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Limitations on backing. On Dec. 13, Warren City Police cited Thomas Larusch, 59, Warren, for limitations of backing after officers were called to a traffic accident where he backed out of a driveway and caused an accident.
Disorderly conduct. On Jan. 4, Warren City Police cited Steven Jenkins, 20, Warren, for disorderly conduct after officers received a report of threats being made to a victim.
Harassment. On Jan. 1, Warren City Police cited Heather Mason, 38, Mayville, N.Y., for harassment after officers were called to a domestic dispute at a local hotel.
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Criminal mischief/theft. Tidioute Borough Police said someone damaged a security bar and had a key to enter two pop machines at the Tidioute Firehall. According to police, the thief removed approximately $80 in one dollar bills and quarters sometime before 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6.
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DUI. Warren-based state police report David Clawson, 54, Ludlow, was involved in a one-vehicle accident in the area of 3680 Route 6 in Sheffield on Jan. 3 at 7:45 p.m. According to police, Clawson's vehicle became stuck in a snow bank along the side of the road. After further investigation, it was suspected Clawson was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crash. He was transported to Warren General Hospital for chemical testing. Blood results determined his BAC to be above the legal limit. Police said charges against Clawson include two counts of DUI, and additional summary charges. Charges will be filed in District Justice Glenn Carlson's office in Warren.


