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Social Media and Marketing Trends for 2015
Social media is an ever-changing landscape thanks to the advances in technology and the way that people want to interact with online social sites. Social media marketing trends and strategies change just as quickly, and it is important for companies to pay attention to both of these changes if they hope to keep up with their competition and clients. Here's an overview on the biggest trends in social media marketing in 2015.
More and More Mobile
As we already know, nowadays most people are actually visiting Facebook and other social media channels from their mobile devices. They use smartphones and tablets more often than desktop devices to do most of their online browsing, whether it is shopping, checking email, or tweeting and posting statuses to Facebook. As a social media manager or marketer, it's time to start thinking about mobile marketing first so you have the potential to reach the most people possible. Make your websites and newsletters responsive and posts clear and easy to browse through even with a smaller screen.
Content Remains King
The importance of relevant content on your website and social media keeps increasing. People have a limited amount of time and a near limitless number of options and distractions on the web. That's why the content you produce needs to be more engaging than ever. It needs to be something that will make the readers want to follow you, read or watch your content, and actually share it with others in their network.
Smart marketers will start to look for ways that they can reuse and repurpose different types of content. For example, you can create an article that can be translated into a video, turned into a slide show or an infographic, and share it with more people across the web.
Boosting posts will become a necessity
With the new Facebook Algorithm, having your posts reach your fans is getting more and more difficult, and most probably other social media channels are moving towards the same direction. The truth is that in 2015, to get more engagement and shares, boosting your posts with Facebook ads is going to be a necessity rather than an extra option in your social media strategy.
Thinking Outside the Box with Video
Video is already important, and it will become even more important over 2015. YouTube is still the most popular and important of the video sharing sites available, and if you don't have your own company channel yet, it is something you should consider using. However, keep in mind that YouTube is not the only option out there. Vine, via Twitter, is also popular. Remember that the videos you see on Vine – six-second looping clips – are different from the typical types of videos you see on YouTube.
You need to look at the way that video will be able to play into all of your social media and marketing efforts and use it accordingly.
More Social Networks Will Rise
For a while, it seemed as though Facebook would be the last of the "big" social networks, having decimated MySpace. However, some people out there are creating competing social networking sites that hope to displace the current emperor of social networks. Many of these will fail, but others may rise and find their own place in the crowd. See what happened SnapChat, with more teenagers engaging with the instant messaging service than Facebook. You should stay aware of the current new crop of social networks, such as Ello in 2014. Always be looking for the next big thing. Instagram will continue to rise in popularity – with over 200 million monthly users at the end of 2014, it does not seem to be slowing down. Stay up to date, be present on all the relevant channels and publish content optimized for each channel.
E-commerce in Social Media
The integration between social networking and ecommerce has been a long time in coming, but it seems as though 2015 will finally be the year when it will officially take off. Twitter and Facebook started beta testing buy buttons in 2014. These buttons appear with posts and tweets that will let buyers make a purchase in a couple of simple clicks. This will cut out the need to leave the site and go to an external website for the purchasing process. It has the potential to make buying, including impulse buying, easier. Social media managers and marketers should start thinking about the best types of content and creatives to make people actually click on a buy button.
The year 2015 is bringing big changes to the social media landscape and you need to be prepared to stay up-to-date. Follow the Allin1Social blog to read all the latest news and articles.


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Java's memory model is very aggressive, and you have to be very careful when accessing memory from multiple threads. You of course have to synchronize access to memory locations, but you have to synchronize them even when it looks like you don't have to. There are several cases where you must use synchronize:
- To provide a mutual exclusion barrier to prevent one thread from modifying a data structure while the other is reading it.
- To provide a memory barrier to prevent memory operation reordering from doing something you didn't want to have happen.
- To make the memory you're accessing volatile so that the runtime optimizer doesn't throw away your request to read a memory location.
Here's a good web page that discusses this.
A good rule to use is that when in doubt, synchronize.
Reordering can only hit you with a multiple-cpu machine, but the problems that I've been running into recently happen on my single CPU machine, with something like this:
(Note that everything after this is speculation based on behavior I've seen):
int m_y = 0;
Thread1() {
synchronized(m_x) {
m_y = 1;
void Thread2() {
Even after the code in Thread1 has executed in its thread, the code in Thread2 will print 0; I believe this is because the runtime optimizer doesn't bother to look at the value of m_y after the first access. This is similar to a compile-time optimizer, which you'd fix with volatile. But a compile-time optimizer couldn't do anything in this situation.
But in Java the runtime optimizer will make it so that the first access gets the value, but it won't bother reading the value from memory anymore after that.
This strange behavior goes away by putting the synchronize(m_x) around the access to m_y. I believe this tells the runtime optimizer that something is likely to have been changed by another thread.

