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New Delhi: Industrialist B.K. Modi says that Buddha is a global subject which is not just confined to India.
Produced under Modi`s banner, Spice Global, teleseries 'Buddha', which captures Buddha`s journey, went on air Sep 8 on Zee TV.
He says that Buddha is a source of inspiration for millions of people around at the world.
"Buddha has been a source of inspiration for millions of people across the globe. It`s not just in India. Many international projects have been made on Buddha. So, it`s a global subject now," Modi said at a press conference here Thursday.
"In every house across the world there is a Buddha that is born. In every youth there is a Buddha. He stood against his father`s wishes and made his own choices, so there is a Buddha in each one of us," he added.
"Buddha" was earlier supposed to be a film, but later it was decided to bring it on the small screen as a teleseries.
"There are so many facts about Buddha`s life that one couldn`t have presented it in a two-three hour movie. Each episode of the show is like a mini film and it will bring across the life of Buddha to the viewers in a beautiful way," Modi said.
"By showing it episode by episode I think we will be able to do justice to Buddha`s charater," he added.
The upcoming episodes will show a grown-up Prince Siddharth and also his love story with Yashodhara.
Modi was here to introduce the actor who will essay the lead role in the show. Newcomer Himanshu Soni has bagged the role and Modi congratulated him for the effort he has put in to make his character look real.
"I want to congratulate Himanshu for the efforts he has put in the character. He has gone through a vigorous training, learning Buddha`s preachings, martial arts. I see a changed man in him now," he said.
2010 Miss India finalist, Kajal Jain, will be seen as Siddharth`s love interest.


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Albatross, 62, hatches chick
She is described as awesome. And wonderful. And maybe a little weird. She is the world's oldest known living wild bird at age 62, and she has given birth to a healthy chick.
It's pretty amazing that Wisdom, named by scientists who stuck a tag on her ankle years ago, has lived this long. The average Laysan albatross dies at less than half her age. Scientists thought that, like other birds, albatross females became infertile late in life and carried on without producing chicks.
Wisdom edged out the second-oldest-known albatross to give birth, a 61-year-old named Grandma, of the Northern Royal species.
However, Grandma hasn't been seen at her nesting ground at Taiaroa Head, New Zealand, in three years and is presumed dead.
But Wisdom, who hatched the chick at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday (local time), defies comparison. Her feat could prompt scientists to chuck some of their early theories about the bird out the door.
Wisdom has raised chicks five times since 2006, and as many as 35 in her lifetime. Just as astonishing, she has likely flown up to 5 million kilometres since she was first tagged at the Midway Atoll at the end of the Hawaiian Island chain in 1956, according to scientists who have tracked her at the US Geological Survey. That's "4 to 6 trips from the Earth to the Moon and back again with plenty of miles to spare," the USGS said in an enthusiastic announcement on Tuesday (local time).
"It blows us away that this is a 62-year-old bird and she keeps laying eggs and raising chicks," said Bruce Peterjohn, chief of the Bird Banding Laboratory at the USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Laurel.
"We know that birds will eventually stop reproducing, when they're too old to breed anymore," he said. "The assumption about albatross is it will happen to them, too. But we don't know where that line is. That in and of itself is pretty amazing."
Wisdom's advanced-age delivery not only could help scientists understand more about the albatross, but also more about the health of the oceans.
"These birds are emblematic of the health of the ocean and the health of that ecosystem," Peterjohn said. "It has to be healthy for them to live long."
But the USGS and other organisations that study albatrosses must first untangle some shortcomings in the research. Scientists say past methods of data collection have been a little shaky.
Thousands of Laysan and other species of albatross have been banded since 1956, when scientists started studying them at the atoll to determine why so many were striking Navy aircraft, killing the birds and damaging the machines.
The tracking bands, also called tags, weren't all that reliable. They generally fall off after 20 years, sometimes before being replaced. Wisdom went through six, which were replaced before she lost them.
As far as Peterjohn and other scientists know, "half the birds could be 60 years old," he said. "These birds could be much older than we think."
Nineteen of 21 albatross species are threatened with extinction, and their demise might be linked directly to humans. Long-line fishing has depleted their numbers. Fishermen throw bait in the ocean to lure fish, but they also lure albatrosses that get hooked and drown when they squat on the water to eat.
The birds also swallow marine debris. An estimated five tons of plastic are unknowingly fed to albatross chicks each year by their parents, the USGS said.
This might not kill the chicks quickly, but it restricts their food intake, leading to dehydration. Also, the birds are threatened by invasive species, such as rats and wild cats, that prey on eggs, chicks and nesting adults.
Albatrosses aren't the world's largest birds, or the oldest - parrots in captivity have lived to age 80, Peterjohn said. But they are stunning, easily the largest sea bird, with wingspans as wide as eight feet, "like a sea gull on steroids," Peterjohn said.
They're the oldest-known bird in the wild.
Albatrosses mate for life, suggesting that Wisdom probably had to find a new, younger mate maybe twice down the line. They work at a relationship, first by getting their groove on. "They dance together," said Chandler Robbins, a retired senior scientist at USGS.
The birds face each other - eye to eye, beak to beak - and do a two-step, up and down, stretching their long wings wide and craning their necks.
Robbins is part of the twist in Wisdom's story that makes it even more remarkable. He was in his 40s when he clasped that first aluminum band around Wisdom's ankle in 1956.
Still working at age 81, he returned to the atoll in 2001 and, amid the thousands of albatrosses that nest there, picked up a bird with a tag that traced all the way back to one with a signature he recognised - his own.
That's when scientists got excited and gave Wisdom her name, estimating her age at 49. But she could be several years older.
The tangled record-keeping that frustrates scientists has kept Robbins going at age 94.
"I'm trying to straighten out the record," he said. "It takes a lot."
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The Cal State San Bernardino basketball teams each have one more test before they swing back into CCAA play and those will come Tuesday night as the men host Vanguard at 7:30 p.m. The women's game against St. Martin's (Wash.) will kick things off at 5:30 p.m.
The Coyotes now have their entire team eligible and they need a good, steady effort to take some momentum into the break.
This team plays hard. It hustles from start to finish. Players dive for loose balls, crash the boards for rebounds. Play isn't always pretty or perfectly executed but these young men seem to work well as a team instead of as individual players with their own agendas. That will go a long way.
That has made the first couple of months all the more enjoyable for coach Jeff Oliver and associate head coach Paul Trevor. Last year was the polar opposite.
