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Trevor Lacey scored 17 points, and Rodney Cooper and Nick Jacobs had 10 each to lead Alabama to a 68-58 victory over South Carolina on Saturday.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Trevor Lacey scored 17 points, and Rodney Cooper and Nick Jacobs had 10 each to lead Alabama to a 68-58 victory over South Carolina on Saturday.
Levi Randolph contributed nine rebounds as the Crimson Tide (17-8, 9-3 Southeastern Conference) won their third straight game, while the Gamecocks (12-13, 2-10) lost their sixth straight.
For South Carolina, Brenton Williams had 14 points, Bruce Ellington and Laimonas Chatkevicius 11 and Eric Smith 10. Lakeem Jackson had nine rebounds.
Trevor Releford had two steals, giving him 170 for his career and moving him ahead of Robert Horry for third on the school's all-time steals list. The junior needs seven steals to tie Senario Hillman, Alabama's career leader.
The Tide, which had not scored more than 60 points in its past eight games, opened the game by bolting to a 32-9 lead, topped off by a field goal by Cooper at the 5:55 mark. The run was triggered by six 3-point baskets, two each by Lacey and Retin Obasohan and one each from Releford and Cooper.
"We're obviously happy to get the win today and take sole possession of second place," said Alabama coach Anthony Grant. "We came out with great focus. We answered the bell early. We didn't finish the half well, but I was proud of the way we started the second half.
"We knew we had to be aggressive and try to attack them. I thought our defense created some offensive opportunities."
South Carolina started out by missing its first eight 3-point attempts. The Gamecocks then outscored the Crimson Tide 15-5 to trim the lead to 35-24 when Ellington banked a 3-pointer just prior to the halftime buzzer.
In the second half, South Carolina sliced the lead to 39-29, the closest that the Gamecocks would get, but the Crimson Tide responded with a 14-4 run to extend the lead to 53-33 on two free throws by Releford with 11:04 to go.
"The key for us was to try and flip that momentum," Grant said. "We had a spurt there and we flipped the momentum. We did a good job of getting control again."
Compared to the way his team had been playing lately, USC coach Frank Martin, a longtime friend of Grant, was encouraged despite the loss.
"At least we found a handful of guys who had a little enthusiasm for competing today," Martin said. "In four of our last five games we were a little lifeless. In defeat, I feel a little encouraged today.
"In 28 years of coaching I've never said that before. I can't believe I'm saying that I'm encouraged by a loss, but to a certain degree I am. I'm a little encouraged today because some guys responded."


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Results and Outcomes
As today's world becomes increasingly more global, the need for precise and effective communication of the languages of the world has never been greater. A bachelor's degree in the varied foreign languages and literatures offered at SJU provides important training and can lead to numerous careers in education, communications/media and a wide range of other fields.
Foreign languages and literatures graduates from Saint Joseph's are no exception. They have gone on to successful careers on many levels. Some of the positions recent graduates have accepted include:
- Assistant Manager
- Community Organizer
- Latin Teacher
- Reference Librarian
- Secondary Spanish Teacher
- Fulbright Scholar
Well-known businesses continue to recruit and hire Saint Joseph's foreign languages and literatures graduates on an annual basis. Among the more recent are Merion Mercy Academy, New York Public Library, and the U.S. Department of State Fulbright Program.
Other students choose to take their education to the next level and enter graduate school. Recent undergraduates have gone on to further study at, among other institutions, Georgetown University, University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Virginia.
Foreign languages and literatures graduates possess a critical skill which they can apply to a variety of fields in a variety of exciting positions. In the most recent survey year (2009)[1], the average starting salary for a Saint Joseph's foreign languages and literatures graduate was $37,500.
Chosen Career Paths
[1] Based on 1 respondent to CDC survey

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Syria Dismantles and Surrenders Weapons
Moscow (AP) - Syrian President Bashar Assad says his government has agreed to surrender its chemical weapons in response to Russia's initiative and not because of the U.S. threat of attack. He tells Russian TV that "the U.S. threats hadn't influenced" his government's decision. Russia on Monday proposed that Syria place its chemical weapons under international control and eventually dismantle them to avert a U.S. strike, and Syria quickly accepted the proposal. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart will be discussing details for the plan today in Geneva.


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What: Gail D. Storey talks about and signs her book "I Promise Not to Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail"
When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Boulder Book Store, 1107 Pearl St.
Cost: $5; includes $5 voucher for same-day in-store purchase
More info: boulderbookstore.net/event
When her husband declares that he wants to hike 2,663 miles from Mexico to Canada, through stark deserts, over the gnarled spine of the Sierras and deep into rain-soaked forests, Boulder author Gail Storey has some concerns.
First, she "never much cared for nature."
Second: "Six months? Outside?"
Third, her husband quit his job and wants to sell their home in Houston (where they lived at the time) to fund this journey on the Pacific Crest Trail. Plus, they're both in their 50s. And her mother is dying.
And did she mention she never cared much for nature?
She did. But in "I Promise Not to Suffer: A Fool for Love Hikes the Pacific Crest Trail," Storey shows that though she doesn't believe she's competent or strong enough to take on the hike, her wit, sass and heart carry her far, both on the punishing trail and in this memoir.
The book opens on an existential crisis seeping into Gail and husband Porter's seemingly easy existence in Houston. Porter, a hospice doctor, is at a crossroads in his career. Frustrated by a board more dedicated to the bottom line than patient care, he resigns from his position running a premier hospice center and decides to set out on a lifelong dream to ride a bike from Houston to Georgia, where he will start hiking the Appalachian Trail. Upon completing the trail in Maine, he'll cycle back to Houston.
The cycling goes reasonably well. Hiking does not; Gail bails off the trail and ends up driving to towns along the way to help Porter restock supplies. It doesn't bode well for her attempt to join Porter for his next goal: the longer and arguably more arduous, more dangerous Pacific Crest Trail.
But the Storeys begin their preparations, which sound as arduous as the trail itself. Porter becomes a student of the trail and ultralight backpacking icon Ray Jardine; Porter sews his own double sleeping bags and tarps while Gail gives them cute names (guess what color "Blueberry" is?) and cracks jokes. Gail finds a buyer for their home and calms her pre-hike jitters with goodbye dinner parties in their new downtown loft. All the while, Porter worries over his next career move and Gail panics about not being there for her mother, who has cancer, while she's on this adventure.
Once the Storeys finally hit the trail in a dusty California backwater, these heightened emotions are alternately intensified and dissipated. Gail suffers and realizes just how dependent she is on Porter's outdoors expertise. She feels like a liability. She wonders why she's out there. The initial answer is "for love," but Gail isn't just out there to be by her man's side. In each chapter, Gail weaves strands of the narrative of her stormy past into her tale of the trail, and it becomes clear that she needs to do this for herself, too. The beauty and difficulty of the raw wilderness eventually lays her bare, and after an encounter with a mountain lion, her heart seems blissfully torn wide open. This, we see, is why she's out there -- to both let go of everything and embrace it, all in one impossible, stunning hike.
It's difficult to read this book and not think of Cheryl Strayed's "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail," which, now in paperback, is holding down a new place on the New York Times bestseller list these days. "Wild" is also the story of a woman hiking the PCT. But whereas "Wild" carries all the crazed echoes of the author's frayed twentysomething years (though she wrote it later), "I Promise Not to Suffer" comes from a place later in life, a place with different woes and perhaps a more pragmatic and sardonic wit. "Wild" felt like running away from something; "Promise" felt more like heading toward that something -- whatever that something is that we seek when we immerse ourselves so thoroughly in wilderness.
Ultimately, though, this is a love story. That's why, when Gail eventually leaves the trail and Porter continues on without her, the trail name he is given by other PCT hikers is "Porter-and-Gail." The story of Porter-and-Gail is one of passion and survival, a story that demonstrates how to pair yourself with another person in this world, through good times and bad.
And it's a story of transformation. It turns out, Gail does care for nature -- and feels cared for by it.