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Sunday, April 21, 2013
Don't stop
what you're doing
don't cancel
the ballgame
don't shut
the whole damn city down
don't say none of it's
in light of...
it's all important
it's your LIFE
sure it sounds bizarre
but now you see
we've got to factor it in
as crazy as
it would have seemed
in that Leave It To Beaver world
we're no longer immune
and we've got to factor it in
as others
speaking other tongues
have done
as a fact
that' all
it's the fact
and sure it sounds
when you still
haven't grasped
that on this plane
we're all insane
always have been
it's just that we
factored it in
goes on everyday
on a smaller scale
but you think that's okay
long as it stays
in THAT part of town
cuz you've factored it in
and gone about your business
so now's the time
to go about our business
the business of living
it's called
and just get on with it
heads held high
just get on with it
play the game
otherwise they've won
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yes, getting real, i couldn't agree more, Tim. we've "factored this in" in so many other arenas, now to factor it in here and keep on going. the sun is shining, let's go with that. batterup!ReplyDelete
MARIAN: You got it...it's a good day for a game!ReplyDelete
Cheering out loud! Bravo!!ReplyDelete
we're all insaneReplyDelete
always have been
it's just that we
factored it in
goes on everyday
on a smaller scale
but you think that's okay
long as it stays
in THAT part of town...
This is social commentary at its best! You have encapsulated much of the past days, filled with death by design, accident or coincidental. So long as we keep factoring it all in, we can sleep nights.
- AnonymousApril 22, 2013 at 2:07 PM
We must fight the good fight, together.ReplyDelete
That's right, we should keep on living life to its fullest ... "otherwise they've won" ... great point! :)ReplyDelete
It's really sad that we have to "factor it in". But this we must ,,,, well said,,,ReplyDelete
HELEN: Much appreciated!ReplyDelete
KERRY: It's curious how we keep modifying and moving that line in the sand of what we will accept...especially when there is no other choice.
McGUFFY ANN: Happy to see you here!
LOREDANA: Thanks...only thing is, some appear unable to grasp that concept, and would rather run around crying THE SKY IS FALLING!
ELLECEE: True.
Yes, the world has changed and we won't go on as before, but we must go on. I don't think we are all insane - that seems to come from anger, perhaps? "They" ends up being an American terrorist who just had his miranda rights read to him...ReplyDelete
The sky will fall soon enough ... so far there is a lot of catnip to chose from ... I'll stick with yours, Timo ... always, cat.ReplyDelete
MARGARET: Doesn't come from anger, just observation. (And thanks for your comment.) I see things that many of us seem to take for granted as just being the way things are...so we accept them. Whether you are talking about factory farming, or the state sponsored brainwashing of young people who are then given a weapon, pointed in a certain direction, and instructed to kill on command--we have given our tacit approval. To me, love and sanity are synonymous, so in the absence of love...what have you got? The truly insane never believe that they are. But if we step back and take a sober, critical look at ourselves, how could we be anything but?ReplyDelete
CAT: Ready to light up some of that catnip?
Brilliantly said!ReplyDelete
yes..and we don't wanna let them win...no way...just no way...love this timReplyDelete
true in that they win when we let life stop because of what they have done...it was great to see the singing of the national anthem at the bruins game and everyone drowning out the singer....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 23, 2013 at 2:09 PM
You have the right idea, Tim. Batter up, there is a game to be played...it must go on.ReplyDelete
CHANTEL: Welcome aboard!ReplyDelete
CLAUDIA: Thank you so much.
BRIAN: I hear ya loud and clear!
TAD: Good to see you, my friend.
ExACTly - carry on, otherwise they've won. My daughter will run her next marathon for sure, canceling not an option..........great write, Tim.ReplyDelete
MARY: 'tis the brilliance of resilience .ReplyDelete
SHERRY: A marathon/is quite a feat/so give praise/ to your feet
- AnonymousApril 24, 2013 at 9:44 AM
I love this. You've really spoken truth here.ReplyDelete
Interesting perspective...still, I'm glad they shut down the city and caught the guys! As for living - yes, by all means, we must keep going and never let them see us sweat!ReplyDelete
RAZZAMADAZZLE: Thanks so much...always lovely to hear from you.ReplyDelete
M.J. : Welcome and thanks for the follow! (Never let 'em see you sweat...I remember that as part of an anti-perspirant commercial a few years back!)


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India's largest mobile payments and commerce platform, Paytm is set to unveil its multilingual interface to enable millions of Indians to overcome language barriers and pay and shop in their preferred regional language.
Starting today, Paytm's user interface on Android will be available in English and in 10 different regional languages – Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Oriya and Punjabi.
With this, the company has expanded its reach to over 80 per cent smartphone users in India, who prefer internet-based services in regional languages, thus making mobile payments and commerce now accessible to all.
Read: Paytm acquires app-based fashion commerce startup Shopsity to strengthen offline seller network
Senior Vice President – Paytm, Deepak Abbot said, "With this new move, we are looking to push our share of customers from tier II and tier III cities from 50 per cent to 70 per cent. Our goal is to make payments and commerce more inclusive, and this new feature will help us expand the market to include those users who would prefer to engage online in their native languages."
Read: Paytm sees 435 pc increase in traffic post PM's announcement
This is an important part of Paytm's Super app plan where payments and commerce are unified under the same roof. It is a major step towards Paytm's vision of making cashless transactions a way of life across all consumer segments and demographic profiles in India.


