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Mr. Paice: I shall be brief. Conservative Members added their names to the two amendments for many of the reasons just given by the hon. Lady. As I made clear earlier, we seek to avoid CSOs being put into confrontational situations. I am not suggesting that someone under 18 is not confrontational. As we all know, they can be, but I seek to minimise risk to CSOs, which is why I believe that it is right to limit their power to confiscate alcohol to confiscating it from those whom they suspect are under 18. It is perfectly true that they have no mechanism for immediately knowing the truth of the situation. It is a matter for discretion.
In an earlier debate, the Minister lauded the discretion that CSOs will have, and this is an example of when they would have to use that discretion. We are discussing amendments Nos. 45 and 29. The latter inserts the same provision into schedule 5 for accredited community safety officers. I suspect that they will be much less well trained and not directly accountable to a police officer or chief constable because they will not be employed by the police, so it
Column Number: 275is even more important for them that they should not be put in the confrontational situation of trying to confiscate alcohol from an adultwho may be drinking alone, but is more likely to be drinking with a group of othersand precipitating the risk of serious disorder.
The hon. Lady was right to table those amendments and I share her concern about the distinction between pouring away alcohol from an open container and not pouring it away if it is in a closed container. I endorse what the hon. Lady said and the Minister may want to respond to that.
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Mr. Denham: This has been a useful debate and I am pleased at the acceptance, at least to a limited degree and concerning juveniles, of the role that CSOs and accredited community safety officers can play in dealing with such issues, which concern public order and health and are of concern to the wider community, as the hon. Member for Mid-Dorset and North Poole said. The consensus about the role of CSOs and accredited community safety officers is important.
I shall deal first with the question of pouring away or confiscating alcohol. The background is that around the time that designated areas were introduced under current legislation, it was felt that it would be logical to harmonise the treatment of closed containers of alcohol between adults and juveniles. Prior to that it was possible to confiscate closed containers of alcohol from juveniles, but not from adults in those designated areas. I suppose the problem was what to do with people on their way home from the off-licence.
A considerable case has been made by some police officers to whom I have spoken that while there is an impeccable legal logic in harmonisation of the treatment of closed containers held by juveniles and adults or those who are old enough to be in possession of alcohol, that logic does not apply so well when trying to police the situation on the street. I cannot give a firm indication today, although the tone of my comments may suggest that the issue has been raised before. The hon. Member for South-East Cambridgeshire has written to methe hon. Member for Mid-Dorset and North Poole may also have done soand we are considering whether the logic may need to be a little less impeccable in the law so that the logic on the streets is a little more useful and flexible.
The hon. Lady was right in her amendment to recognise, as we all do, that some alcohol-fuelled violence and disorder will always require the attendance of police officers and a level of skill that we would not look to rely on in CSOs and certainly not in accredited community safety officers. The hon. Lady was right to make that point. However, I have a real difficulty in the dividing line in her amendment concerning age. Even if a judgment could be made, it is possible that a 20-year-old might be part of a group of younger juveniles who could be satisfactorily dealt with by CSOs if the behaviour was not particularly threatening. All sorts of anomalies and dilemmas
Column Number: 276would arise. I understand the hon. Lady's point, but in practice the difficulties in creating a dividing line based on age would be insuperable.
As in earlier debates, I am not saying in resisting the amendment that we would expect CSOs to be in the front line in all incidents of violence fuelled by alcohol, but the hon. Lady's proposal is not workable. My hon. Friend the Member for Morley and Rothwell asked the right question at the beginning of our discussion. I make no criticism of the hon. Lady, but the question is very difficult to answer in practice, so I must resist the amendment.
Mrs. Brooke: I thank the Minister for his comments. I am pleased that he has taken up that issue, and I am glad that I risked straying there, because it was worth doing so. When I was considering this, I was reminded that that had been raised with me, and it is important to address it, particularly now that we are moving into this arena and focusing on reducing unnecessary paperwork.
I am still concerned about this. I agree with the hon. Member for South-East Cambridgeshire that it is even more worrying for the accredited CSOs, who will have even less training, should they be put into that position and be expected to do something, which they could be. I want to place on the record that I have deep concerns about the level of confrontation that could come about if it becomes an obligationwhich may well be the casefor these civilians to take action in incidents such as a severe brawl. However, as we have a lot more to debate this afternoon, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Amendments made: No. 179, in page 125, line 23, leave out 'under section 35'.
No. 180, in page 125, line 35, leave out 'under section 35'.
No. 181, in page 126, line 2, leave out 'under section 35'.[Mr. Denham.]
Norman Baker: I beg to move amendment No. 47, in page 126, line 5, leave out from 'limb' to end of line.
The Chairman: With this we may consider amendment No. 34, in schedule 5, page 137, line 23, at end insert
'Entry to save life or limb
6D An accredited person whose accreditation specifies that this paragraph applies to him shall have the powers of a constable under section 17 of the 1984 Act to enter and search any premises in the relevant police area for the purpose of saving life or limb.'.
Norman Baker: I will not delay the Committee unduly over this, as it is not a matter to go to the wall over. This is a probing amendment that is intended to seek clarification from the Minister about the circumstances that he envisages might lead CSOs to conclude that serious damage to property might ensue. I also wish to know if he is satisfied that sufficient safeguards are in place to prevent misuse of that power.
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As the Minister knows, the power to gain entry to a person's property, and to search it, is potentially draconian. We have traditionally resisted that in this countrywe hold to the view that an Englishman's home is his castle. Therefore, before we give another group of people that power, it is right to raise the issue, and to check what safeguards will be in place.
Nobody would dispute the exercise of this power if we were dealing with a case of saving life or limb, but there is a question as to what extent the intrusion on a person's property can be justified. I look forward to the Minister's response.
Mr. Hawkins: I understand that it is helpful to probe what the Government have in mind, but we do not support the amendment of the hon. Member for Lewes. I was relieved to hear him say that it was a probing amendment because, in its present form, my party could not support it.
However, it does no harm to explore the whole area that it addresses and, like the hon. Gentleman, we will listen with interest to what the Minister has to say because we share a common interesteven if we do not agree about the precise form of words herewhich is to uphold the importance of our tradition that an Englishman's home is his castle.
That is especially the case at present, because there have been concerns in other areas of the criminal law in the past few days. I understand that the Government have now accepted that it was a blunder to try to give all sorts of draconian powers, in relation to snooping on people's e-mails, in other legislative proposals.
It is always wise to probe what the Government are up to, so that we can ensure that our traditions, and the constitutional safeguards for our citizens, are maintained.
Mr. Denham: This debate is about extending another power to CSOs. When property is threatened with serious flooding, or possibly fire, I would not be surprised if a police officer entered the property and attempted to deal with the problem. Indeed, most of us would not be surprised if a member of the public took similar action, but we must decide whether it is more fair and straightforward to give the CSO such power.
