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No Resolutions this Year!Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
You're off the hook! No need to make any resolutions. We know they don't often work and just make us miserable for a few days while we starve on carrots and hurt from taking up exercise too vigorously. The reason resolutions don't work is that they're based on negativity, on thinking about what we don't want, and, even though we may say we're focusing on a "healthier body" or business growth, the view is still on the amount of weight or the lack of revenues.
We can continue to be driven by the fear that something we don't want will happen if we don't take action, or we can put our energy and focus on our dreams, what we want to create in our lives and our businesses in the new year. The choice: pushed by fear, or driven by passion and mission.
In 2008 when my husband and I were on a safari in Tanzania, we met a young camp manager named Elibariki Shammy. Shammy had just completed his bachelor's degree and dreamed of graduate school. He originally had a scholarship for a program in the states, but decided to remain in his country while his new wife Stella completed her degree and they enjoyed their first child, Destiny. We have become wonderful friends and I am inspired by his drive and determination.
Against significant odds, Shammy worked extra jobs, and secured the grants and scholarships to complete his dissertation and receive his master's degree from the university in DAR ES-SALAAM in October. He is now working as the NTBs Project Country Coordinator, with the. Tanzania Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture & Trademark East Africa.
During his journey he once emailed me this thought: "I think an important capital that young men need the most in these times is a positive mind. There is no way one can excel in this elementary world without having conquered the negativity."
Now he is putting his energy and vision toward an even bigger dream… He has purchased some land near his family in Arusha, TZ where he plans to raise funds and build a school to help his neighbors afford quality education He shares, " It could start from nursery school, then primary and finally secondary school. These are just the thoughts in our minds and we are still thinking at how we could go about them. I have come to realize that most of the good things that happen in my life start by a mere thought, this is to say it is hard to have any material thing without first conceiving it in our minds."
We can learn a lot about powerful intentions from Shammy:
- Overcome negativity, and release or forgive whatever is getting in the way of your moving forward.
- Be grateful for what you have and continue to build from where you are now.
- Have a clear picture in the present tense of what you want.
- Make the dream big enough to include the good for others.
In January, The Inspired Business Center is launching a 21 Day Masterful Intentions Success Process. Our intention is to deliver a cost effective way to explore what we teach. This program is fun, interactive, and easy to follow. Each day for 21 days, you will experience various aspects of the overall Masterful Intentions philosophy. Everything we do will be archived so that you can participate whenever and however best suits your style of interaction. Once the 21 days are complete, you will have immersed yourself in the Masterful Intentions Process and seeing the results!
Learn more and register at http://mi-program.com/21day-jan.html
Happy Holidays and Blessings for an amazing and prosperous New Year!
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Navigating the DetoursWednesday, December 12th, 2012
An Inspired Perspective of Persistence.Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Do you have Faith in your Business?Monday, November 26th, 2012
The Importance of Guiding ValuesMonday, October 8th, 2012
The Importance of having a VISIONMonday, October 1st, 2012
An Inspired Approach to Business Coaching Part 2Tuesday, September 18th, 2012
Here is the second part in our introduction to business coaching. If you missed Part 1 just CLICK HERE.
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Until next time,
Learning to Ride RaindropsMonday, June 25th, 2012
Most of us spend part of our summer trying to avoid or eradicate mosquitoes. As it turns out, these tiny pests have an important lesson to teach us.
Recently a group of mechanical engineering students at Georgia Tech conducted an experiment to discover how mosquitos survive rain. To the mosquito, rain is the epitome of significant change from a beautiful sunny day to life threatening danger. A single raindrop is the equivalent of a 3 ton boulder falling on them. So how do they do it?
First they don't try to resist the rain drops. They don't carry on about how the rain is unfair or ask "Why me?" Instead they've learned to adapt. How do we react to change in our markets, in our workplace, in our lives? Typically we try to fight it, avoid it, or look at change as a big problem to be overcome.
Second mosquitos don't try to outrun the rain drop. That's like trying to dodge comets. By comparison, how often do we go into scatter mode, shot gunning our marketing, making impulsive decisions and panicking about money or results or some other measurement we're using to try to be "in control"?
Professor David Hu says that his team learned that mosquitoes don't actually dodge the raindrops, they hitch a ride. When a raindrop hits a mosquito, the mosquito and raindrop join together and the mosquito rides the drop for about a thousandth of a second before its wings, acting as kites, pull it out of the water.
To relate that to business, when we are aware of change or a shift, we can choose to follow the momentum and move in the direction of the change; not struggling, not efforting and not resisting. We can collaborate with our internal teams and external allies. We can co-create with our customers, employees and vendors to adjust to what's happening and make decisions and take actions that are in the alignment with the flow.
The other important lesson is to allow the new momentum to lift us out of the challenge so we can "fly off" to the next adventure. We don't ride the raindrop into the ground, but look for new opportunities and express gratitude for the lift.
According to Hu, by joining the raindrop mosquitos experience very little force and to them it's like getting hit with a feather.
So in the face of challenge, change, and other things we can't control; don't resist, don't dodge…RIDE THE RAINDROP!
Blessings, Marla
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BELIEVE AND THEN ACHIEVE!Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
"Abundance is not something we acquire, it is something we tune into," says inspirational author and speaker Wayne Dyer. The way we tune into our world is through what we believe to be true about ourselves, about others and about what's possible.
Have you ever marveled at a business or professional colleague who succeeded against all odds because they didn't know it was supposed to be difficult and impossible? They simply believed they could do it and they did it!
Dr Alex Loyd, author of The Healing Code, says "You do what you believe 100 percent of the time." When you really think about it, that's a very powerful and revealing statement. Although we may be influenced by our outer world, and often we agree that we "should" adopt a new behavior, cold call more, eat broccoli, follow a budget, be on time, we often don't adopt the behavior, or if we do, it doesn't last.
Loyd continues, "The corollary is also true: You never do anything that you don't believe. If you are doing something that you consider wrong or counterproductive, it is because you believe something wrong or counterproductive. If you are doing something that is right or good or constructive, it's because you believe something right, or good or constructive."
Old beliefs are stored in our subconscious and we very seldom stop to look at them. Old beliefs may have come from past experiences, what you've been told by others or your industry's thinking on what's possible. But are they relevant to what you want to accomplish today? Making business decisions from old beliefs is like running DOS software on our Windows 7. Time to Upgrade!
How do you begin to change limiting beliefs? Notice the results you are achieving and inquire: "What do I believe about this?" If the belief is negative, limiting and outdated, reprogram it! Consciously declare a new "truth" for yourself that is positive, affirmative and in the present tense.
Change your focus to what you do want for your business or your life. As you change your focus, you will begin to see new possibilities and opportunities that were always there, but you weren't looking for them! A good example: A client was feeling that the program she was offering wasn't valuable and that nobody wanted it. (Notice the negative belief at work here)? I suggested she begin to find evidence for the value, to remember all the people whose lives or businesses had been changed by attending her programs, and she changed her approach and messaging to reflect the new belief that her offering was life changing. Her next workshop sold out in 2 days.
Once you have established new beliefs, you ask the Universe for what you want for your company (or your life). It's important to state the "essence" of the outcome, such as, increased profits, innovation to meet market demands, the right people to do the job. The essence is what you concentrate on because there are many avenues for achieving the desired outcome.
Then make decisions and act as if the good were already delivered, and you will begin to attract the results. Continue to hold on to the positive belief, even if things don't "look" better right away.
