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These are some of the views and reports relevant to our readers that caught our attention this week.
The Geography of Twitter: Mapping the Global Heartbeat
"My colleague Kalev Leetaru recently co-authored this comprehensive study on the various sources and accuracies of geographic information on Twitter. This is the first detailed study of its kind. The detailed analysis, which runs some 50-pages long, has important implications vis-a-vis the use of social media in emergency management and humanitarian response. Should you not have the time to analyze the comprehensive study, this blog post highlights the most important and relevant findings.
Kalev et al. analyzed 1.5 billion tweets (collected from the Twitter Decahose via GNIP) between October 23 and November 30th, 2012. This came to 14.3 billion words posted by 35% of all active users at the time. Note that 2.9% of the world's population are active Twitter users and that 87% of all tweets ever posted since the launch of Twitter in 2006 were posted in the past 24 months alone. On average, Kalev and company found that the lowest number of tweets posted per hour is one million; the highest is 2 million. In addition, almost 50% of all tweets are posted by 5% of users. (Click on images to enlarge)." READ MORE
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7 Ways Newsrooms Can Boost Citizen Reporting
"In my previous post, I argued that established, traditional newsrooms tend to be most comfortable accepting citizen reporting or user-generated content during a large-scale, widespread emergency event. In these circumstances, newsrooms often accept photo and video submissions from the public, or even seek them out on Instagram, Vine or Twitter. Professional journalists or editors may curate tweets or blog posts to summarize the experience of citizens. They may also make a public request for input from those affected, or to clarify incoming information.
This input is incredibly valuable during a crisis. Citizen reports provide context and nuance, as well as a broader and more inclusive range of voices than mainstream commentators and information sources. In some cases, citizen reporters can emphasize issues that public officials have downplayed or overlooked." READ MORE
Tech Week Europe
David Miliband Says Technology Makes Governments More Open
"Former British foreign secretary David Miliband has said he believes increased adoption of technology in society will encourage governments to become more open.
Speaking at the FT Telefonica Millennials Summit in London earlier this week, Miliband said that technology was both of benefit and a threat to governments, but the "balance was positive."
Technology was breaking down the divide between the public and private spheres, encouraging politicians to act as they are always under scrutiny, said Miliband." READ MORE
All Africa
Nigeria: 'The Citizen's Book On Governance' Launched in Lagos
"The Citizen's Book on Governance, a concise practical guide on Nigeria's democracy and system of governance has been launched in Lagos.
The author of the book, Adekunle Osibogun, a solicitor and advocate in the law firm of Banwo & Ighodalo, said, 'The book's objective is to enlighten Nigerians on and about the roles of their democratic institutions, their fundamental rights and civic duties, within the democratic system of government'." READ MORE
The Guardian
EU's new laws will oblige extractive industries to disclose payments
"The European parliament has overwhelmingly voted in favour of legislation compelling oil, gas and mining companies to publish payments they make to governments and release information on their earnings in each country.
The new accounting and transparency directives bring the EU into line with disclosure rules adopted under the Dodd-Frank act in the US last year, boosting efforts to shine a spotlight on the extractive industries ahead of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland. Next week's meeting, which will be chaired by David Cameron, will focus on the three Ts – tax, trade and transparency." READ MORE
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10 Tips for Successful ICT4D Interventions: An Interview with ICT4D Pioneer Ken Banks
"Ken Banks, founder of kiwanja.net and FrontlineSMS, devotes himself to the application of mobile technology for positive social and environmental change in the developing world. He has worked at the intersection of technology, anthropology, conservation and development for the past twenty years and, during that time, has lived and worked across the African continent. He is a Pop!Tech Fellow, a Tech Awards Laureate, an Ashoka Fellow and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. His latest project, Means of Exchange, is looking at how everyday technologies can be used to democratize opportunities for economic self-sufficiency, rebuild local community and promote a return to local resource use." READ MORE
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Ben Knight Plumbing is a small one man plumbing business. What sets us apart is the little things that we do that others don't. We pride ourselves on fixing the job the right way the first time not leaving room for charge out call backs. We want to create a culture of vibrancy and modern with a blend of good old fasion values that offer the client peace of mind and security knowing that when they call us we will look after them and not take advantage of them.
Our Desired Audience is anyone needing a plumber. There are many different markets obviously but one of the key target audiences for us would be maintenance and repair work and also emergency plumbing. But we also do new house plumbing as well so we don't want to isolate that market but we want to appeal to those people who are in a spot of bother where their hot water service has blown up or their roof is leaking.
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HAGART wrote:I read Summerlander's experiences and results.
So far for me, the cards are hard to read too, and are nothing like the actual one.
I'm glad I'm not the only one!
HAGART wrote:In one of your dreams, you were breaking glass to admire the realism of it. I do that too! And sometimes I throw plates at the wall just to hear and watch them smash. It's childish perhaps, but fun because it is very real and there are no consequences. I'm always amazed by the sound of it.
I completely understand where you are coming from. I have smashed plates against walls too! LOL! It's amazing. It may seem trivial but it's fun. These experiences are often realistic. I think only a few times there was no sound or it seemed a bit delayed, but, the majority of times, everything went as though it happened in the real world. Awesome!
HAGART wrote:You also use the word 'foul' to mean ending the dream. Or is there more to it? I never heard that term before.
A foul is an undesired exit from a lucid dream (aka phase state). I adopted this terminology from Michael Raduga's School of Out-of-Body Travel. When I record my experiences I tend to just say "the phase" or "phase state" as an umbrella term (instead of, "I had an OOBE, WILD, DILD etc.)