Given that the CSO would be in uniform and working for the police service, he would be less likely to be challenged and asked, ''What power do you have to do that?'' than a milkman or passing tradesman if they responded to a situation during their normal working life. It is more that we want to ensure that the CSO, acting as we may expect an ordinary citizen to act, is properly protected by having such a power in the Bill, than that we want to extend the power. That is a key part of accountability. As we said during the more controversial discussion that we had earlier, it is useful to have the power in the Bill.
Norman Baker: I am perfectly satisfied with the Minister's answer. I hope that, when CSOs are in training and powers are conferred on them, it will be drawn to their attention that they must not feel obliged to take chances with their own safety. I hope that they
Column Number: 278understand that, on some occasions, it will not be appropriate to enter a burning building, but to call the fire brigade instead. Having said that, I am happy to beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
Amendments made: No. 182, in page 126, line 7, leave out 'under section 35'.
No. 183, in page 126, line 18, leave out 'under section 35'.[Mr. Denham.]
Amendment proposed: No. 49, in page 126, line 22, at end insert
Question put, That the amendment be made:
The Committee divided: Ayes 7, Noes 11.
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Amendments made: No. 184, in page 126, line 24, leave out 'under section 35'.
No. 185, in page 126, line 33, leave out 'under section 35'.
No. 186, in page 126, line 39, leave out 'under section 35'.
No. 187, in page 127, line 21, leave out 'under section 35'.
No. 188, in page 128, line 18, leave out 'under section 35'.
No. 189, in page 129, line 13, leave out 'under section 35'.
No. 190, in page 130, line 2, leave out 'under section 35'.
No. 191, in page 130, line 32, leave out 'under section 35'.[Mr. Denham.]
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Coca Cola news
Coca-Cola signs on AdGlobal360 for its E-commerce brand solution eBuX
AGL's eBuX is a scalable solution for brands that aid in driving brands' performance across e-commerce marketplaces.E-commerce in India is increasingly gaining importance.
Future Group signed as associate sponsor for Vivo-IPL 2018
Other associate sponsors of the cash-rich cricketing event include MakeMyTrip, Parle Products, AMFI, Asian Paints, Dream 11, Polycab and Vimal Pan Masala.
Coca Cola factories in AP, Telangana to run on solar power
HCCB, which owns and operates three factories in the two states, has signed agreements with Vibrant Energy, a Hyderabad-based green energy solutions company, to procure 2.7 crore units of solar power for the three factories.
'Coca-Cola is yet to crack the code in Indian market'
"In India we have leader brands, but we have an industry that is very underdeveloped," Murphy said at the conference on November 16.
Local rivals eat into market share of Coca-Cola, PepsiCo
Coke and PepsiCo's local rivals said that their rising share should not cause any surprise, for they better understood Indian consumer preferences.
Coca-Cola India to invest $1.7 bn in Indian agri ecosystem in 5 years
Close to $800 million of $1.7 billion contribution would be towards the procurement of processed fruit pulp and fruit concentrate and the remaining would be invested in creating the required infrastructure.
Coke India moves to monthly appraisals
If GE and Microsoft were the first movers to do away with performance ratings, Coca-Cola has taken the leap by moving to a monthly feedback mechanism.
Coke India's Mukherjee elected ABC chairman
Mukherjee has more than 23 years of experience in the area of strategic planning, sales and marketing operations.
Pepsico India to counter malicious campaign on popular snack food
"We don't see such malicious campaign in other parts of India. Only in Tamil Nadu we see such malicious campaigns," Vani Gupta said.
Pepsico India to counter malicious campaign on popular snack food
"We don't see such malicious campaign in other parts of India. Only in Tamil Nadu we see such malicious campaigns," Vani Gupta said.
We want India to be no. 3 market in Coke system: Quincey
We've been investing in India, creating lots of jobs and lots of business and it has become the sixth largest market in the Coke system.
Dinesh Jadhav named Executive Director of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages
He succeeds Sanjay Sharma, who after serving the Company for almost 19 years, has decided to pursue opportunities outside the organization.
GST effect: Coke to hike fizzy drink prices, cut that of Kinley
The company said aerated beverages have been the worst hit category with the proposed tax of 40 per cent under the GST significantly higher than current weighted average national tax incidence.
After a year of flat sales, Coca-Cola rejigs leadership team
Changes are being put in place under a new leadership both at Coca-Cola and its bottling arm Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), in midst of peak season for soft drinks.
Krishnakumar replaces Kini as Coca-Cola's president for India and SW Asia biz unit
Kini, currently president, India and Southwest Asia business unit, who has served the company for 19 years, has decided to leave the company and return to the United States to pursue other opportunities outside the Coca-Cola system.
Coca-Cola India Foundation mulls watershed projects in drought-hit states
The Coca-Cola India Foundation is mulling waterhed projects in drought-hit Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, a senior official said, adding this had nothing to do with the case filed against the company in the southern state for drawing excess water or the cola boycott called by the traders' association.
PepsiCo again engages in comparative ads, takes pot shot at Coca-Cola
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Ever since the 1981 publication of her stunning debut, Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson has built a sterling reputation as a writer of sharp, subtly moving prose, not only as a major American novelist (her second novel, Gilead, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize) but also a rigorous thinker and incisive essayist. Her compelling and demanding collection The Death of Adam in which she reflected on her Presbyterian upbringing, investigated the roots of Midwestern abolitionism, and mounted a memorable defense of Calvinism is respected as a classic of the genre, praised by Doris Lessing as a useful antidote to the increasingly crude and slogan-loving culture we inhabit." In When I Was a Child I Read Books she returns to and expands upon the themes which have preoccupied her work with renewed vigor.
In Austerity as Ideology," she tackles the global debt crisis, and the charged political and social political climate in this country that makes finding a solution to our financial troubles so challengin. In Open Thy Hand Wide" she searches out the deeply embedded role of generosity in Christian faith. And in When I Was a Child," one of her most personal essays to date, an account of her childhood in Idaho becomes an exploration of individualism and the myth of the American West. Clear-eyed and forceful as ever, Robinson demonstrates once again why she is regarded as one of our essential writers.


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Dad posts hilarious YouTube video of different ways to hold a baby
Do you know the difference between a telephone hold and standard shoulder hold? Prepare to be both amused and educated by this awesome video.
In a sea of parenting advice and tips, it's always great to find something lighthearted. If you haven't smiled today, hopefully this will do the trick.
It's pretty darn cute.
Jordan Watson is making people chuckle with a YouTube video he posted on all the ways to hold a baby. Featuring holds like "hide ya beer belly" and "baby Jesus," the instructional video has since gone viral, with more than 828,000 views.
"No babies were harmed in the making of the video," jokes Watson.
Thus far, the response on YouTube has been mostly positive. Jordan's commenters are full of praises and requests for more videos.
"For all those soon to be dad's out there with no idea how to hold a baby, here is an instructional video for you," writes Adrian Carter.
"That's one patient baby," writes Alex.
"I've got twins on the way!" writes Harold Davidson. "Please help, need crash course in the double-hold for advanced users!"
