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Editor's Choice: The price of a dedicated farmland indicator
February 2016 (Issue 53:1)
Geijzendorffer, I. R., Targetti, S., Schneider, M. K., Brus, D. J., Jeanneret, P., Jongman, R. H.G., Knotters, M., Viaggi, D., Angelova, S., Arndorfer, M., Bailey, D., Balázs, K., Báldi, A., Bogers, M. M. B., Bunce, R. G. H., Choisis, J.-P., Dennis, P., Eiter, S., Fjellstad, W., Friedel, J. K., Gomiero, T., Griffioen, A., Kainz, M., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A., Lüscher, G., Moreno, G., Nascimbene, J., Paoletti, M. G., Pointereau, P., Sarthou, J.-P., Siebrecht, N., Staritsky, I., Stoyanova, S., Wolfrum, S., Herzog, F. (2015), How much would it cost to monitor farmland biodiversity in Europe? Journal of Applied Ecology. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12552
Both common sense and the principles of adaptive management suggest that we should monitor the effectiveness of expenditure on environmental policies. However, monitoring progress towards environmental targets is often expensive. Shrinking budgets often mean that governments rely on the efforts of concerned citizens, adapting available monitoring data to the targets rather than designing monitoring with specific targets in mind. The result is that progress towards environmental targets must often be inferred from information on a subset of taxa of high public interest, monitored using protocols that have not been developed to match the demands of the target.
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) accounts for well over a third of EU spending, of which about 30% is directly allocated to environmental and biodiversity targets. Understandably, EU tax-payers would like to be sure that the money they're spending is achieving intended results. But how should we determine whether that is the case? The EU has no routine, standardised monitoring approach for its agricultural lands. Consequently, it is very hard to tie local conservation outcomes to large scale agri-environmental policies. In this issue, Geijzendorffer and colleagues address this problem with a bold proposal for a continent-wide network of farmland monitoring.
The specific aim of the paper by Geijzendorffer et al. is to provide a start point for development, discussions and eventual implementation of a European farmland biodiversity monitoring system. At this early stage, extensive involvement of stakeholders has identified four taxa as foci for monitoring: plants, earthworms, spiders and bees. The authors have assessed a wide variety of aspects of diversity of these taxa but, in this paper, have focused on species richness as a common index of biodiversity. Pilot data from nearly 200 farms in 11 different countries have been used to inform estimates of variance in species richness by farm type and taxon. This enabled the authors to estimate the sample sizes required to detect, with a 90% probability, a 10% change in species richness within a taxon over a 5-year period (whilst keeping the risk of false detection to below 10%). Inevitably, the required sample sizes depend on which of the taxa are to be monitored. For a fully effective monitoring scheme, covering all of the focal taxa, the authors estimate that about 5% of farms would have to be monitored.
The number of farms that would have to be monitored is large (over 180,000 for comprehensive monitoring). However, whether this represents good value should be viewed in light of the substantial budget of the CAP (over 400 billion Euros). In that context, Geijzendorffer and colleagues estimate that the programme would cost substantially less than 1% of the total CAP budget, and less than 2.5% of that part of the budget allocated to environmental and biodiversity targets. This seems a small price to pay to determine whether hundreds of billions of Euros of tax-payers' money is being used effectively. Moreover, such a programme would represent the first example of a monitoring approach designed specifically to determine the impacts of changes in EU environmental policy. As such, it would be fit for purpose and would deliver insights with pre-defined statistical power.
The findings of Geijzendorffer and colleagues remain preliminary, pending more work on regional differences in variance in species richness by farm type and taxon, more consideration of sampling strategies and focal taxa, and more input on synergies with ongoing national monitoring schemes. Nevertheless, this preliminary work is striking in both its thoroughness and its geographic coverage. In addition, and in contrast to the often ad hoc approach used to monitor the efficacy of environmental policies, Geijzendorffer et al. offer a vision of continent-wide, systematic monitoring that has been designed for purpose. Given the huge sums of money invested in environmental policy, this vision is one that should be widely applicable.
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Oh wait, that's not at my house – my kids are running around screaming! Anyway, thought you might like a peek a a new holiday tradition in the Mika house. The boys wanted to do a small tree upstairs and it just so happens its perfect for our new HPD ornaments. The back says Christmas 2011 and their names. I want to use the same image I used for their birthday party invitations each year so we can remember the theme as well as the image we used on our Christmas cards.
You may remember Jackson's Firetruck Party of at they very least Fireman Curtis!

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Hi, I was wondering if the DOM Working Group would consider splitting the DOM HTML features document.referrer, document.cookie, and document.domain out of the HTML-specific interface, and into a general "browser" interface that applies to all XML documents as well. (I understand that not all DOM implementations would want to support these features, which is why I am not suggesting they be made part of the DOM core.) There isn't really anything HTML-specific about these three attributes, and I think authors would benefit from being able to use them from other contexts, such as SVG, without having to cast their document object to an HTML object despite there being no HTML on the page. :-) Cheers, -- Ian Hickson )\._.,--....,'``. fL "meow" /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. http://index.hixie.ch/ `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'Received on Saturday, 19 April 2003 04:38:52 UTC
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Apologize for being slow on this, as I've been on the road, but my friend and compadre Eric Salzman over at Monkey Business Blog has alerted me, as he always does, to a demonstration of inspired assholedom in the world of finance. By way of Tyler over at Zero Hedge, he passes along the farewell letter of Jim O'Neill, the former top economist at Goldman, Sachs.
O'Neill last week wrote a long farewell letter (he's been moved to Goldman Sachs Asset Management, also the presumed new post-Dodd-Frank home of Goldman's prop traders), using the anniversary of 9/11 as occasion to reflect on his changed professional status.
Was O'Neill moved by the memory of 9/11 to reflect upon the meaningless of wealth and profit compared to life, good health, and family? Did he look back at all that death and suffering and find himself moved to silent reflection?
Nah. What O'Neill did instead was look back at 9/11 and recall that that was the event that led him to make his famous "BRIC" call -- a prediction that in the wake of 9/11 the economic influence of the United States would wane and emerging nations like Brazil, Russia, India and China would rise to take its place. O'Neill's BRIC theory became the cornerstone of Goldman's economic policy last decade. It worked out well for them. It was, as O'Neill, a Brit, would say -- a good show! It was the righteousness of this prediction that O'Neill chose to remember on the anniversary of 9/11:
1. 9/11 and the state of the world. As many of you probably know, the atrocity of that day was one of the key forces that led me to conceive of the BRIC theme. Through its horror, it suggested to me that for globalization and the world economy to thrive, we all needed to accept a world in which different social and political philosophies could sit side by side. Luckily, and despite the staggering challenges we have been through since, by and large, that seems to be the case. Of course, as much as many negatively inclined commentators allude to the poor performance of the major economies and major markets, since 9 years ago, many emerging markets, led by the BRIC nations, have enjoyed spectacular rallies.
Look, I know, it's pretty easy to look like a jerk talking about 9/11 -- anything you might say that's even one degree off total humility and sympathy is going to look bad, especially if you happen to be a millionaire economist for Goldman, Sachs. But I read O'Neills letter five or six times and every time it comes off the same way: "On the anniversary of 9/11, I look back at the call that made my career!" It's not like I expect the guy to break down weeping and confess to being an agent of Satan, but... damn if these Goldman guys don't continually turn out to be even more tone-deaf in reality than we all joke about them being.


