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Trending, trending. M Night Shyamalan sees dead people. I see trends.
This will be a summer of Adolescents Triumphant, with kids overcoming parental units specifically to tame a hostile environment, be it a planet (Shyamalan's After Earth) a woodsy suburban clearing (Kings of Summer), or a waterpark (The Way Way Back). It's also the Summer of the Steal, what with Now You See Me (thieving magicians), Bling Ring (thieving valley girls), and the docs We Steal Secrets: the Story of Wikileaks and Smash & Grab (about stealing the Pink Panther diamonds). And there's an odd plethora of Comic Apocalypses — where but the multiplex could there be more than one? — with the world as we know it ending in pratfalls (The World's End, This is the End, and Rapturepalooza).
But as I was drawing up my summer preview piece for All Things Considered, I kept coming back to a pair of one-off originals that seemed more intriguing. One offers perhaps the oddest odd-coupling of the summer — Joss Whedon and Shakespeare — while the other finds a bizarrely showbizzy way to explore one of recent history's great tragedies.
Start with the Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing directed by the creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Whedon had some down-time after making The Avengers last year, and where another filmmaker might have headed to Waikiki for a well-earned vacation, he prospected for Elizabethan laughs in his L.A. living room with some actor buddies — including Angel's Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof as the Bard's warring wits, Beatrice and Benedick, and The Avengers' Clark Gregg as the uncle who tries to bring them "into a mountain of affection." In twelve days, for a budget that probably wouldn't have covered the catering on most of Whedon's projects, he made a black-and-white, modern-dress, startlingly hip Much Ado. Will it appeal to the Buffy and Avengers crowds? Well, odder things have happened.
And one of those odder things is the subject of the summer's most unorthodox documentary, The Act of Killing. Filmmaker Josh Oppenheimer wanted to tell the story of the death squads that killed more than a million Indonesians after the overthrow of the of the country's first non-colonial government in 1965. The military had never been called to account for the barbarism that brought it to power — in fact, with the right wing death squad leaders now regarded as heroes, it didn't really recognize the need for any sort of reckoning. So when he asked them to appear on camera, they said yes, noting that movies had inspired them in their sadism.
Their idea of appearing in a film, though, wasn't quite what the director initially had in mind: They didn't want to be talking heads, they wanted to star in the sort of picture with which they were more familiar. So he challenged them to re-enact their crimes in whatever form they chose. They chose westerns, action flicks and even musicals, and Oppenheimer ended up with footage that raised both hackles and hosannahs when The Act of Killing premiered at Telluride. It's hard to imagine it won't be controversial on its commercial release as well.


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The Screwball: Baseball's medalists in the Winter Olympics
Pitchers and catchers have reported to camp with the Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers, the two teams who will open the season in Australia, while the rest of Major League Baseball's teams will open spring training over the course of the next week, with the Toronto Blue Jays the last team to get going on Monday.
The problem with pitchers and catchers reporting is that it's a beacon of false hope that we look to throughout the winter, promising us beautiful spring. Then it arrives, and, nothing.
MORE: Sporting News ranks the MLB farm systems
"How many days until pitchers and catchers? I can't wait for spring!"
"None, they've reported."
"But it's still snowing. Do I get to at least watch some baseball on TV."
"Nope! There aren't any games until the last week of February."
What a tease. Fortunately, the Winter Olympics are on, and there's a whole baseball offseason to look back at (and, in some cases, still to look forward to — hi, Kendrys Morales!). With that in mind, here are the medalists for baseball's Winter Olympics.
Gold: Cincinnati Reds
Silver: Boston Red Sox
Bronze: Arizona Diamondbacks
No team has gone down a mountain faster this winter than the Reds, who lost Shin-Soo Choo and Bronson Arroyo, and replaced them with... wait, seriously, the biggest offseason arrivals in Cincinnati are Brayan Pena and Skip Schumaker? Even if you're high on Billy Hamilton in center field and Tony Cingrani in the rotation, the Reds needed an on-base guy to replace Choo, and Arroyo was dependable for 32 starts and 200 innings. How has a team with Zack Cozart and Todd Frazier on the left side of the infield, not to mention an extra draft pick as a result of Choo's departure, not been constantly linked to Stephen Drew?
The Red Sox lost Jacoby Ellsbury and Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and plan to replace them with Jackie Bradley Jr. and A.J. Pierzynski, which may well work, but is more of a gamble than you expect to see the defending world champions take. Boston also hasn't gotten the anticipated draft pick for losing Drew, at least not yet.
The Diamondbacks made a questionable trade for Mark Trumbo, then paid Arroyo $23 million over two years for basically the same services the Dodgers expect from Paul Maholm on a one-year, $1.5 million contract. Arizona dumped Heath Bell's salary for a pair of minor leaguers, but then traded a decent hitting prospect in Matt Davidson for Addison Reed to join Brad Ziegler and J.J. Putz in the bullpen. They don't seem to know whether they're coming or going, and after an 81-81 season, that kind of indecision is tough to handle.
Jacoby Ellsbury, Joe Girardi. (AP Photo)
Gold: New York Yankees
Silver: Texas Rangers
Bronze: Seattle Mariners
The Yankees got Carlos Beltran, Jacoby Ellsbury, Brian McCann, and Masahiro Tanaka to remake their core for a cool $353 million, pretty much exactly the reaction you would expect after New York missed the playoffs for the first time since 2008.
The only surprise was that Robinson Cano wound up in Seattle for 10 years and $240 million instead, but the Rangers sneak in for the silver medal with their signing of Shin-Soo Choo and trade for Prince Fielder and his giant contract, even if the Tigers are paying $30 million.
