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Head Start are privately owned Ofsted registered day nurseries committed to provide the highest quality day care and early years education for children from 3 months up to 5 years.
Open 52 weeks per year Monday to Friday from 7.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., excluding Bank Holidays.
We aim to provide a stimulating environment where children can learn the joy of and feel secure in a homely and caring atmosphere. We believe that the nursery experience should be an enjoyable part of early childhood
Our accommodation enables us to cater for different age groups and there are safe enclosed play areas for outdoor activities which form an important part of daily routines.
Our nurseries are situated a few minutes away from mainline railway stations and have easy access to the M25 and other major roads. Click here for map and directions to our Nursery in Potters Bar, or click here to find details of our other Nursery in Barnet.
CREWS HILL, ENFIELD ~ our new nursery is now open. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 01438 840681 to register your interest or make an appointment to visit.


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A Bold Community Initiative in 2010 - 2012
Seven kilometres of inner city waterway flourishing with native trees, alive with wildlife and enjoyed by thousands of Brisbane residents.
This is the aim of Ithaca Intact, a three-year project restoring and rejuvenating Ithaca Creek.
Ithaca Creek, running from the base of Mount Coot-tha to its junction with Enoggera Creek in Red Hill, has had extensive improvements over recent years. Community groups such as Save Our Waterways Now (SOWN) together with Brisbane City Council have removed weeds and replanted, particularly at Bowman Park, Ithaca TAFE and Woolcock Park. Ithaca Intact will build on this groundwork.
One Continuous Habitat
Individual patches of restored creek are susceptible to re-infestation by weeds. A continuous restoration is highly desirable to maximize the Creek's role as a habitat and wildlife corridor.
Already portions of the creek are home to bandicoots, wallabies and many birds including the spoonbill, heron, azure kingfisher and powerful owl. The water is rich with species such as purple spotted gudgeon, blue-eye and there have been sightings of the extremely rare Ornate Rainbowfish Rhadinocentris ornatus.
With the creek restored, we can look forward to ensuring a better future for the birds and mammals, improved water quality for the fish and invertebrates and a better environment for the people of Brisbane.
Ithaca Intact Action
Ithaca Intact aims to:
- Restore the whole creek from Mount Coot-tha to Red Hill
- Build partnerships with business and government
- Inform and involve the community
- Reduce key weed species on private and public land
- Improve water quality
- Increase flora and fauna
- Provide a peaceful and safe environment for enjoyment and relaxation.
Ithaca Intact Coordinator
Robert Whyte, a seasoned professional in environmental management and community engagement, is the Ithaca Intact coordinator and SOWN's Nursery Manager. He is also the Vice-President of SOWN.
Rob is looking forward to working with SOWN members to achieve our ambitious aims for the sustainable restoration of Ithaca Creek, by utilising the people power of local residents and other volunteers.
Would you like to know more?
Contact Rob at firstname.lastname@example.com or call the Ithaca Intact hotline on 0423 763 361 to find out how you can be involved.
You can make a difference
If you would like to be involved in Ithaca Intact, there are many ways you can contribute.
- Individuals, groups or companies can identify areas that need attention or join a working bee to help care for the waterway
- Private landowners along the creek can help by restoring their patch
SOWN Groups operating on Ithaca Creek
- Bowman Park Group, Bowman Pde, Bardon - Bowman Park is in the Bardon section of the Ithaca catchment.
- Lugg St Group, Ashgrove - The Lugg St Group operates in the mid section of Ithaca Creek, not far from where Arthur Tce meets Jubilee Tce at Ashgrove. The group meets once a month.
- Glen Harding Park. Coopers Camp Rd, Bardon. - Group Leader: Adam Richardt
- Lorward Ave Group, near Purtell Park, Bardon

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text: A day in the life of a mom raising a teenager and a child with autism. I believe that it's not what we receive, but what we give away that defines us. I want to give away all that I have learned and experienced in hopes that it will help families raising a child with autism or any disability. This is my candid journal where I open up my world and share my joys, knowledge, lessons, disappointments, challenges, frustrations, fears and successes - one day at a time.


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FreeBSD OpenVPN Server/Routed
Many people feel overwhelmed by the installation and configuration of OpenVPN. Here, I'll try to write an easy to understand installation guide.
i'm fine good work
Setup SSL Certificates/Keys
I think setting up SSL is the toughest part of OpenVPN for most people, including myself. I've written a script to help manage my network OpenSSL certificates. You can download this file here. Extract the tgz in your home directory (for now). You should see two files, ssl-admin.pl, and openssl.cnf.
Tuning ssl-admin.pl
You must edit the perl script to work correctly on your network. When initially downloaded, the script with exit, reminding you to setup all the variables at the top of the file. By default, the top of the file looks like this:
### Comment out the line with a # when you edit this file. die("\n\n\n\nPlease edit variables and comment out this line.\n\n\n\n"); ### SSL CERT Variables here ### $ENV{'KEY_COUNTRY'} = "COUNTRY"; $ENV{'KEY_PROVINCE'} = "STATE/PROVINCE"; $ENV{'KEY_CITY'} = "CITY"; $ENV{'KEY_ORG'} = "ORGANIZATION"; $ENV{'KEY_EMAIL'} = 'EMAIL_ADDRESS'; $ENV{'KEY_SIZE'} = "1024"; $ENV{'KEY_DIR'} = "/usr/local/etc/openvpn/ssl"; $ENV{'KEY_DAYS'} = "3650"; $ENV{'KEY_CN'} = ""; $ENV{'KEY_CRL_LOC'} = "URI:http://CRL_URI";
We need to change each of these values. The top of my file, with all the variables set, looks like this:
### Comment out the line with a # when you edit this file. #die("\n\n\n\nPlease edit variables and comment out this line.\n\n\n\n"); ### SSL CERT Variables here ### $ENV{'KEY_COUNTRY'} = "US"; $ENV{'KEY_PROVINCE'} = "MN"; $ENV{'KEY_CITY'} = "Minneapolis"; $ENV{'KEY_ORG'} = "Secure Computing Networks"; $ENV{'KEY_EMAIL'} = 'firstname.lastname@example.com'; $ENV{'KEY_SIZE'} = "1024"; $ENV{'KEY_DIR'} = "/usr/local/etc/openvpn/ssl"; $ENV{'KEY_DAYS'} = "3650"; $ENV{'KEY_CN'} = ""; $ENV{'KEY_CRL_LOC'} = "URI:https://www.secure-computing.net/crl.pem";
There are a couple points to note. First, make sure you comment out the die("... line. Failure to do so will result in the script failing to run. Second, the KEY_CRL_LOC is an optional variable, for use if you want to make your certificate revocation list available to the public. This script will not upload the CRL to your URI location. This must be manually done.
