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Sirois > Staff Software Developer > DB2 Universal Database - Information Development > DITA Migration and Tools Development > IBM Canada Ltd. - Toronto Software Lab > Email: firstname.lastname@example.com > Blue Pages (Internal) > > "Transparency and accessibility requirements dictate that public > information and government > transactions avoid depending on technologies that imply or impose a > specific product or > platform on businesses or citizens" - EU on XML-based office document > formats. > > > > Zafar Abbas > <Zafar.Abbas@micr > osoft.com> To > Eric Sirois/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA, > 04/13/2007 08:01 Michael Kay <firstname.lastname@example.com> > PM cc > "'W. Eliot Kimber'" > <email@example.com>, > Subject > RE: redefine and interoperability > problems > > > > > > > > > > > Eric, > The circular group reference error you are seeing in .NET would be with > .NET 1.1. This issue has been fixed in .NET 2.0 where you should not see > that error. Let me know if you have any questions. > > > Thanks, > Zafar Abbas > > -----Original Message----- > From: email@example.com [mailto:email@example.com] On > Behalf Of Eric Sirois > Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 6:59 AM > To: Michael Kay > Cc: 'W. Eliot Kimber'; email@example.com > Subject: RE: redefine and interoperability problems > > > Unfortunately, for the DITA XML Schemas we had to make use of > <xs:redefine> in order to replicate substitutionGroups to avoid making use > of XML Schema inheritance mechanism. At the moment, there are two issues > with make it hard for folks to use of the mechanism across most/all XML > parsers. It's mainly the inconsistency between implementations. > > MSXML .NET - returns an error when including a self-reference to the group > when extending. > Xerces-C - must redefine the schema document where the component to be > redefined is defined. There is a bug against Xerces-J open at the moment > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESJ-1219. > > This defect will make Xerces-C and Xerces-J behave in the same manner - > redefine before it's included. Jirka's example using Xerces-C would thrown > an error stating something to the effect that the component is defined in > the schema document that is referenced. > > I've asked our XML Schema representative to add some clarification to spec > regarding the order in which need to occur when redefining components. > (redefine/include vs. include/redefine). It may be that once the spec has > a bit more clarity this defect will away or there will a lot of users who > will have schemas that are no longer valid. > > > Kind regards, > Eric > Eric A. Sirois > Staff Software Developer > DB2 Universal Database - Information Development > DITA Migration and Tools Development > IBM Canada Ltd. - Toronto Software Lab > Email: firstname.lastname@example.com > Blue Pages (Internal) > > "Transparency and accessibility requirements dictate that public > information and government > transactions avoid depending on technologies that imply or impose a > specific product or > platform on businesses or citizens" - EU on XML-based office document > formats. > > > > "Michael Kay" > <email@example.com > m> To > "'W. Eliot Kimber'" > 04/05/2007 04:41 <firstname.lastname@example.com>, > AM <firstname.lastname@example.com> > cc > Eric Sirois/Toronto/IBM@IBMCA > Subject > RE: redefine and interoperability > problems > > > > > > > > > > >>> I personally think xs:redefine is one of those facilities >> (xsi:nil is >>> another) where you're better off pretending it doesn't exist. >>> Implementors don't have that luxury, but users do. >> Hmm. The DITA schemas depend entirely on xs:redefine in order >> to provide the equivalent configurability to the parameter >> entities in the DTD versions, that is, using schemas can >> redefine the members of groups that are then referenced from >> the used schemas. > > I have successfully tackled that problem by writing code that transforms > schemas (or near-schemas) to provide the configurability. I think it's > better to have this kind of capability in a separate language (indeed, a > separate architectural component of the system) rather than building in > self-modification semantics to the language itself. > > I would have thought that the configurability you describe above could be > achieved by the even simpler technique of URI-switching - that is, > redirecting the URI in an xs:include to refer to a selected variant of the > included module. > > xs:redefine is particularly horrible once schemas start to have wider scope > than a single validation episode, specifically, when multiple variants of a > schema component have to coexist. In particular, if you've got an XML > database whose contents are described by a family of schemas, the notion > that xs:redefine is "pervasive" could be taken to mean that it effectively > alters schemas that are used in a quite unrelated part of the database, > including schemas describing documents that were stored years ago. That's > clearly untenable; but finding a different definition of "pervasive" that > actually works in this environment isn't easy. Saxon's approach is to say > that once a schema component has been "used" (in some carefully defined > sense) further redefinition is banned. > > (Having said that, this problem affects any technique that leaves you with > multiple versions or variants of a schema component coexisting. I think > Roger Needham once said that all problems in computer science can be solved > by adding another level of indirection; and certainly the problem of > handling multiple coexisting versions of schema components appears > insoluble > without adding a version/variant qualifier to the name of the component.) > > Michael Kay > http://www.saxonica.com/ > > > > > > > >Received on Wednesday, 18 April 2007 13:31:31 UTC
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Wendy Long, the Republican candidate for Senate in New York, said she went to cast her vote Tuesday morning and got the runaround from a poll worker. Voting in the very blue New York borough of Manhattan, where voters fill out paper ballots, slip them into a "privacy sleeve" and then insert them into a scanner, Long said she had hers ripped away away by a poll worker.
"A poll worker who was at the scanner studied my private ballot and proceeded to tell me that it was rejected because I did not 'fill in every space,'" Long said. "She then proceeded to indicate that I should mark the Democratic line all the way down."