The Universe will determine the specifics of how it will all happen and when. It may take the form of an unexpected sales opportunity, a powerful idea that comes to you as you drive down the road or an introduction to the person at a meeting that can provide the resource you've been missing.
At that point, you need to be open to receive what you asked for! As crazy as it sounds, sometimes we get so addicted to the struggle we don't notice things have turned around and that it was easy and effortless. We continue to struggle because, you guessed it, we "believe" it has to be hard!
Suggested Action Steps:
1. Ask yourself and ask your management team: "Where are we limiting our business success by holding outdated beliefs of what's possible?"
2. Look at where things are flowing in your business and what seems stuck. Think about what you believe about the aspects that are flowing, and what you believe about the areas that are stuck. Could be very eye opening!
3. Make a list of things you'd like to ask for. Then ask! Notice any resistance you have to asking for help, from others or from the Universe.
Robert Fritz sums it up this way: "If we limit our choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, we disconnect ourselves from what we truly want, and all that is left is compromise."
Until next time,
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Discussion in 'The Late Night Cafe (off-topic)' started by goodgollyjosh, Jun 27, 2010.
Why not huh? I'm crazy enough to do it. Let me know
- Josh in Tx
Hmmmm, Hawaii...Not bad! A business in paradise...that's such a nice idea! Are you gonna do that yourself?
which island? which side of the island and what kind of food? Hawaii is a bit more diverse then people may think. Otherwise ...yeah.... totally down with that.
Well, not sure really. I am thinking of moving to Honolulu because it seems to be the easiest place to find work in the mean time. I can do just about anything to earn some cash, mostly automotive related. I can't do much in a kitchen, but I was mainly looking to work the front of the house and help out in the kitchen where needed. Being from Texas I was raised on BBQ. I am great at cooking over aged hardwood. Whether it be direct or indirect grilling or smoking meats for hours on end. I can also make sausage, age steaks, make dry rubs and bbq sauces, and love to do grilled veggies. Just bored here in Texas and looking for an adventure. I hear they have an awesome china town too, not sure where it is though. Yes, apparently the food cultures down there run wild!
Have you ever been? You got a local friend to help grease some wheels? It's a small Island and a slightly corrupt system they got over there. It's not like you get thrown in a Turkish prison for not paying dues..but you can get kicked off the Island.
I don't know anybody down there, just seemed like a cool thing to try out. I figured I could sell most of my shit and raise enough money to move and have some left over to put in the business. I would have to drive to California to ship my car over there, that's only a grand. I know that most people say to just buy some wheels when I get down there, but this way I can fill my car full of my clothes and bare essentials and won't have to pay any additional shipping. Unless of course I find a gig that requires I bring my tools, then the shipping costs get kinda high. Anyway, I am not opposed to going to the "Big Island" if you think that would be better. What kind of food do you like to cook? I am just a huge foodie, and literally love all types, I will eat anything once. I'm sure you'll agree though that it's always best to cook what is fresh and available. I would rather do some really good simple food than anything too fancy.
Good golly, Miss Molly - do you ever need a business plan!
And the foregoing posts are not one, they're pipe dreams, and no bankers will even talk to you about the kind of loan it would take to implement your idea. Especially these days.
If you want to be a restauranteur in Hawaii, go there (cheaply as possible) and get a job in a restaurant that seems closest to your dream restaurant. Probably as a dishwasher given what you say about your culinary experience.
After a few years, you may know enought about it to get a start on your own.
Good luck, but you'll have better luck if you fool around in some restaurant (not yours,) in Texas.
Don't get too close to the shore - it's going to be covered in oil./img/vbsmilies/smilies/frown.gif
Thanks for the advice, always appreciate an honest oppinion. I think I will still head down there and check out the sites, get a job in the mean time doin' whatever. I wasn't planning on going to a bank. Just thought about finding some little dive that went under and is available for rent with a little kitchen in the back. If all else fails I will likely end up buying a bbq pit and selling stuff on the side of the road on the weekends. Who knows, could turn into something. None the less, good points you bring up, won't derail me though. Peace.
- Josh
p.s. I like pipe dreams
When I last went there was plenty of work available but that was over a year ago. Make friends with the locals, visit farmers markets and if you are gonna do it cheaply..yeah the big island on the Hana bay side is easiest. Kona is just a 2.5-3 hour drive on the other side of the island. worth a visit but double the cost on that side.
josh - don't forget the Spam...../img/vbsmilies/smilies/lol.gif
Nothing wrong with having pipe dreams - they are what keeps us alive. Great advice above about learning the trade a bit first. It's good you can turn your hand to many things for some living income while you get set up.. Just remember, if you start an eatery of any kind, you will not see the sun that much - its a matter of why you want to go there to. If its the climate and lifestyle, unless you are very lucky in what kind of place you get involved in you may miss out on much of that.
But hey, good luck with your dream /img/vbsmilies/smilies/thumb.gif

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Finca la Torre is located just 15 minutes away from the lively centre of Antequera and is completely surrounded by 376ha of olive groves, fields, pine forest and flanked by two hill ranges. This exceptional location offers extensive views that sweep from south to west.
This privileged secluded location has one km long palm-lined avenue that offers spectacular sunsets and sunrises. The garden is the chosen point to enjoy the sight.
Visit us and delight yourselg with the unique and stunning landscape, discover Finca la Torre's aura, as well as, the remarkable Antequera's region!
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210 B.C. (Finca la Torre 1260).
Agrifutura Holding AG, Switzerland.
Management & key staff:
Ing. Agr. Víctor M. Pérez (General Manager)
Borja Adrián (Sales Manager)
Federico Terrón (Finance Manager)
Marina Romero (Admin Manager)
Sandra Ariza (Admin)
Igor Gutanu (Mill)
Francisco Arreza (Field)
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Land area:
376.09 ha
Olive grove:
229.74 ha
Pasture & forest:
126.07 ha
Factory space:
10.27 ha (Mill, warehouse, office and guesthouse etc.)
Olive trees:
48,508 new (from 1998 onwards) Hojiblanca, Arbequina, Cornicabra, Picudo. 8,900 old (in 1840), Hojiblanca
Dripirigation, fully automatic, reservoir capacity of 106,000 m3.
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3.000 - 5.000 kg/h
Stock capacity:
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For more than 2,200 years, Finca la Torre has occupied a special place in the fascinating world of olive oil production and trade. This is no coincidence!
Olive growing and the purely mechanical production of olive oil are simply ideal for cultivation in accordance with organic guidelines. With the optimum cultivation of soil and trees, the trees produce large quantities of aromatic oleiferous fruits. Consequently, the biological olive grove is not simply an ideology for us but logical basis for the production of high-quality olive oil. We use all aspect of our extensive expertise, ranging from optimal pruning, fertilisation with our own compost (obtained from the rearing of sheep and horses) and targeted irrigation to skiful pest control (using specific insect traps and benefical organisms).
We also actively research the key areas of nutrients for soil flora and fauna, as well as, actively control the olive fruit fly (bactrocera oleae).
More than anything, we want to apply state – of – the – art technological methods and the most recent findings in order to ensure that the green gold you use in your kitchen is a pure and as fresh as possible, so enabling you to enjoy the fine aromas and the "fresh – from – the – mill" taste, at least until the next harvest. Not an easy but certainly a rewarding task.