For OpenVPN purposes, I would not recommend making a key smaller than 1024. The KEY_DAYS variable determines how long your certificates are good for. Essentially, this is how often you'll have to reissue ssl certificates to your users. You can always revoke a certificate, so there's little worry about lost/stolen/fired/etc users.
Lastly, your KEY_DIR directory must already exist, or the script will error out. In our test installation here, we need to create this directory:
mkdir /usr/local/etc/openvpn/ssl
I keep my ssl-admin.pl script in /usr/local/etc/openvpn. This script will keep all of the files it needs to run in its own directory, which helps keep this my openvpn directory clean.
Executing ssl-admin.pl
We should now be ready to run ssl-admin.pl for the first time. Please note, you will need to have perl 5.8.8 or later installed for this script to run. At this time, there are no other dependencies. To run the script, simply use the following command:
Replace KEY_DIR with the directory where the ssl-admin.pl script resides. If you're CWD is that directory, use the following command:
First Run
The first time (after you've set your variables), you're going to be prompted to either create a new CA root certificate, or point the script to your existing one. For the purpose of this document, we're going to create a new certificate.
- For the certificate owner's name, I used vpn. Note, you cannot have spaces, capitol letters, or special characters.
- ALWAYS protect your CA certificate with a password. Otherwise, why have a VPN if you're going to give keys to the world?
- You'll note that most questions are answered automatically for you, based on the variables at the head of our script.
Once the CA certificate has been created (or pointed to), you should get a menu that appears as follows:
===================================================== # SSL-ADMIN # ===================================================== Please enter the menu option from the following list: 1) Update run-time options: Common Name: vpn Key Duration (days): 3650 Current Serial #: 01 Key Size (bits): 1024 Intermediate CA Signing: NO 2) Create new Certificate Request 3) Sign a Certificate Request 4) Perform a one-step request/sign 5) Revoke a Certificate 6) Renew/Re-sign a past Certificate Request 7) View current Certificate Revokation List 8) View index information for certificate. z) Zip files for end user. CA) Create new Self-Signed CA certificate. q) Quit ssl-admin
I'll cover the full operation of my script in another document, but you should be able to figure out most of the functions on your own. Please feel free to email me at email@example.com with specific questions or bugs. Also, please, please, please, feel free to help me and add to/modify this script. Send me your updates!
Known Bugs
- There isn't a blank CRL generated on intial install. This causes OpenVPN to die if it's checking for CRL.
- There isn't any way to view the entire index.
- File permissions aren't being set correctly on new install.
OpenVPN Configuration
Now that we've got our SSL setup complete, we can move on to setting up the remainder of OpenVPN. To begin, we need a Diffie Hellman key. Create this with the following command:
openssl dhparam -out KEY_DIR/active/dh1024.pem 1024
Replace KEY_DIR with your OpenVPN directory.
Finally, we can create our OpenVPN configuration file. I will show you the file I use, and explain the entries as best I can:
daemon port 1194 proto udp dev tun ca /usr/local/etc/openvpn/ssl/active/ca.crt cert /usr/local/etc/openvpn/ssl/active/server.crt key /usr/local/etc/openvpn/ssl/active/server.key dh /usr/local/etc/openvpn/ssl/active/dh1024.pem server 172.30.0.0 255.255.255.0 push "route 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0" # this is necessary for clients to reach # clients behind the openvpn gateways client-to-client keepalive 10 120 ## allow multiple access from the same client duplicate-cn user vpn group vpn persist-key persist-tun status /var/openvpn/openvpn-status.log log-append /var/log/openvpn.log verb 4 crl-verify /usr/local/etc/openvpn/ssl/prog/crl.pem
daemon - This tells OpenVPN that we want to run a server. On client machines, you'll use client.
port 1194 - The tells OpenVPN to run on port 1194.
proto udp - Run with UDP protocol. I don't know why this is better than TCP, if it is.
dev tun - What device to use. Use tun for routed OpenVPN.
ca/cert/key/dh - If you're using my ssl-admin.pl script, your keys/certficates will be in KEY_DIR/active/.
server - The IP address and subnet the virtual interface should have. Your clients will get addresses on this network.
push - We're pushing our LAN network route across to the VPN clients. Note, the 192.168/16 network is not advised, as most home networks run on this network, and routing will break for your client.
client-to-client - This is necessary for clients to reach other clients behind the OpenVPN gateway.
keepalive 10 120 -
duplicate-cn - Allow clients to connect more than once.
user/group - The user and group openvpn should run as.
persist-key/tun - Try to avoid accessing certain resources after perms have downgraded.
status - Keep a log of openvpn status.
log-append - Log file for messages, append rather than truncate.
verb 4' - Log file verbosity. 4 is 'reasonable.' Max of 9.
crl-verify - IMPORTANT This tells openvpn to verify ssl certificates against our Certificate Revocation List.
More options and documentation is available at http://openvpn.net/howto.html#config.
Put this file in your openvpn directory. I named mine server.conf. We pointed to this file in /etc/rc.conf.
Start OpenVPN
Once all of the configuration has been completed, you're ready to start the server.
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/openvpn start


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Wompat Wrap Tai combines all the good qualities of a woven baby wrap and a meh dai. The baby wrap fabric is soft and airy. The wide wrap like shoulder straps will distribute the weight evenly over the shoulders and the upper body which makes the carrying feel light as a feather. You can wear your baby from a new born to toddler and you may use the wrap both in a front carry and back carry. There are four sizes available: baby, medium, toddler and pre-school.
Each carrier comes with an illustrated using instruction leaflet. Please read them carefully before stating to use the carrier. You can also find tips for use at our online Instrucions.
