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The Power Of Few is a movie written and directed by the pride of Youngstown, Leone Marucci. He's a good friend of my buddy Brian. He left for LA after high school (Boardman I think) and has written and directed a few things. In around 2001 he showed us his short film "Meddle and Steel". It was pretty fucking impressive to tell you the truth.
The Power Of Few "revolves around an enigmatic smuggling ring's efforts to steal a priceless artifact. The story unfolds through the unique perspective of five characters who cross paths on a day filled with danger, hope and possible transformation."
It stars Christopher Walken, Christian Slater, and Q'orianka Kilcher.
The interesting thing about this flick is they are letting anyone try their hand at editing scene 64 of the movie. If you go to the website, you'll find all of the film for that scene as well as music. They are inviting you to edit it any way you see fit. The best edit will actually make the movie and the creator gets a screen credit.
I haven't dicked around too much there yet, but it looks pretty cool.
Check it out.
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Putting the Hollywood in the Hollywood Casino
The Columbus Dispatch - October 11, 2012 05:23 PM
There really is a touch of Hollywood at the new Hollywood Casino Columbus ... in the Final Cut restaurant, which is chock full of memorabilia and the clothes worn onscreen and off by some of the biggest stars.
For example...
The flowing red - and oozingly evil - dress Julia Roberts wore in Mirror, Mirror.
The classic tuxedo Sean Connery wore in Diamonds Are Forever. I think it was the one where some evil genius - with unlimited funds and a really cool HQ - tried to take over the world and James somehow manages to stop him.
The dress Liz Taylor wore to the 1986 Academy Awards: a pale, pink taffeta evening dress.
The tuxedo John Wayne wore to the 1958 Academy Awards.
A smoking jacket worn by Clark Gable, back in the day when men wore smoking jackets. Do men still wear smoking jackets?
Above the bar are the flashy, glitzy and slinky dresses worn by divas Ann-Margaret, Cher and Diana Ross. Don't stare at them for too long - you could be blinded!
The bowler hat and cane from Charlie Chaplin's tramp costume in The Tramp from 1915. This was my favorite piece of memorabilia.

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Gillyan - SOLD OUT
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I was looking for a good quality and classic black patent pump and I scoured for weeks before finding this one. I really think it is a great value for the price. I really like this shoe because the patent leather is classic and stylish, it really looks great and luxe and I love putting on my new shiny black shoes.
One of my issues with other pumps I tried were that the toes were too pointy or too round. This one is a perfect tapered yet rounded shape.
Another thing that I regularly came across were shoes with a very low vamp and I just didn't like the sight of toe cleavage. This shoe was probably the most comfortable in that aspect and I found the vamp to be acceptable and neither too low nor too high.
I broke my foot a few years ago so I sometimes have issues with heel height and I feel more comfortable in thicker sturdier heels, so I really feel that this heel is thick enough to be comfortable yet it is sleek enough and doesn't feel like an "old lady" shoe. One of my friends complimented the shoes and even mentioned that she loved the thicker heel, so it really does look good.
If you are used to platforms or not used to heels then it might feel just a bit high but overall I found these fashionably high yet not exaggerated or uncomfortable. As far as comfort, I've worn the shoes a few times and I haven't yet had an occasion that really tested them but so far they feel great.
The sole is also a synthetic (rubber?) so it does not slip on carpet or smooth hard floors. I actually was between this style and the Ambitious style but the tie breaker was Gillyan's thicker heel being so much more comfortable long-term and the non-slip sole (the Ambitious has a smooth leather sole which can be slippery.)
The shoe does run bit roomy, but its more length than width. I am a solid 8 1/2 and my regular size was a bit roomy, but I put in toe pad insert and it was too tight. I will be putting in some sort of heel insert though.
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David Krop, the vice president of marketing at Nationwide Diabetic, was rushing to a meeting one morning when he left his two laptops inside of his car. He later returned to discover that the car's door window had been smashed in and that both of his laptops were stolen. He reported the theft to the local police but they were not too enthusiastic about getting his laptop back.
When Krop got home, he remembered that he had installed a remote access application called LogMeIn on one of his laptops. Using the service he was able to log into his laptop from his home PC and view what was happening on his lost laptop. Shortly after entering his information he was able to see that the person who had his laptop was using it to watch porn, download videos, talk with friends and occasionally change his Facebook status. Krop took notes and still frames of his laptops activities before deciding to go to video. He got especially lucky when the new user entered into a video chat with a friend and he was able to see the suspects face. …Read More →


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Fine metal frame with a double-bridge and round shaped, flat cut lenses. The thin temples secure with patented screws.
Modern interpretations of classic eyewear, G-Star sunglasses feature straight cut lenses and frames from acetate and steel. Oversized screws are used to reference the industrial inspirations of the brand, and earpieces with loops mirror the shape of zip-pullers used in G-Star denims.
All sunglasses are delivered with a G-Star RAW eyewear case.
Fit: Try it on with an interactive fitting
Individual Lens Width: 56 mm
Nose Bridge Width: 17 mm
Temple Length Including Ear Piece: 145 mm
Materials: Metal.
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Alumus Dr. Robert McKenna (click here) and current students discussing career opportunities at a CGU Alumni Reception at the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology Convention in Los Angeles.
The Division of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences continues to receive generous gifts from our alumni and friends, which advance the quality of our academic programs, research, and outreach efforts to prevent and ameliorate a wide range of social, health, community, and organizational problems.
We are sincerely grateful and proud to share with you the growing list of alumni, colleagues, advisors, and friends of the division who supported us in recent years. A number of these donors have given us permission to acknowledge their contribution below. (Click on the links for donors' webpages.)
David Breihan
Associate Director, Research and Organizational Development, MarketCast
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Research Associate, School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University
Evaluation Consultant
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Retired Clinical Psychologist
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Creativity Coaching, Unique Creative Visions
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, California State University, Los Angeles
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Data Management Computer Consultant, Parent Care
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Clinical Psychologist
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Senior Manager Human Resources, Northrop Grumman Space Technology
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Raymond Coffin
Sherwood Cole
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Director of Operations, CalPX
Scott Crosse
Associate Director, Substance Abuse Research Group, Westat
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Brenda Derby
Jim Derzon
Senior Research Specialist
Director, Knowledge Synthesis and Computer Simulation, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Richard Ede
Mathematics, Girls Track Coach, SIP Coordinator, Claremont High School
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Michael Galbraith
Associate Professor at the University of Colorado
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology, Loma Linda University
Elisa Grant-Vallone
Associate Professor of Psychology, California State University, San Marcos
Earle Hall
Human Resources Manager, Dr. Rath Education Services USA, BV
Rex Hamano
Assurance Division at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Michael Healy
George Helmholz
Patricia Hodges
Clinical Psychologist
Stephen Isaac
Director of Evaluation (retired)
Kerstin Latto
Business Owner, Alpine Sports
Gary Laver
Associate Professor, Psychology & Child Development, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
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Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kevin Malotte
Professor of Health Science and Director, Community Health and Social Epidemiology Programs, California State University, Long Beach
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Executive Director of Sebastopol Independent Charter School
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Vice President of Market Research, Warner Bros. Pictures
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Marge Royal
Erich Rueschenberg
Forensic Psychologist
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quote GroundNice, I hope same goes to me.quote sampunas123It took 40 hours to beat the champion and see the credits. I just have a lot of free time.Are you done with e4 already? That was fast.
quote sampunas123It took 40 hours to beat the champion and see the credits. I just have a lot of free time.Are you done with e4 already? That was fast.
quote KanonSeems legit.
