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It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.
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Do a quick glue up the comes the task of clean-up. I do not like storing my glue bottles with the nozzle still on as the next time I need to use it I have to try and get the dried glue out. With these brushes I always have one the will fit the nozzle and eliminate glue build up. Pitch the nozzle in a bucket of water grab a brush and in no time the nozzle is clean ready to be put in the rack to air dry.
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The recent film 'Budrus' champions a West Bank village's nonviolent resistance that inspired more than 15 similar protest movements. But the momentum is waning.
The call from hundreds of rabbis on Jews not to rent or sell real estate to Arabs, a 20 percent minority, has sparked a heated debate over Israel's dual ideals of Judaism and democracy.
Both sides, together with the US, appear to be regrouping after the Obama administration gave up on securing another settlement freeze.
In the wake of Argentina and Brazil's formal recognition of a Palestinian state, some are calling on the US to step in with a peace plan of its own.
A survey released this week showed stark views of the country's Arab minority, whose growing presence is challenging Israel's claim to being 'Jewish and democratic.'
A civil service program gives Israel's Arab high school graduates – who are exempt from the military draft faced by Jewish 18-year-olds – the opportunity to contribute to their state.
As international help pours in to quench an unprecedented Israeli wildfire, many are asking whether the country is equally unprepared to deal with an Iran or Hezbollah missile attack.
Until WikiLeaks revealed otherwise this week, Israeli officials had insisted that the two countries remained regional partners. Now they're speaking more openly about a shift toward Turkey's rival, Greece.
The latest WikiLeaks release of documents gives Israel proof that its Arab neighbors, even those that are sworn enemies of the Jewish state, share its concerns about Iran.
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is spearheading an effort to improve public services for Arab areas of East Jerusalem, long neglected by municipal officials.
Ariel, the fourth-largest Jewish settlement could prove to be one of the thorniest points of contention in border negotiations that the US hopes will boost stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts.
The decision to withdraw Israeli troops from Ghajar comes more than four years after Israel's 2006 war with Lebanon's militant Shiite Hezbollah ended.
The Obama administration's plan to clear the hurdle of new Israeli settlements is a risky leap, analysts say. Whether Middle East peace talks continue would hang on a 90-day window.
With Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in limbo, a feud is escalating between Jewish settlers and Palestinian villagers over olive trees – and the land in which they're rooted.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears set to push through a temporary Israeli settlement freeze in exchange for $3 billion in US military aid.
Under a United Nations plan, Israel will reportedly remove its troops from the town of Ghajar on the Lebanese border – and thus remove a bone of contention with Hezbollah.
For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who yesterday rebutted Obama's criticism of new building in E. Jerusalem, the debate may be a way of girding himself before agreeing to a new settlement freeze.
Israel's lifting of the Gaza blockade allows Israeli goods into Gaza, but has not allowed Gazan manufacturers to import raw materials or export goods.
Israel publicized plans to build more than 1,300 new homes in East Jerusalem, angering Palestinians and disappointing the US on the eve of a Netanyahu visit.
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday that American diplomatic and economic efforts to halt Iran's nuclear program need more time, rebuffing Israel's call for military force.
At the time of former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination, his Labor party controlled more than one-third of parliament. Today, it's barely 10 percent – and slipping.
Foreign policy is typically the executive branch's domain because that is the branch that decides who the US negotiates with and what gets offered in those negotiations. However, Tuesday's Republican victory, particularly the GOP takeover of the House and leadership of some key committees, has the ability to affect the US's dialogue, and in some cases policy, on a few key US relationships with other countries.
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A 24-Decade History of Popular Music
St. Ann's Warehouse, having just concluded an immensely successful inaugural season in its "stunning" (New York Magazine), "gorgeous" (The New Yorker) new theater on the Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront, kicks off its 2016–17 season with the World Premiere of Taylor Mac's A 24-Decade History of Popular Music. Eminent avant-gardist Penny Arcade brings her solo show, Longing Lasts Longer, a fierce, visionary and hopeful critique of gentrification. British monologist Daniel Kitson returns with Mouse: The Persistence of an Unlikely Thought (November 8–27), a new work "about friendship and loneliness, doubt and hope, a mouse, a phone call and the unfathomable repercussions of everything we ever do." London's Donmar Warehouse presents the American Premiere of The Tempest (January 13–February 12, 2017), the third and final work in director Phyllida Lloyd's revelatory all-female trilogy of Shakespeare plays. And Kneehigh, Cornwall's beloved theatrical alchemists, and director Emma Rice, return with 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, (March 1–April 9, 2017), adapted by Rice and War Horse author Michael Morpurgo.


