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This piece is part of an On Leadership special feature exploring the present-day Iran tensions in the context of leadership lessons from crises confronted by Presidents Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy.
The mounting confrontation between the United States and Iran is like a Cuban Missile Crisis in slow motion. Events are moving, seemingly inexorably, toward a showdown at which point President Obama will have to choose to either attack Iran's nuclear facilities or acquiesce in an Iranian nuclear bomb. When examined in turn, each of these two options seems worse than the other.
Fifty years ago this coming October, President John F. Kennedy faced an eerily similar choice in what historians agree was the most dangerous moment in human history. The United States had discovered the Soviet Union sneaking nuclear-tipped missiles into Cuba. Kennedy decided immediately that this could not stand. Over an intense 13 days, he and his Soviet counterpart Nikita Khrushchev confronted each other "eyeball to eyeball," each with nuclear weapons on hair trigger. To signal their seriousness and determination, both took actions they knew would raise the risks of war in the short run — but justified these actions as necessary in order to prevent the even larger dangers of nuclear conflict.
Today, the intensification both of bellicose rhetoric and actions against Iran is similarly necessary, but also risky. Over the past year, the United States and Israel have increased the cost to Iran of pursuing its current path, including what are reported to be cyber attacks, targeted assassinations of Iranian scientists, embargoes on some of Iran's oil exports and, most importantly, exclusion of Iran from the international financial system.
Unquestionably, Iran's Supreme Leader is feeling the pressure on his regime. But he is also reminding the world of the costs Iran can impose on us: Because one out of every five barrels of oil that flow to international markets goes through the Strait of Hormuz, he can threaten higher oil prices, which quickly translate into higher prices for Americans at the gas pump, undermining America's weak economic recovery. Not to mention, an Israeli attack on Iran and the subsequent Iranian retaliation could produce wider war in the Middle East.
What, then, is to be done? First and foremost, the president should not think narrowly about his options, trying to decide between going to war or allowing Iran to acquire a nuclear bomb. Obama's challenge is to refuse the options available and invent an alternative as far outside the box as Kennedy did during the Missile Crisis.
In 1962, that alternative combined a public deal, a private ultimatum and a secret sweetener. Publicly, the United States would pledge not to invade Cuba if the missiles were withdrawn immediately. Privately, President Kennedy gave Khrushchev an ultimatum: Announce withdrawal of the missiles within 24 hours or watch America eliminate the missiles by an air attack. Secretly, the president's brother promised Khrushchev that if Soviet missiles were withdrawn from Cuba, U.S. medium-range nuclear-armed missiles in Turkey, about which Khrushchev had expressed concern, would be gone within six months.
A similar deal with Iran could be developed. It could start with selling Iran 20-percent enriched uranium fuel for its Tehran Research Reactor in return for an Iranian pledge to stop its own enrichment beyond 5 percent — the level required to fuel nuclear electricity plants. If Iran were to agree, the United States could communicate privately to it that any violation of that agreement would justify U.S. military action. A U.N. Security Council Resolution could also authorize states to take punitive actions to enforce the deal.
The sweetener would be acknowledgement of Iran's right to enrich uranium to the level required for fuel for civilian nuclear electricity plants, in return for its adherence to maximal nuclear inspections and related transparency measures. In effect, everyone gets something they want. Together with intelligence efforts by the United States and other countries, such a deal would offer the best assurance available that Iran is not secretly undertaking a nuclear weapons program.
Creating an agreement that would be acceptable not only by the standards of Iran's Supreme Leader but also by those of U.S. and Israeli politics would be a challenge equal to JFK's finest hour. For Obama, it would require imagination, courage and a willingness to weather what would undoubtedly be withering attacks from political opponents. Still, even if such a plan would be ugly and painful, it is clearly preferable to either war or a nuclear-armed Iran.
The first and most important lesson from the Missile Crisis for Obama is that when presented with a binary choice between unacceptable options, it is important to explore alternatives that, however unacceptable, are less catastrophic. Kennedy summarized his key take-away from the Missile Crisis this way: Success requires averting "confrontations that bring an adversary to a choice of either humiliating retreat or nuclear war."
Graham Allison is director of Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and author of the book Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe .
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I think Survivor's done a great job with the challenges this season! They've been very good. I don't know if any of them have been done before, but they are really awesome! I hope it stays that way once we get to Individual Immunity after the Merge.
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The Swedish wireless retailer Phone House is offering the Nokia Lumia 920 on all the major wireless providers in Sweden. Prices vary depending on the carrier and wireless packages.
The Lumia 920 is available on Three, Telia, Tele2, Telenor and Halebop carriers. If you prefer to purchase the Lumia 920 unlocked without a contract, the price is 5790 svenska kronor.
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RosyReview necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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RosyReview presents a new review system to readers - no stars, no thumbs up, no tomatoes - just critical but positive reviews designed to help media lovers connect with movies and shows that they'll love. The word "Rosy" is intended to elicit thoughts of the phrase "through rose-coloured glasses," - seeing things in a positive light.
Our general target audience is lovers of movies, television, music, books, and games. But specifically we are trying to appeal to the Internet-generation, teens through young adults (16-35) who read, research, and shop online.
The logo should reflect our target audience - young people interested in movies, books, and other arts. It should be horizontally aligned to fit on a web-page banner, or at least able to be adapted to such needs. Pink and Red can be used to graphically symbolize the "Rosy" part of our identity, but should not be the dominant colors in the logo - we want to remain gender neutral. The logo should be eye-catching, artistic, imaginative, and graphical - we don't want just the word Rosy in pink in one font, and the word Review in another color in another font.
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The 50th Anniversary Celebration is now a fond memory, but in thinking back it occurs to me that our GKK members who presented the various seminars deserve recognition. These very talented members spent a lot of time and effort to prepare the very in-depth and professional presentations for us. The sessions were all very informative and demonstrate the depth of knowledge and understanding we have as a group. I know that all who attended were pleased with the content and format of the seminars and that reflects favorably on the instructors who provided them.
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Let the museum crawl begin! w/ @briansuda #reykjavik
Pondering the utility of a "draft blog post titles" listing on my homepage, partly as a teaser, partly as a reminder to myself
Sitting hacking in Stofan, Reykjavik. They seem to be playing a jazz version of Douce Dame Jolie #thisisiceland
It would seem that the @twitter website has endpoints for fetching people who have favourited and retweeted a tweet — again out-doing their API. Example:
Hydro-fold, a 3D printer of sorts.
By adding water to printer ink and printing fold patterns onto regular paper, self-folding origami is possible. Whilst not quite as impressive as conventional 3D printers, the possibility of printing a self-assembling structure with volume from a normal printer is somewhat exciting
The fact that I'm considering splitting #microformats examples lists into "publishing" and "consuming" is testament to the progress which has been made in the past month
Thank you @spreadly @pfefferle for rolling out #microformats 2 support, hoping to see even more in the future! To other companies: there's still time to catch up!
#microformats2 wild examples list growing quickly, will your site be the next? microformats.org/wiki/microformats2#Examples_in_the_wild
Laughing at the @twitter docs using "t.co" and "best practices" in the same sentence: dev.twitter.com/docs/tco-url-wrapper/best-practices
Near-realtime Marine Traffic marinetraffic.com #bookmark #mapping #geo /via @briansuda
My new theory: adding "unexpectedly" to the middle and "in real time" to the end of any given sentence is guaranteed to improve it.
Unexpectedly guaranteed to improve it in real time, that is.
Guess what I'm #baking (clue is in the flour and purple splats):
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prefetch/select_related — that, along with a few small changes, reduced a task which was taking > 500,000 queries to 4558
#iceland is green, white and blue:
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Filmmaker Nimisha Mukerji is one of the lucky few who have not only had their work endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, but have been in her presence.