I try to follow what the EDMAR acronym, which I came up with, stands for:
1-Enter; 2-Deepen; 3-Manage/maintain; 4-Action (plan); 5-Re-enter the phase (in case of a foul)
One must aim to stay in the state for as long as possible and a foul does not mean it's the end. Try to re-enter the lucid dream world until you exhaust this option. The minute you start feeling the bed beneath you, "separate" immediately! Don't even think. Just get up! You can always check afterwards whether you are standing in the real world or the phase.
HAGART wrote:I like your drawing too. I was examining it and there is a lot of detail. The design around the door frame and the many swirls go unnoticed at first. Good Job! I can't help, but feel there is meaning in dreams and the card may reveal something. I examined the card itself and I think I cracked the code!
It's a secret recipe for spicy burritos!
Thanks for cracking that! It makes sense now. I think it was a warning to go easy on spicy food. I should have taken heed of that. Now I have haemorrhoids.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 8, 2012) – Coming off a three-game road swing, the ETSU women's basketball team opens a brief two-game home stand on Thursday night when the Lady Bucs host Jacksonville in Atlantic Sun Conference play. Tip is set for 7 p.m. inside the MSHA Athletic Center.
The Lady Bucs (6-17, 5-7 A-Sun) are coming off a disappointing road trip where the Blue and Gold went 1-2 (beat Mercer, lost to USC Upstate and Kennesaw State).
Most recently, ETSU suffered a tough 78-68 setback at Kennesaw State last Saturday afternoon. The Lady Bucs, who led by as many as 15 points in the first half and by eight at the break, went ice cold in the second half as the Owls rallied for their first win over ETSU in program history (12-1 all-time). After shooting 55.6 percent (15-27) in the first half, the Lady Bucs went 9-of-33 (27.3 percent) from the field in the final 20 minutes – including 2-for-18 from beyond the arc – while Kennesaw shot 54.9 percent for the game (28-51). Sophomore Destiny Mitchell (Bluffton, Ga.) was a perfect 5-of-5 in the opening 20 minutes of the game, but only got two touches in the second half to finish with 15 points (6-for-6 shooting) and 10 rebounds in 35 minutes of play.
Mitchell, who averaged 22.5 points and 9.0 rebounds while shooting an astonishing 85.7 percent (18-21) in two games down in Georgia, has been dominating over the last six outings for the Blue and Gold. The Bluffton, Ga. native is recording 17.8 points and 11.0 rebounds along with shooting an impressive 77.2 percent (44-57) during this stretch.
Like the Lady Bucs, Jacksonville (7-17, 1-12 A-Sun) has seen its struggles on the road as the Dolphins are 1-12 away from Jacksonville this season with their lone road win being a 76-65 victory at Mercer back on Jan. 19. Since the win over the Lady Bears, Jacksonville has suffered five consecutive losses with its most recent setback being a 70-60 versus Florida Gulf Coast.
The Dolphins are led by 5-foot-9 senior guard Crystal Bell who is averaging 13.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, while 5-foot-10 sophomore forward Jade Cargill has picked up her play against conference foes. Cargill is averaging 10.9 points and 8.8 rebounds, while shooting 80.0 percent (40-50) at the free throw line in 13 league games. As a team, the Dolphins rank second in the conference in steals (11.3) and third in turnover margin (+2.4).
ETSU leads the all-time series 13-3 and are a perfect 6-0 against the Dolphins in Johnson City. However, the Lady Bucs have lost two straight against Jacksonville, including a 70-44 setback in the River City back on Jan. 14. Of the 16 meetings in the series, 11 have been decided by less than 10 points.
Fans unable to make the trip to the Dome on Thursday night can listen to all the action on WXSM-AM 640 The Extreme Sports Monster as "Voice of the Lady Bucs" John Stevens will carry the play-by-play. Live video will also be available on ASun.TV, while live stats will be generated via Gametracker.
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IN THE summer of 1969, then-Sen. Gaylord Nelson was on a conservation speaking tour of the West when he visited the beaches of Santa Barbara, at that time despoiled by one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. The devastation affected him deeply. Later, while reading an article about the teach-ins organized by anti-Vietnam War activists, Nelson asked himself, Why not have a day for a nationwide teach-in on the environment? Thus was born Earth Day 1970.
The original Earth Day was marked by a massive public outpouring of concern for the environment. Earth Day helped spawn new laws such as the Clean Air and Water Acts and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency, but it did little to staunch the more serious wounds of our dying planet. ... Much of the activity during the 20th-anniversary celebration of Earth Day this April 22 will focus on individual acts. ... But there is a danger in an overemphasis on personal acts, when the most grievous assaults on the natural world come from corporations and nations whose self-interested policies of acquisitiveness and greed have brought us to the edge of ecological cataclysm. ...
The chair of Union Carbide, one of the planet's most notorious despoilers, understood the stakes when he said, "An aroused public can put us out of business, just like it put the nuclear industry out of business." Polluters be warned: Such work is becoming everybody's business.
Jim Rice was an assistant editor of Sojourners when this article appeared.
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Yesterday I made some raku ceramics. Testing different glazes. Not all turned out as I wanted. Celadon green turned out emerald. Most yellows turned beige. Back to the drawing board. Of all the experiments, I think the white glaze turned out the best and produced the cracked pattern I so love in raku ceramics.
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The world's first cycling radar, Varia helps create a safer cycling environment by warning cyclists of vehicles approaching from behind up to 153 yards (140 meters). The radar tail light also warns approaching vehicles of a cyclist ahead. Works independently or integrates seamlessly with compatible Edge cycling computers. Edge computer or Varia head unit (each sold separately) can show multiple approaching vehicles and indicates the relative speed of approach and threat level.
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The unit came with good mounting options. I paired it with the Garmin 820 explorer. I am really impressed with the way it functions. It actually detects cars around a bend that you cant see. It only detects cars that are approaching you from behind. No false alarms from parked cars or cars traveling away. The display shows multiple cars and depicts them getting closer. I do wish the audible alarm was louder. Getting rear ended by a car made me wish I purchased it sooner. I'm glad to be back on my bike and the Varia gives me some needed peace of mind.
