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SEOUL, KOREA — SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) announced today that it will launch 'HD Voice,' the next generation high-quality voice call service over LTE, on August 8, 2012 for the first time in the world.
HD Voice offers HD (high definition) sound quality by using high-quality audio codec capable of handling 2.2 times wider frequency bandwidth than that of 3G voice calls to make customers feel as if the person on the other end of the line is sitting right next to him/her. Moreover, the call connection time is less than 0.25 to 2.5 seconds, 2 to 20 times shorter than 3G voice calls that require an average of 5 seconds to connect a call.
SK Telecom has been constantly upgrading its voice service – i.e. from analog to digital and from 2G to 3G than to 4G – for a clearer and crisper sound quality. Analog voice call back in 1984 was more like a radio walkie-talkie, giving many problems including frequent call disconnections. Then, with the introduction of a digital cellular technology called Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA) in 1996, audio quality improved through the application of Enhanced Variable Rate Codec (EVRC)-based speech coding optimized for mobile telecommunications using 8 Kbps bandwidth. 3G Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) has further heightened the voice call quality through the adoption of Adapted Multi-Rate Narrow Band (AMR-NB) for speech coding and usage of 12.2 Kbps bandwidth. As a result, quality of voice call service over 3G network boasted 30% better audio quality than that of 2G.
In line with its previous efforts, SK Telecom will be launching HD Voice on August 8, 2012, the world's first high definition voice call service over LTE that can dramatically push up audio quality. HD Voice uses Adapted Multi-Rate Wide Band (AMR-WB) codec, which offers much upgraded 3G speech coding, and 23.85 Kbps transmission bandwidth, 2.2 times wider than that of 3G voice call, thereby transmitting the previously-inaudible low and high sound waves, and improving voice quality by 40% compared to that of 3G.
HD Voice (AMR-WB) provides a much richer, clearer and more natural speech quality due to a wider speech bandwidth of 50–7000 Hz compared to 3G voice call service that is optimized for only 300–2400 Hz voice band.
HD Voice will be provided at same rates (KRW 1.8 per second) as that of 3G under pay-per-second billing scheme and allow users to make/receive HD Voice calls without going through a subscription process, thus enabling them to conveniently experience the high-quality, premium service with no additional cost burden.
To enjoy the richer, fuller sounds of HD Voice, both people on a call will have to be subscribed to SK Telecom's LTE service and have HD Voice-capable devices. The company will begin selling Galaxy S3 LTE embedded with HD Voice feature on August 8 and plans to offer firmware upgrades for existing users of Galaxy S3 LTE within this month. Going forward, high-quality voice call is expected to be realized among VoLTE customers of different carriers through service interworking among three Korean mobile carriers. In addition SK Telecom plans to embed HD Voice as a basic feature in most of its LTE smartphones to be released in the future.
As an All IP-based premium service that provides high-quality voice, video and data in an integrated manner unlike traditional simple voice calls, HD Voice can be expanded to many new and value-added services. For instance, it offers both voice and video services characterized by seamless in-call voice-to-video call switching and content sharing by linking to RCS services.
SK Telecom developed and applied diverse cutting-edge technologies to offer the best possible voice quality to customers. In particular, the company secured quality stability by applying QoS Class Identifier (QCI) to its LTE network in order to handle HD Voice speech data first.
Meanwhile, SK Telecom completed nationwide LTE rollout (covering 99% of the population) by June 2012 and is providing LTE coverage in underground and in-building areas as well as mountainous region, and coastal/island/marine areas. Moreover, the company was the first in the world to commercialize core LTE technologies including Advanced-SCAN[1], LTE femtocells[2], and Multi Carrier[3] to support its high quality HD Voice.
Joon-dong Bae, President of Network Operation Business of SK Telecom said, "With the commercialization of HD Voice, SK Telecom firmly establishes itself as top LTE service provider in terms of market share, network infrastructure and technology. Going forward, SK Telecom will continue to provide customers with innovative, lifestyle-enhancing LTE services including those that utilize HD Voice."


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Tooth-colored fillings can repair teeth weakened by decay. These restorations are composed of high-quality composite resin, which can be shade-matched to emulate your natural enamel. Many patients elect to have old or worn amalgam fillings replaced with composite material to achieve more aesthetically pleasing results.
Understanding the Structure of Teeth
Teeth are made of several layers. The outer portion of the tooth is composed of enamel, which is considered one of the strongest tissues in the body. Enamel protects the more sensitive underlying layers, including dentin and the inner pulp chamber.
What is a Cavity?
Cavities result from tooth decay, which is caused by a buildup of plaque on the surface of teeth. The acids in plaque begin to erode the enamel, which can cause small holes to develop. These holes are known as cavities.
Who Is Susceptible to Cavities?
Both children and adults are vulnerable to cavities. The enamel of primary teeth is softer than that of adult teeth, making these teeth more susceptible to decay. In addition, deep decay can spread from baby teeth to permanent teeth growing beneath the gums.
Tooth colored fillings are made from composite resin, a special compound of ceramic and plastic that closely mimics the shade and translucency of enamel.
With age, teeth can become worn down. Daily chewing, grinding, and biting can wear away at the enamel and result in small chips or fractures. These fissures can harbor bacteria. According to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 92 percent of adults between the ages of 20 and 64 have at least one cavity.
Do You Have a Cavity?
In their initial stages, cavities do not often present with noticeable symptoms. If you have more advanced stages of decay, you may notice:
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- Difficulty chewing or biting down
- Sporadic or chronic tooth pain
Your dentist is able to identify and treat cavities in their earliest stages. As a result, it is incredibly important to schedule biannual checkups, so your dentist can help you maintain a healthy smile.
Treatable Cases
When decay is mild to moderate, a dental filling can generally restore the structural integrity of a tooth. More extensive cavities may require an inlay or onlay, which can repair a larger area. If decay is left unaddressed, it can penetrate the underlying layers of the tooth. When a cavity reaches the pulp, root canal therapy may be the only way to salvage the tooth and avoid extraction. A dental crown can then restore the remaining structure and function of the tooth.

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The first mandated hunter education program began in New York in 1949 to reduce hunting incidents. As hunter education programs spread across the country, safety coordinators formed what is now the International Hunter Education Association to create a core curriculum, which is the basis for this course.