You can find more product info and measurements behind the Read more link below.
Please note: we have a separate collection of Wrap Tais for USA customers!
Wompat Wrap Tais are carefully handmade in Finland. Wrap tais are made from baby wrap fabric and some padding is added for comfort. The body part is made of double layer of fabric. Two darts at the lower part of the carrier body create a pouch for baby's bottom and she will easily take the ergonomic frog-leg position. We have added soft padding under the baby's legs.The shoulder straps are not padded and about 30 cm wide. The straps have some extra length and after the first wash they will become about 200 cm long. The shoulder straps are folded in a beautiful fan style, which will spread the fabric evenly and comfortably over the shoulders. The waist strap is softly padded and about 200 cm long.We offer four sizes of Wompat wrap tai: baby, medium, toddler and pre-school. Below are the age recommendations and measurements for each size. The measurements can vary with a couple of cm.
Each Wrap Tai comes with a cute sleep hood. The hood supports your baby's head while sleeping and it will also give some privacy for the little one, if she feels overwhelmed in a crowded place.


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Glenn C. Gearhart 1961-2012
Funeral service for Glenn Gearhart of West Bend will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 28, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in West Bend.
Burial is in the West Bend Cemetery. The Joyce Funeral Home in Emmetsburg is in charge of arrangements.
The family will greet friends from 3 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 27, at the church.
Glenn C. Gearhart was born Aug. 14, 1961 in Algona, the son of Robert and Irene (Christensen) Gearhart. He was a graduate of West Bend High School. Following his education, Glenn worked at West Bend Ford, and he also worked in construction. In 1988, he started with Kossuth County Secondary Road Department where he has worked the past 24 years.
On Jan. 19, 1990, Glenn was united in marriage to Mary Forsythe at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church in West Bend. The couple made their home in West Bend where they raised their two children.
Glenn attended the United Methodist Church. He was an avid outdoorsman, enjoying hunting and fishing. Glenn loved to spend time working on projects in his shop, golfing, riding his bike and both watching and playing football.
On Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, Glenn passed away at his home.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Mary of West Bend; daughter, Nicole of Indianola; three brothers: Grant (Philys) of West Bend, Robert of Austin, TX, and Chris (Trish) of Evergreen, CO; two sisters: Bobbie Bauer of Swea City and Mary Harris (Tom) of Des Moines; father-in-law, George Forsythe of West Bend and mother-in-law, Barbara Forsythe of Queen Creek, AZ and their 12 children; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Glenn was preceded in death by his parents; and his beloved son, Christopher; and an infant brother, Robert Allen Gearhart.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in Glenn's name.
Online Condolences: www.joycefuneralhomes.com


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You Are Here:: The Silk Route - Web Store Help
Customer help
For the initial launch of our on-line shopping web site we have concentrated on our products. We are now working hard to extend our web site to add to this section covering problems in using this site. We will also learn from feedback from our customers, so if you have any problems or comments on the use of this site please let us know.
The price charged differs from that shown on the product pages by a few pence.
The software used for the on-line shopping site has to take into account VAT. Thus our database has to be priced using the VAT exclusive value, which is then multiplied by the VAT rate to calculate the actual price that you pay. Sometimes this means that when figures are rounded to the nearest penny then the result may be a penny or so out.
Why can't I order fabric by fractions of a metre?
In line with many other on-line shopping systems, the software used will not handle decimal places. We have set up standard sizes (cut pieces, fat quarters, half metres, etc.) and you can also order 'off the roll'. However, 'off the roll' orders have to be in multiples of whole metres (e.g. 1 metre, 2 metres, 3 metres, etc.). Should you wish to order lengths that are neither the set cut sizes nor a whole number of metres you will, unfortunately have to order by the 'old' way (telephone, email or letter).
Are payments through the Silk Route on-line shopping facility secure?
We use the facilities of WorldPay from FIS (the prominent on-line payment processor in the world) to process our On-line shopping transactions. WorldPay provides secure, fully encrypted payment services that fully meet the international Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards. WorldPay does not pass any of your card details to us, only the fact that payment has been authorised.
Why do I need to open an account with you?
Having an account with us speeds up the process of placing further orders (you do not need to type all your details in every time you order) and allows you to see the history of what you have ordered in the past.
However, you do not need to open an account with us. If you do not open an account you will have to enter in all your name and address details every time you place an order and you will not be able to view what you have previously ordered. However, we will still record the details of the order placed, including your name and address, for our acocunting and audit requirements.
I cannot proceed to the Payment screens
If, after choosing 'Checkout' and you are at the screen headed 'Ordering Step 4 - Confirmation of Order Details' and you press the 'Submit Order to us' button and the system does not proceed to the Payment screen, but reverts to the 'Confirmation of Order Details' screen then you have probably not clicked on the 'I agree to the Terms and Conditions' box near the bottom. Click on the 'I agree to the Terms and Conditions' box and then click on the 'Submit Order to Us' button again.
Where can I find the Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy?
Click on the relevant links in the first line of the green footer to any screen. This will open up a separate window where you can read the relevant words. When finished and you want to revert to the main system again, just close the separate window.


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Though retail gas prices at the pump have been coming down over the past three weeks, oil investor T. Boone Pickens (left) says that natural gas and crude oil prices could be higher at year end.
"If you give me a normal winter, I think you will see natural gas at $3.75 at the end of the year," said Pickens, chairman and CEO of BP Capital, on Bloomberg TV on Monday.
On mid-day Tuesday, natural gas futures were trading at $2.84 per million British thermal units.
As for the direction of Brent crude oil, "I would say at the end of the year, you're looking at $115 a barrel," Boone Pickens said.
The price of Brent crude had been under $100 for the last 20 days or so, but that changed on Tuesday with concerns about supply disruptions tied to tensions in Iran, the possible closure of the Strait of Hormuz and an ongoing strike in Norway.
As for U.S. petroleum reserves, the long-term oil investor and billionaire said, "I don't think there's any doubt that the president is going to open up the Strategic Petroleum Reserves … which manipulates the price of oil."
Pickens praised the recent drop in gasoline prices. "It helps the economy immeasurably," he explained.


