal
Cannon, Lawrence (Hon.), Pontiac, Québec - Conservative
Cardin, Serge, Sherbrooke, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Carrie, Colin, Oshawa, Ontario - Conservative
Carrier, Robert, Alfred-Pellan, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Casey, Bill, Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley, Nova Scotia - Conservative
Casson, Rick, Lethbridge, Alberta - Conservative
Chamberlain, Brenda (Hon.), Guelph, Ontario - Liberal
Chan, Raymond (Hon.), Richmond, British Columbia - Liberal
Charlton, Chris, Hamilton Mountain, Ontario - NDP
Chong, Michael (Hon.), Wellington—Halton Hills, Ontario - Conservative
Chow, Olivia, Trinity—Spadina, Ontario - NDP
Christopherson, David, Hamilton Centre, Ontario - NDP
Clement, Tony (Hon.), Parry Sound—Muskoka, Ontario - Conservative
Coderre, Denis (Hon.), Bourassa, Québec - Liberal
Comartin, Joe, Windsor—Tecumseh, Ontario - NDP
Comuzzi, Joe (Hon. ), Thunder Bay—Superior North, Ontario - Liberal
Cotler, Irwin (Hon.), Mount Royal, Québec - Liberal
Crête, Paul, Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Crowder, Jean, Nanaimo—Cowichan, British Columbia - NDP
Cullen, Nathan , Skeena—Bulkley Valley, British Columbia - NDP
Cullen, Roy (Hon.), Etobicoke North, Ontario - Liberal
Cummins, John, Delta—Richmond East, British Columbia - Conservative
Cuzner, Rodger, Cape Breton—Canso, Nova Scotia - Liberal
D'Amours, Jean-Claude, Madawaska—Restigouche, New Brunswick - Liberal
Davidson, Patricia, Sarnia—Lambton, Ontario - Conservative
Davies, Libby, Vancouver East, British Columbia - NDP
Day, Stockwell (Hon.), Okanagan—Coquihalla, British Columbia - Conservative
DeBellefeuille, Claude, Beauharnois—Salaberry, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Del Mastro, Dean, Peterborough, Ontario - Conservative
Demers, Nicole, Laval, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Deschamps, Johanne, Laurentides—Labelle, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Devolin, Barry, Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock, Ontario - Conservative
Dewar, Paul, Ottawa Centre, Ontario - NDP
Dhaliwal, Sukh, Newton—North Delta, British Columbia - Liberal
Dhalla, Ruby, Brampton—Springdale, Ontario - Liberal
Dion, Stéphane (Hon.), Saint-Laurent—Cartierville, Québec - Liberal
Dosanjh, Ujjal (Hon.), Vancouver South, British Columbia - Liberal
Doyle, Norman, St. John's East, Newfoundland and Labrador - Conservative
Dryden, Ken (Hon.), York Centre, Ontario - Liberal
Duceppe, Gilles, Laurier—Sainte-Marie, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Dykstra, Rick, St. Catharines, Ontario - Conservative
Easter, Wayne (Hon.), Malpeque, Prince Edward Island - Liberal
Emerson, David (Hon.), Vancouver Kingsway, British Columbia - Conservative
Epp, Ken, Edmonton—Sherwood Park, Alberta - Conservative
Eyking, Mark (Hon.), Sydney—Victoria, Nova Scotia - Liberal
Faille, Meili, Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Fast, Ed, Abbotsford, British Columbia - Conservative
Finley, Diane (Hon.), Haldimand—Norfolk, Ontario - Conservative
Fitzpatrick, Brian, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan - Conservative
Flaherty, Jim (Hon.), Whitby—Oshawa, Ontario - Conservative
Fletcher, Steven, Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia, Manitoba - Conservative
Folco, Raymonde, Laval—Les Îles, Québec - Liberal
Freeman, Carole, Châteauguay—Saint-Constant, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Fry, Hedy (Hon.), Vancouver Centre, British Columbia - Liberal
Gagnon, Christiane, Québec, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Galipeau, Royal, Ottawa—Orléans, Ontario - Conservative
Gallant, Cheryl, Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, Ontario - Conservative
Gaudet, Roger, Montcalm, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Gauthier, Michel, Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Godfrey, John (Hon.), Don Valley West, Ontario - Liberal
Godin, Yvon, Acadie—Bathurst, New Brunswick - NDP
Goldring, Peter, Edmonton East, Alberta - Conservative
Goodale, Ralph (Hon.), Wascana, Saskatchewan - Liberal
Goodyear, Gary, Cambridge, Ontario - Conservative
Gourde, Jacques, Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, Québec - Conservative
Graham, Bill (Hon.), Toronto Centre, Ontario - Liberal
Gravel, Raymond, Repentigny, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Grewal, Nina, Fleetwood—Port Kells, British Columbia - Conservative
Guarnieri, Albina (Hon.), Mississauga East—Cooksville, Ontario - Liberal
Guay, Monique, Rivière-du-Nord, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Guergis, Helena, Simcoe—Grey, Ontario - Conservative
Guimond, Michel, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Hanger, Art, Calgary Northeast, Alberta - Conservative
Harper, Stephen (Right Hon.), Calgary Southwest, Alberta - Conservative
Harris, Richard, Cariboo—Prince George, British Columbia - Conservative
Harvey, Luc, Louis-Hébert, Québec - Conservative
Hawn, Laurie, Edmonton Centre, Alberta - Conservative
Hearn, Loyola (Hon.), St. John's South—Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador - Conservative
Hiebert, Russ, South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale, British Columbia - Conservative
Hill, Jay (Hon.), Prince George—Peace River, British Columbia - Conservative
Hinton, Betty, Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo, British Columbia - Conservative
Holland, Mark, Ajax—Pickering, Ontario - Liberal
Hubbard, Charles (Hon.), Miramichi, New Brunswick - Liberal
Ignatieff, Michael, Etobicoke—Lakeshore, Ontario - Liberal
Jaffer, Rahim, Edmonton—Strathcona, Alberta - Conservative
Jean, Brian, Fort McMurray—Athabasca, Alberta - Conservative
Jennings, Marlene (Hon.), Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Québec - Liberal
Julian, Peter, Burnaby—New Westminster, British Columbia - NDP
Kadis, Susan, Thornhill, Ontario - Liberal
Kamp, Randy , Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission, British Columbia - Conservative
Karetak-Lindell, Nancy, Nunavut, Nunavut - Liberal
Karygiannis, Jim (Hon.), Scarborough—Agincourt, Ontario - Liberal
Keddy, Gerald , South Shore—St. Margaret's, Nova Scotia - Conservative
Keeper, Tina, Churchill, Manitoba - Liberal
Kenney, Jason , Calgary Southeast, Alberta - Conservative
Khan, Wajid, Mississauga—Streetsville, Ontario - Liberal
Komarnicki, Ed, Souris—Moose Mountain, Saskatchewan - Conservative
Kotto, Maka, Saint-Lambert, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Kramp, Daryl , Prince Edward—Hastings, Ontario - Conservative
Laforest, Jean-Yves, Saint-Maurice—Champlain, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Laframboise, Mario, Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Lake, Mike, Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, Alberta - Conservative
Lalonde, Francine, La Pointe-de-l'Île, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Lapierre, Jean (Hon.), Outremont, Québec - Liberal
Lauzon, Guy, Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry, Ontario - Conservative
Lavallée, Carole, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Layton, Jack (Hon.), Toronto—Danforth, Ontario - NDP
LeBlanc, Dominic (Hon.), Beauséjour, New Brunswick - Liberal
Lee, Derek, Scarborough—Rouge River, Ontario - Liberal
Lemay, Marc, Abitibi—Témiscamingue, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Lemieux, Pierre, Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, Ontario - Conservative
Lessard, Yves, Chambly—Borduas, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Lévesque, Yvon, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Loubier, Yvan, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Lukiwski, Tom, Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, Saskatchewan - Conservative
Lunn, Gary (Hon.), Saanich—Gulf Islands, British Columbia - Conservative
Lunney, James, Nanaimo—Alberni, British Columbia - Conservative
Lussier, Marcel, Brossard—La Prairie, Québec - Bloc Québécois
MacAulay, Lawrence (Hon.), Cardigan, Prince Edward Island - Liberal
MacKay, Peter (Hon.), Central Nova, Nova Scotia - Conservative
MacKenzie, Dave, Oxford, Ontario - Conservative
Malhi, Gurbax (Hon.), Bramalea—Gore—Malton, Ontario - Liberal
Malo, Luc, Verchères—Les Patriotes, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Maloney, John, Welland, Ontario - Liberal
Manning, Fabian, Avalon, Newfoundland and Labrador - Conservative
Mark, Inky, Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette, Manitoba - Conservative
Marleau, Diane (Hon.), Sudbury, Ontario - Liberal
Marston, Wayne, Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Ontario - NDP
Martin, Keith (Hon.), Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca, British Columbia - Liberal
Martin, Pat , Winnipeg Centre, Manitoba - NDP
Martin, Paul (Right Hon.), LaSalle—Émard, Québec - Liberal
Martin, Tony , Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario - NDP
Masse, Brian, Windsor West, Ontario - NDP
Mathyssen, Irene, London—Fanshawe, Ontario - NDP
Matthews, Bill, Random—Burin—St. George's, Newfoundland and Labrador - Liberal
Mayes, Colin, Okanagan—Shuswap, British Columbia - Conservative
McCallum, John (Hon.), Markham—Unionville, Ontario - Liberal
McDonough, Alexa, Halifax, Nova Scotia - NDP
McGuinty, David, Ottawa South, Ontario - Liberal
McGuire, Joe (Hon.), Egmont, Prince Edward Island - Liberal
McKay, John (Hon.), Scarborough—Guildwood, Ontario - Liberal
McTeague, Dan (Hon.), Pickering—Scarborough East, Ontario - Liberal
Ménard, Réal , Hochelaga, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Ménard, Serge , Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Menzies, Ted, Macleod, Alberta - Conservative
Merasty, Gary, Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, Saskatchewan - Liberal
Merrifield, Rob, Yellowhead, Alberta - Conservative
Miller, Larry, Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound, Ontario - Conservative
Milliken, Peter (Hon.), Kingston and the Islands, Ontario - Liberal
Mills, Bob, Red Deer, Alberta - Conservative
Minna, Maria (Hon.), Beaches—East York, Ontario - Liberal
Moore, James , Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam, British Columbia - Conservative
Moore, Rob , Fundy Royal, New Brunswick - Conservative
Mourani, Maria , Ahuntsic, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Murphy, Brian , Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe, New Brunswick - Liberal
Murphy, Shawn (Hon.), Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island - Liberal
Nadeau, Richard, Gatineau, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Nash, Peggy, Parkdale—High Park, Ontario - NDP
Neville, Anita (Hon.), Winnipeg South Centre, Manitoba - Liberal
Nicholson, Rob (Hon.), Niagara Falls, Ontario - Conservative
Norlock, Rick, Northumberland—Quinte West, Ontario - Conservative
Obhrai, Deepak, Calgary East, Alberta - Conservative
O'Connor, Gordon (Hon.), Carleton—Mississippi Mills, Ontario - Conservative
Oda, Bev (Hon.), Durham, Ontario - Conservative
Ouellet, Christian, Brome—Missisquoi, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Owen, Stephen (Hon.), Vancouver Quadra, British Columbia - Liberal
Pacetti, Massimo, Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel, Québec - Liberal
Pallister, Brian, Portage—Lisgar, Manitoba - Conservative
Paquette, Pierre, Joliette, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Paradis, Christian, Mégantic—L'Érable, Québec - Conservative
Patry, Bernard, Pierrefonds—Dollard, Québec - Liberal
Pearson, Glen, London North Centre, Ontario - Liberal
Perron, Gilles-A., Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Peterson, Jim (Hon.), Willowdale, Ontario - Liberal
Petit, Daniel, Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, Québec - Conservative
Picard, Pauline, Drummond, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Plamondon, Louis, Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Poilievre, Pierre, Nepean—Carleton, Ontario - Conservative
Prentice, Jim (Hon.), Calgary Centre-North, Alberta - Conservative
Preston, Joe, Elgin—Middlesex—London, Ontario - Conservative
Priddy, Penny, Surrey North, British Columbia - NDP
Proulx, Marcel, Hull—Aylmer, Québec - Liberal
Rajotte, James, Edmonton—Leduc, Alberta - Conservative
Ratansi, Yasmin, Don Valley East, Ontario - Liberal
Redman, Karen (Hon.), Kitchener Centre, Ontario - Liberal
Regan, Geoff (Hon.), Halifax West, Nova Scotia - Liberal
Reid, Scott, Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington, Ontario - Conservative
Richardson, Lee, Calgary Centre, Alberta - Conservative
Ritz, Gerry, Battlefords—Lloydminster, Saskatchewan - Conservative
Robillard, Lucienne (Hon.), Westmount—Ville-Marie, Québec - Liberal
Rodriguez, Pablo, Honoré-Mercier, Québec - Liberal
Rota, Anthony, Nipissing—Timiskaming, Ontario - Liberal
Roy, Jean-Yves, Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Russell, Todd, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador - Liberal
Savage, Michael, Dartmouth—Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia - Liberal
Savoie, Denise, Victoria, British Columbia - NDP
Scarpaleggia, Francis, Lac-Saint-Louis, Québec - Liberal
Scheer, Andrew, Regina—Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan - Conservative
Schellenberger, Gary, Perth—Wellington, Ontario - Conservative
Scott, Andy (Hon.), Fredericton, New Brunswick - Liberal
Sgro, Judy (Hon.), York West, Ontario - Liberal
Shipley, Bev, Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, Ontario - Conservative
Siksay, Bill, Burnaby—Douglas, British Columbia - NDP
Silva, Mario, Davenport, Ontario - Liberal
Simard, Raymond (Hon.), Saint Boniface, Manitoba - Liberal
Simms, Scott, Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador - Liberal
Skelton, Carol (Hon.), Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, Saskatchewan - Conservative
Smith, Joy, Kildonan—St. Paul, Manitoba - Conservative
Solberg, Monte (Hon.), Medicine Hat, Alberta - Conservative
Sorenson, Kevin, Crowfoot, Alberta - Conservative
St. Amand, Lloyd, Brant, Ontario - Liberal
St. Denis, Brent, Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, Ontario - Liberal
Stanton, Bruce, Simcoe North, Ontario - Conservative
St-Cyr, Thierry, Jeanne-Le Ber, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Steckle, Paul, Huron—Bruce, Ontario - Liberal
St-Hilaire, Caroline, Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Stoffer, Peter, Sackville—Eastern Shore, Nova Scotia - NDP
Storseth, Brian, Westlock—St. Paul, Alberta - Conservative
Strahl, Chuck (Hon.), Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon, British Columbia - Conservative
Stronach, Belinda (Hon.), Newmarket—Aurora, Ontario - Liberal
Sweet, David, Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale, Ontario - Conservative
Szabo, Paul, Mississauga South, Ontario - Liberal
Telegdi, Andrew (Hon. ), Kitchener—Waterloo, Ontario - Liberal
Temelkovski, Lui, Oak Ridges—Markham, Ontario - Liberal
Thibault, Louise , Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Thibault, Robert (Hon.), West Nova, Nova Scotia - Liberal
Thompson, Greg Francis (Hon.), New Brunswick Southwest, New Brunswick - Conservative
Thompson, Myron , Wild Rose, Alberta - Conservative
Tilson, David, Dufferin—Caledon, Ontario - Conservative
Toews, Vic (Hon.), Provencher, Manitoba - Conservative
Tonks, Alan, York South—Weston, Ontario - Liberal
Trost, Bradley, Saskatoon—Humboldt, Saskatchewan - Conservative
Turner, Garth (Hon.), Halton, Ontario - Independent
Tweed, Merv, Brandon—Souris, Manitoba - Conservative
Valley, Roger, Kenora, Ontario - Liberal
Van Kesteren, Dave, Chatham-Kent—Essex, Ontario - Conservative
Van Loan, Peter (Hon.), York—Simcoe, Ontario - Conservative
Vellacott, Maurice, Saskatoon—Wanuskewin, Saskatchewan - Conservative
Verner, Josée (Hon.), Louis-Saint-Laurent, Québec - Conservative
Vincent, Robert, Shefford, Québec - Bloc Québécois
Volpe, Joseph (Hon.), Eglinton—Lawrence, Ontario - Liberal
Wallace, Mike, Burlington, Ontario - Conservative
Wappel, Tom, Scarborough Southwest, Ontario - Liberal
Warawa, Mark, Langley, British Columbia - Conservative
Warkentin, Chris, Peace River, Alberta - Conservative
Wasylycia-Leis, Judy, Winnipeg North, Manitoba - NDP
Watson, Jeff, Essex, Ontario - Conservative
Wilfert, Bryon (Hon.), Richmond Hill, Ontario - Liberal
Williams, John, Edmonton—St. Albert, Alberta - Conservative
Wilson, Blair, West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country, British Columbia - Liberal
Wrzesnewskyj, Borys, Etobicoke Centre, Ontario - Liberal
Yelich, Lynne, Blackstrap, Saskatchewan - Conservative
Zed, Paul, Saint John, New Brunswick - Liberal

Articles 13: the pop tart

2006-12-15T20:37:00.000-05:00

There have been lots of articles written about the exploits of Britney Spears. She may be short on musical talent, but she's always flaunted her assets. She was especially bold in a recent night on the town.