Honestly, it would be pretty silly to find fault with this dad for posting such a fun video. Sure, you might not see these terms in the "traditional" book on parenting, but they're comical and intentionally tongue-in-cheek. It's also pretty refreshing to see parenting tips delivered by a guy. Don't get me wrong, I love receiving advice from other mommies, but the dads need representation too. Contrary to belief, many fathers are extremely hands-on when it comes to their children — even if they happen to associate a baby hold with a pack of beer.
I truly hope new dads will look at this video, as many in my circle of friends get overwhelmed at the thought of changing a diaper, let alone holding their own child. The reality of parenthood can be very scary for any newcomer. Sure, your level of comfort increases over time, but think back to the early days of being a mother or a father. Didn't you feel a tad bit nervous you would break your baby or mishandle it in some way?
I know I did.
Parents should know it's OK to think outside the box when it comes to their child. Not everything has to be so technical and dry.
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The shooting of the young Pakistani activist shows one thing: Fanatics are cowards who stand on a shallow ground and can not defend themselves even against a child. Instead, they resort to violence to silence their critics. They lack confidence and are weak to the bone.
As news organizations reported, Malala Yousufzai was shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday as she was leaving her school in her hometown in the Swat valley, northwest of the capital, Islamabad. This incident should mobilize Muslims to try to remove what I call "ugly Muslims" from running the show and occupying the steering wheel.
I used to dismiss the outcry coming from Afghanistan regarding the human rights violations of the hard line Taliban who denied people from their basic rights including women from going to school and getting medical treatment. I used to dismiss these claims as Western anti-Islam propaganda. I could not imagine a Muslim would do such a thing. The allegations were about everything that goes against the teachings of Islam.
Not long afterwards, our people in Somalia received the same curse as the people of Afghanistan. Murderers -- Al-Shabab -- had disguised themselves under religion and started persecuting people in the most vicious manner, not even witnessed during the colonial era. Al-Shabab has reminded me of the Christian terrorists who waged merciless war against the innocent in East Africa.
According to Wikipedia: The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), also known as the Lord's Resistance Movement, is a militant group/cult operating in northern Uganda, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic. It has been accused of widespread human rights violations, including murder, abduction, mutilation, child-sex slavery and forcing children to participate in hostilities.
Al-Shabab did not even leave the dead lying in their graveyards in peace. They had violated the sanctity of the dead by demolishing the graveyards and removing the human remains.
It is sad and shameful to see these thugs -- the Taliban, Al-Shabab, the LRA -- committing horrific crimes against humanity in the name of religion. Had they joined mafia or other gang groups, then committing atrocities would have been one thing, but doing their dirty work in the name of the faith is a great insult to those who follow the faith and to the faith itself.


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For more than 35 years, the 350,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU) has advocated for lower taxes and limited government. We strongly believe that government programs and policies should not unnecessarily increase costs to taxpayers, nor should they drive up costs for businesses and consumers via regulation. NTU has confidence that your administration understands and supports these principles.
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James Cameron Still Really Into Titanic Stuff
Really, really into it.
James Cameron: It's almost like he's an obsessive kind of guy. He's still making Titanic-related ephemera, with the Hollywood Reporter reporting today that he's working on Titanic: Final Word with James Cameron for the National Geographic Channel. That would sound more final had Cameron not also produced Last Mysteries of the Titanic in 2005, and we all know those weren't the last mysteries. For this new doc, which will air in April, Cameron made another giant Titanic model and facilitated a two-day confab with other Titanic experts to discuss all intricacies of drawing someone à la one of one's French girls. We kid, we kid: They talked about the Titanic.


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US Edition of CLT Handbook Now Available
Feb 05, 2013, 01:00 EST
MONTREAL, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - FPInnovations - in collaboration with the American Wood Council (AWC), the United States (U.S.) Forest Products Laboratory, APA, and U.S. WoodWorks - has published a guide to cross‐laminated timber (CLT) applications in the U.S. Developed for building professionals, the publication provides technical information and illustrates CLT applications adapted to current codes and standards.
The multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed CLT Handbook is designed to provide technical information for the design, construction, and implementation of CLT systems, encouraging adoption and selection of wood-based solutions in general in residential, non-residential, and multi-story construction. The U.S. CLT Handbook is available as a free download at www.masstimber.com or in print for a nominal cost at www.awc.org.
"Thanks to partnerships like these, we can demonstrate the viability of innovative technologies, with a view to marketing new products or developing new markets. The CLT Handbook is a green construction jewel and another example of FPInnovations' contribution to transforming the forest products industry. FPInnovations is continuing to assume its leadership role by paving the way to wood‐based, living solutions," says FPInnovations President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Pierre Lapointe.
"A proposed code change advocated by AWC to expand the use of CLT through the building code's heavy timber construction classification was approved by the International Code Council in late 2012. The recently approved change will lead the way for new U.S. markets for this emerging wood product in non-residential buildings," said AWC President and CEO Robert Glowinski. "This classification will allow 50 percent taller and larger CLT buildings than previously permitted and was precipitated by development of the manufacturing standard for the product by APA and demonstration of its fire performance in tests conducted by FPInnovations and AWC."
Developed in Europe and currently being used in Canada, CLT is gaining popularity around the globe for residential and non‐residential applications.
Like other structural wood-based products, CLT is a sustainable product made from a renewable resource that lends itself well to prefabrication, resulting in very rapid construction and dismantling at the end of its service life, contributing to greater reuse and recycling of construction materials.
Among other characteristics, CLT offers outstanding structural, thermal, and acoustic performance and enables new open‐plan designs and faster, cleaner, safer, and less noisy worksites. Its competitive advantages include:
- more environmentally friendly construction;
- new architectural possibilities;
- modular construction;
- adapted systems for walls, ceilings, floors, and roofs;
- manufacturing to customer specifications;
- high fire resistance;
- swift worksite deployment, generating less construction waste, and limiting nuisances for neighbors;
- competitive handling, manpower, and shipment costs.
The U.S. CLT Handbook was developed by a team of more than 40 experts from across the globe, and funding for this project was received from the Binational Softwood Lumber Council, Forestry Innovation Investment, and three North America-based CLT manufacturers: Nordic Engineered Wood, Structurlam, and CLT Canada.
In 2011, FPInnovations published the Canadian Edition of the CLT Handbook to facilitate adoption of CLT in Canada, ultimately inspiring development of a U.S. edition. Implementation of CLT in North America marks a new opportunity for cross-border cooperation, as five organizations worked together with the design and construction community, industry, universities, and regulatory officials in the development of this handbook.
About American Wood Council
AWC is the voice of North American traditional and engineered wood products, representing over 60 percent of the industry. From a renewable resource that absorbs and sequesters carbon, the wood products industry makes products that are essential to everyday life and employs approximately one-third of a million men and women in well-paying jobs. AWC's engineers, technologists, scientists, and building code experts develop state-of-the-art engineering data, technology, and standards on structural wood products for use by design professionals, building officials, and wood products manufacturers to assure the safe and efficient design and use of wood structural components. Visit AWC online at www.awc.org or follow us on Twitter: @woodcouncil.