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Sure, we've all seen the leaked shots from the set of James Mangold's The Wolverine showing off Hugh Jackman looking – once again- ripped to the core. We get it, he's the pinnacle of masculinity. One thing, though, those leaked images never confirmed if Jackman's shorter hair style was official.
Now the first official image of The Wolverine has been released by 20th Century Fox, which is based on the Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's 1982 limited series. And, judging by the first look, Logan is keeping the much shorter locks – Oh joy.
I for one actually welcome the new look. Not the veined out shirtless Logan. That's always impressive to those of us that get their exercise from a Wii fit. It's the hair… it no longer looks like it's going to spread wings and fly.
There's no real details you can get from this other then he's in a temple and adamantimum claws mean shit is about to go down, look's like a blast so far.
The Wolverine is scheduled for release July 26th, 2013.
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Monday, February 11, 2013
Movements, Emotions, and the Challenges of Writing About Them
Back in December, I wrote a piece beginning to think through how what we feel in our bodies -- the feeling in our gut, our affect, our emotion -- is not just "us, feeling" but is always also "us, feeling the world." That is, those feelings are significantly about the social world and not just about the individuals who feel them. They are always at play as we come to know the world. They are always involved as we act in the world. Yet we seldom recognize that, or explicitly incorporate it into our narratives of ourselves and of the world -- too often, even if on some level we don't agree with doing so, many of us, particularly those of us with the privilege to get away with the pretence, act based on the deeply socially ingrained figure of ourselves as atomized, liberal-democratic individuals.
One of the areas in which I am particularly interested in thinking about this inherently embodied and socially enmeshed character that we inevitably have but that there are so many barriers to fully appreciating and acting upon is when it comes to questions of oppression and resistance, of struggle, both in their everyday and in their more explicitly collective and deliberate variants. I'm early on in reading what promises to be a fascinating book on related questions, Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UP's Fight Against AIDS by Deborah Gould. I will definitely review it when I've finished it, but it has already got me thinking more about how I want to work on some of these questions myself. In particular, I have been thinking about the affective and emotional landscape -- Gould distinguishes between affect, inchoate and undirected feelings of bodily intensity, and emotion, those feelings once they have been moulded and channelled into more directed, linguistically-shaped forms -- in my own experiences related to oppression, resistance, struggle, and movements, and those of the people I've worked with over the years. And one perhaps not surprising but nonetheless quite important realization that I have quickly come to is that my knowledge of how that has worked for most people with whom I have been politically active is starkly limited.
Now, this not-knowing (much) is not a simple absence but rather a complicated patchwork of shifting, flickering presences and of multiple kinds of absences. I won't try to sort it all out in this post, but there's all kinds of unevenness when it comes to who is more connected with and who is more detached from their own feelings, and which among those feelings, as well as who is more likely to notice the feelings of those around them and who is not. There is related unevenness in terms of who develops and practices communication about their own emotional states and those of the people around them. Then there are all kinds of tricky questions about who is present in what spaces, how such spaces are formed, how they get regulated, how that shapes opportunity and safety for communication with openly emotional content, and how all of these things produce and/or constrain shared discourses in which emotional content is even legible.
Given that one's social networks tend to overrepresent people like one's self, and that my own identity tends to fall in most ways towards experiences of the world that do not produce particularly great emotional functionality, and given that white middle-class men often exert undue influence over many of the kinds of social movement spaces I have been in and we are (on average) less likely to be good at talking about such things ourselves and less likely to shape social space in ways that makes others feel safe enough to do so -- all in the context of a dominant culture that is scornful of emotion and that de-socializes it -- it probably isn't that surprising that I have very uneven knowledge about the landscape of how affect and emotion have intertwined with experiences of oppression, resistance, struggle, and movements for most of the people around me -- it is, generally, talked about rarely and poorly, though judicious observation certainly reveals certain kinds of things. What knowledge I do have through conversation rather than direct observation has, I think, most often been acquired outside of movement contexts rather than in ways integral to them. Speaking personally, my own particular blend of normative and not-so-normative ways of doing (middle-class white) masculinity means that I am not always particularly well connected with my own affective and emotional states, nor do I find it an easy thing to communicate outside of certain narrow circumstances, but I do tend to invest significant energy in noticing and trying to understand the emotional states of the people around me. What I can say based on what I have seen and on reflecting on my own experiences is that the how and the when of emotional engagement and emotional detachment in these areas, particularly by white middle-class and working-class men who are involved in social movements, is complicated and messy and often does not fit very well at all with what we would likely claim in speech or writing about the content of our politics...detachment when we should be engaged, moments of sudden and unexpected emotional engagement that take us by surprise and disorient us, anger pointed in troubling directions, anger pointed at injustice but felt/expressed in patriarchal ways, self-deception about our feelings, desire at inappropriate times and expressed in inappropriate ways, and all sorts of other things. And I feel even less sure of the landscape of experiences that are socially organized less like my own, even though I have been more likely to hear directly about those experiences from the people who experience them. However, I feel fairly confident that even for people and in movement spaces where the issues are very different, there is still lots going on related to the powerful, overarching social messaging about the illegitimacy of emotion and the erasure of emotion as social rather than private.
This post is not leading up to some kind of singular, simple "we all must" point. That said, it does seem evident to me that not knowing (much) and not talking (much) about this key element of how movements happen can't be good for building effective movements, so there is plenty of incentive to try and figure some of this stuff out. I have a few ideas about ways that I might contribute to some of that thinking and figuring and acting and talking. So this post is written in the spirit of further thinking through something that is both an area of interest for me and itself a barrier to producing useful movement-grounded knowledge about that area. I want to have a better understanding of how the intertwining of the affective/emotional experiences of our embodied and socially enmeshed selves with oppression, resistance, struggle, and movements works for more people. Not sure yet what that is going to mean in practice, but at least one thing it will likely mean is doing some work to figure out more ways to usefully talk about some of these things and then actually doing so when the opportunity presents.
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The health of a nation can be measured by its health care system while the health care system hinges on the country's national health policy and strategy. The country's political leadership is the principal driving force behind such policies and strategies. If you want to know how strong the country's political leadership is, look at its key health indicators and you will get a fast answer to your question.
Pakistan is in the list of developing countries where the health care system is still on life support. India has joined the international community in waging a war against global health issues but unfortunately, we are not yet able to control vaccine preventable
diseases like polio in our own backyards. It's a shame that sixty-five years after independence, the total immunization coverage is still at a low level. Diarrhea, pneumonia and malnutrition are still the main causes of deaths among children under five. Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women still die because of severe bleeding,infections and high blood pressure.
The question on everybody's mind is: isn't the government doing enough to tackle these problems? The answer is most likely no. Health and education are the most neglected sectors in Pakistan. Look at the state budget of last five years and see what percentage of the federal budget is allocated for health care in the country.
The health sector reforms will never take place until the political leaders and other policy makers understand the problem, express their viewpoints and act accordingly. As a public health professional, I will bring to light some key health issues that I noticed during my professional career in Pakistan.
Human resources for health are identified as one the core building blocks for a health care system. The biggest challenge facing the health care sector is the serious lack of human resources. The model of putting the qualified and right people in the right place has never been used in Pakistan. In order to get a holistic view of a situation,let's take the health ministry as an example. Country's public policy making lies in the hands of non-health professionals (like ministers, secretaries etc). You will hardly find qualified health professionals and researchers at relevant health ministries.
Meritocracy does not exist anywhere in the country. Recruitment, transfer and promotion processes are based on several factors such as political affiliation, ethnicity, class, religion, bribes etc. Because of the dismal situation, many qualified health professionals are either leaving the country or joining the private sector as a result the human resources for health (HRH) challenge does not get better.
The other major challenge facing the health sector is the prevalence of technically unsound, politically misleading and financially nonviable decisions that are undoubtedly affecting the health care sector to an unbelievable extent. In developed countries, health
professionals and policy makers make evidence based decisions regardless of the political consequences. They can turn down any health project if it does not meet required criteria. In Pakistan the situation is other way round. We follow "decision based evidence making process". If a political leader comes to a decision to build a new 200-bed hospital in his or her constituency then no one at the health ministry will determine whether there is a genuine need for such a big hospital in the community? Ideally, a technical team from the relevant health ministry should visit the proposed area and prepare a comprehensive feasibility report before the construction is kicked off. I have seen many hospitals in Pakistan that are either vacant or underutilized.
Equity is another burning issue that is weakening the health care system in Pakistan. Resources are not evenly distributed across the country. If you compare a district hospital of Punjab with a similar caliber hospital in Gilgit Baltistan, then you will notice a huge
difference. The former will have a good building, well equipped emergency department, lots of sophisticated equipments (like CT scan), ambulances and many specialist doctors. The later one will be consisting of a few rooms and will be at a disposal of a medical
officer. You will neither find basic equipments (like x-ray, ECG) nor necessary life saving drugs.
Poor governance in the health sector has also led to misdirected spending of funds. Corruption in the procurement of medicines and equipments has defamed the health sector. There is no independent procurement body that can ensure transparency, quality and reliability. Political leaders and other influential people at the Ministry of Health issue contracts to their own friends and relatives and as a result hundreds of millions of dollars disappear each year.
On the other hand, hospitals are being provided with poor-quality equipments and medicines, both substandard and counterfeit. The government will be less worried about the situation if these patients die after consuming substandard medicines. Just recently, seventy patients at Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) died after consuming substandard medicines. Unfortunately till now, no action has been taken to identify and punish the culprits.
The Pakistani media has an important role to play to bring about a change in the country. It is said that media reflects society and holds up mirror to country's political leaders. However, both electronic and print media have not yet truly pinned down health
issues in Pakistan. Sit in front of the television and observe how many talk shows or discussions on key health issues have been on the air? Get up in the morning and go through the newspapers and see how many articles have been published on health and nutrition related problems?
The political leadership, health professionals, researchers and media should work together to strengthen the health care system in Pakistan. International agencies like World Health Organization, World Bank, UNICEF and USAID should play a larger and critical role in health care reform as internationally recognized, viable and uniform health
policies are the real need of the hour in Pakistan