Airdrie, Alberta

2006-12-15T20:13:00.000-05:00

Airdrie, Alberta is a small city of about 29,000 people just north of Calgary. It's part of the Calgary Metropolitan area, so it's been growing by leaps and bounds as the provincial economy has boomed.

Some quick facts about the city:
* Over 50% of the population is under the age of 18.
* Airdrie is the highest 'city' in Canada with an elevation of 1,089m (3,573 feet).
* Airdrie residents enjoy clear sunny skies, wide open spaces and warm chinook winds in the middle of winter.

The city's web site has an interactive recreation map that you can click on to to zoom, pan and view recreation facility locations, pathways and future development areas.

S$# 050 Who | I Can See For Miles

2006-12-13T15:14:00.000-05:00

I Can See For Miles is probably my favourite song by The Who. It's got all the great elements of a classic Who rocker – the soaring guitars of Pete Townshend (who wrote the song), John Entwistle's pounding bass, Keith Moon's great drumming, and excellent vocal from Roger Daltrey.

Released as a single in the fall of 1967, ICS4M reached no. 10 in the UK and no. 9 in the US, and all the way to no. 1 on the CHUM chart in Canada. It's also a standout track on their excellent album The Who Sell Out. Mind you, I wasn't aware of the song or the album way back when; I discovered them years later.

The group went to great lengths to record the song, as outlined in this excerpt from Wikipedia:

The recording of I Can See For Miles exemplified the ever-increasing use of studio techniques in the late 1960s. Not only was it recorded in separate sessions, it was recorded in a geographic range stretching thousands of kilometers. The backing tracks were recorded in London, the lyrics and overdubbing were performed in New York at Talentmasters Studios, while the record was finished with mastering in Los Angeles, at the Gold Star Studios.

ICS4M is about love betrayal, and one's ability to see beyond that:

I know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise
I know that you have 'cause there's magic in my eyes

I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Oh yeah

If you think that I don't know about the little tricks you've played
And never see you when deliberately you put things in my way

Well, here's a poke at you
You're gonna choke on it too
You're gonna lose that smile
Beacuse all the while

I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Oh yeah

You took advantage of my trust in you when I was so far away
I saw you holding lots of other guys and now you've got the nerve to say

That you still want me
Well, that's as may be
But you gotta stand trial
Because all the while

I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Oh yeah

I know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise
I know that you have 'cause there's magic in my eyes

I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
Oh yeah

The Eiffel Tower and the Taj Mahal are mine to see on clear days
You thought that I would need a crystal ball to see right through the haze

Well, here's a poke at you
You're gonna choke on it too
You're gonna lose that smile
Beacuse all the while

I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
And miles and miles and miles and miles

I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles
I can see for miles and miles

I Can See For Miles is also available on several Who compilations.

A$# 050 Elvis Presley | Command Performances (The Essential 60s Masters II)

2006-12-11T21:59:00.000-05:00

Up until now, I haven’t spotlighted any collections in the Album Spotlight, but this week it seems appropriate to focus on Command Performances, as it is a recent acquisition for my collection.

Command Performances, issued in 1995 as a second multi-disc set to explore the King’s 1960s recordings, features tracks from his movies from that decade.

Many of the post-army movies Elvis appeared in were entertaining enough, but they didn’t challenge him at a time when he was looking for more complex roles. The accompanying music wasn’t always that challenging either. Nonetheless, there are a lot of good songs in that body of work, and CP collects more than 60 of them on two discs.

There are some quite recognizable numbers, such as Blue Hawaii, Can’t Help Falling In Love, Return To Sender, Bossa Nova Baby, Viva Las Vegas, Girl Happy, and a rousing cover of Ray Charles’s What’d I Say. But there are also a lot of other interesting numbers such as the accordion-driven Wooden Heart, the tender Because Of Love, the racing numbers Speedway and Spinout, the island-evoking Paradise, Hawaiian Style, the catchy Clambake and A Little Less Conversation (not the remix that made the charts in 2001, though) and the moody Edge Of Reality, which I spotlighted several months ago.

Elvis wasn’t on the cutting edge of music in the 1960s as he had been in the 1950s, but the material presented here works because he brought his considerable talent and Kingliness to the songs.

Track listing, including what film each song comes from:

Disc 1:
1. G.I. Blues (G.I. Blues)
2. Wooden Heart (G.I. Blues)
3. Shoppin' Around (G.I. Blues)
4. Doin' The Best I Can (G.I. Blues)
5. Flaming Star (Flaming Star)
6. Wild In The Country (Wild In The Country)
7. Lonely Man (Wild In The Country (recorded for film but not used))
8. Blue Hawaii (Blue Hawaii)
9. Rock-A-Hula Baby (Blue Hawaii)
10. Can't Help Falling In Love (Blue Hawaii)
11. Beach Boy Blues (Blue Hawaii)
12. Hawaiian Wedding Song (Blue Hawaii)
13. Follow That Dream - (alternate take) (Follow That Dream)
14. Angel (Follow That Dream)
15. King Of The Whole Wide World (Kid Galahad)
16. I Got Lucky (Kid Galahad)
17. Girls! Girls! Girls! (Girls! Girls! Girls!)
18. Because Of Love (Girls! Girls! Girls!)
19. Return To Sender (Girls! Girls! Girls!)
20. One Broken Heart For Sale (It Happened At The World's Fair)
21. I'm Falling In Love Tonight (It Happened At The World's Fair)
22. They Remind Me Too Much Of You (It Happened At The World's Fair)
23. Fun In Acapulco (Fun In Acapulco)
24. Bossa Nova Baby (Fun In Acapulco)
25. Marguerita (Fun In Acapulco)
26. Mexico (Fun In Acapulco)
27. Kissin' Cousins (Kissin' Cousins)
28. One Boy, Two Little Girls (Kissin' Cousins)
29. Once Is Enough (Kissin' Cousins)
30. Viva Las Vegas (Viva Las Vegas)
31. What'd I Say (Viva Las Vegas)

Disc 2:
1. Roustabout (Roustabout)
2. Poison Ivy League (Roustabout)
3. Little Egypt (Roustabout)
4. There's A Brand New Day On The Horizon (Roustabout)
5. Girl Happy (Girl Happy)
6. Puppet On A String (Girl Happy)
7. Do The Clam (Girl Happy)
8. Harem Holiday (Harem Holiday)
9. So Close, Yet So Far (Harem Holiday)
10. Frankie And Johnny (Frankie And Johnny)
11. Please Don't Stop Loving Me (Frankie And Johnny)
12. Paradise, Hawaiian Style (Paradise, Hawaiian Style)
13. This Is My Heaven (Paradise, Hawaiian Style)
14. Spinout (Spinout)
15. All That I Am (Spinout)
16. I'll Be Back (Spinout)
17. Easy Come, Easy Go (Easy Come, Easy Go)
18. Double Trouble (Double Trouble)
19. Long Legged Girl (With The Short Dress On) (Double Trouble)
20. Clambake (Clambake)
21. You Don't Know Me (Clambake)
22. Stay Away, Joe (Stay Away, Joe)
23. Speedway (Speedway)
24. Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby (Speedway)
25. Let Yourself Go (Speedway)
26. Almost In Love (Live A Little, Love A Little)
27. A Little Less Conversation (Live A Little, Love A Little)
28. Edge Of Reality (Live A Little, Love A Little)
29. Charro! (Charro!)
30. Clean Up Your Own Back Yard (The Trouble With Girls)
31. Change Of Habit (Change Of Habit)

Another vote on same-sex marriage

2006-12-09T20:09:00.000-05:00

Parliament voted on Stephen Harper's motion on same-sex marriage a few days ago. The motion asked whether Parliament should restore the traditional definition of marriage.

In a free vote (it was free for the Conservatives, Liberals and NDP, but whipped for the Bloc Quebecois), the motion was defeated 175 to 123.

I'm glad it was defeated, and I hope that no future Parliament tries to revisit the issue.

Some have praised Harper for keeping his election promise to have such a vote. Perhaps he was pandering to religious right in the election campaign to get their votes when he made the promise. He must know that he could never make a retrograde law stick unless he used the notwithstanding clause, which he said he would not use.

So why did we just go through this pointless, yet divisive, exercise? Same-sex marriage is here to stay, and it's about time that the homophobes realize that and just accept it.

Long live the memory of John Lennon

2006-12-08T21:51:00.000-05:00

It was on December 8, 1980 that John Lennon was killed. What a terrible loss for his family and friends, and for the whole world.

We miss him. But his music lives on for all to enjoy.

Moon unit (4)

2006-12-08T21:46:00.000-05:00

Here are some lists of moon features, such as craters, mountains, mountain ranges, seas, lakes and valleys. There are also other types of feature such as albedo, catena, dorsa, dorsum, promontorium, rima, rimae, rupes, sinus, paludes and terra.

Craters
* Abbe
* Abbot
* Abel
* Abenezra
* Abetti
* Abul Wáfa
* Abulfeda
* Acosta
* Adams
* Agatharchides
* Agrippa
* Airy
* Aitken
* Al-Bakri
* Al-Biruni
* Al-Khwarizmi
* Al-Marrakushi
* Albategnius
* Alden
* Alder
* Aldrin
* Alekhin
* Alexander
* Alfraganus
* Alhazen
* Aliacensis
* Almanon
* Aloha
* Alpetragius
* Alphonsus
* Alter
* Ameghino
* Amici
* Ammonius
* Amontons
* Amundsen
* Anaxagoras
* Anaximander
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* Mons Vinogradov[1]
* Mons Vitruvius
* Mons Wolff

Mountain Ranges
* Montes Agricola
* Montes Alpes
* Montes Apenninus
* Montes Archimedes
* Montes Carpatus
* Montes Caucasus
* Montes Cordillera
* Montes Haemus
* Montes Harbinger
* Montes Jura
* Montes Pyrenaeus
* Montes Recti
* Montes Riphaeus
* Montes Rook
* Montes Secchi
* Montes Spitzbergen
* Montes Taurus
* Montes Teneriffe

Seas
* Mare Anguis
* Mare Australe
* Mare Cognitum
* Mare Crisium
* Mare Fecunditatis
* Mare Frigoris
* Mare Humboldtianum
* Mare Humorum
* Mare Imbrium
* Mare Ingenii
* Mare Insularum
* Mare Marginis
* Mare Moscoviense
* Mare Nectaris
* Mare Nubium
* Mare Orientale
* Mare Serenitatis
* Mare Smythii
* Mare Spumans
* Mare Tranquillitatis
* Mare Undarum
* Mare Vaporum
* Oceanus Procellarum

Lakes
* Lacus Aestatis
* Lacus Autumni
* Lacus Bonitatis
* Lacus Doloris
* Lacus Excellentiae
* Lacus Felicitatis
* Lacus Gaudii
* Lacus Hiemalis
* Lacus Lenitatis
* Lacus Luxuriae
* Lacus Mortis
* Lacus Oblivionis
* Lacus Odii
* Lacus Perseverantiae
* Lacus Solitudinis
* Lacus Somniorum
* Lacus Spei
* Lacus Temporis
* Lacus Timoris
* Lacus Veris

Valleys
* Vallis Alpes
* Vallis Baade
* Vallis Bohr
* Vallis Bouvard
* Vallis Capella
* Vallis Inghirami
* Vallis Palitzsch
* Vallis Planck
* Vallis Rheita
* Vallis Schrödinger
* Vallis Schröteri
* Vallis Snellius

Albedo
* Reiner Gamma

* Catena
* Catena Abulfeda
* Catena Artamonov
* Catena Brigitte
* Catena Davy
* Catena Dziewulski
* Catena Gregory
* Catena Humboldt
* Catena Krafft
* Catena Kurchatov
* Catena Leuschner
* Catena Littrow
* Catena Lucretius
* Catena Mendeleev
* Catena Michelson
* Catena Pierre
* Catena Sumner
* Catena Sylvester
* Catena Taruntius
* Catena Timocharis
* Catena Yuri

Dorsa
* Dorsa Aldrovandi
* Dorsa Andrusov
* Dorsa Argand
* Dorsa Barlow
* Dorsa Burnet
* Dorsa Cato
* Dorsa Dana
* Dorsa Ewing
* Dorsa Geikie
* Dorsa Harker
* Dorsa Lister
* Dorsa Mawson
* Dorsa Rubey
* Dorsa Smirnov
* Dorsa Sorby
* Dorsa Stille
* Dorsa Tetyaev
* Dorsa Whiston

Dorsum
* Dorsum Arduino
* Dorsum Azara
* Dorsum Bucher
* Dorsum Buckland
* Dorsum Cayeux
* Dorsum Cloos
* Dorsum Cushman
* Dorsum Gast
* Dorsum Grabau
* Dorsum Guettard
* Dorsum Heim
* Dorsum Higazy
* Dorsum Nicol
* Dorsum Niggli
* Dorsum Oppel
* Dorsum Owen
* Dorsum Scilla
* Dorsum Termier
* Dorsum Thera
* Dorsum Von Cotta
* Dorsum Zirkel

Promontorium
* Promontorium Agarum
* Promontorium Agassiz
* Promontorium Archerusia
* Promontorium Deville
* Promontorium Fresnel
* Promontorium Heraclides
* Promontorium Kelvin
* Promontorium Laplace
* Promontorium Taenarium

Rima
* Rima Agatharchides
* Rima Agricola
* Rima Archytas
* Rima Ariadaeus
* Rima Billy
* Rima Birt
* Rima Bradley
* Rima Brayley
* Rima Calippus
* Rima Cardanus
* Rima Carmen
* Rima Cauchy
* Rima Cleomedes
* Rima Cleopatra
* Rima Conon
* Rima Dawes
* Rima Delisle
* Rima Diophantus
* Rima Draper
* Rima Euler
* Rima Flammarion
* Rima Furnerius
* Rima G. Bond
* Rima Galilaei
* Rima Gärtner
* Rima Gay-Lussac
* Rima Hadley
* Rima Hansteen
* Rima Hesiodus
* Rima Hyginus
* Rima Jansen
* Rima Krieger
* Rima Mairan
* Rima Marcello
* Rima Marius
* Rima Messier
* Rima Milichius
* Rima Oppolzer
* Rima Réaumur
* Rima Reiko
* Rima Rudolf
* Rima Schröter
* Rima Sharp
* Rima Sheepshanks
* Rima Siegfried
* Rima Suess
* Rima Sung-Mei
* Rima T. Mayer
* Rima Vladimir
* Rima Wan-Yu
* Rima Yangel'
* Rima Zahia

