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2010-2013 CEO, Genan Business & Development
2007-2010 Deputy permanent secretary, Ministry of Climate and Energy
2003-2006 Head of international department, Ministry of the Environment
2000-2002 Head of international division, Danish Energy Agency
1997-2000 Energy and environment counsellor at the Danish permanent delegation to the OECD and the IEA, Paris, France
"I'm looking for strong politicians"
As a Dane and a climate negotiator, Thomas Becker understands the financial benefits of developing domestically-produced power, and he is well accustomed to the political machinations needed to achieve that.
One month into the job as CEO of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), Becker looks comfortable in its plush offices, shoes off, settling back into policy after two years of leading a tyre recycling firm. "I understand the EU system and how it works, the way of thinking, the ways of power, who decides and who doesn't, the formalities of the EU machine. That's probably one of the reasons why the board wanted me for this post."
Becker flits between "we" meaning Denmark and "we" referring to EWEA and Europe, perhaps symptomatic of his current peripatetic life as he works towards moving full time to Brussels, and working a stone's throw from the European Parliament.
The 56-year-old found industry before policy and law. As a student he worked as a welder in shipbuilding. He was quickly handed his first managerial role "because I didn't drink as much beer as the others" and, aged 20 and using his five languages, he headed the warranty maintenance team, travelling the world.
It was at the Danish environment ministry where he developed his interest in climate change and renewables, working for Svend Auken of the Social Democrats. This enthusiasm spread through the whole team and took them on a road that led to Denmark hosting the COP15 climate change summit and Becker's resignation. The environment ministry and the prime minister's office clashed over the importance of developing countries. "We warned that if you don't take their concerns seriously they will punish you, and you will not get a sustainable agreement," Becker recalls. As he had warned, the agreement that resulted from the summit is not legally binding.
Becker learned more than just policy expertise during his time in government. "If you want to achieve something you have to have enthusiasm, determination and humour. If you dig yourself down into a problem and you are tense, that immediately spreads in a team, and that is bad," he explains. "And if there is something you have to push for, you will, of course, trample over people. Don't forget to go back and help them up. You can be nice if you have won."
Becker has been planning his push to shift Europe to greater use of renewables. "Before I started, I suggested to the board that we develop a new strategy for EWEA, taking account of the changing times, and the very, very big difficulties that renewables are facing in Europe, and the shortsighted political reactions in many cases."
The shift requires leadership, Becker believes. "I'm looking for strong politicians." It is time to go in hard with a strong business case - countries do not create employment opportunities from importing energy, he points out. "Especially in times of economic crisis, you should spend money on industrial infrastructure, including power."
He cites former US president Abraham Lincoln's decision to build a railway across the country during a time of deep poverty. You can't afford not to, said Lincoln. "I feel like that about renewables," Becker says.
"We want to be more self-sufficient," he adds, "to develop the industry within our own countries, create working opportunities and have that benefit last."
He is pleased that the "hardcore economists" at the International Energy Agency have woken up to this view and hopes to work with them and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. "You can go a long way by having well-documented, substantiated arguments behind you," he says.
To do list
He has three items on his to-do list for his first two years. The first is to aggressively counter the view that wind can only survive if heavily subsidised. "That is so untrue - onshore wind could easily exist with no incentives. I will make this case again and again. We have let the lobbyists of nuclear and fossil fuel create the narrative unopposed."
Second is to push Europe to set itself an ambitious target for renewables and CO2 emissions, for 2030. "Politics is about will. I expect politicians to make courageous decisions," he says.
The third item is to convince European politicians, especially the Germans, of the need for a pan-European grid. Not only is this practical, he says, but it pushes down prices. "Just look at Nordpool, the Nordic grid. When that was installed, prices automatically dropped 20%.
After a month in the job, Becker has a clear agenda, and looks like he is revelling in the task of getting it done.
Career highlights
1998-2013 President, National Parks Conservation Association
1994-1998 President, Audubon Society of New Hampshire
1989-1993 Deputy Assistant Administrator/Chief of Staff, Environmental Protection Agency Office of Air and Radiation
1988 Assistant to the Director, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
1984-1987 Senior management consultant, Arthur Andersen & Company
"We need a better advocacy plan"
For Tom Kiernan, the brand-new CEO of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the priority is a new vision and strategy for both the US wind industry and the body he has been tasked with running. It will be tough, he admits, given the political environment and the well-organised, well-funded adversaries of wind power.
So for the next few months, the 53-year-old self-confessed Republican will travel the US getting to know his members for their input. Then he will add an emphasis on lobbying in Washington DC. "I'll have a foot in both camps," says Kiernan.
This is important, given the trade body's well-publicised divisions with two of its utility members - Exelon and Xcel Energy, wider criticism of its focus on an extension of the production tax credit (PTC) and a perception that it has lost its way. The PTC next expires in December, and AWEA must again present a long-term policy plan to Congress. The organisation has said that this year it is emphasising the benefit of wind for consumers, especially in states where renewables requirements are in the works or under attack.
Kiernan attended last month's annual conference in advance of his contract starting on 28 May. He told the opening session: "We need a better, more integrated advocacy plan, and that must be inclusive of all of you."
What of the specific challenges facing the US industry - last year's widespread job losses, diminishing installations this year and a shrinking supply chain? Kiernan stresses a "smooth transition to a policy environment that is predictable and where wind can achieve its full potential". He says he has been especially impressed with the fact that big corporations such as Google and Wal-Mart want to purchase wind power. "There's a lot of opportunity out there."
Kiernan does have vast experience with both sides of the US political debate. For the past 15 years, he was president of the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), which protects national parks. It is a background Kiernan describes as a "conservation community". He adds that he is not entirely new to wind either - at the NPCA, he campaigned for the PTC.
He claims to have effective relations with key leaders in the Obama administration — probably an understatement, as he climbed the 4,392-metre-high Mount Rainier in Washington state with Sally Jewell, the new Secretary of the Interior and a longstanding NPCA board member. Jewell's department enforces all-important wildlifeand habitat-protection laws.
Earlier in his career, the first president George Bush appointed him to a senior role at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Kiernan helped implement regulations under the US's Clean Air Act, the federal law that controls air pollution. He became known for forging consensus with businesses and environmentalists.
Kiernan recalls that while at EPA, his oldest son — who was four or five at the time — asked about his work. "I explained that I reduced dirt from the air and pollution from power plants," says Kiernan. "So he said: 'Ah, Dad, so you make the sky blue.' My initial reaction was, wow, that's too much, but his comment has stuck with me. I do not want a planet that is not healthy and a sky that is not blue."


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Tigers ride seven-run frame to win over Twins
Porcello gains from third-inning uprising; Castellanos hits two-run HR
MINNEAPOLIS -- Rick Porcello said he wasn't at his best on Friday night, but thanks to the Tigers' bats, it didn't really matter.
Rajai Davis and Torii Hunter each had three hits while Nick Castellanos homered and drove in three runs as the Tigers started an eight-game road trip with a 10-6 victory at Target Field.
Porcello (3-1) earned the win despite posting his shortest start of the season. He cruised through the first five innings, allowing just one earned run, but he gave up a home run, single and a walk to the first three batters of the sixth and got the hook.