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Spring Makes Me Happy | I Heart Spring Tag
A few weeks ago I've been tagged by a lovely Kay from Shoes and Glitter to do a I Heart Spring tag that was originally created by Ingrid Nilsen. Ingrid is a YouTuber and a beauty guru that happens to be one of my favourite influencers in the world. So…View Post


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Blueberry and Oatmeal Muffins
The Blueberry and Oatmeal Muffins from Finger Pricking Good recipe turned out really well. Our house was turned upside down this week as we prepare for (unexpected) major foundation repairs this coming week. This meant I didn't end up making anything snack-wise for the week until Saturday. Ah well. At least the recipe turned out fantastic and I have a lot of tasty muffins to share with those helping with all the dog sitting that's needed this coming week while we have contractors over.
Here are some photos of this tasty recipe's results!
In the spirit of streamlining our activities for a stressful week, my sister Keely will be contributing her meal plan this week so I don't have to prepare one, so stay tuned for that in a little bit!


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Who is the Tallest? If
Rohan is taller than Hari who is shorter than Suresh, Mohan is taller than Harish but shorter than Hari. Suresh is shorter than Rohan. Who is the tallest?
- Rohan
- Hari
- Mohan
- Suresh
Professor Asked on 1st July 2015 in Reasoning Questions.
Answer: (1) Rohan
Rohan is taller then Hari who is shorter than Suresh means Rohan > Sureh > Hari.
Mohan is taller than Harish but shorter than Hari Meas Rohan > Sureh > Hari > Mohan > Harish.
Hence, Rohan is the tallest.


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Cushing's Disease
Equine Cushing's disease (ECD) is a hormonal disease of older horses caused by a benign growth of the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.The pituitary, a marble-sized gland at the base of the brain, is responsible for the regulation of almost all of the body's endocrine systems, in fact, it's sometimes referred to as the "master gland".
Horses are generally over 15 years of age when diagnosed but the disease has been recorded in horses as young as seven years old. There are a number of hormones involved, all which act to cause the loss of cortisol circadian rhythm, resulting in chronically increased cortisol levels.
Ponies seem to be more prone to developing laminitis with this disease but here is no overall breed or sex predilection.
Signs of equine Cushing's disease
There are many signs of Cushing's disease in horses. Often signs increase over time. They include: - Heavy hair growth that may be curly and doesn't shed normally - Excessive sweating (including heat stress in hot humid conditions) - Increased thirst and urination - Muscle wasting - Lethargy and poor performance - An increased susceptibility to infection (particularly sinusitis, teeth and hoof infections) - Slow healing wounds - Pot-bellied - Increased appetite - Weight loss (which may be hard to detect under the curly coat) - Mucky eyes and sheath - Fat pads around the eyes, along crest of the neck, above the tail and in sheath area) - Abnormal season or infertility in mares (a mare's estrous cycle might be suppressed or abnormal, and she might even produce milk without being pregnant.)
A horse with Equine Cushing disease or Cushing's Syndrome will show one or more signs and not every affected horse will show every sign.
The treatment of these horses and ponies relies on a form of hormonal replacement therapy.The most effective drug currently available is called Pergolide, which acts to stimulate the production of the depleted hormone, Dopamine, which controls the affected part of the pituitary gland.Most ponies and horses can be maintained on this drug for as little as $1.50 - $3.00 a day. They are initially monitored every 6-8 weeks to ensure the dose is correct to start hair shedding, muscle and weight gain and improvement in demeanour. Treatment will need to be administered for life as the drug is not a cure.
The other aspect of Cushing's disease treatment is management. These horses are very susceptible to large worm burdens, infections, weight loss and laminitis, especially if they are not being treated medically. Therefore regular worming, teeth checks, shoeing every 6-8 weeks and keeping vaccinations strictly up to date is therefore recommended!Good quality diets that will not exacerbate any laminitis and in a form which they can use, as they are not good in digesting food as the young adult horse. Pellet diets that have been heat processed or steam extruded instead of grain mixes are much better for them.The energy is in an easy form for digestion and is digested completely in the small intestine and if large amounts reach the large bowel can cause laminitis.Good quality Lucerne chaff and hay provide the protein required and as long as it isn't too lush, doesn't cause laminitis.


text: This town, often referred to as the geographical centre of North America, is, in fact, about 15 miles from that location. Nevertheless, there is a monument to this unofficial designation in the town. In addition, this location is ideal for viewing the aurora borealis and to that end Rugby has built the Northern Lights Tower and Interpretive Centre, an 88 1/2 foot tall steel structure, completed in 2003. Outdoor enthusiasts will be attracted by the abundant wildlife, also enjoyed by hunters and fishermen. For the golf-mad, there is Rugby Country Club and Golf Course. And at Pioneer Village and Museum, there stands a mannequin wearing the suit of the tallest man in the world, Cliff Thompson, whose height is recorded at 8' 7. The Museum also houses a large taxidermy collection and a miniature replica of the Pillars of the Nation found at Sioux Falls.


