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Brussels, 25 March 2014
Frequently asked questions: Commission proposals for new rules for organic farming
What is organic production and how does it fit in the Common Agricultural Policy?
Organic production is a system of farm management and food production that combines best environmental practices, a high level of biodiversity, the preservation of natural resources and the application of high production standards in line with the demand of a growing number of consumers for products produced using natural substances and processes. Organic production thus plays a dual societal role, where it, on the one hand, provides for a specific market responding to consumer demand for organic products and, on the other hand, delivers publicly available goods contributing to the protection of the environment, as well as to rural development.
The EU's organic scheme is part of the Union's agricultural product quality schemes, which include geographical indications and traditional specialities guaranteed. Compliance with high health and environmental standards in the production of organic products is intrinsic to the high quality of those products.
Measures financially supporting organic production have been introduced under the CAP, most recently under Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and in particular strengthened in the recent reform of the legal framework for rural development policy as established by Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (see IP/13/613).
How important is organic production in the EU today?
Consumer spending on organic food products amounted to €20.9 in 2012 (and €19.7 billion in 2011). There are more than 186 000 organic farms across Europe, cultivating an area of 9.6 million hectares, i.e. 5.4% of the total agricultural area in the European Union (EU). Figures show that organic holdings are generally bigger than conventional farms in the EU and their managers are younger. Permanent pasture represents the biggest share of the organic area (about 45%), followed by cereals (around 15%) and permanent crops (about 13%). Besides poultry, which registers the highest number of animal organic heads, the rest of organic livestock is led by sheep (46%) and bovines (30%) at European level.
For background information on organic farming in the EU, see the info graphics "The EU organic (R)evolution" and the report "Facts and figures on organic agriculture in the European Union"
Why a reform of the current policy?
The overall objective of the EU political and legislative framework is the sustainable development of organic production. While the organic market has increased fourfold and organic farming in the EU is expected to develop in line with market developments, the EU organic land area has only doubled in the last 10 years. However, neither internal supply, nor the legislative framework have kept up with this market expansion. This risks limiting both the expansion of the organic market and the environmental benefits associated with organic farming. The main drivers associated to these risks are:
Rules for producing organic – what will change?
Organic production must continue to adhere to a set of principles that reflect closely the expectations of consumers.
Last but not least, specific production rules are brought together in an Annex to the proposed Regulation, thus making the legislation easier to read and to understand.
Control systems – what will change?
The risk-based approach to official controls is reinforced by removing the requirement for a mandatory annual physical verification of compliance of all operators.
A system of group certification is introduced for small-scale farmers in the EU to reduce inspection and certification costs and the associated administrative burden, strengthen local networks, contribute to better market outlets, and ensure a level playing field with operators in third countries where group certification is allowed. This is intended to help and encourage more small farmers join the EU's organic scheme.
The proposal requires all operators along the organic chain to be submitted to the control system. Currently it is possible for certain retailers to be exempted from controls. This exemption is used very widely.
Specific provisions are introduced to increase transparency with regard to fees that may be collected for the controls, to enhance traceability and fraud prevention and to harmonise action to be taken when non-authorised products or substances are detected.
Lastly, the control system is improved by integrating all control-related provisions into a single legislative text under the Commission proposal for a Regulation on official controls and other official activities in food and feed.
Trade in organics – what will change?
The trade regime is adapted to improve the level playing field for the organic operators of the European Union and in Third Countries and to better ensure consumer confidence. The possibility of equivalence agreements with Third Countries remains, while the system of unilateral equivalency is phased out.
The recognition of control bodies is proposed to be progressively shifted to a compliance regime, meaning that imported products will have to comply with the single set of EU production rules.
Why a new Action Plan?
A new Action Plan is necessary to support the growth of the organic farming sector and the challenges of production and demand. Therefore, it is essential to guarantee the added value in terms of production and the credibility of the scheme for consumers. The Action Plan focuses on three priority domains: competitiveness of European organic producers, consolidation of consumer confidence in the European organic rules, and the reinforcement of the external dimension of EU organic production.
In the Action Plan, the Commission outlines 18 actions including:
Consultation process: who was involved?
The current situation was analysed in depth on the basis of the information collected during a series of stakeholder hearings to which the Commission invited over 70 experts and academics to provide data and advice, as well as to discuss fully the current and future challenges facing the organic sector.
The Commission launched an on-line consultation at the beginning of 2013. Around 45 000 replies were submitted in response to the questionnaire and almost 1 400 free contributions were received. The majority (96%) of responses were submitted by citizens of the European Union, while the remaining 4% were sent by stakeholders.
In addition, stakeholders of the sector were informed and consulted on the review in several meetings of the Advisory Group on Organic Farming and in numerous bilateral meetings with the Services of the European Commission.
Member States, as competent authorities in charge of implementing the legislation, were kept informed and were consulted on technical aspects of the review in particular on the administrative costs and burden resulting from the organic legislative framework.
What were the main outcomes of the consultations?
The respondents to the public consultation are concerned mainly with environmental and quality issues. They would like the European organic rules to be strengthened and wish to have uniformity of organic rules for farmers and other operators throughout the Union. Therefore the majority are in favour of putting an end to the exceptions to the rules.