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By Jones Nhinson Williams
The gruesome remains of Harry Greaves
There are some things that one can sugar-coat and there are other things that just cannot be sugar-coated at all. When a government that supposed to protect its citizens is knowingly covering up cold bloodied murders of government's critics, whistle-blowers and innocent citizens, and in particular, when the killings are, by every and all measures, politically and economically motivated, driven and executed, we must not sugar coat anything. The former managing director of the Liberia Petroleum Refinery Company (LPRC), Mr. Harry Greaves was executed and sodomized by the invisible workings and failure of the Liberian government under President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, plain and simple. The Liberian government must take full responsibility for these unending and unsolved political and economically-inspired assassinations in the country.
What is at stake right now is the future, national unity and security of Liberia. These necessities are bigger than the personal ambitions and insatiable gratifications of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Vice President Joseph Boakai, and House Speaker Alex Tyler. After eleven years in state power, these people have proven that they are unable to govern, and it shows in the degree of widespread corruption, poverty, disunity, nepotism, greed and organized lawlessness in the country. Moreover, it clearly shows in the dishonesty, incompetence, stubbornness and misinformation we, as Liberians and the world at large, continue to receive from this government. The president is stubborn and insensitive; the vice president always never accepts blame for what happens in the government perhaps because he is frequently sidelined by the president and her inner circle, and the speaker is recklessly clueless and audaciously out of touch. Personally, I have great respect for the vice president, but I just cannot believe that he cannot stand up for what is right and fair for Liberia and the Liberian people. This is a matter of principle and virtues, not job and position. If the president is continually out of touch and always feels that 'My way or no way' is the solution to governing a nation of 4.2 million people, then resign Mr. Vice President!
As usual, our president was abroad receiving personal praises, as part of an uncontrollable hobby to collect accolades, this time at the African Union's recently held conference in Addis Ababa, when the agents of death carried out what appears to be a well-calculated assassination of one of her administration's sharpest critic with a wealth of inside information about Liberia's officials and the government's dealings, both private and public. The body of the victim is not even buried and we are getting conflicting and misinformation from the administration. The Justice Minister says one thing, the President says another thing. Even God finds it hard to know who is telling the truth between them, what more about the Liberian people. We have heard this same more song before. We can't be fooled twice. Not today, not tomorrow and not anymore. It's time to come clean!
Enough is enough. It is time for President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Vice President Joseph Boakai and House Speaker Alex Tyler to make a serious choice: They either resign or be asked to do so by the Liberian people through peaceful biding demands. The Liberian people are the government, and they must be able to decide who leads their nation honorably for the common good of all, not just for the select few.
Every Liberian must stand up and hold the Sirleaf's government fully responsible and here is why: Day before yesterday it was economist/banker Theophilus Bettie, former deputy governor of the Central of Bank of Liberia who was poisoned and died mysteriously. After Bettie's death, the president's signature was purportedly faked and signed at the central bank and millions of dollars went missing and unaccounted for, even though it is believed that the funds had been deposited in foreign banks. Action taken by the government, a deputy governor of the bank and friend of the president was asked to resign. Today, that same friend of the president, Ms. Etta Davies is now the Liberian ambassador accredited to the federal Republic of Germany. That means Ms. Davies, now Ambassador Davies, was not really sacked, it appears she was probably told to just follow the funds and keep an eye on it near some possible European banks.
Yesterday, it was attorney Michael Allison, a whistle-blower who assisted the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission in a corruption case at the National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL) that involved several inner circles of the president, some lawmakers and House Speaker Alex Tyler, a tribesman of the president who became speaker as a member of the President's ruling Unity Party. Attorney Allison was murdered mysteriously dumped on the beach during the heat of the NOCAL's controversy. Action taken: The government gave conflicting information and even went so far defaming the dead lawyer as a non-Liberian citizen, and as someone who purported to be a Liberian, according to the country's justice minister. Notwithstanding, that NOCAL's corruption case is inactive and even forgotten, but the speaker, one of the accused persons in the case, was able to build and open a multimillion dollars real estate for private commercial entertainment. Today, it is Harry Greaves, a fierce critic of the administration's failure to account for US$80 million dollars in the NOCAL's bank account, especially during the reign of the president's son, Robert Sirleaf as chairman of the entity, subsequently followed by other loyalists and friends of the President as chairpersons.
Here is why every Liberian must take these murders and organized lawlessness in Liberia seriously: If we remain mute and don't' demand clear explanation, culpability, and tough actions, what happened to Allison and Greaves could happen tomorrow and again to other patriotic Liberians who speak out against the ills in the country. It could be journalist Rodney Sieh, or advocates like Tiawon Gongloe, Samuel Kofi Woods, Simeon Freeman, Chris Neyor, Leymah Gbowee, Syrenius Cephus, Charles Brumskine or anyone, both in and out of government, who disagrees with and wants to expose the dealings and wielding associated with the administration's unending abuse of power, corruption, nepotism and cover-ups. Obviously, it could be me as well, but that will be a different narrative because the Grebo devil or "Quee" will come to town and we will see who born dog when they dare play with their son! The president and her administration clearly know this for a fact, and the Grebo people of River Gee and Maryland counties in Liberia wouldn't mind reminding them if they happen to forget. Harry Greaves may not have a country devil, but he has us may want us to ensure that this evil, shameless greed and heartless insensitivity stop now!
Secondly, no Liberian wants war or conflict in our country. Our people are tired with self-destruction and grandiose manipulations by a few. The people that planned and brought war to our country in 1989 are the same ones who are enjoying the spoils of a recovering Liberia. We should not allow them to send our country back to self-destruction just because they do not want to be held accountable for the overnight wealth they have all acquired. Every strategy under this administration, from inciting failed religious tension between Liberian Christians and Muslims by trying to make Liberian a Christian nation and blackmailing opposition and civil society advocates to enabling mysterious political and economically-inspired assassinations just to silence the voices of voiceless must not be tolerated. Lest we find our country back to square one.
Thirdly, the late Harry Greaves was no ordinary Liberian. He comes from a powerful Liberian family, having been the son of Liberia's ex-minister of defense during the reign of the Americo-Liberian rule, especially under the late President William R. Tolbert, Jr. In addition, I knew Harry Greaves very well. From 2003-2005, Harry Greaves was the line of communication between former Liberian interim leader Charles Gyude Bryant and myself when I advised Bryant on peace-building, disarmament, reconciliation and inclusive governance. Besides, Greaves, if not the closest, was one of the closest friends and confidantes of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf and their friendship dates back to more than three decades. When Ms. Sirleaf, then an opposition politician, invited me to her residence and offices in Abidjan, the Republic of the Ivory Coast in 2002, it was Harry Greaves she instructed to lead her team that met and discussed with me regarding the way forward for Liberia post Charles Taylor. In 2005, it was Greaves who also resigned from the interim government of interim leader Bryant to launch then Ms. Sirleaf's bid for the Liberian presidency. This is how closed they were. This is why his brutal killing, in this manner and under the watchful eyes of this government, is scaring, perplexing and disturbing, at best.
As the Grebo people would say: When a Crocodile starts to eat its own eggs what do you think it will do to the eggs of a chicken? Harry Greaves is, by de facto analogy, an egg of the Sirleaf's administration and a personal longtime friend turned critic of the president and her administration. With such prominence and affluence, he is extra judicially executed by thugs harbored and facilitated by the government. If this can happen to this man, who else in Liberia is safe from the whims and caprices of the greed and evil of people who have no good intentions for our country other than their personal gains? This is precisely why this is no laughing matter. Liberia is on a time bomb, a bomb that the Liberian administration is fully a part of, that the United Nations that supported and aided this situation to be such a mess must be responsible for, and a bomb that all the well-connected international friends, who dressed up this kind of leadership to be absolutely irresponsible and unaccountable to the Liberian people, must take full responsibility for.
The point is, President Sirleaf and her administration would have been fully transparent, responsible and accountable to Liberia and the Liberian people if the United Nations was fair and open in its dealings in Liberia. More than ten years of peacekeeping, that sets no milestones to measure serious progress in honest governance, genuine peace building and security sector reforms, but instead focused on job security for a lot of U.N.'s international staff has emboldened the Sirleaf's administration to become a sophisticated web of corruption and a silent and insolvable crimes' facilitator. This is why most serious-minded people will agree that if the Taylor's regime was a gangster cartel it wouldn't be unfair to say that the Sirleaf's administration is a mafia prototype, considering what Liberia is today.
On January 4, 2016, we heard from the president during her 11th annual address to the nation that: "The country is safe and secured". Less than a month, one of the most gruesome political and economically-inspired extra judicial killings took place victimizing a known critic of the administration who wanted full accountability for the following: The NOCAL's US$80 million dollars' bank account's depletion; the US$750 million dollars the President said the country has credited from foreign entities, the creditors' sources and credit processes; and in addition, the victim was pushing for the privatization of the country's energy sector from government's control to prevent widespread chronic corruption and theft of public resources by officials, especially since relatives, friends, loyalists, praise-singers and deals makers are part owners of anything that quacks, talks, walks and sounds like a business in Liberia. And the leadership never says sorry one day!
The senseless murder and conflicting information from the Liberian administration and the potential cover up currently unfolding at the executive level must send shock waves in the spin of our nation. Once again, my elderly mother in River Gee County in south eastern Liberia is not educated neither is she a criminal justice expert. But she used to tell when I and my siblings were lying, covering up, or were part of something that went wrong once our stories did not add up. Clearly, the stories coming out of Liberia, both in Allison's and Greaves' murders don't add up. Again, in Liberia a nation where everyone is a 'lawyer', convenience over truth is the mantra and so one will hear that we are running to judgment without the 'facts' or the 'burden of proof.' This is the ugly behavior that perpetuates evil. It must be stop if we seriously want a better country. Killing of this nature requires that the truth be told and we are saying it loud and clear: Leadership's failure and the recklessness of the Liberian government are responsible for Greaves' murder, simple.
Liberia is not the only African nation that went through civil wars. Rwanda had one, our neighbor Sierra Leone had its share so are many other countries. What is unfolding in Liberia and under the Sirleaf's administration is far from what is happening in many of these once war-ravaged nations. While it is true that some of these countries need to do more, they are far better than what we have under the current Liberian government. The sad part is, everyone erroneously assumes that there is a government in Liberia, and President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf pretends that she is in charge. In reality, Liberia is a mess and it is time that the Liberian government takes full responsibility for everything: from widespread corruption, the abuse of women and the starvation of children to the torture of innocent citizens, and of course the well-calculated political and economically-motivated assassinations of critics and whistle-blowers. Even good investors who refused to engage in corrupt are intimidated and harassed as was the case of a Korean businessman who US$300,000 was armed robbed from him by senior members of the security sector with family ties to the president. Nobody would expect a chief of the CIA/FBI equivalent accused of armed robbery. In Liberia, this is the case. The Sirleaf's administration police force is full of officers who are armed robbers at night, breaking innocent civilians' homes, stealing their money and then jailing them on trumped up charges. The presidential security is replete with gangsters who brutalized women in the streets and raped young girls against their will. Action taken: Presidential silence and in some instances new assignment is given to perpetrators as long as the 'royal' family is protected. This was the case when the president's deputy chief of security protection bloodied a young Liberian woman. The media is replete with these tales, not a makeup. Just Google. And this supposed to be a government headed by a woman? Not so! Besides, I don't find pleasure in criticizing the Sirleaf's government because I want her to succeed so that my two daughters will know that women in Africa can do anything. Unfortunately, the Sirleaf's terrible reign in Liberia has dampened the perception of women's leadership on the continent in ways that gives my two intelligent daughters no historical reference point. Really Ma'am? If Harry Greaves' gruesome murder due to your administration's failure does not make you to turn Liberia to God, then we as a nation are headed to hell. My role is inspire you to realize that material possession comes secondary to what God expects from us and our lives. This is too much and we are tired, frustrated because you failed us. Worse of all, you continue to live in denial this is why the trajectory stays the same.
Clearly, President Sirleaf, Vice President Boakai and House Speaker Tyler cannot rise to the challenge of leadership in our country. Therefore, for the good of our country, they should resign. This is the only option and it is their duty to decide. I hope that they'll do the right thing, remove themselves from power and allow a more open and transparent process to fill those positions.