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New Ingredient Tools Put Safety in Foodservice
Processors must step up sanitation efforts when providing minimally processed foods.
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Apple Dippers, an alternative to french fries in Happy Meals, will use some 20 million pounds of apples per year.
But food safety always has been foremost in the minds of the foodservice industry. Now, along with the foodservice sector's increased vigilance come some new technologies for processors to keep these fragile foods safe.
When McDonald's decided to add a fruit item, the restaurant chain was prepared for the impact that menu addition would have. Apple Dippers, an alternative to french fries in Happy Meals, will use some 20 million pounds of apples per year, says William Whitman, a McDonald's marketing director. Add another 35 million pounds for the firm's new apple and walnut salad, and McDonald's has 55 million reasons to be concerned about apple handling and processing.
The apples are scrubbed, peeled, sliced and given a quick bath in calcium citrate to adjust the acid levels and keep the flesh white, according to Sarah Schlukebir, vice president of sales and marketing for Peterson Farms Fresh Inc., a Shelby, Mich., apple processor and packer for McDonald's Dippers. Then they are popped into modified atmosphere packaging, The apples are never allowed to exceed 35°F, during the process or during holding.
The McDonald's folks didn't want to talk about food safety, but their awareness that a case of foodborne illness could devastate the market is present. Privately, they comment that they haven't just been lucky, they've been very careful.
Despite improvements in understanding of foodborne disease and the reduction of incidence per thousand of population, the increase in total population keeps the numbers high. During 1999, the most recent for which figures were available, the Centers for Disease Control identified 10,697 laboratory-confirmed cases of nine diseases under surveillance: 4,533 of salmonellosis, 3,794 of campylobacteriosis, 1,031 of shigellosis, 530 of E. coli O157:H7 infections, 474 of cryptosporidiosis, 163 of yersiniosis, 113 of listeriosis, 45 of Vibrio infections and 14 of cyclosporiasis.
The per-capita decrease in foodborne illness corresponds roughly with disease prevention efforts, including changes in meat and poultry processing plants, new requirements for foodservice establishments and increased attention to good agricultural practices for produce and eggs on farms.
While traditional types of foodborne illness decreased, some lesser-known ones appeared.
In 1999, several large salmonellosis outbreaks were traced to produce, including unpasteurized orange juice, mangos and raw sprouts. A decline in Shigella followed an outbreak in 1998 traced to imported parsley, which increased attention to produce-associated shigellosis. A new threat arrived in early June, when Robert Brackett, director of FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, announced the agency was "aggressively working with federal and state partners" to determine the source of fresh basil thought to have caused several cases of cyclosporiaosis in Florida. Consumers and foodservice employees were reminded of the necessity to wash vegetables and herbs, especially leafy ones, thoroughly.
In the meantime, a lot of research at the university level is busy finding the best treatment for individual produce crops. Produce suppliers can shop through the various technologies and choose (and possibly license) the one that fits best.
The usual suspects
While fresh fruits and vegetables are a current concern of CDC and FDA, eggs and salmonella have been high on the radar for a number of years. Industry has chosen two ways of combating the problem: pasteurized egg mixes and precooked egg products such as egg patties. Both go a long way toward eliminating the possibility of microbial contamination.
(or the foodservice kitchen)
It's important to remember that even a safe egg, bag of produce, oyster or other ingredient or product must be treated like the sensitive ingredient that it is. Products that are pasteurized can be recontaminated. While these safe ingredients help avoid foodborne illness, constant vigilance is required to prevent recontamination on a processing line, in the kitchen or in packaging lines. It's important not to get careless, despite the extra margin of safety that these special products provide.
The original FDA approval came in 1995, but it was the early part of 2002 before the shell egg with the approval rating made it to a broad market. Most of the company's product is sold to foodservice organizations; a major customer is Sysco Systems. Another major user is importers from Hong Kong, who supply the safe eggs for Hong Kong's favorite dish: raw egg over rice.
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We saw yesterday that no lockout could thwart a spirited Cowboy staff game of beach football. Now we learn that Cowboys brass is still wheeling and dealing, signing a deal to co-brand some garish shirts with Marvel Entertainment, the kind of garment you expect to see on kids walking barefoot behind long-vacant K-Marts.
We'll quote from the press release, because it's not especially flattering to the Cowboys, or to this thing we have here that we call America:
Through an agreement that enables the Dallas Cowboys to license Marvel's Super Heroes, the team will develop co-branded merchandise featuring Captain America, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Thor, and many other Super Heroes decked out in Cowboys' team colors, logos and jerseys.
The Marvel/Dallas Cowboys collection for infants, kids, and adults will include t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, caps and onesies. The line will debut this summer at mass, mid-tier and sporting goods retailers as well as at the Cowboys Stadium and Cowboys fan shops. Through their Dallas Cowboys Merchandising (DCM) arm, the Cowboys are the only major sporting team to design, manufacture, and distribute its own apparel and has an impressive 400,000 square foot facility which houses their corporate offices, distribution center and showrooms. The five-time Super Bowl champion Cowboys annually stand atop the NFL's team merchandise sales.
Any chance we could end this lockout soon, so that we might all go back to hating the Cowboys in peace?
Captain America's Team: Marvel Comics and Your Dallas Cowboys Join Forces. Again. [Dallas Observer]


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How 'The Downtown Cafe Friday Morning' tradition started
In 2005, Danny "The Doctor of" Love and Joe Gregory invited me to come to The Downtown Cafe in Heavener to have coffee with them at 5 a.m. I went and sat at a big, round table with Raymond "The Mayor of Hodgen" Ellis, Dick Roberts, Donnie "Killer" Killion, Joey Yandell, Lonnie "Lonzo" Renick and George "The Senior Statesman" Bailey.Now, I was the youngest, and I talked way to much for the older Mr. Bailey. I also accidentally parked in his spot, and sat in his chair. I was quickly asked to move or he would do it for me.I've gone to The Downtown Cafe every Friday at 5 a.m. since to hang out with all the guys and listen to all their stories. I would like to think I've learned a lot about fishing, hunting, love and life from these gentlemen.I would like to thank every one of those guys for letting me hang out with them every Friday morning.If I'm not fishing on Saturday mornings, I go down to Tote-A-Poke No. 1 for coffee. I've been trying for two years to sit down with those guys. They just don't let anyone sit down there — you have to be voted in and Carl Whitlock is the Tote-A-Poke Coffee Club president, and is strict. So, I just stand there, talk and listen to them.I give them a fishing report and tell my stories, then leave just waiting for the day I'm asked to have a seat. Do I have to wait until someone dies or gets committed for before I can have a seat?I've asked club member Tommy Robertson to put in a good word for me so that I may be considered for a seat. However, I do like all the stories and arguing that goes on at both locations.Save the world, recycle.God bless our troops and veterans.Have a great weekend.• • •Any questions or pictures, make contact with Jody Ray Adams on Facebook, on the "Jody Ray Fishing Hotline" at (918) 649-7387 or email to email@example.com.


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Christmas is coming and my five year daughter write already several letters to Santa Claus. The tablet is always most wanted present. I have difficulty to choose the best one. I think a lot of parent are going to buy a tablet for Christmas present. Lets make the best tablet to buy for Christmas list.
Btw, Nexus 10 sounds good, but it is impossible to find it in Europe before Christmas. Can you share your choice? Shouds it be Asus, Samsung, Aser or something else?