"I just couldn't find a rhythm. I was a little out of sorts there [in the sixth] and I just couldn't rebound from it," Porcello said. "I actually felt like I was battling myself the whole game. I really struggled getting ahead of guys throwing first-pitch fastballs for strikes."
Porcello had to shake off the effects of a second-inning comebacker off the bat of Josmil Pinto. The ball appeared to hit his glove and then connect with his right elbow, but after the game, Porcello said he was just a little stiff. Manager Brad Ausmus wasn't so sure.
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Fortunately for Porcello and the Tigers, the offense had already done enough to put the game out of reach. In the process, they scored more than seven runs in a game for only the second time this season.
Castellanos got the Tigers on the board in the second inning with a two-run opposite-field home run off Minnesota starter Kevin Correia. Austin Jackson led off the inning by reaching second base on an error by right fielder Chris Colabello, who dropped his fly ball after a long run. Castellanos then drove a first-pitch fastball over the limestone overhang in right field for his third home run.
Minnesota got one back in the second, but the Tigers responded in a big way, knocking Correia out with a seven-run third. Hunter started the rally with a double and capped it with a two-run single off reliever Anthony Swarzak. In between, the Tigers strung together five other hits and two walks in sending 11 to the plate.
"The guys up and down the lineup drove the ball pretty well. Everyone contributed and it was nice to have a bust-out offensive inning like that," Ausmus said. "They teach that in baseball -- the most important inning is the inning after your team scores. We were able to bounce back and score, not just a few, but seven."
Throughout the game, especially during Correia's abbreviated outing, the Tigers put on a clinic in hitting to the opposite field. Their right-handed bats had five hits to right or right-center in the third inning alone, which was a function of their approach against the Twins' starter.
"Correia likes to throw that cutter away and we just wanted to stay on that ball today," Hunter said. "For most of the righties, it's keep the shoulder in there and stay on the ball because he's one of those pitchers, he'll come in occasionally just to show you, and then [throw] cutters away."
The Tigers hadn't had much success previously against Correia, who had a 2.36 ERA four career starts against Detroit at Target Field. After the beating they handed him on Friday, the right-hander said he knows it's time to go back to the drawing board.
"The majority of the balls they hit went the other way so that'll be an adjustment I'll have to make," Correia said. "We face these guys a lot, and they have a new lineup. I have to figure out how to get those guys out."
Strangely enough, Miguel Cabrera was responsible for all three outs in the third inning; he grounded out after Hunter's double, then grounded into an inning-ending double play. But Cabrera got into the act in his next at-bat. After Hunter doubled to lead off the sixth, Cabrera hit a booming drive to right field. Colabello played the carom off the wall perfectly and held Cabrera to a single, but Hunter scored easily and the Tigers led, 10-1.
Brian Dozier's seventh homer of the season started a four-run rally in the bottom of the sixth, and the Twins kept chipping away against the Tigers' bullpen. An Ian Kinsler error led to a run in the seventh, cutting the lead to 10-6, but Joba Chamberlain stranded two men in the eighth, and Joe Nathan gave up a harmless single in the ninth to close it out.


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BATH � When it comes to having family fun with Asian carp, don�t just kill �em � can �em!
That�s the message Clint Carter will bring to the ninth annual Original Redneck Fishing Tournament, set for this weekend in Bath, a Mason County town about 50 miles northwest of Springfield. To battle the nasty creatures, Carter�s newest weapon is a canning jar.
�We�ve got to do something with them,� he said.
Carter, 32, whose family has owned Carter�s Fish Market in Springfield for more than three decades, has appeared at carp events in and around central Illinois, preaching culinary solutions to fighting the invasive fish clogging the Illinois River. As usual, this Saturday in Bath he will teach anglers and others how to clean Asian carp, which are notoriously riddled with bones. Plus, he�ll give out samples of deep-fried nuggets, part of his mission to grace dining tables � here and beyond � with Asian carp.
�If they flop in your boat, you don�t have to just throw �em out,� Carter said. �What I have to do is show people that, though these are the most disgusting fish in the world, you can fix them so you�ll want to eat them.�
He will be joined Saturday by renowned Louisiana chef Philippe Parola to serve up creative carp cuisine. However, Carter also says that Asian carp don�t need a gourmet touch to become edible; with very little work, their taste can be transformed into a twin of tuna.
�You can put it in with Tuna Helper or make it like tuna salad,� he said.
That�s where canning comes in. Though no canned carp sits on shelves at American grocery stores, carp aficionados long have home-canned buffalo fish and other varieties to store for colder months, Carter said. Though he knows of no one doing likewise with Asian carp, he says the species can be home-processed � and made delicious.
�River rats will do it,� Carter said with a chuckle. �People on the river are really resourceful. You can have a stockpile of carp till the end of the world.�
The recipe is simple: With a little vinegar and salt, can the carp like a vegetable or fruit.
�The vinegar helps dissolve the bones,� Carter said.
The process can take as little as 90 minutes. Carter admits the pale, mushy result isn�t pretty � �It doesn�t look good,� he said � yet is tasty nonetheless.
To prove his point Wednesday, he brought a couple of home-canned jars of Asian carp to Village Park in Bath (site of tournament festivities) for an impromptu event we dubbed �Carp in the Park.� At a picnic table, Carter set up a taste test for Betty DeFord, founder of the tournament, in which competitors vie to catch the most Asian carp, which then are disposed of as farm fertilizer. But DeFord, like Carter, long has hoped for a viable commercial harvesting of the critters. In fact, Peoria-area officials are exploring the feasibility of an Asian carp processing center.
Though Europeans and Asians gobble the fish, Americans do not. But maybe Carter is onto something with his canning method.
In a blind taste test, DeFord tasted two samples: one from a home-canned jar, the other from a can of Chicken of the Sea tuna. She declared each one �tuna-y.� But she deemed the second offering �less tuna-y� � and tastier.
The winner: the home-canned Asian carp.
Minutes later, I repeated the test. To me, both had a similar tuna flavor; I liked both and couldn�t tell the difference. Apparently, I don�t boast the delicate carp-discerning palate prevalent among Bath residents like DeFord.
Meantime, my tongue noticed no bones. Later, when Carter pointed out the Asian carp sample, I poked through and found some slight white slivers. However, to the bite, the bones were pretty much unnoticeable, just as with smelt and other soft-bone fish.
Can the canning approach go commercial? Carter said he has no knowledge of the canning industry. However, he noted that fresh tuna sells at market for $6 to $15 a pound, while Asian carp is $2 a pound. If those prices could be translated to grocery shelves, you could envision a future with cheap cans of Carp o� the Sea or whatever.
When we were done with the testing, the results emboldened Carter to decide to offer taste tests to the public Saturday � at least, until he runs out of his limited supply of canned Asian carp. So, get your taste buds there early: Carter plans to rock your carp world.