High expectations were expressed as regards residues of products and substances that are not authorised for use in organic production. Consumers expect organic products to be free of pesticide residues.
The organic logo of the European Union was ranked equal to national logos as a means of recognising organic products.
The majority of citizens and stakeholders trust the organic control system while considering that it could be improved, mainly by introducing electronic certification.
They are also in favour of group certification for small farmers.
The need to improve the legislation on organic production is widely acknowledged in the organic sector. There is also broad agreement that organic production should remain close to its principles and objectives and that exceptions to the rules should be ended.
What were the conclusions of the Impact Assessment study?
The impact assessment concluded that the preferred option for the future EU organic policy framework was the so-called principle-driven option. This option aims at re-focussing organic production on its basic principles and objectives of contributing to the integration of environmental protection requirements into the CAP, and promoting sustainable agricultural production.
In addition, particular attention has been paid to simplification during the whole process. The preferred option will:
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There are a lucky few born with the knack of turning a drab, colorless space into a fun, vibrant room that demands praise. For those of us that struggle with igniting the creativity spark, there are several ways to get interior design ideas – all without hiring a consultant or even leaving the house.
1. Browse Better Homes and Gardens, HGTV: For timeless looks, consult the experts that have established themselves as knowledgeable interior design sources over decades. Libraries or online databases may carry prior issues of Better Homes and Gardens, and HGTV is constantly airing a TV show pertaining to home improvement or interior design. Also try perusing their websites for quick access to classic interior design ideas.
2. Search Google Images: Perhaps the easiest and most painless option for finding thousands of results is to conduct a simple search for "interior design ideas" in Google Images. A wide variety of results are quickly displayed, from the posh and extravagant to the fun and basic.
3. Narrow the Scope of Your Google Search: Now that you're faced with an endless array of options ranging from the generic to over-the-top, how many of these results actually match your vision or budget? Paring down your search will prevent you from having to sift through dozens of irrelevant ideas. You can limit your search by addressing the following details:
• Budget: How much are you looking to spend? If you're a young adult with limited expendable income, consider searching for "dorm decorating ideas" for fresh and thrifty ideas (ever considered pipe-cleaner art or a Polaroid clothesline?).
• Theme: Do you have a specific theme in mind? Even if it's something simple like a theme involving shapes, adding the world "rectangle" or "circle" to your search for designs will help you in your quest of finding pertinent results.
• Color Scheme: Fascinated by blue hues or deep reds? Add it to your search. Remember, you don't have to adhere to any particular color scheme – if you think that the nice living room set in blue tones might look better in a golden brown, do it. It's your living space, and it's your call.
• Room: This is fairly obvious, but amending your search to include the type of room you're decorating will help eradicate images of bedrooms when you're trying to get kitchen interior design ideas.
4. Pay Attention to Movies or TV: Keeping an eye on the hero character's bedroom may spark an interior design idea (provided the film is relevant and not related to Star Wars or the Lord of the Rings trilogy). All film crews have a Production Designer and an Art Director working on every set, and it is their responsibility to design and decorate every scene captured on film – and they are paid well for their expertise. The next time you watch a movie, take special note of how the room in the background looks, and consider it free interior decorator advice from the best in the business.
5. Flickr: Another less conventional approach to finding trendy interior design ideas is to log on to Flickr, a popular photo-sharing website. Here, you can browse photos Google Images may have missed, and you can search through photos by the tags given to them – and you will be surprised at the number of proud individuals who take pictures of their savvy new living room. Try typing in "Interior Decorating", "Feng Shui", or "Interior Design" for a myriad of unique ideas that you won't find on traditional home design websites.

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A friend of mine had a cake similar to this in a diet package she receives every week. I took one look at it and although decorative to a point, it was tasteless and just didn't have the taste it should have. Here is my recipe for a cake that encompasses softness, crunch and some good ol' fashioned flavors that will put a smile on your face, and the kids will love it too. AT least it's one way to get the kids to eat their fruit.
Tangy Whole Apple Cinnamon Cake
I used Honey Crisp apples in this recipe. They are a great balance between sweet, tart and crisp. If you use Macintosh or other soft apple, you won't need to precook them first. The warm taste of this cake is perfect for any time of year
For the Cinnamon Yogurt Cake:
Nonstick cooking spray
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 stick butter or margarine, at room temperature
1/4 cup oil
2 cups sugar
3 eggs, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups plain yogurt
2 teaspoons vanilla
6 small apples, cored but not peeled*
Cinnamon-Cocoa Crumb Topping, recipe below
5 cinnamon sticks. optional
Preheat oven to 350-degrees F. Spray a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Place the apples in the microwave and cook for 1-1 1/2 minutes each, or until they are slightly softened. You don't need to cover them, just make sure they are sitting on a plate. Cook them individually or combine if desired. If you do combine them, of course the cooking time will vary.
Sift the flour and baking powder together in a medium bowl. In a separate bowl with a hand-held mixer(or use a countertop mixer), place butter and sugar in the bowl, beat until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the oil and continue beating until well incorporated. Add eggs, on at a time, and continue beating until combined. Beat in the yogurt and vanilla. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, in batches, until well mixed, scraping down sides. Do not overmix, if it is a little lumpy, that is fine.
