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Mississippi ratifies 13th amendment banning slaveryAs of this month, Mississippi has finally officially ratified the 13th amendment that banned slavery, but it took the research of a curious University of Mississippi Medical Center professor and his colleague to make it happen.According to the Jackson Clarion Ledger, Dr. Ranjan Batra and his colleague Ken Sullivan became inspired to find out their own states take on the amendment after seeing the Steven Spielberg film Lincolnlast November.What did they learn? Mississippi was one of four states that rejected ratification of the 13th amendment, along with New Jersey, Delaware, and Kentucky. The amendment passed without Mississippis support anyway, and all the other no-voting states symbolically ratified the amendment in the following years. New Jersey was quick, ratifying in 1866. Delaware had resolved the matter by 1901. Kentucky took a little longer, waiting until 1976. Mississippi lawmakers finally got around to it in 1995.
But it doesnt appear to have been a huge priority, because the ratification was never sent to the Office of the Federal Register, which means it wasnt official.
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Baby Boomers Hit Hardest By Recession
Current retirees are the least worried about their finances
Those nearing retirement, but not yet retired, are experiencing the worst of the recession's impact, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Adults age 65 and older, most of whom have already retired and cut expenses, are the age group least worried about their finances, the telephone survey of 2,969 Americans conducted in February and March found.
Seniors were the least likely of all age groups to say they recently cut back on spending, suffered losses in their retirement accounts, or experienced trouble paying for housing or medical care. But to baby boomers between ages 50 and 64, this feels like hard times. Three-quarters of baby boomers, or what the Pew Research Center is calling the "threshold generation", say the recession will make it more difficult for them to afford retirement, compared to two-thirds of younger adults and about half of older adults. That's largely because baby boomer's nest eggs were the most severely cracked by Wall Street's meltdown. Some 61 percent of adults on the threshold of retirement say they lost money in the past year in mutual funds, individual stocks, 401(k)s, and other retirement accounts compared to only 28 percent of those between ages 18 and 29 and 36 percent of seniors age 65 and older. Even adults under 30, who still have decades to plan their retirement, were more concerned that the recession will hurt their ability to financially retire than those above age 65 (67 percent versus 56 percent).
Younger Americans under age 65 have taken more steps in the past year to cut expenses than senior citizens. While 60 percent of young and middle-aged adults are doing more shopping at discount stores, only 43 percent of those age 65 and older are. Those under age 65 are more than twice as likely as older adults to reduce spending on cable, cut back on alcohol and cigarettes, or plan to plant a "recession garden" to cut food bills.
Here are a few stats about how different age groups are experiencing the recession.
Age 18-49 Age 50-64 Age 65+
Cut back in spending 68 59 36
Had trouble getting/affording medical care 23 21 7
Lost money on investments 44 66 43
Say the recession will make it harder to retire 67 75 56
Say recession has caused stress in the family 52 58 38
Source: Pew Research Center, 2009.

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The School of Radiant Living was a movement active in New Zealand from the late 1930s until the late 1980s. Founder Dr Herbert Sutcliffe taught a holistic philosophy of physical, psychological and spiritual health. The School of Radiant Living had its international headquarters at Peloha in Havelock North from the early 1940s.
Sutcliffe, an English-born psychologist, was involved with the internationally popular Radiant Health Club movement in Australia before founding the first School of Radiant Living in Providence, Rhode Island, USA, in 1931. During the Second World War he migrated to New Zealand. A total of 36 schools (24 overseas and 12 in New Zealand) were eventually established.
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Welcome to the Catalina Foothills Unified School District #16 in
Tucson, Arizona, a system of schools recognized as an exceptional learning place
for our community's children. All of our schools have been historically labeled "Excelling" or graded "A" by the Arizona Department of Education, an
indication that we consistently reach high levels of student achievement.
We are committed to a 21st century learning agenda that prepares
our students well for what comes after their PreK-12 years with us. We believe
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who are held accountable for learning results is key to our students' academic
I hope you will take the time to get to know us better through
this Web site. There are links throughout the site that will take you to video
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Founded in 1931
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District-Wide Attendance Rate: 99%
Graduation Rate: 97.5%
College Attendance Rate: 94%
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• Extended day classes and full summer programming at all levels K-12
• Extended math and reading programs for grades K-5
• Full day kindergarten (fee-based program for half of the day)
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• Music, visual art, physical education taught by specialists for grades K-12
• Over twelve interscholastic athletic programs
• Reading Strong (reading support for grades K-3)
• Eighteen Advanced Placement course offerings
• Spanish for grades K-5 (30 minutes daily of oral language development)
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Hopkins elementary students are set to receive regular Spanish instruction starting in the 2013-14 school year following a preliminary School Board vote Thursday to establish an elementary world languages curriculum.
"World language has been in surrounding districts for several years. We do a great job with teaching kids culture, but it's not a replacement for teaching kids world languages or languages other than English," Superintendent John Schultz said. "It's really the right thing to do in the21st Century.
The board's decision commits the district to spending $6 million over the next 10 years on elementary Spanish instruction. In the initial year, all elementary schools will provide world languages to kindergarteners and first graders. They'll add a grade level each year until the district has a full kindergarten through sixth grade curriculum.
Kindergarteners will receive three 20-minute periods of instruction each week. First through fourth graders will receive three 30-minute periods per week. Fifth and sixth graders will receive two hour-long blocks of instruction per week.
The district expects students to be ready to have a level II proficiency once they've completed the elementary program. Lisa Shafranski, the district's world language coordinator, said the larger goal is to have students proficient in the language on the way to fluency by the time they graduate.
"We all know people who say, 'I took four years of a language, and I can't speak a word,'" Shafranski said. "That's not acceptable any more. That doesn't work for our kids."
A costly proposal
Yet the proposal's cost worried some of the School Board directors. Directors Wendy Donovan and Irma McIntosh Coleman both vote against the idea.
"Something has to go. Something has to give. There has not been a discussion of what that might look," McIntosh Coleman said. "You don't initiate a program knowing you can't sustain it. It's not fair to our public and, most importantly, it's not fair to our kids."
Said Donovan: "It's the cost. It is the cost. There's no trade off. We're not giving up anything. We're adding."
Director Warren Goodroad wound up supporting the proposal. But he encouraged district administrators to look for savings and use technology to lower the costs—adding out that the district doesn't need "a Cadillac" level of programming if something more basic economic could work.
"It's a stretch for us. We are stretching to do this. It's a worthwhile investment, but we really do have to look very carefully at how it fits in the overall picture," Goodroad said. "I think in terms of investing this money, we want to get something out of this because we are borrowing against our reserves as far as I'm concerned."
An investment in the future
But the district does have clear expectations of what it wants out of the program: More students and the money that goes along with them.
The district's enrollment has been declining. Although that's partly because of demographic trends, it's also because of open enrollment. Even though open enrollment into the district has been growing, it hasn't lately been growing as fast as open enrollment out of the district.
This fall's enrollment . Then at the beginning of Thursday's meeting, the district announced enrollment had decreased by 81 students since Oct. 1—a $500,000 hit to the district if those numbers carry through to next year.
The district hopes elementary Spanish instruction will encourage people to stay in the district. Director Steve Adams calculated that the program would pay for itself if it persuades 84 students stay in the district.
"I certainly think we can attract that many people to the district," he said.