She met the former talk show host, publisher and all-around lifestyle mogul - who will be appearing in Vancouver Jan. 24, 2013 at Rogers Arena - at a party during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, where Mukerji and co-producer Philip Lyall were shopping around their documentary 65_RedRoses, about a young Vancouver woman battling cystic fibrosis.
The film had been selected as one of the first five to premiere on Documentary Club on the Oprah Winfrey Network, where it aired this May.
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"For us it was a game-changer," said Mukerji, a recent University of B.C. film school graduate. "If you have the name Oprah attached to your film it ensured we would get this enormous audience we wouldn't normally have access to. It's like a stamp of approval. It means you've arrived."
Mukerji has since gone on to win two awards for her second movie, Blood Relative, at the Vancouver International Film Festival: Best Documentary and the audience award for Best Canadian Film.
As for the so-called Oprah Effect on her career, "It's definitely helped. As soon as you say Oprah Documentary Club, everyone knows her name," she said. "It's opened so many doors for me in terms of international exposure. As a Canadian filmmaker, it's a big deal."
Mukerji is one of several B.C. residents who have experienced the Oprah Effect, where a warm Winfrey endorsement can lead to a boost in sales and notoriety. For instance, it's estimated her book club helped propel sales of its 65-plus selections - from authors such as Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy and Toni Morrison - to 55 million copies.
As a consumer oracle, Winfrey spurred enormous interest in formerly obscure products in her "favourite things" magazine features and TV episodes, which typically aired during the holidays.
For Ethical Bean, an east Vancouver-based organic coffee distributor, the appearance of Exotic Medium Roast in the 2010 gift guide of Winfrey's magazine O meant a 10-per-cent boost in sales that has kept up ever since.
How Winfrey noticed the coffee company remains a mystery, said CEO Lloyd Bernhardt.
"At first, of course, we thought it was a joke," he said. But it helped the company, which now supplies coffee to 100 coffee shops, enter new markets across the U.S. and Canada.
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"Her stamp of approval on products and services gives you a credibility that people remember," Bernhardt said. "There's a lot of coffee in the world. If you can say Oprah likes ours, it opens the door for you."
The clearest effect has been on sales, but Winfrey's influence extends to health and medicine, pop psychology, politics and music. She's also hand-picked local doctor Christiane Northrup, percussionist Shauna Sedola, Tina Turner impersonator Luisa Marshall, financial advisers the "Smart Cookies," and philanthropist Beverlee Kamerling to appear on her show.
"If she put her blessing on something, especially if it was something you could order or consume, it was pretty significant," said Robert Thompson, a Syracuse University professor who studies popular culture.
Vancouver television hosts Kristina Matisic and Anna Wallner saw their stars rise after their show Anna and Kristina's Grocery Bag was picked up by OWN, now running in 55 countries worldwide.
"Being on OWN was definitely a big boost and a big feather in our cap," Matisic said.
"We were the first Canadian show to be picked up on the network. We got a lot of publicity about that. Everyone wanted to know whether we'd met Oprah. No, we still have not," she said.
With the end of her 25-year run as a daytime talk show host, Winfrey's influence has waned, Thompson said, adding Oprah was considered one of the most powerful people in the world during the 1990s and early 2000s in terms of public opinion. Even today she's ranked No. 2 in Forbes' list of the world's most powerful celebrities. (Jennifer Lopez is No. 1.)
"She used her daytime talk show as mission control to launch other sorties into the culture: the magazine she did, the radio and the publishing," he said. "When she self-eliminated that home base, that had a much bigger effect on the total equation than maybe she thought."
But the Oprah Effect is undeniable. Free the Children co-founder Craig Kielburger even credits Winfrey with helping launch the now-worldwide charity by inviting him to appear on the show when he was still a teenager.
"2000 was a monumental year for us. My brother (Marc) and I were on The Oprah Winfrey Show and Oprah surprised us by donating enough money to build 100 Free The Children school rooms. Oprah's generous action fundamentally changed Free The Children and helped to elevate our organization to the next level," Kielburger wrote in an email. "We can't thank Oprah enough for believing in us at such a young age."


text: Shamrock Farms to Build Dairy Manufacturing Plant in Virginia March 18, 2013 05:15 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By News Release Email Source: Shamrock Farms Shamrock Farms, one of the largest family owned and operated dairies in the country, announced the construction of a new $50 million state-of-the-art dairy manufacturing facility in Virginia. The announcement was made during a ground breaking ceremony in Augusta County, Virginia with the Governor of Virginia, Augusta County Economic Development representatives and Shamrock Farms executives. This national expansion and increased capacity will allow Shamrock Farms to provide more great-tasting and innovative new milk and milk-based products to people across the country. Shamrock Farms has long been a leader in the dairy industry and its brands are helping move the dairy category forward, well beyond the traditional gallon of milk. For the past decade, Shamrock Farms has been developing new products and new categories, and the second production facility will help propel the company's innovation even further. Among the key new product introductions are Shamrock Farms on the go mmmmilk and Rockin' Refuel protein fortified milk beverages used by sports teams in 150 colleges and universities nationwide. The brand has also expanded its national business in convenience stores, grocery and quick service restaurants such as Subway, Arby's and Einstein Brothers. Both products will be manufactured at the new facility. "This is a key milestone in our company's more than 90-year history, and a natural next step as we continue to achieve even further national growth," said Kent McClelland, who is the third-generation of McClelland family leadership. "The Shamrock Farms brand stands for Real.Fresh.Ideas, which means a commitment to innovation and to providing authentic, high-quality dairy products." Shamrock Farms will now have dual manufacturing capabilities, allowing us to better serve our customers and the U.S. population. The new facility will increase production capacity and better position us to respond to increasing demand. The new facility will feature the latest in extended shelf life (ESL) technology, which allows milk to stay fresher, longer. Shamrock Farms was among the first dairies in the country to introduce ESL technology more than 10 years ago. Construction will begin in the coming months, and the facility is expected to open in late 2014. It will be 130,000 square feet initially, with room for expansion. Once completed, the plant will employ up to 60 people. Shamrock Farms will source its milk from Virginia-area farmers, and will ensure that it meets the same high quality standards as Shamrock's farm in Arizona. "With this project, Virginia adds another major corporation to its roster," Governor McDonnell said. "We warmly welcome Shamrock Farms to the Commonwealth and Augusta County, and appreciate the company's significant investment and creation of 60 new jobs. This new dairy manufacturing facility is the perfect fit for a region rich in agricultural history and committed to attracting industry that supports that history. "I am confident Shamrock Farms will benefit from the skilled workforce and infrastructure available, while complementing the existing enterprise base, utilizing locally produced materials, including locally sourced milk, and helping advance the local economy." McClelland added that Shamrock Farms is thrilled to be joining the Augusta County community because it's a perfect fit from both a business and a company culture perspective. Shamrock Farms plans to immerse itself in the Augusta County community in the months and years ahead, as it's done in Arizona for decades. To kick off its relationship with the Augusta County community, Shamrock will be donating Rockin' Refuel to Fort Defiance High School athletic teams. For more information on Shamrock Farms visit www.shamrockfarms.net or www.facebook.com/shamrockfarms. Back to news


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Chevrolet Traverse
By the numbers: Three rows, up to eight seats, 17 mpg city/24 mpg highway
Carpool 2.0: Sliding second-row seats that children as young as 7 can operate. Play tunes on your smartphone through the sound system using wireless Bluetooth.
Mommy, I can do it: The seat belts are easy for kids to snap themselves into.
No sticky seats: The cup holders can accommodate juice boxes and sippy cups. Price: From $29,510; chevrolet.com
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Chrysler Town & Country
By the numbers: Three rows, seven seats, 17 mpg city/25 mpg highway
Chuck E. Cheese on wheels: Upgrade to get two nine-inch screens with Sirius Backseat TV and game connectors.
Know when to fold 'em: Press a button and the third-row bench seat folds into the floor.