Pour 1/2 of the cake batter into the prepared pan evenly.
Sprinkle half the cinnamon mixture over the batter, covering the entire surface of the batter. Spoon remaining batter over the swirl mixture and spread it evenly. Top with the remaining swirl mixture, saving some to sprinkle inside of each apple.
Now take 6 cored apples and place them in the batter, evenly spacing but not touching the sides of the pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean or simply touch the center. If it bounces back, the cake is done. Remove cake from oven, let cool before slicing out individual servings. Dollop each serving with either whipped cream or ice cream, dunk a cinnamon stick in each if desired and serve.
Cinnamon-Cocoa Crumb Topping:
1 cup flour
1 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 teaspoons cocoa powder
3 tablespoons butter or margarine, melted
Mix well in a bowl.
*If you don't have an apple corer at home(as I don't) simple take either a very thin steak knife or the thinnest spoon handle you have and poke it down through around the core on a hard surface. Then poke it out through the other side.


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Meet Ken DiMare, Employee of the Month
In the 10 years Ken DiMare has worked as the textbook and general book coordinator at the De Anza Bookstore, he's created a general reference book department, an art department, discount art supply kits and a children's book corner.
"I'm especially proud of the children's book corner," DiMare said. "The Bookstore now offers more books of interest than just textbooks."
His nominator, Jeri Montgomery, said DiMare also works tirelessly with the requisitions from faculty, returning phone calls, answering questions, researching ISBNs, placing orders and resolving problems for clients.
"He always goes above and beyond the call of duty," Montgomery said. "He makes sure the book orders are accurate and timely, particularly during the month of September for fall quarter classes." Montgomery said DiMare is very knowledgeable about the text industry and remains vigilant to publisher or vendor policy changes, current practices, industry changes and updates. "Ken is always polite and considerate and willing to help in other areas of the Bookstore," she said.
DiMare credits Montgomery with keeping him motivated and challenged. "She helps me be the best I can be." DiMare enjoys serving the campus community and assisting students with their academic needs.
"They keep me focused on why I enjoy working here," he said. DiMare holds an A.A. in retail merchandise management.


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PORTLAND, Ore. – Fresh off an important victory last weekend at Gillette Stadium, the New England Revolution returns to action on Thursday night at Jeld-Wen Field, where the Revs will visit the red-hot Portland Timbers.
Kickoff between the Revs (2-3-2, 8 pts.) and Timbers (3-1-4, 13 pts.) is set for 10:30 p.m. ET and the match will be available regionally on both Comcast SportsNet and 98.5 The Sports Hub.
Current Form: New-look setup gets Revs off the mark; Timbers unbeaten in six
With Lee Nguyen and Kelyn Rowe thriving in central playmaking roles the Revolution snapped out of its offensive funk last weekend in a 2-0 win over the Philadelphia Union. Nguyen and Rowe combined to set up Diego Fagundez's game winner in the 61st minute before Nguyen tacked on a second 10 minutes later, while goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth helped keep New England's fourth clean sheet through seven matches.
"That was exactly what we were looking to do; be dangerous on the attack, get chances and finish those chances," said Ryan Guy, who played on the left wing. "I think we probably could've finished a few more than we did, but the goals that we did score were quality goals … They were from the run of play, from some good passages of play and it felt like we kind of broke the seal, which we've been looking to do for awhile now."
Portland also secured an important victory last Saturday night as the Timbers went on the road to claim a 3-2 win over Sporting Kansas City. Twice the Timbers fell behind in the first half but got back on level terms before the break before Rodney Wallace clinched a second-half winner to run Portland's unbeaten streak to six games (3-0-3).
Past Meetings: Sene's goal after 28 seconds lifted Revs in lone 2012 matchup
The Revs and Timbers have met just three times heading into Thursday night's game and have split those three meetings (1-1-1), with both teams picking up victories at home.
Saer Sene scored the eighth-fastest goal in MLS history after just 28 seconds to lift the Revs to a 1-0 victory in the only meeting between the two teams last year at Gillette Stadium, but the Revs suffered a 3-0 loss in their only previous visit to Jeld-Wen Field back in Sept. 2011.
Injury Report: Revolution's backline depth to be tested with quartet unavailable
The Revs have been hit hard by injury and suspension in recent days, with the backline particularly affected. Presumed first-choice starters Kevin Alston (Disabled List/illness), Andrew Farrell (L knee contusion) and A.J. Soares (R hamstring strain) are all out for Thursday night's meeting with Portland, while Chris Tierney – who has played left back in Alston's absence – will be unavailable while serving a suspension.
With those four ruled out, the Revs are left with just three natural defenders – Darrius Barnes, Jose Goncalves and Stephen McCarthy – on the active roster, although Bilal Duckett has been recalled from his loan with the Rochester Rhinos (USL PRO) to provide additional cover.
"This is why you have depth," said head coach Jay Heaps. "If there's an injury here or there, you've got to make sure that the guys are ready to go."