Point guard Corey Gaston is every bit as exciting as teammate Bryan LeDuc made him out to be even before the first game started. He was a little erratic in his first game but he had to be a little nervous. He will be better this time around.
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Service in a Suitcase
Top HeadlinesDate: February 10, 2009
"Seek Knowledge. Affirm Faith. Change the World." A Christian perspective for affecting positive change in the world is a big reason why many students come to study at Andrews University. Over the last couple of years, the Andrews University Department of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences (CLS) has become especially dedicated to this credo by focusing their students' career plans toward mission-oriented service.
Marcia Kilsby, associate professor of clinical laboratory sciences and department chair, expressed concern with past trends indicating CLS students were unlikely to return to their home countries after completing their education to work in the developing world. "For years I have been frustrated. My faculty were frustrated," she says. "We've had students graduate from 64 different birth countries over the past 20 years, but we've only had a few return home to work in a developing country. We want to keep a sense of mission before our students."
Another frustration has been the lack of usable laboratory equipment for students who do go on short-term mission trips. "Our CLS students are going out and they're doing blood pressures; they're pulling teeth; they're fitting eyeglasses; but there [hasn't been] a lab for them to go to do the testing they know how to do because there was no lab there," Kilsby says.
Then, CLS faculty learned about International Aid's Lab-In-A-Suitcase®: portable laboratory capable of diagnostic testing, all run from a battery unit. The battery can either be recharged by electricity or a solar panel. All contained within the space of a suitcase, it seemed like the perfect solution. Kilsby contacted International Aid and they realized the department's goals were in line with their organization's mission. As a result, she along with Richard Show, associate professor of clinical laboratory science, were invited to sit on International Aid's international advisory board. Kilsby and Show have worked with the organization to improve the Lab-In-A-Suitcase® equipment.
Andrews University students have assisted as well. Two years ago, CLS students were assigned the task of identifying the key diseases in each country of the world and to determine whether or not LIS could support the testing to diagnose those diseases. Following that research, Kilsby wrote a letter to International Aid recommending equipment improvements. Changes were made to Lab-In-A-Suitcase®, altering the contents of the portable laboratory. Andrews CLS faculty took on the task of rewriting the laboratory's old manual to relate to the new contents.
In order to keep the new manual usable on an international level, CLS had to tap into one of Andrews University's strongest assets—diversity. The department didn't have to look far.
"In our CLS senior class from last year, I had students who collectively spoke 21 languages. And I said, 'Okay: it's time for you with your red pens. I want you to rip the manual draft apart. I want you to edit it. Is there jargon in there? If it was translated into your language, would it come across in a strange way? What would make this as user-friendly as possible in as many cultures and languages as possible?'" says Kilsby. "The support of the students and the activity of the faculty: those two things together came together to produce a very nice, quality manual to accompany the Lab in a Suitcase."
In October 2008, Kilsby went to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and presented a week-long training session on use of Lab-In-A-Suitcase® to the laboratory personal of four hospitals. There she was able to see and experience the results of the department's faculty and student's commitment and work on the Lab-In-A-Suitcase®. She says, "Diagnostic testing is vital to providing quality healthcare. It has been a privilege for the Department of Clinical Laboratory Science to be engaged in work that can help save lives and improve quality of life."
Currently, Andrews University CLS seniors are aiding the faculty in the effort to have Lab-In-A-Suitcase® receive endorsement from the World Health Organization.
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When Murray Foster could no longer "be bothered with the politics and pressure" of working for a vendor in Wellington, his answer was a simpler life in the country.
Foster, originally from Gisborne, settled in Thames a year ago, where he is now IS manager for Thames-Coromandel District Council.
Peter Mayle's book A Year in Provence inspired Wellington-based Kirsty Martin to seek a more enriching life. She found it in Queenstown after touring New Zealand on a motorbike.
The two are part of a growing band of IT leaders who are eschewing the city for the 'lifestyle' or 'seachange' centres of New Zealand.
High housing costs, long daily traffic jams, or maybe just a feeling of living to work rather than working to live are leading IT executives to reconsider their career options.
While some may feel they are getting out of the 'rat race', others say equally challenging work can be found in provincial New Zealand, and they need not suffer financially.
Indeed, IT executives tell MIS their salaries go further, so a lifestyle block with animals is possible, and they can actively engage in sports like surfing, hunting, fishing, tramping and boating.
But the country life can present a new set of challenges, from having to work on a wider role, to isolation from other IT leaders, industry trends and training.
What matters most
For Foster, it is simply understanding what are your priorities in both career and personal life. The IS manager of the Thames-Coromandel District Council (TCDC) worked previously at Unisys, where he built up an application support service, employing 140 staff. When he first considered the TCDC job, he felt the pay was too little, and accepted another position in a Wellington business.
There, he discovered, "the job was killing me and it made me rethink why I was there".
By then, TCDC offered a raise from his previous salary to help fill the vacancy, so Foster went to Thames. But despite what he says was a "significant drop" in salary, the 42-year-old still believes the move is "the best thing I have ever made".
"You have to understand what you want out of life. You are giving up the energy and good stress. I (now) work eight to five, I can go home for lunch or be by the beach. I have a lifestyle block and enjoy swimming and fishing.
"For a long time, you end up comparing salaries and it takes a while to come to grips that you have taken a step down, from handling multimillion dollar budgets to the constrained budgets of local authorities and we are watched very closely. It is very constraining at first but after a while you sink into it," he says.
Foster says country employers use "lifestyle" to their advantage, but TCDC accepts if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. His role is now more strategic and the council now pays more and recruits higher calibre people.
"You (also) rely on yourself more and there's nowhere to hide if it goes wrong," he says.
The upside? He no longer lays awake worrying about the next deal and writing RFIPs late at night.
Big fish - little pond
After 11 years, Kirsty Martin "absolutely loves" Queenstown, where she is MIS manager at Queenstown-Lakes District Council. "It's a very vibrant and exciting town. We have taken to resort town life very easily - we enjoy mountain biking, some four-wheel driving and travelling. We enjoy the café and bar culture here," says Martin.
She reckons the work is better too. There is, she says, "the chance to be a big fish in a little pond, the ability to see the results of changes you make and not be buried in big bureaucracy, the opportunity to make those changes, the chance to try your hand at anything".
Pay is less because her role could easily be filled, but council salaries also reflect national guidelines. However, exploding housing and other costs often makes it hard for some incomers, who often leave if their partners cannot find work.
"(However) our success has been able to achieve that work/life balance," she says.