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Joe Beda - Is all of Avalon managed?
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I want to soften what I just said
I think that there are some unmanaged APIs in the imaging area. However, any new unmanaged APIs that we are releasing pale in comparison to the number and capabilities that we are releasing that are managed.
Another way to put this, should I be so bold, is that the need to be unmanaged when writing a next generation Windows application will become the exceptional notion, not the expected behavioral pattern, in Longhorn.
Theres too many lines!
Charles wrote:Another way to put this, should I be so bold, is that the need to be unmanaged when writing a next generation Windows application will become the exceptional notion, not the expected behavioral pattern, in Longhorn.
I think that is a great way of putting it. Of course developers are still going to be able to write software using Win32 (and Win16 and assembly, but we really think that managed code is the next level and we are working to make sure that Windows has a consistent and very capable API in managed code. The name for that effort (and we started using it at the PDC) is WinFX. The implication here is that WinFX is the next thing after Win32.
Great Post. Great video. Thank you very much for the effort you put in this article.


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I am coming to you after lunch because I had a job interview this morning and have been busy until just now 🙂
After my alarm went off I helped get Ben out the door for his first day of work, then I ran a short 3 miler and got ready for my interview. I actually have another interview scheduled for tomorrow too. Wish me luck please!
I don't know if I ever mentioned this, but I was a recruiter when I was in college. I used to review resumes, interview candidates and submit people for jobs. Because of this I know the major "Do's and Don'ts" of interviewing.
– Dress professionally – even if the position will end up requiring casual wear.
– Do bring a copy (or two) of your resume – even if they already have it.
– Do answer the question – it's obvious if you changed the subject since I'm taking notes.
– Do ask what the next step in the hiring process is, so you know when to expect to hear from them again. This also shows that you're interested in moving to that next step.
– Do smile 🙂 I know you might be nervous, but try to smile and let your personality come through.
– Don't have an inappropriate email address – "firstname.lastname@example.com" is not going to win you points unless you're applying to work at a strip club
– Don't wear perfume – you never know what your interviewer likes and/or is allergic to (My former boss would HATE when people would wear perfume of cologne to interviews)
– Don't lie. Don't lie on your resume or in the interview. Recruiters and hiring managers know their positions and can spot this very easily.
– Don't give one word answers. It helps to show that you can expand on your knowledge and are conversational.
– Don't stress. I know this is hard, but you learn something from every interview and meeting new people is fun. Do your best, be confident and have fun with it.
– Don't ask about salary. If you are moved forward to the next step they will discuss this in detail.
And don't forget to fuel up before your interview! I think overnight oats can be a good option…
I mentioned this on Twitter today, but I have eaten my weight in avocados since I've gotten home! Most of it is consumed straight from the skin, like so…
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Jet lag has caught up with me and I am exhausted. I need a nap. I can't believe I'm saying that since I am so not a napper. A rapper maybe, but that's for another day 😉
Health News – This is super interesting… Most exercise studies rely on all male subjects even though men and women are very different (ya think?). A recent study on how females react when refueling with carbs versus carb/protein came out very different from the male study.
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To many people, drinking coffee is one of the most delightful experiences. It is almost like an addiction. You will see all the good coffee shops crowded every day with coffee lovers. Coffee is very popular all over the world and here are the most popular types of coffee that people enjoy.
Brewed Coffee
These are made by the coffee maker. All you need to do is put the coffee grounds in the coffee maker, add water to it and turn the machine on. The coffee maker heats up the water and the rich coffee flavor is slowly released through the coffee grounds.
This coffee will give you energy. To make this coffee you should bring a small amount of boiling water is forced through finely ground coffee beans using pressure. The amount of water used here is less than that of brewed coffee. So, espresso coffee is thicker. It will have a foamy topping.
This coffee is prepared using espresso, hot milk, and hot steamed milk foam. This is popular among people who like to have cream in their coffee. The creamy taste feels awesome in Cappuccino.
In this type of coffee, you add hot water to espresso. If you think that espresso is too powerful for you, then you can try Americano as it is more dilute than espresso.
If you haven't tried any of these types of coffee, you should do it now. The type of coffee people drink depends on their preference. But only after trying different types of coffee you will know which one you like. So, try them today!