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Obama pushes gun-control measures in Colo. speech
- President Obama visits Colorado to promote gun control legislation
- Obama makes a similar visit to Connecticut next week
- Both states have considered similar proposals to combat gun violence
President Obama is looking to rally gun control backers in Washington by trumpeting the success of allies in states like Colorado and Connecticut.
Facing a tough congressional fight in the coming weeks, Obama praised a new set of gun laws in Colorado Wednesday and said they are in line with what he wants to do nationally.
"I've come to Denver today in particular because Colorado is proving a model of what's possible," Obama said during a visit to the Denver Police Academy.
The president, who has a similar trip to Connecticut planned next week, said Colorado is showing that it's possible to enact "tougher background checks that won't infringe on the rights of responsible gun owners, but will help keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people."
The president's trip came as Congress prepares to return from its Easter recess next week, with gun control on the Senate agenda.
In the wake of a series of mass shootings -- particularly the Dec. 14 attack that killed 20 school children in Connecticut -- Obama and aides are pushing legislation that includes improved background checks for gun buyers, a renewed assault weapons ban and restrictions on the capacities of ammunition clips. Obama is also proposing programs to improve school safety and mental health treatment.
"The president wants to sign the strongest gun bill he can," said White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer.
Congressional Republicans and some Democrats object to many of the proposals, citing Second Amendment rights to gun ownership.
Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., said the Democratic-run legislature in Colorado "rammed" through a series of bills, but that won't happen in Washington, D.C., because Republicans control the majority in the U.S. House.
"In holding Colorado up as a model for passing tough new gun control laws, President Obama is pursuing a model that will fail in Washington," Lamborn said.
The Denver speech began a brief western swing for Obama, including a trip to San Francisco Wednesday night for a pair of fundraisers for Democratic congressional candidates.
Colorado has been the site of two major major mass shootings over the past 15 years, at Columbine High School in 1999 and at a movie theater in Aurora in July. Legislators recently approved a new background check system and voted to limit the size of ammunition clips to 15 bullets.
At one point, Obama told the supportive crowd in Denver, "I don't believe that weapons designed for theaters of war have a place in movie theaters."
The Senate debate on a gun bill could begin as early as next week. But if a deal is struck by a bipartisan group of senators on a new background check provision, the debate could be delayed so that new language could be inserted into the bill.
Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y, Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., are working on a version that could draw broader bipartisan support.
In his Denver remarks, Obama noted that the existing background check system has blocked many criminals from obtaining guns, but it contains loopholes that need to be tightened. The president said he respects the Second Amendment, that none of his proposals involve gun registration or confiscation, and that "well-organized, well-financed" critics are ginning up fears of what he wants to do.
The president also criticized possible plans to delay or obstruct a vote on some provisions, saying the victims of mass shootings deserve to have at least an up-or-down vote.
Next week, Obama is also likely to laud gun control legislative efforts in Connecticut when he speaks Monday at the University of Hartford. The school is some 50 miles from Newtown, Conn., where a gunman killed 20 children and six adults on Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Connecticut lawmakers are considering a package that includes background checks for all private and commercial gun sales. It would also ban the kinds of high-capacity ammunition clips used in the Sandy Hook shootings.
Lanae Erickson Hatalsky of the Third Way, which supports Obama on gun control, said the odds are against any kind of federal assault weapons ban or restrictions on ammunition clips, especially with Republicans in control of the U.S. House.
She is more hopeful about congressional legislation improving the background check system and cracking down on gun trafficking between states. Erickson Hatalsky, director of social policy and politics for Third Way, said Colorado can serve as an example for lawmakers in Washington because it is a state where gun ownership rights are highly regarded.
"No gun vote is an easy vote," she said.
Contributing: Jackie Kucinich


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Every category of knitted items imaginable will be represented at The Smoky Mountain Knitting Guild's 2nd Annual Benefit Fashion Show — including socks, mittens, menswear, baby clothes, skirts, sweaters, hats, handbags, children's wear and more. This year's benefit — with the theme of "Four Seasons" —will feature an array of fashions for all year long.
This gala event, including a luncheon, will take place at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 21, at The Gateway Club in Waynesville. Proceeds from the fashion show and luncheon will benefit HRMC Hospice and Palliative Care.
Members of the Smoky Mountain Knitting Guild, as well as yarn shops and knitters from Franklin, Sylva, Canton, and Asheville, will contribute the hand-knit fashions, the models and the moxie. HRMC and Hospice personnel may also be corralled as models.
With more than 100 members and still growing, the Guild also hosts small weekly knitting circles and offers organized classes. It meets on the second Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. in the new fellowship hall at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 234 Church St., Waynesville. Guild members' handiwork can also be seen during the month of July in the Haywood St. entrance display window of the Waynesville Branch Public Library.
Tickets for the annual sale are available from Blue Ridge Books, The Laughing Lamb Antiques (Frog Level) and HRMC Hospital Gift Shop or from any of the Guild members. Tables for eight may be reserved with the group purchase of 8 tickets. Contact Barbara Mancini at 828.627.9784. To learn more about the Guild, visit SMKGuild.com or call Kristi Siplon at 828.550.3136. There are no dues or fees associated with the knitters' circles, and the cost of membership in The Guild is nominal.


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Paletton, the color scheme designer
In love with colors, since 2002.
Paletton.com is a designer color tool designed for creating color combinations that work together well. It uses classical color theory with ancient artistic RYB color wheel to design color palettes of one to four hues, each of five different shades. Various preview style can be chosen to test and view the colors in combinations, many examples are available to see the palette used in web site design, UI design or in a randomly drawn picture. Tartan fabric preview is alos available for those interested in textile and interior design.
This palette tool uses various color models to combine adjacent colors and/or complementary colors to the main hue. Select models from monochromatic to triad or tetrad color sets, with or without a complement (the opposite hue), enjoy even the free-style mode. Play with palette brightness and saturation, select from predefined presets, or create random palettes. The unique vision simulation filter emulates the palette as seen by people with various vision weakness, color blindness, various variants of daltonism (protanopy, deuteranopy, tritanopy, protanomaly, deuteranomaly, tritanomaly, dyschromatopsia or achromatopsia), as well as several gamma simulations (simulation of too bright display or too dark print), desaturation, grayscale conversion or webcolors (the legacy 216-color palette). The palette can be exported in many various formats (HTML, CSS, LESS, XML, text, PNG image, Photoshop ACO swatch palette or Gimp GPL palette format) to colorize your artwork. Check color contrast of all color pairs used in the palette and test if the color contrast fits WCAG requirements. More info about colors in the Colorpedia.