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The Fort Dodge Evening Lions Club will be holding a bike ride Saturday to benefit diabetes.
The first Lions Bike Ride for Diabetes will begin with registration at 7:30 a.m. at the Bob Heun Shelter at John F. Kennedy Memorial Park north of Fort Dodge.
Two rides will take place with a 25 mile ride beginning at 8 a.m. and a 10 mile ride at 9 a.m. A kids fun ride will be at 8:30 a.m. at the park.
The 25-mile ride will begin at Kennedy Park and travel south on the trail to County Road D14 and west to Orchard Road and the Community Orchard. The ride will then go to Badger and back south on P59 to D14 and will return to the park on the trail.
The 10-mile ride will begin at the trail in the park and proceed south to the intersection of 31st Avenue North in Fort Dodge and back to Kennedy Park.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the Lions Club Diabetes funds, Tim Wilson, an evening Lions member and Iowa Lions state diabetes chairman, said.
"Lions' biggest focus is eyesight, but they do support diabetes," said Wilson said. "One of the main parts of that is their support of Camp Hertko Hollow, a camp for kids with diabetes."
The ride will also include informational booths, T-shirts, prizes and lunch, which are included in the registration fee. Cost is $15 for the 10 mile ride and $20 for the 25 mile ride.
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The chief investment officer of asset-backed securities at Michael Hintze's hedge fund firm CQS has left after more than six years, Financial News has learned.
Alistair Lumsden, who joined the $11.9bn manager in August 2006, has left, according to a letter sent to investors. His next move is not known. Lumsden could not immediately be reached for comment.
A spokesman for CQS confirmed the contents of the letter, which said that Simon Finch, chief investment officer for credit, has taken on Lumsden's responsibilities. Lumsden ran an 11-strong team based in New York and London.
Lumsden was in charge of the CQS ABS Fund, which has delivered annualised gains of about 28% since it launched in October 2006. It is up 14.7% this year to the end of November, according to investors. The strategy, which runs just over $2bn, has been closed to new investors since May.
Structured credit is the best-performing hedge fund strategy this year. The average fixed income asset-backed fund is up 15.93% in the first 11 months of this year, according to data provider Hedge Fund Research, compared to the average hedge fund, which has gained 4.89% in the same period.
Kerrin Rosenberg, UK chief executive of investment consultant and solvency management firm Cardano, told Financial News last month that the opportunity in structured credit stems from an imbalance between supply and demand: "Structured credit was the epicentre of the financial crisis. There's a real stigma attached to it, and it is less liquid, more complex and harder to assess than most assets. Therefore, there isn't a hugely long queue of buyers. Demand is a lot less than supply."
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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Bang onIn full: Thank you to the organisers for a really good event. Everything was like clockwork. Easy access to parking, no queue to collect number/chip, nice little warm up jog to the start line, super-fast course (despite the wind today), and a fabulous post-race massage. Innovative use of social media pre-event too. See you next year and thanks again.Date of review: April 28, 2013
In short: Not that well supportedIn full: Given that this race made up part of the weekend long festival o running it did not seem that well supported. Only 250 athletes raced and there was very little support out on the mildly undulating route. On a more positive note it was nice to race on closed roads and the marshalling was excellent. I enjoyed the last 800m along the prom where there was some support. Overall the organisers must have been disappointed with the low turnout (3000 places were advertised). Might be back next year if it happens again.Date of review: June 5, 2011
In short: Turbo Xtreme it truly wasIn full: What would have been a great race was spoilt to some extent by the Marshall who sent us the wrong way. That must have added a mile to the course. Nevertheless the course was seriously hardcore: scrambling up "hills" virtually on all fours at times, knee deep mud, and none existent trails made it all a reall challenge. I run 65 mins for 10 miles on the road but clocked 1:44 today coming a pleasing 18th. Goody bag was fab, can't wait to see the photos!Date of review: October 17, 2010
In short: Wet and Muddy and.....In full: .....I loved every minute of it! Excellent course with plenty of hills and great scenery. Treated it like a training run today due to the terrible weather but had loads of fun. Marshalls were brilliant, thanks!Date of review: October 3, 2010
In short: A great little raceIn full: This was a pretty low key event but thoroughly enjoyable. Great course at Harewood House, easy parking, smiley marshalls, smooth organisation, and a really useful goody bag (water, lucozade, banana, cereal bar and Mars bar). Thanks to all involved. See you next year for more!Date of review: September 19, 2010
In short: Great crowds and supportIn full: Once I got parked I really enjoyed this race. The stadium start/finish was brilliant and the crowds out on the course were fantastic. Lifted by the atmosphere I put in a sprint finish and was rewarded with some fab photos! Thanks to the people of Sheffield for a memorable experience, see you again next year.Date of review: April 30, 2010
In short: A good challengeIn full: Thanks to everyon at Radcliffe AC for putting on a challenging race. Lots of short sharp hills and a few long drags on various surfaces but mostly good trails. Easy registration and no probs whatsoever. A long way to travel for me so probably won't be back but I'd recommend to others.Date of review: February 7, 2010
In short: Cheeky MonkeyIn full: All race organisers should learn from this event. Sensational organisation from entry to finish line and beyond. Great route, great goody bag, great marshalls. Thank you to everyone from Knavesmire Harriers, you are all legends. I hope I'm lucky enough to get in for my 4th go next year.Date of review: January 26, 2010
In short: Well organised againIn full: It's clearly a tried and tested formula - my 5th Abbey Dash and well organised as ever. No problem with starting pens if you get there early and local knowledge saved me from the toilet queues! Thanks to all involved with this race for another great event. See you next year for No. 6.Date of review: November 23, 2009
In short: WindyIn full: But there's not a lot the organisers can do about that! There was a bit of confusion at the start as mentioned by another reviewer. It was more undulating that I expected but no major hills meant it was still prety fast despite the wind. Thanks to all the marshalls etc. Parked without problems and easy to get away afterwards. Nice mug as a memento. Date of review: February 22, 2009
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Edmund J. Kujawa Jr. of East Main Road, Fredonia, N.Y. died Friday evening (Feb 15, 2013) at UPMC-Hamot Hospital in Erie, Pa.
He was 65 years of age, born in Dunkirk on Sept. 3, 1947, the son of the late Edmund J. Kujawa, Sr. and Annette (Spekczynski) Ku-jawa. He was a resident of Las Vegas, Nev. for many years where he was em-ployed as a truck driver for the Teamsters Local #631. He was active in Drum and Bugle corps since the age of 15 and was the drum in-structor for the Dunkirk Patriots Alumni Drum Corps. He was a member of the Barker Hose Company No. 1 of the Fredonia Fire Department, the Volunteer Fire Police and the Chau-tauqua County Haz Mat team. He formerly served as the Fire Chief for the West Town of Dunkirk Fire Department.
He is survived by his son, Edmund J. Kujawa III of Fredonia, three grandchil-dren: Priscilla Cherrie, Dakota and Joanna Ku-jawa; his brother, Jack Ku-jawa of Fredonia; and his sister, Jacqueline Kujawa of Riverside, Calif.
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The Surah takes its name from the phrase wad-in-naml which occurs in verse 18, implying that it is a Surah in which the story of An-Naml (the Ant) has been related.
The subject matter and the style bear full resemblance with the Surahs of the middle Makkan period and this is supported by traditions as well. According to Ibn Abbas and Jabir bin Zaid, "First the Surah Ash-Shu`araa' was sent down, then the Surah An Naml and then Al-Qasas."
The Surah consists of two discourses, the first from the beginning of the Surah to the end of verse 58, and the second from verse 59 to the end of the Surah.
The theme of the first discourse is that only those people can benefit from the guidance of the Quran and become worthy of the good promises made in it, who accept the realities which this Book presents as the basic realities of the universe, and then follow up their belief with obedience and submission in their practical lives as well. But the greatest hindrance for man to follow this way is the denial of the Hereafter. For it makes him irresponsible, selfish and given to worldly life, which in turn makes it impossible for him to submit himself before God and to accept the moral restrictions on his lusts and desires. After this introduction three types of character have been presented.
The first type is characterized by Pharaoh and the chiefs of Thamud and the rebels of the people of Lot, who were all heedless of the accountability of the Hereafter and had consequently become the slaves of the world. These people did not believe even after seeing the miracles. Rather they turned against those who invited them to goodness and piety. They persisted in their evil ways which are held in abhorrence by every sensible person. They did not heed the admonition even until a moment before they were overtaken by the scourge of Allah.
The second type of character is of the Prophet Solomon (peace be upon him), who had been blessed by God with wealth and kingdom and grandeur to an extent undreamed of by the chiefs of the disbelievers of Makkah. But, since he regarded himself as answerable before God and had the feeling that whatever he had was only due to Allah's bounty, he had adopted the attitude of obedience before Him and there was no tinge of vanity in his character.
The third type is of the queen of Sheba, who ruled over a most wealthy and well known people in the history of Arabia. She possessed all those means of life, which could cause a person to become vain and conceited. Her wealth and possessions far exceeded the wealth and possessions of the Quraish. Then she professed shirk, which was not only an ancestral way of life with her, but she had to follow it in order to maintain her position as a ruler. Therefore, it was much more difficult for her to give up shirk and adopt the way of Tauhid than it could be for a common mushrik. But when the Truth became evident to her, nothing could stop her from accepting it. Her deviation was, in fact, due to her being born and brought up in a polytheistic environment and not because of her being a slave to her lusts and desires. Her conscience was not devoid of the sense of accountability before God.
In the second discourse, at the outset, attention has been drawn to some of the most glaring and visible realities of the universe, and the disbelievers of Makkah have been asked one question after the other to the effect : "Do these realities testify to the creed of shirk which you are following, or to the truth of Tauhid to which the Qur'an invites you?" After this the real malady of the disbelievers has been pointed out, saying, "The thing which has blinded them and made them insensitive to every glaring reality is their denial of the Hereafter. This same thing has rendered every matter and affair of life non-serious for them. For, when according to them, everything has to become dust ultimately, and the whole struggle of life is purposeless and without an object before it, the truth and falsehood are equal and alike. Therefore, the question whether one's system of life is based on the right or wrong foundations, becomes meaningless for him."
But the discourse, as outlined above, is not meant to dissuade the Prophet and the Muslims from calling the obdurate and heedless people to the way of Tauhid ; it is, in fact, intended to arouse them from their slumber. That is why in vv. 67-93 certain things have been said repeatedly in order to produce in the people a sense of the Hereafter, to warn them of the consequences of being heedless of it, and to convince them of its coining, like an eye witness of something, who convinces the other person of it, who has not seen it.
In conclusion, the real invitation of the Quran that is, the invitation to serve One Allah alone, has been presented in a concise but forceful manner, and the people warned that accepting it would be to their own advantage and rejecting it to their own disadvantage. For if they deferred their faith until they saw those Signs of God after the appearance of which they would be left with no choice but to believe and submit, they should bear in mind the fact that that would be the time of judgment and believing then would be of no avail.
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran
وَكَانَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ
قَالُوا تَقَاسَمُوا بِاللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُ وَأَهْلَهُ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِ وَإِنَّا لَصَادِقُونَ
وَمَكَرُوا مَكْرًا وَمَكَرْنَا مَكْرًا وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
فَانظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْ أَنَّا دَمَّرْنَاهُمْ وَقَوْمَهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
فَتِلْكَ بُيُوتُهُمْ خَاوِيَةً بِمَا ظَلَمُوا ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ
وَأَنجَيْنَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَكَانُوا يَتَّقُونَ
وَلُوطًا إِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِهِ أَتَأْتُونَ الْفَاحِشَةَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ
أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ الرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ النِّسَاءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ
فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِ إِلَّا أَن قَالُوا أَخْرِجُوا آلَ لُوطٍ مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ


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E-cigarettes are on fire among the teenage population. But how safe are these devices, really?
In the past year or so, e-cigarettes have spread like wild fire, appearing everywhere: On subways, at concerts, in bars and even in high schools. But as more and more individuals are making the switch to �vaping,� it has ignited some contentious debate: How safe are these devices, really? And are e-cigarettes enticing teens and young adults to use traditional tobacco cigarettes? Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, are battery-operated inhalers that deliver a small dose of nicotine without the noxious cigarette smoke toxins. Sleek, slim, futuristic devices that are manufactured to resemble cigarettes, e-cigarettes mimic the sensation of smoking and are often used as smoking cessation aids. When it comes to the relative benefits and risks associated with e-cigarettes, the evidence is hazy. Because they contain trace amounts of nicotine, e-cigarettes are touted as safer way to light up. But more recently, the devices have come under fire from doctors, researchers and organizations such as the FDA, who warn about the potential for adverse health effects. RELATED: Stop Smoking Now Dr. Alexander Prokhorov, M.D., Ph.D.�Director of the Tobacco Outreach Education Program (TOEP), Co-director of the eHealth Technology program in the Duncan Family Institute for Cancer Prevention and Risk Assessment, and Professor in the Department of Behavioral Science�says that it�s difficult to make a conclusive judgment call regarding the relative safety of e-cigarettes until more scientific research has been done. �In general, I would say that e-cigarettes are safer than conventional cigarettes because they lack the tobacco, irritants, carcinogens, and the thousands and thousands of harmful compounds,� Dr. Prokhorov says. �But I can�t confidently say that the product is safe until we�ve had enough research and thorough toxicology research to back it up.� E-cigarettes are not currently regulated by the FDA, Dr. Prokhorov adds. This means that there�s no supervision of the amounts and types of components and potentially harmful constituents used in these devices. But one of Dr. Prokhorov�s biggest concerns about e-cigarettes? The possibility for these devices to serve as a �gateway� to conventional tobacco products. �Kids are very excited about technology,� says Dr. Prokhorov, who spearheads a youth-oriented smoking cessation campaign called ASPIRE. �Many of these electronic cigarettes are designed to look like traditional cigarettes. They�re very enticing, and I can see how young people would be intrigued by them." According to a recent CDC report, the number of high school students who tried e-cigarettes rose from 4.7% in 2011 to 10% in 2012. In the report, CDC officials expressed concern about the potential for abuse and addiction inherent in e-cigarettes. "The increased use of e-cigarettes by teens is deeply troubling," said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H.� "Nicotine is a highly addictive drug. Many teens who start with e-cigarettes may be condemned to struggling with a lifelong addiction to nicotine and conventional cigarettes." Dr. Prokhorov agrees, adding that the CDC study indicates that smoking�which was starting to become pass�is once again trendy. �The study is pretty telling that the tobacco industry is starting to recruit new users of their products.� He also warns that e-cigarettes may promote nicotine dependence in non-smokers. �Since the e-cigarettes contain nicotine, that means that whoever is using them becomes a nicotine dependent person,� Prokhorov says. �It becomes easier for them to switch to conventional cigarettes, since they�re already introduced to the effects of nicotine.� Until more research has been conducted on e-cigarettes, your best bet is to abstain from this growing trend entirely. After all, aside from possibly helping people to quit smoking, there aren�t any proven benefits to e-cigarettes. Bottom line? This is one habit that should be kicked to the curb before you even pick it up. Brought to you by: Spry Living


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Flights of Fancy
Step up style and function in your home with the right railing system
More than a passage linking one level to another, a staircase can act as an architectural asset that lends your home character while ratcheting up its value. Grand and sweeping or simple and straightforward, the aesthetic impact of a staircase is shaped by its structural parts. These components include the treads (the horizontal pieces of the steps), the risers (the vertical parts), and the railing system (or balustrade), which is a combination of the handrail, the spindles (also called balusters) that support it, and the vertical newel posts that anchor the rail at the top or bottom of the stairs and landings. "These all work together like a composition, injecting a room with graceful form, rhythm, and pattern," says McKee Patterson of Southport, Connecticut–based Austin Patterson Disston Architects. And styles abound: Balusters and newels can be plain, fluted, twisted, octagonal, or square, and materials can range from classic wood to contemporary glass. For design ideas, surf the Internet to see the work of custom builders, and check out manufacturers of preassembled stair parts. Prices start at around $60 for a basic wood newel post to $750 per foot for a complete wrought-iron balustrade.
Suit the size, scale, and purpose of the space
When designing a balustrade, consider where the staircase is located. "If it's in the entry hall, the balustrade should convey a wow factor," says Patterson. "It must draw the eye up and make you want to find out where the steps will take you." But if your stairway is in a back hall, it shouldn't scream for attention. Says New York City–based designer Brian O'Connor: "The rail and the spindles can be understated while decorative newel posts stand like sentinels to greet people." What if your stairs land in the middle of your living space? "A fancy stairway can interrupt the flow of the area," says Jim Burton of Carter+Burton Architecture in Berryville, Virginia. He prefers to keep loftlike floor plans airy by integrating impact-resistant glass risers with slim, stainless steel balusters that run horizontally: "This is ideal for contemporary great rooms because the staircase then looks like a streamlined piece of art."
Take design cues from your home
Let the architectural style of your house or its decor dictate the materials and style of your balustrade. In a classic Colonial, the railing system would best be rendered in wood and feature turned spindles. In a modern duplex, a mix of stainless steel newel posts and glass panels can be dramatic. "You can find inspiration in an exterior detail, a molding profile, or a wallpaper pattern," says Patterson, who once embellished a wooden balustrade for an Arts and Crafts house with cutout vinelike motifs inspired by the owner's garden. "The grander and more traditional the home, the more elaborate your stair ornamentation can be," says O'Connor.
Ramp up the style with ease
You don't have to buy a whole new stair system to get a fresh look—simply treat your balustrade to a new coat of paint or top the newel posts with pretty finials. Patterson recently capped a newel post in a home that once belonged to Charles Lindbergh with a bronze dome engraved with the maps, dates, and times of the aviator's historic flight. "You might etch in your family's names or any design or dates that are important to you," he says.
Focus on the hand rail
Local building codes will determine the size and height of your handrail. In addition to enhancing safety, handrails should make a good impression since they're usually the first thing guests see upon entering a home. Vary materials to create stunning contrast: A gleaming stainless steel or rustic wrought-iron handrail can complement wooden balusters. You'll need to choose between two types of handrails: Continuous, or over-the-post, rails flow all the way up the stairs without interruption (in a series of elegant sweeps in a curved staircase); straight rails begin and end at the newel post on each flight.
Play with spindle materials
Durable hardwood is by far the most popular choice for spindles. Somedesigners like to match the species (e.g., oak, maple, mahogany, or cherry) to the stair treads for a unified look. Also consider metals such as wrought iron, stainless steel, and aluminum, as well as concrete, stone, and industrial-strength glass. "As long as the materials are compatible with the surrounding room, anything goes," says Burton. Remember to follow building codes here as well—most require that spindles be placed no more than 4 inches apart.