�When you say �Asian carp,� it has a negative connotation,� Carter said. �We�re here to change that.�
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What: Ninth annual Original Redneck Fishing Tournament
Where: Village Park in Bath
When: Gates open at 8 a.m. Friday and Saturday, with activities and entertainment until midnight. Two-hour tournament heats are at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. today and Saturday. Prizes to be awarded at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. A free children�s fishing derby will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Details: Registration for each boat entry is $50. Admission to the food and entertainment tent is $3 each day or $5 for the weekend. Proceeds will go toward programs for homeless veterans at the Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System in Danville.
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Markets slammed by inconclusive Italian elections
Political uncertainty in Italy slammed markets hard Tuesday with investors fearful that Europe's debt crisis may be about to rear its head again.
The election has proven so close that final official results are not expected until later Tuesday, at the earliest. But already, the prospect of a political impasse has raised the possibility of another election down the line.
Though the center-left coalition led by Pier Luigi Bersani appears to have won a narrow victory in the lower house of parliament, the Senate looks split with no party in control. The results are seen as a clear rebuff to the austerity approach that was the mainstay of the previous technocratic government led by Mario Monti.
"Clearly markets are taking fright from the messy and chaotic Italian election result," said Louise Cooper, financial analyst at CooperCity.
In Europe Italy's FTSE MIB index was the worst-performing index, with some of the banking stocks suspended for a brief period after precipitous falls at the bell. The index was trading 4.4 percent at 15,635, having earlier been nearly 5 percent down.
The interest rate on the country's benchmark 10-year bond - an important gauge of investor sentiment - ratcheted up 0.30 percentage point to 4.74 percent. Meanwhile, investors sought protection in the bonds of more stable and prosperous economies. The interest rate on Germany's 10-year bonds fell 0.10 percentage points to 1.47 percent.
Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian premier whose center-right coalition defied expectations and has seemingly prevented the center-left from winning, insisted a government can be formed and called on Italians to ignore the "crazy markets."
Despite Berlusconi's attempt to reassure, other stock indexes in Europe were trading sharply lower too - though above the lows they hit in the first hour of trading. Germany's DAX was down 1.9 percent down at 7,624 while the CAC-40 in France fell 2.3 percent to 3,634. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 1.3 percent lower at 6,271.
Italy is hugely important for the future of the euro and its apparent stability over the past six months has been one of the reasons why concerns over the currency have eased. Of the 17 European Union countries that use the euro, it has the second-highest debt burden as a proportion of its annual gross domestic product at 127 percent. Only Greece's is higher. Italy has to spend around (EURO)80 billion just to service its debt each year.
The Monti government of enacted wide-ranging reforms to the budget and the economy - to the widespread relief of markets. Though its borrowing rates have fallen in financial markets, the cost to Italians has been high, with the country mired in an 18-month recession and unemployment on the up. Monti was a big loser in the election.
The worry across Europe, and financial markets as a whole, is that the appetite for reform may wane and Italy's parlous debt situation may deteriorate.
Though its annual borrowing - its budget deficit - is pretty small compared with other euro countries at 3 percent of its annual gross domestic product, its overall debt stands at a colossal (EURO)2 trillion ($2.65 trillion).
Last July, concerns over the country's ability to pay down its debt - despite the Monti reforms - and the stability of the wider eurozone sent the interest rate on its 10-year bonds back up to 6.36 percent. This prompted the European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi to offer to buy up unlimited quantities of short-term debt in countries struggling with high borrowing costs.
The surprise factor in Sunday and Monday's election was the number of votes for comic-turned-political leader Beppe Grillo, whose 5 Star Movement capitalized on a wave of voter disgust with the ruling political class.
"The election results send a strong signal for change from the electorate who have voted against the traditional political establishment, and the fiscal austerity program endorsed by Europe," said Lee Hardman, an analyst at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ.
The euro was also hit hard late Monday on the initial fallout of the election results, nearly falling to below $1.30 for the first time since early 2013. However, it recovered its poise Tuesday, trading 0.1 percent higher at $1.3087.
Wall Street was poised for a steady opening, a day after the main U.S. indexes had their worst day since last November. Dow futures and the broader S&P 500 futures rose 0.2 percent.
Earlier in Asia, standout losses were recorded by Japan's Nikkei, which slid 2.3 percent to 11,398.81 as the yen appreciated to the potential detriment of the country's exporters. The dollar was 0.4 percent lower at $92.23 yen.
Elsewhere in Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng dropped 1.3 percent to 22,519.69 while South Korea's Kospi fell 0.5 percent to 2,000.01.
Oil prices took a hit too, with the benchmark New York rate 64 cents lower at $92.47 a barrel.


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The Tokyo Skytree rises 2,080 feet (634 meters) into the sky in a satellite picture acquired on April 4.
The Tokyo Skytree is considered the world's tallest broadcasting tower and the second-tallest human-made structure, so you should expect it to cast a blocks-long shadow on its surroundings in Japan's capital. The only building taller is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai — which rises 2,717 feet high, compared with the 2,080-foot Skytree.
The Skytree offers a restaurant and observation decks as well as broadcasting facilities for eight TV networks and two FM radio stations. There's a shopping arcade next door that includes a planetarium and aquarium. The complex had its official opening in May and is expected to draw 32 million visitors a year — which is more than Tokyo Disneyland's typical tally.
This picture of the Skytree and its tall shadow was captured on April 7 by one of DigitalGlobe's orbiting satellites, and ranks among the company's top 20 images for 2012. Facebook users have been invited to press their "like" buttons to vote for their favorite pictures over the next week. On Dec. 19, the field will be narrowed down to the top five — and then there'll be a Facebook vote for the year's top satellite picture. Check out DigitalGlobe's blog for more about the contest.
For more awe-inspiring sights from space, click through these past entries from our Cosmic Log Space Advent Calendar. We're featuring a fresh view of Earth from space every day from now until Christmas. And because you've been extra good this year, I've added a couple of Web links to other cosmic Advent calendars:
- 2012 Cosmic Log Space Advent Calendar
- Day 1: A fantastic Chinese fan
- Day 2: Satellite shows a Grander Canyon
- Day 3: Typhoon stirs awe — and alarm
- Day 4: Glittering nighttime view of Riyadh
- Day 5: Night lights shine on 'Black Marble'
- Day 6: Holy sites seen at night
- Day 7: Blue Marble still leaves its mark
- Day 8: Satellites look into a volcano's hell
- Day 9: Jack Frost nipping at Alaska's nose
- Day 10: Cosmonaut looks down on peaks
- Day 11: Earth looms above moonwalker
- 2011 Cosmic Log Space Advent Calendar
- 2010 Cosmic Log Space Advent Calendar
- The Atlantic: Hubble Advent Calendar
- Zooniverse Advent Calendar
Correction for 12:30 p.m. ET Dec. 13: At one point I added a phrase saying that Burj Khalifa was six stories higher than the Tokyo Skytree, but as a few commenters have pointed out, those would be mighty big stories, at roughly 100 feet per story. Sixty stories would be closer to the mark. Thanks for pointing out the estimating error, and apologies for getting it wrong.
Alan Boyle is NBCNews.com's science editor. Connect with the Cosmic Log community by "liking" the log's Facebook page, following @b0yle on Twitter and adding the Cosmic Log page to your Google+ presence. To keep up with Cosmic Log as well as NBCNews.com's other science and space news coverage, sign up for the Tech & Science newsletter, delivered via email. You can also check out "The Case for Pluto," my book about the controversial dwarf planet and the search for new worlds.