Paletton is the successor of the previous Color Scheme Designer 3 application, used by almost 20 milion visitors since 2009 (while the first version was published in 2002), both professional designers and amateurs interested in design, mobile or desktop application design or web design, interior design, fashion or home improvement and make-overs. Complete Paletton history in Colorpedia.


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Humaira Bachal, 25, has become a crusader of sorts. She has a passion for education in a country where going door-to-door asking fathers to send their daughters to school can mean risking your life.
"Education is a basic need and a fundamental right for every human being," she says. "I want to change the way my community looks at education, and I will continue to do this until my last breath."
It's hard not to worry about Bachal after the shooting of Malala Yousafzai, the teenager attacked by the Taliban last October in northern Pakistan for speaking out in support of girls' education. Malala was released Friday from a British hospital and is expected to remain in Britain for at least the next few years.
Bachal, meanwhile, recently starred in a documentary series in which her efforts to educate children in her Karachi neighborhood of Moach Goth were the centerpiece.
Pakistan's first Oscar-winning filmmaker, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, made six short films over the past year, each focusing on an extraordinary Pakistani. Bachal was one of them.
On screen, Bachal looks larger than life and is unnervingly bold. In person, she is barely 5 feet tall. She is self-assured, but also a little shy. She says her advocacy work actually began with herself.
"After I had finished primary school, my father didn't want me to get any education," she says. "He said I was only going to get married and have children."
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But Bachal and her mother had other ideas. While her mother wasn't particularly educated, her family in Iran had been. All of her mother's sisters had gone on to higher education; Bachal's mother thought her daughters should get educations, too.
For three years, Bachal's mother dissembled when asked direct questions about where her daughter was all day. And for three years, while Bachal attended middle school in another part of Karachi, her father had no idea what his daughter was doing.
He discovered the ruse just before Bachal was going to sit for the ninth-grade entrance examination — and Bachal said her father was furious.
"He beat my mother, and he even beat me," she said.
Her father was not a man of education. He drove a truck and is illiterate, and saw no reason why his daughter should waste time on school.
Again, Bachal's mother intervened. She told her daughter to sit for the ninth-grade exam while she tried to calm her husband at home. When Bachal passed the examination, her father eventually relented.
Ninth grade, Bachal says, opened her eyes. She looked around Moach Goth area, and all she saw were children playing in the streets. None of them were in school. None of them were studying. And Bachal, 14 years old at that time, thought that was wrong.
"Education of girls — this is not just today's issue; it is a historical issue," says Roshan Chitrakar, a deputy director and program specialist in education at UNESCO in Islamabad. "One of the things we've been trying to do is bring a perspective to these people that educating a girl is a valuable investment. We have to bring some sort of change to the culture, some sort of change to the thinking of the people."
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Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari vowed during a recent UNESCO event in Paris to raise $10 million to educate all Pakistani girls by 2015, but few think the goal is achievable.
"Pakistan is not doing well" in this regard, Chitrakar says. "We have some improvements, but not in the way or at the pace we'd need to see change to make that goal of 2015."
The numbers are stark. Pakistan spends half as much as neighboring India on education. If you are a young girl in rural Pakistan, you are unlikely ever to see the inside of a classroom.
Across the country, only 57 percent of children even enroll in primary school. Fewer than half of those children complete grade five — and the numbers are even worse in the countryside.
Bachal wanted to change all that — or at least do her part in her village. So she started recruiting students in her neighborhood for a small private school she had opened, and she went door-to-door to convince fathers to send their kids to school.
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The campaign was successful. Bachal now runs a school with 22 teachers and 1,200 students. And, thanks to the Chinoy documentary, she is one of the most famous school advocates in the country — which begs the question of whether, in the wake of the Malala shooting, she's worried.
"Just the opposite," she said. "I am not worried about this anymore. Now I'm not afraid. It is not just one Malala or one Bachal who has raised a voice to change this situation. There are a lot of other girls who are trying to change things. Even if they kill 100 Humairas, they won't be able to stop us."
In Pakistan, girls education made front-page headlines this past fall when a 15-year-old education activist named Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban in northwest Pakistan. Her crime: defying the Taliban by encouraging girls to go to school. Malala, who was released from the hospital last week, has become a symbol for school reform in Pakistan.
And as NPR's Dina Temple-Raston reports, there are a number of education activists picking up where Malala left off.
DINA TEMPLE-RASTON, BYLINE: In Pakistan, 25-year-old Humaira Bachal has become a crusader.
HUMAIRA BACHAL: (Foreign language spoken)
TEMPLE-RASTON: Education is a basic need and a fundamental right for every human being, she says. I want to change the way my community looks at education, and I will continue this struggle until my last breath.
(Foreign language spoken)
That's from a documentary series that aired here in Pakistan this fall. It came from Pakistan's first award-winning filmmaker, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy. There were six films, each focusing on an extraordinary Pakistani, and Humaira was one of them.
On screen, Humaira looks larger than life - and bold. In person, she is barely five feet tall; self-assured but also a little shy. She says her advocacy work began with herself in an area of Karachi called Moach Goth.
BACHAL: (Foreign language spoken)
TEMPLE-RASTON: After primary school my father said I didn't need anymore education, she says. He said that I was only going to go out and get married and have children.
But Humaira and her mother had other ideas. She began attending middle school secretly. Her father didn't find out until three years later, when he discovered that she was going to sit for the 9th grade entrance examination.
BACHAL: (Foreign language spoken)
TEMPLE-RASTON: My father was furious, she says. He beat me and he beat my mother.
But Humaira sat for the 9th grade entrance exam anyway, and eventually her father relented. Ninth grade, Humaira says, opened her eyes. She realized that in the area where she lived, the children were all playing in the streets - they weren't in school. And Humaira, at the age of 14, thought that was wrong.
ROSHAN CHITRAHAR: Education of girls, this is not today's issue. It's a historical issue, right?