Rimae
* Rimae Alphonsus
* Rimae Apollonius
* Rimae Archimedes
* Rimae Aristarchus
* Rimae Arzachel
* Rimae Atlas
* Rimae Bode
* Rimae Boscovich
* Rimae Chacornac
* Rimae Daniell
* Rimae Darwin
* Rimae Doppelmayer
* Rimae Focas
* Rimae Fresnel
* Rimae Gasparis
* Rimae Gassendi
* Rimae Gerard
* Rimae Goclenius
* Rimae Grimaldi
* Rimae Hypatia
* Rimae Janssen
* Rimae Kopff
* Rimae Liebig
* Rimae Littrow
* Rimae Maclear
* Rimae Maestlin
* Rimae Maupertuis
* Rimae Menelaus
* Rimae Mersenius
* Rimae Opelt
* Rimae Palmieri
* Rimae Parry
* Rimae Petavius
* Rimae Pettit
* Rimae Pitatus
* Rimae Plato
* Rimae Plinius
* Rimae Posidonius
* Rimae Prinz
* Rimae Ramsden
* Rimae Repsold
* Rimae Riccioli
* Rimae Ritter
* Rimae Römer
* Rimae Secchi
* Rimae Sirsalis
* Rimae Sosigenes
* Rimae Sulpicius Gallus
* Rimae Taruntius
* Rimae Theaetetus
* Rimae Triesnecker
* Rimae Vasco da Gama
* Rimae Zupus

Rupes
* Rupes Altai
* Rupes Boris
* Rupes Cauchy
* Rupes Kelvin
* Rupes Liebig
* Rupes Mercator
* Rupes Recta
* Rupes Toscanelli

Sinus and Paludes
* Palus Epidemiarum
* Palus Putredinis
* Palus Somni
* Sinus Aestuum
* Sinus Amoris
* Sinus Asperitatis
* Sinus Concordiae
* Sinus Fidei
* Sinus Honoris
* Sinus Iridum
* Sinus Lunicus
* Sinus Medii
* Sinus Roris
* Sinus Successus

Terra
* Insula Ventorum
* Peninsula Fulminu
* Terra Caloris
* Terra Fertilitatis
* Terra Grandinis
* Terra Manna
* Terra Niuiu
* Terra Pruinæ
* Terra Sanitatis
* Terra Siccitatis
* Terra Sterilitatis
* Terra Vigoris
* Terra Vitæ

Moon unit (3)

2006-12-07T18:24:00.000-05:00

I used some of the info from the Moonbase Alpha Technical Manual to figure out the putative dates of events in the series. The Moon breaks away from Earth on September 13, 1999. After that, dates are recorded as the number of days since breakaway.

I dumped the timeline info into an Excel spreadsheet, and then using some simple functions I was able to calculate the dates.

Season 1

1999-09-13: Massive thermonuclear explosion rips the Moon from Earth orbit.
1999-09-19: Jack Crawford dies from reactor malfunction. Survived by wife Cynthia. She is 4 months pregnant.
1999-10-04 to 1999-10-07: Alpha encounters the planet Terra Nova. Helena Russell's husband Lee attempts to warn the Alphans away from the anti-matter planet.
1999-10-13 to 1999-10-14: Alpha is drawn into a black sun.
1999-10-26 to 1999-10-28: A space probe from the planet Triton attempts to destroy the Moon while on its way to destroy the Earth.
1999-11-06 to 1999-11-11: Caldorian spacecraft crash lands on the Moon. While the Alphans help to repair the sleeper ship, Commissioner Simmonds plots to force his way aboard.
1999-11-16 to 1999-11-22: A rift in the fabric of space hurls the Moon into another time dimension where the Alphans encounter their future selves.
1999-11-29 to 1999-11-30: Commander Koenig's soul is kidnapped by Raan of the planet Zenno.
1999-12-12 to 1999-12-17: The Guardian of Piri lures the Alphans toward a living death.
2000-01-07 to 2000-01-09: Anton Zoref is possessed by an energy-consuming life form.
2000-01-13 to 2000-01-19: Jackie Crawford is born. Both young Jackie (who suddenly develops into a five-year old) and his mother are transformed into two aliens who plan to hide their outlaw group within the bodies of the Alphans.
2000-01-31 to 2000-02-07: Natives of the planet Ariel send a fleet of space probes to Alpha. The probes create Earth-like conditions on the lunar surface.
2000-02-13 to 2000-02-15: Alpha encounters the malfunctioning Voyager space probe.
2000-02-22 to 2000-02-24: Alpha is on a collision course with the giant planet Astheria.
2000-03-10 to 2000-03-15: The Alphans meet the survivors of the Uranus probe.
2000-04-05 to 2000-04-09: The mist of a strange planet regresses the Alphans to cavemen.
2000-04-15 to 2000-04-17: Balor attacks Alpha.
2000-05-09 to 2000-05-10: A mysterious alien world appears to devestate Alpha.
2000-05-27 to 2000-05-30: Alpha becomes a pawn in a war between two planets.
2000-06-11 to 2000-06-13: Gwent lands on the Moon in search of a new companion.
2000-06-18 to 2000-06-20: Alpha collides with a space brain.
2000-06-27 to 2000-07-01: The Alphans attempt to help the Darians in their giant space ark.
2000-07-04 to 2000-07-05: Tony Cellini battles a former enemy in a spaceship graveyard.
2000-07-09 to 2000-07-12: Alpha is stopped dead in space near the planet Arkadia.

Between Season 1 & Season 2

2000-07-16: Paul Morrow and David Kano die when a booster on their Eagle fails and they crash on the pad.
2000-08-06: Victor Bergman dies when his space suit malfunctions while installing the new laser defence ring.
2000-08-14: Command Center becomes fully operational as Main Mission is closed down for safety reasons.

Season 2

2000-08-20 to 2000-08-25: Maya joins the Alphans when her home world of Psychon is destroyed.
2000-09-27 to 2000-10-05: Cantor and Zova use Alpha's life support system to return themselves to their home planet.
2000-10-17 to 2000-10-18: Androids on the planet Vega use Tony and Helena as models for the expression of violent emotions.
2000-11-15 to 2000-11-19: An attempt is made at teleportation between Alpha and Texas City, Earth. Alan, Koenig, and Helena are transported to Scotland in 1339 A.D.
2001-01-21 to 2001-01-24: Patrick Osgood envisions a fiery death for Alpha.
2001-02-02 to 2001-02-04: A mirror image of Koenig attempts to release the power of Kalthon
2001-03-31 to 2001-04-02: An Alphan landing party is menaced by a race of rock creatures.
2001-04-22 to 2001-05-08: The space trader Taybor visits the runaway Moon in an attempt to add Maya to his collection.
2001-06-14 to 2001-06-20: Two Archanons are discovered beneath Alpha.
2002-02-21 to 2002-02-23: Koenig and Maya face the rulers of the planet Luton.
2002-03-29 to 2002-04-04: Alpha is effected by the Lambda Factor.
2002-05-07 to 2002-05-11: A space magician tries to use the Alphans for experiments on his new Eden.
2002-07-11 to 2002-07-12: Maya attempts to return as Psychon as Koenig and Tony try to follow Alpha through a space warp.
2002-11-06 to 2002-11-07: Brian the Brain kidnaps Helena and John.
2003-03-24 to 2003-03-26: Alpha encounters the world of the chrysalis sleepers.
2003-10-25 to 2003-10-27: Creatures from the Beta Cloud send an automaton to steal Alpha's life support core.
2004-05-10 to 2004-05-20: Shermeen Williams is lured into helping Vindrus bring his people to Alpha from their anti-matter world.\
2004-12-07 to 2004-12-13: The Bringers of Wonder attempt to detonate the nuclear domes in order to tap the raw energy inside.
2005-03-14 to 2005-03-15: Maya battles the evil Dorzak, another Psychon who has escaped the destruction of their race.
2005-03-17 to 2005-03-22: Sandor tries to stop Koenig's attempt to save Alpha from a deadly planet.
2006-01-05 to 2006-01-06: Koenig fights for his life on a planet's orbiting penal colony.
2006-01-09 to 2006-01-14: Koenig attempts to contact a life form that is killing the Alphans as they investigate a planet that could become their new home...or tomb.
2006-04-18 to 2006-04-25: The Dorcons attempt to kidnap Maya.

With the major changes in the show between seasons 1 and 2, they had to kill off several important characters and explain why Main Mission isn’t being used any longer. It’s also interesting to note that the events of season 1 unfold in about a year, but season two is spaced out (no pun intended) over almost six years.

Moon unit (2)

2006-12-06T20:36:00.000-05:00

So NASA's planned moonbase may be near the south pole of the moon. Thirty years ago, the TV series Space: 1999 featured Moonbase Alpha. It would be located at Plato crater, near the Sea of Showers - at 51.6° N, 9.3° W, according to Wikipedia.

You can find out more about this fictional structure in the online version of the Moonbase Alpha Technical Notebook. It features a lot of interesting details about the show:

Moonbase Alpha-History & Structures
A Brief History
Moonbase Alpha-External Structures
Launch Pad-External Views
Level G
Level H
Level I
Level J
Main Mission-Elevations
Main Mission-Level B
Command Center
Medical Center
Power/Life Support/Weapons Center
Living Unit-Officer Accomodations
Travel Tube-Passenger Car
Communication Post

Hardware
Commlock-General Information
Commlock
Commlock-Rear Elevation & Bottom Plans
Stun Gun-General Information
Stun Gun
Laser Cannon

Uniforms
Early Version Duty Wardrobe
Male Duty Wardrobe
Female Duty Wardrobe
Environmental Suit-Front Profile
Environmental Suit-Back Profile

Profiles
Koenig, John Robert
Russell, Helena Susan
Bergman, Victor
Maya
Verdeschi, Anthony Dean
Carter, Alan
Morrow, Paul
Benes, Sandra
Kano, David
Mathias, Robert

Timelines
Major Historic Events 1981-1999
Journey of Moonbase Alpha

Episode Guide
First Season in Production Order
Second Season in Production Order

Supplements
The Eagles: History, Uses and Construction
Errata and Notes

Moon unit (1)

2006-12-05T23:27:00.000-05:00

I read in the paper today that NASA plans to establish a permanent base on the moon within 20 years.

The base would probably be located at one of the poles (probably the south) to maximize exposure to sunlight, for solar power.

Most of the Apollo landings were within about 10 degrees of the equator, with Apollo 15 being the most northerly at about 26 degrees N.

Here are the dates and locations of the Apollo landing sites. Interestingly, there are slight discrepancies in the latitude and longitude readings given on various web sites.

Apollo 11, July 20, 1969, Sea of Tranquility
Apollo 12, November 19, 1969, Ocean of Storms/Known Sea
Apollo 14, February 5, 1971, Fra Mauro
Apollo 15, July 30, 1971, Hadley Rille
Apollo 16, April 20, 1972, Descartes Highlands
Apollo 17, December 11, 1972, Taurus-Littrow

You can see the sites pinpointed on a Google map.

Got my DVD (2)

2006-12-05T23:22:00.000-05:00

It took awhile, but I finally got the Bachman Cummings First Time Around DVD today. i haven't watched the whole thing yet, but I've really enjoyed what I've seen and heard so far. I'm still ticked that I was ill the night of the taping of the show and couldn't attend. That's a bummer. But now I've got the DVD to keep forever.

Chewing off more than you can bite

2006-12-05T23:07:00.000-05:00

I once read that there was a move to make December 5 a national day to celebrate fellatio. But I can't find anything on the web about this. Does someone want to start a petition?

S$# 049 Blondie | Dreaming

2006-12-05T22:47:00.000-05:00

Dreaming, from Blondie's 1979 album, Eat To The Beat, is a great rocking song, written by lead vocalist Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.

Blondie were a very successful group who featured elements of punk, new wave, reggae, disco and more in their work. Dreaming is a bouncy rocker.

Debbie's vocals are great, and the instrumentation, especially Clem Burke's outstanding drumming, is top notch. It's probably my favourite Blondie song.

Dreaming is free, and the song celebrates one's ability to imagine:

When I met you in the restaurant
You could tell I was no debutante
You asked me what's my pleasure
A movie or a measure?
I'll have a cup of tea and tell you of my dreaming
Dreaming is free

I don't want to live on charity
Pleasure's real or is it fantasy?
Reel to reel is living rarity
People stop and stare at me
We just walk on by - we just keep on dreaming

Feet feet, walking a two mile
Meet meet, meet me at the turnstile
I never met him, I'll never forget him
Dream dream, even for a little while
Dream dream, filling up an idle hour
Fade away, radiate

I sit by and watch the river flow
I sit by and watch the traffic go
Imagine something of your very own
Something you can have and hold
I'd build a road in gold just to have some dreaming

Dreaming is free
Dreaming
Dreaming is free
Dreaming
Dreaming is free

Dreaming is also available on various Blondie compilations.

A$# 049 T'Pau | Bridge Of Spies

2006-12-04T22:24:00.000-05:00

T’Pau released their debut album, Bridge Of Spies, in 1987, and I was drawn to their music the moment I heard it. BOS is a fine example of 80s power pop that has aged well.

Plus, you’ve gotta love a group who take their name from a Star Trek character. In case you didn’t know, T’Pau is a powerful Vulcan leader who is a distant relative of Spock, who appears in Amok Time, one of my personal top 10 episodes of The Original Series. (She was played by Celia Lovsky. A younger T’Pau makes a couple of appearance in the sequel series Enterprise, played by Kara Zediker.)

The core of the group were vocalist Carol Decker and rhythm guitarist Ron Rogers, who wrote all the songs. The first single was the album opener, Heart And Soul. Carol’s sultry vocals draw the listener in right away:

Something in the moonlight catches my eye
The shadow of a lover goes dancing by
Looking for a little bit of love to grow, so
Give me love, give me heart and soul

Also appealing are the solid rhythm section from drummer Tom Burgess and bassist Paul Jackson. Michael Chetwood’s synth and keyboards plus Taj Wyjgowski’s lead guitar are also well done.

The songs explore a range of emotions and relationships, like I Will Be With You, Friends Like These, Sex Talk and the title song, which may be a metaphor for betrayal, deception and liberation in matters of the heart. Monkey House is the rockiest song of the bunch, and features some great guitar work. The strongest elements of all the tracks is Carol’s great singing.

But the real standout song for me is China In Your Hand. It starts with pizzicato string sounds on synth and then brings in a single piano. The song then builds into a fuller sound that meshes well with Carol’s vocal delivery. The song is about the fragility of the dreams.

It was a theme she had
On a scheme he had
Told in a foreign land
To take life on earth
To the second birth
And the man was in command
It was a flight on the wings
Of a young girl's dreams
That flew too far away
And we could make the monster live again

Oh hands move and heart beat on
Now life will return in this electric storm
A prophecy for a fantasy
The curse of a vivid mind

Don't push too far
Your dreams are china in your hand
Don't wish too hard
Because they may come true
And you can't help them
You don't know what you might
Have set upon yourself
China in your hand

Or maybe it's about Frankenstein and his monster. Anyway, I found the song very inspiring back in early 1987 and early 1988.

T’Pau were never really able to repeat the success of their debut album on this side of the pond. (Note: In the US, the album was simply called T’Pau.) They had some better luck in the UK. In recent years, Carol has returned with a new line-up of the group. Try to find a copy of Bridge Of Spies if you can.

