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Let's be frank here, WordPress rocks, no doubt, but since it's early beginning, the interface design has lagged behind it's technical powers. This is why since December of 2004, Khaled, Michael Heilemann, Joen Asmussen, Chris J Davis, Joshua Sigar and later Bryan Veloso started Shuttle, a collaborative effort to bring design beauty to the WordPress admin interface. Well, it's been almost a year and a half and the Shuttle team finally release their final mockups to the public.
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"Every year, we hear from residents who are unable to remove the snow from their sidewalks on their own," Beutler said. "Some are elderly or disabled. Many do not have relatives or friends they can call on for help. Some have health conditions that make shoveling snow dangerous for them. Public Works and Utilities has stepped up to fill a need, this time with the help of Lincoln's faith community. The result of this collaboration is a program to link volunteers willing to shovel snow with residents who need the service."
Individuals or organization wishing to volunteer for snow removal as part of the program may sign up online at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: snow). Those who need the help can find volunteers near their home online or by calling 402-441-7644 during regular business hours.
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Aging Partners also has a program to provide snow removal for low-income elders. Funds from the Lincoln Cares donation program are used to pay the workers through the Aging Partners Home Handyman Program. For more information, visit aging.lincoln.ne.gov (click on "housing") or call 402-441-7030.


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Talk about getting personal.
Here's a fun story about getting and giving attention on a one-to-one level.
As reported on CBS TV Chicago in early February, local high school student Keenan Cahill found out just how much attention he could get by simply having fun. He could've never expected the outcome.
Affected by a life-threatening disease called MPS-6 that stunts his growth — and dreaming about one day being an actor or singer — the outgoing teenager began videotaping his lip-synching routines to various hit songs, and posting them online.
His antics attracted the attention of Katy Perry, who recognized his fun video via Twitter, and sent out a link to the video. The results? The video went viral, and Cahill became an "Internet sensation."
Even better, he began getting personal visits from 50 Cent, Tyra Banks and others who went so far as to join him in his Elmhurst, Illinois bedroom so they could 'co-star' with the lip-syncher.
Imagine a famous singer knocking on your front door!
Can we find lessons here for business? Indeed.
The music stars recognized:
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- The chance to further expose what this young man was doing to their other fans – since it benefited them from a pure publicity perspective
- An opportunity to do good by:
– Showing up at his home to share in his excitement and fun takes on their songs
– Showing their humanity and support of a disabled teenager, leading to a thrilling outcome that surely has changed his life.
This can no doubt be an inspiration for the B2B world.
- What if … You and your staff found more (and more interesting) ways to connect with how your customers use your products or services, on a one-to-one level?
- How can you go the extra mile to recognize their success, or help them achieve greater success?
- How can you SURPRISE your customers in a similar way (even one, two or three customers a year)?
Every company wants its videos to go viral. While most business products and services don't have a Hollywood aura, often we're all too stuck in the boring business world to find (or put) the humanity into our stories.
This is the beauty of the connected world; the social media world we live in … The opportunity to be human, to speak and interact one-to-one with customers.
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Challenge your team to do something out of the ordinary. Give!
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Personal interaction is the new era in brand and reputation building. B2B companies that apply it are succeeding in ways they never expected – proving the old adage: "give, and you shall receive."


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The former Manchester United striker, who is currently in charge of Norwegian champions Molde, has been repeatedly linked with the job at the Reebok Stadium following Owen Coyle's dismissal last week.
However, the 39-year-old says he has no plans to leave Molde before the end of the season, although there is just over a month to go. "There are surely 20 names who have been linked with Bolton now and it's natural that mine is among them. But it's not for me," he told Norwegian newspaper Romsdals Budstikke.
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Siteimprove launches Digital Certainty Index™ - a unique website performance indicator redefining how organizations can manage their digital presence
Copenhagen, Denmark - October 12, 2017 - Today, Siteimprove unveiled the Digital Certainty Index™ (DCI™) and a redesigned version of its 'dashboard' marking a major milestone in the continuous improvement of the Siteimprove Intelligence Platform, the company's core product that is now used by more than 6,000 organizations worldwide to manage their digital presence.
DCI is a unique performance indicator capable of measuring a website's effectiveness against a selection of different parameters that have been carefully selected by industry experts. Viewed in combination with the new dashboard, DCI will provide users a personalized and engaging experience when they manage their website and make it easier to identify and resolve urgent issues. Furthermore, DCI will allow them to benchmark their digital performance against a group of industry peers making it easy to see if they are lagging behind or doing better in key areas.
"Knowing exactly how good your website is can be a challenge due to large amounts of data and the myriad of ways you can measure it. With DCI, we are empowering organizations to paint a clear and objective picture of this using a credible tool that even includes industry peer benchmarking. Instead of disconnected difficult-to-interpret data points, we are combining all relevant indicators into one simple number that embodies the strength of your digital presence," says Morten Ebbesen, CEO in Siteimprove.
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"The new dashboard guides users through our platform exposing them to features and encouraging them to explore different ways of improving their digital presence with actionable recommendations. As part of a new user interface, the DCI score will be visible gamifying the entire experience by adding a 'competitive element' that motivates users to use the full potential of our platform," says Morten and continues:
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An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows System Information Console when it improperly parses XML input that contains a reference to an external entity. To learn more about the vulnerability, see CVE-2017-8557.
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This update is available through Windows Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to turn on automatic updating, see Windows Update: FAQ.
Method 2: Microsoft Update Catalog
To get the stand-alone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.
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Walden could get a shot against lefty hitters
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Left-hander Jonny Venters remains on the comeback trail from Tommy John surgery, leaving Luis Avilan as the lone lefty guaranteed a spot in the bullpen come Opening Day.
Until Venters returns, however, manager Fredi Gonzalez is willing to use right-hander Jordan Walden in relief against left-handed hitters.
"Having Walden get left-handers out almost better than he does right-handers, that's almost like your second lefty," Gonzalez said. "We did that a little bit last year."
Walden held left-handed hitters to a .190 batting average in 91 plate appearances in 2013, his first season with the Braves. Right-handers batted .247 against Walden, who recorded a 3.47 ERA in 50 appearances.
Gonzalez also mentioned southpaw Ryan Buchter as a possible fit.
Buchter, 27, has bounced around the Minor Leagues for eight seasons with the Atlanta and Washington organizations. He finished 4-0 with a 2.76 ERA in 51 appearances for Triple-A Gwinnett last season, lowering his career ERA to 3.47 in 366 innings.
Non-roster invitee Atahualpa Severino is another name Gonzalez brought up as a possibility to fill the role. Severino, 29, pitched briefly for the Nationals in 2011, recording a victory and a 3.86 ERA in six appearances.
"[Severino] supposedly throws the ball really well," Gonzalez said.
Meanwhile, Venters continues to improve, and he played catch with infielder Ramiro Pena during Friday's full-squad workout.
"Talking to [head athletic trainer Jeff Porter], he was really, really pleased with how [Venters is] coming along," Gonzalez said.
With Venters dealing with injury since 2012, Avilan has emerged as a formidable left-hander out of the bullpen. Avilan, 24, has compiled a 6-0 record and a 1.69 ERA in 106 appearances for the Braves since 2012.
Left-handed batters have hit only .156 against Avilan during his two-year career.