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Longevity, bringing up children and low pay have for years conspired to make women's retirement incomes lower than men's. But now you can redress the balance. Emma Simon explains how
The battle of the sexes has a new front line: pensions. Over the past 30 years the position of women in both the home and the workplace has changed beyond recognition. But as women reach retirement they appear to become second-class citizens once again.
The statistics speak for themselves. Women make up about two thirds of the retired population but their average income in retirement is about half that of men.
In the face of such inequality, the Government has introduced a new pensions bill, which contains reforms designed to improve the lot of women in retirement. It includes changes to ensure that more women receive the full state pension and the introduction of a new personal account, which should give more women access to work-based pensions.
However, a report published this week by the Equal Opportunities Commission and Scottish Widows claims that women will continue to face financial hardship in retirement, despite these wide-ranging reforms.
Pensions experts and financial advisers are urging women to act now to secure a brighter future. "These reforms are unlikely to happen for at least four years," says Sarah Maguire, a chartered financial planner with Baker Tilly. "Women need to act fast if they want financial independence and security in the future. If women really want to 'have it all', then this includes a comfortable and enjoyable retirement."
So how do women achieve this? The following guidelines should help women of all ages to improve their retirement prospects. start young
There is no easy route to pension equality. Women need to start saving earlier than men and tuck a greater proportion of their salary away in order to receive the same pension income in retirement.
There are two reasons for this. First, women typically live longer, so they need to build a bigger pension pot to generate the same monthly income as men. But they also face a double whammy of lower pay and shorter working lives, thanks to the demands of childcare.
But the younger you start, the easier it is to save, thanks to the cumulative effects of compound interest. For example, a woman of 23 leaving university and starting her first job needs to save £456 a month (gross) into a pension plan if she wants to retire on £20,000 a year. With basic-rate tax relief this means a monthly contribution of £355.68.
If she postpones pension savings until 30, then she needs to save £587 a month to retire on the same salary (£457.86 net of basic rate tax). By 40, retiring on £20,000 is looking increasingly difficult, with the same women needing to invest £894 a month into a pension (£697 net of basic rate tax).
"Ideally, woman would start saving in their early 20s, when they first start earning," Maguire says. "But we all remember what it is to be young: saving for old age is hardly a priority. And today's twentysomethings are saddled with large student debts and face difficulties getting on the housing ladder."
But this does not mean the young should ignore pensions completely in their 20s. Once you have established a career you should make pension planning a priority, before children, career breaks and part-time work beckon.
Get clued up about pensions
Too many women still offload responsibility to husbands and partners when it comes to financial matters, according to Caroline Speirs, a financial planner at Baker Tilly. If women want a more prosperous retirement, they need to educate themselves about state, company and private pensions.
The state pension will, at best, provide a very basic standard of living. If you want to enjoy your golden years, you need a decent pension plan. Where possible, join a company pension scheme where the employer also makes contributions.
In 2012 the Government is set to introduce so-called personal accounts. These new work-based pensions will compel employers to make contributions, provided that employees invest 4 per cent of their salary into the scheme. Workers will be enrolled automatically, although they will retain the right to opt out. It is hoped that this scheme will dramatically improve pension savings, particularly among lower-paid workers and women.
Do not be lulled into thinking you can afford to wait six years for these new pension plans to arrive. The cost of delay is huge. Tom McPhail, a pensions adviser with Hargreaves Lansdown, the broker, says a 25-year-old who delays starting a pension for six years could reduce her final pension by a third. This assumes that the employee puts in 5 per cent of salary and the employer contributes 3 per cent throughout their working life.
For older workers, delay could be even more costly: a 35-year-old who waits until 2012 to start a pension could lose up to 40 per cent of their income in retirement. "Don't wait for the Personal Accounts. Start saving today," says McPhail.