Long, a seasoned attorney who was a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and has served as an adviser to Mitt Romney for several years, said she knew better. She had elected not to mark the boxes next to Democrats who were running unopposed in local races, but that should not have made her ballot invalid.
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How did the federal government manage without income taxes? The first way was by limiting itself to the enumerated powers granted in the U.S. Constitution. The second way was by using tariffs and taxes apportioned by population among the states.
I do not recall anyone suggesting a centennial celebration this year.
In 1913, 42 states ratified the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing the federal government to impose direct income taxes on citizens of this nation.
From the ratification of the U.S. Constitution until 1861, the federal government never imposed income taxes on the people. In fact, the Constitution, as originally written, forbad the federal government from imposing direct taxes upon the people.
For three years during the Civil War � 1861, 1862 and 1864, Abraham Lincoln and the U.S. Congress passed an income tax to fund the war. I am not quite sure what happened in 1863 and 1865.
Everyone knew Lincoln was on shaky ground because of clear constitutional prohibitions against a direct tax on the people. Still, Lincoln and his Congress pulled many a shady deal, such as suspension of habeas corpus, using war power arguments to justify clear violation of constitutional provisions.
With the exception of those three years, this nation operated from 1789 until 1913 without a federal income.
How did the federal government manage without income taxes? The first way was by limiting itself to the enumerated powers granted in the U.S. Constitution. The second way was by using tariffs and taxes apportioned by population among the states.
But tariffs became outrageously high on some goods. For instance, the tariff on imported woolen goods stood at 56 percent of its value. A woolen item from Britain valued at $1 ended up costing U.S. consumers $1.56 � giving American woolen producers a competitive advantage.
When the income tax went into effect in 1913, people paid income tax only after a single person�s income exceeded $3,000. The income of a married couple had to exceed $4,000 before the couple had to pay taxes. Once income exceeded those limits, the citizen had to pay one percent on the income above the threshold until income reached $20,000. At that point, the tax became progressive.
However, as I constantly remind my students, when we discussed monetary issues from earlier times, we must translate those figures into current dollars. Translated into 2010 dollars, the figures become the first $66,100 a single person and the first $88,100 a married couple were untouched by taxation. So until a person earned more than these limits, he or she paid no income taxes.
The $20,000 threshold is today�s equivalent of $440,400. When a person�s income exceeded $20,000, the person had to pay an additional one percent on income over that amount. The next stop was $50,000 � equivalent to well over $1 million in 2010 dollars � and another percent added for income exceeding $50,000. The limit was seven percent for the highest bracket.
Imagine who would be paying taxes today if no one paid until he or she had an income that exceeded $66,100 for the single or $88,100 for the married. From $88,101 to $440,400, earners would pay only one percent. A person who had an income of $100,100 paid only $340 in federal income taxes.
In 2010, the comparable threshold for what we call the standard deduction and personal exemption was $9,350 for single and $18,700 for married. The 2010 exemption is only 14.1 percent of the 1913 exemption for a single payer and 21.2 percent for a married couple.
The worst effect of the income tax amendment was that it opened the door for a huge federal power grab. One purpose of limiting tax revenues through the Constitution was to limit the size and functions of the central government.
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The Herald-Sun of Durham reported that attorneys for the school and players notified a federal judge Wednesday that the lawsuit was settled out of court.
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St. Norbert Routs Beloit
From Sports Information Director, November 2, 2013 | Football
by Dan Lukes, email@example.com, (920) 403-4077
DE PERE - St. Norbert College jumped out to a 21-0 lead and controlled throughout a 52-17 win over Beloit College in a Midwest Conference game at Schneider Stadium. The win keeps the Green Knights (7-1, 7-0 MWC) tied with Illinois College atop the league standings.
The Green Knights, who have won their last 12 Midwest Conference games, took advantage of a short Beloit (1-8, 1-7) punt to get their first score. Brandon Carter rushed four consecutive times to cover 20 yards, scoring on a 4-yard touchdown with 7:57 left in the first quarter.
St. Norbert recovered a Beloit fumble on its own 17-yard line on its next series, and the Green Knights scored two plays later on a 15-yard touchdown pass from James Tringali to Curtiss Arndt at the 5:19 mark.
Beloit turned the ball over again three plays later when Anthony Parker made a circus one-handed interception at the St. Norbert 40. On the next play, Tringali hit Brian Fliess on a long pass. Fliess fumbled at the Beloit 3, and a hustling Larry Amato corralled the loose ball in the end zone for the touchdown.
The Buccaneers scored late in the first quarter when a drive was kept alive on a fourth-down pass interference penalty on St. Norbert. Evan Phillips' 10-yard touchdown to Luke McLeran with 11 seconds left in the quarter cut the deficit to 21-7.
Beloit scored three points off a Tringali interception, with Kameron Sallee drilling a 36-yard field goal with 12:52 left in the first half. St. Norbert extended its lead three plays later on a 42-yard touchdown run by Brandon Carter. Randy Hill then kicked a 20-yard field goal 55 seconds before halftime for a 31-10 lead.
St. Norbert put the game away with two third-quarter touchdowns. Tony Ledvina had a 2-yard run on the first possession of the second half, and Tringali connected with Fliess on a 57-yard aerial for a 45-10 lead.
Beloit scored with 6:05 left in the fourth quarter on a 20-yard run by Sallee. The Green Knights scored the game's final points on a 1-yard touchdown run by Matt Wanezek with 50 seconds left.
