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  Match up #30

Posted by: Shane Kroeker
04-10-2007, 06:02 PM
Forum: [Hip 64] - The Great Match Up
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Match-up #30 - Giftshop Vs. Opiated
I ask you to listen to the two songs in the match-up Back to Back, and consider the lyrics of the song. Feel free to post an unbiased analysis of both songs in this thread, but please refrain from cheerleading or making predictions for your favourites.

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  TTH take on the Ministry of Environment

Posted by: MAverick
04-10-2007, 05:42 PM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Waterkeeper.ca Weekly:
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
http://www.waterkeeper.ca


Gearing up to appeal the Lafarge Alternative Fuels Project

Last week, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper along with Clean Air Bath, Loyalist Environmental Coalition and The Tragically Hip won the opportunity to appeal the Ministry of the Environment's approvals for the Lafarge Alternative Fuels Project.

A few years ago, Lafarge began exploring the possibility of burning tires, plastics, bone meal and other waste materials in its cement kiln in Bath, Ontario. From the very beginning, environmentalists and residents raised concerns about the impacts the "alternative fuels" project might have on local air and water quality. Tire-burning, in particular, attracted people's attention because it has led to increases in emissions of dioxins, PAHs, and metals in other communities. Non-governmental organizations, private citizens, local governments, and others documented their concerns in a number of submissions to the Ministry of the Environment.

One year ago, Lafarge asked the Ministry of the Environment for certificates of approval for air emissions and waste disposal so that it could launch the project. Waterkeeper and dozens of others used the Environmental Bill of Rights process to inform the Ministry of possible environmental impacts, ask questions about the process, and make recommendations to ensure clean air and water and fair decision-making.

In early summer 2006, our worries about pollution in the Bath Creek and Lake Ontario grew. Lafarge asked for a revised waste disposal permit last summer - this time for its thirty-year old cement kiln dust landfill. Lafarge dumps an average of 28,521 tonnes of cement kiln dust into its landfill each year, roughly the equivalent of the domestic waste created by 94,000 people. CKD is the dust captured from the cement kiln's exhaust gas by the air pollution control system. It is a corrosive, toxic substance.


Leachate from the landfill is released untreated into the Bath Creek, which runs from the landfill through the town of Bath and into Lake Ontario. Lafarge is allowed to continuously discharge into the creek as long as monthly monitoring does not indicate greater than 50% mortality to fish. In 2001, Lafarge reported two of these mortality tests where all organisms died at 100% concentration. Runoff from the landfill includes contaminants such as Silver, Aluminium, Cadmium, Iron, Nickel, Strontium, Zinc, Phosphate, and Phenols.

After carefully documenting our concerns about air pollution, water pollution, and the potential cumulative effects of so many so-called "alternative fuels," we were very surprised when the Ministry of the Environment approved the Lafarge Alternative Fuels project on the eve of the winter holiday last December. Every group and every citizen who had commented during the EBR process scurried to find legal representation to ask the Environmental Review Tribunal for permission to appeal the approvals within our alloted 15 days.

To win an opportunity to appeal the approvals, each party had to show that no reasonable person could have made same decision as the Ministry of the Environment, and that the Ministry's decision could result in significant harm to the environment. In its April 5, 2007 decision, the Tribunal declared that our groups had met this test.

The Tribunal's decision opens the door for Clean Air Bath, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper and Gord Downie, Loyalist Environmental Coalition, and The Tragically Hip. The groups will be represented by Rick Lindgren of the Canadian Environmental Law Association, Rob Wright of Sierra Legal Defence Fund, and noted environmental lawyer Joseph Castrilli. We will file our notice of appeal soon, and then we will finally have an opportunity to argue the issue in front of an independent tribunal.

With two years of research and comment under our belts and with the appeal to the Environmental Review Tribunal just beginning, this is a long process. It's also a milestone for Waterkeeper, the other participants, and everyone who has commented on any permit in recent years. We have a lot to contribute to the decision-making process ... and we are relieved that someone finally noticed.