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Most of us have learned to research what really happened, what changed, and then search the documentation, web, forums and other sources for possible fixes.
We also know that "freezing" the system in our case often means ensuring there is a full backup before we change anything. If you don't follow this rule; don't worry – you will. The first time you're at fault when it all goes wrong and you don't have a way to put it back is the time that you'll start with this step.
It's from here on out that the tyranny of the now sometimes gets the best of us. We may create a plan in our head, thinking "this is a simple problem" but an hour later we're not sure what we've touched. Settings have been changed (and most importantly, not changed back), code has been altered, processes have been run and at some point, the problem goes away. We breathe a sigh of relief and go on about our day.
But which "fix" fixed the problem? Or which combination of them? Sure, it might not matter right now – the problem is gone – but at some point it will come back to haunt us.
So the lesson for today (and I always point these diatribes at myself as well) is that we should always follow the scientific method, no matter how "trivial" the problem: hypothesis, test, control. The "control" part is where we change the setting back from the one you changed!
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The smartphone is also having the sibling which is the curved version of the smartphone which is also the bigger version of the device. The smartphone is bigger than the predecessor Galaxy S6 too.
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June 8, 2000
Raging Fury (1989)
Also known as "Hell High" this was actually made in 1986 (and released in 1989) so was more than a whole decade before "Teaching Mrs Tingle" came out and is much more hardcore.
The plot: "A teacher still haunted by the death of two teens that she accidentally caused as a young girl goes beserk when four teens start harassing her and then attack her in her home."
See, sounds just like "Teaching Mrs Tingle", doesn't it? The difference of course is that Miss Brooke Storm has some serious mental issues going on which the kids don't realise until it's all too late.
I really enjoyed this little film but for two things: 1) It had the potential to be really sexy, 2) None of that potential was realised.
There was a shower scene early on when the kids were spying on Miss Storm and she had a fantastic body but there was no more sign of it after that. Also the girl who played Queenie flashed her norks briefly but that was it for her as well. Maureen Mooney who played the teacher hasn't really been in anything else and neither has Millie Prezioso so sadly the only place to ever see those glorious orbs is for those few seconds in this film. It's a shame.
Now it's not as if rape scenes do a lot for me but this movie really failed to deliver when the evil kid called Dickens didn't actually make good on his promise to "nail the bitch". It really needed the extra push of something like that to realistically send Miss Storm over the edge rather than just having a bit of swamp mud thrown on her. So, when she jumped out of the window in a scene which reminded me of one of the truely nasty moments of "Death Wish 2", I just felt that something was missing.
Everyone still did quite a good job with the script, but I was left a bit perplexed by some of lines delivered by the fat kid, Smiler. Was he just randomly quoting The Smith's lyrics to Dickens or not when they were sitting in the living room waiting for Jon-Jon to return? I'll probably never know. "I should have stayed home tonight" and "And now I'm crying" sound like Smith's lyrics to me though.
If you've ever wondered why you've never heard anything more of Christopher Stryker who played Dickens, it's because he died of AIDS before the movie even came out. It's very sad as he might have gone much further in movies if his performance here is anything to go by.
Anyway, my rating is 4 out of 10. As I said, I felt that it just didn't go far enough to justify why the teacher went completely mental. It's not a great film, but it's still a hell of a lot better than a lot of '80s teen slashers.
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There's a lot to this thankfulness thing, and we've got to start somewhere.
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Many years ago my son asked, "Mom, why do I have to say 'I'm sorry' when I'm not?"
I replied, "Because sometimes our words nudge our hearts in the right direction."
I was reminded of this yesterday when I found myself rolling my eyes at yet another admonition to be thankful this week. You see, I love the Thanksgiving holiday, and I have many things for which I am profoundly and genuinely grateful, but I tend to dig in my heels at being told how to feel. This is especially true when it comes to saying thanks for things I ought to be thankful for but am not.
Yet there's value in saying "thank you" to God for things that don't resonate in my heart. There's the value of admitting that I'm not as thankful as I like to believe. There's the value of taking a first step toward changing my attitude. There's the value of resolving–again–to be truly thankful every single day of my life. And finally, there's the value of remembering that someday I will stand with the angels and elders who proclaim, "Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!" (Revelation 7:12)
There's a lot to this thankfulness thing, and we've got to start somewhere. Saying thanks on whatever level we mean it is a start. And hopefully, our hearts will follow.


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Thistle tackle Melvich trip in low numbers

A 70 plus mile trip to the North coast of Sutherland awaits the Jags this weekend as they travel to play Melvich in their first away game of the new North West Sutherland AFA season.

Injuries and absences continue to haunt player manager Tony Farquhar in his pursuit of a squad for the game, as Thistle look to steer the ship back on track by recording a first win in 2018. Despite the stuttering start, Farquhar remains in buoyant mood ahead of Saturday's match.

"It's a bit of a task for sure, but I'm sure there will be weeks when we have 20 players at our disposal and I'll be faced with a different dilemma then."

Melvich will be no easy proposition, as was evidenced in their opening 4-4 draw against title contenders Lairg Rovers last weekend. A double from James Murray helped Melvich to the point, just a week after the same player had netted twice for Pentland United in the Highland Amateur Cup, against Thistle.


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Day 10 was a busy day for us. We moved to another inn in the morning and visited Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺) and Hirano Shrine (平野神社) in the afternoon. We ended the day with cherry blossoms night illumination at Nijo Castle (二条城) in the evening. Three places in a day!
We stayed in a cosy guesthouse called Ikoi-no-ei (憩の家). Not only does the guesthouse provides accommodation, it also offers tea ceremony experience and kimono experience.
After we had checked in and settled down, we went to Kinkaku-ji. The building is really impressive with all that gold shining in the sun! Perfect for picture-taking.
We then went to the nearby Hirano Shrine. They have many species of Sakura trees in the shrine and they are in full blossom! There's also a temple fair (庙会) in the shrine where we had our dinner under the Sakura trees.
Once our appetite had been satisfied, we headed to Nijo Castle to admire the night illumination of the cherry blossoms.
By the way, for those of you wondering how come I can still take photos after my camera died on me the day before. Well, I bought a new camera in Japan and these are taken by my new camera. 🙂


