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An old proverb cautions that "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." There is a lot of truth to this: interventions to prevent infectious disease and infant malnutrition have repeatedly been estimated to have very high returns, with benefit-cost ratios as high as 15 to 1.
The proverb also applies outside health. Time and again, failure to prevent and prepare has tragic and costly consequences—economic and financial crises, natural disasters, ruinous health outcomes, social unrest—that often could have been avoided at moderate cost. In 2010, an earthquake in Haiti cost more than 220,000 lives, while one of much larger magnitude in Chile produced about 500 fatalities. Chile's enforcement of building codes appears to account for much of the difference.
Granted, progress has been made toward better prevention and preparation, thereby addressing the causes of risk and vulnerability rather than fighting the consequences.
Repeated cycles of high inflation during the 1970s and 1980s taught many middle-income countries to develop sound fiscal and monetary policy frameworks; inflation rates are now lower and more stable. Some countries have moved to complement disaster relief with measures to strengthen resilience through support for food production, national social protection systems with capability to respond to shocks, and disaster risk reduction. More children are immunized against infectious diseases. And households in developing countries increasingly buy old-age, health, and agricultural insurance.
Yet many developing countries are not actively moving toward systematic prevention and preparation for risky events. Far too many risks and vulnerabilities remain ignored, until it's too late. For the team working on the World Development Report 2014 on Managing Risk to Development, we hope to see this change.
We look at many risks prevalent in developing countries across various social and economic sectors, and ask: why is it that people, firms, and countries so often fail to prevent and prepare for risk? Is it lack of knowledge, lack of resources, lack of willingness and incentives, or perhaps inability to translate knowledge and intention into action?
Those who argue that better knowledge boosts prevention and preparedness cite cognitive failures: people often underestimate the probability of relatively common risks and therefore fail to act in time. Moreover, people may not know how to protect themselves and may not even know what to prepare for.
A strong case can be made, however, that a key obstacle for better risk management is lack of resources. The least developed countries are after all where immunization rates tend to be the lowest. In addition, the poor's everyday struggle to put food on the table makes it hard to plan ahead.
Lack of willingness and incentives to prevent and prepare also play a role. Avoiding a risk has no tangible financial or political return, so decision makers may have a hard time justifying expenses on insurance and preparedness when the prepared-for events do not occur. Providing post-disaster relief has tangible benefits that can appeal to politicians in a way that diffuse spending on disaster risk reduction may not.
Misguided incentives can also curtail risk management by the private sector. If the state is willing to bail out banks facing bad times, these banks will have little incentive during good times to act responsibly and reduce their risk exposure.
Even when knowledge, resources, and incentives are present, people may still fail to act on prevention and preparation. Myopic behavior stops many people from buying insurance and saving for old age. Myopia is also active at global scale, as witnessed by mankind's collective inability to address the threats to future generations stemming from climate change.
How can developing societies overcome the obstacles to systematic risk management? Can households and communities be induced to prevent and prepare for common risks? How can innovation and enterprise sector flexibility support risk management at the social level? Can financial institutions be induced to put their house in order and, instead of being a source of instability, provide services that can help people and firms manage risk? How can the national government and the international community help align knowledge and resources with incentives and actions for better preparation and prevention? These are questions that WDR 2014 will pursue.
The Report is due out in October 2013. Meanwhile, check our website http://www.worldbank.org/wdr2014 for regular updates.
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Developent is a process which needs honesty,Finance, natural resources ,Rich HRM, HRD ,Peace stability, without these the development of a country is impossible. These are the prequsite for development. Without these requisites the development of a country is impossible. In Developed countries these requisites are available while in developing countries these things are deficient while the natural resources are more in the developing countries though in other elements are deficient. The discussion finally conclude that how the developing cuntries will be developed when they deficient in prerequisites items which are compulsory for development of a country. They depend on developed countries. The developed countries provide these elements to developing countries on some condition and using their natural resources
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The development starts from the family institution. When family institution not produced good quality children how the good raw material come to educationan institutions and how the educational institution supply good and capable students to working economy and how industries will be developed when a capable staff is not present in the industries which is provided by educational institution. How a capaple engineer will be there to produce the elctricity to solve the problem of the electricity loadsheding. If there is no capable staff for agricultural development how we solve the problem of agriculture, if there is no quality politiician how we make a good exucte and good judiciaries and beurucracy. These all come from the educational institution while the educational institution obtained these material from the family institution. Finally it is concluded that only good parent only developed the country. Without good parent the development of a country is impossible. Therefore it is requested to all world to produce good parents and highly focus on good parent because without good parents the development of the world is impossible because good parent give good education to their children and good education only create a positive change in the world
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Lawmakers review president's authority to fire a nuclear weapon
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) – Senators on Capitol Hill held a hearing Tuesday, to re-evaluate the administrative procedures for firing a nuclear weapon.
The Atomic Energy Act of 1946, signed by President Harry S. Truman, established an Atomic Energy Commission to utilize "atomic energy for peaceful purposes to the maximum extent consistent with the common defense and security and with the health and safety of the public." The act placed the sole discretion of firing a nuclear weapon under political control, not military control. Only the president has the authority to order the use of a nuclear weapon.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's hearing was the first time the topic had been broached by the committee in 41 years, according to the Congressional Research Service. The purpose of the hearing was to determine if the authority to order the use of nuclear weapons and the realities of the current system that is in place.
Committee Chairman Sen. Bob Coker, R- Tenn, pressed upon the importance of reviewing this policy.
"Making the decision to go to war of any sort is a heavy responsibility for our nation's elected leaders. And the decision to use nuclear weapons is the most consequential of all," Corker said. "Whether we are responding to a nuclear attack or not, once that order is given and verified there is no way to revoke it."
Ranking Member Sen. Ben Cardin, D – Md, said he saw an increase of questions at local town halls pertaining to the possibility of a nuclear conflict with North Korea. The ranking member blamed President Donald Trump's August remarks to North Korea; specifically, when the president stated if Pyongyang's threats continue, they will "face fire and fury like the world has ever seen."
"And as the chairman pointed out base on my understanding of the nuclear command and control protocols there are no checks no checks on the president authority," Cardin said. "The system as it set up today provides the president with the ultimate and sole authority to use nuclear weapons."
He along with the committee's chairman stated that the protocols the nation has in place today were primarily established as a result of the Cold War and the potential threat from the nuclear Soviet Union. Cardin then stated that the United States faces a different set of challenges, and as a result must evaluate its policy regarding a procedure for firing those weapons.
He even suggested requiring the president seek the permission of Congress before making his decision.
"Given today's challenges, we need to revisit this question on whether a single individual should have this sole and unchecked authority to launch a nuclear attack under all circumstances including the right to use it as a first strike," Cardin said.
The former Commander of the United States Strategic Command, Gen. General C. Robert Kehler, USAF (Ret.), was an expert witness during Tuesday's hearing. He reassured the committee that while the power to fire a nuclear weapon is a given, there are processes in place.
"The president's ability to exercise that authority and direction is ensured by people, processes, and capabilities that comprise the nuclear command and control system," Kehler said. "This is a system controlled by human beings. Nothing happens automatically."
He added that the process in place allows for assessment and review between the president and key civilian and military leaders.
