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GMC moving investments away from fossil fuel companiesMay 14,2013By Lucia Suarez
POULTNEY — Green Mountain College joins a growing movement of colleges and universities that are moving their investments away from fossil fuel companies.
Last Friday, the college's Board of Trustees approved to divest it's endowment from 200 publicly-trade companies which hold most of the world's known coal, oil and gas reserves. The decision, announced Tuesday, aligns the college with its strategic plan "Sustainability2020" that commits the college to socially responsible investments.
"We see this as another step in an ongoing effort to connect our investment decisions with our ideals," said college President Paul Fonteyn, in a statement.
"Investing endowment funds on the basis of social, economic and environmental criteria is one of the ways Green Mountain College expresses its values."
With this decision, GMC becomes the second higher education institution in Vermont to divest from fossil fuels. Earlier this year, the board of trustees at Sterling College in Craftsbury Commons voted to divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies.
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Craig Thibodeau: Both the Same, But Very Different
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"I still do all of my design work on the computer," Craig admitted. "Furniture still gets designed just like everything else I did while working for others. But working with my hands is something I have always done, and over time, as my hand skills have increased, I've had more desire to devote more time to hands-on work. The bottom line is that I really like working with my hands and building things.
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"I always had access to a shop growing up in California. My dad was always working on some project that I was either forced to or was fortunate enough to work on. In college, I built pieces of furniture for myself, and occasional pieces for others. I graduated from San Diego State with a degree in mechanical engineering and went to work doing consumer product design. Primarily, I was designing tools and lighting. After a number of years, I started doing more woodworking on the side and started selling more pieces. Eventually, I ended up doing more woodworking than designing. By 2000, I was doing woodworking full-time.
"When you start doing professional work, you must work faster and do better quality work and designs. These days, I do much higher quality work that is far more complex. I focus on studio type or custom furniture: individual one-off pieces where each piece is different. Naturally, I want my work to get noticeably better every year.
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"Most of my work is sold through the yearly International Design and Wood Show in San Diego. It's a three-week show in the middle of the summer, and that show generates a large portion of my year's work, in addition to repeat clients. It's a big show, now in its 27th year. I've won awards almost every time I entered, and last year I won best of show, which in turn generated two huge jobs. About a year ago, I added in a couple of other shows here in California. Having ribbons arrayed in front of your furniture helps draw people over, generating both interest and commissions. Obviously, I put only my best work in the show.
"Marquetry, which I started adding to my pieces in 2005, has me drawing by hand for the first time. I still design the piece itself on computer, but do the floral designs and natural imagery by hand. A cabinet is a cabinet, but then when you add marquetry, it adds depth: more is happening, and it makes it more interesting to look at. You can look at flowers, for example, and see how they flow around the piece and whether that looks natural or not. Marquetry, to me, is the next step in making my furniture more interesting and detailed."
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One of the most striking things that Craig does, repeatedly, so to speak, is to make two identical pieces, often adorned with marquetry, that are mirror images of one another with dark colors replacing light-colored woods and vice versa. His Dogwood Buffets are a good example, sporting gradually bowed doors with curved bottoms and identical but color reversed marquetry.
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At other times, he makes two identical pieces but adorns the surfaces very differently, like his Granite and Blue Ulysses sideboards. "The Blue Ulysses sideboard," Craig explained, "has two Ulysses butterflies inlaid in stone. It was a commissioned piece, and the butterflies were requested by the customer. At the same time, I did the Granite sideboard, built on the same lines and frame, but with a completely different surface look. The granite top also makes it more functional, as it is heat-resistant. Even though they are exactly the same size, the surface treatments, including such things as the border treatment on the doors, the subtle difference in the upper leg, and the use of marquetry either to tie together, as in the Blue Ulysses, or separate, as in the Granite, makes them look proportionally different.
"The Lily and Spiral Tables are another pair, built on the same frame but with very different surface ornamentation. The spiral is a representation of the Milky Way, using bleach for the light lines, mother-of -pearl dots and inlaid holly lines. A high polish gives it a very three dimensional effect. As you walk around the table, the orientation of the pearl changes its tint and shimmer."
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With some of his other works, Craig has been adding texture as well. "The Sahmel piece has a more Asian feel," he pointed out, "including traditional woven bamboo panels in the doors. Its actual function is as a filing cabinet with sections inside for various client files, and [it] was made for an accountant who uses cubbyholes for each client. They are hidden cubbyholes in a very beautiful box revealed all at once by sliding doors.
