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7 Cool Consumer Technologies Coming Soon to a Cubicle Near You
Move over, tablets and phones. Here are seven user technologies heading for the enterprise.
Thu, May 23, 2013
Computerworld — Ask CIOs what comes to mind when they hear the term "consumerization of IT" and most likely you'll hear tales of users carrying personal smartphones and tablets into the workplace, demanding access to corporate email and other applications.
But mobile devices aren't the only consumer-based technologies pushing their way into the enterprise. Computerworld spoke with visionaries and practitioners on the cutting edge of emerging technologies to get their take on what's coming into the office next. The verdict? Some technologies will be brought to the business directly by consumers -- virtual assistant, anyone? But in the case of technologies like smartphone servers, innovations from the consumer market are being adapted for enterprise use.
Here are seven consumer tech trends coming soon to a cubicle near you.
Natural user interfaces
A move to natural, more intuitive user interfaces, such as 3D gesture-, voice-, emotion- and even brainwave-recognition, will begin to change the way users interact with technology. "IT is shifting from something you constantly have to drive to becoming an intelligent assistant, and it will start to become invisible," says Steve Clayton, who, as Microsoft's storyteller, works with research and product teams across Microsoft to spot trends.
[ The Future of Human Computer Interfaces ]
One such trend: "Technology will start to create an environment where language translation will more naturally occur," Clayton predicts.
In a recent demonstration, Microsoft researcher Rick Rashid spoke in English to an audience in China, which heard him speaking Mandarin. That translation occurred in real time. "It wasn't just a robotic voice taking his words and speaking them back. The prototype [software] understood Rick's voice and turned it into Mandarin," says Clayton. "It sounded just like he was speaking Mandarin."
In another area, gesture technology, now widely used on 2D tablets, may soon move into three dimensions. Leap Motion, a maker of motion-control systems, is preparing to offer a controller capable of fine-grained gesture recognition. "Think about something that can track the tip of your finger in space," says Dave Evans, chief futurist at Cisco Systems. Using this new tool, he says, "you will be able to literally design an object in space, push and pull and shape it like virtual clay, and then drag and drop in pre-engineered pieces."
Products developed for the consumer gaming market, such as Kinect, the gesture-based controller for Microsoft's Xbox, and KinectFusion, which adds multiple cameras to build a 3D representation of the world, could become popular as an interface for applications in areas ranging from healthcare to manufacturing.

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Hi everybody,
first of all: thank you Dev team for the great job unlocking the iPhone !!!
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I am using
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Contacts and calendar entries are synced perfectly by iTunes. But my internet explorer bookmarks are not synced.
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Dec 19, 2009
COP15: A deficit of ambition
Nnimmo Bassey, Chair of Friends of the Earth International sums up the last two weeks of climate talks in Copenhagen from the backroom deals to rise of the Climate Justice movement.
Early on in the second week of COP15, the cordoned path created for long lines of NGOs seeking entry into the Bella Centre was a crowded mass of people. The cold was setting in, but the people pressed in.
The story was different for the last two days of the COP. The path was desolate and taken over by a carpet of snow. Observers had been barred from entering the venue and the few with possibilities of entry had to contend with long waits as security officials thumbed through sheets with names of those cleared to enter.
Within the conference venue the most democratic space appears to be the entrance hall where the registration of delegates was carried out. The pull here is the large UNFCCC logo on the wall where virtually every delegate sought to be photographed as a memento to a conference of lost opportunities.
Inside the chambers, more went on behind closed doors than in plenary. The Danish president of the COP spent more time denouncing leaked or rumoured secret texts rather than spending precious time negotiating. Blocks and hurdles were erected in the path of negotiators to ensure that real progress was not made.
The UNFCCC erected banners inviting people to raise their voices for climate change. Out on the streets the Danish police fought to ensure that the voices of dissent were silenced.
Thousands demand Climate Justice
If any good news emerged from the climate conference, it must be that the climate justice movement is rising up. On December 12, 2009 over 100,000 citizens of the world braved the cold and marched more than six kilometres through the streets of Copenhagen to show their disgust with politicians and leaders who consistently refuse to act but keep talking about climate change.
