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The film Rotterdam - The transition to urban resilience introduces Rotterdam as one of the European cities aligned with the URBES - Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services project. The city presents its experiences and future perspectives on strengthening the resilience of the urban ecosystem as a way to deal with environmental changes.
The URBES project, of which IUCN is a member, develops ideas, tools and knowledge for a sustainable urban life, which are co-created and shared throughout European cities. In Rotterdam, URBES focuses on governance and aims at designing arrangements and processes which embrace the protection of urban biodiversity, the improvement of urban resilience and the effective governance of ecosystem services.
If current trends continue, 70% of the world's population will live in urban areas by 2050 and cities will have a major role in shaping a sustainable future. Nature-based and innnovative solutions are essential to cope with the current and future needs of people living in cities.
URBES is a research project that started in January 2012 and aims to bridge the knowledge gap on urbanisation processes and the ecosystem services sustaining them. It supports local governments in increasing their professional skills to manage nature at the local level and to integrate its values in urban policies, plans and actions.
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Posted on: 30 April, 2012
Learning how to help people resolve conflicts and move on with their lives can be very rewarding, according to a group of volunteers who do just that.
Each year dozens of Oklahomans agree to give their time and energy to become a volunteer mediator through the Early Settlement Mediation Program. Garvin County, however, is a little short on mediators and needs some volunteers to assist with both community- and court-related disputes.
Posted on: 30 April, 2012
The annual Boswell Lecture at East Central University will be held Tuesday [MAY 1] along with a luncheon and a Service-Learning and Volunteer Fair. All the events will focus on poverty and its results in Ada and southeastern Oklahoma.
Posted on: 26 April, 2012
Jordan Thompson (right), winner of a drawing for students and employees who pre-ordered a 2012 ECU yearbook, receives an ECU spirit basket from Lori Stanton, a member of the Pesagi yearbook staff. The yearbooks cover ECU's 2011-12 academic year, with athletics, organizations, performing arts, students and faculty, and are on sale on the third floor of Danley Hall and online at www.ecok.edu/yearbook. They also can be purchased by debit or credit card in the Bursar's Office.
Posted on: 26 April, 2012
A three-week summer institute for high school students will offer free Russian language instruction and sessions about Russian culture June 10-29 at East Central University.
Startalk: In Search of the Firebird, will improve the language skills of students who will be in grades 9-12 next fall by immersing them into the Russian language and culture. Both beginning students and those at an advanced level of understanding the Russian language and culture will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
Posted on: 24 April, 2012
Staff members at the House of Hope in Ada (at left) accept a check for $150 from members of the East Central University Math Club. The club raised money for the organization by offering ECU students and faculty the opportunity to "PI a Professor" with whipped cream "pies" during Math Awareness Month. Thirteen faculty members volunteered as targets for 123 pies. Additional donations rounded the total to $150.
Posted on: 23 April, 2012
Dr. Robert Greenstreet, professor of communication studies and director of forensics at East Central University, has been honored by the Central States Communication Association Argumentation & Forensics Interest Group for his work as a professional director of forensics and communication scholar.
The award was presented March 30 by Dr. Michael Bauer of Bowling Green State University at the annual CSCA convention in Cleveland, Ohio. Greenstreet is the only person so honored in the history of the association.
Posted on: 20 April, 2012
Collage, East Central University's dance ensemble, and other dance students will present their "Sharing Spaces" spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday [APRIL 27-28] in the Chalmers Herman Theatre in the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center. Admission is free.
Posted on: 20 April, 2012
Tyffany Osborn (left) of Muldrow and Joe Trail (right) of Ada are congratulated by former Oklahoma Gov. George Nigh for being named East Central University's top graduating seniors for 2012. They each received the George Nigh Award at a luncheon ceremony Wednesday [APRIL 25] at ECU. Former Oklahoma Gov.

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UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. - Sherman Central School has been named as a finalist to NBC's "Smash" Make a Musical Constructed by Lowe's.
Thirty schools from across the country have been selected as finalists in NBC's "Smash" Make a Musical Constructed by Lowe's initiative to improve school theater facilities. The schools will compete to receive the most online votes at makeamusical.org by Wednesday, April 10 in order to receive one of five grand prize gift certificates for $3,000 for tools and supplies to Lowe's for their renovations.
"These 30 exceptional schools all deserve to win the grand prize, founding chairman of iTheatrics Timothy Allen McDonald said. "Whether you live near to or far from them, please take a moment to applaud them. And please find your own unique way to express support of young people in the arts in your community, whether it's buying tickets to a show, donating time or resources, or congratulating a student performer or member of the backstage crew."
To kick off the initiative, Broadway star and "Smash" cast member Jeremy Jordan joined local Lowe's Heroes employee volunteers, Irwin Contracting, Inc., and volunteers from national nonprofit Rebuilding Together in early February to rebuild and restore East Rockaway High School's theater, which was severely damaged during Hurricane Sandy.
Last season, "NBC's 'Smash': Make a Musical" created musical theater programs in schools by giving educators and students the tools and training they needed to build self-sustaining programs in under-served schools. The partnership was the catalyst for iTheatrics to produce 170 "Make a Musical" programs in schools across the U.S., with "NBC's Smash': Make a Musical" being directly responsible for creating 30 additional musical theater programs. "NBC's 'Smash': Make a Musical" was awarded a 2012 Thalo Critics' Choice Inspiration Award.


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Effective this Friday, March 14, the cut drops the estimated retail price of the hard disc drive-lacking Arcade unit to 199.99 euros/£159.99, with the 20GB HDD-equipped Xbox 360 priced at 269.99 euros/£199.99. The Elite Xbox 360, which includes a 120GB HDD, will sell at 369.99 euros/£259.99.
Under the new prices, the Arcade unit is cheaper than a Nintendo Wii, which carries an ERP of 249.99 euros/£179.99.
Though the slash brings the prices of European Xbox 360 hardware much closer to those of the United States, the difference between the two, in the words of Shacknews editor Maarten Goldstein, "is still grossly unfair with the current euro/USD rate."
Going by today's euro/USD exchange rate, the new price of the Arcade unit, which has an MSRP of $279.99 in the United States, translates to $307.11. Compared to US MSRP of $349.99, the price of a European Premium unit will be $414.58, with the $449.99 Elite going for $568.14 in Euroland.


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Commenting at the launch, Andy Irvine noted the continued growth of the competition over the last number of years with a 4.3% increase in match attendances last season and increased TV viewership with figures in excess of 1.2 million.
The recently launched RaboDirect PRO12 YouTube channel also experienced remarkable traffic with close to a million views.
"We are proud of our competition and would like to thank RaboDirect for their sponsorship over the last couple of years," said Irvine.
"Their support and enthusiasm has been key in growing the PRO12 and we are looking forward to another season of growth and development.
"The representation of the RaboDirect PRO12 players on the successful Lions rour to Australia was the highest with 24 of the original 37 coming from the Celtic regions."
Irvine also thanked Belfast city for their warm generous welcome and the use of this unique location. He also thanked sponsors, media and fans for their ongoing support of the RaboDirect PRO12.
Tourism Minister Arlene Foster said: "It is a great honour to welcome the Rabo Direct PRO12 players and officials to Belfast for the launch of the 2013/14 season, which promises to be every bit as exciting as previous years.
"Ulster Rugby is one of our iconic symbols, with the team and fans playing an important role as ambassadors for Northern Ireland, both at home and abroad.
"I look forward to seeing visiting fans from places as far apart as Glasgow and Treviso at the newly redeveloped Ravenhill, where they can be assured of the very best in hospitality and facilities."


