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OTTAWA - The federal ethics commissioner says Finance Minister Jim Flaherty broke the rules by supporting the radio licence application of a company in his riding.
Mary Dawson has ordered Flaherty to refrain from writing such letters of support without first seeking permission from her office.
Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair responded by asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to investigate Flaherty's letter to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, saying this surely "requires action on your part."
Flaherty and the Prime Minister's Office have said the veteran cabinet member was merely helping a firm in his riding — as any MP should — by sending a letter to the CRTC, the federal broadcast regulator, backing Durham Radio Inc.'s licence bid.
In her order made public Friday, Dawson said Flaherty violated the Conflict of Interest Act — the law governing ethical conduct of cabinet members — as well as federal accountability guidelines for ministers.
"It is improper for you, as Minister of Finance and Minister responsible for the Greater Toronto Area, to have written a letter of support on behalf of a constituent to an administrative tribunal in relation to its decision making," Dawson wrote in the order.
"I therefore order you to refrain from writing any similar letters in the future without seeking approval from my Office."
Section 9 of the Conflict of Interest Act prohibits ministers from using their position to try to sway decisions when doing so would improperly advance another person's private interests.
Guidelines issued by the Prime Minister's Office say cabinet members should not intervene in licence decisions of tribunals such as the CRTC.
In his March 2012 letter to the CRTC, Flaherty praised Durham Radio's ultimately unsuccessful bid to obtain a licence to operate a new FM station for the Toronto area.
The broadcaster, based in Flaherty's Whitby-Oshawa riding, hoped to launch an easy-listening outlet — one of several applicants last year for the coveted spot on the FM dial.
"Durham Radio has a strong track record for providing excellent service for their listeners and this puts them in a solid position to offer this new service," Flaherty wrote in the letter.
"As the MP for Whitby-Oshawa, I support their proposal and their application."
In a statement this week to The Canadian Press, which recently uncovered the letter, Flaherty said he would "continue to be a strong advocate for the people and community I represent. It is my job."
However, Flaherty's signature on the letter noted that he is not just an MP but also finance minister and minister for the Greater Toronto Area.
In a statement Friday following Dawson's ruling, Flaherty indicated he believes the problem was not that he supported the licence application, but the fact his letter cited his ministerial titles.
Flaherty said the letter "was fully intended to be written and sent in my capacity as Member of Parliament for Whitby-Oshawa."
"It was drafted in my community office and printed on my MP letterhead, and in fact, I insisted the MP reference be added to the text to emphasize the point," he said.
"However, due to an oversight my ministerial title was used in the signature block. This is regrettable and I can assure the Ethics Commissioner that this will not happen again."
Flaherty's spokeswoman, Kathleen Perchaluk, said the minister was unavailable Friday and she refused to answer questions about his letter.
Asked if it would have made a difference to the ethics commissioner's ruling had Flaherty not mentioned his ministerial posts, a spokeswoman for Dawson said, "The Commissioner must decide on a case-by-case basis whether the action was improper."
The group Democracy Watch, which pushes for high ethical standards in government, argues that ministers should not write such letters at all because a cabinet member cannot remove their ministerial hat when dealing with a quasi-judicial tribunal.
The CRTC, which administers broadcasting and telecommunications, is one such tribunal — a court-like body that makes decisions at arm's length from the government.
Federal rules on ministerial responsibility, including interaction with administrative bodies, are set out in Accountable Government: A Guide for Ministers and Ministers of State.
The rules say decisions made by administrative tribunals often concern individual rights or interests, are technical in nature or are "considered sensitive and vulnerable to political interference (such as broadcasting)."
"Ministers must not intervene, or appear to intervene, with tribunals on any matter requiring a decision in their quasi-judicial capacity, except as permitted by statute."
The ministerial responsibility rules, last updated in December 2010, complement the Conflict of Interest Act, which took effect in 2007, the year after the Conservatives took office.
The NDP and Liberals have accused the government of failing to abide by its own ethical standards.
In his request to Harper, Mulcair noted the Conservative party promised more than six years ago to ensure accountability in federal politics. "It's time to take the first step by investigating the actions by Mr. Flaherty and start holding your ministers to account when they break the rules," Mulcair wrote.
Carl Vallee, a spokesman for Harper, indicated there would be no investigation. "We are satisfied with the minister's statement which acknowledges the administrative oversight and outlines that it would not happen again."
The Prime Minister's Office said late Thursday it stands by its accountability rules for ministers, after first declining to say whether it still endorses them.
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I love sparkles, I love glitter. I have toned it down of late, but every girl should reserve the right to dowse themselves in as much shimmer as they want (but don't tell Mariah Carey – they'll be no glitter left).
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(Pictured: A pigment by Beauty From The Earth patted on clear gloss as I couldn't find my Shu Uemura Orange Lipstick.)
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An interesting story? well it starts with the fact I needed an haircut a few weeks ago. Ha ha ha! I hear you laugh, Fred you don't need a hair cut you say. While this is mostly true, it will only my point more obvious! So I'm between two meetings, I got the next meeting moved closer to where I was, so I had time for this long overdue haircut of mine. I'm at 555 Legget Drive, the Terry Matthew complex, I walk in front of this hair salon, I go in do you take walk-ins, "we sure do sir, it will be five minutes". It hasn't been 2minutes that I'm invited to take place in the chair. (First thought - Hey good stuff I think, under sell over deliver). For me a hair cut is like take the clipper and five minutes later I'm out. Well it turns I didn't know a whole lot about hair cut in a real hair cutting place. So the guy who is clipping my hair starts with the clipper, I learn later he is the owner(Second thought - the guy is still hands on in the business, good he cares) So we go on I learn he is from Serbia, and got out when the war started, lived several years in Switzerland, where he learned French, and then moved to Canada where he learned English, to be with the rest of his family. (third thought - a guy from a country in very bad shape, and starts a business of his own - good stuff, forth thought - his English is bang on sharp guy). So anyhow the clipping is done now, and then he manually cut with scissors the hair around my ears, to make a nice "tour d'oreilles" it made a HUGE difference to me that no one noticed, but hey I was happy. Then he used those products for my skin so that it would not dry up after a clipping to the scalp. Hence my point usually a hair cut for me is five minutes, this one was maybe 7minutes - but here I am after a few weeks still thinking this was the best haircut I've had in a long time. So for a guy with literally no hair to feel so passionate about a salon, the customer experience has to be compelling otherwise there is little value in it for me. It's a two minutes well invested on the part of the salon owner. I now understand why my dad or people I know always go to the same place over and over, every other week. So if you're in the neighborhood drop by, the place is called The Salon
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Although it figures to be a busy holiday travel season overall, with nearly two-thirds of adults planning a trip away from home this winter, according to WalletHub's 2018 Winter Travel Survey, financial concerns are keeping millions of would-be travelers grounded through New Year's. Out of the 36 percent of people who don't plan to travel this winter, WalletHub found that only about one-quarter don't feel like it. Nearly six in ten winter 2018 staycationers say they can't afford to travel or need to save money instead.