- Hunter education programs have always taught young hunters the practice of firearm and hunting safety. Today, hunter education programs are about more than safety. They have been expanded to produce responsible, knowledgeable, and involved hunters—hunters who understand the importance of complying with hunting laws and behaving ethically. These programs give beginners a good foundation, and they provide a refresher for veteran hunters.
- Ultimately, the mission of hunter education programs is to ensure the continuation of the hunting tradition.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors say the court-ordered psychiatric evaluation of a 12-year-old accused of shooting two classmates in New Mexico is complete.
Ninth Judicial District Attorney Matt Chandler said Friday that the boy has been transferred from an Albuquerque psychiatric facility to a juvenile center. Chandler says the boy faces a new charge of carrying a firearm on school premises. He's already facing three counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
The seventh-grader is accused of taking a shotgun to Berrendo Middle School in Roswell and opening fire on classmates Jan. 14.
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You say you're shocked—shocked—that the BCS standings aren't consistent, or some voters made dumb choices, or teams were selected for bowl games based on something other than simple merit. Hi! Welcome to college football! You must be new here.
The Harris Poll is out, and it's full of curios like Roy Kramer, former SEC Commissioner and creator of the BCS system putting five SEC teams in his top 11. But perhaps no one better exemplifies this whole sordid, screwy business than 80-year-old George Wine, who "doesn't do as much research" as other voters but still ranked Houston at number 5, ahead of Oklahoma State at 6.
Don't get mad at George Wine or his ilk. Without them, how would we so clearly illustrate that college football is the only major American sport beholden to the human element? The oh-so-fallible human element in deciding an outcome is what disqualifies things like figure skating and diving and dog shows from being actual sports, yet we accept it here. We get the system we deserve.
But we're losing the bigger picture. Just a few months ago, it seemed like the entire concept of amateur athletics was on the verge of collapse. The issue wasn't tattoos or tutors or recruiting visits, but the whole universe of unpaid labor and sham virtues. The air smelt of change, of real and honest revolution—and then that wave broke and rolled back. We've lost the thread and gotten tangled back up in the fringe minutiae.
The NCAA loves this. They want you to spend your energy hating the BCS or Jim Tressel or The U and forget that these things can be fixed cosmetically without altering the ideology that puts money earned by player into the pockets of their pimps. It's almost as if college football knowingly designed a flawed system to distract us from the broken core. Every piece you see today railing against the bowl selections? That's us, ignoring the forest to hack at a few trees.


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PITTSFIELD, Massachusetts - James Taylor is out to prove he can do more than write a catchy tune.
The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter is taking up acting after more than four decades in the music industry. Taylor is to play Bob Cratchit next month in a Massachusetts' theater group's annual performance of "A Christmas Carol."
Kate Maguire is artistic director of the Berkshire Theatre Group. She tells The Berkshire Eagle she had to coax the 63-year-old Taylor into taking the role. Taylor's wife, Kim, is returning for her second year as Mrs. Cratchit. Their two sons are also in the production.
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Hey there,
When rewiring Giga Studio 3, Sonar 4 rewires the first 2 tracks (1 / 2) as one stereo track that plays 1 / 2, which is great and makes sense,
any other tracks higher than 1 / 2 are inserted as 3, 4, 5, 6, etc. (not 3 /4, 5 /6, which would be the ideal in my opinion)
They are stereo tracks, but 3 needs to be panned full Left, and 4 needs to be panned full Right, in order to get an actual stereo output.
You can see in the picture the obvious:
The result is wasted track space and a need to either:
A) insert duplicate plugins, if I want to (for instance) EQ what is on 3, 4,
B) sum 3, 4 to a bus and use 1 EQ there.
GS3 sees all the rewire channels as 1/2, 3/4, 5/6 etc.
so I'm sure it's only fixable in Sonar, i.e. if it is fixable, possibly in a .ini or .cfg file.
It's not a major problem but if anyone has discovered a fix in the past I'd love to hear about it.


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Sci-fi and noir collide in Michael Dempsey's Necropolis, which reveals a future New York where a biological terrorist attack had a strange side effect: The lifecycle of DNA has reversed, reanimating people who were dead and sending them back to childhood. A jazzy noir soundtrack underscores a pitch-perfect performance by voice actor Kevin T. Collins, who easily captures the angst and intrigue of the reborn NYPD detective Paul Donner. Under the biodome that contains the chaos of the Big Apple, Collins tensely narrates Donner's growing obsession with the past, following him in his attempts to track down the killers who were responsible for his death - and his wife's.
In a world where death is a thing of the past, how far would you go to solve your own murder?
NYPD detective Paul Donner and his wife, Elise, were killed in a hold-up gone wrong. Fifty years later, Donner is back: revived courtesy of the Shift. Supposedly the unintended side-effect of a botched biological terrorist attack and carried by a ubiquitous retrovirus, the Shift jump-starts dead DNA and throws the life cycle into reverse, so reborns like Donner must cope with the fact that they are not only slowly youthing toward a new childhood, but have become New York's most hated minority.
With New York quarantined beneath a geodesic blister, government and basic services have been outsourced by a private security corporation named Surazal. Reborns and infected norms alike struggle in a counterclockwise world, where everybody gets younger. You can see Elvis every night at Radio City Music Hall, and nobody has any hope of ever seeing the outside world. Lost in a sea of nostalgia, New York becomes an inwardly focused schizophrenic culture of alienation and loss.
In this backwards-looking culture, where only some of the dead have returned, Donner is haunted by revivers guilt, and becomes obsessed with finding out who killed him and his non-returning wife. Little does he know that strange forces have already begun tracking him. Donner isn't the only one obsessed with the past.
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- 19-01-12
'Necropolis' Rocked My World
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Mr. Dempsey sucked me in and didn't let go until the very end..... 'Necropolis' stands out, by far, from the rest in the genre. It inspired me to actually rate my first book here on audible.com, after having been an active member since 2000 - I've listened to A LOT of books.
Trust me, you won't regret spending the credits!
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- David
- 30-09-12
Big dumb ideas about undying
Argh, this book. It's so "Hollywood" and by that I mean it reads like a Hollywood script, like the author is full of Big!Ideas! and he can totally visualize Chris Hemsworth and Scarlett Johansson playing Paul Donner and Maggie.
It's got Big!Ideas! executed with the finesse of a mediocre comic book scriptwriter doing a bleh imitation of Raymond Chandler.
