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As most Americans endured the high unemployment, layoffs, pay freezes or cuts of two recessions, police officers and firefighters in Northeast Pennsylvania's three largest cities fared a whole lot better.
The base salaries of the men and women paid to protect and serve citizens in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and Hazleton rose at a pace well above inflation and the median incomes of other full-time workers in each city, a Sunday Times analysis shows.
The hikes produced salaries that placed police and firefighters in each city in the top quarter of all wage-earners in their cities.
They gained despite the national economic downturn and despite the cities' ongoing struggles to balance their budgets. Taxes in all three cities rose sharply in at least one of the last three years.
At least one union leader sharply decried criticism of the salaries. Scranton firefighters union President John Judge accused the newspaper of skewing the numbers and fostering an "us versus them mentality."
"You guys want to continue to perpetuate this backwards mentality in the city of Scranton. Print your stupid article. But I'm so sick and tired of hearing it," Mr. Judge said.
Gerald Cross, executive director of the Pennsylvania Economy League's Central Division, Scranton's financial recovery coordinator, blamed the spiraling salaries on the law that requires binding arbitration of contract disputes between cities and their police and firefighter unions.
Binding arbitration means a neutral arbitrator, after listening to evidence, settles a contract dispute rather than cities and unions negotiating a settlement.
"It isn't against fire and police," Mr. Cross said of his opinion that the law should change. "The discussion is how can we continue to afford public services, and continue to restrict municipalities abilities to pay for them ... No one argues that a firefighter's job isn't valuable, a policeman's job isn't valuable. It's a risky job."
This story compares only base salaries and no other compensation from 2000 and 2012 to the median salary of full-time male workers in each city during the same period. It uses the consumer price index at the beginning of 2000 and the end of 2012. For a full explanation of the methodology, see the related story.
The overall inflation rate for the period was 36.5 percent as the nation went through two recessions, one after Sept. 11 and the other, the Great Recession, after the housing market collapse in 2008.
Millions of people lost their jobs and millions of others had their hours or pay cut, frozen or only minimally increased.
For much of the 12-year period, Scranton police and firefighters suffered along with many struggling Americans. From 2003 until late 2011, they received no raises as their unions fought an epic contract battle all the way to the state Supreme Court.
They won. The state's highest court reinstated four contract arbitration awards worth more than $20 million in back pay alone to the police and firefighters. In the firefighters awards, arbitrator Ralph Colflesh wrote both times that their salaries had fallen "significantly below" salaries paid to "comparable firefighters throughout the state." The police union used the same argument.
They still haven't received the back pay as the city struggles to come up with the money, but they're now getting paid at the higher salaries that resulted from the awards.
Remember that inflation rate of 36.5 percent? Based only on the salary increases required in two contract arbitration awards, a Scranton firefighters' top base salary rose 49.5 percent between the start of 2000 and the end of 2012 while the top base pay for police was up 53.7 percent from $37,062 to $56,960.
The firefighters' increase is based on an increase from $35,937 in 2000 to $53,726 in 2012, but firefighters actually started getting paid even better at the start of 2011 for another reason.
Looking to cut down on overtime and over the fruitless objections of the firefighters, the city, using a provision in the first arbitration ruling, extended the firefighters work week from 42 to 48 hours and increased their pay proportionally, 14.3 percent. By the end of 2012 firefighters were earning $61,401, or 70.9 percent higher than in 2000.
By comparison, a male city resident who worked full time earned $30,829 in 2000, according to the 2000 census. By 2012, a census estimate showed that worker earning $37,941 a year. That's a 23.1 percent increase, well below the inflation rate and far below what the police and firefighters received.
Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre police and firefighters did well, too.
Hazleton's police and firefighter top base salaries actually tracked closest to the 36.5 percent inflation rate. Firefighters' salaries rose from $34,274 in 2000 to $47,471, a 38.5 percent increase. For police, the top salary rose from $36,648 to $54,337, a 48.3 percent increase.
Both still fared a lot better than the full-time male workers, whose $31,144 median wage in 2000 rose to $35,499, only a 14 percent increase and well below the inflation rate.
In Wilkes-Barre, firefighters' salaries rose from $37,366 to $54,277, a 45.3 percent hike, or almost 9 percentage points above the rate of inflation. Police did even better, going from $37,570 to $57,171, a 52.2 percent jump and almost 16 points higher than inflation.
By comparison, the median salary of a male city resident who works full-time male, as in Scranton and Hazleton, failed to keep pace with inflation. That salary rose from $28,737 to $36,643, or 27.5 percent.
The salary hikes widened the gap between median male workers and police and firefighters over the 12-year period.
In 2000, Scranton firefighters earned about $5,100 and police about $6,200 more than the full-time male workers. By 2012, that gap had more than tripled to $15,800 for firefighters and about $19,000 for police.