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Did you know that fingernails grow an estimated 0.1 mm each day and that they grow faster in young people, in males, and in the summertime? Well, neither did we, until we looked it up, but that is apparently the case, and it certainly doesn't surprise us. While that may not seem like much on the surface, let us assure you that it will keep you busy. Keeping up with your newborn's nails as they continuously grow can be a very demanding task. As far as we're concerned, the real purpose baby nails serve is to break you into parenthood. They will likely require trimming or filing at least once a week because long nails on the hands of newborns with little to no control of them predictably result in stray scratches. If you happen to fall behind on your nail clipping, your baby will inevitably remind you (and make you feel guilty) by scratching his face when his nails get too long (or if you leave sharp corners or points when clipping).
A handful of parents are intimidated by the prospect of having to cut their baby's nails and would probably opt for a professional manicure-pedicure if only they were generally available. No such luck. If you're lucky, your hospital nurse will be able to help demonstrate the correct technique, but some hospitals actually discourage their personnel from doing so, we can only presume because any unintentional injury may be a liability problem. And while we aren't exactly recommending it (or admitting to doing it ourselves), we're well aware of the fact that some parents opt to bite or peel off their newborn's nails rather than fiddle with clippers or scissors. Because clippers and scissors can trim nails in a more controlled fashion, you'll be better off using one or the other (or both), or simply using a nail file to keep things under control.
For best results, trim or file your baby's nails when she's asleep and her hands are less of a moving target.
Push down on the fingertip skin so you can get the clipper or scissors around both sides of the nail and avoid cutting your baby's finger (or toe).
Then, just as a professional manicurist would, finish off any sharp or rough edges with an emery board and…
Voila! Not so bad after all once you get the hang of it.


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Comparative Literature and the History of Ideas
CLHI 250 Introduction to Comparative Literature and the History of Ideas (1)
This course will introduce students to the nature of inquiry in comparative literature and intellectual history, emphasizing modes of textual criticism, reading texts in historical and cultural contexts, and reading texts across national, cultural and linguistic boundaries. Students will be encouraged to read works in the original language whenever possible.
- General Education Requirement Fulfillment: Arts & Humanities
- Offering: Alternate years in spring
- Instructor: Staff


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Quincy, MA, September 14, 2011 – Icelandair, the flagship carrier of Iceland since 1937, will begin service from Denver next spring with four flights a week to Reykjavik, Iceland. Denver will become Icelandair's ninth North American gateway and on May 11, 2012, flight # 670 will commence service from Denver International Airport with non-stop flights to Reykjavik on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Through its hub in Iceland, Icelandair offers non-stop flights to over 20 destinations in Scandinavia, The U.K. and Continental Europe, with the fastest elapsed time to all the Scandinavian capitals.
"We were thrilled to choose Denver from a short-list of potential new gateway cities, as we feel it is a natural fit for Icelandair. Denverites will love the nature, lifestyle and culture of Iceland, while Icelanders will feel at home with the landscape, active lifestyle, and independent philosophy in Denver," said Birkir Holm Gudnason, C.E.O of Icelandair.
Thorsteinn Egilsson, General Manger of Icelandair the Americas continued, "Savvy travellers of Denver will now have a fresh alternative when traveling to Europe. Icelandair is happy to enter this city with competitive airfares and convenient routes to Iceland and onward."
During the Sixties and Seventies, Icelandair was known as the "backpacker airline" and was the airline of choice for many college students because of its low fares and convenient flight paths. Today, Icelandair sports a new look, three cabins of service, leather seats throughout, personal in-flight entertainment centers for all passengers and is still recognized as a value airline, with the most convenient routes to Europe.
"We are elated to have been chosen as Icelandair's ninth North American market," said Kim Day, Aviation Manager for Denver International Airport. "As the fifth-busiest airport in the United States, Denver International Airport serves more than 160 destinations nonstop. Our airport is not only the gateway to the beautiful state of Colorado, but is also a strong U.S. hub, providing easy access to many points beyond Denver."
Denver International Airport is conveniently situated for serving the metropolitan area and will also act as a hub for the many domestic carriers that offer easy connections into Denver.
"I am looking forward to the relationship between the City of Denver and Icelandair, and to personally welcoming the first flight from Reykjavik," said Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock. "This flight will allow us to continue to bring new global opportunities to Colorado and to stimulate growth in our economy. It will also open our doors to new markets and allow our business and leisure travelers originating in Denver to enjoy an easy one-stop connection to Scandinavia, the U.K. and Europe."
Whether you are a first-time visitor or a regular adventure seeker, travellers of this special will enjoy round-trip airfare, two nights hotel at the newly refurbished Icelandair Natura, early check-in with welcome breakfast on arrival, a Reykjanes Peninsula and Golden Circle Tour, highlighting Iceland's natural wonders, and a peek at the world famous Blue Lagoon.
In addition to Denver, Icelandair, offers non-stop service to Iceland from Boston, New York-JFK, Seattle, and seasonal service from Washington, D.C., Minneapolis - St. Paul, Orlando Sanford, Halifax and Toronto. Connections through Icelandair's hub at Keflavik International Airport are available to over 20 destinations in Scandinavia, the U.K. and Continental Europe. Icelandair also allows passengers to stopover in Iceland at no additional airfare.
Additional information about Icelandair fares and packages to Iceland and onward is available at www.icelandair.com or by calling (877) I-FLY-ICE.


