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Doctor Who's 50th anniversary trailer: should UK fans have seen it first?
The long-awaited trailer for the 50th anniversary special has ignited anger among UK fans after it was premiered at San Diego Comic Con. Stephen Kelly asks whether the BBC made the right decision...
Years from now, much like the moon landing or JFK, people will ask: Where were you for the premiere of Doctor Who's 50th anniversary trailer? And most likely, you will answer the same as us: home alone on a Sunday night, hating happy strangers on Twitter.
For yes, the trailer for one of most long awaited events in British television did not air to fans in the UK, but to those at San Diego's Comic Con. The reaction, it's fair to say, has not exactly been "Geronimo!"
"I don't understand!," yelled one fan at Radio Times' Twitter account. "This is a UK show and we don't get to look first? How is that right or justifiable?"
"They don't care about their UK fans any more," another laments, "it's all about making it big in the US." While over on Facebook, talk turned to the popular argument of who pays for what: "No offence to American fans, but this is a British show… The least we can get is a trailer when we are the ones who pay the license fee!"
There are, of course, plenty of other things in the world worthy of huffing and puffing about, but you can kind of see their point.
The Sherlock series three clip showcased on Thursday was a mere scrap of rough footage – a tantalising tease. But this was a proper trailer. It had Matt Smith and David Tennant's Doctors on screen together; it had Rose Tyler; it had Daleks; it had Zygons; it even had John Hurt in the midst of the bloody Time War. For a fanbase this fervent – who feel a sort of perceived ownership – it was nothing short of a betrayal; a feeling only confounded further when rumour of the trailer being uploaded at midnight culminated in nothing more than a promo picture of some Daleks. A BBC spokesman told RadioTimes.com that there was no confirmation of whether the trailer would appear online.
So, all in all, not an amazing night if you weren't one of 2000 people in a hall over in San Diego. Yet even so, is such an angry sense of entitlement justified?
This was Comic Con, after all, the biggest pop culture event in the world. It's a convention full of fans just as passionate as you or me who – in the most extreme cases – had camped out over night, sleeping rough on the pavement. Should they show such devotion only to have the thing they lined up for uploaded right away? What would have been the point? As the BBC told RadioTimes.com today: "This was an exclusive Comic Con trailer made especially for the Doctor Who 50th panel… UK fans can look forward to exclusive content over the next few months."
Perhaps that, above all, is the problem. The internet, for a long time, has leveled the playing field of information – and also our expectations of it. We don't like not to know, and we especially don't like it when someone else knows and we don't. It's seen as rubbing our nose in it: something all too common when Twitter makes documenting your well edited, tip-top life some sort of basic human right. How that gels with the 'exclusivity' factor of Comic Con is tricky. One thing's for sure, though: there seems to be a balance, and this weekend the BBC may just have misjudged it.


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Recycled oil
- Published: Nov 15, 2008
- Author: David Bradley
- Channels: Atomic
Recycled engine oil has high levels of organic impurities, heavy metals, and carcinogenic compounds, according to work carried out by researchers in Jordan. They have used atomic absorption (AA), inductive couple plasma (ICP) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analyses to spot the differences between virgin and recycled engine oil.
Mohammad Al-Ghouti and Lina Al-Atoum of the Royal Scientific Society, Industrial Chemistry Centre, in Amman, explain that because engine oil undergoes many changes during use it is markedly different, in both chemical and physical properties, from a nice, fresh, virgin engine oil.
The researchers define lubricating engine oils as any fluid used to reduce friction and wear by interposing a film of material between rubbing surfaces. Commonly engine oils consist of two materials - a base oil and chemical additives, such as metallic detergents, ashless dispersants, zinc dithiophosphate, anti-oxidant/anti-wear, friction modifiers, antifoaming agents and pour-point depressants.
In use, engine oil degrades, additives become oxidised, and the fluid accumulates organic and metallic engine residues. As such, engine oils have to be replaced regularly to ensure the clean and efficient operation of the vehicle or machine they are being used to lubricate. It is, of course, possible to recycle used engine oil and refresh it to a near-virgin state.
The recycling processes currently used, however, leave recycled oils with a much higher water content, higher sediment levels, and higher concentrations of organic oxidation products in these oils than virgin oil. Recycled oil is also contaminated with higher levels of iron, cadmium, chromium, lead, and other metals than virgin oil. The presence of halogenated solvents in significant quantities produced by the degradation of chlorine and bromine lead-scavenging additives, is an additional concern in engine oils used with leaded gasoline. Moreover, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a particular problem given their known carcinogenicity.
Nevertheless, lubricating oils are the most valuable component of crude oil, explain the researchers, so their recycling is important. The researchers hoped to find a straightforward approach to assessing the chemical properties of oils using atomic absorption (AA), inductive couple plasma (ICP) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and so provide a way to distinguish quickly and easily between recycled and virgin oils.
The first stage of the research involved the use of FTIR spectra of an engine oil sample (mono- and multi-grade) prior to use and in the recycled state. The team observed a broad feature centred at 1716 cm-1 in recycled oil that is not present in virgin oil. This, they explain, is due to the presence of carbonyl-containing degradation products of the oil. They also observed bands at 1732, 1169, 1154 and 1270 cm−1, which they assigned to the polymethacrylate stretching vibrations. This feature of the FTIR spectra allowed them to determine the presence of oil additives, including viscosity modifier and pour-point depressant.
The second stage was to develop the analytical technique, based on AA, for the determination of the levels of wear metals in recycled oil samples. "The determination of metal contents in a lubricating oil seems to be useful in the differentiation of virgin and recycled oil," the researchers say, "However, very little information concerning this problem is available in the literature."
The team's results on real samples show that the recycling processes used for purification of the sample oils are not adequate. This is particularly true in removing, or rather failing to remove, oxidation products and trace elements including lead, iron, and silicon. "The presence of oxidation products and trace metals in engine oils could primarily have a deleterious effect on equipment due to severe erosion," the team says, "However, the use of more advanced methods to remove such potential pollutants from waste oils involves higher preparation costs, making such oils uncompetitive with virgin oils."
They conclude on a positive note regarding the re-use of engine oils. "If these re-refined oils are manufactured correctly, there is then no reason not to use them," they say, "The requirement is, above all, that the re-refining process is perfect and the oils are alloyed correctly just like virgin-base oils."
M Alghouti, L Alatoum (2009). Virgin and recycled engine oil differentiation: A spectroscopic study Journal of Environmental Management, 90 (1), 187-195 DOI:

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Methanol isn't new as a fuel – late in the 20th century it gained some traction, especially as a blend-in in gasoline, but it's faded since then as a transportation option. It burns cleaner than gasoline, but the process to make it has an environmental impact.
Now a team of German researchers is looking to pump new life into methanol as transportation alt-fuel by packaging it as a way to use carbon dioxide. Doing so, they say, could reduce the CO2 emissions by 50 percent.
You know carbion dioxide: dreaded CO2, scourge of the earth, greenhouse gas extraordinaire. We've got more of it than we know what to do with, but the researchers, at the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) in Germany, led by the chemist Ingo Krossing, thinks it is closing in on a way to use CO2 on a big scale to produce methanol.
Methanol – widely used as a chemical – is a simple alcohol with the chemical formula CH3OH. It's typically produced through a two-step process that uses catalysts to convert methane, a component in natural gas, to make a syngas. The syngas is then processed into methanol.
Put most basically, the Freiburg team wants to simplify the process, combining carbon dioxide with hydrogen to make methanol. Sounds great, but this is an energy intensive process, requiring a good deal of heat, for starters. Then there's the matter of hydrogen — it takes additional energy to produce hydrogen (possibly emitting more CO2).
Still, the Freiburg team seems to be suggesting that they've got an efficient way to pull it off, citing catalysts that allow the process, known as hydrogenolysis, to occur at lower temperatures, and saying they can get a pure version of methane if the catalysts are impregnated with ionic liquid that helps to fix CO2 and hydrogen to the catalyst.