Oh, I shouldn't be so harsh. The premise is fairly entertaining. A New York City police detective named Paul Donner who stumbled into a hold-up at a bodega gets murdered along with his wife in 2012. Forty years later, he comes back to life. It turns out that some sort of artificially created retrovirus triggered an event known as "the Shift," which literally brings the dead back to life, rejuvenating their bodies. They aren't zombies, they're just reborn. "Rebes," in this futuristic setting, are a feared and despised underclass who creep "normal" people out, in the first of many plot points which really didn't make much sense to me. Like I said, they aren't undead. They do age backwards, meaning they become younger and younger until they literally revert to fetuses and die, but basically they are the same people they were, so there's no reason for everyone to treat them like the walking dead, but because the retrovirus is supposedly contagious, a corporation called Surezal has literally built a wall around New York City (yes, a wall around the whole of New York City!) and turned it into a quarantined police state.
Donner is assigned a counselor "smartie," or artificial intelligence, named Maggie. Who despite being an advanced artificial intelligence spends the entire book being a cardboard cliche of a woman who blubbers emotionally at every tense moment and falls in love with Donner. Conspiracies then ensue, as Donner and his holographic girl Friday (but don't worry, a holographic artificial intelligence whose true form is a glowing sphere can totally have sex!) are manipulated and betrayed and jerked from one startling revelation to the next.
The plot goes in interesting but frequently dumb directions. I will admit that I didn't quite see the Big Reveal coming, and there was at least one twist that surprised me (though most of the others were entirely predictable), but the Big Reveal was.... stupid. As was the James Bond plot and sociopathic villain, yet another cardboard cliche woman, this one a cooing sociopath with monomolecular Japanese "tantos" (why is it always with the Japanese gimmickry? like no one else in the history of the world ever made sharp weapons?) tucked up her sleeves.
There are several minor characters introduced for the sole purpose of dying and revealing some minor plot point that the author couldn't more intelligently fit into the storyline. The world of 2054 (at least New York City, which is all we see) is imaginative in a painted-over-cyberpunk kind of way, full of jokes about reborn celebrities, and retro fashion as apparently everyone decides to emulate the styles of various early 20th century eras, all of this mixing with flying cars, artificial intelligences, and plasma rifles.
This could have been a good book, but it just spiked my BS-meter way too often. Master villains should act like master villains, not idiots who conveniently leave big red buttons labeled "PUSH ME TO DEFEAT THE BAD GUY!" lying around. The characterization was cliched, the dialog trite, the prose flat. It's not a terrible book, but it irked me with its wasted potential, all the bad points irritating me too much to really enjoy it as a fun if dumb read, which at least would have earned it 3 stars.
The narration was okay, but the narrator put a lot of breathless panic and shock and emotion into all the characters' dialog, at times making everyone seem pretty emo, which just made the characters annoy me that much more.
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- R. Wright
- 24-09-12
Not a zombie story
Would you listen to Necropolis again? Why?
I'll take the question to be "would you listen to the story knowing what you do now?". Probably. Although the main theme was pretty interesting, the story took a few turns that were so far-fetched that they derailed the momentum. Wish I could give examples without killing the suspense.
Would you be willing to try another book from Michael Dempsey? Why or why not?
Yes, but I would look more closely at the story before purchasing.
Which character – as performed by Kevin T. Collins – was your favorite?
Donner. Who else comes close?
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
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- 09-07-12
Original- may prove to be one of my favories!!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
This novel had a little of everything for me. Mystery, sci-fi, gumshoe detective and a good plot. Even if you are not a sci-fi fan, I believe you would still enjoy this story.
What did you like best about this story?
I loved the main character who is the police detective who is killed in the beginning of the novel and is reborn as a "Reeb" which is now the most hated minority in NYC known in the future at Necropolis. The story revolves around these "reborn" people who come back after death and age in the opposite direction by youthing out of existance. Very original premise with a large congolomerate run by the female villian who is behind the entire process.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Highly recommended. Mr. Dempsey paints a excellent picture of the future in 50 years from now along with many references to current day which helps make the story more believable. It will keep you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what happens next.
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- Zackery
- 04-11-12
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Yes, but not in a good way.
Recipe for 'Necropolis'
1. Shamelessly take body parts from other people's creations: Raymond Chandler (Marlow); William Gibson (Neuromancer); F. Scott Fitzgerald (Benjamin Button); Ian Flemming (Bond); et al.
2. Stitch all the parts together to make your patchwork man.
3. Remove all the man's guts: substance; subtlety;driving dialogue; character depth; and anything else found in good writing.
4. Replace the old guts with new guts: excessive melodrama; tons of cheesey, wasted dialogue; overly wordy, poorly descriptive prose; a large amount of feau philosophical rambling; and as much hackneyed B-movie garbage as you can find.
5. Pump that sucker full of electricity until he wakes up and starts living something that only vaguely resembles life.
6. Teach him to speak entirely in cliches that make people's eyes roll, but make sure he's aware of each cliche and explicitly apologizes for it.
7. Now listen to him ramble for 3-4 hours (50-100 pages) longer than you really need to.
8. You've created your very own 'Necropolis.'
That about says it all in a nutshell. The concept screams potential, but the execution left me begging for mercy. I only finished it because I pride myself on almost never abandoning a book, even if it's terrible, you can at least learn what you shouldn't do in your own writing. I can say one thing for 'Necropolis'; it was less painful to finish than Scott Smith's 'The Ruins.'
If you're interested in a more in-depth ellaboration of the book.
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- BazaarPatron
- 04-09-12
Great premise, o.k. story, overdramatic narrator
I won't reveal anything you wouldn't get from the dust jacket - the premise is a not too distant future New York City, quarantined because it's experiencing an epidemic where the dead return to life. No magic. Corpses regenerate and begin aging backward until a second death occurs - cause unknown but assumed to have a scientific explanation.
The result is a New York City with all manner of renaissances. People from different time periods congregating in certain parts of town. Zoot suits and fedoras along side sci-fi outfits. Great potential for a noir detective story.
The story is just that, and it isn't bad. But I got nothing from character development. Also, the first person narration was histrionic. If you wind up getting the book after reading this review, leave a review of your own and let me know if I'm crazy, or if the narrator's default tone was "tremulous on the verge of collapse"....uses it all over the place. If I worked with someone like this, I'd be asking HR to move my desk for fear he might break down crying at any second.