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fix custom linux application install -- 3
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I have a free statistics application , "http://cazzerson.github.io/Suma////installation/",
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PROBLEM: I'm not able to bring up the admin path in a browser (ipaddress)/sumaserver/admin so that I can create and populate an initiative.
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Media January–March 2007
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Commission approves 83 NERC reliability standards;
proposes rule to eliminate QF reliability exemption
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission acted today to assure the reliability of the nation's bulk power system by finalizing 83 reliability standards proposed by the Commission-certified electric reliability organization (ERO).
Chairman Joseph T. Kelliher observed: "The Commission takes a landmark step today in adopting for the first time mandatory and enforceable reliability standards in the United States. Last summer, we set record power demand levels in eight regions of the country. It was the greatest challenge to reliability of the interstate grid since the August 2003 blackout. With our action today, the U.S. is better prepared to meet reliability challenges this summer."
In July 2006, the Commission designated the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) as the ERO under section 215 of the Federal Power Act, a new provision added by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to establish a system of mandatory, enforceable reliability standards under the Commission's oversight.
Today's final rule approves 83 of 107 proposed reliability standards, as well as six of the proposed eight regional differences and the Glossary of Terms submitted by NERC. These mandatory reliability standards apply to users, owners and operators of the bulk power system designated by NERC through its compliance registry procedures. Both monetary and nonmonetary penalties may be imposed for violations of the standards.
While approving the mandatory reliability standards, the Commission observed that "much work remains to be done." The Commission noted that many of the reliability standards "need significant improvement." Necessary improvements would address, among other things, the recommendations of the U.S.-Canada report on the August 2003 Northeast blackout that affected an estimated 50 million people and 61,800 megawatts of electric load in the U.S. and Canada.
The Commission directed the ERO to develop modifications, using its reliability standards development process, to 58 of the 83 Reliability Standards approved today as mandatory and enforceable. The remaining 24 reliability standards will not be approved or remanded until further information is provided.
The final rule adds Part 40 to the Commission's regulations, which applies to all users, owners and operators of the bulk power system in the United States (other than Alaska and Hawaii) and requires that each reliability standard identify the subset of users, owners and operators to which that particular reliability standard applies.
While the approved Reliability Standards are immediately enforceable, the Final Rule directs the ERO and the future Regional Entities to focus their resources on the most serious violations during an initial period through December 31, 2007. The ERO and Regional Entities are directed to exercise enforcement discretion with regard to all applicable users, owners and operators of the Bulk Power System, and not just those new to the reliability scheme as proposed in the NOPR. This approach will allow the ERO, Regional Entities and others to ensure that the compliance monitoring and enforcement processes work as intended and all entities have time to implement the new processes.
The final rule, "Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System," takes effect 60 days from the later of the date Congress receives the agency notice of the rule or the date the rule is published in the Federal Register.
In a separate action, the Commission proposed to eliminate the exemption from the reliability standards for qualifying facilities (QFs) of 20 megawatts generating capacity or more. "From a reliability perspective, there does not appear to be a meaningful distinction between QF and non-QF generators that would warrant exemption," the Commission said.
Comments on the proposal that would subject QF generators to the newly-adopted mandatory reliability standards, "Applicability of Federal Power Act Section 215 Qualifying Small Power and Cogeneration Facilities," are due 21 days after the proposed rule's publication in the Federal Register.
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Affective Imagery, Risk Perceptions, and Climate Change Communication
Anthony Leiserowitz and Nicholas Smith
Affective imagery, or connotative meanings, play an important role in shaping public risk perceptions, policy support, and broader responses to climate change. These simple "top-of-mind" associations and their related affect help reveal how diverse audiences understand and interpret global warming. And as a relatively simple set of measures, they are easily incorporated into representative surveys, making it possible to identify, measure, and monitor how connotative meanings are distributed throughout a population and how they change over time. Affective image analysis can help identify distinct interpretive communities of like-minded individuals who share their own set of common meanings and interpretations. The images also provide a highly sensitive measure of changes in public discourse. As scientists, political elites, advocates, and the media change the frames, images, icons, and emotions they use to communicate climate change, they can influence the interpretations of the larger public. Likewise, as members of the public directly or vicariously experience specific events or learn more about climate risks, they construct their own connotative meanings, which can in turn influence larger currents of public discourse. This article traces the development of affective imagery analysis, reviews the studies that have implemented it, examines how affective images influence climate change risk perceptions and policy support, and charts several future directions of research.
Agenda Building, Narratives, and Attention Cycles in Climate Change News Coverage
James Shanahan
Social scientists and media critics have often been befuddled about how and why news coverage of important issues takes the shapes that it does. While some issues seem to behave according to well-established patterns, others don't. The issue of climate change is one that has been explained in numerous ways, often from a cyclical perspective. This perspective suggests that news attention naturally varies up and down, often cued by certain focusing events that draw attention for a time, after which attention wanes again. These observations are usually matched with the perspective that attention should normatively not be cyclical, that the issue is one that deserves continuous attention until it is resolved.
All of this is in the context that there are significant doubts about the objective role of newsmakers in this process. Climate change is an issue that has cut across a period of news evolution in which objectively neutral news has become even less prominent than it once was, if it ever was. News outlets with specific ideological agendas, a plethora of bloggers and websites with an axe to grind, and a variety of conspiracy theories about climate have obscured how news can even hope to cover this issue. With "belief" in climate change now becoming an important token of how one identifies oneself politically, we can wonder whether the issue can ever receive a fair hearing from a scientific perspective.
Agricultural Extension and Climate Change Communication
Linda S. Prokopy, Wendy-Lin Bartels, Gary Burniske, and Rebecca Power
Agricultural extension has evolved over the last 200 years from a system of top-down dissemination of information from experts to farmers to a more complex system, in which a diversity of knowledge producers and farmers work together to co-produce information. Following a detailed history of the evolution of extension in the United States, this article describes an example from the southeastern United States that illustrates how innovative institutional arrangements enable land-grant universities to actively engage farmers and extension agents as key partners in the knowledge generation process. A second U.S. example shows that private retailers are more influential than extension in influencing large-scale farmers' farm management decisions in the midwestern United States. However, these private retailers trust extension as a source of climate change information and thus partnerships are important for extension. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been an important source of extension services for smallholder farmers across the world, and examples from the NGO CARE indicate that a participatory and facilitative approach works well for climate change communication. Collectively, these examples emphasize that the role of agricultural extension in climate change communication is essential in the context of both developed and developing countries and with both smallholder farmers and large-scale farmers. These case studies illustrate the effectiveness of a co-production approach, the importance of partners and donors, and the changing landscape of agricultural extension delivery.
The Arts and Humanities in Climate Change Engagement
Julia B. Corbett and Brett Clark
The communication strategy of simply sharing more scientific information has not effectively engaged and connected people to climate change in ways that facilitate understanding and encourage action. In part, this is because climate change is a so-called wicked problem, given that it is socially complex, has many interdependencies, and lacks simple solutions. For many people, climate change is generally seen as something abstract and distant—something that they know about, but do not "feel." The arts and humanities can play an important role in disrupting the social and cultural worldviews that filter climate information and separate the public from the reality of climate change. Whether it is the visual arts, dance, theater, literature, comedy, or film, the arts and humanities present engaging stories, corporally sensed and felt experiences, awareness of interdependency with the world, emotional meanings, and connection with place. Climate stories, especially those based on lived experiences, offer distinct ways to engage a variety of senses. They allow the "invisibility" of climate change to be seen, felt, and imagined in the past, present, and future. They connect global issues to conditions close to home and create space to grieve and experience loss. They encourage critical reflection of existing social structures and cultural and moral norms, thus facilitating engagement beyond the individual level. The arts and humanities hold great potential to help spur necessary social and cultural change, but research is needed on their reach and efficacy.
Audience Segmentation and Climate Change Communication
Donald W. Hine, Wendy J. Phillips, Aaron B. Driver, and Mark Morrison
Scientists and policy makers face significant challenges when attempting to engage the public about climate change. An important first step is to understand the number and nature of the audiences one plans to target—a process known as audience segmentation. Segmentation involves identifying, within an audience or target population, homogenous subgroups that share similar demographic and/or psychographic profiles. After segmenting an audience, climate change communicators can target their messages based on the unique characteristics of each subgroup. For example, to stimulate engagement and behavior change, messages aimed at audiences that are skeptical about climate change may require different content and framing than messages aimed at audiences already deeply concerned about climate change.
The notion of matching message content to audience characteristics has a long history, dating back to the Ancient Greeks. More recently, audience segmentation has played a central role in targeted advertising and also social marketing, which uses marketing principles to help "sell" ideas and behaviors that benefit society. Applications to climate change communication are becoming more common, with major segmentation and communication initiatives being implemented across the globe.
Messages crafted to meet the needs of specific audience segments are more likely to be read, understood, and recalled than generic ones, and are also more likely to change behavior. However, despite these successes, the approach has not been uniformly embraced. Controversies have emerged related to the cost effectiveness of segmentation strategies, choice of segmentation variables, potential effects related to social stigmatization, whether segmentation encourages shallow (as opposed to deep) change, the extent to which segments are "found" as opposed to socially constructed by researchers, and whether interindividual differences are best conceptualized in terms of categories or dimensions.
Celebrities and Climate Change
Julie Doyle, Nathan Farrell, and Michael K. Goodman
Since the mid-2000s, entertainment celebrities have played increasingly prominent roles in the cultural politics of climate change, ranging from high-profile speeches at UN climate conferences, and social media interactions with their fans, to producing and appearing in documentaries about climate change that help give meaning to and communicate this issue to a wider audience. The role afforded to celebrities as climate change communicators is an outcome of a political environment increasingly influenced by public relations and attuned toward the media's representation of political ideas, policies, and sentiments. Celebrities act as representatives of mass publics, operating within centers of elite political power. At the same time, celebrities represent the environmental concerns of their audiences; that is, they embody the sentiments of their audiences on the political stage. It is in this context that celebrities have gained their authority as political, social, and environmental "experts," and the political performances of celebrities provide important ways to engage electorates and audiences with climate change action.
More recently, celebrities offer novel engagements with climate change that move beyond scientific data and facilitate more emotional and visceral connections with climate change in the public's everyday lives. Contemporary celebrities, thus, work to shape how audiences and publics ought to feel about climate change in efforts to get them to act or change their behaviors. These "after data" moments are seen very clearly in Leonardo DiCaprio's documentary Before the Flood. Yet, with celebrities acting as our emotional witnesses, they not only might bring climate change to greater public attention, but they expand their brand through neoliberalism's penchant for the commoditization of everything including, as here, care and concern for the environment. As celebrities build up their own personal capital as eco-warriors, they create very real value for the "celebrity industrial complex" that lies behind their climate media interventions. Climate change activism is, through climate celebrities, rendered as spectacle, with celebrities acting as environmental and climate pedagogues framing for audiences the emotionalized problems and solutions to global environmental change. Consequently, celebrities politicize emotions in ways that that remain circumscribed by neoliberal solutions and actions that responsibilize audiences and the public.
Climate Change Communication and Indigenous Publics
Candis Callison
Indigenous experiences with climate change have become increasingly visible through media stories of rising sea levels, heavy storms, and coastal erosion due to climate change in places as different as Tuvula in the South Pacific and Shishmaref in the Alaskan Arctic. Despite these bursts of attention, indigenous concerns and experiences have not been well or diversely represented in media coverage, nor have they been consistently studied in media scholarship—nor until recently, have indigenous people or knowledge been mentioned in major climate agreements and scientific assessments. There is, however, a growing body of interdisciplinary scholarship that draws on indigenous knowledge, experiences, and activism related to climate change.
Indigenous peoples comprise 5% of the world's population and live in over 90 countries around the world. Because indigenous communities are often located outside major urban centers, indigenous peoples are likely to suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change. Many indigenous people live in close connection with the ecosystems in their region, and collectively held Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is passed down through multiple generations, providing in-depth, systematic, meaningful, and historically informed views of climate change and potential pathways for resilience and adaptation.
Indigenous people have often been portrayed in media coverage as victims with little attention paid to TEK, communal resilience, human rights and climate justice frameworks, or the historical contexts that may amplify climate change impacts. While indigenous people have diverse circumstances and histories, many are likely to have suffered enormous upheaval in recent centuries due to colonialism, resource development, economic shifts, loss of human rights, and lack of self-determination. Climate change often intensifies existing vulnerabilities and risks. These deeply intertwined social and environmental crises create distinct challenges for considering how and what climate change means for diverse indigenous peoples, how to address it at all levels of governance, and how media can and should be accountable to and represent indigenous publics.
Climate Change Communication in Argentina
M. Teresa Mercado-Sáez and César Galarza
Climate change research in Argentina focuses on its physical aspects (natural sciences) and not so much on the social aspects, beyond the various surveys measuring perceptions and concerns of Argentinians about climate change. There are few studies that address the problem of communicating the issue from a social sciences standpoint, and these refer to analysis of its coverage in the leading newspapers. And almost all have been published in Spanish. The links between media coverage, policy, and public perceptions in Argentina have not been the subject of academic research thus far. Given the lack of specific bibliography examining the climate change communication from a transversal outlook, in-depth interviews were used to find this out. This study presents an overview of the communication of climate change in Argentina considering not only the journalistic point of view but also that of other social actors. Five areas of interest were defined: the political, the scientific, the media, NGO environmentalists, and what this article refers to as "other sectors." This fifth area incorporated other voices from the business sector or the non-specialized civil sphere in order to complement the panorama of representative actors that have something to say about the communication of the climate change in Argentina.
Climate Change Communication in Austria
Markus Rhomberg
Research on climate change communication is a neglected field in Austria. Only slowly, scientists as well as policy makers are entering the domain of communicating climate change, especially in subprojects of larger funding initiatives by the Austrian Environment Ministry and the Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology. In the field of communication research, only sporadic studies can be found: Some of them are investigating science-policy-interfaces and communication among stakeholders; others are focusing on awareness of climate change, especially in climate sensitive areas like (winter) tourism, agriculture, and forestry, which are significant economic fields in Austria and in which major efforts have to be taken to enhance adaptive capacities. Only a few studies are dealing with media representations of climate. Therefore, this article outlines a future research program, based on the assessment of existing scholarship. More scientific efforts should be given to the following fields of research: public communication of stakeholders, studies on media representation of climate change and framing and its effects as well as comparative studies with countries sharing comparable climate scenarios, and the strong need for adapting to climate change (e.g., from Alpine regions) as well as similar political structures.
Climate Change Communication in Belgium
Yves Pepermans and Pieter Maeseele
Climate change communication in Belgium takes place in a socio-economic context characterized by an economic surplus and an ecological deficit. This implies that in the short term the benefits of the structures and behaviors that sustain carbon capitalism and cause climate change are larger and more tangible than the consequences of global warming, which are exported to more vulnerable places with less adaptive capacity. Nevertheless, with regard to physical consequences, climate change communication in Belgium also takes place in a context in which heavy thunderstorms and rainfalls, as well as floods, have increased significantly. In general however, Belgians have the means to distance themselves from climate change's existing impacts. In other words, climate change communication (and public engagement) takes place in a context in which climate change serves primarily as a cultural idea to be acted upon rather than particular geophysical changes, such as weather disruptions.
Belgium is characterized primarily by a consensual, technocratic policy environment, in which debate is limited to a relatively limited spectrum of views and in which citizens are targeted primarily according to the (information) deficit model. However, increasingly initiatives are being taken from a social marketing or public participation approach. In the case of civil society, there is a rich tradition of social movements communicating and campaigning about climate change. These campaigns have primarily focused on individual behavior change and more recently also on collective forms of behavior change such as transition initiatives or collaborative/confrontational strategies of political action. Media research has revealed how the United Nations climate process sets both the agenda and the terms of the debate in Belgian newspapers. Only in the case of an alternative news site were different discourses found that approached climate change communication in terms of a genuine debate about the direction climate policy is taking. Finally, while Belgian citizens clearly acknowledge the urgency of the matter and the need for action, many feel powerless, because of a social, spatial, and temporal distance towards the issue or because it is perceived as a threat to their identity or routines.