St. Norbert outgained Beloit 475-279 in total offense. Carter rushed 21 times for 168 yards and two touchdowns, while Fliess caught three passes for 130 yards and one score. Tringali completed 8 of 18 passes for 207 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions.
Mason Dixon led Beloit on the ground with 107 yards on 28 carries. Phillips completed 12 of 24 passes for 135 yards and one touchdown. McLeran caught five passes for 21 yards. >>MORE


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Justin Timberlake Invited to Marine Corps Ball — Did He Accept? [VIDEO]
It looks like Mila Kunis isn't the only 'Friends with Benefits' star who will be going to the Marine Corps Ball.
Following in the footsteps of a fellow soldier who turned a tongue-in-cheek video proposal into a date with Kunis, a female Marine recently took to YouTube to ask Justin Timberlake to be her date to the Ball. And Timberlake — who was reportedly instrumental in getting Kunis to accept her date — says he'd love to go.
"I don't feel backed into a corner at all," joked Timberlake during a 'Friends with Benefits' press junket. "I'll tell you what, I accept … But not because she shouted out one of my songs, which I do love. And not because she had all those beefcake military guys behind her to intimidate me."
"I don't get asked out. Ever," added Timberlake. "So I was very flattered by that. If my schedule works out to do it, I'd love to do it. It's an honor."


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Accessible Travel
While France presents evident challenges for visiteurs handicapés (disabled visitors), particularly those with mobility issues – cobblestones, cafe-lined streets that are a nightmare to navigate in a wheelchair (fauteuil roulant), a lack of kerb ramps, older public facilities and many budget hotels without lifts – don't let that stop you from visiting. Efforts are being made to improve the situation and with a little careful planning, a hassle-free accessible stay is possible.
- Paris' tourist office runs the excellent 'Tourisme & Handicap' initiative whereby museums, cultural attractions, hotels and restaurants that provide access or special assistance or facilities for those with physical, mental, visual and/or hearing disabilities display a special logo at their entrances. For a list of qualifying places, go to www.parisinfo.com and click on 'Practical Paris'.
- Paris metro, most of it built decades ago, is hopeless. Line 14 of the metro was built to be wheelchair-accessible, although in reality it remains extremely challenging to navigate in a wheelchair – unlike Paris buses which are 100% accessible.
- Parisian taxi company Horizon, part of Taxis G7 (www.taxisg7.fr), has cars especially adapted to carry wheelchairs and drivers trained in helping passengers with disabilities.
- Countrywide, many SNCF train carriages are accessible to people with disabilities. A traveller in a wheelchair can travel in both the TGV and in the 1st-class carriage with a 2nd-class ticket on mainline trains provided they make a reservation by phone or at a train station at least a few hours before departure. Details are available in the SNCF booklet Le Mémento du Voyageur Handicapé (Handicapped Traveller Summary) available at all train stations.
Accès Plus The SNCF assistance service for rail travellers with disabilities. Can advise on station accessibility and arrange a fauteuil roulant or help getting on or off a train.
Access Travel Specialised UK-based agency for accessible travel.
Infomobi.com Has comprehensive information on accessible travel in Paris and the surrounding Île de France area.
Mobile en Ville Association that works hard to make independent travel within Paris easier for people in wheelchairs. Among other things it organises some great family randonnées (walks) in and around Paris.
Tourisme et Handicaps Issues the 'Tourisme et Handicap' label to tourist sites, restaurants and hotels that comply with strict accessibility and usability standards. Different symbols indicate the sort of access afforded to people with physical, mental, hearing and/or visual disabilities.
Accessibility Information
- SNCF's French-language booklet Guide des Voyageurs Handicapés et à Mobilité Réduite, available at train stations, gives details of rail access for people with disabilities.
- Michelin's Guide Rouge uses icons to indicate hotels with lifts (elevators) and facilities that make them at least partly accessible to people with disabilities.
- Jaccede.com (www.jaccede.com) is an excellent interactive accessibility guide; before arrival download the smartphone app to search for accessible hotels, cinemas and so on.
- Gîtes de France (www.gites-de-france-var.fr) can provide details of accessible gîtes ruraux (self-contained holiday cottages) and chambres d'hôte (B&Bs); search the website with the term 'disabled access'.
- The French Government Tourist Office website (www.france.fr) has lots of info for travellers with disabilities.
- Download Lonely Planet's free Accessible Travel guide from http://lptravel.to/AccessibleTravel.


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This speech was a radio broadcast speech given in 1935. Earhart, by this time, had already undertaken a grueling lecture tour after she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928; eventually, Earhart became a seasoned public speaker as part of several promotional campaigns following her record-breaking flights.
This speech, unusual in many respects, reflects her love of science and aims to connect women to it. When looking for a high school, Earhart canvassed several until she found one with a science program that suited her. At the time she made this speech, air travel had existed for about three decades. The idea of women pursuing flight, or pursuing science, was highly unusual. Yet, she made the case that women had a role to play in advancing and using science and aviation. It's a forward-thinking view, and the last point would come true, but only in wartime:
Profound and stirring as have been accomplishments in the remoter fields of pure research, it is in the home that the applications of scientific achievement have perhaps been most far-reaching, and it is through changing conditions there that women have become the greatest beneficiaries in the modern scheme....Although women as yet have not taken full advantage of its use and benefits, air travel is available to them as to men. As so often happens in introducing the new or changing the old, public acceptance depends peculiarly upon women's friendly attitude. In aviation, they are arbiters of whether or not their families shall fly, and as such, are a potent influence. And lastly, there is a place within the industry itself, for women who work.This is a formal-sounding speech, a reflection, in part, that her topic was an uphill climb for the time. Here's what you can learn from this famous speech:
- Pioneers can play a special role in recruiting audiences: Being a first at what you do best confers the chance for you to rally new recruits to join you. At this point in her career, Earhart had joined the faculty of Purdue University as a visiting faculty member with a focus on encouraging women to embark on careers in aviation, and this speech fits right into that mission as role-model and career coach.