Then I'll ask one thing if you don't mind~Spoiler:Because spoilers.
quote PikachuThey put the street date in the computer on Tuesday in every Target in the country after realizing they screwed up, so you can't get it anymore. If you went there, you'd still see the price tags for the games in the case, but no games. But they already sold at least three copies on Monday according to three people on the internet including me who posted about it. Most likely more, since there were only three copies of B2 left and only five of W2 left after I left, probably more with how many games fit in the case. Also, rule three to street date breaking, calling is useless.
Don't *bleep* with me are you serious? I will *bleep*ing Drive to edgewater NJ right now from Atlantic City!
EDIT: Filthy little liar. Just called them up to see if they had them in stock. Only a few issues.
Not only have they not sold any Pokemon B/W2 games, but they don't get their shipment for that game in until Saturday. So, something smells a little funky with your story, kid.
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Justin Bieber Was Racing His Ferrari Before Accident
It appears that Justin Bieber was racing former "House Of Pain" member Everlast down Ventura Boulevard before his accident in Studio City. We were tipped to Everlast's Tweet.
Everlast Tweeted: I just raced @justinbieber down Ventura in his Ferrari I won but a fedex truck got in his way ... Seemed like a down to earth kid
Everlast pointed out later that he was in an audi.
As we reported earlier, Justin Bieber was involved in a car accident in his Ferrari earlier today.-Dr.FB
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Elizabethan collars are one of the more common methods of dog wound treatment prescribed by veterinarians, and pet owners may have seen other dogs with these large, cone-shaped devices around their necks. The odd shape of the collars can raise some questions in an owner's mind, and many may wonder why these are necessary.
Elizabethan collars for dogs are typically given to canines when they leave an animal hospital, especially after any type of surgery. Unlike humans, dogs don't understand when told not to scratch or lick at a particular area of their body. This can cause wound dressings, surgical stitches or bandages to come off, which can be problematic.
Some dogs may also be constantly itching or licking at certain areas of their body, especially if they have a problem like hot spots on dogs. Elizabethan collars restrict the dog's neck from moving so they can't get at these areas and cause worsening of the problem.
When a dog is given an Elizabethan collar, it's very tempting for the owner to take the collar off, especially in the first few hours. The dog will likely need to adjust to moving around with the collar on, and they may bump into objects. Try to keep the dog in a comfortable space with no danger of hitting objects with the large collar, advises VCA Animal Hospitals. This will allow the dog to get used to the device. For the period the dog is prescribed to wear the collar, it should not be allowed to go outside unsupervised, and should ideally only go outside for short walks.
In a properly-fitted Elizabethan collar, the dog should have no problem eating and drinking as it normally would. If the collar is interfering with the dog's ability to eat, you might want to make an appointment with the veterinarian to get the collar re-fitted.
Besides that, the main aspect of care the owner should keep in mind is keeping the collar clean. This can be difficult to do while it is on the dog, so it's okay to take it off for a short time to allow cleaning. However, clean the collar quickly and be sure to keep an eye on the dog to ensure he does not immediately began scratching or licking the problematic area.


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Broadcasting and the Environment: Communicating the Issues
Ladies and gentlemen,
The environmental movement, and concepts such as sustainable development, are still young.
In the immediate post-World War Two era, the emphasis was on economic recovery. The world's resources seemed limitless.
Then during the 1960s the first stirrings of public concern became apparent. The spontaneous combustion of Love Canal in the US because it was so polluted, the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, there are among the milestones that are seen as being the start of the modern environmental movement.
The growing concern of many the citizens, predominantly in the affluent societies of Europe and North America, 'filtered up' to governments. This culminated in the 1972 Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, which in turn led to the creation of the United Nation Environment Programme as the environmental conscience of the UN system.
UNEP's mission is clear:
'To provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations'.
Raising public awareness of global environmental issues was therefore one of the fundamental tasks assigned to UNEP at Stockholm. This is something that UNEP has taken seriously ever since.
UNEP has always tried to adopt a sophisticated approach to media relations.
• Its Division of Communications and Public Information provides media information through press releases, backgrounders, briefings, and by organising interviews and press conferences.
• Its web site www.unep.org offers extensive background about the environment and UNEP, as well as extensive links to other environment-related web sites
• UNEP coordinates World Environment Day each year to raise awareness of the environment and what people can do, and it awards prizes such as the Global 500 awards and the UNEP Sasakawa Environment Prize that reward people and institutions who set outstanding examples of environmentally friendly activity.
• UNEP also runs a vigorous Children and Youth programme to engage tomorrow's leaders in the work of UNEP, and a highly successful and visible photographic competition, Focus on your World, sponsored by Canon. The fourth Focus on Your World competition is just being launched, and those of you who travel in and out of Heathrow Airport in the next year will see several of the most powerful images displayed in Terminal 4, thanks to a collaboration between UNEP, Canon and Hewlett Packard.
• UNEP also produces a wide range of publications, including cutting edge environmental assessments such as the Global Environmental Outlook, which have received wide media coverage.
• Regularly in the news at the moment, for obvious reasons, is the work of UNEP's post-conflict assessment unit, which has recently published studies on the war in Afghanistan and the state of the environment of the occupied territories of Palestine. It is currently engaged in a study on the potential—and actual—environmental implications of the current war in Iraq. Incidentally, all these publications are available from our UK-based distributor, SMI, or through the UNEP online bookshop.
Last, but not least, UNEP is involved, and has been since 1984, with the editorially independent Television Trust for the Environment—TVE—which produces a weekly environment bulletin—Earth Report—broadcast to an estimated 700 million homes throughout the world, principally via the BBC World channel.
I think it is worth emphasising that phrase: 'editorially independent'.
UNEP has always respected the need for editorial independence in its dealings with the media. That is why I think we've had such success, not just in our relationship with TVE, but with the world media as a whole, in getting environmental stories out to the public.
TVE's mission is to take a lead from UNEP's programmatic priorities and turn them into stories that will stimulate the concern of a mass audience. Our shared aim is to open minds and stimulate new ways of thinking and acting.
Together, UNEP and TVE have had some noteworthy successes:
• In the 1980s, a programme called Seeds of Despair was commissioned to highlight the problem of land degradation or 'desertification'. What it became was the first report on the famine in Ethiopia and the environmental causes behind it. The subsequent news coverage and the campaign to feed the starving was a dramatic example both of the power of the media to motivate people, and the power of ordinary people to act and make changes when they are motivated.
• Another example of successful change through the media is the TV coverage that UNEP helped to inspire about the discovery of the ozone hole over Antarctica. It had actually been known for several years that CFCs triggered a chemical process that was destroying ozone in the upper atmosphere. But it was only when it became headline news on TV throughout the world that governments heeded UNEP's call to act. The result was the Montreal Protocol, which has seen the world's governments act together to avert a crisis and enable scientists to now be able to predict that the ozone layer could be restored in a few decades.
The lesson from this latter example is twofold.
• One: that through the UN, meaningful action can indeed be taken to safeguard the environment: an important message to bear in mind in today's climate, when cynicism about the possibility of multilateral action seems to be growing .
• Second: environmental issues are not only important to our lives, but, given the right coverage, people are interested, and the media can have a powerful impact for the good of the planet.
This message is all the more important when we consider the current state of the planet.
Because, the sad truth is that successes such as the Montreal Protocol are rare.
The state of the world's natural resource base is far worse than when UNEP came into being over 30 years ago. With few exceptions, the trends are downwards. For most of the world, it is business as usual where the environment is concerned. Destructive development remains the norm.
However, I think we can also safely say that without three decades of environmental coverage in the media, without the action of organisations such as Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and the Worldwide Fund for Nature, which are now household names—as well as by organisations such as UNEP, which are not!—and without the active concern of hundreds of millions of ordinary people, things would be a lot worse.