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About thirty or forty years ago, all Costa Rican children read the same books in public elementary schools. They learned to read with Paco y Lola, and progressed to Costa Rican authors like Carlos Luis Fallas. And for storytime, they turned to the classic tales of Tía Panchita, the aunt of Carmen Lyra, one of Costa Rica's most prolific authors.
Carmen Lyra describes her aunt as a short, small woman with two long braids and eyes that seemed to smile. When Carmen Lyra was small, her relatives told her educational stories with ponderous morals about good behavior and hard work. But her Tía Panchita told her stories about elves, witches, ghosts and other marvels. Carmen Lyra says that these were the stories that most influenced her literary career.
Born María Isabel Carvajal in 1888, Carmen Lyra is an important figure in Costa Rican literary circles. She wrote political essays, scholarly articles, a novel, and several other academic works, but she is best known for Cuentos de Mi Tía Panchita, the redacted stories that she once heard from her aunt.
Although Carmen Lyra first heard these fantastic stories as a child, many of them had been a part of Costa Rican oral history long before Tía Panchita's time. Some say that the stories came from Europe and were disseminated in Costa Rica by the Spaniards who settled here. Carmen Lyra tells the stories in the popular slang of her time, providing an interesting linguistic study.
Some of Tía Panchita's most popular stories feature the wily Tío Conejo, a rabbit whose constant victim is the foolish Tío Coyote. Other stories feature the well-known simpleton who somehow manages to marry a princess, terrible mothers-in-law and magical creatures. All are colorful and entertaining, and all provide a glimpse into the common lives of the Costa Ricans who told these stories to one another.
The first edition was published in 1920, and the book continues in publication today. For interested readers, Cuentos de Mi Tía Panchita is available on Amazon.


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Mission Foundation names new president
ASHEVILLE – William "Bill" Kinard Jr. has been selected as the new president of Mission Foundation, effective Dec. 30. He replaces Bruce D. Thorsen, who is retiring in March after 23 years at the organization.
Kinard will relocate from Greenville, S.C. He has more than 20 years of experience in the managing major philanthropic programs. Kinard, FAHP, CFRE, is a native of Clinton, S.C., where he began a career in banking before moving into nonprofit work.
Under Thorsen' s leadership Mission Foundation championed numerous campaigns, which raised more than $150 million that made possible the development of clinical centers of excellence like the Mission Children's Hospital, the Heart Center at Mission Hospital and the SECU Cancer Center.
Since 2003, Kinard has worked for Greenville Hospital System as its director, philanthropy and partnership of the Children's Hospital. He has overseen the strategic direction of the Children's Hospital philanthropic efforts, which include major giving and the Children's Miracle Network. He was responsible for the overall organization of their current $80 million campaign, raised more than $29 million in current gifts and $3.5 million in planned gifts. He also developed numerous programs to engage physician and community champions in the philanthropic process as well as created a system of metrics and return on investment measuring the success of all lead gift officers.


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Highlights / General details
One of New Zealand's top destinations, the Bay of Islands, is located south of the remote northernmost tip of New Zealand. Captain Cook gave the area its name almost two and a half centuries ago. The bay includes over 140 islands.
White sand beaches and bays stretch around a stunning coastline, with a plentiful marine wildlife. In summer visitors can stroll beneath the vivid scarlet pohutakawa trees, all part of a subtropical wonderland which has an average summer temperature of 24 degrees.
The Bay of Islands are 250km north of New Zealand's biggest city, Auckland which makes the destionation an easy day trip. Several overnight options are also available for people wish to spend more time in the Winterless North, especially if they wish to visit the Northernmost part of New Zealand, Cape Reinga.
Points of Interest: View a large war canoe; Waitangi Treaty House; Russell Mini Tour; Paihia; Hibiscus Coast; Parry Kauri Park; Whangarei.
Hotel / Motel Pick ups from Auckland City Hotels and drop off; Coach tour; English commentary from driver; Admissions to Waitangi Treaty House Grounds; Return ferry; Russell Mini Tour; Multi-Lingual commentary is available in Japanese, Spanish and Mandarin onboard the coach and must be requested when booking; Tax.
Lunch; Gratuities (optional).
Hours of operation
Available: Daily; Departs at 7:30am, Pick-up at 6:50am - 7:15am.
Approximately 12.5 hours.
Participant restrictions
Children under the age of 5 are free if not occupying a seat.
Guest is required to call at least 24 hours prior to your departure to confirm reservations.
Complete information, including local telephone numbers at your destination, will be included on your Confirmation Voucher.
**All information requested must be supplied or booking is subject to automatic cancellation**