Queenstown firms typically outsource their IT work or it is handled by head office in the city, but Martin believes she must cover more ground than she would otherwise. "We get to exercise our creative and innovative talents, as we can't drive across town to the local branch of Unisys or whoever for support. We need to be ready to cope for a few days on our own in case of disaster."
Suppliers also fail to realise that same day support may be impossible, particularly with Queenstown being six hours away by car from Christchurch. Training costs are also higher because travel to larger cities may be necessary.
But "the internet is fantastic and a lifesaver", says Martin. It helps her keep in touch with other IT leaders, adding emerging technologies, like broadband or GIS mapping, are often adopted early to overcome isolation. "In this regard, we are driven to keep certain skills up to date as much as anyone else."
For Mark Lovell, now network administrator at Real Journeys, Te Anau just "felt right". "Looking around at the lakes, bush and mountains, it was just breathtaking scenery, and the township had everything we need," says Lovell. Well, everything except work, a cinema and a good curry house. But Lovell found a job in the town with one of the country's largest tourism operators - and recently a cinema opened!
Lovell is "happy to accept less money to work here", so after selling his Christchurch house, he is now building a home on a newly-purchased section.
His role is more varied, covering "top level IT decision-making, right through to end user support".
Computerland in Invercargill helps with server support and procurement issues, and its regular BizGo seminars keep him up-to-date on industry issues.
Country life also means more community-related activities such as a big role in the local shooting club, plus hunting and tramping pursuits, adds Lovell.
Tramping and a better work-balance also brought UK-born Andrew Dean from Auckland to Nelson in 1988. Previously with Air New Zealand, Dean says he is likely to stay in Nelson, where he is Sealord's IS manager.
"Outdoor pursuits are excellent. No traffic, a quick trip to and from work, excellent cafes, restaurants and wineries," he continues.
In a smaller centre, Dean says it is easy to operate as a leader (there is less competition), there is a better home/work life balance, plus more varied IT work. But, he points out, there is less access to industry events and fewer job opportunities.
Harry Barber, now CIO of Gisborne District Health Board, left Dunedin in 1984 in search of "a warmer climate".
Barber lauds Gisborne's small, seaside setting. He says the burgeoning café scene, increasingly sophisticated lifestyle, great beaches, fantastic sports make it an attractive place to live - and work.
"Smaller rural places probably don't pay as much as Auckland but offsetting that is the cost of living. The big differential is house prices, lower transport costs and general prices. Living standards are better than Auckland, you can have a better quality of life," he says.
Again, isolation is a challenge, with industry events usually filling a whole day and as a smaller employer, the DHB or Gisborne may lack specialist skills.
"When you are a smaller entity, you don't have as many staff and you have to cover the same bases. You get spread thinner and it is difficult to keep the breadth of knowledge up. You cannot cover all the bases, so we need to go outside," he explains.
Nonetheless, with a better work-life balance and "healthy" lifestyle, Barber now considers Gisborne "home".
The employer's role
The IT executives also credit their employers for ensuring their jobs offer enough challenges and opportunities for further training so they would not want to leave.
Jill Alexander, national IT manager at Cadbury, says her job is so coveted it keeps her on her toes.
Alexander left Palmerston North for Dunedin 23 years ago, aiming to "endure" just a couple of years. She joined the confectionary firm in an IT support role 18 years ago. "I'm still learning and challenged regularly. I don't feel at all 'stale' in my role."
Isolation restricts travel for learning and industry events, but Dunedin still has its compensations.
"There's lots of sports on offer very close to hand. The ski slopes regularly beckon in winter, we're blessed with some great lakes and I try to spend time on the water sailing," Alexander adds.
Steve Johansen, CIO of the Port of Napier "hates" the isolation from an international airport, but says his job and the lifestyle keep him in Hawkes Bay.
Johansen says his role is broad, including project management and wider business responsibility, such as running a port expansion, which means a salary "people in Auckland will die for".
"Perhaps a tour of duty in the provinces is not such a bad thing after all," he adds.
However, not everyone appreciates the country life, a factor behind Zespri struggling to find workers and a CIO upon transferring operations from Auckland to Tauranga in 2002.
Former CIO Graham Coles, now living in Queensland, blamed the problem on staff not wanting to move families and a perceived lack of opportunities in the Bay of Plenty.
Cole's effective successor, Zespri's group financial and systems controller, Mervyn Dallas, was attracted though, to the Tauranga lifestyle after similar roles at Sky City Adelaide and Sky City Auckland.
"The Bay of Plenty is a great place to bring up children. I certainly take much advantage of the country life, such as fishing and other watersports, mountain biking," says Dallas.
The former Northlander, from Paparoa, owns a lifestyle block 30 kilometres away from work and while such a home may have been possible near Auckland, it would have meant an hour-plus commute, instead of just 20 to 25 minutes.
However, Tauranga has similar downsides to other lifestyle centres, such as fewer other IT executives and lower pay. There are also less training and vendor support functions, so key services often must be imported from Auckland.
"I am very lucky in having the lifestyle for family but also the challenge of leading an IS function at an international organisation," Dallas adds.
No vacancies
Overall, recruiters concur with the points raised by the IT executives. Ben Pearson of QIDR Recruitment says country CIOs are rare and are more likely IS or IT managers with a more strategic role, working for smaller organisations.
Pearson, who used to be based in Wellington with Hudson Recruitment, now works from home in Nelson.
CIOs in smaller centres may feel isolated, he says. They also have concerns about the relevancy of their skills and experience should they wish to return to the city. However, most make the change for lifestyle reasons and see the role as a long-term change, so country vacancies are scarce.
Remuneration is lower in the provinces, but closer to city levels than expected as employers increasingly accept skill shortages. IT leaders also accept certain areas like Northland and New Plymouth offer a very favourable standard of living, he says.
Grant Burley, absoluteIT director, says his agency has no trouble attracting IT leaders to places like New Plymouth because of a lower cost of living. He cites the experiences of IT executives who have returned from overseas work and are now living in lifestyle areas. They work as consultants to city firms, earning "good money while keeping in touch with the rest of the industry".
Richard Manthel, managing director of Robert Walters, confirms little difference between city and country salaries. "These roles require talented individuals and are generally difficult to fill due to most, if not all CIOs, having to relocate family to take up the position and effectively put their lives on hold for the duration of the tenure," he says.
Thus, if the country life beckons, what should you do? Here are some pragmatic pointers from those who have been there.
