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Bradshaw: Criminality among the politicians
Forum Post, August, 16 2011
Colin Bradshaw
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Today people accused/arrested for inciting disorder - what are cameron and company doing in Libya? Surely thay arer inciting disorder also?
Evans: Re: Re: Re: Re: Historical Materialism
Forum Post, August, 16 2011
Mark Evans
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The account of historical materialism that you give (the Engels quote, your comments generally, and your last paragraph) is basically the same as I understand it, so I don't think that we have any disagreement there. Where it seems we ...
New: Thinking
Forum Post, August, 16 2011
Rick New
Thanks so much for your article. >> It made me ask, then as now: if they're missing so much about us, what I am missing about them?" That internal dialogue is what Hannah Arendt called thinking. << This seems important...
Tydell: Echos in Australia
Forum Post, August, 16 2011
Reg Tydell
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The more enlightened commentators in the Australian business community are saying similar things. The labour movement, allegedly represented by the Australian Labor Party, is mute. The Greens, who have been the most honest commentators...
Miller: British youth in revolt, the Esatablishment response
Forum Post, August, 16 2011
Chris Miller
I have posted this as a blog but it may chime with this article on youth-led revolts. The British Establishment is in crisis. The whole world knows that the on-going economic crisis was and is caused by the greed-driven system of capitalism &...
N: Re: Re: Re: Historical Materialism
Forum Post, August, 15 2011
Andrew N
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Hi Mark, Apologies - I tried to italise your comments above and my reply but it didn't seem to work. Although I'm sure you can make out the bits you said from the bits I said.
N: Re: Re: Historical Materialism
Forum Post, August, 15 2011
Andrew N
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Hello Andrew and thanks for taking the time to reply. A pleasure! This interview was undertaken by the New Left Project and was initially published on their website. That is where you will also find the reply article from a pro-Leninist position...
Kell: Thoughts on the London Riots
Forum Post, August, 15 2011
Kell Kell
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There is much shock at the recent London riots and looting. Personally, with regards to the looting at least, I am shocked that it does not take place more often. In fact, in my view, if we wanted to create a society which encouraged ...
Albert: Re: I'm not sure....
Forum Post, August, 14 2011
Michael Albert
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I don't doubt you think what I wrote is wrong - but you don't quote it, indicating where you believe it errs, either in this comment, or in your blog piece. As a result, I have nothing to reply to... The only inkling I get is the last two...
Schloss: I'm not sure....
Forum Post, August, 14 2011
Paul Schloss
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I'd like to agree with this article, but unfortunately I think it is wrong. On its own terms, based on a critique of the mainstream media, the article is right, absolutely so – you cannot really argue against it. However, s...
Keller: Hasn't a Clue
Forum Post, August, 14 2011
Keith Keller
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There are only a few economists who have any sense of how the political economy really functions, Joseph Stiglitz is not one of them. The reality is that neo-liberal globalization and neo-liberal structural adjustment are proceeding apace. The ...
Williams: Re: Re: A great article
Forum Post, August, 14 2011
Davinder Williams
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Playing devils advocate here; The riots that have recently occured across britain are, for the most part, a-political. While the original riots that broke out in Tottenham were connected to the death of Mark Duggan, the subsequent riots which spr...
Albert: Re: Re: Re: A great article
Forum Post, August, 13 2011
Michael Albert
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Thank you - I will try to reply to the problem of addressing these types of views, in what I hope will be a useful way, soon...
Albert: Re: Great article, again.
Forum Post, August, 13 2011
Michael Albert
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Thank you very much for the kind words ... and this: "I am 100% behind parecon but it's hard to talk about that with people. Even more so with activists. I think the general public might be more interested, for some reason. I feel pareco...
Albert: Re: Thanks
Forum Post, August, 13 2011
Michael Albert
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I hadn't seen this earlier - thanks for letting me know - hopefully now we are both right!
Moase: Fear and The Young
Forum Post, August, 12 2011
Daniel Moase
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I live in London and have witnessed the compelling events that have taken place in this country first hand. I'm not sure if you can access BBC iPlayer in the States but it's been very illuminating watching, firstly, Question T...
Miller: British Establishment crisis
Forum Post, August, 12 2011
Chris Miller
The British Establishment is in crisis. The whole world knows that the on-going economic crisis was and is caused by the greed-driven system of capitalism – general shorthand for which (in the UK) is 'the bankers'. Yet even as a ne...
Ziverts: Re: Re: A great article
Forum Post, August, 12 2011
Edgar Ziverts
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Sure. It goes something like this, taking inspiration from the UK's PM Cameron: "This just proves the permissiveness of the the British youth/immigrants who are very well aware of their rights but don't know what the resp...
Ribeiro: Thanks
Forum Post, August, 12 2011
Marcelo Ribeiro
Ribeiro's ZSpace page
After reading it again, and also after talking to you and getting a very patient explanation of everything, I think I finally realize I was wrong on my beliefs about this fact. Thank you.
Alexleblanc79: Great article, again.
Forum Post, August, 12 2011
Alexandre Alexleblanc79
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That was briliant and I would say well balanced. I'm 28 and I would say I can really understand the youth of London and of England, because I feel just the same. I'm angry, I don't see a future for myself and I feel desperate. ...


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The instructions below explain how to download, build and run the original contest application. Any changes made to the original contest application must produce the same output as the original contest application from the original input files used by the contest.
1. Contest Application: The Bodytrack Application
Download and Build:
Contest Application: This contest utilizes the bodytrack benchmark which is part of the Princeton Application Repository for Shared-Memory Computers (PARSEC) benchmark suite. More information about PARSEC can be found at: http://parsec.cs.princeton.edu/index.htm.