After two weeks of use, I can't imaging riding with out it! I love knowing that a car is coming up behind me and how close it is to passing me. It paired quickly and easily to my 810 (with the latest firmware) and mounting to the seat post was simple. It seems very accurate and the only time I noticed that it missed any vehicles was during rush hour traffic with large group of slow moving cars very close together. Otherwise it's AWESOME. The changing in the light pattern notifies cars as they are approaching you. It's also helpful for cyclists behind you. My friend loves that she can tell a car is approaching and then check her mirror. The one downside is the light isn't very bright if a car isn't approaching. Make it hard for other cyclists to see you from behind.
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As perhaps you've heard—because, really, I won't shut up about it—I have a new purse. It's made of rubber and looks pretty much exactly like a chicken. It cost $34.99 on Amazon.com.
The last time I was this excited about a purse was more than a decade ago. I was living in Manhattan, and the purse was Prada. It cost something in the range of $500, and I did not buy it on Amazon.com.
This realization got me thinking once again about the ways my life has evolved since moving back to western Massachusetts a year and a half ago. In particular, I've been reflecting on the key role of "reference groups" in shaping consumption patterns.
I first came across this term in sociologist Juliet B. Schor's The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need while researching an essay for SecondAct on The Secret to Living Well on Less. As Schor explains it, we tend to compare our own lifestyles and possessions "to those of a select group of people we respect and want to be like, people whose sense of what's important in life seems close to our own." This is our reference group, and it's malleable. It shifts over time and depending on life circumstances.
Not surprisingly, my Manhattan reference group was way different from my reference group in a college town smack in the heart of what's often dryly referred to as The Happy Valley. And if that's not a clear enough explanation, consider this socio-cultural map of Massachusetts. (N.B. We are the bright pink sector.)
As I wrote in my living-well-on-less essay, the fact that I'm spending far less money these days isn't because I'm now a "better" or less materialistic person. What's changed isn't the core of who I am. What's changed is who I hang out with.
But while I may not be a better person, I do have a better life. And by "better" I mean more in sync with things that really matter—the things that really make me happy. By way of illustration, I offer the following comparison:
What I Got out of My Prada Handbag
I do not love shopping, and for this reason, it was great to have a single item that, by dint of simply carrying it, would take me pretty much anywhere. In 1990s New York, the uniform of black Prada purse, black dress, black boots saved me countless hours of boredom in our finer retail establishments and, despite the hefty price tag The Purse carried, it likely ended up saving me money given the alternatives.
Plus, it was, in some strange way, like being part of a club—or at least putting in an application. As I recall—and it's getting a bit hazy now—such accessories were popular at the time in the NYC publishing world, and while I was still practicing law, I wanted to be writer. I can't say that the purse helped me write, but it symbolized the intention, and in this way, it may have helped just a bit in keeping the dream alive.
What I Get out of My (Non-Prada) Henbag
I make people smile. And laugh! They stop me on the street and say: I LOVE YOUR PURSE! WHERE DID YOU GET IT? Then we chat for a bit. They tell me why they love the purse—about their friend who has chickens or their own chickens or how much better fresh eggs are than the ones you buy at the supermarket (true), and then we smile and move on, but it's sort of like I have a new friend somewhere.
When I meet someone who loves the chicken purse, I also know I've met someone with whom I'll likely share other common ground. Carrying the chicken purse is like walking a puppy. Like it or not (and I do), I'm going to end up more connected than I was when I left my house that morning.
As go my purses, so goes my life.
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'Lower technology prices have made the small-distributed solar market very competitive, and the United States has been a leader in developing innovative financing models that are spurring steadily increasing deployment,' says Phyllis Cuttino, director of Pew's clean energy program. 'We also remain a world leader in venture capital, biofuels and energy-smart technologies, like smart meters and LED lighting. Wind, however, has been subject to the vagaries of U.S. energy policy."
Although wind investment was relatively stable at $14 billion, Pew says U.S. wind installations in 2013 were down more than 90% – from more than 13 GW in 2012 to less than 1 GW last year. When the production tax credit was renewed in early 2013, slight changes in the law precipitated deferrals in deployment of new wind capacity into 2014, when a strong rebound in capacity additions was forecast. By comparison, the report says China deployed 12.1 GW of solar and 14.1 GW of wind capacity.
Meanwhile, the report says solar technology prices in the U.S. marketplace have declined 60% since 2011, and new financing models have spurred more than $17 billion in investment, a 7% increase from 2012. The U.S. continued to garner financing in the biofuels and energy efficient/low-carbon technology subsectors. It also remained the dominant recipient of public market and venture capital/private equity investment, attracting $6.8 billion and $2.2 billion, respectively.
According to the report, China remained the leading regional and global market, attracting $54.2 billion, with the U.S. in second place. Japan was third, with $28.6 billion. Globally, clean energy investment fell 11%, to $254 billion, and renewable power generating capacity additions declined by 1% in 2013. Overall, installed clean energy capacity reached 735 GW.


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New Internationalist 361 October 2003
Oil pipelines / MILITARY
One autumn day last year in Colombia's Arauca province some 2,000 people were rounded up by the military in the town of Saravena. Using new emergency police powers, the military took these people to the local stadium. There they were photographed. Then they had their fingerprints taken. Those without a criminal record were stamped on the arm with indelible ink. Eighty people were arrested and 43 were taken to jail in Bogotá.
Although the Colombian Constitutional Court declared the judicial police powers unconstitutional in late November 2002, the Government is now trying to change the constitution in order to retain those powers, and reports from the region suggest that the armed forces continue to act as if they enjoyed such powers. As one local mayor told El Tiempo newspaper in March: 'It seems as if the war is against us and not against the guerrillas.'