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- 07-10-19
Sci-Fi Noir that keeps unfolding new layers
Really enjoyed this book. It starts out as a simple crime procedural murder with a twist... the man is investigating his own murder. The tension builds as he keeps uncovering new layers behind the event that brought him and so many others back to life. Held my attention and drew me in. Great mashup of styles and genres.
- Darla A. Middlebrook
- 09-04-13
Well done
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes. Well done
What was one of the most memorable moments of Necropolis?
The sequences wherein Donner's memory starts to return.
Have you listened to any of Kevin T. Collins's other performances before? How does this one compare?
First time
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
When Donner realizes his love for Maggie
- Linda
- 13-08-12
Zombie Twist
Where does Necropolis rank among all the audiobooks you've listened to so far?
This story is very much a unique tale.
What other book might you compare Necropolis to and why?
This book reminded me of Elantris by Brandon Sanderson in as much as they share a "Dead Rising" theme. Although Necropolis is set on Earth.
Have you listened to any of Kevin T. Collins's other performances before? How does this one compare?
I really enjoyed this Narrator. He did a wonderful job with the story.
- hermanous
- 11-08-12
Very nice, escapist story. Enjoyed a lot. The narrator was OK, but some of his dialects were a little difficult for him. The story was good too, although the front end could use some tightening. But overall, certainly worth a credit.


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Royal Bank of Scotland is set to reignite the row over pay today when it will reportedly reveal a £550 million staff bonus pot despite slumping into the red with an expected £8 billion loss.
The taxpayer-backed lender has agreed the bonus windfall with UK Financial Investments, the body charged with managing government stakes in banks, according to Sky News.
This would be a drop on the £607 million haul for 2012, although this is partly expected given the significant headcount reduction in its investment banking team.
The bonus haul will be controversial given the losses expected at RBS and as a strategy review by chief executive Ross McEwan is likely to reveal a major downsizing as the bank refocuses on retail customers, small businesses and larger corporates.
There are fears over large scale job losses as reports suggest its 120,000 strong workforce could be reduced by around a quarter, although much of this is thought likely to come from plans to sell off businesses and exit from many of its riskier investment bank activities, as well as much of its overseas operation.
Mr McEwan will also give his verdict on the group's troubled Ulster Bank subsidiary, which has been put under the microscope as part of the group-wide review.
He said in a video posted on the company's website last week: ''My aspiration is not to run the world's biggest bank.
"My aspiration is to run the best bank in the UK - nothing to do with size.
"A lot of our costs are old costs related to a big global group that we are not any more.''
It is expected to make heavy cuts to the 11,000 jobs in its investment bank, including a retreat from its US and Asian markets businesses.
The planned sale of its US retail bank Citizens will remove 18,500 jobs, while further reductions will come from its float of Williams & Glyn's, which employs about 4,500 staff.
The bank's full-year results will lay bare the scale of the turnaround job that lies ahead and will come in stark contrast to the fortunes of fellow bailed out player Lloyds Banking Group, which returned to bottom line profit for the first time in three years in 2013.
RBS , which is just over 80% owned by the Government, is thought to be heading for an annual loss of close to £8 billion for 2013 after it stunned the City last month by revealing a string of scandal-related financial charges worth more than £3 billion.
Its latest round of provisions include £1.9 billion to cover mainly US action over mortgage-backed financial products, an extra £465 million to payment protection insurance (PPI) compensation and another £500 million for mis-selling of interest rate swaps to small businesses.
The bank was already facing bad debt write downs of up to £4.5 billion in the creation of an internal ''bad bank'' to wind down toxic loans.
The losses also come after a calamitous year for IT glitches at RBS, prompting Mr McEwan to admit it had failed to invest properly in systems for decades and pledge hundreds of millions of pounds in new investment.
RBS has sought to deflect flak over bonuses by scrapping 2013 payouts for its eight-strong executive committee in the wake of its recent shock provisions update, while Mr McEwan has already said he would not take a bonus for 2013 or 2014.
But any banker windfalls will court controversy given that it is still heavily loss-making and under investigation over allegations of unscrupulous treatment of small firms.
The group is facing a series of investigations after a shocking report from government adviser Lawrence Tomlinson accused RBS of driving firms to collapse in order to profit from their property assets.
The bank has fuelled anger further over bonuses by recently confirming it was considering plans to request shareholder permission to pay bonuses of up to double an employee's salary for 2014 onwards - the maximum allowed under new EU rules to cap payouts.
It will no doubt also be pressed on whether it plans to follow the lead of rivals such as Barclays and HSBC by introducing monthly allowance payments to sidestep the rules further and boost potential bonuses.
RBS announced it will sell a remaining stake in insurer Direct Line Group ahead of tomorrow's strategy update in what is seen as a precursor to a raft of disposals.
The move to offload a 28.2% holding will bring in around £1.1 billion to RBS, based on today's closing price for Direct Line of 263p a share.
RBS said it will offload all but 4.2 million shares, which it will retain to cover long-term bonus payouts for managers of Direct Line that were agreed before it spun-off the insurer.
The bank floated the owner of Churchill and Direct Line in October 2012, initially placing a 30% chunk of the group and since selling down its stake further.
RBS must offload the entire company by the end of this year as part of conditions of its £45.5 billion bailout at the height of the financial crisis.


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During October of 2013, The Galleries at Moore began its first community art project for Learning Through Photography (LTP) at Moore. Kathryn Sclavi and Jebney Lewis, both Philadelphia-based community artists and educators, began a cinema experience project with sixth-grade students and English and drama teachers at Warren G. Harding Middle School. The project focuses on working with students to expose, discuss and recreate the painstaking construction of cinematic and photographic still images. By creating their own cinematic realities, students learned about the artifice behind image-making, both in the art we consume and in our own lives, and the way in which the final cinema experience makes you forget about the details of its making.
Guided by Sclavi and Lewis, the students have been developing alter ego characters through writing, discussion and photography. Once the characters are fully conceived, the students will work with professional, Philadelphia-area producers, costume and prop designers and photographers to shoot scenes for movie posters on December 3rd featuring the students in costume as their alter egos.
Acting as both client and judge the participating students will then work with Moore graphic design students to create the graphics for the posters. The final posters will be on view in The Galleries' Widener Memorial Foundation Gallery in January 2014 as part of a public storytelling event in collaboration with Young Playwrights of Philadelphia, where the students will judge impromptu stories, told by members of the community, about their individual movie posters.