After waging the decade-long battle with both of Scranton's unions, Mayor Chris Doherty decided to negotiate a new contract with both from 2015 through 2017 that increases their pay 1.75 percent each year. By the end of 2017, police officers will earn a top base salary of $65,461 while firefighters will earn $70,564.
Mr. Judge, the firefighters union president, called the firefighters wage "fair" and said it was only as high as it was because Mr. Doherty rejected a better deal that firefighters offered for "substantially less."
He declined to outline that deal.
He accused the newspaper of "protecting" Mr. Doherty by failing to question why he didn't take the better deal. He said firefighters are paid comparably to other similar-sized departments across the state. He also claimed the firefighters "had no input on" the wages.
"Have you pulled the doctors' statistics and the lawyers statistics' and the nurses statistics? No you don't. All this does is sell newspapers for you so you're going to continue to throw us under the bus," Mr. Judge said.
Mayor Bill Courtright said he doesn't think firefighters and police are overpaid, although he believes the city would have done better through negotiations rather than arbitration.
"I don't know if the arbitration process is tilted one way or the other," Mr. Courtright said. "It seems to me that most of the time the city has lost ... My focus now is to try to get this arbitration award paid. Because like it or not, it's a court order. I have to pay it. I mean I've got no choice."
Efforts to obtain comment from police union president Bob Martin were unsuccessful.
Attorney Thomas W. Jennings, the lawyer who won the contract arbitration cases for city police and firefighters, declined to comment.
Mr. Cross said police and firefighters benefit from the arbitration process, which is insulated from the "market conditions" that other workers must live with. In the meantime, arbitrators regularly point to higher police and firefighter salaries in other cities to justify award raises in the cases before them.
That produces an ongoing "leap-frog effect," with arbitrator repeating the method over and over and producing ever-higher salaries, he said.
Legislation pending before the state General Assembly would require arbitrators to more substantially consider "local ability to pay these wages."
Mr. Cross denied the change aims to hurt police and firefighters. He suggested police and firefighters could also benefit if city fire and police departments could serve adjacent boroughs and townships in exchange for taxing those boroughs to help pay for full-time police and firefighter coverage.
But Art Martynuska, president of the Pennsylvania Professional Firefighters Association, said the binding arbitration law works fine and serves as a fair way to resolve disputes without reverting to the days that police and firefighters could strike.
"So public safety's kept intact," Mr. Martynuska said. "I think it's a good check and balance."
Most contracts are settled through negotiation and never reach arbitration and the idea that arbitrators can't consider a city's ability to pay is wrong, he said. He's watched numerous contract arbitration cases over the years and both sides present evidence of a city's ability to pay, he said.
"Every arbitration I've been involved with has that testimony," he said. "It does make for equitable distribution because both sides get to argue their case."
How we got here
This story on the rise in police and firefighter salaries in Hazleton, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre is based on a review of police and firefighter contracts and arbitration awards in each city dating back to 2000.
It compares only the top base salaries for police and firefighters at the beginning of 2000 and the end of 2012. The salaries do not include longevity pay - additional pay earned for each year of service - overtime or health and pension benefits, all of which substantially increase compensation.
In each city, police officers and firefighters earn thousands more each year in longevity pay and many earn overtime on top of that.
Salaries remain the largest expense for the three cities.
The analysis used data no later than 2012 because that was the latest comparable data for median workers' income available from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The newspaper used the bureau's most recent American Community Survey five-year estimates of median income for full-time male workers. The median incomes of full-time male workers were used because the census did not provide an annual estimate for 2012 that combines the incomes of male and female workers for any of the cities. The median incomes of female workers are generally a third to one-quarter lower than males, which would only have skewed the economic advantages enjoyed by police and firefighters, whose rosters are dominated by men.
To calculate the inflation rate, The Sunday Times used the seasonally adjusted national consumer price indexes for all urban consumers available from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The indexes compared were January 2000 and December 2012.
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Fredrik Thordendal is the lead guitarist and a founding member of the swedish metal band Meshuggah.
Under the name Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects, Thordendal released his first and only solo album in 1997 titled "Sol Niger Within" with Ultimate Audio Entertainment. The album featured Tomas Haake (drummer of Meshuggah ) on "spoken vocals", as well as Morgan Ågren on drumkit and Mats Öberg on keyboards, who both have played for "Mats and Morgan" and " Frank Zappa ". The style of music is best described as very a very similar style to Meshuggah's thrashy poly rhythmic Metal with Jazz elements and some obscure noise effects such as high pitched shrieks and screams.