"From a technical standpoint, my Chess Table is my most complicated piece to date. For example, the black and white trim at the curved bottom edge is done with individual pieces of holly and ebony cut so that the ebony lines flare out to follow the curve of the bottom. Hence, each piece of holly is a slightly different shape to the one next to it. It was a challenge to do. The pores were done in polyester with a conversion varnish top to give it a glass-smooth gloss finish."
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Along with his need to create and work with his hands, Craig clearly hears the call to help others. In his case, ARTS is his chosen charity. "ARTS, an acronym for A Reason To Survive, teaches art to children who are facing challenges. I donate to their auctions, and hope to begin teaching there as well."
Learning from Thibodeau sounds like one very lucky break for a group that starts out so down on their luck. For the rest of us, we'll take our pleasure perusing the striking and outstanding pieces that often come, like Noah's charges, in interesting pairs.
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If you live in the Tampa Bay area and own a TV, odds are you know who John Morgan is, and you've heard the slogan: "Morgan and Morgan - for the people."
John Morgan's law firm has been informing the public that they are "for the people" for years. Now, it looks like he's "for" something else - medical marijuana.
"I don't think there's any way to state how big it is for People United for Medical Marijuana," said Ben Pollara, campaign director for People United for Medical Marijuana.
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An atheist is still in a theist paradigm.
In describing yourself, when you use broad categorizations, such as I'm black or I'm white, or I'm a chemist or a I'm a physicist or I'm an electrician, or I'm an atheist or I'm agnostic or I'm religious or I'm Jewish, you are saying that the questions that these are answers to are important to you. They have meaning and value, and are worthwhile ways of categorizing yourself.
My idea is that we should be careful of the categorizations we have for ourselves. I, personally, am religious, so I give that question a lot of weight, but for someone who is atheist, or someone who doesn't tend to consider religious questions and such, it seems as though the question has little bearing, though there may be exceptions. It is not applicable in one's self concept. If you characterize yourself as an atheist, you are still in a theistic paradigm. So, my idea is to stop thinking of yourself as such.
While I am thinking particularly of this instance of religion, the idea has wider applications too. For example, in talking of one's skin colour. It is at times useful in helping to identify someone, but otherwise the distinction made between people with different skin tones is usually not an actually relevant question, not to say that heritage and ethnicity (important in the cultural differences and the genetic differences that are consistent across a particular group) aren't applicable.
My idea is mostly related to self concept though. To other who give value to those questions, it is entirely valid to answer them. Religion may not be important to you, but to your associates for which it is, you can still tell them that you are atheist, though if that was the case for me I'd say 'I do not adhere to any religion or believe in God', so as to still come from somewhat outside of that way of thinking.
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Oct 19 2011: I will admit, this is a very interesting post and you do bring up great points.
But you should keep in mind that atheism is not a philosophy or worldview or way of life. Atheist do not adhere to any single set of ideologies, norms or behaviors.
I like Sam Harris description of atheism. He states that atheism is just the "destruction of bad ideas and dogma" and this applies to just about everything and not just religion.
Oct 23 2011: I don't mean to say that someone who doesn't believe in God has a particular, given worldview, philosophy, way of life, ideologies, norms or behaviour. If anything, to me, that makes my idea make more sense. If you are religious, I imagine that would be something you find significant about yourself, an important part of your view of the world. If you aren't religious, and your lack of religiousness is not something you find significant about yourself, then why treat it as significant. Of course, if your lack of religiousness is something you do find significant, than by all means, treat it like it is. Hopefully that is clear?
I love a lot of Sam Harris's ideas, such as the idea of a science of morality, but I kind of dislike his views on religion. He wants to abolish it, as far as I can tell, but we really can't say whether or not any of them are true. What if they are? The questions, at least at present, fall outside of the realm that science can answer, as to the truthfullness of religion. Not to say that the things he opposes in religion (or different cultures for that matter) should not be opposed, such killing people, or oppression of women.
I am good with the destruction of bad ideas and dogma, but the source of those are not religion. Sometimes they arise out of religion, but people with bad ideas, and who promote dogma, and whatever makes the people as such, is what is at fault. They can be like that regardless of religion. So I kind of don't like his views of atheism.