The guerrillas he is referring to are two of Colombia's main armed groups demanding social reform from their Government – the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN). The FARC, the ELN and the Government have been fighting a civil war that now spans four decades. The FARC tends to attack the military and political institutions of the state, while the ELN destroys physical infrastructure such as oil pipelines to make its point. In recent years the attention of both has focused on the Caño Limón-Coveñas pipeline: bombed 152 times in 2000 and a record 178 times in 2001.
Guerrilla attacks resulted in spills and lost production that are estimated to have cost the Govern-ment nearly $500 million in 2001. According to the Government, guerrillas have bombed Colombia's pipelines more than 1,000 times in the past 13 years, spilling 2.9 billion barrels of crude. The Caño Limón-Coveñas pipeline is their most frequent target, striking a substantial blow to the country's economy. As a result, five of the six army battalions that make up Colombia's 18th Brigade are now involved in pipeline protection.
For communities living around the areas through which the pipeline travels, it means increasing military repression. In the town of Saravena the brigade has engaged in psychological warfare operations, using clowns to earn the co-operation of children. Accompanied by uniformed troops, the clowns move door-to-door handing out candy and leaflets that promise rewards to residents who provide information about guerrilla activities. Children between the ages of three and twelve have been invited to the military base to play 'Soldier for A Day'. According to the Saravena base commander, Colonel Santiago Herrera: 'We decided to concentrate on the children because it's the fastest way to reach their parents,' many of whom he suspects are guerrilla collaborators.
This attitude ensures that, as the Colombian armed forces protect the pipelines against the guerillas, it is civilians who are getting caught in the crossfire. From September 2002 to May 2003, Saravena and two other municipalities in Colombia's Arauca province (where the pipeline starts) were part of a 'Rehabilitation and Consolidation Zone'. There was another similar zone in Colombia and it too was around the pipeline – in the area where it reaches the sea. In these zones the Government ceded special powers to the military at the expense of elected civilian leaders and gave military commanders the additional judicial police powers mentioned above. Flexing these powers in the three municipalities in the Arauca Zone led to more than 1,300 searches and 'voluntary registrations' by February, and added at least 49,000 people to the police database.
But in a region intended to be a security priority and a showcase for how pacification can work under the new Government, Arauca suffered from violence on an unprecedented scale during the last year: in only a few months five car bombings attributed to guerrillas that took 14 lives and injured 18; several assassinated mayors, government advisors and city-council members; numerous resignations of elected officials under threat from armed actors; rotating military and police commanders; selective assassinations for which no responsibility is claimed; and the forced displacement of rural dwellers in untold numbers.
This is partly the work of FARC and the ELN. But it is also the work of illegal right-wing forces working outside formal military command: extremist paramilitaries that aim to 'purify' the province of politicians, journalists and others they believe are affiliated with the guerrillas. With an estimated 800 paramilitaries in Arauca, together with 2,000 FARC fighters and 1,000 ELN troops, the murder rate in the area soared this year to about 160 killings per 100,000 people – twice the rate of the late 1990s.
For both the left-wing guerrillas and the right-wing paramilitaries, oil is the fuel that keeps them – and their violence – alive, providing them with part of the money they need to remain armed and viable. Indeed, several million dollars in extortion payments levied by the ELN against the contractor that built the Caño Limón pipeline allegedly brought that ailing rebel group back to life. It had dwindled to a few dozen members; today there are up to 5,000 ELN militants.
Guerrilla revenues from oil-related extortion and kidnapping were calculated at $140 million annually in the late 1990s. And competition for the proceeds can be fierce. Insiders say that the FARC bombings shut the pipeline down for 220 days in 2001 to force the ELN to share more of the pipeline proceeds that it had been successfully extorting from local government. The two groups struck a deal and the number of attacks declined to fewer than 50 in 2002.
So why do oil companies persevere in using a pipeline prone to such corruption and instability? From the corporate perspective, oil transportation in Colombia is a safer bet than in many of the other oil-rich regions of the world. 'Despite the public-order problem here, and all the other problems in Colombia, there is a relative stability that the Middle East does not have right now,' explained an Ecopetrol official in November 2001.
And – in the view of the US Government – it can be supposedly made safer still. Between 1996 and 2000 Occidental (one of the main US oil corporations operating in Colombia) spent nearly $8.7 million lobbying US officials on Latin America policy, largely related to Colombia. Occidental denies that it requested any special favours of the US Government to protect its oil fields and pipeline in Colombia, because making that happen seemed 'out of the realm of possibility'. Nevertheless, the US Government has recently provided $99 million to help protect the Caño Limón-Coveñas pipeline. In addition, the Bush Administration has requested an undetermined amount – up to $147 million – for munitions, equipment and training for oil-pipeline protection in the fiscal year 2004.
For its part, the US wants to secure oil sources beyond the Middle East. From 1996 to 2000 Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador together exported the same average amount of crude to the US as all the Persian Gulf States combined. Colombia ranks between fifth and tenth annually as a foreign oil supplier to the US.
The importance of Colombia and its oil-producing neighbours, Ecuador and Venezuela – and the need to bring 'stability' to these regions – has been in the background of US policy debates about Andean military aid for some time. But the complexities of Colombia's conflict and the pivotal role oil plays have been overshadowed by anti-terrorist rhetoric in both Washington and Bogotá. Since 2000, US politicians have publicly justified the $2.5 billion Plan Colombia aid package as being needed for a 'war against drugs' produced in Colombia and supplied to the lucrative US market. Now the US State Department increasingly argues that its goal is to provide security for all Colombians, and that protecting the Caño Limón pipeline is part of an integrated package that includes aerial fumigation of coca and poppy crops, as well as counter-insurgency assistance.