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Bank of America (BAC) is rolling out a defined-contribution consulting service for institutions at Merrill Lynch and a 401(k) service for small businesses at Merrill Edge.
"We are leveraging our investment management education and guidance group to be a screener for advisors to utilize, which is a significant advantage for our financial advisors," said Kevin Crain (left), head of Institutional Retirement & Benefit Services for Bank of America-Merrill Lynch, in an interview with AdvisorOne. "They can tailor these services for individual-plan sponsors."
Some rivals have an individual RIA or advisor put such solutions together, whereas Merrill FAs can "leverage the largest investment management guidance capacity available," Crain said. "This should be exciting to plan sponsors as they look at this service."
The DC services, announced Friday, will be introduced during the rest of 2012 and in 2013 to institutional clients with $25 million or more in assets. The DC services could be offered to plans that currently hold about $1.2 trillion of assets nationwide, according to BofA-Merrill, which officially relaunched its institutional retirement service offerings last fall.
About 250 Merrill Lynch advisors now hold specialized defined contribution or global institutional consulting designations. Next month, these advisors could pursue training in order to sell these new DC consulting services.
"We think that 30 to 50 will come out initially for this further accreditation, and that number should grow to close to 100 advisors or so a year from now," Crain said. Though this work isn't meant for hundreds of Merrill's thundering herd—which now numbers about 17,000—it could generate some recruiting interest, he says.
Merrill Edge, 401(k)s
On Tuesday, BofA said it introduced Merrill Edge Small Business 401(k) services for clients with plans that include $250,000 or less in total assets.
"We know how important small businesses are to our nation's economy and how dedicated their owners are to their employees," said Robb Hilson, Bank of America Small Business executive, in a press release. "Offering a simplified 401(k) plan, designed to address the needs of small-business owners and their employees, is yet another way we are showing our commitment to supporting small businesses."
According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, 14% of small-business employers offer a retirement plan to their employees.
"In a recent Bank of America-Merrill Lynch Workplace Benefits Report, more than half of small business owners cited retirement benefits as one of the top tools for retaining employees and attracting new talent," said Rich Linton, head of Business Retirement Solutions for Bank of America Merrill Lynch, in a statement. "The generally lower costs than many traditional plans and accessibility of this solution enable business owners to provide employees with an important, tax-advantaged retirement savings tool, while also receiving potential tax benefits for their business."
The Merrill Edge Small Business 401(k) is self-serviced and managed completely online. It includes a streamlined investment menu selected by Morningstar Associates, who assumes investment fiduciary responsibility and simplifies the fund selection process for clients, while helping take the guesswork out of fund selection for employees, according to BofA.
Also, these 401(k) plans offer tools such as a Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE) and Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) plans.
BofA currently has more than 1,200 financial solutions advisors (FSAs) serving mass-affluent clients; about 500 are based in branches and the remaining 700 in Merrill's three advisory centers. It also employs about 700 small-business bankers serving clients in bank branches and plans to have 1,000 in place by mid-2012.
Merrill FSAs focus on investors with between $50,000 and $250,000 in investable assets, which BofA sees as an important market segment and growth opportunity.


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Michelle Obama gets birthday dinner
It was a good 49th birthday for first lady Michelle Obama, ending with dinner in Georgetown.
The first lady, President Obama, and friends celebrated at Cafe Milano for a little more than three hours.
The White House did not provide details.
Mrs. Obama's birthday also featured a new hairstyle and a new Twitter handle: FLOTUS, which of course stands for First Lady of the United States.
Her old Twitter name -- "Michelle Obama" -- was a campaign account and is now managed by the Democratic National Committee.
FLOTUS was created by the first lady's office, and will chronicle some of her activities; Mrs. Obama will sign her own tweets with the initials "mo."


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UConn 'all in' on College Scorecard
In an attempt to help families get "the most bang for their educational buck," President Obama launched the College Scorecard, and the University of Connecticut is all in.
The president announced the College Scorecard in his State of the Union address on Feb. 5, and made it available to the public the next day.
The scorecards include data regarding each college's costs, six-year graduation rate, loan default rate, median borrowing, and will eventually include information pertaining to what kinds of jobs students get upon graduation.
"Our data's good, so we're all for it," said University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst, whose scorecard proved to be more favorable than some of its competitors, including the nearby University of Massachusetts and the University of Pittsburgh, which now occupies UConn's former top 20 spot on US News' annual Top Public School's list.
According to data released by the US Department of Education, UConn has the 72nd highest net price, at $14,476 per year for in-state students, out of the 4,165 four-year public colleges reported.


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The Photometry
The DustPedia archive contains photometry across 42 UV-microwave bands for the 875 DustPedia galaxies (a total of 21,857 photometric measurements). Consistent aperture-matched photometry was performed to all available maps of the GALEX, SDSS, 2MASS, WISE, Spitzer, Herschel surveys, hosted in the data archive, combined with external supplementary photometry for IRAS and Planck surveys.
The user can retrieve the derived photometry tables (in csv format) from the links below. "DustPedia Main Photometry" provides all the available photometric measurements for the GALEX, SDSS, DSS, 2MASS, WISE, Spitzer, Herschel surveys, "DustPedia IRAS Photometry" provides the photometry for the IRAS survey and "DustPedia Planck Photometry" provides the photometry for the Planck survey. All the photometric measurements are in Jy. Redshift-independent distances for all the DustPedia galaxies are provided in "Homogenized redshift-independent distances".
A detailed description of the multiwavelength image reduction and photometry is provided in Clark et al. (2018, A&A, 609, 37).