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photo by Lisa Jonick
|I wrote "two things, two words" as a title but most things have more than one name, most words mean more than one thing, and "two" is too small a number for this.
I've brought a photo by Lisa Jonick to help you consider this. If you try to say in one word, or two, what the photo shows, you will leave out three or four important parts.
What is the glass? Mirror. Window. Barrier.
What is the cloth? Backdrop. Projection screen. Drapery.
Is the tree touching the cat? Not really, but it envelopes him and his eyes turn to tree. Behind the cat is the reflection of mountains. It seems to be a continuation of his back. And as this is not "a photo of the mountains," the mountain seems to be inside the house, with the cat.
Lisa saw this, photographed it, saved it, shared it.
There will be many things in your life that you see, or fail to see. Seeing, thinking, naming, all have to do with thought, and categorization, and learning. Take a moment to see what you see richly, and deeply.


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Bolivia's Untouchable Amazon Lands At Risk
Bolivia's Untouchable Amazon Lands At Risk.
Bolivia's Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS), an indigenous territorial reserve home to more than 12,000 indigenous villagers, is under imminent threat from a major highway development project. Thirty-two miles of that project would tear through the heart of the TIPNIS, which is home to three dwindling indigenous cultures — the Tsimanes, Yuracarés and Mojeño-Trinitarios. The park is also believed to be the home of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation. The TIPNIS covers an area of over 4700 square miles, twice the size of Delaware. The park ecosystem is fragile and the highway project could cause widespread damage, contaminating the park's three main rivers, opening large areas of forest to illegal logging and settlement, and altering habitats that are home to many endangered species and rare primates.
The highway development, the Villa Tunari – San Ignacio de Moxos highway, is part of a larger 182-mile trans-Amazonian highway and a priority project for President Evo Morales' government. It is part of the Brazilian-led Initiative for the Regional Integration of South America, a vast network of 531 mega-projects including hydroelectric dams, highways, bridges, and electrical power systems. While the Bolivian government claims to have conducted a "consultation" with potentially affected communities, the consultation was marred by criticism and inconsistencies, and fell woefully short of standards for Free, Prior and Informed Consent under national and international law. Indigenous opposition to the construction of the highway has been substantial and has been met with violent repression and retaliation by the Bolivian government. Credit: EarthRights International.
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IT is a job that comes without a salary – but for the right person this will be of little concern.
For the chance to scream and shout about the wonders of Edinburgh to the rest of the world is a role many people will relish.
The hunt is on for four proud locals to join a leading marketing company – which brought the world premiere of T2 Trainspotting to Edinburgh – in helping to attract more attention from across the globe to the Capital.
The search for "business leaders" to take up non-paid, non-executive director roles on the board of Marketing Edinburgh, has now begun.
An advert for the position promises "A fantastic opportunity to help shape the way in which Edinburgh is perceived throughout the world," with the company specifically targeting those with experience in the business, education, marketing and tourism sectors.
And according to Marketing Edinburgh chair Gordon Robertson, the newly created positions reflect the evolving needs of the business.
Mr Robertson said: "Edinburgh is changing and we recognise we have to move with the times.
"These roles present a fantastic opportunity for a few people to come in and make a big difference to the way the city is seen, not just nationally, but globally.
"It's not a role to be taken lightly, this is for people who have a real business and marketing acumen, but it is a big chance to shape the worldwide perception of the city.
"The next few months signal an exciting time for Edinburgh. By evolving, we'll be more nimble and better able to take advantage of emerging opportunities. We'll meet more regularly and decisions will be made more quickly."
The organisation has been central to attracting international campaigns and events to the city and was pivotal in bringing the world premiere of Trainspotting sequel T2 to Fountainbridge last month.
The non-executive directors will be joined on the reshaped board by Mr Robertson as well as the chief executive of Marketing Edinburgh, John Donnelly, plus three city councillors to be determined after elections in May.
However Mr Robertson said that holding a position of authority was not necessary to join the board.
He said: "There's no such thing as an ideal candidate in this situation; just someone with the passion, drive and clarity for the Capital.
"That's what it is going to come down to, who is the most passionate about the city and who is willing to take on the commitment.
"The roles are unpaid so they're really targeted at people who have that drive to succeed as part of our team."
Anyone interested in the role can apply by sending a CV and covering note FAO Scott Black at firstname.lastname@example.com clearly marked "Marketing Edinburgh NED Appointments" no later than midnight on Friday, February 24.


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Well corporate America just doesn't understand I guess. I have proposed theme parks, Shook Micheal Eisner's hand when I subcontracted for Disney's show and ride division. And yes, not everyone should have a new Centurion before it ships, I agree. However is Nerf, division of Hasbro just trying to buy the Nerf press off by giving it to people they feel will agree with them and avoiding who wont? One has to ask!
Now I know a lot of the players who got one, do you guys remember the Hail-Fire? Hyped to the sky, sure it was a unique idea, a decent blaster and I know some who swear by it. But from those who were bought off, I tell ya you could have sworn it was the next best thing since the fucking light bulb from what they said.
Now my friend, Basic Nerf, who by the way has nothing to do with this post or my attitude, this is my perspective from what is going on around me, told it how it was lately, proud of you kid!
"So I hosted an indoor Nerf War yesterday, and only managed to bring out the Centurion once to attempt to use. I don't want to spoil anything, but my first, and so far only, in game experience with it left me a bit sour towards it.
Also, the Elite Alpha Trooper, with it's design and new ranges is still solid after all these years. The Masterkey is still my favorite blaster to use.
I'll have more on all this, and game video, as the days go by."
Property of Basic Nerf, one of the best friends one can have : ) Have fun in NY.
I was at that war, and let me tell you, out of the box the thing is junk, it needs work. An experienced modder can give it what we think it needs but otherwise, it jams, it messes up darts and I had no desire to try it in a war.
Do you see how Nerf is selective to who represents their product? Well I am gonna get one and tell you how it is and help all those poor souls who felt compelled to buy one.


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During this first block of the Spring semester, 12 Quest students and 1 tutor (Colin Bates) are moving the classroom to the R/V Akademik Sergey Vavilov, a Russian science ship, for the field course Quest for Antarctica. This is the second time that the course is offered, in which students will explore both the science and the politics of this isolated and underexplored landscape. The unique course is a partnership between Quest University Canada and One Ocean Expeditions, both based in Squamish.
If you are interested in learning more about this course, or keeping updated with the students' adventures, check out the Quest for Antarctica blog here