I mentioned UNEP's GEO reports earlier. The most recent one, GEO-3, released last year prior to the World Summit on Sustainable Development, emphasises the many environmental challenges the world faces:
• Sever water shortages already exist in many parts of the world, and they are predicted to increase.
• Land degradation is reducing soil fertility and adding to projected difficulties in producing enough food for the Earth's growing human population.
• The Earth's forests are disappearing.
• Biological diversity is shrinking as species become extinct.
• Many of our seas are becoming deserts due to overfishing.
• Urban air pollution is reaching crisis levels in many megacities in the developing world.
• Climate change seems to be making environmental disasters more frequent and more severe.
• Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are higher than they have been for 160,000 years.
• And new research shows that we seem to be destabilising the global nitrogen cycle as well.
That's not a very happy list.
The challenge for us—for UNEP and the UN, and for you, as broadcasters—is to bring these statistics to life, to show how and why they are relevant to people's lives—and not just to the people of the developing world who are bearing the brunt of these problems, but to everyone—to find new and interesting ways of presenting these stories, and, perhaps even more important, to find ways to inspire people to make the changes in lifestyles and in government policies that we believe are necessary for a healthier, safer and more equitable future for humankind.
That is why I think it is important that you, as broadcasters, make a conscious decision to keep environmental issues high on your reporting agenda.
People need to be informed and involved.
Your business as broadcasters is about communicating with people. They are your audience. They are your market.
UNEP's work on the environment is ultimately also all about people. A healthy environment means a healthy society. An unhealthy environment is the cause of poverty, disease and death, and conflict.
That is why, as a society, we are concerned with things like restoring the ozone layer, with slowing global warming, with conserving biodiversity.
Environmental resources are the foundation for society's future. The broadcast media are part—a very important part—of society.
As a former director of UNEP once said: "I know of no successful environmental action that was not preceded by public demand."
The broadcast media is perhaps the most potent force for informing and shaping public opinion.
The lessons of the past are clear. We cannot wait for governments or the corporate world to take the lead. It has to come from civil society: from NGOs, schools, colleges, trade unions, religious groups, etc.
Above all, it has to come from the concerned individual. I don't mean members of environmental NGOs. I mean the average person out there watching the TV or sitting at their PC.
Maybe they feel they have no influence or interest in what happens in the world.
We have to reach these people and engage them with compelling stories and attractively packaged information about the environmental issues that are shaping their lives and those of their children.
That is the challenge.
Not so long ago environment was a new, fresh issue.
Now there is perhaps a feeling that the environment is old hat. 'Been there, done that'.
Or perhaps there's just fatigue with the litany of depressing statistics, and the apparent failure of the international community to get to grips with some of the major issues like climate change, for instance.
Also, when environmental issues were still fresh news, there was not such a mind-blowing choice of TV channels and other media to choose from. The pace of change in information technology over the past decade has been breathtaking.
I'm not an expert on new—or old—media, so I'll leave it to you to address the challenges presented by the breakneck pace of change in broadcasting:
• the opportunities presented by the variety of new portals open to the public, versus the chances that your efforts are dissipated because of that very variety,
• the opportunities presented by the fact that programme making is getting cheaper and easier, versus the fact that too much poor quality programming is being made to fit niche audiences.
These are very tricky questions that, thankfully, I don't have to answer.
Nevertheless, the bottom line, whatever the delivery system, is how to grab the attention of that busy, distracted person in front of his or her TV set, or computer.
I'd just like to make this one point: the new media—Internet, interactive TV, and whatever else is in the pipeline with the coming of Broadband—present tremendous potential for building communities for environmental action.
The environmental rallying cry has always been 'think globally, act locally'. The weakness of this invocation is: what if local action isn't benefiting the global environment? What point is there of cleaning up your act if your neighbours don't reciprocate? Local activists need to be in touch.
The new media—Internet, interactive TV etc—allow groups and individuals who are facing the same challenges—whether it's primate conservation or micro-hydropower schemes—to link up, compare notes, bypass governments and coordinate action.
They also represent a vast new reservoir of stories.
Which, after all, is your business.
We hear a lot these days that people have lost interest in environmental issues.
UNEP does not subscribe to this point of view. Nor, I suspect do you..
So long as parents care about the future of their children, so long as communities plan for their future, there will be interest in the environment, and in stories about how it is being affected and, perhaps more importantly, how people are making changes for the better, improving their local environment, working for a better world.
Your job, as producers and broadcasters is to make those stories as appealing as possible.
In today's broadcasting climate, where the scramble for attention is unprecedentedly intense, where there seems to be a tendency for 'dumbing down', for appealing to the lowest common denominator, that is a serious challenge.
For example:
Documentary series such as Life on Earth and Trials of Life have made David Attenborough the icon of natural history broadcasting. His programmes get the BBC's best ratings and highest sales of all their factual programming. But, interestingly, when he tackled serious environmental coverage last year with a 90-minute special on the state of the environment prior to WSSD—which incidentally was very good, and given plenty of publicity support—it was, by Attenborough's standards, a ratings failure, getting half his usual audience.
The reasons for that, I am sure, will form the core of today's discussions.
I understand, from sources in the TV industry, that it is common knowledge that if you are a programme commissioner and you want to put your career at risk, run an environmental series. If you want to commit suicide, make it about 'sustainable development' in the developing world.
Actually, it seems that, at the moment, the tide is out on serious documentary making as a whole.
So, that is the challenge we have to face, as environmentalists and as broadcasters.
How can we combat the apparent handicap that comes with what one UK television controller once dubbed "the dreaded 'E' word"?
How can we make environmental coverage attractive and compelling?
How do we get away from the perception that environmental issues have already been covered, that they are old news, that the environment is a boring subject and coverage of it is too preachy and weighed down with jargon?
Those are not easy questions to answer.
Perhaps the answer lies with the people who are being targeted. The general public.
Opinion polls consistently show that issues such as environment and health are top public concerns.
But marketing surveys also tell us that average viewing times are as little as four minutes.
So, how do we grab the attention of people who are interested and distracted?
I think the answer lies in following the basic precepts of news reporting.
Stories must be new, true and interesting.
Yes, we are mostly familiar with the environmental issues facing us. And there can often be a sense of fatigue, especially when confronted with another story of doom and gloom.
But, the environment, and society's interaction with it, is dynamic. There are always new developments and new science to report—the new and the true.
And what about 'the interesting'?
For me, what is perhaps most interesting is how people are rising to the challenges.
What, in our current jargon, we call 'best practices and success stories'.
Let me just give you one example.
I mentioned earlier one of UNEP's environment prizes—the UNEP Sasakawa Environment Prize. Some people liken it to the 'environmental Nobel Prize'.
This year's winner is a man called Ashok Khosla.
His company—Development Alternatives—is providing employment for India's rural poor with the simple goal: to make environmentally sound development a good business proposition.
The story of Ashok Khosla is of one man with a vision, someone who is both inspired and inspiring, who is creating technologies that will not only help change the lives of India's poor, but which can be transported and replicated across the globe, wherever environmentally-friendly technologies can appropriately be applied.
This encapsulates everything from bricks that don't need to be fired, thus saving valuable energy, to biodegradable fuel filters made from paper manufactured from recycled cotton waste.
Incidentally, these filters are now being used by Toyota and Mercedes.
The value of people like Dr. Khosla is that they have the power to reach us all—the rural poor of countries like India, who need help in improving their livelihoods, and the wealthy of the developed world who also need help, in the form of inspirational examples as well as appropriate technology, to change our lifestyles.
They provide us with the stories we need not only to bring environmental issues to life, but to give us all little hope.