There's no denying that residents want elementary world language. A 2011 survey found that 80 percent to 89 percent of parents wanted it. Those parents included parents who live in the district and send their kids to Hopkins schools, parents who open enroll into Hopkins schools, parents who open enroll out of Hopkins schools and preschool parents—the entire spectrum that Hopkins wants to attract or retain.
"This is a program that I believe has driven people away from the district. Your enrollment will not change unless you invest," Schultz said.
In addition, Hopkins has the highest unassigned fund balance—or savings—of any of the surrounding districts, said John Toop, the district's director of business services. The Citizens Financial Advisory Committee said the district use any savings greater than 10 percent of the district's budget—currently 6.47 percent—for programming that attracts and retains enrollment.
Director Betsy Anderson predicted the School Board will look back on this vote as one that shaped Hopkins as a district.
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Gov. Steve Beshear, the Democratic House and Republican Senate apparently are no closer to agreement on how to fund changes to the state pension system, a key difference on perhaps the most important issue still facing the 2013 General Assembly.
Beshear sidestepped the question Wednesday when he was asked by a reporter if the Senate had offered a way to pay for proposed changes to the underfunded state employee pension system.
"What I can say to you is the Senate and the House and I are discussing both pension reform and possible options for funding it," Beshear answered.
But Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, later said there has been no funding proposal offered by the Senate.
"The governor has discussed a menu of items with us, but there has been no proposal presented by the Senate."
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2012 Record: 6-3
Last playoffs appearance: 2011
Head coach: Judd Benedick (7th season)
Key Returners
RB - Josh Buss: 129 CAR, 887 YDS, 10 TD; 29 REC, 460 YDS, 7 TD
QB - Kai Turner: 137-216 (63.4%), 1,740 YDS, 18 TD, 5 INT; 104 CAR, 374 YDS, 10 TD
LB - Asher Wilson: 65 tkl, 3.0 TKL, 2.5 SACKS
FS - Beau White: 43 TKL, 5 INT
2012 Summary
The Mountain View Mavericks opened up the season 3-3. Wins over Meridian, Timberline and Boise, were offset by losses to Capital, Borah and Rocky Mountain.
Needing to win their final three games to have a shot at getting into the playoffs, the Mavs capped their season with wins over Centennial, Eagle and Vallivue and beat the trio of schools by an average of 30-points.
The three-game winning streak ran their overall record to 6-3. But tied with Rocky Mountain for the final playoff spot, the Grizzlies won the tiebreaker since they beat the Mavs during the regular season.
2013 Outlook
The Mavericks return plenty of skill players this fall. On defensive, senior free safety Beau White is one of four returners in the secondary. On the other side of the ball, senior quarteback Kai Turner will be undercenter for the fourth straight season, and he will look to stretch the field with speedy wide receiver Kenny Webster (13 REC, 223 YDS, 2 TD in 2012).
Senior Josh Buss also returns. While he is listed as a runningback, Mountain View will line him up all over the field in an effort to get him the ball. As a junior in 2012, Buss racked up 1,657 total yards on 170 touches (129 carries, 29 receptions, 10 kickoff returns, 2 punt returns.)
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Gheed, Warriv and Adria are the ones i'm thinking will be back in tristram...Posted in: Lore & Storyline
As far as channelling spells go, for a game like diablo I much more like the way Blizzard worked in d2 then it does in WoW. (Cast a spell and wait for it to run out while able to do other stuff, opposed to cast a spell and wait for it to run out without being able to do other stuff).Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
I don't think cooldowns are needed in a game like d2, finding a sort of rotation between your skills to be mana efficient was even needed without cooldown in d2, I don't see why we can't hold on to this system
Posted in: Diablo III General DiscussionQuote fromEven when every skill is useful, I bet people still stick to few skills that can do the work same as well as other skills would. Why bother spamming around with 10 different skills when 1 can do the job?
Considering Blizzard said they'd like for us to be able to use more skills, want to add a little more difficulty level to make the difference between a "great" and "good" player, I doubt you'll get the trick done with just one i-win-button
As some people said before me, I can't really see the point of massive cities. I for one am not all too fussed to run around in an almost complete NPC town, running from one side to another to accept a quest or find this certain vendor. Remember, we'll only have a few people in each game so can't fill all this space and put it to use, so that being said I like the approach of keeping everything as small and compact as possible, like we saw in the previous games.Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
On dungeons I do hope we get to see some bigger ones, and some that hold chests at the end...but let's not exagerate on this either, getting lost in some extreme dungeon with the same design all the time doesn't really inspire me
I think this will be taken care of in Diablo 3. It's safe to say that more skills will be used then in D2:LOD per character, and that balancing/respeccing will come into play aswel. So normally yes, i'm thinking "every" skill will have its use, even the starting onesPosted in: Diablo III General Discussion
This is a very very good formulated threat, and I agree with it 1000%. Good job therePosted in: Diablo III General Discussion
I agree that this would surely add something to the game, adding an auction house in the diablo universe in some way or another just wont do. We need to have our classic "old school" trading system but have it worked out in a better way...(no more dropping items behind an object, runnig over to the other side to get it back :P)Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
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No offence meant, but I really think diablo isnt the kind of game you're looking for. All the above stated is why many diablo fans "dislike" WoW compared to our beloved diablo series, PvP rewards, Mounts, Factions, Hero classes...god i hope they leave them out :rolleyes:Quote fromI still find it funny how so many die hard Diablo and WoW fans are at each other's throats when both games are so similar to each other. I got into WoW to satisfy my DII cravings, and it's worked for the most part (until DIII that is). WoW is essentially a bigger version of DII with slower gameplay...
Anyway, back to the subject matter - I would like to see these WoW features in DIII whether it ends up being an MMO or not:
- The ability to re-spec your character in terms of talents, skills, etc. Choices in the game should not be set in stone, especially if it's an RPG style game that takes up a lot of time. Diablo II could get away with this to some extent because leveling up was fairly easy. However, nothing's worse than getting far in a game and realizing you have to start over from scratch based on choices you made when you were green.
- Mounts. Since DIII is likely to have a much larger world (even low-brow RPGs these days have worlds far more massive than the ones we've seen in the Diablo games), we're going to need quicker ways of traveling. With the dark visual style of these games, mounts could look really cool as well.
- 3D graphics and customizable camera angles. This goes without saying.
- PVP rewards in the form of weapons, gear, etc.
- Customizable character appearances. This is one aspect I hope is even better than WoW.
- Professions. Whether it's blacksmithing, enchanting, fishing, or whatever, this is another feature I'd like to see, and done even better than how it's done in WoW.
- Faction sides and enemy players. Like the horde and alliance in WoW, players should be able to choose a separate paths. Not everyone wants to be a righteous hero out to rid the world of evil.
- Hero classes. This feature won't be in WoW until the next expansion, but it's a great idea, and is what veteran players (that don't feel like leveling up from scratch again) would want. Like WoW, I'd also like to see new spells and abilities each expansion as well.
- Above all else, an online experience that's safe and free from cheaters, dupers, hackers, and hooligans. This would be hard to pull off if DIII isn't a Pay to Play MMO, but if that's what it takes, sign me up.