Remember that saving for retirement can encompass more than just traditional pension plans. Look at other savings vehicles such as equity Isas and other assets such as property, but get advice.
Save as much as you can, when you can
So how much should you be saving? Michelle Cracknell of Origen Financial Services says that, as a rule of thumb, men and women should save a proportion of their salary equal to half their age at the time of starting a pension. In other words, if you are 30 when you start a pension, you should put in 15 per cent of your salary throughout your working life. If you start at 24, saving 12 per cent of your salary a year should produce a similar return. This includes any employer contributions.
This does not take career breaks into account, of course. So women need to boost this sum to stay on track for retirement. "To cover a five-year career break, women need to increase their basic pension contributions by a further 2 per cent," says Cracknell. "To cover a 10-year break they need to salt away at least an extra 3 per cent a year."
Don't stop saving if you stop working
This is the single biggest reason why so many women are worse off in retirement. Most women stop paying into a pension when they leave work to start a family. It can then become financially prohibitive to make up this shortfall when they return to work, particularly as many women return to lower-paid part-time jobs once they have children.
"Many women find that once they have a family that this takes priority over their career," says Maguire. "But this does not mean that your financial future should be put on hold too."
There are two steps women should take. The first is to ensure that they retain their right to a full state pension. Currently, only about a third of women qualify for the full basic state pension of £76 a week. This is because they have made insufficient National Insurance contributions during their working life. To qualify for the full basic state pension, women have to pay National Insurance contributions for 39 years. By contrast, men have to pay NI for 44 years, although a far greater proportion manage this and qualify for the full state pension.
If you are not working, it is possible to "buy back" these years by making voluntary National Insurance contributions. This can be done during a career break or shortly afterwards, when you return to work and have sufficient disposable income. Women can also apply for a credit if they are looking for children on older relatives, which should ensure they do not miss out on NI contributions while they are caring.
However, from 2010 new rules will mean that women (and men) have to pay NI for only 30 years to receive the full state pension. As a result, an estimated 70 per cent of women will receive the full state pension in future. This is undoubtedly good news for those due to retire after 2010, but the change means that anyone making voluntary NI contributions needs to review their position, as many may not need to make these payments now.
To get a copy of your National Insurance record, contact the Department for Work & Pensions or visit their website (www.dwp.gov.uk).
Apart from the state pension, women should look to maintain private pension provision during extended career breaks. Company pension schemes are obviously a non-starter here, but women can pay up to £3,600 a year into a stakeholder pension. This may sound like a tall order for non-earners, but women should consider using spare savings or a partner's income to contribute to a pension.
Don't rely on your husband's pension; don't forget about it either
Too many women in the past simply assumed that their husband's pension would fund their old age. This may have been true a generation ago, but social conditions have changed. The divorce courts and the decline of generous company pension schemes have provided a rude awakening for many women.
Cracknell says women should never assume that a spouse's pension will bail them out of penury in old age. "All women should investigate whether they can build up pension savings in their own right," she says. "This should help give them security and independence in retirement, and it can be a tax-efficient way of saving for a married couple."
She adds that many women still benefit enormously from their spouse's pension. "But this should be seen as a bonus, not expected as a matter of course."
Women should ensure that they do not lose pension benefits if they divorce. When married couples split, the pension should be taken into account in any financial settlement, Cracknell says. "If the woman has a lower or non-existent pension, perhaps due to a break in her career, she may receive a pension credit, in effect becoming a member of her husband's pension scheme in her own right.
"Sometimes other assets will be offered in lieu of a pension as part of a divorce settlement. If she accepts this, she needs to be aware of the shortfall in income this may create at retirement and consider making alternative arrangements to make up the deficit in her pension."
Make sure you get the best deal at retirement
It is never too late to improve your pension prospects. Women approaching retirement are unlikely to benefit from the proposed pension reforms, but they can still boost their retirement income, in some cases by as much as a third.
Many women in this age group have little pension provision themselves and often rely on their husband's pension to lift them out of means-tested state benefits. For these women it is important that their spouse's pension pays a widow's benefit, as statistically they are likely to outlive their husbands.
But surprisingly, one in three married men make no such provision when they convert their private pensions into an annuity, which pays an income for life. When you consider that a large proportion of these women will not even qualify for the full state pension, it is not hard to see why so many retired women today live in poverty.