Evolution over the years
Finca la Torre has a more than 2,200 – year tradition as olive – oil mill. The company is one of the oldest in the world and looks back on a lively history. Its Roman roots are apparent everywhere and exhibited for visitors to see in the form of ruins (pillars, parts of the torcularium) at the main entrance.
The Romans established the estate as the torcularium (oil press) of Singilia Barba. They planted olive trees and installed a trapetum oleario (stone mill). They mainly cultivated the hojiblanca olive.
General Marcus Porcius Cato started to export oleum bonum baetica (in organic quality) to Rome. A villa was construted for the estate owners (about 80m away from today's mill).
First deliveries to North Europe, including Helvetia (Aventicum, Augusta Raurica, Basilea) and Germania (Colonia C / Cologne, Mogontiacum / Mainz, Augusta V. / Augsburg, etc.)
Under Visigothic rule, the production of oil continued using a mola olearia – type olive press.
Under Moorish rule, an al-ma'sara (Arab name for olive press) was used
Part of the northern border of the kingdom of Granada (Nasrid dynasty).
Construction of the border watchtower – since then known and documented in historical maps as Finca la Torre (del Cuchillo).
Cortijo y Almazara of Torre (state and oil mill) of the county of Bobadilla, counts Narvaez & Aguilar. Renovation and extension of the mill and finca building, planting of more than 8,900 trees (cultivation of hojiblanca).
Joint venture between ASI-Global AG and Rapunzel Iberica, S.L. (Finca la Reja, S.L). Renewal of the mill technology (continuous 2 – phase cold extraction), plating of more than 23,500 trees, certification in accordance with EC organic and biodynamic guidelines.
Merger with Agrifutura Holding AG. Development of the Finca la Torre product range for RAPUNZEL Naturkost (table olives, Citrolive®), main markets: Spain, Germany, Switzerland and The United States.
Comprehensive modernisation of the entire infrastructure: new cold mill from PIERALISI, extension of the air-conditioned storage tank,new harvesting machines, ISO 9001:2008 certification.
Renovation of the entire image and product range is extended with new ecological families of cheeses and vinegars
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Fierce battles were fought along the border between the Moorish kingdom of Granada and the Christian kingdom of Castile and the border consequently underwent many changes between 1,030 and 1,237.
From 1,238 the border ran from Rondo via Antequera to Granada right along the edge of the finca.
In 1,260 the Nasrids constructed a watchtower with a diameter of around 4.7m and a height of approximately 10m on the "Cerro del Cuchillo" hill which is 553 above sea level ("Cerro del Cuchillo" due to its long, narrow shape and steep northern face). Its strategic position offered extensive views of the surrounding countryside.
In the last few decades, the outer shell of the tower suffered the ravages of time and it collapsed leaving wall just 1.9 m high.
The ruins of the "Torre del Cuchillo" tower (the stones from the original wall can be seen on the left and at the front).
In 2,010, a project was initiated in order to restore the tower as a historical monument and in accordance with the work carried out on a neighboring tower near Antequera.


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text: Ron Clifton #51 Posted 28 October , 2011 Hello all are talking about two slightly different creatures here. The first, the armoured train proper, was equipped with guns of 6-inch calibre or less, and usually also with machine guns. It was used to protect rail communications from raids, and occasionally to provide a mobile response to attack, especially along coastlines or borders. The British used small numbers of these trains in France and Belgium, Egypt and Palestine, and Mesopotamia. They were also used in the South African War and in India. The second type is rail-mounted heavy artillery, of calibre 9 inches and more. The history of these weapons is covered in Rail Gun by Ian Hogg and John Batchelor. It provides a number of interesting photos and scale drawings, and also covers such points as the use of curved gun spurs (plus a limited degree of traverse on the mount itself) and the various methods of absorbing recoil (using outriggers to anchor the gun, often including jacking up the wagon to lift the wheels from the track). It covers the period from the American Civil War to the Second World War, and includes American, British, French and German examples. The authours assure us that the use of the recoil to send the loco back along the track, to return carrying tea and rations, is apocryphal! Ron Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Proud and Shy
Texture. Body. Landscape. Flesh.
Through experimentation with combining different hard and soft glass formulas into murrine, a landscape of skin-like textures emerge.
Emote I
Archival Print, Digital Photography
36" x 50"
Goosebumps are ghosts of our animal selves, a throwback to when our bodies were covered in fur,
emoting in response to the environment: pleasure, fear, temperature.
Gilding the Cracks
Archival Prints, Digital Photography
20" x 24"
Skin covers our bodies and all of it is sensitized and sensitive. My skin is uniquely susceptible to
irritants. I attempt to combat, fill and heal my wounds through the alchemical material of gold.
cast glass, digital video
dimensions vary upon installation
A cast glass inner tube is discovered in a watery world, and is in turn coveted, desired, adored and abandoned.
The Language of Skin
Slumped glass, Digital photographs, Horsehair, Servo motor, Motion sensor
dimensions variable upon installation
A meditation on skin: photographs of goosebumps, cast glass chicken skin, a postcard sized swatch of hair that bristles ever so slightly upon the viewers approach.
Liquid Capture V
cast glass
14" x 16" x 2"
I desire to contain the uncontainable, to possess the water that runs through my clasping fingers. This series explores the material shift between liquid and solid and between visual perception and material reality.
Sink or Swim
Digital Video, humidifier, chlorine tablets
You walk into a room. It is dark and warm and damp, In back of your nose you detect a hint of chlorine.
You walk forward, toward the moving image on the wall. The woman is fragmented, here glides her back, there a leg, a shot of both arms propelling her slowly through the water. Glass tubes surround her limbs, clinking against each other, keeping her afloat.
Peep Show
navel oranges, peep hole, video monitor, digital stop motion animation
Lean in, rest your cheek upon the cool, fragrant skin of a firm orange. Peer into the small, glowing aperture of a peephole located in the navel of the orange. Inside, witness an orange strip away its peel, coyly revealing it's juicy interior.
Archival prints, digital photography
In this ongoing performative exploration, the artist's alter ego, Susie Homemaker, confronts her love/frustration with the object of her devotion: hot glass. Murmuring sweet nothings and attempting to caress the molten material, the performance blurs the lines between affection and aggression.
The Dis tance Between You and Me
glass, sterling silver
Exploring the boundaries between self and other, two portraits are built pointillistically with thousands of colored glass threads, hot joined and stretched, and then sliced into discs to reveal the transition and transformation between identities.
Navel Gazer
Oranges, Portrait murrine, Hot blow molded glass, Plastic fruit bag
15" x 7.5" x 7"
Glass is the ultimate material mimic. Five perfect glass oranges, complete with portrait murrine style fruit 'sticker' are displayed amongst their living counterpart. Over time, the real fruit softens, molds, becomes fragrant and rots away. The glass stays pristine in perpetuity.
Stardust , Mother and Child
Glass, Cremated remains, Steel
14" x 6" x 3.5"
A portrait of a mother created with thousands of glass threads impregnated with cremated remains of her deceased infant.
An Accumulation of Spite
Cast glass noses, vintage mirrors
The mirror is a potent and powerful tool. What we project upon it may linger, long after the reflection has vanished
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blown glass (udder, pail, milk carton), milk, defunct refrigerator, motorized pump
5' x 3' x 2'
Contemplating the distance between ideas, between people, between the cow and my tummy.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has released its annual list of "most wanted" transportation improvements, but for the first time in recent memory none of the priorities relate specifically to reducing commercial aviation hazards.