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How have bird populations and communities changed over time? This question is central to the mission of the BBS, and we answer it by conducting detailed statistical analyses of the data that result in species population trend estimates. However, it is not always obvious what these trend estimates mean in terms of the bird communities we experience in our own backyards. So to provide insight into this question from a more general approach, we have listed below the ten most abundant species per state as detected on BBS routes in 1970 (except Alaska) and 1996. Though not a rigorous analysis of BBS data, we found it interesting to see how species have fared in relation to each other over the years and hope you do as well. To get a thumbnail sketch of how a particular species has managed between time periods, divide the total number of individuals by the sample size (N), number of routes surveyed, which will give you the average number of individuals detected per route each year. Though this measure is informative, you should defer to the BBS Results and Analysis home page (http://www.mbr.nbs.gov/bbs/bbs.html) for the estimated average rates of population change during the survey period.
All states have experienced some changes in top ten species composition
over the last 26 years, but for several species the changes have been dramatic.
For example, in 1970, House Sparrows ranked among the top ten species in
81% of the states and made the top four species in about half (52%) of
the states, but in 1996 they are listed among the top ten in only 21% of
the states. Similarly, Northern Bobwhite, which made the list in
17 (35%) states in 1970, are absent from the top ten in all but two states
(KS & OK) in 1996. On the other hand, American Crows and American
Robins have increased their standings in many states over the years.
American Crows ranked in the top ten in 43% of the states in 1970, but
by 1996, the number of states in which they ranked among the ten most abundant
species increased to 71%. American Robins follow a similar pattern,
going from the top ten in only 21% of the states in 1970 to the top ten
in 54% of the states in 1996. These are just a few obvious examples,
so take a look at the table below to see what other changes have occurred
in your state.
Since our last correspondence, there have been a couple of state BBS coordinator changes. In Maine, Linda Hornyak-Grieve has relinquished the role of state coordinator, and has been replaced by Judy Camuso (Maine Audubon society, P.O. Box 6009, Falmouth, ME 04105; 207/781-1330). Paul Schwalbe, the co-coordinator for Pennsylvania, has also decided to retire after 31 years of dedicated service to the BBS leaving Dan Brauning (RR 2, Box 484, Montgomery, PA 17752; 717/547-6938) as the sole coordinator for the state.
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Jessica Goldman of the Central Connecticut swimming and diving team picked up her second consecutive Northeast Conference Diver of the Week honor, the NEC announced Wednesday. Goldman earns the honor this week after her impressive performance at the Sonny Werblin Invitational hosted by Rutgers University over the weekend.
For the second consecutive week, Goldman was the highest-placing Blue Devil diver from both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. She registered a score of 247.25 in the 3-meter this weekend. The sophomore surpassed her previous week's impressive mark of 242.10 in the event by over five points.
Goldman also earned a score of 236.55 in the 1-meter, posting third-place finishes in both events.
CCSU is set to host the Blue Devil Diving Invitational this Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Jack Suydam Natatorium in New Britain, CT. The meet is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.