Gold: Nelson Cruz and Seattle Mariners
Silver: A.J. Burnett and Pittsburgh Pirates
Bronze: Stephen Drew and New York Mets
It's been a great long program by Cruz and Seattle, who have been linked to each other pretty much constantly since the beginning of the offseason. Every few days, it seems, there has been a new story about Cruz possibly signing with the Mariners, to the point where it's almost going to seem weird if he winds up somewhere else.
Burnett flirted with retirement, and the Pirates have taken an attitude all winter that if he wanted to come back, he could, but on their terms financially. So, Burnett is still looking around, and not finding much, partly because he wants to remain in the same general geographic area. The Mets' links to Drew have been tenuous at best, but still have managed to fuel plenty of talk radio hours on New York airwaves.
Gold: Bobby Cox
Silver: Bob Uecker
Bronze: Bobby Abreu
Cox, the former Braves manager, was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Expansion Era Committee. Uecker is going to get a statue in Milwaukee, it was announced, in the last row at Miller Park, to commemorate his famous commercial. Abreu decided to resume his playing career, and has a minor league deal with the Phillies after tearing up the Venezuelan league this winter.
Gold: Atlanta Braves
Silver: Chicago Cubs
Bronze: Los Angeles Dodgers
The Braves, who turned the former Olympic Stadium in Atlanta in to Turner Field after the 1996 Summer Games, announced plans less than 20 years later to move to suburban Cobb County, with taxpayers footing the bill. The Cubs got more renovations to Wrigley Field approved by Chicago's city council. The Dodgers have a new cable network and managed to make Dodger Stadium relevant during the winter by hosting an NHL game there, once an unthinkable proposition.
Gold: United States
Silver: Japan
Bronze: Canada
The greatest importation of baseball talent — via airplane, hence, aerials — goes to the United States in a thoroughly unsurprising development given Tanaka's arrival. What is a surprise is that Japan, adding Yuniesky Betancourt, Luis Mendoza, and Kevin Youkilis, had a better offseason than Canada, which added Dioner Navarro.

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Ifty420 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de animación en Flash y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 1 diseños de 1 diseñadores freelance.
Flash Game needed for a charity project,
I can give you this privatley if needed.
I can give you this later if needed.
Desired Color Scheme:
No particular colors required. difefrent colors will be needed to set each country appart and please no wacky colors. Only suttle colors like in the original game.
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starting from today. After 3-4 days of entries i want to be able to choose a winner.
Also any idea's that any body may have to make the game slightly different in a good way will be very much appriciated.
Project screen size, which would be ideal for me is 600x400.
These are the reason's why i'm paying nearly double the amount of the budget i was given as a ideal budget for this project:
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Job Details
Company name
Deloitte Development, LLC
Dallas, TX, United States
Employment Type
Engineering, It, Consulting
Posted on
Jan 19,2020
Valid Through
May 03,2020
Job Information
Systems Engineering Technical Agile Scrum Master Senior Consultant
Agile/Scrum Master Senior Consultant
As an Agile/Scrum Master-Senior Consultant you re focused in estimating work effort, planning sprint backlogs, facilitating daily scrums, and conducting sprint demo & retrospective meetings throughout all Agile sprint phases for custom software development projects. Must understand and execute on backlog items by working closely with the Product Owners and the distributed project teams, making sure deliverables reflect requirements, on-time with production quality. You ll play a key role in resolving business and team conflicts. Must be actively involved in technical matters thus finding gaps and ensuring Product Owner involvement in business decisions and description of the business flow.
Work you ll do
The Scrum Master role involves understanding the Agile processes, partnering with Product Owner/Client leadership teams, and working with project teams to deliver on-time and on budget.
Forecast sprint iterations with the Product Owners and concerned business partners
Coach individuals in Agile processes and tools
Help teams to clarify goals and activities to be on-track
Keep the teams focused - shield the team from outside distractions and interferences
Ensure the correct use of scrum process
Monitor and eliminate team conflicts
Conduct sprint Demo and Retrospective
The team
Systems Engineering
At Deloitte Consulting LLP, our Systems Engineering specialists help clients manage the complexity inherent with technology change, from requirements planning to architecture, testing to deployment, and beyond, helping to link their IT programs to organizational goals. And we offer a complete range of industry-leading services, including systems development, solution and platform integration. Learn more about our Systems Engineering practice.
Agile/Scrum Master-Senior Consultants are required to have:
3 years of relevant consulting or industry experience managing and delivering large scale custom development or systems integration projects using Agile delivery methodology;
Minimum of 1 year working in an Agile environment as a Scrum Master;
Should have small team leadership experience with the ability to earn trust while still challenging the team to improve and operate outside its comfort zone in an Agile environment;
Intimate knowledge of Agile and Scrum with proven experience coaching, mentoring and teaching junior Agile practitioners;
Experience participating in and facilitating discussions to discover solutions, capturing and transforming business and technology requirements into high-quality User Stories and Acceptance criteria;
Exceptional problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with demonstrated experience exercising mature judgment in delicate situations;
Must be proficient with Agile Lifecycle Management tools (e.g., Jira, Rally, VersionOne, etc.) as well as with Internet research tools, presentation tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), etc.;
Demonstrated ability to write clearly, succinctly, and in a manner that appeals to a wide audience;
Experience facilitating daily scrum, sprint planning, retrospective and sprint demos;
Experience implementing best practices and standards related to Agile scrum development & testing practices;
Scrum Master Certification (CSM, PSM or SSM);
A willingness to travel 80-100% of the time;
Bachelor s degree or equivalent experience.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship, now, or at any time in the future.