"I think it is important to remember that United States military doesn't blindly follow orders. A presidential order to employ U.S. nuclear weapons must be legal. The basic legal principals of military necessity distinction and proportionality apply to nuclear weapons just as they do to every other weapon." Kehler stated.
Cardin asked Kelher if he would have disobeyed orders if he believed the nuclear strike was not legal.
"Yes. If there is an illegal order presented to the military. The military is obligated to refuse to follow it" Kelher said." That would be a very difficult process and a very difficult conversation."
He along with several other witnesses before the committee urged extreme caution with changing the procedures in place as it could have profound implications and unintended consequences.
Dr. Peter D. Feaver, professor of political science and public policy at Duke University, asked the committee to emphasize the importance of preserving the human element in the decision-making process.
"For decades, it has been technically possible to build a nuclear command and control system that would eliminate the human element altogether. Every generation of strategic leaders has understood that such a system would be foolhardy in the extreme," Feaver said. "The human element introduces risk to be sure but it also introduces the opportunity to mitigate risks."
Witness and former Acting Under Secretary For Policy U.S. Department of Defense Brian McKeon told the committee that it would be reasonable to require the president to seek the authority of Congress for a "first use" of a nuclear weapon scenario. "First strike" in nuclear policy would constitute the United States making a preemptive nuclear strike on another country with nuclear capability.
McKeon was asked by Sen. Tom Udall if an additional person, like the vice president, should be required to sign off on such a lunch.
"Hard cases make bad law and this is a hard case," McKeon said. "I think taking away the president's authority as commander in chief or diluting it in some respect by requiring him to go to another constitutional officer in a formal sense -- I'm not sure that is a wise course."


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Outgoing City Councilor Angela Dougan did not commit an ethics violation, because the complaint didn't allege a violation of the Ethics Code, according to a ruling by the city's Independent Ethics Commission:
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At its meeting yesterday, the Colorado Springs Independent Ethics Commission (IEC) unanimously confirmed that District 2 Councilmember Angela Dougan committed no violation of the city Ethics Code.
During the recent City Council election campaign, William Murray, also a District 2 candidate for City Council, accused Councilwoman Dougan of a conflict of interest for receiving a campaign contribution from a city cable franchisee.
The IEC reviewed the complaint today, and determined that the complaint did not allege a violation of the City Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics states that "[p]roviding that a gift could not be considered a bribe or a means of improper influence on a direct official action, no violation of this Code of Ethics shall be found to apply…[a] campaign contribution as defined by law."
Councilwoman Dougan issued the following statement in response to the findings of the IEC, "Just as I said the day the complaint was filed publicly and in conflict with city procedures, I knew I would be cleared of these frivolous and politically motivated charges. I have been deeply committed to serving the constituents in District 2 with absolute integrity, honesty and the highest ethical standards. I have always properly disclosed campaign contributions. I'm grateful the IEC investigated this complaint and cleared me of all accusations."
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Joey Brightnose is almost too young to have seen some of wrestling's biggest names when they were in their prime.
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"I came to see Scott Steiner," said Brightnose, who was with his aunt, Dorothy Munroe. "He's cool and he's strong."
Brightnose and Munroe were two of more than 1,000 people who filed into the University of Manitoba's Investors Group Athletic Centre for the first of two back-to-back AWE shows.
Today's begins at 6:30 p.m. and is a TV taping for AWE Overload, which is set to air on The Fight Network. Tickets are $25 at the door.
Fan Scott Anderson has ducats to both events, and took advantage of an opportunity to meet former WCW and WWF grapplers Rick and Scott Steiner before they hit the mat last night.
"I'm surprised (AWE) is able to bring in someone this big for an event that's not at the MTS Centre," Anderson said. "They're really nice guys. "Pretty personable and down to earth."
The Steiner brothers weren't the only notables there who were part of the heyday of the last decade.
Billy Kidman, Buff Bagwell and Dan (The Beast) Severn were slated to appear, along with AWE-developed talent, and female stars April Hunter and Sarah Stock.
The mix of talent and all of the action was a hit with Lisa Wyszynski as she watched 14 lesser-known 'rasslers duke it out in an over-the-top battle royal.
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Entertaining fans and enticing them back for more is what AWE is trying to do in its attempt to become a major player in professional wrestling.
Despite being in operation for only nine months, the organization has already held 25 events and carved a place in the industry with pay-per-views, a national TV deal and big-name performers.
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After getting sidetracked by a terrible accident last year, the big day is almost here for two popular former Biggest Loser contestants.
Sam Poueu and Stephanie Anderson will finally tie the knot this Saturday in San Francisco, more than seven months after he almost died after falling four stories from a building in San Francisco.
"With what has happened over the last 7 months, we"ve had to refocus our energy and time," the couple write on their wedding website. "Now here we are just a short time away from our BIG day and we cannot be more anxious and excited to join together as husband and wife."
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Cannoli's are a favorite Italian dessert, and since I love my Italian food, I felt the serious need to make my own!
I decided to make "mini cannoli's" to serve at my Christmas Cocktail Party this weekend. The little bite sized treats were perfect for a party and easily enjoyed by all of my guests!
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- 1 tsp vanilla
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Use an electric mixer to whip the ricotta and goat cheeses together. Next mix in the powdered sugar, cinnamon and vanilla.