Of course, opting for an annuity that pays a spouse's pension means a lower monthly income. But there are a number of steps that couples can take to increase this sum. Using the "open market" option and shopping around for the best annuity rate can boost income by as much as 20 per cent, according to Stuart Bayliss of Annuity Direct.
He adds: "Many people also receive significantly less income than they could because they fail to inform annuity providers of health problems. If the spouse has suffered health problems, this will still mean that the couple get a higher return on their money, even if the husband is as fit as a fiddle."
Make sure you mention all medical conditions, however minor, to an annuity provider. Most insurers pay higher annuities to smokers and overweight policyholders. This is the one time in your life when it pays to be unhealthy, so make sure you make the most of it.


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Can I set OS X to automatically install any downloaded updates when the computer is told to shut down?
Installing updates (or doing anything else, for that matter) on shutdown on Mac OS X is problematic, as the operating system gives processes just eight seconds to shut down before it kills them - not nearly enough time to do updates.
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The Immunity Challenge is often considered the most important aspect of the game. Winning this type of challenge will secure a tribe or an individual safety from the following Tribal Council.
Tribal Immunity
During the tribal phase of the game, the tribes vie for the ownership of the Immunity Idol. The winning tribe will be granted safety from the upcoming Tribal Council.
In rare cases, there are double eliminations where both tribes go to Tribal Council, where the Immunity Idol is temporarily retired and is replaced with the Immunity Necklace which is usually only available post-merge. After this double elimination, the tribal Immunity Idol is back in play until the merge.
In Survivor: Fiji, the first post-merge Immunity Challenge involved the castaways being divided into two teams, and as such the tribal immunity format was used with the winners of the challenge being abstained from Tribal Council.
Giving Tribal Immunity Away
To date, there have been two instances when a tribe has given up tribal immunity after winning an Immunity Challenge.
- In Survivor: Fiji, Jeff Probst announced that if the winning tribe, Moto, wanted to keep their luxurious campsite, they must sacrifice immunity to Ravu, which they did.
- In Survivor: One World, the Manono tribe went to Tribal Council after winning immunity to vote out Bill Posley, thus granting Salani exemption.
Forfeiting Tribal Immunity
On one occasion, a tribe has forfeited an Immunity Challenge before it was played.
- In Survivor: Caramoan, the Bikal tribe forfeited an Immunity Challenge to go to Tribal Council and vote out Brandon Hantz after he sabotaged their camp. Unusually, Brandon was voted out at the challenge site rather than the Tribal Council area.
Individual Immunity
After the merge, where there is only one existing tribe, the remaining contestants compete in individual challenges to seek possession of the Immunity Necklace, which guarantees safety at Tribal Council for its bearer. Unlike the tribal Immunity Idol, which gives exemption to an entire tribe, the incumbent wearer of the necklaces still must attend Tribal Council and cast a vote, but that player cannot be voted out. Since Survivor: Marquesas, individual immunity has become transferable, giving safety to its new wearer, while leaving the original winner vulnerable.
On some occasions, Individual Immunity has been played for during the pre-merge stages of the game, usually occurring during a Double Tribal Council. It can work one of four ways:
- An Individual Immunity Necklace appears at a certain location on the island. The first members of each tribe to get to them are granted Individual Immunity in some form. (Palau, Micronesia, Gabon)
- Members of both tribes compete simultaneously for a shot at wining Individual Immunity (Gabon, Heroes vs. Villains, Nicaragua)
- One tribe wins a reward, and the members of that winning tribe then compete for Individual Immunity. (Vanuatu, Guatemala)
- One tribe wins a reward during a double Tribal Council. As part of their reward, they are able to give Individual Immunity in some form to a member of the tribe who goes second. (Palau, Cook Islands)
- In Survivor: Vanuatu, Survivor: Guatemala, and Survivor: Gabon, as only one castaway won Individual Immunity at a Double Tribal Council, they would grant Individual Immunity to a member of the other tribe.
No Immunity
There has been one case where no one post-merge has come to Tribal Council with immunity. During Survivor: Pearl Islands, the jury won the Day 37 Immunity Challenge, resulting in no one having immunity. Darrah was voted out unanimously.