The album was remixed and re-released by Ultimate Audio Entertainment and Relapse Records in 1999 under the title "Sol Niger Within version 3.33". The re-release contains two bonus tracks but omits several parts of the original version, most noticeably, the church organs. The Bonus tracks include "Missing Time" and "Ooo Baby Baby".
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Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects "Sol Niger Within" 2x12" LP to be released on vinyl for the first time through Husaria Records!
I have been a fan of Meshuggah for a few years now and have finally got myself a copy of Fredrik's Special Defects album (v3.33). I totally enjoy this from beginning to end, and the bonus tracks were a great addition.
Expected first to hear more of the likes of Meshuggah with probably some twists here and there with a bit a jazz, but was unsuspecting this. And pleasantly surprised... sections go into some avant-garde jazz style that I'm used to hearing from bands like Naked City and Painkiller. The robotic/demonic vocals meld with the guitars and beats nicely. And the best is the Jazz passages (smooth off-time structured improvisation), that is on this album.
Have read articles of talks where Fredrick may have the next one in the works. Makes me excited.
(For those of you that enjoy this style of Jazz/Death/Djent.. you should definitely check out Coprofago (can find on this site). Probably the most jazz-oriented djent/death band I have heard yet. There is a number of similarities here.)
When Fredrik has the time off his other band to work on it... Sol Niger is really unknown, even among the Meshuggah fanbase. If more people had picked up a copy 14 years ago it wouldn`t have been long before he could have released another album....
You are right, dunno why I didn't notice this before. Please do not encourage people to illegally obtain copyrighted material, do not sollicit links to it, and especially, don't post any links to it. Doing so is disrespectful towards the artists and we run the risk of being shut down since we are held liable for all content on this website.
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No,no,no. Don`t point people to sources of pirated music. Especially Sol Niger Within. ಠ_ರೃ Buy yourself a copy and support the work. If this keeps up, Special Defects 2 will never come out. >: /
I don't know reason why I can't access their facebook, but I put this link. Sorry. =(
I like this instrumental project more than Meshuggah, the instrumentals are more progressive and there aren't vocals that barely ever change. I like Meshuggah but this instrumental project has all the aspects of Meshuggah that I love without the negative aspects in my opinion.
Chronique de l'album de Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects (en français), sur le blog musical Modern Zeuhl, à cette adresse :
oh thank god, I really hated those church organs. I'm definately looking into this, and to see how it sounds now that Fredrik has 15 years more experience as a producer (given that he produced this re-mixed version as well, of course).
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By: Sal Cangeloso
The progression of LCD display technology over the past few years has been impressive. In addition to technological advancement, LCDs are now the mainstay of the industry, both at home and in the workplace. CRTs definitely have a number of qualities which will ensure their survival for some time, but the focus has shifted to LCDs, and not without a good cause- the price of these displays are dropping and their performance is getting better ever day.
This progress can be seen in the Samsung 193P+. This monitor was first released as the 193P, a high-end 19″ display. Though the 193P still has a comparatively innovative cabinet, the LCD panel is representative of technology from a few years ago, which is when it was brought to market. Samsung's designers recently reintroduced the 193P as the 193P+ which means a similar base but with an updated LCD panel. This review will be taking a look at the new display and seeing how well Samsung managed to update this hit product.
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At first glance the 193P+ can easily be recognized as a great looking display. Samsung, like many other display manufacturers, prefers to distinguish between their beautiful showcase products and their models that simply get the job done. Like the 172X and the 213T, the 193P+ is a showcase product. Each of these three are designed around Samsung's Dual Hinge base. This design allows for lots of adjustment without having to take up a lot of space or having a large footprint. There are a number of different ways to implement this style, but any way it is done the result is striking.
The looks of the base are enhanced by its coloring. The 193P+ has a silver front, with an satin finish, and a high-gloss white back. Though the silver coloring is expected from Samsung, the glossy white seems to be taking a hint from the Ipod, which is not that bad of a thing (at least from a design standpoint). This coloring, along with a brushed aluminum band on the edges, makes the display really stand out on your desk.
The rear of the display has a circular piece which is used to connect the base to the LCD panel. The LCD panel, which can rotate up to 180 degrees, does so around this circle. This means that the display can be used in either landscape or portrait modes, as well as upside down (though this will probably not be as useful as the other two). The limited height of the display means that if you want to do any rotation the panel will have to be angled back so that the edges will not hit your desk.
This photograph gives a clear look at the Dual Hinge in action. The lower hinge controls the rise of the LCD and the upper one controls the tilt. This design gives the display a lot of adjustability as far as tilt and rotation but has one major weakness- the panel has to stay rather close to the desk. Given the limited angle of the bottom hinge, and the length of the arm which connects the two hinges, the LCD panel can only rise so far off the desk. If the lower hinge could angle a bit steeper or the connecting arm was longer (this would require a larger footprint) the panel could be a bit higher, but a compromise has to be made. The maximum height of the LCD (where the computer's picture is actually shown) off the desk is 3.5″. Once you factor in the bezel, the display is about 2.5″ off the desk.