In order to participate in this contest, you will need to extract files from a gzip'ed tar archive ( .tar.gz ). Please insure that you have an application, such as Winzip, that can extract files from a .tar.gz archive file.
Obtain the Contest Application and Contest Input Files
Step 1. Download the application from the PARSEC benchmark suite: this archived benchmark suite contains the source and project files for the contest application. This suite also contains input data files, but these are not recommended. Use the input files below.
Note: Please note that you should use the latest upgraded version of the Microsoft IE or any other browser such as Firefox to ensure smooth and correct download.
Step 2. Download the input files to be used by the contest application. The native PARSEC benchmark input files contain the input data used for running the application. Contest entries will be judged according to this input set. BE SURE TO USE THESE INPUT FILES AND NOT THE INPUT FILES PACKAGED WITH THE PARSEC Benchmark Suite.
Step 3. (Optional) Download a set of test input files useful for quick testing, other PARSEC benchmark input files. This set of other input file data sets can be used for analysis. These tests do not take as long to run. These input file data sets are useful for quick tests, but will not be used for judging purposes.
Build the contest application "bodytrack" on Windows*
- Extract the PARSEC source obtained in Step 1 above to a working directory in which you have read and write access. We will refer to this working directory as <parsec-dir>
- After extracting the files to <parsec-dir> using Winzip or any other archive extraction tool, use Windows Explorer to nativate to directory <parsec-dir>\parsec-2.0\pkgs\apps\bodytrack\src\
- A Microsoft Visual Studio* project file "TrackingBenchmark.sln" will be in the above directory. Start your Parallel Studio environment. Open the TrackingBenchmark.sln solution file located in <parsec-dir>\parsec-2.0\pkgs\apps\bodytrack\src\ using menu options 'File'->'Open'->'Project/Solution'
- Once the 'TrackingBenchmark' solution is open, you will notice several project folders within this solution. Three of the project folders in this solution MUST BE REMOVED from the solution. The following 3 folders:
"Intel TBB threading", "OMPThreading" and "PThreadsThreading"
will cause compilation (build) errors when you build the bodytrack application if these folders are left in the solution. Please remove the folders "Intel TBB threading", "OMPThreading" and "PThreadsThreading". To do this, highlight the folder and either hit the 'Delete' key on your keyboard OR right-click and select 'Remove' from the pop-up menu. At a later time you may wish to review these 3 project folders as reference and suggestions for the contest. Whatever you do, make sure that these 3 project folders are no longer part of the TrackingBenchmark solution. - Select Win32 Release configuration
- Set the project to use Intel® C++ Compiler by right-clicking on the project name and selecting "Intel Parallel Composer -> Use Intel C++"
- Build the solution. You should build without errors.
Run the contest application:
Steps to run bodytrack
Extract using Winzip or another archive tool the PARSEC input files obtained in Step 2 from the section "Obtain the Contest Application and Contest Input Files" above to a folder or directory which we will refer to as <input-dir>. Remember, the contest input files are different from the input files packaged with the PARSEC source file archive.
- Open an IA-32 command prompt window from the Intel Parallel Studio menu under Start->Programs and change directories to where the executable built from project "TrackingBenchmark". The executable name depends on your project settings. For reference later, we'll call it Trackingbenchmark.exe. By default, this would be in the Release\ subdirectory in your project TrackingBenchmark directory. An example command to change directory is:
cd "<parsec-dir>\parsec-2.0\pkgs\apps\bodytrack\src\TrackingBenchmark\Release"
- Run the executable with the command arguments:
- TrackingBechmark.exe <input-dir>pkgs\apps\bodytrack\inputs\input_native\sequenceB_261 4 261 4000 5
- This corresponds to TrackingBenchmark.exe <Dataset Path> <# of cameras> <# of frames to process> <# of particles> <# of annealing layers>
Help with building and running the benchmark
If you have difficulty with the instructions above, please post a question to the Intel Parallel Studio Forum in response to the original thread entitled: "Details on the Intel® Parallel Studio Parallelism Contest & Lab at the Intel® Developer Forum San Francisco 2009"

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I just returned from Bombay a month back where I was doing a photo shoot (or should we call this pixelography nowadays?) of the city. The aim here was to create a portrait of global cities in terms of what I call '-dividualism' — that which precedes the individual. We have seen too many picture of smiling faces, or more specifically, too much photography of teeth. Of individuals...
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I went on vacation, and when I got back yesterday I found that I am getting pop-ups on my profile page, along with random ads. Also, I can't seem to switch over from my personal page to my fan page.
Did anything change while I was away? Do you think it could be a virus? Your thoughts PLEASE!!!
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Sounds like you may have some application that is causing this. Visit your account settings and click on "Apps". If you see any that you don't recognize, delete them. You can do the same within your fan page. Hope that helps.
@deniserubright – I had exactly the same thing happen to me last week. I had downloaded a free software – an html editor. When I did the download it added a Toolbar to my brrowser which I did not approve. I checked in my programs and noticed this new toolbar and uninstalled it. Problem solved! Could you have uploaded something that added a toolbar to your browser?
I will try both of these and see if it clears things up. Will keep you posted. Thanks! @dcoville001 @jamesalonso
I tried both of your suggestions and am still getting those pop-ups. It's very strange. I am also running a virus scan to see if anything else comes up there. @jamesalonso @dcoville001
This is a common problem from Facebook malware. You can see how to get rid of it here: https://www.facebook.com/help/adwareIt also can be an App issue as @jamesalonso mentioned. But if you've deleted any strange apps then it isn't that.Hope that helps, @deniserubright
I took all of your advice, and "Presto" it worked. No more adware or pop-ups.