Interesting question. I'm also hoping that Blizzard is able to take the skill level to a whole new level, but i'm kind of hoping this is even more the case in PvP then in PvM. Obviously they wont do it by adding tanks, healers, etc etc cause that would completely destroy diablo, but what they will do...i don't know for now. Ill patiently keep waitingPosted in: Diablo III General Discussion
stamina better be gone...Posted in: Diablo III General Discussion
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By AMANDA ARNOLD
For more than 25 years, Greg has called the streets of Nashville, Tenn., Southern Indiana and the Louisville area his home. Throughout the years, he's gone from camp to camp, depending on which ones get broken up by law enforcement, or which ones he's fled because of violence.
Oddly enough, when Greg has been thrown out of camps, a fine was often placed with the eviction, which is something he could not afford.
A couple times he did live in an apartment, but with paranoid schizophrenia, the streets have just become more comfortable, even when it's down-right cold. When he thinks about what got him on the streets in the first place, he says it was a lot of things.
"A lot of things I could have changed, but I still might be right here," said Greg, who currently spends his time in Southern Indiana.
"I don't like it so much in Louisville. I lived there for a long time, and it's better over here," said Greg, who feels more welcome, thanks to a smaller community and ministries such as Jeffersonville's Exit 0.
"Over here, we can pull them from their group and work one on one," said Paul Stensrud with Exit 0, the Southern Indiana, and Louisville area, outreach group that provides food, resources, connections to services for the homeless population.
Every Sunday, the volunteers serve lunch and dinner at the Exit 0 area. They also hold a Bible study with a dinner on Wednesday and they offer transportation to church services. The mission also provides supplies and outreach, and the mission builds awareness about the homeless for others to understand.
According to Coalition for the Homeless of Louisville, there are 9,000 children in the Jefferson County School System who are homeless. There are about 300 people homeless in Southern Indiana, but that number doesn't include children. Also, that could be more considering some people who stay on a friend's couch, but never seek services.
"When we consider homelessness, we consider it's someone without a home, whether they sleep on someone else's couch, street or the shelter. The numbers continue to climb. It's not always because of drugs or mental illness. Some are working at retail stores for 30 hours, but they can't afford a place, or they are labor ready for the summer," said Stensrud.
Perhaps after a recent weekend, people became more aware of the homeless population while also rejecting the typical stereotype. About 30 youth group members and adults, experienced Campout for Homelessness 2012. The two night, three day event was held in partnership with Park Memorial United Methodist Church in Jeffersonville and Exit 0.
Matt Hantelman, youth minister at Park Memorial United Methodist Church, said the church has held the campout for four years with its youth group. However, this was the first year to partner with Exit 0 and open the activity to other churches, the public and several homeless who were invited to share their stories.
The side yard of the church became a tent city during the weekend, and despite the cold, the campers toughed it out.
A positive attitude seemed to be common among the campers.
"It's really fun, but odd because this is a big transition from sitting in your house with all of your heating and your food right there. Here, we have to wait to eat, and tomorrow we're fasting," said sixth grade student Bethany Johnson. The Sunday fast wasn't a requirement, but an encouragement because many homeless endure several days without a meal.
During the campout, the organizers arranged activities to simulate what it's like to be homeless. In fact, just two nights of camping in a cardboard box was a trying experience.
"I know we're all tired and our minds are out of whack. This is why we wanted two nights because you're really starting to understand what it is to be homeless," said Stensrud, who added that it was all part of putting them through the walk.
The walk included boxes that caved in due to the frost on Friday night, listening to Sarge's [yes, he's a homeless veteran] stories about violence on the streets, picking up trash at a Louisville homeless camp and returning to an unpleasant surprise.
"I walked to my box and it was ripped up and everything was gone," recalled Jeffersonville High School student Chelsea Mattingly. She added that her neighbor's box had been burned to the ground. Luckily, her stuff was hidden inside the church, and her neighbor didn't lose anything either. The vandalism and "theft" were all part of walking the walk, because those on the street experience such calamities on a regular basis. Greg shared several stories of waking up only to find his backpack and shoes stolen.
Mattingly was pretty sure who took her stuff, and incorrectly placed blame.
"The kids started blaming each other and that's what happens at the camps on the streets. People get mad at each other [when something is vandalized]," said Amy Melton-Maddox, a volunteer with Exit 0.
Mattingly was aggravated and upset, but she quickly got over it. However, she learned a life-long lesson about having compassion for people who find themselves in a "dog-eat-dog world."
"This is an experience to have. I thought it was amazing. The people I got to meet are fantastic and amazing," said Mattingly, who looks forward to volunteering with Exit 0.
Exit 0 volunteer Rick Missi said the entire weekend was a great experience for himself, the homeless and the youth groups.
"The kids got to sit in the camps [where they picked up trash] with these guys homes and have lunch. I thought it was a great experience for them. They were apprehensive at first, but the guys answered their questions," said Missi, who added the kids saw how fortunate they are to have something as simple as a bathroom.
The weekend concluded with the group visiting the Saturday morning church service for the homeless that is held along the Louisville riverfront. Exit 0, and several other outreach organizations, passed out supplies, food and an open mind to the several hundred people who attend every week.


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Wow, has it really come to that? That quotation comes from a Michigan Police Chief who wants to warn seat belt law violators that the nationwide "Click It or Ticket" campaign has begun.
In some areas cops hand out fines as high as $200. They even set up checkpoints, which apart from the usual civil rights concerns, seems especially absurd now given the new terror warnings.
Seatbelt laws are, of course, only one way politicians try to protect us from ourselves. At some point even those who aren't bothered by our growing nannymust consider the tradeoffs.
Is going after beltless drivers the best use of a cops time? After all, if the guy driving next to you isn't wearing his seat belt that's his choice, and he's not making you any less safe. What about all those dangerous drivers who endanger all of us? Shouldn't law protect the peaceful people from the dangerous?


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I write about energy and environment issues.
A new batch of 5,000 emails among scientists central to the assertion that humans are causing a global warming crisis were anonymously released to the public yesterday, igniting a new firestorm of controversy nearly two years to the day after similar emails ignited the Climategate scandal.
Three themes are emerging from the newly released emails: (1) prominent scientists central to the global warming debate are taking measures to conceal rather than disseminate underlying data and discussions; (2) these scientists view global warming as a political "cause" rather than a balanced scientific inquiry and (3) many of these scientists frankly admit to each other that much of the science is weak and dependent on deliberate manipulation of facts and data.
Regarding scientific transparency, a defining characteristic of science is the open sharing of scientific data, theories and procedures so that independent parties, and especially skeptics of a particular theory or hypothesis, can replicate and validate asserted experiments or observations. Emails between Climategate scientists, however, show a concerted effort to hide rather than disseminate underlying evidence and procedures.
"I've been told that IPCC is above national FOI [Freedom of Information] Acts. One way to cover yourself and all those working in AR5 would be to delete all emails at the end of the process,"writes Phil Jones, a scientist working with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in a newly released email.
"Any work we have done in the past is done on the back of the research grants we get – and has to be well hidden," Jones writes in another newly released email. "I've discussed this with the main funder (U.S. Dept of Energy) in the past and they are happy about not releasing the original station data."
The original Climategate emails contained similar evidence of destroying information and data that the public would naturally assume would be available according to freedom of information principles. "Mike, can you delete any emails you may have had with Keith [Briffa] re AR4 [UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 4th Assessment]?" Jones wrote to Penn State University scientist Michael Mann in an email released in Climategate 1.0. "Keith will do likewise. … We will be getting Caspar [Ammann] to do likewise. I see that CA [the Climate Audit Web site] claim they discovered the 1945 problem in the Nature paper!!"