In addition, successful Scrum Master-Managers will have the following preferred background:
Project Management Certification PMP;
Experience managing work planning, monitoring, and reporting;
Experience managing requirements processes including conducting interviews and documenting requirements;
Experience managing design activities including design sessions and defining future state processes;
Experience with industry standard System Development Life Cycle methodologies;
Ability to work independently and on teams, planning and managing multiple assignments;
Strong oral and written communication skills;
An advanced degree in an area of specialization is a plus.
How you ll grow
At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help sharpen skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career. Explore Deloitte University, The Leadership Center.
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Our positive and supportive culture encourages our people to do their best work every day. We celebrate individuals by recognizing their uniqueness and offering them the flexibility to make daily choices that can help them to be healthy, centered, confident, and aware. We offer well-being programs and are continuously looking for new ways to maintain a culture where our people excel and lead healthy, happy lives. Learn more about Life at Deloitte.
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Deloitte is led by a purpose: to make an impact that matters. This purpose defines who we are and extends to relationships with our clients, our people and our communities. We believe that business has the power to inspire and transform. We focus on education, giving, skill-based volunteerism, and leadership to help drive positive social impact in our communities. Learn more about Deloitte s impact on the world.
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NSW firefighters are racing against time to contain problem fires before another explosion of scorching weather.
Making the most of cooler conditions, they got on top of the fires to such an extent on Thursday that there were no emergency or "watch and act" alerts in force.
Of the 120 fires still burning in the state, only 17 remained uncontained.
But the Bureau of Meteorology forecast a return to heatwave conditions across large parts of the state from Friday, after a two-day lull.
Rural Fire Services (RFS) Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said much work remained to be done into Thursday night.
"It is going to be hot," he said, with temperatures expected to be in the low to mid 40s on Friday, and the mid and high 40s in western areas on Saturday.
The RFS has declared a statewide total fire ban will be in place for Friday.
The one piece of welcome weather news for firefighters was the prospect of lighter winds, after gusts of 70km/h and more hampered their efforts earlier this week.
"Fortunately, at this stage, all the indicators are we're not expecting the sorts of catastrophic conditions that we experienced back on Tuesday," said Mr Fitzsimmons.
But he warned wide areas of the state would experience high, severe and even extreme fire danger conditions.
That included northern NSW, the Great Dividing Range, the eastern seaboard and the Riverina.
So far only one house has been lost in the fires, at Yarrabin in the Cooma-Monaro region, but around 370,000 hectares have been burnt and an estimated 10,000 sheep worth $1 million have died.
Three fires were still causing concern on Thursday.
More than 100 firefighters were working to contain the Deans Gap fire south of Sussex Inlet, in the Shoalhaven.
It has burned through 5700 hectares and coastal village residents have been urged to remain vigilant as the fire risk builds towards the weekend.
"We need to get a really good handle on that fire before high fire danger conditions return," an RFS spokeswoman said.
The Yarrabin fire burning in the Kybeyan Valley was still uncontained after burning through 9400 hectares and firefighters were working to protect rural properties under threat.
Another uncontained fire at Cobblers Road, 10km west of Yass, has slowed and while not threatening properties, it was approaching an electricity transmission line. – AAP


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- English (4) (remove)
- Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) (2)
- Abiotic stress (1)
- Chlorophyll fluorescence (1)
- Climate change (1)
- Light limitation (1)
- Protected cultivation (1)
- agriculture (1)
- antioxidative capacity (1)
BACKGROUND: Trade and consumers alike require premium quality cherries with high nutritional and health values preferably of local origin. While early fruit imports cannot supply such fruit, a new technology of forcing cherry emerged for an early local supply by covering the crop in spring. In the apparent scarcity of data on the resulting fruit quality, fruit characteristics of forced cherries were compared with those without cover RESULTS: Size and weight of forced cherry fruit were successfully increased by 6-14%. The less negative osmotic potential of the forced fruit (-3 to -2 Psipi ) indicates less water stress under spring cover compared with field-grown fruit (-4 Psipi ), as confirmed by the larger fruit size and weight. Greater anti-oxidative potentials in the lipophilic (and hydrophilic extract (control min. 185 mE vs. max. 365 mE under cover) of forced fruit in two cvs showed their healthier attribute in terms of bioactive compounds, supported also by an averaged 14% increase in phenolics, as a response to the modified environmental conditions and was not investigated before. CONCLUSION: The new technology of covering cherry trees in spring to force flowering and enhance ripening, can improve the synthesis of bioactive compounds and provide the consumer with early high quality fruit.
Smallholder farmers as a backbone for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (2018)
This paper reviews the role of smallholder farmers with respect to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their double function in the adoption of the SDGs and their socio‐economic limitations have made it difficult for them to fulfil the expectations as promoters of sustainable development. Our analysis showed that 13 SDGs and respective targets address these socio‐economic limitations. We identified that the satisfaction of basic human needs is a central issue for smallholder farmers. Other essential issues are (a) innovative education and training options for producers; (b) new organisational forms such as cooperatives and start‐ups along the value chain from production to logistics and marketing; (c) financial support; (d) access to farming information; (e) suitable, low‐cost, and simple technological solutions and innovations; and (f) an enabling institutional environment. We grouped these issues under the categories "social," "environment," "economic," and "governance." To assess the double function of smallholder famers, we proposed to apply the handprint approach. This approach focuses on positive sustainability performance and on the social dimension, after modification for food and agriculture. It can therefore illustrate the potential of smallholder farmers as a backbone for sustainable development.