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Several kinds of female animals, including spiders, are known to devour their male counterparts, often right after they finish having sex. But every so often, the female isn't deadlier than the male, as South America's wolf spider will tell you.
The nocturnal arachnid is found all along South America's Atlantic coast. Researchers from the Clemente Estable Institute of Biological Research observed male wolf spiders taking the almost unprecedented step of cannibalizing their female counterparts. In females, sexual cannibalism is known to confer a serious reproductive advantage, as the devoured male is often able to spend far more time than he would otherwise fertilizing as many eggs as he can. This sacrifice goes a long way to improving his long-term evolutionary fitness.
But why are male wolf spiders now eating their females, as there obviously can't be a reproductive benefit? The answer is fairly brutal: for female wolf spiders, it's either have sex or be devoured. The males apparently like to mate with the younger, virgin females who are still at the height of their fertility, but as they grow older and lose some of their reproductive prowess they become prey for the males. It appears their benefit for the males is purely nutritional.
Why have the wolf spiders taken up this incredibly rare strategy? It's probably because their environment is highly unstable, and there's no consistent guarantee that prey will be available. Under the circumstances, actually eating one's fellow spiders becomes a grimly efficient way to both get some much-needed nutrition and keep the overall population numbers down.
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Research In Motion will launch BlackBerry 10 and the two first smartphones based on the operating system on Jan. 30, the company said yesterday.
The event will happen simultaneously in multiple countries around the world, according to RIM. The operating system was originally due sometime before the end of the year.
There is no doubt that the new operating system and the related products will be very important for the future of the struggling smartphone vendor.
"It is not just important, it will determine RIM's future. A failure will be the end of the company, so there is no room for mistakes," said Malik Saadi, principal analyst at Informa Telecoms & Media.
The company has seen its market share dwindle in during the last couple of year, and was the third largest smartphone vendor in the world with a 4.3 percent market share during the third quarter, down from 9.6 percent a year ago. The company still had 80 million active users during the quarter that ended Sept. 1, which was an increase, RIM said when it announced its quarterly financials.
By starting from the ground up with a touch-based user interface, the company thinks it can once again become competitive with Apple's iPhones and the Android camp led by Samsung Electronics on device sales.
RIM is still a force to be reckoned with in the enterprise and developing countries, even though it has lost market share to Apple in particular. The key differentiator is still email and messaging, according to Saadi.
"But I doubt very much that consumers in developed countries will switch to BlackBerry 10 from an iPhone or Android," said Saadi.
RIM will announce a touchscreen smartphone and one that combines a touchscreen and a physical QWERTY keyboard on Jan. 30, Saadi expects. The screen on the QWERTY device will be larger than on previous phones, he said.
The devices will also be a showcase for potential licensees of the BlackBerry 10 platform, according to Saadi.
Some key features of the upcoming new BlackBerry 10 have already been unveiled, including the BlackBerry Hub and Balance.
All messages, notifications, feeds, and calendar events are gathered in the Hub and no matter what users are doing with the device, they can access the Hub at any time with a simple gesture.
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BlackBerry 10 also recently got FIPS 140-2 certification. That means government agencies will be able to deploy BlackBerry 10 smartphones when they are launched. It's the first time BlackBerry products have been certified ahead of their launch, according to RIM.
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Philip Winchester's character, Sgt. Michael Stonebridge, has been wrestling some heavy demons in the new season of "Strike Back."
In the season premiere, he was forced to kill one of his Special Air Service trainees. The trainee's brother, former special forces soldier Craig Hanson, got his twisted vengeance by killing Stonebridge's wife. The murder pushed Stonebridge, as his Section 20 partner Sgt. Damian Scott (Sullivan Stapleton) said in the Aug. 31 episode, down a rabbit hole.
The usually level-headed Stonebridge seemingly has switched places with his more unpredictable, fiery brother-in-arms Scott. He lost his cool and beat the crap out of Othmani, the courier hiding nuclear triggers. He pummeled a Tuareg man in a supposedly friendly wrestling match. And when he came face-to-face with Othmani's terrorist brother, El Soldat (shown in the scene above), he insisted that Scott take a shot and kill the terrorist, even though one of El Soldat's snipers was targeting Stonebridge.
Stonebridge doesn't have a death wish, Winchester said, but he's definitely become more reckless as a result of his personal demons. It's a change in character that Winchester enjoyed exploring this season.
"It was really fun to go through those scenes and at the end of scenes sometimes Sully and I would look at each and we'd have a little laugh and go, 'Well, that was different. That wasn't last year, was it?'" Winchester told me during a recent phone call from Montana, where he and his wife were busy preparing to move into their new home. "When stuff like that happens it's fun because, like real life, you surprise yourself and sometimes you go places you didn't think you could go or you wouldn't allow yourself to go. We tried to bring that kind of stuff into these characters this year."
"That kind of stuff" happens in the scene after Stonebridge walks away from El Soldat, when Scott challenges Stonebridge about his state of mind. They once again trade humorous barbs, but this time Scott shows genuine concern for his friend.
This kind of banter is one of the show's strengths, and it's the result of the actors' improvisation that often comes from their own relationship, Winchester said.
"Sometimes we have to play around with the words in scenes, and our natural banter—him taking the piss [out of me] and me just copping it on the chin until I blow up—that happens naturally," he said, laughing. "So we don't have to go searching for it."
Winchester and I talked more about how he and Stapleton work together and how that informs what happened in Ep. 14 between Stonebridge and Scott, and in the series generally. We also reviewed Stonebridge's state of mind this season, and talked about Winchester's transition to taking time off in Montana.
"Strike Back" airs new episodes each Friday at 9 p.m. CT on Cinemax. You can watch the two-hour season premiere on YouTube and the season so far on MaxGo.
How's the house?
It's just great. I'm still in the rental property right now but this morning it was kind of funny. We're sleeping in; we're on holiday … before the big press tours for the show kicks off again. I think to be able to sit in Montana and just watching the mountains and just hang out with like-minded people. It's very cool. It's such a cool community. So we're really excited and [my wife] did an amazing job with the house, so I was thrilled.
Is it nice to just be home in Montana?
Totally. There's that sense of peace when you're in a familiar place. The first couple days we were walking around downtown and she was saying, "Baby, you don't have to check every time someone walks behind us. Like we're not in Johannesburg anymore. You can drop your radar a little bit." … We were so used to having to have out wits about us so much in Johannesburg everywhere we filmed the show.
When we were in the car at San Diego Comic Con, a motorcycle drove past us and I asked if after filming a season of the show and you're back home and a car comes up close do you have residual "worry," I guess, from having to watch all around you while in character.
This year has been a lot better. My wife actually called me on it last year … About a month-and-a-half after getting back last year, she looked at me and said, "Well, it's nice to have you back, Philip."
So it took me awhile to get out of that place. I think a lot of the reason behind that was, for me, I didn't know who Stonebridge was [last year]. I had to find him, I had to work with Sully to figure out who these characters were, what their relationship was, how they dealt with things, how they didn't deal with things. So last year was this period where you're fully immersing yourself in the character and you're exploring the whole time, and you're making mistakes and then you're correcting them.