Midfielders Clyde Simms (concussion) and Donnie Smith (L groin strain) have also been ruled out for Thursday night, while forward Chad Barrett (L hamstring strain) and goalkeeper Matt Reis (L knee irritation) are both questionable.
Portland, meanwhile, will be without Bright Dike (L ACL surgery), David Horst (R tibia plateau surgery) and Brent Richards (L ACL surgery) on Thursday night, although only Horst has appeared in a game this season.
Final Thoughts: Revs eager to get back on the field after strong performance vs. Union
"It's a great test," Guy said of the trip to Portland. "I think we're all excited after this win (over Philadelphia). I think now we really want a good test to see if this was a fluke or something that we can continue to run with. I think we're all confident that this is something that can stick and we can get a little bit of steam under our belts, get going and continue to score some goals and get points."


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Top Friction
Here on Earth, friction is an unbalanced force that will cause moving objects to negatively accelerate. A top is a classically fun toy that spins for a period of time. Tops stop spinning because of friction forces between the top and the surface it is spinning on (as well as some friction with the air). Using a top that doesn't stop (available at Educational Innovations) and a normal top, this demo offers a discrepant event for students to experience. They know that all tops stop, but don't neccessarily know why, and they will be especially preplexed when they see a top that does not stop spinning. Watch the video to see it in action and to see why it doesn't stop spinning.


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Biology: Maureen McColginby Jeremy Sexton '07 • September 26, 2005 Share:
Maureen McColgin is a visiting professor of Biology who is glad to be back in the classroom.
Professor McColgin is originally from Mesa, Arizona, but attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. She now finds herself teaching at Wabash College.
"I got to know the faculty and the students and it was a place where I really wanted to be," McColgin said.
"The students are very motivated here and you get quite a wide range of them," the Arizona native said. "I want to do the best I can for the students. The benefit to being at a small college like this is the fact that you get to have a lot of one-on-one time, and the open door policy allows students to be comfortable enough to come and ask professors for help. That is a big part of it for me being able to interact with students both in and out of the classroom."
Professor McColgin teaches Biology 111 and the senior seminar. Also, she had the chance to go to Ecuador with Dr. J.D. Phillips and several Wabash students this summer to study Ornithology as well as Ecology.
"It was my first chance to interact with students and teach. It was a really great experience." McColgin said. "I was overwhelmed as a biologist to have the opportunity to venture into the rainforest. I would do it again in a heartbeat."
Professor McColgin missed the first few weeks of school due to an illness, but she was eager to get back into the classroom.
McColgin is currently pursuing graduate studies at Purdue University. Her doctoral thesis is on the sociology and genetics of coatis in southwestern Arizona. McColgin lives in Crawfordsville with her husband, Lon Porter, and their two cats and one dog, Zorro. She enjoys reading and training Zorro for competitions. Together Porter and McColgin are avid hikers and love to travel.
Sexton is a Wabash College junior and English major. Robert Boarman, a writer for The Bachelor, also contributed to this story.
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Anemia is a condition in which the body does not have enough healthy red blood cells. Red blood cells provide oxygen to body tissues. There are many types of anemia.
Anemia of chronic disease is anemia that is found in people with certain long-term (chronic) medical conditions.
Anemia of inflammation; AOCD; ACD
Anemia is a lower-than-normal number of red blood cells in the blood. Some conditions can lead to anemia of chronic disease include:
Anemia of chronic disease is often mild. You may not notice any symptoms.
When symptoms occur, they may include:
The doctor will perform a physical exam.
Anemia may be the first symptom of a serious illness, so finding its cause is very important.
Tests that may be done to diagnose anemia or rule out other causes include:
Anemia is often mild enough that it does not need treatment. It will likely get better when the disease that is causing it is treated.
The condition is rarely severe enough to need a blood transfusion.
Iron supplements may sometimes be used, but only for patients whose iron levels are low. Taking iron pills when your body does not need them can lead to serious medical problems. Do not take iron pills before talking with your health care provider first.
The anemia will improve when the disease that is causing it is treated.
Discomfort from symptoms is the main complication in most cases. Anemia may lead to a higher risk of death in patients with heart failure.
Call your health care provider if you have a chronic disorder and you develop symptoms of anemia.
Little JA, Benz Jr EJ, Gardner LB. Anemia of chronic diseases. In: Hoffman R, Benz EJ Jr, Silberstein LE, et al., eds. Hematology: Basic Principles and Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2012:chap 35.


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In 1994, when Elizabeth Wurtzel wrote "Prozac Nation," an autobiographical account of her struggles with severe depression, which was later adapted into a feature film under the same title, her story was considered an extreme case of a troubled life. What she described then, however, was already a widespread phenomenon that has now morphed into a national malaise and beyond.
Antidepressants and painkillers rank among the most commonly prescribed drugs in the United States today. In 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics published a report that identified about 11 percent of the American public as antidepressant users, a 400 percent increase since the 1980s when previous surveys were taken.
Worldwide, consumption of antidepressants has been dramatically on the rise over the past decade, and there are no signs of abating. On the contrary, the pharmaceutical industry predicts ever-increasing demands in the U.S. and globally.