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
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A couple of years ago, a Loyal Reader asked for restaurant advice in Asheville. I suggested 12 Bones, because President Obama had apparently made it one of his regular stops when he visits the area.
I heard the other day that the President was making another visit to Asheville after the SOTU, and thought, "I bet he'll hit 12 Bones while he's there!"
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I am sorry I never thanked you for the advice to eat at 12 bones in Asheville. We did. It was as good as you said it would be. We told our daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter about 12 bones and they enjoyed eating there this past year. Thank you.
And thanks for your blog. I enjoy yours posts about your bossy friends, knitting projects, the job, and your beautiful grandchildren.
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Genie, I think you did thank me already! I'm so glad that everybody loved it - and hey, the POTUS is addicted, so it has to be special. I have about two dozen Loyal Readers and treasure them. :-)
Don't be too hard on yourself, Catherine. You are working singlehanded to support your 'pack', and you have no one to share the chores with.....I bet Murphy, brilliant though he may be, does not put out the garbage, or carry down the recycling bin. Or change light bulb or fuses. Or even cook the occasional meal for you.
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Called "the cultural event of the year" by New York magazine, Trapped in the Closet also served as the catalyst for driving a record number of visitors to IFC.com, which Shapiro remolded into a "second network" with extensive original content. Shapiro joined IFC in 2004 as senior vice president of marketing and in this role he launched some of IFC's largest-ever marketing campaigns, including Film Fanatic Fridays and Pulp Month.Prior to joining IFC, Shapiro served as senior vice president of marketing for Court TV, where his campaigns for "Forensic Files" garnered several top awards. In 1996, Shapiro formed a marketing agency called FourFront, which he ran until joining Court TV. With clients such as HBO, Court TV, A&E, Microsoft and Universal Pictures, he developed marketing campaigns, events and guerrilla strategies for some of the world's top brands. He was also integrally involved with the creation of countless Broadway enterprises such as The Lion King, Rent, Chicago, Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk and Freak. Before FourFront, Shapiro got his first major career lift as the director of marketing for the Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, where he re-launched the venerable theater's brand after 40 years and developed a new look and image for Shakespeare in the Park (FREE WILL!) and Noise/Funk.Shapiro is extremely active throughout the entertainment industry. He sits on the Advisory Board of the Branded Content Marketing Association and has been the co-chair of The Branded Entertainment Forum for the past two years. Shapiro also serves on the board of the New York Chapter of Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT NY), where he has participated in their mentoring program since its inception. Additionally, Shapiro is a board member The Ghetto Film School, the only youth-media non-profit in the country that specializes in providing young people of color with first-person access to the film industry.He is a featured lecturer for the CableCenter's Cable Mavericks, and in 2011 Evan co founded the Mavericks Masters Program – a groundbreaking one day master class in the cable business. Shapiro is an adjunct professor at New York University, in the Stern School of Management's distinguished Entertainment, Media and Technology Program, where he teaches the undergraduate class, "The Television Industry." He is also a resident blogger for The Huffington Post, www.huffingtonpost.com/evan-shapiro/, where he writes about the television industry and its influence on culture and society, and for Jack Myers' MediaBizBloggers website where Shapiro blogs about trends affecting the future of the television business, www.mediabizbloggers.com/evan-shapiro.Shapiro serves as co-chair of AMC Networks' green committee, which has instituted a number of policies to conserve energy and resources at the company. He also implemented an internal mentor program and Culture Committee at IFC and Sundance Channel, created to help integrate new employees and cultivate relationships.The industry honors bestowed upon IFC and Sundance Channel during Shapiro's tenure include: BrandWeek Brand Builder (2005), two CableFAX Program Awards (2009), CableFAXIES Award (2009), Environmental Media Association Award (2009), IDA Documentary Award (2009), Myers Media Innovation & Creativity Award (2006), gold Reggie Award (2006), two silver Mark Awards (2006 and 2007), Peabody Award – one of the most prestigious awards in electronic media (2006), seventeen PROMAX|BDA Awards (2007, 2008 and 2009), four Webby Awards (2009), Web Marketing Association Web Award (2009) and two Writers Guild Awards (2008, 2009). He has also been named numerous times to CableFAX's "Top 100" executives list.
Chet joined the agency in 2006 to launch MEC Entertainment, which specializes in entertainment strategy and original content creation. Working across languages, genres, and platforms, Chet has led MEC Entertainment to the forefront of branded content.He and his team have produced television programs, ranging from reality shows to animated movies, for MTV, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, and A&E, in addition to web series and mobile content with Google, MSN, AOL and more. Highlights include Fix This Kitchen, the A&E home renovation series sponsored by IKEA, which just wrapped its second season and Yes, Virginia, the animated holiday movie which just celebrated its third year on CBS.In 2010, MEC Entertainment had three television programs on air and commanded multiple digital content projects -- rewriting the rules for how brands work with producers, networks and media.Before joining MEC, Chet was Head of Program Development at Fuse, a 24-hour music television network owned by Cablevision. Prior to Fuse, he formed Kinetic Pictures, a Los Angeles-based production company, which developed high concept film and television projects for CBS, Disney, Universal, Time Warner, and Fox. Chet currently serves on the Entertainment Marketing Committee of the 4A's.
Andy Fry is a freelance writer and analyst. He is a regular attendee at MIP as part of the MIP Daily News team. He is also a regular contributor to magazines such as Broadcast, Marketing, Sport Business, C21 and TBI. He has just authored a report on the global business of Cricket and is co-chair of judging for the annual Hollis Sponsorship Awards. He lives in Cornwall where he publishes children's books with his illustrator wife Norma Mullaniff via their company Pink Chapel.