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Because of recent rate hikes, "U.S. consumers will be shelling out billions of dollars in extra charges they otherwise could be spending on other things such as travel," said Mark A. Bonn, director of the resort and vacation rental management program at Florida State University. "This makes it difficult to travel now, let alone after the holiday spending has ended."
Unfortunately, with credit still relatively easy to come by, many people see debt as a means to enjoying holiday travel. According to WalletHub's survey, 37 percent of people say travel is worth getting into debt for.
So you have to hope that the 16 percent of people who plan to apply for a new credit card to save on winter travel are doing so with rewards, not financing, in mind. However, millennials are 12 times more likely than baby boomers to be planning to apply. So what can we learn from that?
"One reasonable explanation is that millennials have far fewer savings than baby boomers, because millennials are younger," said Irina A. Telyukova, senior vice president of analytics at Mulligan Funding. "Thus, they are earlier in their careers and life cycle."
But it's not that millennials are broke and looking to borrow for the wrong reasons, other experts say. Millennials may just be outsmarting boomers, in the sense that a good credit score and reasonable spending habits can get you credit card deals with signup bonuses of $500+ these days.
"Millennials are savvy when it comes to traveling on a budget," said Nizar Hussein, an instructor in the department of marketing and hospitality services at Central Michigan University. "They take advantage of reward programs offered by credit card companies and open new credit card accounts to earn points. Many are learning the value of reward points if they pay off the credit cards in a timely manner."
Finally, you have to wonder whether people who choose not to travel over the holidays are outsmarting us all — at least financially. After all, WalletHub found that more than 90% of people believe airlines rip off consumers over the holidays. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways to save on travel, from credit card rewards to price alerts. You just need to do some planning and be opportunistic for the best results.
"Savvy internet shoppers set up smart phone alerts to find and select the lowest fares — well in advance of the highest price points (as the holiday draws nearer)," said Frederick J. DeMicco, visiting professor of hotel and healthcare management at Colorado State University.


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Comparative Effectiveness of Web-based Versus Traditional Adolescent HIV Prevention
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Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : June 11, 2010
Last Update Posted : July 20, 2011
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|HIV Infections Hepatitis Sexually Transmitted Infections
|Behavioral: Traditional Prevention Behavioral: Web-based Prevention
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This trial will examine the comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a web-based HIV, hepatitis and STI prevention intervention when offered to youth in outpatient, community-based substance abuse treatment as directly compared to a traditional HIV (and infectious disease) prevention intervention. We will assess the comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of these interventions by primarily examining changes from pre- to post-intervention in accurate HIV/disease prevention knowledge, intentions to engage in safer sex and HIV risk behavior. Additionally, we will examine the extent to which the interventions impact relevant skills acquisition (e.g., communication skills, negotiation skills and condom use skills), attitudes toward safer sex and self-reported substance use, as well as the acceptability of each intervention. We also plan to evaluate youth at both 1 and 3 month post-intervention to examine the durability of effects (including any differential durability of effects across intervention conditions). The web-delivered prevention intervention to be evaluated in this study has the potential to allow for a complex intervention to be delivered at a low cost, without increasing demands on staff time or training needs, and may thereby expand the reach of evidence-based prevention for youth in substance-abuse treatment.
This study will be conducted at three collaborating, community-based adolescent substance abuse treatment programs all of which are housed within the Daytop Village network of services and are located in New York City: (1) Daytop Village's Brooklyn Outreach Center; (2) Daytop Village's Bronx Outreach Center; and (3) Daytop Village's Queens Outreach Center. We expect to recruit approximately one third of the total number of participants from each site.
A total of up to 160 (no fewer than 120) adolescent participants will be enrolled in this study. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the two study conditions in an intent-to-treat design (n=60-80 per group): (1) computer-delivered intervention or (2) traditional (person-delivered intervention). Participants in the traditional prevention intervention condition will complete two sessions (of approx. one hour in duration) across the course of a week, conducted by a trained HIV (and infectious disease) prevention educator; these sessions will typically be conducted in small groups of 2-4 participants but may be offered individually. Participants in the computer-delivered intervention condition will complete an interactive, web-based HIV, hepatitis and STI prevention program instead of the traditional, person-delivered prevention intervention. Youth will be asked to complete a customized plan of approximately 2-4 hours in length using the web-based tool; participants will complete two 60-minute sessions per week until they complete their customized plan. Participants will access this intervention using dedicated computer stations set up at their substance abuse treatment program.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|120 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Comparative Effectiveness of Web-based vs. Traditional Adolescent HIV Prevention
|Study Start Date :
|February 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date :
|August 2011
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|August 2011
Active Comparator: Traditional Prevention
educator-delivered, small-group HIV & disease prevention education
Behavioral: Traditional Prevention
Participants in the traditional prevention intervention condition will complete two sessions (of approx. one hour in duration) across the course of a week, conducted by a trained HIV (and infectious disease) prevention educator; these sessions will typically be conducted in small groups of 2-4 participants but may be offered individually.
Experimental: Web-based Prevention
self-directed, interactive & customized web-based HIV & disease prevention education
Behavioral: Web-based Prevention
Participants in the web-based intervention condition will complete an interactive, web-based HIV, hepatitis and STI prevention program. Youth will be asked to complete a customized plan of approximately 2-4 hours in length using the web-based tool; participants will complete two 60-minute sessions per week until they complete their customized plan. Participants can choose to access this intervention using dedicated computer stations set up at their substance abuse treatment setting or can complete these sessions at their own home via the web.
- HIV/disease prevention knowledge [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
- behavioral intentions [ Time Frame: 3 months ]intentions to engage in safer sex
- HIV risk behavior [ Time Frame: 3 months ]sexual risk behavior
- skills acquisition [ Time Frame: 3 months ]communication skills; negotiaion skills & condom use skills
- self-reported substance use [ Time Frame: 3 months ]as measured via Timeline Follow-back
- intervention acceptability [ Time Frame: post-intervention ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|12 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Enrolled in collaborating adolescent substance abuse treatment program (i.e., Daytop's Brooklyn Outreach Center, Bronx Outreach Center or Queens Outreach Center)
- 12-18 years of age
- Within first 30 days of substance abuse treatment (current treatment episode)
- Not yet received formal HIV prevention intervention during current treatment episode
Exclusion Criteria:
- Plans to move out of the area within the next 5 months
- Insufficient ability to understand and provide informed consent/assent to participate
- Insufficient ability to use English to participate in the consent process, the interventions and/or assessments
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01142882
|Contact: Honoria M. Guarino, Ph.D.
|United States, New York
|Daytop Village, Bronx Outreach Center
|Bronx, New York, United States, 10461
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|Daytop Village, Brooklyn Outreach Center
|Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11217
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|Jamaica, New York, United States, 11435
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|Principal Investigator:
|Lisa A. Marsch, Ph.D.
|National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.
|Study Director:
|Honoria M. Guarino, Ph.D.