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Added a new Best Practice - When a story is marked as done, all the children stories and tasks should also be marked as done
You can now associate a story to a new or existing Idea from the edit story page
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Upgrade Telerik controls to Q3 2010 SP1
Persona Catalog screen won't close after opening associated story or associated persona
Contextual tab in the ribbon: Select the current functional area tab when the contextual tab goes away
After reordering iterations on scheduling screen, tree view now updates properly
Application error in planning screen when you enter large number of characters in Assigned to field
Assigning a Story to "none" from the storyboard now allow the item to be synced
Assigned To combo box in storyboard screen will now display if blank Assigned To combo box is now sorted alphabetically
Buttons for "attach a story" and "create new story" are now enabled after the idea is created
Creating a new story from within an Idea - the new story is now shown in story links
Drag and Drop functionality in Storyboard fixed
Fixed error in Storyboard when the "group by" is empty
Fixed error after entering a large number at max capacity
Fixed error after associating story/persona to persona has not saved yet
Fixed exception sometimes thrown when press create new project button quickly before projects complete loading
Fixed exception thrown when entering large number of characters in "Create a new idea" field in story screen
Fixed exception thrown after entering a large number of characters in "Create new role" field
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Task name is now selected when entering edit mode
No error message will be shown after removing story name in storyboard
Fixed exception when adding large custom text to assigned to field in edit story screen
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DOYLESTOWN, PA--(Marketwired - Jun 21, 2017) - SICOM, a leading best-of-breed provider of end-to-end solutions for quick service and fast casual restaurants, today announced that its CFO, Michael Schaffer has been honored with the Philadelphia Business Journal's CFO of the Year Award for his outstanding performance as a financial steward.
"In the one year that Mike has been with SICOM, he has demonstrated his in-depth financial expertise during our acquisition of RTI and positioning us for further growth and profitability," said Jim Flynn, CEO of SICOM. "He is an invaluable asset to our management team, guiding us to make sound financial decisions and ensuring our fiscal integrity. We are proud of Mike for being honored with this prestigious award."
Schaffer joined SICOM in May 2016 and has brought a diverse background in operational finance along with process improvement from 25+ years of experience within Fortune 100 public companies, privately held companies, and private equity portfolio companies. He came to SICOM from global digital signage software company, Scala, Inc., where he was CFO and COO. He brings to SICOM expertise in financial management, treasury operations, information systems, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic planning.
Schaffer is a graduate of Bucknell University with a B.A. in economics and mathematics, and earned an Executive M.B.A. through the GE Financial Management Program.
Schaffer will be honored at a ceremony on July 13th at the Crystal Tea Room in Philadelphia.
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SICOM Systems, Inc. is a leading best-of-breed provider of end-to-end technologies and services for the quick service and fast casual restaurants. The company offers front-of-house solutions (i.e. Digital Menu Boards, Point-of-Sale (POS) and Order Confirmation Units); back-of-house solutions (Drive-Thru Director and Chef Kitchen Management); as well as above restaurant solutions (360° Data Analytics and SEMS4 Restaurant Management) that are helping major restaurant chains around the globe to streamline their operations. SICOM has over 40,000 digital menu boards in operation worldwide, while its POS systems are in more than 6,500 restaurants worldwide and it has more than 10,000 restaurants leveraging its enterprise management systems globally. Founded in 1987, SICOM is headquartered in Doylestown, Pa. and can be found online at www.SICOM.com.
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text: Garry Marshall directs this romantic comedy featuring an ensemble cast including Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Britt Robertson and Jason Sudeikis. The film examines the varying relationships between parents and their children in the lead up to Mother's Day. Divorced Sandy (Aniston) has two sons who now have a new stepmum since her ex-husband recently married the young and attractive Tina (Shay Mitchell). Kristin (Robertson) was given up for adoption at birth but is considering finding her birth mother, who is the successful, career-driven author Miranda Collins (Roberts). Sisters Jesse (Hudson) and Gabi (Sarah Chalke) receive a surprise visit from their mother, who is dismayed when she discovers some secrets about her daughters. Widower Bradley (Sudeikis) struggles to deal with the approaching holiday after the death of his wife the previous year which left him a single dad to his two girls. Along the way some of the characters' storylines crossover.


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It's as if the past 12 months never happened. Nokia is back – and we mean the "old" Nokia, the real Nokia – with the N1 tablet, a brand new piece of mobile hardware running Android 5.0 Lollipop.
It bears more than a passing resemblance to the iPad mini 3, but also boasts a decent spec that matches and in some cases even beats Apple's benchmark slab.
In fact, never mind resemblance, with a few small exceptions the N1 looks just like an iPad mini with a Nokia badge on it, right down to the design of the speaker grilles and colour options. The chassis is a single piece of anodised aluminium, and is just 6.9mm thick – a full millimetre slimmer than Apple's effort.
The display is an iPad mini-matching 7.9in panel with a 2048 x 1536 resolution, fully laminated, while on the inside there's a quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor running at 2.4GHz, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage.
The 8MP and 5MP camera combo are par for the course, and the 5300mAh battery should keep you trucking for a fair while between charges. There's also a fancy new reversible Type C USB connector on board.
So what gives? How has Nokia managed to jump back into the mobile hardware game just months after selling its mobile division to Microsoft for $6bn-odd?
The simple answer is that Nokia isn't building the N1 itself, Foxconn is – on behalf of another Chinese hardware maker. Nokia is licensing its brand name to the whole effort, and providing its adaptive Z Launcher operating software on top of Android Lollipop.
How serious is Nokia about re-establishing its name in the consumer space, and will the N1 be the first of a bunch of new mobile devices?
We don't know yet, but with the Nokia N1 only due out on February 19, there's plenty of time for the details to emerge. That launch will initially only be in China, where it'll cost $249 before taxes and subsidies, but we're told a wider rollout will follow after that.


text: Top Trumps is a numerical data card game in which players try to win their opponent's cards by 'trumping' them with a higher-rated card of their own. Original sets from the late 1960s through to the 70s and 80s were often based on the theme of sports and high-powered vehicles, combining factual knowledge with competitive fun. The brand was relaunched during the late 90s and expanded its themes to include science, wildlife, pets, TV, movie and pop stars, book and comic characters and many other diverse subjects. Below are a few of our modern packs followed by a vintage Motorcycles deck and some UK advertising.


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Ahead of group SS501's contract with DSP Entertainment coming to an end next month on the 8th, there has been much interests as to whether the members will continue promoting as a group.
Currently it is known that leader Kim HyunJoong has received many proposals by other entertainment management company to sign up with them. And many see that there is high possibility that Kim HyunJoong and his best friend Dong Bang Shin Ki Hero JaeJoong will be moving to an entertainment agency together.
And there is also speculations that it is quite impossible for the whole group to move to the same company if they do not stay with DSP Entertainment.
With regard to that, an entertainment industry expert said, "Even if the members go to a different company and to promote as SS501, they will not be able to do it." But the truth is we saw how G.O.D and Shinhwa members had continued with their group activities even after they changed their agency.
Meanwhile, the SS501 members are still not signed on to their new agency yet.
To fans: Nothing has been confirmed as yet, I see many speculation reports coming up in the press and media but there is just hype. We should all wait for the confirmation from the members themselves.
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Markets Give Back Most of Yesterday's Gains
After gaining 106 points on the Dow Jones Industrial Average's 20 consecutive winning Tuesday, the blue-chip average lost 106 points today. The Dow fell 0.69% this afternoon and now sits at 15,302, while the S&P 500 lost 0.7% of its value and the Nasdaq declined 0.61%. Unlike the Dow, the S&P 500 lost more than the 0.63% it rose yesterday while the Nasdaq fell less than the 0.86% it increased on Tuesday.
One of the two main reason stocks declined today was interest rates are climbing and investors looking for safe reliable yields are now beginning to move out of equities and into bonds. This shift is very clear when we look at some of the major consumer staples, which declined more than 2% today on very little news. The other reason stocks declined can be related to the International Monetary Fund's prediction for Chinese economic growth in 2013 and 2014. Previously, the growth was estimated at 8% but has now lowered the growth rate to 7.75%.
A few Dow losers
Both Verizon and AT&T lost value today after Google Fiber drew investors' attention yesterday and raised concerns about the longevity of the two service providers. The hype all started after an analyst at Bernstein suggested that long-term investors in cable and phone companies may want to keep a close eye on Google Fiber and that this service may slowly cook the current companies without them even knowing it. The short- and medium-term risks for Verizon and AT&T is very little, but over the next 10 years, if the companies don't continue to upgrade service and offer customers with compelling offerings, Google may easily win over the business. Verizon lost 2.46% today while AT&T moved lower by 0.75%.
News from the IMF may be one reason shares of Coca-Cola fell by 2.25% today. Coke is not only the world's best-known brand, but a company that needs markets outside the U.S. to be strong during a time that consumption of soft drinks here at home is declining. In addition to a slowing Chinese economy, rising interest rates are likely putting pressure on Coke's stock price. As investors who seek safe, reliable income no longer are forced to buy stocks and can find attractive yields in bonds, they will likely sell their shares in consumer staple companies like Coke, which will result in a lower share price for at least the short term and could create a great buying opportunity.
McDonald's lost 2.16% today after an analyst raised concerns about future headwinds the company will have to overcome and lower the earnings-per-share estimates. An analyst at UBS believes that weak sales in Europe combined with the impact of the currency exchange rates will lower McDonald's earnings in the coming months. Previously, UBS had a higher earnings-per-share estimate than most of the other firms that follow the company, but due to these issues, it has lowered EPS estimates down to the consensus level. The firm, though, still has a buy rating on the stock with a $110 price target.
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Lauren Conrad is heading into her 10-year-reunion and has been doing "a little reflecting" about her "Laguna Beach" days.
So, the designer, author and reality star, 28, answered the question, "What are three things you wish you could tell your 18-year-old self?"
She listed her advice on her blog:
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1 -- Wear sunscreen!
2 -- Enjoy being young.
3 -- Be an individual.
Let's dive deeper into her answers.
About wearing sunscreen, she said, "This is an obvious one. When I was a teenager, tanning was the mode du jour and I was all about getting that sun-kissed (or tanning bed orange ...) glow. I felt invincible, and never thought twice about the skin damage caused by UV rays. Nowadays, I've learned to embrace my natural skin tone in the hopes that it will mean less wrinkles and a lower risk of skin cancer as I get older."
On enjoying her youth, she said, "When I was 18, I was in a hurry to grow up. Instead, I wish I would have taken a beat to just enjoy being young."
Finally, she said she wished she was more an individual.
She may have wanted to branch out from her usual friends, even those on the show such as Stephen Colletti and others.
"For so long you've gone to school with the same people, and everything you've done is with the same group of friends in more or less the same environment," she wrote. "Then, for the first time you get to go off on your own and make real, conscious decisions about where you want life to take you. You get to choose your school, your major, and what kind of person you'll become. So when you're making these decisions, be an individual. It's the best way to discover who you really are."


