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What can I say about me?....well I have always been interested in people, different cultures and religions for as long as I can remember – always interested in the human mind and all things spiritual (heart). Having been brought up with a family that was often travelling the world, never really staying in one place for very long, contributed to the sense of not belonging anywhere, but I always knew deep down that there was a connected whole....
The culmination of my early childhood and teenage years, living in different countries strengthened my belief that there was more to life than the 'straight forward conventional way' so I was a bit of a 'free spirit', never really fitting into the 'norm'. Throughout my journey in life – I've developed skills, knowledge and understanding equipping me to be in service helping others.
My training in education, etc. brought me to teaching in a Further Education College in London, England. Teaching students from various countries, cultures and religions. I was also a Coordinator of projects with the National Probation Service, numerous Local Communities and in the Health and Social Care Services – helping to bring education to those unable to 'fit into the more traditional way of learning'.
Part of my journey through life led me to open up to healing and studied Usui Reiki Healing for several years, eventually training to Master Teacher Level. Several years after that, I undertook training in Karuna®. I have been practising and teaching for many years now – always learning and opening more to this loving energy.
I am qualified in the instruction of several meditation techniques and practice daily. I also use meditation as a strategy for those clients experiencing stress and anxiety. Further training led me to Coaching and NLP, giving me further tools, techniques and strategies to help people to deal with change and challenges in relation to life, relationships, career and business.
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New York Yankees (11-2)@
Oakland Athletics (9-7)
Wednesday, April 21
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Attendance: 30,211
Game Leaders
W: Hughes
(2-0) 2.19 era
S: Rivera
L: Sheets
(1-1) 2.74 era
Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Phil Hughes, who took a no-hitter into the eighth, fanned a career-high 10 batters during a spectacular performance, as the New York Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics, 3-1, in the middle installment of this three-game series.
The 23-year-old Hughes (2-0) retired 20 straight batters before Eric Chavez hit a bullet right back at him to start the eighth. The ball hit off the glove of Hughes, who couldn't find the baseball. Chavez was rewarded with an infield single, ruining the possible no-hitter, which would have been the Yankees' first since David Cone pitched a perfect game on July 18, 1999 against the Montreal Expos.
"It was a first-pitch fastball away," Hughes said of the hit by Chavez. "It [the baseball] hit off my forearm, which was angled in such a way that I thought it went straight up, and I couldn't find it in time."
Hughes faced two more batters before being pulled from the game. The California native spent the majority of last season as a setup man out of the bullpen. Hughes walked just two batters during his 7 1/3-inning start. Mariano Rivera picked up his sixth save of the year.
Brett Gardner and Robinson Cano each had two hits and an RBI for the Yankees, who have won six in a row. New York, which won 7-3 in the opener of this series, matched the 1926 Yankees' all-time franchise record by winning each of the club's first five series of the season.
Jake Fox knocked in the lone run for the Athletics, who have dropped three in a row. Ben Sheets (1-1) gave up two runs on four hits with four strikeouts and three walks in a six-inning start to take the loss.
The Yankees broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the fourth. Alex Rodriguez started things with a triple to right, which got past a sliding Ryan Sweeney. Cano followed with a triple of his own down the right field line. Cano scored when Jorge Posada grounded out.
After Chavez broke up Hughes' no-hit bid, Kevin Kouzmanoff went down swinging and Gabe Gross walked. Joba Chamberlain then came in from the bullpen and recorded a quick out. Pinch-hitter Fox hit an RBI single to right to make it 2-1. Cliff Pennington grounded out to end the frame.
With a man on second and two down in the top of the ninth, Gardner hit an RBI single off Tyson Ross to extend New York's margin to 3-1.
After starting the home half of the ninth with a quick out, Rivera gave up a single to Sweeney and hit Kurt Suzuki with a pitch. Rivera, though, got Chavez to ground into a fielder's choice and Kouzmanoff to fly out to seal the victory.
"We've had a couple games where we haven't played as well as we're capable of playing. We just got to get back on it," Fox said.
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TNA Against All Odds
Thumbs Up
Best Match: Austin Aries vs. Alex Shelley
Worst Match: Gunner vs. Garett Bischoff
If there was clear reason why I bought this show, I can't find it, other than random curiosity. Still, this show deserves a thumbs up, mainly because I thought Shelley and Aries had a great match, Styles and Kazarian had a very good match, and most everything was clean. From a standpoint of enjoying the show though, the crowd killed it. It's amazing to watch clips of them in front of huge crowds from London, and then come back to a PPV in front of a small, mainly disinterested crowd.
The main event had hard work but made no sense. Sting won't count for Bully (a heel who had a fair pin) but will count for Roode (A heel who had an unfair pin)? Sting's a face, right?
As far as Gunner-Bischoff goes, I seem to remember Eric Bischoff, years ago as a commentator on Nitro, during an angle with Ric Flair pushing David even though he wasn't ready. He even noted it once on Nitro when Erik Watts was wrestling David, talking about how Watts was pushed because he was the son of a booker.
And now, 12 years later, Bischoff's doing it himself.
Obviously, the worst part of the show was Jesse Sorensen's injury. Here's hoping he's OK.