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This super-bad unicorn of the sea is most closely related to the beluga whale. The unicorn-horn is not a horn at all but a tooth that grows through the top lip. Male narwhals have one overgrown tooth (1 in 500 have 2) that usually comes from the left and in mega rare cases the female can have a tusk as well. The body length can be up to 3 meters and the tusk can be half that size. So, why do they have a tusk? Well, not for hunting because they eat benthic foods. Fighting? Breaking through the ice? These behaviors have rarely been observed.
There are two thoughts on the purpose of the tusk: secondary sexual characteristic or environmental barometer.
Secondary sexual characteristics may function in male to male combat in the case of horns or antlers and the narwhal tusk, if they do indeed use them for fighting. The tusk may also be an ornament like the mane of a lion or the feathers of the peacock. The long tusk could be the male narwhals way of telling the ladies that he is the business. In this manner, males can be seen rubbing their tusks against other tusks and this behavior may aid in establishing a dominance hierarchy.
In 2005, Dr. Martin Nweeia from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine reported that the tusk or tooth was used to sense conditions in the sea and in the air. When you consider that most of dental research must be extremely boring, this guy has found quite possibly the coolest question to wrangle.
NPR interview with Dr. Martin Neewia
This debate over the function of the narwhal horn is far from being resolved and if both sides are right (highly UNlikely), this would be an interesting case of a secondary sexual characteristic having a beneficial purpose outside of attracting mates.


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I would buy a Ferrari team and have them crawling around the new V12 Class 1 with red lab coats and stethoscopes on race morning.
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I'd hire Fast Eddie away from Pistol, Pete as my driver and focus on dominating the stock full class and the team of Wes Bevly and Chad Bunch!!
Or maybe buy a TT team......
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Id buy BITD and SCORE and merge them into one badass series.
And also hire Hudson Hall to drive my TT for me since no way I can drive that fast!
Pat you will be the first one on my list when I win tonight- then you could give up your day job of being RDC's rock star! LOL! I think you could afford more than just two trucks for sure!
I've already ordered 4 new Luxo Prerunners from Stewarts and made an appointment with my Tax man. I'm going to look at real estate for a new church building here in SC that will meet on Tuesday nights after everyone gets home from the races. I put in an offer on the 9 million dollar house down on beach rd and I ordered a 2013 C7 ZR1 Vette and a Porsche GT3. Oh and I finally got those upper a arms from Camburg for my Raptor!
Other than that I don't have a lot of plans..............The money hasn't really changed me much............HA HA HA HA
PS. I'm going shopping for Toterhomes with 40' foot trailers tomorrow and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna need a 2 seat sand car with a 1200 hp Blown LS in it.
I also enrolled in flight school and ordered a Gluf Stream. Dang I still have like 300 million left, oh what to do with it!
I might have to send a bunch of it to the Leper Colony and Orphanage our church runs in India.
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Let's welcome our Hero, Ved Shrivastava who looks all ready to groove in this garden of love
But it is our Heroine, the very popular, Laali Lipstick a.k.a. Sajni who is here to steal the show
Laali Lipstick and Ved dance to the song 'Dil Garden Garden Hogaya' from the upcoming comic caper Kya Supercool Hain Hum
Laali is always trying to get her husband's attention. Looks like she has finally succeeded!
Ved and Sajni definitely make a Yash Raj type couple, we can already imagine them singing in the Alps next! Looking at them now we are sure that inka Dil Garden Garden Hogaya hai. Baaki aap toh mera nature jaante hi hai!
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Local school officials are providing increased security for students and are reviewing safety plans in response to the shootings at a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school last week that took the lives of 20 children and six adults. WYPR's Gwendolyn Glenn has this report on county school officials' response to the shootings.
Glenn: According to Baltimore County school officials, police patrols were increased at all district elementary schools on Monday. Those schools were targeted because while most county middle and all high schools have school resource officers, SROs, for security needs, elementary schools do not.
Dr. Dallas Dance: It's all about being proactive.
Glenn: That's County School Superintendent Dallas Dance speaking at a news conference yesterday afternoon.
Dance: With the incident that occurred on Friday with elementary being the focus, we wanted to make sure that parents understood that we've already had protocols in place to make sure that SROs or police officers dropping in and out of campuses anyway, but we also wanted to amp that up a little bit and make sure that folks understood police officers are constantly roving around our schools and particularly our elementary schools. Even in a case where they needed them, they could quickly get on that campus.
Glenn: Dance said new student safety plans were in the making before the Connecticut shooting. Those efforts started at the beginning of the school year, when there was a shooting at a county high school and a separate gun incident at a middle school. Dance said a safety and security director was hired shortly after those incidents to come up with a proactive plan to ensure student safety.
Dance: We're going to create a district-wide framework in terms of what we feel are important in terms of crisis and crisis intervention for campuses, but we also know that every single principal has to be guided by a framework to make it look individual for his or her campus. In terms of safety, in terms of security, in terms of prevention, in terms of making sure that activities are not happening on their campus.
Glenn: Dance said they are considering procedures schools in other parts of the country have successfully implemented, such as student and staff IDs and buzzer systems at all schools.
Dance: Every single school you go to, there's a camera that looks at the individual, and the individual has to state his or her name, their purpose and it's operationalized in terms of what needs to happen before someone gets in. We do have it in all our elementary schools, but not in our middle and high schools.
Glenn: In visiting schools on Monday, Dance said he noticed more parents bringing their children to school, and giving them hugs before they left. He said additional counselors were on hand at the schools for parents and students and that they will be there as long as they are needed.
Dance: We know our students are dealing with some issues we never would have imagined to be dealing with and we need to make sure there are folks on our campuses that will be vent sessions for them or folks they can vent to, to make sure they are sharing those situations and problems with.