- Use contrast to shape your message: Throughout the speech, Earhart acknowledges the image of science and aviation as mechanistic, distant and mysterious, then counters with descriptors like "dramatic," "romantic" and "beauty," speaking with personal passion to draw the contrasts. Those word choices create pockets of surprise in the speech that keep listeners' attention--and are part of her attempt to persuade the listeners about an admittedly novel idea.
- Share your sense of wonder with the audience: Whenever scientists and lovers of science share their passions, excitement and even gee-whiz wonderment about the field, they're connecting with non-scientists in the audience effectively, on several levels. Your excitement (or disappointment or curiosity) on display will be infectious and establishes emotions to which your audience can relate, even if the scientific concepts stymie them. Here, Earhart takes the time to describe the advances of science--both at home and in flight--that make what had so recently seemed impossible a reality. If it seems familiar today, it was fresh then.
Here's video of Earhart in a filmed interview, so you can get another sense of her voice and how she moved:
My post on "How Rush Limbaugh is helping me celebrate Women's History Month" is nominated as one of BlogHer's "Voices of the Year 2012." Follow this link to vote--and thanks for supporting this post.


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Natan Sharansky presented an outline of his plan to create a section for egalitarian prayer in the southern part of the Kotel (Western Wall) during a special session of the Knesset Tuesday morning.
"Every Jew in the world has a unique relationship with the Kotel," said Sharansky, addressing the committee. "There is no other place in the world that fulfills such a role in the life, history, and identity of a nation. It is naturally in our interest for every Jew to express his or her connection as he or she sees fit. Ultimately, the solution will not come through court rulings or legislation, but rather through broad agreement between all segments of the Jewish people."
Sharansky then detailed his plan for an egalitarian prayer area that would be equal in size to the current prayer area, open around the clock, and accessible via a single, shared entrance, along with the current men's and women's sections. "Every Jew will enter the Kotel area through a single entryway and will then decide whether to pray in a traditional Orthodox manner or in a non-Orthodox manner," he said. He noted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted the plan in principle.
"I had a very impressive meeting with Reform and Conservative leaders, with representatives of the Orthodox Union, of Agudath Israel, of Chabad, of Modern Orthodox organizations, in which all said they would be willing to accept this solution," said Sharansky.
As for implementation, Sharansky noted that certain archaeological elements would have to be resolved, but suggested that construction could begin within one month, an initial stage could be completed within ten months, and the entire plan could be actualized within two years. The government has insisted on covering all costs, he said.
Members of Knesset from across the political spectrum hailed Sharansky's plan, promising support for its implementation. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, who serves as Rabbi of the Western Wall and of the Holy Sites of Israel, acknowledged that he has some reservations about the plan but said that the fact that no one is entirely satisfied by it could be an indication that it is the correct solution. Rabbi Gilad Kariv of the Reform Movement, Rabbi Andrew Sacks of the Conservative Movement, and Anat Hoffman of Women of the Wall all expressed support for Sharansky's efforts.
Committee Chairwoman MK Dr. Aliza Lavie (Yesh Atid) summarized the discussion by reminding those in attendance that "we must never forget the Kotel's place in the heart of the Jewish people," and by telling Sharansky that "we are here for you and will extend any and all assistance in bringing your plan to fruition."
"I share both the hopes and the concerns expressed today," concluded Sharansky. "If we wish to reach a significant compromise, we will have to take unconventional steps. We must listen to one another and treat one another with respect, otherwise none of this will be possible."


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Carbon Offsets 101
Carbon Offsets 101
A primer on the hottest
-and trickiest-
topic in climate change.
Carbon offsets have become all the rage recently: the winter Olympics of 2006 in Turin, Al Gore, the U.S. country-rock trio Dixie Chicks, and Hollywood actor George Clooney all buy offsets in an effort to become "carbon neutral." The New Oxford American Dictionary even chose "carbon neutral" as the Word of the Year for 2006. As public awareness of the driving role carbon emissions play in climate change becomes nearly universal, the pressure to take action is increasing and many firms and individuals who have decided they want to do something about it are purchasing offsets.
Yet there is a lot of confusion, ambiguity, and even hype surrounding carbon offsets. What exactly does it mean to "offset" a ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the air? Why does the price of a ton of CO2 vary wildly from one offset broker to another? What do you really get for your money? Are offsets just a cheap way to ease the guilt of shoppers, motorists, and frequent flyers, or can they really contribute to climate protection in a meaningful way?