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Branson has sure gone to the dogs, but in a really great way. Todd Oliver & Friends is a fantastic talking dog show at the Americana Theatre starring adorable talking canines– Irving, Lucy, & Elvis. The 2-hour show is a hoot – it's a fast paced and entertaining comedy show with original music and lots of audience participation. The highlights of course are the adorable talking canine stars.
Todd Oliver, a master ventriloquist who's been throwing his voice around for years, encourages kids to follow their dream just like he did since he was 8 years old and knew his path. Todd has come a long, long way since receiving his first dummy as a Christmas present when he was only 10 years old. But, by then he already knew he wanted to be an entertainer and ventriloquist. "When I was 12 I did high school assembly shows and performed in nursing homes and libraries. I even kept the dummy in my locker," he said. Since then, Todd is a regular on television appearing on Letterman, Leno, the Today Show and most recently Americas Got Talent.
Knowing how well-behaved Sasha, my 17 year old Chihuahua and traveling companion is, Todd extended a special invitation for her to attend his show. We arrived early for a pre-show nosh at the small concession stand. Although it seemed a tad bit cannibalistic, we chowed down a few hotdogs before settling into our comfy seats in the theatre.
I didn't know how Sasha would react to the dogs on stage and was a bit worried that she might bark at them or try to chase them. But, Sasha was such a good girl; she sat quietly on my lap and was enthralled with the show. She didn't make a sound or take her eyes off of Lucy, Elvis and Irving. She was mesmerized, but yet seemed a bit baffled and didn't quite know what to make of her talking canine cousins on stage with Todd.
"As an entertainer, I've always used my show and get the message out to adopt and rescue dogs instead of buying them," said Todd who also encourages his audience to donate money and volunteer at the local shelters. Some of the canine stars in his show like Lucy and Irving are rescued and adopted and have been performing for 4 – 10 years.
Animal activists can never find fault with the loving manner Todd treats his dogs. "These are family pets first and they just go to work with me," he says. According to Todd, the dogs are spoiled rotten and each one has a distinct personality – Lucy the terrier is almost too smart and gets away with stuff, and Elvis, the Basset Hound is rather stubborn.
The dogs wear a specially designed mouthpiece– sort of a prosthetic device that goes around the bottom of the dog's jaw which Todd manipulates. Todd commissioned an engineer in Ohio to design this and it is constructed out of a paper thin material.
After a terrific show, Todd invites the audience to meet and greet the stars in the lobby where the performing pooches are elevated onto pedestals to greet guests. All was fine until Irving, a Boston Terrier, spotted Sasha, became wildly excited, jumped down from his pedestal and chased Sasha around the lobby until Todd caught him. It was like a Three Stooges episode and sure added to the performance.
Irving sums it up best, "As one of the Branson premiere comedy shows, Todd Oliver & Friends turns everyday K-9 experiences into a howling good time."
GETTING THERE: AirTran Airways and beginning first half of 2013, Southwest Airlines will fly into Branson Airport
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Yesterday was day 25 of the challenge I am doing , where I aim to paint a small painting everyday for 100 days.
It is late winter here in New Zealand and the camellias are flowering. I have been picking them to put in vases on my windowsills. Some of the flowers fade quite quickly, but most last at least four days once cut.
Yesterday, day 25 of my painting challenge, I decided to paint a sprig of one of the smallest Camellias in the garden, called Transpink.