Track listing:
1. Heart And Soul
2. I Will Be With You
3. China In Your Hand
4. Friends Like These
5. Sex Talk
6. Bridge Of Spies
7. Monkey House
8. Valentine
9. Thank You For Goodbye
10. You Give Up
11. China In Your Hand (Reprise)

Black Christmas

2006-12-03T20:24:00.000-05:00

I'm not a fan of horror films, but I really liked Black Christmas (1974, directed by Bob Clark) when I first saw it 29 years ago today.

It's a creepy and suspenseful film - a stalking killer is calling from inside the house! - with a plot that may seem cliched now, but was daringly original three decades ago. The Canadian-made flick used innovative techniques like POV shots, and eerie music. A strong cast, including Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Keir Dullea and John Saxon give strong performances.

Black Christmas inspired movies like Halloween and Friday The 13th, and a whole sub-genre of horror flicks, but it is largely forgotten. A new DVD edition is out this month, which will includetwo newly-discovered original scenes with a new vocal soundtrack, "The 12 Days of Black Christmas" featurette, interview segments with Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder, and a midnight screening Q&A with John Saxon, Bob Clark, and Carl Zittrer.

There's a remake out this month as well, but I am quite sure it will be far inferior. But perhaps it will create some more interest in the original.

Note: Director Bob Clark went on to do Porky's and the holiday classic A Christmas Story.

Snows of December

2006-12-02T12:04:00.000-05:00

OK, there was just a light dusting that didn't completely cover the ground. But it's too much for my liking. And there's more to come. And winter hasn't even started yet. What can I do? Move or shut up. Don't wanna move, so I'll just ....

Long live the memory of George Harrison

2006-11-29T20:17:00.000-05:00

George Harrison died five years ago today, on November 29, 2001. We miss him. But his music lives on for all to enjoy.

S$# 048 Eagles | The Last Resort

2006-11-28T21:43:00.000-05:00

Hotel California by the Eagles is one of my favourite albums of the 1970s. It contained three huge hits - Hotel California, New Kid In Town and Life In The Fast Lane - and every track is just as strong. My particular favourite is the album closer, The Last Resort.

Lavishly enveloped with strings, synthesizers and pedal steel, the piano-dominated song has a beautiful arrangement of Don Henley and Glenn Frey's superb tune.

Their lyrics explore the theme of the decimation of the American wilderness by the white man. It's a serious theme, but the majesty of the music prevents the song from over-severity.

She came from Providence,
the one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang
heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams
like a refugee
Just as her father came across the sea

She heard about a place people were smilin'
They spoke about the red man's way,
and how they loved the land
And they came from everywhere
to the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stand
or a place to hide

Down in the crowded bars,
out for a good time,
Can't wait to tell you all,
what it's like up there
And they called it paradise
I don't know why
Somebody laid the mountains low
while the town got high

Then the chilly winds blew down
Across the desert
through the canyons of the coast, to
the Malibu
Where the pretty people play,
hungry for power
to light their neon way
and give them things to do

Some rich men came and raped the land,
Nobody caught 'em
Put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and Jesus,
people bought 'em
And they called it paradise
The place to be
They watched the hazy sun, sinking in the sea

You can leave it all behind
and sail to Lahaina
just like the missionaries did, so many years ago
They even brought a neon sign:"Jesus is coming"
Brought the white man's burden down
Brought the white man's reign

Who will provide the grand design?
What is yours and what is mine?
There is no more new frontier
We have got to make it here

We satifsy our endless needs and
justify our bloody deeds,
in the name of destiny and in the name
of God

And you can see them there,
On Sunday morning
Stand up and sing about
What it's like up there
They call it paradise
I don't know why

A$# 048 Beatle| Magical Mystery Tour

2006-11-27T22:33:00.000-05:00

As the second album by the Beatles during the heady year of 1967, Magical Mystery Tour lies in the shadow of the era-defining Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. But of course it's got some of the best rock music on it ever recorded by anybody.

In the UK, MMT was not originally released as an album, just as an EP with the six songs from the film of the same name .The album, originally just a US release, collects the six new songs, plus other a-sides and b-sides from 1967, including the most ground-breaking and sophisticated release, the double a-side Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane, and the anthemic All You Need Is Love.

(The album was released in many other countries, including the UK in 1976. Issues in the US and Canada did not have Penny Lane in true stereo. I got a copy from Austria in 1980 so that I could have it in true stereo. When the Fabs' album were released on CD in 1987, the album became part of the standard worldwide catalogue, all tracks in stereo.)

The Beatles kept up such a constant pace in the recording studio that some of the MMT songs – not just SFF and PL, which were recorded during the early Sgt. Pepper sessions, in late 66 and early 67 - were in the can even before the June 1 Pepper release. They worked quickly to get backing tracks done for All You Need Is Love for the historic June 25 Our World telecast and prepare it for release as a single in early July. (Its b-side, Baby You're A Rich Man, was already recorded.) After a respite of just under two months, they returned to the studio on August 22 to record Your Mother Should Know.

Not even the tragic death of manager Brian Epstein kept them from the studio for long. On September 5, they started on another of their great masterpieces, John's I Am The Walrus, with its cryptic lyrics, sound effects and sophisticated orchestration. Work continued in and around the filming of the group's strange bus tour...

Six new songs would ultimately end up in the film, and a seventh, Hello Goodbye, would be a no. 1 a-side. Paul's The Fool On The Hill is an elegant ballad, and Your Mother Should Know displays his penchant for music hall style. The title song is a great classic rocking song. George provided the moody Blue Jay Way, and the four Beatles collaborated on the interesting Flying instrumental.

The Magical Mystery Tour film may have been a disappointment to some – indeed, many critics pounced on it – but the music was first rate. When it was topped up with their other, brilliant non-album tracks from that year, it meant another masterpiece that capped off the Summer Of Love.

Track listing:
1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. The Fool On The Hill
3. Flying
4. Blue Jay Way
5. Your Mother Should Know
6. I Am The Walrus
7. Hello Goodbye
8. Strawberry Fields Forever
9. Penny Lane
10. Baby You're A Rich Man
11. All You Need Is Love

Shore Leave

2006-11-25T22:54:00.000-05:00

Shore Leave is an entertaining episode of Star Trek: The Original Series. Written by Theodore Sturgeon and directed by Robert Sparr, it aired in the first season, on December 29, 1966.

On Stardate 3025.3, Captain Kirk and the Enterprise have stopped at an idyllic uncharted planet. It seems to fit the bill for much needed rest and recreation for the crew. But strange things start to happen when Bones sees the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, Jim meets up with an old flame and a tormentor from his academy days, Sulu finds a gun.... People's wishes come to life - sometimes with deadly consequences.

It's a lighthearted episode, and I've always enjoyed it. While it's not in my top 10, I would definitely recommend it.

The guest cast includes Emily Banks as Tonia Barrows, Oliver McGowan as Caretaker, Bruce Mars as Finnegan and Shirley Bonne as Ruth.

CHUM top 100 for 1971

2006-11-24T21:17:00.000-05:00

This is a list of the top 100 singles from 1050 CHUM Toronto for 1971. The AM station was really top of the pops back then. (I found the list at this site.)

Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean
Superstar - Murray Head
It's Too Late - Carole King
Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
You've Got A Friend - James Taylor
Sweet City Women - Stampeders
Indian Reservation - Radiers
Don't Pull Your Love - Hamilton,Joe Frank & Reynolds
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - Cher
I Don't Know How To Love Him - Helen Reddy
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul & Linda McCartney
Riders On The Storm - Doors
Yo-Yo - Osmonds
When You're Hot You're Hot - Jerry Reed
Love The One You're With - Stephen Stills
Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
She's A Lady - Tom Jones
Signs - Five Man Electrical Band
How Do You Mend A Broken Heart - Bee Gees
The Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
Got To Be There - Michael Jackson
Another Day - Paul McCartney
Stay Awile - Bells
One Bad Apple - Osmonds
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez
Baby I'm-A Want You - Bread
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get - Dramatics
Gotta See Jane - R. Dean Taylor
Theme From 'Shaft' - Issac Hayes
Draggin' The Line - Tommy James
Lonely Days - Bee Gees
Smiling Faces Sometimes - Undisputed Truth
Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond
Spanish Harlem - Aretha Franklin
Rainy Days And Mondays - Carpenters
If You Really Loved Me - Stevie Wonder
Where Evil Grows - Poppy Family
If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
Beginnings - Chicago
Albert Flasher - Guess Who
Marianne - Stephen Stills
Imagine - John Lennon
Be My Baby - Andy Kim
Your Song - Elton John
Proud Mary - Ike & Tina Turner
One Less Bell To Answer - Fifth Dimension
Two Divided By Love - Grassroots
Chick-A-Boom - Daddy Dewdrop
One Fine Morining - Lighthouse
No Matter What - Badfinger
Superstar - Carpenters
Woodstock - Matthew's Southern Comfort
Want Ads - Honey Cone
I Am... I Said - Neil Diamond
Wont Get Fooled Again - Who
Love Her Madly - Doors
Double Barrel - Dave & Ansil Collins
Born To Wander - Rare Earth
Theme From 'Love Story' - Francis Lai
I've Found Someone Of My Own - Free Movement
Stoney End - Barbara Streisand
Do I Love You - Paul Anka
Domino - Van Morrison
Amos Moses - Jerry Reed
Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites
If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips
Lucky Man - Emmerson Lake & Palmer
Question 67 & 68 - Chicago
So Long Marianne - Brian Hyland
Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
Liar - Three Dog Night
Sooner Or Later - Grassroots
It Don't Come Easy - Ringo Starr
What Is Life - George Harrison
Groove Me - King Floyd
Hey Girl - Donny Osmond
Funky Nassau - Beginning Of The End
Nathan Jones - Supremes
I'd Love To Change The World - Ten Years After
Me & You And A Dog Named Boo - Lobo
Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels
5-10-15-20 (25-30) Years Of Love - Presidents
Only You Know & I Know - Delaney & Bonnie & Friends
Never Can Say Goodbye - Michael Jackson
Resurrection Shuffle - Ashton, Gardner & Dyke
Tired Of Being Alone - Al Green
Here Comes The Sun - Ritchie Havens
Eighteen - Alice Cooper
Sweet Hitch-Hiker - Creedence Clearwater Revival
That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon
High Time We Went - Joe Cocker
Take Me Home Country Roads - John Denver
Rock Steady - Aretha Franklin
Burning Bridges - Mike Curb Congregation
Temptation Eyes - Grassroots
Treat Her Like A Lady - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose

Articles 12: a comeback?

2006-11-24T21:09:00.000-05:00

Playboy magazine has changed in some respects during its many years of publication. One thing is always constant: interesting articles. In August 2006, the interview was with Denis Leary; Luke Wilson answered 20 questions; John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Jessica Lynch spoke out on US foreign policy in Why Are We In Iraq? Other features included Sun, Skin and the Birth of the Bikini - A sizzling tribute, plus Real Girls of the O.C. - Wet, Waxed and Wild.

The playmate was Nicole Voss, born 19 September 1982, originall from Florida, now living in Georgia. Her turn-ons included "intellect, athletic prowess and nonconformity." Among her turn-offs were "messy digs and cologne." Nicole featured a characteristic that playmates have not had in a long time. It's unknown at this time whether this heralds a change in direction for the magazine or not. The images below reveal this feature....

Elaine Paige

2006-11-23T22:12:00.000-05:00

One really strong point of this week's highlighted album, Chess, is the voice of Elaine Paige.

Elaine is one of the premier actors of the West End stage in Britain. She's she's released many albums, done radio and TV appearances, toured, and originated some of the best known roles in modern musical theatre (viz Eva Peron in Evita, Grizabella in Cats) etc. Yet she's not very well known on this side of the Atlantic.

I first heard her wonderful voice on the London cast recording of Cata. Then when I heard Chess, I really knew Elaine is a major vocal talent. The very first two CDs I bought, back in 1985, were her albums Stages and Cinema - months before I even bought a player. (I had a friend make cassettes of the tapes for me so that I could enjoy the songs until I bought a player.)

You can read more about her at Wikipedia, her official site or this fan site.

S$# 047 Bob Seger | In Your Time

2006-11-21T22:28:00.000-05:00

Bob Seger's 1994 Greatest Hits collection included two previously unreleased tracks, one of which is this week's song pick, In Your Time.

The veteran rocker discussed the song in a Detroit Free Press article quoted at The Seger File: "It's a song about my son. It was intended for the next album...but it made sense to me to have one song, 'C'est La Vie,' that says 'Here's where we started,' and this one to say 'Here's where we are today.' We've all got kids. We're all grown up. We've all hopefully learned a little wisdom we can pass along. A modicum (laughs)."

IYT is a fine Seger song that can stand up there with any of his classic numbers. His imagery speaks of life's tribulations, but concludes on a very optimistic note:

In your time
The innocence will fall away
In your time
The mission bells will toll
All along
The corridors and river beds
There'll be sign
In your time

Towering waves
Will crash across your southern capes
Massive storms
Will reach your eastern shores
Fields of green
Will tumble through your summer days
By design
In your time

Feel the wind
And set yourself the bolder course
Keep your heart
As open as a shrine
You'll sail the perfect line

And after all
The dead ends and the lessons learned
After all
The stars have turned to stone
There'll be peace
Across the great unbroken void
All benign
In your time
You'll be fine
In your time

A$# 047 Andersson / Rice / Ulvaeus | Chess

2006-11-20T23:08:00.000-05:00

As many readers guessed correctly from yesterday's post, this week I am highlighting Chess, the brilliant 1984 concept albumby ABBA meisters Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, and lyricist Tim Rice.

The album has many strong points: the musicality of Benny and Bjorn; Tim's sharp lyrics; presenting the game chess both literally - in high stakes international tournmants - and metaphorically for emotional betrayal, big egos and political intrigue; the magnificent voice of vocalist Elaine Paige....

The first track I heard from the album back in 1984 was One Night In Bangkok (sung by Murray Head), which became a worldwide hit. Because of that tune and finding out that the project involved Benny and Bjorn, I bought the double LP strightaway, and I was amazed.

A story of love triangles and emotional entanglement, "Chess is more about chess players than the actual game of chess," lyricist Tim once said.

In addition to 1NIB, standout tracks include:

Heaven Help My Heart - Elaine Paige
Anthem - Tommy Korberg
Pity The Child - Murray Head

and especially

I Know Him So Well, - Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson; it spent four weeks atop the UK charts

The storyline of Chess has been revised during several different productions of the show over the years. (Wikipedia has an extensive write-up about this.) Some productions have been more successful than others. I saw the original West End version in 1988 (unfortunately it was after Elaine had finished with the role) and really enjoyed it.

The original album is what still captures my imagination. I've had the CD more than 20 years now, and I still enjoy listening to this great musical work of the 1980s.

Track listing:

Disc 1:
1. Merano
2. The Russian and Molokov: Where I Want to Be
3. Opening Ceremony
4. Quartet (A Model of Docorum and Tranquilty)
5. The American and Florence: Nobody's Side
6. Chess
7. Mountain Duet
8. Florence Quits
9. Embassy Lament
10. Anthem

Disc 2:
1. Bangkok / One Night in Bangkok
2. Heaven Help My Heart
3. Argument
4. I Know Him So Well
5. The Deal (No Deal)
6. Pity the Child
7. Endgame
8. The Epilogue: You and I / Story of Chess

Chess - the game is afoot

2006-11-19T22:53:00.000-05:00

Wikipedia says that chess is "an abstract strategy board game and mental sport for two players."

It is indeed that. It's also been used as a metaphor in many works of art. Stay tuned....

George Harrison's musical genius

2006-11-17T23:24:00.000-05:00

Beatle scholar Rip Rense has an interesting interview on his site with Simon Leng, author of a recent book about the musical accomplishments of the great George Harrison.