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|Last Update Posted:
|July 20, 2011
|Last Verified:
|July 2011
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I recently visited one of my favorite sources of inspiration: Kinokuniya, a remarkable Japanese bookstore in midtown Manhattan. There, I unearthed Tomoko Nakamichi's beautiful and aptly titled sewing book, "Pattern Magic 2." And at that moment, the seed for our Folded Squares Cardigan was planted!
Under the intriguing heading, "Wearing a Square," Nakamichi outlines a pattern for a cardigan that consists of a big "T" with its outer top corners folded inward. Gears turning, I set out to try the template in knitted form, using garter stitch and Habu Textile's incredible Dyed Bamboo.
The pattern may seem a bit like origami, but instead of crisp, angular paper, Dyed Bamboo is more like a jellyfish! As lovely as it is amorphous, this yarn tends to expand and shift and have a life of its own.
And although this makes securing exact measurements a bit challenging, I encourage you to embrace this yarn and silhouette for what it is: an easy-to-make, incredibly slinky, soft and elegant affair! – Kristy
- 2 skeins of Habu's Dyed Bamboo, 100% bamboo. I used the color Silver.
- A US 4, 24, 32 or 47-inch circular needle
Note: If you are making the smallest size, you might not want to wind your second skein in case you end up not needing it. You can exchange any unwound yarn for up to six months of purchase (click here to read our full Return Policy).
Before blocking: 24 stitches x 44 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch
After blocking: 20 stitches x 36 rows = 4 inches in garter stitch
Stitch and row counts given in the pattern reflect final measurements after blocking.
Note: Whatever yarn you use to make this pattern, be sure to block your swatch and make sure you're getting the correct 'after blocking' gauge.
34 (38, 42, 46, 50, 54)
- Finished Chest Circumference: 34 (38, 42, 46, 50, 54) inches
- Length from Underarm to Bottom Edge: 9 (9, 9 1/2, 9 1/2, 9 1/2, 9 1/2) inches
- Length from Underarm to Bottom Sleeve Edge: 6 3/4 (6 3/4, 7 1/4, 71/4, 7 1/4, 7 1/4) inches
SAMPLE: Size 38
A garter stitch "ridge" is a horizontal corrugation formed by knitting two rows. Counting ridges is an easy way to determine how many rows you have knit without having to count as you work. If you find this confusing, just multiply the number of ridges given by two, and that is how many rows you should knit. For example, 40 ridges is 80 rows.
Bind off all stitches as follows: *K2tog tbl (through the back loop), place stitch back on left needle, repeat from *.
Fronts and Back
Cast on 260 (270, 290, 300, 310, 320) stitches.
Knit every row until you have 40 (45, 50, 54, 58, 63) garter stitch ridges [see Notes, above].
Divide Fronts and Back
Bind off 90 (90, 95, 95, 95, 95) stitches for Left Front, knit until there are 80 (90, 100, 110, 120, 130) stitches on right needle for Back, join second ball of yarn and bind off remaining 90 (90, 95, 95, 95, 95) stitches for Right Front. Cut the yarn and pull it through the remaining stitch.
Continue Back
Knit every row over center 80 (90, 100, 110, 120, 130) stitches until you have 81 (81, 85, 85, 85, 85) garter ridges from the bind-off rows.
Bind off all stitches. Cut yarn and pull it through the remaining stitch.
Note: Make two identical sleeves.
Cast on 60 (60, 66, 66, 66, 66) stitches.
Knit every row until you have 30 (30, 33, 33, 33, 33) garter ridges.
Row 1 (right side): K1, slip 1, k1, psso (pass slipped stitch over), knit to last 2 stitches, slip stitch just worked back to left needle and pass second-to-last stitch over and off needle, slip stitch back to right needle, knit last stitch. [2 stitches decreased]
Row 2: Knit.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until 4 stitches remain.
Next Row (right side): K1, k2tog, k1. [3 stitches]
Next Row: K1, k2tog. [2 stitches]
Next Row: k2tog. [1 stitch]
Cut yarn and pull it through last stitch.
Weave in ends and block all three pieces. Block by submerging them fully in water, gently squeezing out the excess water, and laying them flat to dry (shaping to finished measurements).
With the wrong sides facing up, position the top points of each Sleeve under each side of the "T," as shown in the schematic in the Notes section, above.
Starting at the base of one Sleeve point, whipstitch the Sleeve's top point to the underside of the T-shape, shown in the schematic as a bold line.
Sew the Sleeve's underside seams together. For tips, visit our Seaming Garter Stitch Tutorial.
Fold the Cardigan along the schematic's dotted lines and whipstitch the body's side seams to finish.
Weave in the ends and enjoy your Folded Squares Cardigan!


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|Grad Phi officers: D'ann Barker, Yusuf Buyukdag, Peter Hansen, Santosh Adhikai, Chris Conklin
Chris Conklin, past coordinator for Grad Phi says he joined the organization to help other students with work and life balance. Conklin, a fourth year student working with Professor Jorge Vinals on liquid crystals, felt he had a good support system. "I felt like there were people who don't have that and I wanted to contribute."
In the past, Grad Phi has placed an emphasis on social events. That is still an important function of the organization, but recently they've branched out to try to increase the amount of interaction between first year students and more senior students. "The first years tend to stick together," Conklin says, "There's a lot information loss there because the senior students already know how to survive grad school." Grad Phi encourages senior students to go to a social event prior to the Intro to Research Seminar, which all the first-years are required to attend. Conklin says the events have been successful at connecting first years with third and fourth year students. "We've been having the grad students from the research group of whomever is speaking that day make sure they are present to meet with first years. They can talk about what it is really like to work in their lab."
Conklin and the group's five officers felt it was also important that all graduate students were aware of the School's resources for students facing difficult issues such as sexual harassment. "We've done a lot of work about making sure there's good advocacy within the school. We've been on different committees to work toward this. There have always been resources, but we want to make sure that it's communicated to the students." This led to an open meeting on the topic of harassment that was held in the wake of the Jeffrey Marcy scandal at Berkeley. Conklin says the meeting was really the first step in opening up an on-going discussion on the issue.
"There were people with a variety of views and we wanted to give them a chance to have their say. We wanted to give everyone a chance to air their grievances, respond to the news stories, to be able to talk about what to do if something like that happened." Conklin says that they talked quite a bit about what-if scenarios. "If you were a victim what would you want a witness to do for you? The school is a strong advocate for students and not everyone necessarily knows that."
Looking to the future, Conklin says the group has plans for new social events. "One of our students has been on a mission to discover the best burger places. We are planning an event around that." Another project, is the Physics for Everyone Challenge," based around the XKCD comic, "Up-Goer 5," which described the Saturn V rocket using the 1,000 simplest words in the English Language. "We might do a contest activity. Can you write about your research in simple words? There's a tendency to use more complicated jargon. I was impressed with how much detail they could explain using those simple words."