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Ryan Hipwood
A hundred feet underwater with a boiling ocean above driving him even deeper, you think this would be the perfect place for Ryan Hipwood to contemplate some of the life choices he'd made that had brought him here. Instead, of course, at that point he was dwelling on some more pressing matters… breathing being top of the list. He'd just wiped out at a secret offshore reef in a remote corner of Western Australia, a wipeout that would shake him to the core and re-engineer his thinking about big waves and why he's dedicated his life to riding them.
Well, most of his life, anyway. "There are guys who just seem born to surf big waves, but I wasn't one of them. I was shitscared of big surf as a kid," he happily admits. It's been a journey from that wide-eyed grommet to today, where he's regarded as one of the most fearless and savvy big-wave surfers in the world.
"Hippo" was just another Gold Coast kid, a good surfer who grew up through the system, surfing contests with stars in his eyes, aiming for a career as a professional surfer. It was his first trip to Hawaii as a 14-year-old that opened his eyes to a bigger world in bigger waves. Surfing Pipeline on a big day the kid almost drowned (not for the last time) and was washed up on the beach afterwards looking like a dog after a bath. "I realized it was a men's club out there and that I was a boy." He picked up his board and paddled straight back out.
When someone asks him today what he does for a living, Hippo smirks. "I tell them I surf for a living, but it's a little more complicated than that. I explain I'm scouring swell forecasts every day to look for the biggest waves I can find… then I go and surf them." Hippo has earned his rep the hard way, travelling the world for over a decade chasing huge surf. He's tackled giant Jaws (Hawaii), caught trophy waves at Cloudbreak (Fiji), pioneered a handful of the world's most dangerous slab waves, and twice been a finalist in the XXL Big Wave Awards.
His near drowning in Western Australia was a catalyst for him to reinvent himself. "After I nearly drowned, that really shook me up. I was so rattled. I tried to put on a brave face but it got to the point where I questioned whether I really wanted to do this."
More than anything, the wipeout taught Hippo to learn about how his body worked under stress, underwater… and under a hundred feet of water. Ryan's dedication to becoming the worlds best big wave surfer has taught him that what happens in the water is directly associated with what happens out of it. Strength & conditioning, specialist breathing techniques, mental preparation and detailed high performance planning all form part of his greater training philosophy in preparation for whatever the ocean can throw at him.
2017/18 will see Hippo's surfing continue to evolve as he continues to push himself into new and fresh challenges. Competitively, the WSL Big Wave World Title looms as a huge goal, and the prospect of being the first Australian to win it making it even more enticing. Testing his mental and physical ability is just part of what makes him who he is, and challenging himself in some of the most remote and harsh conditions on the planet add to a narrative that is just waiting to be told.
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I think your questions are about mixed-direction layout in general, not just about flexbox. When content in orthogonal direction is unconstrained, there is no god solution for default size. We have discussed that in Beijing (it looks like the minutes were not public yet then, but you can find them). There is a few of ways to deal with underconstrained orthogonal flows 1) Do nothing. Authors have to provide appropriate sizes or constraints to get any reasonable results. Also, the situation is rare, so if poorly authored document is displayed poorly it is not really a problem. 2) Try to produce layout of a reasonable shape that can work with the orthogonal flow. For example, estimate amount of text and lay it out as a square. 3) Put an arbitrary constraint that can make underspecified content usable (although not necessarily elegant). For example constrain orthogonal content with viewport width or height. In IE5.5 (first to have vertical text) we in fact did (2). If a piece of vertical text in the middle of horizontal document (or in a table cell) didn't have specified height we tried to make it a square (which involved binary search layout). It was fun, but since then I have converted to philosophy that being too smart in technology is not always good. In Beijing, we have decided that constraining orthogonal flow with viewport height (or width) is a reasonably good default, because it (a) allows to scroll content to a point when it is readable and (b) is actually a very good default when the orthogonal element is the first element with content in the document (e.g. body). The latter is what we did in IE8 and IE9, with adjustment by applicable margins, borders and paddings. CSS3 writing-mode spec should be saying the same thing (not sure where). I am not sure if I am really answering your question, but I really don't think flexbox needs to have any code that deals with orthogonal flow. Whatever shrink-to-fit does in floats, tables or inline blocks it should do in flexbox. Alex -----Original Message----- From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] On Behalf Of Tab Atkins Jr. Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 3:52 PM To: www-style list Subject: [css3-flexbox] Calculating flexbox dimensions I'm having trouble defining a truly flow-direction agnostic sizing algorithm for flexboxes that works "well" in all situations. The problem I'm having should be identical to the problem of sizing orthogonal flows in mixed-direction pages, so hopefully someone with some experience with the solutions addressed in Writing Modes can help out here. If we assume that the flexbox itself is embedded into a horizontal writing-mode block, then we have four situations we may run into that affect how the flexbox's size is calculated: 1. The flexbox is horizontal, and all flexbox items have a horizontal writing-mode. In this case, layout is easy. Calculate flexbox width as either 'stretch' (normal block behavior) or 'fit-content' (inline-block behavior). Use this to do free-space calculation for the flexbox items horizontally. Based on these calculated widths, determine minimum height of each flexbox item. Set the flexbox's height to the largest such value, then go back and do free-space calculation for the flexbox items vertically. 2. The flexbox is vertical, and all flexbox items have a vertical writing-mode. I want to first calculate flexbox height, as that corresponds to the layout axis, which does free-space calculation first. But how to find the width? The flexbox is embedded in a horizontal writing mode, so there might not be a containing block height to use in the calculation of 'stretch'/'fit-content'. I suspect this is already solved for Writing Modes, but I can't quite figure it out. 3. The flexbox is horizontal and contains both vertical and horizontal writing-mode flexbox items. Start by calculating the flexbox's width. If it's 'stretch', no problem. If it's 'fit-content', ask all the flexbox for their intrinsic width. For the horizontal items, it's just max-content. For the vertical items, if the flexbox has a definite height, format them using that height and return their width; otherwise, format them as max-content and return the width. Use the sum of these widths to figure out width. Distribute free space, then calculate height. For the horizontal items, just lay them out with the width I previously calculated and return the height. For the vertical items, though, the height still has to be the max-content height for consistency, which can make the flexbox *really* wide. Any way around this? 4. The flexbox is vertical, and at least some flexbox items have a horizontal writing-mode. This combines some of the issues from #2 and #3. The problem in general is that I use the 'max-content' width/height of flexbox items. This works fine if the flexbox item's measure axis is the same as the measure axis of the flexbox's parent, but gives bad results when they're orthogonal. This problem is basically the same as what Writing Modes already has to deal with; how does WM prevent orthogonal-flow boxes from laying out all their content in a single giant line? ~TJReceived on Friday, 25 February 2011 07:47:28 UTC
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The residential housing market has been hot. Home sales have bounced back solidly and are now at their fourth highest pace over the past year. Demand has remained strong throughout spring as many real estate professionals are reporting bidding wars with many homes selling above listing price. What about your house?
If your house hasn't sold, it could be the price.
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According to the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), the tourism and travel market encompasses more than 40 different industries, employs more than 230 million people, and produces $6.4 trillion dollars in economic activity. Online hospitality education can help you break into this exciting field or further your current hospitality career.
Online hospitality education programs use various web technologies -- including e-mail, online discussions, and streaming video -- to deliver courses. In addition to a reliable Internet service, online hospitality students will need email access and may need basic office software. Some courses may also use textbooks and other printed materials.
Richard Garrett, Director of Online Learning for the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), points out that not all online programs are equal and that students need to do some research before choosing a program.
"Students should pay particular attention to how available the instructor is and how long the school has been offering online training programs. The most successful programs see that getting online education right takes a lot of work," says Garrett.
Garrett also notes that the same principle applies to successful students. "Many students make a dangerous assumption that online is easier and get themselves into trouble because they don't treat online courses the same way they would traditional courses."
Ranging from individual courses to graduate degrees, below is a selection of schools offering online hospitality education:
Online hospitality courses can cost anywhere from a few hundred dollars to a few thousand. Check out the various financial aid options including loans, grants, scholarships, and tuition assistance.
To apply for federal assistance, you'll want to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). You should also check with school financial aid offices for information on private loans, school scholarships, and payment plans. Employed students may also be eligible to receive tuition assistance from their employers.
The hospitality industry offers a wide range of employment options including hotel, restaurant, and tourism jobs. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs in most hospitality occupations are expected to grow faster than the average for all occupations through 2014, including an impressive 26.6% projected growth for hospitality management, business, and financial occupations.
Potential students may question whether employers will accept online credentials. Richard Garrett with the AH&LA Educational Institute says that employers have been very accepting of their online programs. "The primary limitations we have run into are not from employers, but from the state regulatory side, as some states regulate what type of training is accepted to serve in certain positions." Although Garrett does believe online education is widely accepted in the hospitality industry, he notes that reputation counts. "Particularly for certification in specific areas, I would advise students to look for programs with name-brand recognition throughout the industry," says Garrett.
Ross Pearo, vice president of marketing and business development for eCornell, points out that degrees and credentials aren't the only things that online education can provide to help students advance within the hospitality industry. "One feature of a well designed online course is the social aspect," notes Pearo. "Online courses can provide a lot of opportunity to interact with other people in the industry. In fact, they often provide more opportunities for interaction than traditional programs. The ability to develop a network in the industry is certainly there in an online course, students just have to take advantage of it."
Whether you want to brush up on a particular topic, get certified in a specific area, or earn your hospitality degree, there is most likely an online program to meet your needs -- you just may have to do a little research to find the right program for you.