TEMPLE-RASTON: That's Roshan Chitrahar. He leads the U.N.'s education program in Pakistan.
CHITRAHAR: And we have to bring, you know, a perspective to these people that educating a girl is a valuable investment. And we have to think about some sort of change in the culture; thinking, and the thinking of the people.
TEMPLE-RASTON: And that was what Humaira decided to do. She started recruiting students in her neighborhood for a small private school she had opened.
BACHAL: Salaam alaikum.
TEMPLE-RASTON: Going door to door, she met with fathers who did not want their daughters to go to school.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Foreign language spoken)
BACHAL: (Foreign language spoken)
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Foreign language spoken)
BACHAL: (Foreign language spoken)
TEMPLE-RASTON: It is a waste to give education to women, one father told Humaira. But if they have dinner on the table when I come home, they can go to school.
The door to door campaign was successful. Humaira now runs a school with 22 teachers and 1200 students. And thanks to the documentary, she is one of the most famous school advocates in the country. I asked her if she was worried about her advocacy in the wake of the shooting of 15-year-old Malala in October. Just the opposite, she said.
BACHAL: (Foreign language spoken)
TEMPLE-RASTON: I am not worried about this anymore. Now I'm not afraid, she says. It is not just one Malala or one Humaira who raised a voice to change this situation. There are a lot of other girls who are trying to change things, she says. And with a smile, she adds, even if they kill 100 Humairas, they won't be able to stop us.
Dina Temple-Raston, NPR News, Lahore.
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Trip Central's "Sex Outside The Hotel Room Study" found that 43 per cent of Canadian women ages 18 to 60 have had sex outside their hotel room while on vacation, ranging from places like on a hotel balcony to hot tubs to hammocks. If you weren't packing your sanitizers before, now might be the time, folks.
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While four out of 10 women are trading in that king-sized hotel bed for a love nest that's more risqué, there remains a discrepancy between women's fantasies and their realities. Despite a majority (54 per cent) of the women surveyed saying they've fantasized about getting intimate outside the hotel room, 57 per cent of the women say they haven't had sex anywhere outside of their hotel room.
The difference in the fantasizers and those with a preference for less... conventional love-making venues is also apparent in the survey's top three places for sex. Sex on a boat took third place, with one out of five women saying it was their fantasy, compared to the 10 per cent who had actually done it.
A quarter of the women surveyed said getting intimate in the ocean was their fantasy, but only 15 per cent have gone through with it while on vacay. And taking top honours as Canadian women's venue of choice was the beach, with 35 per cent fantasizing about it and 20 per cent having experienced it.
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Finding inspiration in the Kawachi Fuji gardens in Japan, Mendel's set is sophisticated to start — with clean lines, luxe details, and even mink coming down the Spring runway — then quickly evolves into something colour-rich and definitively feminine. The onset is an exercise in more modern construction and a pale palette: soft pinks and greens. Then, with a sequence of light-as-air, diaphanous, pleated dresses, Mendel hints at what's to come. The entirety of the show seems to literally blossom right there on the runway. From tailored short sets and leather skirts to full-bodied prints on suiting, sheaths, and an intensely pretty violet pleated gown, the transformation is beautiful to watch (and obviously even more so to wear). As the show neared its finale, each brightly hued confection seemed lovelier than the next, until finally the collection closed out with a bold, orange, pleated gown with nods to the designer's botanical references, made only more literal with floral appliqués. This is why we're used to seeing Mendel on the red carpet and hearing A-listers credit his label at nearly every high-profile awards show: J. Mendel is masterful at crafting clothes that make women feel and look insanely gorgeous — and here's the proof.
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When I'm stumbling around trying to find the keystroke for lowering the screen brightness in quarter-segments (which happens to be Option ⌥+Shift ⇧+Brightness-down (F1)), I usually wind up hitting Command ⌘+Brightness-down, which puts my multi-monitor setup into mirrored mode, thus messing up my window arrangement and sizing.
I'd like to turn off this keystroke (which is, specifically, ⌘+Brightness-down and definitely not ⌘+F1. If someone can come up with a way to permanently disable display mirroring under all circumstances, I'll probably put together a bounty for you.
I'm running OS X Lion on a sufficiently recent MacBook Pro.
I'm not sure why they include mirrored mode in modern computers, anyway. It's never useful and it only confuses people. Don't tell me it's for presentations: any decent presentation software will have a presenter mode that everyone should learn to use and love.


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Note: Not too long after posting this, I made a call or two to sources outside the Sharks organization about the Rick Nash situation. The signal I was getting? Chances slimmer and slimmer that San Jose ends up being the next stop on Nash's career. Never say never, but Logan Couture continues to be the deal-breaker. End of note.
While waiting for dominoes and other shoes to start falling (and, yes, I do think the Sharks are still involved in the Rick Nash auction), decided it was a good opportunity for a quick story on the start to the talks between the NHL and NHLPA on a new collective bargaining agreement.
They quietly got under way last Friday, and though no one is expecting much actual news for another month or two on that front, we figured we'd go with a set-up piece for the print edition that should be showing up online any time now.
And I figured the topic might be a suitable change of pace here until
Zach Parise and Ryan Suter make up their minds and things go from there.
The Sharks started out with three players on the union's 31-member negotiating committee. But with Dominic Moore and Daniel Winnik no longer part of the organization, Douglas Murray remains the only San Jose representative.
And, yes, I suppose even that could be iffy. In fact, when I reached Murray at his family's vacation home on one of the islands outside Stockholm, he initially thought it might have been about something other than the CBA.
"Better you called me about that than I've been traded," he said. "In our business, you never know."
Murray was in Chicago last week for the NHLPA meetings on the upcoming negotiations, then headed home. He said whatever bumps and bruises and other ailments he was dealing with back in April have healed.
As far as his seat on the executive board, it probably didn't hurt Murray that he went to Cornell as the group seems stacked with Ivy Leaguers including Moore, Kevin Westgarth and George Parros. But Murray said he mostly volunteered for the job.
Everybody on both sides, so far, are doing what they can not to get into the specifics of what may be on the agenda at the bargaining total, Murray included.
"I'm very limited what I can say directly about the negotiations," he said, punting on the subject of what percentage of the pie players should get.