The new emails also reveal the scientists' attempts to politicize the debate and advance predetermined outcomes.
"The trick may be to decide on the main message and use that to guid[e] what's included and what is left out" of IPCC reports, writes Jonathan Overpeck, coordinating lead author for the IPCC's most recent climate assessment.
"I gave up on [Georgia Institute of Technology climate professor] Judith Curry a while ago. I don't know what she thinks she's doing, but its not helping the cause," wrote Mann in another newly released email.
"I am aware that that local police answer to the politicians who pay them, the same people pushing the global warming fraud. They are just are doing what they have been told to do."
Well, to be accurate (which apparently doesn't concern you much), it's a matter of LAW that makes the hacking of the email a crime. So I'm afraid that in this case, your worldview isn't consistent with the facts.
"Were you similarly outraged when the Nixon tapes were released contrary to constitutional law?"
Are you referring to the Watergate Tapes? Those tapes were subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee. After White House attempts to thwart various congressional subpoenas, the case ultimately went to the US Supreme Court which ruled 8-0 (United States v. Nixon) that Nixon was legally required to release the tapes.
Now, which part of that scenario have you decided is "contrary to constitutional law?"
"You appear to hold that "climate science" needs to be secreted from those who fund it? Why?"
No, that's not my opinion. The Freedom of Information Act is a legal tool for obtaining information in the public interest. The fact that I don't endorse computer crime (e.g., hacking) does NOT imply that I believe in "secrecy" for climate scientists.
"Why is it a crime? The emails are public property."
Public property is held in the interest of the public in general. The use of public property is NOT properly determined separately by individual members of the public. For example, the local community center represents "public property." That fact does not give me a right to break into the community center to use the facilities when the center is closed. In fact, that type of action represents a crime.
I'm sorry you don't understand the concept of public property and the fact that public ownership does not give individuals the legal right to use public property in any way that suits them. Please don't use this point of misunderstanding on your part to condone criminal acts.
What evidence do you have that these emails were "hacked?" These emails were located on several different servers within UEA and no hacker could've compiled them from outside without being detected. Most of these emails were subjects of FOIA requests and had been withheld through the stonewalling of your pseudo-scientists with the help of a complicit UEA administration.
It is very clear that these emails were, and are, being released by an insider who is disgusted at what he/she has seen going on in the name of "science" and has become a whistleblower.
Your continued attempts to deny what is actually taking place here says far more about you, your character, and your intelligence then it does about those of us who not only see your fraud, but know that nothing any of these climate charlatans has done in their work bears any resemblance to true science. Keep on with your denial as you are becoming a laughingstock.
"It is very clear that these emails were, and are, being released by an insider who is disgusted at what he/she has seen going on in the name of "science" and has become a whistleblower."
By all means, turn over whatever evidence you have to the criminal investigators. In the meantime, I'll stick with the facts and evidence that are available to the rest of the world.
Incidentally, can you tell me how you happen to have information about the email theft that is unavailable to the criminal investigators? Or when you write "it is very clear that…" are you misrepresenting your uninformed speculation as something more substantial?
"These emails were located on several different servers within UEA…"
As is typical of the science denial crowd, you have your facts wrong. The files were copied from a backup server at the UEA's Climate Research Unit (CRU) in Norwich.
If you can't even get the basic facts right, why should anyone believe the story you're trying to spin?
Are you completely incapable of reading comprehension? The emails were initially located on several different servers. Someone gathered these from among the different servers and left them in a file called FOIA on one of the public servers where they were then easily retrieved.
The Norwich police investigated and were unable (or unwilling to announce) how they were placed on the public server. This is all commonly known information from the 2009 event. If you lack the ability to follow the developments of this activity the fault is yours.
Also, you will see that all of these emails were exchanged over educational institutions or CRU networks which are taxpayer supported. As such, they are public information. Anyone who works for a company knows that they do not own emails distributed on such a network nor do they have any expectation of privacy.
The very fact that these emails were withheld from legal FOIA requests of itself is a crime. And the withholding of the underlying data to the scientists' work in question violate data integrity requirements of any taxpayer-funded research.
You are the true denier and unworthy of mentioning anything regarding science in any of your postings. In fact, you are quite similar to the "scientists" in question with your profound lack of what the scientific method demands, so it is no surprise that you are in their camp.
Hello Spren,
Serialpunk'd, as I like to call Cyclops, is a complete waste of a human being. Just a fiery dunce carrying the tattered AGW banner. He knows nothing of science, or knows only what his AGW sites will tell him, which isn't much.
He is the perfect example of what the AGW theory does to the mind. The little corrosive has left him no better than one afflicted with mad cow disease.
I have asked him a question repeatedly, why is the moon without an atmosphere so much warmer in the daytime than the earth with an atmosphere? He really can't say.
econmart: thanks for your comment. I have repeatedly dealt with true believers like this clown over the years and have only myself to blame for continuing to engage with them.
They are examples of terminal cognitive dissonance so they will never listen to, let alone be capable of comprehending, anything they hear that is not in accord with their pre-determined narrative.
Hello Spren,
Cyclops has used the consensus argument repeatedly. All he could repeat was, "The science is settled, or 97% of climate scientists believe in AGW."
He is a donkey: hee haw. His senior partner, David Duh LosAngeles is not as bad, making a coherent argument now and then. But when challenged, David just folds into a child like state, responding with fantasies.
Below must be the worst of the new climate gate emails:
date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:58:09 -0700
from: Kevin Trenberth
subject: The first Nobel and other Christmas greetings
to: IPCC-group
Seasons greetings to you all, my fellow Nobel Laureates (even if we did not get to go to
I just want to wish you and your families all the best for the holiday season, and Merry
Christmas to those of you who celebrate that festival. As part of IPCC we have achieved
something to be proud of. Thankyou for being a part of it with me.
At NCAR at the Christmas party a group made up a song that mentions by name all the NCAR
LAs in AR4. The song is below. You may appreciate it. (or not).
All the best for 2008.
Sung to tune of The first Noel
Our First Nobel
Our First Nobel, for the IPCC,
Goes to Beth, Bette, Bill, Jerry, Kathy and Guy.
Kevin, Linda, Paty, Re-to and so many more,
And we're sharing the honor with Mister Al Gore.
Nobel, Nobel, a story to tell,
We hope our coworkers' egos don't swell.
The First Working Group said to sound the alarm,
Rising CO2 levels are causing great harm.
Temperatures and greenhouse gas are racing up neck and neck,
Soon the whole Earth will be hotter than heck.
Nobel, Nobel, the planet's unwell,
This is the future the models foretell.
The Second Working Group said that change is assured,
>From the melting of glaciers to migration of birds.
>From loss of land and crops to habitats,
How can they make it much clearer than that?
Nobel, Nobel, the oceans swell,
Polar bears search for new places to dwell.
We must work to mitigate, tells us Working Group Three,
Change from fossil consumption to clean energy.
If we all do our share in reversing the trend,
Our children might have a clean Earth in the end.
Nobel, Nobel, sound the warning bell,
Let's make a future where all can live well.
Nobel, Nobel, we are stars for a day,
Can an Oscar be far away?