Would emissions be cut? Would these be done at source or would it be through acts carried out elsewhere rather than at home? Who would pay for the mitigation measures needed to be effected in poor developing nations? The impacted nations have said that levels of funding needed to tackle these impacts have been put at about US$400 billion per year. With brave generosity, rich nations offer to place $30 billion for the period 2010 to 2020. And then ramped up to US$100 billion by 2020.
President Lula of Brazil, while speaking at the plenary on the closing date, wondered if the negotiators would have to wait for angels to put intelligence in their brains before they could come to a good deal. His statement suggested that there was a case of lack of intelligence. Was it really a lack of intelligence or an unwillingness to toe the paths of true ambition?
take it or leave it
When President Obama took the stage, he asserted that climate change poses an unacceptable risk to our planet. The world should act boldly in the face of the threat. He said he came to act and not to talk. So what was the act.
Obama stated that the USA would change the way they create and use energy as a necessary block in their national security. In addition they would work to ensure reduction of dependence on foreign oil. At the end of the day, all that President Obama said amounted to declaration of US interests that the world had to accept or leave. It brought nothing new to the table.
Even the funds promised for mitigation in poorer nations was made with a snigger that no one expecting aid should escape the demand for responsibility.
Talking about responsibility, who is responsible for the climate impacts in these poor countries? The pledge of President Lula to meet Brazilian challenges with own funds and the promise to assist poor countries in their efforts to take mitigation measures shone in the dark hallways of the Copenhagen talks.
With several versions of the Copenhagen Accord, coined perhaps from a phrase in President Obama's speech, one leaves the conference wondering where all the hype about working for an ambitious deal went. If there was a deficit of anything at this conference it was that of ambition.
A disaster for the world's poor
I left the Bella Conference at 1:45 AM to meet the warm chants of climate justice activists protesting in the cold, beneath the Metro tracks, denouncing the lack of seriousness in the climate negotiations. The protesters could have been snugly asleep in their beds, but these were mostly young people whose future was being jeopardised for the political expediency of a few and for the comfort and profiteering of carbon speculators.
As we said in our final statement at the talks, the so-called accord was a disaster to poor nations. A two degrees Celsius temperature rise means sure disaster and death to millions in vulnerable countries.
As I crushed the snow beneath my feet, each step raised a question: for how long will leaders be disconnected from the voices of the people? But I took great comfort from the strength of Friends of the Earth International activists who demonstrated to the world that the time for the growth of the climate justice movement has indeed come.
Congratulations, friends. Have a great holiday season and an action-filled 2010.
Dec 17, 2009
Video: The flood for climate justice
More than five thousand people from around the world joined the Flood for Climate Justice on Saturday December 12 'flooding' the streets of Copenhagen demanding 'climate justice' and an end to offsetting carbon emissions.
Dec 16, 2009
Friends of the Earth suspended from UN climate talks
Friends of the Earth today were refused entry to the UN climate conference in Copenhagen despite having the relevant accreditation.
Nnimmo Bassey the Friends of the Earth International Chair said:
"Our organizations represent millions of people around the world and provide a critical voice promoting climate justice inside the UN. On the inside and the outside, all the rules have gone out the window - organizations such as Friends of the Earth that support peaceful action are being barred while developing countries concerns are being trampled in the plenary."
This is a shocking turn in events and we are working on our response now to the UNFCCC.
We will keep you updated.
To learn more about today's dramatic events inside and outside of the conference centre please visit the Friends of the Earth US blog.
Dec 14, 2009
Food system change, not climate change
Hundreds of activists in Copenhagen took to the streets on Tuesday for the 'food system change, not climate change' march. The aim was to highlight the fact that large scale industrial agriculture aggravates climate change rather than solving the climate problem.
Bund hand in 10,000 german signatures
German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen takes delivery of 10,000 signatures collected by Friends of the Earth Germany / BUND calling for at least 40% emissions cuts by 2020 with no offsetting.