We are BEYOND THRILLED to be part of this community-oriented, student-led project with two amazing Philadelphia artists and educators. More about the project leaders, Kathryn and Jebney, the project in process, and the student exhibition and event will be posted throughout the fall and winter leading up to the final event in January.


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By now I think everyone must know about Find-a-Grave. It's the go-to site for death/burial data and potentially even biographical information. But suppose the person for which you are searching has no memorial on find-a-grave — yet. If he/she served in the military or was a dependent of a military vet, you may want to try the Nationwide Grave Site Locator hosted by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs [link].
I stumbled upon this site a couple of days ago and found missing death and/or burial information for several people in my genealogy database. I was originally looking for confirmation that my Mom's cousin was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. After finding him, I ran a few more searches on some of the surnames I search. I was lucky enough to find several more (distant) relatives in various cemeteries throughout the U.S. – especially those who died relatively recently.
According to the Grave Locator website, here's what you can expect to find: "burial locations of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private cemeteries when the grave is marked with a government grave marker."
So if you haven't already, here's another site to add to your genealogy research tool box.


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Chicago attorneys went before the Illinois Supreme Court Wednesday in the case of a deadly nightclub stampede. And history was made as WGN broadcast the first Supreme Court case live on wgntv.com and our sister station CLTV.
At issue, the City of Chicago is asking the high court to vacate the appellate court decision against E2 nightclub owners Calvin Hollins and Dwain Kyles, reinstating their criminal contempt convictions.
The case all boils down to language. Appellate Court justices reversed the criminal contempt conviction in 2011, saying the language in a court order regarding building safety prior to the 2003 tragedy was ambiguous.
In 2002, a Cook County Circuit Judge issued a mandatory order to E2 saying it cannot occupy the 2nd floor. The building E2 operated in included a restaurant on the first floor, a night club on the second and a VIP area above that. A three judge appellate panel determined the circuit judge needed to be more specific and include the words not to occupy the second floor "of the building" or "of the nightclub."
The city argued Wednesday that the order was never ambiguous, the operators never asked for clarification and no portion of the building was shut down as it should have been on the night 21 people died in the stampede.
The defendants, Kyles and Hollins, were in court for the proceedings Wednesday but would not speak to WGN afterwards as instructed by their attorneys.
It will be weeks to several months before the Supreme Court makes its decision and could send the case back to the appellate court for review.


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Truly a great story!
It's about Joe Pontecorvo, Volunteer Instructor at SeniorNet Puget Sound. Joe is a lifetime member of SeniorNet. He started with Puget Sound in 1990 - the year that SeniorNet was incorporated. He helped with the roll out of Windows 95 along with SeniorNet Founder Mary Furlong.
Joe is one of the oldest surviving instructors across the country. He will be 88 years young on June 1st.
And that's not all . . .
Joe is the proud father of another Joe Pontecorvo, who just happens to be the world renowned cinematographer of Pontecorvo Productions. His works include the production of PBS Nature documentaries, including the Oscar-nominated "Bears of the Last Frontier". It's about the black, grizzly, and polar bears of Alaska.
And now . . . "Snow Monkeys", premiering Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at 8/7c on PBS. Click the image above for a trailer of the upcoming program.
Joe Sr., thank you for your dedication and service. Joe Jr., kudos to you, sir! I am sure lots of people will watch and enjoy.
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Joe Hesketh of Bellevue has been named the 2014 King County volunteer of the year for RSVP, the Retired Senior Volunteer Program. The award was presented Feb. 8 at A Day at the Symphony in Benaroya Hall.
Hesketh was nominated by the local SeniorNet of Puget Sound Computer Learning Center and was selected from a group of nominees submitted by senior (over 55) organizations throughout King County.
Hesketh has been an active member of SeniorNet for 17 years where he has served as treasurer for 9 1/2 years. In the computer classroom, he is an informative instructor, writes own material for several classes, assists in classes and helps people with problems in computer labs.
Throughout the years he has accumulated 4,782 hours of SeniorNet service in addition to other volunteer activities including serving on many committees at Saint Louise Catholic Church; speaking for Chore, a service to help the disabled; and weekly visits to assisted living residents.
"I'm grateful for the computer classes taught by Joanie at Emmaus/ SeniorNet (Washington, DC). I learned many computer skills, which were a great source of comfort, allowing me to stay connected with friends and family, to entertain myself with games and music, to skype with my daughter, and to stay informed of world events while I was home recovering. Many thanks to Joe and the staff for all of their support."
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You hear about social media just about everywhere you go - there's no escaping it! And, believe it or not, it's not just for kids anymore. Golden Girl Betty White re-launched her career using Facebook, Jerry Mathers, aka "The Beaver," is tweeting about how to live a longer and healthier life (even with diabetes), and an elderly couple's "Webcam 101" video goes viral on YouTube, making them instant Internet sensations.
The numbers don't lie. According to Pew Internet & American Life Project, social media use among Internet users ages 50 and older has nearly doubled - from 22% to 42% over the past year. Half (47%) of Internet users ages 50-64 and 26% users age 65 and older now use social media.


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SpaceX and NASA have confirmed that an "anomaly" occurred yesterday during a static fire test of the SuperDraco engines on SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Crew Dragon spacecraft has eight SuperDraco engines that are used for its abort system in case of an emergency during launch or ascent to orbit. SpaceX is readying for an in-flight abort test as part of its preparations for commercial crew flights to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Engineers and scientists across all major industries use optimization to find better solutions to their problems.
In this webinar we highlight the MathWorks optimization product offering, including MATLAB, Optimization Toolbox, and Global Optimization Toolbox. It summarizes the capabilities of each product and discusses the benefits of running your optimizations from the MATLAB environment. Product demonstrations show how to find solutions to real-world optimization problems, while also introducing new and experienced users to best practices for using MATLAB optimization products through a "tips and tricks" format.
This is an introductory webinar, and requires no previous knowledge of MATLAB. Please allow approximately 60 minutes to attend the presentation and Q&A session.
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About the Presenter: Seth DeLand is product marketing manager for the MATLAB optimization products. Prior to joining MathWorks, Seth earned his BS and MS in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University.
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Kiel has a long shipbuilding and naval tradition but today it is characterised by its vibrant student scene, laid-back lifestyle and urban flair. You can sense this atmosphere from the city's beautiful setting on the Kiel Fjord, its modern and spacious city centre and Dänische Strasse, a street of late-19th century buildings full of maritime charm in the heart of Kiel.