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During the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference the world's largest software designer Microsoft confirmed a special version of Windows 7 operating system (OS) designed for ultra low-cost personal computers (ULCPCs) with limited performance and capabilities.
Microsoft Windows 7 for netbooks (and nettops) will be able to run on a system equipped with 1GB of random access memory (RAM) and 16GB solid-state drive (SSD), reports Cnet News.com web-site. Representatives for Microsoft also said that more advanced Windows 7-based netbooks will be equipped with up to 160GB hard disk drives and even dual-core Intel Atom microprocessors.
It is unknown whether Windows 7 will actually help netbooks to become more advanced and comfortable to use compared to existing solutions. Netbooks are usually criticized for generally low system performance as well as small screens, something that will not be resolved by a new OS.
Still, makers of netbooks are also interested in making their machines more sophisticated, which is why at least some of them will introduce small form-factor PCs with dual-core Intel Atom processor, such as Intel Atom 330 (1.60GHz, 512KB of cache per core). This will improve performance of netbooks substantially and will even allow them to compete against low-end notebooks, which are based on processors like AMD Sempron or Intel Celeron.
Earlier this year Intel Corp. said that it did not expect Intel Atom chips to cannibalize sales of Celeron central processing units, but since the former consume much lower amount of power and are more suitable for netbooks, the world's largest chipmaker may reconsider its expectations.
With Microsoft developing a special cut-down version of its Windows 7 OS for netbooks it seems that such small low-cost mobile computers have all chances eventually get popular enough to justify such development. For hardware manufacturers question is whether the popularity of ULCPCs affects popularity of usually typical computers.
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WBGO Studio Session - Grand Pianoramax
March 4, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: breakbeat, international piano competition, intriguing combination, jazz, Jazz Alive, jb, leo, Listening Post, Live Music, maceo parker, meta, montreux, new cd, pianist, poetry, Remix, Studio Sessions, three tunes, Video
Yesterday, we had Grand Pianoramax in our studio. Grand Pianoramax is the meta name for Leo Tardin, a Swiss-born pianist who won the Montreux International Piano Competition in 1999. Leo has discovered an intriguing combination of jazz, breakbeat, and poetry. Grand Pianoramax just finished a tour with the original JB horn, Maceo Parker,who also has a cool new record.
Here's some video of the WBGO session. It's called "Showdown," from the new CD, The Biggest Piano in Town.
This is actually the first take. The second take is the real keeper. You'll be able to hear that when we post the audio of the full session. All three tunes. In the meantime, enjoy this:


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Municipal Systems, NYPA Use "Tree Power" Program to Help the Environment and Provide Savings
July 16, 2004
WHITE PLAINS—New York State will be greener and cooler in the coming years as a result of the New York Power Authority's (NYPA) Tree Power program. This is due to the nearly 1,100 trees purchased this year by 13 municipal electric systems, served by NYPA, across New York State. The aim of the program is to use the natural cooling of tree shade strategically located near homes and buildings to reduce energy use during the peak summer season helping lower energy costs.
"With the enthusiastic participation of the Power Authority's municipal systems, consumers will see the power of green both in the cooling shade of trees and in the extra green in their pockets," said Eugene W. Zeltmann, NYPA's president and chief executive officer. "The program helps emphasize Governor George E. Pataki's track record of enhancing the natural beauty of New York State with environmentally-smart energy saving know-how."
Zeltmann added, "A study conducted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in 2001 found summer temperatures to be as much as six degrees cooler in tree-shaded neighborhoods than in others, thereby reducing demand for electricity to run air conditioners and fans, and helping to lower utility bills in the family budget."
Participating municipal electric systems this year are: the Villages of Bergen (20 trees), Endicott (20), Fairport (100), Greene (60), Groton (18), Holley (60), Little Valley (50), Mayville (50), Springville (18), Westfield (320), Lake Placid, (150), Massena (208), and Mohawk (22).
Created by the American Public Power Association (APPA) in 1991, Tree Power is a nationwide program encouraging public utility customers to plant trees. Trees not only help conserve energy but also improve air quality by absorbing carbon dioxide emissions. The Power Authority's participation was immediate in 1991 with the planting, by the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, of the first sapling which is now a 32 foot specimen. The Tree Power program has received enthusiastic support from NYPA customers because of its application as both a beautification process and an energy-saving program.
Originally designed by the Power Authority for all of its municipal and rural electric cooperative customers, NYPA's Tree Power program was extended in 1995 to include NYPA's governmental customers in Southeastern New York. Participants "buy-one-tree and get-one-free" from a selection of seven tree varieties including ash, spruce and flowering trees. Participants also receive instructions for proper care of the trees. The orders are processed by the Baldwinsville based New York State Nursery/ Landscaping Association and were delivered this past spring.
While municipal electric systems participate annually, government customers partake in the program biannually and participated last year. The NYPA Tree Power program has planted approximately 35,000 trees—nearly one and a half times as many trees as are in New York City's Central Park.
NYPA supplies low-cost clean energy, generated by its hydroelectric facilities, to 51 municipal and rural electric cooperatives throughout the state, which in turn provide their customers with lower cost power. In addition to the Tree Power program, the Power Authority has undertaken a wide ranging series of energy-efficiency and clean energy initiatives at more than 2,500 public facilities which are saving New York's taxpayers nearly $86 million annually in municipal electric costs and reducing greenhouse-gas emission by 620,000 tons a year. .


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Qais Akbar Omar (GRS'16), a graduate student in the Creative Writing Program, has published a much-praised memoir, A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story. He recalls how the violence and tumult of civil war jolted his family, who, despite losing relatives, their home, and possessions, continued to nurture his wish to attend a university.
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Topic: Ajax form with in_place_editor_fields
I have a simple Ajax form working in my application. It simply provides a 2 field Ajax form (Expense description + Expense amount) with a submit button, and two partials (one for the form, and another for the rendered list). When the submit button is clicked, the item description and amount are rendered as two columns in a single row above the form, with a yellow highlight for the last entered item.
I am now trying to modify the code to add in-place-editing to each of the rendered rows, but keep running into problems. I am a Ruby and Rails newbie, so I don't know if what I am trying to do is supportable in Rails 1.2.3. I have searched here and elsewhere and have not found a post addressing this subject, so I am posting it in hopes of finding out if this is doable, and perhaps some pointers on how to accomplish it.
Here is the current working code:
View (in app/views/users/show.rhtml):

Monthly Expenses

Description	Amount

<%= render :partial => 'expenses/expense', :collection => @user.expenses %>

<%= render :partial => 'expenses/new' %>
Partial #1 ("_expense.rhtml", for listing expenses):
<tr id="expense-<%= expense.id %>">
<%=h expense.description %>
<%=h number_with_precision(expense.amount, 2) %>
Partial #2 ("_new.rhtml", for rendering data entry form):

Add a recurring monthly expense

<% form_remote_for :expense,
:url => hash_for_expenses_url( :user => @user,
:action => 'new'
:html => { :id => 'expense-form' } do |f| %>
Description:

<%= f.text_field 'description', :size => 60 %>

Amount:

<%= f.text_field 'amount', :size => 10 %>

<%= submit_tag 'Add Expense' %>
<% end %>
RJS template ("new.rjs")
page.insert_html :bottom, 'expenses', :partial => 'expense'
page.visual_effect :highlight, "firstname.lastname@example.com}"
page.form.reset 'expense-form'
The above works well and produces output like this:
Monthly Expenses
Description Amount
Rent 2500.00 <---- I would like to make these edit_in_place
utilities 550.00 <---- I would like to make these edit_in_place
Test 100.00 <---- I would like to make these edit_in_place
Test 100.00 <---- I would like to make these edit_in_place
test xx 1000.00 <---- I would like to make these edit_in_place
Add a recurring monthly expense
Description: XXXXXX
Amount: XXXXXX
[Add Expense]
I modified the code as follows to incorporate in-place-editing, but it doesn't work:
In Controller:
# Setup in-place-editing for expense fields
in_place_edit_for :expense, :description
in_place_edit_for :expense, :amount
In Partial ("_expense.rhtml"):
<tr id="expense-<%= expense.id %>">
<%=h in_place_editor_field :expense, :description, {} %>
<%=h in_place_editor_field :expense, :amount, {} %>
I am getting the following error on line 2 of the _expense.rhtml partial
RuntimeError in Users#show
Showing app/views/expenses/_expense.rhtml where line #9 raised:
Called id for nil, which would mistakenly be 4 -- if you really wanted the id of nil, use object_id
Extracted source (around line #9):
6: -->
8: <tr id="expense-<%= expense.id %>">
9: <%= in_place_editor_field :expense, :description %>
10: <%=h in_place_editor_field :expense, :amount, {} %>
11:

Trace of template inclusion: /app/views/users/show.rhtml
I am baffled by the 'nil' error as the partial is called from the show.rhtml view with a collection:
<%= render :partial => 'expenses/expense', :collection => @user.expenses %>
This works just fine in the non-edit-in-place version, so I can't see why it is now resolving to 'nil'. I tried a number of variations but all resolved to the nil error. Any thoughts ?
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Hamilton County Sheriff's deputies were called to the area after a local farmer reported finding a New Holland backhoe matching the description of the one Heckman had been operating. The backhoe was found in a wooded area south of 260th Street in rural Hamilton County near a creek. A short distance away, a body was recovered from the creek. According to the Hamilton County Sheriff's office, The body has been delivered to the State Medical Examiner's office for positive identification. An autopsy was ordered by Dr. Joseph Latella, Hamilton County Medical Examiner, to determine the cause of death, though no foul play is suspected.
Kenneth Heckman, last seen Thursday at 6 a.m., was reported missing by his family on Friday morning. Heckman turned 46 on Thursday and did not show up for a planned birthday party. His family said authorities found Heckman's pickup truck and dog in a farm field and had likely left the truck on a backhoe.