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Founded by Sol and Robert Price, PriceSmart operates membership warehouse clubs in Central America, South America and the Caribbean. PriceSmart sponsors an annual fundraising campaign to benefit the Aprender y Crecer program. The campaign that took place in November and December 2016 brought in an astounding $1,124,111 through donations from members at the cash registers as well as collection boxes located in each club. Price Philanthropies committed to match these donations dollar for dollar up to a maximum amount for each country yielding an additional $440,000, bringing the grand total raised to $1,564,111.
Aprender y Crecer provides school supplies and educational materials to more than 86,000 students and 4,200 teachers at 180 public schools in Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Each student receives a package including everything from notebooks and pencils to scissors, geometry sets, colored pencils and glue. Each teacher receives a package of materials for use in the classroom and the schools each receive a selection of cleaning supplies.
As a point of reference, the Long Beach Unified School District, the third largest public school district in California, has around 78,000 students. Since its inception in 2006, Aprender y Crecer has donated more than 442,000 school supply packages to students.
PriceSmart Senior Vice President of Marketing and Member Services José Luis Marin and his team are instrumental in the planning and execution of the annual campaign. "For me personally and without question, being able to visit one of these schools and see these kids get excited for their new books and supplies is one of the greatest satisfactions of my work here at PriceSmart," commented Mr. Marin. "Knowing that this program has been able to deliver over 400,000 school supply packages to children is just amazing."
Donations and matching funds raised in a certain country are invested in the schools participating in Aprender y Crecer in that country, for things outside the regular scope of the program like reading books given to each child, literature collections for the libraries, furniture, equipment, and professional development for teachers. To date, Aprender y Crecer has given more than 279,000 books directly to children, in addition to thousands more books donated to equip school libraries.
Depending on the amount of funds raised, Aprender y Crecer may select additional schools to participate in the program so that more students and teachers receive the basic school supplies necessary for a quality education. At last count 96 of the program's 180 schools are maintained with fundraising monies.
The amount of money collected is especially significant given the cultures and realities in the countries where the donations are made. Despite the prevalence of these types of fundraising campaigns in supermarkets and other retailers for the benefit of a variety of causes, many people are very skeptical about donating, fearing the money will never reach the intended beneficiaries. In contrast, PriceSmart members are confident their donation will be well utilized because of the reputation of the business, the credibility of the Aprender y Crecer program itself, and the fact that the foundation also contributes matching funds.
Since 2007, the fundraising campaign for Aprender y Crecer has collected nearly $5.5 million in donations from PriceSmart members plus nearly $2.3 million in matching funds from Price Philanthropies. Each year the amount of member donations has grown substantially.
"It is amazing to see the growth that our campaign has had during the last ten years," said Mr. Marin. "Year after year when our campaign ends I have that mixed feeling of knowing that we exceeded our goals, but also knowing that there is always much more we can do."


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Doctor Who: Robot of Sherwood
Title: Robot of SherwoodRobin Hood is the focus of Clara's choice for an adventure, but the Doctor claims that the Merry Men and the Earl of Equality don't exist, he's fictional, until they meet him. Clara pops out of the box in a full drop sleeved medieval dress, and becomes the blushing schoolgirl when she spies Robin Hood.
Episode: 8.03
Companion: Clara
Guests: Tom Riley {19}
Ben Miller {40}
Writer: Mark Gatiss {44} {w40}
Director: Paul Murphy
Rating: ****
Episode: 8.03
Companion: Clara
Guests: Tom Riley {19}
Ben Miller {40}
Writer: Mark Gatiss {44} {w40}
Director: Paul Murphy
Rating: ****
The Rogue of Sherwood then tries to relieve the Doctor of his TARDIS. Robin, ever intent on stealing all he can, produces his steel, The Doctor defends himself well, with a spoon. When Clara compliments his skill, he cites training from the likes of Richard the Lionheart (contemporary of Robin Hood), Cyrano de Bergerac (fictional) and Errol Flynn (played Robin Hood). On a bridge over a stream the fight continues till the Doctor manages to knock Robin off, a la the famous quarterstaff fight with Little John.
Through an interrogation with Clara, the Sheriff reveals that the Robot army crashed in a skyship, and need gold to repair their ship, in exchange for power. Escaping the dungeons, Robin and the Doctor find the robots' ship and access the memory banks. The ship was heading to the Promised Land, like the half-face man from Deep Breath (8.01). The Doctor shows images in the memory banks of the legend that is Robin Hood, including a picture of Patrick Troughton (2rd Doctor, first person to play Robin Hood on TV) playing the Prince of Thieves in a BBC production from 1953.
A massive fight between Robin and Nottingham's Sheriff ends in Robin using the Doctor's bridge maneuver to throw the evil sheriff into a vat of molten gold.
When the TARDIS disappears, Marrion is revealed and returned to Robin, an aspect of the story that was almost forgotten.
Opening: 9
Setting: 9
Conflict: 6
Plot: 8
Dialogue: 8
Aliens: 7
Costumes: 8
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Normally this is great, but when we want to host a website at home or host BitTorrent downloads at home, it's inconvenient. In these cases, we want other people to be able to connect to our computer... for those purposes only, of course.
Fortunately, all well-made routers allow us to forward ports to a particular computer inside the "local" network (your collection of computers at home, "behind" the router). Unfortunately, many routers assign a new address to each computer every time it is turned on. To forward connections on web or BitTorrent ports, we first need a "static" (unchanging) local address on the local network to forward those connections to! So how do we keep our computer from getting a new address every time we power it on? That's the question I'll answer here.
There are two ways to solve this problem. If your router is well-designed, it might have a feature that lets you assign a specific, never-changing local IP address to your computer by its name on the local network. That's convenient because you don't have to change settings on the computer itself.
The second way... which is the only way with some routers, like my own SMC Barricade G and the popular Linksys WRT54G... is to assign your computer an IP address outside the range of addresses that your router gives out automatically. By forcing the computer to use a specific IP address, we avoid the problem of receiving a new address every time we power the computer on. In this case we'll make the change in your computer's network settings. But first, we'll want to double-check the range of IP addresses that your router gives out, so that two different computers never get the same IP address.