I know there are thousands of stories like that out there. I think it is our responsibility as environmentalists and broadcasters to find those stories and to share them.
Especially those stories that will, indeed, make a change.
UNEP has a new initiative to look at just this issue, because it does appear that traditional messages coming from governments and pressure groups urging the public to adopt environmentally lifestyles are not working. They need overhauling.
Messages that are piling guilt and despair on people are making them turn off from the environmental message.
Instead of trying to make people feel guilty about their lifestyles and habits, maybe we should be looking at how to make sustainable lifestyles 'cool' and fashionable, to show how there are real benefits to living in harmony with the planet.
For instance the European 'Wash Right' campaign is extolling the virtues of low-temperature clothes washing by emphasising the benefits to the clothes as well as its energy-saving potential.
Another example: a clothes company in Brazil, Copa Roca, has made a hit out of making clothes from recycled fabrics.
So, I think there are a lot of interesting, inspiring, and new environmental stories out there.
In conclusion then:
Your role as broadcasters is essential. You can bring issues before the public in ways they can understand and identify with. And, as never before, you can provide your audiences, especially by using the Internet in tandem with TV, radio, print etc., with background, with updates, and with the opportunity to interact and become involved.
You can also help governments and organisations like UNEP stay honest. You can recall promises and statements made at meetings like WSSD and let your audiences know when they have, or have not, been followed up.
The media has a crucial role to play in questioning the status quo and transmitting the success stories which can inspire us to build sustainable societies.
The goal is not to raise environmental awareness as and end in itself, but to change attitudes, bring pressure on governments, change lifestyles.
That can be done by telling good stories cleanly, simply, and interestingly.
I believe you can maintain and improve the quality of debate.
Yes, the market for serious documentaries may be limited. And that is a challenge for us all to discuss today, perhaps.
But I think there's no doubt that people are interested in the issues that affect their lives, at home, and also in the world outside.
News coverage, in particular, has an immediacy and a relevance that is capable of generating lively interest which can then be followed up upon.
One top-running story on a domestic nightly news bulletin is worth a dozen documentaries broadcast on cable channels through the world.
True, you must get the science right. Viewers must not think you are trivialising an issue.
And you must try to cope with the complexity of the environment and development nexus.
But the most important thing is to tell a good story. Something that is new, true and interesting.
And our role, as UNEP? I think that we need, obviously, to keep coming up with the reports, the assessments, the science, on which your reporting is based.
But, beyond that, I think we need to increase the trust between ourselves, as scientists and policy advisers, and you, as media specialists.
We need to make more of an effort to package our information to attract your interest.
And we need to learn to trust your judgement about what is news, what is interesting, and to make more of an effort to provide what you need.
I hope that after today we will have a clearer idea of how we can work better with each other and how we can help each other achieve our mutually compatible goals of communicating effectively with our audience.
Thank you


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Well I sure like the looks of the stromboli you guys made and will have to try it soon. I am confused as all get out about the definitions. David says candyman is off base but doesn't say why? From what I have read it seems close to me. Can anyone help me out here? Regardless I'll be making some soon. You folks have a great new year. Pat
As for the calzone, it was invented in New Haven, Connecticut at a place called Tony and Lucille's. Another Wooster Street classic.
Considering that there exist theories as to where Italians got the idea for calzones, and that the idea proceeding from any of those theories predates even the founding of the United States of America, I think it's pretty safe to assume the calzone was not invented in Connecticut.http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodpies.html#portable
Actually, growing up in an Italian family, i can tell you there is a big difference between Stromboli and Calzoni. The biggest difference is that a Stromboli has red sauce (pizza sauce) and a Calzoni does not. Calzoni has Ricotta cheese or feta cheese and generally Italian Sausage, onions, peppers, and sometimes ham (can put any typical pizza topping in it)... seldom does it have Mozzarella cheese. Calzoni is rolled like a jelly roll. Stromboli usually has mozzarella cheese, sicilian sauce, and about any pizza topping. Stromboli are made just like a pizza with all the toppings on one half of the pie (heaped up) and then the empty side of the pizza is folded over the toppings forming a half pie (or half moon shape). Then, usually with a fork or ravioli cutter the sides are sealed together. That is the difference and both come from Sicily.Also, wanted to let you all know that these stromboli's look delish.~Candyman~
Since my boli created such a stir you'll all be happy to know I won't make a boli on a pizza stone anymore, so Lol. But seriously, cheese literally carbonized. Looked like black Teflon, shiny and metallic. I had to put the stone in self clean cycle, man does that work! Every oil discoloration since day 1 gone! Like it was out of the box. That said I think boli's are best made on a pan... or something else anyway. I hear some people "season" the stone? I tried a little garlic and oregano, had no affect at all.
SDWill you share your "recipe" for bolis made with flour tortillas...Sounds like something I would really like to try. Any pictures would also sure be appreciated. ThanksBuffalo
Since my boli created such a stir you'll all be happy to know I won't make a boli on a pizza stone anymore, so Lol. But seriously, cheese literally carbonized. Looked like black Teflon, shiny and metallic. I had to put the stone in self clean cycle...


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Trilateral Statement Japan, Republic of Korea and the United States
Today, Secretary Clinton met with Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara and South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan in Washington. Following the Trilateral Ministerial, the Secretary said:
"I am delighted to have both Minister Maehara of Japan and Minister Kim of the Republic of Korea here for these consultations and this historic trilateral meeting that underscores the strength of our shared commitment to advancing regional peace, prosperity, and stability. These discussions illustrate the importance of the deep bilateral relationships that the United States has with Japan and South Korea, as well as the value of the partnership between Japan and South Korea. Such strong relationships are the foundation for the unified position that our countries are taking with respect to North Korea.
"We all agree that North Korea's provocative and belligerent behavior jeopardizes peace and stability in Asia. We are deeply concerned by its unprovoked attack on the island of Yeonpyeong, resulting in the loss of South Korean lives. On behalf of the American people, I would like to convey our sympathies to the victims and their families. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. We want the people of South Korea to know that we are standing shoulder-to-shoulder with you, and we are deeply committed to your defense.
"The minister and I share the view that the attack by the North Koreans violates the Armistice Agreement of 1953; that North Korea's provocative and belligerent behavior threatens us all, and that it will be met with solidarity from all three countries.
"The attack is the latest in a series of North Korean provocations. It has disclosed a uranium enrichment program that violates UN Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874, as well as North Korea's commitments under the September 2005 Joint Statement of the Six-Party Talks. And the sinking of the Cheonan, killing 46 South Korean sailors, deepened North Korea's international isolation.
"From day one of the Obama Administration, we have made clear that North Korea needs to change. The international community has repeatedly presented North Korean leadership with a path toward greater engagement and integration, but thus far they have chosen the path of confrontation and isolation. The path to a better relationship and a secure and prosperous future is still open to North Korea if it makes the right choices. We remain committed to seeking opportunities for dialogue. But we will not reward North Korea for shattering the peace or defying the international community.
"This trilateral meeting reaffirmed the steps that North Korea must take in order for a resumption of Six-Party Talks to produce results. North Korea must improve relations with the Republic of Korea and cease its provocative behavior. North Korea must also comply with its international obligations and take concrete steps to implement its denuclearization commitments under the September 2005 Joint Statement.
"As part of our comprehensive strategy going forward, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen will lead a delegation to South Korea tonight to enhance coordination on strategic deterrence. He will then visit Tokyo. Next week, I will be sending a high-level team to Asia to follow up on today's meeting.
"The ministers and I are also in close consultation with China and Russia. I have emphasized to my Chinese colleagues that China, as a vital partner in maintaining regional stability, a country with unique and strong ties with North Korea, and chair of the Six-Party Talks, has a special role to play in helping to shape North Korea's behavior. We will continue to work closely with Beijing, Moscow, and the rest of the international community to fully implement UN Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874.