Mudroom on the move: When the second-row seats aren't folded away, the space doubles as a storage compartment. It's the perfect spot for concealing sweaty soccer gear.
Price: From $29,995; chrysler.com
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Honda Odyssey Touring Elite
By the numbers: Three rows, eight seats, 19 mpg city/28 mpg highway
Game-changer for lane-changers: The Blind Spot Information System provides an extra pair of eyes on the road (in the form of radar sensors). The door-mounted indicators illuminate when the sensors detect trouble.
One DVD screen, two happy siblings: The split-screen monitor helps you entertain two kids at once.
Price: From $43,675; automobiles.honda.com
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Infiniti JX
By the numbers: Three rows, seven seats, 17 mpg city/23 mpg highway
Backup when you back up: Should objects be detected behind, the collision sensors prompt a warning and, if unheeded, automatically stop the vehicle. Four external cameras provide a 360-degree view of your surroundings.
Your to-do list is on the dash: Sync appointments from Google Calendar into the navigation system.
Price: From $40,450; infinitiusa.com
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Toyota Prius V
By the numbers: Five seats, 67 cubic feet of storage with the rear seatbacks down (that's approximately 98 paper grocery bags), 44 mpg city/40 mpg highway
Appy family: The dashboard doubles as a tablet. Toyota's Entune multimedia system lets you use the in-dash touchscreen to tune in to The Muppets station on Pandora, search Bing for the nearest Pinkberry, or get live traffic reports.
Price: From $26,400; toyota.com
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Jetta SportWagen TDI
By the numbers: Five seats, 30 mpg city/42 mpg highway
Fender-bender mender: The SportWagen automatically immobilizes the fuel pump, unlocks doors, and activates hazard warning lights after certain types of collisions. It also offers side-curtain-airbag protection.
No more fumbling for keys: If yours are in your pocket or purse, the door will automatically unlock when you touch the door handle. Now press the start button and head home.
Price: From $25,260; vw.com
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Nissan Quest: LE Model
By the numbers: Three rows, seven seats, 19 mpg city/24 mpg highway
Go crazy at Costco: When your arms are full of grocery bags, use the one-touch unlock/open power system for the side doors and rear liftgate.
For that mysterious backseat smell: The "air scrubbing" system reduces odors and filters allergens.
Dad-proofed: The rearview cameras are a lifesaver when all that's visible is the bunk bed you're schlepping home from Ikea.
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The next stop for Martin Laird is the first major of the year. It will be his first trip to Augusta National for the Masters in two weeks, and he can't be any more prepared than he is now.
Not because he won at Bay Hill, but because it felt as if he won the U.S. Open.
"That was a tough fight out there," Laird said Sunday after his one-shot win over hard-luck Steve Marino.
It was a heavyweight bout, for sure, and the most obvious piece of evidence was that Laird closed with a 3-over 75, the highest winning score at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in the tournament's 33-year history.
The course was so dry and crusty, the pins in such perilous conditions, that for so much of the hot afternoon, players were in full retreat. In the final three groups, no one broke par, and those six players combined to go 19 over.
"No one is going to take a 75 going into the last round of a tournament," Laird said. "But I knew it was going to be this tough to win. I didn't know I would win it in this fashion."
Laird started the final round with a two-shot lead, which was gone when he made the turn. It only got worse from there. Marino took a one-shot lead on the 10th, then appeared to be in control when Laird hit into the water on No. 11 for double bogey.
The final hour was the wildest of all.
Laird walked off the 14th green with a bogey to fall three shots behind. Two holes later, he headed to the 17th tee with a two-shot lead. Nothing was safe until it was over, and even that kept a packed grandstand in suspense.
Needing two putts for a par to win the tournament, Laird was on the front of the green just under 90 feet away, nearly the length of a basketball court. It was only seven months ago when he needed a two-putt par to win The Barclays, only to three-putt and fall into a playoff that he eventually lost to Matt Kuchar.
Yes, he remembered.
"That made me extra motivated because I wasn't going to let a tournament like this slip through my fingers again by three-putting the last," Laird said.
He knocked it up to about 3½ feet, calmly rolled in the par putt and had just enough strength left to jab the air with his fist.
"I think you can see how much it meant to me," Laird said. "That was a battle all day. And it almost makes it more sweet to win it the way I did. It's such a huge tournament. A couple of years ago, I wouldn't have thought I could have won a tournament like this. And to now be sitting here with the trophy ... obviously, it was a huge putt."
It even produced a dose of U.S. Open misery.
Marino, who already has had two close calls this year in search of his first PGA Tour victory, played flawless golf while taking advantage of Laird's early collapse. He still can't think of too many shots he would take over.
If only he could have listened to Phil Mickelson after the Masters champ finished his round at 73.
"The back-nine pins, they are all bogey and double-bogey pins — they are not birdie pins," Mickelson said. "The last eight holes are holes that you have to play 50 feet away if you're playing smart."
Marino went at the flag on the 15th with a 6-iron and posed as it covered the flag, only to see it come up a yard short and plug into the side of the bunker. The traps all had ample sand, and buried lies became the norm.
This one led to bogey, for the best Marino could do was blast some 35 feet past the hole for a bogey. He still led by two shots until Laird, playing in the group behind him, punched an 8-iron from the left rough away from the flag to the throat of the green, and holed a birdie putt from 20 feet.
Laird made an 18-foot birdie putt on the 16th, and before he could reach the 17th tee, calamity set in for Marino. He posed over another 6-iron on the par-3 17th until it again found sand, buried in a fried-egg lie. He blasted over the green, then hit a putt too hard up the slope and missed a 5-foot comebacker to take double bogey.
Just like that, Marino was two shots behind.
"If I had to do it all over again, I would love to have played that 17th hole," Marino said. "I thought I hit a really good shot in there. I thought it was going to be good, and came up short in the bunker and then plugged. That's pretty disappointing. I played so well all day, and you know, one hiccup on 17 cost me the tournament."
Laird finished at 8-under 280, the highest winning score at Bay Hill since Ben Crenshaw won in 1993.
Justin Rose closed with a 68 to finish at 6-under 282 with Marc Leishman and David Toms. Spencer Levin, who shot 41 on the front nine to seemingly fall out of contention, hung around to the end and shot 76 to tie for sixth.
Farther down the leaderboard was Tiger Woods, seven shots back, after going bogey-double bogey at the end for a 72. Bay Hill completes a full year since his return from a sex scandal, with not much to show for it — no wins, only three top 10s on the PGA Tour and not once in serious contention on the back nine.
Next stop: Augusta National.
Such is the state of his game that the six-time Bay Hill winner called this a "very good week, and a week I needed to see."
"It's getting better every week I've played," Woods said.
Laird has never felt better. The 28-year-old from Scotland — he became the first European to win at Bay Hill — came to America for college at Colorado State and never left. He hits the ball long and high, a trait he learned in high altitude to compete, and started showing signs by winning in Las Vegas two years ago.
Now, he's starting to wonder how far he can go.
His victory completed a rare double for the home of golf. Scotland didn't have a single player inside the top 100 in the world at the end of 2009. Laird moves up to No. 21 in the world with his win at Bay Hill, which followed Paul Lawrie winning in Europe earlier Sunday.


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The iPhone 5 smartphone in liquid metal Black and Slate finish delivers ground breaking trends with its style and technology! Apple's new iPhone 5 32GB phone is yet again making other mobile providers scramble to keep up. Apple releases its new iPhone 5 with variant memory specs, this
The iPhone 5 smartphone in liquid metal Black and Slate finish delivers ground breaking trends with its style and technology! Apple's new iPhone 5 32GB phone is yet again making other mobile providers scramble to keep up. Apple releases its new iPhone 5 with variant memory specs, this iPhone 5 come with 32GB of more memory to compliment the new A6 chip that was specially designed by Apple to give the newly designed iPhone the horse power needed to run all its great features and graphics. The iPhone 5 might be thinner in size, but it is thicker in technology. Souq.com offers the iPhone 5 (32GB, LTE, WiFi, Black and Slate) smartphone at the lowest possible price anywhere on the web.