Water is the dominant feature of this city by the sea and you can feel, see and breathe the maritime influence everywhere you go – along the Kiel Fjord, around the port or amidst the iconic container cranes of the shipyards, which are among the largest in Europe. The Gorch Fock, a well-travelled training ship and a star attraction at international sailing events, is as much part of the cityscape as the huge ferries docked at Skandinavienkai (Scandinavia quay). Northbound ships launch from docks situated just a few minutes' walk from the central station, while the elegant sea-going cruise liners depart from the Cruise Terminal in its central location at Ostseekai (Baltic sea quay). Then, of course, there's Kiel Week regatta, the annual international sailing festival that firmly cements the city's status as the maritime centre of the north. Formerly a Danish city, Kiel was annexed by Prussia in 1864 and there began a period of rapid development, halted only by the destruction caused by the Second World War. The city took a long time to recover, but eventually a brand-new, large, ultra-modern and spacious city centre was built. This development soon appeared dated, however, and so work began in the 1990s to restore and enhance the heart of the old town, including the complete reconstruction of historical Eggerstedtstrasse and the redesign of Alter Markt square. Together with the long-established Dänische Strasse shopping street and Holstenstrasse, one of Germany's oldest pedestrian precincts, Kiel city centre has regained its former flair and its distinctive laid-back character.
As the Kiel Week regatta is to sailors, so is the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival to culture lovers. Kiel is a major host city for this northern European event, one of the world's biggest classical music festivals; Kiel Castle, the opera house, a fjord-side venue and even the Howaldt shipyards create fabulous stages for international stars. The city also boasts a dynamic theatre scene with Kiel Theatre, the Low German Theatre, the Polish Theatre and regular student productions. The city's museums are of international standing as well and include the Maritime Museum on Sartorikai (Sartori quay), the Computer Museum, the Engineering Museum and the Kunsthalle art gallery with its 1,000 paintings spanning six centuries, its 200 sculptures, its 40,000 prints and its collection of antiquities first begun in the 19th century. Definitely worth a visit is the City Museum in Warleberger Hof, which dates back to the early 17th century and is Kiel's oldest surviving aristocratic residence. Its exhibitions on history and culture in the 19th and 20th centuries give an in-depth insight into Kiel and its sometimes troubled past. Happily, the city can today proudly count the world's busiest man-made waterway, Kiel Canal that connects the city to the North Sea, among its attractions. The canalside path for pedestrians and cyclists is ideal for days out and for visiting restaurants that offer views of the passing ships. And don't forget, it's free to cross to the other side of the canal on one of the many ferries. Not free of charge, but great value nevertheless, is the pleasure of sampling the local fish speciality, kieler sprotte (sprats). You simply have to try these, including, if you're feeling adventurous, the head and bones as well! And if you didn't know, kieler sprotte also describes born-and-bred Kiel locals, which goes to show just how much they love these tasty little fish here.
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Hot off the presses, White Sox GM Kenny Williams has announced that Chris Sale, who has not started a game since college, will be in their starting rotation next season. So what might we expect from the lanky (I believe this word was invented with Sale in mind) southpaw? …
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It's not been a good week for Khloe Kardashian.
Amid the ongoing gossip over her paternity, it has now emerged her husband Lamar Odom shared a seedy night with strippers.
Odom – who has been married to 27-year-old Khloe for two years – enjoyed a wild time at a notorious Washington D.C. strip club, according to RadarOnline.com.
The 32-year-old sports star was dishing out hundreds of dollars to strippers who were' grinding on him,' according to an onlooker who spoke anonymously to the website.
At one point Lamar was seen sprawled out in a dimly lit corner of the Stadium Club strip club, the website reports.


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For years after I moved from Vermont to California I didn't feel like I deserved springtime. In the northeast, springtime is the reward for having survived yet another cold, icy winter. Months of difficult driving, canceled events and compulsory boots, … Continue reading
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The gAtari looks silly, sounds rad
I think my favorite part about the gAtari 2600—besides, you know, the body of the guitar is an actual 2600—is how the "frets" are just these ginormous footpedals, all fused onto the "fingerboard" in a row.
No, I realize the pedals are actually being used to play loops (Right?? And then the "whammying"), but they look hilarious. This machine does not sound hilarious, however. Rather, it sounds awesome.


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A great (relatively new) resource for genealogy data is the new LDS site, which can be found at http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html. It contains records that volunteers have been indexing the last year or so. Two of my favorite databases on that site are the Philadelphia Death Records and the Philadelphia Marriage Index.
The Philadelphia Death Record database is indexed by the decedent as well as other names that may appear on the certificate – usually parents. I have found a few cases where I believe the indexer may have mis-read the name, but generally the index is very good. One thing that is particularly nice about this database is that with one click you can copy the transcribed information to your computer's clipboard. I like to do this and paste it into the source text field of my genealogy program. There are also images for most of the records. You can view them online and also download them to you computer if you choose.
The database includes records from the years 1803-1915. This, of course, pre-dates the time when the state of Pennsylvania officially required death certificates. Some of the early records are actually cemetery records, physician returns and other types of records. Occaisonally there are records of people who died elsewhere and are having the body moved to Philadelphia for burial.
This database is a great resource. You should definitely check it out if you are researching families that lived in the Philadelphia area during the stated time period. (I'll have more on the Philadelphia Marriage Index database in another post.)


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|The Scoop on the National Chess Congress
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|November 30, 2010
The National Chess Congress in Philadelphia (November 26-29) ended in a four-way tie for first between GMs Alexander Shabalov, Sergey Kudrin (the winner on tiebreak), Aleksandr Lenderman and Giorgi Kacheishvili. The US Chess Scoop interviewed several players between rounds.
IM Robert Hungaski talked to CLO about a tough loss against GM Aleksandr Lenderman in round four and on a brighter note, his role in leading his team, the New England Nor'Easters to a US Chess League victory.
Look for an upcoming video on CLO of Hungaski's blitz match against IM and USCL commissioner Greg Shahade.
GM Alexander Shabalov talked to the US Chess Scoop about his ups and downs at the Congress.
High-school student Linda Diaz had fond memories of the tournament site, having won the Under 1900 section of the Philadelphia Open back in the Spring. She talked to CLO about a nice win in the Under 2000.