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The notion of the "new normal" of extreme weather is a farce, according to a recent report by the environmental group Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT). Extreme Weather Report 2012 was presented at the latest UN Climate Conference in Doha, Qatar, but the only press this landmark study received was when British politician and author Lord Christopher Monckton was kicked out of the conference for presenting it.
The report is actually a massive compilation of scientific studies and news articles from both public and private sources, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Together they indicate claims of "global warming," "climate change" and "climate disruption" are nothing but a ruse to usher in massive carbon taxes and crippling regulations. Like Pavlov's dog, politicians are conditioned to react to any harsh weather event by drooling for higher taxes, notes the study. Naturally, delegates at the UN conference were not interested in the conclusions of the CFACT study.
The Pavlov analogy is appropriate, nevertheless, as this small sampling of items from the report illustrates:
• Extreme Weather Events are Killing Fewer People Than Ever Before — Reason Foundation, September 22, 2011.
• Recent historically low global tropical cyclone activity: In the past 5-years, global tropical cyclone activity has decreased markedly — Geophysical Research Letters, 2011.
• Downward trend in strong (F3) to violent (F5) tornadoes in U.S. since 1950s — former NASA scientist Dr. Roy Spencer, May 24, 2011.
• Drought Trends, Estimates Possibly Overstated Due to Inaccurate Science: Study suggests that there has been little change in drought over the past 60 years — CBS reporting on findings published in the journal Nature, November 19, 2012.
• Are US Floods Increasing? The Answer is Still No: A new paper out today shows flooding has not increased in U.S. over records of 85 to 127 years — University of Colorado environmental studies professor Roger Pielke, Jr., October 24, 2011.
• "These recent U.S. 'extremes' were exceeded in previous decades.... The expression of 'worse than we thought' climate change as documented in [James] Hansen's OpEd does not stand up to scrutiny." — Alabama State Climatologist John R. Christy, Ph.D., in testimony before the House Energy and Power Subcommittee, September 20, 2012.
Other citations show the hypocrisy of climate alarmists such as Al Gore, who is on record in 2009 blaming global warming for vanishing snow and ice even at Earth's poles. A mere two years later he published on his blog "increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with what [scientists] have been predicting as a consequence of man-made global warming." Doha delegates were sure to feel that sting of reproach since the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published warnings in 2007 in its Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of "fewer cold outbreaks" and "fewer, shorter, less intense cold spells/cold extremes in winter." Northern Hemisphere countries have endured unusually harsh winters since AR4 hit the newsstands.
Perhaps the most provocative citation in the report is the November 29 open letter from 125 scientists to UN Secretary-General H.E. Ban Ki-Moon, rebuking the UN for its claims that mankind is responsible for suffering caused by extreme weather events. "The hypothesis that our emissions of CO2 have caused, or will cause, dangerous warming is not supported by the evidence," noted the authors, who also begged, "We ask that you desist from exploiting the misery of the families of those who lost their lives or properties in tropical storm Sandy by making unsupportable claims that human influences caused that storm. They did not."
The letter went on to point out NOAA's State of the Climate in 2008 report declared it would take 15 years of no observed warming to prove climate models and alarmist predictions wrong. Yet the U.K. Met Office recently reported "no statistically significant global warming for almost 16 years," during a time when NOAA says atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations rose by nearly nine percent and now make up 0.039 percent of the atmosphere.
Mark Morano of Climate Depot, who compiled the CFACT report, summed up the nature of popular climate science on Fox News (see video below): "Mayor Bloomberg said we need to take immediate action to prevent bad weather. This has now reached the level of the Mayan Calendar and Nostradamus. The New York Times has a picture of the Statue of Liberty under water and warning of the end times. This is not science! This is doomsday stuff of the Mayan calendar, and we have no business masquerading it as science."


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The mobile technology industry is dynamic, and public debate on the role of business across a range of sustainability issues is continuously evolving; therefore, it is essential that our sustainability strategy reflects the world around us and anticipates our future business and sustainability objectives.
We prioritize the sustainability issues that are most important to our business and key stakeholders, which include communities, nonprofit organizations, employees, governments, investors, suppliers and customers. We focus our resources, programs and reporting on these six topic areas.
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Protecting people and the planet. We're focused on creating products in ways that don't harm individuals, communities or the environment and sustainably procuring materials and minerals.
Promoting data protection across the mobile ecosystem. In our Company, in our products and in the mobile industry, we're working to process personal data responsibly and to make data more secure.
Cultivating tomorrow's workforce. We're working to promote and improve science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education at all levels and to expand opportunities for underrepresented students.
Creating a Company that reflects the world. We celebrate diversity among our employees and recognize that our varied backgrounds, experiences and ideas are critical to our success.
Doing business "The Qualcomm Way." We're committed to doing business with the highest level of integrity, respecting our customers, business partners and each other.
Who's responsible for sustainability at Qualcomm? Everyone. We've integrated sustainability throughout our Company, from our daily operations to our executive leadership and our Board of Directors. Our QSR governance structure exists to facilitate accountability, transparency and the ongoing improvement of our programs.
As we push what's possible and relentlessly ask "what if," we remember that breakthroughs don't occur in isolation. Our work affects people and the planet, and it is our responsibility to make sure our influence is a positive one.
Growing a global company on a planet with finite resources demands fresh thinking. By continually looking for ways to conserve water, minimize energy consumption, lower emissions and reduce waste, we're working to be a positive and creative force in protecting the environment.
Ingenuity flourishes where people are valued. That's why we maintain a fair, progressive and rewarding workplace, drawing top talent from around the world and giving employees incentives and support to think forward.
Through our membership in the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) and our participation in the BSR Human Rights Working Group and the UN Global Compact, we are committed to making respect for human rights part of everything we do.
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Orange HOWELL designs, develops and markets luminous gifts of original American craftsmanship to celebrate Homes, Holidays, Weddings & LOVE. Jewelry, Giftware, such as tree ornament collections: Snowflakes and O.H.Macaroni all originally made inManhattan and New England H.U.B. zones. O.H.Textiles, O.H.Sterling and all O.H. things creative!
Orange HOWELL was the given name of the founder's Spirited Great, Great, Grandfather, "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" Welsh, Quaker, Hoosier, Farmer.
Founded in April 2009, beginning with Snowflake Ornaments for Neiman Marcus, our gift items focus on holiday and wedding celebrations, with options for private label, corporate and custom.
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text: Curse of Kullvaria is a twin stick isometric, pirate themed, shooter. This will be classic, tried and true dodge and shoot game play. Why should you be interested? Well, for one, we are offering and striving for a high fidelity experience that also encompasses great pick up and put down game play. Visual style and great game play is not all that we have to offer. We have also planned for post release support for both Survival Mode and the upcoming Story Mode. Our road map, seen below, only details 2 updates, but you can expect at least 3 more after that, each containing a new Story level and an unlockable Survival level. This is a guarantee. Beyond that, if we find that sales are strong, we will continue Hugo's adventure, to new and interesting places! Kullvaria is a mysterious place with hidden secrets waiting to be found. We are in this for the long haul and we really hope you will join us.