According to the CDC report, people who take antidepressants do so not only to treat depression but also anxiety and other disorders in response to stress. In fact, about 8 percent of those taking antidepressant drugs had no current symptoms of depression at all.
Women between the ages of 40 and 59 make up the largest group of antidepressant drug users – about 23 percent. Females in general are more likely to take such medications than males; whites do it in greater numbers than other ethnicities; most users stay on antidepressants for two or more years; less than half ever seek professional help in form of hospitalization or counseling.
Experts have offered a wide range of explanations for the growing demand for psychotherapeutic drugs. The heightened economic struggles over the last few years have added substantially to the stress levels vast parts of the population are exposed to. In the media, pharmaceuticals of all kinds, including antidepressants, are aggressively marketed, and many insurance plans cover them. There is also suspicion that many doctors tend to over-diagnose when it comes to psychological disorders, even in cases where they appear to be temporary and mild in nature.
The truth is that antidepressant drugs are not harmless and can cause a number of unpleasant side effects, among them nausea, weight gain, loss of sexual desire and erectile dysfunction, insomnia, fatigue, agitation, suicidal thoughts, and even greater anxiety.
Experts recommend to switch between different types of antidepressant drugs if debilitating symptoms persist, but they also warn not to take such steps without consulting one's physician.
Generally speaking, taking medications against depression or anxiety should not always be the first measure to find relief. A health-promoting lifestyle that includes eating a balanced diet, regular exercise, and enough sleep can be very helpful in dealing with many disturbances, both of body and mind. That does not mean to underestimate their seriousness, but at least it can provide a much-needed foundation for recovery.
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UNDP partners with Least Developed Countries Fund to strengthen early warning systems and climate information in AfricaOct 2, 2013
New York--The Global Environment Facility's (GEF) Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) approved on 26 September a US$43.63m grant for a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)-led initiative to strengthen climate information and early warning systems in Africa.
The programme will be implemented in 10 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Liberia, Malawi, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
"This program, by increasing the weather and climate information available to decision makers, will greatly enhance the ability of African governments and communities to prepare for extreme weather shocks, build greater resilience and successfully adapt their sustainable development and poverty alleviation pathways to a changing climate", said Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa at the UNDP.
Kebede Gerba, State Minister of Ministry of Water and Energy of Ethiopia, added that "the initiative is timely and above all will promote the National Meteorology Agency's climate service delivery systems to discharge their national and international duties and responsibilities."
The UNDP-GEF led initiative, in coordination with other on-going and planned initiatives at the country level, will enable targeted countries to take additional measures to improve existing climate information systems and adopt new and alternative technologies. The funds will for instance be used by the recipient countries to finance the installation of new observational infrastructure and strengthen capacities to collect, manage and use climate information to support decision making for farmers as well as national and sub-national planners.
"This UNDP-GEF signature programme creates a renewed opportunity for countries to address a critical element in their overall strategy of building resilience to climate change related risks on sustainable development" stated Adriana Dinu, Officer-in-Charge and Deputy Executive Coordinator, UNDP-GEF.
Key line ministries such as Finance, Planning, Environment, Agriculture and Water Resources are expected to benefit. Enhanced climate information systems will support key government institutions and civil society to plan for, respond to and mitigate the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events, thereby improving the resilience of communities and ability to monitor climate change in recipient countries.
This initiative directly supports repeated requests by climate change negotiators from developing countries, within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to enhance climate information and early warning systems. This latest financial contribution by donor countries and the United Nations system in partnership with the GEF managed adaptation funds is a direct response to these requests.
Information on the UNDP-GEF supported portfolio of projects on adaptation is accessible at http://www.undp-alm.org
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The Internet has a habit of making anything you say obsolete as soon as you say it. No sooner had I compared the future of the GNOME and KDE desktops than GNOME announced that a version 3.0 would be released after all.
Because of the announcement and the subsequent discussion, I immediately had to reconsider my original conclusion: Does KDE have the evolutionary advantage after all? Or could GNOME regain it and continue to surpass KDE?
At this stage, definitive answers are impossible. While GNOME's plans have received widespread publicity, they are still in the earliest stages. Few milestones have been set, apart from having GNOME 3 released a year from now, and the plans are essentially wish lists that have not been officially approved.
Specifically, GNOME's success depends mainly on whether users will accept the vision of usability contained in GNOME 3.0. This vision depends partly on GNOME's final road map, and partly on the influence of Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth's campaign to make the desktop the rival of Apple, which should be in place about the same time that GNOME 3 appears.
The GNOME wish list
Considering that GNOME has championed incremental releases for the past seven years, the rapidly developing plans for GNOME 3.0 are surprisingly revolutionary.
According to Vincent Untz's email to the desktop-devel-list and the discussion that follows it, GNOME 3.0 will be an ambitious re-imagining of the desktop. The GNOME Shell will replace the current panel and window manager, and GNOME Zeitgeist will introduce file management that is based, not upon the traditional hierarchy of folders, but on such alternatives as bookmarks, calendars, tags, and comments.