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Strictly speaking, can adjacent voices (aside from tenor and bass) be an octave apart from each other? They can't be more than an octave apart but is it a violation of principle to make them an octave apart?
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"I mean, think about what these last few election cycles have been about," the Senator said. "We argue about immigration, but we don't try to solve the immigration problem. It's an argument that is all about people's passions instead of trying to figure it out.
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Ever since Karl Rove suggested that Hillary Clinton has brain damage, Republicans have been accused of being terrified of a Hillary 2016 presidential candidacy, said Stephen Colbert on Tuesday night's Colbert Report. But nothing could be further from the truth. No, Colbert said, Republicans are merely indicating that, unlike in the 1990s, "when they pampered the Clintons," this time they're coming after Hillary with (rhetorical) guns blazing.
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Executives from the likes of Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, JPMorganChase, and private equity firm Blackstone are descending on Philadelphia in troves to celebrate the nomination of Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Sen. Tim Kane. While Donald Trump alienated the financial industry with his talk of Wall Street reform last week, many bankers are breathing a sigh of relief at the thought of Clinton-Kaine at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
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The Republican National Convention might have had its share of chaos, ranging from a plagiarism scandal to all-out mutiny, but Donald Trump did something right according to the latest polls. In a four-way competition including Gary Johnson and Jill Stein, Trump leads the current race for the White House following a 6-point post-convention bump, putting him at 44 percent to Hillary Clinton's 39 percent.
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Police say two people were killed and at least a dozen more were injured Monday in a shooting outside a nightclub in Fort Myers, Florida, NBC News reports. Shots were fired in the parking lot of Club Blu bar around 12:30 a.m. ET, officials say. One suspect is in custody but "the Fort Myers Police Department and Lee County Sheriff's Office are actively canvassing the area looking for other persons who may be involved in this incident," police said in a statement.
The incident comes a little more than a month after a gunman killed 49 people in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Jessica Hullinger
Whether it's Donald Trump appearing at the Republican National Convention with the strains of Queen in the background or Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) playing the Dropkick Murphys during a campaign stop, politicians have long been using music at their events against the wishes of the artists.
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It didn't work for Kramer and Newman, and prosecutors say it also didn't work for a man found with 10,000 empty cans in the back of a rented Budget truck.
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Goodbye Twilight Zone, hello Guardians of the Galaxy.
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At Comic-Con in San Diego, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige announced Disney is revamping its popular California Adventure elevator drop ride, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror. The ride, which sends thrill seekers plummeting down several stories, will close in January and reopen in the summer of 2017 with a new theme: Guardians of the Galaxy. Disney bought Marvel Entertainment in 2009 for $4 billion, and fans have predicted that the attraction will be part of a new Marvel land at the Anaheim theme park, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Notes: The tracking survey used in this study was carried out as part of the research project "Dynamics of Rural Poverty," which has received financial support from the French Ministry of Research under the ACI initiative, "Sociétés et cultures dans le développement durable." I would like to extend thanks to Flore Gubert and Anne-Sophie Robilliard for making the data available and for their very helpful comments during the preparation of this paper. I also thank two anonymous referees for their helpful comments and suggestions.
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Attrition and Follow-Up Rules in Panel Surveys: Insights from a Tracking Experience in Madagascar
Version of Record online: 3 MAY 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2012.00505.x
© 2012 The Author. Review of Income and Wealth © 2012 International Association for Research in Income and Wealth
Review of Income and Wealth
Volume 59, Issue 3, pages 509–538, September 2013
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Vaillant, J. (2013), Attrition and Follow-Up Rules in Panel Surveys: Insights from a Tracking Experience in Madagascar. Review of Income and Wealth, 59: 509–538. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2012.00505.x
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Most longitudinal surveys recontact households only if they are still living in the same dwelling, producing very high attrition rates, especially in developing countries where rural–urban migration is prevalent. In this paper, we discuss the implications of the various follow-up rules used in longitudinal surveys in the light of an original tracking survey from Madagascar. This survey attempted in 2005 to search and interview all individuals who were living in the village of Bepako in 1995, the baseline year of a yearly survey, the Rural Observatories. The tracking survey yielded an individual recontact rate of 78.8 percent, more than halving attrition compared to a standard dwelling-based follow-up rule. The tracking reveals a very high rate of out-migration (38.8 percent) and household break-ups, as three-quarters of recontacted households had divided between 1995 and 2005. The average income growth of the sample over the period increases by 28 percentage points when follow-up is extended to those who moved out of their household or village, suggesting that dwelling-based panels give a partial view of the welfare dynamics of the baseline sample. A higher baseline income per capita is associated with a higher probability of staying in Bepako and of being found in the tracking if one moved out. The hardest people to find are the poorest and most isolated. Special attention should be paid to collecting data that enable the identification and follow-up of individuals, without which attrition is likely to remain a source of bias even after a tracking procedure is carried out.