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Tiffin, OH
TNA Against All Odds- Mild Thumbs Up
Best Match- Austin Aries vs Alex Shelley
Worst Match- Robbie E. vs Shannon Moore
Thoughts: The crowd was pretty awful tonight. They got into the end of Aries-Shelley, but they were pretty bad all night. Shannon Moore is still a black hole of charisma. I like Joe and Magnus, can't stand Morgan and Crimson. Aries vs Shelley was really good, best match on the last two TNA ppvs. As mentioned the crowd didn't help much, especially in the AJ Styles-Kazarian match. I am intrigued by Gunner, don't care about the feuding Bischoffs. Thought the main event could've gone a little longer, I was fine with Roode getting under Sting's skin leading to the finish.
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St. Louis
Best match: Aries/Shelley. This match was well worked and having Shelley back makes the x division solid. Aries is no Long Hair Harrison but he is definitely a top level performer
Worst match: the main event looked so bush league and scripted that it made Gunner/Bischoff look like Mad Scientist/Hybrid Scientist from Russellmania. Samoa Joe looks ok in a tag team but fits better with OIL and Whoppy Joe as the Strombolie Savage. Matt Morgan is just awful. He is big and impressive and you expect him to do something spectacular but then you get a pump kick. There are 300 lb plus guys in EWF doing moonsaults and this guy is stringing together a suplex in to a rock bottom. Just awful!
Kyle Blakeman.
Clearwater, Fl
Thumbs DOWN
Best Match: Aries/Shelley
Worst Match: Ion/Sorrenstien
The iMPACT! crowd is the shits. I feel bad for these guys busting their ass out there for a crowd that doesn't care…The AJ/Kazarian match went way too long….I hope I never get to see another Garrett Bischoff match again. This match was just atrocious, especially the psychology. Clearly, Garrett Bischoff hasn't been watching tapes of Ricky Steamboat heat spots.The kid clearly isn't ready, let alone ready to be in a PPV semi-main event….Bully Ray is an awesome heel. He's really upped his game since his Dudley Boyz days. I'm gravely disappointed he didn't win the title…Speaking of the title match, the ending was a blatant ripoff from the Hart/Undertaker match where Shawn Michaels was the guest referee. The only difference was this ending was much more anti-climatic, where Sting waited forever to count the three. All in all, a bad show. It had a couple of really good matches but the Bischoff match and the ending just really did it for me. God I hope Lagana can help add some creativity to a much needed show….
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Episode description: Installing ceilings, rustic plaster and old beams complete the Old World look of the walls, installing a self-contained membrane bioreactor system, and a granite and cobble border adorns the driveway. Plus, a whole-house energy audit is performed.
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I completely forgot how useful the crock-pot was until recently. Tucked away in my kitchen closet, my crock-pot usually gets used for the Superbowl to hold chili dip and that's about it. We were out searching for a new home this weekend and I made this soup to come home to. It was so easy, healthy and delicious. To make a quick weeknight meal, try it over quinoa instead of brown rice, which cooks in just 15 minutes.
4 large carrots (about 1/2 cup chopped)
4 squash (about 1/2 cup chopped)
1 medium onion
1 red pepper
8 celery stalks (about 1/2 cup chopped)
3-4 potatoes, chopped (about 1 cup)
1/4 cup olive oil
2 cloves garlic
3 cups vegetable broth
1 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper (or less if you like it less spicy)
1/2 tsp. chili powder
large pinch of salt/pepper
Stove top directions: Heat olive oil over medium heat in a large sauce pan. Add chopped onion, minced garlic, pinch of salt and sweat until translucent. Add vegetables and cook until tender, about 20 minutes. Add spices and broth. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 45 minutes. Serve over cooked quinoa.
Crock pot directions: Turn power to high. Add olive oil, onion, garlic and spices. Stir a few times to combine and cook for 5 minutes. Stir the vegetables in and add the broth. Turn down to low until ready to serve.
*If you have more time, cook the vegetables in a sauce pan like the stove top directions and add to the crockpot with the broth on low heat until ready to serve.
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A U.S. aid worker was released in Darfur on Monday after more than 100 days in captivity, the Sudanese foreign ministry spokesman said.
"She has been released this morning. She is in good health. Right now she is in the Wali's (governor's) residence in Nyala," the spokesman Moawia Osman said.
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A federal judge makes a ruling in the last case between Neosho, Missouri and the city's former city manager.
In 2009, city officials say the situation was dire. According to Neosho's current mayor, then city manager Jan Blase didn't communicate with council members. Sales tax income was down and projects were over budget.
"Basically, one day I went down to the city clerk's office and demanded to see the bank records, ran the numbers myself and realized we had $2,000 or $3,000 worth of dollars in the bank as a city," says Mayor Richard Davidson.
Later in 2010 Blase plead guilty to a Class A Misdemeanor for illegally transferring earmarked city funds to other city accounts.
But Blase contended he should've received severance pay and health insurance for one year.
Today, a federal judge ruled in favor of Blase receiving health insurance, but against him getting severance. Today's court ruling made no reference to the mold claim.
The judge said Neosho's employment contract required a termination without cause to receive severance. But the city's contract did not require a reason of termination to still receive health insurance after being fired.
Neosho's current mayor believes the city can pay the health insurance Blase is now due.