Non-Destructive Sensor-Based Prediction of Maturity and Optimum Harvest Date of Sweet Cherry Fruit (2017)
(1) Background: The aim of the study was to use innovative sensor technology for non-destructive determination and prediction of optimum harvest date (OHD), using sweet cherry as a model fruit, based on different ripening parameters. (2) Methods: Two cherry varieties in two growing systems viz. field and polytunnel in two years were employed. The fruit quality parameters such as fruit weight and size proved unsuitable to detect OHD alone due to their dependence on crop load, climatic conditions, cultural practices, and season. Coloration during cherry ripening was characterized by a complete decline of green chlorophyll and saturation of the red anthocyanins, and was measured with a portable sensor viz. spectrometer 3-4 weeks before expected harvest until 2 weeks after harvest. (3) Results: Expressed as green NDVI (normalized differential vegetation index) and red NAI (normalized anthocyanin index) values, NAI increased from -0.5 (unripe) to +0.7 to +0.8 in mature fruit and remained at this saturation level with overripe fruits, irrespective of variety, treatment, and year. A model was developed to predict the OHD, which coincided with when NDVI reached and exceeded zero and the first derivative of NAI asymptotically approached zero. (4) Conclusion: The use of this sensor technology appears suitable for several cherry varieties and growing systems to predict the optimum harvest date.
Identification of light availability in different sweet cherry orchards under cover by using non-destructive measurements with a Dualex™ (2018)
Changing climatic conditions makes the development of cultivation strategies for protected cherry cultivation necessary. The objective of the present study was to investigate physiological processes in connection with light availability in different planting systems under cover using a Dualex™ for non-destructive measurements. Hence, cherry trees were either trained as hedgerows, i.e. the most dense planting ([2.35 m*2]*1.5 m), or trained as spindles (2.70 m*2.0 m; 1.75 m*2.9 m) and grown under cover or in the open field at Klein-Altendorf near Bonn, Germany. There was no difference in leaf area between the plantings. Non-invasive measurements with the Dualex™ (Force A, France) showed that a larger relative leaf chlorophyll content (Chl = 30–33) in the hedgerow trees under crop cover as a result of less light than in the open field-grown leaves with less chlorophyll (ChI = 26–28). Similarly, the flavonoid index (Flav), as a relative measure of the epidermal flavonoids and light condition, was generally lower under crop cover and lowest in the hedgerow trees on the adaxial leaf side with Flav = 1.4–1.5 relative to 1.6–1.8 in the open field, but always maintained these high values above the critical light level of 1–1.2. Non-invasive SunScan measurements showed light reductions of up to 80% inside the canopy of the dense hedgerow trees under cover in line with the lowest values for Flav and ChI. Although the largest yield per tree was obtained in the planting system with the best light conditions (1.75 m*2.9 m), the largest yield per acreage was found in the most dense planting (2.7 m*2.0 m) with hedgerows under cover as an ideal combination of a high yield and fruit quality with good light availability. Overall, our results showed that light availability depends on crown structure, planting system and tree density. The indices Flav and ChI offer the possibility to evaluate the light conditions in an orchard easily and to give a recommendation for an optimized growing system.


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Sometimes a question doesn't have a simple answer, and you wrote an explanation that is quite lengthy, using examples etc. And let's say that the answer is good enough to have gotten quite a few votes (let's say 10 is a good threshold).
Let's say a week later you realize that you could've taken an entirely different, and in your judgement, a much better approach. You'll explain it in a different way, with different examples, etc. Of course, since it is answering the same question, the eventual destination is the same, and there may be some overlap along the way, but the two paths are, at least in your judgement, still quite different in characteristics.
There are now two possibilities:
- Edit the first answer into the second answer. The first answer will be lost in the revision. The votes that were cast for the first answer are now, in some sense, misaddressed for the second answer.
- Write a new answer. It doesn't really matter that you have two answers now; it's allowed by the system, and presumably, it's allowed by the community
Which of the two is preferred?
For simplicity sake, let's say that the two answers aren't in disagreement with the other. There's nothing wrong with the first answer; it just choose to explain something one way, and now you've found another way to explain things that may be better.


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My wife and I are from the Northwest. We've been thinking about a trip to Florida. We're not interested in the artificial tourist-land activities. We prefer exploring the backroads, visiting quaint towns, and seeing a little living history. Maybe a trip into the swamp somewhere.
I'm thinking of a two weeker in the southern part, mostly on the southwest coast and the keys. We'd probably trade some Hawaii time share for a week at two different "base" camps that would allow us to explore the surrounding areas.
First off, I'm wondering what time of year would be best. Second, I'd prefer to avoid the drunken crazyness and noise of any big "events". And we're not too keen on Hurricanes, either. So, when would you suggest a visit, and what weeks would you suggest we avoid? Got any favorite haunts? Swamp trips? Neat towns?


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AUSTIN - Texas voters will select party nominees in 37 primary runoff elections today, with races ranging from the U.S. Senate down to district judge.
Compared to past runoff elections, early voting has been high but still represents only 3.3 percent of registered voters. Since ideologically motivated voters are more likely to vote, low turnout gives them a disproportionate influence on the outcome of elections such as this one. Here are five things to watch for in today's runoff elections.
� Who controls the Republican Party of Texas?
For more than a decade, Gov. Rick Perry and veteran politicians such as Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst have maintained authority and unity over the Republican Party of Texas. Their endorsements and support were critical to a new candidate's chance for success. Ted Cruz's performance in the May 29 U.S. Senate vote shocked many Republican operatives in Austin, who until then had never taken his candidacy seriously. Now the rookie politician is giving Dewhurst a literal run for his money, forcing the oil and gas man to spend $16 million on his own election. If Cruz wins, he will have slain a giant using millions of dollars from tea party members and conservative groups from outside of Texas. The message then will be clear: Perry no longer controls Republican politics in Texas; the tea party does.
� Are Democrats paying attention?
Former state Rep. Paul Sadler faced three challengers in the May 29 primary and ended up in a runoff against one who made no effort to mount a statewide campaign. The number of ballots cast in Sadler's race against Grady Yarbrough will give a good indication of whether Democrats are paying attention in a state where Republicans hold every statewide office. Texas Democrats have the longest losing streak in the nation in statewide elections, and this race will give some indication if they have any hopes of changing that record in November.