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Debates of June 12th, 2007
House of Commons Hansard #169 of the 39th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was million.
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Warkworth Community Service Club
Statements By Members
June 12th, 2007 / 1:55 p.m.
Rick Norlock Northumberland—Quinte West, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay homage to the Warkworth Community Service Club, which was founded in 1947 by several businessmen in the village of Warkworth.
As a member and former president of the club, I am proud to recognize in this place the 60th anniversary of this great organization which has contributed so much to the life of the greater Warkworth community.
With well over 100 members, the Warkworth Community Service Club has helped build an arena, built and runs a medical centre and a modern pavilion. It has also helped build the Millennium park and trail. It contributes to the sustainability of the local Scouts and Guides, youth sports associations, as well as the beautification of the Warkworth village. These are but a few of its many accomplishments.
I say hats off to all service clubs, especially the Warkworth Community Service Club, that make Canada the best place in which to live and raise a family. I wish the Warkworth Community Service Club a happy 60th.
Atikokan Sno-Ho Club
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2 p.m.
Ken Boshcoff Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the Atikokan Sno-Ho Club on its receipt of the Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations' excellence award as Canada's outstanding snowmobile club for 2007.
This prestigious award is designed to recognize the club that distinguishes itself in management, trail quality, safety, promotion, development and community outreach. The award was presented at the International Snowmobile Congress on June 9 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Atikokan Sno-Ho Club's accomplishments include upgrading the trail to make it part of the Trans Canada Trail system, developing and promoting the new international circle tour, and publishing a new district trail map.
I ask all members to please join me in congratulating the Atikokan Sno-Ho Club on this significant achievement.
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Vivian Barbot Papineau, QC
Mr. Speaker, on May 18, the Montreal Haitian community gathered to commemorate the 204th anniversary of the Haitian flag and to inaugurate Place de l'Unité, a Haitian memorial in the Saint-Michel neighbourhood.
This public space was designed by the Haitian-Quebec cultural association, La Perle Retrouvée. They have installed statues of Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Catherine Flon, Alexandre Pétion, Sanite Bélair et Henri Christophe, six historical figures who contributed to the birth of Haiti, the first black republic in history.
This place of gathering and solidarity will allow the Haitian community in Montreal to celebrate its culture and to perpetuate the memory of the heroes of independence.
My Bloc Québécois colleagues and I congratulate La Perle Retrouvée for this vibrant testimony to the Haitian flag and the courage of our ancestors, and to the settlement of the Haitian community in Quebec.
Firefighters' Fund
Statements By Members
2 p.m.
Brian Masse Windsor West, ON
Mr. Speaker, the Conservative government reneged on a commitment it made when it voted in favour of an NDP motion calling for the establishment of a national benefits fund for firefighters.
In the United States, firefighters' families are compensated $275,000 in the event of death or total disability. In Canada, the vast majority of fire departments do not have benefits to provide for the families of fallen firefighters. This can mean real hardship for the families.
Such is the case with George Copeland, a firefighter in the city of Windsor who was injured permanently while doing his job. This is not how Canada should treat those citizens who put their health and lives at risk for the safety and security of the rest of us.
It is time for the government to do what it voted for and establish a national fund for firefighters. The Prime Minister should respect the votes in the House of Commons and, most important, respect the Copeland family and act now.
National Rivers Day
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2 p.m.
Cheryl Gallant Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke, ON
Mr. Speaker, residents of the upper Ottawa valley who celebrated National Rivers Day this past weekend by boating on the Ottawa River may soon look forward to an eagerly anticipated event: the reopening of the beautiful sandy beaches that line the Ottawa River where CFB Petawawa fronts the river. The shoreline, over the years, was the location of military training exercises and was identified as a legacy site eligible for the DND UXO and legacy sites programs.
I am pleased to invite all members of the public to a community meeting hosted by DND on Thursday, June 14, at 7 p.m. at Troyes Cinema on base. The purpose of the meeting is to explain what work has been completed and what precautions, if any, boaters should take once the beaches are officially reopened for public use.
I am pleased to recognize the leadership that Lieutenant-Colonel David Rundle, CFB Petawawa Base Commander, has played on this and many other issues during his posting to Petawawa. On behalf of the Petawawa community, we wish him well on his next posting. We will miss him.
No-Fly List
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2 p.m.
Raymond Chan Richmond, BC
Mr. Speaker, the no-fly list is just another ineffective Conservative headline stealing scheme. The no-fly list, as it is, will only catch the dumbest of terrorists who have not falsified their IDs before checking in for their flight.
It forces every Canadian 12 years and older to produce a government issued ID for domestic flights, which will only increase the backlog in passport offices and others. I was just told, because of questioning in the committee, that they will be changing that to 17 years and older. It will infringe on the civil liberties and rights to privacy of Canadians by passing information on to private air carriers which, in turn, can be easily ascertained by foreign governments.
Finally, one of the most fundamental problems with the no-fly list is that no one will be told why they are on the list and, thus, it will be extremely difficult to defend oneself. I call upon the government--
No-Fly List
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
The Acting Speaker Andrew Scheer
Order, please. The hon. member for Blackstrap.
Parliamentary Life
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Lynne Yelich Blackstrap, SK
Mr. Speaker, there are special requirements for any woman fulfilling the duties of a member of Parliament. As a wife and mother, I am aware of the necessary sacrifices when family events occur in the constituency and parliamentary duties keep me in Ottawa.
My daughter, Ivana, turns 18 today and I am unable to be with her or for her pre-grad events. It is difficult to be far away. I want to thank my children for their understanding and patience.
It has not always been easy for them, but they have supported me, as has my husband, through this entire time knowing that there are times when the many miles of this vast country must separate us.
Even now there are some, if not many, who may question a mother sitting in the House of Commons while there are still children at home. This lingering attitude often pushes us to stretch our lives to the limit to accommodate both Parliament and family.
I am thinking of our girls today, Ivana, this year's valedictorian who is preparing for graduation after combining athletic achievement and academic excellence, and Elaina, who has established a career as a teacher and a marriage with her husband.
My family has adjusted, coped and succeeded, despite the challenges of my parliamentary life. I am proud of their sacrifices as I am so very aware of my own.
Montcalm Regional County Municipality
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Roger Gaudet Montcalm, QC
Mr. Speaker, today I would like to highlight the 25th anniversary of the Montcalm Regional County Municipality.
On the evening of May 26, an anniversary celebration was held in honour of the Montcalm RCM. Some 340 citizens were present to celebrate its 25 years of service to the public. Municipal officials were present, including 30 of the 45 mayors of the RCM, in addition to several economic, cultural and community organizations. At the same time, a tribute to the memory of the mayors was a reminder of how many people shaped the future of the various municipalities.
The Montcalm RCM is now recognized in the area for its dynamism. We are confident that, in future, the RCM will continue to improve its services and to make regional development a priority.
The Environment
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Steven Blaney Lévis—Bellechasse, QC
Mr. Speaker, at the G-8 summit in Germany, our Prime Minister invited all the countries to adopt a common strategy for fighting climate change. This initiative is consistent with our green plan, which will allow Canada to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 and reduce atmospheric pollution by 50% by 2015.
Unfortunately, through their powerlessness, the Bloc members were complicit in the Liberal inaction and the 35% increase in greenhouse gas emissions in the country. While the Bloc will never actually be able to do anything about this and just keeps talking, we want and can take action and are indeed actually doing something. In fact, Quebec's environment minister recently reiterated that the $350 million from the Canada ecotrust will allow Quebec to achieve the objectives of its action plan.
Fortunately, we now have Conservative MPs from Quebec and a government that is getting things done in the interest of the country through a concrete plan, mandatory standards for all industry sectors and greenhouse gas reduction targets that are realistic and will be met.
Noble Metal Processing Canada
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Lloyd St. Amand Brant, ON
Mr. Speaker, on Sunday, June 3, I was pleased to join Noble Metal Processing Canada in celebrating the 10 year anniversary of its facility in Brantford, Ontario.
Noble Metal Processing Canada, a division of Noble International, is North America's largest laser welder, providing high quality products to the North American automotive industry.
Over the past 10 years, the facility in Brantford has grown to employ 140 people, all of whom are dedicated, outstanding employees. I had the privilege of touring this facility and was greatly impressed by the high level of knowledge and innovation that have been combined at the site.
Nobel Metal Processing Canada is a justifiably very well regarded manufacturing facility in Brant. I wish it many more successful years in Brantford.
Justice Legislation
Statements By Members
2:05 p.m.
Ed Fast Abbotsford, BC
Mr. Speaker, Canadians are worried about crime. While the opposition claims that our crime rate is going down, Statistics Canada reports that serious violent crime is going up, not down. The murder rate is the highest in almost a decade. Aggravated assaults are up 10%, assaults using a weapon are up 5% and attempted murders are up a whopping 15%.
Our new Conservative government takes crime seriously. We are eliminating house arrest for violent offenders, imposing tough mandatory minimum sentences for gun crimes and longer sentences for repeat sex offenders.
The opposition parties? They allow arsonists to spend their jail time in the comfort of their homes. They vote against tough minimum sentences for gun crimes. They oppose longer jail terms for repeat sexual offenders like the balcony rapist.
There is only one party that takes crime seriously and that is our new Conservative government. While the Liberals and their friends remain soft on crime, we are making sure Canada's streets and communities are safe.
World Day Against Child Labour
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Dawn Black New Westminster—Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, around the world, hundreds of millions of children are forced to work dangerous jobs so they and their families can survive. These tasks put children's health, safety and their very lives in jeopardy.
Today, people from every part of the globe are participating in World Day Against Child Labour to end this shame. This year the focus is on eliminating child labour in agriculture where nearly 70% of child workers are found. Over 132 million children toil from sunrise to sunset on farms sowing and harvesting crops and spreading dangerous pesticides.
Canada cannot continue to turn a blind eye to this exploitation. We are part of an international community and we committed to spending 0.7% of GNI on development. For decades, successive Liberal and Conservative governments failed to fulfill this obligation. The government must demonstrate its willingness to better the lives of children around the world and meet this goal now.
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Anita Neville Winnipeg South Centre, MB
Mr. Speaker, the homes at the decommissioned Kapyong Barracks site in my riding of Winnipeg South Centre have been vacant for several years.
The government is maintaining these homes at a cost of a quarter of a million dollars annually and at the expense of the Canadian taxpayers, while it could help address the rental housing shortage in Winnipeg.
During committee of the whole on May 17, I asked the Minister of National Defence about the transfer of lands, buildings and houses on the Kapyong Barracks and the minister thought that it had already been transferred. However, that is not so.
I have written to the minister's office four times on this matter since March 3, 2006 and so far there has been no action. Three times I have requested a 10 minute meeting with the minister and so far there has been no action.
Manitoba's senior minister, the President of the Treasury Board, now says that Kapyong is not his problem. The Minister of National Defence seems to think that it is not his problem.
This is a problem for the residents of Winnipeg. Again I ask members opposite, who is minding Manitoba?
Marcel Pepin
Statements By Members
2:10 p.m.
Pierre Paquette Joliette, QC
Mr. Speaker, the City of Montreal wanted to honour Marcel Pepin by naming a street after him where dozens of affordable houses are being built in the Rosemont area.
Marcel Pepin was the president of the CSN from 1965 to 1976 and chair of the Angus revitalization committee when the plants, better known as the Angus Shops, closed their doors for good.
Marcel Pepin, a progressive union leader and sovereigntist, died in 2000. Instrumental in the Quiet Revolution, he helped build modern-day Quebec. He grew up in a modest home and became an icon in the union movement, devoting his life to the advancement of the working class. To his dying day, Marcel Pepin spoke out publicly in defence of the rights of Quebec, the less fortunate and workers, whether they were unionized or not.
As a former secretary general of the CSN, I salute his memory and the Bloc Québécois joins me in congratulating the City of Montreal on this initiative to keep the memory of this great fighter alive.


