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  Crossing the floor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In politics, crossing the floor is to vote against party lines, especially where this is considered unusual or controversial.
Votes, or divisions, are taken by entering lobbies to the left and right of the chamber to have one's vote tallied; the "Ayes Lobby" is on the Government side and the "Noes Lobby" on the Opposition side.
In Canada, the term "crossing the floor" is used exclusively to refer to switching parties.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crossed_the_floor   (294 words)

  
 Avista Home Energy Library
In an unheated or vented crawl space, insulation should be installed on the underside of the floor over the crawl space.
Be sure to install the insulation so that the vapor retarder faces up toward the warm-in-winter side (this means that you can't staple the vapor retarder to hold the insulation in place).
Crawl spaces with dirt or gravel floors should have a 4 - 6 mil plastic ground cover to prevent moisture from damaging the insulation or structural materials.
www.avistautilities.com /saving/library/basement.asp   (586 words)

  
 Business Energy Check - Progress Energy
Almost everyone is aware of the importance of ceiling and wall insulation, yet very often nothing is done to insulate floors or basements.
While the heat loss through floors or foundation walls is usually less than through ceilings or exterior walls, it can be significant.
Crawl spaces with dirt or gravel floors should have a 4-6 ml thickness of plastic for ground cover to prevent moisture from the ground from damaging the insulation or structural materials.
www.progress-energy.com /custservice/flabusiness/efficiency/CA/library/BUILD005.asp   (534 words)

  
 The Australian: Joyce crosses floor over trade [October 12, 2005]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Senator Joyce crossed the floor to vote with Labor and the minor parties to block the Government's plans to water down the way big mergers are regulated.
It was the first time in 19 years a Government senator had crossed the floor, since Queensland Labor senator George Georges voted against the-then Hawke government's plans to deregister the Builders Labourers Federation.
Senator Joyce told the Senate it was a pity senators did not cross the floor more often to ensure the Senate was a house of review.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,16891323^29277,00.html   (577 words)

  
 Crawl Space or Basement Insulation
In an unheated or vented crawlspace, insulation should be installed on the underside of the floor over the crawlspace.
Crawlspaces with dirt or gravel floors should be covered with a 4 - 6 mil & _ thickness of plastic to prevent moisture from damaging the insulation or structural materials.
Any pipes or ducts that pass through an unheated crawlspace should be insulated, to prevent heat loss and freezing of water pipes.
energyaudit-sdge.sempra.com /library/basement.asp   (614 words)

  
 Floor Layer Apprentice: A description for the floor layer apprentice job
In the case of the new restaurant Floor, the walk to the washroom is not particularly quick, nor is it terribly relaxing, but it is educational.
Carson and Cavett Floor It Television talk show legends Dick Cavett and the late Johnny Carson were honored at the Omaha Press Club's 50th anniversary Wednesday.
The face on the barroom floor ceremony made Cavett and Carson the 103rd and 104th faces to go on the floor.
www.job-descriptions.org /floor-layer-apprentice.html   (492 words)

  
 Mail & Guardian Online:
Four New National Party MPLs have crossed the floor to the African National Congress, giving the ANC an outright majority in the Western Cape legislature, while former Western Cape police commissioner and member of the Western Cape legislature Lennit Max has crossed the floor to the DA.
The two that crossed the floor are Frederick Wolmarans and Cornelia Pluddeman.
He could only confirm the sacking of MPL Jabulani Maphalala on Wednesday, saying it was on "allegations of his intention to cross the floor to another political party".
mg.co.za /articlePage.aspx?articleid=249688&area=/breaking_news/...   (1170 words)

  
 Australian senator Barnaby Joyce crosses floor - Wikinews
Canberra, Australia – Barnaby Joyce, an Australian National Party member of Parliament crossed the floor in the Australian Senate October 11 over legislation proposed to permit mergers without the agreement of the competition watchdog body, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
The vote was tied with 32 for and 32 against and thus the question was not carried by the government (the President of the Australian Senate does not hold the casting vote as in the Australian House of Representatives).
This is the first time Joyce, a recently elected senator, has crossed the floor in the Senate, and Joyce has suggested that this may not be the last.
en.wikinews.org /wiki/Australian_senator_Barnaby_Joyce_crosses_floor   (202 words)

  
 People of Peace
Meditation 1 Sit with the legs crossed on the floor or sit on a chair with the feet on the floor.
Meditation 2 Sit with the legs crossed on the floor or sit on a chair with the feet on the floor.
Meditation 3 Sit with the legs crossed on the floor or sit on a chair with the feet on the floor.
www.massagedepot.com /peace.htm   (890 words)

  
 AM - Joyce rejects betrayal claims
ALEXANDRA KIRK: Barnaby Joyce has crossed the floor once and the Nationals are pulling out all stops to prevent it happening again, or at least to be prepared if he has another go.
In the wake of Senator Joyce crossing the floor in the Senate, removing a critical element of the Government's competition changes, the President of the Queensland Nationals, Bruce Scott, is working to ensure there are no more surprises.
I don't think there is anybody sitting in the chamber except Fiona, in the National Party, who hasn't crossed the floor.
www.abc.net.au /am/content/2005/s1485402.htm   (857 words)