At 10am on Monday morning Anje von Broock and Tina Loeffelsend form Friends of the Earth Germany / BUND delivered 10,000 signatures collected via the DemandClimateJustice.org website calling for at least 40% cuts in carbon emissions from Germany and the EU by 2020.
The minister said he welcomed Friends of the Earth International's efforts to push governments forward.
Picking up on Chancellor Merkel's remarks that she will not make unilateral commitments now, Anje and Tina reminded the German government that, industrialised countries have led the way in carbon emissions and now have to take the lead in reducing them in Copenhagen.
Drastic reductions of at least 40% are needed from rich countries at home without offsetting.
The minister responded by stating the German government's mid to long-term reductions targets of 80-95% by 2050. At which point Anje questioned the Minister's commitment to that pledge given the investment currently going into new coal fired power plants in the country.
"That is something we can debate back home" the minister responded.
We look forward to what will be a lively debate.
A day of actions in support of Africa
Friends of the Earth led a series of actions today in the UN climate conference in solidarity with African countries who demand that Kyoto targets for emissions reductions are protected.
Speaking to the cameras after the second action Nnimmo Bassey, Chair of Friends of the Earth International said the rich countries were "using dirty negotiating tactics..trying to change the rules and tilt them in their own favour."
African countries stood up to these tactics and during the action Friends of the Earth International chanted "We stand with Africa. Don't kill Kyoto targets"
Dec 13, 2009
Flooding the streets of Copenhagen for climate justice
Yesterday more than five thousand people from all over the world took to the cold streets of Copenhagen to demand climate justice and an end to offsetting emissions.
The flood began outside the Klimaforum - the civil society event on climate change - with speeches from Nnimmo Bassey, the Friends of the Earth International Chair, Henry Saragih, General Coordinator of La Via Campesina and Amparo Miciano, from the World March for Women.
Nnimmo rallied the crowd with a stirring call to action. He demanded climate justice and called for end to false climate change solutions such as offsetting.
"To those who want to pollute at home and plant a tree in Africa, we say no," he shouted.
Around 5000 people, dressed in blue ponchos and carrying 'demand climate justice' flags, came to the march from every corner of Europe and beyond.
Reinford Mwangonde from Friends of the Earth Malawi said why it was so important for him to be there:
"In Malawi we now have flooding, desperate droughts and very short rains. This doesn't give farmers enough time to grow anything. Animals are also suffering because there is not enough green land. It's a daily struggle for Malawian farmers."
"Africa is at the front line of climate change and that is why I am in Copenhagen, to demand climate justice now!" he concluded.
After the speeches came the arrival of the carbon traders; sinister men and women in suits shouting:
"Come offset your carbon emissions. We're selling dirty air and buying clean air"
As the carbon traders left the stage they were pursued by the crowd, who 'flooded' the streets, chanting "No offsetting. Climate justice now!"
The Flood also carried messages from directly affected by climate change who couldn't make it to Copenhagen. These messages formed part of the 'climate capsule' that is currently on display in the Klimaforum.
The Flood ended in front of the Danish Parliament with the creation of a massive human banner reading 'Offsetting is a false solution'.
The crowd then joined an estimated 100,000 demonstrators to march to the conference centre, where the official climate talks are taking place, with their messages of climate justice now!
It was a truly inspiring day where our demands were heard loud and clearly. Only next week will we know whether world leaders have listened.
Dec 11, 2009
Bringing messages to Copenhagen - by bike
Amid the chaos of the conference centre a press conference was held by Kim Nguyen who had cycled from Australia all the way to the climate conference collecting messages for delegates on the way.
Kim's journey began in East Timor where the people he met people had first hand experience of the devastating effects of climate change.
"For three years the seasonal rains never came and then one year they came all at once and were deluged. The few crops they have were destroyed" he said.
He met people in the Gobi desert who told him that every year the desert expands and more and more lakes and rivers dry up.
It was in the same desert that he saw a working example of renewable energy at a local level.
"All the tents they lived in had solar panels on the top."