Today's announcement reflects years of steady gains in airline safety, with the last fatal crash of a U.S. scheduled passenger flight occurring nearly seven years ago. Some aviation experts said it was the first time in decades that commercial air-safety wasn't explicitly singled out in the agency's annual rankings as one of the high-priority areas for needed improvements.
The 2016 list emphasizes various potential dangers that cut across all modes of transportation, including fatigue-related accidents, the need for enhanced occupant protection and hazards related to distractions from cellphones or other portable electronic devices. Other topics focus on specifics technologies such as automated braking or collision-avoidance systems on cars, trucks and trains.
The safety board also urges continued emphasis on eliminating dangers of drug or alcohol abuse in different forms of transportation, and called for greater use of crash-resistant recording devices, sometimes including video cameras, inside airliner and helicopter cockpits; in the cabs of trucks and buses; and on board ships.
Some of the latest recommendations touch on overall aviation safety, including one item that calls for enhanced efforts to reduce what are called "loss of control" accidents—often stemming from pilot confusion—affecting small private aircraft.
But highlighting many years of steadily improving safety statistics for passenger airlines in the U.S., the safety board didn't embrace a single topic focused entirely on raising the bar for commercial aviation in this country. Last year's list included a topic calling for commercial pilots to strictly follow flight-safety procedures.
Over the years, the NTSB's annual wish list was studded with needed improvements for airlines, carriers and aircraft makers. But as airline safety statistics have continued to improve in the U.S.—as well as in nearly every region of the world—the safety board's "most wanted" improvements have increasingly shifted to target other transportation arenas. Improving the safety of urban mass transit systems, railroads and helicopters, for example, gained greater prominence.
In its 2016 version, the NTSB also features the importance of various highway safety technologies, from greater adoption of automatic braking and collision-avoidance hardware on cars to adaptive headlights to systems designed to help drivers avoid dangerous lane changes.
Deborah Hersman, a former NTSB chairman and currently president and CEO of the National Safety Council, praised the safety board for adding highway collision-avoidance technology back to the 2016 list. "Our cars are safer and smarter than ever before, yet we continue to lose 35,000 people each year in car crashes," Ms. Hersman said in a statement. The NTSB's list, she said, amounts to "a roadmap guiding us toward zero deaths on our roads."
Created in 1974 as an independent safety watchdog, the NTSB has no regulatory or enforcement authority. But it has issued some 13,000 safety recommendations over the years, and its views are closely followed by regulators, operators and lawmakers.


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Practical Techniques For Dealing With Holiday Stress
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
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Scripps Workshop on Stress
Tips to Transform Holiday Stress Into Strength - Free workshop
7 - 8:15 p.m.
Schaeztel Center at Scripps Memorial Hospital
9888 Geneee Ave., La Jolla, CA. 92037
Register by calling 1-800-SCRIPPS
Many people make a promise to themselves every year that they will enjoy the holiday season, only to become overwhelmed with tasks, shopping, relatives and money worries. All of that adds up to stress, and stress can do more than just ruin your holiday -- it can make you depressed and physically ill.
Physical symptoms of stress include heart pounding, stomach irritation, headaches and muscle tension, said Dr. Mimi Guarneri, a cardiologist and founder of Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine.
Guarneri said major events like 9/11 or an earthquake cause acute stress, whereas chronic stress comes from a low amount of stress over a long period of time, she said.
Chronic stress can cause high blood pressure, diabetes, chest pain, memory problems, irritability and insomnia, she said. She added that 75 to 90 percent of visits to doctors are related to stress.
To cope with acute stress, Guarneri suggests taking a time out and deep breathing. To cope with chronic stress, she said we need "tools in our toolbox." That could mean taking yoga or mediation classes to learn how to cope with stress when it arises.
Even singing can help, she said.
"If you practice appreciation, gratefulness, all of a sudden those little things that are annoying you start to go away," she said.
Claire Trageser contributed to this report.
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Matsudai Centre
The village of Matsudai is located deep in the mountains of the Niigata-prefecture. Once every three years in the summertime, the Niigata Art Triennial is held in the region. During this festival, the building operates as the event's main stage. The building itself is supported on 'legs', these not only create a snow free zone beneath it in winter and a shaded plaza in summer, but they also form the physical structure, dividing up the different functional spaces on the inside.
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You've said, "I do," stepped on the glass or culminated your wedding with another tradition — and the honeymoon is just beginning.
But where should you spend those first relaxing moments since you decided to get hitched and got on the wedding treadmill?
Sure, there's always a celebratory romp around San Francisco or the predictable pleasures of Fire Island, but you only get one honeymoon (OK, maybe two), so it's time to think further afield for locations that are not only exciting, but also accepting of your no-longer-forbidden love.
Any of these places — all scenic, romantic, and OK to hold hands in — will do:
Who doesn't love to French? Gay marriage has been legal in Canada since 2005, but Quebec's main city remains the undiscovered country for more recently equal folks. The town has its own gayborhood — "Le Village," which boasts bars, drag shows and a pedestrian plaza spanning the length of Sainte-Catherine Street during summer months — as well as noted gourmet and divey restaurants (you can get poutine, Montreal's trademark fries with cheese curds and gravy, almost any time of day), a thriving cultural scene that runs the gamut from rock bands to orchestral concerts and the national ballet, and even a championship NHL team for the more butch traveler. It's the smaller, easy-to-drive-to Paris that you've always dreamed of.
Yes, you fly into San Francisco, but instead of heading straight for the Castro, make a beeline out to the Napa Valley, where a similarly accepting vibe mingles with a more rustic atmosphere. Rent a private home or hole up in one of the many easy-to-find LGBT-owned bed and breakfasts, and prepare for a boozy week of winery tours, overpriced antiquing and meals at impossibly precious little bistros. That's right: heaven.
Not a month goes by here without some sort of festival — be it film, art or music, it's always really about wine — at which to wile away your time. The more adventurous honeymooners will take advantage of the different towns that dot the area, each with its own charms, while the thirstier traveler will find the wine tours that all of the local vineyards — and there are more than 350 — offer regularly.
No matter how gay your spring break experiences were, there's more to this Atlantic Ocean beach town than just university Greek types binge drinking and sunning themselves into early carcinoma. The city placed an ad in the New York Times encouraging gay newlyweds to come visit, and a number of local hotels are getting in on the action by offering discounted honeymoon packages, many of which include spa treatments, poolside champagne and beach-adjacent pampering.
And should you want to slip into a varsity jacket and make yourself sick on too many cheap beers with a scrum of college-aged revelers, well, there's always the chance to do that, too.
Mykonos, of all the Greek isles, has long had a reputation as a playground for the jet-set homosexual crowd. And why wouldn't it? Between its famous nightclubs, nude beaches stocked with bronzed bodies and picturesque Mediterranean views, there's nothing uninviting about this island — which became popular with celebrities and society types in the 1950s but has since settled down just a bit. LGBT-friendly cruises to neighboring islands are easy enough to find if you feel an Odyssean need to roam, but even with Greece in shambles, there's very little reason anyone would ever want to leave Mykonos.