"If it's going to be a few thousand dollars in healthcare costs to make this problem finally go away and put an end, once and for all, to the discussions of Jan Blase and the city of Neosho, then so be it," says Neosho Mayor Richard Davidson. "It's been three years since we discovered the financial mismanagement, and financial disaster that it caused. It's nice to know that we're coming to the end of the Jan Blase era and getting this into the past and moving forward."
Mayor Davidson is considering making Neosho's employment contract more strict.
"Somebody that does that, shouldn't be entitled to anything in my view," Mayor Davidson says.
Blase's attorney told us in a phone interview that he thought the judge's decision was "thoughtful" and had reason.
Blase is now living near Branson working for an organization that helps troubled teens.
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Large devaluations, foreign direct investment and exports : a speculative note
AbstractOne side-effect of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008-09 was the resurgence of a debate over exchange rates. The conventional wisdom dictates that real-exchange rate adjustments are needed in order to bring about changes in trade balances across countries. However, the literature on the effect of exchange rate fluctuations and currency under-valuations on exports is surprisingly ambiguous. This note explores for the first time the potential role of foreign direct investment as an intermediate variable in the process of trade adjustment after large real-exchange rate changes. Real-exchange rate devaluations might result in increases in foreign direct investment inflows, as investors can take advantage of changes in the foreign-currency value of domestic assets. If so, the response of exports will depend to some extent on the nature of such foreign direct investment inflows, with inflows motivated by"horizontal"foreign direct investment associated with negligible changes in export growth after devaluation. The author utilizes quarterly data on real effective exchange rates, foreign direct investment inflows and exports to explore the effects of large devaluations (defined as the largest observed quarterly real effective exchange rate devaluation) on foreign direct investment and exports from 1990 to 2010. The admittedly speculative evidence suggests that there were heterogeneous experiences regarding the timing and magnitude of subsequent changes in foreign direct investment and exports, but on average foreign direct investment inflows tended to precede export surges within two year horizons.
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I am not happy right now. I have everything, but feel like I am living an empty life with no purpose.
I've been going over Picasso's blue period and found this piece. I cant remember any of the history behind it from my art history classes. But all I know is that this painting probably reflects how I feel right now.
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Not a single thing.
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DO NOT BUY THIS. Or any HP product really... WORST thing I've EVER been in possession of. It's awful. I hate it. I literally just threw mine in the dumpster. Worst. Experience. Ever.
"Worst printer I have ever owned."
Version: HP Photosmart C4400 series 61.073.263.21
Absolutely nothing.
See below.
I received this printer free from Apple back in 2008 when I purchased my Macbook. It looks like a lot of other people have also received this printer for free. Look at it this way, if I could magically go into a time machine I would most certainly tell the associate I purchased my Macbook from that I would tell them to PAY ME to take this HORRIBLE PIECE OF GARBAGE off of their hands. Getting it for free just does not cut it. It's not a very heavy printer, but the effort taking it home from the Apple store was more than it deserves.
When I first got this printer there were constant paper jams. The paper jams were so horrible that it would eat my paper. In addition to paper waste, I have gone through extensive research on this model, and no matter what I do I get crappy prints. Even if it's a simple black and white print of a research paper, it's a crappy print. Yes I have changed settings in the software to try and remedy this. Yes I have purchased new cartridges. This thing is simply crap.
I think the reason it was even offered for free was because HP knew it was crap, and they knew they could make money from people having to get new cartridges... again and again.
Today I finally got the "incompatible print cartridge" warning. I bought a new print cartridge from Staples three months ago, and I have used that same cartridge with this printer (SURPRISINGLY) with no problems. For THREE WHOLE MONTHS. Amazing, I know. And then today it tells me it's incompatible. So I go online to find solutions, I follow instructions for every single solution (cotton swabs and all that jazz) and nope.
I have had HP printers in the past that have given me problems, but this model takes the whole damn cake. I will never buy, nor accept a FREE HP printer ever again. I have wasted ink, paper, and hundreds of frustrated hours cursing like a sailor at the software and this is enough.
I will be getting a new printer when the new semester starts. And I will take this model out to the alley out back, with a sledgehammer, and upload a video on Youtube for everyone who has suffered frequent migraines on this model to enjoy.
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Version: HP Photosmart C4400 series 61.073.263.21
Small size fits conveniently anywhere.
Won't scan; won't copy
It cannot detect the alignment page so it can scan it. When I try to make a copy of a paper, it prints a solid black sheet, using up all my black ink.
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The all in one aspect
Consistent paper jams, printer cartridge stalls, and scanner freezes requiring shut down and restart almost 75% of the time
This printer has made me seriously reconsider ever purchasing another HP product (have called HP several times - best they can do is suggest that I take it back to the place I purchased it).
"Good overall, but fussy paper handling"
Version: HP Photosmart C4400 series 61.073.263.21
Generally good performance, printing and scanning. Compact footprint. Good internal operating system. HP quality photo printing. Ink cartridges easily refillable.