Please don't ask me what your router password is! You chose it when you set up your router, or it is still set to the default. If you can't seem to get in, check the manual of your router for more information. There may be a default password, or the default password might be blank. In a worst-case scenario, follow your router's procedure for a hard reset (not just a power cycle -- there is usually a recessed button for this job, see the manual).
Once you have logged in to your router's configuration interface, explore the advanced settings and look for a way to assign a fixed, unchanging IP address for your computer on your local network. Your router may provide a way to do this on a page of settings devoted to DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). Also take note of the range of addresses automatically assigned to computers without a fixed address. Typically this is 192.168.2.100 to 192.168.2.254 or something similar.
Now reboot your computer. At the Windows command line (Start -> Run -> cmd.exe), the ipconfig command should now report the fixed IP address that you assigned.
If Your Router Doesn't Let You Set Static Local IPsIf your router doesn't allow you to assign fixed local IPs in this way, all is not lost. You can still assign a fixed IP via the Windows Control Panel (or the Macintosh or Linux equivalent). Follow these steps to force your computer to use a fixed IP address:
1. Choose an address. It must be in the same "class C subnet" as your router. That is, if your router's web interface is at http://192.168.2.1/ (typical for the SMC Barricade G) or http://192.168.1.1/ (typical for the Linksys WRT54G), then you can choose an address where the last of those four numbers is different. The number you choose must be between 2 and 254, and you must choose an address that won't be dynamically assigned to other computers. The DHCP settings page of your router's web interface will tell you what range of addresses are dynamically assigned by DHCP. Many routers, including both the SMC Barricade G and the Linksys WRT54G, are set up "out of the box" not to assign addresses ending in a number between .2 and .99. So anything in that range is a good choice for your server. For instance, with my SMB Barricade G, 192.168.2.11 is a good choice for a static local IP. With the Linksys WRT54G, 192.168.1.11 is a good choice.
2. Access the Network Connections control panel of Windows XP (Start -> Control Panel -> Network Connections). Pick the connection you're using, either Local Area Connection (for wired Ethernet cables) or Wireless Network Connection (for WiFi). Right-click on that connection's icon and pick Properties. Under "this connection uses the following items," scroll down to "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" and double-click on that. The "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties" window will appear.
3. Right now, "Obtain an IP address automatically" is probably selected. Instead, select "Use the following IP address." In the "IP address:" field, enter the address you chose (for example, 192.168.2.11 works well with my SMC Barricade G, while 192.168.1.11 would work well with a Linksys WRT54G). The subnet mask will automatically become 255.255.255.0, which is correct. Set the "Default gateway" field to the address of your router, which is usually 192.168.2.1 (for the Barricade G) or 192.168.1.1 (for the Linksys WRT54G) -- but please don't copy and paste this! Use the address that actually gives you access to the router's web interface.
4. "Use the following DNS server addresses:" is now selected. In the "Preferred DNS server:" field, enter the IP address of your router (the same as the default gateway). Leave "Alternate DNS server:" blank.
5. Click "OK" to leave the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties" window, and again to leave the connection properties window. In Windows XP, your IP address will change immediately at this point. Verify that you can still access the Internet. If not, double-check your work.
"My server doesn't show up on the client list in my router!"The "client list" displayed by some routers is just a list of PCs that were assigned addresses dynamically by the built-in DHCP server in the router. You have a static IP address for your server, so it doesn't show up. This is normal, and it's a good thing.
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South Africa's most prominent black businesses and black business leaders were celebrated at the 2012 Van Ryn's BBQ Awards, held at Emperor's Palace in Johannesburg on Friday, 19 October 2012.
Opening the awards ceremony was Susan Shabangu, Minister of Mineral Resources who presented the keynote address.
"The theme for this year's event aptly captures the essence of transformation in South Africa, namely 'Creating a legacy and building a future', which is consistent with the national plan of harnessing the development of entrepreneurs/and black industrialists to facilitate economic growth and subsequently reduce poverty."
Now in its 11th year, the competition was launched in 2002 to promote sustainable black business in South Africa. According to Kekeletso Khena, Director of the 11th annual Van Ryn's BBQ Awards, the awards were born as a result of a need to recognise, honour and celebrate black business excellence at a time when black business was synonymous with informal township trading.
"The awards continue to offer a platform to celebrate and showcase those individuals and organisations who are at the forefront of advancing the transformation and empowerment of black business in South Africa," says Khena.
The 2012 Van Ryn's BBQ Awards included 14 categories, honouring individuals, black-owned and empowered companies, as well as organisations in South Africa. Out of the nine individual awards, seven were females – the most in the history of the awards.
"I am extremely delighted to see women take leading roles in business and being able to compete on equal footing in the male dominated business arena and in this case prove that given a chance, women are more than capable of running successful and profitable business," says Khena.
In keeping with the awards' theme, 'Creating a legacy and building a future', three new award categories were introduced this year, namely the Iqhawe Mentorship Award, awarded to Tabisa Nomnganga of Bravo Promotions, Best Employer Award, awarded to Khayelitsha Cookies and the Transformation Champion of The Year, which was awarded to Nolwandle Mantashe of PPC Cement, for her role in comprising corporate transformation strategies, as well as implementing community and government stakeholder relations strategies.
Speaking on the quality of the winners this year was Vusi Tembekwayo, professional speaker and judge for this year's awards. "The quality of entrants this year was exceptional, and having been a finalist a few years ago, I can first hand see how the caliber of entrants have grown in leaps and bounds. This year, we saw a wide variety of businesses that are run by very different types of people. It was also surprising to see the number of women entering and it is amazing that more and more woman are running sizeable companies."
Also speaking at the awards was the CEO of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), Geoffery Qhena. "As we celebrate success tonight, let's also pay tribute to self-made icons, legends of business who under difficult circumstances, persevered and succeeded and are now recognised and respected as true entrepreneurs."
"South Africa needs more of these entrepreneurs who are prepared to roll up their sleeves for the better of our fellow South Africa," says Qhena.