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The Bavarians sealed progression to the DFB-Pokal semi-final by overcoming the holders, who struggled to break down their opposition throughout
An Arjen Robben strike just before half time was all there was to separate the two teams in a tense match, which saw Roman Weidenfeller make a string of key saves to keep the Bavarians at bay.
With the hosts in superb form, it was Jupp Heynckes' side who showed all of the early initiative. In just the fourth minute, Dante lifted the ball over the top, but neither Bastian Schweinsteiger nor Thomas Muller's outstretched legs could reach it.
Shortly afterwards, Robben forced a great save from Roman Weidenfeller after being played in by Toni Kroos, who later had a great chance of his own after the keeper pushed a deflected cross into his path, but could not adjust his body in time.
At the other end, Dortmund had very little to show for their efforts. Only Mario Gotze looked to be capable of producing anything of note, but all of his efforts were in vain, as the Roten defence stood firm.
Bayern began to exert their dominance on the game more and more as the half wore on. An heroic header from Felipe Santana stopped Dante from reaching a left-wing cross and the Brazilian produced a fine save from Weidenfeller from close range after a superb ball from Schweinsteiger, before Robben's moment arrived.
The Dutchman had missed two superb chances to open the scoring, sending one over the bar from close range, and forcing the busy Weidenfeller into another stop, but in the 43rd minute, some hesitant defending from Marcel Schmelzer allowed Philipp Lahm to feed Robben, who lifted the ball into the top corner from 20 yards.
Within seconds of the start of the second half, Muller had a chance to double the advantage, but could not get the ball out of his path, allowing the BVB defence to come back in numbers.
And so it remained. Bayern continued to dominate possession, and while Dortmund had a couple of bright moments on the break, they had little to show for their efforts, save an Ilkay Gundogan effort from distance which Manuel Neuer stopped with ease.
Eventually, though, they began to craft out better sights of goal. The Germany midfielder had another strike blocked, before Marco Reus, who had been a quiet presence for much of the game, flashed another shot wide of goal.
Bayern, though, were still capable of testing Weidenfeller time and time again, with Kroos having two strikes, one from close range and one from distance which was beaten away by the BVB keeper, before Martinez saw an effort tipped over.
Daniel Van Buyten then missed the target with a header from a corner, and Dante had two efforts saved by Weidenfeller from another set piece. The keeper was in action late on to deny Mario Mandzukic
Time was rapidly running out for Dortmund to grab an equaliser, and although they pressed and probed, Bayern's defence remained firm and impregnable. Their best chance arrived deep into stoppage time when Lukasz Piszczek crossed for Julian Schieber, who headed over from close range.
In the end, there was no dramatic twist in the tale, and the Bundesliga leaders held on to claim their place in the last four.
Meanwhile, Freiburg have also made the semi-finals by producing a superb late comeback to beat Mainz 3-2 after extra-time, with Daniel Caligiuri scoring twice, former Bayern man Ivica Olic found the net as Wolfsburg triumphed over Kickers Offenbach, and Stuttgart claimed a 2-0 win over Bochum.


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By: Michael Casey
DOHA, Qatar — Thawing permafrost covering almost a quarter of the northern hemisphere could "significantly amplify global warming" at a time when the world is already struggling to reign in rising greenhouse gases, a UN report said on Tuesday.
The warning comes as United Nations climate negotiations enter a second day, with the focus on the Kyoto Protocol — a legally-binding emissions cap that expires this year and remains the most significant international achievement in the fight against global warming. Countries are hoping to negotiate an extension to the pact that runs until at least 2020.
The UN said the potential hazards of carbon dioxide and methane emissions from warming permafrost has until now not been factored into climate models. It is calling for a special UN climate panel to assess the warming and for the creation of "national monitoring networks and adaptation plans" to help better understand the threat.
In the past, land with permafrost experienced thawing on the surface during summertime, but now scientists are witnessing thaws that reach up to 10 feet deep due to warmer temperatures. The softened earth releases gases from decaying plants that have been stuck below frozen ground for millennia.
"Permafrost is one of the keys to the planet's future because it contains large stores of frozen organic matter that, if thawed and released into the atmosphere, would amplify current global warming and propel us to a warmer world," said UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner in a statement.
At the climate talks in Doha, Qatar, negotiations over Kyoto started on Tuesday. Many rich countries such as Japan, Russia and Canada have refused to endorse the extension, and talks are expected to be heated. The United States was the lone industrialized country not to join the original pact because it did not include other big greenhouse gas emitters like China.
In its current form, a pact that once incorporated all industrialized countries except the United States would now only include the European Union, Australia and several smaller countries which together account for less than 15 per cent of global emissions.
"We want to send a very clear message. We will not accept a second commitment period that is not worth the paper that it's written on," Asad Rehman of the Climate Justice Now! network told delegates. "We will not collude in a lie if that locks us into eight years of inaction and that condemns people and planet to a climate catastrophe."
The Japanese delegation defended its decision not to sign onto a Kyoto extension, insisting it would be better to focus on coming to an agreement by 2015 that would require all countries to do their part to keep global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F), compared to preindustrial times.
"As we have been explaining, only developed countries are legally bound by the Kyoto Protocol and their emissions are only 26 per cent," said Masahiko Horie, speaking for the Japanese delegation.
"If we continue the same, only one quarter of the world is legally bound and three quarters of countries are not bound at all," he said. "Japan will not be participating in a second commitment period because, what is important, is for the world is to formulate a new framework which is fair and effective and which all parties will join."
The position of Japan and other developed countries has the potential to reignite the battles between rich and poor nations that have doomed past efforts to reach a deal. So far that hasn't happened, but countries like Brazil are warning that it will be difficult for poor nations to do their part if they continue watching industrialized nations shy away from legally-binding pacts like Kyoto.
"This is a very serious thing," said Andre Correa do Lago, who heads the Brazil delegation and is the director general for Environment and Special Affairs in the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
"If rich countries which have the financial means, have technology, have a stable population, already have a large middle class, if these countries think they cannot reduce and work to fight climate change, how can they ever think that developing countries can do it," do Lago said. "That is why the Kyoto Protocol has to be kept alive. It's the bar. If we take it out, we have what people call the Wild West. Everybody will do what they want to do. With everyone doing what they want to do, you are not going get the reductions necessary."