Kevin E. Trenberth
Usually when a media journalist discusses alleged global warming, and sometimes accuses the GOP of either ignoring or being ignorant of science, the journalist is neither a scientist nor trained in physics. A great number of people on the left of political center worry that the earth is warming. But they need not worry.
If "greenhouse gas" is defined as a gas that absorbs the suns energy, then CO2 is a greenhouse gas. But so are oxygen, nitrogen and water, the prime components of the atmosphere. Every gas that contains an electron cloud in its molecular structure can absorb the suns energy, which means that every gas in the atmosphere is a greenhouse gas. The fact often ignored is to what extent these gasses contribute to solar heating of the atmosphere. Trace gasses such as CO2, methane, benzene, and others contribute trace heating roughly in correspondence to their trace partial pressures.
That the atmosphere absorbs solar energy cannot be denied. Every day the atmosphere warms due not only to land mass heating, but also to non-convective heating of the air. Sunsets are reddish because, having traveled a longer distance through the primarily O2 and N2 atmosphere, high energy blue spectrum wavelengths are more actively absorbed than are the low energy long wave red spectrum wavelengths.
The mechanism of solar heat absorption is this: Solar photons impact electrons around atmospheric molecules. These photons are absorbed (their energy is absorbed) as the impacted electron is forced into a higher electron orbit. These "excited" electrons, always seeking the lowest energy state, then cascade back to the original orbit position, releasing a quantum of heat.
Every molecule in the atmosphere is surrounded by an electron "cloud". These clouds consist of discrete electron orbit positions that correspond to discrete energies. The first prime orbit contains two electrons; the second, eight electrons; the third, 16 electrons and so on.
Solar photons also come in discrete energies (photons are digital, not analogic). For a photon to be absorbed it must find an electron energy that precisely matches its energy packet. Given that a range, or spectrum, of discrete energies are represented in the myriad of electrons in orbit around atmospheric molecules, solar photons often do find their electron energy matchup. The phenomenon is known as the photoabsorption effect, as opposed to the photoelectric effect, which involves stripping of electrons from the atom or molecule. Typically, high energy photons "excite" electrons in the molecular cloud temporarily to a higher sub orbit. When the excited electron decays to its ground state, another, lower energy, photon is emitted. The lower energy photon can take any direction, giving rise to "scattering" phenomenon, which accounts for the blue color of the sky. The energy difference between the original photon and the scattered photon is expressed as liberated heat, such that conservation of energy is maintained.
The larger molecules, which contain more electrons in orbit, provide greater chance of capturing a solar photon. Molecular size (number of electrons in orbit) is not the only criteria that determines photon capture potential, but it is a sufficiently important one. ] Rydberg photoabsorption cross sections agree roughly with molecular weight. Thus molecular weight provides a convenient and simple way to predict photoabsorption potential.
Ignoring something called valence, the number of electrons in orbit is the same as the number of protons in the molecular nucleus, which is roughly half the molecular weight. Some molecular weights are: O2, 32; N2, 28; CO2, 44; CH4 (methane), 16; H20, 18.
By first look it would seem that carbon dioxide would be a worrisome greenhouse gas. But it must be understood that greenhouse gas heating potential can be found roughly by multiplying the molecular weight by the partial pressure, or parts per million normalized, of the gas. Some atmospheric partial pressures are: O2, 3 psi; N2, 12 psi; CO2, 0.0058psi (at 390 ppm); CH4, 0.000026 psi (at 1.77ppm); water, 0.34 psi (varies with temperature).
When we multiply the molecular weight times the partial pressure, some solar energy absorption potentials are:
Water, 6.1
Carbon dioxide, 0.27
Methane, 0.0005
The combined solar heat absorption potential for naturally occurring oxygen, nitrogen and water is roughly 438, compared to the potential for carbon dioxide and methane which is 0.27. Thus the potential for the usually understood greenhouse gasses is 0.06 percent of the potential for the oxygen, nitrogen, and water that every day is warmed by the sun.
It should be understood that the oceans and forests remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere at a rate proportional to the carbon dioxide partial pressure, such that equilibrium is or will be established between carbon dioxide production and removal rates.
The story does not end yet. So far only heating by photo-absorption of the atmosphere has been discussed. The largest part of daily heating of the earth (the land, sea, and atmosphere taken as a whole) is direct radiant heating of the land and sea part. Heating of the atmosphere by photo-absorption is approximately 5 percent of total heating. Most of the actual atmospheric daily heating is primarily convective and partly radiant from a heated land surface.
We can calculate how much of the daily temperature rise is due to CO2. If the difference between the nighttime temperature and the daytime temperature is, say, 30F, and five percent of 30 is 1.5F, then 1.5F represents the daily temperature rise due to atmospheric photo-absorption. But as see above, most of that rise is due to atmospheric constituents other than CO2. The CO2 portion of daily temperature rise can be calculated as a simple ratio, 0.27/438 times 1.5 = 0.0009F.
Thus we can see how tiny is the potential for CO2 to heat the earth. However, if there is a greenhouse effect that is accumulative day to day for exclusively the classic greenhouse gasses and primarily CO2, in 10,000 days, or 27 years, the atmospheric temperature would have increased 9F; in 50 years, 17F. Global temperature, due just to CO2, would increase 1F every three years. But such increases are not happening. So how is that heat gain being dissipated? Is it being dissipated by the same mechanism that the far greater heat gain from other constituents of the atmosphere and the land and oceans is being dissipated?
In fact we will discover that CO2 cannot increase the global temperature at all.
We will discover that all heat gain due to CO2 was reradiated to cold outer space.
This part of the story starts with something called the black body effect. Work on the black body was early done by Planck, Kirchhoff, Wein and others in association with the second law of thermodynamics starting in 1859. A black body is a perfect absorber and radiator of electromagnetic energy. Kirchhoff showed that a black body finds perfect temperature equilibrium with its radiation cavity environment – it absorbs and reradiates the same quantity of energy so as to find an "equilibrium temperature".
Black bodies are black in color. They are black to the human eye because no visible light radiates from them at low temperatures. To the extent that the greens and browns of the land and sea of Earth are "dark", Earth has black body properties. So while the earth is not an ideal black body, it has sufficient black body properties to exhibit the radiative equilibrium characteristic of a true black body. The environment in which the earth is immersed (cosmic space near an average star) provides the source of heat and the medium to which earth may reradiate its heat. During the day the sun heats the relatively dark parts of the earth (radiation travels from hot to cold black body surfaces) and during the night the exact same quantity of heat is reradiated to cold space. The Sun is a perfect hot black body (it is white to the eye due to high heat). Cosmic space is a perfect cold black body medium as seen from Earth.
Here is the important part: Over geologic time the earth's temperature must remain constant so long as it's environment (cosmic space and the Sun) does not change. The earth has always had and will have sufficient black body character to insure equilibrium temperature with it's cosmic environment, including if CO2 is or is not put into the atmosphere. What changes the Earth's temperature over time is not the make-up of its atmosphere, but fluctuation of solar radiation, given that changes in solar radiance constitute changes in the space / sun environment within which the earth remains in equilibrium. During periods of ice cover the earth's temperature declines in response to commensurately reduced solar flux.
Suppose a greenhouse gas had contributed to the earth's one-day temperature rise on the daylight side. Then, during the night the earth would reradiate all that heat, including the heat gain from the greenhouse gas, back to the black body of space so that the average temperature must return to the value that expresses Kirchhoff's relation.