"Don't have high expectations of traditional career paths or pay packets. Be willing to be flexible and self-sufficient, be ready for anything. Do not expect a huge support structure and learn to slow down," advises Martin.
"You have to be sure what you want. It is harder to get out of than into. If you are still hungry and chomping at the bit to conquer the world, (then the country is) not for you," says Foster.


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Captain Dee Ann Guetter (Stalvey), a 2002 graduate of Wabasso High School, is taking a break from defusing bombs to teaching robotics to soldiers, and wouldn't miss it for the world.
After nine years in the Army, Captain Dee Ann Guetter (Stalvey) is being reassigned to the same base at which she did her basic training: Ft. Leonard Wood, WI. There, she will be assuming a teaching role, a new area for her.
"It's a different aspect. I've never really taught before," Capt. Guetter said. "I'm looking forward to learning something new. It's exciting to get to know soldiers from all over. I can impart what I know, but they can also impart what they know to me, too."
"I will be training soldiers who want to learn more about the robots we use in the military," she said. "I would be in charge of the soldiers in that part of the school."
Guetter is looking to be the head of the Robotics Department the next two to three years at Ft. Leonard, as the Army wants soldiers to be on base for about three years before being permanently assigned elsewhere.
Prior to this new assignment, Capt. Guetter was a commander at the Ft. Stewart, Georgia.
"I had 61 soldiers under me," she explained, "but my company was only supposed to be 44."
"There really isn't a place for EOD, other than command, there," she said. "And, they want to rotate command so everybody gets the experience. EOD is a very small command and there are only companies at Georgia. When my time was up, I had to either go to another company or go to another post. I said 'Send me to another post.' So, they reassigned me to Ft. Leonard Wood."
In the process of becoming a captain, Guetter did two overseas tours with her EOD unit. She explained that EOD stood for Explosive Ordinance Disposal. The first was as a Platoon Leader, where she got her EOD experience.
"There was a lot of ordinance and post blast there," she said.
She also had a 5-month tour as a company commander. There was a surge of activity in the area and they wanted an extra EOD company there.
"Not exactly exciting, it was more taking care of teams," Guetter said. "The relationship between the battalion and the teams was more fluid."
Stateside, she had one bomb call. It was while she was in command at Stewart, GA.
"If there is anything explosive, like a bomb, the police called us," she said. "It wasn't uncommon to find unexploded ordinance lying around that people have forgotten about."
In this instance a kid went diving, found a cannon ball and took it to his home in Hinesville, GA. His parents called the police who told them it was a hazard, then they called the fort.
There are a few different types of cannonballs, according to Guetter. Some are explosive, while others are not. This one had a screw where black powder would have been loaded; therefore, it was the explosive kind.
"When it goes off, it'll shoot off the shrapnel and do more damage that way," Guetter shared.
Guetter, now married to William Stalvey, was home on leave over Easter. She is the daughter of Greg and Kathy Guetter of Wabasso and a 2002 Wabasso High School graduate.
William is a former military contractor, and they met while stationed in Georgia. He is going to college to obtain an IT degree. They married in 2007.
She explained that for Army purposes only does she use her maiden name, and that since her first command is behind her, she and her husband can focus on starting a family. Guetter/Stalvey left for Ft. Leonard Wood on Thursday, April 4, and planned to set up house on Friday, when their furniture was due to arrive.
At this point, Capt. Guetter considers herself a lifer with the Army, saying, "I've been in just about 10 years. I think, what's another ten years?"


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NSA Defenders Claim 'All 3 Branches' Of Gov't Have Approved Its Programs -- But All 3 Are Now Demanding Reforms
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In fact, as The Wire points out, you can now say that all three branches of the government are actually demanding NSA reforms, thanks to Judge Leon's decision on Monday. On the executive branch side, we have the the intelligence task force, which while recommending mostly cosmetic changes are clearly demanding reforms. And, over in Congress, there's the USA Freedom Act, which isn't perfect but certainly would roll back many of the worst overreaches.
Of course, you can expect that defenders of the NSA programs will continue to ignore all this and insist, yet again, that the programs have been approved by all three branches of government, but at that point, hopefully people will remind them that, even if that was true (and it was already misleading), all three branches of government appear to have changed their minds about it.


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Hezbollah suffers heavy losses in Syrian conflict: 104 killed according to watchdog
104 Hezbollah militants have died in the past few months, while fighting in Reef Dimashq and Reef Homs, Syria, a watchdog reported.
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based opposition-aligned organisation monitoring the conflict, 46 Hezbollah fighters have been killed in the last five days, during fierce fighting in Qusayr.
The watchdog reported that sources confirmed a further 20 Hezbollah members have been killed in battles around Qusayr this month, whilst the organisation lost a further 38 members during Autumn in Reef Qusayr and Reef Dimashq.
Hezbollah has been involved in the Syrian conflict for some time, with its fighters pouring into Syria to take part in the ongoing battle for Qusayr, a strategic town near the Lebanese border which links Damascus to Bashar al-Assad's coastal support base.
Hezbollah initially claimed that it would only get involved in the conflict to defend border villages, home to Lebanese Shi'ites, as well as holy Shi'ite shrines in Damascus.
Hezbollah denied any involvement in the Syrian conflict but the militia's involvement has been confirmed as a number of public funerals have taken place in recent days, for militants killed in the ongoing Qusayr fighting.


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Proposal, The (US - BD RA)
Gabe would marry his DVDActive bosses for a chance to live in the UK
Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock) terrorizes her publishing house co-workers with her abrasive, take-no-prisoners management style, especially her overworked assistant Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds). But when Margaret is threatened with deportation to her native Canada because of an immigration technicality, the quick-thinking exec announces that she and Andrew are engaged to be married. Ambitious Andrew agrees to go along with her scheme—if there's a long-awaited promotion in it for him. Everything is going according to Margaret's plan, until an overzealous immigration official makes it his business to prove that the couple's engagement is bogus. To demonstrate her commitment to her new fiancé, Margaret agrees to celebrate the 90th birthday of his colorful grandmother (Betty White) — in Alaska. The editrix's type-A ways put her at odds with her eccentric future in-laws with hilarious consequences, until the Paxtons teach Margaret a thing or two about family.