"Last night, President Obama spoke with Chinese President Hu. They reaffirmed the importance of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. And we appreciate Beijing's initiative to propose an emergency Six-Party gathering. However, we first need an appropriate basis for the resumption of talks. Any effort, of course, must start with North Korea ceasing all provocative and belligerent behavior.
"The U.S. treaty alliances with Japan and the Republic of Korea have been the foundation for peace and stability in Asia for decades, and the Japan-South Korea partnership helps form a triangle of stability and cooperation. The ministers and I reaffirmed our steadfast commitments under our respective defense treaties. In addition, on Friday, the Republic of Korea and the United States, completed negotiations on a landmark Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement that will further strengthen the bonds between our two countries.
"These strong bilateral relationships are now enhancing our trilateral cooperation, as well as all of our countries' relationships with China. The United States is encouraged by steps that China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea have taken to deepen their bilateral ties, because we believe that strong relationships among all four countries are an essential element of peace and stability in Asia.
"The ministers and I also released a joint trilateral statement that provides a framework to enhance regional cooperation and collaboration. It articulates key principles for expanding trilateral cooperation not only on the Korean Peninsula, but in the Lower Mekong, supporting Middle East -- the Middle East peace process, enforcing UN sanctions to counter Iran's nuclear ambitions. And most importantly, we are in agreement to continue working closely together and to hold additional regular trilateral interactions. There is a lot at stake and we are committed to working through all the challenges that we face together"
You can read the full transcript of the Secretary's remarks with the Foreign Ministers here.
E. writes:
Nkorean its a global issue
Aaron in Wisconsin writes:
A trade agreement and a possible war makes Korea a very valuble source of capital gain for U.S.A. however the shadow of communism is just around the corner in China. It wouldn't be that hard for Chinese infantry to bolster the N.Korean defenses. God save us all.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Fugu is considered a threat just a threat.
(The leadership of the hearing to be very concerned about retaliation think.)
As far as my personal, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the North is the difference between yeonpyeong island, the Japanese surprise attack was going to take the hegemony of the Pacific Ocean, the North does not have any power, even for a few of the attacks, there is no counter I remember (not in fmr President Bill Clinton) promised (?) was a surprise attack, to be defeated by fighting back, knowing the absolute feast - billed as local gangster bravado - his opponent's body, which scared the negative image of blowfish I think we should threaten. If you do not eat fugu, and very delicious food, professional chef sonjilhamyeon think. In winter, I think the more delicious.
War, but again that - at most 7-8 years, but - this idea that I think we should not let it hurt. (Now that's not the Chinese government, is to exploit China's hegemony in Northeast Asia are likely to degenerate into a tool to think.)
Davis in California writes:
The three countries are trying to finalize a date for the meeting between South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, the official said on condition of anonymity.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Why "mr. reasonable" won't cut it...;
I think in this case, fugu has encountered Murphy's Law (whereby anything that can go wrong will eventually, unless acted upon by an outside force).
Diplomatic folks talk of that "special relationship" China has with North Korea and I can't help but think there's some smart Chinese folks who would say that the relationship isn't working out for them and in fact threatens multiple aspects of China's long term development.
Aside from all the economic and physical threats present and accounted for, China's leaders have a unique choice as "how best to present China to the world" in resolving this crisis they helped to create, doing the right thing by the North Korean people in the process, as well as themselves by eliminating the threat posed by an unstable regime who's militaristic bent goes 180 degrees opposed to peace and stability for all the nations of the world. Simply because China enabled North Korea to do so over many years. It won't be easy but it is the best way to end the problem...
'Lil Kim & son can sail off into the sunset on a luxury cruise with all the scotch they can drink for all I care, so long as they take "early retirement" gracefully without a shot fired.
There comes a point of departure from diplomacy when the talking is done, or simply fruitless to pursue in a given status quo.
Seems we've reached that inflection point now that 6 party talks are desired like your average bit of road pizza on a hot day.
I don't think it's so much a problem of "buying the same horse twice" as it is the one we bought died before it could be saddled.
oh well...what did folks expect from ethical infants anyway?
Unless folks are willing to engage in some blunt trauma diplomacy, it's going to be like talkin' to a wall.
Change tends to be somewhat traumatic anyway and folks are going to have to be real blunt in explaining the options.
A sailor abord the Abraham Lincoln asked Sec. Gates if they'd be heading to Korea in the forseable future..."I don't think so." was the response.
OK, I'll gladly take it on faith that the Sec. has a better idea than I do if they're going or not.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Help to Japan Democratic Party
Democratic Party of Japan's approval ratings so low, seems to have difficulty.
South Korea's opposition and the fact that liberals, too difficult, but when I try to access difficult to maintain the gap somehow.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
In Japan, active support for Japanese Prime Minister, you need to think. In Iran, accused of adultery by stoning for a woman to stop the milestone occurs, and South Korea that were almost certain that Turkey's nuclear power plants in Japan and the access order is canceled, is underway.
The point is, if I power and money involved in building nuclear plants in Turkey and I think I want to make money that there is a need to talk. I'd like to earn money and you enjoy it. The choice in consultation with where you ...
Support for Japan to think, very fast.
As laugh, think, without fault of their own, do not want to force the conclusion that this situation occurs, you think.
Claudine C. in China writes:
This meeting focuses on implementing prosperity and stability and strengthens the relationship between this three countries.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Rights of Migrant Workers in Korea, three ways of looking at
1. Foreign workers to keep working hard and good to laws.
2. Bangladesh is 2.40 versus a 17 year-old high school girl was murdered because of calls .... so where ingwondancheran congestion charge Police called to the job .... rapnida attack police said they're hunting a human being ....... what not to arrest criminal aliens ... I think the crazy ..
3. I was working a little bit of money, illegal aliens are attracted to, so that even passing contact with South Korea and shy woman reported the body harness that does not even know the proper actions are illegal foreign workers ...
And, as illegal foreign workers, making them a vice president of South Korea to protect them and damaging to domestic human rights organizations (Human Rights organizations are performing the necessary odd)
Most of their work hard, stick together, not even be where I think.
Organized crime groups to come to another country and do not need protection to kill ...
In South Korea's Gyeonggi Province, since foreign workers do not go to her house the night ......
Palgye in South Korea writes:
To Mother? Sorry to bother you. However, keep in Libya, beating the cotton.
P.S. We oppose China's economic contraction, but the grand axis of the sudden emergence of the global financial markets are also opposed. I think a lot of trouble yet is hidden. The difficulty of hiding ..


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Roger Clemens was discussing his future Tuesday at the Astros season opener when he responded to a question about his health after the World Baseball Classic with a comment that some might consider racially insensitive.
Clemens, who broke down late last season with injuries, said he felt fine after the WBC and left the tournament impressed by the quality of the international teams.
But he made a questionable comment when speaking about the devotion of the Japanese and South Korean fans.
"None of the dry cleaners were open, they were all at the game, Japan and Korea," Clemens said. "So we couldn't get any dry cleaning done out there, but I guess the neatest thing is that 50,000 of them were at Anaheim Stadium."
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 6, 2013) – Four Paralympic silver medalists will be among the players competing for the U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball team on March 8-10 at the Colorado Crossroads Junior National Qualifier at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.
The U.S. Women's Sitting Team will play five exhibition matches against Canada over three days. In between matches, players will be available to sign autographs.
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Team as it plays Canada at the 2010 Sitting Volleyball
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"We have played at Crossroads several times over the past few years and it has always been a really good experience for the players," said Bill Hamiter, high performance director of the U.S. sitting volleyball program and head coach of the U.S. Women's Sitting Team.