Throughout his travels he collected messages for the world leaders at the climate summit in video, photo, illustrations and letters.
He is now trying to deliver those messages to the people in the COP15 summit who are deciding on their futures.
A day at the Klimaforum
Today Friends of the Earth took part in a number of events at the Kilmaforum - the civil society event in Copenhagen. The day began with a briefing from Young Friends of the Earth and ended with the first day of the People's Tribunal on Ecological Debt and Climate Justice.
In recognition of 'young and future generations day' at the climate conference, the daily briefing in the Klimaforum - the civil society summit - was carried out by members of Young Friends of the Earth and other young people attending the summit.
There are around a thousand young people following the negotiations in Copenhagen and the role youth can play in these negotiations is now being formally recognised.
The panel was split into regions and Mauro Ramos from Friends of the Earth Uruguay talked about the position of Latin America, particularly when it comes to climate debt.
Firstly he spoke about Bolivia and the strong position they have taken in the region.
"They are one of the few countries that propose to maintain and preserve oil reserves in their territories"
He talked about the discussions around climate debt and how it can be paid; two options being direct payments to countries and technology transfers from developing country to non developing country.
On the subject of renewable energy he was positive but cautious:
"Many private companies are seeking new business opportunities. We say it's important to keep this energy at the reach of local people."
He ended by calling on negotiators to listen to indigenous people. "Native populations are not heard… these people are totally forgotten. We have to bear them in mind for a fair world."
the feminist struggle
The first talk of the afternoon was 'feminists struggling against climate change and the privatisation of the environment' organised by the World March of Women and supported by Friends of the Earth International.
Meena Raman from Friends of the Earth Malaysia began by updating us on the climate talks from the perspective of developing countries and women.
She said how great it was to be at the Klimaforum," a place of passion, inspiration, spirit and hope and justice" and went on to say how women's closeness to the earth mean they are at the forefront of the climate struggle:
"They see what contamination does their bodies, what pollution does their children."
She spoke with passion detailing the spin the developed countries are putting on the talks.
"They say there needs to be a new treaty to replace Kyoto which runs out in 2012. It doesn't."
She criticised the Danish government for their back room talks and other countries for invoking intellectual property rights when it comes to green technology transfer.
"These same rights were used to deny Africans life saving AIDS drugs" she said.
It's hard to get a crowd fired up on the finer points of the Kyoto Treaty yet Meena had no problem in generating whoops, sighs and cheers.
Thuli Mahama from Friends of the Earth Swaziland spoke in advance of the event saying the face of poverty is always that of a woman or a malnourished child yet these same people are adapting without attending any conferences."
They have no choice but to find ways to survive:
"In Swaziland some women scrape some sand from the ground and if they wait long enough, perhaps two hours, a small pool of water may appear. This is how women are adapting to climate change" she said.
ecological debt and climate justice
As feminist struggles continued, over the corridor, the 'People's tribunal on ecological debt and climate justice' was taking place. There, a panel including Angela Navarro one of the Bolivian negotiators, the author Naomi Klein and Ricardo Navarro from Friends of the Earth El Salvador gave their thoughts on the pursuit of climate debt and reparations - an essential element to climate justice.
Angela Navarro began by talking about the kind of climate agreement Bolivia wants. One that takes into account the fact that developed countries and their pursuit of ever greater profits caused the mess that we're in today.
"Developed countries have forgotten what a healthy relationship is with Mother Earth. In the south we are still listening to her" she said.
She then went on to offer developed countries capacity building on being more in tuned with the earth.
Finally she ended with some news on the negotiations:
"Our President is preparing a surprise for us. We need your help to make this process inclusive from the bottom up. Thirty nations don't have a right to impose a solution"
Having spent a few days in the convention centre where the official climate talks are taking place, Naomi Klein observed that the talks resembled "the final scrabble for the remaining resources of a planet in peril"
She gave encouragement to the movement calling for reparations comparing them to the people who asked for reparations for the slave trade:
"They will laugh until there is a movement... We are that movement."
Finally it was Ricardo Navarro's turn.