  
 I crossed my wrists beneath me and touched my head to the floor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I crossed my wrists beneath me and touched my head to the floor, exposing the bow of my back.
Her wrists were crossed under her, as though bound, her head was to the floor, the bow of her back was exposed.
Terrified, she, as the expression is, knelt to the whip, assuming the position of the slave girl who is to be punished, her wrists crossed beneath her as though bound and her head touching the floor, leaving the bow of her back exposed.
www.counter-urth.com /CF/search/528.HTM   (187 words)

  
 InspecTech | Homeowners Glossary
The purpose of the bolt is to limit the ability of the framing to move independent of the foundation in the event of seismic activity.
It may be found in vinyl flooring, patching compounds and textured paints, sprayed acoustic ceilings, acoustic ceiling tiles, stove insulation, furnace insulation, pipe insulation, wall and ceiling insulation, roofing, shingles and siding as well as appliances.
We recommend that portions of the flooring be removed to provide sufficient access to determine the presence and extent of any damage, and any necessary corrective measures.
www.inspectech.com /content/glossary.asp   (8694 words)

  
 The Australian: Downer backs right to cross floor [August 15, 2005]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
New Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce has caused a stir in the Coalition with his strong objections to the full sale of Telstra and has canvassed crossing the floor if he is not convinced Telstra should be privatised.
Mr Downer said Liberal and National party members were entitled to cross the floor unlike in the Labor Party, where it was banned.
"Obviously, we don't encourage people to cross the floor, otherwise a party wouldn't exist as a party, it would just be a loose collection of independents," he said.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,16266514%255E29277,00.html   (303 words)

  
 Independent Electoral Commission
A total of 486 municipal councillors crossed the floor successfully during the window period from 1 to 15 September 2004.
Ten (10) councillors gave notice to the IEC, but were not successful in crossing the floor, the Acting Chief Electoral Officer, Mr Norman du Plessis, announced in Pretoria today (17 September).
Of the 284 municipalities, which includes district councils, the composition of 164 were affected by floor crossing.
www.elections.org.za /news_get.asp?NewsID=259   (240 words)

  
 Mail & Guardian Online:
ANC provincial secretary Pat Matosa explained that Mofokeng was expelled from the party after being found guilty of sowing division among its members, and then contested the 2000 municipal elections under the banner of his new civic body.
Police were investigating a case of a councillor who allegedly received money to cross over to another party, she added.
The commission was expected to publish a notice in the Government Gazette later in the day, detailing changes in the composition of municipalities to enable affected municipalities to convene council meetings within a prescribed seven-day period.
www.mg.co.za /articledirect.aspx?area=mg_flat&articleid=10978   (839 words)

  
 The Australian: Joyce could cross floor again [October 12, 2005]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
QUEENSLAND Nationals senator Barnaby Joyce has not ruled out crossing the floor of parliament on issues such as industrial relations and voluntary student unionism after tasting the experience last night.
The rebel senator crossed the floor not once, but twice, to oppose parts of a Government plan to radically change competition laws.
"I've always said that if you take away from your choices the ability to cross the floor, then you need only send a proxy into the chamber because there's no real purpose to you being there," he told ABC radio today.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,16893946^29277,00.html   (310 words)

  
 Joyce crosses floor to save ACCC powers. 12/10/2005. ABC News Online
Happy to cross: Senator Joyce says the ACCC is needed to prevent more centralisation in the market.
Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce has crossed the floor to defeat changes the Government wanted to make to the Trade Practices Act.
Queensland Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce crossed the floor for the first time last last night and defeated a bid by the Government to change the merger rules in the Trade Practices Act.
www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200510/s1480022.htm   (494 words)

  
 Fodder - A blog from the heart of zaLand: Councilor floors all crossed
Well the recent two week floor crossing window for local councilors is now closed and the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) have announced that 486 councilors crossed the floor with the ANC being by far the biggest winner.
Without floor crossing legislation the NNP and DA would still be living very unhappily within the DA at local level and at national level only parted ways earlier this year during the recent local election.
That said an entry on the DA Mal blog suggests that in future the DA will only accept floor crossers when the crosser is directly elected rather then proportionally elected, in other words only at councilor level.
fodder.blogs.com /fodder/2004/09/councilor_floor.html   (475 words)

  
 Oswald Mosley - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Mosley was at this time falling out with the Conservatives over the issue of Irish policy, and the use of the Black and Tans to suppress the Irish population.
Eventually he 'crossed the floor' and sat as an Independent MP on the opposition side of the House of Commons.
Having built up a following in his constituency, he retained it against a Conservative challenge in the general elections of 1922 and 1923.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Oswald_Mosley   (1750 words)