"It is great to bring sitting volleyball to people who might have never seen it, or at least have never seen it played live."
The U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team won the silver medal at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. Players from that team scheduled to appear in Denver are Kari Miller (Washington, D.C.), Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.), Kendra Lancaster (Westfield, Ind.) and Kaleo Kanahele (Oklahoma City, Okla.).
Other U.S. players who will be competing in Denver are Nicole Nieves (Kissimmee, Fla.), Alexis Shifflet (Waseca, Minn.), Cali Overcast (Colorado Springs, Colo.), Bethany Zummo (Dublin, Calif.) and Angela DeHaan (Yuba City, Calif.). Zummo and DeHaan were alternates to the 2012 U.S. Paralympic Sitting Volleyball Team.
The teams will play two matches on both Friday and Saturday, at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. both days. They will play their final match on Sunday at 9 a.m.
A one-day spectator pass for the Colorado Crossroads Junior National Qualifier is $10. A pass for two or more days is $20. For more information about the tournament, visit coloradocrossroads.org.
Friday, March 8:
10 a.m. Match 1
Autograph following match
2-3 p.m. Kari Miller, Cali Overstreet and Bethany Zummo at USA Volleyball booth
3-4 p.m. Nicole Nieves, Bethany Zummo and Angela DeHaan at USA Volleyball booth
5 p.m. Match 2
Autograph following match
Saturday, March 9:
10 a.m. Match 3
Autograph following match
2-3 p.m. Kaleo Kanahele and Heather Erickson at USA Volleyball booth
3-4 p.m. Kendra Lancaster and Alexis Shifflet at USA Volleyball booth
5 p.m. Match 4
Autographs following match
Sunday, March 10:
9 a.m. Match 5


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Topic: Testing Controller Actions
Hello everyone, I was wondering if I could ask a question about something that's driving me crazy. I'm trying to figure out how to run functional tests in rails (currently running 3.2.11, with ruby version 1.9.3-p362). In particular, I'm trying to access variables within the actions (@variables_like_me) in order to test that my programs are producing the results I'm expecting.
The various resources I see out there:
https://www.sit.auckland.ac.nz/Unit_and _for_Rails
seem to suggest several steps to the process.
You must have a controller
class Happy_Controller < ApplicationController
def happy_action
@test_string = "Hello giant robots!"
and you should have a test within the functional tests folder - prefferably one that ends in _test.rb
require 'test_helper'
#require 'happy_controller' <- tried this but ruby mine is throwing a fit,
#but the action symbol works fine later so I doubt this is the problem.
class Happy_Controller_Test < ActionController::TestCase
#This setup seems necessary in a copy pasta mannerism
def setup
@controller = Happy_Controller.new
@request = ActionController::TestRequest.new
@responce = ActionController::TestResponce.new
#Then we get to the tests themselves
#This part works - even though I wonder why simple_cov gave 100% coverage before, but
#now claims none
test "should respond when call for the action" do
get :happy_controller
assert_responce: :success
test "should have a variable @test_string = 'Hello giant robots!'" do
get :happy_controller
assert_equal("Hello giant robots!", assigns(:test_string))
#I've also tried assigns(:@test_string) and assigns("test_string") and assigns("@test_string") nothing I try seems to work
To this end, I'm beginning to believe the problem has something to do with how this is done in Rails 2 and how its (mysteriously?) now done in Rails 3. Note that I'm starting my tests out with the word 'test' while the examples start out with a method def test_that_does_something_awesome. Now, I would try this (in fact let's) but it still does nothing; it's functional but it declares that the value of the variable is <nil> and not the expected string -- in my case above "Hello giant robots!". On top of that, I'd rather learn to do things the Rails 3 way using tests, although I'm sure everything will change in Rails 4 just to addle my brain further.
For note, when I do try
puts assigns.to_s
my tests declare that the list of variables inside are:
{"_routes"=>nil, "ips"=>["xyz.xyz.xyz.x", "xyz.x.y.a", "xy.xy.xyz.xyz"], "_db_runtime"=>0}
This almost suggests that it's getting nothing back. That's where I've run into a dead end - any ideas?
Thank you in advance.


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Knead the cookie dough with the flour on a work surface until smooth. Roll out part of the dough on a lightly floured surface until 1/4-inch thick. Using a variety of round cookie cutters or tops of glasses, cut out as many circles as possible, ranging from 3 inches to 1 1/2 inches. Transfer the cut-outs to the prepared cookie sheets about 1 inch apart. Repeat with the remaining dough and scraps.
Bake the cookies until lightly golden, about 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
Spoon 1/3 cup of the royal frosting into a plastic resealable bag. Divide the remaining royal frosting evenly between four small bowls. Tint three of the bowls different shades of neon blue with the food coloring. Add a few drops of water to each bowl, including the white, to thin the frosting slightly. Spoon each color into a plastic resealable bag.
When the cookies are cool, snip a very small corner from the bag with the un-thinned white royal frosting. Pipe an outline of royal frosting on each cookie. Snip a small corner from the bags with the thinned frosting. Pipe frosting inside the outline and spread to the edge. Pipe several rings of colors or dots of white inside the outline to make the bubbles. Let cookies dry at least 2 hours before stacking.
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Make them smile with a sweet Guppies treat!
A frozen drink that looks like Gil's tail? COOL!
Make this tasty treat any day of the week--it's simple!
Bubble Guppies fans will dive right into this tasty dip!
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Little guppies will flip for this funny take on dessert!
Make no bones about it, these cookies are delicious & easy to make!
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Turn plain pound cake into bite-sized cake pops that look like Little Fish!
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No baking job is too big, no pup lover is too small to help out in the kitchen!
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A winter treat your kids can FROST and EAT!
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Excelente! That's an understatement!
A high-flying Diego dessert in disguise!
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I think that's probably what's helped to make Liam a much more common name than it used to be. It was quite rare when I was a nipper, and I kinda liked that. Being something different. But now, because of the huge Oasis thing, lots of people have named their kids Liam after Mr Gallagher. Oh well, so much for relative uniqueness. Maybe I should see about getting my name changed by deed poll . . .
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UNEP FI Project Launch Follow Up
The joint project between the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and Global Footprint Network to assess the financial materiality of ecological risk was launched at the UN Foundation in Washington DC on 17 October 2011. Opening remarks from Paul Clements-Hunt (Head of UNEP FI) and Susan Burns (Senior Vice President of Global Footprint Network) showed a clear commitment from both organisations to this potentially ground breaking project. Richard Burrett, of Earth Capital Partners, also gave an inspiring presentation detailing not only the importance of this project but also how investors currently perceive the financial relevance of natural resources.
It is clear that the tightening constraints on resources and their potential impacts on national economies are not included within current financial analysis. Yet such factors are thought to have growing implications for the long-term credit risk of many government bonds, especially those with long-dated maturities.
A host of financial institutions were in attendance at the launch and participated in a stimulating discussion around the evidence base to show that ecological risks are becoming material for economies and how key ecological data can be linked to the financial and economic indicators. This project will endeavour to shine a light on such questions to explore the role of natural resource accounting in strengthening risk models for government bonds.
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Europe Airpost Receives Approval for Paperless Cockpits
Europe Airpost pilots are ready to eliminate paper flight manuals from the cockpits of their Boeing 737 aircraft, receiving EASA approval to begin using electronic flight bags (EFB).
(Europe Airpost Boeing 737-300. Photo, courtesy of Europe Airpost.)
The airline will begin operating its fleet of 737s with the NavAero Class 2 EFB, equipped with Lufthansa Systems' Lido/eRouteManual. The EFBs will feature electronic navigation charts identical to the paper-based navigation charts that the pilots had previously been using.