The Proposal is a nice, warm plate of steaming comfort food for those of us that aren't feeling like thinking too hard or dealing with conflicting emotions. It's not my brand of comfort food, but I recognize the meal, and respect it for what it is. The Proposal, which is not to be confused with the ten other movies featuring that title on imdb, or John Hillcoat's gritty Aussie set western The Proposition, fulfills the formulaic needs of a modern romantic comedy without pulling out any surprising stops or inverting any of the stone-set clichés. The characters and plot are about as involving as the average episode of the average American sit-com, stopping short of a laugh track, and shooting in gorgeous 2.35 anamorphic widescreen to ensure some kind of tangible separation between the theater and the television. It's comfort food, and it's fully of empty calories, but it's good enough at what it does that I can't muster the effort to get mad at the film.
Ryan Reynolds is the X-Factor here. Reynolds' unstoppable charm was enough to make his scenes in Wolverine and Blade Trinity enjoyable, and a more consistent presence is likely enough to interest even vehement haters of the rom-com formula. I'm actually assuming he was hired to make it easier for young ladies to force their boyfriends into attending a showing. The guy delivers just enough sarcastic wit to keep things moving at brisk pace, and he has genuine chemistry with Bullock, who does her usual cold fish/total social misfit bit. Bullock has taken some chances over the years, but she always returns to this kind of unimaginative stuff to act as another awkward and unlikely love interest. The basics of The Proposal, Miss Congeniality, 28 Days and While You Were Sleeping are pretty darn interchangeable. Her clear talents as a physical comedian are entertaining enough to give the actress props for the character, as literally throwing herself into the role. The supporting cast is also hired for their more apparent talents and popularity, but should please the comfort food gorgers.
The Proposal is shot like most modern comedies – brightly, colourfully, and softly. The Blu-ray doesn't have a whole lot to offer in terms of super-sharp details thanks to this warm fuzzy style, but it's enough to help notice the dry hands on Reynolds during those make-out scenes. The softer and diffused lighting doesn't lead to many harsh contrasts, there aren't any notable extreme close-ups (or even close-ups for that matter), and the depth of field is extremely shallow (the way in which the focal points verge on falling out of focus is almost fascinating). Sharp details just aren't happening. The Blu-ray does have a noticeable advantage in the brightness and fullness of the candy coated primary hues, which are sharply separated when required, and evenly gradated otherwise, with little to no compression. The print is also incredibly clean, featuring almost no noticeable digital noise or even grain.
The audio on the disc matches the video for effort. Stylistically speaking the audio mix keeps things simple, and doesn't weigh itself down with a lot of multi-channel sound or directional effects. This isn't to say the DTS-HD track is without purpose, as subtler surround work, such as chirping birds, chatting commuters and beeping cars. Early in the film there's a fun moment where the blip of instant messaging flutters through the office set. The dialogue is natural for the most part, but in the name of clarity the overall volume level of 'important' dialogue is a bit too consistent to be 'real'. Tyler Perry's favourite composer Aaron Zigman's score is pretty insulting, despite Fletcher's good-natured insistence that he's subtle. The music either overstates comedy with disapproving clarinet and tempoed plucking, overstates drama with mournful strings, or overstates the happy ending with skipping fauns and high kicking unicorns. The music is fortunately understated on the track, and had it been more palatable I'd be inclined to complain a bit about the lack of LFE oomph.
The Blu-ray set, which comes with a Digital Copy of the film, features brief but solid extras, starting with a friendly and informative commentary track. The track features director Anne Fletcher and writer Peter Chiarelli, who clearly like each other, and all the other people involved in the production. Besides the general pleasantries Fletcher focuses on the technical aspects of direction, while Chiarelli prefers to focus on things like story structure. Neither commentator seems to think that The Proposal is a work of art, but aren't swimming in false modesty either. This is followed by the alternate ending (with optional director and writer commentary, 6:50, HD), which is, surprisingly enough, actually quite different than the theatrical ending. Though the filmmakers clearly tried to avoid ending on too big of a cliché by moving the final scene back to New York rather than (spoiler) turning the plane around (/spoiler), this original ending plays better because it inverts the rom-com cliché by acknowledging it. This is followed by a selection of deleted scenes (also with commentary, 7:00, HD), a selection of bloopers and outtakes (6:30, HD), and a few Disney trailers.
Predictable, safe and formulaic to the nth, The Proposal isn't going to win any rom-com converts, but probably won't break up any relationships when used as the more female friendly half of a tit-for-tat couples night with the Blu-ray player. If you saw the trailer you know exactly what to expect. Ryan Reynolds comes through entirely unscathed, and Sandra Bullock manages some genuine giggles. Fans of the two leads should at the very least be happy to see them full-side-ly nude. Pretty racy for a Disney release. The disc looks colourful, the soundtrack is clean, and the extras are minimal, yet entertaining and reasonably filling.
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The only way I'd see this movie is if I had a girlfriend that forced me too by using her female powers. Paint by numbers rom-coms bore me. I am more of a Before Sunset & Amelie type of guy. Not a fan of either actor here.
I honestly didn't see the chemistry there...until I actually saw the movie. My bro. took me for my birthday and I loved it. Not a have to right away on blu, but, I'll def. buy it on blu in the future.
I like how you conclude it with "The disc looks colourful, the soundtrack is clean, and the extras are minimal, yet entertaining and reasonably filling."
I might check it out.
I might check it out.
This movie was light-hearted and had plenty of laughs. I greatly enjoyed it. Will definitely pick this up after Christmas if I don't get it.
I enjoyed the film. nothing special like you said.
I hated this movie.
Good review Gabe. I'm a big fan of Mr Reynolds work, all the way back to the funny pizza place show. So his presence in this makes it more enticing, of course looking at Sandra B ain't a chore either. Will check this out at some point.
Btw Gabe I'm sure there are numerous UK readers who would be glad to put you up for as long as you want, a nice way to say thanks for all your hard work
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Release Date: 13th October 2009
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1 French
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Extras: Director/Writer Commentary, Alternate Ending, Deleted Scenes, Outtakes, Trailers, Digital Copy
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Director: Anne Fletcher
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Betty White, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson
Length: 108 minutes
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Denise Spell was among the fortunate few New Jersey residents whose power was unscathed by Hurricane Sandy. But her Ridgewood home quickly became a resource for less fortunate friends and family searching for warmth, electricity and Internet access.
That experience inspired Spell to found Currant Inc., a Newark-based startup developing software products to help people manage disaster-related chaos.
Currant is conducting a crowdfunding campaign through Kickstarter to pay for its lead product, an app called CurrantNOW that would enable users to share hyperlocal information in the aftermath of disaster. (It is approaching its goal of raising $15,000 by Christmas)
The app would list where to obtain medical attention and shelter, where to purchase gas, recharge devices, and which supermarkets are selling fresh food. CurrantNow would also enable sharing of photos, such as down power lines and trees, to assist utility companies and municipalities.