Oct 24 2011: I really do not think that many non-religious people treat irreligious views as something of significance. I mean I could be wrong, I just never personally met someone who does. I did mention that it does have some value to me but not to the point to where I'll champion this belief. There are many other things for me to worry about (family, friends, work, education, etc). secondly many people who are not religious actually value things such as reason, evidence, secularism, etc more so than their own irreligious beliefs, which goes back to what I mentioned about atheism not having a philosophical basis.
I am a huge Sam Harris fan. Outside of Nietzsche and Chomsky, he is my favorite intellectual and I think his science of morality is something to be valued (although I will say that what he is talking about is not new. Chomsky in his book called "Understanding Power" essentially talks about the same thing. I do not think he wants to abolish religion entirely being that this would include the eastern religions that he values so much. What he wants to get rid of the acceptance of bad ideas because he realizes the correlation between ideas, language, belief and how they influence human behavior. Secondly, Sam Harris never stated that none of them aren't true. He once said in a debate against Chris Hedges " they can't all be true". What he says is the reasons given to them and the evidence provided for them are not good ones at all and at many time are non-sequitors (I spelled it wrong). Also things that would be otherwise absurd, such as if I told you that I prayed to Santa clause yesterday, gets sheltered once religious and social language is applied. Switch Santa to god and all bets are off. Science can't answer everything and Science will not figure everything out but that does not decrease its credibility.
I agree with you about bad ideas and your somewhat right. The things bout religion is that the bad ideas are justified and this is a problem.
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I've had a Sprint ST 1050 for 5 years with not one single problem in 22,000 miles (unlike your bike!) then sold it for the Tiger 800 on which I have done 6,000 miles this summer, no problems. My wife has had a Bonneville T100 for 5 years with 15,000 miles on the clock, again not one problem! I have an excellent dealer 12 miles away who I can't fault so please tell me why I have 'fucked up'. My dealer also organises around 8 RAT pack rides a year, some with free refreshments included, they organise factory tours and keep me informed on everything Triumph with E mails. So I can't see any reason to swop my bike for any other at the moment. I rest my case coz this is getting boring! I'm not going to change and neither are you!
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MV -v- Triumph, hmm a difficult one that. They both have some good stories and both have some bad. Personally I can be smug as I have both (both 7 years old by coincidence). I really need to sell one of them as I don't get the time to do either of them justice, but I simply can't bring myself to make a decision. They are both great bikes in their own right, for different reasons and I will hate parting with either one. Each to their own I say, but whatever "your own" is, respect everyone else's choice. After all, the reason bikes and bikers are special is that each are so individual. Maybe I'll sell them both and get a 1050 Daytona..... they don't make one, but that's another discussion.
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I never understand how magazines compare vehicles from completely different price ranges... I would probably buy a Z800 as.its within my price range at £7500... but would love to own the MV above... but at nearly £10k its only a dream... also I would not expect the build quality and peformance of the kawasaki to match the MV. However, maybe readers such as Mr Handley, who are lucky enough to own more than one bike from the 'same' range of bikes could give me an informed point of view, can a cheaper model out perform the dearer marque in terms of performance and build quality.
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i have no idea who started compareing trumpies to MV ,s think it was MCN and some ppl who escaped from the loonie bin
just waiting for yam to bring out its triples then watch the trumpies owners start screaming how crap yams
steve dont chuck your toys out of the pram m8 typical trumpie owner must be the best use the best get from the best
1 your dealer is no different any good dealer no matter if they sell honda suzi yam duke ETC
2 my dealer puts on a do at an oap place does that mean hes better than any other dealer NO and he arranges 1 ride out a month so the fuk what
3 can you tell me of a dealer and manufacturer that in this day and age that dont Email and arange factory tours
4 mate with your sprint 5 yrs and only 22,000 miles fuk its only just run in 910 7 yrs old 127,000 still perfect will keep for another 7yrs+ ..... what was wrong with the sprint m8 to only keep it for that short time and mileage
5 m8 you no nothing about MV or most other brands find out about a brand b4 you spout off
I wasn't goin to bother again but seeing as you ask 1/ I sold the Sprint coz I always wanted a big trailie and no-one makes one with a low enough seat height (I'm 28" inside leg). The Tiger is brilliant, try one. 2/ Must be different where you live but no-one supports their products like Triumph do The only time jap bike dealers contact you is to try and get you to buy another. 3/ Must be difficult for you to do a factory visit. 4/ Yamaha are obviously trying to jump on the bandwagon after seeing the success of Triumph. I only hope its a lot better than their last 3 cylinder effort. And isn't that what MV have done with their new 675 engine? Time will tell who has made the best job of it. Lets agree to disagree and leave it at that.