Glenn: Baltimore city officials issued a statement saying the presence of school police was being increased this week at district schools. They also stated that support teams are on hand at the schools for counseling needs. A parent of a 14-year-old at the Calvert School, a private school in Baltimore city, who did not want to be identified, said:
Parent: I feel confident with the school and their safety. I know their procedures … and I know that both the head master and the head of the middle school sent out information for the parents, web sites we could look to get info on how to approach it with our kids, so they've been very proactive.
Glenn: The Connecticut shooting has Baltimore county school and police officials working closer together to insure the safety of local students. I'm Gwendolyn Glenn reporting in Baltimore for 88.1, WYPR.
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All governments participating in COP18 should put "people and the planet before the polluters and their profits".
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CANTON SUNY Cantons decade of rapid expansion has left it wondering where to put all of its students.
With on-campus residence halls almost full, the college is now asking landlords in the vicinity of campus for help housing students in what is shaping up to be another year of record enrollments.
We have a large incoming first-year class and more returning students than ever before, said Carli C. Schiffner, provost and vice president for academic affairs in a Monday press release. We are considering several options to help the College and the community continue to grow. Our first step is to ask the public if any additional housing options exist off-campus.
In the past six years, SUNY Canton has seen a 48 percent growth in enrollment. The college has already received a record 6,500 applications for the coming school year.
This fall, the college is expected to break 4,000 students for the first time. Only 1,350 of those students can be accommodated on campus, said John M. Kennedy, director of residence life.
Approximately one-third of our total enrollment lives on campus, he said. The remainder of our students are either from the north country and live at home with family or rent in the area. There is also a small percentage that take all of their classes online.
To help students with their housing search, the university is trying to coordinate with local landlords and maintains a list of off-campus apartments on its website.
Elsewhere in the country, some universities have started subsidizing students rent in off-campus housing to cope with swelling demand, but Mr. Kennedy said that was not currently being considered by SUNY Canton.
In 2011, the university opened the Grasse River Suites, a 300-bed dormitory, but demand has continued to outpace construction.
Mr. Kennedy did say that another residence hall could come to campus in the near future.
We are exploring additional living options both on-campus and off-campus, he said. We are currently conducting a feasibility study to build more on-campus housing, potentially another new residence hall by 2014. And were looking at all other potential short-term options for this year. Were having ongoing discussions and meetings regarding possible solutions for this coming semester.
Families in the area who want to rent an unused room, or landlords who expect to have vacancies should contact the colleges Residence Life Office at (315) 386-7513 or email their contact information to email@example.com.


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The African Biogas Partnership Programme (ABPP) is a Private Public Partnership (PPP) between DGIS, SNV and Hivos aiming at supporting the construction of some 70,500 digesters over a period of 5 years. The purpose of this partnership is to improve living conditions of households in six African countries.
A monitoring plan which focuses on measuring the expected outputs (number of biogas digesters, biogas construction enterprises, trainings etc.) has been set up. Besides outputs, the quantitative and qualitative results on outcome and impact level, from the perspective of the end-users will have to be measured. To be able to assess these results in the future, baseline data needs to be collected. This study sets the baseline for evaluating the outcomes and impacts of the programme. This baseline study establishes a reliable database on socio-economic and gender aspects in Uganda; serves as a basis for monitoring and evaluation of programme activities; enriches monitoring and evaluation through development of participatory indicators; and provides benchmark data for an Impact Assessment of the UDBP at a point in time that remains to be defined.
Chapters of this study are respectively: Introduction; Baseline Study Approach and Methodology; Socio-Economic Characteristics; Current Energy Situation; Gender Dimensions Related to Adoption of Biogas Technology; Policy and Institutional Mechanisms; Summary of Study Findings; Developing Indicators; References.
The objective is to assess the Renewable Energy Technology (RET) development from the perspective of income generating activities and to investigates the role of RET in enhancing employment and income generating activities in the Dhading district of Nepal. Although this study includes the findings on four important components of RET- Biogas, Micro HydroPower, Solar Home System and Ghatta, only relevant information on biogas has been highlighted in this abstract.
The study describes the characteristics of the RET user; in total biogas stoves were used 4.0 hours in a day. Not a single household used biogas for lighting purpose. Paddy, wheat and maize are the main crops produced by the farmers in the area. The interviewed RET user hhs produced on average 1.739, 0.084 and 0.478 mt of paddy, wheat and maize respectively. If the RET user hhs sold an average of 0.405 mt of paddy and 0.098 mt of maize, none of them sold wheat. The RET user hhs also produced and sold crops like millet, mustard and potato.
The biogas user hhs main income generating activities were agricultural based like vegetable, butter (Gheeu) and local wine (Rakshi) production. Fertiliser required for vegetable production is being substituted by slurry produced from biogas. On an average each hh produces 180 kg of vegetable and the estimated revenue from its sales is Rs. 1,620. Some of the feasible incomes generating activities identified are vegetable production, livestock products, poultry farming and agro-processing, which require substantial amounts of labour and energy inputs.
The objective was to define effective demand for biogas installations and to know the socioeconomic variables that influence the potential demand for biogas plants and an effective promotional and marketing strategy. Of the total 800 households that were interviewed, 335 represented semi-urban and 67 percent rural VDCs. The proportions of households installing biogas plants increased with the increase in the amount of land and there was positive relationship between size of the cultivated land and size of the plants installed.