About FPInnovations
FPInnovations is a not-for-profit world leader that specializes in the creation of scientific solutions in support of the Canadian forest sector's global competitiveness and responds to the priority needs of its industry members and government partners. It is ideally positioned to perform research, innovate, and deliver state-of-the-art solutions for every area of the sector's value chain, from forest operations to consumer and industrial products. FPInnovations' staff numbers more than 525. Its R&D laboratories are located in Québec City, Ottawa, Montréal, Thunder Bay, Edmonton and Vancouver, and it has technology transfer offices across Canada. For more information about FPInnovations, visit: www.fpinnovations.ca.


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By Staff Sgt. Nicholas Bream
96th Logistics Readiness Squadron
I was afforded the opportunity to share a heartfelt story of my experience while I was deployed on convoy duty in Iraq. The Learning Channel (TLC) came to my house before I arrived home and recorded the strength and courage that it takes my wife Nicole and three children, Amanda, Joseph, and Jessi to carry on everyday life while I am deployed.
The Learning Channel wanted service members who were deployed and had a special family event they wanted to share. In my case, when I was deployed in 2008 on convoy duty, Nicole gave birth to my son Joseph in Germany with only her friends by her side as I was on mission and could not be there with her. It was almost six months before I got home and the only way Joseph knew me was through a webcam and the sound of my voice. But as soon as he saw me he knew exactly who I was. And then in March of 2011 she gave birth to my daughter Jessi while I was not due back for another six weeks. I sat back and thought to myself "Wow." I can't imagine what it must be like to do that by herself and still take care of our other children and attend college full time.
Amanda and Nicole enjoyed watching shows about military members reuniting with family members after a deployment. One evening Amanda asked me via webcam if "Mommy and Daddy could surprise her like that when I came home." I was excited to be able to surprise her like she wanted and to be able to share it with other people. After a few months of going back and forth with ideas we finally decided that we would make the show about my daughter getting her Girl Scout "Strength and Courage" badge awarded. Amanda helped out Nicole in every way that a 6 year old could. Amanda stepped up to take my place helping around the house, picking up the living room and folding laundry.
From that point on I handed the planning over to Nicole and the Girl Scout leader Elizabeth to work with the production crew. They set it up to be recorded at my home in Florida during a Girl Scout meeting. They invited a local fire fighter to talk about how much strength and courage it takes to do his job. After talking about that for a few minutes he then moved to introduce me, saying how it took more strength and courage to do my job overseas in hostile environments.
They all worked it perfectly so that when I got home from the airport all I had to do was walk in the door and surprise Amanda and her Girl Scout troop. She had no idea I was coming home yet and she was in total shock that her dad was the one to award her this achievement. After I surprised Amanda, Nicole had a surprise for me — getting to see my daughter Jessi for the first time in person since she was born. Up until then I had only seen her via webcam and pictures Nicole sent me. It was a wonderful feeling to be able to finally hold her.
I have deployed two times, and both times they have been for more than six months. Every military member, myself included, has to be ready at a moment's notice to pick up and go somewhere else for duty. Whether it is for one day or 12 months we are not the ones who have it hard. It's the family and loved ones we leave behind who are expected to carry on daily life without us.
Photo: Airmen with the 387th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance flight deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operation New Dawn from September 2010 to April 2011.


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The Brotherhood of the Stinky Underpants | Varnish and Underpainting
I took a couple snaps today and yesterday of my work in progress for Elizabeth Austin's children's book, The Brotherhood of the Stinky Underpants. The finals for this are to be in oils, and I tried a different set up this time. Instead of redrawing my sketches onto the illustration board (which takes a few hours,) I made copies of my sketches, printed them out, and glued them down onto the cold press illustration board. Then I painted a coat of polyeurathane to seal them. When working with oils on paper, the oil paint can over time eat away at the illustrations, so sealing them and then painting with acrylic for the underpainting keeps the oil paint from the paper and keeps the artwork from deteriorating.
Then I've gone over and painted in big blocks of colour with acrylic for the underpainting… feels like a really bad colour by number! But don't fear… the more garish & crazy it looks at this stage, the better it will look in the end!
These colours are REALLY bright right now, because when I paint over with the oils the more toned down shades, I'll leave those bits of bright colour peaking through at parts. It's easier to start bright and dull back, rather than the other way around. It looks a bit messy at the moment, but it will add lovely texture to the illustrations.
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Usability: The Secret to a Profitable Redesign
Radically improve ROI on your next launch or redesign with usability testing.
Is your website converting visits to revenue efficiently enough? Getting people to fill out a registration form or click through on an offer is difficult, but getting it right is critical in the battle for revenue and market share. The most effective thing you can do is to learn directly from your users how to lay out your site and what to offer.
The benefits of this approach are well-documented, but the example that resonates with most of us is the ACA or "Obamacare" website. This site was built the way many publisher sites are, without doing any usability testing up front. We all know how that turned out.
Let's review the typical approaches taken by publishers:
Focus Group of One
Use internal staff as "stand-ins" for your users. Editors know their readers, so this should work, right? It's popular because it's really easy. The dismal results of this approach are everywhere.
Research Best Practices
Study the latest best practices in user interface design, lean UX, persuasion architectures, and the many sources of insight about how to remove friction from your conversion funnels. This is worthwhile, and applying these lessons to your site will likely generate measureable improvement.
However, there are problems. Which expert do you believe? How do the cumulative results of user behavior on many other sites compare to your users, your industry and your content?
Best practices give you insights like "send your newsletter on Tuesday morning" or "make action buttons bigger." They can't be specific to your users because they represent aggregated, normalized data, not detailed feedback. Researching and applying best practices is a lot better than the focus group of one, but it's still a scattershot approach.
A/B or Multivariate Testing
Tools like Adobe Target, Google Experiments or Optimizely can allow you to test copy, layout and graphical elements to see which combinations yield the best conversion rate. What this kind of testing can't reveal is why users like Page A more than Page B. You might get lucky, but this kind of testing is best used to optimize products that have already been designed with direct input from your users.
Usability Testing
Usability testing involves the user going though a number of tasks while giving constant feedback to the researcher. Everything the user does is captured in a screen recording, and in a video that captures the user's reactions at every stage. In this way researchers understand in detail how well users are able to use the website or app, what confuses or annoys them, and what they'd really like to see but don't. Then you go build according to what you learned, and before launch, you test it again to make sure you got it right.
Think about the last major brand site that left you frustrated. For me it was trying to add minutes to my kids' AT&T prepaid phones. An hour of bouncing between website and phone representatives finally finished what should have taken a minute of navigating and clicking. I can guarantee you that AT&T skipped usability testing, with a very frustrating result for millions of customers like me. Do you think a poorly-designed subscribe process is any less frustrating for your users?