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Office of Primary Care's McLean Receives J. Ward Stackpole, M.D. Recognition Award
- 06-28-2013
- By Jennifer Nachbur
Laurie McLean, a program specialist in the University of Vermont Office of Primary Care (OPC) and office manager for the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program, received the J. Ward Stackpole MD Recognition Award at the 25th Annual New England School Nurse Conference held May 4, 2013, at the Hilton Burlington in Burlington, Vt.
The award, named after pediatrician J. Ward Stackpole, M.D.'56, a co-founder of Timberlane Pediatrics in South Burlington, Vt., and former UVM clinical professor of pediatrics, recognizes "significant and sustained contributions to school health and its importance in ensuring the academic success of students in Vermont." McLean was lauded for her role in the Vermont Department of Health-AHEC Grand Rounds for School Nurses continuing education program, which she coordinated from 2004-2012.
According to AHEC and OPC Director Elizabeth Cote, McLean coordinated 40 unique VDH-AHEC Grand Rounds sessions broadcast statewide via the Vermont Interactive Technologies distance learning system. "Laurie always provided excellent customer service and worked diligently to make sure that school nurses' needs and perspectives remained at the forefront of program planning and session development," says Cote.
The award was presented to McLean by Kary Towne, R.N., M.Ed., N.C.S.N., school nurse at F.H. Tuttle Middle School in South Burlington, Vt., and Vermont Liaison to the National Board for Certification of School Nurses.
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An ATM was stolen in a brazen robbery from the Fast and Ezy store and Shell garage at Wandandian Monday morning.
It was the second time in less than a week a Shoalhaven petrol station has fallen victim to thieves.
Just after 5am on Monday police said a white Toyota Hilux dual cab utility pulled into the driveway nearest the shop entrance of the 24-hour business.
Two passengers allegedly entered the shop, threatened the male console operator and placed a chain around the ATM.
The offenders attempted to rip the machine out of the shop, but initially were unsuccessful.
Police said the utility was reversed into a better position and ripped the machine off its bolts before loading it into the tray.
Police said in a clinical operation the thieves were in and out in a few minutes.
Police are reviewing CCTV footage of the incident.
A truck driver, who saw the incident tried to block the southern exit of the service station with his vehicle, with the ute turned north on the Princes Highway.
The offenders were last seen travelling at speed, overtaking cars on the highway near the Bewong Roadhouse.
It was believed sparks were also flying from the rear of the vehicle as part of the chain used in the robbery was trailing on the road.
Nowra detectives and crime scene officers carried out investigations at the scene on Monday morning.
Police believe the latest theft could be linked to the ram-raid at the United Service Station at the Log Cabin a Tomerong last Thursday.
On Thursday at about 4am a white Hilux ute was used to smash through a rear wall of the service station.
Thieves made off with a safe.
The raid also left a damage bill estimated at about $20,000, with $1000 worth of stock destroyed or stolen.
Anyone with any information or who may have seen the utility on the highway on Monday morning, or have any knowledge of either robberies are asked to contact Nowra detectives on 4421 9699 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.


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Chicago-area brewpubs won a combined three gold medals at this weekend's World Beer Cup in San Diego, one of the most eagerly-watched competitions in the craft beer world.
Revolution Brewing won two golds, scoring top honors among English-style summer ales for its Cross of Gold blond ale and in the American-Style Stout category for its Rise American Stout, a well-hopped, medium-bodied stout.
Haymarket Pub and Brewery won gold in the American-Belgo-Style Ale category for its Last Chance Belgian India pale ale.
Other local winners included Goose Island (silver in Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer for King Henry barleywine) and Flossmoor Station (bronze medal in English-Style India Pale Ale for Intercontinental Pale Ale).
A tip of the beer cap also to Galena Brewing Co., which won silver among American-style brown ales for its Uptown Brown, BrickStone Restaurant & Brewery in Bourbonnais, which won bronze for Brickstone pale ale in the American-Style Pale Ale category and Shoreline Brewery in Michigan City, Ind. (a mere 60 miles from the Loop), which scored two bronze medals: for Benny's Pale Ale (in the field of Australasian-Style Pale Ale or International-Style Pale Ale) and its Beltaine Scottish Alein the Scottish-Style Ales category.
Oh, and in the hotly contested American-Style Lager or Light Lager category, Coors Light won gold, Michelob Ultra won silver and Michelob Light took bronze. That's right: Michelob won two more medals than Half Acre and Three Floyds combined. Maybe it's time to rethink this craft beer thing.
The full list of winners, worth perusing if you would be amused by a Memphis brewery beating out two German breweries in the German-style pale wheat ale category, can be found here.
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The latest name to emerge as a candidate for the Eagles' head-coaching vacancy is Gruden. But not Jon Gruden.
The Eagles are expected to seek permission from the Bengals on Monday to talk to their offensive coordinator, Jay Gruden, ESPN's Adam Schefter reports.
Jay is the younger brother of former Raiders and Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden, who has been mentioned as a potential candidate to coach the Eagles as well. Jon Gruden has said all his focus is on continuing to work at ESPN as the color commentator on Monday Night Football, although Jon hasn't stated unequivocally that he will not consider a return to coaching.
The 45-year-old Jay has strong credentials: In two seasons as the Bengals' offensive coordinator he has had a lot of success with rookie quarterback Andy Dalton running his offense, and prior to working in Cincinnati he spent six seasons as an assistant on his brother's staff in Tampa. Jay also has a total of 10 seasons of head coaching experience in Arena Football (much of it while moonlighting during Buccaneers offseasons), and in addition to serving as an Arena Football head coach he was an Arena Football quarterback who was so successful that when the Arena Football League celebrated its 20th anniversary by naming its all-time top 20 players, Gruden came in at No. 4.
That the Eagles are planning to seek permission from the Bengals on Monday suggests that they don't anticipate having their coaching search wrapped up this weekend — or that they want any candidates who are dragging their feet to know that the Eagles are prepared to move on to other candidates.


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Vassar women's lacrosse cruises past Western
Updated 11:53 pm, Tuesday, March 25, 2014
DANBURY -- If and when the 10-goal running clock rule would come into play was about the only remaining unknown at halftime of the Western Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team's home clash with Vassar Tuesday evening.
From the opening draw, Vassar was a step ahead of Western and enjoyed a sizeable advantage in every relevant statistic, resulting in a runaway 16-8 win for the Brewers, their fifth straight victory.
"We knew we had a huge challenge with WestConn because they are such an aggressive team, and Karli Portnoy is such an unbelievable goalie, so we really had to think hard about how to get around her and get some good shots," Vassar coach Judy Finerghty said.
As for the start of the running clock, that moment occurred when Kim Mulvehill notched the fifth goal of the second half to boost her team's lead to 14-4, though Western's play improved in a second half that saw the Colonials some late goals that resulted the running clock being nullified.
Western (1-4) claimed victory in its season-opening tilt with Castleton on March 8, but has since dropped four straight.
"To be honest, our team couldn't really pass or catch, and Vassar capitalized on that," Western coach Jennifer Ouellet said. "We need to connect and play as a team."
Vassar (5-1) spread the wealth on offense, as seemingly all of its attackers and midfielders made an appearance on the score sheet. Leading the way for the Brewers were Leigh Anne Baldwin and Dara Davis, who notched three goals apiece.
"We've been working one being more evenly distributed with our goal-scoring," Finerghty said. "We have quite a bit of talent, but they really seem to be working cohesively together."
Vassar goalies Kate Pula, Hilary McDonnell and Mallory Taylor didn't have the busiest of nights, but they stood tall between the pipes when tested, combining to turn away 13 Western shots.
All was not lost for Western, which played better in the second half and scored four of the final six goals. Destinee Carey, Kirsten Hudock and Hyla Costello each notched a pair of goals for the Colonials.
Western will look to snap its four-game skid Saturday at UMass-Dartmouth at 4 p.m.
"They definitely have the potential," Ouellet said. "When they pass and catch and move the ball quickly, they're very good."
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Records: Vassar 5-1; Western 1-4.
Scoring: V -- Leigh Anne Baldwin 3 g, 1 a; Dara Davis 3 g; Nicole Magney 2 g, 2 a, Isabelle Goldstein 2 g, 1 a, Julia Trudell 2 g; Zoe Ripecky 2 g, Kim Mulvehill 1 g, 1a; Sydney Spadinger 2 a, Malena Harrang 1 a. W -- Kirsten Hudock 2 g, 1 a; Hyla Costello 2 g; Destinee Carey 2 g, Elena Gayton 1 g, Phoebe Tzannes 1 g, Chandler Camlin 1 g, Kelsey Heaton 2 a. Goalies: V -- Kate Pula (3 saves), Hilary McDonnell (6 saves), Mallory Tyler (4 saves); W -- Karli Portnoy (15 saves).


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- Jay's Shadow said...
That actually looks pretty good. Maybe during my time off I will force myself(due to the dislike of too many people around me)to go see it.
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i Still carry "Cronos" in my heart.
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I thought last week's giveaway was such a fantastic success, that I wanted to try the "extra entries" thing again this week.
The prize is three items from MAC's Alice + Olivia collection (swatches here): Partylicious pigment, I.Want.Candy lipgloss, and So Rich So Pretty nail polish.
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Mario Balotelli played a starring role as Manchester City emphatically proved there is life after Carlos Tevez with a 4-0 Barclays Premier League win at Blackburn.
Balotelli capped a brilliant performance with a 59th-minute goal while other second-half strikes from Adam Johnson, Samir Nasri and Stefan Savic eased City home.
Blackburn's best chance fell to substitute Mauro Formica late on but it was not enough for the home fans, some of whom called for boss Steve Kean's dismissal.
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Bumper Pumpkin Crop
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Ever seen a perfect pumpkin? Is it the color, or the spherical shape, or the weight that we use to determine worthiness in our holiday décor? Well, according to local farmers this may be the year to go out and seek this wonderful member of the squash family. We managed to catch Diane Hart (formerly Diane Remlinger and a third generation farmer in the Snoqualmie Valley) for a quick pumpkin update.
"The Remlinger family is thrilled with this year's crop. Perfect complexion, vivid orange coloring, fantastic shapes and durable skin. What more can you ask for in a pumpkin?" This is a great outcome for the Remlinger Farm family as they, along with nearly every other Western Washington farm, have experienced a late harvest of nearly every berry and veggie crop this year. Remlingers actually plants every year in two of three patches (leaving the third to rest) to up the chances of "pumpkin" success and boy did it pay off this year. So put on those boots, load the kids up and visit the popular Remlinger Farms for pumpkins and a host of Fall Harvest activities (every weekend in October).