Majority of the large farmers (92%) and medium farmers (65%) were from the Terai belt. Most of medium and small farmers installing plants were from rural areas and approximately 50% had electricity facility. About 72 percent had taken loans from banks and 59.7 percent received loans
by the co-operation of GGC. Most of the loans were repaid back. Among households with plants, 8 percent had received various kinds of support from the local NGOs. Of them 50 percent got some financial support. The manpower status of the surveyed biogas companies seemed inadequate, as well as the after-sale-services. Further, the promotional strategies adopted by companies were inadequate.
Of the total 526 households who knew about biogas, 59.9% were willing to install plants. Not all were aware who to contact for plant installation and the cost of it. Radio was the source of information to the largest proportion of the respondents. Both illiterate and those having many years of schooling were almost equally aware of the biogas technology.
Key findings of the research: confirmed that Ethiopian MFIs are highly dependent on fund from external sources and they will find it difficult to extend loan for biogas user while satisfying the current financial need of their clientele; they also lack human resource capacity to participate in the NBP; they exhibited low level application of modern technologies such as MIS as a result of their limited financial capacity; majority of the MFIs are not aware of biogas technology and its benefit to the society, the environment and the business opportunity for their own organisation provided through new loan product; even if there is lack of proper infrastructure which could result in higher interest rate for rural households compensating the resulting higher transaction cost, MFIs are not charging rural clients higher interest rate, they rather vary the interest rate based on the lending methodology, the type of loan products and repayment period which is the same for all rural, semi-urban and urban clients.
Main conclusions: without building their financial, human resource and institutional capacity, with their current limited capacity Ethiopia MFIs will find it difficult to participate in NBP; lack of awareness about biogas lead MFIs to think that providing loan for biogas user is a risky business and they put forward a number of pre-requisites and additional guarantee requirements for biodigesters for the sake of their own security; lack of awareness found out to be a low level problem that could be addressed by continuous training and awareness raising campaigns.
A feasibility study conducted in Bhutan in 2008 concluded that a small scale domestic biogas program is possible with a technical potential of about 20,000 biogas plants especially in the southern belt and inner mountain valleys. The key question for the development of a substantial biogas program was whether the households having enough number of cattle to install biogas plant are willing and able to invest in it and to feed the plant with the required amount of manure on a daily basis. Hence this market study was conducted to analyze the technical and socio-economic feasibility of biogas program, which assessed the willingness and affordability of livestock keeping households to invest in biogas technology.
Half the population depended on agriculture and is therefore based in the village implying that the biogas plants (home-based) can be managed. Farmers have sufficient land to install biogas plants and slurry pits although location of the cowsheds may not always be near the houses and kitchens in some of the households. There were substantial differences in income among sampled households. Some implied living under poverty while some did not earn any income. Those at the lower rung of the income ladder may not be able to afford to invest in biogas plants unless some financing incentives are provided.
In general, farmers owned cattle and other smaller livestock. Most farmers qualify to install biogas since the majority own more than 3 cattle with the average cattle holding being 6 cattle, most of which are night stalled cattle.
Capacity development is increasingly seen as the sine qua non sine qua non of successful development. Yet despite the growing commitment to show results, documented examples of its impact are hard to find. This paper went in search of available evidence and reviewed 29 case studies of capacity development from three development organisations. Its conclusion is that development organisations and donors need to move away from their narrow focus on accountability to a broader focus on mutual learning. They should also stop looking for the perfect measurement policy and start measuring instead.
An energy transition is required in Tanzania. Household energy needs are currently largely met by unsustainable wood fuel resources and many households experience energy poverty. The traditional strategies to introduce modern energy are slow and unable to reach households in inaccessible and poor areas.
To make an energy transition and to meet the energy demand in Tanzania in a sustainable way solar PV (photovoltaic), improved cook stoves (ICS) and biogas technologies were selected based on the appropriateness of the technologies in rural Tanzania and their sector development.
Moreover this study shows that sustainable energy provision requires a sector of independent enterprises that own the capacity to provide these appropriate energy technologies. Cluster strategies promote the development of groups of such enterprises. The institutional setting for such cluster strategies was found to rely on civil society organizations, mainly because the representation of the rural energy topic on the local level by district governments and public agencies is virtually absent.
Based on the research in Tanzania inceptive cluster strategies are reported and five types of cluster promotion are categorised. The research results point to cluster promotion through existing value chains as currently the most suitable strategy for achieving this goal. In rural Tanzania it makes economic sense to use the limited infrastructure to integrate energy provision and appropriate energy enterprises with existing business activities, such as diary and Jatropha production. The crux is to create the right institutional setting to develop the mutual benefits of sustainable energy provision for households and enterprises.
This report investigates the revenue generation prospects for greenhouse gas reductions by operating domestic biogas installations and is driven by carbon revenue's high potential to improve the financial, technical and programmatic sustainability of large scale biogas projects. The actual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by domestic biogas installations depends on the local situation, the size of the installation and the way in which the installation is operated, whereas the "claimable" GHG emission reduction depends on the applied carbon-accounting methodology.
Biogas installations reduce GHG emissions and the emission reduction units can be traded respectively on the compliance (certified emission reduction units produced – CERs) or voluntary market (voluntary emission reduction units produced – VERs). There are, however, trade-offs regarding both markets, such as complexity, cost, financial risk, quality standards and duration that need to be taken into consideration.
In order to clarify the risks involved as well as the mechanisms used in both markets, this report presents an extensive analysis on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (its project cycle and different methodologies), the voluntary market (the quality assurance methodology developed by the Gold Standard), as well as a guideline that facilitates the choice between CDM and Voluntary market depending on various characteristics. The implications of carbon revenue for biogas projects on the technical and programmatic level are also dealt with in detail.