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Daniel Radcliffe wants gay kiss award after intimate sex scene
Radcliffe speaks about 'intimate' sex scene and kiss with Dane DeHaan in new movie about Allan Ginsberg and beat generation, Kill Your Darlings
Daniel Radcliffe wants his gay kiss with actor Dane DeHaan to win the MTV Best Kiss trophy at this year's Movie Awards and to be immortalized for all time.
Radcliffe said it will be 'cool' for the 'sincere, passionate and romantic' kiss in his new movie, Kill Your Darlings, to win the award. He believes a gay kiss has never won before.
In the film, Radcliffe plays gay beat poet Allan Ginsberg who falls in love with Lucien Carr, another key member of the beat generation, played by DeHaan.
The plot follows their relationship and the killing that defined it.
Speaking to Vulture.com, Radcliffe was asked about the kiss, with the interviewer joking it would be 'immortalized in animated GIFs until the end of time'.
'You know, I think that will be wonderful!' he replied. 'Dane and I are banging the drum already because we want the MTV Best Kiss award.
'We want that golden popcorn! To my knowledge, a sincere, passionate, romantic gay kiss has never won, so I think that would be a very cool thing for this movie to receive.'
Radcliffe has already said that filming a gay sex scene gave him 'no discomfort'. And that his Harry Potter fans had already seen him 'simulating sex on the back of a horse' in the stage play of Equus 'so this is a walk in the park'.
But he told Vulture.com that he did need some direction getting going with the gay sex scene.
He said: 'My favorite John Krokidas direction moment was when we started kissing. I guess I was way too hesitant about it in the moment, and John just went, "No! Kiss him! Fucking sex kissing!" That was my favorite note that I've gotten, probably in my career.
'The other important moment is when he's about to start having sex with me from behind and I just grab him and turn myself over. John said that Allen would want to face him, that he would want it to be a still and intimate experience.'
He joked it was good to get the kissing out of the way, saying that he and DeHaan have since become great friends in real life.
He spent time before Christmas with DeHaan and his wife and they celebrated New Year's together too.
'On some sets, you get very close to people – it's very intense and intimate when you're shooting a film – and then the film ends and you don't know if you're going to stay in contact,' Radcliffe explained.
'So it's really nice to count Dane as a very good friend.'
Radcliffe has long been a celebrity advocate of gay suicide prevention helpline the Trevor Project.
He believes Kill Your Darlings will be 'really cool film for a gay youth to see' because it will give them a glimpse of the challenges previous generations of gay people had to face.


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Georgian Bay Cycling Route
Expansion of the Trail into Manitoulin, Bruce and Grey Counties begins in 2017
In May 2014, the Waterfront Regeneration Trust (WRT) accepted an invitation from the Georgian Bay Cycling Route (GBCyR) Steering Committee to lead the Georgian Bay Cycling Route initiative with the goal of establishing a 1,000 km cycling route around Georgian Bay as the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail. Implementation has been on-going as part of larger initiatives to expand the Trail along the North Channel of Lake Huron, and most recently into Manitoulin Island, Bruce, Grey and Huron Counties.
Implementation Stages
Stage I: Espanola to Sudbury will be complete in Summer of 2017 as part of the WRT's work on the Lake Huron North Channel cycle route (Sault Ste Marie to Sudbury) and in partnership with Trans Canada Trail, Ontario Trillium Foundation and Tourism Northern Ontario.
Stage II: Espanola to Manitoulin Island and Owen Sound. In 2017, the WRT will expand the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail and partnership into Manitoulin Island, Bruce, Huron and Grey counties (see map to the right). The work will achieve the second phase of the GBCyR, and connect the northern section of the Trail along the Lake Huron North Channel, to the southern sections along Lakes Erie and Ontario. The work will be complete in April 2018.
Leading project partners include the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Tourism Northern Ontario, Regional Tourism Organizations 7 and 4.
Background on the GBCyR
The Georgian Bay Cycling Route (GBCyR) will be a 1,000 kilometre, signed Signature Cycling Route around Georgian Bay that connects communities around the Bay to develop the region's cycling tourism potential. The idea of the route came from the Manitoulin Island Cycling Advocates (MICA) with the initial route researched by Denis Baldwin. Working with the LaCloche Manitoulin Business Assistance Corporation (LAMBAC), MICA established a volunteer steering committee chaired by LAMBAC to oversee a feasibility study for the route. The Study was conducted by Transportation Options and the Resource Management Consulting Group. Funding for the study was provided by FedNor, the Province's Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport and the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Feasibility Study Findings
- 65 representatives of municipalities, tourism organizations, health units and cycling clubs participated in workshops held in Little Current, Sudbury, Parry Sound, Gravenhurst, Midland, Collingwood, Owen Sound and Wiarton or were interviewed by telephone.
- Support in the Region for the GBCyR is strong. Over 58 letters of support for the concept were received.
- Of the 1,000 km proposed route, 800 km is ready to be implemented, that is, mapped, signed and promoted.
- The section between Parry Sound and Sudbury requires the Ministry of Transportation's support and leadership to close two gaps to create a continous alignment. A third gap exists along HWY 17 by the Spanish River Bridge.
- An organization is needed to establish and manage a community partnership co-ordinate route implementation, promotional activities and funding--the Waterfront Regeneration Trust was identified as an excellent candidate for the role.
Route Description
The GBCyR has been planned, in conjunction with local municipalities, to follow existing trails and roads as close to Georgian Bay as possible. It will allow cyclists to enjoy the beauty of the region, as well as views and access to the shoreline. In some places, the GBCyR goes right along the shore, in others it is a considerable distance back from the bay, traversing farmland, forest or the rocky terrain of the Canadian Shield. The GBCyR connects the culture, heritage and lifestyles of 35+ communities around Georgian Bay with two UNESCO World Biosphere Reserves, two National Parks, 15 Provincial Parks and includes a Chi-Cheemaun ferry crossing to Manitoulin Island. Eight hundred kilometers of the GBCyR is implementation-ready, from Town of Parry Sound, south around Georgian Bay to the City of Greater Sudbury. In two places, alternative routes have been provided:
- Muskoka District – For cyclists with time, Core Route B (62 km) offers a longer, scenic ride along the shore of Georgian Bay Township towards Honey Harbour, than the more direct Core Route A.
- Manitoulin Island – For cyclists who want to experience the interior of the Island. The Core B Route (83 km) offers a scenic ride into the heart of Manitoulin Island
Completion of the final 200 km between Sudbury and Parry Sound, will require support of the Ontario government and Ministry of Transportation to find a route. In light of the Ontario Government's 2013 #CycleOn Strategy, the GBCyR Steering Committee has initiated meetings with the Ministry of Transportation to investigate opportunities to make the GBCyR a complete loop around Georgian Bay. The proposed GBCyR has been mapped in MapMyRide, and an overview map is shown here. For a brief description of the gaps, click here.
Route Objectives
- Owned and maintained by the communities along the route and incorporated into their asset management plans
- Promoted as a provincial tourism asset and attraction
- Benefit cyclists, cycle tourists and local businesses and municipalities in the region
- Link together the growing network of designated bicycle routes in the Georgian Bay region
- Create a signature cycling route, to strengthen Ontario's positioning as a cycling destination.
Benefits of the Georgian Bay Cycling Route
Communities along the GBCyR are very supportive of the GBCyR because the infrastructure investment would be low and the benefits would be substantial.
- Creates a 1000 km high-profile bicycle route that is suitable for a wide variety of cyclists,
- Support the communities' ongoing initiatives related to Active Transportation, off-road cycling trails, paved shoulders and designated on-road cycling routes, and
- Help communities set priorities for cycle route/trail development and enhancement.
Many destination marketing/management organizations and tourism businesses along the GBCyR are currently investing in cycle tourism product development to attract more visitors, increase their length of stay and increase visitor spending. The GBCyR aligns with these ongoing cycle tourism initiatives because it will:
- Help communities meet the growing demand for safe cycle tourism by expanding the opportunities for recreational, experienced and touring cyclists;
- Be a new product that aligns with tourism positioning of the community destination marketing organizations: active, outdoor recreational experiences;
- Link many of the existing tourism attractions along Georgian Bay, providing an alternative to car transportation and a fresh way to market tourism attractions; and
- Complement and further promote the communities and tourism businesses already participating in the Ontario By Bike Network (formerly the Welcome Cyclists Network).
The GBCyR aligns with #CycleON, the new Ontario government strategy to encourage the growth of cycling and improve the safety of people who cycle across the province. It will help Ontario residents reap the benefits identified in the #CycleON strategy:
- Improved personal and public health for residents and visitors to the region,
- Cleaner environment by providing an alternative to road transportation for residents and visitors,
- New tourism product to meet the growing demand for cycling experiences, and
- New business opportunities to service residents and visiting cyclists.
I was travelling home to the Island from Southern Ontario a few days ago, and my heart was pining for the drive on Old Hwy 69 between Parry Sound and Sudbury where we followed shorelines and became familiar with small settlements like Bigwood and Estaire and Britt, and family run businesses of the most interesting character. The new Hwy is fast and safe, but we are certainly losing some of the distinct characteristics of Northern Ontario. Perhaps a cycling route will find its place among these disappearing but important outposts.
Ron Berti, President
Manitoulin Tourism Association