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I wouldn't be surprised if "majority of people" hasn't ever even used a desktop computer. At the least, "majority of people" probably doesn't use them very often. So when it comes to "will still need a desktop computer"... (emphasis mine)
OTOH, there are over 5 billion mobile subscribers. Most on so called "dumb phones" or "feature phones" at this point (still, they often are not only the first real means of distance communication, also of internet access), but inexpensive Chinese Androids are coming (or, possibly, their forks of Android; which might be not a bad thing, they might be better optimized for the developing world)...
...and I won't be surprised if/when they will eventually take the form of "small tablets" or "large smartphones" (but without the ridiculous premium such models have in developed markets). Less duplication, less waste, less cost (especially important here); and it would finally give real purpose to Bluetooth headsets (and less reasons to get into desktops, for many people)


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DealerSocket Gets Boost from NADA 2013 Buzz
Feb 26, 2013, 12:57 ET
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading auto dealer CRM, DealerSocket (DealerSocket.com), is excited by the overwhelming positive atmosphere at the 2013 National Auto Dealer Association Convention (NADA), held Feb. 8 – 11 in Orlando, FL.
"Our booth was constantly at capacity, and we are grateful for the opportunity to show dealers how our software can empower their businesses," said Matt Redden, DealerSocket executive vice president of sales and marketing. "Everyone we spoke with is confident 2013 will be one for the record books."
Constant innovation has been the hallmark of DealerSocket's success. The unveiling of multiple new products and product enhancements is testament that DealerSocket is continuing in this tradition. DealerSocket also introduced the star of its 2013 marketing campaign: The Green Chair.
"The Green Chair symbolizes success," said Brandon Piersant, MARCOM director for DealerSocket. "The Green Chair was at the booth, and users of DealerSocket's products were excited to take a seat and share their success stories on camera."
Watch for The Green Chair to continue making appearances in DealerSocket's print and digital presences.
For more information about DealerSocket, please call (877) 888-8048 or visit DealerSocket.com.
For ten years, DealerSocket has provided the automotive industry with the most comprehensive Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and training solutions available, allowing auto dealers to save time and money, and improve sales staff effectiveness, with one consolidated product. With the power to manage sales, service, CSI, marketing and training, DealerSocket is the complete source for all customer-facing automotive dealership departments.
DealerSocket's core CRM is enhanced by a powerful, customer-facing Mobile Portal application to keep in contact with customers and prospects via all mobile devices, a data-mining tool called RevenueRadar, an online process-training university called CarMind and an efficient CallCenter solution. These products can be used alone or in conjunction with the core CRM solution to provide an end-to-end marketing and revenue-producing engine. More than 100,000 users at over 3,000 auto dealerships throughout the U.S. and Canada now leverage DealerSocket's automotive CRM solution to optimize and manage marketing activities, sales processes, customer satisfaction and retention and service-department operations. For more information, call 877-888-8048, email firstname.lastname@example.com, visit DealerSocket.com, like us at Facebook.com/DealerSocketCRM, or follow us on Twitter at @DealerSocketCRM.
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EA: PopCap confirms Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare
Despite some early leaks from ad meterial on the E3 showfloor, EA impressed press conference attendees with its Plants vs Zombies spin-off today.
Called Garden Warfare, and introduced via a gritty trailer spoofing the likes of Call of Duty and EA's own Battlefield, the game is a team-based shooter inspired by Plants vs Zombies.
It's developed by PopCap in Seattle, but built using the EA DICE Frostbite engine.
The game was one of 11 next-gen titles EA showcased at its E3 press conference today.


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The environment for risk-taking continues to be favorable - as long as the Federal Reserve keeps on "pumping money in" - Larry Kantor, Managing Director and Head of Research at Barclays, told CNBC.
Kantor said that the latest Fed round of stimulus, QE3, which takes the Fed's money creation past the $3 trillion level since it began the quantitative easing process in 2008, provided downside protection for investors.
"[The Fed] can't cut interest rates any more, this quantitative easing is extraordinary…this QE3 is open ended. What the Fed is saying is that it will keep on buying until the labor market starts improving at a faster rate," he told CNBC Europe's "Squawk Box" on Wednesday, advising investors to take a more constructive position towards risk going into2013.
"If the economy starts to improve, that's good news, and if it doesn't, then the Fed is going to keep on pumping money in and probably accelerate that if that gets weak, so that provides us with some nice downside protection," he said.
"We not saying that that is a solution, " he added, "[Fed stimulus] may end badly, eventually, but in the meantime it's probably going to persist that the markets are going to do a lot better than the economy is going to do."
Since markets bottomed out three and half years ago, Kantor added, there had been a divergence between economic and market performance,with the extra liquidity arising from central bank stimuli filtering into asset markets.


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ATLANTA, July 7 (UPI) -- A reporter from El Salvador who has covered immigration issues in Atlanta for years has been ordered to leave the country after the denial of an asylum request.
"I understand now what the people feel," Mario Guevara, 34, told CNN. "Never in my life have I cried so much as in the last couple of days."
An immigration judge turned down Guevara's application for asylum last month and ordered that he, his wife and their 14-year-old daughter leave the United States within 60 days.
Guevara, who works for the Spanish-language publication Mundo Hispanico, which is owned by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, said, "It was the worst news of my life."
CNN said Guevara's two younger children, who were born in the United States, could remain in the country. Guevara's mother and brother, who is in the U.S. Army, also are U.S. citizens.
Guevara moved with his family to Atlanta in 2004. He had been working as a photojournalist for the Prensa Grafica newspaper in San Salvador and often covered anti-government demonstrations. Some demonstrators accused him of working as an undercover agent for the government, which he denies.
He said he moved to the United States after being attacked and twice threatened with death.
He entered the United States on a tourist visa and didn't complete paperwork seeking asylum right away. He said he had plans to return to El Salvador "when the situation got better, but that never happened."
He has pointed to post-traumatic stress disorder to explain his delay completing the asylum paperwork.
Guevara said the immigration judge gave three reasons for denying the asylum application: late filing, that no Salvadoran journalists have been attacked or killed for political reasons in the past two years and that Guevara couldn't prove police in El Salvador would not protect him.
Guevara said he plans to appeal the decision.
He said he believes those who threatened to kill him nine years ago would find him if he returned.
"I do not want to return to a country where there is a lot of peril," he said. "I do not want that life for my children."
Vincent Picard, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman, said the department would not track Guevara and deport him if he does not leave the country voluntarily.
"Voluntary departure is not an option for me," Guevara said. "I don't see going to El Salvador as an option. Here in this country, I have found everything I need."


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Across the country, the rape kit backlog is making headlines. Journalists are uncovering backlogs, jurisdictions are implementing reforms to track and test rape kits and citizens are taking action. In the Media Center, you'll find the latest information about the backlog, including: commentary from the END THE BACKLOG staff and backlog reformers, first-person testimonials from those impacted by the backlog, an archive of news articles, op-eds, investigative reports, legislation and government publications we've identified, and more.
THE BACKLOG BLOGDecember 23, 2013
Last week, the Chicago Tribune reported that the Illinois State Police have completed testing and analysis of the 4,000 kits that were part of the rape kit backlog in Illinois, a milestone in the effort to end the backlog of untested rape kits.