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CHARLESTON – The House of Delegates members of the Legislature's Joint Select Committee on Marcellus Shale plan to hold three public hearings in the region of the state where shale drilling is taking place to seek input from all interested parties.
"The committee members have heard much about both the potential benefits and problems associated with the Marcellus Shale development - what we are now looking for are suggestions on measures that should be included in a new state law that encourages efficient development of the resource while addresses local and environmental concerns," House Chair Tim Manchin, D-Marion, said.
All members of the public are invited to attend the hearings, which will be held in Wheeling on July 21, Morgantown on July 25 and Clarksburg on July 27. The exact time and location of the meetings, which will take place in the evening, will be announced early next week.
The select committee is using as a starting point Senate legislation that was under consideration in the House at the end of the regular session. A copy of that legislation, along with summaries prepared by a committee attorney, will be made available on the Legislature's main web page at www.legis.state.wv.us prior to the first hearing.


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* If you're a U-M grad, of course you're making more than Penn State, Purdue and Minnesota alums.
* Every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed (Michigan) Man.
(HT: SiC)
* Did UCLA coach Karl Dorrell fire an assistant via text message?
* What is it with U-M players and flashing their privates?
(HT: Sru)
* Crop circles, Buckeye style...
What are the odds it'll say "Fuck Michigan" in the corn next year?
* EX-ND and new Cleveland Browns QB Brady Quinn sure knows how to make friends in his new hometown - by charging the fans for his autograph.
* Finally, got the following email recently from MZone reader CB...
I know that to listen to Cowherd is borderline like kicking you in the balls, and for that I'm sorry, but with limited options, I do listen.
Funny thing from today's show...he was referring to Spurrier being angry about the admissions dept. at SC (with good reason), he was running down how all the top 10-15 schools make concessions on certain guys...then he mentioned Michigan. His gist was "Michigan is a great school...heck, the 2 guys that handle represent me and handle all my money are both Michigan law school grads. I don't have a single Ohio State Buckeye anywhere near my money."
I thought that was pretty amusing. So, at least every now and again, he's not a complete d-bag all the time.
CB, I beg to differ. He's still a d-bag. And that's not true about OSU Bucks not being near his money -- unless of course he never eats at fast food restaurants.
Thank you, goodnight! I'll be here all week.


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What if we found out something we really don't want to know?
1. Ostriches don't burrow their head into sand.
2. Ostriches can't speak.
Sorry if you really didn't wanted to know that.
Yeah yeah... I know that ostriches don't really bury their heads in the sand, and that lemmings don't really commit suicide by jumping over a cliff.
Way to miss the content and beat the crap out of the form.
What if we found out something we really don't want to know?
- That's weird
- This volt-meter needle makes a fapfapfap-motion.
*investigation starts*
Turns out it was god sitting at the bottom of the ocean masturbating in front of a huge pile of drown kittens.
... including ceiling cat! Turns out God doesn't like to be watched doing the dirty either.
Curiosity killed the cat!
Then we get 'auditors' telling us it doesn't really exist. In other words, business as usual.
What if we found out something we really don't want to know?
There is no such thing.
The summary differs with a significance from the article to a somewhat unusual degree
This your first day here?
Makes me wonder if the US military doesn't do that already. An extension of the SOSUS system.
They do know they plow the cables into the sea bed floor. Something like 2m down. How is buried in the dirt/mud/sand going to read ocean currents, temp, salinity etc?
They do know they plow the cables into the sea bed floor. Something like 2m down.
Only where practicable / desirable - usually on the continental shelves & near the coast, where there's a danger of it being snagged by a fishing trawler or anchor.
AFAIK, the record depth for burying cable is still ~1600m [southerncrosscables.com]. By comparison, the average depth of the Atlantic is apparently 3339m [wikipedia.org], and the Pacific ~4100m [wikipedia.org]
*to not be guilty of outright plagiarism, I got this from Tim Hunkin the highly-understated host of the secret life of machines.
used to while
Sorry I am having preposition-malfunction.
I first read it as "...Sydney University's John You says volunteers could simply be attached to cable landing stations to measure ocean currents via the electromagnetic current that they generate..."
Mine's more interesting.
Those cables are for sending that pr0n to me, high speed from the USA, land of the free - not for proving anything scientific; besides I can lookup 'climate change' on Google or Bing or even Slashdot and hey presto - all the pros and cons are already there including lots of data (which paradoxically I could download but that would use more electricity which would probably come from a coal fired or gas fired electricity station nearby)?
Who do these scientists think they are, telling me that their scientific
Accoring to TFS, fibre optic cables can lie around for years collecting data, which is measured by voltmeters sensing magnetically-induced currents.
Since when can you induce measurable currents in glass and plastic this way?
I would find TFS far more believable if this was being done to copper wires.
This museum [porthcurno...eum.org.uk] has a fascinating collection of things to do with undersea communication, focusing on the early telegraph lines. A number of cables come ashore at the museum site, and they've hooked some of them [*] up to an amplifier and loudspeaker. The currents induced in the cable form sounds that vary from noise to eerie wailings.
* copper cables that are no longer in use
Each honest calling, each walk of life, has its own elite, its own aristocracy based on excellence of performance. -- James Bryant Conant


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Augusta, Ga. – The Coker College cross country teams competed in the Jaguar Invitational meet on Saturday, with the men's team placing fifth our of six teams and the women placing sixth out of nine teams.
Individually for the men, Michael Murphy (Peekskill, NY) placed 11th overall with a time of 36:37 in the 10k event, while Justin Gragg (Lenoir, NC) placed 18th with a time of 38:42. Adam Green (Easley, SC) placed 22nd after a time of 40:32, while Austin McJunkins (Walhalla, SC) and Chase Horton (Bethune, SC) came in with times of 42:35 and 46:46 respectively.
In the women's race, Kendyl Seawright (Manalapan, NJ) continued her strong races with a third place finish after a time of 25:24 in the 6k event, while Shannon Townley (Anniston, AL) came in with a time of 28:15. Amy Jones (Hurricane, WV) was next with a time of 28:41, followed by Dana Daves (York, SC) with a time of 28:54. Angela Williams (Johnston, SC) was next with a time of 31:16, with Alex Ochoa (Pamplico, SC) finishing with a time of 32:22.
The Cobras will now take a much needed break before they take to the trail once again on October 10, when they travel to the Anderson University Invitational in Anderson, SC.


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Quick Trip to Chicago
November 4, 2011
A few weeks ago, Amy Baffi, Jennifer Eng, and I took a quick trip to Chicago. We had two goals. One, to accept the LG Design Firm of the Year award; and two, to check out a few fabulous and new retail spaces. Our adventure started early at Soldier Field where we accepted the award, listened to a trend report by Little Fish, and took a tour of the Bears stadium. It didn't take long before we started our investigation of details, materials, and spaces.