The iPhone 5 32GB phone is twice as fast as the iPhone 4 32GB. Not to mention it outperforms the competition just on build quality alone, the iPhone 5 does pack some technological power. The iPhone 5 comes with 32GB of memory storage and 1GB RAM which runs Apple's specially designed super fast A6 operating system (iOS6) on a Dual core 1.2 GHz processor. Apple wanted to ensure every application and function on the iPhone 5 runs super fast and smooth at all times utilizing the new 4 inch Retina display to the fullest. Apple does it again with the iPhone 5 32GB phone, which comes in a two tone Black and Slate metal finish to compliment its rock solid build.
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iOS 6
All new design The thinest, Lightest, fastest iPhone ever.
Thin, sleek, and very capable The iPhone 5 is thinner, lighter, and faster than the iPhone 4S and most of the competition. Apple didn't sacrifice quality to make the iPhone lighter. No plastic body for iPhone 5, made in all aluminum body with precision build quality. White and silver color suites the new iPhone 5 new look and feel. iPhone 5 is 7.6 mm thin and weighs 112 grams.
4 Inch Retina Display It's not just bigger. It's just Right.
A slim iPhone 5 with a convenient 4 inch screen that gives you more to see without having an oversized mobile phone in your hands. Compared to the iPhone 4, the iPhone 5 boasts a bigger 4 inch screen but yet maintains the iPhone 4 width for easy one handed use. With the 4 inch Retina display, you get more of everything; more of your inbox, more events on your calendar, more apps on your home screen etc.
- Vibrant display 326 pixels per inch, 18 percent more pixels than iPhone 4 with 1136 by 640 resolution.
- Colors get enhanced with 44 percent better color saturation than iPhone 4.
- Vivid and lifelike for better game play, easy to read words, spectacular images to see, and enhanced apps.
- Watch widescreen HD video without letterboxing.
- Shatter resistant glass screen.
A6 Apple Chip
The A6 chip is completely new with Apple's own design (ARMv). The Apple A6 chip is more integrated with all iPhone 5 features that is the driving force behind a thinner, faster phone with longer battery life! The A6 chip is twice as fast as the A5 chip on iPhone 4. Apps launch faster, web pages load faster, and email attachments appear instantly. Faster graphics twice as fast as A5 chip. Ideal mobile phone to enjoy serious apps and games with more realistic game play.Better Battery Life the custom designed A6 chip is not only designed to be fast, it is designed to work with iOS 6 to be extremely power efficient.
- Up to 8 hours for browsing on cellular connection
- Up to 8 hours of talk time
- Up to 10 hours of video playback time
iSight Camera
The iPhone 4 has one of the best mobile phone cameras in the world, it is still amazing. The iPhone 5 enhances an already great camera with even more detail and clarity. iPhone 5 camera improved features:
- 40 percent photo capture
- Better low light performance
- Improved noise reduction
Panorama is a new iPhone 5 camera feature that lets you take astonishing group shots and now the iSight camera can capture just about everything! With one motion, you can shoot up to 24 degrees with up to 28 megapixels , thanks to the A6 chip.
Enhanced HD video recording.
Enhanced HD video recording iSight camera records in 1080p HD video, improved stabilization, face detection for up to 10 faces. Also, you can take still photos while recording videos, you will never miss a moment.
FaceTime HD camera.(*Facetime may not be available in your country)
FaceTime HD camera Phone calls can now happen over a cellular connection if WiFi is not available. FaceTime video calls quality is much improved on the iPhone 5. You can also use the front camera to take self pictures or record yourself in 720p HD video.
All new EarPods
Apple users worldwide rejoice, if you are thinking about time, you are right. Apple finally addresses their not so stellar EarPods of the past. Apple put much thought into the new EarPods to compliment the well thought out and designed iPhone 5. The new EarPods are designed to fit differently for everyone since we all don't have the exact same ear size.Designed with three microphones:One on the front, One on the back, One on the bottom.Noise canceling headphones EarPods reduce background noise, ideal for talking on the iPhone 5 in crowded places. You will no longer have to scramble away from noisy environment to be able to hear the person on the other end of the line.
Apple Maps
Yes, Apple, not Google. Apple has really made the iPhone 5 hands on, even with the Maps feature. Map elements are vector based, giving you extremely sharp graphics and text, especially when you zoom in. Easily Pan around with this very responsive Maps feature. Going from Point A to Point B directions are not only displayed on the screen, but it will tell you out loud how to get to your desired destination like any other GPS. Maps also gives you real time traffic information and reroutes you to avoid delays. Enjoy multiple perspectives with Flyover and explore interactive 3D views.
Super Fast WiFi
Wireless connectivity on the iPhone 5 doesn't disappoint. In this fast paced world, the iPhone super fast wireless data connection doesn't slow you down. LTE wireless technology built for speed without draining your battery, only on the iPhone 5. Support more networks all over the world. Includes networks such as HSPA, HSPA , and DC-HSDPA. Browse, download, and stream content at super fast speeds. Dual band 802.11 n wireless connectivity accelerates your WiFi experience up to 150 Mbps.
All new Lightning connector
The Lightning connector features an all digital, 8 signal design that is much more stronger than the 30 pin connector. The Lightning connector is also reversible, so there is no wrong way to plug in the cable.
Siri. Even more of what you're asking for.
Siri has matured into a young adult on the iPhone 5. Siri still provides you with the information you need and with the iOS6, Siri can understand you even more than before. So you can ask Siri even more questions now and he won't ignore you. Even ask Siri to make a Facebook post or a Tweet on your behalf. Siri is now fluent in more languages.
iOS 6. The world's most advanced mobile operating system.
The foundation of the iPhone 5 and all Apple products. The iPhone 5 is what is because of the iOS6. Giving you over 200 new features and built in apps right out of the box with plenty of space and speed for more.
iCloud. Your Content.On all your devices.
Your content on all your devices for instant access. Built into the iPhone 5 with new features allowing you to do even more with iCloud.
Built In Apps
Amazing phone with amazing built in apps, it makes sense, especially on a 4 inch Retina display.
Put what is on your iPhone 5 on your HDTV. Stream content wirelessly using AirPlay from your iPhone 5 to your Apple TV to increase the screen you are watching. Also, AirPlay Mirroring allows you to see whatever you are doing on your iPhone 5 directly onto your HDTV at the same time.
Print right from your iPhone 5 over a WiFi connection. Doesn't require you to download software, no drivers needed to be installed, no cables to connect. With AirPrint, you can send whatever is on your iPhone 5 screen to an AirPrint enabled printer.


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Securities and Exchange Commission v. Alfred M. Lemcke, et al., Civil Action No. 01-547 (RRL) (D.R.I. November 16, 2001).
Relief Defendant in Commission Case Ordered to Pay Proceeds From House Sale into Registry of Court
The Commission announced that, on September 4, 2002, a Rhode Island federal judge issued an order requiring Rosemary Grogan-Lemcke (Grogan-Lemcke) to pay into the registry of court the proceeds from the sale of a house she owned with her husband, Alfred M. Lemcke (Lemcke). Lemcke is a defendant in a civil fraud case the Commission filed in November 2001 alleging that Lemcke, an unregistered investment adviser, defrauded his clients of approximately $1 million.
The court entered a temporary restraining order and asset freeze against Lemcke on November 16, 2001, and subsequently entered a preliminary injunction against Lemcke and continued the asset freeze on December 6. On April 15, 2002, the Court entered an order modifying the asset freeze to allow the sale of the Lemcke home, which was jointly owned by Lemcke and Grogan-Lemcke, on the condition that the proceeds from the sale be deposited with the registry of court.