One of the strengths of the Dual Hinge is its ability to collapse. This is very useful for transportation and vertical mounting. If you do mount the 193P+ the ability to push the panel close to the wall or monitor arm will be appreciated, especially by those with a shallow desk. Mounting can be done with 75mm VESA mounts which are not included, though Samsung does throw in the wall mounts.
The monitor is supported by a circular base, which may not be the most efficient design but it does add the the display's futuristic and eye-catching looks. The diameter of the base is 8.25″ so not that much room is lost, but if Samsung has used legs like on the 920T some desk area could have been saved.
Though the 193P+ looks great, it has a lot to offer for those seaching for performance. The specs on the updated LCD make this one of the more competitive 19″ LCDs on the market. Here are some of the specifications:
Viewable Size: 19″
Pixel Pitch: 0.294mm
Brightness: 250 cd/m²
Contrast Ratio: 1000:1
Viewing Angle: 178°/178°
Response Time: 8 ms (Gray to Gray)
Native Resolution: 1280 x 1024
Input Connectors: 15-Pin D-Sub, DVI-D
Panel Type: a-si TFT/PVA
Maximum Color: 16.7M
Input Video Signal: Analog RGB, DVI Digital Link
Power Consumption: 40 Watts (max)
VESA® Wall Mount: 75 mm (optional)
Emission Standard: TCO '03
Bezel Color: Silver (Front)/White (Back)
Dimensions: 16.7×16.3×9.3 (WxHxD) inches (w/stand)
Weight: 15.6 lbs
Special Features: MagicBright, MagicTune with Asset Management, MagicColor with MagicZone, Narrow Bezel, Slim Buttonless Design, MagicStand Dual Hinge Design with MagicPivot (auto-rotate), Hidden Cable System
Compatibility: PC/Windows, Macintosh, Sun Microsystems
Warranty (P/L/B): 3/3/3 (years)
Taking a look at the specs we can see that this display has a lot to offer those who are concerned about performance. The 19″ LCD has a very quick response time of 8 ms as well as a contrast ratio of 1000:1. This makes the monitor good for gaming and DVD viewing because the response time will prevent ghosting and the high contrast ratio will provide sharp, legible text. The viewing angles are expectional and, as expected, the display has both analog and digital inputs.
With the looks and specs out of the way, its time to go over some of the features that set the 193P+ apart from the other monitors in its category. Taking a look at the slim design of the LCD area and base it is clear that Samsung did not include the power adapter inside the display itself, so the display uses a 14V proprietary power cable instead of a standard power cable.
Another interesting feature is the modified "lazy susan" built into the base. The base rests on the feet of this white ring so when you want to turn the monitor it can be done with one hand and a limited amount of effort.
The real crowd-pleaser, as far as the features are concerned, is the power button. As on the original 193P this switch is the only one on the display- the OSD is handled completely through software. The On/Off switch appears to be a button but it cannot be depressed, instead it responds to the slightest touch your finger, similar to the controls on an Ipod. This button can also switch between inputs and auto-adjust the screen when using the analog signal depending on how long it is pressed.
The 193P+ comes with a power cable, analog video cable, digital video cable, wall mounting brackets, and a CD which holds the drivers and included applications.
The monitor is controlled by use of an included program instead of buttons. The program is MagicTune (version 3.6) and it has replaced all the normal functions of an on screen display (OSD). This setup is not as easy to access as buttons on the display but once it has been opened it is much easier to work with your mouse than to fumble with the display's buttons.
The first tab in MagicTune is "Picture" and it can control Brightness, Contrast, Resolution, and Magic Bright. Magic Bright is Samsung's preset brightness levels. This version has six levels, from the Text (brightness 30) to Movie (brightness 100). The resolution set by Windows' Display Properties is able to overrule MagicTune's setting, so the one set here is does not seem to have priority over that chosen by the OS.
The "Color" tab allows users to configure color tone (color temperature), RGB levels, and gamma. Also within this tab are a color calibration application and Magic Color. The calibration tool is far from the best I have used and it is more confusing than it is helpful, but if you have no other alternative it may work for you.