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We all have those moments when our family gets awkward. Sometimes it might be when your child escapes the bathtub and runs through the living room during a dinner party. At other times it might be a very awkward and frustrating situatation in the family which will serve as a waypoint for life from now on. It could be the changing relationship with children during adolescence.
Family gets frustrating. Awkwardness is navigated with great tact, ingenuity, skill and at times discretion.
Early in scripture we are told we are made in the very image of God.
So God created human beings in his own image.
In the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them. Gen 1:28
This image is directly related to how we are internally wired to function best when we are in proper relationships. Salvation can quickly be summed at as a right relationship to God. God calls us to watch over those we are in relationships with, whether they are good or bad.
The family is God's favorite metaphor for relating this intentional design. In family we learn basic discipleship, holy living and what the outward Christian life looks like. The language of Jesus himself shows his dependance in ministry. Jesus doesn't say Boss, Pastor, Friend or Leader. He says Father.
God doesn't call us to perfection in our families. We are called to priority. We realize we all have crap in our situations. No family has a closet without skeletons. The elephants are in all of our family rooms. In the beginning was a family. In the end we find the marriage between the bridegroom and His bride. In the middle of the grand story of salvation sits each of our families, in process, giving glory to Jesus and witness to being made in the image of God.
But we are adopted by God. This Sunday we will talk about the comfort it brings to us.


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Jessica Sepel is a qualified Sydney nutritionist, author, health blogger, and wellness coach. You may recognize her from her beautiful recipes—she is the beloved voice of very active Facebook and Instagram profiles featuring daily food inspiration and health mantras.
As a regular contributor to Vogue Australia, mindbodygreen, and a variety of international publications, Jess continues to expand the JSHealth brand to savvy women who want to prioritize wellness in their busy lives. Her second eBook, The Clean Life, was massively successful worldwide, and Pan Macmillan Australia is publishing The Healthy Life later this year as a culmination of the wisdom Jess has gained through healthy living.
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ASHBURN - There he is, the latest craze among backup quarterbacks in D.C. Throw a couple of touchdown passes in a preseason game, and suddenly the fans are in love.
"I've got to throw for three next time, right?" Washington Redskins rookie Chase Daniel s
ASHBURN - There he is, the latest craze among backup quarterbacks in D.C. Throw a couple of touchdown passes in a preseason game, and suddenly the fans are in love.
"I've got to throw for three next time, right?" Washington Redskins rookie Chase Daniel said with a smile Monday. "But that's how it is, especially here in the national capital."
Of course, a quick reality check shows Daniel won't be starting on opening day or anytime soon after that, but his performance in Saturday's 17-13 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers gave a significant boost to his employment prospects.
The undrafted ex-Heisman Trophy contender from Missouri entered training camp with long odds to make the Redskins roster. But coach Jim Zorn declared Monday that Daniel was now on solid footing in a battle for the third-string job.
"The competition right now is for the No. 3 spot," Zorn said. "And Chase is making a statement about that."
The new player on the bubble is second-year quarterback Colt Brennan, who was expected to challenge veteran Todd Collins for the No. 2 spot. Brennan was the star of last year's preseason, but he's already thrown two interceptions this August.
That's opened the door for Daniel, who had to overcome the disappointment of not being drafted in April and the persistent questions about his height - generously listed as 6 feet. He didn't play at all in the first preseason game, but went 6 for 8 for 58 yards with TDs to Marko Mitchell and Fred Davis against the Steelers. After the game, he received nearly 100 text messages and "was answering the phone all the way back home."
"That's exactly what I need to do is go out there and show them that I belong here and belong in this league," Daniel said. "I know it's just one game, but it was a good one game to get under my belt."
As he spoke, Daniel acknowledged his precarious place on the depth chart. If that two-touchdown show doesn't win him a place with the Redskins, he'll be sending the video to 31 other addresses.
"All I'm doing is trying to get a spot on this team or another team," Daniel said, "Any time you get on film, it's an audition for another team. Do I want to be here? Heck, yes. This is my first option. This is why I picked to come here, to learn under coach Zorn, but if things don't work out here, I'll have some film out there."
And when coaches are looking at that film, he hopes they don't dismiss him because of his height.
"It's the story of my life," Daniel said. "Everyone questions it, but you can't question my heart, you can't question my brains or my arm or my skill."
Zorn didn't want to venture a guess whether Daniel is really 6 feet tall. After all, there's not much the coach can do about it.
"It depends on whether you measure him with his socks on or off," Zorn said. "He's close. He would be mortified if we were talking about his height. I have never said anything about his height. I don't tell him to stand taller. He's only as high as he is. It's a God thing - you know what I mean? What I do is help him play ball and help him play at the right level, and it isn't 6 feet high."
The challenge got tougher for Daniel starting Monday. With training camp over, the Redskins are holding only one practice per day. As the lowest of four quarterbacks on the totem pole, he had to be content with maybe a half-dozen snaps during the 7-on-7 drills.
Zorn indicated that Brennan - but not Daniel - will play Friday night in the second half against the New England Patriots, then both will get a chance in the preseason finale a week later against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
If Daniel wins the third-string job, what's next? A false Internet rumor linking him to Jessica Simpson? That's what happened with Brennan a couple of weeks ago.
"Hopefully not," Daniel said. "My girlfriend wouldn't like that very much."
NOTES: CB Carlos Rogers' strained calf acted up again during the win over the Steelers, so he didn't suit up for Monday's practice. "It swelled up a little bit after the game," Rogers said. "I'll be back." ... Also sidelined were RT Mike Williams (sprained ankle) and FB Mike Sellers (bruised knee).


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The preseason edition of the rematch of Super Bowl XLVIII between the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks has become a bit ugly at times with flags frequently flying and a player ejected.
Seahawks cornerback Tharold Simon was ejected in the third quarter for striking a Denver player after a touchdown run by Kapri Bibbs.
Bibbs fumbled on the play after crossing the plane of the goal line, but the loose ball led to a scrum with several players fighting for the ball. Simon seemingly took offense to Gerell Robinson trying to get into the pile late and pulled him from the fray, which led to shoving back and forth before Simon delivered a somewhat innocuous blow to the Robinson's face.
Simon was immediately flagged and ejected by the officiating crew. It was Simon's first NFL game experience of any kind after spending his entire rookie season unable to participate due to injuries.
It was one of many flags thrown so far in the game.
Through three quarters, the two teams had combined for 20 penalties for 196 yards. Included in the total number of penalties have been an unnecessary roughness, a taunting penalty, a chop block and a facemask, in addition to holdings, procedural calls and pass interference penalties.
Despite the focus on Seattle's secondary and wondering if they could adapt to the changes in emphasis regarding illegal contract and holding on defense, it's actually been the Broncos that have struggled the most with those fouls.
Even though it's only preseason, these teams certainly don't seem to want to get along.
Denver leads Seattle 14-13 through three quarters.


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Student or Learner
"The dictator controlled the population across the board."