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Britain to review BBC host's abuse cases
Updated 10:48 pm, Wednesday, October 24, 2012
London -- Britain's director of public prosecutions said Wednesday that he would review a decision by prosecutors in 2009 not to bring charges of sexual abuse leveled against Jimmy Savile, one of Britain's best-known television hosts, apparently because the suspected victims did not wish to proceed to court.
The announcement seemed certain to reinforce accusations by critics of Savile and of his erstwhile employer, the British Broadcasting Corp., that no action was taken to restrain or censure the television personality even though rumors about his misbehavior with children and adolescents had been swirling for decades.
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Since Savile's death a year ago at age 84, the number of possible victims has exploded from a handful to more than 200, primarily underage girls, according to police, who are following 400 leads into accusations of abuse spanning decades at hospitals, children's homes and on the BBC's premises.
Keir Starmer, the director of public prosecutions, said prosecutors in 2009 had considered four cases assembled by the police in Surrey, south of London, but had decided not to proceed.
The accusations related to episodes reported among pupils at the Duncroft school for emotionally disturbed girls and at Stoke Mandeville hospital west of London. Starmer said he had asked "out of an abundance of caution" for his principal legal adviser to review the cases once more.
The prosecutor's decision came as Prime Minister David Cameron increased pressure on the BBC to fully investigate Savile's behavior, deepening a confrontation between the government and the public broadcaster once regarded as an emblem of integrity.
The developments came after a parliamentary panel's abrasive questioning Tuesday left the corporation's director general, George Entwistle, smarting over criticism that he seemed to have displayed an "extraordinary lack of curiosity" about the cancellation last December of a documentary by the BBC's "Newsnight" program exposing accusations of abuse by Savile.
On Tuesday the culture secretary, Maria Miller, sent a letter to Lord Christopher Patten, the chairman of the governing BBC Trust, saying that "very real concerns are being raised about public trust and confidence in the BBC," which is financed by mandatory license fees paid by viewers.
Miller said it was "vital that these inquiries are able to follow the evidence wherever it takes them" and said she would welcome Patten's "commitment" to such inquiries.
Patten insisted in a reply, made public Tuesday night, that "you know how seriously the Trust takes the allegations surrounding Jimmy Savile and the need to maintain public trust in the BBC."
The exchange between Miller and Patten and Wednesday's announcement by Starmer seemed to widen the cast of those who have been drawn publicly into the controversy. Many of them deny knowledge of the events that led to the cancellation of the Savile expose last December - including Entwistle and Mark Thompson, the director general of the BBC at the time and now the incoming chief executive officer at the New York Times Co.
In an interview in New York, Thompson reiterated Tuesday that he was not aware of the investigative report into Savile's behavior until after it was canceled.


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Arrow Producers Preview Major Guest Stars, Return EpisodeMatt Richenthal at . Comments
Tick... tick... tick...
The countdown isn't mere on until Arrow Season 2 returns from its Olympic-inspired hiatus. It's also on until we meet The Clock King, a thief portrayed by Robert Knepper who makes his debut on this Tuesday's episode.
Titled "Time of Death," the hour will also bring Alex Kingston back as Laurel's mother, while placing Felicity in danger and bringing Sara in as part of the team.
What else will go down? Curious for more details on these developments? Check out the following producers' preview now:
You can also catch up on the show when you watch Arrow online and you can cycle through photos from the upcoming episode here:
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Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations
99730 Vending Machine Repairer (Coin Machine Service Repairer)
Installs, services, adjusts, and repairs vending, amusement, and other coin-operated machines. Assembles machines following specifications, using hand tools and power tools. Fills machines with ingredients or products and tests ice making, refrigeration, carbonation, evaporation, dispensing, electrical, and coin-handling systems. Examines defective machines visually or by using test equipment such as voltage meters, circuit testers and pressure and dial gauges to determine causes of malfunctions. Adjusts and repairs machines, replacing worn or defective electrical or mechanical parts, using hand tools such as hammers, pliers, screwdrivers, soldering irons, and wrenches. May drive to designated locations to transport, install, or service machines. May keep vending records and participate in taking inventories. May collect coins from machines and make settlements with concessionaires. May replenish machines.


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A decrease in the number of undocumented immigrants residing in this country illegally coincides with the U.S. economic downturn, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
A DHS report estimates that the number of undocumented immigrants in this country in January 2009 at 10.8 million.
It is the second consecutive drop in the estimate since 2007, when DHS estimated the undocumented population at 11.8 million. Last year the estimate was 11.6 million.
The U.S. Census Bureau was the source for the estimates.
According to the report, the decline of 1 million undocumented immigrants since 2007 coincides with the U.S. economic downturn.
Undocumented immigrants from Mexico made up the largest share of the illegal population, at an estimated 6.6 million in 2009.
The largest population of undocumented immigrants in 2009 resided in California, 2.6 million, followed by Texas, 1.7 million, and Florida, 720,000.


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09 May In Defense of "Dumbing Down" Show Hunters
Over the last few months, there's been a lot of discussion about the problems with American show hunters: they're too slow, they're all drugged up, they are prepped and lunged to death, there are too many divisions and too many horse shows. And critics say that all of this combines to create awful animal welfare situations and terrible riders! I'm not here to refute every point, in fact some of it I wholeheartedly agree with. But some of these points fall far from the mark, and I'm here to defend "dumbing down" show hunters.
I enjoy reading about the history of our sport – especially articles written by exceptional horsemen and women – that discuss how show hunters used to be. They paint beautiful pictures of horses and riders galloping 3'6"-4'+ fences in the open field with few related distances. Compared to now, that might as well be an entirely different sport! Many critics point to the "dumbing down" show hunters as its downfall: adding a multitude of divisions from ground poles to 3' makes classes less competitive and creates less accomplished equestrians. These knowledgeable and successful riders hate how diluted horse shows have become.
As vain as it is, whenever I read an article like that, I think about myself and all my friends that I show with. Here in Central Ohio, we have a pretty healthy Regional I and National show circuit – it's not as large as WEF, but there are still well-run and well-attended, USEF-rated horse shows. Do you know what most of these competitors show in? Divisions that are 3' and under. In fact, a majority of entries are at the 2'6" and under heights. That's just a small sample, but I'd bet that many local hunter/jumper associations across the country have a similar demographic.
Aside from the fence height, I think it's important to consider who exactly is showing in these classes. In my area, most of these classes are populated by juniors and amateurs, who are showing 2' and 2'6"… which means THEY'RE the ones paying the bills of show management, trainers and many others who make their living in the equestrian industry.
Juniors and Amateurs Support the Industry
Without all of the juniors and amateurs riding and showing at 3' and under, a lot of people would be out of a job. And having fewer riders, fewer trainers and fewer horse shows certainly isn't going to help the equestrian sport become more popular or more mainstream… and it definitely won't help us get big corporate sponsorships.
Am I as good of a rider as someone showing in Amateur Owner Hunters at 3'6"? Absolutely not. So are these lower level divisions "dumbing down" riders today? Yeah, if that's how you want to look at it. But consider sports on the whole – only a very small percentage of athletes compete at the top levels – whether it's the Olympics or professionally. For example, there are many more amateur golfers than there are professional goflers; but those amateurs toiling away on the golf course on weekends and spending their money on all the equipment is what makes the sport of golf so successful.
Equestrians who Show are Competitive
Not all equestrians attend horse shows… in fact, I'd bet a majority of horse owners are recreational riders. Those that do show, attend for a reason… and it's probably in some part because they're competitive. Horse showing isn't all about the ribbons – and I completely agree. Is it enough for me to go into the ring, have a great round and not get any satin to show for it? Yes, that feeling of achieving personal success is 110% worth it to me. In fact, I have a number of ribbons that aren't first (or even second!) place that mean more to me than some of my better placings because of what I accomplished, regardless of where I finished in the standings.
But I'll be brutally honest here, I'm a competitive person and competitive people like to win stuff. I'm a much happier person if I place 6th of 8 all weekend long instead of showing for a week straight and bringing home absolutely nothing. I'm glad that horse shows have additional divisions I can show in so that while I'm working hard to get better, I don't constantly feel like a failure. Call it selfish, materialistic or whatever you want – it's the truth.
Non-Equestrians' Opinions Matter Too
We all have to justify and answer for our equine-related expenditures (monetary and otherwise) to someone. Maybe those aren't quite the right words for it in every circumstance, but my reality (and the reality of many amateurs and juniors) is that we have to tell someone else – like parents, grandparents and/or significant others – that all this time and money we spend on owning, riding and showing a horse is worth it.
You know what's really hard? To spend thousands of dollars to attend horse shows with almost no chance at a ribbon… and then to try to explain the financial expense to someone who isn't an equestrian. And that's just the money – not the blood, sweat and tears you put in not only throughout the horse show weekend, but all the months leading up to it! Having something to show for your hard work, even if it's just a ribbon, makes it a little bit easier for the non-horsey husband/wife/mom/dad to comprehend.
Animal Welfare Is a Big Deal
Animal welfare is a real issue and we have a duty to take it seriously. I understand that more divisions means more opportunities for horses to be overworked. To that, I say two things: First, let's keep working on adding and enforcing USEF rules so that our horses are well-cared for and their health is at the forefront of all we do; and second, give people some credit. The vast majority of equestrians love and care for their horses – they're part of the family. So instead of assuming the worst, let's make sure to educate owners and riders so that they can be their horses' best advocate.
From where I stand, I see more good horsemen and women taking good care of their horses than I do those who are willing to win at any cost.
Who Am I?
Look, at the end of the day I'm just a regular, working adult amateur rider. I'm never going to go pro and I'm never going to win a class at Devon. I'm probably not even going to show at the 3'6" height in my lifetime. But I am a hardworking, dedicated and passionate amateur who enjoys learning and improving one ride at a time. I love going to horse shows and I'll proudly display my ribbons from the 2'6" Thoroughbred Hunters because to me, they're a huge accomplishment that I'm tremendously proud of. I might not be the next Beezie Madden, but I love this sport just as much.
I spend thousands of hours every year at the barn riding and caring for my horse. I spend thousands of dollars every year on riding lessons, equipment and horse shows. If you measured my dedication to horses and the sport of show hunters by the percentage of time and money I spend, I'd be right there in the top 10%. So don't take away my divisions and don't act like I make no difference in this industry at all – because even if my money is but a drop in the bucket compared to many others, I'm still here supporting the industry day in and day out. I know I matter.