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One that squeaks, at that.
It is not at all important to note that predictably, and quite expectedly as there was a production line set up to produce it and the several millions of its brothers, a blue rubber chicken had been pressure molded into existence and placed in a "Clearance" bin at a local store for the purposes of being sold to someone in need of, say, a brand spanking new blue rubber chicken.
One that squeaks, at that.
As this is quite ordinary for a rubber chicken to be sold in a store, the innocent rubber creature had reasonable expectations that it would be purchased by a loving family and would get to spend its remaining rubbery years in peace and loving tranquility. This is why when a relatively rotund man and his insanely vivacious and intelligent wife eagerly purchased it and drove it home it thought nothing at all that anything out of the ordinary was happening.
"Don't Panic" was perhaps its original thought as it found itself ensconced in a plastic bag and placed into the back of a car. Once the car stopped and the bag was removed from the car, however, this is what it thought.
"Ahhh! Woooh! What's happening? Who am I? Why am I here? What is my purpose in life? What do I mean by who I am? WHY AM I IN A SHOPPING BAG?
"Okay. OKAY. Calm down. Yes, I need to calm down and get a grip. OOH, wait! I just felt the most interesting of sensations. What IS this feeling? It's sort of a grabbing sensation around my... I suppose I need to start finding names for things if I'm going to try to figure all of this out, right? RIGHT!"
"This grabbing sensation feels like it's coming from my body. YEAH! That's a great name for it. BODY. Wow. I'm pretty good at this naming thing. I have a body and someone's grabbing it. They're grabbing me by my... I feeeeeel it should be called my feeeeet. YEAH! FEET! I have feet. WHOA! TWO OF THEM!"
"And, HEY! What's this swooshing sound and feeling as I'm being grabbed? It's like everything is spinning and I'm being.. what's a good word for it? TOSSED! Yes, that's it. That's definitely it. I'M BEING TOSSED into something. Where? Where am I being tossed... where where... ere... AIR!"
"I'M BEING TOSSED INTO THE AIR! This is living the life, all right! HEY, I have a life! YAY for life! This is all way more exciting than being on the shelf in that store. WHEE! I'm in the air now and flying. JUST LIKE A REAL CHICKEN!!"
"I seem to have gone as high as I can go! YAY! Now I'm coming back down. THIS IS ALL TERRIBLY EXCITING FOR THE FIRST DAY OF ONE'S LIFE!! I'm nearly dizzy with anticipation... or is it the wind? There's an awful lot of this wind as I am falling. What is this thing down there that is rushing up so fast to meet me? It needs a good name... a big wide name that suits it... like... ow... own... GROUND! That's it! Ground. I'm falling toward the ground. OMG, what's that on the ground? It's rushing up to see me! It's so small and white and smiling. It's smiling at me. YAY!! I LIKE SMILES!!
"I wonder if this smiling thing will befriends with me? Hello new friend… ARGHGHGGGHGHGHGH MY LEG! THAT THING JUST SMILED AT ME AND BIT OFF MY LEG!!! I HAD TWO BEAUTIFUL BLUE RUBBER LEGS AND NOW I ONLY HAVE ONE. WHAT'S GOING ON? AHGHGHGHGHGH.. IT'S GOT MY HEAD IN IT'S MOUTH A;DKDKGMG .D.AF….. IT'S BITING MY HEAD! ARHGHGHGHAH;RKGNGH
Curiously, the only thing that went through the smiling dog as it was munching on the new blue rubber toy that its daddy had bought for it was "YUM, Chicken!!!"
Many people have speculated if we knew exactly "why" the rotund man kept on buying things just for the sheer joy of watching his dog destroy them... we would know a lot more about the nature of the universe than we do now.
Oh well.
I wonder if they sell red rubber chickens?
(No whales, petunias or dogs were harmed in this homage to one of my favorite scenes from Douglas Adam's "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" As for the chicken? Yeah. It was harmed)


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Interview: Asim Zia
- 02-27-2013
- By Joshua E. Brown
So far, international efforts to deal with climate change have been — many experts argue — a spectacular, maudlin failure. And United Nations treaties — including the 1997 Kyoto Protocol that the United States chose not to ratify — have formed, at best, a very leaky bucket for catching greenhouse gases.
But unlike nuclear weapons, the climate problem doesn't sleep. It grows.
What to do? Asim Zia's list of ways to reduce our accelerating output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide includes: respecting tropical forests, "dematerializing" consumption, re-directing waste streams into productive uses, and, "shifting to local, organic food systems," he writes.
But, mostly, it will require getting off our fix to fossil fuels. Replacing energy and transportation systems that run on oil, gas and coal — with renewable sources — is an astoundingly complex task. And yet it's the only way to avoid global climate catastrophe, he argues.
To get there will require more than voluntary targets and technocratic input, Zia believes. He has written a new book, Post-Kyoto Climate Governance, that calls for a deep re-thinking of our politics and economic assumptions, a clearer understanding of the cleavage between the developed and developing nations, and a shift away from expert-based international organizations, like the World Trade Organization, to "democratically anchored governance networks."
In his book, Zia, an assistant professor in Community Development and Applied Economics and fellow in the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, ranges over several disciplines, looking for the causes of failure in international climate policy. And he's looking for solutions. These may require dramatic new approaches, like global taxes, new forms of organized confrontation, and a willingness to reconsider reflexive attachments, he argues, like a belief in the benefits of free trade.
UVM Today spoke with Asim Zia about his new book, published on Jan. 28, by Routledge. We wanted him to lay out his map for developing new global climate governance, a post-Kyoto approach that, as he writes, " confronts the politics of scale, ideology, and knowledge."
UVM TODAY: We've known about the threats from climate change for several decades, but have made little progress. Why?
Asim Zia: We have made some small attempts at fixing this problem, but, so far, the efforts have been at the margins. There are institutions and practices that need to be fundamentally reformed for us to be able really tackle this problem.
My new book is about understanding those institutional and governance challenges. And it also looks into the last twenty years of the United Nations climate treaty negotiation process to understand what needs to happen next.
My fundamental conclusions are that we need to put up an international trade tax, and, secondly, we need to have an international carbon tax, at a global scale, and, thirdly — this is still questionable — that we need to reform the U.N. system.
How much time do we have to do this work?
In my recent NPR blog, we present the carbon budget that is available to us if we want to stop global warming below two-degrees centigrade. And that leaves us maybe seven years, maybe ten years. We are probably running neck-to-neck with the time we have left.
There's a lot of new science and concern about blowing far past the two-degree target. Now I see reports about a "four-degree world." Has four degrees becomes the new benchmark?
Maybe. At the beginning of the Doha round of negotiations, for example, the World Bank released a report on a four-degree centigrade world.
And then there have been a bunch of other papers saying that even if we take action now, it's becoming unlikely that we'll hold to a two-degree centigrade world unless we do some kind of reverse engineering or geo-engineering — which in itself is highly questionable.
Part of the problem is that the 1992 climate negotiations in Rio left the goal vague: that we, as a community of nations, should not cross dangerous thresholds in the atmospheric limits.
Those dangerous limits have typically been interpreted as two degrees centigrade. Some, like Bill McKibben or the groups doing planetary boundaries work, are focused on 350-parts-per-million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Some people talk about 550-parts-per-million — but it's not necessary that 350 or 550 would translate into two degrees.
What I am trying to communicate in this book is that instead of fighting about these goals and targets, we need to reform institutions.
For example?
For example, free trade. International free trade is an institution that has not been touched upon in any climate negotiations! International free trade is mandated under the World Trade Organization — which is, in itself, a big multilateral negotiation process at the global scale.
But, essentially, when you promote free trade of goods and services, it's the "externalities" from the production of those goods and services that leads to the emissions of greenhouse gases.
Our global institutions since the end of World War II have been designed to perpetuate a production and consumption process that is leading to perpetual and increasing growth of fossil fuel-induced greenhouse-gas emissions. So, till the time that we reform these international institutions that are leading to the greenhouse gas emissions, we cannot deal with this problem adequately.
Challenge free trade? But that's the quasi-religion of countries around the world. How does advocating for limits on free trade fit into real politics?
That's really the problem here. I call it, in my book, the politics of ideology. There's a free-market, free-trade ideology that is dominating the discourse in an institutional setting.
Or take the carbon tax. In the EU, the carbon tax has been aligned with certain green parties or some left-wing parties, so there is a radicalization of the discourse.
But if you look at it rationally, if you look at all the analysis, these coupled human/natural system computer simulation models will tell you that the carbon tax and trade tax have low transaction costs, and they would stimulate local markets.
This approach could revitalize local communities that are losing their vitality to grow, for example, local organic food. And this kind of food production is an important piece in this picture for reducing methane emissions and reducing carbon emissions from agro-industrial systems. Then there are energy implications. Decentralized energy systems could be promoted, like solar and wind and community-based energy systems, through taxes and institutional reforms. But that is not being talked about.
Whenever somebody mentions international carbon taxes someone else says, "Oh, that's not politically feasible." Well, why is that? It's not really feasible because those lobbies have been able to hijack the discourse.
Taxes are sticks. For example, tobacco taxes have been successful in reducing tobacco use in this country. Similarly, gasoline taxes have been successful in Europe in improving the fuel economy of cars. These taxes are proven.
What's wrong with carbon markets and "cap and trade?" Can't those work within existing free trade arrangements?
Let's look at deforestation. Twenty percent of greenhouse gas emissions come from tropical deforestation. I've studied tropical forests for the last nine years in many countries including Peru, Tanzania, Vietnam, Brazil and Indonesia.
These loose market mechanisms, like carbon markets and cap-and-trade and REDD+ have not been able to adequately deal with or stand against the free market mechanisms, which are causing the problem in the first place.
International free trade rules result in lifting a lot of environmental regulations that were put in place inside these countries to protect tropical forests. They're now being deforested because of globalization of their markets. It's not just the local timber mafias. The major drivers are the international agro-industries. You have all kinds of companies — mining, coal, Chinese companies, Canadian companies — cutting down tropical forests, releasing greenhouse gas into the atmosphere.
These cap-and-trade mechanisms, like REDD+, are still just starting to be negotiated and piloted in a few countries. But I am very skeptical about their effectiveness. It is just creating a new artificial market for carbon with the same problems as the European carbon market, which tanked after the global recession.
Cap-and-trade has only been successful in few isolated conditions, like the sulfur dioxide market in the U.S. — and that was successful because the market was clearly defined. We knew exactly which coal-fired power plants to tackle so you can do effective monitoring of those plants.
Global carbon markets, and cap-and-trade mechanisms like REDD+ and the U.N.'s Clean Development Mechanism were designed as experiments under Kyoto. We should acknowledge that that experiment has failed.
How much do your proposed governance reforms require a kind of human rationality, an enlightened self-interest, that seems in rather short supply when it comes to climate change?
There is this game theoretical perspective — that leads to this "prisoner's dilemma" situation, which we are observing right now, where each actor tries to protect their own interests and the institutions are also designed in a way to protect individual interests — like the market economy, for example.
But the result is the tragedy of the commons: when everyone protects their own interests, at the collective level we are not able to protect anyone's interest. The atmosphere is called the pure tragedy of the commons because it's such perfect application of that idea.
Noboby owns it, and so we all dump our trash in it?
Exactly. That view is deterministic and tragic — and leads to a point where we are looking at not a four-degree-centigrade world but maybe an eight-degree-centigrade world by 2200, and we're toast. It's that sad.
Even if you look at some of the more advanced modeling applications, they suggest or recommend that high-greenhouse gas emitters, like the United States, not take any action but wait until the last minute, because then they'll get a "better deal." They are so cynical about that.
That model has limitations: it is probably good at describing one situation, but this kind of modeling is not good at setting norms, the value-based discussion that we need to have.
We should look to international cooperation practices and international norms that have been built over thousands of years of negotiations and wars. Climate change is a global-scale crisis that we cannot just keep under the carpet and say that this is going to happen sometime in the future. It's happening now. It's not going to be one country's problem. If we have climate refugees, they are going to migrate. It will create security challenges like terrorism and economic destabilization.
What is it going to take for governments to change and adopt new approaches to climate?
This is a democracy. So there are always checks and balances, and that is one of the challenges in climate change. Historically, policy changes are incremental unless you look at revolutions like the Stalinistic revolution or the Iranian revolution. And the climate change challenge is that we need fast change, radical change, within existing institutions. A carbon tax, an international trade tax: these are radical changes.
The hope and need is to seek for quick change that doesn't result in toppled governments and bloodshed?
Exactly. There will be some adverse impacts of carbon taxes and international trade taxes, but there are established compensation mechanisms that could be used to compensate people in vulnerable populations who are affected adversely.
But I don't think that cost will be higher than the cost of not taking action. The cost of not taking action will be enormous in terms of mass migrations, extreme weather events, and just the sheer chaos that can be expected under an eight degree centigrade warmer world.
What are your personal hopes and fears about climate change?
I, myself, come from a developing country. Pakistan is very vulnerable. Both Pakistan and India are very vulnerable to climate change — and they have done the least to cause it, but they would suffer the most in the first fifty years or so.
I have been working there — and some of work is reported in this book — in setting up early warning systems, dealing with climate-refugee problems. If you look at the map, Pakistan is on both sides of the Indus River. The massive flooding in 2010 was part of the trend of more and more flooding during the monsoon season. If you look at the last sixty years of data, you can see that this is caused by climate change. So we are trying to understand the planning regime in Pakistan so that we don't have more development in those regions which would be affected by floods or droughts.
That is very personal to me. I have been in the refugee camps. I have seen people who have been displaced for years. After 2010 floods, 20 million people were displaced and two million are still displaced today, after three years. I was there two months ago and visited a couple of camps. It's very personal to me, because those are the people seeing climate change up front.
We need to tackle and reform those global institutions that are causing local problems. It's not going to happen by just creating new markets — that's my main message.