"This is really where the power of the crowd can be harnessed," said Spell, who operates the company with help of volunteers at the Enterprise Development Center at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. "I really believe people want to help each other."
Spell, who left a sales engineering job at another technology startup to found Currant in August, is optimistic the capital campaign will reach its goal. She said Tuesday the business since Nov. 25 has raised more than $11,300, or three quarters of its target.
The money would pay to complete development of CurrantNow and arrange for hosting services. Spell said how soon the free app will launch depends on how much money is raised but is targeting 2014, first through Android and later the Apple system.
The product is now undergoing software testing to fix bugs and ensure workability. Spell said the app will use algorithmic formulas to verify the accuracy of user-submitted data plus GPS systems will help ensure a person reporting information from a site is actually there.
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At RaceTrac, customers don't have to settle for a single pot of stale, cold coffee, nor do they have to burn a hole in their pocket paying for a specialty drink.
LAKELAND | To begin his work day, John Hunter always starts with a cup of RaceTrac coffee.
This Stanley Steemer crew chief and his co-workers head to the RaceTrac on Harden Boulevard every morning for breakfast.
Hunter has been frequenting the gas station for nearly six years, and always orders a regular coffee.
To him, the coffee is on par with Starbucks at only a fraction of the price.
His co-worker, Lowell Webb, agrees.
"I think it's just as good, or better, than Starbucks," Webb said.
Webb has been frequenting RaceTrac for more than 10 years. He usually orders a regular coffee with French Vanilla creamer and about six or seven sugars.
Sometimes he has a doughnut with it; but usually, he only has the coffee.
Unlike other gas stations, RaceTrac coffee doesn't have an aftertaste, he said, arguing that it's on par with that of more popular coffee shops, only less expensive.
If their daily experience is any indicator, they are not the only ones who feel that way.
"RaceTrac is pretty popular," Hunter said. "We go up there every day, so we tend to see the same influx of people coming in and out."
RaceTrac coffee is considered "Crazy Good!" by customers because it's always fresh, fast, and customizable, RaceTrac communications director Ashleigh Collins said.
At RaceTrac, customers don't have to settle for a single pot of stale, cold coffee, nor do they have to burn a hole in their pocket paying for a specialty drink.
Instead, RaceTrac offers them a wide selection of fresh-brewed coffee blends and servings, giving them exactly the coffee they want, when they want it, and how they want it.
Their coffee lineup offers six blends including regular, decaf, hazelnut, 100 percent Colombian, extra-caffeinated and dark roast.
All coffee blends are made from 100 percent Arabica beans, and are freshly-brewed all day, every day.
Sizes come in small for $1.49, medium for $1.59 and large for $1.69.
With a vast array of creamers, sweeteners and toppings to choose from, customers can be their own baristas and customize their coffee.
Ever since its relaunch in 2011, the company's coffee has experienced a spike in popularity to the point where it is now competing with stores such as Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts.
"As we have expanded our fresh coffee offering and empowered our guests to be their own baristas, we have gained a multitude of new Trac Fanatics," Collins said.
More than 18.5 million cups of coffee are sold at RaceTrac nationwide per year, which is around 50,684 cups per day.
In previous years, convenience stores such as RaceTrac have focused on improving their coffee in order to increase their traffic and profits, said Larry Ross, a professor of business administration at Florida Southern College.
Ross has worked for two years with the National Association of Convenience Stores. He said convenience stores such as RaceTrac are experiencing changes brought about by macroeconomic market forces squeezing their profit margins.
Traditionally, convenience stores have derived their profits from gasoline, beer and cigarettes, all of which have been on the decline in recent decades. This shift in market forces has forced the convenience store industry to develop new profit drivers, their main one being coffee.
Ever since Starbucks revitalized the coffee industry in the early 1990s, other restaurant chains such as Dunkin' Donuts and McDonald's began to create and sell their own high-quality gourmet coffee to compete with it, and now convenience stores are tapping into this trend.
"Convenience stores have sold coffee for decades, but they used to sell crummy coffee; so now if they sell good coffee, they can sell it against a Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts and they can charge less and still make more," Rossexplained.
Now that convenience stores have entered the fray of the coffee business, not only are they competing with each other to sell the best coffee, but with mainstream coffee shops such as Starbucks. This creates price competition that leads to higher quality products at lower prices that benefit consumers in the long run, Rosssaid.
Neither Starbucks nor Dunkin' Donuts responded to requests for comments on the competition.
Not Only Coffee
Coffee has merely been the tip of the iceberg in the convenience store industry, which now has shifted its focus toward food service, Ross explained. This is apparent in RaceTrac and competitors like Wawa, which is famous for its made-to-order hoagies.
Aside from its coffee, RaceTrac offers 4,000 items in their stores, including fresh salads, sandwiches and Swirl-World frozen yogurt.
Its popularity is also becasue of its numerous promotions, including coupons for free items such as coffee, doughnuts and fountain beverages.
"RaceTrac Insider," an exclusive program that recently was relaunched, emails "Insiders" news, offers and discounts.
During a week in December 2011 and January 2012, RaceTrac offered free coffee of any size to all guests.
Not all promotions have been for its own sake. Its "Coffee for a Cause" campaigns send proceeds from its coffee directly to a select cause.
There are eight locations in Polk County, including Auburndale, Bartow, Davenport, Eagle Lake, Lake Wales, Lakeland and Winter Haven.


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After doing a quick search on the topic and not finding anything I decided to put one together… mostly because it has become more and more irritating to do pugs lately.
A PUG (Pick Up Group) in WoW is a term commonly used to refer to a stranger that just joined you via the LFD (Looking for Dungeon) tool. As such we assume that the Pugs are people that we will most likely not interact with again (unless they are from our server… which I see once in a while but not very often.)
The following are a set of rules that if followed could lead to a more enjoyable experience to all involved.
Don't Que for stuff you are not ready for
Seriously, don't do it. If you are going to under-perform with strangers they will have a right to call you out. There is nothing more irritating that someone bypassing the gear requirements with PvP gear and under-performing. Stay in regular dungeons a little longer, practice with your guildies. Overall don't expect people to carry you through content. Most people would be patient until they have to pay for repairs.