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A few days ago we asked you which applications you would choose to be "featured" application on the shelves of the Ubuntu 10.04 Software Center. Since then the list has swelled from a meagre 4 choices a few days ago to a massive 17 selections now!
AbiWord and Scribus were sent back to the stock room a few days back so have your favourite choices taken their place?
A simple multimedia transcoder for the GNOME Desktop
A multi-track audio editor and recorder
3D graphics application
Webcam booth
Chromium B.S.U
A fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter
Deja Dup
A simple backup tool.
Firewall Config
An easy and intuitive way to configure your firewall.
A clone of the popular 'puzzle bobble' game
Personal organizer/to-do list application
Image editor
GNOME Do
Helps you do things quicker.
Personal accounting application
Desktop feed reader
Media centre
Lemmings. With penguins.
3D immersive desktop planetarium
My thoughts
I'm pleased that GNOME Do has made it on to the list, likewise with Cheese and GTG!
I'm equally pleased some lesser-known applications are featured, too. Moovida and Deja Dup excel at what they do and any promotion of them is surely warranted.
Not being much of a gamer I suppose my thoughts on the inclusion of some games is going to be biased. Chromium B.S.U seems an odd choice – perhaps they were aiming for Chromium the browser! That would've made a much better highlight as not everyone will be aware that it is available to install from the Lucid repo's.
As with all of our Lucid coverage – nothing is set in stone yet so this list is subject to change, but for now it shows a great and varied selection of the best applications available in the Ubuntu repos.


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Heater problem
2003 Ford Focus 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic 122000 miles
why do I lose heat when I get to a red light or slow down in traffic? I seem to get heat while i've been driving for a while, but like I said, it slowly cools down while I come to a stop. The Fan works no problem, I'm getting air into the car, but it's not HOT air. Can anyone tell me WHAT's going on and how I can fix it?
also, my heated seat sees to have stopped working. I checked the fuse underneath the steering column and it looks just fine. Could these two "eat" issues be related?
Any help is greatly appreciated
have the same problem?
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Recent results from Tunnel to Towers Run for elite runners are published below. The New York City Fire Department organizes Tower to Tunnel Run for honoring Stephen and all the 343 firefighters who who perished on 9/11. The mission is to follow Stephen's footsteps through support of children who have lost a parent, firefighters, and military who have been seriously injured and sacrifice their quality of life in the line of duty.
Tunnel to Towers Run 2014 Results
Sep 28, 2014. Colin Burke was the topper among the men clocking 00:17:56 and Caitrin Demchko was the winner among the women with 00:19:44.
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Tunnel to Towers Run 2013 Results
David Adams was the topper among the men clocking 16:38 and Michelle Lafleur was the winner among the women with 17:25.
Results for all participants are available on the official Tunnel to Towers Run results page (search by year).


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Wigan Athletic - Bramble Pours his Heart Out
Wigan Athletic defender Titus Bramble has given a very open interview to the Guardian news paper about the criticism he receives and his time at Newcastle United where he felt he was made a scapegoat.
Bramble is a very private man and it is quite a coup for the Guardian to have got him to talk at all and it does show that he is a sensitive guy and all the criticism that he receives does get to him, 99% of which is totally unfounded.
Below is an exert from the interview and Titus is talking about his mobile phone ringing with an unrecognised number:
'It was David James,' he says. 'I don't really know him but I'd done an interview with The Voice in which I said I could use him as an inspiration because he had been criticised throughout his career and managed to turn the perception of him around. He'd got my number off Kieron Dyer and he just told me to keep working hard because I could do the same. It was very good of him, the England goalkeeper taking the time to ring me up.'
Titus talks about Sir Bobby Robson and Steve Bruce as well, it is a good read click here for the article
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5 Signs You Are Burning Fat
When your mission is to look slimmer and feel healthier, then it's important that your diet and exercise regimen are such that make you lose fat. But how can you come to know whether you are on the right track or not? A simple weighing scale cannot accurately tell you whether your weight loss is because of fat loss or not. Here are some further signs that show that you are losing fat.
1.Your tightest fitting jeans are comfortable to you now
Clothes are one of the best indicators of your fat loss. So if your old and tight jeans are back in your current wardrobe, then give yourself a pat because you are definitely making progress.
2.Your body measurements have changed
This means that your circumference, measurements of limbs, chest, waist and buttocks have slightly reduced. Fat takes more space than muscles, so when you lose fat it shows as loss in body inches.
3.Your energy levels do not drop during the day
You find yourself energetic throughout the day. This happens when your body is burning fat to get energy. When your body depends on your carbohydrate intake, then you are bound to feel alternate cycles of energy and fatigue. However when fat is used as a fuel source, energy levels remain stable and constant throughout the day.