The concept is very simple. All fossil-fuel powered vehicles (as well as fossil-fired power plants and factories) emit CO2 during operation. Commercial jets are no exception, and collectively contribute a significant share of global annual emissions. So let's say you fly on a commercial carrier from Chicago to Amsterdam. You would use one of the many online carbon calculators to determine your share of the CO2 emitted by the aircraft. (The best of these calculators will consider such factors as the total distance, the increased warming impact of emissions at high altitude, the aircraft type, how full it was, and whether the flight was direct or involved a stopover, but most are much less sophisticated.) In this example, you might find that you were responsible for 3.5 tons of CO2 emissions. You would then pay a carbon offset company for 3.5 tons of CO2 offsets. The company (or nonprofit organization) would then invest your money in a project meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and you get credit for a share equal to the carbon you were responsible for on your flight. Because climate change is a non-localized problem, it doesn't matter where the emissions are reduced. Greenhouse gases spread evenly throughout the atmosphere and reducing them anywhere contributes to protecting the climate. The same method can be used to offset the annual mileage accumulated by an automobile, or the emissions of a stationary source such as a power plant.
It sounds straightforward enough. Offsetting promises to offer environmentally conscious consumers a guilt-free way to continue their current lifestyle while at the same time contributing to climate protection.
So why do some critics liken offsetting to buying pardons from the Catholic church in 16th century Europe?
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report, published a few months ago, said unequivocally that climate change is real, it's bad, and it's mostly humans' fault. To limit global temperature rise to less than 2.0 degrees Centigrade above the pre-industrial level-a threshold beyond which catastrophic effects on a global scale become much more likely-the concentration of atmospheric greenhouse gases has to be stabilized at about 450 parts per million (ppm). Greenhouse gas concentrations are currently at 382 ppm and rising about 2 ppm per year. In other words, we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by about 60-80 percent below current global levels-rapidly.
Carbon offset projects can help meet this challenge. They fall roughly into four categories. Renewable energy projects-such as solar and wind energy and biodigesters that utilize methane emissions from manure, agricultural waste, or landfills to generate electricity-reduce emissions by displacing or replacing fossil-fired energy sources. Energy efficiency projects, such as low-energy housing and lighting or efficiency gains in industrial processes, reduce emissions by using less energy to accomplish the same tasks. Greenhouse gas capture projects capture non-CO2 greenhouse gases from industrial processes (e.g., HFCs) or methane from agriculture or landfills. And biosequestration projects enhance the biological uptake of CO2 through forest planting and protection and through land management practices such as no-till agriculture.
(Another carbon-control methodology, geosequestration, involves capturing CO2 emitted from coal-fired power plants and other industrial sources and injecting it into old oil fields, beneath the sea bed, or into other geologic structures. Geosequestration technologies are relatively new and are very expensive, and despite strong interest in them from the coal industry their longterm viability is highly uncertain. Currently, no carbon offsets from geosequestration projects are being sold, and this article will not discuss geosequestration further.)
All these approaches can, if implemented well, lead to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions or concentrations, although biosequestration is somewhat controversial. It's difficult to ensure "permanence"(that newly planted forests remain standing and are protected) and prevent "leakage" (simply logging other forests instead). While there are ways to address these issues, there are other problems too: tree plantations, for instance, might do well in absorbing carbon, but they are usually monocultures that lack even the most minimal biodiversity. (Old-growth forests, on the other hand, are a rich web of thousands of plant and animal species. They also hold large amounts of carbon in their soil and vegetation. Yet their carbon storage potential is mostly used up, and much of the new carbon they absorb is offset by carbon that is emitted from decomposing matter.) Moreover, one recent study suggests that the location of afforestation or reforestation efforts may be critical: trees planted in high-latitude lands may replace snow or ice cover and reduce the albedo (reflectivity) of the surface, thus increasing warming even as they absorb carbon during growth.
Ultimately, if global warming is to be controlled, a transition away from fossil fuels is imperative. Renewable energy and energy efficiency projects help us move toward a low carbon economy; carbon sequestration does not. It seems therefore more important to support energy projects rather than carbon sequestration projects.
Here's where the value and suitability of carbon offsets begins to get complicated. There are several issues surrounding carbon offsets, and the way these issues are resolved can enhance or diminish their value.
For example, does it matter where offset projects are implemented? The answer is...yes and no. Although it has only 4.5 percent of the world's population, the United States is responsible for 25 percent of global greenhouse emissions. The average American produces twice as much carbon as a European or Japanese, six times as much as a Chinese and 16 times as much as an Indian. Here is one of the conundrums of carbon offsetting. Many agree that high-emitting countries should reduce their own emissions, but many of the carbon offset projects are in developing countries. As noted earlier, since CO2 spreads evenly throughout the atmosphere it doesn't matter where a project is located, and the argument is that it makes more economic sense to reduce emissions where they are cheapest. Since everything is cheaper where people are poor, carbon offset projects in developing nations make financial sense. Further, the cheaper it is to reduce emissions, the more, and more rapidly, emissions reductions can be financed, so this actually makes environmental sense as well.
But is this fair? Some claim that carbon projects in developing countries are a form of neocolonialism, that the rich countries will snatch away all the reductions that are easy and cheap-the "low-hanging fruit"-and that the poor nations will later have to pay for more expensive reductions. Serious criticism has been leveled at projects implemented through the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (see online glossary at www.worldwatch.org/ww/offsets for definitions of this and other terms): that they are neither "clean" nor do they lead to "development," but on the contrary harm and disenfranchise local people.
However, other observers from both industrialized and poor nations claim that offset projects can be an amazingly effective tool to lower carbon emissions and at the same time alleviate poverty by spurring development in poor countries. Offset projects can have multiple additional benefits: environmental restoration, infrastructure development, education and training, and provision of energy services to the poor. Some of the best offset projects combine the Millennium Development Goals of poverty reduction with climate protection. For example, the 4.5 megawatt biomass power project in Malavalli, India, produces electricity with agricultural waste that used to be burned off or just left on the fields to decay. The project created 500 new fulltime jobs. In order to ensure stakeholder participation, local farmers were involved in the decision-making process and an NGO was formed to manage power distribution, billing, and revenue collection. The ash from the power plant is distributed to the farmers for use as a valuable organic fertilizer.