The most interesting feature here is Magic Color which will configure a number of other settings in order to determine color saturation. The choices here are Off, Demo, Full, Intelligent, and MagicZone. The "Demo" setting enables Magic Color on the left half of the screen only and "MagicZone" sets it in the upper left hand corner. "Full" simply means turning Magic Color on and "Intelligent" is the same except it will disable Magic Color's color saturation in the hue range of your operating system's skin. Magic Color does make the colors on the screen stand out nicely, especially the deeper tones, but if it is enabled you cannot control certain settings, like color tone, RGB levels, sharpness, or contrast, as these are done for you. Magic Color will give the darker colors a pleasing look but the lighter ones will appear washed out and neon shades will seem to be glowing, so it is good for clarity but not for color accuracy.
The "Image" tab is used to control image setup, position, and sharpness. The 1000:1 contrast ratio gives the 193P+ exceptional crispness, so even without sharpness at 100 the text is very crisp and clear.
Within the "Option" tab you can decide whether you would like MagicTune to appear as a tray icon or not. Here is the another place where you can also choose which input is being displayed, analog or digital.
During operation the 193P+ did not disappoint. At 19″ viewable, the 1280×1024 screen resolution looks much better than at 17″, as seen on my normal monitor, a Samsung 172X. The jump up to a larger display adds much clarity to the text and now that larger displays like this are able to have response times as quick as 8 ms the attractiveness of smaller displays is fading rapidly.
The picture quality on the display is excellent. This is due in no small part to the high contrast ratio which really makes each pixel stand out. This is best seen when viewing text, but it can be appreciated during gaming and video playback as well. At 7/8″ the display's bezel is surprisingly thick, despite Samsung's liking for the converse. Normally this would seem to take away from the image but given the size of a 19″ LCD, users will probably not even notice.
Using the Magic Color the colors were very vivid but judging from displays I have used in the past they did not seem to be very accurate. If you are using a dark color scheme this is not really a problem but lighter green, oranges, and yellows simply did not look right. With or without Magic Color the 193P+ is capable of producing excellent blacks and its reproduction of the grayscale is another strength.
During video gaming playing and DVD viewing no ghosting or streaking could be detected. The speedy 8 ms (gray to gray) reponse time was able to keep up with even the quickest action. Movie watching was aided by the color enhancement and contrast ratio and even the brightness was sufficient. The viewing angles of the display mean that more than one person can watch, but given the size, this could be a bit uncomfortable.
Moving on from the subjective testing the next stage was conducted using Colorvision's Spyder2PRO Studio monitor calibration tool. This external tool is used with a software application to test the color accuracy of a display. According to our testing the color of the 193P+ was not too accurate at the factory settings. As with most of LCD displays our model had weak red coloring and overly strong green coloring. Though the display does not have true color temperature adjustment (by use of a kelvin scale) it does have a cool/warm scale which can be used along with the RGB levels to get the colors accurate. With some testing the 193P+ was able to produce more accurate color, though for this to be done Magic Color had to be turned off.
The Spyder2 testing tool measured the brightness of the display at a maximum of 248.4 cd/m2 which is very close to the manufacturer's advertised level of 250 cd/m2. This was measured at the center of the panel and upon close inspection it not does seem like the corners are a bit brighter than they should be, though I have heard this complain about certain Samsung LCDs.
During testing we did encounter one problem which happened when we were using the color tool's software which is a full-screen application. MagicTune could not be accessed during use of the Spyder2 software application (even with ALT-TAB and other methods) so adjusting the color was very inconvenient. This is not a problem that many users will run into, but it is a pitfull of having the OSD accessible through a program.
After much testing and usage it was clear that the 193P+ is a display which is worthy of the reputation which Samsung has been building up over the past few years. While it is attractive, the monitor has an upgraded LCD panel which is a good deal better then the original, and means that the 193P+ is much more than just eye candy.
Given the color issues this is not the display for graphic designers but just about any other segment of users should be happy with it. As response times drop LCDs are becoming more attractive to gamers but also the high contrast ratio and stylish appearance make this product great for both the office and executive environment. The home user will be happy as well but given the price of this display, it is not for the thrifty, as much better deals can be found if you are not looking for the design and frills of Samsung's higher end products.
The MagicTune application is really hit or miss. Oftentimes it is slower than accessing the OSD through buttons, but it is more user friendly if you are making extensive changes. It should be noted that the application cannot be used with all displays so if you use two monitors it will not help with your other one unless it is a compatible Samsung.
When you are out looking for this display, make sure you do not purchase a 193P by accident. The two have the same MSRP and look identical so check out the packaging and the specifications. There are a good deal of 193Ps left over so the Plus models are still tough to find.
– Looks great
– High performance LCD
– Innovative feature set
– Very limited height adjustment
– MagicTune needs some finetuning
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Madame President,
Heads of State and Governments,
distinguished representatives,
Ladies and Gentlemen;
President Dilma Rouseff, thank you for the invitation extended to my country to return to the City of Rio where, the historic "Rio Process" movement all began, twenty years ago. I also want to thank your Government and the people of Brazil for the warm welcome extended to my delegation and also want to thank the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and the two co-chairs of the Bureau for their part in organizing this important forum.