We can do a thought experiment to demonstrate the principle. Imagine a really large oven with perfect black body walls as cold as outer space. On one side of the oven there exists a point heat source that radiates a constant value of heat energy. Somewhere in the center of the oven is placed a golf ball. Let the golf ball rotate on its axis. Given that the ball has at least some black body character, it soon finds an equilibrium temperature. So long as the location of the ball does not change and the heat source does not fluctuate, the temperature of the ball will remain the same over time. It matters not what paint, coatings, or gas constituents cover the ball; so long as coatings are local to the ball relative to the oven space, the ball temperature will remain constant.
Hello gliderpilot,
Ignoring for the moment that just about everything you wrote is wrong, what does any of this have to do with the issue that Mr. Taylors raises? Some old emails that had been hacked from a University of East Anglia computer were just released. So? This is old news, what does it tells that we do not already know?
Wow, another right wing loon with no facts on his side…wait…


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The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets will honor seven former cadets at its annual Hall of Honor induction ceremony, but it's the honorary recipient in this year's class that is the biggest name of them all.
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Other inductees include local businessman Don Adam and former Corps Commandant John Van Alstyne.
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- Major Hughes "Buddy" Seewald '42
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Three records fell on the first day of the Georgia Tech Invite
Top Times:
100 free: 45.26
200 free: 1:40.25
2011-2012: Took second in the 100 free with a time of 45.74 after a prelim swim of 45.54 at the Bulldog invite...swam a season best 1:40.25 in the 200 free at the Bulldog Invitational.
2010-11: Sat out and took a redshirt.
High School: 2009 Zone All-Stars Florida team captain and meet high point winner... placed third at the Florida state championships in the 200 individual medley as a junior... made the All-Pinellas County team in 2009... swam for 2009 Florida state runner-up Countryside... swam under Fred Lewis at St. Petersburg Aquatics.
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During the last blizzard – that turned out to not be a blizzard — schools shut down, people "worked from home", and generally holed up in their habitats. I was planning on doing the same when my midtown appointment suggested that "since we both live on this side of the bridge … " why not just meet here?" YES, I agreed. And then she suggested a place she describe as having "the most delicious muffins EVER". Tall order indeed. I've had my share of muffins, coffees, the whole bakery thing, and my standards were pretty finicky. Plus I've never been partial to muffins, since I never eat the bottom half, and sometimes just annoyingly nibble around the "top" eating only the crust but never the "cakey" part. But She hadn't steered me wrong thus far, so I was optimistic.
Blue Sky Bakery is a sliver of a bakery, long and lean, it manages to pack quite the quaint, retro, quirky punch, complete with a shoebox diorama! And true to my friend's word they served up just about the most delicious muffins I've tasted. Not only was baked to perfection, but the bottom part is also crusty! For the first time, I didn't just nimble around the top. I actually finished the entire muffin and wanted more. It was a crustly, fluffy, velvety delight. And I can't wait to go back.


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The EOS C100 sports the Super 35mm Canon CMOS Sensor and Canon DIGIC DV III Image Processor of the C300 and records at 24Mbps using an AVCHD codec for easy integration in existing production workflows. Operability and customization make the EOS C100 an ideal camera for one-person operation while providing expanded professional capabilities such as HDMI output with embedded Time Code, support for external recorders, remote operation, and complete manual control over both video and audio recording. Dual SD/SDHC/SDXC card slots allow users to record to two memory cards simultaneously, or recording HD footage to one card while at the same time recording SD footage to the other. You can also pair the powerful and portable EOS C100 with the full range of Canon EF, EF-S and EF Cinema lenses and make this expanded vista your new starting point on your cinematic adventure.
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Al Mohler recently offered commentary against Glen Beck's hyper call for men and women to leave their church if they hear the words, "social justice" anywhere therein. Within his comments, Mohler makes an excellent case for why we are to be faithful in both the presentation of the gospel and its societal (or social) implications.
Do you agree with Mohler? After you read the quote below, post a comment to share your thoughts.
The church is not to adopt a social reform platform as its message, but the faithful church, wherever it is found, is itself a social reform movement precisely because it is populated by redeemed sinners who are called to faithfulness in following Christ. The Gospel is not a message of social salvation, but it does have social implications.
Faithful Christians can debate the proper and most effective means of organizing the political structure and the economic markets. Bringing all these things into submission to Christ is no easy task, and the Gospel must not be tied to any political system, regime, or platform. Justice is our concern because it is Gods concern, but it is no easy task to know how best to seek justice in this fallen world.
And that brings us to the fact that the Bible is absolutely clear that injustice will not exist forever. There is a perfect social order coming, but it is not of this world. The coming of the Kingdom of Christ in its fullness spells the end of injustice and every cause and consequence of human sin. We have much work to do in this world, but true justice will be achieved only by the consummation of Gods purposes and the perfection of Gods own judgment.
Until then, the church must preach the Gospel, and Christians must live out its implications. We must resist and reject every false gospel and tell sinners of salvation in Christ. And, knowing that Gods judgment is coming, we must strive to be on the right side of justice.
via Glenn Beck, Social Justice, and the Limits of Public Discourse – AlbertMohler.com.
About Jeremy Dys
Jeremy Dys is the FPCWV's President and General Counsel. In addition to his duties of providing strategic vision and leadership to the FPCWV, Dys is the chief lobbyist and spokesman. Dys is regularly featured in local, state, and national print, radio, and television outlets. He lives close to Charleston with his wife and growing family.


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Article Last Updated: Friday, February 01, 2013 5:02pm
Sam Green/Cortez Journal
In the local version of the groundhog, a prairie dog ventures out of hibernation into the snow to see if he can see his shadow. The forecast is for sunshine Saturday, which would mean six more weeks of winter.
Send announcements to firstname.lastname@example.com. Items submitted less than two weeks in advance will be less likely to be published. Entries may be edited for length and content.Thursday, July 24"Wildlife Conservation and Zooarchaeology," presented by Steve Wolverton at 7 p.m., Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, 23390 Road K, Cortez. It's part of the 2014 Four Corners Lecture Series. Admission is...


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The Daily Star
---- — An Oneonta town justice's ruling that was upheld by the county court was overturned in a recent decision by the state Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department.
In a ruling issued Thursday, the court said Oneonta Town Justice Philip Hosely last year erred in finding that Diana Shanks' pit bull, Ghost, was dangerous after it got into a bloody fight with a German shepherd, Ranger, in 2011. Shanks was pregnant at the time, and had a miscarriage the night following the incident, the ruling said.
Shanks represented herself, and a phone number was not available to get a comment. Hosely did not return a call to court for comment.
It was undisputed at the initial trial that Ranger attacked Ghost first, and was injured when Ghost defended himself and Shanks, the ruling said. It faulted Hosely for stating "dogs are by nature stupid and aggressive" and describing Ghost as an aggressive, powerful and vicious pit bull, although German shepherds are characterized as an aggressive breed.
He was also criticized for saying Shanks showed "a lack of judgment" in walking her pit bull while pregnant.
Even if there were sufficient evidence to sustain the dangerous dog finding, based on Hosley's opinion on dogs and of Shanks, "we would be compelled to reverse this decision based upon judicial bias," the court said.