Usability testing isn't cheap (figure $20,000 to start) because it involves a lot of time, resources and logistics. That price tag is dwarfed by the amounts publishers regularly spend on designs that confuse and confound users. Publishers who apply usability as part of their regular process would prefer that you continue to view it as something that can be safely ignored. If you want to make more than incremental improvements in your next site redesign, budgeting for usability testing is a smart move.


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How Many Pushups Should You Do Daily
How many pushups should you do daily, is a question that can start you on the road to an easy and adaptive fitness routine.
The Benefits of Pushups
Pushups are one of the most adaptive workouts you can do. From standard pushups to incline pushups, you have the ability to customize your routine, allowing the workout to grow with your strength levels. There is no equipment to buy, and the only space needed is an area clear enough for you to stretch out prone on the floor. As your strength level grows, so does your ability to expand your pushup routine to the often discussed 100 pushups.
How Many Pushups Should You Do Daily
While it would be nice to have a nice round figure of 20, 50 or 100 pushups to aim for, the truth is that just as everyone's fitness level is different, so is their ability to complete a set number of pushups in one day. If you are just starting out on your fitness journey, doing five pushups with perfect form may be the right number for you. If you're further along in your fitness levels, this number may be 20, 30 or 100. The secret is learning what the correct number of pushups is for you at this time.
Determining Your Perfect Number
To find out how many pushups you should be doing daily, you need to begin by making sure you are doing them correctly. It's too easy to cheat and allow your form to go in order to get in a few more reps. Focus on keeping your back straight and dip into each pushup to the right level slowly, before coming back up.
Now it's time to figure out what your goal is. If your goal is getting stronger and building muscle, then you'll want to push yourself to fatigue. This means continuing to execute perfect pushups until your arms can no longer support your weight.
If your goal is to increase stamina, or to hit that much sought after 100 continuous pushups, you'll need to do more sets with fewer reps in them. Begin by finding your fatigue point and then do two reps less than this number. So if you can do 25 pushups before fatiguing, you should do 23 pushups in each set with a rest between sets. Every few days, increase the number by one until you reach your goal.
Unlike more strenuous weight-bearing exercises, you can do pushups every day, no matter how many you eventually work up to. The key is making sure that you continue to do enough pushups to challenge yourself, and to achieve the types of benefits that you want.
Changing the Routine
Since pushups can be done in a number of ways, your number may change from position to position. There are three types of plank style pushups:
- Standard
- Close-hand: This method involves moving your hands closer together under your chest and will work your triceps more.
- Wide arm: Your hands are wider apart in this pushup position, giving you a better chest and shoulders workout.
The number and type of pushups that you can perform may vary, depending on your particular muscle strength areas.
Try varying your pushup workout routine to include the various styles of pushups, making sure to execute them properly and to increase the number of pushups you do daily as your ability to do them increases.
Setting a personal goal for yourself with a set number of pushups to do in a day can help keep you motivated to continue your fitness routine. Whether your end number is 10 or 100, keeping a goal in mind can help you focus on your routine and help you achieve results faster. How many pushups should you do daily is the first question that you should ask yourself when you begin your fitness routine to see some easily achievable results.


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Elizabeth I Quotes About SafetyQuotes about: Safety
My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourself to armed multitudes for fear of treachery; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a King of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any Prince of Europe should dare to invade the borders of my realm.
There will never Queen sit in my seat with more zeal to my country, care to my subjects and that will sooner with willingness venture her life for your good and safety than myself. For it is my desire to live nor reign no longer than my life and reign shall be for your good. And though you have had, and may have, many princes more mighty and wise sitting in this seat, yet you never had nor shall have, any that will be more careful and loving.
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MEADVILLE, Pa.—Wittenberg men's golf pulled out their first tournament win of the year on Monday afternoon. The Tigers took the team title by one stroke over Rensselear Polytechnical Institute, and led wire-to-wire at the Guy and Jeanne Kuhn Memorial Invitational. Hosted by NCAC foe Allegheny, the Tigers showed well against the likes of Wooster, Allegheny and Hiram. As a team, the Tigers carded a two-day score of 605 (+29), after firing an open round of 299, the lowest carded team score of the day.
Day two brought much of the same for Wittenberg, as the Tigers fended off a late charge by RPI, finishing the tournament atop the leaderboard. While the Tigers were led on day one by Colin Laszlo, Wittenberg was aided with a strong day two by freshman Daniel Castleberry.
Laszlo ended round one with the individual lead, as the Hawaii native finished with a two under 70 in the opening round, while carding a 74 on day two. Castleberry fired off rounds of back to back 72 to finish even for the weekend, as he and Laszlo tied for second place individually.
Cooper Taylor finished three over for the Tigers, good enough for fourth place, after carding rounds of 75 and 72. Isaac Hartley finished 12th overall for the Tigers, finishing seven over, and Chris Eigner finished 18th overall, +10, to round out the Tiger's top twenty finishes.
Wittenberg, led by interim coach Andy Bonar, now shift their gears to the NCAA Men's Division III Preview on September 24 and 25. The Tigers will travel to Greensboro, North Carolina to compete in the two-day tournament at the Grandover Resort.


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Fleet insurance is a very popular way for businesses and individuals to insure multiple vehicles under one policy. The advantage of getting fleet insurance over insuring vehicles individually is that it often saves you a substantial amount of money. Not only that but it makes it much easier to keep track of your vehicles. This is especially important for businesses that own a large amount of vehicles. Many families also take advantage of fleet insurance and the benefits it provides. Below are some of the main types of cover you can get with a fleet policy
For Business
One of the most common types of business that uses fleet insurance is a taxi firm. Most taxi firms will have a number of different vehicles, all of which have to be insured before they can be used. When members of the public are being transported then it's a legal requirement to have public liability insurance. Most taxi firms will ensure that the policy they have includes both breakdown cover and vehicle replacement. This makes sense as if a taxi breaks down with a member of public on board it's essential that they have an alternate means of transport.
For Families
A lot of larger families also opt to get their cars insured under a fleet policy. The standard number of cars needed to be considered a fleet is at least three. Insuring all the family's cars under one policy can be of great benefit to everyone. Many younger drivers, under the age of 25 find it very difficult to get affordable insurance so getting a fleet policy with the rest of the family is often the only way it's affordable. You have the usual options of getting fully comprehensive, third party or third party fire and theft. The higher the level of cover the more the policy will cost
Getting Quotes
There are a few ways that you can save money on fleet insurance but the most reliable way is to shop around. There are a couple of ways you can go about getting quotes for fleet insurance. You can contact the insurance providers directly by phone and obtain quotes that way. Alternatively you can obtain quotes from the insurance provider's website. Each ways has its advantages and disadvantages.
The downside to contacting insurance providers by phone is that generally it takes longer to get the quote and depending upon who you speak to you may be pressured into taking out a policy even if you're not sure about it. When you're getting quotes online you don't have any pressure and it's generally much quicker to obtain the quotes too. There are many insurance comparison sites out there that will provide you with multiple quotes from different insurance providers if you fill out some basic information about yourself. Once such site like this is fleet-insurance.net


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ooh, it's feeling so autumnal today!
i love the change of seasons.
so much beauty to be excited about.
i'm so looking forward to thursday night's stampin' up! party.
if you can't wait to see what we might be playing with,
here are a few sneak peeks.