So, you're crunchy. That's nothing to be ashamed of, and there's no reason why you should spend your honeymoon stuffed into a Speedo and preening on a beach when you're more interested in enjoying impressive wood. The forests of Vermont — where gay marriage has been legal since 2009 — are one of the Green Mountain State's most impressive assets, and when you're done hiking, there is skiing, snowshoeing, dog-sled rides, and even ice fishing. And while your overalls dry off, Burlington — an easy flight or drive from New York City — offers all of these outdoorsy pleasures in addition to top-notch dining, shopping and entertainment.
Compared to the nearby Mayan ruins, you'll never feel old. So, what can you do with the youthful exuberance that a trip to Tulum will inspire? A stay at a gays-only resort like Adonis will let you take advantage of a spa, four outdoor hot tubs, a Caribbean-facing infinity pool and the comfort that comes with being surrounded entirely by other LGBT travelers — as long a none of them are your exes. If, by chance, you tire of your time in the walled city of Tulum, trips to nearby Cancun and Cozumel are a breeze to arrange. The short flight from New York makes the "Mexican Rivera" one of the easiest-to-get-to exotic destinations in the hemisphere.
"Aloha" means hello, goodbye, peace and, it has recently been discovered, gay honeymoon. Well, not really, but it might as well. The 50th state had a rocky past with gay marriage itself (currently only civil unions are legal), but the six visitable Hawaiian islands are noted for being exceedingly gay-friendly. Whether or not you stay at one of the LGBT-owned resorts, like Maui's Sunseeker, you can enjoy a classic Hawaiian honeymoon, complete with hula girls, volcano visits, lots of beach time and plenty of chances to — sorry! — get lei'd.
Long considered the premier gay destination in Latin America, PV is known for its stunning beaches — especially the "blue chairs," on the south side of town where gay men are known to congregate. After a day at the beach, honeymooners congregate at one of the town's many nightclubs — but morning people beware, nothing tends to kick off until after midnight.
If lounging and partying ever gets old, the resort town is dotted with shops and art galleries just waiting for those tourist dollars to pour in. Gay-owned resorts and bed and breakfasts are abundant, but for the utmost in privacy, renting a private residence is the way to go.
This Dutch-Caribbean island features 17 hotels that are members of the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association, meaning there are plenty of places to stay where being a doe-eyed honeymooner doesn't have to be kept in your room, as well as all of the charm of any Caribbean island — well, any island that isn't scarily lacking in human rights awareness.
A 4,446-acre national forest, underwater jungle and caves stuffed with stalactites and stalagmites are just some of the attractions here, though the capital city of Willemstad does boast fine dining and nightlife if nature-gone-wild isn't your idea of a good time.
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The Human Snow Globe (Giant Snow Globe)
A great new photo novelty program from Phantom Shadow Entertainment. You can now have Giant Human Globe Photos at your event. Participants stand inside our giant inflated globe, we shoot the photo from the outside, print the photo onsite and there you have it...Human Snowglobe Photos.
We have 3 Inflatable Floor 12 Foot Human Snow Globes and 1 Staged Floor 16 Foot Human Snow Globe. The Inflatable floor globes allow up to 3 participants at a time. The Staged Floor 16 Foot Globe allows up to 10. Above is the 16 Foot Inflatable Floor Globe. Below is the Staged Floor 16 Foot Human Snow Globe.
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Archive for the 'Internet Freedom' Category
Big Brother Alert: U.S. Seeks Technology to Identify and Track 'Hackers' Worldwide
Editor's note: For those who know that terror groups like ISIS and others are funded by the West, what this topic means is that the government is seeking ways to identify anyone deemed an enemy of the state…
Without adequate analysis and algorithms, mass surveillance is not the answer to fighting terrorism and tracking suspects. That's what President Obama had learned last year when he signed the USA Freedom Act, which ends the bulk collection of domestic phone data by US Intelligence Agencies. There is no doubt that US Government is collecting a vast quantity of data from your smartphone to every connected device i.e. Internet of the things, but…
Source: U.S. developing Technology to Identify and Track Hackers Worldwide
Will Trans-Pacific Partnership Theaten Internet Freedom? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
The U.S. content industry will try anything to preserve its profit margin and power over the creative content market at the expense of the Internet. They will use any tactic that circumvents democratic processes to make new rules for the Internet that favor their interests and not the interests of Internet users or the technical community that actually builds the Internet as we know it. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is yet another example of these tactics.
The TPP is a secretive plurilateral1 agreement that includes provisions dealing with intellectual property, including online copyright enforcement, anti-circumvention measures, and Internet intermediary liability. Due to the secrecy of the negotiations, we do not know what is in the current version of the TPP's IP chapter; the general public has only seen a leaked February 2011 version of the U.S. IP chapter proposal [pdf]. Based on the one-sided nature of the groups directly involved, and the content of what has already leaked, we should all be concerned about the prospect of the TPP including provisions that will harm online expression, privacy and innovation on the Internet.
via TPP: Internet Freedom Activists Protest Secret Trade Agreement Being Negotiated This Week | Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Apple's Tim Cook harshly Criticizes Facebook, Google, Government Over Personal Privacy – Fortune
Apple boss Tim Cook lashed out at Internet giants and government Tuesday, calling them out for undermining constitutionally-guaranteed rights to privacy.
In a speech seemingly aimed at differentiating Apple's corporate culture from some of its biggest rivals in Silicon Valley, Cook stepped up his criticisms of those who fund their business models by monetizing users' data.
"We at Apple reject the idea that our customers should have to make tradeoffs between privacy and security," Cook said. "We can, and we must provide both in equal measure. We believe that people have a fundamental right to privacy. The American people demand it, the constitution demands it, morality demands it."
Later in the article, Cook made this great, insightful comment:
"Removing encryption tools from our products altogether, as some in Washington would like us to do, would only hurt law-abiding citizens who rely on us to protect their data," Cook said. "The bad guys will still encrypt; it's easy to do and readily available."
Read that again if need be. If the bad guys can easily encrypt their communications, and the government knows this, then why do they still insist that average American citizens not have their data encrypted? Wake up Americans! To paraphrase Kanye West when he accused Bush of not caring about black people, the U.S. Government does not care about Americans.
via Apple's Tim Cook savages Facebook, Google, Government over privacy – Fortune.
Many Senators More Concerned w/ NSA Spying on Americans Than Bombs Getting Past TSA Agents
Editor: These two articles clearly prove that the NSA Big Brother surveillance program against every American is not intended to find terrorists but to sift through every American phone call and text looking for citizens deemed enemies of the state. If our government were really concerned about terrorists, then TSA agents would have not failed to detect bombs and other weapons 95% of the time. Come on, fellow Americans, it's time to wake up…
NSA Domestic Surveillance Program Expires After Senate Fails to Reach Deal – ABC News
The NSA started the shutdown process at 4 p.m. Sunday. It will take an entire day to reboot the system, if Congress passes legislation reforming the metadata collection program.
Senators returned to Capitol Hill Sunday afternoon, just hours before key provisions of the Patriot Act, including the NSA's controversial bulk collection of American's phone records, were set to expire.
The Senate cleared a key procedural hurdle on the House-passed USA Freedom Act with a vote of 77 to 17. But objections by Paul, R-Kentucky, delayed further votes on the measure.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell originally opposed the House-passed USA Freedom Act, but Sunday, he said it was the only option.
via NSA Domestic Surveillance Program Expires After Senate Fails to Reach Deal – ABC News.
