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Very Hard To Lose Fat
Susanna replied to adab8ca's topic in Sports and FitnessSuch a tough question--how can one lose weight? It's affected by so many things. You are doing lots that should help. Beyond that, here are my thoughts: 1. Now that you've been gluten-free for 18 mos, it's possible that your gut is finally healed (it can take 2 years, they say) and you're absorbing your nutrients through your gut adequately for the first time in your life. This is good, because you're finally absorbing the vitamins, etc. that you need. But it also means you're a set up for weight gain. 2. Work to reduce stress--Stress makes you secrete cortisol, which triggers your body to hold onto fat--especially belly fat. All the literature says do meditation daily--it's great for decreasing cortisol production. 3. Accept that it's going to be a battle for you--in middle age, our metabolisms slow down and it's harder to lose weight. 4. Cardio, cardio, cardio! This is where the fat is burned. Mix it up--try Crossfit, or spinning, or anything that is high intensity 5. Think about a time when you were losing weight successfully. What are you doing differently now? Were you keeping a food or calorie journal then and you've quit that? There may be something you changed that accounts for your current plateau. Go back to your methods when you were successful--they mayhelp you again. You sound very motivated--hang onto that! Good luck!
Favorite Protein/power Bar?
Susanna replied to nightwolf67's topic in Sports and FitnessThere's a great company called You Bar ( youbars.com ) in which you can order your own custom bars. This is AWESOME news for anyone with specific nutrition needs--you can choose type of protein, add fiber if you want, pick which fruits or sweeteners or, well, the possiblilities are endless! There's even an option to click on where they tell you if the bar you've chosen will be tasty or not. Very cool. You have to order a whole box, of course, and they're a little pricey (about $3/bar) but well worth it in my book. Another I really like is the Simply Bar, available on (can't say the name, but it rhymes with cramazon.com ). These are high protein, low cal, easy on the stomach and very durable (they don't melt in your backpack). They are very mild tasting--not thrilling, but not objectionable tasting either. But if I want a more delicious bar, I go for a Larabar or a Kind Bar.
Amazon's prices on gluten-free products are fairly competitively priced.
Fair Foods
Susanna replied to AlsMom's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & MedicationsYou just gotta accept that there will be a certain degree of risk for CC at the fair. But my son and I have had the kettle corn, roasted corn on the cob, candy apples/carmel apples, dish of ice cream, cotton candy, fudge, and lemonade at the fair and have had no problems.
Sorting Through Inconsistencies
Susanna replied to beachlvr's topic in Gluten-Free Foods, Products, Shopping & MedicationsThe shopping and figuring-out-what-you-can-eat in general gets a lot better after you adjust to this whole deal. Eating in restaurants, at friends' houses, parties/potlucks, it all gets easier with time. You'll see. Most ice creams are gluten-free--just use your head tho--avoid cookie and cream, birthday cake kinds, etc. I've never found a rocky road or a fudge ripple or a mint chip or vanilla carton with gluten in it. I'm pasting in my write up of gluten-free newbie tips--hope it helps. gluten-free newbie tips--now you can eat to treat, and soon feel better. Here are some key coping strategies to get you started. 1. Know that you will grieve your old favorite gluten-filled foods. I actually tear up when I see a brioche sometimes. Grieving is normal, BUT IT IS NOT EASY OR COMFORTABLE. People around you will eat treats you can't have and you will feel sad and isolated. Strategy: stock your car, office, purse, backpack, secret drawer at home with gluten-free treats you can reach for any time you are feeling deprived. This really helped me. I recommend Baby Ruth Bars, Snicker Bars, Lara Bars, Dove Dark Chocolate, meringue cookies, macaroon cookies (read labels), Butterfinger, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups. You get the idea. Also
Horrible Experience At Chipotle
Susanna replied to pah77's topic in Gluten-Free RestaurantsI'm so sorry you had a bad experience. I've had wonderful service at multiple Chipotles in both Arizona and Colorado. In Breckenridge, I asked what do you have that is gluten free? The gal behind the counter got her manager, and he gave me a card that listed all their foods with common allergens (lots of soy)--all their marinades and dressings are gluten-free--the only thing you have to worry about is the flour tortillas--the gal changed her gloves and served me up a bowl with great stuff. I've never gotten sick there. Anyway, maybe you could give them another chance? It's good healthy food. Good luck, Susanna
Vegan And Now Gluten Free! Help!
Susanna replied to givenupgluten's topic in Coping with Celiac DiseaseHey--I got diagnosed thru positive tests, but my brother's were negative. In frustration (and 20 years of getting up at night to have diarrhea) he finally decided to go gluten free. Within a few months, all the symptoms that no doctor could every explain went completely away! So, he had negative tests, but a positive family history (since I have it), all the symptoms, and the symptoms resolved on the gluten-free diet--so you tell me, does he have celiac disease, or doesn't he? Doesn't matter--he feels cured so he's never going back to gluten. And yes, it's possible to live gluten-free and vegan too. At my house, I'm celiac, and one of my daughters is vegan. Here are some vegan and gluten-free meals we eat: --eggs. (Just kidding) --tacos: corn tortillas, refried beans, salsa, avocado, lettuce, etc. You can even do the soy or almond vegan cheese if you want. (for us meat eaters, I also put out chicken and cheese) --spaghetti: gluten-free pasta, jar sauce, tofu whisked into the sauce, maybe add mushrooms or whatever. We do this with garlic bread too: gluten-free/vegan bread, vegan margarine, minced garlic, toasted under broiler. --build your own pizzas: gluten-free/vegan loaf of bread cut longways, jar marinara sauce, and put out the fixins for everyone to build their own: we put out peppers, vegan cheese, artichoke hearts, olives, sun dried tomatoes, etc. --succotash: corn, lima beans (or edamame), a pinch of red pepper flakes, sald and pepper, a pinch of dried thyme--this is great for brunch, dinner, whatever--the whole fam loved it. Restauants: we've had good luck with PF Changs, Pei Wei, (these are chains), Indian food, Mexican (beans and rice, corn tortillas, salsa), and one great gourmet pizza place in town: Picazzo's (we live in Flagstaff, AZ, and there are several other Picazzo's in Arizona). Their gluten-free crust is vegan and you just pick what toppings you want. Flagstaff even just got a new vegetarian restaurant called Hip Vegetarian--which has a gluten-free menu if you ask for it. Over all, yeah you'll have to adjust, but I bet it won't be as hard as you think: you already learned to adjust to vegan diet--I recommend you go to your favorite vegetarian restaurants and ask them what gluten-free dishes they can do for you--you'll be surprised at how much they know about it. Of course you can't do tempeh or seitan anymore, or most of the fake meats, but Boca does have some vegan burgers you can get in the regular grocery stores now. You can do this. Good luck, Susanna
Dating A Celiac
Susanna replied to CrazyGerman's topic in Coping with Celiac DiseaseWhat a great partner you are to be doing this research! You're right that most beer has barley in it (or wheat), and is therefore off limits to celiacs. But, there are some gluten free beers on the market: Anheiser-Busch's Redbride is pretty good, and no more expensive than a regular 6-bottle pack of decent beer. You can get it at most grocery stores (at least I find it at Albertsons, Kroger, etc. in Flagstaff). Bard's Tale's Dragon Gold gluten-free beer is WAY good, but pretty pricey--I find it at Whole Foods. These are both sorghum based. I have NOT liked any rice-based beer I've tried so far (I forget the brands). As a home brewer, you might want to learn how to brew gluten-free beer yoursef: it'll be sorghum based. If you're into making beer, it'll probably be a fun process for you. Wine is gluten-free. So are distilled spirits. You're right to be concerned about glutening her by kissing her--that's happened to many celiacs. At my house, the whole household has migrated to pretty much a gluten-free diet (the nonceliacs can get their gluten fix elsewhere), and it's not as hard a transition as people think. It took us about 6 months to learn what was and wasn't OK in our kitchen, and since then, it's been pretty easy. good luck, Susanna
Newly Diagnosed
Susanna replied to Lisa63's topic in Coping with Celiac DiseaseYes you can manage both disorders--you will require an adjustment period while you learn about the gluten-free diet, but as you do, it gets better--so much easier to manage--it took me about 6 months to learn how to live gluten-free, and since then, it's really not that hard or inconvenient, and WELL worth how much better I feel since I got off gluten. Your pain should go away, but it may take a while--your gut is probably pretty inflamed. gluten-free newbie tips--now you can eat to treat, and soon feel better. Here are some key coping strategies to get you started. 1. Know that you will grieve your old favorite gluten-filled foods. I actually tear up when I see a brioche sometimes. Grieving is normal, BUT IT IS NOT EASY OR COMFORTABLE. People around you will eat treats you can't have and you will feel sad and isolated. Strategy: stock your car, office, purse, backpack, secret drawer at home with gluten-free treats you can reach for any time you are feeling deprived. This really helped me. I did it with candy bars (Baby Ruth Bars, Snicker Bars) but maybe you'll need to choose something a little more diabetic-friendly, like peanuts or something). Also
Need Help Convincing Brother To Get Tested.
Susanna replied to Bravie's topic in Coping with Celiac DiseaseMy brother also needed a lot of convincing. He had 20 years of gut complaints, and missed out on a river trip in the Grand Canyon "because I would be too far from a bathroom" and got up in the middle of the night for years to have diarrhea--he was told he had IBS, and "a twitchy gut" and "psychological problems". Then, I got diagnosed at age 43, and my then 10 year old son right after. I immediately started working on my brother to get tested. He did get tested and the tests were negative, which I'm convinced was incorrectly done tests--I feel sure he is celiac (I mean, he has the family history, all the symptoms, and when he finally went gluten-free, his symptoms resolved). The hook that finally got him was when I said, "What would it take for you to just try a 3 month gluten free trial? Intestinal cancer? Because that's probably where you're headed." He's been gt for a year now, and all his symptoms have resolved. Another hook that might work for your brother: tell him chicks dig buff guys--maybe he'd gain weight if he were on the right (gluten-free, presuming he's celiac) diet. Don't make it a battle: show him how well you're doing gluten free, and how it has enhanced your health. Gently lead. good luck, Susanna
Excited To Be Here - Looking For Support
Susanna replied to FoxersArtist's topic in Coping with Celiac DiseaseHey, Anna--welcome to the boards! My brother, too was excited to finally get a diagnosis of celiac, after 20 years of GI problems. I had symptoms "only" 4 years before my diagnosis, and my son, now 12 got diagnosed when he was 10. We are ALL SO MUCH HAPPIER AND HEALTHIER LIVING GLUTEN FREE! So, it is great to see you excited. Here are my newbie tips--hope they are helpful: gluten-free newbie tips--now you can eat to treat, and soon feel better. Here are some key coping strategies to get you started. 1. Know that you will grieve your old favorite gluten-filled foods. I actually tear up when I see a brioche sometimes (and you might get misty if someone eats a Ferrero Rocher in front of you!). Grieving is normal, BUT IT IS NOT EASY OR COMFORTABLE. People around you will eat treats you can't have and you will feel sad and isolated. Strategy: stock your car, office, purse, backpack, secret drawer at home with gluten-free treats you can reach for any time you are feeling deprived. This really helped me. I recommend Baby Ruth Bars, Snicker Bars, Lara Bars, Dove Dark Chocolate, meringue cookies, macaroon cookies (read labels), Butterfinger, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups. You get the idea. Also
Communion? I'm A 7th Grader With No Idea What To Do.
Susanna replied to Violinist's topic in Coping with Celiac DiseaseSorry--that's a tough one. Your options will depend on what kind of church you attend. At my church, I explained the problem to my pastor, and he immediately ordered rice wafers for me--and these get blessed while the wheat bread gets blessed, and the wine is served in tiny individual cups, so there's no contamination there. So now at commuion, they tear off bread for most folks, and announce that gluten free host is available for the gluten intolerant folks--I just whisper "rice wafer" to him when he gets to me, to remind him. This has worked out well so far. I get the impression that most of the protestant denominations are OK doing the rice wafers, but you gotta talk to your pastor--he or she won't figure this out on his own for you. Catholics, on the other hand, have not (yet) accepted rice wafers as suitable for communion hosts, so if you're Catholic, read on: My pastor also told me that you can take just the wine, and skip the bread altogether, and this is still considered the complete sacrament--so if your church can't or won't order you the rice wafers, if you can ask for a few tiny individual containers of the wine to be available, and you could take these instead of drinking from the common cup, which will definitely not be safe for you if people are dipping their bread in it. When I'm traveling, I usually skip communion, unless they announce they have gluten-free host available. Another option would be for you to decide to go up and just ask for a blessing instead of taking communion. Whatever you decide, it's YOUR personal decision--The only option I hope you do NOT choose is to ever again take communion bread with gluten in it. I grew up Catholic, and I'm Lutheran now, so I get both the Catholic and Protestant perspectives of this--communion is supposed to be a gift from God--I don't think God would want us to take into our bodies something we KNOW will hurt us. No matter what, I definitely recommend you talk to your priest/pastor about your situation, and make a plan together. Helping out is what they're there for. good luck, Susanna
Son Age 15...just Diagnosed W/celiacs
Susanna replied to Joyzzz's topic in Friends and Loved Ones of CeliacsBoy, that's a tough one. Here are my thoughts: 1. Use this as a hook: tell him he will grow once he stops inflaming his gut with gluten--when the gluten assault stops and your gut settles down, it will absorb the nutrients and YOU WILL GROW. There have been amazing incidences of celiac kids growing several inches after getting off gluten--tell him chicks dig grown up GUYS, not little boys. 2. One huge barrier to teens being compliant with the diet is they feel weird around their friends because they have to eat differently. So, make sure he has normal food to pack in his lunch. Just normal food that happens to be gluten-free: trail mix, fruit, string cheese, fruit, beef jerkey-but read labels of course. Teens love junk food LET HIM EAT IT--Cheetos, Fritos, tortilla chips are all gluten-free. So are Snicker Bars, Baby Ruth Bars, and many others. If he doesn't feel weird around his friends, he may be more compliant. Granted, these are not great nutrition, but he needs the calories anyway, and if it increases his compliance, I think it's worth it. You provide the great nutrition at home at dinner. I would say you should focus on anything he wants that is gluten-free for lunch, regardless of nutritional value--make this compromise just to get him through that lunch meal at school that is so high risk for cheating. 3. On the control issue. You can only control him so much. Yes, a clear message should be sent that your expectation is that he will follow the prescribed diet, because he respects his body and is a good steward of it--just as you expect him to wear a bike helmet and not do drugs. Set the good example by going gluten free at home. You provide the right diet for him. Yes I mean the whole family. At my house, for the first 2 years after my son and I got diagnosed, I just flat didn't bring gluten groceries into the house. I figured we had it tougher than the non-celiacs, and they could get their gluten fix out of the house, but at home all I provided was gluten-free. Interestingly, my husband (a non-celiac) now complains if we're out of the gluten-free bread and all there is is the gluten bread. He also prefers gluten-free pizza now. HOW CAN YOU EXPECT HIM TO COMPLY WHILE HIS FAMILY EATS GLUTEN GOODIES IN FRONT OF HIM? He's already showing you this is hard for him--don't make it any harder by having gluten in the house--besides--that temptation is a set up for failure. When your son is not home, guess what? You can't control him. If he's going to cheat, he's going to cheat. Let go of your illusion that you're in control of that. All you can do is talk to him, ask him to comply, explain why (how he will benefit from it). Just make sure you point out when he's feeling crappy--is it because maybe he didn't eat right? This spoke volumes to my son--my pointing out the stomach ache always came after he ate bread or pizza. Also, point it out when he does eat right and feels better. Make sure he knows what normal foods are OK. Help him make a master list of the gluten-free foods at all the fast food chains--at burger places, my son and I order fries, get a bun-less burger, or a milkshake--show him he can still go out w/ friends and feel normal, he just has to learn what's OK and what's not. Even at Subway he can get a drink and chips. This isn't important to celiac adults--the whole peer thing--but it's HUGE to kids, especially teens. Good luck to him and you--I hope he does well. Susanna
In Place Of Eggs
Susanna replied to blondebombshell's topic in Gluten-Free Recipes & Cooking TipsMy daughter, the vegan uses mashed banana or apple sauce to replace eggs in some recipes, like brownies or quick breads. She uses mashed avocado or silken tofu in some savory dishes like lentil loaf. I like the idea of ground flax meal and water--it's sooOOOooo healthy! good luck, Susanna


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Here's a letter that I sent to North Country Now. If it gets published, it will come out next Tuesday.
One of the sound-offs points out that the US doesn't have universal healthcare (except that it does -- nobody gets turned away from an emergency room), and that we should be leaders. I agree. We should lead the rest of the world away from a system of government-rationed health care to a system of free-market health care.
Before anybody tries to suggest that we already have a free-market health care system, let's compare socialized medicine vs. our current corporate-insurance medicine vs. free-market health care.
socialized: out-of-pocket expenses are minimal, so everybody loves it, but nobody has any reason to economize. Nobody gets bankrupted by catastrophic health care, but on the other hand, some people are denied care at any price (good thing Canadians have the US to fall back on). You pay the full cost because it comes out of your taxes.
corporate-insurance: if you have a good job, you have health care, with a low deductible and small co-payment. If you switch jobs, you lose your health care, and maybe the new job's insurance company will cover your pre-existing condition. If you have no health care, you go to an emergency room. The corporation pays the insurance company which then rations out payments to doctors. Patient is not consulted. Technology is expensive. You pay the full cost because it comes out of your salary.
free-market: cooperation is maximized by multiple competing plans. The doctor's union (the AMA) has no power to restrict entry, so doctors' pay is competitive and bad doctors aren't protected. Technology reduces costs just like everywhere else in the economy. Genetic testing and preventative care keeps the worst illnesses at bay. Doctor's charity (or government, if necessary) covers losers of the genetic lottery. Non-patenting of drugs (and no FDA) reduces costs of drugs to level affordable by all. You pay the full cost because it comes out of your pocket.
Make no mistake about it -- health care is a hard problem to solve. There are no good solutions, only least-bad solutions. It will require all of us, competing and cooperating freely, to devise a solution we can accept. A single government solution imposed on us by the exigencies of politics will likely be controlled by politically powerful groups: drug companies, insurance companies, and doctors. You'd be correct to notice that patients aren't listed among the politically powerful, so when politics controls medicine, patients lose out.
Let's put the patient in control of the purse so they can choose the solution that's best for them. Free markets -- they're not just for breakfast anymore.


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By Jonathan Hartzell, NBA.com
The Los Angeles Lakers only had nine players in uniform on Wednesday night due to injuries to Steve Nash and Jodie Meeks.
Chris Kaman didn't seem to mind the extra space on the bench, as he took time to lounge during a Cleveland Cavaliers free throw attempt.
Keep being Chris Kaman, Chris Kaman.


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The two great challenges of the 21st century are the battle against poverty and the management of climate change. On both we must act strongly now and expect to continue that action over the coming decades. Our response to climate change and poverty reduction will define our generation. If we fail on either one of them, we will fail on the other. The current crisis in the financial markets and the economic downturn is new and immediate, although some years in the making. All three challenges require urgent and decisive action, and all three can be overcome together through determined and concerted efforts across the world. But whilst recognising that we must respond, and respond strongly, to all three challenges, we should also recognise the opportunities: a well-constructed response to one can provide great direct advantages and opportunities for the other.
Some may argue that the global financial crisis and economic downturn means that we should delay our efforts to tackle poverty and climate change. But delaying on poverty would condemn millions of people to many more years of hardship. And delaying on climate change would mean the stock of GHGs in the atmosphere grows, making the task of dealing with the problem more costly and difficult in the future. We cannot afford to delay. We can and must face up to all three challenges together.
So what do we need to do to combat the threat of climate change whilst boosting efforts to reduce poverty and tackling the global economic downturn?
We know what actions we need to take to cut emissions. They fall broadly into three categories: energy efficiency, low-carbon technologies, and a halt to deforestation. We also know what policies are necessary to drive these actions: tax, carbon trading and regulation; increased technology support; and measures that halt deforestation.
The G8 nations at recent summits have endorsed the goal of reducing global emissions by at least 50% by 2050 (which should be relative to 1990). Such cuts are broadly in line with a path could hold greenhouse gas levels below 500ppm CO2e and then start to reduce them. This could reduce the probability of a 5ºC increase in global temperature from around 50% to 3% or less. The target 50% reduction means halving global emissions from 40 Gt CO2ea year to 20, or little more than 2 t per capita with around 9 billion people in 2050; it also means little scope for deviation of actual emissions from the mean for any major country, developed or developing (note that similar per capita actual emissions does not mean similar per capita quotas).
Developing countries should ultimately want to go low-carbon. Not only is it the future, but it brings huge benefits beyond climate change. Renewable energy sources can free countries from a dependence on imported fossil fuels. Cleaner transport and cooling mean less pollution and better health. Halting deforestation protects water supplies, controls flooding and provides bio-diversity. The transition to a low-carbon future can bring major economic gains which appear soon. Energy efficiency can help boost incomes. Low-carbon technologies can open up new sources of growth and jobs. They can help even the poorest countries leap-frog old approaches – they can avoid some of the cost of large grids in the way cell phones helped cut the need for telephone wires. And smarter grids can both enhance energy efficiency and enable new technologies whilst cutting transmission costs. New sources of low-carbon energy – hydro, solar – could help create a comparative advantage for some of the poorest countries.
But the fact remains that no matter how successful we are with mitigation, we are now committed over the next few decades to some degree of climate change due to the levels of GHGs already in the atmosphere and those which will be emitted in the coming years. That means all countries will have to adapt. The challenge is particularly urgent for developing countries as they are earliest and hardest hit. Adaptation is essentially development in a more hostile climate. It is disruptive, and practically and conceptually confusing, to attempt a rigid and comprehensive separation of elements of investments in physical or human capital which are marked for 'development' or 'adaptation'.
Many of the poorest people in the world will be the most exposed and vulnerable to the impacts of climate change that will occur over the next few decades. These are also the people who are least able to afford the costs of adaptation, and who have contributed much less than those in the rich world to the current levels of GHGs in the atmosphere. There is a fundamental inequity here and a strong imperative for the rich countries to provide more funds to developing countries, in addition to current development commitments, to fund the extra costs created by climate change. This is in the rich countries' direct interest as well: as Archbishop Desmond Tutu argued 'the problems of the poor will arrive at the doorstep of the wealthy, as the climate crisis gives way to despair, anger and collective security threats.'
Adaptation will increase the burden on developing governments and compensatory funding for this must be additional to current commitments on ODA. As we look forward to the challenges the developing world faces beyond 2015, and we must soon be examining and formulating the successors to the MDGs beyond 2015, I think that our targets for support from the public budgets of rich countries are likely to be closer to 1.0% of GDP than 0.7% for the coming 2 decades.
Since adaptation is basically development in a hostile climate, there is no sense in separating out funds and thereby distorting our efforts. Some aspects of the ways in which the funds should be allocated will differ from our usual methods for development assistance, for example, where 'compensation' for direct climate effects such as rising sea levels are involved, but even this does not imply that we need new institutions to manage them. One option would be a window alongside IDA. The same would apply for mitigation funding. With the private flows that could come with them and the growth and poverty reduction they could help foster, I think that these flows would constitute very wise investments for the world as a whole as well as being our duty as citizens of the world.
I have focused so far on the two big global challenges of this century. Let me now say something about the current financial and economic crisis; it is the most serious such crisis for 80 years. This crisis is having a deeply damaging effect on the developing world. We should learn two lessons from what has happened. First, the longer risks are ignored and allowed to grow, the bigger the consequences when the crash occurs – and we have seen this unfolding in the financial sector now. We know the scale of risk on the climate change front is altogether of a different and greater magnitude, and so will be the consequences of mismanaging or ignoring it.
Second, the financial and economic crisis brings the critical opportunity to find a driver of long-term sustainable economic growth to lead us out of this crisis: we do not want again to sow the seeds of the next bubble as we emerge from the crash of the last. The globally declared US$2 trillion global fiscal stimulus for 2009/10, if implemented with a long-term vision, offers the chance to invest in new technologies and investments for low-carbon growth. This could enable us to grow out of this recession in a way that both reduces the risks for our planet and sparks off a wave of new technologies which will create 2 or 3 decades of strong growth and a more secure, cleaner and more attractive economy for all of us.
We can and must, now and simultaneously, handle the short-term crisis, foster sound development and economic growth in the medium term, and protect the planet from devastating climate change in the long term. To try to set the three tasks against each other as a three-horse race is as confused analytically as it is dangerous economically and environmentally. In particular, the developed world must demonstrate for all, especially the developing world, that low-carbon growth is not only possible, but that it can be a productive, efficient and attractive route to overcome world poverty. It is indeed the only sustainable route.
It gave me great pleasure to
Climate Change and Poverty Reduction
Solution to poverty bees climate change Banks recovery in one
sustainable adaptation to climate change
Is temperature increase good for the planet?
Fossil Fuels: A balanced View
Climate change and poverty
consumption aspects
AGW, the Flat Earth Climate
>>It is a false dilemma to
>>It is a false dilemma to say that we either fight poverty or save our planet.
Totally agree. We must not kill our planet consuming more and more.
Reuse - Reduce - Recycle. There are a lot of ways for responsible development and consuming.
I believe it unjustifiable to
I believe it unjustifiable to say that we can either save our planet or relieve poverty, two of the major problems facing our world today and jeopardising our future. We definitely need to focus our efforts on sustainable development which will not just help fight poverty but also climate change in the long-term. I believe that senior members of societies and even nations must recognise their ecological footprints in their choice consumption and address the global warming as well as related environmental problems in a sensible way. Cutting down on red meat consumption, for example, it said to contribute toward a reduction of a fifth of greenhouse gases with no large costs involved. Individual and public polices need to pay greater attention to consumption related greenhouse gas regimes and their management with fiscal measures where required - Stella Bennett
You make a very good point.
You make a very good point. There are clearly many aims and one doesn't have to ignore one to achieve the other. Indeed, as you suggest, it could well be the case that by education climate change and poverty can be reduced. The difficulty is that as growth takes place, and this tends to be accompanied by education, greenhouse gas emissions tend to increase in the short run.
This article, unlike the one
This article, unlike the one written in the FT in the Economists' Manifesto seeks to outline short, medium and long-term solutions. As a geographically based economist, it seems only natural that this would be at the forefront of your thinking because short and long term solutions are fundamental in exploring issues in this field. I like it when you said what will reduce carbon emissions, "energy efficiency, low-carbon technologies, and a halt to deforestation" but also how you go onto outline how this would be achieved, "We also know what policies are necessary to drive these actions: tax, carbon trading and regulation; increased technology support; and measures that halt deforestation."
I agree that the developed countries should help less developed countries in trying to achieve this world where carbon emissions are substantially less and we live in a greener, more prosperous environment. However, from the point of view of the developing countries, Stern seems to get it wrong. You don't fully balance the argument to support the possibility that the developing countries think this is unfair. Developed countries, like the UK, have been guzzling away for centuries achieving massive economic gains but now the developing countries have to pick up the slack from our selfishness? Perhaps I am being harsh but I would have appreciated if you entertained the possibility that the developed countries need to take a more serious look at themselves rather than trying to offset their issues to developing parts of the world.
I agree that the to achieving
I agree that the to achieving fairness is some degree of redistribution of income between countries in order to reduce the danger of climate change. Thomas made a very good and fair point. The point of view of the developing world.


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Minister Fast Undertakes Trade Mission to Help Canadian Companies Get Back to Business in the New Libya
OTTAWA, Canada, January 31, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Canada can help foster stability and prosperity in Libya through increased trade and investment, Minister says
The Honourable Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today wrapped up a three-day trade mission to Libya to help Canadian companies re-engage with the country during its historic transition. Fifteen Canadian companies accompanied the Minister on the mission from January 28 to 30, 2012.
"My trade mission to Libya builds on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's commitment to helping the country transition to a peaceful democracy based on the rule of law and respect for human rights," said Minister Fast. "I am here to help Canadian companies restore and build new business partnerships with Libyans that will foster stability and prosperity and contribute to the country's rebuilding.
"By working with local partners, Canadian firms will help Libyans reinvigorate their economy, which in turn will create jobs and prosperity for Canadians and Libyans alike."
During the visit, Minister Fast and the Canadian business delegation met with key decision makers, local business leaders and members of the transitional government. These included Minister of Economy and Trade Ahmed Koshli, Minister of Finance Hasan Zaglam, Minister of Oil and Gas Abdurahman Benyezza, and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Naim Ghariani. Together, the Canadians and Libyans discussed opportunities and challenges in key commercial sectors.
Members of the business delegation also participated in seminars on doing business in the new Libya. The seminars were organized by the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service in Tripoli, which has been on the ground since September 2011. Canada's embassy also reopened in September.
Re-engagement by foreign companies is an important signal that Libya is on the path to long-term peace and stability. Foreign direct investment demonstrates international confidence, creates local employment and builds the foundation for future economic growth.
"Canadian companies have a world-class reputation and are ready to share their expertise in oil and gas, aerospace, information and communications technologies, construction, transportation and infrastructure," said Minister Fast. "They are also committed to socially responsible business activity, which means investing in Libyan communities, creating local employment opportunities, and advancing Libya's overall rebuilding in key areas such as health, education and infrastructure."
While in Libya, the Minister participated in the launch of the Libyan-Canadian Association of Cooperation and Development, which consists of a group of Libyans who share social, commercial and educational ties with Canada. Canada is also active in the education sector in Libya, and there are about 600 Libyan students currently studying in Canadian educational institutions.
"The many thousands of Libyan students who have come to Canada have helped build the crucial people-to-people ties that are necessary to grow any trading relationship," said Minister Fast. "Canada's world-class educational institutions can help Libyan young people prepare for the task of writing a new chapter in their country's history and guiding Libya toward a brighter future."
"We want to thank the Government of Canada for helping to ensure that Libyan students in Canada were able to continue their studies during the recent upheaval in their country," said Karen McBride, President of the Canadian Bureau for International Education, a not-for-profit organization that has responsibility for the management of the Libyan-North American Scholarship Program in Canada. "These students and the many other Libyans who have studied in North America will be the leaders in the new Libya."
Canada lifted its unilateral sanctions on the Libyan regime on September 1, 2011, and obtained approval from the UN Security Council's sanctions committee to unfreeze $2.2-billion worth of Libyan assets on September 13, 2011.
Canada was among the first countries to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Libya and has been at the forefront in supporting the Libyan people. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird travelled to Libya twice while the conflict was still going on, most recently to Tripoli on October 11, 2011, at which time he announced a $10-million aid package for post-conflict stabilization.
Total Canadian merchandise exports to Libya topped $246.1 million in 2010, nearly double the 2008 level of $125.8 million. Major Canadian exports to Libya in 2010 included aircraft, cereals, machinery, scientific and precision instruments, and vehicles. Total imports from Libya—mostly consisting of fertilizer—reached $24.6 million in 2010.
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Our day begins at 9.30am at Port Denarau, the exciting central hub for marine activity in Fiji. Once we're all aboard we can drop the lines, hoist the sails and leave the busy main island for our ultimate Fijian day out on the water. Relax on Wanaka's spacious decks or under the sunshade as we glide effortlessly over the aquamarine waters towards the magical islands of Malolo Lailai , Tavarua, Namotu and out to the outer reefs.Our professional local crew will entertain and inform, with their knowledge of the local marine life, history and folk law. Look out for dolphins, turtles, flying fish and seabirds.
Our first stop is the world famous snorkelling sand quay where the calm clear waters and abundant fish life make for an amazing snorkelling experience. From first timers to veteran divers, our crew will ensure everyone has the best and safest experience
Just 10 minutes away is the picturesque Malolo lailai Island where a sumptuous Fijian BBQ lunch with all
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I love Loic Le Meur; I suspect everyone who's ever heard him speak does too. Yes, he's a successful entrepreneur with a track-record, but I guess it's more his mix of beaming smiles, Gallic charm and accent and his positive, upbeat and enthusiastic manner which combined has contributed to making Loic one of the influential people in tech world-wide. He talks of his passion for what he does, and it's that which motivates him and not money. The passion comes across clearly.
Loic is the founder and CEO at Seesmic, which provides a multi-platform way to communicate and "manage your brand online" (an "obsession" of his). Along with his wife Geraldine, he founded one of the World's major web conferences, Le Web, which takes place every December in Paris. (It's well worth going for the 2 day event, it brings the best of Europe and Silicon Valley together. Here are some of my blogs from Le Web 09).
But as a significant figure in Europe why did he relocate himself and family to Silicon Valley three years ago?
"It's more difficult in Europe, but in the bay area there is easy access to everyone within a short drive. Everything is central, Silicon Valley feels like one big campus and it's full of energy." Settling in was easy as "most people in Silicon Valley are not from Silicon Valley and [unlike in Europe] they are genuinely willing to help".
In Europe are we just not willing to pay it forward? Later on, during a discussion about funding, someone elegantly illustrated the difference between US and Europe; in the US there is a "virtuous circle" of US entrepreneurs who later become investors, and keep going through this process again and again. In Europe – for whatever reason – after succeeding and exiting, entrepreneurs seem to retire with their money and the cycle is broken.
Investors and Pivots
Getting under the hood a bit more of Seesmic, Loic explained that it started out as a video chat platform – a medium he still firmly believes in – but there was a problem scaling it beyond their initial hard core of 100,000 users. Quite simply, a lot of people are not very comfortable with video as a communications medium. So despite the initial success, Seesmic made the move to another product.
He explained, "Good investors know its not what you start with that matters but where you end up", and added, "The crucial element is the trust and relationship that you have with your investors." He also acknowledged that he was in a fortunate position in being well-funded which allowed him to do that, build the platform and grow the community ahead of monitising.
In his closing remarks he asked us all simply to think, "What can you be the best in the world at?" and to build a community around that.
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Thanks to Bindi Karia and the Microsoft Bizspark programme for the opportunity to attend. If you are a startup, make sure you register with Bizspark.


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Dan Nolfi, a geoscience graduate student working in the Hoffman Environmental Institute with advisor Dr. Chris Groves, will represent WKU and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) on Nov. 18-19 at a workshop in Denver to facilitate cave resource monitoring and collaboration among cave and karst specialists of various National Park Service units.
Nolfi's research focus at WKU is on the development and implementation of a cave and karst resource management plan specific to the GRSM, and based on current "best practices" across federal and non-federal cave and karst resource managers. In addition to specific NPS cave and karst concerns, Nolfi hopes to incorporate inventory and monitoring protocols discussed in this workshop to develop the necessary cave and karst management plan to proactively manage cave and karst resources at GRSM.
National parks stand to gain significantly from a review of past inventory and monitoring protocols through evaluation based on effectiveness and proficiency of resource protection. Representatives from the NPS Inventory and Monitoring Program and the NPS Cave and Karst Program (Geologic Resource Division) will discuss the current state of cave inventory and monitoring (I&M) efforts, as well as deficiencies and methods for improvement.
Specific workshop objectives are to define a set of pertinent, measurable monitoring objectives for a modest set of priority indicators for long-term monitoring of cave resource conditions. In addition, workshop participants will scope out methodologies for addressing monitoring objectives, and discuss simple but effective approaches for managing, analyzing, and reporting the monitoring results. The meeting will set responsibilities and designate a schedule for parks to take lead role in the development and completion of specified protocols. Ultimately, this will help to establish a communication network of cave parks for the distribution of protocols and future communication and coordination among cave parks.
Finally, a workable approach to data entry, checking, analysis, and reporting will be discussed, with an emphasis on the creation of databases with existing frameworks, personnel, and partnerships. The workshop's main purpose is to further develop collaboration among national parks to solidify the inventory and monitoring of delicate cave and karst resources in our national parks.


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Christine Provost is the new head of the Chicago office of Actor's Equity, the union of actors and stage managers.
Provost, who has responsibility for the union's 16-state central region, is an attorney and an experienced negotiator. She has worked for the union for some 15 years, most recently as a senior business representative.
She succeeds the retiring Kathryn V. Lamkey, who worked for Equity for 25 years.


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Why is the floating source present in the MOSFET but not in the CNFET?
I was looking into FETTOY codes for CNFET and MOSFET. I noticed that the floating source is implemented in the MOSFET to ensure charge neutrality but the CNFET code does not have the floating source implemented. Can anyone please explain why that is the case? Shouldn't the CNFET code include floating source to ensure charge neutrality? Does it have anything to do with the different density of states of the two channel materials?


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United Airlines protests awarding of Haneda routes to other airlinesMay 20 (Thu ), 2010
United Airlines protests awarding of Haneda routes to other airlinesUnited Airlines on Wednesday protested its exclusion from new routes to Tokyo's Haneda airport.
Earlier this month, the Transportation Department tentatively gave four coveted new slot pairs—the rights to take off and land—to other airlines, including two for Delta Air Lines Inc. One went to AMR Corp's American Airlines and one to Hawaiian Airlines. United and Continental Airlines Inc were shut out.
The slots awards will make it possible for the first time since 1978 for U.S. airlines to serve Haneda airport, which is closer to downtown Tokyo than Tokyo's other airport, Narita, and more attractive to business travelers.
United said its planned route from San Francisco would benefit more U.S. passengers than Hawaiian's flights from Honolulu. Hawaiian's service will mostly benefit passengers originating in Japan, United said, and there is already extensive service between Japan and Honolulu.
United also argued in the filing that Delta already dominates U.S.-Tokyo service so it should not have gotten two more routes. United said that it should be given either Hawaiian's slot or one of Delta's.
Continental Airlines Inc and its Continental Micronesia unit objected to the route awards, but did not ask the Transportation Department to change its tentative decision. Continental did ask to be allowed to fly the routes if one of the other carriers doesn't launch its service as planned.


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Sweet Bejesus!
That's a LOT of money! I could grab a brilliant pair of plasmas/cameras and a big fat net line for way less than that. What exactly are they charging for?
HP has slashed the entry price for its top-end video conferencing platform as it tries to convince businesses that it is no longer an unaffordable luxury. The big hardware vendors - most noticeably Cisco, HP and Polycom - have been trying to flog pricey systems which they call telepresence - high-end purpose-built …
We had one of these Halo things set up at a few of our sites a while back - I had the chance to use it recently and it's weird. I think it's a bit like the "Uncanny Valley" thing with CGI: it looks _almost_ like you're in the same room, but it's different enough that it's slightly unsettling.
That being said, it's a very cool thing, and seems to go down pretty well with the people who use it a lot more than I do.
We implemented a video conferencing solution using a mixture of products at 5 sites across Europe (3 in the UK) and there will be another site added later this year. The cost is just over £17k with another £2k to come. The total savings in reduced travel costs have been around £75k in the last 12 months with about another £30k in saved time. We expect the savings to be at least 50% more in the next 12 months.
I've seen the Cisco telepresence product - and it is ice cool (yes, I want one) but even at the lower price, it is still too expensive. The quality of the smaller units is still more than good enough for what we need.
The only problem is that we don't get the frequent flyer miles anymore - but at least we don't have to spend hours waiting in line at Heathrow.
... of buying a big monitor and high resolution webcam/microphone for these people?!
$500,000?! That better include a full 20 years of support and free upgrades\repairs along with- at a minimum- native-HD 1080p cameras\screens. And a good number of wireless tie-clip microphones rather than a big omnidirectional one. And a bloody quick dedicated internet connection.
If not, don't the people who buy this stuff realise that their kids are quite possibly doing it already to talk to their friends over MSN etc?! MS Office Communicator even supports it if they need a more "businessy" looking one- and the half-million dollars saved should go some way to updating their network infrastructure to handle the massive amount of video content for a good few VCs going on simultaneously too.
I'm off to start a VC with a co-worker. From my desk. For free.
I'm with Tony on this - it reeally is ace...
the 300k$ cisco kit buys you
3 big old plamas
a bunch of hd video cameras.
surround sound audio (both mics and speakers.
a table that is exactly replicated at the other side.. and matching pain for the walls..
it's beyond ice cool.
sure we can have msn to chat to mum on our year out in oz - but this is for the big boys brokering mega deals.
Git yea gold plated taps 'ere. Only £20k the pair. Its a barhg'in.
Sounds to me like there is a business model installing a video conferencing solution for free and installing yourself in the middle taking a rake off for each call. TV and camera, even at HD, should total £1k. The vendors should be ashamed of themselves.
Big-ass Plasma TV: $1249.99
Vidconf-ready PC: $362.99
High-end USB Webcam: $100.95
Hands-free VOIP phone: $107.95
Selling this bundle (plus a table and paint job) for half a million: Priceless
These prices are real, I just looked them up:
Ah, yes: settling intra-office dynamics in a "gentlemanly" fashion! What a trip! Back in my younger "cruiser-weight" days, we often settled software design disputes - literally - in the parking lot - with fisticuffs! There were days when the entire system software team looked like they were extras from "Fight Club"! (BTW, I lost ALL my matches, but got respect for being the only QA guy that was willing to "step out". And I'm still close friends with all the members of that bank's "Fight Club"...)
More seriously, I've been testing video conferencing systems for the past 15 years, and still have yet to find one (including the Cisco and HP offerings) that truly add value to an organization. However, what I have discovered it that a decent voice conference call setup with the ability to quickly exchange documents and including a "virtual white board" works for nearly all situations that I need to discuss things with remote colleagues. It's the white board capability that is the biggest problem: I use an old NEC tablet PC to sketch things out in real-time, but folks trapped with a desktop or laptop and a mouse are at a significant disadvantage.
Microsoft is probably furthest along the "right" road here with SharePoint services, but eventually the approach will end up with something like a custom MMRP game server that implements the white board or, even simpler, a WEB 2.0 application that allows direct interaction on a shared page. This is outside of my expertise, but should be straight-forward (if not especially easy) to do.
(The dead vulture to commemorate what I looked like after a "design meeting"...)
I've seen a Halo room in action and I can tell you that it is most certainly not like using a webcam. The image quality is phenomenal, the latency imperceptible, and the immersive nature of the tele-conference is way beyond any desktop solution. It's Alice through the looking glass - very spooky and incredibly cool.
Chat to the girlfriend with iSight, discuss the billion dollar deal in a Halo room.
...when anyone suggests that we could save a wad of cash by getting a bunch of VC kit so they no longer have to travel to exotic far-flung locations on expenses. They seem far more interested in ensuring they have the latest notebooks, phones, CrackBerrys, etc. so they can play "mine's newer than yours" in the conference/meeting/exhibition.
3 of the units were Sony Ipela systems with data sharing boxes (approx £4500 each). They are used in the "regional centres". The 2 outlying sites have Polycom VT700s (approx £1700 each) and we are going to put another one of these in the new site in France.
We tested them with a 4 way call about 2 months ago; UK HO, Germany, Scotland and Hungary. They also allow us to use the data sharing function for all participants to look at various things, organise training etc. Well worth the dosh.
Hey Sony and Polycom; any chance of some freebies for promoting the products??


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Following former Vice President Al Gore's May 26 speech (sponsored by MoveOn.org and delivered at New York University), conservative commentators echoed misleading statements released by the Republican National Committee (RNC).
In one "RNC Research Briefing," the RNC recycled an attack on MoveOn.org, stating, "Two Ads Comparing President Bush To Adolf Hitler Appeared On MoveOn.org Voter Fund Website," referring to ads that were submitted for a contest held by MoveOn.org. However, as the non-partisan Columbia Journalism Review's website The Campaign Desk noted in its "Distortion" column, while "at least one [ad] was posted briefly on the organization's website ... MoveOn quickly removed it and disassociated itself from the offending ads."
Barbara Comstock -- former director of the Office of Public Affairs at the Department of Justice under Attorney General John Ashcroft and former director of research and strategic planning at the RNC -- seems to have taken a cue from her former employer, writing in a May 27 National Review Online commentary, in reference to MoveOn.org executive director Eli Pariser, "His group has promoted ads comparing Bush to Hitler." Comstock also echoed another part of the RNC release that described MoveOn.org's call for peaceful anti-terrorism responses following the September 11 terrorist attacks, writing, "Gore's top speaking destination of choice not only opposes the war in Iraq, they opposed the war in Afghanistan, too. Just days after September 11, MoveOn.org put out a statement saying, 'We recognize that we are now in a world where indiscriminate military actions can make us less safe....'"
Rush Limbaugh took the RNC assertion about the ad one step further during his May 26 radio show, saying, "MoveOn.org, this is the wacko bunch that is doing ads equating Bush with Hitler." A May 27 article by David Horowitz (co-written by Ben Johnson and published in Horowitz's online FrontPage Magazine) contained similar comments: "Gore appeared before the MoveOn.org, a radical group which had already compared Bush to Hitler."
The Campaign Desk noted that on CNN's American Morning on May 27, Republican convention communications director Mark Pfeifle also repeated the "stunningly false" charge that MoveOn.org "has run ads that compare the president to Hitler."
The RNC statement goes on to make other assertions, including taking financier, philanthropist, and political activist George Soros to task for calling the September 11 attacks "spectacular," although although CIA and FBI officials have used the word "spectacular" in a similiar context. A July 2001 CIA briefing warned of Osama bin Laden's intentions to attack the United States: "The attack will be spectacular and designed to inflict mass casualties against U.S. facilities or interests." Director of Central Intelligence George J. Tenet, in his March 9 testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee, warned, "A spectacular attack on the U.S. homeland remains the brass ring many strive for with or without Al Qaeda leadership." And CNN reported on March 13 the comments of an FBI counterterrorism official who said, "I believe that we in the U.S. will be hit with another terrorist attack, whether it's a 'spectacular attack' like 9/11..."
The RNC release concluded with another attack on MoveOn.org: "New Ad Featured On MoveOn.org Website Accuses President Bush Of Using 'Funds From Foreign Governments To Finance The Killing Of Innocent Civilians' And Of Having 'Established Links With Known Terrorist Organizations.'" But, in fact, the ad is not new -- nor is it a MoveOn.org ad. It was one of the ads submitted to MoveOn.org's contest last December.
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The Mt Washington Valley Ice Fest will be here before you know it. Make your plans now!
One of the things that pisses me off is the attitude of so many newer climbers who think cams are automatically bomber. They are not. [...]In another thread around here someone mentioned running into a kid demonstrating a nut pulling out of a placement and proclaiming that therefore cams were better than nuts. This kid should be bitch slapped silly. A bomber nut is always better than a cam. Always. In fact, I contend that a bomber nut is generally better than a bolt, because you know the history of the piece and the quality of the placement, because it's yours and you placed it--neither of which is true with the bolt--and in both cases the piece is basically as good as the rock.
...I'm not too sure exactly how things went in the second or so it happened but I felt the pull on the rope and hopped forward and down from the rock I was belaying on towards the trail and the crag. The last I really remember seeing was him hitting the ledge as I was going forward. In the end his first cam held, I was hanging a few inches off the ground, and he swung back in towards me so the rope at least kept him from hitting the ground full force. ...as a belayer was there more I should have done? I was maybe 6 or so feet back from the rock so I probably could have been a bit closer in, but I didn't know if I maybe hopped a little earlier to soften the catch the second cam wouldn't have been so likely to pop?
.... ideally you would be almost directly under the 1st piece of gear, but out of the fall line...
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As Bing Crosby once crooned: \"You might have been a headache, but you never were a bore\"
The Blinkx saga continued Friday, with shares jumping 3.7% after a Harvard professor amended a late January blog post that\'s accused the U.K.-based online video company of using so-called adware to boost audience numbers and inflate revenue.
Blinkx issued a statement at the time, saying it \"strongly refutes the assertions made and conclusions drawn in the blog post.\"
The Daily Telegraph reported Friday that the professor, Ben Edelman, amended a portion of his blog post after the newspaper found regulatory filings showing that two companies Edelman had suspected were actually part of Blinkx were registered to a Minneapolis businessman who said he had no connection to the company.
Edelman, however, didn\'t completely back away from his accusations, amending the blog to say he has \"good reason to conclude that Local Weather applications \"are powered by Blinkx and part of the Blinkx network.\" He goes on to say that his testing found that \"Blinkx is the sole source of advertising for Weather Alerts — meaning that Blinkx\'s payments are Weather Alerts\' entire source of revenue and sole reason for existence.\"
Blinkx didn\'t respond, the Telegraph reported, but shares shot up sharply and remained up nearly 4% on the day near 119 pence in recent action. That\'s still a far cry, however, from a level of 175 pence before Edelman blogged his accusations. Short seller Carson Block, the founder of Muddy Waters Research, also weighed in, telling Bloomberg on Feb. 4 that he had taken a short position on the firm, effectively piggybacking on Edelman\'s call.
Edelman has also found himself embroiled in controversy. He acknowledged in the blog post that it was paid for by a client he didn\'t identify. Meanwhile, Blinkx has found defenders, with investment firm Blackrock raising its stake in the company to more than 13%, news reports said earlier this week.
Time will inevitably tell how this story ends.
In a note, Toby Morris, senior sales trader at CMC Markets in London, said the drama \"borders on the ridiculous:\"
The update saw the stock ramp up on the open, but is still desperately short of pre-\'blog gate\' levels, having likely scared off the majority of retail investors on the initial move. One thing is for sure, you certainly can't call Blinkx a boring stock.
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"I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard over the radio 'Is an air unit available?'"
The Sacramento, Calif., Police Department announced its Urban Unmanned Aerial (UAV) Vehicle Program and showed off its unique homegrown version of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle at the Versadex Conference in downtown Sacramento.
The mini airplane on display was one of two aircraft in the development stage designed to enhance the department's existing airborne technology program. The current program consists of two helicopters with video downlink communications that stream video to mobile data terminals in police patrol cars and to mobile command vehicles.
The UAV will give the department an affordable - not to mention quieter -- alternative to the hovering helicopter during incidents, said Police Chief Albert Najera, who said the department gets many complaints about the noise of the helicopters. "The noise factor is huge. This is almost silent, you can't hear it," he said. "Not many police departments can afford a helicopter, but most will be able to afford this."
Najera said the UAVs will give the department an option during floods when the helicopters are used to shine infrared light on the levees to detect leaks. The UAVs will be able to do the same thing, freeing up the helicopters to handle critical calls.
"I wish I had a dollar for every time I've heard over the radio 'Is an air unit available?'" said the developer of the aircraft, Mark Bateson, senior solution architect of public safety IT for the department.
The 5-foot-long aircraft weighs about 12 pounds and can carry multiple video cameras. It is hand-launched and can circle autonomously for 45 minutes at about 30 mph.
It has "stare capability," which means it can train the video on a subject for its entire flight. "With a right click, I can give it latitude and a longitude and point the camera," Bateson said.
The aircraft is battery operated, flies autonomously for the most part and even calculates the direction and speed of the wind while in flight. Bateson said the next step is to pursue Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification and authorization. "It is our intention to work in a cooperative teaming arrangement with the FAA to make this work and follow the book, so to speak, to make this a success."
Photo: Courtesy of Sacramento Police Dept.


text: Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> writes: > On 11/10/05, Ulrike Salzner salzner,fen.bilkent.edu.tr > <owner-chemistry^-^ccl.net> wrote: >> Sent to CCL by: Ulrike Salzner [salzner!^!fen.bilkent.edu.tr] >> I am about to built a Linux cluster using Linda/G03. I am using Fedora >> Core 3 and 4. Since this version of Linux is not supported by Gaussian, >> I need to know whether Linda will work. Gaussian runs fine with Fedora >> Core 3 but it seems to have problems with FC4 kernel 2.6.11-1.1369. I'd say it's the libc version that creates problems for Gaussian, not the kernel. I'd recommend using CentOS 3 or 4 rather than Fedora Core. Fedora is too rapidly moving, and you never know when an update might cause Gaussian to keel over. CentOS (a free rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise) is much more conservative than Fedora, but similar enough that you won't have any trouble dealing with it if you are used to Fedora. We have managed to get Gaussian 03 work with Linda on CentOS 3, after much frustration and swearing. The trick is to use Linda binaries compiled on Red Hat 8. Those binaries end up having just the right set of libc dependencies to work with the CentOS 3 libc version. Of course, you end up paying $500 to Gaussian in "media fee" to get those binaries, even if you have already paid for the full-out compute center source code license for Gaussian. (You don't get the Linda source code, though.) (I'm assuming Eugen will cross-post back to the correct list, or that Ulrike reads this list.) -- Leif Nixon - Systems expert ------------------------------------------------------------ National Supercomputer Centre - Linkoping University ------------------------------------------------------------


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Prandelli calls up El Shaarawy to test squad
Italy coach Cesare Prandelli has called up Stephan El Shaarawy in his 42-man physical testing squad, ahead of the World Cup.
The Azzurri open their group stages against England in Manaus on June 14, and Prandelli declared his intentions to run his players through the mill - including Milan forward El Shaarawy.
El Shaarawy has not featured in Serie A since early December, due to a foot problem.
But the 21-year-old is among the expansive squad, who will undergo tests on Monday before only Milan, Juventus and Udinese players will also undergo physical examination on Tuesday.
Midfielder Antonio Cassano also received a call-up, despite not having featured for the national team since Euro 2012.
The Parma attacker, 31, has deserved his reward, according to former club man Luigi Apolloni.
"The form he has shown with his club has made the difference," Apolloni - who appeared 304 times for Parma - told Tuttomercatoweb.
"He deserves it without doubt.
"Now it is up to him to make sure Prandelli doesn't change his mind about him again. He needs to show the attitude and performance levels required.
"He will be one of the older players there and he will need to be an example for the many young players around."
Italy's 42-man squad:
Francesco Bardi (Livorno), Antonio Mirante (Parma), Mattia Perin (Genoa), Davide Astori (Cagliari), Matteo Darmian (Torino), Lorenzo De Silvestri (Sampdoria), Gabriel Paletta (Parma), Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina), Andrea Ranocchia (Inter), Alberto Aquilani (Fiorentina), Daniele Baselli (Atalanta), Federico Bernardeschi (Crotone), Andrea Bertolacci (Genoa), Giacomo Bonaventura (Atalanta), Antonio Candreva (Lazio), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), Alessandro Florenzi (Roma), Marco Parolo (Parma), Romulo (Verona), Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), Antonio Cassano (Parma), Alessio Cerci (Torino), Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria), Alberto Gilardino (Genoa), Ciro Immobile (Torino), Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli), Giuseppe Rossi (Fiorentina), Simone Zaza (Sassuolo), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Simone Scuffet (Udinese), Ignazio Abate (Milan), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Mattia De Sciglio (Milan), Claudio Marchisio (Juventus), Ricardo Montolivo (Milan), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus), Andrea Poli (Milan), Mario Balotelli (Milan), Stephan El Shaarawy (Milan), Pablo Osvaldo (Juventus).


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How to Use
the Readings
Inquiry Question
Reading 1: Settling the Big Bend
Until the late 1800s, few families settled in the Big Bend territory. Comanches and Kiowa attacked passing travelers, and the Army could provide little protection. The region boasted few services such as churches and schools, and transportation was difficult.
By the 1880s, when railroads had been built and conflict between the Indians and the United States declined, American cattlemen began to enter the area. Mexican families who had earlier left the Big Bend began to drift back; they tended small herds of goats and farmed small tracts of land near springs, along the narrow creek valleys, and along the Rio Grande. Some were United States citizens, but many had grown up south of the river in Mexico. Some owned property, but others did not obtain legal title to the lands they occupied. Later-arriving American ranchers leased the land but did not bother the "squatters," who provided fresh vegetables and necessary labor.
The discovery of cinnabar, the ore used to produce mercury, also spurred population growth. Towns around the mines, most of which were near Terlingua, grew to include more than 3,000 people. Other settlements developed at Santa Helena (now called Santa Elena), Coyote, Terlingua Abaja, and Molinar; these small communities lay near the river and provided vegetables and hay to the mining towns about 25 miles north.
The Mexican Revolution began in 1910. For the next 10 years, revolutionaries like Pancho Villa, and bandits who found the war a convenient excuse, attacked villages and ranches on both sides of the river, robbing settlers of property and sometimes their lives. In 1911, the U.S. Army began establishing camps and mounted patrols to protect remote settlements. The Castolon area welcomed a small detachment of troopers from the 5th, 6th, and 8th cavalries when it established Camp Santa Helena in 1916. The men lived in tents and the construction of a permanent post began in 1919. After the Mexican Revolution finally ended, the need for patrols declined, and by 1921 the U.S. Army had withdrawn.
About this time, Howard E. Perry began the Chisos Mining Company, one of the most famous enterprises in the Terlingua area. Perry also began a farming and ranching business with Wayne Cartledge, the son of his lawyer. They called their business "La Harmonia Company" in order to give an international flavor to the enterprise and to promote the idea of harmony between American and Mexican residents of the area. The Perry-Cartledge businesses along the lower Big Bend helped consolidate the local people into four related, but independent settlements or villages. One of these, Camp Santa Helena, soon thereafter came to be known as Castolon. Its residents included the Cartledge family, the La Harmonia Store manager and his wife, and a dozen or more Mexican and American families, all of whom were employed by the La Harmonia enterprises. Perry and Cartledge received permission from the Army to use the main barracks building at Castolon as a trading post.
During the early years of Castolon, local people more or less ignored the international boundary. American ranchers regularly hired cowboys who were Mexican citizens, and Americans often visited their neighbors across the river. La Harmonia Store became an important source of supplies for American and Mexican families throughout the area. Only after 1920 did the laws of the international border become more carefully enforced. Even today there is no staffed port of entry within 75 miles of Castolon, and Mexican citizens regularly cross the Rio Grande and shop at the Castolon Store (formerly La Harmonia Store), use the telephones, or contact Big Bend National Park rangers for emergency medical help.
Questions for Reading 1
1. What natural feature marks the international boundary near Castolon?
2. What kept settlers from moving into the Big Bend area before the end of the 1800s? What kinds of dangers would they have faced if they had settled in the area then?
3. What developments brought more people into the area?
4. Why did Cartledge and Perry name their store "La Harmonia"? How did Mr. Cartledge attempt to carry out his goal?
5. Why do you think people along the Rio Grande so often ignored the international boundary between Mexico and the U.S.?
Reading 1 was excerpted and adapted from Clifford B. Casey, "Castolon," unpublished manuscript, 1967, Research Library, Big Bend National Park.


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Drive (I) (2011)
[first lines]
Driver: [on phone] There's a hundred-thousand streets in this city. You don't need to know the route. You give me a time and a place, I give you a five minute window. Anything happens in that five minutes and I'm yours. No matter what. Anything happens a minute either side of that and you're on your own. Do you understand?
Driver: Good. And you won't be able to reach me on this phone again.
Driver: [on the phone with Irene] Can I talk to you? I won't keep you long. I have to go somewhere and I don't think I can come back. But I just wanted you to know. Getting to be around you and Benicio was the best thing that ever happened to me.
Driver: [watching a cartoon] Is he a bad guy?
Benicio: Yeah.
Driver: How can you tell?
Benicio: Because he's a shark.
Driver: There's no good sharks?
Bearded Redneck: You're Shannon's buddy right? We met last year. You drove me and my brother back from Palm Springs. We hired another wheelman. I spent six months in jail. My brother, he got himself killed. I got this sweet job coming up.
Driver: How 'bout this. You shut your mouth. Or I'll kick your teeth down your throat and I'll shut it for you.
Bearded Redneck: Nice seein' you again.
Shannon: Kid, I want you to meet Mr. Bernie Rose!
Bernie Rose: Nice to meet you.
[Bernie sticks out his hand to shake; Driver does not take it]
Driver: My hands are a little dirty.
Bernie Rose: So are mine.
Driver: If I drive for you, you get your money. You tell me where we start, where we're going, where we're going afterwards. I give you five minutes when we get there. Anything happens in that five minutes and I'm yours. No matter what. Anything a minute on either side of that and you're on your own. I don't sit in while you're running it down. I don't carry a gun. I drive.
Cook: You look like you're hard to work with.
Driver: [to Bernie] You know the story about the scorpion and the frog? Your friend Nino didn't make it across the river.
Standard: Do you want to hear how mommy and me met?
Benicio: Yeah.
Standard: Yeah? Okay. We were at a party. And she was nineteen years old.
Irene: Seventeen.
Standard: You weren't seventeen.
Irene: I was.
Standard: Wow. So it was illegal.
Standard: All right. So I illegally walked over to a seventeen year old girl. And I walk up and I say, "Hello, Miss. What is your name?" And she didn't say anything. And then I said, "Well my name is Standard Gabriel." Then what did you say?
Irene: I said, "Where's the deluxe version?"
Driver: [to Benicio] Hey, you want a toothpick?
[after slapping Blanche and holding her down]
Driver: Now, you just got a little boy's father killed. And you almost got us killed. And now you're lying to me. So how about this? From now on, every word out of your mouth is the truth. Or I'm going to hurt you.
Shannon: [to Driver] A lot of guys mess around with married women, but you're the only one I know who robs a joint just to pay back the husband. Crazy.
Nino: Fuck you eating chink food in my fucking restaurant?
Bernie Rose: What's a Jew doing running a pizzeria?
Irene: [as music blares from her apartment] Sorry about the noise.
Driver: I was going to call the cops.
Irene: I wish you would.
Driver: I don't have wheels on my car.
Irene: [laughing] Okay.
Driver: It's one thing you should know about me.
Driver: [to Irene] Hey, do you want to see something?
Irene: What do you do?
Driver: I drive.
Irene: Like a limo driver?
Driver: No, like, for movies.
Irene: Oh. You mean all the car chases and stuff?
Driver: Yeah.
Irene: Isn't that dangerous?
Driver: It's only part-time. Mostly I work at a garage.
Nino: You paid three-hundred fucking grand for this piece of shit?
Bernie Rose: I paid for it - out of my own pocket. This is just the shell; it's the inside that counts, not the outside, right Shannon?
Shannon: You are correct, sir.
Nino: Fuck that shit; I pay three-hundred for something, I want everybody to fucking see it!
Bernie Rose: Of course you do.
Nino: [Nino sees an collectible car] Now this... that is one motherfucking, fine-ass, pussy-mobile, motha-fucka'! Damn!
Bernie Rose: Shannon, sell him the car.
Shannon: He wouldn't be able to find pussy in a whore house...
Shannon: [Shannon begins hobbling over to Nino] You know what? This car will even make you good-looking.
Nino: I'm already good-looking, pal.
Driver: What is it you got there? Can I see?
[Benicio hands Driver a bullet]
Driver: One of those men gave you that?
Benicio: They told me not to lose it.
Driver: You want me to keep that for you?
Bernie Rose: Here's what I'm prepared to offer. You give me the money, the girl is safe. Forever. Nobody knows about her. She's off the map. I can't offer you the same. So, this is what I would suggest. We conclude our deal. We'll shake hands. You start the rest of your life. Any dreams you have, or plans, or hopes for your future... I think you're going to have to put that on hold. For the rest of your life you're going to be looking over your shoulder. I'm just telling you this because I want you to know the truth. But the girl is safe.
Shannon: [to Driver] You look like a zombie, kid. You getting any sleep? Can I offer you some benzedrine, dexedrine, caffeine, nicotine? Oh, you don't smoke. That's right. Better off.
Shannon: You two know each other?
Driver: [smiling while walking by] Don't.
Shannon: [excited] Oh, look at that!
Irene: We're neighbors.
Shannon: Neighbors? Very good. Well, we'll try to be neighborly too.
[repeated line]
Driver: Do you understand?
Bernie Rose: What do you got that the big professional race teams don't?
Shannon: I got the driver.
Bernie Rose: You just told me they had half a dozen drivers.
Shannon: Not like this. This kid is special. I've been working with him for a while. I've never seen anything like it. If I had the money, I'd back him myself.
Bernie Rose: Yeah, but you don't have the money.
Shannon: Mr. Rose, you put this kid behind the wheel, there's nothing he can't do.
Bernie Rose: Did Shannon ever tell you how we met?
Driver: No.
Bernie Rose: I used to produce movies. In the 80s. Kind of like action films. Sexy stuff. One critic called them European. I thought they were shit. Anyway, he arranged all the cars for me. Did all the stunts. I liked him. I liked having him around. Even though he overcharged the shit out of me. His next business venture, he got involved with some of Nino's friends. They didn't go for the overcharging bit. They broke his pelvis. He's never had a lot of luck. The reason I'm telling you this is that he has a lot invested in you. And so do I. So anything you need, you call me. We're a team now.
Bernie Rose: I'm excited!
[yelling across the garage]
Bernie Rose: Nino, let's get the fuck out of here!
Standard: You know, we're here celebrating but it's a shameful thing... what I did. And I have a lot of making up to do to everyone. But second chances are rare. Right? And that's worth celebrating.
Nino: Take a fucking hike. I want to talk to my partner.
Nino: I'm just fucking with you. How you doing, Shannon? How's the fucking leg?
Shannon: I paid my debt.
Bernie Rose: My partner is a belligerent asshole with his back up against a wall, and now, so am I.
[last lines]
Bernie Rose: Where's the money now?
Driver: It's in the car.
Bernie Rose: Come on.
Shannon: [about Driver] You know, he walked into my shop here about five or six years ago. Right out of the blue. Asking for a job. So I put him to the test to see what he could do. The kid's amazing.
Irene: Yeah.
Shannon: So I hired him on the spot. Boom.
[snaps fingers]
Shannon: At about half the wages I normally pay. He didn't blink an eye.
[to Driver]
Shannon: Hey kid, come over here for a second, will you?
[back to Irene]
Shannon: And I have been exploiting him ever since.
[Shannon laughs]
Shannon: Don't tell him.
Bernie Rose: [to Cook] Shut the fuck up, you fucking monkey!
Driver: You get out of here and you never fucking come back. You never come back.
Shannon: What are you going to do?
Irene: [referring to a photo] That's Benicio's father
Driver: Where is he?
Irene: He's in prison.
Driver: Oh.
Shannon: What happened to all the ashtrays in this town?
Bernie Rose: [snaps] You didn't tell me you were ripping off the family
Nino: [snaps back] FAMILY... What family? The same family that calls me kike to my face
Nino: TO MY FACE! I'm fifty nine years old and they still keep pinching my cheeks like I'm a child!
Bernie Rose: [to Nino] Now it's your turn to clean up after me.
Shannon: You look like a zombie kid, you getting any sleep?
Shannon: He wouldn't be able to find pussy in a whore house.
Nino: [to Driver] You're not very good at this, are you?


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Remember when cameras used actual film and Kodak wasn't declaring bankruptcy?
Ilott Vintage does and they're making sure that the option is still available with their restored rangefinder cameras. Most of the cameras that they refurbish were made anywhere from 40 to 75 years ago. The Argus C3, for example, was made from 1939 to 1966.
With the advent of digital cameras, many modern cameras feature computer chips and LCD screens. These restored Ilott cameras are fully mechanical with clockwork mechanisms, tension springs, and cogs. They don't even need a battery to function, and also use 35 mm film – incidentally, you can still buy 35 mm film and have it processed at places like Rite Aid or Costco.
We've included a shot of an original Argus C3 in the gallery above so that you can see the differences between Ilott's restoration and the originals. The original C3 was covered in leather but over time they've worn down and, according to Ilott, during most repair processes the leathers have to be removed. Instead of reapplying the leathers, Ilott uses mansonia and mahogany wood veneers sealed with Danish oil. The veneers are cut and tailored for each individual camera.
Ilott describes their philosophy: "We espouse the romantic ideal of pre-electronic photography – when photographers had to know what they were doing to take a great photo."
We should note that older cameras like these are not as user-friendly as modern cameras. Modern cameras are a little more helpful and easier to use for newbies. You need to know a bit about lighting, the rule of thirds, and other photography tricks to get decent photos using a restored Ilott camera.
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bada wrote:I think there is a chance and a bigger chance than most people think, that both will be there. If I had to bet on it, I would say only one, but I think people really have a problem paying that sort of guarenteed money to a defensive tackle. This plays a large part in the Rams selecting Bradford and I think you could see the Lions or someone else moving up to select an offensive tackle at #2 leaving both the DT's on the board.
Assuming the Bucs take 1, I cant see the Redskins taking one considering how much money they have in their defensive line and then neither Suh or McCoy fit the 3-4 for the Chiefs. There is a wild scenario that either Suh or McCoy could be there at #6 when the Seahawks draft.
Could be, but I really doubt it. I mean... I just can't see one of them falling to #6. Although it wouldn't shock me (just a mild surprise) if both are available for the Bucs pick.
bada wrote:So trying to get a picture of who could fall based on what the Bucs do. So your hunch is McCoy huh. Defiantely more disruptive as a pass rusher. More like a Sapp type than Suh is. Really the draft hinges on what the Lions do at #2.
Exactly. I think that's exactly what they're looking for. I'm pretty sure it's McCoy, but they just said they have decided on who they want... but given no names.
Oh, well... it's not like you can be successful being candid in the NFL.
btw, both Suh and McCoy will visit the Bucs later this month (as well as Bryant and Berry, Okung has already visited), so that preference MIGHT change if one visit goes ugly... but I don't expect anything like that.
bada wrote:Wow, Bryant at 3???? Even with his supposed attitude problems and poor 40 time?
Yeah, crazy... but take a look at our WRs: Mike Clayton, Reggie Brown, Mo Stovall and Sammie Stroughter. 'Nuff said...
I also think it's like 10 spots too high for Bryant, but I can certainly understand why they'd go for him... I'd go for Berry, tho.


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Britney Spears Has Three Very Wealthy Las Vegas-Based Suitors
A trio of Sin City hotels are currently having a bidding war over who will get Britney Spears and her fleet of babysitters (minus one) to take up musical residence on the Las Vegas strip.
Caesars Palace and two other unknown hotels are currently trying to land Britney to perform several nights a week a la Celine Dion and rake in lots of money she probably doesn't really need.
No deal has yet to be signed, although rumors are already flying that Brit landed a $200 million contract with Caesars.
"The deal is a go. There are several stipulations that could throw a monkey wrench in the deal, but it's basically done," claims one source, who says Britney is firming up negotiations. The arrangement might include performing in a big theater a few nights a week, or just showing up at various functions in the hotel's venues.
If Britney chooses one of her three Vegas suitors, insiders say she's set to earn at least $100 million a year. That's more than Celine makes, but maybe some of the astronomical sum is delayed hazard pay from the year Brit just spent with Simon Cowell.


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MAYON VOLCANO BULLETIN 29 January 2015 8:00 A.M.
Mayon Volcano's seismic monitoring network detected one (1) volcanic earthquake during the past 24 hours. Moderate emission of white steam plumes that crept downslope towards west-northwest was observed.
Summit was visible but no crater glow was observed last night. Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emitted at the crater averaged 259 tonnes/day on 09 December 2014, which is below the baseline level during normal periods. Ground deformation data from continuous tilt monitoring indicate that magma has stalled deep beneath the northern flanks of the volcano, although the edifice is still inflated or swollen compared to baseline levels.
Mayon Volcano's alert status is currently at Alert Level 2, which means that the likelihood of hazardous eruption within days to weeks has lessened. However, the lowering of the alert status should not be interpreted that the volcano's unrest has ceased, considering that deeper beneath it eruptible magma has already accumulated. If there is a resurgence of volcanic unrest based on any one or combination of the above monitoring parameters, the alert status may step up to Alert Level 3 again. On the other hand, if there is a noticeable return to baseline levels of ground deformation and sustained low levels of other parameters, then the Alert Level may further step down. The public is still reminded to avoid entry into the 6-km Permanent Danger Zone or PDZ due to perennial hazards of rockfalls, avalanche, ash puffs and sudden steam-driven or phreatic eruptions at the summit area. Furthermore, people living in valleys and active river channels are cautioned to remain vigilant against sediment-laden streamflows and lahars in the event of prolonged and heavy rainfall. PHIVOLCS-DOST is closely monitoring Mayon Volcano's activity and any new development will be immediately posted to all concerned.