We gather for the second time in Rio not to talk history but to make history by making things happen. This is a real opportunity for this generation of world leaders to improve upon the blueprint crafted twenty years ago. It is imperative, therefore, that we remain steadfast and take stronger measures to renew our political commitment for sustainable development in this new millennium.
I doubt there is anyone in this Hall and beyond who has not been affected, one way or another, by the events that have occurred since the "Rio Process" began twenty years ago.
For the small island developing states, central to the "Rio Process" is the real threat of sea-level rise. Disastrous meltdowns of polar ice-caps could occur within more narrow ranges of temperature change. Sea levels certainly would rise faster and to a great extent making the small island developing states like my own Micronesia become inhabitable. Time is not on the side of small island developing states. Entire cultures and generations of island people are at risk.
The Micronesian Islands are some of the smallest islands on Earth, many of which barely rise over a few feet above sea level. Some of the islands are so small. They can be crossed within 30 minutes. Our daily lives are continuously affected by our surroundings. With the increase in intensity of tropical storms we have nowhere to run. With recurring months of drought we have limited resources to survive on. The suffering that takes place would be hard to believe by those who conjure up views of Islands of Paradise on postcards.
The irony of climate change is that we have not created nor contributed to the problems which threaten our very existence. Yet, the solution lies with those, who in their efforts to protect interests of their own, chose to pollute at the expense of the most vulnerable. I must emphasize that sustainable development is meaningless if some of us disappear from the face of the Earth because we fail to heed the warnings.
Even though we are small, my country is committed to helping finding solutions. For that reason, Micronesia continues to advocate support for our amendments to the Montreal Protocol to fight climate change, thus continue to seek your support for this initiative.
In the face of credible scientific studies, developed countries have prevented progress from being achieved. Our goal to effectively address climate change has been very disappointing. From Copenhagen to the recent meeting in Bonn not much has moved. This, for our small island developing states, is sad and down-right scary.
We ask ourselves, "Why do we talk about sea- level rise and climate change at a conference on sustainable development?"
Since the industrialized revolution happened, inhabitants of the Earth were largely ignorant of the potential damage to the global environment. We know now for instance, emissions from factories and automobiles are harmful to the environment. They pollute the air we breathe, destroy the atmosphere, and contribute to global warming. We know now that the indiscriminate catches from the use of large gillnets depletes our oceans resources. They endangered certain species in the ocean. We know now that massive and major earthmoving activities on large scales for roads and housings are harmful to the eco-system.
It's high time we give genuine meaning to sustainable development by investing in real sustainable activities such as use of renewable energy, eco-tourism, oceanic resource management, and transfer of new forms of eco-friendly technology, to name a few.
For the Pacific small island countries, our combined Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) occupies more than 30 million square kilometers, an area four times the size of this great country of Brazil. It is for this reason why we put forward the concept of a "Blue Economy." Simply put, the "Blue Economy" is the conservation and sustainable use of the Ocean Resources. The Pacific region has taken the lead in sustainable fisheries and in establishing Marine Protected Areas. We ask other regions to support and promote long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of the oceans and its resources for current and future generations.
Upholding the environmental integrity of the ocean is not enough. Partnerships to develop our own fishing and on shore facilities as well as an increased share of the benefits derived from our resources are also not only fair but necessary.
A month ago, the Barbados Declaration on Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in SIDS was adopted by the leaders of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). Our dependency on imported fossil fuel and exposure to oil-price volatility demand that we must look for alternate source of energy. The renewable energy sector, therefore, must be a focus of development assistance if we are to achieve sustainable development. But assistance must also include capacity building, technology transfer along with the provision of affordable and appropriate technology.
Rio+20 is an important process for the small island developing states to achieve sustainable development. It should provide a mechanism to refocus attention towards a more result-oriented approach with additional measures to support the sustainable development of SIDS. The special case for SIDS based on our particular and unique vulnerabilities continues to be a challenge especially in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We deeply appreciate the support given to the Third Global Conference for SIDS as a mechanism that will build on the Barbados Program of Action (BPOA) and the Mauritius Strategy of Implementation (MSI).
The Pacific islands will be honored to host this important third global conference.
Let me conclude by urging all of us as leaders to support the outcome of the Rio+20 Conference with a sense of urgency. To implement Rio+20 effectively in a timely fashion, we need real commitment with actions. For an islander living in fear of disappearing beneath the mighty swells of the Pacific, this may be our only chance.
Thank you.