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This is a lesson about magnetism and solar flares. Learners will evaluate real solar data and images in order to calculate the energy and magnetic strength of a solar flare moving away from the Sun as a coronal mass ejection. This is Activity 3 in... (View More) the Exploring Magnetism in Solar Flares teachers guide. (View Less)
This is an activity about magnetic induction. Learners will induce a flow of electricity in a wire using a moving bar magnet and measure this flow using a galvanometer, or Am meter. Through discussion, this activity can then be related to magnetic... (View More) fields in nature. This activity requires use of a galvanometer, bar or cow magnet, and wire. This is the fifth lesson in the second session of the Exploring Magnetism teacher guide. (View Less)
This is an activity about the movement, or "wandering," of our Earth's magnetic poles. The learner will explore this concept by measuring and calculating the distance the Earth's north magnetic pole has moved over the past 400 years and calculating... (View More) the rate at which the magnetic pole location has changed its position during that time. Finally, learners will use this information to extrapolate how the region for viewing aurorae may change over the next century at the present rate of polar wander. This is Activity 6 in the Exploring Magnetism on Earth teachers guide. (View Less)
This is an activity about electromagnetism. Learners will use a simple circuit powered by a battery source to investigate the strength of the magnetic field produced by a coil of wire in the circuit. The strength will be indicated by the deflection... (View More) of magnetic compass needles and by the distance a coil of wire was moved by the action of the circuit. This activity requires coils or spools of wire, a knife switch, three magnetic compasses, a source of electricity such as 3 D-cell batteries or an AC to DC power adapter, alligator-clipped wire, and a bar or cow magnet. This is the fourth lesson in the second session of the Exploring Magnetism teachers guide. (View Less)
This is a lesson about magnetism in solar flares. Learners will map magnetic fields around bar magnets and investigate how this configuration relates to magnetic fields of sunspots. This activity requires compasses, bar magnets, and a equipment for... (View More) the instructor to project a PowerPoint or pdf lecture presentation. This is Activity 1 in the Exploring Magnetism in Solar Flares teachers guide. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $5 - $10 per group of students
This is an activity about the periodic reversals of Earth's magnetic field. Learners will graph the frequency of magnetic pole reversals over the past 800,000 years and investigate answers to questions using the graphed data. This is Activity 8 in... (View More) the Exploring Magnetism on Earth teachers guide. (View Less)
Materials Cost: 1 cent - $1 per group of students
This activity demonstrates Lenz's Law, which states that an induced electromotive force generates a current that induces a counter magnetic field that opposes the magnetic field generating the current. In the demonstration, an empty aluminum can... (View More) floats on water in a tray, such as a Petri dish. Students spin a magnet just inside the can without touching the can. The can begins to spin. Understanding what happens can be explained in steps: first, the twirling magnet creates an alternating magnetic field. Students can use a nearby compass to observe that the magnetic field is really changing. Second, the changing magnetic field permeates most things around it, including the aluminum can itself. A changing magnetic field will cause an electric current to flow when there is a closed loop of an electrically conducting material. Even though the aluminum can is not magnetic, it is metal and will conduct electricity. So the twirling magnet causes an electrical current to flow in the aluminum can. This is called an "induced current." Third, all electric currents create magnetic fields. So, in essence, the induced electrical current running through the can creates its very own magnetic field, making the aluminum can magnetic. This is activity four of "Exploring Magnetism." The guide includes science background information, student worksheets, glossary and related resources. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $1 - $5 per group of students
This is an activity about measuring the interplanetary magnetic field, or IMF. Learners will utilize cardboard boxes with a magnet inside to design a spacecraft, and experiment with ways to attach a magnetometer that will measure the IMF rather than... (View More) the magnetic field of the spacecraft. This is Activity 2 in Session 3 of the Exploring Magnetism in the Solar Wind teachers guide. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $5 - $10 per group of students
This is an activity about using spectrogram plots as an indicator of magnetic activity on Earth. Learners will analyze spectrogram data and compare it to local Kp indices in an attempt to determine global magnetic storminess. This activity uses real... (View More) data from the THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) Magnetometer, and requires a computer with Internet access. This is activity 20 in the Exploring Magnetism: Earth's Magnetic Personality teachers guide. (View Less)
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This is a lesson plan for an activity that explores time zone math. Learners will translate their local time to times in other zones around the world and work with the concept of Universal Time, specifically in reference to the reporting,... (View More) description and analysis of solar flares and coronal mass ejections. This is activity 10 from Exploring Magnetism Guide 3: Magnetic Mysteries of the Aurora educator guide. (View Less)
This is lesson to begin learners' thinking about magnetic influence. Learners will watch a classroom demonstration about the effect of magnets on iron filings and then complete a journal assignment to record their reactions and thoughts. This is the... (View More) first activity in the Mapping Magnetic Influence educators guide. (View Less)
This is an activity about the properties and characteristics of Earth's magnetic field as shown through magnetometer data and its 3D vector nature. This resource builds understanding of conceptual tools such as the addition of vectors and... (View More) interpreting contour maps displaying magnetic signature data. Learners will make several paper 3D vector addition models, watch podcasts on how to analyze magnetometer data, and employ 3D vector plots to create a model of the 3D magnetic field in the location of the magnetometer closest to their town. This is a multi-step activity with corresponding worksheets for each step. The activity uses data from the THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) GEONS magnetometer, and requires the use of a computer with internet access and speakers, 2-inch polystyrene balls and bamboo skewers. This is activity 16 from Exploring Magnetism: Earth's Magnetic Personality. (View Less)
This is an activity about electromagnetism and the Sun. First, learners will do a KWL activity using six vocabulary words. Next, they will build an electromagnet and investigate how it works. Finally, learners will relate the workings of their... (View More) electromagnet to a Solar Dynamics Observatory magnetogram image of the Sun. Per group of learners, this activity requires materials such as a length of insulated wire, alligator clips, a 2-D-battery holder, two D-batteries, and a nail. (View Less)
This is an activity about magnets and magnetism. Learners first make predictions about magnets, such as a list of the types of materials a magnet will pick up, how a magnet can be made, and how a compass can be made. Next, learners test their... (View More) predictions using simple experiments, and, finally, reflect on their predictions. This is the second activity in the Mapping Magnetic Influence educators guide. (View Less)
This is a summative activity about magnets. Learners will observe a demonstration of the action of a magnet on a test tube of iron filings, answer questions, and, using the concepts learned in previous activities, write an essay about their... (View More) understanding of the demonstration. This is the fourth activity in the Mapping Magnetic Influence educators guide. Learners should complete the other three activities in that guide (Seeing Magnetism, What Do You Know about Magnets, and Magnet Map) prior to beginning this activity. (View Less)
This is an activity about changes in the Earth's magnetic field during magnetic storms. Learners will construct a soda bottle magnetometer, collect data, and analyze the results to detect magnetic storm events. The operation of the student-created... (View More) instrument can be directly related to THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) display measurements. In this activity, learners should ideally collect data over the course of an entire month. This is activity 17 in Exploring Magnetism: Earth's Magnetic Personality. (View Less)
This is an activity about depicting magnetic polarity. Learners will observe several provided drawings of magnetic field line patterns for bar magnets in simple orientations of like and unlike polarities and carefully draw the field lines and depict... (View More) the polarities for several orientations, including an arrangement of six magnetic poles. This is the fourth activity in the Magnetic Math booklet; this booklet can be found on the Space Math@NASA website. (View Less)
This is an activity about mapping magnetic fields. Learners use a test magnet to create a map of the magnetic field region around a bar magnet. A Magnaprobe, or other similar test magnet, is required to do this activity. This is the third activity... (View More) in the Mapping Magnetic Influence educators guide. (View Less)
This is the second module in the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) Project Suite curriculum. Each activity is self-directed by students or student teams and uses online videos, data from the SDO satellite and hands-on activities to explore, research... (View More) and build knowledge about how and why studying the Sun's electromagnetic energy and magnetic fields help scientists better understand the Sun's activity and space weather. Students build knowledge and vocabulary, apply or demonstrate learning through real world connections and create resources to use in investigations. Both a teacher and student guide is included with sequential instructions and embedded links to the needed videos, tutorials and internet resources. In Activity 2A: The Sun and the EM Spectrum students learn how SDO uses key parts of the Sun's electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) to research regions of the Sun, create an interactive foldable to describe the different wavebands of the EMS, then use real-time SDO image data and the Helioviewer online tool to explore the Sun's regional activity. Tutorials for using Helioviewer and making the EMS foldable are included. Activity 2B: Solar activity and Magnetism has students use information in online videos and slide presentations to demonstrate concepts of magnetism and the relationship between the Sun's variable magnetic fields and sunspots. Activity 3B: Solar Research in Action! Build a Spectroscope has students create a spectroscope to observe the different wavebands of visible light, demonstrate how the Sun emits varying EMS energies, and explain how this information helps scientists understand the composition and activity of both our nearest star, and other stars in the universe. A computer for student-teams and a connection to the Internet are needed to complete this module. See related and supplementary resources for link to full curriculum. The appendix includes an alignment to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). (View Less)
Materials Cost: $5 - $10 per group of students
This is an activity about depicting the relative strength of magnetic fields using field line density. Learners will use the magnetic field line drawing of six magnetic poles created in a previous activity and identify the areas of strong, weak, and... (View More) medium magnetic intensity using the density of magnetic field lines. This is the fifth activity in the Magnetic Math booklet; this booklet can be found on the Space Math@NASA website. How to Draw Magnetic Fields - II in the Magnetic Math booklet must be completed prior to this activity. (View Less)
This is a hands-on lab activity about the chemical composition and conductivity of water. Working in groups, learners will: conduct an experiment involving the process of electrolysis, prepare an experiment to better understand the process of ion... (View More) exchange, discuss and research the "softness" and "hardness" of water, and use the periodic table to identify elements and learn their characteristics. Background information, a glossary and more is included. Materials needed for each student group include a 9-volt battery, two electrodes (e.g. copper strips, or two #2 pencils sharpened at both ends), electrical wire and glass beakers or ceramic saucers. This activity is part of the Aquarius Hands-on Laboratory Activities. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $1 - $5 per group of students
Students will test various materials to determine if any can shield their "magnetometer" (compass) from an external magnetic field using their own experimental design. If no suitable material is available, they will devise another method to protect... (View More) their instrument. Includes background science for the teacher, worksheets, adaptations and extensions. Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are also identified. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $10 - $20 per group of students
This afterschool curriculum includes six lessons plus supplementary materials (e.g., videos, PowerPoint presentations, and images) that explore how light from the electromagnetic spectrum is used as a tool for learning about the Sun. The curriculum... (View More) is designed to be flexible to meet the needs of afterschool programs and includes recommendations for partial implementation based on time constraints. It was specifically designed to engage girls in science. (View Less)


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LOS ANGELES -- Toyota has made no secret about wanting to close out a rough 2011 on a high note. Now the brand has launched a viral cash-incentive program for folks who use Twitter as a social media communications tool.
It's another way the automaker is trying to jump-start sales after a year hampered by the Japanese earthquake and Thai flooding. Through November, Toyota Division sales are off 7 percent in an industry that is up 10 percent.
This month, if a customer buys a Toyota then tweets about it on his or her Twitter account, Toyota will give that person a $500 prepaid debit card separate from whatever deal the customer made.
Then, for every friend of the customer who retweets the message within 48 hours, Toyota will add $50 to the customer's debit card balance, up to a total of $1,000. Those followers who retweet the message will be entered to win a 2011 Prius from Toyota.
The program, called Shareathon, begins today and runs with the Toyotathon retail push this month.
Of course, there's fine print.
Shoppers must first register online through Dec. 21 at www.toyota.com/shareathon, tweet a scripted Shareathon message, then buy or lease a new Toyota on or before Jan. 3, 2012, to be eligible for a certificate and unique coupon code redeemable for a $500 prepaid debit card.
The incentive is only for the first 140 people -- a tribute to the 140-character limit of tweets -- who register on the Toyota site starting at 11 a.m. EST each day.
The debit card is issued after the customer goes to the Toyota site and inputs his or her purchased Toyota's vehicle identification number and a coupon code. The redemption deadline is Jan. 31.


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Monday, June 1, 2009
Hershey's Almond Joy Pieces
It's sad in a way that I'm writing about these now, since they're not due in stores until December, but I really couldn't wait. (I know Candy Addict was also too excited for them to hit store shelves.)
The new line of Pieces is the expansion of the Reese's Pieces line after a mere thirty one years since their introduction. (More here)
The choice of Almond Joy as one of the first lentilized Hershey's bars in this line is kind of odd, but a welcome one as far as I'm concerned - coconut candies are few and far between.
The samples I got were directly from Hershey's and came in little "for sales samples only" packets of only .7 ounces each. I'm not certain what the final packaging sizes will be.
The nutrition information is missing but the ingredients are here:
The pieces are similar in size & proportion to M&Ms, perhaps a little thicker. The sizes and manufacturing are quite consistent. The colors are blue, dark brown and tan.
The candy shells are rather thick & crunchy, the candy center is a milk chocolate base studded with coconut bits and crushed almonds.
They're quite sweet and taste mostly of coconut, but the texture combinations are fantastic - the light crunch of the candy shell combined with the chew of the coconut bits and the occasional appearance by an almond bit. The flavors are a bit mild but I enjoyed these quite a bit and if I had an opportunity to chose them for a snack at a movie or while at my desk, I certainly would, mostly because they are unique, there are no other candies like this.
There's no Kosher status listed on the package (though that may be because this is not final packaging), and it also says that it's not nut, peanut, wheat, egg or soy free. Further, the use of resinous glaze means that this is not a vegetarian product.
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Step 1. Throw away the direct mail solicitation. Step 2. Hang up on the telemarketers. Step 3. Log on to www.rdenergypricechoice.com.
Sounds too simple? It is simple and www.rdenergypricechoice.com is the best price option for homes and businesses in Columbus, Ohio to get the best discounts on electric and natural gas fixed rates. Why? Telemarketing to consumers is very expensive. Those expenses have to be included in the rate offers. Direct mail campaigns is expensive. Those costs have to be included in the rate offers.
When consumers in Columbus, Ohio search www.rdenergypricechoice.com for electric and natural gas fixed rates they will find prices without telemarketing costs and direct mail costs built into them. The simple fact is they will find lower pricing.
Hang up on the telemarketing calls and recycle the direct mail flyers. Homes and businesses in Columbus, Ohio should just go to www.rdenergypricechoice.com and find the best electric price


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sergeb needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 52 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
.NET developer productivity tools vendor website http://submain.com needs a good re-design. Logo is pretty much the only thing that we like. The current site looks very poor. Well, it looks crap to be honest.
We want the site to look more professional, contemporary, visually pleasing and attractive to both enterprise customers and individual (geek type) developers.
Please deliver layered PSD files.
We need homepage and product page design.
Home page - should highlight the flagship product - CodeIt.Right while mention briefly few (or all others). It should also have side bar on the right with the blog news list and potentially more teaser/announcement type of blocks. The product boxes are optional on the home page - we have them there now for the luck of any other visual elements.
Product page - should visually separate product description, benefits and features. Also need a better visual separation within the above 3 sections. We will eventually split the sections into separate pages which will require a small box type menu. Also need visible links to Tutorials, Download evaluation copy, etc. As well as invitation to buy the product.
Vector version of the logo - http://submain.com/images/submain-logo.eps
Current site - http://submain.com/
<Edit>There was also new site designed a couple of years ago that never went live as I wasn't entirely happy with the design. You can find the design here - http://submain.com/newsite/ </Edit>
- creative and unique idea
- clean and light design
- add a bit of color into the design too
- pre-made templates
- heavy look
- dark background colors
- no Flash - the site will be in HTML only
- no pull down/javascript menus


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California: Where It's Not Good Being the Governor
Thursday, June 16, 2011
TIME -- It's starting to look like this mission is too tough for anyone. Like his predecessor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor Jerry Brown of California was elected on a pledge to erase the enormous deficit. Brown is trying hard. He's more hands-on with lawmakers than the "Governator" was, and he's determined to find a permanent rather than a temporary solution. He needs Republican votes to extend higher taxes, but they won't budge. So his hands are tied, just as Schwarzenegger's were. But he's not going down without a fight. And on Thursday, Brown's own Democrats passed a budget so unpalatable that he vetoed it.