There is another reason why it may be inappropriate to carry out offset projects in rich, high-emitting countries. Most developed nations have ratified the Kyoto agreement, and 39 of those (called Annex B countries) have legally binding emissions reduction targets to meet. If a carbon offset project (say, a wind farm) is implemented by a private offset company in an Annex B country, the reductions it produces will automatically be double-counted: the purchasing individual or organization will count them, but because there is currently no regulatory system permitting those emissions to be "retired" (taken out of the system then and there), the reductions will also be counted in that country's greenhouse gas inventory.
Why does this matter? Every Annex B country has to implement policies and projects to achieve the reductions that Kyoto mandates. If a company funds an offset project in an Annex B country, the resulting carbon offsets would need to be retired from that country's national greenhouse gas inventory in order to avoid double-counting. But to date no Annex B country has a regulatory system in place that would prevent this kind of double-counting, which means the private offset project has effectively replaced another set of emissions reduction measures that the country would have had to take in order to meet its Kyoto requirements.
Viewed this way, it can be argued that the wind farm in our hypothetical example does not have any net carbon benefits. Paradoxically, in countries that have not ratified Kyoto, such as the United States and Australia, these double-counting issues don't exist at the national level. They do exist on a more local level, however: if a region, state, county, or city has enacted an emissions reduction target (even just a voluntary one), any emissions reductions that are created in that area but then sold as offsets in the voluntary market should not also be counted in that jurisdiction's emissions inventory.
Standards and Verification
The arguments for and against projects funded by rich nations in poor countries are both valid. Only strict standards, oversight, and verification of projects can ensure that the additional benefits will outweigh the negative impacts. Understanding the importance of standards and verification requires a short detour into carbon markets.
Carbon offsets are currently sold in either mandatory or voluntary markets. In mandatory markets, buyers operate within a cap-and-trade regime. Cap-and-trade regimes (such as the Kyoto Protocol, the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme, or the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative launched by several U.S. states) set a total upper limit on emissions and then either allocate or auction off emissions allowances-basically, licenses to pollute a certain amount-to interested buyers. These systems are meant to achieve the greatest emissions reductions at the least cost, because emitters with cheap options for reducing their emissions can sell their surplus allowances to emitters with higher reduction costs. (In a cap-and-trade system, it is crucial that the cap be set stringently enough so that meaningful reductions can be achieved. If there are too many allowances, their price will plummet and few reductions will be achieved because it will be cheaper to buy allowances than to implement greenhouse gas reductions. This is exactly what happened with the European Emissions Trading Scheme.)
Voluntary markets, on the other hand, do not function under a cap-and-trade system, and neither individuals nor companies are mandated to act. Rather, they choose to offset their emissions out of concern for the environment or to improve the company's image. Because there is no cap on emissions, voluntary markets are intrinsically different from mandatory markets.
In either case, measures that lead directly to emissions reductions are project-based transactions, which involve newly created carbon offsets from renewable energy production, energy efficiency, or carbon sequestration projects. Project-based transactions can be conducted either within the mandatory Kyoto framework or outside of it in the voluntary carbon offset market. CDM is one of the project-based mechanisms that are part of the Kyoto Protocol, and offsets that are created through CDM projects are called Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs).
In the voluntary market, companies can sell CERs, or they can opt to sell offsets created outside the CDM, called Verified Emissions Reductions (VERs).
Carbon projects that are implemented through the CDM have to go through in-depth review and verification, meet clearly spelled out standards, and have the reductions legally guaranteed by a third-party verifier. All CDM emissions reductions are also recorded in an international registry to ensure that they are only counted once. The CDM process is quite labor-intensive and bureaucratic, and although CDM projects are not without flaws, the standards and the processes are quite robust and the hope is that with time and experience the CDM projects will increase in number and quality.
Most voluntary offset companies sell VERs, because CERs are more expensive. VERs are not necessarily of lower quality than CERs, but there is currently no unified quality standard applied to all VERs. Third-party verification is not required and therefore no one is legally responsible for creating the promised reductions. Also, there is no central registry to prevent double counting.
Since CERs fetch a higher price than VERs, there are only three reasons why a project developer would opt not to go though the CDM: 1) the project is in a country that is not a party to Kyoto (e.g., the United States); 2) the project is so small that it would be too expensive to go through all the bureaucratic hurdles for CDM certification; or 3) the type of project is not covered in the CDM procedures (for example, very decentralized projects, such as light-bulb switching programs, are currently very difficult to certify under CDM). If a project declines to register for CDM and does not fall into one of these three categories, it is probably because it is of lower quality.
In the United States, the offsets sold in the voluntary market are almost exclusively VERs-and that has provoked some controversy. One of the main problems with VERs is that, unlike CERs, VERs are not required to be screened for "additionality"-the most debated topic in the carbon offset world. It answers a simple question: would the project have happened anyway, holding everything else constant, if the carbon offsets from it could not be sold? If the answer is yes, then the project fails the additionality test. And if a project is going to happen anyway, buyers of its offsets can't really claim that they are offsetting the emissions they are trying to neutralize.