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Miley Cyrus wears Calvin Klein crop top to Jingle Ball concert
Miley Cyrus wears Calvin Klein crop top to Jingle Ball concert
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Miley does holiday style, like only Miley can, in a crop top. The rebellious songstress stepped out last night on the iHeart Radio/102.7 KIIS FM Jingle Ball concert red carpet in head-to-toe Calvin Klein and her signature undercut. Her black suede wrap crop top and midi skirt with a side zip were from the Resort 2014 collection, designed by the brand's creative director, Francisco Costa. We're kind of into it, are you?Click through to see a slightly different hairstyle Miley rocked this weekend
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A recent editorial spotlights how being too poor to hire a lawyer in a criminal felony case should not be a barrier to counsel; one must be provided freely by the jurisdiction as the Supreme Court ruled 50 years ago in Gideon v. Wainwright. However, jurisdistions have found ways to shirk this responsibility to the detriment of those who have no other recourse.


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Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore, who has masterminded memorable Caribbean World Cup wins over India and South Africa, is adamant that there is still plenty of work to do to finetune the Asian Tigers.
The burly Australian is used to upsetting the world order of international cricket - in 1996, he coached Sri Lanka to the World Cup title.
"We can't just sit back and say, 'that's it, we have answered our critics and that's the end of the story'. Far from it," said Whatmore.
"We have still got a long way to go yet and the reality is that Bangladesh are still the number nine side in the world and, as sometimes happens, we put in a shocking performance and we get beaten heavily.
"When that happens, it leads to more comments (from the critics).
"We know that within ourselves we have improved and that we are capable of causing upset wins and we would like that to continue."
Bangladesh's win over India in the first round helped dump Rahul Dravid's side out of the tournament while Saturday's 67-run win over South Africa in Guyana threw the race for the semi-finals wide open.
If Bangladesh were to beat England here on Wednesday, they would become outside contenders for a last four place themselves.
"The win against South Africa gave us a lift but we are not getting carried away," said Whatmore.
"Everyone who saw the game in Guyana knows that conditions there were very different to the ones we encountered in Antigua (where Bangladesh lost to Australia and New Zealand)."
Whatmore was referring to the slow Georgetown pitch which was ideally suited to left-arm spinners Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak and Saqibul Hasan who took seven wickets between them.
The pitch at the Kensington Oval here is expected to have pace and bounce.
But England batsman Ian Bell, whose team need to win all of their three remaining matches to stay in contention for a semi-final place, said that Bangladesh will not be under-estimated.
"Bangladesh are a fantastic side and we are not treating them as minnows," said Bell.
"We know they have talented young cricketers and they have proved that thay can play against some of the best sides in the world."
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When Ecotech Institute instructor Laura Bruns isn't guiding her students through environmental policy lectures, she's brewing up the next great beer that Factotum Brewhouse will feature in its taproom. Laura and her brother, Chris, opened Factotum in February 2015.
After receiving a bachelor's degree in environmental policy and master's in science and math curriculum from the University of Colorado at Boulder, Laura went on to teach math and science at the high school level. She eventually found Ecotech Institute and took the opportunity to teach environmental policy to students seeking a career in the renewable energy industry.
In addition to teaching at Ecotech Institute, Laura exercises her love of beer and teaching with brewing education classes at Factotum Brewhouse in Denver, which she operates with Chris.
"A good teacher is capable of teaching anything they're passionate about," Laura says. "Teaching is a skill and teachers are often motivated by those 'a-ha' moments, when you can see the student begin to connect the dots. Whether I'm teaching about water resources or a different style of beer, I always strive and thrive on that 'a-ha' moment. And, coincidentally, water issues and brewery operations overlap quite a bit."
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Memories, Frozen in Time: Jackie Ronne's Return Trip to an Antarctic Wasteland
Wednesday, April 5, 1995; 12:00 AM
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Edith "Jackie" Ronne spent 15 months in a 12-by-12 hut in Antarctica.
She went there in 1946, two years into her marriage to a drop-dead handsome naval officer and explorer. Finn Ronne, who had two previous polar expeditions to his credit, returned south after World War II to survey the last unknown coastline in the world, a 650-mile stretch along the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Somehow, he talked his reluctant wife into accompanying him on a six-week voyage to the land of icecaps, seals and penguins.
"I was ready to do anything for him," says Ronne of her husband, whose father, Martin Ronne, was also a polar explorer.
In late February Jackie Ronne, 75, a widow since 1980, extended the family saga by taking her daughter Karen on a cruise to the base camp that housed her husband's expedition. Although she'd been back to Antarctica, she hadn't seen the camp since they left in the spring of 1948. "It's an extremely difficult place to get to," she says. "The icy conditions make it hard. You have to hit it just right.


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Mikaul Ault doesn't just resemble Ozzy Osbourne onstage.
When he goes to restaurants and convenience stores, people comment on the resemblance.