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Keep your indoor air comfortable and moisture free with the SoleusAir TDA30 30 pint mobile dehumidifier. This attractive, easy to operate, no-worry dehumidifier is loaded with practical features. The HomeComfort modes allow the unit to adjust to it's location - sleeping space, living space or basement - for comfort and balanced operation. It also boasts automatic defrost and auto restart functions to ensure complete and total moisture control without worry of a power failure. The unit will actually remember your pre-programmed settings when the power comes back on!
With it's 30 pint per day capacity, the TDA30 dehumidifier provides total comfort in bedrooms, living rooms, family rooms, etc. Complete user control allows you to set the 24 hour timer to run when you want. The audible bucket full alarm lets you know that it's time to empty the water tank.
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- Ultra quiet operation allows for use almost anywhere. Perfect for heavy traffic areas like a family room or bedroom
- Loss of power protection remembers all settings even when power is interrupted
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Our Last Night have released a cover of NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye." The cover also features vocals from Set It Off frontman Cody Carson. The two bands recently announced a co-headlining tour together, which kicks off July 11 in Jacksonville, Florida. (You can see the full list of dates below the video.) Check out the cover below, and let us know how you think the band did.
Set It Off and Our Last Night w/Heartist and Stages & Stereos:
Jul 11 Jacksonville, FL @ Murray Hill Theatre
Jul 12 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum
Jul 13 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
Jul 15 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
Jul 16 Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street
Jul 17 Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java
Jul 18 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary
Jul 19 Howell, NJ @ Gamechanger World
Jul 20 New York, NY @ Studio at Webster Hall
Jul 22 Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater
Jul 23 Cleveland, OH @ Cambridge Room at House of Blues
Jul 24 Pontiac, MI @ Pike Room at Crofoot
Jul 25 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Jul 26 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
Jul 27 Burnsville, MN @ The Garage
Jul 29 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
Jul 30 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Loading Dock
Aug 01 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon*
Aug 02 Portland, OR @ Star Theater*
Aug 05 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill**
Aug 06 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Aug 08 San Diego, CA @ Side Stage at House of Blues
Aug 09 Las Vegas, NV @ Southern Nevada Sports Center
Aug 10 Scottsdale, AZ @ Pub Rock
Aug 12 Austin, TX @ Red 7
Aug 13 Houston, TX @ Bronze Peacock at House of Blues
Aug 14 Fort Worth, TX @ Tomcats West
Aug 15 Oklahoma City, OK @ Conservatory
Aug 16 St. Louis, MO @ Fubar
Aug 17 Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
Aug 22 Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall+
* Set It Off, Heartist and Stages & Stereos only
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+ OLN 10 Year Anniversary Show: Our Last Night and Set It Off w/Class of 92 (Matt Arsenault of A Loss For Words), Heartist and Stages & Stereos


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Leaving your job can be a scary thing! What can you do to leave your paying job and build a life around your passions? I had a great time talking with Jasper and Meredith about the choices I made leaving my "golden handcuffs," steps to consider as you start your first self-employment adventure, the benefits of systems and getting visible.
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Meet Girls From Eastern Europe – Your Dreams Might Come True!
Making sense of all the Russian bride matchmaking sites on the Web is no easy task. Which are honest foreign dating sites, and which are scams?
The process of finding an Eastern European lady to date is much easier than you think. Younger women in the former Soviet republics usually speak some English, and legitimate agencies generally offer phone translations where you can actually chat with these foreign women before you make the long trip to meet them. But be aware – many sites that offers such services are not honest. You either have to pay a lot of money to finally meet a girl, or those girls are not those beautiful chicks that you saw on introducing page (and sometimes they are not even from Eastern Europe).
But dont worry, we have done some research for you and found a golden egg – a dating site with simple name – Russian Brides!
Russian Brides is huge and legit
Russian Brides is a website which says they are an "online introduction service" who works with over 25,000 Russian and Ukrainian women looking to marry American and European men.
According to their website, people wonder whether this service is real or fake because many other Russian Bride websites have ruined the reputation of a legitimate introduction service which puts Eastern European women together with their American and European counterparts.
To fight back against this negative impression of Russian bridal services, Russian Brides has spent over one million dollars creating their Anti-Scam Protection.
This money has been spent on investigating all of the sub agencies they work with throughout Russia and the Ukraine that connect them with their girls. While the main agency that you are working with may be honest and ethical, if they work with an unethical sub agency, the client can end up feeling defrauded.
All of their sub agencies are thoroughly vetted for claims of scams and unethical behavior. In addition, they have an Anti-Scam department who contacts every girl who registers on the website to verify their identity and contact info and to confirm that she understands the Russian Brides system and that she is genuinely interested in finding an American or European husband.
Customers who have complaints or issues with the site can contact them directly to launch an immediate investigation. If a complaint against a registered girl is found to be legitimate, they say she will be penalized for her behavior. If more than one complaint is lodged, the company will delete her account.
Finally, the website promises that they are in complete compliance with the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 (IMBRA).
Interested customers can browse the profiles of the Russian and European girls for free, only to access live chat and video chat (which is also supported!!!) you need to upgrade to paid account. But dont worry, it is still affordable.
So final conclusion – Russian Brides is one of the few real, proven and legit "meet girls from Eastern Europe" dating sites. They are really serious with their Anti-Spam protection and will not rip your money off. They have probably the largest database of girls from Eastern Europe where everybody can find a girl of his dreams.
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Most transparent Administration in history won't let Healthcare.gov reveal 2015 Obamacare rates until after voting in November.
Just how bad will the health insurance rates get in 2015? So bad that the Obama Administration is not going to tell you until November 15.
The Washington Times reports, "Obamacare website won't reveal insurance costs for 2015 until after election."
Enrollment on the Healthcare.gov website begins Nov. 15, or 11 days after the midterm vote, and critics who worry about rising premium hikes in 2015 say that's no coincidence. Last year's inaugural enrollment period on the health-care exchange began Oct. 1.
"This is more than just a glitch," said Tim Phillips, president of free-market Americans for Prosperity, in a Friday statement. "The administration's decision to withhold the costs of this law until after Election Day is just more proof that Obamacare is a bad deal for Americans."
Robert Laszewski, president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, said in a Monday column in USA Today that "when it comes to a lack of openness and transparency about Obamacare, this administration has no peer."


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The Breakfast Buffet - Served from 9am - 10am Daily
Breakfast at The Inn at Sugar Hollow Farm is a relaxed, informal experience designed to fuel you up for whatever plans you have to enjoy our area. We typically serve our breakfasts in a buffet or family style so you are free to decide how hungry you are and maybe go back for seconds of your favorite dish.
Our usual breakfasts highlight our farm fresh eggs and include an egg dish such as our baked apple quiche, or a french toast dish. We typically serve bacon or sausages on the side along with hash browns, scratch made biscuits and fresh cut fruit salad. Other mornings, one of our favorite dishes is Dina's ricotta cheese pancakes served with apple butter and sour cream toppings or, for small groups, omelets made to order with bacon, cheese and a variety of veggies as you please.
Sunday mornings we will often send our guests off with our popular scratch made buttermilk pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, and southern style cheese grits casserole. As a topping for your pancakes or as a side, you'll want to try our apples, baked and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar.
Our medium roast Greenberry's coffee is locally roasted, and we always have a selection of hot teas available and of course, orange juice and ice water. Coffee is available 24 hrs from our Keurig machines.
Early Plans?
We have continental options available before 9am, such as breakfast cereals and yogurt, along with coffee, tea, orange juice. Because we are about 30 minutes from Monticello, we recommend that our guests who want to take a reserved tour to try and make plans no earlier than 10:30am so they can enjoy our 9am hot breakfast buffet and still make their tour.
Sleeping In?
If 9am seems like it's a bit on the early side for you, feel free to come to breakfast as late as 10am. However, everything will be hot, fresh, and ready at 9am so we may have to warm things up a bit for you if your are arriving much later. Keep in mind check out is by 11am.
Dietary Restrictions
Just let us know in advance and we will accommodate your dietary needs.