  
 The Australian: Joyce crosses floor for hollow victory [October 12, 2005]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
BARNABY Joyce last night finally carried out his threat to cross the parliamentary floor, doing it twice in a matter of minutes to raise questions over Peter Costello's overhaul of Australian competition law.
Historically, Senator Joyce's decision to cross the floor was not unusual: a report released yesterday by Canberra's parliamentary library shows Coalition MPs are far more likely to cross the floor than their Labor rivals.
Since 1950, 89 per cent of all MPs to have crossed the floor have hailed from the Liberals or Nationals.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,16892130%255E2702,00.html   (558 words)

  
 losing at rebound - a short story by jay morgans - the morgans project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He saw her coming through the glass doorway across the diner and watched as she crossed the floor, taking special note of her feline grace, her velvet ankle-length dress, her lace cardigan.
For all their levels and angles of “same,” the one difference between them suddenly bubbled to the top of his thought, a rolling boil with a mocking chuckle: He was a part of her searching, while she was a part of his being found.
At the diner, the cook swept the floor dutifully, whistling through the cigarette dangling on his lower lip.
www.themorgansproject.com /rebound.html   (1176 words)

  
 Daimnation!: Don't look now...
I'm just speculating here, but I wouldn't be surprised if her sudden change of heart involved 30 pieces of silver in a brown envelope with the "Liberal" logo in the corner.
Belinda Stronach, the millionaire businesswoman who ran for the leadership of the Conservative party in early 2004, has crossed the floor to the Liberal party and will sit in Paul Martin's cabinet as minister of human resources and skills development.
She will also help the Liberals implement the recommendations in the Gomery report when it is delivered later this year, Martin said Tuesday morning.
www.damianpenny.com /archived/004340.html   (591 words)

  
 SABCnews.com - politics/elections
During the first period in October 2002, a total of 555 municipal councilors crossed the floor.
Courtney Sampson, the Western Cape head of the Independent Electoral Commission, says political party members who intend to cross the floor must prove that the new political party has accepted them.
When you leave the party, you have to be one of the 10%." Sampson adds that members may only cross the floor once without losing their seats.
www.sabcnews.com /politics/elections/0,2172,86865,00.html   (229 words)

  
 FAIRY TALE-PAGE 1
But then the Prince crossed the floor, and stood at the edge of the ring of preening young men who now surrounded her, and their eyes met, and his first grew round with surprise, and then slowly grew hot.
Out on the marble floor, people in vivid, multi-colored clothes twirled around like butterflies caught in a whirlwind, while music filled all the air, thick and rich and hot as blood, and made the nerves jump under the skin.
Before they were allowed aboard with their questionable papers, Eleanor had to blow the harbormaster, kneeling before him on the rough plank floor of his office, splinters digging into her knees, while he jammed his thick dirty cock that smelled like a dead lizard into her mouth, and she tried not to gag.
scifi.com /scifiction/originals/originals_archive/dozois2/dozois21.html   (4128 words)

  
 BC Hydro - Power Smart at Home - Basement Insulation
In an unheated or vented crawlspace, insulation can be installed on the underside of the floor over the crawlspace.
Crawlspaces with dirt or gravel floors should have a 6 -10 mil plastic ground cover to prevent moisture from evaporating into the air in the crawlspace.
Ten mil is recommended, as it is less likely to be damaged by walking on it.
www.bchydro.com /powersmart/elibrary/elibrary643.html   (599 words)

  
 Canada's John Galt: Belinda Stronach - why am I not surprised
I am not surprised that she crossed considering her ill-fated campaign to run for the leadership of the CPC.
Here is a woman worth billions, and throws it all away for a second tier cabinet post for a few months for which she is hardly qualified.
It is one thing to cross the floor on principle - Churchill did it, Kilgour did it, but to prostitute oneself for so little - hardly becoming on her.
cdnjohngalt.blogspot.com /2005/05/belinda-stronach-why-am-i-not.html   (487 words)

  
 152. Political developments in 1959-60
Beharry immediately crossed the floor to sit on the opposition side of the Legislative Council.
His removal from the Ministry was opposed by another PPP member of the legislature, Fred Bowman, who defected from the party and also crossed the floor.
In August 1959 Bowman declared that he was the organising secretary of a new party known as the Progressive Liberal Party.
www.guyana.org /features/guyanastory/chapter152.html   (661 words)

  
 Corvette Forum - Too Many Crossed Flags ?????
Lets see, crossed flags on the steering wheel, crossed flags on the navigation screen, crossed flags on each sun visor (to cover the seat belt stickers), crossed flags on each floor mat, crossed flags on the cargo mat, crossed flags on the console armrest cover.
At what point are their too many crossed flags in the passenger compartment and it begins to look like the front of the United Nations?
Crossed flags everywhere you look reminds me of some Harley owners who go logo crazy and ruin the looks of their bikes.
forums.corvetteforum.com /showthread.php?s=c7ccafde5dbab2bba98671a42d06959e&mode=hybrid&t=1127857   (869 words)

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