The second year—this year—when we went back I knew who Stonebridge was. I knew where he was at and I was able to step back into him right away without kind of having to take those big unknown risks and dive in. He went different places this year and that was more challenging, but I already had a base to balance from. It wasn't "easier," but the character was already there. So I didn't have to find that place and go to that dark place.
So this year after finishing the show the transition's been a lot smoother, and I think the blessing of having a house to come back to and all that cool stuff has made it [easier]. I like to have something to do. I like to work. I have a project; I'm out staining deck chairs or telling our builders where to do certain things in the house. I'm able to kind of just forget about the show and throw myself into something else.
Stars; they're just like us.
Stars. [Laughs.] I don't—that just sounds funny, man.
You're too modest. ... You talked about the good grasp you guys got on your characters last year. Now this year they have a bit of a role reversal. Scott seems to be the more stable one. How was that curveball for you guys?
[Laughs.] Like I said, I think it was easier to go there after actually having our foundation we were ready to go kind of wherever. But what was funny was you read the scripts and I have an idea of what Sully's probably going to do and he probably has an idea of what I'm going to do. Yet when we come in on the day and it happens it is always a surprise because we don't have a ton of time to prepare.
There's a lot of improvisation going on in our scenes because of just the relationship we have. We're lucky enough that the producers and the directors know that and they let us do that. So a lot of that role reversal came out of improvisation in a scene where when we kind of thought about Sully's character last year where he dealt with stuff and this year his admittance to being in a similar place in his past. So I kind of used that as fuel for where I wanted Stonebridge to go and how far I wanted him to go down that dark path before Scott ultimately kind of saves him [in Ep. 4] and says, "Look, man, you can't do this or you'll end up like me."
… Stonebridge is that consummate professional. His life is soldiering; his life is being the go-to guy. So once he started to slip away and once Scott called him on it, I think realizing that he was losing everything that he'd worked for was the thing that brought him back from the brink. And of course, you know, having a buddy to talk to about it.
We were really concerned this year that we didn't kind of just overshoot the stuff between the two characters. We didn't want to not have these characters sit down and have a discussion about how hard it was doing what they do and how Stonebridge had been caught out and he was going some place he never had to go before. If he wanted to remain a soldier and a professional, he had to sit down and work it out. …
There's a scene in Ep. 3 where Scott says, "If you ever want to talk about it I'm here, or we can just go out and get fucked up." There's a more serious one in Ep. 4. It's a cliché word but that bromance between the two of you is always so fun because it never gets too sweet or "aw shucks"-y. Corny, I guess.
[Laughs.] There's always that element of edge to it, isn't there? And I think that you touched on it earlier. It's just lucky that it happens to be Sully that I'm working with because I think that comes out of our natural respect and banter with each other as Philip and Sully, and that translates into Scott and Stonebridge, you know? So it's nice that we don't have to really look for that. It kind of just happens.
Stonebridge has a tough time after his wife's murder. At the beginning of Ep. 3 he says, "I just want to do what I do best: soldiering." What is his state of mind at the time and he secretly wants to find Craig Hanson, right?
Yeah, absolutely. It doesn't look like Stonebridge is grieving. It looks like he's just coping. He's dealing with stuff, isn't he? He's doing it how we would expect Stonebridge to do it; he's being professional and he's being still. He's reassuring the psychiatrist and I think that obviously his motivation is, "If I can just find Hanson and encourage myself with this and then maybe I can deal with it, but my first thing is to be a guy about it and I've got to find Hanson and I've got to take him out."
That's how I kind of approach that bit. In that psych ward scene I don't think he'd grieved in the real sense of the word. He hadn't sat down with family members and friends and walked through what happened. But in his own mind, he said, "All right, I'm going to put that over here, I'm going to compartmentalize it and then I'm going to deal with what happened; I'm going to deal with who caused it and then I can move on."
Obviously, that takes us through the rest of the show is him compartmentalizing, it kind of rearing it's head, the pain, the guilt, all that stuff, and then the realization that when it does confront Hanson, what's he going to do about it.
Stonebridge has survivor guilt, guilt over killing the brother, a little bit of PTSD. Do you think that Stonebridge, who keeps things so locked in, is more messed up because of that than say Scott, who sort of physically gets rid of his demons through sex?
I absolutely agree with that. And that was one of the things we decided to do this year: Stonebridge would act out violently. He was acting out more violently; he wasn't acting out sexually like Scott does.
We were sitting down discussing fight scenes and I was like, "I'm going to use this fight as a vessel to get rid of some of that anger and some of that anxiety and that guilt." So in Episode 3, for example, when they get a hold of [Othmani] on the bus, there's that fight and he's just smashing the guy. I don't think he cares if he kills him. He's just getting rid of it, you know what I mean?
So I do absolutely think that Stonebridge uses violence and the anger that he suppresses all the time, and again, I think that's another reason why his relationship with Scott gets strained because he looks at Scott at goes, "Son of a bitch. How come your attitude and the way that you live your life—you obviously planned this out because it aids in how you deal with things. I haven't been able to do that and it's fucking me up." So it creates more tension between these two guys and ultimately creates opportunities for Scott to sit down and say, "Look, bud. You got to sort this shit out or you're going to not only end up like me but you're going to disappear."
OK, so going back to the first episode that sets up Stonebridge's season-long arc with Craig Hanson. Did Stonebridge actually have to shoot Jake Hanson in the head or could he have just shot him in the arm or the leg?
[Chuckles.] We really went over this on set and I went over it with the military guys and their training is such that you take out a threat. These guys are not police officers; they're not trained to calm the situation and keep both sides alive. Their training is to remove threats; walk in, grab the hostage, remove threat.
We talked about it in this situation was Jake has his finger on the trigger, he has another trainee in his sights—it doesn't take that much to pull that trigger and blow this guy's brains out. So the only way to deal with the situation properly and because of the years of training are you take him out. They're wearing webbing, they've got body armor on, and so it was the head shot.
And obviously, story point, we had to go there in order to kind of create this tension and create this story arc for the next 10 episodes, but there was a lot of discussion on set. Can we shoot him in the leg and then walk up to him and then he has to shoot him? We made it two shots and then it just became too convoluted and too sinister. If it was just one clean kill he gets rid of the threat, he saves the other guy's life in the process. It was a conflict in discussing that and I'm not really sure how the audience is going to take that, but obviously it puts Stonebridge in a very uncomfortable situation…
And it just continues to snowball through the rest of the season.
So with Stonebridge and Scott having a role reversal, does that mean that we'll see more Stonebridge sex scenes later this season?
[Laughs.] In a short answer—no. [Laughs.] We joke about it now because he's got like one or two every episode. But no it didn't happen. The producers brought it up to me at the end of the year again saying we like that that there's a different way that you guys deal with your stress, there's a different way you guys deal with your PTSD.
Scott has to go out and look for it in women whereas Stonebridge internalizes it a lot more. … Let me just say, I'm happy that I don't have to do the sex scenes and who knows if we go another year what the verdict's going to be on that one. [Laughs.] I'm quite happy that we leave Philip out of that. [Laughs.]