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In the rolling countryside just outside the medieval town of Narni, Torre Palombara is a stunning period residence the origins of which date...
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The origins of Torre Almonte date all the way back to the middle ages, when the massive stone tower was built as part of a complex defence system...
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San Pietro Sopra le Acque Resort & Spa is a unique resort occupying a group of buildings constructed in the early 17th century as Capuchin...
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Set amidst spectacular scenery, Castello di Sismano was one of many medieval strongholds which were built to defend the city of Todi. Over the...
Torre della Botonta
Historical Residences - Castel San Giovanni (Perugia)
Before its transformation into a fascinating period residence, Umbria's Torre della Botonta was an integral part of Castel S. Giovanni, a small...
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Part farm stay, part country hotel, Orvieto's Griffin's Resort is a truly special place, designed for those holidaymakers keen to experience...
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Swiss Household Panel
The principal aim of the Swiss Household Panel (SHP) is to observe social change, in particular the dynamics of changing living conditions and representations in the population of Switzerland.
It is a yearly panel study following a random sample of private households in Switzerland over time, interviewing all household members mainly by telephone.
The SHP constitutes a unique longitudinal database for Switzerland and is supported by the Swiss national science foundation. The survey covers a broad range of topics and approaches in the social sciences.
Data collection started in 1999 with a sample of 5,074 households containing 12,931 household members. In 2004 a second sample of 2,538 households with a total of 6,569 household members was added; and since 2013 the SHP contains a third sample of 4'093 households and 9'945 individuals.
The SHP database holds information since 1999. The data from the Swiss Household Panel are freely available for the scientific community (see Data/Support).
LIVES Cohort Study and SHP LIVES – Vaud
At the start of the third sample of the SHP, two additional research projects were launched in collaboration with the SHP.
The LIVES Cohort Study: The National Centre of Competence in Research LIVES set up a cohort study, which includes Swiss migrants born between 1988 and 1997 who went to school in Switzerland before the age of 10. The aim is to observe second generation migrants in Switzerland over time and to compare them with their Swiss counterparts in the same sample. In the firs wave 1'691 individuals were interviewed.
The SHP LlVES – Vaud: The Department of Health and Social Action of the canton of Vaud set up a cantonal household panel in collaboration with the SHP and LIVES. Financially disadvantaged people are overrepresented in this household panel. 1'253 individuals have participated in the first wave.
Like the SHP II, the LIVES Cohort Study as well as the Vaud Household Panel used the biographical questionnaire in the first wave. In addition, both studies use the questionnaire of the SHP. For the Vaud Household Panel, additional questions with regard to the financial situation, welfare transfers and social policies were asked. The data of both studies are available on our webpage.


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Students at Oklahoma State University are given access to three computing systems used to manage academic and personal records, e-mail, and on-line classes. Each system stands alone and is administered independently. Information in each of the systems is synchronized nightly. It's important to know how and when to use each system. The systems are:
Frequently Asked Questions
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OSU issues an eight-digit ID number that replaces a social security number as your primary identifier in the Student Information System (SIS). It is commonly called a CWID (Campus Wide ID) because the number functions as a student ID and if necessary, an employee ID. Your CWID does not change after leaving OSU. If you return to OSU for a second degree or resume your education after any break in enrollment, you retain your original CWID.
When a student's application is entered into the system, SIS will generate a CWID (Campus Wide ID number) and a random PIN for SIS access. This information is sent to the email address provided by the student on their application. If you don't know your CWID, use your social security number to access SIS. When you use your SSN, SIS displays a reminder page that contains your CWID. We recommend you use the CWID to reduce opportunity for a hacker to obtain your SSN.
Your O-Key account is an "access" account. It's used to access OSU computers, to read and send mail from your OSU email account, and provide a single login to many systems on campus, including SIS and D2L (Desire to Learn). O-Key contains personal and emergency information about you and allows you to reset or change your password at will.
O-Key accounts are available to you 48 hours after your application has been submitted to OSU. After activation, O-Key will remain available to you as long as you are a student at OSU. Your account is de-activated after three months of no enrollment, or one year after you receive your degree.
PINs (Personal Identification Numbers) are used to access your records from Student Self-Service. PINs are provided to ALL students. Students are assigned a random SIS PIN after their application for admission is added to the SIS database. Students can change their PIN once logged in. The SIS PIN will be REQUIRED for the student to access SIS and to set up their O-Key account.
As with any access code, you should protect your O-Key information and SIS PIN as you would a credit card. PINs remain a part of your personal records for use whenever you need to add or drop classes, access your OSU academic information, provide updated addresses, or request academic transcripts. Change it whenever you feel it is necessary.
Your O-Key account will be activated and a mailbox created for you within four to six hours. If you attempt to access the Student Information System (SIS) before O-key has completed its processing, SIS will notify you to activate your O-Key.
Students are encouraged to change their password before it expires. If a password expires the student can still go to okey.okstate.edu to do a password reset; however, a token is required. A token is generated during the password reset process and is sent to the email address or cell phone via text that was designated during the initial setup of O-Key.
Click the "Forgot your Password?" link below the O-Key login button and follow the instructions. If you experience problems, contact the Tulsa IT Help Desk at 918-594-8043. The Registrar's Office, Enrollment Services, or IRIM/SIS Production cannot reset your O-Key password.
Go to https://mail.okstate.edu. If you have forwarded your mail to another address, you will not be able to read your mail at this address.
To login, use your O-Key e-mail address or user name, and your O-Key password.
What is a "Phone Password" (formerly referred to as "Challenge Secret" or "Secret Passcode")?
The Phone Password is a word, a phrase, or a series of numbers made up by the student when they create their O-Key account. The student must know this response in order to reset their password if it is not changed prior to the date it is set to expire. When you reset your O-Key password, you will be asked to set a phone password. This replaces the former challenge secret or secret passcode question and answer. The phone password may be up to 25 characters in length and can contain any combination of letters, numbers, or spaces.
OSU personnel including the Information Technology Office are required to ask for the phone password if you request information over the phone regarding your educational records or receive assistance with certain changes to your accounts. If you do not know your Phone Password, OSU personnel may not be able to help you or answer your question via telephone.
Alumni Phone Password
Either the "Okey Phone Password" or the "Alumni Phone Password" may be used to verify identity regardless if the individual is a former OR current student. The "Alumni Phone Password" is not used just for Alumni but for anyone who does not have an Okey password, does not want to look up their password, has not set up their Okey account, no longer has an Okey account, or for whom it has not yet been 48 hours after submitting their application for admission to receive the email that their Okey is ready for activation.