EXCLUSIVE: Undercover DHS Tests Find Security Failures at US Airports
An internal investigation of the Transportation Security Administration revealed security failures at dozens of the nation's busiest airports, where undercover investigators were able to smuggle mock explosives or banned weapons through checkpoints in 95 percent of trials, ABC News has learned.
The series of tests were conducted by Homeland Security Red Teams who pose as passengers, setting out to beat the system.
According to officials briefed on the results of a recent Homeland Security Inspector General's report, TSA agents failed 67 out of 70 tests, with Red Team members repeatedly able to get potential weapons through checkpoints.
Facebook Can Pinpoint Your Exact Location Down to Location in a Room — RT News
If you value privacy, you may want to think twice before using Facebook Messenger. A new extension for Chrome has revealed just how much location data is shared through the app – and it's enough to track someone down with almost perfect accuracy.
The extension – called the 'Marauder's Map,' after the magical map in Harry Potter – pinpoints the locations of a person's Facebook friends. It allows a person to track their movements, learning about their routines and weekly schedules.
Though some may view the information as useful, others think it is downright creepy, as it hands over a person's movements on a silver platter to any potential stalkers.
Khanna developed the extension after noticing that Facebook Messenger locations had more than five decimal points of precision – meaning the sender's location was pinpointed within three feet (one meter) of accuracy.
By testing his map on a group of Facebook friends who posted on chat at least once a day, Khanna realized he could see where one of them lived – even down to the exact location of his dorm room
via 'Marauders Map': App exposes ease of tracking Facebook Messenger users — RT News.
Texas Attack Gives U.S. Gov't Perfect Excuse to Increase Spying on Own Citizens
The FBI has ordered more U.S. terror suspects be put under 24/7 surveillance in the wake of the Garland, Texas shooting and a renewed emphasis by ISIS and other terror groups for potential American recruits to launch attacks at home, according to three FBI officials.
The officials told ABC News that agents have been ordered to review the cases of so-called "marginal" or "borderline" suspects, terms that had been applied to one of the gunmen in the Texas attack, Elton Simpson of Phoenix. FBI agents were familiar with Simpson and the views he espoused, but he was not put under 24/7 surveillance. He was viewed as being "more talk than action," one agent said.
"We do not want to risk another marginal, homegrown extremist who was viewed as dangerous going active," said one of the FBI officials. All three FBI officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak publicly.
Texas Attack Spurs Increase of FBI Surveillance on 'Marginal' Terror Threats – ABC News.


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JAR's Mission
JAR is a non-profit small animal rescue group that is committed to protecting and improving the health and welfare of animals through pet health care, education, and the promotion of adoption / fostercare as an alternative approach to purchasing animals. We are dedicated to domestic animal population control, promoting pet adoption/fostering and reducing the incidence of abandonment.
We at JAR believe that every animal deserves to be safe, secure, healthy and in a loving home.
JAR'S mission and vision is to raise funding to support local animal welfare projects, co-operate with other organizations that seek to upgrade their facilities and services, inform and educate the public about animals and to work with individuals or people who have a true passion for the animal well being.
We recognize the critical need to enhance public awareness and understanding (through either school programs, events, community events, informational pamphlets and forum discussions) of such issues as general pet care, training, spaying/neutering, disease prevention and animal behavior.
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Fix Duplicate Ecommerce Transactions in Google Analytics
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A relatively common issue with ecommerce tracking in Google Analytics is that transactions are often counted more than once. This is not really caused by an error in Google Analytics. Rather it's a problem in the ecommerce platforms and the tracking implementations. For the most part, Google Analytics will trust that you send valid and correct data. So it doesn't try to correct anything. But just like it's possible (but not allowed) to log PII (Personally Identifiable Information) in Analytics such as email addresses, it's also possible to log the same transaction multiple times. Basically, Google Analytics will not fix duplicate ecommerce transactions for you - you'll have to DIY.
The problems with duplicate ecommerce transactions are obvious. For one, you'll simply be seeing too many transactions. And this will affect your ecommerce conversion rate, your sales quantity and your revenue totals as well. Your average order value will also be higher than it is in reality. You can't trust this kind of data, and if you can't trust your data, you risk making bad decisions. In this post, I'll show how to find out if you have a problem in the first place, why the problem is there and how to fix it.
Do you have duplicate transactions?
It's really easy to find out if you have duplicate transactions. Simply create a new custom report. Select Transactions as the only metric, and select Transaction ID as the only dimension. Save and open the report. (get the final report here).
If you see any Transaction IDs at all where the number of transactions is higher than 1 then, my friend, you have duplicate transactions and need to fix it.
I have seen Analytics setups where as many as 15% of all transactions were just duplicates. If just 10% or 5% of your transactions are duplicates, then you have serious data quality issues.
Where do duplicate transactions come from?
Well, they come from your website. A transaction is typically sent to Google Analytics by implementing the ecommerce tracking script on your confirmation page. Let's say a customer browses your website, finds a great product and completes the checkout and payment. The customer then arrives on the thank you page that has an ecommerce tracking script similar to this:
ga("ecommerce:addTransaction", { "id": "9876", "revenue": "39.27", "shipping": "6.99", "tax": "2.29" }); ga("ecommerce:addItem", { "id": "9876", "name": "Scary Clown Costume", "sku": "AB123456", "category": "Halloween", "price": "29.99", "quantity": "1" }); ga("ecommerce:send");
This is built exactly as it should be built, and this alone does not result in a duplicate transaction. But let's say that you also send a confirmation email to the customer. And that email may contain a link to See your order here which directs the customer back to the same confirmation page. If you're not careful, the same ecommerce tracking script will still be there and will send the same transaction to Google Analytics. And then you have your duplicate transaction.
Another example is the case when the customer arrives at the thank you page and create a bookmark for future reference. A couple of days later, the customer wonders why the package hasn't arrived yet, and then follows the bookmark too see if he/she missed something about the delivery time. Again, it's the same confirmation page, and the ecommerce script is fired yet again, resulting in a duplicate transaction.
You get it now, right? Put simply, the number one reason behind duplicate transactions is that customers often view the confirmation page multiple times and that the ecommerce tracking script is executed with each pageview of the confirmation page.
A quick note, though: Google Analytics will not send duplicate transactions within the same session. So if your customer for some reason refreshes the confirmation page within the same session, Analytics only logs the transaction once.
How to Fix Duplicate Ecommerce Transactions
Now that we've established how duplicate transactions are created, it's time to fix it. The best and most reliable fix is to do it server-side; that is, in the ecommerce platform itself. This usually means some degree of backend coding on the website and this varies from platform to platform.
The basic premise is to load the ecommerce tracking script only if it hasn't been loaded before. In most systems, all transactions/orders are saved in a database once those orders are placed by customers. The database table will usually contain information such as the order id, date and time of the order, total revenue, the customer id etc. To fix our duplicate ecommerce transactions, we need to add an additional field (column) to flag the order as 'tracked' or 'not tracked'. Once a customer views the confirmation page, we check if the order's tracking status is 'tracked' or 'not tracked'.
If the status is 'not tracked', then we'll go ahead and execute the ecommerce tracking script. Likewise, if the status is 'tracked', we'll do nothing and just execute a pageview without the ecommerce tracking.
Depending on the ecommerce platform, the developer's preferences and more, there are multiple ways to go about this. But the described process should more or less be possible in most platforms, one way or the other.
Argh, I don't have a developer!
Then you're almost out of luck. But the reality is that many ecommerce platforms can be difficult to customise. Unless you're using Google Tag Manager to implement your Google Analytics setup.