Just to get it on record definitively: Are you sure you're not jealous?
[Laughs.] Not at all.
Odd question, but I'm asking anyway: Do you have a favorite curse word or phrase?
[Laughs.] I think my personal favorite one is "bollocks." I think bollocks is a great swear word. It can be great, like "That was the bollocks," or it can be terrible: "That was bollocks," you know? I just think it's a very versatile British swear word; I think it's wonderful.
"Strike Back" takes real world situations and uses them in its stories. Mogadishu, child soldiers, dirty bombs in bodies are examples. Has doing the show made you more aware of what's going on in the world?
I'm much more up on my current events. I'm reading the paper or checking the news and also just more aware of my surroundings—especially when I'm out in public. I'm not paranoid, but I'm certainly a lot more just, like I said, just aware of what's going on when I walk into a restaurant—where I sit, where the exits are—things like that.
It was so hammered in to us in our training that by putting yourselves in certain places you have a better outcome of surviving if something happens. So, I think maybe just a little more aware of that.
Whether or not you use that in your real life or you just forget about it and go into your next role is up to you, but I think it's coming in handy and I think it's something that's always fascinated me and it's something that I have a huge respect for. And now that I've been able to kind of dip my toe into it a little bit it's something that I'd like to keep close to me for as long as I can, you know?
And just the respect for those guys—soldiers across the board, whether it's special operatives or just soldiers working on the weekend—I just have a huge respect for them and what they do and what they put themselves up against. So it's definitely changed my psyche on that.
Were surprised by the reception the show received for Season 1?
Yeah, I was absolutely surprised, and so was Sully. Last fall we were walking down the street in New York, and I think the show had just aired and they had the big posters up. … Sully noticed a couple of guys kind of stop and do a double take. Then they walked over to us and they're like, "Oh, my God. You are the guys from 'Strike Back.'" We both just assumed they worked over at HBO because we were kind of in that neighborhood. So I think we asked them, "Yeah, do you guys work at HBO?" And they're like, "No, no. We're just fans of the show." I think you just go, "Oh, that's neat. There are two people who watch the show and we happened to run into them."
Then it kept happening. It happened in Vegas, it happened back in New York again. It happened when I was out with my wife or just out with buddies. It slowly started to dawn on me that there were actually people watching the show, enjoying the show. It was a huge surprise because I've been acting professionally for about 11 or 12 years. I'm one of the fortunate ones; I've made a living as an actor that whole time. There have been slow times; I've been on network television and I've had the lead in stuff, and it just didn't land for whatever reason. So I think I probably brought that to this job, not the expectation that it wouldn't work, but the attitude that I was going to throw myself into the work, forget about the end result, and just do what I thought was right. That's exactly what happened last year. We disappeared for six months down in South Africa and then up in Budapest.
We were having a good time, we got a good grasp of the characters, but we didn't really know what the reply was going to be from the public until we got to New York and started to hear [it]. There was a little ground swell and we started going, "Hang on a second. People are talking about the show. People dig the show." I think the big help was Cinemax and HBO really put their money where their mouths were and they stuck billboards up in New York and Los Angeles. They put us on the front of buses and phone booths. They really did the groundwork as well, so all that stuff helped.
Heck yeah, I was surprised. … It really caught me off guard when people started saying, "Dude, you guys have a great show."
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Wabash College graduated 203 men during Commencement Sunday, May 14. The Class of 2006 graduated in Chadwick Court when weather forced the ceremonies inside. One of the ceremony's many highlights was the conferring of three honorary degrees, including a surprise one for President Andrew Ford. (See a complete list of 2006 graduates here.)
As is the long-standing Wabash tradition, two students are selected to deliver the Commencement address. Tim Flowers, Cicero, In., titled his speech "Strength" and challenged his classmates to find vulnerability which would allow them to grow as individuals. (Click here for Photo Album 1 and here for Photo Album II.)
"We are taught to think critically, and that obligation applies to days of celebration just as readily as days of gloom," the 2005 Truman Scholar said. "Today, on a day typically reserved for challenges of great magnitude, I use a unique challenge of my own. Be vulnerable, class of 2006, for strength breeds immutability; and weakness permits growth. Wabash should always fight, but it should fight against forces of strength that threaten to undermine a liberally educated mind."
Flowers is a French and political science major. Active in student journalism throughout his time at Wabash, Flowers served as editor-in-chief of The Bachelor, Legalis, and The Wabash, and was chairman of the Board of Publications. He received the Robert S. Harvey Journalism and the Jim Leas Outstanding Student-in-Journalism awards in his junior year. A member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, he served in Student Senate and received the Lewis Salter Memorial Award, the Waldo Stephens Scholarship, the George A. Lipsky Award in Political Science, and the Joseph Daniels Award in the Philosophy of Law. He is the son of Charles and Loralynn Flowers.
Chris Ogden spoke about "Wabash, its Traditions, and the Next Generation of Heroes." Ogden talked about the challenges of Wabash College.
"One thing I'm absolutely sure of is that this school challenges people," he said. "It gives us challenges that push us to our limit and even makes us question if we have what it takes. Some of the time, things go wrong, and we don't meet a challenge. But a lot of the time we succeed. We rise up, surprising even ourselves, and accomplish something we would never have imagined. It is these special, and in a way, defining moments, that teach us why we should always fight."
"Our Wabash education gives us a responsibility to care and to participate in the issues of the world. We have learned to think for ourselves, to debate, to speak our minds, and to act. I believe our success comes down to how we approach life and the simple choices we make. We can choose to have an opinion on the issues. We can choose to live humanely. We can choose to love our families with all of our hearts. We can choose to touch lives of the people around us. We can choose to live life with enthusiasm. And we can choose to hope and believe that we can make the world a better place. We can make these choices. And these choices should be how we define success and measure a Wabash hero. We can all be Wabash heroes. It is a choice we make."
Ogden is an economics major from Schererville, Indiana. A four-year member of the Wabash College football team and winner of its Scholar Athlete Award, Ogden is also a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He received distinction on his comprehensive examinations and was inducted in the Wabash chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. While at Wabash, he received the Senior Award of Merit, the Wall Street Journal Award, the Warren Wright Schearer Award in Economics, the Dean Stephens Award, and Scholar Athlete Award from the Indianapolis Association of Wabash Men. He is the son of Kevin and Noreen Ogden.
After President Ford conferred honorary degrees on Bruce R. Baker and Alexander A. Miller the Class of 2006, the Board of Trustees had a surprise for the retiring President. Clearly caught off-guard, Ford watched as Dean Raymond Williams read a citation and the College bestowed an honorary degree on the College's 14th President.
Baker was graduated from Wabash in 1965 and later did his graduate work at Middlebury College, Indiana University, and the University of Paris. He has spent his life as teacher, innovator, and entrepreneur. He has taught at Saint Francis College and Frostburg State College, and is currently an adjunct member of the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. Drawing from the Latin and Greek he learned while at Wabash, Baker developed technology that allows severely, physically disabled people to communicate effectively. Using ancient hieroglyphics as his model, his Minspeak device turns pictures into words, which has allowed thousands of previously speechless people the world over to communicate. His firm, Semantic Compaction Systems, has developed Minspeak for use in nine languages with Asian languages currently in Development. He also founded and funded a non-profit corporation that studies employment issues for people with significant physical impairments. Baker also has been generous to his alma mater, establishing the David O. Justice Chair in Economics in the Campaign for Leadership.