Does "across the board" modify 1) the population or 2) the act of controlling? Does "across the board" mean he controlled all kinds of people, or he controlled all aspects of their lives?
Welcome to the forums, mcdon.
It means both of the above.
He controlled all aspects of the lives of the entire population.
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Traffic sucks, so why not start your morning off with some music? You provide the toast and we'll provide the jams.
Jalopnik doesn't feature enough songs about masturbation, and that's reason enough to have this track.
The real reason why I can't get enough of it is because of Kool Keith's lines on cars.
"I pull up with no Benz, just a Plymouth Duster/Cruisin around town, naked bumpin James Brown"
And the chorus will supercharge your brain cells, no question:
"We got butlers with maids, condos built in Brazil/Chrysler Cordobas, Monte Carlos on the hill/The raw ingredients, with hands on experience/with Nissan trucks, worth a hundred thousand bucks"
This isn't your typical 'I got a Mercedes on rims' rap, not that there's anything wrong with that.


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COLUMBUS, GA. | Jan Greeff barbecued burgers and hot dogs by the hundreds as his young daughter kept asking, "Is daddy still cooking supper?" He finally finished after a world-record 80 hours spent cooking over a grill.
Soon after Greeff shut off the heat Sunday afternoon, Guinness World Records handed him a certificate making his flame-broiled feat official. His barbecuing marathon had shattered the previous world record of 62 hours and six minutes.
"It was amazing," said Phillip Robertson, a Guinness adjudicator who made sure Greeff's record attempt was properly monitored and recorded. "He was like a machine. I don't think he burned himself a single time."
The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reported that Greeff cooked 1,000 hog dogs, 200 pieces of corn, 104 pieces of chicken, 558 hamburgers and 526 sausages during the more than three days he was grilling. It didn't go to waste. Greeff handed out free food to bystanders, while much of it went to local charities that feed the needy.
From the moment Greeff started grilling under a white tent in Columbus last week, he had two witnesses watching him around the clock and recording everything in a log book. He was allowed five minute breaks every hour, and was allowed to save up some time for longer breaks.
A 29-year-old native of South Africa, Greeff said grilling plays a big part in people's social lives in his home country. He moved to Columbus to attend college on a tennis scholarship at age 18 and now works for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia.
"When I came here, one of the very first things I did was get a grill," Greeff said.


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If Life Had An Airplane Safety Manual
By Hallie Cantor
If Life Had An Airplane Safety Manual 1 In the event that you say, "See you at Dave's party" to someone who was not invited to Dave's party: Each door is equipped with an inflatable slide. Slide down with your arms and legs crossed. (slide comes out of nowhere. you slide down!) Enjoy the party. 2 In the event that you see someone you vaguely know at the grocery store, and you've never officially met, but you know they know who you are, so it would be too weird to introduce yourself: A grocery bag will automatically descend from the ceiling. Place it over your head. The bag may not inflate, but awkwardness will be avoided. Secure your own bag first, before helping others. 3 In the event that you're in the bathroom when someone else is pooping and you both come out to wash your hands at the same time, and you're wondering why you feel weird about it even though they should feel weird since they're the ones who were pooping, and for that matter everyone poops and why does anyone have to feel weird about it at all, and then you notice you've been staring intensely at them in the mirror for thirty seconds: A walking stick will automatically extend from the faucet. Pull it out and use it to pretend that you are blind and haven't been staring like a moron. 4 In the event that you fart in yoga: Emergency track lighting near the floor will illuminate. Make your way to the exit closest to you. Note that the nearest exit may be behind you. A large electromagnet will begin to pulse inside the yoga studio, wiping clear the incriminating memories of everyone inside. 5 In the event that you accidentally hit Like on a stranger's Facebook activity: Your Facebook page will self-destruct. Maintain online silence for at least two years before slowly building up a new identity. 6 In the event that you suddenly realize you've had like three poppy seeds between your teeth for the entirety of a job interview: A time travel vest is located in a pouch under your seat. Slip it over your head and adjust the straps. To activate the vest's time travel function, pull firmly on the red cord. Have cereal for breakfast instead. 7 In the event that you take too long to figure out that someone is holding the door for you and they start to give up and go first at the same time you try to go first and your head winds up in their armpit: Giant, mechanical arms will appear from overhead. Let them lift you into the air and carry you safely away from the building and home to your bed. The gentle arms of your robot-mother will bring you food and carry you to the bathroom so that you never need to risk painful human interaction ever again.


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As you all know I think the New Effects are a little ahead of their time.....
In Midst of Dragons those of you that tried it ( thank you ) have seen me restore older effects
as well as some older weapons......
I wanted to nerf the new effects in the Beta release before they drive me nuts with shots bigger then the ship so I put a quick file together and hope those that might like to try it with just the effects and weapons would like to have a copy......
so it's posted.
This only deals with weapons and effects: not ships and stations ...I am basically sure this time.
Post about your finished mods here.
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Flying Irresponsibly In Eridani......
I don't like to kill pirates in cold blood ..I do it.. but I don't like it..
I don't like to kill pirates in cold blood ..I do it.. but I don't like it..
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Verona Beach Lighthouse Association meeting Dec. 12
VERONA BEACH -- The Verona Beach Lighthouse Association will meet Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 6 p.m. at Schneibles Inn, Lake Shore Road.
A social meet and greet will follow at 7 p.m. All interested parties are invited to attend.
The Verona Beach Lighthouse provides a beacon 12 months a year for safe travel on Oneida Lake not only for mariner travel but for snowmobiles, ice fishermen, kite skiers and other year round recreation.
The Verona Beach Lighthouse Association is a non profit organization dedicated to the restoration and preservation of this historic landmark and surrounding neighborhood.
For more information call Teri Knight, 794-8545 or Lois George, 762-4323.


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The Foot & Ankle Institute of Nevada
A bunion is a bone deformity caused by an enlargement of the joint at the base and side of the big toe (metatarsophalangeal joint). Bunions form when the toe moves out of place. The enlargement and its protuberance cause friction and pressure as they rub against footwear. Over time, the movement of the big toe angles in toward the other toes . The growing enlargement or protuberance then causes more irritation or inflammation. In some cases, the big toe moves toward the second toe and rotates or twists, which is known as Hallus Abducto Varus. Bunions can also lead to other toe deformities, such as hammertoe.
Many people with bunions suffer from discomfort and pain from the constant irritation, rubbing, and friction of the enlargement against shoes. The skin over the toe becomes red and tender. Because this joint flexes with every step, the bigger the bunion gets, the more it hurts to walk. Over time, bursitis or arthritis may set in, the skin on the bottom of the foot may become thicker, and everyday walking may become difficult--all contributing to chronic pain.
Bunions have been with mankind since the beginning of time. Undoubtedly they have received more attention since shoes have become a vital part of our fashion. It is generally recognized that those who have a bunion deformity most probably inherited the tendency from an earlier generation. So often people are told "don't have anything done until you can't stand the pain"! This is a misconception! Our rule of thumb is that when it becomes obvious that you have a bunion, that is the time to correct it!