But he did talk about the 2004-05 lockout that may have delayed his arrival in the NHL by a full season.
"I was in Cleveland but I followed the lockout quite closely because obviously the opportunity disappeared for me to play in the league for a year," he said. "I was playing with a lot of guys on entry-level deals who would have had an NHL season under their belts but were playing down there."
But Murray said the situation then and now is very different.
"It's pretty publicly known and by statististics that the league is doing a lot better now than it did then. And I think the league has great momentum," he said. "We're more widely covered in the media and I would say we have a lot more superstars now than then. Hockey is doing a lot better.
"Nobody does not want hockey –everybody wants to play and everybody wants to get paid, but it's about coming to a solution under the right circumstances."
He — like NHLPA exec director Donald Fehr — noted that it's perfectly legal to start the 2012-13 season without a new CBA, that the Sept. 15 expiration date on the current one is not a drop-dead deadline.
"You want the sport to prosper and do well," he continued. "We're on the right track right now and we'd be sad to see that go away."
Still, he wasn't ready to break out into a chorus of "Kumbaya."
"It's a give and take process. It's for the best of the game and it's no secret both sides want the best deal for themselves," Murray said. "That's why it's been a problem getting to agreement. The best thing to do is work as partners and not against each other. Then you take into consideration what both sides need in order to feel like they're being successful."
Murray, again following Fehr's lead, did note that players gave up a lot in 2004-05 when they agreed to take a 24 percent pay cut as part of the settlement.
"The last agreement, we gave up huge concessions. There's no secret to that. We took a big hit last time. That's how it went. I'm pretty sure no player wants to give up anything like that this time around.
"It's a delicate situation to say the least, but I hope for smooth negotiations," Murray said. "Like all the players, we want to play. But we want to play under right and fair circumstances."
The next negotiating session is tentatively set for later this week.
****The Sharks did announce a few player signings Monday, though all four appear destined for Worcester unless they stand out at training camp. All received one-years contracts and all salaries come from capgeek.com.
The most recognizable name on the list was goalie Alex Stalock ($687,500), who has fully recovered from the leg injury that caused him to miss all but 10 games last season.
Bracken Kearns ($550,000), a 31-year-old forward who made his NHL debut last season in five games with the Florida Panthers, is the only player new to the organization. Kearns has 220 points and 423 penalty minutes in 407 AHL games.
Defenseman Matt Irwin ($650,000) is back for what likely will be a third full season in Worcester, where the 24-year-old was named to the 2012 AHL all-star game.
The fourth is defenseman Danny Groulx, a former AHL defenseman of the year who played the last two seasons in the KHL.
*****The Sharks haven't announced it yet, but other sources indicate forward John McCarthy agreed to a two-year, $1.225 million deal. And Jon Matsumoto, a 25-year-old center with 14 NHL games on his resume, sent out a message over Twitter last night that he was excited to be part of the Sharks organization.
******Back to the Parise-Suter sweepstakes.


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As hundreds gathered at Toronto's Investor Forum, we spoke to the industry experts on the week's top leading stories including the resignation of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and the new demand for car-free condos. Plus Brad Lamb discusses the impact of the falling Loonie for investors.
Video transcript below:
Justin Darosa, Canadian Real Estate Wealth
Justin Darosa: Hi, I'm Justin Darosa with Canadian Real Estate Wealth Magazine live in Toronto at the 4th Annual Investor Forum. Welcome to Investor Insight on CREW TV.
This is the biggest Investor Forum todate and we've actually got three big stories. To kick it off many were surprised when Finance Minister, Jim Flaherty stepped down.
Lena Guirguis, Ottawa Capital Partners
Lena Guirguis: Well Mr. Flaherty was very eager to tighten up the rules. I think that he took it to a great extreme which may have been beneficial during the downfall, but he didn't separate the investor from the novice. What we are hoping to see is instead of having all of the investors pooled in together at equal levels, maybe Mr. Oliver will actually take the time to loosen up the rules, where the seasoned investors who are going in there, we are in markets, we are improving economies, we are providing better quality of life, improving communities and we are being handicapped because they are trying to close down on the novice who may not understand what it is that they are doing. We are hoping that he will be able to bring in some sort of a rule where, you know those with experience may not necessarily be screened in the same way, may not be scrutinised in the same way and allow us the investor with the experience, with the knowledge and the ability to grow to do exactly that.
Justin Darosa: City dwellers are increasingly ditching their cars and developers are ditching parking spaces. But from an investor's standpoint, do these type of condo properties [compromise our way]?
Christina Kroner, Re/Max Legacy Realty
Christina Kroner: At this point currently buyers and tenants are interested in having a parking spot, because the transportation in the city of Toronto and the GCA needs to be improved. However, as you can see Metro Wings and other companies are making substantial investments in Toronto infrastructure to try and make the city core a lot more established for you live and work in the downtown area. Also if you are living in the suburbs of Toronto, you can see that the latest transit developments are trying to bring you into the city core without relying on your car. When these transit developments are in place and the infrastructure is improved, then it will make condos that are located within a 5 km radius – a 10 minute walk or less from these transit stations, they will appreciate in value because they will be the most desirable and cut down on the commute time of the residents of the units. As an investor it's important to look at where these transportation, infrastructure investments are being put into place either from a municipal, provincial or federal level, because that's going to determine which neighbourhoods will appreciate at the quickest pace and also so you can have your condos and investment properties fully rented.
Justin Darosa: The Canadian dollar recently closed at 89 cents, which suggests that Canadians who invested in American real estate may soon cash out and reinvest in Canada. We are here with Developer, Brad Lamb. Brad, what do you think of this?
Brad Lamb, Lamb Development Corp.
Brad Lamb: I think that the US market, in lot of the places where Canadians have invested have been hot spots. Places like you know Las Vegas and Arizona and Florida, in some cases New York city and these places have done very well. So you know a lot of easy money has been made, so you may find Canadians cash out because of the weak dollar. If they are long term investors prepared to put up with the ebbs and flows of the dollar, but if they are there to make a fast dollar you will find a cash out. I myself bought a bunch of units in the States, I am going to be selling some of the ones I bought not because I want to cash out back to Canada but because I want to buy something different down there. So that, I think you can see that happen too, but overall the United States is still one of the best countries in the world for investment.