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Smart Public Policies Key to Powering Up Africa's Clean Energy Potential Africa Launch of 'UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for All' Held in Nairobi
NAIROBI, Kenya, February 21, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Opening up energy markets to private sector investment through the introduction of smart government policies will be the key to unlocking Africa's massive renewable energy potential, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
In doing so, millions can be lifted out of poverty and the sustainable development potential of the continent far sooner realized, says the report, which was released at UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, to mark the Africa launch of the United Nations 2012 International Year of Sustainable Energy for All.
This UN system-wide initiative aims to bring about concrete action to achieve universal access to modern energy services and double both the rate of improvement in energy efficiency and the share of renewable energy in the global mix by 2030.
Experts estimate that unless stronger commitments are made to reverse current trends, half the population in sub-Saharan Africa will still be without electricity by 2030, and the proportion of the population relying on traditional fuels for household energy needs will remain the highest among all world regions. Such a scenario would severely hamper efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
The report from UNEP Finance Initiative, entitled Financing Renewable Energy in Developing Countries: Drivers and Barriers for Private Finance in sub-Saharan Africa, outlines how current obstacles to the scaling-up of sustainable energy solutions in Africa – such as the cost of electricity generation or difficult grid access - can be tackled.
To meet the continent's growing energy demands, the power sector in Africa needs to install an estimated 7,000 megawatts (MW) of new generation capacity each year.
The UNEP report argues that much of this can come from Africa's wealth of untapped, domestic renewable resources.
Cape Verde, Kenya, Madagascar, Sudan and Chad have particularly significant potential, says the study. According to the African Development Bank Group, Mauritania's wind energy potential is almost four times its annual energy need, while Sudan's is equivalent to 90 per cent of its annual energy needs. This offers both opportunities to improve energy security and create regional markets.
"Accelerating and scaling-up sustainable energy for all will be key to realizing a transition to a low carbon, resource efficient 'inclusive' Green Economy", said UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner.
"Some 1.3 billion people worldwide have no access to electricity - and 45 per cent of those live in Africa. Yet the Continent has abundant renewable resources that, with the right kind of public policies in place, can unlock a new development future and light up the lives and the livelihoods of millions of people," he said.
"In four short months, world leaders meet at the Rio+20 summit in Brazil. Access to sustainable energy should be upper most in delegates minds as should the current barriers—ranging from fossil fuel subsidies to the need for up front financing—that to date have held back this massive potential in Africa and elsewhere," said Mr. Steiner.
The UNEP report is based on a survey of 38 institutions, mostly from the private sector, which are all involved in energy infrastructure finance in developing countries.
Overcoming Three Barriers: Cost, Structure and Risk
The study shows how policy incentives can help reduce the higher costs associated with electricity generation from renewables and improve the competitiveness of investments in the sector, versus traditional energy sources.
It gives examples of how such incentives at national and international levels are already making a positive impact in Africa.
In Kenya, a government feed-in tariff introduced in 2008 to expand renewable energy power generation in the country, will incentivize an estimated additional energy generation capacity of 1300 Megawatts (MW) - more than double Kenya's present capacity. The increased investment in renewables is also expected to trigger significant job creation through construction of power plants, grid connection and maintenance.
Uganda's dedicated renewable energy policy, meanwhile, has been praised for developing an institutional infrastructure for management of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) that has successfully led to a spurt in renewable energy activity. In 2008, Uganda had 550 MW of total installed capacity, of which 315 MW were hydro-based. By 2010 there were 300 MW of renewable energy in the CDM pipeline, including new terrain for Uganda in the area of biomass.
Among rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, where only 2-5 percent of people are connected to the electricity grid, using renewable energy in the form of mini-wind, bio-energy or solar household systems to improve energy access can be more cost-effective than expanding existing grids.
To tackle a second major energy barrier, namely the structural inadequacies of sub-Saharan African energy markets, such as monopolistic ownerships with difficult market and grid access for new actors and innovation, the UNEP report says governments should reform the energy sector with policies leading to a higher level of decentralization and easier market access for new energy producers.
These reforms would encourage third parties and private sector independent power producers (IPPs) to enter the renewable energy market and contribute much needed specialized technical skills.
A third major roadblock to the development of renewable energy utilities, says the study, are the risks – political, regulatory and commercial – present in many sub-Saharan countries. While complex, these risks can be abated and their impact lessened by the use of risk-mitigation instruments already available, albeit insufficiently, today
The international community should, therefore, put in place international risk mitigation instruments with an explicit climate change mandate, recommends the report.
"Reaching the goal of sustainable energy for all in Africa - and beyond - will require action by all countries and all sectors to shape the policy and investment decisions needed for a brighter energy future", said Kandeh Yumkella, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Chair of UN Energy.
"Industrialized countries must accelerate the transition to low-emission technologies. Developing countries, many of them growing rapidly and at large scale, have the opportunity to leapfrog conventional energy options and move directly to cleaner energy alternatives that will enhance economic and social development," he added.
"In this, the UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, many countries in Africa are already successfully testing the technologies and policies needed to bring energy to rural areas and growing cities", said Adnan Z. Amin, Director-General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), at the launch in Nairobi.
"Innovative investment mechanisms and sharply falling manufacturing and installation costs of renewable energy technologies, including wind, advanced biomass, and solar power, are essential to further unlocking the continent's vast potential. Smart government policies can accelerate the quest for more sustainable sources of energy in Africa and improve millions of lives across the continent," he added.
"Private sector development is essential to create more growth and less poverty. It will contribute to the huge need for investments in Africa. We must mobilise access to modern energy services, women's participation in working life and economic growth," said Erik Solheim, Norwegian Minister of the Environment and International Development.
Today, eight African countries already have national renewable energy targets in place, including Mauritius (65 per cent by 2028), Cape Verde (50 per cent by 2020) and Cameroon (50 per cent by 2015). The UNEP report says such goals are a "critical component" of any renewable energy policy package as they provide clarity to private sector actors and can support the mobilization of investment.
UNEP's Green Economy report shows how the cost of renewable energy services would be even more competitive if the negative, indirect impacts associated with fossil fuel technologies were taken into account.
Some African countries, including Kenya and Senegal, are currently devoting more than half of their export earnings to energy imports. Scaling-up renewable resources that are available domestically, says the Green Economy report, could enhance national energy security, while mitigating the public health risks caused by the mining, production and combustion of fossil fuels.
Such risks include the inhalation of smoke from traditional cookstoves used in households across Africa. These indoor emissions are responsible for an estimated 1.9 million deaths worldwide each year, while 'black carbon' produced by the stoves is also a major contributor to climate change.
UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Throughout 2012, the United Nations Secretary-General, in partnership with the inter-agency group UN Energy, will be coordinating activities to increase awareness of the importance of addressing energy issues, including modern energy services for all, access to affordable energy, energy efficiency and the sustainability of energy sources at local, national, regional and international levels.
As part of these efforts, the UN Secretary-General, UN Energy and the United Nations Foundation are leading a new global initiative – Sustainable Energy for All. The initiative will engage governments, the private sector and civil society partners worldwide, to achieve three major objectives by 2030:
• Ensuring universal access to modern energy services
• Doubling the rate of improvement in energy efficiency
• Doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix
The UN Secretary-General has convened representatives from the private sector, government, UN/intergovernmental organizations and civil society to develop a global strategy and concrete agenda for action to reach the three objectives.
The roadmap, which will build on the work of the Secretary-General's Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change, will be offered for consideration at the Rio+20 Conference in June 2012. The high-level group is co-chaired by Charles Holliday, Chairman of Bank of America, and Kandeh Yumkella, Chair of UN Energy and Director-General of the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
Notes to Editors
The UNEP Finance Initiative Report, Financing Renewable Energy in Developing Countries: Driver and Barriers for Private Finance in sub-Saharan Africa, is available at: http://www.unepfi.org/fileadmin/documents/Financing_Renewable_Energy_in_subSaharan_Africa.pdf and http://www.ge.tt/9WELkkD
More information on the UN International Year of Sustainable Energy for All is available at: http://sustainableenergyforall.org
UNEP's sustainable energy initiatives in Africa include:
The African Rural Energy Enterprise Development Programme (AREED) operates in Africa to develop new sustainable energy enterprises that use clean, efficient, and renewable energy technologies. These new enterprises can meet the energy needs of under-served populations while reducing the damaging environmental and health consequences of existing energy practices, particularly from low quality biomass fuels such as wood and dung.
The en.Lighten Initiative, founded by UNEP and partners in 2009, aims to reduce energy use through a global market transformation towards energy-efficient lighting. Eliminating inefficient lighting (incandescent lamps) on the African continent would save nearly 20.5 terawatt hours (Twh) of electricity and cut almost 13 metric tonnes (Mt) of CO2; equivalent to taking 3 million cars off the road. The electricity saved would allow connecting 14.5 million African homes to the grid. The cost for Africa to transition to efficient lighting is around US$1.8 billion, with a simple payback of 2.2 years. At the 2011 UN Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa committed to a 2016 phase-out of incandescent lighting, becoming the first African nation to do so.
The Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development (GNESD) is a UNEP facilitated knowledge network of Member Centres of Excellence and Associates, and network partners worldwide. Its main objective is to carry out policy analysis on thematic energy issues which can facilitate in reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). It comprises 9 institutions in Africa, Asia and Latin America.