Despite congressional requests for more transparency, it is unclear how much money will be spent or how many years the mission will take. But if the role of the US in Colombia is not being made clear to Congress, it seems clear to Major William White, who is in charge of the US special forces in Arauca: 'Our mission is to train the Colombians to find, track down and kill the terrorists before they attack the pipeline.'
As a result of the program, more than 70 members of the US Army's 7th Special Forces Group are in the province of Arauca, and they expect to train 7,000 Colombian troops. This US presence has only intensified the conflict. Instead of calming Arauca, the guerrillas have aggressively resisted the presence of US military advisors.
'Pipeline assistance' now amounts to a subsidy of at least $3.70 per barrel for Occidental.
For ordinary Colombians it means they must continue to suffer the brunt of the violence in a war that seems to have no end.
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The first stop after arriving at the CTVTC was for an in-depth technical presentation on Cooper Tires' newest ultra high performance products: the Zeon RS3-A all-season and the Zeon RS3-S summer. After that, it was off to the track for the fun to begin.
First up was the Wet Dynamics Area, an 800-square-foot asphalt pad with a uniform controlled water depth of 0 to 0.15 inches. The course was designed to demonstrate the RS3-A and RS3-S capabilities in the wet against a leading tire competitor, which shall remain nameless. Two identical BMW 328is were outfitted with either Cooper's Zeon RS3-S or its leading competitor and two identical Ford Mustangs were outfitted with either Cooper's Zeon RS3-A or the competitor's tire. The evaluation was fairly straightforward, two laps around a cone-lined course with a series of acceleration and deceleration tests, simulated lane changes and gradual and sharp turns. The Cooper tires performed very well in all wet aspects.
The next test evaluated the dry handling capability of the Zeon RS3 products on a portion of the CTVTC's 1.3-mile Dry Handling Circuit. The dry handling comparison consisted of three laps on a course configuration similar to the wet setup except with longer straight sections to attain higher speeds.
The BMW 3 Series' track capabilities are legendary—with one caveat: when equipped with the right tire. Outfit a 3 Series (or any car) with the wrong tire, and you will have downgraded a track legend to a pre-'70 Oldsmobile—highly unstable. Behind the wheel of the Zeon RS3-S–equipped 328i, the vehicle performed like a BMW should on both wet and dry surfaces lap after lap. The surprise of the day was the Zeon RS3-A–equipped Ford Mustang. I know Mustangs are great track cars, especially after you spend some time and money on them. What amazed me was that these all-season tires on a completely stock Mustang handled just as well as the 328i on the wet track and on the dry—consistent and predictable performance lap after lap.
After spending a full day behind the wheel of Cooper's Zeon product line, I was suitably impressed by how the products performed. Perhaps the Texas tourism department may need to add the CTVTC to the attractions list.
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What are your expectations for housing prices in your area over the next six months to two years?
District Voices
Published November 1, 2005 | November 2005 issue
We have had, in my view, a seven-to-nine-year seller's market in the U.P. ... (A higher interest rate) catches us with the edge of the brush whether this market needs cooling off or not. ... For that reason I am expecting next year to be, if not a down year, a flat year. ... At some point in time, a year out, two years out, three years out, people who need to sell, for whatever reason, may become more willing to discount the price somewhat. But I think historically there's not much of an up or down, it's more of a staircase kind of thing where it's steadily up and then flat and then steadily up, and my view is that we're probably coming into a flat period.
Dick Huey, Owner
Huey Real Estate—Marquette, Mich.
My father has been doing this in the same place for 45 years, and in the late '70s when the interest rates were kind of high there was like a plateau, but really prices didn't slide backwards, and I'm thinking we may have a little bit of a plateau or maybe not as wild an increase as we've had, but being that the supply is so short compared to the demand, I don't see the bubble bursting, if that's what you're asking. ... There's just too much demand and there's never enough good lake property to sell.
Jim Tiffany, Owner
Tiffany Appraisal—Hayward, Wis.
We're expecting this year that home values will appreciate near 7 percent through the course of this year, but we are seeing that the pace of home price appreciation is slowing down, and we expect that the pace will continue to slow down and settle somewhere in that 4 percent to 6 percent range over the next few years. We do expect prices to stay flat between now and next March, and that is a seasonal norm for our region. And then we expect prices to begin to rise again next March, and by year-end next year we'll probably see home price appreciation somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 percent.
Mark Allen, Chief Executive Officer
Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors—Minneapolis, Minn.
Well, if you're talking about the home prices, we're looking for an upswing in our community. We've got an upswing in the oil activity. We're in the heart of the Williston (oil) Basin, so home prices to us, all indications are that it's strong, and no reason for it to back off a lot. Building costs keep going up, and we've got a real shortage of housing.
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Basin Realtors—Williston, N.D.
I expect prices within 12 months in Sioux Falls, for new construction, to be 15 percent to 20 percent higher, and I expect that resales are going to be 10 percent higher. ... Six months from now the typical house is going to cost 30 percent more to build. Some of this might roll back some, but the increases in brick, sheetrock, lumber and all that stuff, because of Katrina and all the other stuff, the excuses they use, everything is just going out of sight.
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Median home sale prices for the state of Montana over the past seven years have grown at an average rate of 8.6 percent per year, with a 13 percent annual average over the last two years. In the face of rising interest rates, the rate of growth should slow slightly back toward the longer-term average. Some of the most significant growth regionally can be seen in Gallatin and Flathead counties with average annual growth in median homes sale prices for the last two years for Gallatin reaching 32 percent and Flathead 16 percent.