Miller was graduated from Wabash in 1971 and joined the United States Navy. Over the last 35 years, Miller has kept the Navy on the cutting edge of modern technology in signal intelligence, targeting US enemies' communications and radar signals. He served on four submarine deployments in the Western Pacific Ocean; was the commanding officer of the Naval Security Group Activity in Athens, Greece; and commanded 650 Sailors and Marines performing signals intelligence in the Northeast Pacific. He served as Chief of Staff to the Director of the National Security Agency, leading the transformation NSA's National Cryptologic Systems, and eventually earned the rank of Rear Admiral. He has earned master's degrees from the University of Oklahoma and Georgetown University, and attended Harvard University as a Senior Executive Fellow. The United States Navy has awarded Admiral Miller the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Meritorious Service Medal with three Gold Stars, and the Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Star, among others.


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"Family Guy" has never been a show to let tact stand in the way of a joke. From making a song about Down syndrome babies, to likening supporters of John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign to Nazis, there's almost no button the show won't press.
But it appears that Fox hit its own panic button to prevent a potentially controversial episode of the show from hitting the air last season.
In the never before seen "Partial Terms of Endearment, Lois Griffin debates whether or not she should she should abort a child she's carrying as a surrogate for a couple who are killed in a car crash. The episode will see the light of day when it gets a DVD release this September, according to Entertainment Weekly.
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The cast of the show actually did a live reading of the episode last August before members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and selected press.
The abortion episode was not the first one that Fox shelved due to fear of upsetting potential advertisers. In 2000, the network declined to air "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein," an episode when family patriarch Peter Griffin decides he wants to convert to Judaism after making a Jewish friend. That episode also received release on DVD and eventually was shown on-air.


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The woman in town for the frozen foods convention sure sounded a lot like Jewel. Then "Karen" returned without the fake nose, glasses and buttocks padding.
It really was Jewel.
As part of a piece (posted below) for Funny or Die, the comedy video website co-founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, the real Jewel and her "business associates" went undercover -- laminated convention credentials included -- at a Santa Monica karaoke bar on a recent Monday night.
"They were taking their karaoke very seriously," Jewel, whose full name is Jewel Kilcher, said of the crowd at the Gas Lite on Wilshire. "We really stood out."
She took the Gas Lite stage June 28 as "Karen" in a business suit. Jaws dropped and a "Karen, Karen, Karen" chant began after perfect performances of "Who Will Save Your Soul" and "Foolish Games."
Gas Lite patrons were let in on the joke later that night, but not before Funny or Die asked for their thoughts on Karen's performance.
"They tell me she only sings at Christmas parties," one woman said.
"Every person was like, 'Wow, that person's really good. She shouldn't be here,'" said another.
"At first, I said, 'She's kind of homely looking,'" said a cringing man. "Then when she started singing, she was so sexy how she was dancing."
One person referred to "Karen" as "an American Susan Boyle."
Jewel then returned to perform a few more songs, this time without the disguise.
"It's neat that I wrote a song when I was 18, and here we are years later in a karaoke bar and everybody's singing it," she said. "It was really sweet."
The Associated Press reported that Jewel said she'll be part of another Funny or Die piece that involves Sarah Palin. A site spokeswoman said the video will be released next week.
"She Sounds Like Jewel"
Jewel goes undercover at a Santa Monica karaoke bar
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60-70 days. You may have seen canary melons in the grocery store and wondered what they taste like. Popular in Asia and Europe, these bright yellow melons have a smooth rind that protects the sweet, pale green to white flesh. Tweety is an early maturing canary melon that produces 4 to 6 lb. juicy, crisp fruits; the sweet flavor has undertones of cantaloupe and tropical fruit. Stores well after harvest. Disease resistant.
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When to sow outside: RECOMMENDED. 1 to 2 weeks after average last frost, and when soil temperature is above 70°F. Optimal soil temperature for germination is 75°-90°F.
When to start inside: Not recommended. 2 to 4 weeks before average last frost. Melon seedlings don't transplant well; if started indoors, use individual pots such as paper or pulp pots that can be planted directly into the ground.
Harvesting: Harvesting at the right time is very important with melons. Fruits should be picked when fully ripe. Commercial growers harvest before melons are ripe, forcing them to ripen off the vine. However, the last few days of ripening on the vine put a lot of sugars into the melon; bottom line is that melons taste significantly better when vine ripened. How do you know when melons are ripe? Canary melons should be firm, smooth to the touch, and have bright yellow color with no hint of green. The stem area should be slightly soft, and fruit will have a delicate scent. Fruits may ripen off the vine a little, but never develop peak flavor if harvested too early.
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VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier Christy Clark repeated her promise of a balanced budget Wednesday, less than a month before her government tables a fiscal plan that is expected to have a thin surplus.
The Liberal premier staked her re-election last year in part on keeping the province's books balanced, and she told a business audience in Prince George she and her finance minister will keep that promise.
"We have balanced our budget, and in February, Mike de Jong, our finance minister, is going to introduced the second-consecutive balanced budget here in British Columbia," Clark said during a speech to the Premier's B.C. Natural Resource Forum.
The Liberal government is scheduled to table its provincial budget on Feb. 18.
The province's previous budget for 2013-2014 marked the end of several years of deficits. A pre-election version of the budget originally included a surplus for 2013-14 of $197 million, though that was cut to $153 million when it was updated in June.
Late last year, de Jong said the government was on track to deliver a budget for 2014-2015 that included a surplus of $165 million.
However, at the same time he acknowledged the government's jobs plan was sputtering, and people were leaving B.C. in search of full-time work.
The Opposition NDP have said B.C. has lost thousands of private-sector jobs since the government launched its jobs plan more than two years ago, with more than 14,000 British Columbians moving to Alberta to look for work.
On Wednesday, Clark insisted the forthcoming budget will show the government is controlling spending while embracing a growing resource sector that has the power to turn B.C. into the fastest growing and cleanest economy in Canada.
She said B.C.'s resource sector — propelled by growth in mining, forestry and natural gas development — has bounced back after the global meltdown six years ago.
She said resource development, which includes exporting liquefied natural gas to Asia, developing new mines and building the proposed Site C hydroelectric dam, represents an opportunity to ensure B.C.'s place as an economic powerhouse in Canada, while providing continued support for education, health care and social services and public infrastructure.
"We have a choice as a generation: do we grow so that we can maintain those institutions that our forebears built," Clark said.
"Do we grow or do we manage decline? Do we watch those institutions crumble because we can no longer afford to look after them? I say we grow. I believe we have to grasp this opportunity to make our economy bigger."
Clark said her resource-development vision includes environmental leadership and inclusion for First Nations.
"Too many First Nations communities have been left out of economic growth for far too long," she said. "It's a tragedy. I agree, let's bring them inside the tent."