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Hundred and Twenty-seventh Session
Rome, 22 – 27 November 2004
III. The case for timely FAO involvement in contingency planning and emergency operations and for adequate funding
Revolving fund - "Early Emergency Coordination Unit set up" (retain US$500 000 target)
Revolving fund - "Emergency and Rehabilitation Needs Assessments/Coordination activities" (increase target to US$2 million)
New Revolving fund component – "Early Warning and Natural Disaster Monitoring Systems" (target US$2 million)
New Revolving fund component – "Early involvement in market research" (target US$1 million)
Working Capital - "Advance funding" (US$15 million)
4. Funding arrangements for projects dealing with emergencies have special requirements, in particular the need to mobilize financial resources rapidly in the face of immediate needs. At its 102nd Session in May 2003, the Finance Committee agreed to set up a new Trust Fund1, the Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities (SFERA), under the provisions of Financial Regulation 6.7. The purpose of the SFERA was to enable FAO to rapidly initiate emergency operations by participating in interagency needs assessment and coordination activities, establishing emergency coordination units (ECU) related to agricultural assistance, preparing a programme framework and projects, and providing advance funding when a donor's commitment has been obtained for procurement of inputs. A target funding level of US$2 million was established, to be provided from the donor community and the Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division's Direct Operating Cost (TCE DOC) Recovery account.
5. During its 108th Session in September 2004, the Finance Committee reviewed the document on the utilization of the SFERA since the fund became operational in April 2004. It noted that potential expansion of the SFERA would depend on additional donor support and reasserted the importance of such a fund for FAO. It recognized the imbalance between the current target funding level of the SFERA of US$2 million on the one hand, and the resources needed to avert and respond to crises on the other. The Committee recognized that the SFERA sought to enhance FAO's capacity to respond quickly to emergencies and stressed the importance of drawing lessons from the current locust crisis in West and North Africa for the future and the need to identify and tackle all the regulatory, managerial and other constraints faced by the Organization, when utilizing resources for acute emergencies.
6. The Director-General is taking steps to immediately identify the internal procedural constraints in FAO's emergency response operations. A review, aimed at enhancing FAO's coordination and management mechanism, budgetary, financial and administrative processes (including procurement of equipment and supplies, contracts and human resources) and operational support is presently underway, and will ensure that funds, once pledged, will be disbursed quickly and in the most appropriate way.
7. In view of the recent exceptional circumstances, arising from the simultaneous occurrence of four major natural disasters in Africa (desert locust swarms), Asia (avian influenza and floods) and Latin America and the Caribbean (hurricanes), and also the ongoing need to assist those whose agricultural based livelihoods have been disrupted by civil conflicts around the world, the Director-General wishes to draw attention to the urgent need to amplify the scope and target resource levels for the SFERA. He also wishes to inform the Council of the need for funding being made available to FAO under a flexible donor-funded emergency Trust Fund, to enhance FAO's preparedness for a predictable crisis and start immediate mitigating action while specific emergency appeals are being considered by the donor community.
8. FAO's emergency relief and early rehabilitation activities aim at protecting and bolstering agricultural based livelihoods, thereby preventing a crisis or contributing to the reconstruction of food and agricultural production systems after a large scale shock. Such action is essential for providing vulnerable or affected populations with opportunities for maintaining and achieving self-reliance. The earlier FAO intervenes to avert or mitigate large scale shocks, the quicker the effects and impact of a crisis are avoided or diminished, which reduces significantly the overall funding needed from donors in response to a natural disaster or complex emergency.
9. This may be illustrated by the recent development of the locust crisis in Africa. While US$9 million were appealed for in February 2004 to stop the locust breeding cycle and protect crops and pasture from severe damage, the crisis has expanded in the absence of a timely and adequate response. As a result, by August 2004 more than US$100 million were expected from the international community to stop the plague, which now threatens at least 14 countries and may have much higher unquantifiable repercussions in terms of food and agricultural assistance, and socio-economic disruption.
10. For those crises requiring exceptional external assistance, early involvement of FAO in providing affected populations with the means to recover and rebuild their agricultural based productive capacity, contributes also to the phasing out of prolonged food assistance, thereby increasing the cost-effectiveness of emergency responses. For example, failure to restore farmers' access to appropriate seeds and equipment or to repair irrigation infrastructure in the narrow window of opportunity between the loss of these assets and the planting season can result in the need for another year's dependency on food assistance or worse if there is an inadequate food pipeline; similarly, failure to vaccinate and feed livestock to stabilize livestock mortality and morbidity after a large scale shock can result in dramatically reduced household incomes and levels of nutrition and slow regeneration of herds. Furthermore, in a post-conflict situation, the failure to address in a timely way equitable access to natural resources and the means of production including protection of land and property rights for returnees will contribute to a return to conflict.
11. Adequate planning and timely action clearly make a significant positive difference for the vulnerable, each affected country's economy and social stability, and hard pressed donors' budgets. FAO must therefore launch its emergency preparedness activities and operations immediately, ideally to prevent a sudden problem such as a locust outbreak becoming a plague or to mitigate the effects of a dramatic shock on agricultural based livelihoods or launch quick impact recovery actions that contribute to consolidation of peace in an immediate post-conflict context.
12. FAO's capacity to provide early warning of slow onset of natural disasters or other emergencies such as drought or outbreaks of transboundary pests and diseases of crops and livestock is well established but could be strengthened. To address the requirements of affected populations at the earliest stage, FAO needs also to reinforce its capacity to support preparedness for forecast potential crises, assess the impact of the crises and identify the best adapted interventions for each context. The SFERA enables rapid deployment of a limited number of livelihoods needs assessments in the immediate aftermath of a large scale disaster, but the current level of available resources does not cover properly upstream preparedness and emergency relief and rehabilitation programme costs.
13. Moreover, the critical gaps are the weeks or months that occur between early warning of a need for a rapid response or the assessment of needs following a disaster, and the appeal for extrabudgetary contributions. This is followed by further delays in the receipt of pledges from donors and then the transfer of pledged funds to FAO. In practical terms, donors need time to consider the appeal, and then pledge funds; completion of formal procedures with FAO and eventual transfer of funds takes further time. Yet, FAO requires resources to immediately respond to a crisis following an early warning.
14. The efficiency and effectiveness of FAO's relief activities would also be increased if, based on donors' commitments, comprehensive rather than piecemeal operations could be planned from the beginning of a crisis. At present, funding from donors can only be integrated in the overall procurement and disbursement planning once funds have been received. Through the use of an adequately-funded emergency response mechanism, FAO could launch earlier large procurement contracts, which are currently processed through fragmented and sequential tender requests due to the unavailability of funds to secure payment upfront and at one time.
15. To better define the scope of the SFERA and facilitate its operation, it is proposed to clearly distinguish between a revolving fund category and a working capital funding category, as follows:
the revolving fund is intended to be a funding mechanism for activities that can be subsequently replenished by hitherto unknown and unquantified donor contributions. Thus, resources initially disbursed from the SFERA under this category may be, but are not guaranteed to be, subsequently replenished or reimbursed by contributions received for such operations;
16. As described below, neither the current target funding level of US$1 million for revolving fund activities and US$1 million for the working capital category, nor the present scope of the SFERA meet the needs of FAO to play a key role in averting and responding to emergency situations. In addition to the two current revolving fund components, it is proposed to add essential complementary activities for emergency preparedness and programming by creating two new revolving fund components and to bring the overall funding level for the revolving fund category to at least US$5 million and that for the working capital component to US$15 million.
17. This component of the SFERA covers the establishment of emergency coordination units (ECUs) to manage field-based interventions with governments, other United Nations agencies and NGOs. It functions well and responds to the initial expectations presented to the Finance Committee. Given there are 25 ECUs already in place in most of the countries affected by crises requiring exceptional external assistance and assuming that five to ten crises may occur elsewhere each year, the Secretariat proposes to maintain the current funding target of US$500 000. While it is funded entirely from internal resources at present, financial support from donors is required to ensure sustainability of this component.
18. Although some progress has been made, there are clear expectations from the donor community for FAO to have better conducted and coordinated needs assessments (with UN agencies and external partners), of food and non-food needs, including for agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilisers, animal feed and equipment, in response to natural disasters and other emergencies as well as epidemic animal disease outbreaks. Additional efforts are needed to ensure that baseline maps and information on livelihoods assets, roads, water control/irrigation and other infrastructure, population distribution, weather and natural resources, epidemiological information on infectious animal diseases, etc. are available to assess the impact of a crisis on the affected populations' livelihoods so as to shape the most relevant mix of livelihood support interventions that should complement and mutually reinforce food assistance. The current US$500 000 target funding level does not allow FAO to respond adequately to these expectations. On the basis of ten to 15 major needs assessment exercises each year, it is proposed to increase the level of funding under this component to US$2 million.