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Indian American Tara Mahadevan was born and raised in Ladue, MO. She was reared in the Hindu tradition and was active in the youth group of her temple, but found it difficult to deal with identifying as both Indian and American. After attending college in Chicago and New York, the 24 year-old now lives back in the area and works as a freelance writer. Erin Williams talked with Tara about finding her voice, how being Indian is more than just 'cool,' and why you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
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On struggling with being both Indian and American - I think I wasn't born in India, and I never actually lived there. Constantly when I was younger, my family and my cousins would call me "too American," which I guess had negative connotations. I mean, I don't speak Hindi. If we got together with family they would make jokes in Hindi that I didn't understand. I just felt left out.
That's what made it harder. I didn't have anybody who understood me or who I could relate to on that level. I never really thought I was Indian or anything until middle school. I didn't even see color, really, which I think is the most interesting now, because I feel like everything revolves around race and religion and all that.
On fitting into several boxes - I'm very light-skinned, and South Indians are very dark. Sometimes even my facial characteristics – people think I'm Mexican or Latina. I've been called Hawaiian, Afghani, Lebanese, Colombian. I just say I'm Indian. They say 'You're full Indian? And I say yes.
On how others perceive her culture - 'I feel like people think Eastern cultures are just 'cool.' I just feel like a lot of people - not that they take it for granted – but they just misunderstand it and don't take the time to understand it, even as they appropriate and pick and take what they want from my culture or from other Eastern cultures. They don't take the time to understand what they're taking.'
I have my nose pierced, but my piercing is cultural. The right side is South Indian – which I am – and north Indians typically get their left nostril pierced. When I was three months old I got my ears pierced. Those are cultural things, but getting your cartilage pierced, getting your eyebrow pierced, those are all aesthetic things. That doesn't make me as angry, I just find it kind of funny. People are gonna take what they want, but I just think it that loses its importance and value when you don't understand the context from where it comes from.


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When I first heard this collection was going to be be released, I was really excited. Wonder Woman is one of the first well-known female superheros. She was one of my superheros. What better icon is there to speak to the strong, capable woman in each of us?
Once I started to review the collection, my feelings started changing. My first thoughts were, "How fun!" But unfortunately, my thoughts didn't go much beyond that, at least not in positive terms. Even though I want my makeup to be fun and playful, I think this collection might be a little too much for even me. As I reviewed the colors, I found myself envisioning me in this year's Halloween costume as Wonder Woman. All of the products would definitely come in handy then.
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Kameleo needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 44 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Kameleo is a company that offers services to Doctors including but not limited to Practice Management tools, CME vacations (continual medical education) and relevant news of the medical world.
Doctors (see Requirements for further details)
The chameleon represents the other part of doctor's realities, often overlooked... hidden.
The chameleon should be used to represent the main portion of the logo. We want to be able to separate it's head and use it for the iOS app icon (iPhone, iPod, iPad) as well as a website and business cards. The wording should be "Kaméléo" and should allow for a longer version such as "Groupe Médecins Kaméléo". We prefer vector files.
The general vibe of the chameleon needs to be friendly. The chameleon needs to have a "doctor" aspect to it, but it could only be subtle, feel free. You do not have to limit yourself to green.
We need a young and fresh logo that speaks accurately to the modern doctor. Imagine a 30-45 year old, active and travelling, 2.0, male or female doctor. Beware of the cliché that doctors are all 55+ with grey hair and boring...
I will answer any questions you might have and will comment as much as possible, even on the weekend.
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I have two photos taken in 1945 that have been passed to me by my Mum, of my Dad and his shipmates from when he was in the Merchant Navy during WWII.
My dear Dad is the second from the right as you look at this photo, but is not in the second photo. I would love to find out what happened to his shipmates and just wonder how I would begin to search for them? The third pic is of the reverse of the second photograph where four of Dad's friends have signed it.


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Out of Time on Climate Change, Scientists Warn
The latest research shows the world literally has 3 years to make aggressive progress on bringing emissions down.
The latest research shows the world literally has 3 years to make aggressive progress on bringing emissions down.
The silver lining beneath Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement is that we're seeing action on the city and state level like we've never seen before.
For the past few months, 10% of US electricity came from wind and solar, and energy storage, offshore wind are just taking off.
Countries confirmed they are on track to double clean energy research spending as they agreed to under Mission Innovation, EXCEPT the US.
Solar and wind now supply 11% of the world's electricity and investment in renewables was double that of fossil fuels for the fifth consecutive year.
Maryland is the third state to ban fracking, but that's completely separate from the threat of pipelines. Even with 2.7 million miles of pipelines across the US, there are plans
Harvard scientists will soon shoot frozen water into Earth's stratosphere in geoengineering research, while another scientist revives the ice age Mammoth Steppe ecosystem in the Arctic - last ditch efforts
Trump's move to cleanse the US of climate regulations not only ignores the "energy boom" we already have in efficiency and renewable energy - even worse, it doesn't make much
Everyone benefits from vehicles that use less gas, the single biggest energy efficiency policy of the Obama administration. But automakers convinced Trump to ease up and the oil industry is


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THE NATIONAL Animal Identification System (NAIS) is really all about animal health. Imagine an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the U.S., for example. The benefits of being able to quickly trace where an infected animal was born and where it has moved throughout the country soon come into sharp focus. The new system is intended to help stop a serious disease from spreading throughout the country's livestock herd.
The essential components of the NAIS are premises identification, animal identification, either individually or by groups or lots, and, eventually, individual animal tracking. USDA recently issued a Draft Strategic Plan calling for all U.S. locations that manage or hold animals (premises) to be registered with state departments of agriculture by January 2008.
The NAIS is seeking to identify all cattle, swine, sheep, goats, horses, poultry, bison, deer, elk, llamas and alpacas in the country. Different species will require different identification systems, which is causing some debate in technology circles. At the very least, having each animal carry an identification number that indicates where the animal was born will be helpful in determining where the animal moved throughout the country.