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SEVERE fire danger and a statewide fire ban will roll on into Wednesday after the Hunter sweated through its hottest day in almost two years on Tuesday.
Hunter firefighters kept a tense vigil as severe conditions, including gale-force westerly winds in some areas, ran into the region.
Resources were focused on finishing off existing fires with only a handful of new blazes, including small fires at Toronto, Bolton Point and Hexham, reported in the tinderbox conditions.
A raft of Hunter suburbs marked their hottest summer day so far this season, taking many within striking distance of record January days. Cooranbong, Williamtown, Tocal and Nobbys all exceeded their previous highs this summer while in most areas the mercury tipped over 40degrees.
Weatherwatch meteorologist David Sercombe rated Tuesday as the hottest Hunter day since February 3, 2011, which nudged just a few degrees hotter.
''The record in the Hunter for maximum temperatures is the New Year's Day 2006 event, where temperatures reached 43, 44, 45degrees,'' Mr Sercombe said.
Altitude kept Murrundi Gap's thermometer to just over 30 degrees while a protected seafront vista helped Nelson Bay maintain a region-low 29.5°C at 3pm.
That reading placed the Port Stephens hamlet almost 10 degrees cooler than Nobbys, which recorded a high of about 37.8°C.
The heat shut the doors on Hunter shops as the region retreated to air-conditioners and the coast but Mr Sercombe said coastal areas generally recorded higher temperatures than inland parts of the Hunter yesterday due to downslope winds.
''These stronger north-westerly winds mix the air properly and bring down all the heat,'' Mr Sercome said.
''The hottest temperatures are right on the coast ... when the winds aren't so strong we see the traditional pattern of the inland areas being warmer and the coast cooler.''
Humming airconditioners and fans added pressure to the power grid, with power consumption falling just shy of record usage from February 2011. Demand across Ausgrid's Hunter network was about 1060megawatts at 4pm compared to 1165megawatts on February 3, 2011.
''Today's demand has been on the same tangent ... but it's been tracking at about 100megawatts below all day,'' an Ausgrid spokesman said on Monday.
Statewide demand peaked at 13,000megawatts at 4pm, coinciding with a wholesale megawatt hour price of $120.
Stifling conditions were also expected during most of last night, with forecasts of mid- to high-20degree temperatures until an early morning southerly change today. Mr Sercombe said the change would deliver some relief for several days until another burst of heat arrived on Friday.
For now, one of the country's longest standing records has remained unchallenged – the 50.7 degrees all-time high measured at Oodnadatta Airport on January 2, 1960.
Even that peak, though, is under threat in coming days.
"We're setting up to have a go at that record," Karl Braganza, the Bureau of Meteorology's manager of climate monitoring, said.
Even if the Oodnadatta record stands, many towns are sweltering in remarkable conditions.
Birdsville in central western Queensland has had a week of maximums of 45 degrees and is on course to make it a fortnight of such extremes – the longest in the 57 years of records for the town, Brett Dutschke, senior meteorologist with Weatherzone, said.
Bourke in north-western NSW has averaged 42.5 degree maximums over the past week and is also looking at another week of such scorching temperatures. If achieved, that would be the longest run of such weather since 1939, he said.
Deserted car park registers regional high
THE hottest place in the Hunter-Central Coast regions yesterday wasn't content with a Bureau of Meteorology highest reading of 41.5degrees at 2.50pm.
In Gosford about half an hour later, the council car park sign declared a searing 43degrees – and no one was around to dispute that.
Williamtown challenged Gosford for the highest official Hunter-Central Coast temperature of the day but fell 0.4degrees short with a 41.1-degree reading at 3.30pm.
At the height of the heatwave the streets of Gosford – even the air-conditioned library and shopping centre – were virtually empty.