Fussy paper handling. Balks at paper weights above 24. Shows "no paper" before empty. Can't handle any curl of photo paper, esp small, say 4 X 6, photo paper
Contrary to the other reviewer's experience, I found good photo print quality, compaered to my experiences with Canon and Lexmark. Colors were sharp and vibrant. Little aliasing and "lines". Scanner works well. Compact footprint is a plus. Cartridges can be refilled if you don't mind the "nag screens". Generally good, HP style, customer support.
"Not very good for printing pictures."
Version: HP Photosmart C4400 series 61.073.263.21
I like the scan feature for PC use. Makes descent copies. I like the way it prints your documents, printing the last page first so you don't have to organize them after they print.
Poor picture quality. Doesn't print the whole picture. Problems with scanning.
I would not buy this model it came free with the purchase of a MAC. The picture quality is poor, very pale. It also cuts off the top 1/2" or so of your picture. It also has trouble picking up a 4 x 6 photo paper. You have to push in the photo paper once it starts or it says it's out of paper. It has trouble scanning from the printer to the PC so you have to go into your control panel and click on the printer and scan from the PC. It won't scan at all on a MAC, but it does print documents on a MAC.
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With the advent of the Disney movie "Frozen" being another example of Disney not being as inclusive as they can be with their fairy tale themes and European tales not having a reason to have Poc. I think back to this show from my youth.
When I was 10, I used to love this series called "happily ever after". It took my favorite fairy tales and reinvented them for a modern age. At the time I never appreciated just how amazing these reinventions were. Taking on an inclusiveness and feminist twist.
Some I remember are. Princess and the pea was set in Ancient Korea where the prince was fighting against the forced marriage and the ridiculous way his mother was determining what made a woman worthy. He fell in love with the less glamorous, but kind, funny and intelligent woman who was only proven to be a true princess by the pea test. The story kept its intent, but gave it importance. Margaret Cho was the voice of the Queen so extra awesome.
Rip van winkle was a about chauvinistic hippie husband who silenced his wifes voice, he falls asleep and 20 years later awakens to find she found it again and changed the world for the better.
Or the frog princess about challenging gender roles and the showed that the frog was a beauitul black woman who married a white prince. At the time I didn't understand the social importance of interracial couples.
As a kid, I didn't know why it was important there was non-white representation in a kids show. I do recall falling in love and drawing the representations of other cultures, but never questioned why. I just liked it because I liked cartoons and strong female characters. It was presented with such easy earnest and loving care, it never felt political or forced. It just was and it was loved all the same.
As a young white person then, the import of non-white characters never hit me, but I am sure there are girls out there that were thrilled to see their culture and strong representations of their race/ethnicity presented. I am a strong believer that inclusiveness is important for childrens media and that children will lovingly accept any princess that is created with tender care.
I know this from personal experience, because I loved this show and after tracking down these photos I never noticed how few white people there were. So perhaps Disney should take a hint from this 20 year old show. You don't need white princess to sell a franchise, give society a chance. We're ready for some diversity.
Episode synosis herehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happily_Ever_After:_Fairy_Tales_for_Every_ChildEdit 2: the response to this is inspiring and amazing. If you have HBO they play reruns on hbo family, or on HBO go they have 6 episodes every month cycle out. You can also find a few of them on youtube. I wonder how many notes it would take for HBO to release the whole series on dvd? I would love to buy it for my niece. Edit 3: found some episodes on dvd on amazon here and here
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A little over a month ago, Sony was
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The PlayStation 3 is Sony's third home video game console in the PlayStation series, and was released in 2006. One of its most notable features is its online gaming service called the PlayStation Network (PSN), which offers online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery. But on April 20 of this year, the network went down after millions of users' personal information and even credit card numbers were stolen in a
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"In the first week of downtime we did not really see any major change in sales or trades," said an anonymous UK retailer. "However, from the second week onwards we have seen an increase of over 200 percent on PS3 consoles being traded in, split almost 50/50 between those trading for cash and those taking a 360 instead."
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In addition to "Call of Duty: Black Ops," another popular game, "FIFA 11," saw a decline in PS3 versions. In the week ending April 16, Xbox 360 had 49 percent of the sales while PS3 had 37 percent, and the week after, Xbox 360 stayed at the top with 46 percent and PS# at 34 percent. The numbers became more obvious in the week ending April 30 with Xbox 360 at 52 percent and PS# at 26 percent, and last week with Xbox 360 at 49 percent and PS3 at 21 percent.
"At the end of each month, people come to sell their consoles," said Tom Mestdagh, from Belgian indie Gameswap. "People that need money [to pay bills]. What's different this time around is that they are bringing in PS3's together with all their games and they don't want money, they want an Xbox 360. In every case it is because of 'Black Ops' and/or 'Modern Warfare 2.' We're just ten days into the month and already we have an increase of 200 percent in PS3's coming into the store compared to all of March. Normally we sell them really fast, but not this time. We've only sold 30 to 40 percent of our inventory right now."
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I'm not saying "quick, everyone trade in your PS3 NOW", just that when it comes to choosing which console to buy next time, what's going to be keeping all but the most fanatically loyal PlayStation users on Sony bus? Assuming that the next gen consoles are pretty similar in spec, as is usually the case.
I don't play on-line enough to care about whether I can get on-line to play CoD, but if that's the main reason why you got the console, along with other playing games on-line (like FIFA) then maybe it's not so silly, seeing as this problem has no real end date in sight and Sony have hardly filled their customers with confidence about whether they definitely know what is going one.