This intern thesis assesses the economic effect on a household level of using bio-slurry for tea production. In total, one hundred farmers have been asked about current and previous data on the quantity of tea, the price obtained per kilogram of processed tea and the expenditures on both pesticides and chemical fertiliser.
It was concluded that using bio-slurry results in a higher quantity of tea production per sao throughout the whole year. After bringing in the inflation effect the tea cultivated with bio-slurry still obtained a higher price per kilogram of processed tea. The difference in the summer period however was not statistically significant.
Farmers saved money on chemical fertiliser and pesticides. The total average savings (2007) amounted to 2 631 986 VND in total: 2 100 277 VND was saved on chemical fertilizer and 531 619 VND was saved on pesticides.
The increased yields and prices resulted together in an income generating effect of 3 751 509 VND. The income saving and generating effect together result in a total economic impact of 6 383 495 VND per year on a household level. The income effect is larger than the total average investment costs of the biogas installation. After this research it has become clear that from an economic point of view, the bio-slurry is more valuable than the biogas alone.
An agreement was signed between Biogas Support Programme (BSP) and Centre for Energy Studies, Institute of Engineering (CES/IOE) on 6th July 2001 to evaluate the efficiency of biogas stove. For comparison, efficiency of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) and kerosene stove (pressure
type and wick type) was also studied. The biogas stove under test was manufactured by Nepal Metal Cast of Butwal, Nepal.
Efficiency of cook stoves could be calculated by several methods. In this study efficiency of cook stoves was determined by calculating the heat gained by the water subjected for heating and amount of fuel consumed during this process. The efficiency of biogas stove calculated as per adopted methodology mentioned above is found to be 49.44 percent, 43.8 percent and 32.26 percent for perfectly controlled, semi-controlled and uncontrolled conditions respectively. The efficiency of a given stove is not constant. It could vary on the basis of surrounding conditions and quality of fuel used. A high value of efficiency could be obtained under controlled conditions. But in practice this value is normally lower than the value found in the controlled laboratory condition.
The efficiency of stove depends upon different conditions:
• Environmental conditions, such as wind, temperature, pressure.
• Shape, specific heat capacity and weight of vessel.
• Burner size of stove and size of bottom face of cooking vessel.
• Energy content of fuel and quality of fuel.
Finally the report comes with recommendations.
This publication compares the biofuels legislation in Latin America. It focuses on:
• Definition of biofuels;
• Authorities for the application of the laws;
• Duties of the enforcement authority;
• Blending of biofuels with fossil fuels;
• Procedure for mixing and distribution;
• Promotional arrangements and tax benefits;
• Promoting the use of biofuels;
• Priority sectors and approach;
• Environmental sustainability;
• Offences and penalties.
The report ends with clear conclusions.
Climate change is one of the urgent environmental problems faces the world, especially in developing countries like Honduras. The impact of climate changes has varying degrees in terms of socioeconomic and natural systems and therefore present a danger to the poorest sectors that depend on their environment and natural means of subsistence living. To achieve the emissions reduction targets, developing countries can make use of flexibility mechanisms such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
In an effort to combat the effects of Climate Change Programme, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and SNV, with support from the Secretariat Natural Resources and Environment (SERNA), made available this scoping study, evaluation and opportunities of the CDM sector in Honduras. The main objective is to strengthen the positioning of Honduras on the issue of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions and the use of CDM development projects in the carbon market, also further optimization the capacity of the public and private sectors to access the carbon market and institutional strengthening on issues relating to procedures. This research is presented as a baseline study, mainly built on the results of a participatory process including stakeholders from different institutions related to CDM in Honduras.
This document, written in Spanish, presents a feasibility study conducted by SNV of the introduction of a domestic biogas programme in Honduras.
The study concludes that there is a big potential for the production of biogas in Honduras, but the introduction of a domestic biogas programme does not seem feasible right away. The lack of payment in rural areas (most digesters are subsidized), the absence of detailed information on the geographical potential of biogas production, the absence of knowledge about the current fuel wood consumption and domestic energy costs for rural households, generate doubts about the potential success of a national program of domestic biogas. However, the study found items that should be taken into consideration in the near future to verify the feasibility or a program.
The study concludes with main recommendations in which is stated that it is recommended to conduct a study of one to two years, which clarifies and corroborate the geographical distribution of the potential market for biogas production, obtains more reliable information on fuel wood consumption, identifies target groups. Amongst others based on this extra information you could implement a project to support the construction of 150 biogas digesters in conjunction with the Association Honduran Coffee Producers (AHPROCAFE) and the Foundation Merendon. Further, the most adequate financial mechanisms need to be defined, as well as the payment capacity of potential beneficiaries and the availability of rural credit.
This report is one of a series of country feasibility studies promoted by the "Biogas for Better Life: An African Initiative". It analyses the opportunities and constraints on biogas development in Kenya. The study provides a history of biogas in Kenya and overviews three biogas technologies, the floating drum, fixed dome, and plastic tubular digesters. The feasibility of biogas promotion is explored in relation to existing and potential biogas consumers.
The report concludes that there is technical potential for domestic biogas in at least 35 districts in Kenya. Further, there is potential to develop a biogas market in Kenya with several institutions currently working on biogas. The financial and institutional analysis demonstrates the relatively unattractive investment framework for individual farmers for the current product market combinations of 16m3 biogas systems.
There are several financial products available for households wishing to invest in biogas through institutions like KUSCCO, and a range of microfinance institutions who are able to offer non-biogas specific financial products.
Affordability, accessibility of fuel, functionality and aesthetics are the primary factors considered by people in the choice of cooking device bought and used.