According to a motion filed by the Commission on August 20, 2002, although the house was sold on June 14, 2002, Grogan-Lemcke has refused to comply with the court's order and the sale proceeds - totalling $245,560 - are being held by her attorney. The Commission named Grogan-Lemcke as a relief defendant in the civil action and also sought a ruling from the court holding Grogan-Lemcke in contempt unless she deposits the proceeds with the court.
The court's September 4 order requires Grogan-Lemcke to deposit the proceeds from the sale with the registry of court. According to the order, if Grogan-Lemcke fails to comply with this requirement, the court will issue a show cause order to hold her in contempt. The Commission's action against Lemcke is still pending.
For further information, see Litigation Releases 17237 (November 16, 2001) and 17515 (May 14, 2002).


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Night Waitress
- $1.59
- Published By: eXtasy Books
- Author: Morgan Hawke
- Page: 28
- Word Count: 7000
- Publication Date: August 15, 2010
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- Categories: Erotic Romance, Short Stories
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Lilli is a waitress in an all-night diner. Bruce is a dangerously attractive man that won't take no for an answer, even if it's for his own good. What's a succubus to do?
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A crappy shot, but your first time doesn't have to be great to be memorable;
Jim Abernethy is a force of nature. I'm a pretty self confident guy and I rarely meet anyone I consider a better man but Jim clearly qualifies on a whole bunch of levels. Let's take this little afternoon dive as an example. My job was to try and make some great images of sharks and get myself and my camera back on the boat safely and have some fun. This was my limited but difficult goal. Jim's job is to position the boat correctly, organize his crew and the "guests". Make sure all the divers are safe and happy. In short to do all the things that make a JASA trip so special, and make some great images and have some fun. In the middle of all this his friend Emma the fourteen foot pregnant Tiger Shark shows up unannounced on a reef he hasn't seen her on. I was right beside him and got to see a man in his element. Fending off the magnificent supermodel shark with one hand, taking pictures with the other and all the while scanning his divers and the ocean for the tiger that we might miss. You know what really impressed me? I'll bet he had the best images on the boat. This is my first trip with Jim and I had read all the old posts with various opinions of him and his operation. The one piece of the Abernethy puzzle I had not picked up on was how much fun he is having. In the end I thinks that's why he does all the hard work to run his unique operation. If you are a competent diver and have the experience under your belt to be able to pay attention to what Jim tells you, you will have a trip of a lifetime. I know of nowhere else in the world where you are given so many opportunities to make great images. This is not like the sharks dives where your lined up in a row and watch sharks come in and get fed. This is entirely different and nothing like the other "shark dives" I've been on in my forty some years of diving.
The 14 ft super model Emma;
I had the luxury of being on the Backscatter trip with some very experienced first rate U/W photographers. Everyone knew what to do, It was a real joy to be able to tag along with a group like this. We ended the trip with a day at Tiger Beach. Unhappily there were no Tigers on this day. I had really wanted to see a 14 foot shark in 15 feet of water. We had to "make do" with 6 Lemon sharks doing figure eights on the sand.
My new friend Sterling and a Lemon;
One other quick note, if you've been on the Shear Water in the past, I've got great news. Mike has come aboard to be the new chef. No more microwave lunches. This young man can cook! We had hot lunches every day, breakfast was what ever you wanted and dinner was great every night. We had two vegetarians on the boat and some other folks who didn't eat beef. He took it all in stride and everyone was happily accommodated. He also knows more jokes than Jim which is saying something. Now happily I have a new place I can go, if only in my mind when I need a break from the everyday. In the end that may be the most valuable thing we take away from a trip like this. We all have mental images we take away from trips. On Jim's boat you have great chance of matching them up with the ones you actually capture.
Cheers all,
Edited by Steve Williams, 28 June 2009 - 10:15 PM.


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Moving Pieces of Graphics
In the last post, one of the steps you completed to construct the graphic from pieces involved you grabbing a pasted piece and moving it to a position so that it wasn't covering another pasted piece that you wanted to show. You can take that idea one step further and alter displays to present data in a different way.
Think about a census. My people are usually listed starting on about line 17 or worse. I'm usually fussing with a copy of census headings and trying to match them to interpret the data.
Using Paint, I can move the census lines I want to see and align them directly under column headings.
Turn this...
Altering the Display
- Use the PRT SC button to capture a copy of a census page on your clipboard. Remember to press the extra button if you're on a laptop.
- Open Paint (Start, All Programs, Accessories, Paint).
- Paste (Ctr + V) the copy of the census into the Paint palette.
- Use the Select tool to select the lines in the census that you want to move. Paint adds a dotted line around the area you selected.
- Click inside the dotted line and do not release your mouse button. You just grabbed the selected area and you're holding on to it.
- Move your mouse around and you'll find that the selected area moves too.
- Align the select lines with the column headings.
- When you're happy with the display, release your mouse button. The dotted lines remain so if you need to make adjustments, just click in the dotted area and do not release your mouse button. Make the adjustment, and then release your mouse button.
- Click anywhere outside of the dotted area to make the change permanent.
This same method works if you open a scanned census page (or whatever) that you've saved as a .jpg.
Are you going to want to alter every census page like this? Certainly not. However, when you need to make a point with a picture, knowing how to alter the picture to illustrate your point certainly can't hurt.


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Environmental, health and safety (EHS) solutions help organizations maintain compliance with local and federal regulations. These systems primarily cater to organizations in the industrial sector, including manufacturing, energy and utilities, but can also be used by non-industrial organizations, such as those in government and healthcare.
This guide has been created to help users find the best solution for their business needs. Here's what we'll cover:
What Is EHS Management Software?
Common Functionality of EHS Management Software
Benefits and Potential Issues
Market Trends to Understand
What Kind of Buyer Are You?
Recent Events You Should Know About
EHS systems allow companies to manage and report on environmental performance as well as operational risks associated with their business. This software offers a broad range of functionality to help companies stay in compliance with different types of regulations.
With EHS management software, users can:
These systems may also be referred to as:
Most EHS management systems come with some or all of the following capabilities:
|Environmental management
|Generates compliance and sustainability reports for meeting regulation requirements (regarding wastewater, solid waste, greenhouse gases etc.). Also provides environmental audits, quantifies greenhouse gas emissions and helps manage air quality and water discharge compliance.
|Health management
|Helps monitor processes that affect two main aspects of employee health: industrial hygiene and occupational health. Hygiene modules measure workers' chemical exposure; health modules capture employee health data such as hearing and lung capacity.
|Safety management
|Allows users to track incidents on work floors, analyze them and suggest preventive action. Also provides training related to work practices and occupational hazards.
|Hazardous material management
|Provides safety data sheets, regulatory and scientific content to help users manage the use and logistics of hazardous materials (hazmat).
|Risk management
|Analyzes processes that can pose potential risks through methodologies such as bow tie analysis, failure modes and effects analysis and fault tree analysis. Offers tools that help companies create crisis-response plans, monitor insurance policies, assess workplace hazards and streamline safety audits.
Businesses can realize many benefits as a result of adopting EHS software. One of the biggest is that the software helps users manage complex regulatory requirements more easily. As regulations become increasingly complex, traditional methods such as spreadsheet software and manual inspection are proving insufficient for many users. EHS software eases regulatory compliance with such capabilities as automated auditing and compliance reporting.
There are also some potential issues buyers should be aware of, including:
Limited compliance support. Few vendors claim to support a broad range of regulations and languages. Thus, buyers should check with the vendor to make sure necessary regulations and standards are supported before selecting an EHS solution.
Security concerns. Since these systems handle sensitive data, some organizations may be concerned about the safety of cloud-based software. However, most cloud systems are as secure as on-premise systems, if not more so: Simply choose a reputable vendor, and they will have strong data security measures in place.