Maybe these CoD loving kids just don't believe the Sony's claims that the PSN will be up by the end of the month (which is still a while away) after being told that it would be up again soon not long ago, and all the press releases and comments from Sony where they don't even seem to know exactly what has been hacked and copied. Hardly confidence inspiring stuff from Sony Towers.
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Wetland conservation in the Nordic countries
Nordic Wetland Conservation
The Nordic Council of Ministers has recently published an excellent, well-illustrated 176-page book entitled Nordic Wetland Conservation, covering 30 years of conservation experience in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden and including self-governing territories like Greenland, Åland, and the Faeroes. Available from bookstores in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, and English versions, it provides superb coverage of the general wetland issues, the wise use concept, the Ramsar Convention and other international regimes, and the status of wetlands in each of the Nordic countries. The project team was composed of "experienced staff who are responsible for the matters in question at the national management institutions" - namely, Sten Asbirk (Denmark), Thor Hjarsen (Greenland), Trausti Baldursson (Iceland), Torsten Larsson (Sweden), Timo Asanti (Finland), and project manager Jon Suul and secretary Øystein Størkersen (Norway), with secretariat functions provided by the Directorate for Nature Management in Norway and assistance from a large number of additional experts.
The back cover offers the following brief description: "Conservation of wetlands has formed an important part of the Nordic nature conservation effort, particularly in the last 30 years. This work by the Nordic countries has been closely linked with the task of fulfilling their obligations as signatories of the Ramsar Convention and, as regards the nations that are EU members, the requirements of the more recent Birds and Habitat Directives. . . . This report attempts to sum up the status of wetland conservation in the Nordic region after 30 years. It also points out a number of unfulfilled tasks and makes recommendations for how the work should proceed in the years ahead."
The new book will be launched at the Nordic Wetland Conference & Ramsar Meeting in Ørlandet, Norway, on 4 May 2004 (conference programme in PDF).
Preface(reprinted from the text)
The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Wildfowl Habitats, the Ramsar Convention, celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2001. It was also 30 years after the first major, joint Nordic nature conservation project began, which in fact concerned important wetlands in the Nordic countries, and 25 years after the European Wetlands Year, backed by the European Council. International efforts in classic nature conservation in the 1960s and 1970s were significantly oriented towards wetlands. Inspired by what was taking place elsewhere in the world, nature conservation work in several Nordic countries put considerable effort into protecting wetlands in the 1970s and 1980s.
These anniversaries and the new century and new millennium almost coincide in time, and these historic events help to make it relevant to examine the current status of wetlands and wetland conservation in the Nordic countries and undertake a scientific evaluation of what the future has in store here. It is opportune to look at our past efforts and experience against the perspective of the problems and challenges facing us in the future.
Using individually evolved measures, all the Nordic nations have been working on conservation plans and programmes linked with wetlands, and in recent years this effort has been integrated with work on biological diversity. All the Nordic countries have ratified the 1971 Ramsar Convention. In the Nordic countries which are EU member states, the EU directives dealing with habitat and bird protection have also considerably influenced the conservation of wetlands and their associated flora and fauna.
This report briefly presents some of the history of wetland conservation in the individual countries and in the Nordic countries as a whole. It also attempts to give a broad review of the information available on some wetland species and wetland areas, as well as describing the status of areas that have been directly or indirectly protected through one scheme or another, such as special national legislation, general biotope protection, being placed on the Ramsar List or other internationally recognised lists, or through the EU Habitat and/or Birds Directives. Relevant problems are assessed, together with future threats, challenges and needs.
The report concludes with recommendations based on experience gained and evaluations undertaken by scientific institutions in the Nordic countries and their partners over the past 30 years. These recommendations are principally aimed at the national bodies responsible for this work in the Nordic countries, bur also the Nordic Council of Ministers and the international Ramsar Convention Bureau in Switzerland.
This report has been partly funded by the Ramsar Bureau in Switzerland (see additional Preface).
The report is being published in separate Scandinavian (Norwegian, Swedish and Danish) and English editions.
Additional preface by Peter Bridgewater, Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention
Nordic wetlands are vital for many species of plants and animals, especially birds, but are also of great importance as sources of water for people. Wetlands also are the source of a wide range of natural products, and are increasingly sites for ecotourism.
Presenting a complete view of the status of wetland conservation in the Nordic region, this report helps increase awareness about the species and landscape richness of Nordic wetlands. This report also sets out clearly their fragility, and the numerous threats they face. This reference document is thus an important tool for decision makers, and all people involved in the conservation and management of these outstanding global ecosystems - important in their own right, and also as mitigation against the threats from climate change.
The preparation of this report serves as an excellent example of fruitful transboundary collaboration between government instrumentalities dealing with environmental issues from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
This report also illustrates well the three "pillars" of the Ramsar Convention: working towards the wise use of wetlands, establishing a global ecological network through the development of the List of Wetlands of International Importance, and encouraging international cooperation in the delivery of wetland conservation and wise use.