Behind the scenes, GNOME 3.0 will see a number of libraries deprecated, such as the esound sound server and the file system layer libgnomevfs, and the introduction of new ones, such as Clutter. In addition, a staging area will be created for applications like GStreamer that do not quite conform to the desktop's standard, and greater provisions for D-Bus, Avahi, and other technologies that are, strictly speaking, external to GNOME, but whose use the project wishes to encourage.
Another factor that will affect GNOME 3.0 is the development of the third version of GTK+, the widget toolkit that GNOME uses. Although currently detailed plans for GTK+ 3 are yet to be drafted, they will almost certainly be affected by the efforts in GNOME.
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My first impression when reading the plans for GNOME 3.0 is that the planners are being optimistic. Considering that KDE 4.0 took eighteen months to plan and another eighteen to implement, the chances that GNOME 3.0 will be released in a year seem small.
It seems likely that at least six to eight months will be needed just to finish organizing the effort. I mean no disrespect to GNOME, but I wonder whether, after years of incremental releases, the project has under-estimated the time needed for such disruptive changes.
As I look more closely, I also notice that in a number of cases, the plans are not so much a rebuilding from scratch, like KDE 4.0, as they are a vacuuming out of some of the cruft that has accumulated over the years. Perhaps this difference makes the schedule more realistic, but I wonder how thorough a cleaning will result.
In general, it appears that GNOME 3.0 will not be as much of a fresh start as KDE 4.0 was, although this appearance may be due to the lack of detailed plans and my lack of familiarity with some of the technologies to be introduced. Certainly, the fact that the GNOME Shell uses Javascript should make it easier for developers to contribute to the project.
For now, the plans for GNOME 3.0 seem best judged by the changes to usability they propose. Nor is that the worst criterion; while developers might worry about the state of the back end, end-users are more apt to be concerned about the state of the desktop (unless, of course, the back end significantly affects performance). And, by this criterion, GNOME may be about to attempt changes that are far more radical than the ones that had KDE users screaming obscenities last year.
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Air ionizer, ion therapy, ionized air, negative ions, positive ions.
Negative ion generators are a type of electrical device that creates charged particles, called negative ions. Health benefits from ion therapy may include prevention of allergies and treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Negative ions may also increase the flow of oxygen to the brain. When a negative ion generator runs continuously, it creates what is known as ionized air. Air ionizers use an electrically charged plate to create many negative ions. These plates add an electron to many types of gasses in the air.
Positive ions have been suggested to have negative health effects, such as dry eyes, depression, and unclear thinking. Common household devices that generate positive ions are appliances such as hair dryers. Some advocates of negative ion generators claim that the positive ions generated by common household devices cause subtle changes in the body's chemistry, which may manifest as any number of symptoms.
Negative ion generators may also attract microbes and dust to their electrically charged plates. The circulation of disease-causing microbes and allergens in the area may therefore decrease.
Ion therapy became popular in the 1970s when a researcher published several scientific articles which attributed an improvement in several breathing problems to the placement of air ionizers in the area.
Today, air ionizers are sold in some mainstream specialty and department stores. Air ionizers are more popular in Japan and Eastern Europe than they are in the United States and Western Europe.
Though air ionizers are sold on the premise that they may prevent and reduce the severity of respiratory problems, such as allergic bronchitis, allergic sinusitis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and hay fever, high quality medical trials using air ionizers to treat these conditions are lacking. More information is needed before a strong clinical recommendation can be made.
Recent research has investigated the use of air ionizers for the treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder, a type of yearly depression that occurs in the winter for individuals living in the Northern hemisphere and in the summer for individuals living in the Southern hemisphere.
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Ions are charged particles in the air. These particles hold either a positive or a negative charge. While some of these particles occur naturally, a variety of machines and electrical equipment can distribute additional negative ions into the air. Advocates of air ionizers claim that negative ions may increase the flow of oxygen to the brain and increase the body's production of serotonin.
Some research suggests that certain microbes and allergy-causing substances, such as animal dander, have a positive electrical charge. In addition, some advocates believe that positively charged ions themselves have negative effects on the lungs and other parts of the respiratory organs when inhaled. Some air ionizers are designed to attract and hold these positively charged ions on a bar attached to the machine while simultaneously circulating negative ions.
A 2006 study by Terman et al. evaluated the change in symptoms of 99 adults with seasonal depression when treated with either light or ion therapy. Of the patients treated with high density ionization therapy, 42.7% experienced significant relief of symptoms.
The earliest studies on the health effects of negative ions were conducted in the 1970s by an Italian researcher. However, these studies were poorly designed, so no firm conclusions can be drawn from the experiments.
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Air ionizers are not regulated for approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However, many ionizers are sold as air filters, devices which the FDA is developing protocol for use. However, no government agency regulates air filters.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - The second South Korean hostage shot dead by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan was identified on Tuesday as Shim Sung-min, 29, a former IT firm employee who did volunteer work to help the poor.
Afghan authorities recovered his blood-stained body dumped southwest of Kabul.
South Korea's foreign ministry confirmed the body was that of Shim, one of 23 Korean Christians, 18 of them women, taken captive by the Taliban nearly two weeks ago.