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Ice Age Fossils on Permanent Display at the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science
Popular NOVA Special Rebroadcasting on Rocky Mountain
DENVER - May 10, 2012- Fossils from the
historic Ice Age discovery near Snowmass Village, Colorado, are now
on display at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
Located in the Prehistoric Journey exhibition, the new exhibit
showcases 10 fossils from the Museum's largest-ever fossil
excavation project at Ziegler Reservoir. During the seven-week
endeavor, which concluded in July 2011, Museum crews pulled 5,400
bones from the site. Research and preservation are now
underway. In addition to information about Ice Age ecosystems
and discoveries, Museum visitors can get an up close look at these
Additionally, visitors can continue to watch as fossils from the
site are prepared by staff and volunteers in the Schlessman Family
Laboratory of Earth Sciences, located across from the exhibit, near
the exit of Prehistoric Journey.
NOVASpecial Rebroadcast on Rocky Mountain PBS - June 6,
7 p.m.
"Ice Age Death Trap," a one‐hour NOVA‐National Geographic
program about the fossil find, premiered on Rocky Mountain PBS on
February 1 and was seen by more than 6 million viewers. The
program will be rebroadcast on June 6 at 7 p.m. during Rocky
Mountain PBS's annual pledge drive. During live breaks in the
broadcast, Museum scientists Kirk Johnson and Ian Miller, along
with Museum President and CEO George Sparks, will discuss the
Digging Snowmastodon: Discovering an Ice Age World in
the Colorado Rockies
The book coauthored by Museum scientists Kirk Johnson and Ian
Miller that chronicles the discovery and exploration of the Ice Age
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Evelyn Elizabeth Burks Johnson, 89, of Benton, went to be with the Lord on June 26. She was born on October 11, 1921, in Benton to the late Charlie R. Burks and Etta Elizabeth Bray Burks. She was of the Church of Christ faith. Evelyn was a licensed practical nurse, retiring from the state of California and served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corp of the United States Army. She loved to fish and garden and take care of friends and relatives when needed.
Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Clifford P. Johnson, son, James Perry Johnson, brothers, Roscoe Burks and James Olin Burks and sister, Alma Burks Rogers.
Survivors are grandchildren, Eric Johnson and Shannon Johnson, sisters, Burla Love of Hot Springs, Dorothy Newport and husband, Ron and Mari Kidd all of Jacksonville, brother Charles Burks and wife, Gale of Benton, many nieces and nephews and a special friend, Pat McQuire.
A graveside service by Ashby Funeral Home will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at New Rosemont Cemetery. No visitation is scheduled.
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text: Scaling-up renewable energy in Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo Publication | June 2012 Introduction Key points on Democratic Republic of Congo UNFCCC/Kyoto Protocol CDM projects ICTs for climate change mitigation9 Climate Change Legislation Law n° 11/009 on the fundamental principles relating to environmental protection Semi-Urban and Rural Electrification Project REDD+ in DRC Footnotes Introduction In this edition of the Scaling-up renewable energy in Africa series of publications, we focus on the climate change investment policies and opportunities in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the energy sector. This briefing is a high-level compilation of key policies and projects, based on publicly available sources, and is not intended to be comprehensive. Key points on Democratic Republic of Congo DRC has a population of 73,670,000Per capita emissions are very low, at 0.30tCO2e per capita per yearThe tropical rainforest of the Congo Basin is the world's second largest, after South America's Amazon Rainforest. The Basin, extending over 3,832,400 km² is situated in the heart of the African tropics, the DRC is home to the greatest expanse of rainforest in all of AfricaIn the decade from 1990 to 2000 alone, over 20,000 square miles of the DRC's forests were wiped away. In the current decade, the DRC's rainforest has been shrinking, on average, by 319,000 hectares (over 1200 square miles) annually.1It has been estimated that reducing the deforestation rates observed in the previous decade by 50 percent by 2050 would avoid the release of up to 50 gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere, a number equivalent to 6 years worth of emissions from burning fossil fuels at current rates.2Due to a lack of diversification of power sources, the energy sector remains highly dependent on fuelwood and charcoal which accounts for more than 95 percent of total use.3 UNFCCC/Kyoto Protocol The Democratic Republic of Congo is in the process of implementing the UNFCCC. Within the framework of its National Communication, it has undertaken studies on the country's vulnerability and adaptation strategy in priority areas such as water resources, agriculture and coastline.4In its first National Communication, DRC recognised the need for the country to have improved access to clean energy for domestic, residential or transport needs and industrial activities and aimed achieve this by reducing its dependence on fuels and derivatives, improving electricity generation and distribution, substituting fossil fuel energy for renewable energy sources and incorporating policies of using clean technologies in the transport section and of promoting the exploitation of biogas reserves.The period covered by the second National Communication from the Democratic Republic of Congo coincided with a period of conflict that has caused significant loss of life and damage to infrastructure. Notable environmental degradation was recorded. Further, the impacts of climate change are already being recorded throughout the country5.The second National Communication touches upon DRC's energy and resource use:BiomassThe DRC has around 125 million hectares of forest. The wood potential is assessed at 12.5 billion m3 i.e., 100 m3 of wood per hectare, and annual production is 2 m3/ha. Firewood and charcoal account for the majority of primary energy consumption. DRC's domestic energy demands result in the net loss of around 400,000 hectares of forest each year6. Reforestation is therefore a priority.BiogasThe potential to produce biogas from plant and animal wastes is immense. The total estimated methane reserves at Lake Kivu are 50 billion m3.ElectricityHydropower resources are abundant. The DRC has a huge hydropower potential of 100,000 MW, the equivalent of 13 % of the world's hydropower potential. Yet the domestic rate of electrification remains low, and is currently estimated at no more than 9 %, while less than 3 % of the DRC's hydropower potential is exploited. Hydroelectricity provides more than 96% of electricity generated in DRC. The main sources of hydroelectricity are the two Inga dams, 140 miles south-west of Kinshasa. Current aggregate power for all of Congo's power stations stands at an estimated 650-750 MW.SolarThe DRC is in a very high level sun belt that makes the installation of photovoltaic systems and the use of thermal solar systems viable throughout the country. Currently there are 836 solar power systems, with a total power of 83 kW, located in Equateur (167), Katanga (159), Nord-Kivu (170), the two Kasaï provinces (170), and Bas-Congo (170). There is also the 148 Caritas network system, with a total power of 6.31 kW7. The potential for further solar development is high. CDM projects There are currently two CDM projects registered in Democratic Republic of Congo.8 As the Democratic Republic of Congo is a Least Developed Country, the CERs issued from CDM projects registered in DRC after 31 December 2012 will be eligible for compliance under the EU's Emissions Trading Scheme. ICTs for climate change mitigation9 One of the UN Millennium Development Goals is to make the benefits of new technologies - especially information and communications technologies (ICTs) – available to both industrialised nations and developing regions. With these goals in mind, many projects have been founded by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and other organisations with the aim of looking into ICTs and climate change. Climate Change Legislation DRC has no National Climate Change Policy and Strategy that presents DRC's current and future efforts to address climate change vulnerability and adaptation. It currently relies on environment-related policies and action plans to implement climate change initiatives and activities. Nevertheless, several NGOs and donor agencies have been active in the DRC to develop an administrative structure to address the needs of environmental protection and natural resources management. Law n° 11/009 on the fundamental principles relating to environmental protection Following the United Nations Conferences on the Environment in Stockholm and Rio de Janeiro, the DRC brought in Law 11/009 of 9 July 2011, setting out the fundamental principles related to environmental protection. The law fixes the institutional framework as well as the procedural and financial mechanisms of the environmental protection; it establishes the rules of the natural resources management and conservation, and regulates the civil responsibility in this matter by providing for the infringements and sanctions. Semi-Urban and Rural Electrification Project DRC has the 4th highest hydro-electric power potential in the world, with 600 billion KWH and about thirty power stations mainly located in Katanga and in the Bas-Congo. Almost 2.5 percent of this potential is currently tapped.Hydroelectricity provides more than 96 percent of electricity generated in DRC. More than half of the exploitable capacity is at the Hyd'Inga facility. The long distance between this site and users has had a negative impact on electrification of villages and towns across the country as due to DRC's size (four times that of France), it requires thousands of kilometres of electricity lines to reach users. As a result, the electrification rate is just 6 percent.10In line with its strategy to boost energy infrastructure to accelerate Africa's development, the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved in December 2010, a grant of USD 106.6 million to the DRC, to finance the country's rural and semi-urban electrification projects. In 2002, the World Bank also approved USD 167 million in energy support for the DRC's electricity system. The aim was to rebuild Inga Dams I & II, strengthen or add power lines, and extend power distribution to 250,000 additional people in Kinshasa.Real change on the ground has been slow however. To date, only two of Inga's turbines have been refurbished, and power output remains at barely 40 percent of the original capacity. REDD+ in DRC REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) in DRC is based on 5 key principles: unique process, participative process, transparent process, scientifically robust and regionally integrated.It is managed through six priority projects:coordinating catalysingmobilising - building capacities and capabilities (raising awareness)building strategysupplying tools for implementationbuilding institutional frameworksecuring fundingUN-REDD will function with Norway's financial support and with WB-FCPF being decisive players to serve the national process in DRC.11In 2009, the World Bank's BioCarbon Fund purchased 500,000 tons of emission reductions from a reforestation project in the DRC, generating environmental benefits to the local community as well as social services.12Aware of the great potential for REDD+ in the country, DRC has forged ahead from the planning to the implementation stages of REDD+ preparedness. The initial DRC National Programme, which helped launch and structure the country's national REDD+ strategy, transitioned into the full National Programme (Readiness Plan) after it was approved by the UN-REDD Programme Policy Board.13The DRC preliminarily structured its REDD+ Plan around 4 sections containing 14 distinct programmes. Through this, the DRC created the CN-REDD and launched a centralised and regional reform of its institutions; it allocated itself a legal framework governing the group of activities linked to the forest. Program 12 covers the reduction in demand for fuelwood and increase in supply through sustainable afforestation / reforestation, within the context of a coherent national energy strategy.The REDD+ plan includes complementary programmes with two objectives:to reduce the demand by furnishing of high efficiency ovens to urban households in order to reduced their consumption of fuelwoodto increase the supply with sustainable reforestation and afforestation projects with alternative sources of energy.14The "Readiness Plan for REDD 2010-2012" published in March 2010 creates a vision for the country being "ready" by 1 January 2013, to ensure that the preliminary REDD+ objectives are met. According to this report, the Ministry of Energy finalised a document on the policy of the electric energy sector (based namely on a study of hydroelectric and solar potential), which already mentions the country's adherence to the REDD principles. Among others, one of the Ministry's objectives is to rationalise the use of wood charcoal, particularly through the CATEB (Centre d'Adaptation des Techniques Energie Bois - Centre for adapting wood energy techniques). An improved oven project (PROBEC – Programme for Basic Energy Conservation) was also scheduled to be launched in 24 communes around Kinshasa, in partnership with the Ministry of the Environment. Footnotes Friends of the Congo. (2008). The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Rainforests and Climate Change. Available at <http://friendsofthecongo.org/pdf/congo_rainforest.pdf>IbidUnited Nations Environment Programme (2011) The Democratic Republic of Congo Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment Synthesis for Policy Makers.Adaptation Learning Mechanism. (2009) The Democratic Republic of Congo. Available at herehttp://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/rdcnc2exsume.pdfhttp://postconflict.unep.ch/publications/UNEP_DRC_PCEA_EN.pdfhttp://www.reegle.info/countries/congo-dem-rep-energy-profile/CDhttp://cdm.unfccc.int/Statistics/Registration/NumOfRegisteredProjByHostPartiesPieChart.htmlhttp://www.giswatch.org/en/country-report/2010-icts-and-environmental-sustainability/democratic-republic-congo-drcPolicy DB – REEEP – The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency PartnershipUN-REDD Programme. (2009). The REDD+ challenge in DRC. Available hereClimate Change and Practice. (2009). World Bank BioCarbon Fund Supports Reforestation in Congo DRC. Available hereUN-REDD Programme. (20011). Democratic Republic of the Congo. Available here Practice: Renewables Top