The crux of additionality lies in its application. How do you prove that a project would not have happened anyway? There are several possible additionality tests. For example, the regulatory test asks: Is there a law requiring the project, such as legislation to capture methane at a landfill, or a government-mandated renewable portfolio standard? If so, the project is nonadditional. Such a regulatory test is easily applied and all reputable companies in the voluntary offset market require it. Yet to require only the exclusion of projects that are mandated by law is a very weak standard, because projects happen for many other reasons too. Wind farms in the United States, for example, are often built because the available federal tax credits make them financially viable. So other, more stringent, additionality tests have to be applied to such projects.
Another test, financial additionality, means that a carbon project is only financially feasible because of the revenue from the carbon offsets. The project may have other justifications, but the anticipated benefits of the carbon offsets have to be a decisive factor for pursuing it.
Many of the carbon offsets sold in the United States began life as Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) (see "Green Tags," p. 15, for a detailed discussion). They were then converted to carbon offsets by multiplying them by a factor that accounts for the avoided CO2 emissions. One REC represents the delivery of one megawatthour of renewable power to the total energy infrastructure, and they can be sold and traded in both mandatory and voluntary markets. It is important to understand the difference between "mandatory" or "compliance" RECs and voluntary RECs. Because mandatory RECs are an instrument for meeting a quota, for example that of a renewable portfolio standard, there is no concern or implication about their additionality, because it is the quota that drives the change. It's only in the voluntary offset markets, where RECs are sold for their carbon benefits, that their additionality needs to be tested. In theory, it does not matter if RECs are sold as RECs or as carbon credits as long as they are not double-counted and are additional. Yet in practice ensuring additionality is very difficult.
Voluntary-market RECs generally do not have to adhere to the same strict additionality standards as carbon offsets. Green-e, the largest third-party certifier of RECs that are sold in the voluntary market, for example, requires that RECs have to come from renewable energy plants that were built after 1997 and cannot be counted toward renewable portfolio standards or any other legal requirements. Although these two requirements are important, they do not fully address additionality. Because of the economic benefits of many renewable energy projects, such as wind farms, it is especially difficult to determine additionality with RECs. This is not to say that none of the available RECs are additional, but there is currently no standard and verification available that ensures additionality.
There are currently several initiatives under way to streamline the voluntary market and ensure high quality of the offsets generated outside of CDM. The U.K. government, for instance, is developing a voluntary code of best practice that would certify projects. In the United States, Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) has proposed legislation that would allow government employees to buy offsets for their travel emissions. That legislation would require that only government-approved offsets could be bought. This in turn would offer the opportunity to develop a U.S. standard for offsets. The World Wildlife Fund has developed a Voluntary Gold Standard that is endorsed by 38 NGOs. Its strength is its focus on stakeholder involvement and additional sustainability benefits. And the carbon trade industry is developing a Voluntary Carbon Standard which would include a central registry for all VERs to minimize double-counting.
In the best case this newly emerging field, which many have likened to the Wild West, will over time mature, and quality assurance will become an integral part of the market. Yet this will only happen if consumers are educated and willing to push for higher standards and more transparency in the market.
Many of us in the developed world are still trying to absorb the lesson of the limits to growth that nature imposes. It would be a serious mistake to see offsets as a comfortable way to avoid the need to drastically reduce our consumption. The price that our children and grandchildren will have to pay if we do not change our habits will be tremendous. Yet if voluntary carbon offset projects can help spur change and innovation, if they are just one of many climate protection measures undertaken-cap-and-trade, carbon taxes, efficiency standards, smart city planning, good public transportation, and so on-they could play a useful role in guiding the world towards low carbon economies and at the same time help achieve the Millennium Development Goals of alleviating poverty.
Anja Kollmuss works for the Stockholm Environment Institute-USA, an independent research organization affiliated with Tufts University. She did her study of voluntary carbon offset companies while with the Tufts Climate Initiative. The study and her recommendations for choosing an offset provider can be found at www.tufts.edu/tci/carbonoffsets.


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As we wander through our look at the 2011-12 NHL season, we'll stop in at the NHL realty offices, checking in on some of the bargains that may be out there for prospective NHL owners.
Whether a chance to pick up an NHL franchise as a stand alone property, or to share in the load of the current establishment, there seemingly may be a few deals to be made this season.
We'll update this page as events warrant, you can alway check in by checking our line on the right hand sidebar, we'll keep our records tidy in the GM's office.
December 9 -- Toronto Maple Leafs --- The NHL's most valuable franchise is departing from the Ontario Teacher's Pension Fund, destined to be the chattel of two of Canada's largest media and communications giants. December 9th brought the announcement that Bell Canada Enterprises and Rogers Communications were joining forces to purchase the shares of the Teachers' Pension Fund, a 75 per cent share of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, needless to say it filled the nations media content provider portals details of all which can be found here.
November 21-- Dallas Stars-- Tom Gaglardi once tried to purchase the Vancouver Canucks, a bid that ended in acrimony and a lengthy court battle between himself and the eventual owners of the Canucks, the Aquilini's. Still, despite that less than successful attempt at NHL ownership, Gaglardi came back to the well this time with a bid for the bankrupt and nearly forgotten Dallas Stars. Some of the press clippings from his successful purchase can be found below.