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Simon Leng is the world's leading authority on the music of George Harrison, author of WHILE MY GUITAR GENTLY WEEPS: The Music of George Harrison. He is an ardent student and admirer of Harrison's work as a guitarist and songwriter, from the earliest recordings to the yet-unreleased final songs. His previous biography, Soul Sacrifice, spotlighted Carlos Santana. The Rip Post interviewed Mr. Leng, who is also a guitarist, while he was on the road, doing humanitarian work in Africa. He discussed Harrison's utterly distinctive guitar work, his ying-yang attitude toward fame, his immersion in Indian classical music structure, his humility, and much more. . .

Rip Post: You are the only author who has looked at George Harrison largely from the standpoint of his musicianship. There are many studies of Lennon & McCartney’s musical talent, but yours is the lone example on George. Why do you think this is?

Simon Leng: Well, for better or worse, in the general eye of the media and public, Lennon & McCartney are the beginning, middle and end of The Beatles. My angle is not to say that those two have been unfairly praised, because they are great artists and deserve their fame, it’s just a gentle nudge to suggest that the “third man” was a great musician and artist too!

Rip Post: Tell me a bit about your background and how you came to be so intensely interested in all of Harrison’s work.

Leng:: There isn’t much to report really…. I come from a musical family and learnt the trumpet at school like many other folk did. My father played classical music a lot in the house, played the piano and wrote some music too. Then, like millions before me, I discovered The Beatles and became a fan. At the same time I took up the guitar and so became interested in the guitar parts on the records. I distinctly remember the day Harrison’s music hit me. I had read in “the lore” about “My Sweet Lord”, and went to get a copy in the days when record stores still stocked back catalogue singles. This was around 1976. When I heard the song its impact on me was instant and seismic. I related to it instantly and was uplifted by it. I also remember loving the slide guitar solos and thinking it was a unique sound. From there I got into “33&1/3, but the clincher was “Living In The Material World”, which remains my favourite Harrison album – to me that album has a certain “magic” that even “All Things Must Pass” does not.

My father was English and my mother Portuguese, and so I was raised as a Catholic. As a result I grew up with plenty of Irish people, and spent time in Liverpool – I was taught by the rightly infamous Christian Brothers who had a sister school there. Looking back, I think this all fits with an interest in Harrison.

Rip Post: What were some of the surprises you found while researching and writing the book?
How highly respected he was by his musical peers and how intensely loyal people felt towards him as a friend. Oh, and how many positive reviews there actually were of the Dark Horse tour in 1974! Did you ever see George perform, or interview him? Who are some of the people you interviewed for the book?

Leng: I didn’t ever meet George, but I did see the one and only solo concert he gave in England in spring 1992 at the Albert Hall. The event had a magical, almost surreal quality to it – it was hard to believe that it was happening. And then as he played one brilliant composition after another, and laid down some great guitar on tunes like “Something” and “Cheer Down”, it hit me again that the man was incredibly talented. And, you know, that concert was a huge event – the crowd was apoplectic with joy and George was genuinely moved by the reception he received. I will never forget that show.
I was lucky enough to interview some very interesting people for the book; I really enjoyed talking to the late Doris Troy and I think this was her final interview. I also spoke to David Bromberg, who is a key bridge between George and Bob Dylan – David is somewhat reticent about giving interviews, so I was lucky to get the opportunity to speak to him.

And then from the very early days I spoke to Tony Sheridan who I think gives quite unbiased insights into the politics and dynamics of the group in the Hamburg years, and, tells us much about George’s key role in the band. I found it fascinating to hear Tony’s overview of the band as this was the nascent situation of the group, which coloured the way it developed as they became famous. Klaus Voormann was also a key interview as he was so close to George for so long – he offers many wonderful insights into the 1968-69 period, the making of the early solo albums and the experience of The Concert for Bangla Desh.

Two other figures I would draw out as being important are John Barham and Bob Purvis. John is a fascinating and hugely talented musician, with great erudition in the fields of classical and Indian music. He met George through Ravi Shankar in 1966 and became a kind of “birth partner” to George as he started his journey into classical Indian music and philosophy. He worked very closely with George on “Wonderwall” and then went on to create the wonderful orchestrations for “All Things must Pass” and “Living In The Material World”. There was a tremendous musical and spiritual empathy between George and John Barham - I think the music they created confirms this. Just listen to the flow between the orchestra and the guitar on the first version of “Isn’t It A Pity”. For me, the insights John gives about George’s music in the book are priceless, and it made me think they should be recorded for posterity as it were.

Bob Purvis is also a very interesting guy, who is a little scarred by the music business, and was also reticent to be quoted in the first person, although the Splinter section is based on the interview I did with him. I think that the Splinter section is a pivotal part of the book as it gives great insight into how George worked as a producer, a skill for which he is not widely lauded. All we need to do now is to get that first excellent Splinter album released again!

Rip Post: Harrison’s work is unmistakable. You never take a George song for a work by anyone else, even if heard in Muzak (gasp.) What is it about Harrison as a musician that you find so compelling? Both as a guitarist and songwriter?

Leng: It’s all a matter of taste of course, but for me there is a compelling mixture of serenity and passion in his music, and a deep level of expressiveness that doesn’t necessarily arise from technical virtuosity, but “from the soul”. George was a uniquely”soulful” musician, and certainly the only one of The Beatles who could be described in that way.

He also had a unique harmonic sense which derived partly from his erudition in the field of Indian music. Let’s be in no doubt that George was a proficient practitioner in the theory of Indian music, and this was reflected in the way he used certain chord voicings (I’m thinking in particular of diminished chords here), and melodies that to western ears skirt towards dissonance. In fact they are reflecting of the “microtones” of Indian music scales – a good example of this is “Blue Jay Way”, which was directly based on an Indian raga, and is a very advanced example of cross-cultural musical synthesis.

It’s interesting to note that it seems that George had an immediate and almost innate understanding and empathy with Indian music. That’s an interesting happening for a guy from Liverpool.

As a guitarist the words that spring to mind again are “unique” and “soulful”. He had a unique musicality, and the way in which he incorporated Indian inflections into his slide guitar style was unprecedented. I say this because he did not do it as if he were a “cultural tourist”, just learning to play a few phrases by ear and replicating them. Rather, he understood the phrasing, rhythmic and expressive nuances of Indian music in great detail and made them his own.

The problem of recognition of these skills might be down to “currency” if you will. We tend to measure and value things in terms of paper qualifications deriving from examinations, and great technical proficiency. George was never a showboating technical guitarist in the Jeff Beck mould, but that’s fine isn’t it? Beck is great and how he plays fits perfectly with his musical mission – George was also great, but in a different way, and his style was perfect for his musical idiom. I guess the point here is that we don’t all have to be the same, or aspire to the same talents because that is the norm propagated by mainstream media. To suggest that George was a lesser guitarist as some have because he didn’t rip through scales like a jazz guitarist is specious. I mean, if George was meant to be a jazz guitarist, he would have been! In George’s case, his understanding and exposition of Indian music flowed from his innate musicality and ability to communicate mood and emotional timbre to the listener. So, George’s “currency” was slightly at odds with the general flow and therefore overlooked. This book is about addressing that imbalance.

Rip Post: His history as a guitarist is so interesting. He was considered the most dextrous, I believe, of the three Beatles guitarists in the early days. There was some hype floating around in the early ‘60’s about how he was a “guitar genius,” as I recall. How did he learn to play, and how good was he in the early ‘60’s, compared to John and Paul?

Leng: Well, Tony Sheridan has a lot to say on this in the book. It seems that Harrison was the most dedicated and gifted guitarist of the band, and that he had a constant passion for learning the instrument and new musical ideas. His view was that John Lennon was not a very good guitar player at that time, and that Paul McCartney did not have that love for the instrument that George did. I don’t think Tony Sheridan has any axe to grind (as it were), so we can be reasonable confident that this is close to the reality of the situation.

But going way back, Harrison’s first inspirations on the guitar were Hank Williams, Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly and Scotty Moore and none of these guys played long blues solos. They tended to play the part to suit the song, which is the modus Harrison adopted and explains why he became the guitar player he did.

Rip Post: Please comment on what is probably Harrison’s least applauded talent: his singing. Please comment. Also, can you give examples from the early years to the late solo years of songs that really showcase his skills here?

Leng: I think it is fair to say that Harrison was no great singer in a technical sense. On the other hand, as a harmony singer, he could be regarded as one of the greats. The evidence is on all the albums.
His voice was never as powerful as John or Paul’s. But, the point is, and David Bromberg says it in the book, he could sing the song. His voice was absolutely the perfect instrument to deliver a song like “Long Long Long” for instance, and it is precisely the softness of his voice that makes it work so well. And on the excellent live version of “Bangla Desh” the passion and commitment in his singing is palpable. Even a much-maligned song like “This Guitar” has a very fine vocal performance, and the standard of singing on the George Harrison album for instance is very high.

Also, in the very early days Harrison was no mean rock’n’roll singer; check out the versions of “Roll Over Beethoven” and “Glad All Over” on Live At The BBC. It’s worth remembering that in the pre-fame years The Beatle virtually operated with Harrison as one of three lead singers.

Rip Post: Why did longtime Beatles engineer (and sometimes de facto producer) Geoff Emerick all-but-dismiss George as a Beatles soloist before his inspired solo on “Something?” It’s true that, as Emerick says, you can hear young George “fumbling” in live performances, almost as if he doesn’t know how to fill up all that “blank space.” Paul played a number of solos on Beatles recordings, reportedly because George could not come up with anything fast enough.

Leng: Well, he probably said it because it is true, but my view on that would be “so what?” Perhaps the true value is in the finished product, does it really make a material difference how quickly the solo was created? Or if it was improvised or not? I would want to beware of mistaking the wood for the trees here. If a musician delivers a performance that affects the listener that is the important part, and not so much how it was created or how quickly.

Certainly Paul McCartney had a quicker musical mind than George and that’s great, but, again, I can’t help but feel that we would be better celebrating the complementary differences between musicians, or anybody else for that matter, rather than insisting that only one model has value.

And, as long as we are comparing the two styles, I would just suggest that people reflect on how many instantly memorable guitar breaks George came up with that they can sing as if they were songs in their own right. And, then ask the same of Paul’s solos. For instance, which is more musically memorable – George’s solo on “Nowhere Man”, or Paul’s on “Another Girl”?

Rip Post: Yet students of the group can hear some terrific live solos from George even in the very early days, and his Perkins-esque twanging on “Can’t Buy Me Love” is no more or less considered classic stuff---McCartney had his band reproduce it note-for-note on recent tours. So why was his soloing in the Beatles period inconsistent?

I think it comes down to cyclical changes, confidence and the pecking order of the band. When The Beatles first hit it big George was at the forefront of lead guitarists for that time – take With The Beatles as an example. How many other guitarists at that time could have played the variety of solos George did on that album i.e. “Roll Over Beethoven”, “Til There Was You” and “All My Loving”? So, he was at the forefront – but, by 1965 the white blues soloists like Eric Clapton had started to emerge and a more virtuoso style came into vogue. As George did not come from a blues-based tradition he was not immediately in that groove of longer improvised solos. So, given that he was a somewhat diffident character, and that Paul was quicker at picking up that style, his confidence took a knock. But, as we have seen, by 1969 he was playing that style if he wanted to.

But then again, I come back to the main point – it’s one thing to have all the flashy technique in the world, but what’s the point of it if you have nothing to say musically? And let’s be clear about this, aside form those solos on With The Beatles, George played some wonderfully musical and inventive solos on early to mid-period Beatles records – to pick out a few: “I Call Your Name”, “Nowhere Man”, “Baby’s In Black”, “And Your Bird Can Sing” (which almost has elements of Bach counterpoint in it) and, as you say, “Can’t Buy Me Love”.

It’s also worth remembering that amongst musicians and other guitarists George is widely respected, and possibly more so than he is by the media in general.

Rip Post: It’s my contention that none of the Beatles had reached their maturity as musicians when the group broke up, that they would have gone on to greater virtuosity and sophistication. Ringo’s drumming had reached a peak in 1969 and ’70 (that it would never approach again), while the other three went on to increased musical skills and virtuosity---but none more than George. His signature slide guitar sound is not to be found on a single Beatles record; it debuted on “All Things Must Pass.” Do you agree? Please talk about how and why George finally found his solo guitar “voice,” and how Indian music brought this about.

Leng: I think you are right. George reached an important peak as a finger guitar player around 1969 – the evidence is all over “Let It Be”, “Abbey Road” and “Old Brown Shoe”. By this period he’d assimilated those elements of the blues sound he wanted, and was playing solid-body guitars through better amplification. His sound had fundamentally changed, but his aim was still unerringly musical. This style developed throughout his solo career, and although he played mostly slide from 1970 to his death, he did record some powerful non-slide solos, one fine example being on the song “Somebody’s City” from the first Splinter album, and another would be “Pure Smokey”. And then by the time her recorded “P2 Vatican Blues” you can hear that he was playing fine blues solos. It’s also perhaps worth mentioning that he also played some beautiful acoustic guitar solos, I’m thinking of “Learning How To Love You” and “Dark Sweet Lady” in particular.

Meanwhile, he discovered slide guitar through a mixture of Delaney Bramlett and Dave Mason around the time of the Delaney and Bonnie tour, and I think he felt emancipated by it. At that level I think it freed him from the “pressure” of not being a gun slinging hot licks guy, but it later became his unique voice, which is where the Indian influence comes in. There are certain ornamentations used in classical Indian string instruments that are very close to the slide guitar technique. And certain Indian instruments are actually played using a sort of slide, the one I’m thinking of is the Veena.

So, George knew Indian instruments and musical theory inside out, and was a competent sitar player who had the technique to play the ornamentations – you can hear this on his solo passage on “Within You Without You”, where he plays “authentic” sitar. So, given all this you can see the logical net result was his slide guitar style, which was the perfect vehicle for him to express his cross-cultural musical ideas. It became an utterly unique musical voice, which thousands of record producers have striven to get other guitarists to reproduce without success. The apogee of this style is the priceless “Marwa Blues”.

Rip Post: Give me an overview of George as a songwriter. . .You are very high on his skills as a writer and composer. . .Name five of his most important songs from his solo catalogue---still not well known to the general public. . .

Leng: I would regard him as a “natural” rather than a classical songwriter. I think he worked on instinct and his main instinct was to go for melody as his anchor. So, there are swathes of beautiful melodies in all his work.

Given that he was a guitarist his method for writing songs was largely to develop interesting chord sequences and then eke out a melody from the notes within the chords. Interestingly, you can hear this happening on the demo version of “Mystical One” released on the “Dark Horse Years” package.
As a lyricist he also dealt in his vernacular which didn’t endear him to some critics who tended to approach rock music as an ersatz literature course. Nevertheless, on the Brainwashed album there is some fine poetry – “Pisces Fish” for instance.
5 songs - “Your Love Is Forever”; “Learning How To Love You”;”Never Get Over You”; “Marwa Blues”;

Rip Post: It seems that the vexing thing about George was his conflicting feelings about fame and ego. Here he was absolutely exasperated not to be writing more songs for the Beatles, in the later years, then broke out with enormous success and fame in the early ‘70’s. And yet he was always much happier not being a leader, but rather being a sideman in various other projects. One of the very surprising things in your book is to discover how often George happily played sideman to lesser, even incidental artists, like Larry Hosford. Who?

Leng: This comes down to friendship. One of the themes that kept emerging from the interviews I did for the book was that George formed lasting and strong friendships. He was a great friend to many musicians and it seems that he would do almost anything for a friend. Therefore, in the case of Larry Hosford, that session was done for his friends Leon Russell and Dino Airali who were both professionally connected to Larry.

Rip Post: Another sometimes maddening part of that dichotomy: When George played live, whether in the Concert for Bangladesh, or the terrible ’74 tour, or the tour with Clapton in Japan, he almost always delegated his solos to other players. NOBODY wanted to hear other people play those parts. NOBODY. Why did he do this?