In that case, you need to setup a set of triggers and custom tags. Use those to prevent double submissions of transactions. I'm not providing all the, so this is not a step-by-step guide. But a working solution uses a cookie to determine if the transaction (id) has been tracked before. Then uses that information to execute the ecommerce tracking provided it hasn't been sent before.
The drawback of using cookies is obviously that people may use different browsers and devices, and might also clear their cookies once in a while.
More often than not, duplicate transactions are not a problem. However, it's something that I - as a consultant - run into often enough to include it in my Google Analytics audit.
The first step is to find out if you have a problem at all. Do this by using a custom report. Next, if you do have a problem, you'll have to identify the source. The source of the problem is most often that subsequent views of the confirmation page trigger the ecommerce tracking script. In some cases, however, ecommerce tracking takes place through the Measurement Protocol. That's an edge case, so it's not covered in this post.
Lastly, you should - of course - take actions to fix duplicate ecommerce transactions. They pollute your data in multiple ways by affecting revenue, conversion rate, average order value and more. The best way to fix it is by doing it server-side. And the second best way to fix it is to use Google Tag Manager to setup a set of triggers and variables.
Depending on your level of coding abilities, this might be easy or really hard. If it's too hard, get in touch and we'll work something out.


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Royals' Johnny Cueto was concerned about Blue Jays stealing signs
The man in white rides again?
Four years ago, a story surfaced that opposing teams in Toronto thought someone wearing white attire in the center-field stands at Rogers Centre was relaying signs to Blue Jays hitters — looking at the catcher's signals and waving his arms when an off-speed pitch was coming.
On Tuesday, before Game 4 of the American League Championship Series, Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez said teammate Johnny Cueto was concerned about the Blue Jays stealing signs during Game 3 on Monday night — but Volquez also said players have to take responsibility to protect the integrity of their signals.
"That's your fault. You've got to hide the ball and have better communication with the catcher giving you signs when you're pitching," Volquez said. "So it's nothing wrong with it. We just have to hide the ball and give multiple signs to hide it from them."
Cueto allowed eight runs in two innings during the Royals' 11-8 loss to the Blue Jays on Monday night.
"I think he said last night, they got a guy in center field," Volquez said of Cueto.
"We've got a lot of friends on different teams, they always say that, they give the signs or whatever it is. But I don't go crazy with it. I just want to pitch my own game."
Blue Jays manager John Gibbons, when asked by Canadian TV network Sportsnet, said this about sign-stealing: "We don't do any of that. We're here to play baseball."
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Oldest Asian Tools Show Early Human Tolerance of Variable ClimatePublication: National Geographic News Date: September 26, 2001 View Article
When it's cold outside, modern humans don a sweater to ward off the chill. But how and when early humans began to develop an ability to cope with different climates has been a great puzzle in the study of human evolution. The answer is important because it suggests when early humans were able to migrate out of tropical Africa and settle all corners of the globe.


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Dear colleagues, We're pleased to announce that a RIPE NCC Regional Meeting will take place at the Valamar Lacroma Hotel in Dubrovnik, Croatia, from 6-9 September 2011. You can register for this meeting at: https://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/regional-meetings/dubrovnik-2011/registration The RIPE NCC Regional Meetings are open for anyone to attend, and attendance is free of charge. The goals of this meeting are to: * Encourage cooperation among operators in this region and facilitate an open dialogue about issues that affect them * Enable the RIPE NCC to further support Local Internet Registries (LIRs) in this region * Present the latest developments in the Internet industry and identify, discuss and solve the specific issues that affect operators working in this region The meeting agenda will consist of plenary presentations, tutorials, hands-on workshops, as well as long coffee breaks, lunches and evening social events where there will be ample time for attendees to meet each other face-to-face. The draft agenda will be posted soon. Please check back regularly for the latest information at: http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/regional-meetings/dubrovnik-2011 Regards, Paul Rendek Head of External Relations and Communications RIPE NCC


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In a "Dateline" special event Saturday, the broadcast investigates the disappearance of four different people across the country.
Will Jennifer be found? (Edie Magnus, Dateline correspondent)
And yet the Kesses bear up and move on—more TV appearances, more flyers, more hope and determination in the face of the very long odds of Jennifer's survival. Do you know, they found time to e-mail us to thank us for being with them? They remembered not just our names (producer Bob Gilmartin and me) but also the names of our crew. With what they're going through?
If you watch—and think you know something—there's a tipline where you can leave an anonymous tip called crimeline (800)- 432-tips. And there's a Web site you can link to: findjenniferkesse.com.
As with all of these heartbreaking stories, one cannot but wish for a happy ending here.
Missing DA in Pennsylvania (Sara James, Dateline correspondent)
One reason I became a reporter is because I'm obsessed with getting answers. That's true in every story I cover. It's especially true this time, because I could see etched into the faces of all those I met how agonizing it is to be left with only uncertainty. Because more than a year later, the questions remain. What happened to Ray Gricar? Where is he? All police know for sure is that he is one of the missing.
Do you have information regarding the disappearance of Centre County, Pennsylvania District Attorney Ray F. Gricar? Call Bellefonte Police Department at (814) 353-2320.
• May 12, 2006 | 6:00 p.m. ET
Lake Huron mystery
One of the great things about reporting for Dateline is that you have the opportunity to spend an entire hour on one subject. And when that subject is an unsolved mystery, there's a good chance someone will see that story, come forward and provide new information that could help find the truth. This is precisely what happed after we first broadcast our story on two young lawyers who went on a Northern Michigan boat trip that ended in tragedy.
Lana Stempien and Chuck Rutherford were young, successful and at least on the surface seemed to be in love. Lana, a striking blond who owned her own powerboat was experienced on the water. She and Chuck shared a lot of time on the vessel "Sea's Life" and so it was no surprise that the couple decided to take the boat from the Detroit area to Mackinac Island, a popular vacation spot.
Since we first broadcast our story last January new witnesses have come forward and new leads are being followed. The story prompted two sisters to contact us. They now say they saw Lana's boat around the time the she and Chuck first went missing. This is critical because it will now allow authorities to have a better idea where to search for clues.
You'll hear from the sisters now for the first time as they, and other witnesses, help us to find out what really did happen to Lana and Chuck.
No answers in a daughter's disappearance (Rob Stafford, Dateline correspondent)
Cherryl was 37 when she vanished. Her parent's modest home is filled with pictures that chronicle her impressive life. As a child, she was diagnosed with severe diabetes but that never stopped her from getting a degree in chemical engineering and then going onto medical school. She became a pediatrician and her experience as a juvenile diabetic and her love of children gave her the perfect touch with her anxious young patients.
As the Pearsons sit down for the interview, it's clear they enjoy sharing the memories of the daughter they miss so much. Mr. Pearson was incredibly close to Cherryl. They used to talk about sports and movies and he, a retired school principal, was obviously proud of her academic achievements.
"She was outgoing, studious," he said. "She liked putting together puzzles and games that had a little mystery about them."
Police have been trying to put together the pieces of this puzzling mystery for four years. Cherryl was last seen in the wee hours of Saturday January 5, 2002, when two friends who have been visiting left her home. At short time later, at 1:58 a.m., someone called her house from a pay phone a half mile away. The call lasted 5 seconds. Was it simply a wrong number? Was an attacker checking to see if she answered? There was no sign of a struggle at her home. A few days later, Cherryl's car was found in the parking lot of a nearby apartment complex. Her car keys and doctor's bag were locked in the trunk. $140 in a bank envelope was left near the front seat. The car was wiped clean. No ones fingerprints, not even Cherryl's, were found inside.