Treatment for Bunions
Certainly the goal in bunion treatment is to limit the deformity and to stop the progression if it has already begun. This can only be done in the very beginning stages. When it is seen that the deformity is beginning in children and young adults, often the use of a good custom orthotic will stop the progression of the deformity. Also wearing shoes that do not irritate the deformity is also wise.
Surgical Treatment
The greatest hurdle that people with bunion deformities have to overcome is history. In most instances, these people have had a relative with the same deformity who years ago had surgery and they remember the pain and the weeks and months in casts and on crutches. They also remember that after going through all of this pain and suffering, in many instances the bunion came back.
The good news is that in the past 10 years new techniques and better instrumentation have been developed. Bunion correction of today involves the use of micro instruments with precise cuts in the bone to correct the deformity, thus limiting the rate of re-occurrence. The old days of the doctor saying "I'm going to have to break the bone and reset" it are gone. If anyone says that to you, run as fast as you can! Gone are the days of casts and crutches and wheel chairs post-operatively. Only in the most severe cases must the patient be "non-weight bearing". In most cases, the patients at the Ford Center can resume a fairly normal lifestyle in days or weeks rather than months.
At the Ford Center for Foot Surgery, the procedures are done with I.V. sedation administered by one of our qualified anesthesiologists. We also use a regional anesthetic which is much safer than a general anesthetic. We can do this because we do not use tournequets when we do foot surgery. This minimizes post operative pain as well as the risk of blood clots. The net result of this is that the patient is awake and can walk within minutes following the surgery but their foot is numb for 18 - 20 hours.
The procedure itself is accomplished through an incision on the inside of the foot, thus there are no unsightly scars. The capsule of the joint is exposed and is opened revealing the "bump" on the side of the metatarsal bone. The over growth of bone is removed. Next a very precise "V" cut is made in the bone from one side to the other and the end or head of the bone is moved over. This narrows the foot back down to its normal width. To maintain this, a small screw is placed in the bone to secure the correction. The skin and soft tissues are then sutured and the foot bandaged. The foot is then placed in a post op shoe that will be worn for several weeks.
As a general rule, our patients return to comfortable shoes in 2 to 3 weeks.


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Obama Keystone plan to test greens
President Barack Obama's upcoming decision on the Keystone XL pipeline will be a defining moment for his environmental legacy, but it could also be a massive setback for a green movement that has suffered a string of bruising losses since he was elected.
The Obama administration may be just months away from green-lighting the 1,700-mile oil pipeline despite an all-out opposition campaign that has seen anti-Keystone activists staging massive sit-ins and arrests outside the White House and dogging the president's speeches and fundraisers with rallies.
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If that happens, Keystone would become the latest painful defeat for environmentalists, who suffered through the collapse of cap and trade and the administration's failure to reach a major new international climate treaty. And it would also lend credence to longtime criticisms that the movement has little sway in Washington.
Of course, Obama could also reject the pipeline, giving the greens a victory over Big Oil, the GOP and even many Democrats in Congress. But many observers view that as unlikely — and for some environmentalists, the Keystone hand-wringing has already begun.
( PHOTOS: Keystone XL pipeline protest)
They worry that the intense focus on the pipeline has distracted from efforts to push an economy-wide approach to tackling climate change.
"It's a purely defensive battlefield. And we haven't figured out the offensive battlefield," said Carl Pope, who led the Sierra Club for nearly two decades before stepping down as executive director in 2010. He said the movement hasn't been able to coalesce around a "centerpiece for accelerating clean energy broadly."
"One of the challenges is getting people as excited about being for something as it is getting people excited about being against something," he said. "If you could generate that kind of energy around an offensive agenda, that would be a game-changer."
One former Obama administration official echoed Pope's comments.
"Keystone is so tempting because if you stop it, it's so visible. It's such a scalp to have that I can see why some in the movement have said, 'This is where I draw the line,'" the official said. "But it's a very high-risk strategy. If they manage to stop the pipeline, then what's next?"
Paul Bledsoe, a former Clinton White House climate aide, called the anti-pipeline crusade misguided.
"The Keystone pipeline is a target of organizing convenience rather than a viable long-term strategy to curb oil sands emissions and thus, risks making mainstream environmental groups seem naive and misguided if it's approved, as seems likely," said Bledsoe, who's now a senior energy fellow with the German Marshall Fund.
But other activists say the Keystone fight has been a crucial rallying point for the movement, win or lose. It has probably also helped the groups expand their memberships and raise huge amounts of money while bringing national prominence to once-obscure groups, like the climate activist organization 350.org.


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£200 million worth of free shares given to workers last year
UK firms gave more than £200 million worth of free shares to employees last year, according to an annual survey by IFS.
A total of 378,497 employees received an average amount of £536.37 in shares during 2011.
The tax free shares were given to employees as part of HMRC's approved Share Incentive Plans (SIPs) that are often used by firms to reward good staff performance and retain workers. SIPs offer employees tax and national insurance advantages of an annual maximum amount of £3,000 to hold shares in the company or group they work for.
Although the number of employees taking part in the scheme was up compared with the previous year, the average amount received by each individual fell.
John Collison, Head of IFS Proshare, said: "Giving employees free shares remains a popular, tax-efficient way of rewarding employees at all levels. These are often given in recognition of good performance, either of the individual or the company, or as a way of retaining staff due to the tax implications of selling free shares within three to five years of receiving them."
However, many private sector workers are unaware that employee share schemes are available to them, he added.
"We calculate that around 2 million UK workers are currently participating in an all employee share scheme. If you work at a publicly listed company, it's very likely a range of share scheme options are available to you."
Save As You Earn (SAYE) remains one of the most popular schemes as it is often a low risk way of buying company shares and also offers tax advantages.
The survey, which questioned over 451 companies including 95 of the FTSE 100, found that two million employees were enrolled into a SAYE scheme in 2011 - 37 per cent of those eligible to participate.
The average monthly amount of money employees contributed to a SAYE scheme grew slightly from £101 in 2010, to £102 in 2010. Employees can save a maximum of £250 per month from their net salary into a SAYE scheme.
Some of the UK's largest employers offer a range of SAYE and SIP share schemes, although HMRC states that smaller firms are also eligible for the schemes.
We can advise on employee incentive schemes. Please talk to us to find out more.


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The Old Believers (Staroveryi) or Old rituals (Staroobrjadtsyi) or, as they themselves prefer to be called, Ancient Orthodox (Drevlepravoslavnyi), are those Christians remained faithful to the ancient rites, dogmas and ecclesiastical structures of Orthodox Russian, before the changes in the seventeenth century were introduced by Patriarch Nikon of Moscow.
Many of the Ancient Orthodox Many to Siberia and neighboring countries, especially Romania. Most of them have never lost or refused the priesthood, even though some have denied it, and are therefore called "asacerdotali" (Bespopovtsyi): their reaction to the priesthood is not motivated by the innovations of Nikon, But their vision of the imminent kingdom of the Antichrist.