Leng: First of all I would humbly like to suggest that the ’74 tour was not terrible, but actually produced plenty of good music ;o )

(Rip Post note: Agreed---the '74 tour was not terrible, musically. It was a terrible event, in that the press was unkind and Harrison had lost his voice for almost the entire tour.)

But, you are right that he often deferred playing his solos to others on stage. I think the equation is simple – in the book Tony Sheridan describes George as “the egoless Beatle”, and I think that could be extended to the “egoless guitarist”. What George was primarily interested in was the overall package – if that meant someone else playing the lead guitar, then he didn’t care, because his ego was not wrapped up in whether he played it or not.

All the same, he played a lovely solo on “Something” at the Concert for Bangla Desh, and some great slide on the “Live In Japan” tour. And on many of the tapes I have heard from 1974 he plays some burning solos in duet with Robben Ford on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. He got a standing ovation for it at Madison Square Garden.

Rip Post: He once said something like, “not all songs have to be written.” While this is true, it seems to me that he took it too far. I often wish he had recorded and written more. I realize he didn’t feel the need---and that the thousands of trees he planted by hand on his estate was probably more important to him than recording---but do you feel he backed off too much from writing and recording?

Leng: Well, I think it is worse than that because the material is actually there. He actually never stopped writing and recording – it was just that he could not be bothered to deal with the music business to get them released. I think Joni Mitchell is in much the same frame of mind these days.

Rip Post: You say in the book that it was the press, specifically Rolling Stone, that ruined Harrison’s performing career and drove him into semi-seclusion for the rest of his life. And something must be blamed for the abysmal “Extra Texture” album, as I can’t imagine George being very proud of that thing. Please explain.

Leng: Well, it is a fact that George took very personally the coverage of the 1974 tour in Rolling Stone. Some say that he never forgave them. And as the book documents, with the invaluable help of Patti Murawski and Kristen Tash from The Harrison Alliance magazine, there were plenty of extremely positive reviews of the tour.

And I think there is a cultural thing here too. With the exception of John Lennon, all of the Beatles came from working class backgrounds in tough neighbourhoods of Liverpool. With the passage of time and the sheen of fame, it is easy to forget that these were pretty tough guys from a tough place, where disputes were often settled with a fight. If you recall Harrison used to tell how he was “hit” by a teacher once – his father’s response was to go to the school and “stick one” on the teacher. So, to some extent Harrison’s response to the reviews was to fight back.

As for “ExtraTexture”, it was a contractual obligation album…….so….

Rip Post: “Brainwashed,” a brilliant record---a real tour-de-force---was touted as his final album. Yet there are many songs that remain unreleased. The late Timothy White reported a total of about 37 songs that George told him he had finished---or nearly finished. That would leave about 24 unreleased George songs, by my reckoning. Is this true? What are Olivia and Dhani Harrison’s plans regarding this music?

With those other fellows, 1967, for the first worldwide television broadcast.

Leng: I would be prepared to bet that there are more than 24 unreleased songs – the best hope we have is that Olivia and Dhani go ahead and release them on an Anthology project.

Rip Post: George actually instigated the Beatles “virtual reunion” using John Lennon demo tapes. At one point in the sessions, Ringo remarked that they might do a whole album together. What were George’s feelings during those sessions, and to what extent did he pull the plug on them?

With George there was always a feeling that it was a bit of a chore, and the difficult professional relationship between him and Paul McCartney was always in the background. If the performances he produced on guitar and vocals are anything to go by he was inspired during the sessions, but I think it is well known that he brought proceedings to a halt due to the apocryphal “musical differences” with Paul during the attempted recording of a third song.

Rip Post: Back to his soloing. . .There are a lot of guitarists, and a lot of guitarists who play beautiful slide. But a George Harrison slide guitar part, from “My Sweet Lord” all the way to one of his last, the incredibly beautiful passage on Ringo’s “King of Broken Hearts,” a Harrison guitar solo is unmistakable, inimitable. You can even tell when someone is trying to imitate it in other songs (“America’s” “Sister Golden Hair,” for instance.) What makes his sound so unusual?

Leng: It’s his touch, the vibrato, the Indian inflections, the choice of notes, the way he “plays the silence”, but above all his soul.

Rip Post: Another unduly overlooked part of his career was The Traveling Wilburys. Every time I read something about their music in a fan publication, it’s almost as if they are writing about The Beatles! This is ridiculous, as these guys got together to knock out some good songs that were unpretentious and fun to play. Here George tried to invent a kind of spoof “super-group,” and the music turned out to be pretty super---for its melodiousness, wit, and energy (not bad for a bunch of old guys.) What were George’s feelings about the group, and did he plan to tour with them?

Leng: As ever with George I think that there was yin-yang at work here. At the start he had a great time working with his friends and having a knock-about good time. However, you can hear on the second album that Harrison had taken the lead in producing the record (along with Jeff Lynne) and there is just a sense that it had become hard work and therefore a chore. I never heard any talk of a tour; I can just imagine the legal hurdles they would have needed to clear for that to happen. And that would have put George off from the start. But, maybe someone out there knows something different.

Rip Post: Harrison’s religiosity is too often taken for proselytizing, in my view. It really was a very broad view that drew from Hinduism, but also from Buddhism and Christianity. When he said “God,” he did not mean a guy in nice white robes and beard peeking through the clouds. Can you comment on his spirituality, and how it dominated his life---for good or ill?

Leng: For me it is important to focus on the terms used to describe this area. I don’t think Harrison was religious, but he was deeply spiritual and I think the evidence is that he was highly developed in that regard and had many genuine spiritual experiences. “Religious” implies organisations, bishops, ministers, priests, control of the masses (no pun intended!) and the whole “civil service” side of it. Harrison was definitely not that and “Awaiting On You All” tells us that clearly.

I would imagine that if a person is lucky enough to gain fundamental spiritual insights it would be a challenge to keep it to himself. But, ultimately, the majority of Harrison’s work is his life’s travelogue set to music, so the spiritual aspect is bound to figure strongly because that is where he was. For instance, I think it is just as valid for Harrison to sing about his spiritual experiences as it was for John Lennon to sing about his love for Yoko Ono.

Rip Post: Of all the Beatles solo work, I think Harrison’s is the strongest. Lennon didn’t live long enough to find his strengths as a solo artist, despite a couple of very fine albums---plus he retired for about five years. McCartney is the most prolific, but as a result it often happens that he falls into the “two or three good songs per album” category. Harrison had some real clunker albums, but his solo career is bracketed by excellence. McCartney as a solo artist cannot touch George as a lyricist. How would you stack up their respective solo work?

Leng: I have to say that McCartney’s solo work has never really grabbed me, so I don’t have much to say about it, although I agree that it is very inconsistent. It’s just a matter of taste and to my taste music working on a purely “entertainment” level is of less interest than the more emotionally powerful and revealing work that George produced. As for John Lennon I enjoyed many of his albums and they are of a generally high standard, but I think that his best work was during the Beatle years. And it’s also very noticeable how much of a positive difference Harrison’s lead guitar presence lends to the Imagine album.

In that regard I think the key difference is that only George did his best work after The Beatles, and I certainly think that his is the most consistently strong set of solo work, but I would say that wouldn’t I?

For my money the weakest Harrison album is “Somewhere In England”, although, paradoxically, if it had been released as originally intended it would have been far stronger. Other than that “Extra Texture” is patchy but still has some fine songs on it (“The Answer’s At The End” and “Tired of Midnight Blue” spring to mind). The rest are good to very good and some brilliant albums, which is a high strike rate.

Articles 11: the return

2006-11-17T23:15:00.000-05:00

The March 1979 issue of Playboy magazine included interviews with Ted Patrick and Mario Andretti. Features included What Do You Say to a Naked Cheerleader?, and a pictorial of Denise Crosby (Bing Crosby's granddaughter, and who later played Tasha Yar on Star Trek: The Next Generation), and several interesting articles: Life Inside the Congressional Cookie Jar by James Abourezk; You Gotta Have Heart by Craig Vetter; There are Days When I Wish It Hadn't Happened by Alex Haley; and The Psyche and the Starting Grid by Keith W. Johnsgard and Charles Fox.

The Playmate was Denise McConnell, an American born December 23, 1958 in Wiesbaden, Germany. In the playmate data sheet, she listed her turn-ons as "anything green, the outdoors, directness in people" and her turn-offs as "phonies, dishonesty, people who don't come through after a promise."

This is the first post about articles after a hiatus of several months. To understand why these posts are referred to as such, you have to see the first one, wherein I used a common euphemistic phrase to explain why one purchases that certain magazine. Other posts in the series have looked at articles pertaining to similar images from a variety of sources.

I got it for the articles ... really (09-Feb-06)
More interesting articles (01-Mar-06)
Articles during an anniversary (05-Apr-06)
Articles and a first (03-May-06)
Articles and a mayor (04-May-06)
Articles and the TV reporter (10-May-06)
Articles and the reactionary so-called therapist (14-May-06)
Articles and the rock star (24-May-06)
Articles and the women of Star Trek (31-May-06)
Articles and another first (07-Jun-06)

Got my DVD (1)

2006-11-16T22:43:00.000-05:00

I got a copy of Paul McCartney's The Space Within Us DVD the other day. I've watched a lot of it. I really like it. I missed the 2005 tour, so it's good to have this document of that event.

I'm still waiting on my Bachman Cummings First Time Around DVD. I ordered it online.

The automotive quests of Mr. Tran's cousins

2006-11-15T23:30:00.000-05:00

There's a guy I know named Vincent Tran. He's Canadian, and his heritage is part of the Vietnamese diaspora that fled that country amid the political upheaval and chaos after the war there. Many of his extended family members also settled in other parts of the world - including his cousin Otto in Germany and another cousin named Manuel, who hails from Spain.

Both of these men have set out on quests to drive across Europe in a special car rally, in order to raise money for good causes. They're seeking financial support.

If you care to contribute, you can support Otto Tran's mission, or Manuel Tran's mission. It depends on your preference.

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That is why I am not a comedy writer, folks. Jokes don't come much worse than the preceding blurb.

S$# 046 Kinks | Days

2006-11-14T21:40:00.000-05:00

The Kinks' Days is from the sessions for the interesting 1968 album The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society. Interestingly, the song was on the early 12-track configuration of the album previewed in September of that year, but not on the 15-track version that was ultimately released in UK shops in November. It was released as a single (backed with She's Got Everything) in the summer of 1968, though.

Written (of course) by group leader Ray Davies, and recorded on May 3 and 27, 1968 at Pye Studios (No. 2) in London, Days is a lovely, melodic mid-tempo number that evokes the sunny side of 1960s life. Its infectious melody really grabbed me when I first caught it many years ago on a Kinks compilation. It's available on several Kinks compilations and remasters of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society.

Thank you for the days
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me

I'm thinking of the days
I won't forget a single day, believe me

I bless the light
I bless the light that lights on you believe me

And though you're gone
You're with me every single day, believe me

Days I'll remember all my life
Days when you can't see wrong from right

You took my life
But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me
But it's all right
Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me

I wish today could be tomorrow
The night is dark
It just brings sorrow, let it wait

Thank you for the days
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me

I'm thinking of the days
I won't forget a single day, believe me

Days I'll remember all my life
Days when you can't see wrong from right

You took my life
But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me
But it's all right
Now I'm not frightened of this world, believe me

Days

Thank you for the days
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me

I'm thinking of the days
I won't forget a single day, believe me

I bless the light
I bless the light that shines on you believe me

And though you're gone
You're with me every single day, believe me

Days

A$# 046 Guess Who | Road Food / Power In The Music

2006-11-13T23:57:00.000-05:00

This week I'm highlighting two albums at once, both by the fabulous Guess Who: Road Food (1974) and Power In The Music (1975). The two records were paired in a 2004 twofer CD release, so it seems logical to focus on them both in one post.

The CD was one of four TGW twofers released that year by BMG, and many have criticized the lack of remastering, and the curious pairings of some of the albums. For example, Road Food and Power In The Music don't seem like a natural fit, since RF is from the period of guitarists Kurt Winter and Donnie McDougall, and PITM is from the Domenic Troiano period. It would have made more sense to match PITM with the other Dom album from 1975, Flavours. The style of the group changed dramatically when Kurt (and fellow guitarist Donnie McDougall) left and then Dom ushered in a much jazzier type of sound.

Nonetheless, this makes for an interesting pairing, in that both represented different kinds of endings - RF being the last Kurt/Donnie album, and PITM being the last, period, by the classic era TGW.

(Note: RCA issued The Way They Were in 1976 (which had been recorded back in 1970 before Randy Bachman left), an excellent set, but by this time the group had broken up. Original bass player Jim Kale would later head up klone lineups under the TGW moniker. I've written about this before. In my mind the only legit configurations of The Guess Who post 1975 were the reunions involving Burton and Randy, in 1983 and 1999-2003.)

Now to the albums: Kurt and Donnie's influence is not that evident on Road Food, because they had by all accounts pretty much lost interest int he group by then. They participated in early sessions in LA, but barely at all when the record was finished up in Toronto. Burton was definitely taking the lead role, ably helped by bassist Bill Wallace.

You probably know the two hits that the album generated: Star Baby and Clap For The Wolfman. They enjoyed singles chart success with the latter that they had not seen for quite awhile. That's not all there is to the album, though. (TGW scholar John Einarson says "the album enjoys a consistency throughout not found since [1972's] Rockin'.") Some songs explore the road-weariness of touring and recording (Atilla's Blues, title song Road Food, The Ballad Of The Last Five Years), the tribulations of the workaday world (One Way Road To Hell), the amorous activities of a groupie (Pleasin' For Reason), jazz influences (Straighten Out) or an odd anger song (Don't You Want Me, which the group had earlier recorded in 1972 as part of the Hi Rockers medley on Rockin'). My faves are Pleasin' For Reason, Road Food and Star Baby.

Power In The Music is an underappreciated record. (The earlier Dom album, Flavours, featured a minor hit, Dancin' Fool. But PITM's two singles didn't do a whole lot, though I quite like both songs.) A lot of Guess Who fans didn't quite know what to make of the new sound. Perhaps the group members didn't either...

As John Einarson wrote in American Woman: The Story Of The Guess Who:

Somewhat confused, the band returned to Toronto's Soundstage Studios in March 1975 to begin recording Power In The Music. Once again Domenic was largely in charge in the studio, providing the guitar riffs for Burton's lyrics. The results this time, though were generally more satisfying [than on Flavours], with a couple of genuine grabbers in Rosanne ... and When The Band Was Singin' (Shakin' All Over), which harkened back to the good old days when tings were a lot more innocent. You can just feel the exhilaration in the studio as Burton hollers out in the fade out, "Stomp it out, Willy" to Bill Wallace. Another highlight was the Cummings-dominated Dreams, a hint of what was to be in store for his future. The title track was an ambitious attempt to combine a cool jazz-rock feel to the story of the development of popular music, capped off with a typical Troinaoesque progression that built to a climax.

I agree that there is power in this music. I particularly like Women, Rosanne, WTBWSSAO, Dreams and the first half of the title song.

Unfortunately, the album did not fare well, and the stage was set for Burton to disband the group and set out on his successful solo career. Three decades later, though, PITM and RF bear reconsideration.

Track listing:

1. Star Baby
2. Attila's Blues
3. Straighten Out
4. Don't You Want Me
5. One Way Road to Hell
6. Clap for the Wolfman
7. Pleasin' for Reason
8. Road Food
9. Ballad of the Last Five Years
10. Down and Out Woman
11. Women
12. When the Band Was Singin' (Shakin' All Over)
13. Dreams
14. Rich World - Poor World
15. Rosanne
16. Coors for Sunday
17. Shopping Bag Lady
18. Power in the Music

NOC NOC ... who's there?

2006-11-11T18:19:00.000-05:00

What kind of work do you do? Every type of job has been categorized by our friends at the federal government through the National Occupation Classification (NOC) system. There are 10 categories, which are further divided into groups and specific job types. So a one digit code would describe the category, and a four-digit code denotes the specific occupation.