The governor had brought a good measure of experience to the job. He was elected to his third term as governor last year, having served two previous terms from 1978 to '83. "Brown seems to be much more engaged and using personal levers more effectively, but that's not enough," says Gary Gray, a political-science professor who studies California politics at the University of San Diego. "It's this fundamental gridlock built in as part of the rules." (Full Story)
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Rugby World Cup 2011
Demand high prior to Rugby World Cup ticket launch
April 26, 2010
Tickets for the 2011 World Cup go on sale tomorrow © Getty Images
Fifty thousand fans from over 100 countries have pre-registered for Rugby World Cup tickets prior to the launch of online sales according to organisers.
Twenty thousand fans from across the world have signed up, while a further 30,000 are New Zealand based registrations. The bulk of international interest has come from the UK, Australia, Ireland, France, USA, South Africa and Canada, although there has been interest from as far afield as Norway, Egypt and China.
Applications go online at 9am New Zealand time on Tuesday and will stay open until May 21. Through official travel packages, 85,000 tickets have already been sold. The tournament starts in 501 days when hosts New Zealand take on Tonga at the redeveloped Eden Park on September 9, 2011. It will run until the final more than a month later at the same venue on October 23 with 20 teams competing.
"This is a fantastic response and shows how popular Rugby World Cup has become around the world," said Martin Snedden, chief executive Rugby New Zealand 2011.
"The rest of the world knows that RWC 2011 is going to be a special event so I urge Kiwi fans to take advantage of this first phase of ticketing. Tomorrow will be a special day for fans. This is the day fans can really embrace RWC 2011 and decide just how they are going to take part in what will be the biggest sporting event this country has seen."
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An above-average number of storms will emerge from the Atlantic this hurricane season, and the odds of the United States being hit by a major system are about 70 percent greater than predicted last year, Colorado State University researchers said.
Eighteen named storms will develop in 2013, the CSU forecasters said today in their initial seasonal outlook. Nine of the systems are expected to become hurricanes, four of them major systems of Category 3 or higher with winds of at least 111 mph.
The CSU team estimated the chances of a major hurricane strike on the U.S. this year at 72 percent, compared with 42 percent last year. Sandy, which devastated parts of New York and New Jersey in October, had winds of Category 1 level.
"We think we will have a pretty active season here," said William Gray, professor emeritus of atmospheric science at the Fort Collins, Colo., university, who pioneered long-range hurricane forecasting 30 years ago. "Things are just looking good."
Atlantic hurricanes are watched closely because of their threat to major U.S. population centers and to the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf is home to 7 percent of U.S. natural gas output, 23 percent of oil production and 44 percent of refining capacity, according to the Energy Department.
Hurricane Isaac, which went ashore in Louisiana last August as a Category 1 storm, shut in as much as 95 percent of Gulf oil and 73 percent of natural gas as companies evacuated offshore platforms and drilling rigs.
Gray and co-author Philip Klotzbach said the 20th-century average for a U.S. strike from a major storm is 52 percent. The last was Hurricane Wilma in 2005 and the seven years since then is the longest stretch on record without one.
"We have been very lucky," Gray said. "That luck, statistically speaking, shouldn't keep holding up. I don't think people know how lucky we have been."
Gray said a lack of warming in the central Pacific Ocean is one reason researchers believe 2013 will be an active season. When the central Pacific warms, in a phenomenon called an El Nino, it causes wind shear to increase across the Atlantic basin. High wind shear tears at the structure of budding hurricanes, robbing them of power or destroying them.
Last year, the CSU forecasters initially predicted 10 named storms, about half of what developed, in part because they expected an El Nino to form. The 30-year average for the Atlantic storm period, which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, is 12 systems, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. A storm gets a name when sustained winds reach 39 mph.
The central Pacific is currently in a neutral state and is expected to remain that way for at least the next three months, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said Tuesday.
"If an El Nino formed and came in, that is the only thing that could dampen a pretty active year," Gray said by telephone. "The El Nino looks not very likely."
Weather patterns and sea-surface temperatures across the Atlantic have lined up to produce ideal conditions for tropical systems to form, he said. Longer-range patterns, such as a warming in the Atlantic called the multi-decadal oscillation, also affect storm development. One of these warmer periods, which can last 20 years or more, began in 1995 and since then the Atlantic has on average produced more storms than during the previous one, from 1970 to 1994.
Michael Schlacter, chief meteorologist with Weather 2000 Inc. in New York, said he agreed with Colorado State's assessment that the season will be active. What's more important is where the storms will go, and that can't be determined this far in advance, he said by telephone.
For the past three years, the Atlantic has spawned 19 storms each season, tying with 1995 and 1887 as the third-most active period in records going back to 1851. The 28 storms in 2005, which included Hurricane Katrina, were the most.
The odds of a major storm strike on the East Coast, including the Florida Peninsula, are 48 percent this year, compared with the 20th-century average of 31 percent, the CSU team said. The Gulf Coast has a 47 percent chance, compared with the average of 30 percent.
While a major storm hasn't hit the U.S. in more than seven years, the U.S. sustained severe blows from Irene in 2011 and Isaac and Sandy last year.
Irene killed 49 people, 41 of whom were in the U.S., and caused about $15.8 billion in damage from the Caribbean to the Northeast, according to the hurricane center. It hit Vermont particularly hard, as flooding washed out nearly 2,400 roads and damaged 800 homes and businesses as well as 300 bridges.
Isaac killed 34 people along a path that began in the Caribbean, and caused an estimated $2.35 billion in U.S. damage, the hurricane center said. Isaac also delayed the start of the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
Sandy, which went ashore in New Jersey as a hybrid storm, is believed to have directly killed at least 147 people, 72 of them in the U.S., according to the center. An additional 87 people died in the aftermath, the center said.
The storm also destroyed or damaged 650,000 homes and knocked out power to 8.5 million customers, some for weeks, said a center analysis that estimated damage of at least $50 billion. That would make it the second-costliest since 1900, after Katrina, the center said.


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The M4 Delta 10 is Classic Army's entry level railed carbine. Utilizing Classic Army's nylon fiber allows for a lighter weight platform while ensuring playable durability in a cost efficient package.
The M4 Delta 10 Nylon Fiber features a high rate of fire along with a 300rd high capacity magazine so you can put more BBs on target faster than you can count. The 10" rail system has top picatinny rail and a bottom keymod rail. The sides of the handguard will accept add-on modular rail segments. Front and rear flip up sights are included with plenty of rail space for you to mount a scope. The quick change spring feature allows you to change the power of the gun quickly and easily (upgrade spring not included) so you're ready for all environments and ranges of play.
Internally, the gun has a 9mm bushing gearbox, inline mosfet protected trigger contacts, 6.03mm tightbore barrel, and a quick change spring system. This gun is lipo-ready right out of the box. It will shoot 330-350 fps using 0.20g BBs and 900-1000 rpm using a 9.6V battery. It has a quick change spring system so that you can quickly and easily upgrade or downgrade your spring to change the power level.