Before you Que up
While you might be fishing or questing while you wait, please be mindful of other players time. If you need to go to the bahtroom, get a drink, check on your children, etc, etc, do it before joining a que. While I do understand that DPS que's can be horribly long, don't wait until you get the que to pop up to go do what you have been neglecting. Some people abuse the fact that they cannot be kicked from the group for a period of time to let the group kill all the trash up to the first boss while they are AFK.
The 5 Second Rule
Never judge a book by its cover. The first 5 seconds of a pug are crucial. Say hello, let the group know if you are switching specs and gear if you are (some people que up as 2 different roles). I have seen the trend more and more lately when people just check for health and mana pools or gear and instantly leave the group.
BRB – Bio – AFK – Phone
If you are going to be away from the game for more than 60 seconds, the ones listed above are not appropriate. I have had everything under the sun happen in pugs… even a couple that kept on stringin the group along while the other one would go AFK and put the toon on follow. Who knows, maybe it was someone multiboxing and pretending to be 2 people. Bottom line is that if you are going to be away for an extended period of time, just leave the group. Don't wait to see if people kick you.
Don't be a Ninja
I don't believe on having to always greed anymore. All I think is fair is that if you are going to need on everything that drops in the run, be up front about it so others can too. While you might get that item by being a Ninja (a late roller that waits for greeds and then hits need), it will most likely get you kicked out of the group. Be up front, write a macro and people will appreciate your honestly.
Unwanted Advise
You might play all classes at top of the world raider level, but unless asked, don't give advise on how to play someone else's toon. You can whisper someone once, but if they don't want the advise, don't press it. If you really want to help, keep your comments to yourself. A Pug is not the place to give someone a class on how to do X or Y. It has to be something that everyone else agrees on, or you will have an unhappy group.
So… what about you guys, what other rules should I add?
From Grumpy
Speak up
It is better to ask about a fight that you have never done before the fight then to say you didn't know after you caused a wipe. Myself, and many like me, would gladly explain everything you need to know but don't take kindly to our time being wasted. It is not a waste of time to explain the fight but it is a waste of time to wipe because you did not tell people you have never done it before.
Beware: There are some jerks that will kick you because you do not know a fight but be sure of the fact that they are, excuse the language, low life scum. You are better off not playing with someone like that anyway.
Be Decent
Take some time to at least have a basic knowledge of your class. Someone doing 8K that looks like they are trying is better then someone doing 8K that doesn't look like they are even trying. Good players can tell the difference. You do not need to be a great player, but at least try your best.
Be Nice
Say hello at the start, say thanks for the run at the end. If you feel so inclined you might even add a have a nice day as well before you leave. As small as those things are it is a proven fact that good vibes (as well as bad ones) are contagious. If you are nice to other people even in passing they will be more likely to be nice to others themselves and the community needs more people like that.


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The Examiner first reported on BISD Director of Finance Devin McCraney in July of this year, when it was revealed that the BISD money man had made hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of improvements to his home, paying cash to an unknown contractor for the work performed while, at the same time, skirting city of Beaumont building codes. He was subsequently forced to tear down a large portion of his newly renovated home and ordered to pay fines by the city of Beaumont.
According to records from the Jefferson County Appraisal District (JCAD) and the city of Beaumont, McCraney failed to file for a single construction permit to account for adding more than 2,000 square feet (not including an in-ground pool, steel fencing, multiple garages, and lighted pool awning) to his home since the time he purchased the home valued at $125,000 at the end of 2010, thereby dodging the additional property taxes that accompany additional property. JCAD Chief Appraiser Roland Bieber said the construction, if reported, would have roughly doubled the school administrator's tax bill, the lion's share of which is school taxes that pay McCraney's public servant salary. Bieber explained that appraisers had not re-evaluated McCraney's home since it was purchased without any mortgage in 2010 due to there being no record of change to the noted residence. Since The Examiner first contacted JCAD, the agency has since re-evaluated the home, resulting in additional property taxes invoiced due to the county. Additionally, city of Beaumont officials forced McCraney to tear down portions of his home constructed without permit; the BISD finance director, currently on administrative leave while the focus of an FBI probe, is in the process of reconstructing the new construction.
Beiber said that according to JCAD records, McCraney's Avie Lane home was appraised at $125,690, taxed at $2,932 in 2012. However, prior to the end of 2012, McCraney's home had expanded by square footage to hold a value of over $200,000 based on size alone, to be taxed at roughly $4,800. Other improvements have been made since Jan. 1 of this year to reach a square-foot-based value of the home of more than $210,000, taxed in an excess of $5,000.
With a reported annual salary of $75,500, since December 2010, McCraney not only paid outright for a $125,000 home but doubled the size of his home and also paid off his wife's $79,000 Travis Street home. Just months prior to the land acquisition, McCraney let a separate home in Louisiana that was mortgaged to the fullest extent go into foreclosure. Also in the last couple of years, McCraney and wife, Traci, acquired several new model vehicles, most of which were purchased without any lien holder and a couple of which hold personalized license plates such as "SPOYLD" and "DA MRS."
Vehicles registered to the McCraney couple include a 2011 GMC Denali valued at $56,315 purchased in June 2011 with no lien-holder; a 2011 King Ranch truck valued at $30,155 purchased in October 2011; a 2011 Chrysler 200 valued at $31,940 purchased without a lien in July 2012; a 2011 Nissan Murano convertible valued at $46,390 purchased in July 2012; and a 2006 Cadillac purchased for $41,990 with no lien in August 2012.


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In the steel industry—and steel is the largest-volume recycled product by far—more than 75 million tons of steel were recycled last year in the United States alone, making new products that are just as good as the old ones. Steel from old buildings and appliances is routinely transformed into tomorrow's new bridges and automobiles.
To encourage recycling, Section 6002 of the landmark Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) was intended to expand markets for products with recovered content by using the purchasing power of the federal government to support those markets. Unfortunately, RCRA is being ignored by the government. Worse, the government seems not to care that this is the case.
As succinctly explained by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "In Section 6002 of the RCRA, Congress established a program to promote recycling by increasing (government) purchases of products containing recovered materials. Section 6002 requires EPA to designate products that may be produced with recovered materials and to recommend practices for buying these products containing recovered materials. Once a product is designated, federal, state and local agencies and their contractors that use appropriated federal funds to purchase the items must purchase them with the highest recovered materials content practicable." (60 Federal Register 48714, Sept. 20, 1995).
Supplementing this, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 23.405(c) requires each contracting officer who does not procure an EPA-designated product with recovered content at the minimum level recommended by the EPA to place in the contract file—and send to an official of each agency who is at least at the assistant secretary or equivalent level—written justification for failing to procure the EPA-designated product.