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In its first couple of issues, Edible Queens impressed heavily by snagging face-time with culinary icons Anthony Bourdain and Lidia Bastianich. Yes, Anthony Bourdain of the Travel Channel's No Reservations was in Flushing! Certainly I never realized you can get live octopus right here in Flushing, and I've been a Flushing resident all my life. But it's really no surprise to anyone that you can get good seafood, noodles and dumplings in Flushing. I was kind of hoping for something more exotic, but I doubt anything else the author chose would have shocked Bourdain anyway.
The photographs in the magazine are absolutely amazing. Just looking at the colorful photos of Indian snacks and French pastries in the Winter 2009 issue had my mouth watering. When it comes to food that you've never eaten, appearances are everything! Heart-shaped ravioli from Durso's Pasta and Ravioli Company? They look even cuter than they sound.
There are even recipes that you can try out yourself. You can't eat out every single day, you'll go broke! Instead, make your own two tomato casserole, "eight jewel rice" and green apple babycakes. And hey, if you fail miserably, you can still grab a bite at any of the featured eateries, most of them very reasonably priced.
One small concern I raise is how the magazine is going to continue outdoing itself. With in-depth customer reviews of restaurants now available to anyone with Internet access (think Yelp!), it might prove to be a bit of a challenge.
All in all, however, Edible Queens is off to a good start teaching readers how to eat like kings in Queens.
Rating: 3.5/5