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Darren, an administrator and former choir director for the Gladewater Independent School District, is no stranger to First United Methodist Church.
As a long-time colleague and friend of Lora Robison, Director of Music Ministries at FUMC, Darren has been guest soloist and guest choir member on many occasions.
This time, Darren brings his talented sister, Melanie Richardson, to perform with him.
Melanie, a real estate office administrator in Dallas, enjoys a legacy of music-making in Gladewater and Tyler with her brother, Darren.
The brother-sister team will be singing four numbers for the service on July 28.
They will be opening the service with a traditional spiritual, I Go to the Rock, sung as a duet and accompanied by Darren on the piano. Melanie will sing the beautiful Alabaster Box by Sjostran and the duo will sing The Prayer by Foster as the offertory.
A solo by Darren offered before the sermon by Rev.Richard Laster will be Mallotte's The Lord's Prayer, accompanied by church accompanist Bill Marshall.
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The best part is that this is just the tip of the iceberg. The MoP press tour is scheduled for March and there's a vague comment on twitter by a Blizzard CM about cool things happening before the weekend that may or may not have anything to do with WoW or even video games. It's hard not to get excited.
Anyway, there's a lot of information and it's some times hard to tell what's new and what's not since I don't have the old version of the calculator available to compare to. Please feel free to comment on anything I missed or expand on anything I didn't cover in enough detail.
Eclipse Changes:
This change isn't the "WOW!!!!" moment I originally thought it was (it's amazing how often that's true when you jump to conclusions before you think), but it's a very solid change that is another step towards the simplification the moonkin rotation desperately needs. What this means for the moonkin rotation is that once you enter Eclipse you cast will cast your DoT once and not worry about it again until it either falls off, or you are about to enter the opposite Eclipse. It completely removes the question of should you clip a DoT during Eclipse, because your nukes are constantly refreshing it.
- Solar Eclipse: Wrath damage to refresh Sunfire's duration.
- Lunar Eclipse: Starfire damage to refresh Moonfire's duration.
This change solves one of the biggest issues with our current rotation, but it doesn't remove the potential for DoT clipping from the table completely. There's still going to be a question of if we should clip our shorter Eclipse buffed DoT with a longer unbuffed DoT as we are about to enter a new Eclipse since we won't be able to refresh the DoT after we enter the new Eclipse. However, I have a feeling this choice will be less significant and less punishing if we get it wrong then our current choices.
There are also some balancing questions on how the "refreshing" mechanic will work with temporary buffs that need to be answered, but as long as Moonkin DPS is competitive in the long run I won't be very concerned about this.
The only change I would make to Eclipse at this point would be to add Starsurge to the refresh mechanic so that SS would refresh SnF in solar like Wrath and refresh MF in lunar like Starfire. It's not a huge deal, but without it some people will suggest that Moonkins shouldn't use SS as their last spell in Eclipse because it won't refresh the DoT.
Soul of the Forest:
Balance: When a Lunar Eclipse ends you gain 20 Solar Energy and when a Solar Eclipse ends you gain 20 Lunar Energy.This is the 4T12 Moonkin set bonus from Firelands. You may not recognize it because the mechanic is different but the impact will be exactly the same. If you don't remember, the 4T12 set bonus increased the amount of Energy your Starfires and Wraths generated outside of Eclipse and the increase was roughly totaled 20 energy each way. As a result, it shortened the amount of time you are out of eclipse increasing your total Eclipse uptime and the percentage of nukes buffed by Eclipse.
This was every solid buff as a set bonus in Firelands and will be a very solid set bonus as a Talent in MoP. The only question is how it will stand up to the other Tier 4 choices of Incarnation and Force of Nature. We can't know that until we get more details.
Dream of Cenarius:
Dream of Cenarius: Wrath, Starfire, and Starsurge increase healing done by your next healing spell by 30%I LOVE this change. Not because of what Dream of Cenarius is, but because of what it is not. And that is Master Shapeshifter. In case you don't remember, Master Shapeshifter was the talent that caused feral abilities to buff Moonkin abilities and vice versa with some other hideous affects as well. It was a horrible talent with disaster written all over it and I'm ecstatic that Blizzard saw the light on this one.
Now that I'm done dancing on Master Shapeshifter's grave, let's talk about Dream of Cenarius. This is exactly the type of low maintenance hybrid ability the Druid talent tree needed. It allows DPSers and off-tanks to throw an emergency heal on themselves or another player if needed, and would be especially powerful when combined with a talent like Nature's Swiftness. For healers, they can throw out a little DPS when healing is light which can be especially helpful on DPS races like Ultraxion and Spine of Deathwing.
Starsurge Improvements:
One of the strange things about Moonkin in Cataclysm is how weak Starsurge has become relative to our other spells. It was originally billed as this powerful cooldown based nuke, but the flaws started appearing almost immediately. The first was that it didn't generate energy in the same way as Wrath and Starfire because it wasn't affected Euphoria. Then in patch 4.2 Wrath and Starfire had their damage buffed which made Starsurge relatively weaker. Finally, in Firelands the 4T12 set bonus made it unattractive to cast at times because it also did not affect the energy generation of Starsurge.
- Shooting Stars now has a 20% chance to trigger (up from 4%) but can only trigger from a periodic critical strike from your Moonfire or Sunfire.
- Euphoria now also procs off of Starsurge.
- Starsurge generates 20 lunar or solar energy.
As a general rule it is a good idea not to pay to much attention to the numbers this early in an expansion's development because they could be errors and there's a high probability that they will change if they their real. However, in this version of the talent calculator there are three pieces of info suggesting that Blizzard is trying to return Starsurge to its original role as a powerful cooldown based nuke. The Euphoria change is obvious and required in my opinion. Increasing SS's energy generation to 20 sounds like a good idea to me, but it could very easily also be an unintended typo. I think change to Shooting Stars is being made primarily to improve how Moonkin scale with Crit (something we don't do well currently), but it has the potential to buff our Starsurge damage as well if it increases the proc rate.
Quick Thoughts on Other Changes:
Symbiosis may not be cast on other Druids and the effect is lost if the linked targets are too far apart. 6 sec cast time.It still sounds cool with the additional info, but there's still way to few details to make any conclusions. There is one question that I have though. Whose idea was it to have Symbiosis give warlocks Rejuvenation? Unless there's something I don't know about warlocks or it modifies the spell in some other way, that just seems silly.
Insect Swarm now increases the damage taken by 25% (down from 30%) but affects all spells.On the surface, this isn't a big change but I like it. I realize there are still a lot of people that don't like the new Insect Swarm at all, but I'm starting to think it's a great idea. It will really help Blizzard balance moonkin DPS, but I will get more into that in my next post.
Celestial Alignment had its bonus damage reduced by 5% but causes Moonfire to also apply the Sunfire effect. 3 minute cooldown. (Up from 2 min)I'm not surprised by this change, but I'm still wondering what role Blizzard expects Celestial Alignment to fill. Is it meant to be a DPS cooldown, or is it more of a utility to provide an on demand eclipse? We won't be able to tell until we see it in beta.