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Thursday, January 20, 2011
The Wal-Mart / Obama Connection
First Lady Michelle Obama's ties to Wal-Mart are nothing new. She once sat on the board of directors of one of the retail giant's major suppliers – a position she was forced to resign after her husband vowed never to shop at Wal-Mart because of its anti-union stance.
In the spring of 2007, as an Illinois senator beginning his presidential run, Obama told an AFL-CIO gathering in Trenton, NJ, there was a "moral responsibility to stand up and fight the company" and "force them to examine their own corporate values."
At the time, Mrs. Obama was a director of TreeHouse Foods, an Illinois food processing company - a position she had held since June 2005. Its biggest customer is Wal-Mart. She earned $51,200 a year for the part-time gig, and also received $72,375 worth of stock options in her two-year stint at the company. In May 2007, eight days after her husband blasted Wal-Mart's labor practices, she resigned. But she denied any conflict of interest as the reason. Asked if she quit because of her husband's pro-union platform, she told NBC's Robin Roberts: "Barack is gonna say what needs to be said," and claimed she was leaving the board to devote more time to her daughters, in light of the stress of her husband's candidacy.
In a separate interview later in the campaign, Mrs. Obama was asked if she shopped at Wal-Mart. "I'm more of a Target shopper," she replied without elaborating.
Fast forward almost three years later, and Mrs. Obama is embracing Wal-Mart in its initiative to carry healthier food products with less fat and salt as part of her own "Let's Move" anti-childhood obesity crusade. The New York Times and other corporate media outlets, including The Washington Post, dutifully parroted the press releases of both the White House and Wal-Mart: the actual process of offering less expensive, more nutritious foods will – you guessed it – be a gradual one. It'll take five years, officials acknowledged. But it's a "victory for parents and children", said Mrs. Obama at a Thursday photo-op with CEO Bill Simon. As Simon praised the first lady as being the sole "catalyst" for the initiative, she added: "When 40 million people a day are shopping at Wal-Mart, then day by day and meal by meal all these small changes can start to make a big difference for our children's health."
There were no comments on the difference the addition of the second most admired woman in the world (after Secretary of State and former Wal-Mart board member Hillary Clinton) will make to Wal-Mart's bottom line. There has been no official word from the White House on what, if any, concessions or tax breaks the retailer behemoth stands to gain due to its altruism. (We are still awaiting a response to a request for clarification from the White House).
But let's examine a few factoids and connect a few dots. Right before the Christmas shopping season, the President held a closed-door meeting with Wal-Mart officials as part of his reach-out-to-businesses effort. The White House flatly refused to answer questions about what was discussed. A short time later, Wal-Mart raised prices on its toys, just in time for the Christmas rush. It then announced what is in effect a wage cut for its associates by discontinuing the $1 pay differential for Sunday shifts for workers hired after 2010.
To further serve the community (read: increase its stranglehold on global markets) Wal-Mart announced it will build more stores in so-called "food deserts" - urban and rural areas where there are a dearth of grocery stores. Presumably, New York City is one such barren moonscape in the eyes of Wal-Mart, because it has been one of the few surviving outposts to have successfully resisted efforts to let the retailer into its neighborhoods. Now that the Obamas are backtracking and becoming the First Family of Wal-Mart, do you think they'll be putting any pressure on Mayor Bloomberg to get with the program? Stay tuned.
There has also been no comment from the Obamas on Walmart being the defendant in the largest class action bias lawsuit in history. The lead plaintiff in the case, a 60-year-old greeter named Betty Dukes, claims she was demoted over the act of taking a penny from a cash register without permission. There are millions of women in the case, and the Supreme Court now has to decide whether the women constitute a "class." Walmart stands to be out billions if they lose. Given the current make-up of the Roberts court, it should be a nail-biter.
Meanwhile, there is still no word on whether Mrs. Obama actually plans to forsake Target and begin shopping at Wal-Mart herself. As far as the President is concerned, he will likely stay true to his word that he will personally never shop there again - not that he has decided to alienate his corporate friends and side with the unions as he once promised to do - but because as leader of the free world, he need never have to physically shop anywhere, ever again
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- DreamsAmelia said...
Looks like D.C. will get a Walmart, but still not get the vote. So many people danced in the streets on inauguration night believing that if anyone was going to finally bring Statehood to D.C., it would be the first African-American president...A statehood which would have revered and preserved the individual flavor of neighborhood precincts in D.C. before allowing in the mind-numbing, known tyranny of Walmart.
How sorely they were deceived...and if you are a nobody like me, with a middle-class job, paying taxes, and simply comment out of concern for our neighbors, representing no special interest group, but championing the rights of people over right of corporations, you must not merely be of "the left," but, automatically, you must be of "the professional left"-- since everyone is a slickster and a huckster and a PR spinner, and grass roots actions in these United States have been literally rolled over with astroturf by claiming to be "movements" fronted by ever sophisticated, anonymous, international business groups...It is simply inconceivable to be a mere person these days...
There are only so many realms of Dante's inferno to fall through, but there are apparently limitless rings through which the mere common mortal human being can marginalized to the deepest recesses of cyberspace---so that any mere human who dared have the intransigence to question the almighty corporation taking over its local neighborhood has to be automatically categorized and ejected to its own special inferno in cyberspace where like-minded non-corporate entities can commiserate about how they have been labeled and unceremoniously deposited there...
But you know what? We laugh a lot harder here in this peonage of non-stakeholder, unspecial interests that are all too quirky and, a category few seemingly would understand, human, to us...
- January 20, 2011 at 3:40 PM
I have always had a queasy feeling about Michelle Obama, since she has seemed to me to be a member of what we called in Washington, D.C. "The Black Bourgeoisie," even though she was born to a working class family. I do not blame Ms. Obama for her upward striving or ambition, but I think, as First Lady, she would do well to show more awareness and sense of social justice about terrible places like WalMart. After all, WalMart sells unhealthy food products IN THE MAIN and screws its employees in whatever ways it legally can.
Bottom line: I was hoping for an Eleanor Roosevelt of color, and what we got was a Black Nancy Reagan! More is the sad.
- January 20, 2011 at 10:59 PM
The article is full of innuendo. Three words stick out, "WalMart", "Board Member" and these phrases "earned $51,200" and "received $72,375 worth of stock " -- all of which separately mean little but together condemn Michele Obama.
She's fit for hell, or worse, never ever shopping again at WalMart.
It seems thusly inconceivable that the lady new perfectly well what she was doing. Nope -- she was surely under the influence of the God of Mammon and therefore had compromised her whiter-than-white principles.
Innuendo makes for poor journalism, especially in a country that does not know how to eat healthily -- and whose eating habits have resulted in its present obesity pandemic. (Pandemic is worse than epidemic, look up the word.) Which could well turn into one of the worst health-disasters in America since AIDS.
So, obviously, given these facts (of which the press and the writer of the above article are evidently ignorant) Michele Obama can do no good. Neither with WalMart nor with the Chinese president because the loonies also complain she was "wearing red".
Heavens above, what is this crap that passes for "objective journalism". It's propaganda, that's what.
- January 21, 2011 at 6:18 AM
- EarRe Feeling said...
All that concerns me now is that the farmer/producer will be squeezed and out of business, the middleman destroyed, and "healthy" products will become the sole province of massive producers, all so that YOU my friend can have a low price. Wal-Mart's business model does not lead to a "low price utopia" but a "low price hell" for the working families of the world. A low price a Wal-Mart is just a wage or job cut for you. Enjoy.
- January 21, 2011 at 8:23 AM
- Karen Garcia said...
Thanks for your astute and heartfelt comment. Many of us follow your posts in the NY Times as well. Welcome to a place that will never censor,reject or otherwise squelch legitimate commentary (unlike "that other publication").
- January 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM
- Karen Garcia said...
Since Wal-Mart taints everything it touches, it's unfortunate that Mrs. Obama chose to cast her lot with it. I am well aware of the obesity pandemic, and applaud her efforts in fighting it, but just wish she would have chosen a different venue, that's all. Public officials have to be careful of even appearing to have a conflict of interest, even though their intentions may be pure. I noticed that, with a few exceptions, mainstream publications pretty much acted as stenographers for this story. Think back to how Hillary was treated as first lady and I think you will agree that Mrs. Obama is being very fairly and positively portrayed by the press.(the rightwing gasbags are not included, of course).--KG
- January 21, 2011 at 2:53 PM
- knitwit said...
I think MO means well and would gladly hold her nose while praising Wal Mart for this move. MY gripe is that the deal has been in the works for some time and is not the result of MO's work on the obesity issue. The other thing is how little they are really doing. It's only their store label that is directly affected--and everyone knows that store brands have even more "fillers" (salt, sugar, unhealthy fats) than the already unhealthy regular brands of packaged food. They are supposedly going to lower the price of produce as well, which I cannot criticize, but we shall see. The fact remains, however, that their stores are crammed with soda and other "beverages" that are not even mentioned in this deal. I do not shop at WM, but go in now and then to see what's going on in there. The food prices tempted me, but I resisted.
I think it is all right for MO to work with any company that will truly help her move her initiative forward, regardless of whatever boards she sat on in another lifetime. I don't care what she wears or who designs her clothes, but I DO care about public health and the efforts of WM and others to cut unhealthy additives by very small amounts over fairly long periods of time is nothing but a wolf in sheep's clothing to try to get regulatory bodies off their backs.
Want to reverse the obesity epidemic? Quit eating packaged food/soda. Easy for me, but what about kids? They need adults to act responsibly on their behalf. FOTUS is very well-intentioned, but so much of our society is now in the hands of the most craven corporations, I think there is very little room for meaningful change. If you own shares in Mac Donald's or Wal Mart, you are part of the problem. Someone told me the other day, "my kids aren't fat"--yeah, but he owns stock in these companies. It's the same as conservatives not wanting "socialized" medicine. We're losing our cohesion as human beings. We only want to help when there's a 9/11, instead of everyone putting in a little all along so that everyone gets a shot at the "dream".
- January 21, 2011 at 5:46 PM
Ms. Garcia -
i always look forward to - and appreciate - your reader's comments in the NYTimes, where i just learned of this blog.
with best wishes -
- January 22, 2011 at 4:35 PM
Just wanted to say that I appreciate your comments, both in the NYTimes and now here as well. I now read that paper more for the comments to various articles and op-eds than I do for the so-called journalism they peddle.
- January 23, 2011 at 7:13 AM
- C said...
Great post Karen. Congratulations on the new blog. I look forward to reading it!
Best regards, Chris Doyle
SF, Ca.
- January 25, 2011 at 11:43 AM