� How conservative will the Republicans be in the Legislature next year?
Conservative activists have invested heavily in 10 Texas House runoff races and one Texas Senate runoff in hopes of pushing the already conservative Legislature further to the right. Meanwhile, mainstream Republican groups are supporting non-tea party candidates. The starkest contest is in the Texas Senate race between long-serving Sen. Jeff Wentworth and tea party insurgent Donna Campbell, where both sides have spent tens of thousands of dollars for control of the conservative San Antonio district. Other races include Sid Miller versus J.D. Sheffield in District 59, Bill Keffer against Jason Villalba in District 114, Jeff Leach versus Jon Cole in District 67 and Drew Springer against Trent McKnight in District 68. Unlike in 2011, Republicans will not have another 101-49 super-majority in 2013. That means Republicans will either have to compromise with Democrats or be prepared to do nothing at all. The latter is the preferred stance of many tea party members and could be the outcome if the tea party gains greater control of the Republican caucus in the Legislature.
� How welcoming are Republican voters to newcomers and Hispanics?
When state Rep. J.M. Lozano announced his defection from the Democratic Party earlier this year, Gov. Rick Perry and other top Republicans warmly embraced him as part of the future of the party in Texas. Republican primary voters, however, have not always been as welcoming, particularly to those with Spanish surnames. Lozano is in a runoff in South Texas against Bill Wilson, and Rep. Chuck Hopson, who defected in 2009, faces Travis Clardy in East Texas. Incumbent Texas Supreme Court Judge David Medina faces a challenger in John Devine. These races will reveal a lot about where Republicans stand on diversifying their party.
� Is a new guard emerging in the Democratic Party?
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Edward Norton has been named as the new United Nations goodwill ambassador for biodiversity.
The 40-year-old actor has been a long-time conservationist and carries a passion for educating others on the importance of environmental stewardship.
"It is an issue that I've been engaged with on many different levels for a number of years," Norton said at U.N. headquarters in New York. "But it's very, very exciting to be asked to engage with it on the level of the U.N. with its incredible capacity and reach."
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"People have recognized that fragmenting the ecosystems or creating protected pockets is not actually authentic to the way ecosystems work," he said.
Norton, whose father is an environmental lawyer and conservation advocate in Asia, has been involved in a large array of causes over the years — from Earth Hour to Solar Neighbors to most recently, running a marathon to raise over $1 million for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust.
"Edward Norton has brought global star power to global issues — community development and conservation, causes that are clearly close to his heart," U.N. Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon said in a statement after appointing Norton. "His efforts to preserve biodiversity and promote ecosystem integrity in East Africa have been truly impressive."
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Turn of the century newspapers always provide a more colorful reading than today's fare. This particular article concerns matters before the city council of Elyria, Ohio in 1902, where my paternal great-granduncle, W.C. LeMaster was a councilman.
Source : The Weekly Chronicle (Elyria, Ohio), April 5, 1902, page 7.
Yells Grundy - The Mayor Brings out Complaint Against Grundy
The tragic moment of Tues. night's council meeting was reached when the mayor arose in a very deliberate manner and stated that it was his painful duty to notify the council of certain irregularities of the senior councilman from the Second ward.
He stated that complaints had reached his ears that this councilman had been giving city property to certain people in his ward, namely, that stone owned by the city had been given to individuals and hauled at the city's expense on order from the senior councilman from the Second ward. He stated that he had investigated it and found that such was the case.
President Smith asked who this man was and Grundy jumped to his feet, stating, "I'm the gentleman."
He said that a stone and a half had been taken out of a cross walk and a citizen had asked for it. Grundy said he consulted with others on the street committee who agreed it would be all right if the party would be willing to pay for it if it was of value. Grundy then called the mayor a liar and a scoundrel and was proceeding to say that this act was done at this time for political effect when the chairman requested that he confine himself to courteous language. Grundy wanted to know why they had kept quiet four months and spring it at this time.
Eady said such things as alleged were done often and he thought that no great harm had been committed.
LeMaster emphasized in a general way what Grundy had said, and said Grundy had always done his duty.
The mayor then said that it was his duty to call attention to such matters and he would do so whether it were LeMaster or Grundy. He said that three stone had been hauled from the stone yard by the city teams for Mr. Monroe, and that cinders had been placed on walks at certain points on Lake avenue at the city's expense.
Mr. LeMaster moved that the matter be referred to the street committee. Lersch suggested that inasmuch as these complaints were against one of this committee that it appeared a little ridiculous to refer the question to them. The matter was referred.


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Sloan Foundation Awards Center on Aging & Work $2.7M to Study Effects of Time and Place Management on Business Bottom Line
23 June 2011— The Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College has been awarded a $2.7 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to research the effectiveness of flexible time and place management strategies to maximize productivity from an age-diverse workforce. This is the Center's third multi-million dollar grant since 2005.
Over the past six years, the Center has conducted research that has highlighted the value of older workers, the diverse work experiences of today's multi-generational workforce in countries around the world, and gaps in employer preparedness for the aging workforce. With the receipt of this new grant, the Center will now focus on gathering evidence about business-relevant outcomes associated with flexible time and place management policies.
"Older workers are now the fastest growing segment of America's labor force," explains Center Director and Associate Professor Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes. "Companies are aware that they need to make better use of older workers; however, many are using outdated approaches to talent management that may not leverage the contributions that employees can make over the course of their careers. Policies that allow employees and their supervisors to better manage 'when and where' work gets done can more fully engage the age-diverse workforce. "


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Robert Delaunay, a pioneer of abstract art, was one of the first painters to have thought that colour is at once form and subject. His participation in the beginnings of Cubism led him to the so-called "deconstructive" period with the Eiffel Tower series, the church of Saint-Séverin, and the Cities (1909-1911).