0 - Management Occupations

1 - Business, Finance And Administration Occupations

2 - Natural And Applied Sciences And Related Occupations

3 - Health Occupations

4 - Occupations In Social Science, Education, Government Service And Religion

5 - Occupations In Art, Culture, Recreation And Sport

6 - Sales And Service Occupations

7 - Trades, Transport And Equipment Operators And Related Occupations

8 - Occupations Unique To Primary Industry

9 - Occupations Unique To Processing, Manufacturing And Utilities

Management Occupations

Major Group 00
Senior Management Occupations

001 Legislators and Senior Management

011: Legislators
012: Senior Government Managers and Officials
013: Senior Managers - Financial, Communications and Other Business Services
014: Senior Managers - Health, Education, Social and Community Services and Membership Organizations
015: Senior Managers - Trade, Broadcasting and Other Services, n.e.c.
016: Senior Managers - Goods Production, Utilities, Transportation and Construction

Major Group 01-09
Middle and Other Management Occupations

011 Administrative Services Managers

0111: Financial Managers
0112: Human Resources Managers
0113: Purchasing Managers
0114: Other Administrative Services Managers

012 Managers in Financial and Business Services

0121: Insurance, Real Estate and Financial Brokerage Managers
0122: Banking, Credit and Other Investment Managers
0123: Other Business Services Managers

013 Managers in Communication (Except Broadcasting)

0131: Telecommunication Carriers Managers
0132: Postal and Courier Services Managers

021 Managers in Engineering, Architecture, Science and Information Systems

0211: Engineering Managers
0212: Architecture and Science Managers
0213: Computer and Information Systems Managers

031 Managers in Health, Education, Social and Community Services

0311: Managers in Health Care
0312: Administrators - Post-Secondary Education and Vocational Training
0313: School Principals and Administrators of Elementary and Secondary Education
0314: Managers in Social, Community and Correctional Services

041 Managers in Public Administration

0411: Government Managers - Health and Social Policy Development and Program Administration
0412: Government Managers - Economic Analysis, Policy Development and Program Administration
0413: Government Managers - Education Policy Development and Program Administration
0414: Other Managers in Public Administration

051 Managers in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport

0511: Library, Archive, Museum and Art Gallery Managers
0512: Managers - Publishing, Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and Performing Arts
0513: Recreation, Sports and Fitness Program and Service Directors

061 Sales, Marketing and Advertising Managers

0611: Sales, Marketing and Advertising Managers

062 Managers in Retail Trade

0621: Retail Trade Managers

063 Managers in Food Service and Accommodation

0631: Restaurant and Food Service Managers
0632: Accommodation Service Managers

064 Managers in Protective Service

0641: Commissioned Police Officers
0642: Fire Chiefs and Senior Firefighting Officers
0643: Commissioned Officers, Armed Forces

065 Managers in Other Services

0651: Other Services Managers

071 Managers in Construction and Transportation

0711: Construction Managers
0712: Residential Home Builders and Renovators
0713: Transportation Managers

072 Facility Operation and Maintenance Managers

0721: Facility Operation and Maintenance Managers

081 Managers in Primary Production (Except Agriculture)

0811: Primary Production Managers (Except Agriculture)

091 Managers in Manufacturing and Utilities

0911: Manufacturing Managers
0912: Utilities Managers

Business, Finance and Administration Occupations

Major Group 11
Professional Occupations in Business and Finance

111 Auditors, Accountants and Investment Professionals

1111: Financial Auditors and Accountants
1112: Financial and Investment Analysts
1113: Securities Agents, Investment Dealers and Brokers
1114: Other Financial Officers

112 Human Resources and Business Service Professionals

1121: Specialists in Human Resources
1122: Professional Occupations in Business Services to Management

Major Group 12
Skilled Administrative and Business Occupations

121 Clerical Supervisors

1211: Supervisors, General Office and Administrative Support Clerks
1212: Supervisors, Finance and Insurance Clerks
1213: Supervisors, Library, Correspondence and Related Information Clerks
1214: Supervisors, Mail and Message Distribution Occupations
1215: Supervisors, Recording, Distributing and Scheduling Occupations

122 Administrative and Regulatory Occupations

1221: Administrative Officers
1222: Executive Assistants
1223: Personnel and Recruitment Officers
1224: Property Administrators
1225: Purchasing Agents and Officers
1226: Conference and Event Planners
1227: Court Officers and Justices of the Peace
1228: Immigration, Employment Insurance and Revenue Officers

123 Finance and Insurance Administrative Occupations

1231: Bookkeepers
1232: Loan Officers
1233: Insurance Adjusters and Claims Examiners
1234: Insurance Underwriters
1235: Assessors, Valuators and Appraisers
1236: Customs, Ship and Other Brokers

124 Secretaries, Recorders and Transcriptionists

1241: Secretaries (Except Legal and Medical)
1242: Legal Secretaries
1243: Medical Secretaries
1244: Court Recorders and Medical Transcriptionists

Major Group 14
Clerical Occupations

141 Clerical Occupations, General Office Skills

1411: General Office Clerks
1413: Records Management and Filing Clerks
1414: Receptionists and Switchboard Operators

142 Office Equipment Operators

1422: Data Entry Clerks
1423: Desktop Publishing Operators and Related Occupations
1424: Telephone Operators

143 Finance and Insurance Clerks

1431: Accounting and Related Clerks
1432: Payroll Clerks
1433: Customer Service Representatives - Financial Services
1434: Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Clerks
1435: Collectors

144 Administrative Support Clerks

1441: Administrative Clerks
1442: Personnel Clerks
1443: Court Clerks

145 Library, Correspondence and Related Information Clerks

1451: Library Clerks
1452: Correspondence, Publication and Related Clerks
1453: Customer Service, Information and Related Clerks
1454: Survey Interviewers and Statistical Clerks

146 Mail and Message Distribution Occupations

1461: Mail, Postal and Related Clerks
1462: Letter Carriers
1463: Couriers, Messengers and Door-to-Door Distributors

147 Recording, Scheduling and Distributing Occupations

1471: Shippers and Receivers
1472: Storekeepers and Parts Clerks
1473: Production Clerks
1474: Purchasing and Inventory Clerks
1475: Dispatchers and Radio Operators
1476: Transportation Route and Crew Schedulers

Natural and Applied Sciences and Related Occupations

Major Group 21
Professional Occupations in Natural and Applied Sciences

211 Physical Science Professionals

2111: Physicists and Astronomers
2112: Chemists
2113: Geologists, Geochemists and Geophysicists
2114: Meteorologists
2115: Other Professional Occupations in Physical Sciences

212 Life Science Professionals

2121: Biologists and Related Scientists
2122: Forestry Professionals
2123: Agricultural Representatives, Consultants and Specialists

213 Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Chemical Engineers

2131: Civil Engineers
2132: Mechanical Engineers
2133: Electrical and Electronics Engineers
2134: Chemical Engineers

214 Other Engineers

2141: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineers
2142: Metallurgical and Materials Engineers
2143: Mining Engineers
2144: Geological Engineers
2145: Petroleum Engineers
2146: Aerospace Engineers
2147: Computer Engineers (Except Software Engineers and Designers)
2148: Other Professional Engineers, n.e.c.

215 Architects, Urban Planners and Land Surveyors

2151: Architects
2152: Landscape Architects
2153: Urban and Land Use Planners
2154: Land Surveyors

216 Mathematicians, Statisticians and Actuaries

2161: Mathematicians, Statisticians and Actuaries

217 Computer and Information Systems Professionals

2171: Information Systems Analysts and Consultants
2172: Database Analysts and Data Administrators
2173: Software Engineers and Designers
2174: Computer Programmers and Interactive Media Developers
2175: Web Designers and Developers

Major Group 22
Technical Occupations Related to Natural and Applied Sciences

221 Technical Occupations in Physical Sciences

2211: Chemical Technologists and Technicians
2212: Geological and Mineral Technologists and Technicians
2213: Meteorological Technicians

222 Technical Occupations in Life Sciences

2221: Biological Technologists and Technicians
2222: Agricultural and Fish Products Inspectors
2223: Forestry Technologists and Technicians
2224: Conservation and Fishery Officers
2225: Landscape and Horticulture Technicians and Specialists

223 Technical Occupations in Civil, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

2231: Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
2232: Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
2233: Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Technologists and Technicians
2234: Construction Estimators

224 Technical Occupations in Electronics and Electrical Engineering

2241: Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians
2242: Electronic Service Technicians (Household and Business Equipment)
2243: Industrial Instrument Technicians and Mechanics
2244: Aircraft Instrument, Electrical and Avionics Mechanics, Technicians and Inspectors

225 Technical Occupations in Architecture, Drafting, Surveying and Mapping

2251: Architectural Technologists and Technicians
2252: Industrial Designers
2253: Drafting Technologists and Technicians
2254: Land Survey Technologists and Technicians
2255: Mapping and Related Technologists and Technicians

226 Other Technical Inspectors and Regulatory Officers

2261: Nondestructive Testers and Inspectors
2262: Engineering Inspectors and Regulatory Officers
2263: Inspectors in Public and Environmental Health and Occupational Health and Safety
2264: Construction Inspectors

227 Transportation Officers and Controllers

2271: Air Pilots, Flight Engineers and Flying Instructors
2272: Air Traffic Control and Related Occupations
2273: Deck Officers, Water Transport
2274: Engineer Officers, Water Transport
2275: Railway Traffic Controllers and Marine Traffic Regulators

228 Technical Occupations in Computer and Information Systems

2281: Computer Network Technicians
2282: User Support Technicians
2283: Systems Testing Technicians

Health Occupations

Major Group 31
Professional Occupations in Health

311 Physicians, Dentists and Veterinarians

3111: Specialist Physicians
3112: General Practitioners and Family Physicians
3113: Dentists
3114: Veterinarians

312 Optometrists, Chiropractors and Other Health Diagnosing and Treating Professionals

3121: Optometrists
3122: Chiropractors
3123: Other Professional Occupations in Health Diagnosing and Treating

313 Pharmacists, Dietitians and Nutritionists

3131: Pharmacists
3132: Dietitians and Nutritionists

314 Therapy and Assessment Professionals

3141: Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists
3142: Physiotherapists
3143: Occupational Therapists
3144: Other Professional Occupations in Therapy and Assessment

315 Nurse Supervisors and Registered Nurses

3151: Head Nurses and Supervisors
3152: Registered Nurses

Major Group 32
Technical and Skilled Occupations in Health

321 Medical Technologists and Technicians (Except Dental Health)

3211: Medical Laboratory Technologists and Pathologists' Assistants
3212: Medical Laboratory Technicians
3213: Veterinary and Animal Health Technologists and Technicians
3214: Respiratory Therapists, Clinical Perfusionists and Cardio-Pulmonary Technologists
3215: Medical Radiation Technologists
3216: Medical Sonographers
3217: Cardiology Technologists
3218: Electroencephalographic and Other Diagnostic Technologists, n.e.c.
3219: Other Medical Technologists and Technicians (Except Dental Health)

322 Technical Occupations in Dental Health Care

3221: Denturists
3222: Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists
3223: Dental Technologists, Technicians and Laboratory Bench Workers

323 Other Technical Occupations in Health Care (Except Dental)

3231: Opticians
3232: Midwives and Practitioners of Natural Healing
3233: Licensed Practical Nurses
3234: Ambulance Attendants and Other Paramedical Occupations
3235: Other Technical Occupations in Therapy and Assessment

Major Group 34
Assisting Occupations in Support of Health Services

341 Assisting Occupations in Support of Health Services

3411: Dental Assistants
3413: Nurse Aides, Orderlies and Patient Service Associates
3414: Other Assisting Occupations in Support of Health Services

Occupations in Social Science, Education, Government Service and Religion

Major Group 41
Professional Occupations in Social Science, Education, Government Services and Religion

411 Judges, Lawyers and Quebec Notaries

4111: Judges
4112: Lawyers and Quebec Notaries

412 University Professors and Assistants

4121: University Professors
4122: Post-Secondary Teaching and Research Assistants

413 College and Other Vocational Instructors

4131: College and Other Vocational Instructors

414 Secondary and Elementary School Teachers and Educational Counsellors

4141: Secondary School Teachers
4142: Elementary School and Kindergarten Teachers
4143: Educational Counsellors

415 Psychologists, Social Workers, Counsellors, Clergy and Probation Officers

4151: Psychologists
4152: Social Workers
4153: Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors
4154: Ministers of Religion
4155: Probation and Parole Officers and Related Occupations

416 Policy and Program Officers, Researchers and Consultants

4161: Natural and Applied Science Policy Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers
4162: Economists and Economic Policy Researchers and Analysts
4163: Business Development Officers and Marketing Researchers and Consultants
4164: Social Policy Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers
4165: Health Policy Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers
4166: Education Policy Researchers, Consultants and Program Officers
4167: Recreation, Sports and Fitness Program Supervisors and Consultants
4168: Program Officers Unique to Government
4169: Other Professional Occupations in Social Science, n.e.c.

Major Group 42
Paraprofessional Occupations in Law, Social Services, Education and Religion

421 Paralegals, Social Services Workers and Occupations in Education and Religion, n.e.c.

4211: Paralegal and Related Occupations
4212: Community and Social Service Workers
4213: Employment Counsellors
4214: Early Childhood Educators and Assistants
4215: Instructors and Teachers of Persons with Disabilities
4216: Other Instructors
4217: Other Religious Occupations

Occupations in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport

Major Group 51
Professional Occupations in Art and Culture

511 Librarians, Archivists, Conservators and Curators

5111: Librarians
5112: Conservators and Curators
5113: Archivists

512 Writing, Translating and Public Relations Professionals

5121: Authors and Writers
5122: Editors
5123: Journalists
5124: Professional Occupations in Public Relations and Communications
5125: Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters

513 Creative and Performing Artists

5131: Producers, Directors, Choreographers and Related Occupations
5132: Conductors, Composers and Arrangers
5133: Musicians and Singers
5134: Dancers
5135: Actors and Comedians
5136: Painters, Sculptors and Other Visual Artists

Major Group 52
Technical and Skilled Occupations in Art, Culture, Recreation and Sport

521 Technical Occupations in Libraries, Archives, Museums and Art Galleries

5211: Library and Archive Technicians and Assistants
5212: Technical Occupations Related to Museums and Art Galleries

522 Photographers, Graphic Arts Technicians and Technical and Co-ordinating Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts

5221: Photographers
5222: Film and Video Camera Operators
5223: Graphic Arts Technicians
5224: Broadcast Technicians
5225: Audio and Video Recording Technicians
5226: Other Technical and Co-ordinating Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts
5227: Support Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts

523 Announcers and Other Performers

5231: Announcers and Other Broadcasters
5232: Other Performers

524 Creative Designers and Craftpersons

5241: Graphic Designers and Illustrators
5242: Interior Designers
5243: Theatre, Fashion, Exhibit and Other Creative Designers
5244: Artisans and Craftspersons
5245: Patternmakers - Textile, Leather and Fur Products

525 Athletes, Coaches, Referees and Related Occupations

5251: Athletes
5252: Coaches
5253: Sports Officials and Referees
5254: Program Leaders and Instructors in Recreation, Sport and Fitness

Sales and Service Occupations

Major Group 62
Skilled Sales and Service Occupations

621 Sales and Service Supervisors

6211: Retail Trade Supervisors
6212: Food Service Supervisors
6213: Executive Housekeepers
6214: Dry Cleaning and Laundry Supervisors
6215: Cleaning Supervisors
6216: Other Service Supervisors

622 Technical Sales Specialists, Wholesale Trade

6221: Technical Sales Specialists - Wholesale Trade

623 Insurance and Real Estate Sales Occupations and Buyers

6231: Insurance Agents and Brokers
6232: Real Estate Agents and Salespersons
6233: Retail and Wholesale Buyers
6234: Grain Elevator Operators