Over time, the Ancient Orthodox priests founded a center at the cemetery Rogozh in Moscow, and later the monastery of Belo-Krinitsa ("white fountain") in Bukovina, then part of Austria, now in Ukraine. Although there were ancient Orthodox bishops ordained by Non-Russian Orthodox Russians prelates, none of them had left successors, because under the reign of Tsar Nicholas I lew laws restricted the reception of converts from the Official Church.
In Austria, he founded the monastery of Belo-Krinitsa, as a place of freedom for the Ancient Orthodox (which carried the name of Lipoveni), thanks to laws enacted in 1783 by the Emperor Joseph II. In Vienna, the Minister of Interior, Conte Kolovrat, and Archduke Ludwig prepared the way for the permission to be given by the Ferdinand in 1844, to invite a foreign bishop to establish its headquarters in Belo-Krinitsa to serve the needs of the Ancients Orthodox in the domains of the Empire.
There existed for generations communities of Ancient Orthodox in Turkey who were European refugees from the violence in Russia, and it was natural that the search for a bishop move between their first steps. According to reports from the Russian government after the mid dell'800 about 4,000 Ancient Orthodox the Empire lived in Austria, mostly in Bukovina, on the border with Russia at the Prut river, and about 36,000 lived the Ottoman Empire. Of the latter, the majority lived in Dobruja north at the Danube delta. To put the monks in contact with the Metropolitan was Osip Semenovich Goncharov, Ataman of Nekrasovtsyi.
In 1811, Andrea was married, and shortly after he was ordained priest in turn by Metropolitan Matthew. In 1814 he lost his wife, who had given him a son, also named George. In 1817 he was elected Igumeno of the Monastery of the Holy Trinity on the island of Halki. Il Patriarca Costantino lo fece protosincello della Chiesa patriarcale greca nel 1827. Patriarch Constantine had him protosincello of the patriarchal Greek Church in 1827. As is clear from a document dated 9 September 1835, he was ordained Metropolitan of Sarajevo in Bosnia by Patriarch Gregory assisted by four other bishops. Remained in place for five years before being removed by the Turks.
A Serb, Costantino Efimovic, was used as an interpreter between the Metropolitan Ambrose and the two ancient Orthodox monks, who examined his orthodoxy, to whom he presented the said document of the patriarch greek. Metropolitan Ambrose and his son then took time to investigate the status of the Russian Orthodox Old canonry and what he was asked, before giving its consent on 15 April 1846.
After a trip along the Danube, the Metropolitan Ambrose and the two monks arrived in Tulcea, Romania in today, where five hundred Nekrasovtsyi, together with the monks of the monastery of Slavo-Rus, their Father and Igumeno Makarij Arkadij Lavrentijevskij presented to the Metropolitan traditional bread with salt. The government requested and obtained from the patriarchate greek a favorable report on the Metropolitan, before giving him permission to establish his residence in their domains. After a meeting to discuss the procedure for settlement of the Metropolitan, on 28 October 1846 he held the office Vigil in honor of St. Nicholas the miracle worker. The following day, after reading the usual profession of faith in the ritual Slavonice ecclesiastical transliterated into Greek characters, the Metropolitan was accepted according to Canon 95 of the Sixth Ecumenical Council. The priest-monaco Ieronim, with the blessing of the first and the new Metropolitan of Belo-Krinitsa and all the Ancient Orthodox Russians, began the Divine Liturgy in which the Metropolitan concelebration.
The Metropolitan read the prayers in his native language, greek, but the deacon and the choir used the Slavonia. Due to the absence of two other bishops, he used two archpriests, a procedure already used before in the history of the Church in cases of necessity, and described in some lives of saints. In August 1847 there was the ordination of Bishop Arkadij by Salvo-Rus, an ancient seat of an Orthodox monastery at Tulcea, which still exists in Romania.
The Russian Foreign Ministry threatened to retaliate the government of the Roman Catholic, if it had not withdrawn the permission of the Ancient Orthodox establish its Metropolia the Empire Habsburg Empire. The Holy Synod, by which the Tsar of the church controlled state nikoniana time since the abolition of the Patriarchate under Peter I, likewise threatened to cut all financial assistance from the patriarchate of Constantinople, if he had not done everything in its power to induce the Metropolitan Ambrose to change its position. Metropolitan Ambrose, however, refused. Certainly the Ancient Orthodox Russians convinced him that the system of the Holy Synod, established in 1700 by Peter I to check the status of the church in place of the patriarch, and with whom they have not wanted to do was not a canon. By decree of Tsar Paul I, the Russian rulers had declared "the Church" and all the bishops of the church had been obliged to honor an oath to that effect.
In response to diplomatic pressure, the Austrian authorities closed the monastery of Belo Krinitsa-March 3 1848, and the Metropolitan Ambrose was sent into exile in Tzill in Styria. After the outbreak of revolutions in Vienna, with the assistance of Count Kolovrat, the Minister mentioned, the monastery of Belo-Krinitsa was reopened at the end of 1848, though the Metropolitan had to remain in exile. The successor of the latter was Antonija (Shutov), which became the first old-Orthodox archbishop of Moscow.
Metropolitan Ambrose lived fifteen years in exile and suffering among people who did not speak either language, but was willing to help in their need for a priesthood. He saw this as the will of God in him. On 28 October 1863 he sent his last official act as primate of the Old Russian Orthodox Archbishop Antonija and all the bishops under his jurisdiction. The document begins with the words: "For the mercy of God, the humble Archbishop and Metropolitan of all the Ancient Orthodox, Ambrose." In the text he expresses regret that he lived so far away from his flock, and that his health did not let it do more, but take your time to discuss many issues relating to the church people under his spiritual care. This document clearly refuted those enemies dell'Antica Orthodoxy that would have us believe that the Holy Metropolitan has concluded his days by rejecting his flock. Metropolitan Kirill held his funeral at Belo officio-Krinitsa, but the Metropolitan was buried in the greek orthodox cemetery in Trieste. His pastoral staff is now in Moscow and has been safeguarded in the Archbishop Alimpij used as the first Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia.
In 1899 the Patriarch of Constantinople established a commission to study the issue of Metropolitan Ambrose and his acceptance of the primacy of the Church-Old Russian Orthodox. The committee issued a decree of recognition of the hierarchy established by Metropolitan Ambrose, decree restless Pobedonostsev, the prosecutor of the secular church of the Holy Synod of the Russian state.
At a joint synod held at the Monastery of Belo-Krinitsa 150 years after its acceptance of the primacy, Metropolitan Ambrose was canonized on 11 November 1996, in the presence of both his successors, Metropolitan Belo Leontij-Krinitsa and the Metropolitan Alimpij of Moscow and All Russia. The day of his feast was assigned to October 30 (November 12, according to the new calendar) each year. On 18/31 May 2000 was the exhumation of the relics and their translation from Trieste to a Brail, Romania.