Investigators will sort through the clues in our story Saturday night. They have questioned people who were close to Cherryl but have not named any suspects. Her parents say she had no enemies.
No matter where the investigation leads, no matter what the outcome, the Pearsons are desperate to find out what happened. After so many years of worry, they don't expect a happy ending. They're simply hoping for any ending at all.
To provide info on Dr. Cherryl Lamon Pearson, call 901-382-MONY (6669).
There are always surprises in 'Predator' investigations (Chris Hansen, Dateline Correspondent)
9:03 p.m.
The first man you'll meet tonight comes to our house to be with a 15-year-old girl named Jolanda he thought he had met online. Jolanda was really a decoy from the online watchdog group Perverted Justice. 49-year-old Michael Wilusz makes himself right at home. There are freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies on the counter where the decoy asks Wilusz to wait. He picks one up and starts eating it. I am consistently surprised by how some of these men react when instead of meeting a teen they meet me. Take Wilusz for instance. In his online chat, he talks about how young girls like Jolanda don't come along often and how they'd have to keep their relationship a secret because of their age difference. When I confront him though he makes it sound like he was just there for the cookies, tosses one of them onto the table and says he's leaving for the beach. As you are about to see however, Wilusz won't be getting much sun on this day.
9:10 p.m.
It is not easy for a lot of these men to travel from where they live to our undercover house. Here in Florida we see guys who go to great lengths to meet a teenage girl or boy. David Schumacher dupes his sister into driving him to our house after he has a sexually charged conversation with someone who told him she was a 14-year-old girl. The whole time you are watching me talk to Schumacher, his sister is waiting in the driveway with two kids in the car. It turns out Schumacher apparently doesn't drive himself much any more. He's already been convicted of leading police on a chase while driving a stolen car. He's also been convicted twice of battery, most recently in January. While I am talking to him though, I know none of this. He does mention later that he's familiar with law enforcement. He turns out to be one of the chattiest guys we've ever met.
In fact, as you're about to see, he never stops talking. And wait until you see how he reacts when I tell him I'm with Dateline. It's a television first for us.
Is an ethanol revolution coming? (Stone Phillips, Dateline anchor)
But the talk now is of shifting from ethanol as an additive, to ethanol as a replacement for petroleum-based fuel. And the person who may know more about the business, technology and potential of ethanol than anyone else in the country says making that shift is "brain dead simple." Vinod Khosla is a venture capitalist, a bio-medical engineer and an ethanol evangelist, who's been briefing political and business leaders all over the country. Talking with him has convinced me that an ethanol revolution may well be coming. Flex-fuel cars, capable of running on ethanol, gasoline or any mix of the two, are already here and don't cost consumers a dime more. And a new generation of ethanol technology is on its way.
In this country today, we make ethanol from corn, a process that has become far more efficient over the years, but still has its drawbacks. One problem is the energy-in versus energy-out equation. Currently, for every unit of energy required to make corn ethanol, we only get about 1.3 units out. That's not a very favorable energy balance, especially compared to the 8-to-1 ratio they're getting from sugarcane ethanol in Brazil. Plus, a huge increase in corn ethanol use could affect U.S. food prices. But all that is about to change with technology.
With the new cellulosic approach, we will be making ethanol from all kinds of plants, including easy-to-grow prairie grasses that don't deplete the soil and require little or no fertilization or irrigation. And when using corn, we won't be limited to the kernels; instead, we'll process the whole plant —stalk, leaves and all. The process involves the use of enzymes or bacteria to break down the cellulose in plants to create feedstock, which will then be put through the traditional fermentation process that results in ethanol.
Video: Fuel of the future? Khosla, a highly successful venture capitalist with an eye for innovative technology, is investing in some of these new technologies right now, which he believes will lead to an ethanol production process with a 10-to-1 energy balance, or better. And how much of America's farm land will be needed to replace the oil we use for gasoline consumption? Khosla estimates that it would take about 55 million acres. To put that in perspective, the U.S. has more than 70 million acres in soybeans alone.
The more I learn about ethanol, the more I wonder if we're not on the verge of an energy revolution. If so, this could be as big as any story I've covered. Just as the events of 9-11 changed how we guard our cities and protect ourselves, a new generation of ethanol may soon change the way we gas up our cars and protect the earth. Maybe we really can break our addiction to oil, slash prices at the pump, strengthen our national security, send jobs to rural America instead of the Middle East, and save the planet all at the same time?
That would be a pretty big story, wouldn't you say?
Click here for Stone Phillips' report on ethanol . Can your car already run on E85? Click here to check . A database of U.S. and Canadian gas stations that sell ethanol can be found here.


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If you love The Onion and snarky articles about things like study abroad AND if you love the Chronicle of Higher Education and interesting, well-researched articles like this, then YOU WILL LOVE the Cronk of Higher Education.
As a dear friend of mine who is Director of Residence Life at a university in Boston described it, "This [higher ed news] site begs us to take ourselves a little less seriously." It's fun to take a light-hearted reflective nonsensical jab at ourselves from time to time. Especially with so much to make fun of.


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What's that you hear? 'Tis the sound of goalposts being moved…
This week the Planning Minister, Gavin Barwell MP, made a written statement on neighbourhood planning that will have immediate consequences for the development industry. The statement can be viewed here. In summary, it means that policies for the supply of housing in Neighbourhood Development Plans (NDPs) should not be considered out of date where the following 3 conditions are satisfied:
- the written statement is less than 2 years old, or the NDP has been part of the local plan for less than 2 years;
- the NDP allocates sites for housing; and
- the local planning authority can demonstrate a 3 year supply of deliverable housing sites.
The statement applies for planning application and appeal decisions made on or after 12 December 2016. So, from that date, where there is an NDP that allocates sites for housing, the "presumption in favour of sustainable development" will only apply where the local planning authority has a housing land supply of less than 3 years – rather than 5 years as was previously the case.
To say that this is a significant change would be an understatement. The announcement, which was not widely trailed, is likely to cause real problems for planning appeals that are currently in the system. Cases reliant on the "weighted balance" in paragraph 14 of the NPPF are likely to be fatally undermined if the local authority can demonstrate a housing land supply of 3 years.
The Government's reasoning appears to be that the current bar of 5 years is set to high, with the consequence that too many NDPs find themselves immediately "out-of-date" upon adoption because of the housing supply position in the wider local authority area. The Government sees this as unfair: as the statement puts it, "communities who have been proactive and worked hard to bring forward neighbourhood plans are often frustrated that their plan is being undermined because the local planning authority cannot demonstrate a five-year land supply of deliverable housing sites."
No doubt this is true, and perhaps this measure will help to boost the public's confidence in both the system of NDPs and the planning system generally. It is also true, however, that it will inevitably result in the refusal of sustainable housing developments that would previously have been approved – and it shouldn't be forgotten that local authority areas where a 5 year supply cannot be demonstrated are those suffering from biggest problems in terms of housing delivery in the first place.
With the Neighbourhood Planning Bill currently winding its way through Parliament, NDPs are something of a hot topic in planning at the moment. More on this in a future blog.


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