Ursol's Vortex can now be cast at a specific location instead of being used on the Druid. 30 yd range.This is a big improvement over the old version. It never seemed like a good idea to pull a mob of targets to you unless you are a tank or possibly melee. This change gives it a ton of new utility. You can still pull mobs to you, but you could also pull mobs a way, or into a trap, or possibly off a cliff.


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Pd Extended (Pd with a large collection of externals)
Miller Puckette's homepage.
Pd Mailing List archive.
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MADISON, Wis. -- Groups seeking to recall Gov. Scott Walker submitted nearly twice as many signatures Tuesday as required to force an election, an overwhelming number that may make an election later this year inevitable.
But Walker's opponents still must transform public outrage over his pushback against unions into actual votes to oust him from office. If the governor is worried, he's not showing it: As petitions were delivered to election officials, he was out of state raising money to defend himself and the agenda that has made him a national conservative hero.
The 1 million signatures that United Wisconsin, the coalition that spearheaded the effort along with the Democratic Party, said were collected far exceeded the more than 540,000 needed. The effort stemmed from anger over Walker's aggressive moves during his first year in office that included effectively ended collective bargaining rights for nearly all public workers.
Petitioners on Tuesday also were submitting about 300,000 more signatures than were needed to trigger a recall election against Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch. Between 23 percent and 56 percent above the number of signatures needed were also collected to force recall elections of four Republican state senators, including Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald.
The massive number of signatures against Walker -- 85 percent above the level needed -- could make it nearly impossible for opponents to successfully challenge enough of them to stop an election.
"I don't know if it's insurmountable, but it would be extremely difficult," said Joshua Spivak, a recall expert and senior fellow at Wagner College in New York. In the 2003 Gov. Gray Davis recall in California, petitioners also turned in almost double what was needed -- 1.6 million -- and only about 18 percent were tossed, Spivak said.
About 46 percent would have to be removed in Wisconsin for the election not to proceed.
Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate said given the number of signatures collected, Walker shouldn't seek delays and instead let the election proceed.
"Does anyone really honestly believe we're not going to have an election?" Tate said.
Walker's campaign spokeswoman Ciara Matthews said he was not available for comment Tuesday.
The governor's supporters have been training volunteers on how to vet signatures and they plan to create a database where names will be entered and verified. Walker has already successfully sued the state elections board to require it to do a more extensive review of the signatures than originally planned.
The Government Accountability Board has said its review will take 60 days or more and it will go to court this week to seek a delay beyond the 31 day review required under the law.
Tate said he didn't expect a Walker recall election would happen before May. Walker has been saying he thinks it will be in June.
Recalls have become common in Wisconsin since the political tumult of 2011 that saw Walker and Republicans pass the collective bargaining changes, one of the country's most restrictive laws requiring photo identification at the polls, and a budget that included an $800 million cut to public schools. The opposition started with massive protests and then grew into organized campaigns first to recall state senators and then Walker himself.
Last summer, six Republican state senators and three Democrats faced recall elections. Two Republicans lost, leaving the party with a narrow one-vote majority in the Senate.
The Walker recall couldn't officially be filed until after he had served a year in office, an anniversary that was hit earlier this month.
But he hasn't been waiting around to see if the recall will be successful.
Walker ran his first campaign television ad the night before recall petitions hit the street in mid-November. He's been on air nonstop, making arguments that while some of the decisions he made last year to balance a $3.6 billion state budget shortfall were difficult, the state is in a better financial position and will prosper in the long run.
Walker has been raising money at a furious clip. He was hosting a $2,500 per-person fundraiser in New York City along with Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, the founder and former CEO of American International Group. AIG was one of the world's largest insurance companies that nearly collapsed in the fall of 2008 at the height of the financial crisis and received about $180 billion in bailout aid from the government.
Walker has also recently attended fundraisers in Texas, Kentucky and Tennessee. He is taking full advantage of both the conservative star persona built as he put Wisconsin at the center of the national labor rights debate and a quirk in state law allowing those targeted for recall to ignore normal contribution limits until an election date is set.
As of mid-December, he had already raised $5.1 million, with about half of that coming from out-of-state donors.
Democrats, who have no candidate raising money to challenge Walker, concede they will not be able to match him dollar for dollar. Instead, they are counting on the same type of enthusiasm that drove the petition drive to translate into the campaign.
The two most prominent Democrats, former U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold and retiring U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, have repeatedly said they aren't interested.
Even with that question looming, Democrats spent Tuesday celebrating.
The number of signatures collected represents about 23 percent of the state's eligible voters. In the 2010 election, Walker garnered just over 1.12 million votes on his way to victory over Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who got about 1 million votes.
Barrett issued a statement that praised petition circulators but did not indicate whether he would enter the race.
"It's time for a new direction that will heal our fractured state and move Wisconsin forward again," Barrett said.
The only other successful recall of a governor in the nation's history besides Davis was North Dakota Gov. Lynn Frazier in 1921.
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If there's one thing Americans shouldn't do as the Europeans do, it's textile recycling. Of the 5.8 million tons of fabric waste Europeans discard every year, only 25 percent is recycled, according to a report released Thursday by Friends of the Earth Europe. By disposing of valuable materials indiscriminately, Europe is failing to manage commodities in a time of economic crisis and rapid natural-resource depletion, the study notes. "Europe is still stuck in a system where valuable materials, many of which come at a high environmental and social cost, end up in landfill or incineration," says Ariadna Rodrigo, resource use campaigner at the environmental nonprofit. "Recycling targets are a good start, but reusing products and materials and preventing waste in the first place won't be the norm until we have EU targets for these, too."
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In the case of cotton, says Friends of the Earth, recycling, reusing, and most important, reducing consumption, can radically diminish the volume of wasted fiber. Although the EU has established a voluntary "Ecolabel" and is hashing out green public-procurement policies for textiles, these measures remain inadequate when it comes to the overconsumption of cotton and its cradle-to-grave impacts, including water-depletion, the proliferation of genetically modified organisms, pesticide use, and workers' rights abuses in garment supply chains, the group adds.
More often than not, used textiles can be pressed into multiple rounds of service.
More often than not, used textiles can be pressed into multiple rounds of service.
And, more often than not, used textiles can be pressed into multiple rounds of service. On average, Friends of the Earth says, 40 to 50 percent of waste textiles can be recycled into garments. Roughly 20 to 25 percent can be recommissioned as cleaning cloths, while 20 to 30 percent can be used by other industries as a secondary raw material, say automotive soundproofing or home insulation. Even so-called "inferior fibers" can be mixed with other substitutes to produce paper, board, and fleece.
Other EU nations should also borrow a page from the United Kingdom, where two-thirds of its citizens buy or receive secondhand clothes. Clothing reuse, the nonprofit says, is far better for the environment than recycling. Case in point? For every ton of cotton T-shirts reused, the equivalent of 12 tons of carbon dioxide is saved.
"There is an urgent need to fundamentally change EU policies and end our current wastefulness," Rodrigo says. "Reducing waste is an easy way to increase Europe's resource efficiency. It not only contributes to cutting carbon emissions, it also creates jobs in Europe and reduces dependency on imported raw materials."
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Here they were when I brought them home.
Aren't they fabulous? I love the doors, the feet, the handles. Everything! Of course I couldn't leave them wood. So, I painted them! Here they are now.