Dallas News-- Stars' New Canadian owner has Texas ties
Dallas News-- Another thing to like about Tom Gaglardi
Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram-- Tom Gaglardi takes over as Dallas Stars' owner
Dallas Fort Worth Star Telegram-- Gaglardi vows Dallas Stars will return to elite NHL status
Globe and Mail-- The Canadian who saved the Dallas Stars
ESPN-- Tom Gaglardi accustomed to hard work
CBC-- Stars get new owner and new outlook
Sportsnet-- New Sheriff in town
TSN-- Bankruptcy court approves sale of Stars to Gaglardi
November 18-- Toronto Maple Leafs --- The prospect of Wayne Gretzky returning to the NHL in an ownership capacity with the Toronto Maple Leafs has made for a rather fascinating look at the bid of the Ontario Teachers Plan Fund to finally exit the world of professional sports ownership (details on the bid of an American fund group to buy the Leafs can be found here)
October 24-- Dallas Stars-- The deadline for bids from potential buyers of the Dallas Stars closed on Saturday, with Vancouver businessman Tom Gaglardi the only person to submit a proposal to purchase the team. Gaglardi started the process back in September, the NHL hopes to have the process of purchase finalized by the end of November (details on the latest development can be found here)
Dallas News -- No rivals emerge to contest Tom Gaflardi's bid to acquire Stars
Dallas Fort Worh Star Telegram-- Bidder for Dallas Stars down to one
Dallas Business Journal-- Gaglardi is sole bidder for Dallas Stars
TSN-- Sale of Stars to Gaglardi takes a step forward
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October 14-- Carolina Hurriances-- Peter Karmanos is taking on a partner within the ownership group of the Hurricanes, as Michael Kahn signs on as part of the Hurricanes organization. Kahn is the owner and Governor of the Charlotte Checkers of the American Hockey League, the Checkers are the AHL affiliate for the Hurricanes (details on the arrangement). The deal with Kahn is just one of nine Carolina investors that have been offered equity stakes with the Hurricanes.
Charlotte Observer-- Karmanos: Canes to add other N. C. investors
News Observer-- Checkers owner invests in Canes
ABC 11-- Canes take on new owner


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Summer is set to finally arrive next week - with eastern counties predicted to enjoy the hottest temperatures of the year so far.
After a disappointing summer so far - which has been dominated by rain and cloud - the Met Office forecasts that there will be an improvement in the weather this weekend and next week with large spells of dry, bright, warm weather.
On Saturday and Sunday temperatures and humidity will start to build and the mercury should reach a very warm and pleasant 23C and 24C respectively.
Monday will also reach 24C and on Tuesday it will be even hotter with temperatures reaching a balmy 25C in many parts according to the Met Office.
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Hedonistic Ghosts Rudely Sex It up in Woman's Living Room
This smokey whitish mass of nothing obvious in particular is actually—and this is serious, guys—authentic ghost porn. Look again. See the human-shaped figures? See the outline of the lady-ghost's high-heel? Not really? You're probably not trying hard enough. Look again.
The ghosts were caught having sex in the living room of Dianna Carlisle—a Euclid, Ohio woman who has refreshingly maintained her sense of humor despite having to watch her home turn into a pleasure palace for inconsiderate, orgasm-seeking sex-ghosts. Carlisle didn't take the photo featured above—her four-year-old granddaughter did, using a cell phone. The horndog harlot ghosts had sex in front of the kid. Can we send them to ghost-jail? "I never seen anything like this," she says about the matter. "I mean, ghosts still have feelings? (They're) having sex?" Hey, wandering around all day going "booo" probably gets lonely after a while. You see a fellow traveler on the road and you take advantage of the situation. It's probably like being a salesman.
Carlisle and various family members have had other "ghost encounters" in her house, including one that actually took place via voice mail. But as long as the ghosts don't try to sex up her or any of her family members, she probably won't try to move or anything. Look at how happy she is! We want to be her friend (but not in that way, because we're not a ghost).
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In the past, I just helped the Lion and his lion attack the village but, playing as a black mage, no can do.
1. Is there a peaceful way to get him released? (I did pick the boss' pocket and have opened the door, but Vatras apparently likes it there )
2. Once the door is open, what action allows one to talk with Vatras?
3. Out of curiosity, I already killed the leader of the tribe that Vatras asks to go to (once he decides to talk) - will I still get the mission (I suppose his tribe will attack me on sight)?
One additional unrelated question: does anyone know why the designers made the orc party in the lurker infested woods along the beach behind Backaresh attack on sight like they were in a war zone? Did someone forget to tell them that the war is over?


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Thieves plunder apartment for Facebook booty
Don't flash your wares online, advises Sao Paulo cop
São Paulo police are warning of the perils of flashing your wealth on Facebook after a teenager's snaps of his electronic equipment and foreign holidays on the social network prompted thieves to rob his family's apartment.
The unnamed 16-year-old was targeted by a student at his school when he "boasted among friends and put the information on Facebook", according to cop Fabiana do Sena.
The "envious" youngster, also 16, enlisted the help of two adults for the robbery, and provided them with keys he'd stolen from his intended victim a few days previously.
The two men entered the apartment in a middle class area of São Paulo at around 11pm on 29 November, where they held up four people, apparently at gunpoint.
During the heist, one of the perps got a call on his mobile phone and said: "There's not as much here as you said."
The pair eventually made off with jewellery, six watches, electronic equipment and R$370 (£130) in cash.
During their escape, they were intercepted by members of Sao Paulo's paramilitary police, and shot during a gun battle. They later died in hospital.
The teenager who instigated the robbery claimed he'd been pressured into it, Sena said.
The officer concluded: "Adolescents put personal information on these websites. It's important that parents advise them not do do this." ®
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