624 Chefs and Cooks

6241: Chefs
6242: Cooks

625 Butchers and Bakers

6251: Butchers, Meat Cutters and Fishmongers - Retail and Wholesale
6252: Bakers

626 Police Officers and Firefighters

6261: Police Officers (Except Commissioned)
6262: Firefighters

627 Technical Occupations in Personal Service

6271: Hairstylists and Barbers
6272: Funeral Directors and Embalmers

Major Group 64
Intermediate Sales and Service Occupations

641 Sales Representatives, Wholesale Trade

6411: Sales Representatives - Wholesale Trade (Non-Technical)

642 Retail Salespersons and Sales Clerks

6421: Retail Salespersons and Sales Clerks

643 Occupations in Travel and Accommodation

6431: Travel Counsellors
6432: Pursers and Flight Attendants
6433: Airline Sales and Service Agents
6434: Ticket Agents, Cargo Service Representatives and Related Clerks (Except Airline)
6435: Hotel Front Desk Clerks

644 Tour and Recreational Guides and Casino Occupations

6441: Tour and Travel Guides
6442: Outdoor Sport and Recreational Guides
6443: Casino Occupations

645 Occupations in Food and Beverage Service

6451: Maîtres d'hôtel and Hosts/Hostesses
6452: Bartenders
6453: Food and Beverage Servers

646 Other Occupations in Protective Service

6461: Sheriffs and Bailiffs
6462: Correctional Service Officers
6463: By-law Enforcement and Other Regulatory Officers, n.e.c.
6464: Occupations Unique to the Armed Forces
6465: Other Protective Service Occupations

647 Childcare and Home Support Workers

6471: Visiting Homemakers, Housekeepers and Related Occupations
6472: Elementary and Secondary School Teacher Assistants
6474: Babysitters, Nannies and Parents' Helpers

648 Other Occupations in Personal Service

6481: Image, Social and Other Personal Consultants
6482: Estheticians, Electrologists and Related Occupations
6483: Pet Groomers and Animal Care Workers
6484: Other Personal Service Occupations

Major Group 66
Elemental Sales and Service Occupations

661 Cashiers

6611: Cashiers

662 Other Sales and Related Occupations

6621: Service Station Attendants
6622: Grocery Clerks and Store Shelf Stockers
6623: Other Elemental Sales Occupations

664 Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers and Related Occupations

6641: Food Counter Attendants, Kitchen Helpers and Related Occupations

665 Security Guards and Related Occupations

6651: Security Guards and Related Occupations

666 Cleaners

6661: Light Duty Cleaners
6662: Specialized Cleaners
6663: Janitors, Caretakers and Building Superintendents

667 Other Occupations in Travel, Accommodation, Amusement and Recreation

6671: Operators and Attendants in Amusement, Recreation and Sport
6672: Other Attendants in Accommodation and Travel

668 Other Elemental Service Occupations

6681: Dry Cleaning and Laundry Occupations
6682: Ironing, Pressing and Finishing Occupations
6683: Other Elemental Service Occupations

Trades, Transport and Equipment Operators and Related Occupations

Major Group 72/73
Trades and Skilled Transport and Equipment Operators

721 Contractors and Supervisors, Trades and Related Workers

7211: Supervisors, Machinists and Related Occupations
7212: Contractors and Supervisors, Electrical Trades and Telecommunications Occupations
7213: Contractors and Supervisors, Pipefitting Trades
7214: Contractors and Supervisors, Metal Forming, Shaping and Erecting Trades
7215: Contractors and Supervisors, Carpentry Trades
7216: Contractors and Supervisors, Mechanic Trades
7217: Contractors and Supervisors, Heavy Construction Equipment Crews
7218: Supervisors, Printing and Related Occupations
7219: Contractors and Supervisors, Other Construction Trades, Installers, Repairers and Servicers

722 Supervisors, Railway and Motor Transportation Occupations

7221: Supervisors, Railway Transport Operations
7222: Supervisors, Motor Transport and Other Ground Transit Operators

723 Machinists and Related Occupations

7231: Machinists and Machining and Tooling Inspectors
7232: Tool and Die Makers

724 Electrical Trades and Telecommunication Occupations

7241: Electricians (Except Industrial and Power System)
7242: Industrial Electricians
7243: Power System Electricians
7244: Electrical Power Line and Cable Workers
7245: Telecommunications Line and Cable Workers
7246: Telecommunications Installation and Repair Workers
7247: Cable Television Service and Maintenance Technicians

725 Plumbers, Pipefitters and Gas Fitters

7251: Plumbers
7252: Steamfitters, Pipefitters and Sprinkler System Installers
7253: Gas Fitters

726 Metal Forming, Shaping and Erecting Trades

7261: Sheet Metal Workers
7262: Boilermakers
7263: Structural Metal and Platework Fabricators and Fitters
7264: Ironworkers
7265: Welders and Related Machine Operators
7266: Blacksmiths and Die Setters

727 Carpenters and Cabinetmakers

7271: Carpenters
7272: Cabinetmakers

728 Masonry and Plastering Trades

7281: Bricklayers
7282: Concrete Finishers
7283: Tilesetters
7284: Plasterers, Drywall Installers and Finishers and Lathers

729 Other Construction Trades

7291: Roofers and Shinglers
7292: Glaziers
7293: Insulators
7294: Painters and Decorators
7295: Floor Covering Installers

731 Machinery and Transportation Equipment Mechanics (Except Motor Vehicle)

7311: Construction Millwrights and Industrial Mechanics (Except Textile)
7312: Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics
7313: Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Mechanics
7314: Railway Carmen/women
7315: Aircraft Mechanics and Aircraft Inspectors
7316: Machine Fitters
7317: Textile Machinery Mechanics and Repairers
7318: Elevator Constructors and Mechanics

732 Automotive Service Technicians

7321: Automotive Service Technicians, Truck and Bus Mechanics and Mechanical Repairers
7322: Motor Vehicle Body Repairers

733 Other Mechanics

7331: Oil and Solid Fuel Heating Mechanics
7332: Electric Appliance Servicers and Repairers
7333: Electrical Mechanics
7334: Motorcycle and Other Related Mechanics
7335: Other Small Engine and Equipment Mechanics

734 Upholsterers, Tailors, Shoe Repairers, Jewellers and Related Occupations

7341: Upholsterers
7342: Tailors, Dressmakers, Furriers and Milliners
7343: Shoe Repairers and Shoemakers
7344: Jewellers, Watch Repairers and Related Occupations

735 Stationary Engineers and Power Station and System Operators

7351: Stationary Engineers and Auxiliary Equipment Operators
7352: Power Systems and Power Station Operators

736 Train Crew Operating Occupations

7361: Railway and Yard Locomotive Engineers
7362: Railway Conductors and Brakemen/women

737 Crane Operators, Drillers and Blasters

7371: Crane Operators
7372: Drillers and Blasters - Surface Mining, Quarrying and Construction
7373: Water Well Drillers

738 Printing Press Operators, Commercial Divers and Other Trades and Related Occupations, n.e.c.

7381: Printing Press Operators
7382: Commercial Divers
7383: Other Trades and Related Occupations

Major Group 74
Intermediate Occupations in Transport, Equipment Operation, Installation and Maintenance

741 Motor Vehicle and Transit Drivers

7411: Truck Drivers
7412: Bus Drivers, Subway Operators and Other Transit Operators
7413: Taxi and Limousine Drivers and Chauffeurs
7414: Delivery and Courier Service Drivers

742 Heavy Equipment Operators

7421: Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)
7422: Public Works Maintenance Equipment Operators

743 Other Transport Equipment Operators and Related Workers

7431: Railway Yard Workers
7432: Railway Track Maintenance Workers
7433: Deck Crew, Water Transport
7434: Engine Room Crew, Water Transport
7435: Lock and Cable Ferry Operators and Related Occupations
7436: Boat Operators
7437: Air Transport Ramp Attendants

744 Other Installers, Repairers and Servicers

7441: Residential and Commercial Installers and Servicers
7442: Waterworks and Gas Maintenance Workers
7443: Automotive Mechanical Installers and Servicers
7444: Pest Controllers and Fumigators
7445: Other Repairers and Servicers

745 Longshore Workers and Material Handlers

7451: Longshore Workers
7452: Material Handlers

Major Group 76
Trades Helpers, Construction Labourers and Related Occupations

761 Trades Helpers and Labourers

7611: Construction Trades Helpers and Labourers
7612: Other Trades Helpers and Labourers

762 Public Works and Other Labourers, n.e.c.

7621: Public Works and Maintenance Labourers
7622: Railway and Motor Transport Labourers

Occupations Unique to Primary Industry

Major Group 82
Skilled Occupations in Primary Industry

821 Supervisors, Logging and Forestry

8211: Supervisors, Logging and Forestry

822 Supervisors, Mining, Oil and Gas

8221: Supervisors, Mining and Quarrying
8222: Supervisors, Oil and Gas Drilling and Service

823 Underground Miners, Oil and Gas Drillers and Related Workers

8231: Underground Production and Development Miners
8232: Oil and Gas Well Drillers, Servicers, Testers and Related Workers

824 Logging Machinery Operators

8241: Logging Machinery Operators

825 Contractors, Operators and Supervisors in Agriculture, Horticulture and Aquaculture

8251: Farmers and Farm Managers
8252: Agricultural and Related Service Contractors and Managers
8253: Farm Supervisors and Specialized Livestock Workers
8254: Nursery and Greenhouse Operators and Managers
8255: Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Contractors and Managers
8256: Supervisors, Landscape and Horticulture
8257: Aquaculture Operators and Managers

826 Fishing Vessel Masters and Skippers and Fishermen/women

8261: Fishing Masters and Officers
8262: Fishing Vessel Skippers and Fishermen/women

Major Group 84
Intermediate Occupations in Primary Industry

841 Mine Service Workers and Operators in Oil and Gas Drilling

8411: Underground Mine Service and Support Workers
8412: Oil and Gas Well Drilling Workers and Services Operators

842 Logging and Forestry Workers

8421: Chainsaw and Skidder Operators
8422: Silviculture and Forestry Workers

843 Agriculture and Horticulture Workers

8431: General Farm Workers
8432: Nursery and Greenhouse Workers

844 Other Fishing and Trapping Occupations

8441: Fishing Vessel Deckhands
8442: Trappers and Hunters

Major Group 86
Labourers in Primary Industry

861 Primary Production Labourers

8611: Harvesting Labourers
8612: Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance Labourers
8613: Aquaculture and Marine Harvest Labourers
8614: Mine Labourers
8615: Oil and Gas Drilling, Servicing and Related Labourers
8616: Logging and Forestry Labourers

Occupations Unique to Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities

Major Group 92
Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities Supervisors and Skilled Operators

921 Supervisors, Processing Occupations

9211: Supervisors, Mineral and Metal Processing
9212: Supervisors, Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Processing and Utilities
9213: Supervisors, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing
9214: Supervisors, Plastic and Rubber Products Manufacturing
9215: Supervisors, Forest Products Processing
9216: Supervisors, Textile Processing

922 Supervisors, Assembly and Fabrication

9221: Supervisors, Motor Vehicle Assembling
9222: Supervisors, Electronics Manufacturing
9223: Supervisors, Electrical Products Manufacturing
9224: Supervisors, Furniture and Fixtures Manufacturing
9225: Supervisors, Fabric, Fur and Leather Products Manufacturing
9226: Supervisors, Other Mechanical and Metal Products Manufacturing
9227: Supervisors, Other Products Manufacturing and Assembly

923 Central Control and Process Operators in Manufacturing and Processing

9231: Central Control and Process Operators, Mineral and Metal Processing
9232: Petroleum, Gas and Chemical Process Operators
9233: Pulping Control Operators
9234: Papermaking and Coating Control Operators

Major Group 94/95
Processing and Manufacturing Machine Operators and Assemblers

941 Machine Operators and Related Workers in Metal and Mineral Products Processing

9411: Machine Operators, Mineral and Metal Processing
9412: Foundry Workers
9413: Glass Forming and Finishing Machine Operators and Glass Cutters
9414: Concrete, Clay and Stone Forming Operators
9415: Inspectors and Testers, Mineral and Metal Processing

942 Machine Operators and Related Workers in Chemical, Plastic and Rubber Processing

9421: Chemical Plant Machine Operators
9422: Plastics Processing Machine Operators
9423: Rubber Processing Machine Operators and Related Workers
9424: Water and Waste Plant Operators

943 Machine Operators and Related Workers in Pulp and Paper Production and Wood Processing

9431: Sawmill Machine Operators
9432: Pulp Mill Machine Operators
9433: Papermaking and Finishing Machine Operators
9434: Other Wood Processing Machine Operators
9435: Paper Converting Machine Operators
9436: Lumber Graders and Other Wood Processing Inspectors and Graders

944 Machine Operators and Related Workers in Textile Processing

9441: Textile Fibre and Yarn Preparation Machine Operators
9442: Weavers, Knitters and Other Fabric-Making Occupations
9443: Textile Dyeing and Finishing Machine Operators
9444: Textile Inspectors, Graders and Samplers

945 Machine Operators and Related Workers in Fabric, Fur and Leather Products Manufacturing

9451: Sewing Machine Operators
9452: Fabric, Fur and Leather Cutters
9453: Hide and Pelt Processing Workers
9454: Inspectors and Testers, Fabric, Fur and Leather Products Manufacturing

946 Machine Operators and Related Workers in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing

9461: Process Control and Machine Operators, Food and Beverage Processing
9462: Industrial Butchers and Meat Cutters, Poultry Preparers and Related Workers
9463: Fish Plant Workers
9464: Tobacco Processing Machine Operators
9465: Testers and Graders, Food and Beverage Processing

947 Printing Machine Operators and Related Occupations

9471: Printing Machine Operators
9472: Camera, Platemaking and Other Prepress Occupations
9473: Binding and Finishing Machine Operators
9474: Photographic and Film Processors

948 Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics Assemblers

9481: Aircraft Assemblers and Aircraft Assembly Inspectors
9482: Motor Vehicle Assemblers, Inspectors and Testers
9483: Electronics Assemblers, Fabricators, Inspectors and Testers
9484: Assemblers and Inspectors, Electrical Appliance, Apparatus and Equipment Manufacturing
9485: Assemblers, Fabricators and Inspectors, Industrial Electrical Motors and Transformers
9486: Mechanical Assemblers and Inspectors
9487: Machine Operators and Inspectors, Electrical Apparatus Manufacturing

949 Other Assembly and Related Occupations

9491: Boat Assemblers and Inspectors
9492: Furniture and Fixture Assemblers and Inspectors
9493: Other Wood Products Assemblers and Inspectors
9494: Furniture Finishers and Refinishers
9495: Plastic Products Assemblers, Finishers and Inspectors
9496: Painters and Coaters - Industrial
9497: Plating, Metal Spraying and Related Operators
9498: Other Assemblers and Inspectors

951 Machining, Metalworking, Woodworking and Related Machine Operators

9511: Machining Tool Operators
9512: Forging Machine Operators
9513: Woodworking Machine Operators
9514: Metalworking Machine Operators
9516: Other Metal Products Machine Operators
9517: Other Products Machine Operators

Major Group 96
Labourers in Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities

961 Labourers in Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities

9611: Labourers in Mineral and Metal Processing
9612: Labourers in Metal Fabrication
9613: Labourers in Chemical Products Processing and Utilities
9614: Labourers in Wood, Pulp and Paper Processing
9615: Labourers in Rubber and Plastic Products Manufacturing
9616: Labourers in Textile Processing
9617: Labourers in Food, Beverage and Tobacco Processing
9618: Labourers in Fish Processing
9619: Other Labourers in Processing, Manufacturing and Utilities