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Since The North Face Explore Fund was initiated in 2010, The North Face has provided more than $1 million in grants to nonprofits all over the world working to connect youth to the outdoors, with more than three quarters of that going to programs in the United States. "We are honored to be part of a national movement to inspire youth to explore the outdoors. Their exposure to and experience in the outdoors is fundamentally important for our communities, our society, and for the positive development of our young people," said Jennifer Gurecki, executive director of Adventure Risk Challenge, said.
Adventure Risk Challenge was founded in 2004 to improve literacy and life skills, expose youth to a range of natural environments and wilderness experiences, and inspire the confidence they need to envision and accomplish goals, succeed in high school, and become engaged, empowered citizens. ARC has linked wilderness with academics through rigorous expeditions and an English and environmental science curriculum linked to state standards for the past nine years. ARC has increased access to transformational outdoor opportunities for underserved youth across Northern and Central California, while also supporting them in attending college at a rate of 77 percent.
"There can be so many barriers to getting kids outdoors, whether it be a disability, health resources or simply a lack of access. A large percentage of the grants went toward funding organizations that are addressing these issues by providing access and education," said Ann Krcik, director of Outdoor Exploration at The North Face. "We believe that if you can get kids to love the outdoors, not only will they develop skills that will help them throughout life, but they will grow up to care about their natural world, protecting and conserving the wild places they explore."
To learn more about Adventure Risk Challenge visit http://www.arcprogram.org. For more information about The North Face Explore Fund, please visit http://www.explorefund.org
About Adventure Risk Challenge
Under the auspices of UC Berkeley, Adventure Risk Challenge (ARC) is a year-round outdoor education program for underserved high school students. Our mission is to improve literacy and life skills, expose youth to a range of natural environments and wilderness experiences, and inspire the confidence they need to envision and accomplish goals, succeed in high school, and become engaged, empowered citizens.
About The North Face
The North Face, a division of VF Outdoor, Inc., was founded in 1968. Headquartered in San Leandro, Calif., the company offers the most technically advanced products in the market to accomplished climbers, mountaineers, snowsport athletes, endurance athletes, and explorers. The company's products are sold in specialty mountaineering, backpacking, running, and snowsport retailers, premium-sporting goods retailers and major outdoor specialty retail chains.


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Last week's Friday Fantastic Flash Challenge was this;
You are drifting, down, down, through deep water. It is cold, dark, murky. You are desperate for air, and you sense something's out there… you are not alone. Will you sink or swim?
Proving he could swim like a dolphin, Geoff le Pard was quick to take up the gauntlet; he just can't seem to resist a writing challenge… he does LOADS of them!
Why does everything have to change?
For as long as I can remember I've been here, warm, comforted, constantly fed love. The light is beautiful, the place is just… safe.
But recently I've felt somehow different. First it was the shocks, like quakes in the walls. I knew not to be frightened, I don't know why, but looking back that was the start. Then I noticed things. Everywhere was getting smaller, tighter and I kept twisting and turning.
But the voices told me to stay calm. I heard voices now. A lot.
And then, one morning everywhere exploded. From feeling safe to terrified; from not noticing my surroundings to being aware of water – everywhere: in my eyes, my nose, my throat. I pushed and clawed. There was one way the voices told me but by now I was getting cold and everywhere was dark and dangerous.
I wanted to stay, to go back to how it was but that wasn't an option. The walls were closing in, crushing me. I had to get out.
One minute I was drowning in the dark and cold; next it was lights, screams everywhere, constant movement. I couldn't stand it but I had no choice. There was no going back.
Hands held me, comforted me and a single voice rose above the din.
'It's a girl.'
Geoff has already written these two books, and is currently working on at least another two that I know of, including a dark YA fantasy, which I have just had the privilege of beta- reading for him. You can buy them here. You can catch up with him on his blog.
And so to this week's challenge…
Sssibilant, sssneaky, ssscaly, ssscary… SNAKES! You come face to face with a serpent, winged and firebreathing or venemous and land loving, you decide, and tell me all about it.
You can submit here, I will include links to your blog and books. Entries must be under 500 words, but please remember that I write YA, so there may be young people on this site… please keep it family friendly. I really hope you will join me (and Geoff) and take part in the craic!


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In February this year, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) released its new Forest Conservation Policy, which included an immediate end to the clearance of rainforests throughout its supply chain in Indonesia. This move followed years of campaigning by a wide a range of NGOs, including Greenpeace, against the company's involvement in deforestation.
APP's new policy was guardedly welcomed by many organisations, ours included. If fully implemented, the policy would stop any further expansion into rainforests and lead to the implementation of key conservation measures across APP's supply chain.
However, there are significant notes of caution. First, APP has failed to deliver on previous conservation pledges. Second, this new policy comes after many years of expansion into rainforests and peatlands across Indonesia. Sumatra's rainforests, in particular, have paid a heavy price from APP's legacy. Reasonable questions therefore arise as to how the company can make amends for the past.
So, more than four months in, how is APP doing?
There is evidence of strong commitment by some key senior staff at APP and Sinarmas Forestry – its pulpwood supplier – to follow up on the forest conservation policy. They have enlisted the help of organisations such as APCS, Ekologika and TFT, that have a wide ranging work programme to identify conservation values across APP's supply chain including all the areas of remaining rainforest.
There has also been a significant increase in transparency by APP. For example, the launch of a new website providing some important technical information about its operations including maps of supplier concession areas.
Equally, there appears to be a change in mind-set on finding solutions to major social conflicts with communities in a number of APP suppliers' concessions, though a huge amount of work lies ahead before real progress can be confirmed.