Ault has a tattoo that's similar to one that Osbourne has. Once, at a Perkins Restaurant, a guy started trembling, convinced that the guy enjoying coffee and a muffin really was Ozzy.
Not only does Ault have a strong physical resemblance to Osbourne, but he also shares the same mannerisms. According to Ault's website, the performer prowls the stage with Ozzy's unusual staggering, lumbering gait.
Ault will bring that frightening resemblance to the madman himself to Aberdeen on Friday and Saturday. The Eagles Club will play host to Aultimate Ozzy, known as the world's best Ozzy Osbourne tribute show. Ault and three other musicians will perform at 9 each night.
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If the Salahis were still on TV, this would be a memorable episode. On the same day Journey released a new video starring guitarist Neal Schon's new squeeze Michaele Salahi, her ex Tareq Salahi sued Schon for $50 million.
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A LAW firm has pledged to plough tens of thousands of pounds into tackling youth unemployment after becoming a patron of charity the Prince's Trust.
Broad Street-based DBS Law is set to invest £100,000 into the charity's Enterprise programme, which supports unemployed young people aged between 18 and 30, by giving them the skills and confidence to start their own business or find work.
DBS Law's managing director Rob Bhol said: "The riots in August last year highlighted a serious economic and social problem in Birmingham.
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We're here in Boston and went at last week's bombings and the manhunt that followed. We hit the civil rights and political ramifications.
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WASHINGTON – The senators who engineered a 62-36 victory Thursday for a comprehensive immigration overhaul are calling themselves a bipartisan band of brothers who know they will have an even tougher job when it comes to crafting a bill that their colleagues in the House will sign.
Passage had been given up for dead several times, but a nearly two-thirds vote put the Senate on record as supporting enhanced enforcement, a new guest-worker program and, most controversially, a plan to allow the majority of the estimated 12 million immigrants living in the United States illegally to earn citizenship.
In the end, even Majority Leader Bill Frist, who many thought might not support the measure because of the legalization aspects, voted yes.
"We've taken a bill that the American people would have concluded was amnesty and by my lights we took the amnesty out while we put the security in," said Frist, R-Tenn.
Both California senators, Democrats Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, voted yes.
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"Wisdom in immigration policy doesn't just happen," said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., and one of the chief architects of the measure. "It is a choice between a future of progress as a nation of immigrants or a future defined by high walls and long fences."
Bill supporters quickly shifted their sights to the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue – to the White House.
A key to success, they said, is how hard President Bush works to preserve the main points of the Senate bill.
"Now the time has come for very active participation by the president," said Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.
As chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Specter will head the House-Senate conference.
"The American people are watching to see if Congress can govern and I believe the president will put a very heavy shoulder to the wheel," he said.
Bush said in a statement that he looks "forward to working together with both the House of Representatives and the Senate to produce a bill for me to sign into law."
First, lawmakers will somehow have to reconcile the comprehensive Senate bill with an enforcement-only bill passed by the House in December.
Talks on a merged bill will begin just months before the entire House and one-third of the Senate is up for election.
While the most vocal House Republicans on immigration oppose anything other than security-first legislation, some breaks in that attitude have occurred.
Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., head of the Republican Study Committee, broke with other members of that group and backed the notion of a guest-worker program.
Although he has not bought into one allowing guest workers to stay permanently, supporters of legalization view his comments as a positive sign.
Opinions vary about which party would suffer more politically, if a bill isn't produced before November.
Specter and other GOP senators suggested Thursday the onus is on them because Republicans control the House, Senate and White House.
Senators who oppose their chamber's bill aren't so eager to see more involvement by Bush, who favors the Senate bill's three-pronged approach.
"Members of both the House and Senate have come to their conclusions based on their perceptions of what their constituents want. I don't think this is one where the president can interject himself between the members and their constituents," said Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.
Kyl supports a comprehensive approach to immigration changes but wants any guest-worker provision to require temporary workers to eventually return to their home countries.
Kyl and other Republicans against the bill hope it will be substantially rewritten with House input. Only four Democrats voted no Thursday.
That's what some of Orange County's congressional lawmakers hope, too.
"I have always felt it's better not to have any legislation than have bad legislation, and if there was ever an example this is it," said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Huntington Beach.
Added Rep. Ed Royce, R-Fullerton: "The perception here is that we ended up with a full-scale amnesty."
Rep. Loretta Sanchez could garner a seat on the conference panel as one of the senior Democrats on the Homeland Security Committee.
"The question is how do we move a few Republicans to vote with us on a decent bill," said Sanchez, D-Garden Grove.
While Frist said he hopes the conference gets to work quickly after the Memorial Day recess, it was not clear Thursday how quickly the House will agree to do that.
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