Matan Prilleltensky recently broke 2200, and is planning a CLO article on the accomplishment, in the tradition of Evan Rosenberg and Daniel Gurevich. Matan's previous instructional pieces included Learning From Your Losses and How to Score a Summer Upset. He talked to the Scoop about beating his first IM.
IM Jay Bonin talks about how a big Thanksgiving dinner affects his play, and a win against NM Matan Prillentensky.
See complete National Chess Congress standings and information on nationalchesscongress.com. Video of the blitz match between IMs Hungaski and Shahade coming soon to CLO!


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|Myth: A myth is a story with a purpose. A myth is a sacred story that explains the origins of the world or how the world and the creatures in it came to be their present form. The active beings in myths are generally gods and heroes.
Fable: A fable is a brief story, in prose or verse, that features animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature which are anthropomorphized (given human qualities), and that illustrates a moral lesson. Fables are used to help us understand human nature and human behavior.
Directions: Read the following stories. Determine which one is a myth, and which one is a fable. Write a fable or myth using the descriptions given above to guide you in your writing.
The Fox and the Goat
A FOX one day fell into a deep well and could find no means of escape. A Goat, overcome with thirst, came to the same well, and seeing the Fox, inquired if the water was good. Concealing his sad plight under a merry guise, the Fox indulged in a lavish praise of the water, saying it was excellent beyond measure, and encouraging him to descend.
The Goat, mindful only of his thirst, thoughtlessly jumped down, but just as he drank, the Fox informed him of the difficulty they were both in and suggested a scheme for their common escape. "If," said he, "you will place your forefeet upon the wall and bend your head, I will run up your back and escape, and will help you out afterwards." The Goat readily assented and the Fox leaped upon his back. Steadying himself with the Goat's horns, he safely reached the mouth of the well and made off as fast as he could.
When the Goat upbraided him for breaking his promise, he turned around and cried out, "You foolish old fellow! If you had as many brains in your head as you have hairs in your beard, you would never have gone down before you had inspected the way up, nor have exposed yourself to dangers from which you had no means of escape."
Moral: Look before you leap.
Souls for Every RiverJvelto loved his daughter Abebi, goddess of oceans and rivers, above all his children. Abebi was spirited, fun-loving and very beautiful. She was also very trusting, and one day she was tricked into selling her soul to a demon. Jvelto was furious, and beat the demon savagely. But he stopped himself from killing the creature, for that would not have saved Abebi´s immortal soul. Instead, the Oceanlord asked his cunning brother Torodin to strike a deal with Othniel, to whom the demon owed its allegiance.
Torodin did as Jvelto asked. He succeeded in freeing Abebi´s soul. In return, for the rest of eternity, Jvelto would turn over to Othniel a number of souls equal to every body of water in the world times seven.
As a result, it is said that each river and ocean must claim at least seven lives every year, so that Jvelto can pay his debt to the Soultaker.
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I feel honoured to be in such esteemed blog company. I usually end up saying something stupid so I'll stop typing before I do.
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IUFRO Occasional Paper No. 32: 'GLOBAL FIRE CHALLENGES IN A WARMING WORLD'
The Global Wildfire Challenge & Learning To Live With Fire
2019-04-05: Let us imagine, for a moment, that we are in another dimension … The Twilight Zone …
… and that this is a Positive Energy Building, set in a sprawling, diverse, interconnected and flourishing Woodland … an idealized scene … the Sustainability Idyll …
But … is it … ??
What percentage of the world's population would ever, ever have the opportunity to live this way ???
And … lurking all around this beautiful scene, is an inherent and growing threat to life, property, and those trees and shrubs … Wildfires !
The Aim of Sustainable Fire Engineering (SFE) is to dramatically reduce direct and indirect fire losses in the Human Environment (including the social, built, economic, virtual, and institutional environments) … to protect the Natural Environment … and, within Buildings, to ensure that there is an effective level of Fire Safety for All Users/Occupants, not just for Some, during the full building life cycle.
[ Human Environment: Anywhere there is, or has been, an intrusion by a human being in the Natural Environment.]
So … how do we reduce direct and indirect fire losses in the Human Environment … and improve its Resilience ?
A recent publication provides a good platform to begin this serious conversation …
December 2018 … the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), which is based in Vienna, published Occasional Paper No. 32: 'GLOBAL FIRE CHALLENGES IN A WARMING WORLD – Summary Note of a Global Expert Workshop on Fire and Climate Change' …
GLOBAL FIRE CHALLENGES IN A WARMING WORLD – Summary Note of a Global Expert Workshop on Fire and Climate Change (PDF File, 4.72MB)
Executive Summary
Today, catastrophic wildfires are increasingly common across the globe. Recent disasters have attracted media attention and strengthened the perception of wildfires as 'bad' events, a plague worsened by climate change that has yet to be eradicated. Although it is true that fire has a destructive potential, the reality of global fire activity depicts a much more complex picture in which fire can be a useful, if not necessary, tool for food security and the preservation of cultural landscapes, as well as a an integral element of many ecosystems and their biodiversity.
Global fire activity is shaped by diverse social, economic, and natural drivers influencing the fire environment. The culminating complexity of these factors defines, in turn, the likelihood of a landscape to burn and the potential positive or negative outcomes for communities and ecosystems that can result from a blaze. Although many regions remain understudied, the effects of ongoing climate change associated with other planetary changes are already visible, transforming fire activity in ways that are not well understood but are likely to be dramatic, with potential dire consequences for nature, and society in case of adaptation failure.
Based on the limited available statistics, there is a growing trend in the cost of wildfires. In addition to human lives that are lost to flames or smoke and the billions of euros imputable to firefighting and insurance coverage, the growing interest in costs linked to healthcare, business stability, or the provision of ecosystem services such as drinking-water indicates negative economic consequences impacting countries' GDP and social stability. Attempts to evaluate the future costs of wildfire disasters point at a worsening situation, yet the list of possible social and economic effects is incomplete and the magnitude of envisaged impacts is conservative.
Notwithstanding the difficulties inherent to global climate modelling, there is a scientific consensus on the future increase in the frequency of fire-conducive weather associated with drier ecosystems, a mix that will eventually result in more frequent and intense fire activity. When combined with an ever-growing world population and unsustainable land uses, the conditions leading to fire disaster will only be intensified. Although fire governance has historically advocated for fire suppression, a No Fire motto is not an option anymore in the new fire reality. Current policies aiming at total fire suppression have been shown to be detrimental and are therefore outdated. The key to wildfire disaster risk reduction in a changing world now lies in learning to live with fire.