More information: http://www.Waterkeeper.ca

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  Cleveland 4/14 show and Buffalo Sabres fans (or NHL fans).

Posted by: davo
04-10-2007, 10:13 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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I am traveling into Cleveland for The Hip show this coming weekend 4/14/2007 from Buffalo and I am looking for a place to watch the Buffalo Sabres game at a bar in Cleveland and maybe recruit some other Sabres/NHL fans as well. Anyone have any ideas on where I can find a nice bar in the downtown area to do this and catch the game. I am pretty familiar with the layout of Cleveland just looking for ideas on what bars may show out of area NHL games. Also looking to round up some Buffalo fans to watch it as well.

Any thoughts or people interested please let me know. NHL Playoff Hockey and The Hip. A winning combination.

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  New QOTSA..

Posted by: Lizard King
04-09-2007, 09:48 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Whoohoo! Its going to be a rocking summer, new White Stripes, Linkin Park, Matt Good and now Queens of the Stone Age..

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Who else has an album coming this year? Any rumors going around, its been fairly quiet thus far in 07. Its starting to look up though, hopefully Thornley will finally release there long awaited follow up album this year.

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  Match up #29

Posted by: Shane Kroeker
04-09-2007, 06:10 PM
Forum: [Hip 64] - The Great Match Up
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Match-up #29 - 38 Years Old Vs. Poets
I ask you to listen to the two songs in the match-up Back to Back, and consider the lyrics of the song. Feel free to post an unbiased analysis of both songs in this thread, but please refrain from cheerleading or making predictions for your favourites.

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  Vimy

Posted by: grimes
04-09-2007, 01:04 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Today marks the 90th anniversary of a defining moment in this nation's history, the beginning of the battle of Vimy Ridge. Please take a few minutes to pay respect to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in our name.

For more information:
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Lest we forget.

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  HipTracker Upload: TTH: 1996-07-28 Seattle, Washington

Posted by: Tthip
04-09-2007, 12:00 PM
Forum: Hipfans.com Tracker
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The Tragically Hip
1996-07-28
The Moore Theatre
Seattle, WA

Lineage: unknown mics > unknown DAT > CDWave > Flac 1.1.3

Setlist:

01. GiftShop
02. Grace, Too
03. 700FT Ceiling
04. Thugs
05. Springtime In Vienna
06. Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
07. Daredevil
08. Flamenco
09. 100th Meridian (So Hard Done By)
10. Butts Wigglin'
11. Titanic Terrarium
12. Ahead By A Century
13. Nautical Disaster
14. Put It off
15. Fire In The Hole
16. Don't Wake Daddy

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  6-Week Catch Up

Posted by: Chris Tanz
04-09-2007, 08:04 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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So ... my Lenten observance being at an end, I'm checking back into the Hipbase this morning. Six weeks is a long time to go into total Hip lockdown. The only glimpse I caught in the last six weeks was the Juno performance -- i was watching something else; my wife walks in, takes the remove and flips to the Juno broadcast and says "I thought you might want to see this" -- they were about halfway through YNTO. So, guiltily, I watched the end of it.

Anyway, can anyone gimme a quick Top Five-style rundown of what's been going on in Hipland since the end of February? What'd I miss?

ct

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  Playoff Pools.

Posted by: Hard Canadian
04-09-2007, 07:51 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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For those interested, here are two playoffs pools with great prizes and are free to join.

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watch out for the Dark Canuck. :rambo:

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  Match up #28

Posted by: Shane Kroeker
04-08-2007, 04:34 PM
Forum: [Hip 64] - The Great Match Up
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Match-up #28 - Blow At High Dough Vs. Little Bones
I ask you to listen to the two songs in the match-up Back to Back, and consider the lyrics of the song. Feel free to post an unbiased analysis of both songs in this thread, but please refrain from cheerleading or making predictions for your favourites.
You still have a few hours to vote for match up #27. This one starts a little early. I have family gatherings tonight...

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