According to the ruling, the charge against Shanks was filed by Ana-Marie Blasetti, who in November 2011 lived at 367 Chestnut St.
Ranger, who was owned by Blasetti's daughter, was on the house porch when he escaped his leash and ran after Ghost, who was being walked on a leash by his owner.
Under Section 123 of the state Agriculture and Markets Law, Shanks was found 65 percent culpable for the incident and responsible for that percentage of the combined veterinary bills. Hosely ordered Ghost to be muzzled and kept on a short leash. Shanks appealed that decision to Otsego County Court, and in February appealed it to the Supreme Court.


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Our beloved grandfather, Poppy Sol, started this business in an open-air market. Three generations later, we're still bringing smiles to our customers' faces.
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Dried blueberries are packed with antioxidants and vitamins for a healthy treat. These dried Oregon blueberries are slightly sweetened and ideal for mixing in cereals, or adding to cakes and muffins. They also make a delicious addition to salads and are perfect for snacking on. One taste of these plump and sweet dried blueberries and your taste buds will be in paradise.
Dried Blueberries have been found to improve vision, clear arteries, strengthen blood vessels, enhance memory, stop urinary tract infections, reverse age-related physical and mental declines,and promote weight control. In general, blueberries are one of the richest sources of antioxidant phytonutrients found in any fruit. Antioxidants help the body protect itself against diseases.
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2. A one cup serving of fresh blueberries will give you five grams of fiber - more than most fruits and vegetables - and 15% of your daily vitamin C.
3. Researchers at the USDA Human Nutrition Center (HNRCA) have found that blueberries rank #1 in antioxidant activity when compared to 40 other fresh fruits and vegetables. Anthocyanin -- the pigment that makes the blueberries blue -- is thought to be responsible for this major health benefit. Studies have found that consumption of blueberries strengthens eyesight, inhibits aging, and improves memory.
4. In another USDA Human Nutrition Center (HNRCA) lab, neuroscientists discovered that feeding blueberries to laboratory rats slowed age-related loss in their mental capacity, a finding that has important implications for humans.
5. Blueberries may reduce the build up of so called "bad" cholesterol that contributes to cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to scientists at the University of California at Davis. Antioxidants are believed to be the active component.
6. Researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey have identified a compound in blueberries that promotes urinary tract health and reduces the risk of infection. It appears to work by preventing bacteria from adhering to the cells that line the walls of the urinary tract.
7. A number of studies in Europe have documented the relationship between bilberries, the European cousin of blueberries and improved eyesight. This is thought to occur because of the anthocyanin in the blue pigment which is also available in the blueberry. One study in Japan documented that blueberries helped ease eye fatigue.
8. In Sweden, dried blueberries are used to treat childhood diarrhea (Kowalchuk, 1976). This use is attributed to anthocyanosides, a natural substance found in blueberries which is believed to be "lethal" to E. Coli (a bacteria sometimes linked to the infection).
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Meetings & Conferences
With state of the art business facilities there are many venues in Indonesia equipped to host large international conferences, corporate functions or small meetings, particularly in Jakarta, Bali, Manado and other large cities. Hotels, conference centers and Professional Convention Organizers are prepared and experienced in hosting major events.
There are premises throughout Indonesia that are able to organize everything you will need for your next conference and serve delegates , from transportation, hotels , meals and events, to sightseeing tours for when the day's business is done.
The MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions) Directorate at the Ministry of Culture and Tourism provides information on MICE facilities in Jakarta and at other venues throughout Indonesia. The Directorate also assists in coordinating site inspections and supports international MICE events.
MICE Directorate
Gedung Sapta Pesona 9th floor
Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat no. 17
Jakarta 10110, Indonesia.
Tel.: +6221 3838472
Fax: +6221 3449268
The Bung Karno Sports Complex
Jakarta, capital city of Indonesia, is also the sports capital of the nation. Located ight in the heart of the metropolis by the grand Sudirman avenue is the Senayan Sports Complex , recently renamed the Bung Karno Sports Complex, or the Gelanggang Olah Raga Bung Karno in Bahasa Indonesia. This a comprehensive complex for international competitions from football, badminton, swimming and tennis to golf. Here is also the...
Location: Java » DKI Jakarta
The Bali International Convention Center, Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center, and Nusa Dua Hotels
Located 40 kilometers from Denpasar, the provincial capital of Bali, Nusa Dua is known as an enclave of Convention centers and large international 5-star resorts in south-eastern Bali. Within its vicinity, the Bali International Convention Center and the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center stand prestigiously at a picturesque landscape completed with all its modern facilities. Here, one will also find some of the international star rated hotels, such...
Location: Bali » Bali
Planet Holiday Hotel Batam
The 1,222sqm pillar-free Galaxy Grand Ballroom provide the hotels convention and banquet facilities. With a seating capacity for up to 1,500 persons, the room is equipped with a complete audio-visual equipment, ancillary function and VIP rooms. On the fifth floor, open-air garden terrace or poolside terrace cater for special events.
Location: Sumatra » Riau Archipelago » Kota Batam
Nusa Dua
Nusa Dua is a special, self contained tourism estate, built comprising a large Bali Convention Centre and complemented with super-de-luxe resorts. Here you will find some of the world's best known hotel names, like the Grand Hyatt, the Westin Resort, the Laguna Resort & Spa, the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel & Spa, Melia Bali, Nikko Bali, Novotel Nusa Dua, and the Ayodya. The sprawling hotels offer beautifully...
Location: Bali » Bali, Kab. Badung
Meetings and Conventions in Yogyakarta
Situated in the heart of Javanese civilization and steeped in culture while offering stunning mountain scenery and the unrivaled hospitality of locals, Yogyakarta is a most attractive venue to hold Meetings and Conventions. This city has both well-known national and international hotel chains that provide facilities for conferences and meetings. Yogyakarta's Hotels and Restaurants Association (PHRI) records that there are 36...
Location: Java » DI Yogyakarta » Kota Yogyakarta
Meetings and Conventions in Medan
Medan is the provincial capital of North Sumatra and the third largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta and Surabaya. The province's economy relies primarily on oil exports, making it one of the most prosperous business and commercial centers in Sumatra. As one of the three main gateways to Indonesia, Medan is easily accessible from major points in the country and beyond, with international airlines to Singapore and Malaysia as well as to...
Location: Sumatra » North Sumatra » Kota Medan
Meetings and Conventions in Batam
The island of Batam forms part of the Riau Archipelago located on the east coast of Sumatra. Its proximity to Singapore, one of the most important trade and financial centers in Southeast Asia, has propelled Batam's development into one of Indonesia's prominent industrial, trade and commercial zones. With increased investments, the island's infrastructure and facilities continue to expand as its modern airport, docks and ship...
Location: Sumatra » Riau Archipelago » Kota Batam
MANADO, new International Conventions and Exhibitions Venue
Manado, the second largest city on the island of Sulawesi after Makassar, it is the capital of the province of North Sulawesi. This city is one of a kind in Indonesia with its stunning underwater landscape and great mountain panorama. The local people are known for their warm hospitality as well as for the mouth-watering cuisine and unique authentic culture. In the last two decades, tourism activities have grown significantly. The city has...