Indeed, helping conservation of wetlands in the Nordic region means maintaining water quality and quantity, as well as biodiversity. It also shows the need for synergy between national efforts, as well as global and regional actions, under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar, Iran, 1971), the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on Migratory Species, and the European Birds Directive.
The Ramsar Convention Secretariat is thus very pleased to have participated in this worthwhile joint effort, which will help nature conservation and biodiversity management more generally.
1st December 2003
Gland, Switzerland
Recommendations(reprinted from pages 154-55 of the printed edition)
Based on the contents of this document, and the benefit of insight gained from 30 years work on wetland conservation in the Nordic region, knowledge, threats, challenges and requirements are summed up here in the form of a number of recommendations. These are mainly directed at the authorities which have responsibility in this field in the various countries, but also at the Nordic Council of Ministers and institutions beyond the Nordic region. The intention is that the report and its conclusions will help to draw attention to relevant problems and be a positive contribution to discussions on the continued effort for wetland conservation in the Nordic countries.
Recommendations to responsible national authorities in the Nordic countries are:
General aims
* The countries that have achieved least in wetland conservation should support the general Nordic aim to strive after the countries that have achieved most. This also applies to the self-governing areas of Aland, the Faeroes and Greenland. It concerns, among other things, drawing up better formal means (national legislation, organisation and management tools).
* "Wise use" principles should be implemented in every relevant sector and the various sectors should be better coordinated, for instance as regards the use of grant schemes.
Accommodation to EU Directives
* Both Nordic nations which are EU members and those which are not should comply with the EU Birds and Habitat Directives, and the Nordic EU nations should aim to make better use of EU grants that are available for restoring wetlands under the CAP and LIFE schemes.
Follow-up of the Emerald Network
* Non-EU members among the Nordic nations should implement the Emerald Network, and a schedule for this should be agreed.
National follow-up of protected wetlands
* Protected wetlands, like other protected areas, should be managed in keeping with an overall national policy and the principle of equal treatment, and be assured adequate management by institutions possessing the required professional skills and practical experience on a level commensurate with any obligations that may be encountered in the individual site.
Follow-up of the Ramsar Convention
* Shortcomings in following up obligations stipulated by the Ramsar Convention should be attended to.
* Existing Ramsar sites in the Nordic region should be critically investigated every 5th year with regard to assessing their status, developmental trends, requirements for active management measures and, at worst, proposed listing on the Montreux Record.
* Management plans should be drawn up for all Ramsar sites.
* National wetland committees should be set up in all the Nordic countries, and relevant NGOs should be represented on them.
* Focus should be placed on acquiring more knowledge and improving training and information.
Greater effort to restore wetlands
* More wetlands should be restored in keeping with national plans where the scientific and management priorities are applied regionally. Wherever possible, the following grant schemes should be accommodated or, where necessary, introduced in countries where this has not already taken place:
- long-term plans and annual economic frameworks for restoration projects
- environmental grants within the framework of the EU common agricultural policy
- local investment programmes to improve biological diversity and government grants to local authorities to enable the implementation of a range of environmental projects.
Use of volunteers
* Scientifically oriented NGOs (non-governmental organisations, i.e. national, voluntary organisations of interested individuals) should be drawn into the follow-up effort to supervise, perform practical work, record species, etc., and cooperation with these should be improved. This particularly applies to organisations that are specially interested in matters relating to wetlands and their preservation.
Recommendations to the Nordic Council of Ministers are:
* Improving wetland conservation in the Nordic countries should become an integral part of the overriding and specific objectives in the "Biological diversity and genetic resources" project in the follow-up of the Nordic Environmental Action Programme for 2001-2004 and its continuation.
* Priority should be given to arranging a seminar to follow up this report, and international decisions should be taken in connection with the Ramsar Convention and, in that context, other relevant Conventions and EU Directives, etc. Relevant topics should include joint Nordic measures to improve information.
Recommendations to the EU Environmental Conservation Directorate are:
* The document "Wise use of wetlands" should be elaborated on with the aim of formalising its objectives, for instance by supplementing the Water Directive.
* The regulations pertaining to environmental grants available through the EU common agricultural policy should be worded in such a way that they encourage landowners to take care of wetlands and create or restore small wetlands in the agricultural landscape.
* Work concerned with Natura 2000 and the Emerald Network should be coordinated.
Recommendations to the Ramsar Bureau are:
* The Ramsar Bureau should continue to improve its follow-up and contact with the individual signatory nations with a view to ensuring a good follow-up of the Convention and the decisions taken by the signatories.
* The Ramsar Bureau and the nations which have signed the Ramsar Convention should put emphasis on coordinating and cooperating with other Conventions in relevant fields to achieve better attainment of objectives and utilisation of resources.
(Ramsar sites in the Nordic region, right)
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Are we in the Great Housing Depression?
Opinion: America's real-estate market is in a decline that doesn't seem to be getting better.
By Gary Weiss, columnist for TheStreet
The stock market, as measured by the
S&P 500 ($INX), rose almost 3% Monday, perhaps pleasantly surprised that the Northeast doesn't resemble the Gulf Coast -- Katrina-cable-TV hype notwithstanding.
So as traders picked their way across tree limbs and flooded roads on their way to work Monday, perhaps they overlooked a commonplace sight that was even more prevalent than clogged waterways: for-sale signs on lawns, sometimes with the nauseating come-on "auction today."