On April 30, 2004, the EPA designated, among other things, "roofing materials" made of steel as a product to be so procured under Section 6002 effective May 2, 2005.
Because the industry saw no evidence that the government was complying with RCRA with respect to, among other things, steel roofing materials, a bipartisan group of six House members wrote to Rob Portman, former director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in Aug. 1, 2006, asking that he direct all Cabinet-level agencies to provide a list of their current building projects involving the procurement, via federal funds, of roofing materials, and a breakdown of the composition of the roofing materials being purchased or used.
Portman replied Sept. 27, 2006, in a letter in which he stated that "each year the Office of Federal Procurement Policy and the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive issue a data call on agencies' implementation of Section 6002. This data is incorporated in a biennial report to Congress. Reporting does not focus on the specific composition of material because of the cost and complexity of this level of analysis. The fiscal 2005 data call asked agencies about their affirmative procurement plans, which were required to include recycled roofing materials as of April 2005. Information received from the agencies will be included in the next report to Congress."
Someone gave Portman terrible advice for this non-responsive response.
- Despite his exhortation to wait until the next report to Congress (whenever that might occur; the report for fiscal 2002-03 was prepared in October 2005), previous reports can be scoured in vain for the type of information requested by the six House members. None will be found. The reports simply do not tell anyone whether a particular EPA-designated product is being procured as the law requires.
- Agencies apparently can generate the information requested without any great cost or effort. The General Services Administration (GSA) Mid-Atlantic Region, in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request I filed, provided information showing that only two out of 10 roofing projects used products with recovered content. Of the eight that did not, GSA advised that all eight contract files lacked the written justification required. It seems instructive that I was not charged for this by GSA, undercutting the notion that this analysis was costly and complex. In addition, the GSA response was mailed just 36 days (including all the December and January holidays) after the FOIA filing, again strongly suggesting that this information is not that hard to develop. Finally, the information appeared to indicate that roofing materials with recovered content were not even specified as an alternative in those eight jobs, which in itself was an apparent violation of RCRA.
In short, information on compliance with the law seems readily available if one is even mildly interested in asking for it. Unfortunately, the information produced by GSA strongly indicates non-compliance. Perhaps this is why Portman was urged not to take the time to look for it.
As if OMB's studied indifference were not enough, the U.S. Commerce Department refused to be involved at all in the request for data on compliance with RCRA. Commerce was directly requested by metals interests (steel and zinc) to support the request to OMB for information on compliance with the law, but refused to do so much as pick up the telephone (or send an e-mail) to OMB indicating Commerce's support of the request from steel, zinc and Congress for information.
This result, unfortunately, seems in keeping with a documented (but, nevertheless, inexplicable) lack of interest by Commerce in expanding domestic markets for products with recovered content. A December 2006 report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) titled "Additional Efforts Could Increase Municipal Recycling" contained this pointed indictment of Commerce "Although Commerce is required under RCRA to stimulate the development of markets for recycled materials, it is not taking any actions to do so in the United States. . . . Commerce is falling short of meeting its requirements under RCRA to stimulate the development of markets for recycled materials in the United States. . . . To fully meet its requirement under RCRA, we are recommending that Commerce develop and implement a strategy to stimulate the development of markets for recycled materials in the United States."
As is customary, GAO provided Commerce with an opportunity to comment on these conclusions before issuing the final report, but in keeping with what appears to be Commerce's hands-off policy on increasing domestic markets for recyclable materials, the department demurred "Commerce did not directly address our recommendation regarding developing a strategy to stimulate markets for recycled materials in the United States. Rather, Commerce provided a list of ongoing activities that support the agency's mission to promote international trade in goods and services produced in the United States, including trade in recycled and recycled materials."
While not worse than failing to address the GAO proposals, Commerce's list, itself, contains stale items on which nothing has been done for some time (the Basel Convention, for example)—more indication that Commerce appears to be wholly uninterested in promoting markets for products with recycled content.
As noted, a FOIA request to the GSA indicated steel roofing materials were not being procured as required. A similar request to the Defense Department resulted in the production from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in Philadelphia of contract documents showing that asphalt roofing (with, as EPA found, no recovered content) was used on the majority of projects referenced. I was not sent any copies of the FAR justifications by DLA, despite specific request, strongly suggesting those documents were not prepared and filed as required.
I also requested, via FOIA, copies of the document required by FAR to be filed with the Defense Department's agency environmental executive in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. I was informed by e-mail from the Defense Department's Office of Freedom of Information that the "Office of the Secretary of Defense . . . does not maintain the type of records you describe in your requests," which seems to confirm that the FAR-mandated justifications were never made.
This paints a sorry picture of government adherence to the law and encouragement for increasing markets for products with recovered content. OMB can't be bothered to ask if there is compliance with RCRA, Commerce won't help find out information and has no interest in building domestic markets for products with recovered content, and the two main procuring agencies of the government are going on with business as usual in disregard of the law.
RCRA is being ignored and government support for recycling is winked at. Why?
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The FINA Level 1 Course is for coaches whose swimmers are participating in or aiming for the National Championships.
It has been developed from content from the United States, The United Kingdom, and Australia.
It is a survey course with significant chapters on biomechanics, basic swim training for new or novice swimmers through intermediate level age group swimmers, and all the fundamental coaching skills of educational skills understanding, communication skills for coaches, and developing philosophies and sport psychology that will allow athletes of all levels to succeed. This is the first required course in a FINA Series of Level 1, 2 and 3 courses that will allow coaches world-wide to have their education tested and receive a Certification in Coaching from FINA.
The FINA Level 1 course test must be completed in order to achieve FINA Level 1 Certification.
The content of this course was developed from a collaboration of the American, Australian and United Kingdom coaching associations and is presented free of charge to coaches, by FINA.
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The FINA Level 2 Course is for coaches whose swimmers are participating in or aiming for Continental Championships.
It focuses exclusively on Technique in the swimming strokes, starts and turns.
It is the "backbone" of world class coaching today, and puts it emphasis on the correct teaching or construction, of the strokes, and starting and turning mechanics. Both scientific background and practical coaching expertise are represented here, and there are explanations of both world class swimmers today and what they do, and specific instruction about teaching young swimmers the techniques that will allow them to have success today and in the future.
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The FINA Level 3 Course is for coaches whose swimmers are participating in or aiming for World Championships and Olympic Games.
Through this programme, we want all coaches to be able to progress to the level of their ambition should it be National, Continental or World.
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