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This week's Poly Weekly #221: This American Life & Infidelity.
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Topic: This American Life: Infidelity
Lance and Serendipity offer feedback on the episode; the co-hosts discuss each act in this disappointing episode
3:26 Discussion begins…
Minx looks forward to this episode of TAL but as she listens to the show, she is not happy with it. Joreth agrees with Minx, wants to know why alternative lifestyles are not brought up as possible ideas. Ellie, on the other hand, felt this was a good episode and enjoyed it. What happens if you fall in love with a cheater? Minx felt that question was missing. Benny was hoping they would have taken a less conventional approach to this topic.
10:20 Discussion Continues…
Joreth appreciated the talk about the pain cheating causes but they didn't go deep enough. Benny had heard one of the stories from the show at an earlier time and talks about getting more from the story hearing it again. Somebody didn't agree with Benny (Ellie, i think? people stopped giving names so it got a bit hard) had a different perspective on the story. Joreth chimes in as well.
Franklin gives his perspective on cheating and cheaters.
22:30 Minx reads some feedback from Facebook
27:19 Serendipity called in and left a voice mail comment about the TAL episode.
Benny talks about how some people can't actually love more than one person. (god i hope those people don't have more than one kid. -fs)
Lack of science in the TAL episode has been called out as being an issue with the episode.
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NEW TOWN Darian Morsette, new director of the Three Affiliated Tribes' Tourism Department, said the department really wants to focus on family events at the tribe's earth lodge village this year.
Events already are being planned.
On Saturday, June 1, a parade with floats and horseback riders will kick off a day of activities for the tourism seasonal opening of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara "Pride of the Badlands" Earth Lodge Village, west of New Town.
Morsette said the line-up for the parade begins at 9 a.m. at the Four Bears Park, followed by the parade at 10 a.m. that will follow a route around Four Bears Peninsula and then to the earth lodge village, west of the peninsula.
After the parade arrives at the earth lodge village, a program will be held with Morsette giving the welcome. Other speakers will include Three Affiliated Tribes' business council representatives V. Judy Brugh, Four Bears area; Ken Hall, New Town-Little Shell area, and Randy Phelan, Mandaree area; and Alyce Spotted Bear, vice president of Native American Studies at Fort Berthold Community College in New Town.
The Kalama Fire Dancers, professional Polynesian dancers originally from Hawaii, performing fire dances and other dances, will be among the entertainment that day. The dancers will perform at about 4 p.m. and again at about 8 p.m.
Local dance groups and Lance White, a flute player, all enrolled members of the Three Affiliated Tribes, will also perform.
A free traditional meal will be served at 3 p.m. MHA Tourism will have refreshments and other food available at the site during the event.
People should bring their own chairs.
There will also be traditional games and, if weather permits, pontoon rides. People also can use the hiking trails.
Arts and crafts vendors are welcome to participate.
The activities are free to the public. In case of rain, Morsette said the program will be held in the ceremonial lodge.
The earth lodge village, overlooking Lake Sakakawea on the Fort Berthold Reservation, is located about 1 1/2 miles west of the 4 Bears Casino & Lodge, west of New Town.
The village includes a large ceremonial or community lodge and six dome-shaped smaller lodges made of logs and earth.
Reservations can be made with MHA Tourism for overnight camping in the village's earth lodges, tepee or in your own tent. The ceremonial lodge is available by reservation for family events.
Morsette said the ceremonial lodge also is being turned into an art gallery where other items are also displayed.
For more information about the village including Saturday's activities call the MHA Tourism Office at 627-2243.


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The plan lays out steps governments must take to make sure infrastructures can withstand the coming changes.weather are coming more often and with more intensity. Major cities around the world, from Amsterdam to London to Shanghai to Jakarta, have begun active planning for the changes a warmer world will bring. And despite its virtual disappearance from the national conversation in the U.S., things are very different at the local level. New York, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco, and other cities have all begun to prepare their own defenses against climate change.
Rising seas have begun to have an impact on drinking water, as the ocean forces itself into underground aquifers.Republicans — signed on to what would come to be known as the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Compact. They began holding their own annual summits starting in 2009, working toward the goal of a unified action plan to limit local emissions of greenhouse gases and, because there's no good reason to believe worldwide emissions will slow down any time soon, to protect themselves against the changes that are already happening.
Ultimately, local officials will likely have to impose restrictions on development in the most vulnerable areas.inexorable disaster — the phrase "begin immediate construction of a ten-foot sea wall to protect the entire coastline" would feel a little more definitive.
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Corrine Malcolm, the Multitasker - Page 2
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Malcolm maintains a part-time class load through MSU online, but hopes to complete one of her three remaining semesters this fall, before she will turn her attention to the Olympics.
"Unfortunately the biathlon season is mid-November to mid-March, so it's not conducive to school schedules," she says. "It's not easy living the Olympic dream."
What does come easy for Malcolm, considering she is not specifically training for it, is trail running—assuming her biathlon coaches allow her time off to race. This past weekend, she finished second at the Jenkins Mountain Scramble 10K, besting the old course record by over 10 minutes, and this July, she will line up at New Hampshire's Loon Mountain Run in the hope of qualifying for the U.S. Women's Mountain Running Team, which will travel to the World Mountain Running Championships in Italy this September.
Which came first: running or skiing?
Running is how I started. My mom was a runner and I can remember in middle school being dropped off places and being told to run home. Running was basically the first thing I fell in love with. Unfortunately I was prone to getting hurt. When I started running for the high-school cross-country team I had knee surgery, and I spent every fall on crutches for six weeks or so.
How did you get into skiing?
After two years of back-to-back injuries it was suggested that I try cross-country skiing in the winter instead of running year-round. I'm from Hayward, Wisconsin, a ski town where the American Birkibiener finishes on Main Street, but I'm not from a ski family. We're from the east coast. I didn't grow up on skis. So at first, I was awful at it. I hated it and skiing even 5K was a chore. I have no idea why my coaches put up with me. But something clicked when I was 17 or so, and I fell in love with skiing. And instead of skiing to stay in shape for running, all of a sudden, I was running as cross training for skiing.
After that I moved to Bozeman, to attend Montana State University. I went there to ski and also ended up running cross country, sort of by accident. But after two years I dropped out of school and moved east to pursue biathlon.