Location: Sulawesi » North Sulawesi » Manado City


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Stream a New Track from Jessie Ware
Ahead of the release of her sophomore album Tough Love, UK vocalist Jessie Ware has posted up a new bonus track, co-written by Romy from The xx. Read more »
After dropping a free mixtape earlier this year, UK bass wrangler Mickey Pearce has revealed plans to issue a new EP, Instructions, via Loefah's Swamp 81 label next month. Read more »
Ahead of the release of her sophomore album Tough Love, UK vocalist Jessie Ware has posted up a new bonus track, co-written by Romy from The xx. Read more »
Following on from his standout debut album from 2012, Order of Noise, Vessel (a.k.a. Sebastian Gainsborough) has unveiled the details of a new LP, which is due out via Tri Angle this September. Read more »
After rising to the surface a few years back with a unique brand of melodically rich 2-step, UK producer Submerse has evolved his craft in recent years, folding new sounds into his productions while leaning towards a denser sonic palette. Now, the London artist's debut LP, Slow Waves, is set to arrive next week via Project: Mooncircle, but before then, the record can be streamed in full exclusively on XLR8R. Read more »
Last month, Bondax shared a new single, "All I See," and now, it seems that its release will be accompanied by a mix album from the UK duo. Read more »
Numbers has referred to Redinho (a.k.a. Tom Calvert) as the "secret weapon" in its arsenal, and today, the Glasgow label headed by Jackmaster and friends has shared the details of his debut LP, which will actually be the label's first-ever full-length release. Read more »
Last week, we shared the news that experimental UK producer Lee Gamble would soon be returning to the PAN label with a new EP, Kuang, and would quickly be following it up with a full-length album, KOCH. Beyond that, there weren't a whole lot of details available. That has been remedied today. Read more »
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From mint juleps to extravagant hats and sophisticated attire, over its 136-year history, the Kentucky Derby has become a tradition not only at Churchill Downs stadium, but also here in Fairfield, Connecticut.
The Kentucky Derby is not just about horse racing, but is more about being an extravagant springtime sports party celebrated all over the country. While a horse race is at the heart of the event, there are many unique aspects of the Derby experience including traditions that date back to the 1800s. Racing in Louisville dates back to 1783 when local sources reported that races were held on Market Street in the downtown area, according to the official Kentucky Derby website.
In upholding a recently-installed tradition, Pequot Library's third annual Derby Party will be held Saturday afternoon on the Great Lawn of the library and will feature frosty mint juleps, Kentucky fare and Blue Grass music. Prizes will be awarded to "Best Tailgate" and "Best Derby Hat."
"This is a fun, colorful event and helps us meet our fundraising goals for the year," said Daniel Snydacker, executive director of Pequot Library.
The highlight of the day is when everyone assembles in the library auditorium to watch the 137th "Run for the Roses," which is projected live in HD on Pequot's big screen. Attendance is either by individual ticket or as a reserved tailgate space. Those choosing to tailgate receive four tickets, a special 3 p.m. early entrance, and parking in a designated spot on the library's Great Lawn.
Vince Giandurco and his wife, hat designer Brenda Lynn, attended and sponsored a booth at the event last year and will be doing so again on Saturday.
"It was super fun. A tailgate is set up around the edge of the library green," Giandurco told About Town. "Everyone was decked out in fine attire and the lassies wore fabulous hats. There is a great display of antique cars, and real horses parade as in a paddock."
And in case you need one, Giandurco and his wife will again be selling Brenda Lynn's spring hats, which include special occasion, casual and straw styles.
"I've been in the fashion world for over 20 years, and have been to zillions of events. The Pequot Kentucky Derby party may just be the most fun and original," Lynn told About Town. "The crowd is sophisticated, friendly and upbeat, and the scene -- the horses, the classic cars, the clothes, and yes, the hats -- are just amazing. We can't wait to participate again this year."
Derby Day tickets are $60 per person or $300 for tailgate (includes 4 tickets). For information, call 203-259-0346 ext. 13 or click here.


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Was having an interesting conversation this morning with Om and Hunter about the recent firing of Richard Williamson from Apple over the Maps debacle. Hunter posed a question that, in hindsight, seems like such an obvious one to ask:
How does that make rest of co feel? Enforces 'only ship quality' or makes people risk averse?
It depends greatly on why he was fired. We don't know for sure, since we aren't there, but was he fired because the maps software was seriously flawed?
Or was he fired because he lied to his bosses about the quality of the maps software, or misled them about the status?
I'm willing to bet, from my time working at Mama Fruit and dealing with Eddy and his teams, that the latter has a big part to do with this firing.Â
If you think about the reality of shipping something like IOS and the Maps software, it's tightly integrated with the entire OS, so it's not the sort of thing you can simply decide to not ship and stick the Google Maps back in. This isn't the podcasts app, it's a key, low-level part of the operating system. So if you think of this beast from a view of project management, the "go/no-go" on including maps was a year or so ago (or further), and after that, the train has left the station. If you don't ship the maps stuff, it means you don't ship IOS6. And if you don't ship IOS6, it means you aren't shipping iPhone 5. (the whole "why they had no choice but to ship Maps as they were" would be its own blog post…)
And that's really bad.Â
So you're shipping. After that, it becomes a question of how you manage the situation. Do you keep everyone aware of the problems and work with all of the involved teams (marketing, etc) to set the right expectations? Or do you tell everyone it's going to be great, craft a demo that avoids the problems and makes it all look perfect, and hope to god you get the bugs wrangled before anyone finds them?
One of the mis-steps of the IOS6 announcement to me in light of how Maps turned out in reality was the disconnect between how Apple sold it to us, and how it really worked day 1. That mistake was completely avoidable. Apple could have positioned the Maps software in a very different but positive way, acknlowedged the flaws and that they needed the users to help them identify and fix things — turn this into almost a game, give away store coupons for being the first to find problems. And said up front that there were going to be hiccups, but that in the long-term, this switch made the birthing pains worth it and everyone would benefit in time.Â
The situation could have been completely defused. Instead, they way oversold Maps as awesome, and set themselves up for the face plant.Â
Why? I kept going back to my view that if Apple management knew they were going to have to ship a buggy maps app, they wouldn't have bugled how wonderful it was. But what if the real problems were hidden from them? What if the maps team hid the real problems? Crafted great demos and told everyone things were fine?
Then the rest of the teams wouldn't know they were stepping on a landmine until it went off.Â
And if you're responsible for managing that fiasco up to your management and to the other teams relying on you?Â
Well, you deserve your walking papers.Â
Not saying that's what happened here, but — it sure seems like a reasonable scenario based on my time there. And it sure seems a lot more rational than Apple knowing the Maps stuff was going to suck Day 1 and still selling the hell out of it at the announcement. I keep thinking that if Tim Cook knew the tool was going to be iffy on initial ship, he would have handled the announcement differently.Â
So perhaps he didn't know. And perhaps now, some heads are going on up pikes. Not for the software being bad, but for hiding it from the bosses…
And to tie that back to the original question, if he was fired for misleading the company about the quality of Maps, then frankly, most of Apple is probably cheering this (probably quietly). That'd be a good thing and a strong message to be sent through the company.
Sometimes, software doesn't come together as fast or as well as you hope (I know, most of you are going "duh!" right now). That's something that we all understand, and we can deal with in some way or another. Like, oh, not making it the focal point of the announcement keynote.Â
But lying about it or hiding the problems so those you work with get sideswiped?
If there's one thing bosses and co-workers hate, it's unpleasant surprises.Â