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AudioPump, Inc. Projects (internet radio)
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While matters off the field have dominated the news this week for the San Jose Earthquakes, a very important on-field event is set to unfold this Saturday evening at Buck Shaw Stadium. By virtue of their 2-2 draw away to New York, the Quakes now sit just two points behind Real Salt Lake in the MLS Western Conference standings. A win this weekend against RSL, and the Earthquakes will ascend to the top of the West.
A closer look at Saturday's match-up with Real Salt Lake brings up some talking points that should give most supporters plenty of fodder for discussion while perhaps noshing on a Grillaz Gone Wild deluxe cheesesteak sandwich or downing a healthy-sized adult beverage during their pregame adventures in the Epicenter fan zone. Do the Earthquakes have the edge over their conference foes, or will RSL spoil the weekend party at the Buck? Let's try to find out…
Lucky No. 6 never smelled so good.
In what has to be fashionably described as a make-it-work moment, the Earthquakes look to break their five-match winless streak against their Claret-and-Cobalt-clad competition that dates back to the summer of 2009. In fact, in their last two meetings at Buck Shaw Stadium, both season openers, Real Salt Lake has held the Quakes scoreless in securing two victories. And while very few will argue that Real Salt Lake hasn't been a top team in MLS over the course of their handling of San Jose, the Earthquakes are better prepared than ever to call out for lucky number six. Erasing the still-soggy memories of the 2011 season-opening Great Deluge and exacting a bit of revenge for the Saborio-gate-influenced 4-0 thumping they received at Rio Tinto Stadium last summer will go a long way toward establishing the Earthquakes as a team to be reckoned with in the West.
It's raining goals, Hallelujah!
Perhaps a repeat of The Great Deluge, but this time, instead of fire hose quantities of horizontal rain pelting the fans, seeing a barrage of Quakes' shots on goal bulging the back of the RSL net would be much more welcome. So far this season, San Jose has tallied 10 goals in six games — a 1.67 goals-per-game average — for their second-best scoring rate to open a season since the team was reformed in 2008. Leading scorer Chris Wondolowski has netted seven goals already in 2012, and has 15 in his last 15 matches. And while throughout his MLS career, Wondo has never scored against the Claret and Cobalt, the Quakes' MVP has been unstoppable so far this season. Given that run of form, Saturday seems like an opportune time to break his personal scoring schneid against RSL.
Hello, my name is Simon, and I look to do scoring.
It was during the last visit of Real Salt Lake to Buck Shaw Stadium that a talented young English midfielder named Simon Dawkins, just hours off a plane from London, made his debut for the Earthquakes in the 2011 March Monsoon, and immediately thrilled the assembled diehards with his skill and movement on the ball. That he almost drew the Quakes level with a superb effort on goal in the waning moment only hinted at the contributions the Tottenham loanee would make to the Earthquakes throughout the season. Dawkins ended 2011 with the second-most goals on the team, and proved how capable he was at being a scoring complement to attacking partner Wondolowski. The start to this season has not featured too many minutes from Dawkins, but due to circumstances arising from suspensions and injuries, the dynamic midfielder appears poised to start against RSL and hopefully make life difficult for their vaunted defense.
Get up, stand up, come on, throw your hands up.
Most of the talk leading up to the match will focus on the battle of the midfields, but perhaps a more interesting angle to discuss might be which of the goalkeepers steps it up on the night. Featuring a pair of MLS veterans in Nick Rimando and Jon Busch, the match features two of the more diminutive 'keepers in the league. Listed at 5' 9" tall, but weighing in at a stout 184 pounds, Rimando has been Mr. Reliable between the posts for Real Salt Lake over the last six seasons. He has led his team to the 2009 MLS Cup championship and played his way into contention for the U.S. Men's National Team. Meanwhile, in the opposite goal Saturday night is the Earthquakes' own lil' stopper in the 5' 10" Busch. No slouch himself, Buschy was the MLS Goalkeeper of the Year in 2008, and the Earthquakes Defensive Player of the Year in 2011. In fact, Busch made his debut for the Quakes in a road game against RSL back in 2010, and he earned a clean sheet for good measure. This season, both Rimando and Busch sit comfortably in the top five of MLS 'keepers in allowing the fewest goals per game. The offenses of both San Jose and Real Salt Lake this Saturday will be hungry to score, but they'll need to be at their best to break through Rimando and Busch.
Match of the Century!
While the superlatives being thrown around that Saturday's match is the most important for the Earthquakes thus far this season seem valid, it would not be wrong to also call it the Match of the Century! To be clear, we are not talking in terms of time, but rather of a couple of potential big number milestones that may be reached this weekend. The first impressive feat comes courtesy of 2008 Earthquakes original Jason Hernandez, who is poised to register his 100th career start as a member of the Blue-and-Black. Stuck on 99 games started since the end of last season, Hernandez has worked his way into playing shape following injuries suffered in the preseason, and is ready to again take the reigns of the Earthquakes defense against RSL. Also on the century watch-list Saturday is head coach Frank Yallop, who with his next coaching victory will reach the 100 mark for his MLS career. What better way to achieve that milestone than with a win in front of an appreciative home crowd that in result vaults the team into first-place in the conference.
Robert Jonas is a writer for CenterLineSoccer.com and SJEarthquakes.com. Send him feedback on Twitter: @RobertJonas