48-hour trace-back
Ideally, if an animal becomes sick, all animals and premises that have had contact with that animal over the course of its lifetime could be identified within 48 hours. Quick action could limit disease transmission throughout the U.S. farm animal population. As one industry official points out, by being able to specifically identify the sick animal's path through the production chain, U.S. producers may not suffer the fate of having lots of animals destroyed unnecessarily based on speculation of exposure to the sick animal.
This 48-hour trace-back goal makes a lot of sense at first glance. However, the logistics are a bit overwhelming. An even loftier goal is called trace forward, meaning pinpointing the present locations of all the animals that may have had contact with a particular animal during its path through the production system. Not only would the individual animal need to be identified, but also all of the farms, ranches, county fairs, auction markets and trucking firms where the animal had been, in addition to all of the other animals that may have been coming and going from those same locations at the same time.
Species working groups comprised of industry and government representatives from across the country have been developing plans for each type of animal. Some species already have identification systems in place, but these systems are not consistent across the country. Experts are quick to point out that individual animal identification is more likely to succeed if producers are able to gain some additional economic advantages unrelated to the NAIS, such as receiving a premium price for age- or source-verified cattle, for example. Some producers are already identifying individual animals as part of quality-assured programs to provide trace-back.
Central data system
But where is all of that data on animal movement going to end up? It was that very question that recently caused the whole NAIS project to hit a speed bump on the road to implementation and acceptance. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns and the House Agriculture Committee recently called for creation of a privately held database for keeping animal identification information.
The livestock industry has been charged with putting together a multi-species consortium to manage the data. Some members of the livestock industry are concerned that a database managed by USDA would be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, thereby leaving information about farms or animals vulnerable. Some people also want the data bank to hold value-added information.
The livestock industry is now trying to sort out how the infrastructure of a privately held database would be paid for, and what it will mean to producers who have to access the data. "I see this insistence on a private database delaying the [NAIS] process another three to four years," notes Gary Wilson, an Ohio beef producer and co-chair of the NAIS Cattle Working Group. "There have been good, valid points made. It comes down to everyone staying focused and looking at what is best for the industry."
No hot-wired cows
As more and more buzz is circulating about the NAIS in the U.S., some livestock producers are incorrectly assuming they have to become an electronics guru or a biochemistry expert in order to meet proposed requirements for identifying their farms and animals. In reality, cattle producers should not need any special equipment beyond a simple ear tag unless they were using individual animal identification anyway, such as to market age- and source-verified cattle.
The first step in the NAIS process is to register each location where livestock are kept with the appropriate state department of agriculture before January 2008. Each premise will be assigned a seven-digit identification number upon registration. USDA is expected to release a nationwide individual animal numbering system this winter. Once the animal numbering system is available, animals can be tagged with a 15-digit number including a prefix representing the animal as being from the U.S., in addition to numbers linking the animal to the farm of origin.
Departments of agriculture in each state will house the premise identification numbers for now. The individual animal identification numbers will not have to be reported unless there is a disease outbreak with a specific animal. Eventually the centralized database will hold individual animal identification numbers linked to premises.
Cattle Working Group
The NAIS Cattle Working Group, made up of 75 representatives from all facets of the dairy and beef industry, has been working since early 2004 to figure out a way to implement the USDA national animal identification plan to fit the needs of the country's dairy and beef producers. "From the Cattle Working Group's perspective, we feel RFID [radio frequency identification] technology and its ear-tag applications are the best fit for the cattle industry at this time," Wilson explains. "Most cattlemen know how to run ear taggers. Most cattlemen are not used to taking tissue samples for DNA testing. Not that those technologies aren't good and effective, but right now most cattle producers want an identification system that can be useful in their day-to-day management. The Cattle Working Group felt some type of ear-tag device and low-frequency RFID will best accommodate cattle industry needs at this time."
Beef producers would be asked to put an ear tag in each animal's left ear. Specifying the left ear would allow concentration points such as sale barns and packers to set up equipment to consistently read the tag as quickly as possible as animals move through commerce. There are across-the-board requests that the NAIS not slow down the speed of commerce at any point in the marketing chain.
Producers could also comply with the NAIS without using an actual radio frequency tag. "We ought to be able to put the identification number on a simple, plastic tag and put it in the animal's ear, too," Wilson says. "It is important to remember that at this point in the process, we are not asking producers to report the individual animal identification number to anyone unless the animal expressed a disease. In the event of a disease, you would use the animal's number as a reference tag to lead you back to the herd of origin."
Wilson notes that significant numbers of U.S. cattle are already electronically identified as part of age- and source-verified programs. "And those producers are making it work," Wilson states. "If we give producers a choice if they want to use an RFID tag to enhance their on-farm management data, they can use it. If producers simply want to comply with the system without putting in RFID, they can do that too for the cost of a simple tag."
No reader required
"There is a common misconception among some beef producers that they need to go out and purchase expensive equipment for their farm right away in order to participate in the NAIS," says Jim Akers, University of Kentucky animal scientist. "In truth, 90 to 95% of the farms in our part of the country are not going to need an RFID reader."
Dale Blasi, Kansas State University beef cattle specialist, concurs. He expects the NAIS to create market niches for people to provide animal identification services. He also points out that producers will be able to have animal identification information registered at the point of sale as sale barns and packers install equipment for reading identification tags.
Niels Fogt of Digital Angel Corporation offers another perspective, "Some producers who want to better monitor their genetics and management criteria through retained ownership may find electronic tags and readers useful. Scanners and software programs at the processing chute can automate the capture of animal health product use, weaning weights, ultrasound data, DNA, etc.," he says. "This information can then be tied back to sire and dam records. As one of our customers tells us, 'You are limited only by your imagination and the depth of your thinking.'"