Investments in international co-operation, integrated management, local community involvement, cutting-edge technologies, and long-term data collection are critically needed to ensure the future of fire disaster risk mitigation. Moreover, future land development policies must prioritize the protection and the restoration of natural and cultural landscapes that have been degraded by the inappropriate use of fire or, conversely, by historical fire exclusion; keeping a place for fire in forest resource management and landscape restoration has been shown to be a cost-effective and efficient solution to reduce fire hazard.
Overall, synthesis of globally available scientific evidence revealed the following key issues for landscape management and governance:
- Climate change, with longer, hotter, and drier fire seasons, in combination with other environmental changes linked to population growth and unsustainable land-use practices, is contributing to extreme wildfire events that exceed existing fire management capacities. The world is entering a 'new reality' that demands new approaches to fire governance.
- Fire is an inherent feature of the Earth System and many ecosystems, including their fauna, are dependent on it for their long-term survival; nevertheless, ongoing changes in global fire activity in terms of location, intensity, severity, and frequency will have immense costs for biodiversity, ecosystem services, human well-being and livelihoods, and national economies – to extents that have yet to be evaluated. Investment in social, economic, and environmental monitoring is therefore urgent, especially in under-studied regions.
- Integrated fire risk reduction is key to adapting to ongoing changes in global fire risk. Future sustainable fire risk mitigation demands integrated region-specific approaches based on a clear understanding of fires in context, population awareness and preparedness, fire surveillance and early-warning systems, adaptive suppression strategies, fire-regime restoration, landscape-scale fuel management, changes to many land use practices, and active restoration of landscapes.
- Engagement with local communities, land-owners, businesses and public stakeholders – via multiple tiers of governance – is crucial to restore and maintain landscapes that are biodiverse and functional, respectful of local cultures and identities, economically productive, and above all, fire-resilient.
- People have historically achieved sustainable co-existence with flammable ecosystems and have often used fire as a land-management tool, thereby shaping many modern and long-standing landscapes around the world. Traditional fire knowledge is thus key to adapting to local changes in fire activity, using known techniques for the reduction of dangerous fuel loads, prescribed burning and sustainable landscape management practices.
- Building adaptive capacity to confront fires must be based on knowledge of the natural and cultural roles of fire, how they have shaped our modern landscapes, and their importance in the long-term functioning of socio-ecological systems. Further developments in land-system science, geospatial technologies, and computer modelling will enhance our understanding of the long-term ecological and socio-economic drivers of fire through the widespread collection and distribution of harmonized fire data at the global level. However, creating and sharing such knowledge requires national and international investments in scientific and operational fire science programmes.
- Catastrophic fires are undeniably part of our future. Current scientific estimates are conservative, meaning that changes in fire activity might be worse than anticipated. We have to act now to mitigate catastrophic fires and limit the occurrence of disastrous situations. Given disparities but also similarities in the levels of fire risk around the world, and the capacities to manage it, knowledge and technology transfers through international cooperation will be a paramount factor in learning to live with fire.
This Occasional Paper is the result of a large collaborative effort by fire scientists and practitioners who believe that learning to co-exist with changing fire activity is not only possible but necessary if we, as a global society, are to adapt to climate change and keep our natural and cultural landscapes healthy, resilient, and safe for the next generations. The work presented hereafter was developed during, and as follow-up to, the Global Expert Workshop on Fire and Climate Change hosted in Vienna, Austria, on 2-4 July 2018. It stresses the diversity and the complexity of the global fire situation, a situation that is evolving, positively or negatively, in unknown proportions due to global environmental changes — with climate change being the most acknowledged manifestation.
Conclusion – Learning To Live With Fire
We live on a flammable planet; although not everything is meant to burn, fire cannot be eliminated. Ongoing global climate change combined with other planetary changes is leading to more frequent and more extreme fires exposing vulnerable societies, economies, and ecosystems to disaster situations. The recognition of fire activity as a worsening hazard threatening human security is the necessary first step towards international co-operation for the mitigation of disaster risk situations in fire-prone areas.
However, we are not defenceless. Fire scientists in many regions of the world have been developing successful strategies and tools based on cutting-edge technologies for several years. Those are now mature enough to be up-scaled and adapted to other geographic contexts as part of national fire management frameworks. Additionally, integrating existing and future scientific knowledge on climate change and changing fire regimes, and systematically collecting long-term data on current and past fire uses will foster better informed decisions, models and enhanced efforts towards wildfire disaster risk reduction, as well as contribute to the development of sustainable Anthropocene fire regimes.
We hope this paper will be a catalyst for a paradigm shift, so fires are not seen as an enemy to fight but as natural and necessary phenomena, as well as a useful and necessary tool that can often help protect people and nature. It is paramount to revise, fund, and fulfil future management, research, and governance needs if we are, as world citizens, to trigger a societal change that will help us better live with fires.
The information and insights contained in this Occasional Paper connect together to promote the use of several existing solutions to the problem: defining national fire risk reduction frameworks, collecting and analyzing relevant traditional knowledge and biophysical fire data, investing in fire detection and prediction technologies, involving and preparing stakeholders, and improving fire use and landscape management in ways that help control the fuel load and the spread of fire, while limiting GHG emissions and protecting the communities and the landscapes they live in and often depend on.
The Status Quo is no longer an option; it is time to make integrated fire management the rule rather than the exception.
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Inspired by the murals in the Hotel Adler, the Rosenhof Passage offers you the ideal starting point for a tour of the city: Heinz Blum painted the walls of the roofed-over passage with the old town of the left and right banks of the Limmat. So you can enjoy the famous sights of Zurich in miniature from the river perspective, without getting wet when it rains.
Explore Zurich through selected city tours, which the book "Zurich viewed from the Adler" invites you to take in a series of exciting trips of discovery through the inner city.
Arriving in Zurich:
From the railway station to the Hotel Adler
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Gettin to know a historic town
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The charming Old Town - Discovering its secrets
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A stroll along the Limmat - a river town and its history
Tour 4:
The Lindenhof and its surroundings - 2000 years of town development
Tour 5:
The Fraumünster district - from convent to business district
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A city with a view - she shores of Lake Zurich
Guided city tours are also offered by Zurich Tourism: www.zuerich.com/touren.