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Topic: impressive NetBeans screencasts
Is anyone out there using NetBeans? I had installed RadRails previously and after tinkering with it for a while decided it didn't give me much over TextMate, which seems to be the de facto 'IDE' for Mac Users (I use quotes because it's hardly a full featured Development Environment).
Then today I saw these two screecasts of NetBeans editing Ruby. I've never used NetBeans (not even for Java dev - I used Eclipse instead), but I have to say it looks impressive. Code completion, integrated doc popups and even helpers for regex, date formatting, etc. After using Eclipse for years I really miss those types of things. Are there any other tools that can do that stuff for Ruby?
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As part of AOPA's Flight Training Retention Initiative, the association and researchers looked at the idea of what constitutes a great flight training experience. Not surprisingly, many people who were surveyed felt like they were treated less than fairly by their flight instructor or flight school. The sentiment is common for a variety of reasons, but chief among them is value. There are many aspects of the value equation, to use the executive cliche du jour, but one of the most misunderstood is instructor billing and pay.
Chances are your school charges somewhere between $30 and $60 an hour for the flight instructor's time. There are certainly places that charge more, but they are exceptions. Again, using averages, your instructor probably only sees about half of that amount. Where things start to go crazy is in how instructors bill time. There are two common scenarios. Either the student is billed for the entire time he has booked the instructor, say two hours, or time is billed for active instruction time. Even here there are variations. Some instructors bill for time the student is preflighting. The justification is that he is supervising.
So what's fair? My billing preference was always to charge for only that time I actually spent with a student. So if the lesson was booked for two hours, but he or she had soloed, I would bill only for the briefing, debriefing, and flight. With a presolo student, I was actively shadowing the preflight, so I would bill for that as well. While I think that is fair for the student, it often meant being at the airport for eight hours and only getting paid for about six. Such is the life of a CFI working as an independent contractor.
Even though I didn't make as much, I never billed for the full two-hour block. And here's why: I think it's robbery. Charging a student for two hours of instruction, but only providing an hour and a half just isn't ethical, as far as I'm concerned. The rationale often given for this practice is that the student has blocked the full two hours, so he or she should be charged for the full two hours. Except in the majority of cases, the CFI is making money on two students at once, or making money while sipping coffee and gossiping with other instructors. It's like paying $10 for a sandwich and only getting two-thirds of it.
None of this takes away from the fact that I think instructors are underpaid. But to make up that money by charging a student while he or she preflights is just not the way to do it. Flight instructors: If your services are worth more, charge more. And students: If a flight instructor does this, don't just up and leave. Have a conversation about it. And remember, 10 minutes here and there means nothing if the instructor is doing good work.
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Rough Trip to Little River (Long)
I just got back from a really short trip to the Park-- one night at a campground and two nights in the backcountry up Little River. When I was packing up my tent and other gear Sunday morning I was planning on making a post lamenting my lack of "luck" the past several trips to the Park. Since that day quite a few years ago when a friend put a fly rod in my hand at the Norfork River in Arkansas, I knew I would probably never take another trip to the Park without a fly rod-- and I haven't.
My first flyfishing trip to the Park was hiking up to CS97 on Eagle Creek in May a few years ago. I received alot of good advice and tips from members of this board, and had what so far has been my best fishing trip ever. The weather was warmer than I usually backpack in; but seemed to be exactly what the fish wanted. I suppose I came away from the Park overconfident in my fishing skills; and not as respectful of the challenges of flyfishing for trout in general, or the smaller streams in particular. The rainbows were as eager as any fish I've ever seen. (The stapps in my avatar are as greedy at feeding time as fish can get-- even breeching the surface to eat from my hand. This accurately describes the trout on my first Smokies fishing trip.) They struck everything I threw at them and things I didn't-- leaves, twigs, flourescent pink strike indicators, dry flies, nymphs. Fly selection was unimportant. With a dry and nymph, I caught two fish on a single cast more than once. (Seriously-- not a fisherman's exaggeration.) I came away thinking that trout fishing in the Smokies was easier than scooping koi out of Japanese-landscaped 100 gallon pond.
Since then, I have been to Forney, Straight Fork, Bradley, Oconaluftee, Abrams, back to Eagle, and my most recent trip to the Little River. The sum total of trout caught since that first trip is ONE! I usually have at least one hiking/fishing partner with me; and the sum total of their catches since that first trip is also ONE. I have seen one thing on every trip except that first one to Eagle-- snow. I am hoping someone will stroke my bruised ego and tell me that the fishing is exponentially more difficult when the mercury is below about 40. I like to think I am at least competent at getting a dead drift-- although it is alot harder in the pocket water than in the bigger waters of Arkansas. I can roll cast with ease, and don't spend an excessive amount of time picking flies out of the rhodo. I understand the concept of stealth and like to think I apply it correctly. But none of this seems to translate into the much sought after tight line and arc in the rod. I plan on giving it one more try in warmer weather some time and then will seriously consider hiring a guide for some constructive criticism and any other advise he or she could give. In my experience talking to other anglers on these trips, their "luck" has been on par with mine over the same time periods. Is my laying the blame on temperature partly justified or is it time to get an on-stream evaluation of my skills and techniques by someone who is more knowledgeable and experienced?
As I stated in the opening paragraph-- this is the post I was planning to make as I packed up Sunday morning. Only a few steps on the hike out would change my area of focus. As many of you probably know, there is a small stream crossing just before reaching CS24 (or just after leaving CS24 if hiking back to the Litle River Trailhead.) It is a small, innocuous crossing that is probably just a three or four rock rock-hop most of the time. The non-stop rain (another thing I could blame my lack of luck on?) added another one or two rocks to this rock-hop. Since I had on fairly new hiking boots with a still-slick sole, I was worried about slipping and falling on one of these rocks as I jumped across wearing a pack. I noticed a convenient log laying across the small stream-- it was only about six feet across and not more than eighteen inches above the water, which was only about eighteen inches deep. I rubbed the soles of my boots across the log to make sure it was not too slippery, and bounced up and down to make sure it was strong enough to support me. As someone who has backpacked for years, made all the stream crossings on Eagle in high water more than once, crossed logs probably dozens of times (many much more hairy than this one), and even has several 5.11b rock-climbing routes under my belt, I took one more step onto the log. I could even reach the bottom of the stream bed with my hiking poles (I had two) for extra balance. I had three, maybe four baby steps and this simple crossing would not even register as a stream crossing in my GPS.
That's when I heard the "crack" of the log breaking and then felt the "crack" of my right foot/ankle as it landed awkwardly, under the full weight of a pack, on some rock in the stream bed. I probably only fell two feet; but suffered the worst foot/ankle injury I've ever had. My first thoughts were "I need to get out of the creek" and "I hope I didn't ruin another camera." Fourty-two seconds later, as I was laying on my pack and vomiting from the pain, I realized I had bigger problems than a water-logged Nikon.
After about ten minutes, the dizziness and nausea had subsided; and I did the only thing I could do at the time-- put on the pack and start walking. Adrenaline is a marvelous thing! I believe it was 5.2 miles to the car. It soon became obvious that I was not gonna make any new speed records; so we decided that my friends would hike out ahead of me, drop their packs, and return to get my pack and assist me. I made it all the way to the Junction with Cucumber Gap or Huskey Gap (I don't remember which, but I do remember the sign said 2.4 miles to trailhead.) At this point, two guys with their kids came by and insisted that I let them carry my pack. They had offered on their way in; but I refused. This time, they would not take "No" for an answer, and took turns carrying my pack for about another mile until my friends made it back in to me. I did not have a pen or paper with me; so I was unable to get their addresses. Although I thanked them profusely at the time, I wish I could send them a written "Thank You" note. Two people willing to give up family time and expend extra effort to help a total stranger is, sadly, not commonplace these days.