again MV made the trips famous back in the day even before the T150,s yam also madevery good trip engine
and look a trumpy owner has started on yam already
trumpie here are no different to any other brand very good after sales
it is very dificult and a long swim to do a factory visit but if im in Italy i am free to pop in to the MV factory any time no need to book up
m8 you buy the bike you like and want ...........but you were the one spurting bollox about MV as i said typical modern trumpy owner
MV brute is the bike i chose yep it has faults so do all bikes .. MVF4 cant stand them orrible bike for me and im not saying MV is the bestest bike ever not like a trumpie owner.......as to agree to disagree you will always disagree with anyone who likes any another brand than trumpie
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I likey, A LOT !! I always fancied a Triumph but not half as much as i want one of these.
You have me so wrong! I nearly bought a Moto Guzzi 1200 Sport after the Sprint ST (had 3 Guzzis before now) but it was too heavy and, as I said, I always wanted a big trailie with a manageable seat height and weight and the Tiger fits the bill. Theres no guarantee my next bike will be a Triumph but it just might as I fancy a Bonny! and by the way, the last Yamaha triple was widely known to be a dog. My mate had one and it was in the shop more than on the road. Read any review of the XS750/850 for conformation.
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NCRI- A group of eleven prisoners were hanged on Thursday in A prison in Karaj.
The eleven men were between 25 to 40 years old. They have been identified as Mehdi Aalaie, Karim Azizzadeh, Bahram Rezvan Panah, Karim Ghorbani, Davood Karami, Khosravi, Gholami, Islam and Siamak Heydari.
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A Grinch struck in New Haven overnight Wednesday, swiping a dozen of the Christmas trees that the Werner Tree Farm has for sale at the Green Haven Nursery. "It is something that happens to us every year. The quantities differ, but I think it's too much of a temptation for some people," said the farm's David Werner.It's so common that Werner says he builds it into the farm's business plan. Losing about a dozen trees in a year isn't many, but last year about 50 of their trees were stolen from an offsite lot in Lincoln -- a much bigger blow to the family-run operation. "The worst thing is when someone thinks they have a tree reserved and they show up and it's gone," Werner said.He says most tree thieves don't steal the pre-cut ones, they come in and cut their own. And once those trees disappear they aren't likely to be found. "We try to patrol the area but it's hard to identify a Christmas tree. So once they're stolen it's pretty impossible to recover unless someone calls it in and helps us that way," said Vermont State Police Sgt. Eugene Duplissis.Now the Werners' trees that were stolen were from their second location, which actually happens to be right across from the New Haven State Police barracks. State Police say they will be reviewing footage from their cameras to see if they can possibly catch those thieves. Police are now encouraging farmers to install motion-activated cameras to deter or help catch tree thieves, but that there's little else they can do. "Just watching the property, using game cameras and speaking with neighbors. Just Vermonters taking care of Vermonters," Sgt. Duplissis said.Werner says despite the trees that go missing, he knows most of the people who come looking for a tree are happy to pay for it."I think you just have to have a lot of faith in human beings and people being good -- particularly this time of year, particularly Christmas," he said.
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Lowndes County - Members of the Moody Air Force Base community are mourning the loss of their fellow airmen. "We're like a family here at Moody and when we lose someone, it has an impact on everyone," said Brigadier General John Folkerts.
The Pave Hawk helicopter from Moody's 41st Rescue Squadron crashed in southeastern Afghanistan yesterday, killing all six crew members on board. They were on their way to rescue injured children. "They do this day in and day out," said Folkerts. "Their job is to save lives and that's just what they were doing."
Brigadier General Folkerts says those killed gave the ultimate sacrifice to save others. "The courage shown by those airmen was unmeasurable and we're very thankful for their actions," said Folkerts.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, but authorities don't believe the chopper was under enemy fire and say weather may have been a factor. "There weather was poor, but we've flown in worse," said Folkerts. "It wasn't enough to keep us from pursuing the mission at hand."
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Boston Party - Part 1
I was awesomely excited to touchdown land. As soon as our airplane landed, we were awesomely excited to get underway with our vacation. It's been a long time since I been to Boston. You see, before getting to Orlando Florida, I used to live in Beantown as is commonly known in this area. Christie, Simon, Ms Hotness Alejandra and I, rented out a Dodge Charger before hand and found a really great discount with Thrifty Car Rental at $313.38 for the 4 of us, it came about $78.35, which for the holidays is not bad at all!