The bullet-ridden body of the first victim Bae Hyung-kyu, a male pastor who led the group, was found last Wednesday.
Shim's mother cried hysterically when she arrived at the Saemmul Church in suburban Seoul after hearing the victim may have been her son.
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Shim's father, a provincial assembly member, described his son as a gentle soul.
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Shim was unemployed and looking to go to graduate school, local media reported. One aunt said relatives were trying to set him up to get married next year, Yonhap news agency reported.
Analysts said there was no easy answer for the South Korean government, which sent a special envoy to Afghanistan, to resolve the problem. Seoul has few people with expertise in the region and almost no experience in negotiating with the Taliban.
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University of Mary Washington junior women's lacrosse standout Ashley Scutari (Brookhaven, N.Y./Bellport) was selected by the Capital Athletic Conference Directors of Athletics as the CAC's 2009 NCAA Sportsmanship Award candidate.
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Scutari was nominated because of an incident in a game on March 14, 2009, when she was able to maintain her focus and calm after a physical and dangerous play that allowed the Eagles to maintain possession of the ball in the final seconds of the game and claim a 10-9 victory.
Scutari secured a loose ball in front of the UMW goal after an opponent turnover in the final 33 seconds of the game. The opponent swung her stick, hitting Scutari in the back of both legs and knocking her to the ground. The opponent was disqualified from the game, and UMW was able to hold on to the ball and the one goal win.
Following the game, the game officials told Mary Washington coach Dana Hall that players tend to retaliate in that situation. The officials were impressed that Scutari calmly got up, brushed herself off and set about the task of preparing to get the ball out of the defensive end of the field to protect the lead and the win.
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Scutari, who started all 22 games for the 2009 Eagles and contributed one goal, 35 ground balls, 25 draw controls and 14 caused turnovers, was a leader of the UMW squad, that included more 11 freshmen on a 21-member team. The Eagles finished with a 14-8 overall record, advanced to the CAC Championship game after placing third in the regular season and earned an at-large bid to the 2009 NCAA Championship Tournament.


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Interesting comment, it is definitely something to consider. Thank you very much.marc108 wrote: for example: higher cholesterol could be indicative of higher meat consumption, which would give you more b12 and maybe the b12 is actually whats improving their psych scores. it could be that they have some genetic abnormality and the low cholesterol is just a symptom of that... kind of how the smoke alarm isnt actually a fire, just an indicator of the fire. it could be that when you spread this study out to 10,000 people instead of 20, this association disappears. its hard to know... i'm not saying its baseless, i'm just saying that assuming causal mechanisms in the way those blogs are is just bad science.
this was also a huge issue during some initial testing of vitamin supplements. for ex: we noticed people with high levels of blood vitamin A had less lung cancer. so the assumption was made that it was the vitamin A decreasing cancer... when the vitamin A is isolated and given to people, lung cancer actually increases! turns out that vitamin A is just an indicator for who's consuming more fruits and vegetables, and its the higher intake of fruits and veggies that actually is correlated with less lung cancer... through some unknown mechanism.
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Your body is composed of trillions of cells that need to interact with each other. Cholesterol is one of the molecules that allow for these interactions to take place. For example, cholesterol is the precursor to bile acids, so without sufficient amounts of cholesterol, your digestive system can be adversely affected.
It also plays an essential role in your brain, which contains about 25 percent of the cholesterol in your body. It is critical for synapse formation, i.e. the connections between your neurons, which allow you to think, learn new things, and form memories.
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A temporary decrease in blood flow to the brain results in unconsciousness, or fainting. Many disorders, some of them serious, can cause this. "In adolescents," says pediatric neurologist Dr. Patricia Crumrine of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, "fainting usually turns out to be due to vasovagal syncope." Your pediatrician may also refer to it as neurally mediated syncope. The condition is not serious, although a child can incur head injuries and lacerations from collapsing. Syncope can be set off by pain, fatigue, heat, exercise, stress—even intense emotions, like the shock of hearing some distressing news or watching a scary scene in a movie. In response, the heart contracts more forcefully than usual. The nervous system, sensing this, overreacts. It slows down the pumping action, inducing a sudden drop in blood pressure. At the same time, it narrows major blood vessels, including those that carry blood to the brain. Typically, young victims regain consciousness after a few minutes, with no lingering effects, and have full recall.
Sudden light-headedness, followed by loss of consciousness and collapse.
Vasovagal syncope runs through many family trees. "When we take the patient's family history," says Dr. Crumrine, "we often find that a close relative experienced similar symptoms at around the same age." A diagnosis can frequently be reached just on the basis of the history and possibly a tilt-table test. This simple, noninvasive procedure entails strapping a young patient to a mechanical table, then tilting it up to a near-standing position. She remains at this angle for ten to fifteen minutes. Fainting brought on by a rapid drop in blood pressure and heart rate is considered a positive result for vasovagal syncope. Rest assured that once the table is lowered, the patient's heartbeat and circulation return to normal, and she regains consciousness. The physician may order a variety of additional tests to rule out other conditions, such as seizures (epilepsy) and cardiac disorders.
The measures below can help teens who are prone to fainting reduce the frequency of future episodes:
Two other common causes of dizziness and fainting in young people are hyperventilation and orthostatic hypotension. "Orthostatic" means "caused by standing erect"; "hypotension," "low blood pressure." Adolescents with this condition may feel dizzy and weak if they stand up too quickly from a prone position. The drop in blood pressure is related to pubertal growth causing a rapidly rising center of gravity and expanding blood volume.


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We have project with a about 50 forms. Using Delphi XE and SiLang 22.214.171.124. The project contains 3 languages which are currently all in the program (no .SIL or .SIB loading at startup). On the main form we have SiLang and siLangDispatcher all other forms have TSiLinked components.
The ActiveLanguage is set in the Form's OnFormCreate. When it displays the form or when we switch languages from the menu the Main menu starts flickering for about a second or so (Looks like 'retyping' the menu - more then once, which users find very anoying).
Even tried Hiding and Showing the form (and when that did not work a loop containing Sleep and Application.ProcessMessage for about 10 times). But then the flickering just came when the screen was shown again.
Anything we can do to prevent this?
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 12:34 pm
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Do you use the standard VCL main menu or some custom VCL? It just looks like repainting problem of some custom drawing menu.
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:54 pm
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It is an 'normal' TMainMenu.
AutoHotkeys = maAutomatic
AutoLineReduction = maAutomatic
AutoMerge = false
OwnerDraw = false
No events. And only one menu item with an OnClick that fills its sub-menu.
And just to be complete neither of the SiLang(Dispatcher) have events.
We did not have the problem before adding the TSiLang
I made a small 'movie' to show what is happening:
It seems to ben just the 'top' menu/bar. And it also happens slowly when the 'manual' fill "Reopen" is 'opened'. But somehow not exactly the same. BTW the items in that sub-menu are excluded from translation.[/quote]
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:10 pm
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It looks like either VCL issue which flickers when it needs to re-align items. As you can see there is also some flickering when you click on "Re-open" item. TsiLang doesn't perform anything special, it just @changes the Caption property of controls". Does the flickering go away if you resize your form and all the menu items will be at a single line under all languages?
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:29 pm
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I have been testing with this for some time. It still occurs when the screen is much wider (and one line).
Also checked DoubleBuffering of the form being on. This is currently the only program using SiComponents (before we had MultiLang, all other Windows tools are administration so just English and most of our programs are web based - using our own database based translation).
We tested a lot, also searched the web for TMainMenu having this problem (found none, except something with DoubleBuffering and Merging child menus which is not the case).
The only thing that we can see that differs is the SiLang components. But to be fair there are two other Forms in the same project with a TMainMenu and TSiLangLinked a that do not have the problem. But the main one is bigger and there are other components (Lang and Dispatcher).
So yes although logic dictates SiLang being the issue it could be somewhere else, but we found no way of debugging this and finding any other known problems, we put our hope on you (preferably a known issue).
Can you give us any suggestions??
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:39 am
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Could you please try the following:
1. Make a copy of the unit where the problem appears.
2. Remove all the code from it except TsiLang related code.
3. Create a new simple project only with this new unit and check if the problem still appears.
4. If the problem reproduced then please send us this sample project.
5. If problem won't be reproduced then the only way I could see is to delete partially the code in the original unit step-by-step and test everytime to detect which code causes such problem.
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Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2012 12:24 pm
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Thanks for the reply. This will take some time to do. So probably get back to you somewhere next week.
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Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:20 am
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After some testing with a fully functioning main screen but none of the sub-screens, I came to some conclusions.
* When a menu is updated (add and remove items, changing texts but also enabling and disabling menu items) Windows updates the whole menu (still a bit weird but that is what happens)
* The DoubleBuffering property goes for the whole client area of the screen. But the client area does not contain the window border, title and yes also not the main menu.
* We update the menu far to often. (e.g. after opening a project due to different area's it will in total do at least 3 updates from different locations. Which of course stresses the rebuilding of the menu much more (a short flicker 3 time becomes one longer annoying flickering)
I got two solutions:
The first is of course trying to limit the number of screen/menu-updates.
The second is only a visibility solution to make sure that when updating Windows does not modify the screen.
Menu := nil;
// Do menu updates here like:
siLangDispatcher1.ActiveLanguage := (Sender as TComponent).Tag;
Menu := MainMenu1;
This even removes any flickering when changing the language it just 'magically' swaps it.
I hope this is useful to other users...
And thanks very much for your time.
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Refactoring ScrewTurn Wiki's JavaScript
After moving the scripts to ~/JS/ScrewTurnWiki.js, ScrewTurn Wiki's main page looks like this:
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var __elem = document.getElementById("PageAttachmentsDiv");
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window.onload = doWindowLoad;
function doWindowLoad() {
var __elem = document.getElementById("PageAttachmentsDiv");
if (document.getElementById("PageAttachmentsLink")) {
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__elem.style["display"] = "none";
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equals(display, 'none');
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With our QUnit test harness in place, we are ready to refactor ScrewTurn Wiki's JavaScript using jQuery. Let's start by taking a look at hiding the PageAttachmentsDiv:
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