In order to change their Okey Phone Password, students will have to login into their Okey account and select the option to change their Okey phone password. Enrollment Services cannot change the Okey Phone Password. They can only change the Alumni Phone Password which has been submitted by the student to Enrollment Services on the "Phone Password" form (located on Registrar's "forms" page at ok.state.edu and faxed or submitted in person 918-594-8307 [FAX]).
Please protect your Phone Password as if it were your credit card number. Should you wish to change your secret passcode in the future, simply log into your O-Key Account and select the option to make the change.
Questions: Enrollment Services 918-594-8100
SIS is the Student Information System. It contains anything related to your OSU academic record including financial aid information, personal information such as addresses and phone numbers, tuition and fee billing data and your grades. You'll use SIS to:
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If you activated your O-key account less than 24 hours before accessing SIS, you may be prompted to activate your O-key account again. Select "Activate My O-key Account", then close that window and begin your SIS login again.
You may use your O-Key login and password or your student ID and SIS PIN to log in.
Using O-Key to Access Student Self-Service
O-Key is an account management system. It is not part of SIS, but it may be used to access your SIS records.
You may also use your Student ID and SIS PIN
First ever login using your Social Security Number and SIS PIN:
Students may request their SIS PIN (used for logging into SIS Web for Students or activating a new O-Key account) by submitting a completed SIS PIN Request form to the Office of the Registrar in 322 Student Union (Stillwater) or the Enrollment Services Office on the 1st floor Administration Building (Tulsa). In addition to signing the form, you must attach a legible copy of your photo ID (driver's license, passport, military ID) and select one of the options for receiving your PIN.
The SIS PIN Request form may be submitted to the Registrar's Office or Enrollment Services in person, via postal mail, via scanned attachment in an email to firstname.lastname@example.com, or via fax to 918-594-8307 (Tulsa) or 405-744-8426 (Stillwater). Once you have your PIN, you can change it at any time by logging into SIS Web for Students and selecting the 'Change PIN' option from the "Personal Info" menu.
Classes for new semesters are available on SIS one month before enrollment begins. You may begin planning your schedule as soon as the new semester classes are posted on Student Self-Service. Don't forget to schedule an appointment with your advisor.
Step 1: Plan Your Schedule
Step 2: Meet With Your Advisor
All undergraduates and first-time graduate students have an "Advising Hold" that must be cleared before students may enroll. Advisors require students to schedule an appointment for an in-person meeting or allow meetings via phone, e-mail, or walk-in visits. Contact your advisor or your student services office to find out how to arrange a meeting. During your meeting, your advisor will answer your questions and clear you to self-enroll on the appropriate day.
Step 3: Enroll
Step 4: Print Your Schedule
One-Step "Search and Enroll" Function
D2L is used by many professors to post syllabi, quizzes, tests, and homework assignments on the internet. They may use it to send messages to you. Some classes may include on-line discussions. You may take quizzes and tests, and submit your assignments online.
SIS updates D2L with enrollment information nightly. Course information is available one week before the class begins and may be accessed for two weeks after the class ends.
Use your O-key login to access D2L. For more information, go to the D2L home page at http://online.okstate.edu and select the Student Help link.
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Our flight plan from Dubai to London reflected a flight time of just under eight hours, covering Iran, Iraq, Turkey and the Black Sea, and the entire continent of Europe. We arrived late last night and, as fellow aeronauts can relate, my entire being was fatigued, as if I had run the whole route! Planning these complex multi-nation flights requires arduous mental processing, tedious calculations, special permissions and logistics… it's enough to cry "vertigo"!
Now, as I sit in the enchanting chamber of our London hotel, many images from our latest adventures run through my mind. Did I mention that I was asked to do an interview with Forbes?! It was my very first media interview, and a welcome opportunity to talk about my passionate focus on the philosophy of Global Excellence.
Today's world often ignores the indifference to detail that has spread to so many people. I am one who is not afraid to take ownership. As Manager of Aviation at our company, I am willingly and fully responsible for the quality of our passengers' flight experiences. My aim is to excel at providing my customers with the highest level of services, from cleanliness and timeliness, to the anticipation of every whim. This is one of the reasons that I work with Embraer – the practice of Global Excellence is reflected in our every interaction with them.
Speaking of which, "Muito obrigado!" to LES and KEITH, two more representatives of Embraer's outstanding support team. Thank you for burning both ends of the night with us!
On Monday we cross the Atlantic one more time. After we clear customs in Maine, we will bring a few of our passengers to New York before finally returning to our own families in Orlando. I can't wait to see my best friend – my wife, Robyn. She is the driving force in my life and an inspiration to everyone who knows her. She is the mother and full-time educator of our three children, who have blossomed as individuals over the past decade.
Lucca, six years old, is not just a MineCraft expert; he is also one of the most highly recognized veterinarians in the stuffed animal community. Noah, my protégé, is nine years old and has already made science and flight tracking two of his favorite hobbies. And, Chloe, my teenager, is going to conquer the growing world of website development before she graduates, I just know it. I encourage all them to live like me, like Peter Pan – to seek new adventures with youthful spirit, always with "happy thoughts" in mind. For me, my "happy thought" is the promise of the biggest, tightest, five-headed hug of my life, and that thought will carry me home. My family is, after all, the real reason I can fly.


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The battle over the proposed rule to govern roadless areas in Colorado's eight national forests has turned into a war of words.
Throughout the proposed rule are phrases such as "potential catastrophic event" and "treatment action" that critics say are vague and could open roadless areas to development.
At stake is the fate of at least 300,000 acres of roadless forest that could be open to logging, oil and gas wells, coal-mining roads and ski resort development, according to a consortium of conservation groups.
"The language is too loose, and that's the kind of thing that leads to litigation," said Jane Danowitz, public-lands director for the Pew Environment Group.
Both state and federal officials say that the 90-day public comment period on the rule, which ends Oct. 23, is designed to address such concerns.
"If the public identifies those issues, we will address them," said Sharon Friedman, director of strategic planning for the U.S. Forest Service's Rocky Mountain region.
The roadless rule — which covers 4.1 million acres in Colorado's national forests — is a collaboration between the state and the Forest Service.
Colorado, under former Gov. Bill Owens, and Idaho were the only two states to opt for a Bush administration program to develop state roadless rules. All the other states stuck with a 2001 Clinton administration rule covering 90 million acres. That rule is now in legal limbo after a federal district judge in Wyoming declared it illegal. The environmental legal group Earth Justice says it is going to appeal the decision.
The Colorado rule is based on a state task force petition, and much of the controversial language comes from that document.
Gov. Bill Ritter inherited the task force, and his administration attempted to modify its petition.
"It was a flawed process. It produced a product, and the rule-making is making it worse," said Dave Petersen, Colorado field director for Trout Unlimited and a task force member.
Among the areas that have drawn criticism and could be revised are:
• A provision allowing roads for livestock management. The aim was to assure access to grazing land, and permitting roads might have been "more than was needed," according to the Forest Service.
• A provision for allowing roads for wildfire treatment actions based on local community wildfire protection plans. The local plans are too broad and varied, critics and officials say.