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"For us, it's a business tool. When we were going over plans for the [G450's] interior, they showed us linens to choose from. Linens? We didn't care about linens. We're kind of brown-bag guys. "
Walter Banks
Walter Banks grew up in the hotel business. When he was about two years old, his father bought and began managing the historic Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Va. Then in 1960, when Walter was 17, his dad sold that property and purchased Fort Lauderdale's Lago Mar Resort and Club.
The younger Banks worked at the Florida property-everything from helping out at the beach to manning the front desk-during summer vacations from his studies at the University of Miami, where he earned a degree in finance. But his intention was to become a lawyer, not to follow in his father's footsteps.
"Then, in my senior year in college, Hurricane Cleo hit Fort Lauderdale," Banks told us. "That's when I made my decision to go into the hotel business. We'd almost lost the company, and I realized that it meant a lot to me. And my parents had done a lot for me and given me a great education in the hotel business, and I thought I'd take advantage of it.
"It was nice to be able to work with a hotel man who had been successful and had all that experience," he added. "I learned a lot through osmosis, a lot around the dining room table. It would have been a shame to waste that part of my education, which was as important as the degree [from the university]."
Apparently so, because Lago Mar- where Banks became president in 1972-has flourished under his control. Now one of Florida's premier resorts, it has attracted guests from all over the world, as well as the attention of the Ritz-Carlton chain. When we spoke with Banks, he was negotiating a deal to put Lago Mar under the Ritz-Carlton marquee.
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Occupation: Resort owner
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Personal: Wife Debbie. One son and one daughter; both now co-own the hotel with their father
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Robert Chavarria is the Senior Area Manager and Veterans Affairs Officer for the U.S. Small Business South Florida District's Tampa Bay Work Site.
Prior to beginning his career in the federal service, Robert served three years during the Vietnam War era in the U.S. Army Signal Corp in microwave communications. After his military service, he held various positions in the private sector including 15 years as a business manager for Hewlet Packard Co. in Central and South Texas; business course instructor; consumer products and service salesperson; and insurance and annuity products salesperson.
Robert's federal service includes stints as a contracting officer for the Department of Defense; management advisor, equal opportunity officer, and labor officer for Office of Personnel and Manpower Management. He is a DoD certified Level II Acquisition Professional in Contracting.
Robert joined the U.S. Small Business Administration in 1998 serving as Business Information Center Manager and OSCS Facilitator at the SBA/City of St. Petersburg One Stop Capital Shop. In 2002, he was a marketing executive for both SBA North and South District Offices. A year later, he became the district director for SBA Lower Rio Grande District, Texas.
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ASUSTeK Computer apparently has plans to introduce a graphics card with two NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT graphics processing units. According to Chinese press, the company is currently testing the product and if the technology is enough stable and reliable, the world's highest performing graphics card may become available as early as this Summer.
ASUSTeK's EN6800GT Dual is equipped with two NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT graphics chips that are connected to each other using NVIDIA's multi-GPU technology branded SLI. Each GPU is equipped with 256MB of 256-bit GDDR3 memory. The graphics card is being tested using ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe mainboard, reports Hardspell.com web-site. The product has two 6-pin power connectors for stable power supply.
According to the report, ASUS EN6800GT Dual is 1.7 times faster compared to a single-chip NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT graphics card. With 32 pixel and 12 vertex processors, such graphics card may end up as a more powerful compared to the forthcoming single-chip products based on the code-named R520 and G70 visual processing units from ATI Technologies and NVIDIA Corp.
A disadvantage of a dual-chip GeForce 6800-series based graphics card from ASUS may be its sizes, as the print circuit board of the EN6800GT Dual is both longer and higher compared to typical graphics cards and may not fit into typical computer cases.
NVIDIA Corp. may approve dual-processor graphics cards as a part of its SLI certification program, according to some sources close to the company, it was reported in March, 2005.
Earlier this year ASUS demonstrated a prototype of a graphics card featuring two NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics processors. It is unclear when and whether such product is available commercially. In addition, the company also indicated plans to make dual NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT graphics cards.
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The forces driving deforestation are seeking ways around corporate boycotts.Burger King hamburgers and Nike shoes, the fallout has been profound. Now, major buyers of Amazon beef and leather goods, including Wal-Mart, are insisting on new sourcing policies in Brazil requiring full traceability and transparency from their suppliers to ensure that cattle products aren't coming from former rainforest.
Confronted by tour operators, three companies stopped transporting rosewood from Madagascar.destruction of tropical forests. In 2008, Greenpeace ensnared Unilever — the world's largest buyer of palm oil — in a scandal when Greenpeace claimed the company's supplier was involved in forest destruction in Borneo. Hiring an independent investigator, Unilever learned that the palm oil supplier, Sinar Mas, was indeed illegally clearing rainforests and carbon-dense peatlands.
Many corporations are learning that it's bad business to engage in environmentally poor practices."about an impending shipment scheduled for late December, Forests.org seized on the opportunity, bombarding the company and the French government with thousands of messages, arguing that Delmas was undermining France's negotiating position at climate talks in Copenhagen and facilitating the destruction of Madagascar's national parks.
The palm oil industry, which has consumed vast tracts of forest, is legendary for its greenwashing efforts.companies continued to buy from APP until consumer-oriented campaigns led by the Rainforest Action Network, Forest Ethics, and WWF, among others, accelerated a few years ago. In short order, some of APP's most prominent buyers — including Staples, Office Depot, Wal-Mart, Woolworth, and Gucci Group — canceled contracts with the company. In addition, the Forest Stewardship Council, the green standard for certifying forest products, severed its association with APP.
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Gulf of Mexico Research Plan Workshop - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
planning effort sponsored by NOAAs National Sea Grant College Program.
The purpose of the project is to identify the research priorities and information
needs for the Gulf of Mexico and determine strategies to collaboratively
address the research priorities.
Over 115 strategic plans have been examined and more than 1,500 individuals
already have provided input on Gulf of Mexico research priorities. A
synthesis of these data will be a starting point for group discussions at each
half-day workshop to be held in each of the five Gulf States of the US. Workshops will be co-facilitated by state Sea Grant College Programs and
NOAAs Gulf Services Center.
Workshop participants will be asked to identify specific regional research
priorities and gaps that fall within the broad research themes of:
Stewardship of natural and cultural ocean resources
Increasing resilience to natural hazards
Enabling marine operations, business and commerce
The oceans role in climate
Improving ecosystem health
Enhancing human health
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dates: February 26-26, 2008
Early Registration Deadline: January 16, 2008
Official Language: English
Contact Information: Steve Sempier, Sea Grant Gulf of Mexico Research Planning Coordinator
+1 662-325-5509
Home Page URL: http://masgc.org/gmrp/workshop.htm
Keywords: Ocean resources, Natural hazard, Marine operations, Climate, Ecosystem health, Human health
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