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Energy and Global Warming News for November 19: E.U. to mandate "nearly zero" power use by buildings; U.S. and China reach accord on data collection
E.U. to Mandate 'Nearly Zero' Power Use by Buildings
European legislators and countries struck a deal last night to introduce tough new energy-efficiency regulations for all electricity-using appliances and buildings within the next decade.
Most significantly, the European Union directive will require that nearly all buildings, including large houses, constructed after 2020 include stark efficiency improvements or generate most of their energy from renewable sources, coming close to "nearly zero" energy use.
European countries will also be required to establish a certification system to measure buildings' energy efficiency. These certificates will be required for any new construction or buildings that are sold or rented to new tenants. Existing buildings will also have to, during any major renovation, improve their efficiency if at all feasible.
Buildings are responsible for about 36 percent of Europe's greenhouse gas emissions, and stricter efficiency requirements have been sought for the past several years as absolutely necessary for the bloc to meets its goal of cutting emissions 20 percent from 1990 levels by 2020. Other regions should take note, said Andris Piebalgs, the E.U. energy commissioner, in a statement.
"By this agreement, the E.U. is sending a strong message to the forthcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen," Piebalgs said. "Improving the energy performance of buildings is a cost effective way of fighting against climate change and improving energy security, while also boosting the building sector and the E.U. economy as a whole."
A second directive agreed on yesterday will expand the scope of efficiency labeling to all consumer products that use energy, eventually covering everything from hot water taps to vending machines.
U.S. and China reach accord on data collection
The United States and China have agreed to cooperate on developing an inventory of China's greenhouse gas emissions, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday, an initiative that appears be a response to criticism of Beijing's data collection.
Several senators whose votes are key to passage of domestic climate legislation, including Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), have questioned whether they will be able to trust any greenhouse gas reductions China reports to the international community. China has surpassed the United States as the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases; together they account for roughly 40 percent of the world's output.
The memorandum of cooperation between China's National Development and Reform Commission and the EPA calls on the two countries to collaborate in several areas, including "capacity building for developing greenhouse gas inventories." The two nations have already worked together on monitoring other industrial emissions, such as sulfur dioxide.
"I have to imagine this represents an increased and intensified effort to get China on the path of measuring and reporting its greenhouse gas emissions in a way that's internationally acceptable," said Julian L. Wong, a senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank.
California Requires TVs To Be More Energy Efficient
SACRAMENTO, Calif. "" California regulators adopted the nation's first energy-efficiency standards for televisions Wednesday in hopes of reducing electricity use at a time when millions of American households are switching to power-hungry, wide-view, flat-screen, high-definition sets.
The 5-0 vote by the California Energy Commission is just the latest effort by the state to secure its place in the forefront of the environmental movement.
California represents such a big consumer market that environmental groups hope the new standards will lead manufacturers to make energy-saving TVs for the rest of the nation, just as California's stringent fuel standards for cars and trucks forced automakers to produce more efficient models for all of the U.S.
"Once again, California is leading the way, and we hope others will follow," said Noah Horowitz, senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The commission estimates that TVs account for about 10 percent of a home's electricity use. The fear is that energy use will rise as people buy bigger, more elaborate TVs, put more of them in their homes, and watch them longer.
Governors say a clean energy answer is blowing in the wind
The governors of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware have announced a partnership designed to promote and coordinate the development of wind energy off the mid-Atlantic coast.
Officials in the three states said that by working together, they hope to advance the construction of power lines and advocate jointly for federal legislation that would help pave the way for what many expect will become a critical source of electricity for coastal communities.