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Save some time, 4 pages is silly given the content.
Printable Version. [computerworld.com]
That link times out for me. It must have lost its IP address!
There is nothing special about IPv4. Upgrade your systems to IPv6 already, folks. It's been around for what? 10 years now? Give me a break.
Upgrade your systems to IPv6 already, folks.
Yeah, just like that. ISPs should replace millions of dollars worth of high end network equipment, find sensible IPv6 transit providers and re-negotiate their peering arrangements (whom may not want to peer with IPv6), then allocate and assign IPv6 addresses to every single IP endpoint on their entire network and then spend a couple of million more replacing end-user network equipment that almost certainly doesn't support IPv6, then await the massive flood of complaints from users who have additional non-IPv6 equipment behind their router which no longer works E.g. almost every consumer VoIP phone every shat out by the lowest bidder.
That's just for a small ISP.
The major force holding back IPv6 deployment is shitty consumer hardware that doesn't "do" IPv6, and shitty network hardware vendors who charge an arm and a leg for IPv6 capable routers etc. (coupled with the fact that people have already invested a lot of money on non-IPv6 hardware anyway). It's not like the ISPs are doing it just to piss you off.
Yeah, just like that. ISPs should replace millions of dollars worth of high end network equipment
ISPs replace millions of dollars worth of high end network equipment every year. Capacity grows fast enough that anything more than a few years old is so laughably obsolete it's not worth maintaining. Anyone who's been buying equipment for an ISP and not mandating IPv6 compatibility for the last ten years really shouldn't still have a job.
We do?
Actually no we don't, because customers (that would be you) aren't willing to pay the actual cost of equipment. Upgrades are something that happens when the old stuff is dead or 5 years has passed (the time it takes to write it off), whichever comes first.
You mean the company won't take the hit to profit to replace that stuff.
ok, I'll bite.
A five year life cycle?
IPv6 has been with us for 10 years?
That mean that you have had 2 chances to upgrade your equipment to something that would support it.
This is not some thing that has snuck up on you, your just cheap or lazy or afraid of the change.
I think that what you meant was, "Customers are not willing to pay more for the equipment and we don't want to cut in to our profits to update our hardware."
Except, of course for the fact that you have ignored this problem for over a decade.
you mustn't understand how companies deal with their capital expenditures, and replacement costs of infrastructure.
a company is going to replace network gear typically every 5 years or so. same company may replace servers every 3 years depending on need/workload.
those replacements are typically spelled out 6 months prior to the year in which they are replaced, and the new cost is put into the capex. capex goes through approvals, and typically gets a nice little chop because IT wants to add/replace too muc
I'm not suggesting that the IT departments are the cheap, lazy, luddites in this equation.
I'm just saying that "the customers don't want to pay for the new equipment" is a weak excuse.
We didn't want to pay for the old equipment. So what?
If IPv4 doesn't give you any problems locally and you aren't worried about SomeOne Else's problems, keep it. If it aint broke why fix it?
If you must upgrade you can pay the cost difference from your profit margin or charge more.
I get how companies feel about lowering their p
I work at a university which is an ISP, as most universities are. We are still using Cisco 6500s from about 10 years ago, and will continue to use those 6500s for some time. They are actually upgrading a few of the core routers soon, but basically only because the central network guys want new toys to play with, the 6500s work fine. Despite the massive increase in campus bandwidth, those 6500s work just fine. We'd probably have to move to something bigger than 10gbit connections to buildings (which we are actually just moving to now) before they wouldn't.
Now the 6500s are flexible platforms, and you can buy new supervisors to do IPv6. We actually did this a couple years ago... At a cost of about $10,000,000. That is just to serve the 50,000ish users on campus. Also that is only the big core equipment. The edge equipment didn't have to be upgraded since it is all switched at that point.
This idea that ISPs just trash tons of high end equipment every year is stupid. High end stuff doesn't get replaced until it is necessary, and that can be a long, long time. If you want them to buy all new hardware yearly, well then be prepared for your bill to go way up.
Also, that isn't the only problem. IPv6 support is not good at all in the home. A lot of routers don't support IPv6. I bought a Linksys router/WAP about a year ago, one of the N ones even, no IPv6 support. So if my ISP went all v6 I'd have to rebuy it and you know people would be mad about that. Even computers are problematic. There's a lot of XP systems out there and it has no IPv6 support. Sure it can be installed, you really thing a non-technical user can handle that?
Before IPv6 is feasible we not only need more ISP upgrades, we need more upgrades at home. Also, we really aren't going to need a good 4-to-6 setup. We need some way in the home that old devices that don't support v6 and can't be upgraded can get a v4 address that can then be routed transparently through the connection's v6 address. If that exists, I've not seen it.
It is a complex issue, and hence not something that will get solved quickly. I don't think we'll really start seeing IPv6 adoption in a big way for several more years. Once device support is far more wide spread, and more network equipment has been upgraded, it'll be more feasible. Also, when IPv4 really DOES start to deplete, and by that I mean companies start to run out of addresses not just that the top level assignments are gone, then there'll be pressure to make it happen.
People forget that the "running out" that is spoken of isn't that all addresses will be gone. It is that all available high level blocks will be allocated to regional registrars. They will still have space to allocate, and even when they run out most ISPs will still have space to allocate. It is when the ISPs start running out, that is when we are ACTUALLY running out of IPv4 space in a meaningful way, and there'll be pressure to move to something larger.
It's not like the ISPs are doing it just to piss you off.
No, they aren't doing it just to make us mad, but they could be doing a whole lot more. ISPs are probably the biggest end buyers of consumer level wireless routers. Maybe I'm wrong about that, but they have to be a big chunk because so many consumers don't know how to set them up and therefore rent modems and wireless routers from the ISP. They have to be a relatively big bulk buyer. They could insist that no one gets the contract for new purchases un
And the better home routers already have IPv6 support, especially those that can run DDWRT, so those users that bought expensive dual band n routers probably wouldn't have to upgrade at all.
And just to pre-empt anyone who argues it is too difficult for a non-geek to flash DDWRT onto a home router, remember that all Buffalo routers come with DDWRT as the factory default firmware, so actually you don't have to flash anything to get a home router with DDWRT and IPv6.
Very true, however IPv6 does include important routing optimizations that will (at least in theory) mean it is easier to route than IPv4.
So there's no good reason it should route slower than ipv4, just potentially poor hardware / software implementation.
IPv4 is not going anywhere, even if IPv6 is adopted by the ISPs. There is plenty of hardware around that does not support v6 addressing, like network printers and most current home broadband routers. Just like companies hoard IE6 because their stuff doesn't work without it, so will they keep intranets on IPv4 no matter how much IPv6 propaganda is flung at them. Personally, like most normal people, I have no interest in having any IPv6 on my home network. It is much easier for the ISP to provide a 6to4 gatew
It's been around for what? 10 years now? Give me a break.
12 years pretty much exactly:
IPv6 was developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and is described in Internet standard document RFC 2460, published in December 1998.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6 [wikipedia.org]
This isn't an option for us. We qualified for address space under ARIN's old rules, and as such, we own a directly allocated IPv4
With this stuff in mind, I intend to defend my IPv4 allocation until such time as ARIN forcibly reclaims it.
Upgrade your systems to IPv6 already
Is this a rhetorical question or what? Considering that no equipment currently on the market does IPv4 to IPv6 NAT any IPv6 device would only be able to contact at best 0.001% of the Internet. Give me a break is right, just not a broken Internet. IPv6 is still a long way from being usable.
Why would it matter if you have the same IP address you've had for several years? Whats wrong with switching to a different one?
Why would it matter if you have the same IP address you've had for several years? Whats wrong with switching to a different one?
Ask wikileaks. We're entering a world where you can't rely on DNS.
Why would it matter if you have the same phone number you've had for several years? What's wrong with switching to a different one?
Not the same. My phone number is published, my IP address isn't. I've moved IP addresses for my server four times in the last year. I set the DNS TTL to a few seconds, wait for old caches to expire, update it to the new address, and then reset the TTL to a longer value. No on notices.
I just moved to a new mobile phone company too. My SIM ID, which is used to uniquely identify my phone on the network, changed. My phone number was moved across. The phone number is just an entry in a database that maps to a SIM ID, just as DNS maps to IP addresses (actually, DNS can map to all sorts of other things, including geospacial coordinates and telephone numbers).
That's why we have these layers of indirection - so the low-level ones can be changed easily.
Actually it is the same. You just aren't used to have to ask the whitepages where person X is at the moment everytime you dial him up.
In fact, it isn't until very recently you where able to move a phonenumber with you (EU, no idea how it works in US) - requiring you to update all those who might want to contact you.
Why would it matter if you have the same IP address you've had for several years? Whats wrong with switching to a different one?
There isn't. The problem is you asked the wrong question.
This is ARIN we are talking about, they don't deal with single IP addresses.
Try a
To reword your question into relevance: "Why would it matter if you have the same 65000 IP addresses you've had for several years? Whats wrong with switching to a different 65000 addresses?"
Can you not imagine the undue amount of work such a change would involve to renumber that many computers, servers, routers, switches, DNS entries,
I just checked. My 1994 class C is still allocated to me. I have no idea how to regain control over it though as every single contact detail, except my name, is outdated by 15 years.
It was never used on the public internet. But back then they said you should get one for your local lan. This was before everyone started doing 192.168.x.y. So I applied for a class C and got it.
Even if I did manage to get RIPE to correct the contact details, I do not know any ISP who would advertize it for me. So this class C is part of the dead IPv4 space that will probably never get used.
Um, why don't you send a notarized letter via certified post to your regional IP address manager (e.g. ARIN) describing the details under which you obtained the block and giving up any interest in same? If they need that block back it would at least give them a starting point to work with.
IANAL, but here's some perspective from someone who has been in the thick of the ARIN policy process for the last few years:
First, you're talking about RIPE (european IP addresses) while the article is about the registration services process at ARIN (north american IP addresses).
Had you been talking about ARIN, this is frankly the kind of thing where you'll want to sign the LRSA and soon. ARIN will work with you to nail down the details and confirm the registration but they'll want to normalize their relationship with you via a signed contract first. I think they'll still update if you come to them with ironclad documentation, but if you had ironclad documentation you'd have been the kind of person who kept the registration up to date to begin with.
For those who are still contactable via at least the email address published on the registration, now is not the time to sign the LRSA. ARIN claims you have more rights under the LRSA than under the regular RSA but on close examination the claim doesn't really hold up. It's a standard adhesion contract in which the powerful party has reserved the rights to themselves.
That having been said, keep tabs on proposed ARIN policy every 6 months or so. ARIN probably won't seek the legal liability from trying to seize legacy registrations that are obviously in use, but the situation could change.
If you are in the situation where your contact details are dead, I personally think you SHOULD sign the LRSA and normalize things with ARIN. A
On the other side, the unrouted dead registrations without valid contacts are very likely to evaporate in the next 24 months. The ARIN policies for this sort of reclamation aren't in place yet, but mark my words: they will be.
"But what's going to happen? Will IANA stop giving out numbers and say, "sorry, nothing we can do. No more numbers."
Yes. Quite possibly in less than a month.
When we're down to 5
The RIRs then have until their v4 pool runs dry - they won't get any more - which may be quite quick for some (like apnic) and slower for others.
After that it's down to what ISPs have - they'll probably ramp up their prices for v4 an
With y2k, there was significant worry that existing infrastructure would cease to function. With this, it's mostly a threat of new services not being able to get started. Slowing growth is much less worrisome than an immediate reversal of 50 years of progress.
Pretty much any colo where you have a box should be able to announce it for you.
Why don't you forward your mail from the old address to the current one, then request action by mail?
In my area it is only possible to forward mail for 6 months. It is certianly not possible to forward mail from an address I had 15 years ago.
The email is to a no longer existing ISP, using their domain of course.
The phone number is likely in use by someone else by now, and with the wrong area code in any case.
I would probably have to find some proof that I lived at that address 15 years ago and present it to RIPE. But why would I bother? I have no use for that class C. Big companies that waste a class A can