So finally we got into our car, which to our surprise was very incredibly comfy, plus our luggages fit nicely. Of course, Simon and I helped the ladies get with the bags. Funny to see them carrying their Coach and Louie bags and us boys were carrying the real deal! We got into the hotel and ask something for room service, and went to bed early.
The next morning, we all woke up with high energy. We were ready to tackle the city. And boy! What a city it is! This is the most history filled city in the U.S. Everything here breaths history, and also is one of the oldest cities in the U.S. as well.
The girls wanted to see THE place of higher learning. There's no other place like Hardvard college, and one of the sections that is really incredibly transited with lots to see is Harvard Square, where shops and eatery and other stores can be found. We didn't know this, but I guess we couldn't pick a better time, even if we planned it. The reason being was that they were celebrating the 100th year anniversary to this area! There's so much history, and the girls couldn't say enough about how their favorite authors (like E.E. Cummings, T.S. Elliott, to name a few). However, I was telling them that this is the place for my favorite movie "Good Will Hunting", and "The Paper Chase" which both were filmed in the area! We then got into the famous store and one of the oldest, The Harvard Coop (established in 1882!). The girls brought some shirts and sweaters, and Simon and I got the "Harvard vs Yale" commemorative hat, cause we're College Football fans and this is one of the oldest and most competitive rivalries in and outside the classroom!
We then drove from Massachusetts avenue crossing the famous Charles River and then finding the Red Auerbach Way (named after a Celtics coach that won 9 titles), which let us know that we were close to the TD Garden home to the NBA's Boston Celtics and the NHL's Boston Bruins. The Celtics are the winningest Basketball team in the NBA, that featured player like Bird, Russell KG, Pierce, Rondo, and Ray Allen. And, the Boston Bruins that plays ice hockey and has won several Stanley Cups. We went to the store and got some scarf to the ladies and some hats for us boys.
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Productivity, Welfare and Reallocation: Theory and Firm Level Evidence
AbstractWe prove that the change in welfare of a representative consumer is summarized by the current and expected future values of the standard Solow productivity residual. The equivalence holds if the representative household maximizes utility while taking prices parametrically. This result justifies TFP as the right summary measure of welfare (even in situations where it does not properly measure technology) and makes it possible to calculate the contributions of disaggregated units (industries or firms) to aggregate welfare using readily available TFP data. Based on this finding, we compute firm and industry contributions to welfare for a set of European OECD countries (Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Spain), using industry-level (EU-KLEMS) and firm-level (Amadeus) data. After adding further assumptions about technology and market structure (firms minimize costs and face common factor prices), we show that welfare change can be decomposed into three components that reject respectively technical change, aggregate distortions and allocative efficiency. Then, using theoretically appropriate firm-level data, we assess the importance of each of these components as sources of welfare improvement in the same set of European countries.
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Marinated Peppers, Artichokes, and Olives
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Roasting the peppers adds a subtle, smoky flavor to this super easy and flavorful appetizer. Serve in small bowls as an antipasto along with breadsticks, aged cheese, and cured meats.
Yield: Makes 7 cups
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- 3 red bell peppers
- 3 yellow bell peppers
- 2 (14-ounce) cans artichoke bottoms or small hearts, quartered
- 5 garlic cloves, sliced
- 1 cup mixed olives
- 3/4 cup extra virgin or virgin olive oil
- 1/3 cup sherry vinegar
- 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence or dried Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
- 1. Preheat broiler with rack 6 inches away from heat. Cut bell peppers in half lengthwise; discard seeds and membranes. Place pepper halves, skin sides up, on an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet. Broil, turning once, 15 minutes or until blackened and charred. Place peppers in a plastic storage bag, and seal. Let stand 15 minutes. Peel and discard skins; cut peppers into strips.
- 2. Combine peppers and remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Transfer to 2 (1-quart) jars, if desired. Will keep in refrigerator up to 3 weeks.
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The411: The State of Kentucky rises to the occasion both on and off the race track when it comes to the Kentucky Derby. The list of events continue to grow. They call their event, Louisville's most elegant Derby ball. The American Lung Association's Derby Eve Gala presents the Rose Ball. The 17th annual event starts at 8:00 p.m. in the Seelbach's Medallion Ballroom. Proceeds benefit the American Lung Association in support of the fight against lung disease. For more information go to www.derbyevegala.org.
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