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My nightmares
Posted 19 January 2009 - 09:31 AM
A nightmare I get when I'm sick is where I'm trying to fold something up small and as I fold it more and more, it gets bigger and bigger. As it gets bigger I get a queasy, anxious feeling. I try not to think about it, because I can become queasy.
One childhood nightmare that has always stuck with me was where I was in a really weird, Dali-type house on fire and I was trying to get out. I looked at myself in the mirror and I looked horrified and panicked, like in Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream'. What I looked like in the mirror has always stuck with me.
I also had, and still have now and then, bad dreams about the basement of a house I lived in. I always felt like I was being watched when I was in that basement, or even looking into it from the top of the stairs. I never felt afraid, just uncomfortable. Sometimes it's swamp in the dream, sometimes a dark place.
Ditto my grandmother's house, which always seemed to be a safe place for me when I was a child and being moving around alot. At night to this day, though, I dream that it's dark outside and people are watching in, where I am alone. It's very disconcerting and I don't have an explanation for it.
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Posted 20 January 2009 - 04:20 AM
I half-know how you feel. Up until I was seven I had horrible, vivid nightmares that I only recently discovered were the deaths of real people. It terrified me when I was younger, at the end of each dream I would die. I was afraid to go to sleep.
I've never had any dreams fortelling the future. I have 'wishful thinking' dreams of what I'd like to happen.
I did see my grandfather in a dream after he'd passed on. I was missing him terribly for a few days in a row, and he appeared to me at a distance in a crowded, picnicky place. He was in his wheelchair still, but he looked really happy. I think he was at a 'family reunion', although I didn't recognize anyone else at the event. It was nice to have a sign from him that he was thinking of me.
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Hello Carlotta! I am new to this site and totally understand your statement above.
Let's just make this long story short....eh!?!?! I have always been aware of my abilities and the first CLEAR sign I had was the morning of my father's funeral when I was in a gaze out my bedroom window prior to us all leaving the house to find HIS voice call my name from behind me. Turning to look, nothing was there. Then, upon my entering this 'zone' state, he called my name a second time, again, no one there. And then a third. This was a clear and underlying point for me from that moment on throughout my life. Let's just say that we have already had a small group of 2 come to investigate our home/property. The first night was really active and they caught much evidence. The second time was not so active but happenings did still occur. Last I knew, they were still analyzing all the data/evidence to compile an audio cd for us. However, their third, and FINAL, visit, they did NOTHING and this thing has gotten worse. We are attacked in our sleep and it/they NEVER show themselves/itself full bodied eye-to-eye to me; it/they usually wait til I am asleep then appear to Kevin.
I can say that I have woken with scratches deeper than we originally thought and deep enough to leave scars and stumbled upon this the same EARLY morning we both WOKE UP. AnnaBelle, our boxer mix, stormed off the bed in attack mode chasing something up the hallway in the dark about 2:20 AM leaving Kevin too scared to fall back asleep. Upon my waking with the nightmare, I looked at the clock and it was 3:37 AM then. He was still awake and asked me what was wrong and I immediately sat up on the edge of the bed and said I just had one of the most sickest, twisted, and demented dreams EVER! I am a native american and usually DO NOT dream, or remember if I do. By the time Kevin turned to speak to me again, I had already grabbed my shorts, thrown them on, gotten a cigarette from the kitchen counter, and was outside sitting in the dark on our back deck trying to calm down. All the trailer was a HOT SPOT and I mean HOT AS HELL. I couldn't breathe. We have central air and 2 fans blowing directly on us, and a ceiling fan we have yet to turn on and shouldn't have to just for the middle of the night.
In my nightmare, it was so vividly real that I could see my mother's side of my family there in a room. We all were sitting around and my Uncle Joe <a cop in Arkansas> turned to hold me down in the chair while the rest approached me with knives and saws. My Aunt Robin approached me and I called out MOMMA as she left the room with my stepfather. She then attempted to cut my tongue out and instead I had to settle for the feeling the burning from the slice across my upper lip. THIS is the moment I woke up. Kevin approached me outside, we talked about 20 mins then returned back into the trailer where he began watching TV and I got on the computer researching. Soon as I sat in the computer chair is when I felt this excruciating BURNING PAIN just inside my right ankle. This is when we found the 3 claw marks.... Let me see if I can try to include a saved pic....
I don't see a way for me to include one...perhaps still under probation period for newbie.... At any rate. . .
I hope that you are at terms with your dreams now and are able to make more sense of them...
Blessed Be.
Posted 07 June 2012 - 03:09 AM
lI thought i was the only one having this uneasy sensations in my sleep. I was sickly as a child and I would have this weird visions in my sleep like the one you mentioned above. I'm lucky i don't experience them anymore.
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