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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, has approved the sweeping overhaul we mentioned the other day. Now companies will be able to register their own unique top-level domain (TLD), which is sure to be as annoying as it sounds. But think of the branding opportunities! "Go to littlebigworld.ps3 to see the all new trailer!" "Download a special coupon from bestbuy.rocks." And so on.
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Tyhiesha Smith fell to the court midway through the fourth period holding her left leg.
The Glenn Hills senior center pulled her jersey over her face as the team trainer checked her leg. As it turned out, Smith suffered just a cramp and she returned to the contest.
"I've been on her about drinking water and eating bananas," Lady Spartans coach Bernard Bowman said. "I hope tonight she understands the importance of it."
Leg cramps were the only thing slowing down the Lady Spartans. The frontcourt tandem of junior forward Cortney Snowden and Smith combined with guard Keoshia Worthy for 56 points as Glenn Hills rolled to a 62-51 win over Laney on Tuesday night in the Lady Spartan Tipoff Classic.
The 5-foot-9 Snowden, who scored a game-high 27, made her presence known in the second period. With Glenn Hills (2-0) up five, she grabbed a Worthy miss and banked it in. Snowden blocked two shots on the other end and then grabbed two more offensive boards and made two more layups. The Lady Spartans led 18-9.
"We didn't box out as well as we should have," Laney coach Otis Smart said. "We had the game. We just have to box out better on the boards."
Laney (2-1) pulled to within three at halftime and then took advantage of a sloppy Glenn Hills offense. On their first five trips downcourt after the break, the Lady Spartans committed five turnovers.
Meanwhile, Jonta Moss drained a 3-pointer. Samantha Wilson made a layup and Joycelyn Nelson added another and the Lady Wildcats led 26-22.
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"Our inside game is real aggressive," said Smith, who had 13 points. "When we get it inside, we know we can score."
The Lady Spartans never trailed in the game's final 11 minutes. Snowden and Smith pounded the glass and Worthy slashed to the basket for easy buckets. Worthy, who posted 16 points, combined with Snowden to score Glenn Hills' final 18 points.
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GREENFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Franklin Regional Council of Governments planned an informational meeting Thursday night to talk about the natural gas pipeline proposal, but it's been canceled.
The meeting was supposed to take place at the John Olver Transit center in downtown Greenfield, but the meeting room that holds 100 people was too small to accommodate all the Franklin County residents concerned about the pipeline.
They planned to address questions people have about the proposed gas line expansion.
Linda Dunlavy, Executive Director of FRCOG, told 22News, "People's concerns are how will it go through private lands, will it go through state lands, will it go through protected lands, how much say do we have in altering the route, and how much say do we have in stopping the project altogether?"
Kinder Morgan started contacting Franklin County communities about their plans at the beginning of the year. A lot of people have expressed concerns about it.
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SoundCloud has just wrapped up its second annual Community Fellowship program, which this year offered support and guidance to 15 sound creators as they finished projects ranging from radio dramas to audio guidebooks.
While SoundCloud's audio platform is now 15 creations richer, the artists are walking away with finished projects and bigger audiences to continue to do what they love.
One of this year's fellows, Andrea Seabrook, used the program as a springboard for her Kickstarter campaign. Seabrook had applied for the fellowship after quitting her job as the congressional reporter for NPR in Washington, D.C. to start her own podcast, DecodeDC.
"The episodes she produced were so amazing," said SoundCloud VP of community David Noël. To "take the B.S. out of political reporting," Seabrook brought in experts to "break these common misconceptions about how things work," Noël explained, and looked "behind the scenes into how things actually work," like the psychology of political campaigns.
With the help of the SoundCloud community, Seabrook was able to build enough of a following to raise more than $100,000 on Kickstarter to keep her program running after the fellowship ended, exceeding her goal of $75,000.
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After working with SoundCloud, fellows Bailey Smith and Anne Wootton were able to get $300,000 grant from the Knight Foundation to build software and infrastructure for archiving sounds. Their project, Pop Up Archive, was a finalist in the foundation's Knight News Challenge.
"The fellowship is a really beautiful program," said Noël. "We couldn't be happier with the results."
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Poor old Ashley Cole. These days it seems like he's either rolling out the carpet for opposition wingers, or he's getting injured. If it wasn't all his money and the fact he did the dirty on Cheryl, you could almost feel sorry for him. But you can't. He's bit like Frank Lampard in that respect.
But the painful truth is this. 'Our Ash' is still the best left-back in England and we desperately need him at full power for the World Cup next summer.
As for the right-back spot, I think yours truly could be in with a shout. Glen Johnson's injured, Gary Neville looks about 45, Micah Richards is all over the place, and Luke Young clearly didn't fancy it.
Me and the boys reckon there's something going on with English full-backs. Maybe they get picked on when the team get together, and all slowly go mad.
Remember when you played football at school, there were two basic rules. The worst player, normally the fat kid, always goes in goal. That's unless somebody decent is injured, then they get the gloves and the fat kid referees.
But then you had the crazy kids. The ones who could tackle like maniacs, run about like a nutter and kick the ball a long way if they got really angry.
Stick them in the middle and they'd be a liability. Stick them up front and they'd spend the whole match offside. Stick them on the wing and they'd never stay there. So where do you stick them? Full-back. There's a lesson in there somewhere.
Back to proper football. We lost 6-2 on Sunday, got absolutely butchered by a bunch of wiley old-timers from the Post Office. Dolphin reckons they called that strike to get extra practice in and he might have a point.
They call him Dolphin because his mouth clicks when he talks. He's nowhere near as bright as a Dolphin mind.
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Animal Crossing DS Revisited After 2 Years
Animal Crossing DS is one of those games that, like wine, actually ages through the course of time. You don't need to turn the game on everyday but on the occasion that you actually do, you'll see some new blades of grass, new neighbours moving in, old ones no longer to be seen and trees actually growing.
But what happens if you do not turn on the game for 2 years? Well, my copy of Animal Crossing DS has been sitting pretty on the shelf for roughly that amount of time, give or take a couple of months, so check out the following video I took earlier when I turned on the game after a 2 year lapse. I can give you a hint though: lotsa grass, weeds and cockroaches.
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HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – The cousin of Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse was arrested and charged with OUI.
Northampton Police Sgt. Powers told 22News that 22-year-old Nicolas Duclos was arrested in Northampton early Saturday morning.
He was allegedly driving a city-owned vehicle issued to Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse.
The Mayor sent this statement to 22News in response to the incident.
"I wish to address an incident that happened last night. I was at an event in Northampton with some friends and my cousin Nick Duclos. As I left the event I realized that my car keys were not in my coat and the car was missing, so was Nick. I immediately tried calling him and then called the Northampton Police Department to report my car was missing. I was informed the car had been impounded and that Nick was arrested for OUI. At this point I took a taxi to the towing company, retrieved the car, and returned to my home.
This situation has left me feeling betrayed and disappointed. Nick made a stupid decision and he should have known there was absolutely no reason for him to have taken the car.
I want to be clear that at no point have I sought any favorable treatment for my cousin and am making this statement in order to be completely transparent. I am fully cooperating with the Northampton Police Department and have asked that all appropriate charges be filed.
There may be those who will try to use this to attack me and score political points. I understand that reaction, and due to the nature of my position, know that I am open to such criticism. However, to the extent possible, please respect Nick's privacy while he comes to terms with his actions. What he did was unacceptable, he is family and I still love him and hope he can take time to reflect and learn from this."


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