Earlier this week, the Wet'suwet'un First Nation of north-central B.C. said the Clark government was moving too slowly when it comes to consulting with First Nations about proposed liquefied natural gas developments on their territories. Wet'suwet'un Chief Karen Ogen said in a letter to Clark the government should be consulting First Nations about the developments, including revenue sharing.
Clark said her Liberals were re-elected last May with a mandate to grasp resource opportunities that could open huge trade opportunities in Asian markets while remaining environmental leaders.
"On May 14, British Columbians were confronted with a question, and the question was: do you want to grow the economy or do you want to make a different choice and manage decline?"
Clark's Liberals won re-election last May despite opinion polls that had predicted a divisive win for the New Democrats.


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The Gluten Free Society is launching an awareness campaign. Currently, there are over twelve million websites dedicated to the topic of gluten contamination in relation to vitamin and mineral supplements. In an effort to educate all Americans on the importance of reading labels, especially when it comes to vitamins and minerals, the Gluten Free Society has dedicated a page of its website to the issue.
"Multiple studies have shown the relationship between vitamin and mineral deficiencies and gluten intolerance and celiac disease. It is well established that damage to the intestinal cells can lead to malabsorption and poor digestion," says Dr. Peter Osborne of the Gluten Free Society. "I decided to dedicate a page on the society's website to this issue because most people don't realize vitamin and mineral supplements contain fillers. One in 133 Americans have Celiac disease. Since people don't associate vitamins as potentially harmful, gluten contaminated supplements can really do damage to a person's health!"
The Gluten Free Society's page offers an informative synopsis of the major product label terms concealing what really is gluten. Access to the website is 100% free and confidential. Celiac disease can lead to a number of other disorders including infertility, reduced bone density, neurological disorders, some cancers, and other autoimmune diseases. The Gluten Free Society's awareness campaign is meant to inform consumers on the issue of gluten contamination, how to read labels, and also to provide social media sharing tools.
The Gluten Free Society lends its support to research endeavors revolving around grains, gluten, lectins, and other compounds within grain that may harm human health. The organization provides an ongoing analysis and commentary of research performed in the field of food sensitivity/intolerance. Members of the media can contact Helene Vece of JumpStart Ink and Media Manager for the Gluten Free Society to request an interview with Dr. Peter Osborne.
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At times, the holiday season can be detrimental to your health. However, there are a number of measures that you can take that will help prevent this from happening.
At times, the holiday season can be detrimental to your health. However, there are a number of measures that you can take that will help prevent this from happening.
First, accept the fact that you will not be able to accomplish everything that you have planned. So relax, because even if you don't complete your ``to do'' list, everything usually works out all right and it won't make any difference.
Don't fantasize that all will be wonderful and everybody will get along and have a fantastic time, because, most of the time, this does not happen.
So don't feel depressed if things don't go the way you wanted them to. You expected more and got less. But remember, expectations are rarely fulfilled.
Today, it can be stressful just doing routine activities. So it is only natural that during the holidays when you have to accomplish a great deal more, it will be even more anxiety-provoking.
There is another issue that needs to be addressed: The holidays are the time when the parent's sacred home is invaded by family members of all ages. This results in some drastic changes in their daily routines.
Their snug nest is overrun by their dear children and grandchildren. Now their previously peaceful and tranquil home is transformed from a sea of equanimity into a sea of confusion, clutter and chaos.
But hang in there because their visitation rights are limited. And soon, after everyone departs, you will have more than enough time to return to your usual mundane and sedate life.
Yes, the holiday season is an exciting and busy time. But when they are over be prepared to accept a void in your life.
You many feel sad and even lonely. In spite of how your life was disrupted, you miss being with your family members and friends.
And, as always, remember the big picture and what is really important.
The gifts and food that require all of the work and produce the most stress are really just icing on the holiday cake.
What is really important is enjoying and appreciating the time spent together with family and friends.Happy and healthy holidays.
Dr. Murray Feingold is the physician in chief of the National Birth Defects Center, medical editor of WBZ-TV and WBZ radio in Boston, and president of the Genesis Fund. The Genesis Fund is a nonprofit organization that funds the care of children born with birth defects, mental retardation and genetic diseases.


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Vice President Joe Biden is calling advertising released by Republican Mitt Romney "an outrageous lie" for asserting that automakers General Motors and Chrysler are adding jobs in China at the expense of workers in Ohio.
Biden says in Florida that Romney is "trying to scare the living devil" out of people who have been hurt by the loss of auto jobs in the past.
The ads are airing in Toledo, Ohio, the home of a Jeep plant run by Chrysler. Chrysler and GM officials have disputed the ads, calling them inaccurate.
President Barack Obama and Biden have touted their rescue of the two auto giants in 2009. The companies received billions of dollars from the government to go through bankruptcy and have recovered since the bailout, adding thousands of jobs.


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The P.A.B. Widener European Fellowship was first announced at the Spring 1899 commencement ceremony for the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (PSDW). Peter Arrell Brown Widener was a successful businessman who invested in public transportation. He was a founding partner of the Philadelphia Traction Company and later was a principle organizer of U.S. Steel and the American Tobacco Company. He served as the Philadelphia City Treasurer and sponsored a number of philanthropic enterprises in the Philadelphia area. His fellowship at PSDW was one of the first created specifically to fund one year of study abroad for industrial design.
Shortly after the announcement of the Widener European Fellowship, William L. Elkins, a friend, and business partner of Widener provided funds for the creation of the William L. Elkins European Fellowship for Achievement in Art. Elkins invested in the oil industry, owning several refineries in Philadelphia. Later he formed a partnership with Standard Oil and was the Director of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company. Unlike the Widener Fellowship, the Elkins scholarship was for students of the "normal" fine arts course, which was intended to train high school graduates to become art teachers.
In 1900 the Philadelphia School of Design for Women presented a graduating class of eight students. Among them, two women distinguished themselves through their artistic achievement to become the first recipients of fellowships to travel abroad.
Mary S. Braid (1880-1955), of Philadelphia received the Widener European Fellowship. She first traveled to Paris, visiting the Exposition Universelle for sketches and inspiration. She then traveled to London where she studied with Lewis F. Day, a well-known decorative artist. Upon her return to Philadelphia, Braid worked as an assistant instructor at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women in the watercolor department. She had a successful career as a textile designer at Joseph Bromley's lace factory and eventually led the Technical and Decorative Design Class A course at the PSDW under her married name, Mary Braid Hartman, and continued to teach at PSDW as the head of the Design Department until 1947. She was an active member of the Alumnae Association for many years. After she retired she and her husband moved to Cape May, New Jersey.
Lillian M. Genth (1876-1953), also of Philadelphia, received the Elkins European Fellowship, which she used to travel to Paris. There she studied with famous artists James Whistler and Jean-Joseph Constant. After Paris, Genth traveled to Rome, Florence, and Venice to continue her art studies. When Genth returned from Europe she exhibited widely at numerous venues, including the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she won the Mary Smith prize in 1904. Although she is best remembered for her female nude paintings, Genth gave up the subject entirely to focus on portraits later in her career. Her works are held by many galleries and museums across the country, including the Metropolitan Museum in New York City and the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.