In a joint statement last week, the three governors said offshore wind energy would help meet the region's electricity needs while doing the least harm to the environment. They also highlighted its potential to create jobs. In Virginia, officials estimate, construction of wind farms offshore and on land would create more than 3,000 jobs over the next two decades.
"With our extensive coastline and highly educated workforce, Virginia is particularly well suited to explore offshore wind energy opportunities," Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) said in the statement. "In these tough economic times, it's more important than ever that we invest in renewable energy sources that will create jobs and provide cleaner, more affordable energy for our families and communities."
Portuguese wind developer plans $4B U.S. investment
Portugal's EDP Renewables plans to invest up to $4 billion in U.S. wind farms through 2012 — projects that would generate up to 2 gigawatts and create 5,000 direct jobs, company officials said today.
"We have an ambitious target, and we have a strong commitment to economic development and environmental improvement in the U.S.," said Antonio Mexia, chairman of EDP Renewables and CEO of its Lisbon-based parent company Energias de Portugal SA.
Key factors driving EDP's investment decision are state renewable electricity portfolio targets and federal tax incentives, Mexia and other company officials said during a Washington news conference. To date, EDP has received $109 million via Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which provides a cash payment in lieu of a tax credit totaling 30 percent of the qualifying cost of a project.
EDP, which owns Houston-based Horizon Wind Energy LLC, has invested all of its Section 1603 money into two U.S. wind farms. EDP plans to apply for additional stimulus grants, as well as utilize a federal production tax credit, as the company develops new wind farms, Mexia said.
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Changing America's car culture will save citizens money, says a new report that makes the financial case for smart growth policies.
Since the majority of transportation costs are privately borne, the potential to save money is commensurately high, the report says. It analyzed neighborhoods around Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and San Diego and found that residents of the San Francisco Bay Area saved the most in transportation costs because of their good public transportation system.
Within the Bay Area, residents of the best-connected neighborhoods spent $7,200 less on transportation per year than the residents of the worst-served neighborhoods. In the region, individuals spend $34 billion on overall transportation per year, compared to $4.6 billion spent by public agencies. Of that, most spending is on private transportation — operating and owning vehicles — by a factor of 7-to-1.
Affordable transportation can also offset high housing costs, the report found. While San Francisco has high housing prices, its proximity to public transportation puts it in 11th place in the overall affordability rankings.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, public transportation is also good for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In the Bay Area, households in areas with good transportation and job prospects drive 11,000 fewer miles per year than households in areas with fewer jobs and transportation options.
Seeking Wind Energy, Some Consider the Sea
LAST June in a fjord in southwestern Norway, a 213-foot-tall wind turbine did something large wind turbines normally don't do: it headed out to sea.
Towed by tugboats, the newly built turbine, with three 139-foot rotor blades and a 2.3-megawatt generator atop the tower, which itself was bolted to a ballasted steel cylinder extending more than 300 feet below the waterline, made its way to a spot six miles off the coast. Once in position it was moored with cables to the seafloor, about 700 feet below.
The project, called Hywind and owned by Statoil, the giant oil and gas company based in Stavanger, Norway, is the world's first full-scale floating wind turbine. After being hooked up to a transmission cable, it began supplying electricity to the Norwegian power grid on Sept. 21.
"We've been baby-sitting the turbine so far," said Sjur Bratland, asset manager for the project. "The main point for us is not to produce as much power as possible."
Rather, Mr. Bratland said, over the next two years Hywind will test the feasibility of what some people think may be the next big idea in alternative energy: generating power from the winds over the open ocean, far from land.
"Our real opportunity for ocean energy is deepwater wind," said Habib J. Dagher, director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, who with an $8 million grant from the federal Department of Energy is organizing a consortium of universities, companies, government agencies and nonprofit groups to develop floating wind turbines in the United States.
Browner: U.S. in 'good standing' heading into Copenhagen talks
White House climate czar Carol Browner downplayed the idea that the absence of a domestic emissions law would hinder U.S. leverage in Copenhagen and said the U.S. could tout major accomplishments heading into next month's international climate talks.
In wide-ranging remarks at a climate conference in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, she also said President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao made substantial progress in their Beijing discussions this week.
Browner, the senior White House energy and climate adviser, pointed to tens of billions of dollars in "clean energy" financing in the stimulus law, as well as House passage of broad energy and climate legislation. A slow-moving Senate bill has been put off until next year.