Companies of any type have a responsibility to provide a safe working environment, so an EHS can be used by multiple industries. Whether it's performing inspections on equipment, establishing safety protocols or analyzing risk, the following industries are common users of EHS software.
We have observed a few changes taking place in this market:
Increased demand for risk management. Traditionally, most of the software in this market was focused on compliance and offered functionality for maintaining a safe workplace and monitoring environmental hazards. However, organizations are now demanding end-to-end solutions that also have an integrated risk management module. Many vendors are entering into partnerships or acquiring firms in order to offer more comprehensive products.
Shift toward cloud-based software. Buyers are increasingly adopting cloud-based solutions, as they typically come with low upfront costs and relieve the headaches of having to perform maintenance and updates. Some organizations take a hybrid approach, in which the system is hosted on the company's own servers and data is regularly backed up in the cloud.
Here are some recent events to be aware of that reflect increasing interest in the EHS market:
Enablon announces record organic growth. Enablon, a leading provider of sustainability, EHS and operational risk management software, announced more than 50 percent growth in sales for 2015.
Intelex secures CA$160 million in investment. Intelex, a provider of EHS and quality management software solutions, announced that it has secured CA$160 million in funding led by JMI Equity (a growth equity firm focused on software and services companies). HarbourVest, a private markets investment firm, also participated in the round.
2017 OSHA budget to shrink 3 percent. The House Appropriations Committee drafted a bill in July that would reduce the Occupational Health & Safety (OSHA) budget by 3 percent, to $534.4 million in 2017's fiscal year. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSH) is also expected to lose more than $25 million in funding due to reduced mining activities in the U.S. The agency, however, still plans to conduct more than 35,000 inspections in 2017.
Our service is simple and 100% free to customers like you because software vendors pay us when we connect them with quality leads. You save time and get great advice. Vendors get great referrals. It's a win for everyone!


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Slings & Arrows
Stratford is a place of magic for me -- I have only been there once, in the mid-90s, but it was among the greatest theatre experiences of my life. Or, rather, two productions were among the greatest theatre experiences of my life: productions of Amadeus and The Merry Wives of Windsor (we also saw Macbeth and The Gondoliers -- the former was, I thought then and expect I would think now, dull and awful; the latter was well done, but it's not among my favorite Gilbert & Sullivan shows, so while I appreciated it, I didn't feel much passion for it). I have long lost the program from that summer, but two actors so impressed me that their names have stuck with me ever since: Stephen Ouimette and William Hutt.
Ouimette played Mozart in Amadeus to Brian Bedford's Salieri. He gave the role a range I had never imagined it could possess, making the character into something entirely different from what Tom Hulce did in the movie. Ouimette was also in Merry Wives, and one of the things I most remember is that I didn't realize it was the same person for quite a while. Here was an actor playing utterly different characters in repertory, something I had never experienced before, and which opened my eyes to what real acting can be: the challenge, the fun, the beauty of it. But the real revelation was Hutt as Falstaff. I had just finished high school, and up to that point had not seen any truly great performances of Shakespeare, and few performances of his comedies at all. They never seemed very funny to me on the page, and reading them was much more of a chore than reading the tragedies and histories. But I laughed throughout this production of Merry Wives, and most especially at Hutt's performance.
Stephen Ouimette was one of the stars of Slings & Arrows, and William Hutt was a guest star in the third season, giving a tremendously moving performance as an elderly actor who wants to play Lear before he dies (Hutt himself would die at age 87 in June 2007, less than a year after the end of Slings & Arrows). The presence of these two actors alone was enough to ensure my interest, but what held that interest was the intelligence of the writing and the impressively high quality of the acting from the first episode to the last.
From early on, Slings & Arrows was conceived as a three-season show, with each season following the ups and downs of putting on a particular production -- Hamlet in the first season, Macbeth in the second, and King Lear in the third. The events in the lives of the characters often parallel or echo the events within the plays, and the show deliberately explores ideas of youth in season one, middle age (and ambition) in season two, and old age (and mortality) in season three. It doesn't all work -- the second season is somewhat weaker than the first and third; I never bought the motivation for Paul Gross's character's insanity; the third season suggests an answer to the question of whether Ouimette's character is really a ghost or a figment of Gross's character's imagination, a question that should never have been answered, etc. -- but there are no episodes that felt like clunkers, and remarkably few episodes that didn't feel tightly conceived and cleverly executed.
One of the smart choices made by the writers of the show (Susan Coyne, Bob Martin, and Mark McKinney primarily -- Coyne and McKinney also play recurring characters) was to treat Shakespeare's works seriously and respectfully, but to make the series itself a comedy. All the characters are basically stereotypes, with a generally predictable range of personality and emotion, though the main characters do develop over the course of the three seasons (I would call the musical theatre actors in the third season caricatures if I hadn't lived with such people). But most of the real moments of vivid, multidimensional acting occur in the scenes from Shakespeare's plays -- not just because Shakespeare could write brilliantly complex characters, but because Shakespeare's plays offer us insight into what is going on within these character's lives. The characters don't become fully real, fully human until they are performing. Which is utterly appropriate to a show that is primarily about actors.
Because it is a comedy, there is very little about the arc of each season of Slings & Arrows that is a surprise. We know each show will be a huge hit (artistically if not financially) and that the main characters will all triumph in the end, just as we know that everybody will get married at the end of a Shakespearean comedy. Suspense about the end result is not what holds our interest -- what keeps us engaged is wondering how we will get to that end, and the marvelous individual scenes along the way. The Slings & Arrows writers loved symmetry, and they had great fun pairing characters and situations, creating subplots to comment on the main plots, etc., and the show's directors and editors took advantage of every such moment, particularly as they used the progress of one production at the festival to comment on another.
The overall vision of the show is a sentimental, idealistic, and simplistic one, a vision that very much celebrates the mystical, Romantic idea of actors as magicians and holy fools. In a documentary about the world of the theatre, such a vision would be infuriating; in Slings & Arrows it is charming. It charms us into believing -- at least for the hours we are watching the show -- that the lines between art and commerce can be clearly drawn, that art can heal wounds and make peace, that everyone has a great performance somewhere inside them, that sincerity matters more than anything else. Though its characters have their cynical moments, the show itself isn't the least bit cynical. If it weren't so funny, and if scene by scene it weren't so well written, the Pollyanna approach to life that is at the show's core would be insufferable. Instead, Slings & Arrows presents us with a fantasy world we all might want to live in. It's certainly one I was in no hurry to leave, perhaps because after years of disillusioning experiences with theatre at all levels, I still have enough of an idealist buried somewhere inside me to believe that maybe it isn't entirely a fantasy world.
Meanwhile, up at Stratford they're doing Taming of the Shrew, and so am I right now. They're also doing Romeo & Juliet, which I taught for the first time this past school year (badly, I must say, but so it goes). The company that produces our Shrew, Advice to the Players, also runs a camp for kids, and a bunch of those kids (from this year and past ones) decided to put on their own production of R&J, directed by and starring them, the day after Shrew closes. Because they thought it would be fun. Because there's something about Shakespeare and about the theatre that they love. Idealists and lunatics, magicians and holy fools! And it gives my heart great joy!


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These days, you would be hard pressed to find a major global company that isn't pursuing sustainability initiatives. Few lack a strategy for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, for example. Indeed, thanks to mounting pressure from regulators, consumers and their own employees and shareholders, more and more companies worldwide are starting to provide evidence of a shrinking carbon footprint.
Most companies also recognize that compliance with emissions reporting requirements is just one aspect of more responsible environmental and social stewardship. Many are as keen to demonstrate their commitment to community recycling projects, or human and labor rights, as they are to show that they are responding to the challenge of climate change—and small wonder. With energy costs soaring, risks of all kinds on the rise and shortages of even basic natural resources such as water, companies need to take as broad a view of sustainability as possible.
But how can you be truly sustainable if your suppliers—the raw materials producers, component providers, transport and logistics services, and other interconnected businesses that constitute the supply chain—aren't?