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This one chronicles my first sailing vacation... and the attempts made by a hurricane to spoil it. It was published in the July 2001 issue of Chesapeake Bay Magazine under the title of "Three Against the Storm - A wild Ride."
Sorry about the crappy pdf-from-a-wet-xerox-from-a-wrinkled-up-xerox-from-a-magazine format. The only alternative I can think of is a complete re-type. Are you kidding? I know, your eyes may be permanently damaged after trying to to read it. Well, what did you think, you were going to have 20/20 forever!


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Climate change: Rich nations put profits before global agreement
By Shua Garfield
"If we continue at this rate, we're not going to make it." That was the verdict of Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), at the end of "informal consultations" held last month in the German city of Bonn to try to resolve issues complicating agreement on a new international treaty to limit greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The Bonn talks were part of a series of negotiations being held in the lead-up to the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen (also known as "COP15") in December. At COP15, the UN hopes that agreement will be reached on a treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. De Boer told a press conference on August 14 that "a climate deal in Copenhagen this year is an unequivocal requirement to stop climate change from slipping out of control". However, major disagreements, particularly between rich and poor nations, are likely to either derail the Copenhagen negotiations or lead to a final agreement that is too weak to stop catastrophic climate change.
The reasons for the slow pace of negotiations are alluded to in de Boer's statement to the media at the end of the Bonn meeting: "The G8 and the major economies forum are moving forward on mitigation action, but that action is not ambitious enough and it's only half of the solution. It's focusing on a small number of countries and only on the reduction of emissions, not on adaptation. And Copenhagen must give all nations the benefit of green growth and protection from climate change impacts. To achieve this, the negotiations need to move forward much faster and deliver strong outcomes in areas such as adaptation, technology and building skills in developing nations and, in that sense, Copenhagen must … revolutionise international cooperation to combat climate change … [W]e cannot lose sight of the problem and recognise that serious climate change is equal to 'game over'."
Emissions reduction targets
Regarding the problem of mitigation action not being "ambitious enough", de Boer called on "industrialised countries … to show a greater level of ambition in agreeing to meaningful mid-term emission reduction targets". According to an August 13 article by Marianne Bom published on the COP15 website, "Most developed countries have promised emissions cuts between 15 and 21 percent of 1990 levels in 2020 … The US goal is to reduce emissions to 1990 levels in 2020." The EU has pledged to reduce GHG emissions by 2020 to 20% below 1990 levels. The Australian government has pledged to reduce emissions by 2020 to 5% below 2000 levels (4% below 1990 levels). However, Bom noted that these targets are "far from the 25-40 percent range recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007 to avoid global warming beyond two degrees Celsius".
Poor countries, including China and India, have demanded that the rich countries — the US, Canada, Western Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand — commit to emissions cuts of 40% by 2020 before these poor countries would be willing to commit to restraining their own emissions. India and China have been blamed in the corporate media of the rich countries for being "big emitters" that are holding up a global deal by making "unrealistic" demands on the developed capitalist countries. But China's and India's demands are actually quite reasonable, and even the cuts they demand may be insufficient. At the August 4-7 Pacific Islands Forum held in Cairns, political leaders of seven small Pacific island states called on the rich countries to cut their emissions by 45% by 2020 because cuts in the IPCC's 25-40% range may not be enough to stop low-lying countries like Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu sinking beneath rising sea levels due to GHG-driven global warming.
'Carbon debt'
The idea that China and India are "big emitters" ignores the fact that, in both per capita terms and historical terms, they are actually small emitters. In 2005, global annual per capita GHG emissions, excluding emissions resulting from land-use changes, were 5.6 tonnes of CO2-equivalent (CO2-e). In Australia, per-capita emissions were 26.9 tonnes. They were 23.5 tonnes in the US, 22.6 tonnes in Canada, 11.9 in Germany, 10.6 in the UK, 10.5 in Japan, 9.7 in Italy and 9.0 in France. But in the supposed big emitters of China and India, per capita emissions were 5.5 and 1.7 tonnes respectively.
When historical emissions are counted, blaming the poor nations of Asia, Africa and Latin America for global warming becomes even more absurd. According to an August 3 Malaysian Star article by Martin Kohr, to limit atmospheric GHG concentrations to 450 parts per million (ppm) CO2-e — as recommended by the IPCC to limit the global average surface temperature increase to 2oC — total cumulative emissions of CO2-e between the years 1800 and 2050 cannot exceed 2.2 trillion tonnes. Kohr, who is the director of the South Centre and former director of the Third World Network, calculates that, given their share of global population, the equitable share of that "emissions budget" would be 460 billion tonnes for the First World and 1.74 trillion for the Third World. First World countries, however, have already emitted 880 billion tonnes of CO2-e.
If First World countries cut emissions by 80% by 2050 — a figure widely proposed for the COP15 negotiations — then by 2050, they will have emitted 1.19 trillion tonnes of CO2-e over the 250-year period on which Kohr bases his calculations. If China, India and the other Third World countries are expected to restrain their 250-year cumulative emissions to the remaining 1.01 trillion tonnes of the "emissions budget" — which would require them to cut emissions 20% below 1990 levels by 2050 — this leaves the First World with a "CO2-e debt" to the Third World of 733 billion tonnes.
Trying to assign a monetary value to this debt is rather arbitrary, given the number of variables, uncertainties, and approximations involved. But if we take the value assigned to a tonne of CO2-e by economist Nicholas Stern in his book The Global Deal — US$40 — this amounts to roughly $29 trillion. If the aim was to stabilise atmospheric GHG concentrations below 350 ppm — as recommended by NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies director James Hansen — rather than the 450 ppm recommended by the IPCC, then the debt is obviously much higher.
Thus, a key issue that needs to be resolved to achieve a socially just and environmentally safe deal at COP15 is how the First World will provide trillions of dollars of assistance to the Third World to — in de Boer's words — "give all nations the benefit of green growth and protection from climate change impacts". As de Boer stated in an August 14 UNFCCC press release, "We … need a clear indication of the finance and technology industrialised countries are ready to provide to help developing countries green their economic growth and adapt to the impacts of climate change". A problem de Boer identifies here is that, "In the context of the G8 and Major Economies Forum, I see a group of countries considering actions that would allow them to profit from the boom in clean technology … Poorer countries risk being left by the wayside without access to technology and finance."
The problem that de Boer has identified here flows from the fact that the First World has a monopoly over the most advanced technologies — a monopoly which they gained through centuries of burning cheap fossil fuels and exploiting the Third World, and which they sustain through "intellectual property" laws and massive government subsidies to corporate research and development programs. And, of course, advanced renewable energy technologies and other "clean" production technologies will be a necessary part of reducing GHG emissions to safe levels. So if the profit motive is allowed to rule any international agreement to reduce GHG emissions, then the countries that are the most to blame for the problem stand to benefit the most while the countries that are the least to blame are forced to either pay prices they can't afford or else forego economic development — a patently unfair situation that will most likely lead to no effective global agreement at all, and climate catastrophe.
In the lead-up to COP15 we will be bombarded with propaganda from the capitalist media telling us that if they can't agree to limit GHG emissions to safe levels, it will be the fault of Third World countries. They will tell us that the First World countries don't have the money to satisfy the Third World governments' demands for more technology and adaptation aid and that it's not possible for First World countries to cut emissions as rapidly as demanded. They will tell us that the best plan is to make GHG emissions a tradeable commodity — something that will only entrench the "right" of richer countries to pollute more than their fair share. If the environment movement is to pose a socially just alternative solution, it needs to completely reject these arguments and demand that those most responsible for the problem pay the most for fixing it.
One thing de Boer is definitely right about is that, to tackle the problem of global warming, we need to "revolutionise international cooperation". A real revolution in international cooperation cannot be based on the profit motive of a tiny capitalist minority, most of whom are based in a couple of dozen of the most economically rich and militarily powerful nation-states. A real revolution would have to be based on international solidarity. It would pay the First World's carbon debt, ditch the concept of "intellectual property" and freely distribute clean technology to those who need it. It would not set aside $18 trillion to prop up the capitalist banking system, as First World governments have done in the past year, while the capitalist corporations funded by these banks destroy the environment. It would not squander $1.47 trillion per year on military spending — as the world's governments did in 2008 — because it would not be based on different gangs of capitalist elites defending their privileges from each other and from the people they exploit. Real international cooperation to combat climate change needs a revolution in political institutions and economic relations — an anti-capitalist revolution that opens the way to a socialist world order.