We're in the middle of a real-estate depression, folks, and it's not getting any better. Perhaps it's good news that the financial markets have gotten used to the bad news out of the housing market, because the bad news keeps coming. But if the housing-market woes are an indication of the direction of the economy, we're in sorry shape. And as with a number of questions I've explored recently, it comes down to this: What, if anything, is the Obama administration going to do about it?
Yesterday, it was reported that foreclosures comprised 31% of housing sales in the second quarter, less than the 37% recorded at the peak two years ago, but still six times what you see in a healthy housing market, according to foreclosure-tracking firm RealtyTrac. The silver lining, if you can call it that, is that the percentage declined a bit from the previous quarter.
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But, meanwhile, another bad housing number got worse. The percentage of "short sales" -- homes sold for less than what's owed on them -- climbed to 12% in the second quarter. And Bloomberg reported the other day that a third of the country's 800,000 foreclosed properties are owned by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration. In other words, Uncle Sam is now the biggest owner of misery-bedecked real state in the nation.
All these numbers have a kind of numbing effect on people. It's a bit like what motorists were seeing in upstate New York yesterday, as hundreds of miles of the New York State Thruway were closed because of not-quite-Hurricane Irene. You curse, and then you get out a map and plot out a detour, and then pull out your map again when the detour is blocked by downed power lines and flooding.
Forces greater than oneself are like that. But the housing crisis isn't exactly a force of nature, and that's what's frustrating about the Great Housing Depression of 2008-20??. It's understandable for you or I to be numbed by these horrendous housing numbers. But sometimes it seems as if Timothy Geithner and his colleagues in the Obama administration are like motorists driving around the fallen tree limbs but seem helpless to do anything about it.
The sorry fact is that record-low interest rates just aren't sufficient, in themselves, to bring people into the market. The horrid numbers we are seeing are evidence enough of that. So what's the answer? Well, one idea that seems reasonable enough is to extend to under-water property owners the same largesse that two consecutive administrations have bestowed upon the big banks. There's a plan reportedly under consideration that would push Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to loosen their refinancing guidelines. That way, homeowners would be able to refinance even if their homes wouldn't otherwise qualify.
Oh, yes, I realize that a lot of people say that such an idea would screw mortgage-security bondholders and would be "unfair" to homeowners who were able to refinance without help. I think that's baloney. A small-fry bailout -- imagine that, non-billionaires and non-bankers being bailed out! -- would not be unfair to a soul. It would pump dollars directly into the economy and serve a broader public purpose: to keep properties from going into foreclosure, or having to be sold short. That would be to the benefit of everybody, including homeowners who didn't need government help to refinance and might be feeling a tad resentful.
They shouldn't be. We're in the middle of a Great Real Estate Depression, and that homeowner who managed to refinance through normal means may want to sell his house next month or next year. Right now he's facing the prospect of taking a shellacking. That's why the refinancing plan being weighed by the Obama administration not only makes sense, but is fair for everybody -- the direct beneficiaries, their neighbors, and for Fannie, Freddie and their bondholders.
It's fair because something other than pushing rates lower needs to be done to revive the housing market. A refinancing-bailout would derail a vicious circle that is plaguing U.S. real estate.
Foreclosures and short sales are pulling prices down in markets throughout the country. That hurts both sellers and homeowners seeking to refinance. That's because a homeowner needs to get his or her property appraised in order to refinance, and lenders won't allow refinancing if the appraisal doesn't support it. That screws buyers who bought their properties during the housing mania. Since they can't refinance, they may just walk away from their houses. More foreclosures. More price declines. That's where the small-homeowner bailout comes in, putting an end to this vicious circle.
Will Obama do it? Or will he or Geithner find an excuse not to engage in this sensible action? I'm not holding my breath. I think that they're reasonably happy that the market seems to be holding up for the time being, and that we're all numb to the bad news from the housing market. Obama is not going to jeopardize his Wall Street contributions by taking such a dramatic action. He'll recognize, like the smart Chicago pol that he is, that people dissatisfied with his policies haven't much choice next year.
So the Great Housing Depression of 2008-20 will continue -- unless Obama thinks that the feeling of overwhelming numbness might derail his chances for re-election. Not likely, but we have a right to hope.
People can debate all day long but the only thing to talk about is going forward. How do we get out of this? We will never change things without revenue spending to change the momentum. The GOP has everyone convinced that we should cut everything. Great. And what will that accomplish? More layoffs of course. We have to raise taxes but through tax reform and spend our way out of this. 43% of the population pays no taxes at all. I have not paid any taxes in over 5 years because of the write offs I can take advantage of. This is the problem.
Spending is how we have gotten out of every other recession in the past and that's the only way we'll get out of this one. Everyone pays a little more and it stimulates the economy in all directions. This is simple economics. This is what Reagan did and eventually it worked. Unfortunately we now have a split government which was a huge mistake. The Tea Party is completely right about cutting spending, but their timing is completely wrong. And they cannot govern with their philosphy.
interfering with the natural forces of the housing market are what got us our current mess.
So in addition to the billions (trillions?) of money already spent to get us to NOW in this fiasco, your advice is to double down and spend MORE taxpayer dollars to MAYBE fix this gigantic mess?