Call me crazy, but wasn't DNS invented to remove the significance of using IP addresses as a means of identification?
That was before Javascript security issues mandated dns pinning.
Not that everything (or really much of anything) actually implemented DNS TTLs before, but I like blaming Javascript for all the world's ills.
You realize w/out javascript, the web would be a pretty boring place.
Without javascript, the web as we know it would not exist.
They can pry 127.0.0.1 out of by cold, dead hands!
Here, have a
Every time this discussion comes up, people fail to see the significance of IPv4 running out. It's 2010, and folks still get confused.
The significance is this: There are massive growth regions in the world that will only be able to purchase IPv6 addresses within the next year or two. And if you aren't playing the IPv6 game, then you're shutting you and your customers off from all those various markets that will open up in years to come.
There's only so much can be squeezed out of IPv4. But regardless of how
What are ARIN's contractual obligations for address ranges they have allocated? Can they just decide to give notice that addresses will be rescinded?
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UPS Pilots' Union Says FAA Fatigue Rule Threatens Public Safety
Under the new rule finalized Dec. 21, cargo pilots are exempt from a sweeping overhaul of commercial airline pilot scheduling, where pilots would fly shorter shifts and be given longer rest periods, the FAA said in statement.
The union representing airline cargo pilots at United Parcel Service of America Inc. said the Federal Aviation Administration's final rule on pilot fatigue threatens public safety.
Under the new rule finalized Dec. 21, cargo pilots are exempt from a sweeping overhaul of commercial airline pilot scheduling, where pilots would fly shorter shifts and be given longer rest periods, the FAA said in statement.
"To potentially allow fatigued cargo pilots to share the same skies with properly rested passenger pilots creates an unnecessary threat to public safety," said Robert Travis, president of Louisville, Ky.-based Independent Pilots Assn., which represents pilots at UPS, in a Wednesday statement.
Due to industry costs estimated at $297 million, the FAA said covering cargo pilots would be too costly when compared to the benefits generated in the industry and encouraged cargo operators to opt into the new rule voluntarily, the FAA said in the statement.
"Giving air cargo carriers the choice to opt-in to new pilot rest rules makes as much sense as allowing truckers to opt-out of drunk driving laws," Mr. Travis said in the statement.
The rule, which will take effect in two years, stemmed largely from the February 2009 fatal crash of a Colgan Air Inc. passenger jet near Buffalo, N.Y. The National Transportation Safety Board cited pilot fatigue as a possible factor.
"Under intense pressure from the cargo industry lobby, the FAA has failed to carry out this basic congressional mandate," Mr. Travis said in the statement.
The Independent Pilots Assn. said it will ask UPS to voluntarily operate under the new rule while it works to reverse the opt-in provision.
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The Best Registered Investment Advisors Emphasize Their Standard of Care When Communicating With Clients and Prospects, Say Advizent Founders, Charles Goldman and Steven Lockshin
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NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 11/08/12 -- Independent financial advisors need a simpler, more straightforward way to talk to investors about what makes them different from other providers of financial advice, say the founders of Advizent, a membership organization of registered investment advisors committed to helping investors find advisory firms that adhere to the highest standards.
"The advisory business would be well served by more clearly articulating a core set of attributes that define firms that truly put their clients' interests first. In pursuit of this objective, many of the best advisory firms will soon gather together to develop exacting ethical guidelines and clear, concise objective standards of competence," says Advizent co-founder, Steven Lockshin.
Advizent is comprised of members firms willing to operate at the highest ethical and fiduciary standard and be frequently assessed according to these stringent Standards of Excellence. The organization's Independent Standards Board is developing requirements in areas including compensation and financial conflicts, transparency and simplified disclosure, and operational safeguards to protect clients and their assets.
"Research has shown that investors are confused by terms like 'fiduciary' and 'suitability' and a range of other industry jargon. Many do not understand the various credentials of the industry and therefore assign little value to the letters after an advisor's name. In a very competitive industry, advisors need to find a simple way to connect with investors on the issues that consumers care most about - duty, safety of assets, and professionalism," says Lockshin.
Lockshin and Goldman maintain that by highlighting for clients three unique features of truly valuable independent advisory relationships, advisors can distinguish themselves from the competition and reach investors with a compelling message that wins business. Simply defined, the features are:
1. Duty: Advisors put clients' interests first--always. No financial interest or compensation will compromise the advisor's commitment to the client's best interests.
2. Safeguards: Advisors protect clients' money and privacy through stringent procedures and safeguards.
3. Professionalism: Advisors run their businesses with the highest professional standards, including education, training, accreditation, licensing, and all other aspects of sound business management. These measures, if successfully executed, should ensure that the firm has the strength, stability and capability to meet client expectations and needs.
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Industry data from Cerulli Associates shows that independent advisors are gaining market share of U.S. consumers' investable assets--RIAs are expected to reach 20% market share by 2013. Yet, research from TD Ameritrade, a major custodian, reveals that 84% of U.S. consumers do not know what an RIA is. Currently investors have placed $12 trillion under the management of financial professionals, and in a market with this much opportunity, Lockshin and Goldman believe that independent advisors need to make a stronger, clearer case for why they are the right choice for investors. More importantly, investors deserve to be treated as professionally and ethically as we all expect to be treated by our surgeons.
"While regulators and industry insiders debate words like 'fiduciary' and 'suitability' or principle versus rules based standards, investors are left struggling to understand who is on truly their side," says Advizent co-founder, Charles Goldman. "Those issues are important to the industry overall, but if advisors get mired in too much technical detail, their message to consumers will be lost. What investors want to know is, 'Who is on my side, and how can I be sure?' That is why advisors should focus broadly on standards of care in simple language, not buried in pages upon pages of disclosures. It is a simple concept that investors can understand, relate to, and value."
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FIVB World Champions Seek Transavia Grand Slam Success
The Hague, The Netherlands, July 17, 2014 - It has been a "struggle" this season for reigning FIVB Beach Volleyball world champions Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen, but the young Dutch players have been working hard to secure success this week at the US$1-million The Hague Transavia Grand Slam presented by Bas Van de Goor Foundation.
"Due to my knee injury, it has really be a struggle for Alexander and I to find any rhythm with our game this year," said the 26-year old Meeuwsen after his team's second pool play win this week on The Hague Beach Stadium court over 23rd-seeded Sebastian Dollinger and Lars Fluggen of Germany (2-0, 21-14, 21-15 in 36 minutes).
"We are starting to play better, but we still need to improve our level of play," Meeuwsen offered as his parents (Theo and Karin) waited to congratulate their son after win over the Germans. "We want to play well this week since we are playing in front of family, friends and fans. This is a very important tournament for us and we hope to better our previous starts. We have a tough match against a good German team later today, so we need to maintain our focus."
Seeded 10th in The Hague Transavia Grand Slam, Brouwer and Meeuwsen conclude pool play this evening against seventh-seeded Jonathan Erdmann and Kay Matysik of Germany. The match will be the seventh meeting between the two teams on both the FIVB World and European tours with each team winning three times.
One of the previous matches had the Dutch play Erdmann and Matysik in the semi-finals at the 2013 FIVB World Championships in Poland where Brouwer and Meeuwsen posted a 2-0 (21-13, 21-17) win in 41 minutes. To the surprise of everyone in the Beach Volleyball world, the Dutch then upset Alvaro Filho and Ricardo Santos of Brazil 2-0 (21-18, 21-16) in 44 minutes to capture the gold medal and the world championship title."
"Everything fell into place for us in Stare Jablonki," added Meeuwsen. "We played very well and took advantage of the opportunity to play for a medal against the very best teams in the world. Obviously, it was a very big surprise to everyone. The key was that we played a very high level and played with a focus and did not allow the pressure of playing for a world title get to us."
With an "eye" on defending their world championship next year when The Netherlands hosts the prestigious event at four sites in the European country, Brouwer said it is "one match at a time for our time. Yes we have struggled, especially with Robert's knee problems. We have been really looking forward to this tournament as we live two minutes from here and we bike here to train on Scheveningen beach."
The Dutch champions have not performed well in their previous two appearances in FIVB World Tour stops in The Hague. After finishing 17th in the 2011 The Hague event, Brouwer and Meeuwsen placed ninth last season despite winning their three pool play matches. One of the Dutch's pool play wins was a two-set victory over Alvaro Fiho and Ricardo, who were ousted this season in Tuesday's Transavia Grand Slam qualifier.
With the Transavia Grand Slam being the ninth men's event on the 2014 FIVB World Tour, 24 of the men's pool play matches were scheduled Thursday on the four sand courts on Scheveningen beach. Two matches each were also set to be played on specialty-made set ups in the Marktplein at Apeldoorn and the Gustav Mahlerplein in Amsterdam.
As a "prelude" to the 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, the final three days of the Transavia Grand Slam will be staged only at the Scheveningen courts where the medal matches will be played Sunday. The final two teams in both gender's competition with be competing for the gold medals and a share of the $70,000 first-place prize for each winning team.
Following this week's event, the FIVB World Tour returns to the United States for the second-straight year as Long Beach in southern California hosts another $1-million event. The international circuit returns to Europe in August for stops in Austria (Klagenfurt, July 29-August 3) and Poland (Stare Jablonki, August 19-24).
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Davidson County's first baby of 2014 was born at Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center.
Davidson County's first baby of 2014 and her mother were doing well Wednesday afternoon after Brianna Nicole Reyes-Vargas was born at Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center.
Fourteen-year-old Maria Reyes-Vargas gave birth to Brianna at 8:05 a.m. The baby weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces and was 19 � inches tall.
"I feel so happy," Reyes-Vargas said of having the county's first born baby of the year. "I'm excited."
Reyes-Vargas, a freshman at Thomasville High School, arrived at the hospital at about 3:50 a.m. after her water broke. She said her mother, also named Maria, whom she resides with, drove fast to get her to the hospital. Reyes-Vargas gave birth Wednesday at 39 weeks, six days.
Reyes-Vargas expected the baby to come on New Year's Day. However, she didn't anticipate having the county's first baby. Reyes-Vargas said her entire family has visited her at the hospital. To mark the occasion, hospital staff gave her a number of items, including diapers, a gift card and other things for the baby girl, said Jane Wilder Murphy, the hospital's marketing and community relations manager.
"I was so happy," she said of receiving the gifts. "It was emotional for me."
Reyes-Vargas' father, Carlos Reyes of Charlotte, joined his daughter at the hospital. He said Brianna is his first grandchild and he was nervous Wednesday as his daughter was headed to delivery. Brianna Nicole's name was picked out by Reyes-Vargas' parents because they liked the names.
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VANCOUVER — So Nathan Horton was on the Bruins' trip to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final for more than just his upbeat attitude and winning smile.
The veteran power forward, who was knocked out of the series in Game 3 with a concussion, snuck out to the rink about 90 minutes prior to puck drop and poured out something from his water bottle onto the Rogers Arena ice.
The Bruins had lost the three previous games in the Canucks' building in the series, and Horton — as captured by the NHL Network — wanted to change his team's fortunes.
"Yeah, I put some Garden ice on there," he said. "I just wanted to get our feel back in it. Switching their ice to our ice, it worked out."
Well, it took a lot more than just a little water sprinkle to earn the Bruins a 4-0 victory and the franchise's first Stanley Cup since 1972. But Horton helped anyway he could.
As expected, the always upbeat veteran had no hard feelings about not being able to finish the series with his team.
"It definitely was tough. I wanted to be a part of it," he said. "Things happen on the ice, but I was definitely confident that we have a lot of talent on our team and a lot of players that can play. We just showed it again. Everyone stepped up and played together as a team. Good things happen."
Ever since he was dealt to Boston from the doldrums of Florida, Horton has bragged about playing in a hockey hotbed and hopefully winning a Stanley Cup. Just like his water trick worked on the ice, his words turned to reality in just one season.
"When I said it I actually meant it. It's pretty awesome that they did come true," said Horton, who had never skated in the NHL playoffs prior to this season. "It's every kid's dream to win the Stanley Cup, and we did it."