19. This new component will support FAO's Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) to rapidly and effectively respond to requests for Crop and Food Supply Assessment Missions (CFSAMs), particularly in countries affected by natural disasters, as well as better monitoring and forecasting of excess water stresses (floods and droughts). To provide a global, near real-time warning of weather induced agricultural crises, funding for this component will enable the production of agroclimatic water stress maps up to one year ahead, which would be complemented by high and medium resolution satellite imagery and geospatial mapping systems to better respond to specific emergency conditions. For those countries likely to be affected by quick onset seasonal events (e.g. hurricanes, floods, landslides) the component will also help to reinforce their immediate response mechanisms; and for those with slower onset of seasonal events (e.g. drought) it will be used to establish light monitoring systems or support existing ones ahead of an assessment of the impact of the event, as well as funding the assessment itself. Such pre-mission activities will provide critical information and analysis at assessment time, along with much better information on which to base mitigation and rehabilitation measures. Through these various activities, the affected countries and donors will be provided with advance warning and timely, unbiased and reliable information on the situation to facilitate decisions on appropriate interventions. On a yearly basis, the estimated cost for procurement, monitoring and analysis of data and for the production of agroclimatic water stress forecasts and near time satellite imagery is US$100 000; for 25 CFSAMs the estimated cost is US$50 000 per country and for early set-up/strengthening of monitoring systems in ten other affected countries the estimated cost is US$70 000, therefore the target level of this component is set at US$2 million. While all of the revolving fund components need to be replenished regularly through appeals to avoid depletion, it is also proposed that a small proportion of donors' contributions to WFP's food aid appeals should be a cash contribution to this particular component, as CFSAMs form a critical basis for donor decision-making on allocations for food aid.
20. Covering the period between the availability of sound assessment results (in terms of early warning as well as impact assessment), identification of a first set of response action and donors' agreement on programme/project funding, this component will contribute to the early launch of market research in affected countries, thereby anticipating the procurement of inputs and with the aim of supporting the local economy as far as competitive procurement rules allow. It will aim at acquiring an in-depth understanding of market mechanisms and input availability and will explore local opportunities to reinforce country/regional production capacities. Based on an annual request of 20 to 25 early market research exercises, the target level is set at US$1 million.
21. In light of the lessons learnt in the four major natural disasters and other emergencies, which have occurred this year in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean, coming on top of the many other complex emergencies around the world, the funding target of this component needs to be increased significantly. Based on a typical six-month delivery period for an emergency project and considering that up to six weeks may pass between receiving a firm pledge from a donor, having the project proposal approved and receiving the funds, some US$15 million have to be available to allow immediate inception of emergency activities in the field. This represents only 11.5 percent of the US$130 million appealed for the desert locust, avian influenza, hurricanes and floods emergency crises. It is therefore proposed to bring the current US$1 million target of the "advance funding" component of the SFERA to US$15 million.
22. The Director-General appeals to donors for their support in bringing the funding level of the SFERA to an overall level of US$5 million for the revolving fund and US$15 million for working capital component respectively. This would allow FAO to promptly and adequately respond to emergencies in its field of competence and unique comparative advantage – prompt responses that would significantly reduce the overall funding from donors in response to natural disasters and complex emergencies.
23. Increasing the scope and target of the SFERA will reinforce FAO's capacity in responding to potential and actual emergency needs. However, the SFERA fails to address the time lag that occurs between the identification of an emergency response and finding a donor able to pledge substantial financial support. Even when the donor community intends to help, FAO has no mechanisms or resources to implement the required emergency action.
24. To be effective FAO needs to ensure that it is able to pre-order and, where applicable, to pre-position the required inputs before donor pledges are received. This entails entering into financial commitments before the "Advance Funding" working capital component of the SFERA can be used.
25. A new "Emergency" Trust Fund that permits such action would be a significant step in addressing the present void. Financial resources and flexibility to launch procurement and other processes immediately are essential for FAO to cope more efficiently and effectively with the effects of natural disasters, pests and diseases, and other complex emergencies, by not losing opportunity for action during the time between completion of needs assessment or market research and pledges received from donors.
26. To ensure adequate rapid approval of the use of the resources under this new Trust Fund, the following mechanism could be considered by the donor community:
given the unpredictability of many emergencies and the need for rapid response and flexibility to effectively mitigate impending crises and their aftermath, operation of the Trust Fund should be kept simple with the minimum of ex-ante constraints imposed through geographic or thematic earmarking;
much of the funding for FAO's typical emergency operations is pledged against FAO's part in the UN Inter-Agency Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) for complex emergencies and UN Flash Appeals for natural disasters. However the funds are often received by FAO in less than optimal time to meet seasonal planting deadlines and quickly protect and bolster agricultural based livelihoods. Building on the well established relationship with traditional donors, it is proposed that these donors consider advance pledging to FAO, at the beginning of each fiscal year, a proportion of the average of past contributions to emergency operations;
FAO could periodically report on the activities undertaken through the Trust Fund. If needed, a consolidated report of activities undertaken could be supplemented by more detailed project-specific reports based on donor requirements. The periodic reporting could also highlight, as far as predictable, forthcoming challenges and the needs for replenishment. Based on one single programme document, donors could be requested to contribute to FAO's emergency programme, perhaps annually;
a yearly contract/programme could be agreed upfront with the donors based on identified priorities in the CAP, any new rapid and slow onset emergencies, and emerging needs in countries transitioning from conflict to peace;
use of the funds could be contingent on a no objection basis by the contributing donors.
27. A programmatic approach to emergencies would also lower costs in preparation, administration and reporting of donor specific projects, ensure coherent and cost effective operations and reduce the level of, and ensure a speedier end to human suffering. For example, the Trust Fund would enable FAO to address the current highly pathogenic avian influenza crisis in affected Asian countries and prevent a global pandemic of human influenza, as well as optimize rapid response to current and future crises due to other transboundary animal diseases around the world. The present annual cost is estimated at US$38 million, which would include activation of an Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases Operations for an emergency response team (US$2 million); contingency resources that could be drawn upon in the event of a new surge of disease or other hyperacute need (US$20 million); implementation of FAO recommendations in infected countries (US$8 million); enhancing preparedness of uninfected countries (US$2 million); sector assessment and rehabilitation programmes (US$3 million); activation of regional networking components (US$2 million); and practical, field oriented studies to optimize diagnosis and control (US$1 million). In short, this would allow for immediate implementation of field operations upon detection of an outbreak of avian influenza or other major transboundary animal diseases, resulting in better prevention, management and control of public health risks, and avoidance of serious impacts upon sustainable agricultural development.
28. The volume of FAO's delivery of emergency operations has increased progressively from US$50 million in 1996-97 to US$310 million in 2002-2003. In part this reflects the increasing confidence of traditional donors in FAO's capacity to play an important role in emergencies. The Director-General proposes a US$80 million target for a new "Emergency Trust Fund". This amounts to less than one-half of the budget approved in the first ten months of 2004 for the Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division, and the Director-General appeals to donors for extrabudgetary support for this initiative.
1 FC 102/14 Proposal to establish a Special Fund for Emergency and Rehabilitation Activities


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Hedge fund legend and billionaire Paul Tudor Jones rarely gives interviews, but last night he appeared on 60 Minutes to discuss his charity, The Robin Hood Foundation.
The organization funds charter schools, job training, food programs and more. It all started back in the 80s when Jones saw a 60 Minutes segment about another philanthropist and decided that he wanted to get involved with NYC school children. He threw money at one school for 5 years, but it was a flop.
"I felt like I had failed a great deal of those kids, but failure, a lot of times is the fire that forges the steel for success, right? There are going to be stops, there are going to be failures, there are going to be setbacks but you grow from those and you get better and it becomes transformative."
That's when Jones decided to apply quantitative goals and solutions to each charity he helped. Taking a page from Wall Street, he decided that all his charitable work should be driven by results — and so he formed The Robin Hood Foundation.
Robin Hood raised $57 million from the "1% of the 1%" at its annual charity event last year, but the point is that money isn't spent willy-nilly. Jones and his team of analyst defund 5-10% of charities a year because they're not getting results.
"It's what you have to be at the forefront of actually finding a way to kick poverty's ass," Jones told 60 Minutes, adding later "intellectual capital always more important than financial capital."
Watch the interview below: