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Mark Lauter needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 245 designs submitted by 66 freelance designers.
SUMO Software
SUMO Software is the new product development arm of One Lauter Inc., a software development services company. We wanted a more marketable name and image for software product sales. The name was chosen because the owner of the company is a pretty big guy. The inspiration came from a small sumo wrestler figurine brought back by a friend from a trip to Japan. SUMO is based in Clearwater, Florida. We oddly balance the low-key Florida attitude with intensity that comes from being passionate about developing rock solid software systems.
The target audience is anyone who would buy stuff from us because we have a wicked logo, right? Probably anyone who would download and install free software from a website (logo needs to generate trust), or would sign up for membership of a web-based software system.
The logo should denote power and balance. At the same time it must convey a sense of humor that says while we don't take ourselves too seriously, we are professional and serious about what we're serious about. In a perfect world when someone outside our company sees the logo for the first time they should laugh - at least smile. That's why they'll remember who we are.
We're an American company and the logo should look American - not eastern.
Florida Retro is better - think 1972 Miami Dolphins
No Asian letters - we're not a Chinese buffet.
Big, BOLD, in your face.
Here's the figurine that inspired the name:
The logo should look a lot like the figurine - cartoony, balanced on one leg, etc.
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Chile Church Records
|Chile Wiki Topics
|Beginning Research
|Record Types
|Chile Background
|Local Research Resources
For information about records for non-Christian religions in Chile, go to the Religious Records page.
- 1 Definition
- 2 Information Recorded in Church Registers
- 3 Locating Church Records
- 4 Reading the Records
- 5 Search Strategies
Church records (registros parroquiales) are excellent sources for accurate information on names, dates, and places of births, marriages, and deaths. Virtually every person who lived in Chile before 1885 was recorded in a church record.
Records of births, marriages, and deaths are commonly called "vital records." Church records are vital records made by church priests. They are often referred to as parish registers or church books. They include records of christenings, sometimes including a birth date; marriages; deaths; and burials. Church records may also include account books, confirmation records, and lists of members (padrones).
Church records are crucial for pre-1900 research in Chile. Civil registration started in January 1885, but was not comprehensive until 1900. Church records are often the only sources of family information before this date. Church records continued to be kept after the introduction of civil registration.
For birth, death, and marriage records after 1885, see Chile Civil Registration.
Information Recorded in Church Registers
The information recorded in church records varied over time. The later records generally give more complete information than the earlier ones.
The most important church records for genealogical research are baptisms, marriages, marriage information, and death or burial registers. Other helpful church records include confirmations and church censuses (padrones). Most of these records were recorded in Spanish, but a few of the older Catholic records may be written in Latin or a mix of Spanish and Latin.
Baptisms (bautismos)
Children were generally baptized within a few days of birth. Baptismal records usually give the place and date of baptism, infant's name and parents' names, status of legitimacy, names of godparents, and sometimes grandparents' names. You may also find the child's age, ethnic background, and the family's place of residence. If the child died within a few days of baptism, death information was sometimes added as a note to the baptismal record. At times a note added in the margin will state who the child later married.
Marriages (matrimonios)
Marriage registers give the date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom. They also indicate whether they were single or widowed and give the names of witnesses. They often include other information about the bride and groom, such as their ages, residences, occupations, names of parents, and sometimes birthplaces. In cases of second and subsequent marriages, they may include the names and death dates of previous spouses. Often a note is made whether a parent or other party gave permission for the marriage. In addition to the marriage date, marriage registers sometimes also give the dates on which the marriage intentions were announced. These announcements, called banns, were made on three separate occasions and gave opportunity for anyone to come forward who knew any reason why the couple should not be married.
Couples were generally married in the home parish of the bride. Girls married young, usually between 15 and 20, and men married in their 20s.
The marriage information (información matrimonial, pliegos matrimoniales, or expedientes matrimoniales) document is separate from the marriage record and can consist of several parts. It includes an introduction that states the intent of marriage and sometimes the date of the banns.
The marriage information includes personal information about the bride and groom. This may include the following: name of bride and groom, age, whether they are single or widowed, place of residence, sometimes place of birth, name of parents, and sometimes grandparents. If this is a second marriage for one of them, the document will give the name of the deceased spouse and how long he or she has been deceased. If either the bride or groom is from another parish, documents will be included showing good standing in that parish. These may include baptismal records and when the banns were published in another parish.
The records may also show a dispensation (an exemption from restriction of marriage) for the fourth degree of blood relationship, indicating that the bride and groom were related. If this is the case genealogical graphs and interesting biographical information about the families involved may be included.
Following this information, two to four witnesses are presented who testify of the good standing of the bride and groom. This may include the witness's personal information as well as how long the witness has known the bride or groom. The witnesses may be related to the bride or groom. This document is sometimes three or four pages long.
Generally, there is a note at the end of the marriage information documents listing the date of marriage or a note if they did not get married.
Deaths, Burials (defunciones, entierros)
Burials were recorded in the church record of the parish where the person was buried. The burial usually took place within a few days of the death.
Death registers give the name of the deceased and the date and place of death or burial. Often, the age, place of residence, marital status, cause of death, and names of survivors of the deceased are given. At times the priest will note if the deceased testated, meaning he or she recorded a will. Occasionally, if the deceased is a minor, the date and place of birth and parents' names are given.
Early death registers failed to record much of this information and are not as complete as later death records. In some death records the women are recorded by their maiden name, giving the name of their surviving spouse or stating that they were widows and mentioning the name of the deceased spouse.
If you can't find a death or burial church record dated after 1900, check the civil registration death records.
Extract Forms
The following extract forms were created by Dr. George Ryskamp, JD, AG. These particular forms are designed to be used for Spanish research; however, they can help in other research areas, such as Italy, France, Portugal, etc. Click on the type of record form you would like to use and print it for your own files.
These forms are designed to help you quickly analyze and organize your documents. They can become a personal index for your family records.
Locating Church Records
Church records were kept at the local parish of the church. The term parish refers to the jurisdiction of a church priest. Parishes are local congregations that may have included many local villages within their boundaries. In order to know which parish registers to search, you must know your ancestor's religion and the town where he or she lived. It will also be helpful to know the parish to which your ancestor belonged in case there were several parishes in one large locality.
The town where the church building was located is considered the headquarters of the parish. Although the church building was often named for a saint (such as San Gabriel), the FamilySearch Catalog refers to a parish by the name of the town where the parish church was located. In large cities, where there may be many parishes for one locality, the FamilySearch Catalog uses the parish saint name to distinguish the records of different parishes.
Small towns that did not have their own church building were designated to a particular parish. Some parishes had affiliated chapels (capillas foráneas). Over time, some villages or chapels may have belonged to several parishes as jurisdictions changed.
Parish boundary maps can be extremely helpful when determining which parish church records to search. They can help you identify neighboring parishes if you need to search through the various parishes in a given region. Some church directories include boundary maps. Church records can be found at the local parish archive, copies of older records may be found at the archdiocese archive, and some old records can be found at the National Archive.
Online Records
- Chile Baptisms, 1585-1932 (Chile bautismos, 1585-1932), FamilySearch, index, incomplete, dates vary.
- Chile, Select Baptisms, 1585-1932 (Chile, lista parcial de registros de bautismo, 1585-1932), Ancestry.com, ($) index, incomplete, dates vary.
- Chile, Baptisms, 1585-1932, MyHeritage, ($), index, incomplete, dates vary.
- Chile Marriages, 1579-1930 (Chile matrimonios, 1579-1930), Family Search, index, incomplete, dates vary.
- Chile, Select Marriages, 1579-1930 (Chile, lista parcial de registros de matrimonio, 1579-1930), Ancestry.com, ($) index, incomplete, dates vary.
- Chile, Marriages, 1579-1930, MyHeritage, ($), index, incomplete, dates vary.
- Chile Deaths, 1700-1920 (Chile defunciones, 1700-1920), FamilySearch, index, incomplete, dates vary.
- Chile, Select Deaths, 1700-1920 (Chile, lista parcial de registros de defunción, 1700-1920), Ancestry.com, ($) index, incomplete, dates vary.
- Chile, Deaths, 1700-1920, MyHeritage, ($), index, incomplete, dates vary.
Records at the Family History Library
The Family History Library has microfilm copies of most Chilean church records prior to 1930. The specific holdings of the Family History Library are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog. You can determine whether the library has records for your ancestor's locality by checking the "Locality" section of the FamilySearch Catalog. However, if a record has been destroyed, was never kept, has not been microfilmed, or is restricted from public access by the laws of the country, the Family History Library does not have a copy.
In the FamilySearch Catalog, look under the name of the town where the church was, not necessarily the town where your ancestor lived.
Look in the FamilySearch Catalog under:
New records may be added to the Family History Library collection from numerous sources. Don't give up if records are not yet available. Check the FamilySearch Catalog every two or three years for the records you need.
Writing to a Catholic Priest for Church Records
Baptism, marriage, and death records may be searched by contacting or visiting the local parish. More recent Catholic parish records are kept at the local parish. This method is not always reliable. Officials might or might not respond.
Write a brief request in Spanish to the proper church using this address as a guide replacing the information in parentheses:
- Reverendo Padre
- Parroquia de (name of parish)
- (postal code), (city), (region)
- Chile
Send the following when requesting information:
- An inquiry as to how to best send the service fee, if any.
- Full name and gender of the person sought.
- Names of the parents, if known.
- Approximate date and place of the event you are requesting information about.
- Your relationship to the person.
- Reason for the request (family history, medical, and so on).
- Request for a photocopy of the complete original record.
Write your request in Spanish whenever possible. Use the translated questions and phrases in this Spanish Letter-writing Guide to assist you in writing your letter in Spanish.
Reading the Records
- You do not have to be fluent in Spanish to read your documents. Genealogical records usually contain a limited vocabulary. Use the Spanish Genealogical Word List to translate the important points in the document. Handwriting skills are taught in the BYU Spanish Script Tutorial.
- Online interactive slideshow lessons are available to help you learn to read these records:
- Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 1 — Spanish alphabet
- Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 2 — Names, dates, and key genealogical words
- Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 3 — Read Spanish records: birth, baptism, marriage, and death records
Search Strategies
Effective use of church records includes the following strategies:
- Search for the relative or ancestor you selected.
When you find his or her birth record, search for the birth records of his or her brothers and sisters.
- Search for the marriage record of the parents.
The marriage record will often lead to the birth records of the parents.
- If you cannot locate a marriage record for the parents, you can estimate their ages in order to search for their birth records.
- If earlier generations (parents, grandparents, etc.) do not appear in the records, search neighboring parishes.
- Search the death registers for information about all family members.

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This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2013, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
When filmmaker T.C. Christensen asked local pianist Paul Cardall to compose music for Christensen's upcoming film "Ephraim's Rescue," Christensen said he had no idea how meaningful his request was.The film chronicles one of the iconic moments of the immigration to Utah of early converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1856, former Mormon Battalion soldier Ephraim Hanks helped rescue the Martin and Willie handcart companies. Nearly 1,000 handcart pioneers on their way to Utah became stuck east of the Rocky Mountains with little food and harrowing blizzard conditions. More than 200 people among those companies died, but among those who survived was James Laird and his wife Mary Rennie ' with her four-year-old son Edward walking by her side and a new baby in her arms. They had left the British Isles to come to the Mormons' promised land of Utah.Although he died long ago, Edward is no mere ghost to CardallHe was Cardall's great-great grandfather, and delivered from death by Ephraim Hanks."A lot of kids referred to [Hanks] as Santa Claus for the rest of his life," said Cardall, 40, an avid student of Mormon and Utah history. He is best-known for being a best-selling musician whose thirteenth studio album, "New Life," debuted as the No. 1 Billboard New Age album in February 2011 and held a position in the top five for more than 30 weeks, topping the numbers of both Enya and Yanni's new releases.Listening to the film's soundtrack which is now in stores, released by Shadow Mountain Records rapidly reveals that this is among Cardall's most personal works in his life, a life that has brought him to his knees in despair as well as the mountains of joyful reverence. The opening track, "Traveler" featuring one of The Piano Guys, Steven Sharp Nelson too represents a meaningful familial connection for Cardall. The song is based on a song written by his late brother. Brian Cardall. Brian is, unfortunately, most remembered for dying on a the side of a southern Utah highway in 2009 after being delivered two shocks from a Taser pistol in the midst of a bipolar episode. (The widely reported death spurred the Utah State Legislature to pass a resolution encouraging police departments to provide officers with better training in how to respond to people with mental illness.)But Paul wanted Brian's talents to be showcased, and to be remembered as his family remembers him a talented and creative young man, husband and father who shouldn't have needed to be rescued.It was "Traveler" that first convinced Christensen to tap Cardall as the composer for his film. Darin Southam, a Vernal native who portrays Hanks in the film, recommended Cardall to Christensen, who was looking for music to accompany the film. "I've always loved his stuff," Southam said, and told Christensen to listen to Cardall's "New Life.""Traveler" is also the first track of "New Life."Christensen said he found "Traveler" to be incredibly moving, and from the first time he heard it he knew it would fit in well with the theme of his film."I didn't know anything about [his brother or ancestors]," Christensen said. He wasn't drawn because of any connection that Cardall shared with the film's subjects. Christensen simply loved the music.So "Traveler" became the cornerstone of the music Cardall composed for the film, with much insight about his brother as well as his descendants. His grandmother told him stories about the handcart rescue when he was younger, and he spent time researching the life of James Laird, was born on Christmas Day in 1825. James' father was a Methodist minister, and James ran away from home, at one point saying that he did so because his father read the Bible too much. "Imagine a Mormon saying that," joked Cardall.Cardall was inspired by the hardships that his descendants endured. "I feel a closeness with the pioneers," he said, explaining songs on the soundtrack such as "Life and Death," "Drowsy Maggie" (written by Utahn Aaron Ashton), "My Kindness Shall Not Depart From Thee" (featuring singer and Green River native Dallyn Vail Bayles) and "Come, Come, Ye Saints" (written by Nelson). "I have a lot of pride in my Mormon ancestry."A sobering thought recurred during the recording and writing process, which also included contributions from local favorite Ryan Shupe, Marshall McDonald, Trevor Price and Rob Gardner. Cardall knows that had he been in James' stead, he would never have survived the long trip across the Plains.Cardall was born with congenital heart disease. He received a heart transplant in September 2009 after spending 385 agonizing days waiting for a match at Salt Lake City's Primary Children's Medical Center. "New Life" is, appropriately named, the album he wrote and recorded after the transplant.Southam said Cardall's life itself should be a film, but for the time being, he is content to listen to Cardall's soundtrack and let it tell his family's story. Listening to the music, Southam said, "makes you want to see the movie. I cried when I listened to it." The effect the music had on Southam reminds of the time be bought the soundtrack to the Russell Crowe-starring film "Gladiator," with its stirring score and music composed by Hans Zimmer and Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard, before the film was released. The music was so powerful that he felt compelled obliged, even to see the film.Now, with the film due out soon, Cardall can look back on his life and the adversities he has endured.During the moments when Cardall was lying in a hospital bed, near death, he asked himself, "Where does strength and resilience come from?"He now knows the answer. "It's in our blood," he said. He survived, and has survived, because he shares the same blood as James Laird and Mary Rennie and Edward.


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Employee Support Networks
Greater Manchester Police provides a number of support networks for all of its employees. This page provides a brief guide to the available organisations.
First Contact Advisors
Trained advisors on every division can provide information and support. If you have an equality related problem, a First Contact Advisor can help you work through the range of possible options.
Black and Asian Police Association
BAPA exists to provide a support network for minority ethnic staff employed by GMP. In addition to working towards improving recruitment, retention and progression of minority ethnic staff it also provides a social and professional network of other minority ethnic staff from whom advice and assistance can be sought.
GMP Pride
GMP Pride was established in 1999 as a staff support network, offering support and advice for all members of staff and in particularly our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender staff. The network, which is managed by LGB&T Police Officers and Police Staff continues to offer this support today and in many ways via our aims.
We believe that when staff can be themselves at work, they are happier and work better. Their performance will improve whilst working in a LGB&T friendly space. By working towards and achieving our aims we create a workplace for all our staff to feel comfortable and be happy.
The Childcare Coordinator is available to provide information and advice to working parents on childcare support and the Force's work life balance oriented initiatives and policies.
Unison is a trade union committed to fair representation and equal opportunities for all staff. The GMP branch has self-organised groups which can give help and support to members on all equal opportunities issues. A network of regional and national forums support these groups. Unison also has a network of trained stewards to whom you can refer any problem in the strictest confidence.
GMP Federation
GMP Police Federation is a branch of the Police Federation of England and Wales, Who are the representative body to which every Police officer below the rank of Superintendent belongs. It was established by the Police Act 1919 to provide the Police with a means of bringing their views on welfare and efficiency to the notice of the government and the Police authorities.
All the elected officials of the Police Federation must be serving Police officers. Police are not permitted to belong to trades unions and must not take part in politics. (The federation does, however, liaise with public sector trade unions and has excellent relationships with the TUC and all political parties) . Under the provisions of the Police Act, the police are forbidden to strike, and must at all times obey the lawful orders of senior officers. Police pay, allowances, pensions and conditions of service are negotiated nationally in the Police Negotiating Board, which covers the United Kingdom Police service.
Occupational Health & Welfare
If GMP staff feel they are unable to cope with the pressures of life and work they can access support:
The Occupational Health Unit's team of doctors, nurses and physiotherapists can give advice on all health issues. Regular clinics are held on policing divisions.
Welfare provides support for officers, support staff and their families. They can give help and advice on all kinds of personal issues such as relationship difficulties, bereavement, financial problems, stress and anxiety. They have expertise in dealing with trauma and can assist with the recovery from distressing incidents.
Counselling is available internally and can also be accessed through the Federation Group Insurance scheme. Each division has a chaplain who can provide guidance. Chaplains offer an ecumenical service and are not looking for converts.
Jewish Police Association
The Greater Manchester Jewish Police Association (GMJPA) was established in 2003 to offer support and advice to Jewish personnel within Greater Manchester Police.
JPA provide a network for support and advice to Jewish personnel within Greater Manchester Police. To promote understanding of the Jewish faith within Greater Manchester Police. To act as a resource reference for Greater Manchester Police, regarding religious and cultural issues, and in particular those that affect front-line policing.
Muslim Police Association
To assist GMP deliver a better service to all communities by improving knowledge of Islam within the organisation and making it a place in which Muslim officers and staff can achieve their potential.
Christian Police Association
The Christian Police Association exists to be a Christian voice within the Police Service and to provide an opportunity for Police Officers to enjoy Christian fellowship within their workplace. The CPA was founded over 100 years ago and has branches in most Forces in the country. The members of the GMP branch of CPA are drawn from every corner of the Force, both Police and Support Staff, and the whole spectrum of ranks and positions is represented.
We believe there is a vital ongoing role for Christianity within the Police Service. Our faith provides us with direction, purpose and confidence to face the difficulties we confront each day. We promote links between the Police and Christian churches and community organisations in our region.
Disability Focus Group
The Disability Focus Group was established in 1997 to enable disabled members of staff to identify issues, which affect disabled people across the Force as employees, and also in the community in general, as users of the services GMP provides. Through its representatives, these issues are then raised at command level through the Equality Issues Group, which is chaired by the Assistant Chief Constable, HR and Development.
The group is currently comprised of representatives from the Equal Opportunities Unit, police staff and more recently police officers, who are disabled or have an interest in disability issues in employment.
Disability Support Network
On Friday 12th May 2006 we launched a Disability Support Network for all employees of GMP, the aims and objectives of this network is to provide support and advice to disabled staff within GMP, also to promote understanding of disability issues within the force.
The network will also act as a resource reference for GMP regarding disability issues. Full membership is open to all staff of GMP with a disability and associate membership is open to all staff of GMP who are carers for a disabled person and or who work with a disabled staff member.


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Captain's Prerogative: CBS Suddenly Decides To Block Fan-Created Star Trek Show Despite Past Support
from the doesn't-that-violate-the-prime-directive? dept
When you hold the copyright to something really popular—a true cultural phenomenon—the rules tend to change a little bit. The sheer size of the fanbase means stomping out every instance of infringement is completely unrealistic, so creators like George Lucas often tolerate or even support fan fiction. Since creators and companies in this situation tend to just pick and choose where to enforce their rights, their actions are usually inconsistent (Lucasfilm also shut down a fan-organized movie marathon).
CBS, which owns the rights to the Star Trek franchise, is one such company. Though they've meddled in harmless fan creations before, they deserve credit for being generally quite supportive of such projects, most notably the 100% fan-created web-series Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II. But, as usual, inconsistency reins—Steve R. points us to the news that CBS has blocked Phase II from producing an episode based on a long-lost, unused Star Trek script.
Last fall an unused script for the cult 1960s television show turned up after being forgotten for years. Its author, the science-fiction writer Norman Spinrad, announced it would become an episode of a popular Web series, "Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II," which features amateur actors in the classic roles of Capt. James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock and other crew members of the starship Enterprise.
But then another player stepped in: CBS, which said it owned the script and blocked a planned Web production of it.
There are a lot of details that are important to understanding what happened. For one thing, Phase II is not some slapdash production—the show has involved several Star Trek alumni (including Walter Koenig and creator Gene Roddenberry's son Eugene) both on and off camera, and the creators have enjoyed an open and supportive relationship with CBS. They found the contested script through Spinrad, the original writer (but not the copyright holder), who had been selling it online since he discovered a copy of it last year. CBS also had a brief dispute with Spinrad, which was settled with the removal of the script (and an agreement to make no further comment).
Spinrad and Phase II creator James Cawley don't seem bothered—though, if they were, they wouldn't/couldn't say so, Spinrad because of his agreement and Cawley because of his desire to stay on good terms with CBS. Meanwhile, the fans (who were excited by the prospect of a long-lost script) get nothing. So what exactly did CBS accomplish here? Spinrad's final comment about the dispute makes vague references to their plans to license the script, but it's still not clear why they couldn't let Phase II produce it anyway, especially considering they have supported them in the past. As people have pointed out, this isn't even the first time Phase II used an abandoned Star Trek script: the 2007 episode "Blood and Fire" was originally pitched to The Next Generation in the '80s. There may be a technical difference that some commentators are missing there, in that it seems like "Blood and Fire" was a rejected pitch while this new script was shelved during production, but exact details are hard to pin down. Either way, nobody can tell why CBS is suddenly exercising their rights over this one script when they have been so tolerant of Phase II in the past. Their statement doesn't offer much:
"We fully appreciate and respect the passion and creativity of the 'Star Trek' fan and creative communities," CBS said in a statement. "This is simply a case of protecting our copyrighted material and the situation has been amicably resolved."
Amicably? Maybe. Beneficially? Not as far as I can tell.
Filed Under: copyright, culture, fan fiction, fans, norman spinrad, phase ii, star trek
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Features of this firmware
- By default, the firmware will try to load /vmlinux.gz from hda1
- It can boot /usr/games/.doug as an alternate kernel if you hold all four buttons in whilst powering the unit on.
- Holding in the "password reset" button switches on the serial console. When you see "Console ON" switch the unit off, then back on again to use the console.
- Holding the LEFT + RIGHT arrow buttons triggers a netboot. See below.
- Pressing space during the diagnostics (serial console) drops you to a shell... 'bfd vmlinux.blah.gz' will load an alternate kernel.
This firmware has two major limitations:
Firmware can't mount the boot partition
The firmware is based on a Linux 2.0 kernel. This kernel only supports ext2 rev. 0 filesystems. Current e2fsprogs however default to rev. 1. Journaling isn't supported with rev. 0 filesystems either so the partition containing the kernel cannot be ext3.
Kernel is too large
Due to unfortunate use of the available memory the size of the bootable kernel is severly restricted (about 620 kB, depending on model). In Linux 2.6 even a minimal kernel will exceed this limit. For 2.4, one should try "strip vmlinux" then "gzip -9 vmlinux" to reduce the size to a minimum.
This firmware is capable of loading a kernel over NFSv2 (not v3) when you hold both the LEFT and RIGHT arrow buttons on boot. The unit first obtains an IP number via BOOTP. Once the system is up, it then mounts /nfsroot off the BOOTP server (or a specified server via the 'next-server' parameter -- check this) and attempts to execute vmlinux_raq-2800.gz from this directory.
Replacement Firmware -- CoLo
There is a replacement firmware available that can either be burned into the flash chip, or chainloaded from the existing firmware. See the CoLo page for more information.


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Misplaced Concerns
Secretary of State Clinton's sudden concern for Israel's future as a democratic state in the shadow of the Muslim Brotherhood's electoral victory in Egypt and Iran's irrational march to nuclear martyrdom is perplexing ("Clinton and Panetta Put Israel in the Cross Hairs," editorial, Dec. 9).
With the Mideast beset by growing violence and unprecedented instability, it is incomprehensible that America's top diplomat would focus on the voluntary busing preferences of religious Jews (men and women) who reside in the only legitimate democracy in that region.
Israel deserves to be applauded and held up as a model for its steadfast commitment to religious freedoms, afforded to all its citizens – Jews, Christians and Muslims alike. Clinton's misplaced concerns might be better focused on the Jewish state's many Islamic neighbors who strictly forbid members of non-Islamic faiths from practicing their religion in their countries.
Chaskel Bennett
(Via E-Mail)
Obama's Fundraiser
Barack Obama professes a strong commitment to Israel's safety and an inviolable tie between our two nations. That's wonderful, except for the fact that he has a rather strange way of showing it. Is this what is meant by "tough love"? If so, I I'd prefer honest and open disdain, which leaves no questions about truth and sincerity.
The 1967 borders speech was bad enough as betrayals go, but more significant has been the ongoing sense of hostility to Israel, while Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are treated as equals. The rudeness to Prime Minister Netanyahu was something that would never have been displayed to an Arab leader. The Obama administration has made it clear that it views Israel as a thorn in its side. Building homes for Jews in Jerusalem has been decried far more vociferously than the random murders of Jews by Muslim terrorists.
And now Obama comes to New York for a fundraiser and is pledged $2 million by a Jewish gathering. What does this tell us? Does it make sense to anyone reading this?
Myron Hecker
New City, NY
Sotheby's Lockout
I read with interest Richard McBee's Dec. 9 Arts column, "Jewish Women and Chanukah at Sotheby's," on the upcoming auction of Judaica at Sotheby's. There is something else your readers should be aware of.
On August 1, the 43 professional art handlers at Sotheby's in New York City were locked out of their workplace and prevented from entering the facility, even though both management and the union that represents them, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 814, agreed to continue contract negotiations. These workers, loyal employees of Sotheby's, some of whom had worked there for decades, have not been allowed to return to work since; they have been out of work for more than four months now, creating situations of extreme hardship for themselves and their families.
Two days after the workers were locked out, Sotheby's reported the most profitable quarter in its 267-year history. Second quarter revenues were up 31 percent from the same quarter last year and profits were up 48 percent. We have read that Sotheby's wants the locked-out art handlers, who are responsible for the transportation, preparation and display of the pieces, to give up their 401(k) plan, work a reduced 36-hour week (which means effectively a ten-percent reduction in their wages) and limit their overtime, among other demands.
Our Jewish tradition teaches us to treat all who labor with respect and dignity, not just when it is convenient but even when tough labor-management negotiations are taking place. Sotheby's may be putting Jewish tradition on display in the form of art pieces, but its behavior is certainly no reflection of the values represented by our tradition.
Martin M. Schwartz
Executive Director
Jewish Labor Committee
Tribute To Rabbi Schonfeld
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The Chazon Ish And Reb Moshe
Reader Avi Goldstein writes that the Sages of Israel were frequently wrong regarding matters of science (Letters, Dec. 9). He cites several examples where he feels the Sages erred.
In one example he says the calendar devised by the Talmudic Sage Shmuel errs in its calculation of the solar year. I would like to cite the Chazon Ish (Orach Chaim 138:4) and Reb Moshe Feinstein (Igros Moshe Orach Chaim 4:17) on this issue.
Reb Moshe begins with very harsh words for the individual who asked the question. He says it seems the person regards himself as greater than all the Rishonim and Achronim and Gaonim in that they erred and he has caught their mistake. Forgive me, but it is extremely arrogant to even think this way, let alone to speak and write in such a manner. You should know that it is incumbent on a person to follow something that all of Klal Yisrael is accustomed to doing even if he believes they are mistaken – because something done by all of Klal Yisrael is correct.


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Researching the Skipper family, my maternal grandmother was a Skipper. Her father was Minter Skipper. She may have grew up in Campbello, South Carolina, just across the line from Rutherford County, NC. She married, lived and raised her family in McDowell County, NC. She married Johson Davis. She is buried in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery on Salem Church road just outside of Old Fort, in McDowell County.
Any information about her parents, grandparents, etc. would be greatly appreciated.
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It has become increasingly clear over the past few years that the long and winding road to an HIV cure will consist of many pathways. Although substantial research resources are being put toward a renewed push to finally find a viable HIV vaccine, explorations are also expanding into the possible value of gene therapy, stem-cell transplantation and even broad-spectrum antivirals, among other areas.
Alongside all of these potential paths to a cure lay the one we've already been on for the past two decades: the use of antiretroviral agents. Despite all we've learned about HIV pathogenesis and treatment, we still don't fully understand either the ultimate potential or the final limits of what antiretroviral therapy can achieve. And given that effective HIV treatment remains, for the moment, the closest alternative we have to a widely available cure, it is justly still receiving a great amount of attention from some of our brightest research minds.
Which is where our interviewee for this episode of HIV Management in Depth comes in. Jonathan Li, M.D., an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital, is a highly respected HIV research veteran who has teamed up with his equally respected Brigham colleague Paul Sax, M.D., to conduct a new study on the effect of single-pill, once-daily antiretroviral therapy on HIV-positive people who, until recently, we didn't think needed to be on treatment at all: HIV controllers.
But why don't I let him explain it?
Dr. Li and I spoke by phone to discuss the details of his new endeavor, an AIDS Clinical Trials Group study known as A5308. The currently ongoing study has thus far enrolled 20 of its target of 57 patients, and is actively seeking additional volunteers.
Why don't we start with a little bit of background leading into why this study exists?
HIV controllers, as you are well aware, is this really remarkable group of patients who can suppress their HIV to very low levels without the need for antiretroviral therapy.
Historically, it's been thought that these patients are in a privileged position, and at little risk of HIV disease progression or clinical disease. But it's become clearer over the past couple years that this assumption is just not entirely true.
We found that HIV controllers generally have active viral replication, just very low levels of it. And they have higher levels of chronic inflammation, which we're concerned may lead to increased risk of early aging and HIV disease progression, especially since a subset of these patients do have eventual CD4 decline over time. There have been some recent studies showing that HIV controllers may have higher cardiovascular disease, as well.
So the primary goal of this study is to determine whether antiretroviral treatment can lower inflammation and normalize the immune function for the HIV controllers.
A low percentage of people are identified as HIV controllers, so we're talking about a small group of people that you can possibly pluck from, right?
What's the percentage estimated of people with HIV who are controllers?
It's tough to estimate. But the elite controllers, those individuals with viral loads less than 50 copies, it's far less than 1%. With controllers, we're looking at a viral load of less than 500: Those are probably still less than 5%, I would say.
What kind of research has been done so far in this area? By which I mean the potential effects of initiating antiretroviral therapy in people who are controllers, and the additional benefits that come from that?
There's been very little research in this area. One study was published just last year by Steve Deeks' group, and Hiroyu Hatano. They published a study of 16 participants. Interestingly, they found that treating HIV controllers -- and they had a slightly different definition; they used, I think, viral load less than 1,000 in their study, a little bit of a looser term for HIV controllers -- but they found that it decreased HIV viral load. Even at very low levels, they could see a decrease. Also, there appears to be a decrease in markers of T-cell activation.
Now, that study, as I mentioned, is a smaller pilot study: 16 participants. They didn't have the sample size to really fully explore some of the important effects that they found. They found, for example, trends in various other markers, [such as] soluble inflammatory markers, that they just didn't have the sample size for.
In addition, our study has a viral dynamics component, where intentionally studying how the virus decays with the use of antiretroviral therapy. That will give us some insight on the various reservoirs that are harboring HIV in these patients.
The upside of having their study is that it reassures us on a couple of different fronts: First, that being treated with antiretroviral therapy, there is risk of various side effects. But their study, as well as some of the participants that we've enrolled so far [in A5308], have generally found it to be very well tolerated.
In addition, a hypothetical concern that we had when designing the study is that when patients are put on therapy, generally because their immune system is -- how do I put it: less revved up; not as activated all the time as when they see active viral replication -- what happens when these patients stop therapy? Can their immune system still control the virus?
In Steve's study, they had a number of patients who stopped therapy, and they returned to their controller status -- which, to us, is also reassuring, as well.
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All through the year I've reviewed books I thought "best," including Cyndi Sand-Eveland's "A Tinfoil Sky," Priscilla Maltbie and Daniel Miyares's "Bambino and Mr. Twain," Rachel Vail and Matthew Cordell's "Justin Case: Shells, Smells and the Horrible Flip-flops of Doom," and Claire A. Nivola's "Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle." Here, at the 11th hour of 2012, are a few I couldn't bear to leave behind.
A Rock Is Lively
By Diana Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long (Chronicle)
Writer Aston and artist Long have teamed
together to create previous award-winning
science picture books: "An Egg Is Quiet," "A Seed Is Sleepy," and "A Butterfly Is Patient."
All are dazzlingly beautiful, detailed, and
artfully simple. "A Rock Is Lively," a worthy
successor, introduces the young reader to asteroids and meteorites, granite and gemstones. Each full-color page features a new theme ("A rock is huge," "A rock is helpful," "A rock is surprising") and a new way to look at something we might think of as ordinary. "A Rock Is Lively" proves how wrong that would be. In cave paintings or outer space, rocks tell the history of the universe. "The oldest known rocks on Earth were formed billions of years before the sky turned from green to blue, before dinosaurs thundered across the earth, before humans learned how to make fire." A visual and verbal feast, this book deserves a place on every library shelf.
Bad Kitty: Litter Boxed Set
By Nick Bruel (Roaring Brook)
Bad Kitty is back, bigger and badder than ever in a handsome new boxed set containing three favorites: "Bad Kitty Gets a Bath,"
"Happy Birthday, Bad Kitty," and "Bad Kitty vs. Uncle Murray." Kids love Bad Kitty because he's so cranky, cartoony, unpredictable, and adorable. Parents love Bad Kitty because they get all the jokes. The boxed set includes a free poster, but mostly this collection is a good idea because once children gets their hands on one "Bad Kitty" they are going to want them all.
If You Spent a Day with Thoreau
at Walden Pond
By Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor (Holt)
Minor's sweet, verdant watercolors shine in this tale of a straw-hatted old-fashioned Thoreau spending a day with a contemporary boy (complete with running sneakers) by the shores of his beloved Walden Pond. Burleigh interprets Thoreau's own words to create the imaginary day. Henry "wakes with the sun," Burleigh tells us. His tiny house contains "nothing but three chairs, a table, a desk, and an old bed. Yet Henry has just what he needs." Together the two friends row, walk, and weed. They recognize the calls of various birds, wade in Sandy Pond, study ants at war. Now and then, Thoreau's own voice sings out: "I like to make the earth say 'beans' instead of 'grass.' " Admittedly, the book takes a soft view of this flinty figure. ("If you spent a day with Henry David Thoreau, you would hike past Fair Haven Hill, where the huckleberries grow . . . Yum!" But as a young child's introduction to the thoughts and work of Thoreau, this captures many essentials. "Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity," Henry wrote 150 years ago. It's still good advice for makers of picture books.
Unusual Creatures: A Mostly Accurate Account of Some of Earth's Strangest Animals
By Michael Hearst (Chronicle)
Hearst introduces young scientists, animal lovers, and kids who just love weird things to a host of odd and exotic creatures, including star-nosed moles, Komodo dragons ("the largest living lizards on the planet") and hammer-headed bats, whose honking "rivals the loudest and most repetitive car alarms." Some, like the glass frog, with "see-through skin on its belly and chest" are eerie and delicate, while others like the Jesus Christ lizard astonishes us with its "amazing ability to run on water." Hearst writes lively, vivid, and kid-friendly prose. He includes factual tidbits, authorial asides, quizzes, myths, and light rhyming verse. Most of the animals are rendered monochromatically, and the little maps and measurements have a dull, textbook quality that doesn't match the sparkle of the words. Nonetheless, "Unusual Creatures" provides a cool compendium of fascinating animals.
One Year in a Coal Harbor
By Polly Horvath (Schwartz & Wade)
Horvath's sequel to her Newbery Honor book, "Everything on a Waffle," is a perfect charmer — in fact, an even better, funnier, smoother novel than the first. Our feisty young philosophical heroine, Primrose Squarp, no longer lives parentless, but her troubles and adventures are far from over. Now she must cope with Coal Harbor loggers, developers, newcomers, and matchmaking schemes. Hilarious and touching by turns, "One Year in Coal Harbor" shows Horvath at her best — with mini-marshmallows on top. ("Of course because we were at Evie's house the ice cream had mini marshmallows in it. They didn't improve the ice cream but they didn't hurt it either and I thought that was what you could say about most things . . . It kind of took the pressure off your time on earth. Mini marshmallow theory of life.") "One year in Coal Harbor" hosts a cast of wildly lovable and eccentric characters, in prose as lovely as poetry: "It looked like the sea was flinging bedsheets over a bed that refused to stay made." Real recipes that run throughout the book supply the icing on the cake.
The Great Unexpected
By Sharon Creech (HarperCollins)
Narrator Naomi and her best friend, Lizzie, are two immensely likable orphan girls living in Blackbird Tree. Optimistic Lizzie never shuts up but she's Naomi's favorite company — at least until the mysterious boy Finn falls out of a tree at her feet. Newbery Medalist Creech's "The Great Unexpected" is charmingly imperfect, which I'd take over charmless perfection any day. The plot shuttles between England and Blackbird Tree, past and present, murder mystery and middle-grade comedy. "Lizzie said that if you imagined you were standing on the moon, looking down on the earth . . . You wouldn't see the mean Granger kids squirting mustard on your white dress . . . the whole earth would look like a giant blue-and-green marble floating in the sky. Your worries would seem so small, maybe invisible."
A ROCK IS LIVELY. By Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long. Chronicle. $16.99. Ages 3-7.
IF YOU SPENT A DAY WITH THOREAU AT WALDEN POND. By Robert Burleigh. Paintings by Wendell Minor. Henry Holt. $17.99 Ages 5-9.
BAD KITTY: LITTER BOXED SET. By Nick Bruel. Roaring Brook Press. $20.99. Ages 7 and up.
UNUSUAL CREATURES. By Michael Hearst. Chronicle Books. San Francisco. $16.99 109 pp. Ages 6-11.
ONE YEAR IN COAL HARBOR. Polly Horvath. Schwartz & Wade Books. NY. $16.99. Ages 9-12. 216 pp.
THE GREAT UNEXPECTED by Sharon Creech. Joanna Cotller/Harpercollins age 8-12. $16.99 226 pp.Liz Rosenberg, the author of "Tyrannosaurus Dad,'' teaches at Binghamton University. She can be reached at email@example.com.


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Whoo hoo!!! The Frank Frazetta documentary; "Painting with Fire," will finally be available on DVD come Tuesday, November 30, 2004. It looks like there will be two versions;
Package One Includes a 2-Disc Set :
Disc One will be the movie in its entirety with the option of playing Director / Producer Commentary.
Behind the Scenes footage relevant to shots in the film.
Chapter menus to be able to jump from scene to scene.
Spanish and English Subtitles.
Disc Two will contain all of the extra features:
(may end up slightly different than what is listed)
Frazetta drawing a panther left handed from beginning to end
Frazetta Rare Art Gallery
Frazetta photo montage
Deleted Scenes
Stories from Peers
"Fire and Ice" visual and audio Diary narrated by Nekron actor Sean Hannon
Sketches from Peers dedicated to Frank from Dave Stevens, Joe Jusko, Brom, Michael Kaluta, Bill Stout, Neal Adams, John Buscema and RK Post to name only a few
Headshots, Bios, and sample Artwork from some of the artist interviewed in the documentary
Hidden Easter Eggs
Summer 2005
Package Two Includes a 2-Disc Set :
Disc One will be the Ralph Bakshi / Frank Frazetta co-produced animated feature "Fire and Ice." Extras TBA at a later date.
Disc Two will be "Frazetta: Painting With Fire" with no extra features.
This package will be released by Blue Underground
Blue Underground will also be releasing "Fire and Ice" separately on the same date.
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On April 24, 1905, Robert Penn Warren was born in Guthrie, Todd County, Kentucky. He entered Vanderbilt University in 1921, where he became the youngest member of the group of Southern poets called the Fugitives, which included John Crowe Ransom, Allen Tate, Donald Davidson, and Merrill Moore. Warren's first poems were published in The Fugitive, a magazine which the group published from 1922 to 1925. The Fugitives were advocates of the rural Southern agrarian tradition and based their poetry and critical perspective on classical aesthetic ideals.
From 1925 to 1927, Warren was a teaching fellow at The University of California, where he earned a master's degree. He then studied at New College, Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and returned to the United States in 1930. He taught at Vanderbilt, Louisiana State, The University of Minnesota, and Yale University. With Cleanth Brooks, he wrote Understanding Poetry (1938), a textbook which widely influenced New Criticism and the study of poetry at the college level in America.
Though regarded as one of the best poets of his generation, Warren was better known as a novelist and received tremendous recognition for All the King's Men, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1947. As his southern background was exchanged for a later life spent in New England, with homes in Fairfield, Connecticut and Stratton, Vermont, Warren's youthful conservatism eventually gave way to more liberal views, both aesthetically and socially.
Warren's poetry became less formal and more expansive, garnering even higher critical acclaim: his Promises: Poems, 1954-1956 won the Sidney Hillman Award, the Edna St. Vincent Millay Memorial Award, the National Book Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1979 he earned a third Pulitzer Prize, this time for Now and Then: Poems, 1976-1978.
About Warren's work, critic Harold Bloom has said, "At their strongest, Warren's poems win their contest with the American Sublime and find a place with Melville's best poems, formidable exiles from our dominant, Emersonian tradition."
Warren received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1969. He served as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 1972 until 1988, and was selected as a MacArthur Fellow in 1981. On February 26, 1986, Warren was named the first U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. He died on September 15, 1989.
Selected Bibliography
The Collected Poems of Robert Penn Warren (1998)
New and Selected Poems 1923-1985 (1985)
Being Here: Poetry 1977-1980 (1980)
Now and Then, Poems 1976-1977 (1978)
Audubon: A Vision (1969)
Incarnations (1968)
Selected Poems: New and Old, 1923-1966 (1966)
You, Emperors and Others: Poems 1957-1960 (1960)
Promises: Poems, 1954-1956 (1957)
Brother to Dragons (1953)
Eleven Poems on the Same Theme (1942)
XXXVI Poems (1935)
Homage to Theodore Dreiser (1971)
Who Speaks for the Negro? (1965)
Selected Essays (1958)
Segregation: The Inner Conflict in the South (1956)
Fundamentals of Good Writing (1950)
Modern Rhetoric (1949)
Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1946)
Understanding Fiction (1943)
Understanding Poetry (1938)
I'll Take My Stand: The South and the Agrarian Tradition (1930)
John Brown: The Making of a Martyr (1929)
A Place to Come To (1977)
Meet Me in the Green Glen (1971)
Flood (1964)
Wilderness (1960)
The Cave (1959)
Band of Angels (1955)
World Enough and Time (1950)
The Circus in the Attic, and Other Stories (1948)
All the King's Men (1946)
Blackberry Winter (1946)
At Heaven's Gate (1943)
Night Rider (1938)


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The newest work by Boosey & Hawkes Emerging Composer Oscar Bettison is set to be premiered by the Los Angeles Philharmonic in April. Livre des Sauvages for chamber orchestra will be presented as part of the orchestra's Green Umbrella series, an acclaimed showcase for new contemporary music. The world premiere performance takes place April 10, 2012.
The title for Livre des Sauvages comes from a crude graphic novel of the same name about intersecting cultures with a mysterious origin, perhaps but not definitively written by a European reflecting on Native Americans of the late 18th or early 19th centuries. The book's "pictographs" provided a narrative for Bettison, a device which the composer uses to inform his musical direction and structure with classical and rock elements. Livre des Sauvages is organized into three movements alternating in fast-slow-fast form, based on three specific graphics from the book (with such titles as "Curious fauna, some of it murderous"). Bettison considers the 30-minute work to be a "kind of chamber concerto or sinfonia concertante." As such, the performing ensemble is divided into two groups, with a large percussion battery in the middle (consisting of conch shells, tuning forks, hotel desk bells and the wrenchophone). Each group is led by a violin, with each musician in the group having a prominent role. Livre des Sauvages is commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, musikFabrik and Kunststiftung NRW.
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Welcome to the Climate Greenwash Awards 2009!
Big business is keen to be part of the climate solution – and is holding its own Business Summit in Copenhagen from 24th - 26th May. The Danish government is facilitating the event. Several big carbon emitters are involved. Does big business have the real solutions to the climate crisis? Or are they trying to look green while polluting as usual?
Which company has been making the most outrageous claims to be green ahead of this year's crucial UN climate talks in Copenhagen? Between 13 and 22 May, vistors to this website could cast a vote to decide which of the six nominated companies should win the Climate Greenwash Award.
Copenhagen, Saturday 23 May - Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has been revealed as the winner of the Climate Greenwash Award 2009 at a ceremony in Copenhagen on the eve of the World Business Summit on Climate Change.
The Danish Government was also given a special award for its role in helping establish the World Business Summit on Climate Change - which is expected to attract some of the world's most polluting companies; for providing business lobbyists with direct, privileged access to negotiators ahead of crucial UN Climate Change talks in December [2]; and for withdrawing support for Danish wind energy and failing to meet its Kyoto targets.
Vattenfall, which won with 39% of the vote (about 2000 votes cast), was nominated for "its mastery of spin on climate change, portraying itself as a climate champion while lobbying to continue business as usual, using coal, nuclear power, and pseudo-solutions such as agrofuels and carbon capture and storage (CCS)."
See Climate Greenwash winner revealed, press release, 23 May 2009.
More information on Vattenfall and the five other nominees.
Business has promoted false solutions to the climate crisis in the past. At previous UN climate talks, business backed carbon trading and offsetting as the main ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions –allowing them to evade actual cuts. Now business wants a global carbon market, and financial support for so-called climate-friendly technologies – carbon capture and storage (CCS), nuclear energy and agrofuels. Corporations say we can carry on burning coal and oil – they will find ways to bury the problem. Governments are listening, but these false solutions will delay real carbon cuts. We need climate action now.
Read more about the false solutions proposed by business.
The World Business Summit on Climate Change is organised by the Copenhagen Climate Council, Combat Climate Change (3C), World Economic Forum, UN Global Compact, the Climate Group and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). It is backed by the Danish Government, which has promised business influence at the December talks.
Read more about the convenors of the Business Summit on Climate Change.
Nominations for the Climate Greenwash Awards 2009 have been revealed on Wednesday 13th May. Voting closes on Friday 22 May, 12:00 CEST. The Climate Greenwash Awards 2009 are organised by Corporate Europe Observatory, Attac Denmark, The Climate Movement, ClimaX and Friends of the Earth Denmark to challenge the corporate capture of the UN climate talks.


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It's a lucky kid who's born in the summer with years of wonderful outdoor celebrations ahead. This birthday, make the most of the backyard's resilience to good messy fun with a water theme that allows children to splish and splash and parents not to worry about untidy results.
To create a watery world, you don't need an adult-size swimming pool -- just lots of blue and green decorations, a menu inspired by critters from the sea, and a few aquatic activities.
What makes such a simple party memorable for the guests? There's a single theme that's expressed creatively in all the details. Start by setting the tone weeks before with invitations that hint at what's to come. Look for store-bought cards, or create your own -- a project you and your birthday boy or girl can work on together.
Invitation How-To
For the invitations, we used picture window cards with envelopes, cellophane bags that fit inside cards, plain paper, blue vellum, scissors, a scallop edge rotary cutter, and photo corners. We added a favor -- a cellophane "fortune fish" -- to each. Design invitations on a computer, print them out, then cut them to fit in the cellophane bags. Cut the vellum to desired size (to overlay some writing), cutting the top with a scallop cutter. Slip the cards and vellum into cellophane bags; place bags in the cards behind the windows, and secure them with photo corners. Tuck them into envelopes.
Towel Favor How-To
To make the fish pocket, you will need scissors and scalloped pinking shears, colored fabric (we used a cotton-polyester blend), eye buttons or adhesive-backed eyes, kraft paper, a fabric pencil, and green or other contrasting-color thread.
1. Transfer the template to kraft paper, then trace it onto a double layer of fabric. Cut out the sides and bottom of fish shapes with scalloped shears; for the mouth, leave a 1/2-inch seam allowance and cut with regular scissors.
2. Sew pieces together at the mouth, and turn right-side out.
3. Iron the mouth flat. Sew or glue an eye onto the side that will face out. Pin the fish onto the center of the towel.
4. Sew the fish to the towel using a zigzag stitch, leaving the mouth open. Tuck favors inside.
Fishing Game How-To
For this game, you will need kitchen twine, 4-foot-long bamboo poles (available at floral-supply stores), a hot glue gun, a drill, blue and green Moosgummi foam, plastic crabs and frogs, and horseshoe-shape and round magnets. Drill a hole through the diameter of each pole, 1 inch from the end. Cut twine to be as long as the pole, thread one end through the hole, and tie. Tie a horseshoe magnet to the other end. Use the template to cut out foam lily pads; enlarge and reduce the template on a photocopier for pads of varying sizes. Hot-glue round magnets to the backs of frogs and crabs, and let dry. Set a plastic animal on each lily pad and float pads in a kiddie pool or small pond.
Gift Wrap How-To
The presents you give your child can be wrapped according to the day's theme. To cover boxes in sea scenes, first wrap them in white or yellow paper. Measure one side of the box; draw a fish on colored paper to fit. Cut it out and glue it to the box. Use a hole punch to make round eyes from colored paper. Using a scallop-edge rotary cutter, cut water from blue acetate to fit around the bottom half of the box and secure in back with tape.
Safety Kit How-To
For an outdoor party, stock up on water resistant sunscreen lotion and lip balm, both with an SPF of 15, and a lotion with citronella oil to repel bugs. Have first-aid supplies on hand, just in case.
The Menu Fish Sticks
Tartar Sauce
Parmesan Fish Crackers
Starfish Biscuit Sandwiches
Fish Bowl Gelatin
Sand Bucket Angel Food Cake
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Euro zone unemployment is at a record high and consumer prices are being driven upward by volatile energy and food prices, data showed on Monday, underlining the fragility of the bloc's economic health.
Inflation in the 17-nation euro zone, which is suffering from its longest ever recession, increased to 1.6 percent year-on-year in June from 1.4 percent in May, the EU's statistics office Eurostat said.
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Joblessness in the bloc stood at a record 12.1 percent in May, with the number of people out of work rising further above 19 million, Eurostat added.
Government austerity programs across the continent have helped fuel the economic hardship and provoked widespread public discontent, especially with more than half of young people unemployed in Greece and Spain.
June's inflation reading was the second upward move from a three-year low of 1.2 percent in April, although it remains beneath the European Central Bank's target of just under 2 percent.
Economists expect inflation to remain below the target for the rest of this year, giving the ECB scope to leave interest rates at a record low, although signs of improvement at European factories may stop the bank from cutting rates again.
"June's rise was driven rather by unfavorable base effects and the ECB has flagged the possibility of short-term inflation volatility," said Nick Matthews, a senior European economist at Nomura. "We expect inflation to drop sharply again in summer."
Prices of food, alcohol and tobacco products were the key factor driving inflation in June, followed by energy and services, Eurostat said in its first estimate for the month.
Core inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, was stable at 1.2 percent, and did not appear to sustain an upward trend, economists said.
The ECB said last week it will keep its accommodative monetary policy stance to help a gradual economic recovery that is expected to start in the second half of this year.
"The low inflation rate will permit the ECB to leave interest rates at very low levels for a long time," said Christoph Weil, an economist at Commerzbank, who expects the bank to start increasing rates at the end of next year.
The euro zone's economy has been stuck in a recession for the past year and a half, feeling the aftermath of its banking and debt crisis that has driven unemployment to record levels. Growth is likely to be minimal in the rest of 2013.
Still, the bank is not expected to cut its main interest rate from a record low of 0.5 percent when it meets on Thursday, preferring to keep pressure on European governments to push ahead with difficult economic reforms.
European Union leaders reiterated at a summit last week they would step up the fight against unemployment, which stood at 19.2 million in the euro zone in May, and agreed to launch a special scheme for young jobless Europeans.
But the 6-billion-euro ($7.8-billion) plan over two years is unlikely to be enough to tackle youth unemployment that is near 60 percent in Greece and Spain. Overall, close to six million people between the ages of 15 and 24 are without a job, prompting talk of a "lost generation" and concerns of unrest.
There are also wide differences in unemployment rates.
Germany saw its jobless rate fall to 5.3 percent in May, the second lowest in the single currency area after Austria at 4.7 percent. Italy and Spain saw a modest increase in joblessness, while unemployment in France was unchanged.
"The big story remains the huge divergence between unemployment rates across countries," said Jonathan Loynes, chief European economist at Capital Economics.
"There is nothing to suggest that the euro zone economy does not need additional policy support, though the ECB looks unlikely to oblige this week," he added. ($1 = 0.7693 euros)
(Reporting by Martin Santa and Robin Emmott; Editing by Toby Chopra)


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David P. Barash, Ph.D., professor of psychology and peace studies at the University of Washington, will present "Passing the Pain Along: A New Look at the Causes of Violence" at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25 in the Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center at Pacific University (2014 Cedar Street).
His talk is based on one of his latest books, Payback: Why We Retaliate, Redirect Aggression, and Seek Revenge.
Admission is free and a book signing will conclude the evening. Copies of Barash's latest works will be available for purchase at the event.
Dr. Barash is an accomplished author of more than 25 books in the areas of evolutionary psychology, sociobiology, and peace studies.
Several of them have applied an evolutionary approach to understanding human behavior related to altruism and helping, prejudice and discrimination, sexual behaviors, and biological differences between men and women.
Barash has also published works in the area of peace studies, including Understanding Violence, Approaches to Peace, and Beloved Enemies: Our Need for Opponents.
His most recent book, Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature discusses contemporary evolutionary approaches to understanding the female orgasm, existence of religion in most cultures, homosexuality, and why human brains larger than other comparative species.
Barash is a regular contributor to the Chronicle of Higher Education, and recently wrote about the relationship between evolution and existentialism.
This event is sponsored by Pacific University's Psychology Club/Psi Chi Honor Society and the Center for Peace & Spirituality.