Fixed dome systems have advantages in terms of cost (including maintenance), space, aesthetic appeal relative to floating drum systems, but there are not enough technicians trained on the construction of fixed dome biogas systems, and quality controls and after sales support is fragmented and variable. The marketing plan specifies the volume of training and support necessary to support companies to actively promote biogas in Kenya.
This document presents a feasibility study conducted by SNV of the introduction of a domestic biogas programme in Nicaragua. The study concludes that the introduction of a domestic biogas programme in Nicaragua is feasible taken some factors into account. Those factors are described in the report.
The study recommends that the programme should be presented to actors, institutions and local NGO's that could be interested in playing an important role in the implementation of the project. Further, it recommends that the mechanism of implementation and institutionalisation of a potential biogas programme should be defined. Also a proper operational plan should be formulated with the potential strategic partners of the programme. Lastly, it is important to define potential donors to co-finance the programme.
The report contains 9 chapters. After the introduction chapter 2 and 3 present the history and history of biogás of the country. Chapter 4 presents the methodology and the objectives. Chapter 5 looks at the market potential, while chapter 6 elaborates on the technical, socoal, environmental, economic and financial feasibility. Chapter 7 presents the justification and chapter 8 identifies the areas to start with and presents a suggested programme. Lastly, chapter 9 presents the conclusions and recommendations.
Based on the successful experience of implementing biogas programmes in a number of other Asian countries, where tens of thousands of biogas plants are being installed annually, UNDP Pakistan, Winrock International and SNV (Netherlands Development Organisation) carried out a feasibility study for establishing a large-scale household biogas programme in Pakistan in early 2007.
This report examines the potential for household scale biogas in Pakistan for cooking and lighting in rural areas. This is based on the availability of sufficient numbers of stall-fed livestock and other enabling conditions such as availability of water and warm temperature. After establishing that there is a sufficient market for biogas plants, the report then examines how a program might be set up in Pakistan to supply large numbers of high quality biogas digesters in the country. The report ends with conclusions focused on the main barriers to large scale adoption of biogas, the IRR, social acceptability of biogas, credit mechanisms, activity of private sector companies, the market and energy needs, and potential subsidy.
Lastly, the report recommends that concrete steps be taken towards development of a national scale program to promote household biogas digesters through a market mechanism, keeping in view the excellent potential for this technology in Pakistan.
The overall objective of the study was to thoroughly assess the level of feasibility to set-up and implement a national domestic biogas programme in the Republic of Sri Lanka. The main instruments of the study were open-ended unstructured interview checklists with respondents from selected institutions. Additional investigation methods included observations of biogas plants and open ended interviews with the users on various aspects of biogas plants, more specifically on the physical status and performance.
The finding of the field survey indicated that biomass is the most important source of energy in Sri Lanka accounting for more than half of total primary energy consumption. The majority of the existing biogas plants were not functioning due to lack of organised delivery services. The biogas practice in Sri Lanka so far lacks proper standardisation and documentation. Different actors operate in isolation, without effective coordination. The outcome of the financial analysis indicates that biogas plants are financially viable even without subsidy. The technical potential of biogas plants in the country has been calculated to be 109,621 biogas plants.
A modest biogas programme is, therefore, realised to be feasible in Sri Lanka because the country fulfils following conditions (wholly or partly): ambient temperature for biogas production is warm; quality construction materials are available; unskilled labour for biogas plant construction is locally available; other household energy sources are becoming expensive; bio-slurry is appreciated as an organic fertiliser; and the potential stakeholders have expressed willingness to participate and own the programme.
The study accesses the feasibility of introducing biogas program in Timor Leste (meetings with government officials, potential stakeholders, households and field observations). But fuel wood is the only available energy and the rural households are in strong need of alternative energy. The study suggests the possibility of small scale biogas programme for domestic use. Initiations in biogas promotion (50 units installed throughout the country) have already started.
Technical potential of biogas in the country is estimated to be around 12,000 units with some challenges on cattle dung collection, availability of water and farmers ability to invest. Due to low income of the rural household and free access to fuel wood, biogas is not the first priority of the households. Lack of micro credit facility also acts as a hindrance in introducing the program. So, a flat rate subsidy of about 350 USD at least for the beginning, until the micro credit system gets established is suggested. The cost of plant is higher than other countries but household labor contribution on collecting local construction materials together with subsidy may reduce the need of cash. Moreover, savings on kerosene use is the highest one that alone can recover the cost of biogas plant within 5-6 years.
Government is willing to set aside subsidy funds for the biogas however; knowledge on technical aspects is rather limited. But there are numerous NGOS and INGOs involved in different sectors which indicates strong possibility of resource mobilization and promoting renewable energy technologies through these organizations.
The goal of SNV-Latin America's scenario project was to explore potential paths for economic development in Central America over the next 20 years with a particular emphasis on the models of organizing and supporting development initiatives. A scenario planning process was used to push beyond existing notions of roles, responsibilities, and solutions for development. With the help of nearly 70 participants from different sectors and countries, alternative models were more openly considered through interviews, research and workshops. The process was influenced by a key acknowledgment: that the region may have to respond to a very different set of global conditions outside the region, and newly emerging social and environmental conditions within the region, and as such, set different goals for development accordingly. To inspire scenarios that move beyond the conventional thinking, a number of broad "drivers of change" were identified by looking at social, technological, economic, environmental and political dynamics that might cause disruptive shifts in regional conditions. These included: population growth, information and communications technologies, environmental degradation, and excluded groups. The combination of these and other drivers of change and uncertainties framed and informed the scenarios.


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I always bring my camera
Last year I got a gift from my brother and sister and law for Christmas. A Canon T2i, since then I've used it for so much and I always take with me. I would never call myself a photographer but it is fun for me and I enjoy doing and that is what it's about. Here are some of things I've seen recently.
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