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SMALLVILLE's Chloe on Relationships, New Storylines
By Jenna Busch
posted: 12 February 2010 05:12 pm ET
Allison Mack has been the unsung hero of Smallville from the start. As one of Clark's best friends and eventual confidant in his big secret, Chloe, she has gone from meek high-school reporter to the brains and direction behind some very powerful folks.
Newsarama got to chat with Mack about her role as Chloe Sullivan ahead of this week's episode, Warrior," which marks her second directorial stint on the show.
This week, Clark (Tom Welling) runs into Zatanna (Serinda Swan) at a comic book convention. (Don't you wish you were that lucky at Comic Con?) She tells him about her father's magical copy of the comic, "Warrior Angel". When a young man named Stephen (Carlo Marks) steals it, he becomes not only a superhero, but catches the attention of our fair Chloe.
Mack spills the beans on the upcoming fight between Chloe and Tess (Cassidy Freeman), what's ahead for her with Oliver (Justin Hartley) and Clark, playing the dark side of her character and whether or not she'd do a cameo on Supernatural. See Twitterverse? We ask your questions!
Newsarama: I'm sure you know how hardcore your fans are on Twitter, but my feed exploded when I said I was doing this interview. You got tons of love sent to both you and your character... including a marriage proposal from Stargate: Universe's David Blue.
Allison Mack: That's very sweet!
Nrama: They really want to know if we're going to be seeing more of Chloe in the second half of the season.
Mack: Oh yeah. My storyline really picks up intensely and I've been working tons. From 'Warrior' the episode with airs tomorrow night on, you'll see much more Chloe.
Nrama: I know you directed this episode. How was that, and how was it different from the experience directing the episode last season?
Mack: It was incredible. The first time I directed I was just sort of thrown in the pool and I was just flailing about, trying to keep my head above water. This one I felt like I knew how to doggy paddle. I'm still not a professional swimmer, but I can definitely keep my head above water long enough to look at what was going on around me. [laughs] so I felt a lot more confident and comfortable in the process, so consequently I was a lot more aware and able to learn, I think, in a place that wasn't quite so fear-based.
Nrama: What can you tell us about the episode? I know Zatanna is back and we get to meet Warrior Angel (Carlo Marks). So what sort of things can you tease?
Mack: It's a very sweet episode. It's an episode that sort of gets back to the traditional 'Smallville' from Seasons 1, 2 and 3, where there's a real love story. There's a real feeling of friendship and caring, and a little magical element to the show. So it's really nice. We've been doing a lot of sort of harder, edgier, very city-based shows for a long time. And this is the first episode in a while where we actually spend some time in Smallville, and we feel the warmth of the core of the show, and what the show is really about, which is the friendship between Clark and all of the people in his life. So it's a very sweet episode and I think it's a really nice return to what the core of the show really is.
Nrama: Everyone wants to know about the romance. Your relationship with Clark and with Oliver. Can you talk a little bit about the relationships and where they're going in the second half of the season?
Mack: Yeah, I mean, in my episode you get to see sort of the start of a spark between Chloe and Oliver. And a decision that she makes that kind of propels her into different kind of relationship with Oliver that you've never really seen Chloe in before. It's really fun and and exciting. I think that there is a big divide between Chloe and Clark at this point. She has some really major secrets that she's keeping from him because she doesn't agree with the way that he is pursuing his heroic career. She thinks that he needs to be a lot more aggressive about his pursuit in saving the world from the Kryptonians. And he disagrees with her more violent way of approaching the saving of the world. So they have a lot that is sort of stopping them from being able to relate in a way that is as symbiotic as the way they were relating previously in their relationship. So you see them struggling a lot more. You see them fighting a lot more. You see them disagreeing a lot more. And you also see Chloe really starting to hide things from Clark in a way that she never had before. So it's interesting. Chloe is developing a much darker side. And starts to become a lot more militant about the things that she feels she needs to accomplish.
Nrama: You mentioned a darker Chloe. Everyone wants to know how you feel about playing a darker Chloe.
Mack: Oh, it's so fun. I mean, I think after nine years of playing the same character, I think that it's really nice when we're all allowed to evolve. And one of the great things about playing the same character for nine years is that you really start to get a sense of the dimension and you really start to feel the filling out of the character. So I think that adding the darkness and adding the deception to that, and the controversy to her character is a really cool exploration for me, because it allows me to really broaden the avenues of expression for Chloe and give her just, more, deeper further roots. More dimension. More dynamics. More diversity. So it's really, really been a fun experience this year to have the opportunity to sort of see what happens when someone doesn't get what they want. What happens when someone is heartbroken for the last time. What happens when someone is really just over the life that she's been leading, and the direction she turns to combat that frustration.
Nrama: In the last episode, Chloe is told that she's spending too much time away from people...is she going to take that advice? And will she return to the Daily Planet at any point?
Mack: I don't see her going back to the Daily Planet, because really her career has turned from journalism to more of a control position in the superhero community. So there wouldn't really be any benefit for her to move to the Daily Planet. And I think that for Chloe, relating to people means getting hurt...in any relationship that she's ever had that has meant anything to her, she's been emotionally destroyed. And so for her, the only safe place is the computer. And she develops a relationship with Oliver, but that relationship is of a different nature than any of her other relationships. And it is very mechanical...so Chloe is getting less and less...she's getting harder and harder as the years go by. It's, I think, a really interesting study on what happens to people who go through devastation.
Nrama: Is Chloe going to be involved in the Checkmate/Amanda Waller (Pam Grier) story? Have you worked with Pam?
Mack: I haven't worked with Pam herself, but I am involved in the storyline. So there are lots of different things that happen between Chloe and Watchtower and Checkmate, but so much of it is done through a screen. I don't actually have the opportunity to play against Pam Grier. Or I haven't yet.
Nrama: You've got some amazing guest stars this season. Everyone wants to know how you feel about the promised return of Annette O'Toole and Michael McKean.
Mack: Oh, I'm thrilled! I'm so pleased! I think it's going to be amazing. I mean, I just think both of them are just incredible people, and the fact that they're going to be around again, on a social level is just absolutely thrilling. And then that's not even touching on the fact that professionally they're incredibly talented. I always learn so much from them. The opportunity to work with them is really, really a huge gift.
Nrama: We're already excited to have them back too! So the man who is playing Warrior Angel this week, Carlo Marks, played your fiancé a while back.
Mack: He did. [laughs] We had a really hard time casting this character. It's a really complicated character because you have to have the youth and enthusiasm of a child, and yet you don't want Chloe to look like an idiot because she's attracted to this guy. So we had to have the hero who has masculine, man-like qualities as well, and it was like five o'clock on Friday and we started shooting on Monday and we still hadn't found anyone, so we started to go through the archives of people who had been on our show before, but hadn't really been hugely prominent. And this young man, his tape was sent to us and we were like, 'Oh my god! He's fantastic!' And he read for us and he was perfect. And so we just decided that, because he was my fiancé, but he was my fiancé in an alternate universe, we thought we could bend the rules. [laughs]
Nrama: Cool casting, actually. I was looking at the clip of you two, and I saw you tell him to put his shirt back on, and I thought that was funny. It was nice with it off. [laughs]
Mack: [laughs] It was! But Chloe is professional, you know? She's trying to maintain a level of integrity as she relates to her hot, hunky superhero clients.
Nrama: Everyone loves to see Chloe kick butt. Are we going to see any more action scenes?
Mack: In fact we do! We just filmed a really intense fight scene between Tess and Chloe that is one of the most brutal fight scenes I think we've ever done on this show. So you definitely see me kicking butt.
Nrama: How cool! Geoff Johns had such lovely things to say about both you and the character of Chloe. How was it working with him and do you want to see Chloe in mainstream comics?
Mack: You know, one of the greatest compliments I received after developing this character with the writing staff...DC Comics actually purchased my likeness. They purchased Chloe. She is a DC Comics character. And the fact that I was adopted into the world of comic books was really quite a cool accomplishment for all of us, I think. I would love to see Chloe involved more in the comics. I think that would be a really amazing testament to the power of our show and what our show has been able to create and do. And the fact that I had the opportunity to create a brand new legend in this character is really quite epic. [laughs] It's nice to know that I'm leaving something behind.
Nrama: I know you have to go, but everyone wants to know if you'd do a Supernatural cameo. Any chance?
Mack: Ah! [laughs] I'd love to work with Jensen (Ackles) and Jared (Padalecki)! That would be great fun!
Smallville airs Fridays at 8/7c on the CW.


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