The supply chain, after all, accounts for between 50 percent and 70 percent of both total expenses and greenhouse-gas emissions for most manufacturing companies. Accenture experience suggests that both manufacturers and retailers, for example, commonly spend at least half of their revenues on raw materials and packaging. And a 2010 report from the US Environmental Protection Agency observes that for many sectors of American industry, more than three-quarters of greenhouse-gas emissions originate in the supply chain.
Supply chains, moreover, can be frighteningly fragile. As they have been extended in response to globalization, they have also become increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters, civil conflict and many other common risks. Just consider the impact of the 2011 floods in Thailand, where roughly a quarter of the world's personal computer hard drives are made: Global prices jumped by 28 percent.
Most companies now recognize that a sustainable supply chain is no longer just an optional nice-to-have—it's a business imperative, critical to the success of the organization as a whole in a perilous world. In 2010, when Accenture surveyed more than 700 members of the United Nations Global Compact on sustainable business practices, 96 percent of CEOs told us that sustainability should be integrated into all aspects of strategy and operations. And 88 percent of them singled out the supply chain as an area of specific importance.
Yet only 54 percent of those CEOs affirmed that they had actually achieved supply chain sustainability. And other evidence strongly suggests that their suppliers are still serious sustainability laggards.
To be sure, these players are starting to disclose their greenhouse-gas emissions. Some 44 percent of the suppliers to the 50 member companies of the independent, nonprofit, United Kingdom-based Carbon Disclosure Project supply chain program responded to its annual information request last year, for example. However, only 28 percent of those suppliers said they had actually achieved a reduction in emissions—a poor showing compared with the 43 percent of their end customers that had reduced greenhouse-gas emissions.
Companies can do much more to motivate their suppliers. They could start by helping them quantify the financial, reputational and risk management benefits of a sustainable supply chain—something that fewer than 25 percent of CDP supply chain program member companies currently do.
Developing mechanisms that can capture and calculate all of those benefits—let alone share them with suppliers—is certainly a challenge, to say nothing of a considerable added cost. Companies don't yet use a common measure for their carbon emissions, for example. Some report absolute, or overall, emissions year-on-year; others reckon that intensity levels, which measure carbon emissions per unit of product or sales, are more appropriate.
The benefits of engaging suppliers in managing sustainability, however, are just too significant to ignore.
The sustainability payoff
By working with their suppliers to develop a more sustainable supply chain, companies can cut costs, manage risk better, generate new sources of revenue and boost the value of their brand.
Almost 40 percent of CDP members report that they have realized financial savings from their emissions reduction activities, for example, while more than a third have benefited from new revenue streams or, indeed, from savings gained as a result of their suppliers' carbon reduction activities.
When it comes to individual experiences, the benefits can be even more striking. Witness, for instance, how much a leading beverage company saved in both fuel consumption and CO2 emissions—more than 1.4 million liters and 3,900 tons, respectively, in 2010 alone—when it boosted the efficiency of its truck fleet by engaging in a shared logistics exercise with other companies.
Leading organizations are clearly forging ahead, despite the measurement challenges. And our experience suggests that those with a dedicated and comprehensive strategy—across governance, processes and data—are more likely to engage successfully with their suppliers. Such players, in fact, achieve supply chain sustainability in three specific ways.
1. Evolving procurement strategies and a cross-functional approach
Leading companies recognize that procurement plays a key role in any effort to achieve a sustainable supply chain. For instance, 39 percent of corporate members and 28 percent of their suppliers told the Carbon Disclosure Project that they have seen cost savings as a result of having embedded sustainability practices into the procurement function. And fully 63 percent of CDP supply chain program members are now training their procurement staff in supply chain carbon management—more than twice as many as in 2009.
The Clorox Co., in fact, aims to embed environmental sustainability into all of the company's core business processes, from product supply and manufacturing through R&D to procurement. And the company's environmental sustainability office works with each business to develop a list of annual commitments.
Leading players know, too, that sustainable sourcing has to encompass all elements of the supply chain. At Unilever, for example, sustainability is integral to the company's core business strategy. It enjoys the kind of C-suite commitment essential for strong governance, and is recognized right across the organization as a key enhancer of long-term brand equity. The result: Unilever aims to source 75 percent of paper and board for packaging, all palm oil and half of agricultural raw materials sustainably by 2015.
What's more, 39 percent of CDP supply chain project members say that if suppliers fail to adopt sustainable practices, they will no longer do business with them. Apple, for example, conducts rigorous on-site audits to ensure that suppliers comply with its code of conduct—and if a violation is unearthed, the facility has to remedy it immediately and implement a preventive action plan within 90 days.
2. Moving from compliance to performance improvement
Sustainability, of course, needs to be much more than a box-ticking exercise—though many companies still appear to believe that simply communicating their carbon management information to the outside world will suffice.
The leaders, however, are starting to move beyond sustainability as merely a compliance issue, or even an exercise in risk management. They actually identify opportunities for business improvement—a strategy that is more than twice as likely to bring their suppliers onboard, according to joint CDP-Accenture research.
Indeed, such efforts can generate significant business value for suppliers. Consider, for example, how Walmart helped several of its supplier apparel mills in China undergo onsite energy assessments, which allowed one, Dana Undies, to identify and implement energy-efficient practices that cut more than 70 percent from its annual energy bill. Or witness how Tata Steel encourages entrepreneurs from disadvantaged communities in India to become suppliers through a combination of local training initiatives and help with working capital, as well as by giving them preference over larger multinationals, providing certain standards are met.
Nestlé, meanwhile, is engaging with the farmers who provide the bulk of its raw materials to share best practices and drive innovations that have significantly improved their lives (see Sidebar 1).
3. Building on communications for better decision making
Most companies are drowning in sustainability-related data, but few are actually mining it for the rich insights that can drive better decision making for themselves and their suppliers. Leading organizations, by contrast, recognize that information management is key to successfully achieving a sustainable supply chain. And they are investing in the development of information management platforms that can integrate with their own existing databases to enable more efficient information exchange.
These initiatives take different forms (see Sidebar 2). But they are all aiming toward the same goal: better communications with suppliers in the interests of improving sustainability performance right across the supply chain.
As businesses move toward sustainability as a driver of competitive advantage and higher performance, they will need to develop even more collaborative and cross-functional supply chain teams. They will also benefit from exploring new business models with their suppliers, including opportunities for co-branding. And they will need to continue to develop sophisticated new tools to measure and allocate the gains from sustainable practices among the supply chain's stakeholders—quantification techniques that allow users to value entire business ecosystems and include sustainability in assessing the total cost of an economic activity.
The disparate contributors to greenhouse-gas emissions in the supply chain are slowly converging on common sustainability standards. But companies remain split on which measure—absolute or intensity-based—more accurately quantifies CO2 emissions.
Clearly, there needs to be a balance. Absolute reduction targets might appear most desirable—global warming, after all, will continue, no matter how much emissions per unit of product sold decline, if only because companies will go on making more product. But it's important to recognize that organizations can also meet such targets by divesting emissions-intensive operations or by outsourcing—always, of course, paying special attention to the impact of such a move on the overall supply chain.
Much, in short, remains to be done before supply chain sustainability becomes more widespread across both industries and geographies. In the meantime, the business case for it is indisputable. By collaborating with their suppliers to drive mutual benefits, leading companies are making significant headway toward its achievement.
Sidebar 1 | Nestlé RISE-ing: Engaging with suppliers to share sustainability best practices
Driven by a desire to gain a better knowledge and understanding of its "farm to fork" supply chain, Nestlé, the Switzerland-based global food company, has developed a procurement procedure that has helped deepen relationships with suppliers on issues ranging from water management and nutrition, right through to using sustainable procurement for rural development.
