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The Justin Trudeau steamroller flattened all opposition in its path today as the 41-year-old MP won 80 percent of the votes to become the Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.  “My fellow Liberals, it is with great respect for those who have stood in this place before me and great resolve to do the hard work that is required in front of us that I accept with great humility the confidence you have placed in me,” Trudeau told a cheering crowd at the Ottawa Westin Hotel. Observers said the new leader spoke with poise and confidence, rewarding those who hope to see him as prime minister after the 2015 general election. It was a nearly pre-ordained victory for Mr. Trudeau, who many analysts feel has grown during the campaign.  Others say his more polished appearance and utterances would be an easy cram in the midst of a leadership love fest. Tonight’s victory revealed both seasoned party loyalists and giddy newcomers cheering their new leader. It is, as must be expected, all about winning. Just how many people will vote Liberal in 2015 because they have a crush on Mr. Trudeau cannot be specified. But it will be an element. In today’s voting Vancouver MP Joyce Murray came a distant second, with her call for co-operation with the NDP and Greens in the next election, followed by former MP Martha Hall Findlay. Reporters wondering how Mr. Trudeau “plans to  rescue his party from the brink of extinction” may already have seen his secret weapon. In a statement, the Conservative party said “Justin Trudeau may have a famous last name, but in a time of global economic uncertainty, he doesn’t have the judgement or experience to be Prime Minister.” 

Jaime Stein

A Mt Pleasant and Eglinton area man, Jaime Stein, will be part of an ambitious project by public spirited Canadians to climb Mount Kilimajaro this August to raise funds for a Canadian National Cord Blood Bank. Mr. Stein is profiled in InsideToronto.com  A cord blood bank categorizes and saves newborn cord blood as a rich source of  stem cells to permit more effective transfusions for those suffering from a long list of illnesses. The Kilimajaro project is sponsored by Canadian Blood Services and has a catchy social media name for the climb – #Climb4Cord. Mr,Stein is inviting those interested to train with him. He is quoted in InsideToronto as saying: “I lost my dad to leukemia in 2006 and at the time, he was waiting to get a bone marrow transplant. (The National Public Cord Blood Bank) is a way to help Canadians and save lives. There are at least 1,000 people waiting for a stem cell transplant and that’s 1,000 people too many.” Canada is currently the only G8 country without a national public umbilical cord bank. Mr.Stein is a digital media marketing strategist with expertise in social media and content marketing. He has experience leading social media strategy for two national brands. He recently earned an MBA with a focus in Marketing and Strategy from the Rotman School of Management where he was selected valedictorian by the students of the Morning MBA Class of 2011. He is the former radio voice of the Toronto Argonauts and currently lives with his wife and two sons.   With information from Blogs about Climb4cord.  Also Canadian Blood Services. 

Frank Perri opened Vascada Salon at 1661 Bayview in 2004 and since then he and his talented staff of stylists and hair cutters haven’t looked back. “We try to maintain an unpretentious and comfortable atmospshere. A downtown, uptown feeling,” said Frank as he moved between clients this week. From the bustling business and sizable clientele base it appears he’s succeeded. Frank is proud of his associates and the environmentally friendly line of Aveda products sold at Vescada. The salon is open Tuesday to Saturday on South Bayview, just north of Fleming Crescent (Manor Road on the west side of Bayview). Vescada specializes in both ladies and mens’ hair cutting. Left to right at Vescada: Rachel, Kryssy, Gemma, Frank, Emma and Carole. 

Among all the Japanese products we know and use the Takata airbag is largely unknown. But for millions of owners of major Japanese brands like Toyota, Honda, Mazda and Nissan, the Takata airbag is right there in front of them every day. Now Takata, the world second largest supplier of airbags and seat belts, and these car makers, have recalled some 3.4 million vehicles around the world because of concerns that some of the airbags might catch fire or cause injury. Engineers say the airbag for the front passenger seat may not inflate correctly because of a manufacturing defect in the propellant used in the airbag inflator. As a result, there is a risk of fires starting or of passengers being injured by metal fragments shooting up toward the windshield or down into the passenger foot well. So far there have been no reports of such injuries occurring. Takata said it learned of the problem from an automaker it did not identify in October 2011 after an airbag deployment in Japan. It learned of a Honda accident in Puerto Rico the following month, according to documents filed with U.S. safety regulators. From February 2012 through June last year, Takata could not reproduce the problem in testing, but that autumn the supplier was alerted to three additional incidents – two in Puerto Rico and one in Maryland – according to documents filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. By October 2012, Takata concluded it was possible that the propellant in certain wafers made at its plant in Moses Lake, Washington, might be inadequately compressed, which could lead to the rupture, according to NHTSA documents. By March this year, it also discovered that some wafers used in inflators made at a plant in Monclova, Mexico, for a year ending in late October 2002 may have been exposed to excess moisture, which could lead to a rupture, according to the NHTSA documents. Takata is aware of only six cases where an inflator ruptured in vehicles in the field – four in the United States and two in Japan – as well as six cases in salvage yards in Japan, according to NHTSA documents.