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|Year update from ex closeted guy
Sep 27, 2005
Dear Dr. Bob,
I have a bitter and sweet story to tell you. You may not remember me, but about a year ago I asked you about some concern about HIV. Because I was having some first time gay encounter and at the time I was in the closet. I gave you a whole list of things that I did with the guys. You kinda made fun of me and asked me to come out of the closet. So I took your advice and slowly came out to most of my close friends. It felt great. I no longer have to hide my emotion and feelings toward the person I am attracted to. Anyway, things were going greatclubbing on the weekend and dating cute guys. One night I was bored and got on to a chat/hook up site. I swear not to hook up. Because I always thought it was dangerous to have sex with a total stranger. Anyway, there I saw this realllly cute boy and decided to say HI. At first he didnt respond and I thought I was not his type. When he said hi back I asked him what he was looking for. He replied : LOVE. I thought it was so sweet and kept chatting with him. I found out he lives in Pennsylvania. I live in Maryland. Regardless the distance we kept chatting until 6 in the morning. I felt real close to him. The next day we kept texting back and forth. I started to miss him so much and on the third day I decided to drive to see him to PA which was around 116 miles. When I saw him it was like a dream come true. He was everything a guy could ask for. He was very handsome, funny etc. etc. I was blown away when he told me that he thought I looked way cuter than my pictures (Im sure it was lie..lol). Well, next weekend he drove to Maryland to see me. Just in a week we felt like we were couple for years. So, he decided to get a job here and moved to Maryland. In a week he got a job in Baltimore with a design group company. I was about to move out from my house, because my roommate told me that he does not like my lifestyle. He still couldnt accept me as gay. So, Jamie and I got us an apartment and moved in together on the third week. Everything happened so fast. I had no reaction time. Now, here comes the sad part. After we moved in he decided to get and HIV test. You probably already guessed where my story is going. Yes, he was diagnosed with the virus. I tried to be as supportive as possible. I felt so bad for him. He never had a family. His father left him when he was 8 or 9 and grew up in 7 foster homes. It is really sad that god didnt seem to care what this kid has been through. Im sure he made some poor choices, but no one was there to guide him. Anyway, so next week I took the test and it came negative. I really really love him and care for him very much. But no matter how much I try to pretend, its not the same as before. I know that as long as we dont have unprotected sex, we have nothing to worry. But, Im still scared of so many things like unprotected oral, kissing with sore mouth etc.. He refuges to have protected oral and we kinda have arguments about that. Im totally lost. I love him so much and at the same time I worry about my safety. Please, HELP!!
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Generally speaking, I think closets are health hazards. I'm delighted you've come out of yours!
Next, what to do about you and the "very handsome, funny, etc., etc. Jamie?" First off, I would strongly advise you not to "to try to pretend." In reality, things now are not the same and it would be foolish and dishonest to pretend they were. If you decide to remain together, you will be a magnetic couple (one positive, one negative). Can such situations really work? Yes, they can. As you may or may not know, I am part of a magnetic couple. I am HIV positive and the love of my life Steve (Dr. Steve, the expert in The Body's Tratamientos Forum) is HIV negative. We've been together for 12 years and have the kind of romance and passion most folks only dream about. And yes, it includes mind-blowing, toe-curling, disturb-the-neighbors type sex. I certainly can't promise you'll have the same happiness. I just wanted you to know it is possible.
I would suggest you read through the information in the archives related to magnetic couples. Communication is key. I would also suggest you consider couple's counseling with an HIV-knowledgeable therapist. Hopefully this would help you confront and cope with your fears as well as resolve any areas of disagreement related to sex and safety.
The take-home lesson is don't let Mr. Right get away for all the wrong reasons.
Good luck.
Dr. Bob
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