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We all want to do our part, but when it comes to our duties at home, the list is long and time is short. Composting is something that most people can believe in, but it is also something that we can definitely accomplish at home. Here are some interesting things to consider:
On a daily basis, your family creates waste that can easily be composted. Coffee grounds and filters, food waste, pet hair, and dryer lint are among the most commonly composted materials and can help eliminate approximately 30% of your waste. This saves landfill space and leaves you with a natural, safe fertilizer for your lawn and garden.
Composting containers are readily available for convenient, indoor composting. Complete with instruction and even styles to match your kitchen, your main responsibility will be adopting new habits for proper disposal of select items.
Composting, especially traditional outdoor composting, is just as family friendly as it is environmentally friendly. Its a great way for kids to help the environment and have some fun at the same time.
Soft paper coffee and tea pod " like the ones used with the BUNN My Caf Single Serve Pod Brewer are compostable.
Simple Instructions for Composting At Home
If you are considering composting outdoors, you only need three basic ingredients: browns (dead leaves, branches and twigs), greens (grass clippings and household waste), and water. Then, follow these simple instructions:
1. Select a dry, shady spot near a water source for your compost pile or bin. You can purchase a pre-made bin or simply designate an area.
2. Start by adding your twigs and leaves (basic browns) and continue this on a weekly basis.
3. Post a comprehensive list of household waste items that are compostable (easily found online), and start by adding food waste, coffee grounds, and coffee and tea pods as you collect them.
4. Moisten dry materials as they are added and turn at least every two weeks.
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There is an old Hindu legend that tells when the Gods were making the world they asked,
'Where can we hide the most valuable of treasures, so that they will not be lost?
How can we hide them so that the lust and greed of men will not steal or destroy them.
What can we do to make sure that these riches will carry on from generation to generation
for the benefit for all mankind?'
So in their wisdom they selected a hiding place that was so obvious that it would not be seen
and there they placed the true riches of life endowed with the true power of perpetual self-replenishment. In this hiding place these treasures can be found by every living person in every land who follows the success system that never fails.
Where is this hiding place? The most valuable of treasures are hidden within you.
No one can steal or destroy them. You cannot lose them.
For the true riches of life are hidden in the hearts and minds of man.
1) Daily Meditation
Consistent meditation improves your life in all areas; spiritually, mentally, emotionally, physically and financially. Meditation assists you in detaching from the daily "mind set" or your conditioning and to discover your true greatness as an unlimited spiritual and human being.
Benefits of Meditation:
- Reduced stress
- Strengthening of the body's immune system
- Slowing of biological aging processes
- More orderly thinking
- Improved intellectual abilities
- Enhanced appreciation for enjoying life
- Greater ease in overcoming or renouncing addictive behaviors
- Spontaneous psychological transformation
- More obvious, awakened spiritual growth
I highly recommend Roy Eugene Davis' "An Easy Guide to Meditation."
You can find it on his website and download it or order the pamphlet from CSA.
Writing out a complete self-inventory clarifies all of your qualities and where you are in your patterns of thought, actions and results in your life. By acknowledging your truth you see the specific growth and progress you have made to date, determine what your most important qualities are and where your focused attention and effort must be to achieve your divine plan.
Go to my blog entry "Self Mastery" on May 11, 2011 for complete instructions on how to complete this insightful experience.
3) Elimination List & Forgiveness
Writing out your Elimination List for all relatives, friends, associates and people in your life, who you need to forgive or need forgiveness from, will free you to create the life and results you want. It allows you to clear your mind, spirit and energy to freely create a new space or canvas to paint the masterpiece of your life.
Go to my blog entry "The Miracle of Elimination & Forgiveness to Create Prosperity" on May 13, 2011 for more information. I highly recommend Catherine Ponder's book, "Open Your Mind to Prosperity."
Join me tomorrow for Part II of Achieving Excellence.
prosperously yours,
🙂 Lee
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What's in a name? In the business world, a company's name is a major component of its brand identity. Throughout the years, many companies have seen their brand names transformed into generic terms. (Aspirin, escalator and zipper all were once trademarked brand names.) After "google" (the verb) was added to several major dictionaries in 2006, Google (the company) made an effort to avoid a similar fate by issuing a plea to consumers via its official blog not to use its trademarked name in that way. To companies such as Google, fighting the misuse of a brand name is about more than hanging on to a trademark—it is about protecting the brand's reputation.
At least two vendors in the fitness industry—Mad Dogg Athletics and Zumba Fitness—work hard to safeguard their brand names from misuse.
Although some people may consider the use of Spinning as a generic term for indoor cycling as a sign of a successful brand, John Baudhuin says this type of generic use can cause problems for the brand. Baudhuin is the founder, president and CEO of the indoor cycling brand's parent company Mad Dogg Athletics Inc., Venice, CA. For example, several years ago, a fitness industry organization distributed a press release describing the results of a study that showed that "Spinning" could be too intense for beginners. The problem was, Baudhuin says, that the classes observed for the study were not actually Spinning classes.
"They were using someone else's bikes, someone else's program, weren't using heart rate monitors and weren't using a Spinning-trained instructor," Baudhuin says. "Our instructors are taught to stress the importance of working at the right intensity and are trained to address the needs of beginning exercisers. Using our brand to describe an indoor cycling class that was improperly done was clearly crossing the line."
Mad Dogg's intellectual property firm spends "hundreds of thousands of dollars a year" policing the use of its marks and chasing down infringers, Baudhuin says, adding that the company has a full-time, in-house employee whose chief responsibility is to send cease and desist letters to clubs, individuals and manufacturers who attempt to take advantage of the brand's reputation for quality by using the terms "Spinning" or "Spin" to describe programs or equipment that are not legitimately associated with the brand.
Its brand is Spinning's most valuable asset, Baudhuin says. Mad Dogg's efforts to crack down on those who use the Spinning brand improperly are not motivated by greed but by goodwill and the company's goal of offering a fun, effective and safe experience for consumers.
"When you go to an authentic Spinning class, you're given a level of assurance that the instructor's been properly trained, the instructor understands the safety procedures, how to get people properly set up on the bike, how the class is supposed to be structured and so on," Baudhuin says.
Although several club owners have become belligerent when confronted about their improper use of the Spinning brand name, Baudhuin says the policing efforts are important to Spinning licensees.
"Quite honestly, many of the clubs that we work with really appreciate what we do as a brand owner," Baudhuin says. "Probably the greatest source of policing in many cases is the very clubs we work with."
Jason Buratti, general counsel and vice president of business affairs at Zumba Fitness, Hallandale, FL, says he is not concerned that the brand could lose its trademark, but safeguarding its name is still a chief concern. Those efforts are for the benefit of its licensed associates and consumers as much as it is for itself.
"Our mission is to make our instructors and the facilities they teach in successful, and one of the ways we do that is by protecting the brand," says Jeffrey Perlman, chief marketing officer for Zumba Fitness.
The company has a two-pronged approach to protecting its brand name and other intellectual properties: education and enforcement. The education component is comprised of Zumba Instructor Network Licensed Support Team (ZLST) specialists, whose role is to educate club owners about the importance of using licensed instructors and to explain to club owners and instructors (both licensed and unlicensed) which marketing materials are needed to host or to conduct a proper Zumba brand fitness program, Buratti says.
"It's not designed to tell people that they're doing something wrong," he says. "It's designed to educate them how to do something right."
The second component of the dance fitness brand's protection efforts is enforcement. Unresolved issues that are escalated from the ZLST are dealt with by the company's legal compliance specialists, but Buratti says the company prefers to touch on education issues several times before lawyers get nvolved.
Burrati would not say how much Zumba Fitness spends to protect its brand every year, but he did reveal that the company has educated "in excess of 15,000" separate individuals and clubs with respect to misuse of the Zumba brand. And as with Spinning, he says that the company is most often made aware of brand infringements by its licensed partners.
"The single most significant source of information that we get about people or clubs that need to be educated is from our licensed instructors," Burrati says, adding that club owners also contact the company when they have had problems verifying whether an instructor is licensed to teach Zumba fitness classes.