The Nestlé Supplier Code covers all of the company's suppliers, worldwide and forms an integral part of all purchase orders and supply contracts across every market and business, including the supply of agricultural raw materials—a critical area of any food company's supply chain. By applying the code, Nestlé has encouraged best practices in sourcing and has thus helped ensure the long-term supply of safe, quality-assured and regulatory-compliant agricultural materials for its business.
In the dairy sector, for instance, the company has worked with the Swiss College of Agriculture to help develop the Response-Inducing Sustainability Evaluation (RISE), which assesses sustainability holistically across multiple ecological, economic and social dimensions, including energy consumption. The evaluation is based on data collected at the farm level, using a comprehensive questionnaire. Ten key, computer-generated indicators identify potential strengths and weaknesses with regard to sustainability, and Nestlé discusses intervention points for improvement with the farmers themselves.
RISE has not only helped identify opportunities to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. By simultaneously providing assessment analysis feedback to farmers as the data is collected, the company also stimulates other improvements. Indeed, Nestlé's engagement with its farmers has helped them innovate to enhance the quality of their own lives—just the sort of mutually beneficial outcome that is key to success in the quest for a truly sustainable supply chain.
In China, for example, the company's specialists have trained farmers to handle and store animal manure safely by using biogas digesters, or waste management solutions that trap methane as it is produced. The technology clearly helps reduce greenhouse-gas emissions—but it also makes methane readily available for cooking or even for electricity generation in farming communities.
Thanks to education and outreach programs that have stimulated demand, this technology has been replicated in other countries whose farmers supply Nestlé—Indonesia and Mexico among them. In Mexico, for example, 16 industrial biogas digesters have been built in regions that provide more than 35 percent of the milk bought by Nestlé Mexico.
Sidebar 2 | Collaborating for better information management
Learning from others by sharing information can help any organization. And when it comes to developing a sustainable supply chain, such a strategy can be critical—especially as research shows that companies still struggle to persuade their suppliers that sustainability makes sound business sense.
Many companies are joining forces with their suppliers in a variety of information management initiatives designed to encourage collaboration and the effective exchange of relevant sustainability information. As a result, the participating parties are not only eliminating redundancy—multiple stakeholders requesting the same information—reducing costs and managing risk better. Suppliers are also gaining strategic advantages—preferred vendor status among them.
Take, for example, the Carbon Disclosure Project supply chain program, an initiative launched in 2007 as part of the independent, nonprofit CDP's program to collect data on corporate greenhouse-gas emissions. The project provides a global process for disclosing carbon emissions along the supply chain by enabling its 50 members to engage better with suppliers on the measurement and management of their emissions. Among the participants is Anglo-Dutch consumer packaged goods giant Reckitt Benckiser, which in 2012 exceeded its goal of reducing carbon emissions by 20 percent—by a full percentage point and eight years ahead of time.
Meanwhile, the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange, known as Sedex, provides the secure exchange of sustainability information for more than 25,000 suppliers and their customers worldwide via an online database that allows members to store, share and report on sustainability information, including self-assessed and third-party social audit results.
And Paris-based EcoVadis is used by several thousand global companies to assess the environmental and social performance of their suppliers by using simple and reliable suppliers' scorecards, covering 150 purchasing categories and 21 corporate social responsibility criteria.
Some of these exchange platforms are industry-specific. The New York-based Fair Factories Clearinghouse, for example, provides its members with the technology to share ideas about how to improve conditions in their plants and factories globally. It was set up in the United States by the National Retail Federation, and Reebok International in particular, as well as the Retail Council of Canada and World Monitors, a New York-based consulting group committed to aligning business practices with human rights.
Brussels-based COCIR, meanwhile, brings together the constituent companies of Europe's healthcare IT, electromedical and radiological industry, and helps them develop responses to evolving sustainability standards. Case in point: The European Commission's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) directive, which came into force in 2007 and aims to minimize the risk chemicals pose to human health and the environment.
Gary L. Hanifan is the North American managing director of the Accenture Operations group. He is based in Seattle.
Aditya E. Sharma is a New York-based manager of sustainability in Accenture Supply Chain.
Paras Mehta is a manager of strategic planning services in Accenture's Global Talent & Innovation Network group. He is based in Mumbai.
The authors would like to thank Kevin Eckerle, Orsella Reyes, Mrinal Pareek, Pushkar Potdar and Shabber Badshah for their contributions to this article.


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The Auxiliary of Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center will hold its 12th annual "Rock-A-Thon" on Friday, April 26, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the hospital's upper lobby.
Participants will rock in chairs for half-hour increments with each rocker soliciting pledges. Proceeds will be used to purchase needed equipment for the medical center. The Auxiliary has raised nearly $100,000 at previous "Rock-A-Thon" events.
Rockers will receive free parking and a 20 percent discount card to be used in the hospital gift shop.
If interested in rocking or for more information, call Mary Norton at 716-278-4159 or Jane Schroeder at 716-579-3406.


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Yankees Sign Matt Diaz
Useful bench player, spiritual dude.
Useful bench player, spiritual dude.
Usually think of this scene when I hear of spiritual ballplayers
Coming off an injury. Might be finished. Signed to minor league deal. Team spends $1.2 million only if he makes the team. Another $800,000 in incentives if he does well. Low risk, modest upside.
Yeah, given the current roster construction we're going to need a lot of prayer in 2014. He can be the team leader in readings from scripture. I just hope he realizes he's staring at God in the face when he sees Mo in the locker room.
I can't wait till someone asks him about dinosaurs.
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Welcome to the Low Impact Forestry Area of the Common Ground Country Fair!
MOFGA's Low-Impact Forestry Program has a few opportunities to shine for the public in the course of the year. One of those times is during the Common Ground Country Fair, when thousands of fairgoers file through MOFGA's woodlot, passing through the forestry demonstrations on their way to the ticket gate. Many of those fairgoers quickly return to the woods to take part in, or at least observe, the forest activities.
From kids to geezers, the LIF area has something to interest everyone who has the slightest curiosity about the woods around us. The 2015 schedule of presentations and demonstrations is posted on the Schedule page.
Past years' offerings have included topics such as woodlot tours (three times a day), the layout and functioning of a horse-logging operation (actually harvesting trees and hauling the logs to a small, portable sawmill, which produces boards, sawdust and slabs for use around the Fairgrounds), building a walking bridge across a small wetland area, forestry for kids, measuring woodlot damage from harvesting or storms, Certified Logging Professional chainsaw safety, directional felling techniques, woodland certification, pruning for added value, selecting a logger for successful harvest, and an explanation of Low Impact Forestry.
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We first mused about mused about the Polish-developed Arrinera vaporcar last year. Now, reports say the car's just a bad Lamborghini replica (wait, what?) — and perhaps the basis for a pump-and-dump scam. [UPDATE]
Polish motoring journalist Jacek Balkan alleges on Facebook that Arrinera builder Veno SA — a public company listed on NewConnect, an over-the-counter stock-trading market run by the Warsaw Stock Exchange — used an "El Toro" Lamborghini Reventon replica by Polish tuning firm Bojar, possibly to scam potential investors. The point being, to pump up the company's share price ahead of the Arrinera's debut.
Last year, the company touted the involvement of UK sports-car designer Lee Noble in developing the Arrinera, whose performance the company compared to an Ultima GTR. If the charges are true, they would surely elevate the deception from wishful thinking to a serious white-collar crime.
[UPDATE: Lukasz Tomkiewicz, CEO of Arrinera Automotive, disputes Jacek Balkan's claims, and insists the company does work with Lee Noble, and has moreover invested millions of Polish Zloty (PLN) in the car's development with an intent to "get it right." A further statement is forthcoming.]
Balkan also alleges the car's a parts-bin extravaganza, with interior components from an Opel Corsa and the entire electrical system, instrument cluster and center console and from a 10-year-old Audi A6.
Damn you Polish Supercar. Damn you to hell for playing to type.