Justin Darosa: Thanks Brad and thank for tuning into the Big Story or should I say three Big stories, here live in Toronto at the 4th Annual Investor Forum. I am Justin Darosa, take care.
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'There are no current rules under development on that issue,' EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson tells Congress.
Election-year politics, $4-a-gallon gasoline and an anti-regulatory fervor on Capitol Hill have aligned to thwart EPA's vow to issue final carbon emissions standards for oil refineries this year.
Changing course puts the Environmental Protection Agency woefully behind schedule on curbing planet-warming gases from a major polluter.
The pullback on refineries—combined with an earlier and separate delay on regulating greenhouse gases from fossil fuel power plants—means EPA has yet to control emissions from a pair of sizable industrial sources. Together, refineries and power plants account for nearly 40 percent of greenhouse-gas pollution nationwide.
As part of a 2010 legal settlement with environmental organizations, EPA was on track to release draft regulations for oil refineries in December 2011 and final rules by November 2012. That timetable began to crumble last November when the agency announced it wouldn't meet the December deadline.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson hinted that the slowdown would delay final oil refinery standards until beyond 2012 when she told members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee last week that "there are no current rules under development on that issue."
Agency spokespeople did not return numerous requests for comment.
However, plaintiffs involved in the settlement confirm that they are collaborating with EPA to formulate a new timeline for the rollout of regulations for oil refineries. Tim Ballo, a staff lawyer with the nonprofit environmental law firm Earthjustice, is participating in the discussions.
"We've been talking with EPA for several weeks and are trying to find an appropriate schedule," Ballo told InsideClimate News. "But we don't have the dates in stone yet so we can't say with certainty when it will be."
Frank O'Donnell, president of the nonprofit advocacy organization Clean Air Watch, isn't at all shocked by EPA's snail-like pace.
"EPA is engaged in regulatory triage," he said in an interview. "With election-year politics, they're going to do only the minimal amount of regulatory activity. It's part of a pattern."
Standards for oil refineries are just one on an extensive list of regulations EPA has shunted off to the backburner, O'Donnell said. He added that the agency is only zeroing in on regulations required by court order.
"Whether they've gotten a call from the White House telling them to proceed like this, who knows," he said. "But they're not going to be tough on refiners with gas prices being what they are now."
Negotiations Redux with EPA
In December 2010, the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council joined a dozen states, the District of Columbia and New York City in reaching a settlement with EPA that laid out a timeline for first-time emissions standards for oil refineries.
The settlement stemmed from two lawsuits environmentalists filed during the George W. Bush administration that focused on pollution standards required by the Clean Air Act. EPA and the plaintiffs agreed to negotiate a deal after a 2009 decision by the Obama administration to limit greenhouse gas emissions from oil refineries. The states involved include California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
Joanne Spalding, who manages the Sierra Club's climate litigation, is one of the lawyers who is once again at the negotiating table with EPA. It's disappointing, but not surprising, that the agency neglected to meet the deadlines, she said.
"EPA really has its hands full," Spalding said in an interview. "Refineries are very complicated. So now we're talking about how to get them back on track and to move forward on these rules."
Under the Clean Air Act, the agency is tasked with establishing what are called New Source Performance Standards. These standards set the level of pollution new stationary sources may emit. They also address air pollution from existing facilities. EPA authorities have set these standards for other pollutants but have been tardy in spelling out specifics for greenhouse gas emissions.
The agency's performance standards for limiting greenhouse gases are directed at large emitters. Eventually, the goal is for rules to include a range of industries such as power plants, oil refineries, paper and pulp manufacturers, and oil and gas producers and transporters.
Opponents intent on blocking EPA's efforts to regulate emissions of heat-trapping gases presented two days of oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit last week. That legal challenge stemmed from Massachusetts v. EPA, the landmark Supreme Court 2007 decision that gave EPA authority over carbon pollution.
Power Plant Rule Top Priority
All along, the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry's main trade group, has maintained that carbon emissions from refineries don't need to be reined in by EPA.
"Refineries continue to comprise a small fraction of the national greenhouse gas inventory and are already one of the most regulated industries," API spokesman Carlton Carroll said in a news release. "The last thing we need now are more burdensome or unnecessary regulations that will create a drag on business efforts to invest, expand and put people back to work."
But Ballo, the Earthjustice lawyer involved in resolving the settlement with EPA, argues that tightening carbon emissions could be an economic boon for the nation's roughly 150 refineries.
"EPA is looking at making refineries more cost-effective," said Ballo, a staff attorney with Earthjustice, a nonprofit environmental law firm. "Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from refineries would improve energy efficiency and allow them to produce more barrels of oil. The investment will pay off in the long run."
Combined, petroleum refineries emit about 200 million metric tons of greenhouse gases annually. That's about one-tenth of the 2,200 million metric tons of what's spewed each year by utilities generating electricity with fossil fuels.
That latter figure represents why controlling carbon emissions from power plants should be EPA's No. 1 priority, conservationists say. And they will continue to prod the agency to act.
"We're not at all happy that EPA has delayed action on refineries," Ballo said. "But the much bigger issue is setting a greenhouse gas standard for power plants. It just makes sense for EPA to focus on the largest sources. That's how we get the biggest reductions."
In December 2010, EPA said it planned to propose standards for utilities by July 2011 and make them final by May 2012. The rule for utilities has been under review at the White House Office of Management and Budget for four months.
Last week, Jackson said she wanted to float the draft form of those standards sometime in early 2012. Spalding, the Sierra Club attorney, is anticipating that the regulation will be released any day now.
"We care about the rules for oil refineries," Spalding said. "But we would really like to see EPA get the power plant rule out the door."


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This is what it looks like when a trophy truck rolls in the middle of the desert at no less than 105 miles an hour.
Amazingly both driver Brandon Arthur and navigator Bryan Busby were OK, and they were quickly met by spectators for the SNORE Midnight Special out near Barstow, California.
Here's the full video of the roll, which starts at about 1:45 in.
And here's the reasonably-terrifying view from under the truck.
(Hat tip to Austin of race-dezert.com!)