Importantly, there has been a serious attempt to address ongoing criticisms and problems through the establishment of a grievance procedure if and when evidence comes to light of the new policy not delivering on the ground.
And finally there is a clear change in style and content from past PR exercises – the much criticised 'rainforest realities' website has gone, the 'greenwash' style CNN adverts from the past have been taken off the air.
So are there any problems?
The most important test of APP's delivery is in the forest. And there have been a number of issues. APP announced an end to forest clearance from the 1st February, yet a recent NGO investigation found rainforest clearance – about 70 hectares – at an APP supplier's concession in Sumatra.
Cases like this rightly lead to questions about whether APP is really changing. Was this a genuine screw up or a lack of seriousness on the ground? How will the company respond to ensure this doesn't happen again?
Our view is that this can only be properly judged with more time. Any forest clearance is unacceptable. In their response, APP and TFT admit that mistakes have been made in this case, involving a prior agreement with local communities. Their grievance report confirms there were failings in decision making on the ground and that a process has been set up to ensure that lessons are learned. But, given APP's previous track record, a number of stakeholders remain sceptical.
What about paper buyers, what should they do?
Concerns and scepticism are heightened by an apparent drive in some parts of APP's sales division to turn its policy commitments to conserve forests into immediate new contracts . Pressing brands to enter contracts before there is clear and sustained evidence of delivery badly undermines the work being done to demonstrate that APP is changing.
APP has to focus on delivery. Failing to do so will harden NGO attitudes and lead many to conclude that the recent policy announcement is nothing more than a cosmetic change. The announcement of a new policy commitment does not magically erase the social and environmental damage done by the company, such as that highlighted by many NGO campaigns.
NGOs have a vital role to play in ensuring APP meets its conservation objectives through monitoring of its operations and by providing advice and feedback to the company on the implementation of its commitments.
Greenpeace, like other NGOs, maintains a position that it is too soon for APP to be rewarded in the market for its new forest conservation policy. The company must ensure that its commitments translate into long-term management plans to protect and where necessary restore important conservation areas, as well as credible actions to address the many social conflicts across its supply chain. Only this will demonstrate that APP is now serious about learning from the past and addressing its impacts.
But APP must also be encouraged along this path and be given space to implement its new policy. This is why we suspended our active campaign against the company earlier this year. It's also why we have agreed to meet regularly with APP management to provide input and feedback regarding the type of actions the company must take to demonstrate things are changing.
So what's next?
Our plan is to continue to monitor APP's progress, but also to focus attention on APRIL, the other major player in the Indonesian pulp sector - relying heavily on rainforest destruction to meet its fibre needs – some 60,000 hectares a year at the last count.
As fires across Sumatra have caused widespread haze in Singapore and Malaysia, there have been claims that fire hotspots were detected in and around APP and APRIL suppliers' concessions, as well as oil palm concessions. Many companies, including APP and APRIL, state that they have 'no burn' policies – a position that doesn't account for their roles in creating the conditions for these fires through large-scale deforestation and peatland drainage. But stopping deforestation does at least help mitigate against any future catastrophes similar to the one we are experiencing now.
If we are to turn the tide of forest destruction in Indonesia, we need many more companies to make commitments to end their role in deforestation. And we have to ensure that those companies that do make such commitments deliver on them. I'll write again about our views of APP's progress in the near future.
...and in the near future, watch this space.
Bustar Maitar is head of the Indonesia Forest Campaign at Greenpeace Southeast Asia
(Unregistered) Robin Shepherd
This is a good article, but it needs some context as it's based on an assumption that everybody agrees APP's previous activities were bad or i...
This is a good article, but it needs some context as it's based on an assumption that everybody agrees APP's previous activities were bad or illegal. That's not really how it was. APP's logging activities took place in concessions granted to them by the government as part of the national sustainability strategy. APP controlled about 5% of the 20 million hectares allocated by the government to the forestry industry. From what I've read, it seems APP has converted about 60-70% of its 5% allocation to plantation, and it now believes it can source sufficient fibre from these plantations to run its business. I'm not saying Greenpeace wasn't influential in APP announcing its FCP, but you ought to recognize you came along at a time when APP was ready to "convinced."
More generally, environmentalists' over-eager messaging, inter-group rivalries and personal agendas have really messed up this whole debate. For example, we got some national-level newspapers printing "facts" like 80% of forests in Sumatra have been converted to palm-oil plantation, we've got WWF claiming that globally "46-58 million square miles of forest are lost each year" (which is at least one order of magnitude higher than everybody else's assessment), we've got environmentalists advocating FSC while attacking FSC in the next breath, we've got environmentalists advocating RSPO while attacking RSPO in the next breath, we've got RAN changing their focus to human-rights issues just to keep themselves in a job, we've got companies spinning the words of their policies (and not much else) to keep you off their backs, we've got the environmental groups squabbling over credit for those "successes," we've got the presence of acacia fibres in consumer products being cited as evidence for illegal logging (and a swathe of other derisory "scientific" claims), and we've got too many specialists in Indonesia who are reluctant to switch fire to other areas of the world where forestry activities are far less controlled. It's all a bit messed up, and Greenpeace has contributed notably to that confusion. So, I'm not sure you ought to threaten APP, APRIL or anyone else until you've got your own house in order. I mean, how many NGOs does it take to monitor APP's 5% of the government allocation?
6 July, 2013 at 13:30
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As a paper buyer in the U.S. I am committed to buying papers from sustainable sources. I think that many people in purchasing roles in the U.S. feel t...
As a paper buyer in the U.S. I am committed to buying papers from sustainable sources. I think that many people in purchasing roles in the U.S. feel the same way.