Technology questions
However, many questions still remain as both producers and officials at concentration points, such as sale barns and packing plants, ponder what devices, scanners, software and other technology will work best in challenging agricultural environments. USDA recently announced a call for research projects investigating equipment that will enhance animal identification. Up to now, there has been no uniform testing of animal identification products. "There is no Consumer Reports version of how this equipment performs," Blasi says. He emphasizes that an ISO certification indicates only that the equipment conforms to international standards and that the certification is not an indicator of actual performance in a specific environment.
A number of pilot projects have been investigating the practical aspects of animal identification in different parts of the country since mid-2005. These projects all have investigated how premise registration and animal movement can work together. As part of that investigation, some researchers, such as Blasi, have also had an opportunity to get firsthand experience with how some of the RFID technology works in a real-world beef production environment. All of the pilot projects have been using low-frequency identification technology. Most of those original pilot projects will conclude during the summer of 2006. A synopsis of the state pilot projects is on the USDA Web site at animalid.aphis.usda.gov/naiz/subjecats/state_tribe/index.shtml.
Challenging environment
During the course of the pilot projects, some of the technology challenges have become apparent. "We have issues at all three junctures — tags, scanners and software," Wilson relates. "Our early feedback from pilot projects being conducted around the country shows the technology is not working every day. We tend to have a lot of interference issues with the low-frequency technology, especially in metal barns and metal gates, but that doesn't mean those issues can't be overcome."
Wilson cautions producers that not all technology on the market has been extensively tested in agricultural environments. "Right now it is a 'buyer beware' situation," he states. "People are saying they only have so much money to invest and they don't want to spend the money on mistakes. In 1999 Australia invited all companies using low-frequency identification to be evaluated. The country then chose one company to produce their tags. Here in the U.S. we have a problem with putting all of our eggs in one basket. Competition is good, but we've got issues."
Companies are testing a mind-boggling array of animal identification options, but agriculture presents a unique set of challenges, according to Niels Fogt of Digital Angel. "You can track a box at Wal-Mart using this technology, but the livestock environment can be a lot more brutal and challenging than a Wal-Mart warehouse," he says.
USDA claims to be "technology neutral" when it comes to animal identification equipment, preferring to let the species working groups discuss what would work best for identifying each animal.
"It's a bit premature to tell people which piece of technology to use," says Robert Fourdraine, vice chair of the National Animal Identification Operating Committee of the National Institute for Animal Agriculture and chief operating officer of the Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium. "Quite a few companies are selling identification technology, but the first steps are to get the premises registered and then wait until USDA makes the [animal] numbering systems available."
More Information
The USDA National Animal Identification Web site contains more specific information about the NAIS project at animalid.aphis.usda.gov/nais/index.shtml.
Producers can register their premises through their state department of agriculture or through their state veterinarian. A USDA Web site helps producers find the appropriate state contacts at www.usda.gov/nais.
Look for a story about new animal-tracking technologies in the next issue of Farm Industry News.


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Early Return Keeps Wabash Perfectby Howard Hewitt • November 8, 2008 Share:
HIRAM, Ohio – Wabash's Wes Chamblee returned the game's opening kickoff 91 yards to start an offensive onslaught overwhelming Hiram, 63-0. The win clinched the North Coast Athletic Conference title outright for the Little Giants and sent them into the battle for the Monon Bell undefeated for the second straight year.
Wabash (9-0, 7-0) clinched its fourth straight conference title last week defeating Oberlin. Saturday's win over Hiram (2-7, 1-5) gives the Little Giants sole ownership of the league crown and the NCAA Div. III playoff bid. (View photos from the game here, here, here and here.)
Finishing off the conference portion of the schedule now allows the Little Giants to concentrate on the 115th matchup with DePauw in the Monon Bell Classic. The Little Giants will be making their second straight playoff appearance the following week.
First-year coach Erik Raeburn admitted getting to this point of the season is exciting.
"Now our guys are looking forward to the Bell game," Raeburn said. "It's such a great game. Our players are excited to play in it. I'm excited that I finally get to coach in my first one. "
Wabash, visiting Hiram for the first time in six years, dominated the game on the ground, scoring six rushing touchdowns.
Evan Sobecki and Adam Pilli each passed the 100-yard mark. Sobecki ran the ball 13 times for 139 yards and scored two touchdowns. Pilli ran 12 times for 129 yards and two scores. The Little Giants accumulated 365 yards rushing to dominate the Terriers.
The pace was really set with the opening kickoff though when Chamblee opened the game at the nine-yard line and returned it for a score. He had been close on a number of returns throughout the season.
"The guys in front of me did a great job blocking," Chamblee said. "The hole was humongous. There was nowhere for me to go but the endzone.
"It felt great finally to get through and run by the kicker finally and get to the endzone."
Wabash added four more scores in the first half. Bobby Kimp and Derrick Yoder scored on the ground to run the first quarter score to 21-0. Then Sobecki scored on runs of 11 and 1 yards to close out the half, 35-0.
Brock Graham caught a five-yard Matt Hudson toss for the only passing score of the game to open the third period. Kimp added a 17-yard touchdown run before Pilli personally finished off the scoring with 3- and 4-yard touchdown runs
Wabash piled up 562 yards of total offense to Hiram's 164. The 365-74 yard rushing totals really told the game's story.
Greg Hurst and Bryan Watson helped lead the defensive shutout with 8 and 7 tackles, respectively. Jared Lange and Chad Peterman had five tackles apiece.
Photos - (top left) Wes Chamblee started the game with a 91-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. He added two receptions for 47 yards, including a 32-yard grab in the third score of the game for Wabash.
(Bottom right) Senior running back Adam Pilli ran for a career-best 129 yards and 2 TDs in the Wabash victory.


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