The paint color matched my lamp shade perfectly...even though I didn't mean to do that. HA! I hand stenciled a few squares on top. Not sure if I like it yet or not. I may change that.
But I feel like my living room is finally coming along. Bright and cheery. I can't wait to add more things to the wall, and move a few things around. We will see how long that will take. ;)
So what do you think? Are the end tables better painted?
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University Good Samaritan Regulation (GSR)
|University Good Samaritan Regulation (GSR)
|Student Affairs
|Student Discipline
Approved May 28, 2014.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, 328-2092; Director, Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, 328-6824; Assistant Director, Center for Counseling and Student Development, 328-6661.
|Related Policies
|Additional References
1. Purpose
1.1. The purpose of the Good Samaritan Regulation ("Regulation" or "GSR") is to remove a potential barrier and facilitate access to emergency medical care in cases of alcohol related medical emergencies. The goal is to increase the likelihood that a person needing medical assistance will receive this assistance by reducing the reluctance of students to seek out appropriate help due to fear of potential University consequences assigned by the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities ("OSRR") to themselves or another person in need of assistance.
1.2. The GSR is part of East Carolina University's comprehensive approach to reduce the harmful consequences caused by the misuse of alcohol. It is designed to promote responsible decision making when students are faced with a potentially harmful, or deadly, alcohol related medical situation. This regulation finds support in the ECU Creed which states: "I will be thoughtful and responsible in my words and actions" and "I will engage in purposeful citizenship by serving as a positive role model," and aligns well with the University's mission to help prepare future leaders by encouraging healthy, pro-active, civically responsible actions by our students in a time of a crisis.
1.3. The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) in the state of North Carolina is 21 years old. Nothing in this procedure should indicate that the University condones underage drinking. We are also cognizant, however, that many underage college students will choose to consume alcohol regardless of the MLDA. With this choice comes the risk of very harmful consequences; research has long demonstrated that the misuse of alcohol is the number one health risk on U.S. college campuses. This GSR regulation is designed to address this reality by reducing the risk of alcohol-related harm for students via an increased likelihood of medical intervention. The regulation stipulates that individuals who are involved in an emergency situation are provided education related to alcohol risk-reduction in order to reduce the likelihood of future occurrences.
2. Students Qualifying for Good Samaritan Amnesty
2.1. Subject to the provisions of this regulation, the ECU GSR may apply in the following situations:
2.1.1. When a student, acting in good faith and upon reasonable belief that he or she was the first to call for assistance, contacts ECU personnel or emergency services ("EMS") for medical assistance related to his or her own alcohol use or intoxication, and EMS responds and makes a medical assessment at the locale.
2.1.2. When a student calls for emergency assistance on behalf of another person experiencing an alcohol-related medical emergency and EMS responds and makes a medical assessment at the locale. The student shall use his or her own name when contacting authorities and shall remain with the person needing medical attention until help arrives.
2.1.3. When a student is named in an ECU Police Report or Campus Appearance Ticket as having been present and lending a helping hand during an alcohol-related medical emergency and it is documented that emergency assistance was requested. Likewise, failure to call for medical assistance in an alcohol related emergency may be considered an aggravating circumstance that may affect a conduct case resolution and/or result in increased sanctions.
2.2 Gathering Information and Documents
2.2.1 In a preliminary meeting with the student or organization, OSRR will gather information pertinent to the facts for determining the appropriateness of granting GSR amnesty. This meeting will consider the available facts and documentation, including, but not limited to, the following: Documentation verifying that EMS was called, responded, and rendered medical attention; Documentation of a visit to a hospital Emergency Department; A written report from a police department, other law enforcement entity, or Campus Living; Any record of the Blood Alcohol Level as determined by medical personnel.
2.3 Procedures for case management
2.3.1 Students who receive or request on behalf of another person emergency medical attention related to the consumption of alcohol may be eligible to receive GSR amnesty. Such students should be referred to OSRR. OSRR will track each GSR amnesty request in order to maintain appropriate data and documentation. OSRR will document that the office has discussed the potential for GSR amnesty with potentially qualified students or organizations referred to it, explaining the GSR regulation, its usage, and GSR onetime per academic school year applicability. Additionally, OSRR will provide such students with an informational Good Samaritan letter detailing the GSR regulation specifics.
3. Effect of GSR Amnesty
3.1. In the discretion of OSRR, if the student qualifies for medical amnesty under this regulation, OSRR may refrain from charging or sanctioning the student for one or more violations of the Student Code of Conduct related to alcohol. As a condition of receiving amnesty, students may be required to successfully complete a substance abuse assessment through the Center for Counseling and Student Development ("CCSD") or undergo such other educational activity or medical course of treatment as deemed appropriate by OSRR.
3.2. In compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA") and University policies and regulations, OSRR will notify the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) of students under the age of 21 who receive GSR amnesty under this regulation. A student that does not want his or her parents to be notified may appeal to OSRR. Pursuant to the Parental Notification Policy, OSRR will, in turn, refer the student to CCSD. CCSD will make a recommendation that will be given back to OSRR for consideration in determining parental notification disposition.
3.3. A student may be granted GSR amnesty no more than once per academic school year. Records of all known requests for assistance in medical emergencies shall be maintained by OSRR, as outlined in section 2.3, above. In the event a student who previously received amnesty is involved in a subsequent conduct-related incident, the existence of a previous receipt of amnesty, and the circumstances involved in the previous incident, may be taken into account by OSRR when considering sanctions in subsequent conduct-related incidents.
4. Clubs/Organizations
4.1. Good Samaritan amnesty for a recognized club/organization may be granted to the club/organization only.
4.2. If a student representative of a university recognized club or organization hosting an event seeks medical assistance in a medical emergency as described in section 2 above, then the club/organization may be eligible for GSR amnesty as it applies to clubs/organizations.
4.3. Representatives from the organization may be required to meet with OSRR. Clubs/organizations qualifying for GSR amnesty under this regulation will not be charged or sanctioned for violations of the University's alcohol-related policies.
4.4. As a condition of receiving amnesty, such organizations/clubs may be required to participate in or organize an appropriate educational program to be presented to the club/organization members or others and/or complete such other educational activity as deemed appropriate by OSRR.
4.5. Clubs/organizations may be granted GSR amnesty no more than once per academic school year and only for appropriately recognized events of their organization.
4.6. While the act of responsibly calling for prompt medical attention in compliance with this regulation may mitigate OSRR sanctions against the club/organization resulting from Code violations that may have occurred at the time of the incident, failure to call for medical assistance in an alcohol-related emergency may be considered an aggravating circumstance that may affect a conduct case resolution, and/or result in increased sanctions
5. Limitations
5.1. The GSR applies to alcohol related incidents that require emergency medical attention as described in this regulation. This regulation does not apply to any other type of drug related behavior including use, possession, or distribution.
5.2. The GSR applies only to alcohol Student Code of Conduct violations. If other prohibited conduct occurs, including, but not limited to, assault, theft, driving while impaired, property damage etc., the student(s)/clubs/organizations will be held responsible by the University and OSRR for those violations.
5.3. Nothing in this regulation shall prevent an individual who has enforcement obligations under state or federal law to report, charge, or take other action related to the possible criminal prosecution of any student for his/her conduct.


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