At our business until we are confident that APP has turned the corner and has demonstrated a strong commitment to sustainable forestry practices, we will not buy their papers.
It would be helpful for APP to adopt FSC certification so that a third party is verifying all of their sources of paper fiber. Only through prescribing to globally accepted standards will we stem the tide of deforestation.
Because most APP paper sold in the U.S. is sold under private label, it is difficult for the buyer to know what they are getting. Those private label sheets tend to be the least expensive sheets on the market. Many of the print/paper buyers using APP papers are unaware who makes the specific brands or what the history is with Asia Pulp and Paper. APP papers are being sold through well established paper merchants in the U.S. who need inexpensive papers to compete in today's market. It is important to identify APP papers by private label brand names to help apply further pressure that consumers do care and vote with their dollars.
While FSC certification can make a big difference in this arena, anyone who has had to maintain chain of custody certification knows that the FSC process on the printer level is so cumbersome that the FSC logo is rarely printed on jobs using FSC paper.The environmental movement wants certification to assure that companies like APP are acting responsibly but there is little or no interest in streamlining the process so that it is easier to use and therefore becomes a more highly demanded "brand".
I commend APP for attempting to change their forestry practice. I encourage them to adopt globally accepted standards for certification. The tone of your article is impressive because it moves beyond rhetoric and tries to understand the complexity of what is being attempted. I encourage the environmental movement to look at the certification process to help to improve it so that it is more widely used by printers and print buyers. We are asking APP to change a complex supply chain. It is our job to help create a market that will encourage purchasing of sustainable products at the same time.
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I live part time in indonesia (Bali) where the biggest issue is choice. When i go to buy paper all there is is Sinar Dunia (APP) So if the did chose t...
I live part time in indonesia (Bali) where the biggest issue is choice. When i go to buy paper all there is is Sinar Dunia (APP) So if the did chose to deforest then that would help lots of people in indonesia because some know its bad but they have to buy it. Brillient article!
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UT joins project to offer free online courses
AUSTIN — University of Texas System regents Monday brought $10 million and the system's institutional weight to an elite nonprofit partnership working to bring online college courses to anyone with Internet access.
The investment in "massive open online courses," informally known as MOOCs, makes UT the first public university system to join edX, a partnership started by Harvard and MIT.
The goal is for UT schools — led by the University of Texas at Austin — to create and launch four yet-to-be-determined courses through edX by next fall, UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa said.
The courses will be free. Learners won't earn college credit, though the system intends to eventually offer that and might charge some form of tuition when it does, Cigarroa said.
The effort will be a step toward making higher education more affordable and accessible, said Gene Powell, chairman of the system's board of regents.
"It will strengthen our campuses' ability to reach new markets, including working adults, practicing professionals and normal, everyday students around the world," Powell said.
The move drew immediate praise from Gov. Rick Perry, who released a statement calling it "exactly the type of effort I hope more schools will consider as we aggressively pursue the goals of improving graduation rates and making a college education more accessible and affordable for Texans."
The UT System will invest $5 million in edX to help craft the learning platform and another $5 million to develop courses, Cigarroa said.
"EdX courses are not Internet versions of old-fashioned correspondence courses," Cigarroa said. "They will provide students with a wealth of innovative resources, including interactive laboratories, virtual reality environments and access to online tutors and tutorials."
But MOOCs are not without skeptics.
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What is edX?
A partnership to offer "massive open online courses"
Institutions involved: MIT, Harvard, University of California at Berkeley and now the UT System
Cost: Free
College credit: No, at least not yet
Courses already offered: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry, Introduction to Computer Science, Software as a Service, Circuits and Electronics, Health in Numbers, Artificial Intelligence
Info: www.edx.org
"If your only goal is to take that physics course from an eminent professor, then that need is met and that's wonderful," said Mark David Milliron, chancellor for an accredited nonprofit online university called WGU Texas.
But if you want to start a degree plan, MOOCs don't yet meet those requirements, he said.
"The 'open' community wants (MOOCs) open, fairly accessible and large and robust and rowdy," Milliron said. "The traditional university and the people who are actually trying to get people to graduate ... are (asking), 'How does this contribute to the larger goals of the university or the system?' I don't think people have that figured out yet."
WGU Texas offers dozens of online undergraduate and graduate degrees and charges a flat-rate tuition of about $2,890 every six months, but it does not offer piecemeal courses or MOOCs, Milliron said.
The nonprofit edX sprang up after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced in December that it would begin offering open online courses, the first of which — Circuits and Electronics — launched in March. It saw more than 150,000 students register, though the New York Times later reported that only about 10,000 of those completed the midterm.
Harvard and MIT joined forces to create edX in May. The University of California at Berkeley came on board in July to develop a platform for online learning, an effort the UT System will join.
Harvard expected launching its first batch of free online courses Monday, which include computer science, epidemiology and biostatistics, and had enrolled about 100,000 people, according to the Boston Globe.
EdX President Anant Agarwal said his organization was excited to work with the UT System in part because of edX's desire to improve success rates among first-generation students like those who attend system schools. The system has 15 academic and health institutions across the state.
In August, system officials had hinted at today's announcement, telling regents they were in talks with both edX and its competitor, Coursera.
Coursera, a project by two Stanford University computer scientists, has drawn more than 30 university partners, including Rice University, according to its website.
David Callender, president of the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, said the edX partnership will help health institutions' outreach efforts, foster faculty collaborations and enhance the UT brand in the global health arena.
In recent years, UT Austin has been developing online and blended courses in areas such as biology, psychology, English and economics, school President Bill Powers said. The university might start working with those faculty members to offer those courses on edX once its new learning platform is operational, he said.
"Like a lot of important projects, you put it in low gear ... and keep pedaling," Powers said.
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