She also cited several steps the administration has taken using its existing power, such as EPA and Transportation Department work to create joint vehicle mileage and greenhouse gas standards, as well as Energy Department appliance efficiency standards.
"We think we are in very, very good standing that this president has clearly demonstrated incredible leadership," she said at a conference hosted by The Economist.
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The Europeans are buildg on Passive House. The U.S. would be very wise to follow their example. See. http://www.passivehouse.us and http://www.passivehouse.com
Indigenous groups key in climate change debate
AFP, November 18 – World Bank chief Robert Zoellick said Wednesday it was critical for indigenous people to be included in climate change talks, saying they were among groups most affected by global warming.
Report details 'coal's assault on human health'
Charleston Gazette, November 18 – Coal pollution is assaulting human health through impacts on workers, residents near mining operations and power plants, and the environment in coalfield communities, according to a new report by a group of physicians.
Green technologies in peril as rich nations dither on climate deal
The Guaridan, November 18 – Uncertainty over investing in green technologies more dangerous than lack of Copenhagen treaty says Achim Steiner, the head of the UN environment programme.
Climate Change Likely to Increase African Hunger Woes
IPS, November 18 – Africa, the continent already most affected by hunger and food scarcity, is likely to see its woes increased due to climate change and the changing rain patterns it provokes, experts and scientists say.
'Code Red' as heat intensifies
News24, November 17 – Australian officials issued their first ever "catastrophic" wildfire evacuation warning on Tuesday, as a parching heatwave intensified over the country's south.
Fighting climate change by turning CO2 to stone
PhysOrg.com, November 17- While politicians debate the best ways to cut global carbon dioxide emissions, researchers at Idaho National Laboratory's Center for Advanced Energy Studies are charging ahead on a strategy to defuse the CO2 the world already produces. They want to inject the greenhouse gas deep underground, where it would react with rocks and remain, entombed, for thousands of years.
(…) Though mineral sequestration shows a great deal of promise, research into the approach is still in its early stages, and many complicating factors remain. Chief among these is cost, a problem for all forms of CCS technology.
Fossil fuel CO2 emissions up by 29 percent since 2000; carbon sinks on land and in the oceans diminishing
Physorg.com, November 17 – The strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world's natural 'sinks' to absorb carbon is published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience.
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I know a California engineering firm that can retrofit commercial buildings to zero energy- no easy task. They've saved their clients over $1 billion in energy bills in the last 20 years.
They're called PEConsulting, out of San Luis Rey.
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People all over the world are being deeply affected by something that many of us don't really consider in our day-to-day lives. In Peru, whole families of farmers depend on the water running off glaciers and into rivers. But because of the changes in temperature caused by global carbon emissions, the glaciers are retreating and the rivers are running dry. The farmers live on the crops they grow in the mountains and the yarn they spin from the coats of their alpaca herds. But they can no longer predict the seasons and the alpacas are leaving – it is almost as if they can sense the disaster faster than we can.
I don't know if C.Vink did it on purpose but his third link "The Guaridan, November 18 " mispells "The Guardian" which is well known in the UK for typos.
Heatwave 'connected to climate change'
SBS, November 19 – There's a 'high chance' a heatwave sweeping Australia's southern and eastern states is related to climate change, a scientist at the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Climate Meteorologist Harvey Stern says the scorching weather effecting parts of South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales at this time of the year is rare.
"This (the heatwave) is a truly extreme event," Dr Stern says.
"Many places have established all-time records for the first half of November."
Scientific debate sparked over carbon sink data
Physorg, November 18 – According to research published this week in Nature Geoscience, emissions of carbon dioxide continue to outstrip the ability of the world's natural 'sinks' to absorb carbon. The new report follows another study published only ten days earlier by Dr Wolfgang Knorr in Geophysical Research Letters, which concludes that a decline in the capacity of terrestrial ecosystems and the oceans to absorb CO2 cannot be detected within the available data.
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Hair Loss In Women: Treatments That Work
What works for men may work just as well for women.
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You can style, spray, tease, mousse, and gel to your heart's content. But when your brush begins to hold nearly as much hair as you have on your head, all the styling products in the world won't do you much good.
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