I made it another seven or eight tenths of a mile before I could not take another step. My GPS said I was 0.8 miles to the trailhead. My friends carried my pack out while I laid down on the log bench and enjoyed the alternating hot/cold flashes and waves of nausea. I knew I literally could not take one more step. Adrenaline and Darvocets be ****ed! That's when my friend's son said "I see a car." It was a park ranger. He said several groups had reported my predicament and he decided to check it out. That was the first, and hopefully the last time, that I was grateful for logging roads. The ranger drove us back to our car, examined my ankle and wrapped it up good. He was very nice, friendly and helpful. I regret that I cannot remember his name. He seemed very hesitant to let me leave without some real medical attention; and I assured him I would go see a doctor. I know at least one park ranger reads this board (Sam-- I think his name is). Perhaps he heard of my predicament through the dispatch and can relay my sincere thanks to the ranger that picked me up. Also let him know that I did go to the doctor and, thankfully, nothing was broken. I just sprained everything you could sprain, as badly as you can sprain it, plus some torn ligaments. Good times!
My minor accident highlights the need for being prepared when heading out into the backcountry. An easy two mile hike in jeans, tennis shoes and a windbreaker could turn ugly if you fall in a creek, twist an ankle and have to spend an unexpected night in 38 degree weather in wet clothes without food, water or matches.
Anyway, the Little River was gorgeous; and I can't wait to go back and hopefully catch one of those elusive trout. After I get some film developed, and do a little post-processing on both my film and digital pictures, I'll post a link. I'll leave you with a pic of my injured ankle/foot. I should get some kind of prize for the blood blister...
Good lordy!
That could have been a serious issue if later in the year, with very few people on the trail. I'm glad you gout out alright. As for your issues with lack of fish on previous trips. Yes, In my opinion your biggest problem has been temperature. Indirectly air temp and directly water temp. If you don't have mid fifties in the water things slow down. At around 50 it is still okay but definitely below that, you are looking at very sluggish fish and dredging nymphs on the bottom with very few takes is the norm. On tailwaters you can catch fish somewhat easier in cold weather but it is still slower than during warmer months. So in short, yes temps is your biggest problem.
I'm very glad you were not hurt worse than you were. Like has been said, it sure could have been a lot worse.
I'm glad folks stopped to help. I know I would have helped you had I been there on the trail as I'm sure most of the folks on this board would. I may be naive but I honestly believe there are far more good people than bad and far more people who will help someone in distress than there are ones who would just walk on by. There are uncaring jerks out there, but I believe they are the minority.
I don't see how any human being could see a man struggling with a heavy pack obviously injured and not stop to help.
Sometimes 10 minutes of kindness can make the difference between a bad situation and a VERY bad situation.
Thanks for sharing your story with us and for reminding us that if we see someone in trouble, stopping to help can make a huge difference.
Jeff-- I didn't mean to sound jaded with regards to people being helpful. I agree with you that the "uncaring jerks" are the minority. But you know what I mean, if I was broken down on the side of I-75, a few thousand people would drive by before anyone would stop and help. I find most people I meet in outdoor endeavors are kind, genuine souls. I'm sure most of the posters on this board would have offered to help in any way they could. I did get offers of help from many of the people I encountered on my way out; but most of them probably couldn't carry me or my pack. Not that I'm a very big guy or that my pack was very heavy-- just that most of the people I encountered were the elderly, retired, touristy sort. Rest assured, while I certainly don't wish any injuries on anyone, I will gladly "Pay It Forward" and would have helped any of you even before this experience. There are still plenty of good people out there...
Hans-- thanks for telling me what I wanted to hear, LOL. I know the temp is important; but I was just wondering if I could realistically use that as my excuse. I can count the number of days the air temp has been above 55 (when I've been there) on one hand. I'll have to plan more summer trips...
FWIW-- there were a good many caddisflies attracted to my LED lantern at CS24. Most of them were tan, brown or mottled and pretty good sized-- like 14's to 10's.
Man,I'm glad you made it back.
As a person who strikes out alone all the time I try to be prepared as best as I can be...I'm also a survivalist at heart....but at my age I wouldn't have made it out if I had been as hurt as you were.
Everyone needs to read your post and be very careful out there.
bmc....don't give up on the LR...CS24 is my favorite location...that Rough Creek crossing can be tricky in wet or dry weather....from that point up through the little glade next to the camping area you can usually pick up a brown trout or two....if you can get up there in the middle of June that whole area is aglow with the synchronis fireflies...makes for a magical experience....from 24 you can fish so many areas that it would take a week to cover them all...from 24 upstream you stand a good chance of scoring a slam without changing streams....hope your recovery is quick with no long term problems.
dadgum! that's bad right there!!!
When i went on first hiking trip (4 days some on the AT) I was soooo afraid I would break my ankle on some ridge top. I didn't, but every little stream crossing I had the thought of my ankle rolling in the back of my mind. I'm glad you made it out ok!
last November I had walked through the bottomland mud and knee deep water for nearly 3/4 mile to a my hunting spot. I was...um...relieving myself and one duck comes in. I jump up and turn to get a shot and rolled my ankle. I could feel it swelling inside my neoprene. luckily I hitched a ride 1/2 way out on a four wheeler.
The after affects of an ankle injury really really suck!
I am glad you got help. My Cousin and son and I were hiking the Old Settlers
Trail and planned to hike through to Cosby and I slipped and Badly sprained
my ankle. We had to hike out at Jellystone camp ground. We couldn't get
any help. We had left a vehicle at Cosby Campground which was several
miles away. I won't call any places of business by name but we couldn't
get anyone to help us even after offering to pay someone. We started hiking
along the road to Cosby. It was obvious we had a problem. A little lady who
lived at Cosby stopped and offered help. We were three dirty large guys
who all weighed over 200lbs, but she stiill carried my son and Cousin to get
our vehicle. We did not get her name either. I am sorry we didn't.
Great story, thanks for sharing I have heard the fishing has been off "high water" is what I keep hearing I went last Saturday and I couldn't fish it, but of course I have no clue how to nymph fish yet. Little River near Elkmont is a nice area my favorite so far. I wish you a speedy recovery I am just curious what's your pack weigh?
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You need to know what you spend, every month. You can't manage your finances, amass wealth, take nice vacations, or buy new boots for fall without that annoying guilty aftertaste, unless you know how much your life really costs. You might think you need $8,000 per month, but until you tally your statements and factor in the beach rental, the harrowing dental bill, and all those freakin' baby diapers, you don't really know.
Here's an assignment for the data-challenged among us:
- Gather up your bank statements for one full year. If you're already hooked into a program like Quicken, great, use the Reports function.
- Add together your total expenses for a full 12 months (make sure you're including expensive months like August and December).
- Divide by 12.
So now you know. Yes, it's a lot of money, isn't it? (Tip inspired this recent post on Ramit Sethi's IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com — funny Web site name, good resource.)


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Community members are invited to join the Thompson Guild at its annual Fashion Show and Luncheon on Thursday, Aug. 15, from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bristol Harbour Resort, 5410 Seneca Point Road in Canandaigua.
The event features the latest fashions from Jane Morgan's Little House in Aurora and other unique boutiques, as well as drawings for fabulous prizes. Free valet parking will be provided.
Tickets are $50 per person, with proceeds from the event supporting the Women's Health and Wellness Center Capital Campaign at Thompson Health.
The reservation deadline is Aug. 6. Call Dawn Case at 585-202-0105 for more information.