• An absence of clear definitions for what constitutes a wildfire "treatment" and a "potential catastrophic event" that could require a road to be built.
"You add it all up, and there look to be big loopholes," Pew's Danowitz said.
Another major area of dispute is the allowances for oil and gas drilling, coal mining and ski resorts — affecting about 105,000 acres.
For oil and gas, the issue is leases granted after the 2001 rule, which open additional forest to development.
"We are looking for a fix," said Mike King, deputy director of the state Department of Natural Resources. "But what we can do will depend on what the lawyers tell us."
As for the concession for coal exploration and ski areas, King said it represents "a compromise."
"It is a balance of trying to protect the environment with an eye to local economies," he said. "We are looking for a middle ground."
Another concern voiced by critics is the Forest Service's stated goal of adopting the rule before the Bush administration leaves office.
"It has been very encouraging that the Forest Service and the state are willing to look at these issues," said Petersen, "but then let's take the time to do it right."
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Paisley print skirt: Zaful ~ Oversized sweater: Supré ~ Autumn leaves earrings: Zaful ~ Moon choker: Twirly Trinkets ~ Belt: vintage ~ Platforms: Deichmann
Yeah, this is tough but let's face it guys: this is an autumn outfit. Because in fact what's going on outside my window is NOT summer (the day I shot this outfit was cold but still a lot nicer actually). It's so depressing how winter in Brazil or Australia is so much warmer than our summer. But yeah...
I've been obsessing over this paisley print skirt for a long time (it was actually on one of my wishlists :3) so I finally decided to get it. I love the print and the colors so much it'll definitely be one of my fav pieces this autumn. I instantly knew how I wanted to wear this skirt and what I wanted to pair it with. When I took a closer look I realized that this is pretty much the autumn version of my V-Day look. It's actually kinda creepy because AGAIN I went to my place and forgot my memory card, AGAIN I shot this look at my parents' house and AGAIN I went for the skirt + belt + sweater/jacket + overknee socks outfit formula. As I mentioned in my V-Day post this combo just always works and I love it with this oversized sweater. If I had to choose my favorite kind of autumn outfit I'd definitely go for a super cozy warm sweater, a skirt and warm socks or tights (depending on the temperature) as it looks put together and a lot more interesting than what I usually see in the streets in autumn.
Now as always I didn't manage to take good pictures of my earrings while they were on my ears but here they are.
I am so in love with the morbid decaying look they have to them. I mean, everyone makes flower or feather or leaf earrings but nobody makes decaying leaf earrings ... well, Zaful do! They are the perfect match for an autumn outfit especially if you wanna express a lot of dark sarcasm about how summer totally let you down this year :D Alright, let's look at the bright side again :)
Have an awesome weekend adventurers!


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PHILADELPHIA >> The Eagles' marginalization of their head coach, a subtle endeavor through most of the offseason, became a blast of brilliance over the weekend in a series of one-act plays.
Shielded from the masses since the end of another disappointing season, there was Doug Pederson during the NFL Draft, standing off to the side of press conferences as Howie Roseman and Joe Douglas recited the expected best-player-on-the-board scripts. Though technically available for questioning, that wasn't encouraged. Rather, Pederson was hustled to the podium, then hustled back off, a prop not unlike the larger-than-life portrait of Tommy McDonald on the NewsControl Compound wall.
By Friday, when the Eagles would formally present first-round draft choice Derek Barnett to the press, Pederson just stood there, then sprinted out of the room before he was able to be approached. By nightfall, after the Eagles had used a second-round draft choice on a cornerback who can't walk because he recently tore his achillies, Roseman made it clear: Doug Pederson is not going to have any say about when Sidney Jones will be put into a football lineup.
"There will be no rushing back from this," Roseman said. "We will do whatever is in the best interest of getting him 100 percent and being able to help this team going forward, whatever the timetable is for that. We will defer to the doctors for that. That will not be any of our decisions."
Got that, Pederson?
Got it?
Now remember it.
Doctors, not football coaches, will decide when the second-round draft pick will play. If he doesn't play all year, and if there is another last-place finish, and if somebody else is coaching next season, that's tough luck for you, pal.
Of course, times have changed. But whatever happened to Buddy Ryan snarling at Jerome Brown, who seemed to be taking too long to recover from injury, "you can't make the club sitting in the tub?" It's even difficult to envision Andy Reid being made to bobble-head away a curious decision to invest a high second-round choice on a player certain to miss training camp.
The 76ers do it all the time. Five years – five of 'em, and counting – they have allowed a premium talent to sit out an entire season with injuries that should not take that long to heal. The Eagles are hinting that Jones can play this season. But with no summer workout routine or training camp or preseason activity, can he really make a difference?
The Eagles believe Jones will be an NFL star. Some day. But it won't be this season, and because it won't, that will compromise his 2018 readiness, too. If Pederson is still below .500 by then, it will be time for Jeffrey Lurie to roll into that same auditorium and promise not to be "risk-adverse" as he begins the search for another coach.
Nothing the Eagles did in the meaningful portion of the draft – that would be Thursday and Friday, with Saturday just the NFL showing off – was to be of an immediate benefit to Pederson, not even the first-round choice, No. 14 overall, Derek Barnett. After discounting him because he "is 20 years old," because he had a flu at some tryout bazaar and because he had an injured hamstring, Roseman touted the Tennessee product for the depth it provides along the defensive line. Then – wait for it – the Birds' football-operations boss said it: "We stay true to the process on this."
Considering the amount of colleges that field football teams, and the number of players on each, and that they really needed to support Carson Wentz with more weapons, and that their head coach is a former quarterback and a play-caller, it's borderline mystical how the Eagles could have used their first-round pick on a defensive player who may not start and who has had a hamstring issue, then spend their second-round pick on a cornerback on crutches. By the time the Birds got around to the third round, they again had to go defense, taking cornerback Rasul Douglas, because their first two picks were wrapped in ace bandages and questions. The weekend bordered on comical when, for one moment, Pederson was being cornered into admitting that he was surprised that so many offensive players were selected before the Eagles had a chance to take Barnett. And why was it, anyway, that they weren't more prepared to make a move up before all the top playmakers were gone? But, darn it, the Eagles would shove him to the side again, before that topic rolled out of control.
Pederson has been refreshing for his honesty, for his courage to try fourth-down plays, for the way he treats fans with respect, not with the dismissive arrogance of the previous 17 years' worth of coaches. But he's just an employee, a guy to stand there and nod whenever Howie Roseman and Joe Douglas set him straight.
"We wanted to stick to our board and take the highest-rated guys that Joe and our staff have put together," Roseman said of Barnett. "He fits our scheme. He fits the culture we're trying to build."
So they brought out the phrase "process," then they added "culture." Two-for-two. And in 2017, that's how to keep a sports press-conference score. As for worrying about how to keep 16 football scores, that's the head coach's problem, emphasis on problem. And that would be him, old what's-his-face, over there.
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