How about we follow our Founding Fathers advice of laissez faire and let natural market forces correct this Government made problem.
The current problem is there are too many houses on the market and more on the way as the housing market crashes along with the economy. I know this may be hard for you to understand, but there isn't enough money in the world to stop it and it shouldn't be stopped.
Some homes will get bought and some will rot and ultimately get torn down. Eventually, prices will fall and the market will correct itself. The LAST thing that should be done is build more houses or put economic incentives in place that would encourage speculative purchasing.
The banks made money prior to the crash, and got free bailout money. I see nothing wrong with refinancing those current on underwater mortgages, it can be done while costing the taxpayer $0...and actually likely saving the taxpayer money by avoiding more "walkaways" on loans backed by Freddie/Fannie.
Fannie/Freddie can say "to continue to get our guarantee backstop on your loans you own (investors) you must adjust the rate to the current 4.25% for all mortgages current. If you do not adjust the rate we will remove the guarantee"
Simple, if investors refuse, they will be left with a higher % of walkaways in their investment. No principal write down needed. Tax revenues increase as you just lowered interest deductions on all these loans also....Uncle Sam wins....economy wins....we all win....
As far as I'm concerned it's a no-brainer
When I was a small child in 1952, a farm in Missouri sold for 18,000 dollars. In 2011 the same farm
worth about 900,000 dollars. This is what will happen to the price of homes if the government
bails out everyone. Wall Street bankers should have not been bailed out. The bankers bailout
just made things worse.
So now housing default is Osama's fault too? Wait... let me approach this a different way. Can anybody else (except Obama) fix this? Who? Perry? Romney?...Christie? Please! The housing market is going to have to run it's course. It took time to create the mess and it is going to take time to get out of it...PERIOD!
The author attempting to link this to the current administration (or the next; even if Obama is not elected) is plain Tea partyish, or in other words just plain STUPID!
"What is Obama going to do about it?"
Nothing except make sure there are enough people to prosecute scam artists and people cheating the system. Don't make any regulations that "help people stay in their homes" or use taxpayer money to inflate a popped bubble.
The market is doing what it is supposed to. People who can't afford to stay in or get into homes have to make changes. There are some sad stories, but those are the facts of life. Prices in communities are adjusting to what those communities can afford. There are still a few years of market correction to come and then we will see stable numbers in the housing market.
Look on line with you-tube and check out the New World order. The john Birch Society was not a fringe organization but, they called it right. This has been part of the plan for the last 50 years as the Socialist movement redirects wealth. ObAMA IS THE LEADER OF THE CULT RUNNING THIS COUNTRY INTO THE NEW WORLD ORDER. THEY NEED US BROKEN TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD. THIS IS NOT FICTION READ YOU-TUBE THE NEW WORLD ORDER. ALL THIS WAS TOLD TO US IN 1974.
with the banks issuing of sub prime mortgages and the stock market rolling them up
into CDI's and selling them to the world. We still continue to do nothing about foreclosure,
as our home values, our real-estate investments, the stock market and our 401K's
diminish and the middle class slips into poverty.
Is the government blind, stupid, ignorant, or naive or all of the above? It's so
obvious to me and seems so simple to fix. Put the burden on the banks
(didn't the banks get the bailout) to refinance any family with one working party, to an
affordable payment (25% of their household income)!
Hey how about, I just do a SHORT SALE to myself rather than have Wall Street foreclose on me!!??
That way I could buy a house with out the negative equity that I have now, plus I will refinance at an interest rate that is 3 pts below what I have to pay now!!!
Is that SWEET or Not??!!
How about it Fannie Mae?
The banks don't care that the homes are falling into disrepair, every day deteriorating while bringing down the look and pride of neighborhoods in which they reside. Do you know--banks, supported by the OBama administration, actually had a law put into effect that requires an individual borrower (whether financing or refinancing) to have their Federal Tax Returns pulled directly from the feds by the bank instead of being submitted by the borrower? Why? Because, and I quote: "...people lied to us about their income and we made bad loans." WTF? Lied to you? Regular homeowners created fraudulent Federal Tax Returns for a home loan? That's fraud of the highest order and as a bank that reviews hundreds of loan applications you guys didn't catch these criminals simply by looking at key factors such as income and expense? ****. What individual buying a single home would or even could do such a thing so many times it being down the banking system? No. The banks and the Feds had to blame someone for their theft and they wanted to bailout their buddies on Wall Street, so the public paid for the cost of the bailout. And to make it look good, the public also had laws levied against them to further cover the tracks of the guilty.
It's not the individual borrower that was at a fault. It was the big money guys, their cohorts and the banks who didn't follow standard rules for lending. Banks are there to make money. They are centric in their policies and views of the public. Consequently, they now hold these properties to advantage themselves.
Yes, allowing the dumped homes to be sold at the current market value to those who could possibly afford to purchase them would bring down property prices in that area, but those properties are already worth much less and becoming more so each day. Pretending they are not is simply a lie the rest of the owners tell themselves and the banks back up--for now. At least they will until it's not to their advantage any longer. What they are really worth has always been less. It was not a pumped-up Wall Street value orchestrated solely to steal money from the public.
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