He spoke of a new paradigm of development that needs to take place where it's not the economists who have the final word. He urged people to resist any project that contributes to climate change and transform the system; "small scale agriculture and energy sovereignty is part of the solution."
Naomi Klein had the last word when she said:
"A common phrase in American is 'let's press the restart button.' The earth doesn't have a restart button."
Dec 10, 2009
Video: Offsetting - the greatest con trick in history
The FoEI magician try his best to magic away carbon emissions but it just doesn't work.
Dec 09, 2009
The Copenhagen launch of the 40% report
This morning Friends of the Earth International in partnership with the Stockholm Environment Institute held a press conference in the Bella Center to launch the 40% study which shows that 40% emissions cuts in Europe are achievable.
The study prepared by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) in partnership with Friends of the Earth Europe proves for the first time the feasibility and affordability of achieving at least 40% emissions cuts in Europe by 2020 compared to 1990 levels, without offsetting.
Dr Charlie Heaps from the SEI set out the methodology used in the report and his graph clearly showed that the current targets being proposed by Europe "leave little room for non-Annex 1 countries to develop."
Sonja Meister from Friends of the Earth Europe set out the case for why Europe really has to push for 40% and laid out some of the benefits too:
"The EU should recognise the benefits of making such cuts. Investment in renewables and energy efficiency would create seven jobs per every one in fossil fuels. There are also many health benefits."
Interview with the Bolivian ambassador to the United Nations, Pablo Solon
The landslide victory of Evo Morales in the Bolivian elections, the official negotiations of the COP 15 to the UN Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen and the role of social movements here, were some of the issues mentioned by Bolivian ambassador to the UN, Pablo Solon, in an exclusive interview with Real World Radio.
Dec 08, 2009
COP 15 begins - part two
The ice is melting - literally. Sam Fleet began day one of the COP in the Bella Center where the official negotiations are taking place.
The day began at 06:30; a rushed breakfast followed by a crowded metro. We arrived at the Bella center to find Friends of the Earth Germany (BUND) had installed a melting ice sculpture of the Mermaid statue, calling for climate justice at the entrance.
The atmosphere inside the centre was intense, and one of excitement. It was a huge transformation from the empty atrium I had seen the night before, into something akin to a train station at rush hour. It was entirely possible to spend the day exhausting yourself running around like a headless chicken, rushing from one spot to the next, without achieving anything.
The communications and media teamed discussed their strategy, although judging from the huge number of journalists and camera crews marching around the centre, it seemed there would be no difficulty getting coverage; we just had to provide the spokespeople – something FoEI has no shortage of, representing 77 countries.
I left after lunch in order to head to the Klimaforum – the global civil society counterpart of the official UN conference in the Bella Centre – where the second half of the FoEI communications team were based.
After a brief unintended detour through the centre of Copenhagen, past the Hopenhagen concert arena – a huge corporate sponsored initiative – I arrived at the Klimaform just in time to help out and take pictures at the FoEI opening press conference, with our chair, Nnimmo Bassey.
Nnimmo was then rushed in front of Associated Press, and German, Danish and Swedish TV channels, before taking the stage at the opening event for the Klimaforum. I passed through, en-route to a coordination meeting to watch the Danish Chime Transform - Lisbeth Diers playing on instruments sculpted out of ice. An enchanting performance, compounded by the fact, that near the end of the show, whether by design, or accident, the instruments began to shatter in the musician's hands – melting under the hot stage lights.
A simple message: climate change waits for no-one. Act Now!
Action: Ban the backroom deals in copenhagen
Call the on the Danish government - the hosts of the summit - to broker a just and transparent climate agreement.
Desperate to get any kind of deal, the Danish Prime Minister has been leading meetings with rich country negotiators to agree the wording of agreements before proposals are even on the table.
We need to make it clear to the Danish government that this isn't acceptable. And as the hosts of the talks, their responsibility is to ensure a fair and transparent process , not to broker a deal at any cost to the millions of people in developing countries who will suffer most.
Email the President of the Conference of Parties now.
This action is hosted by Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland.
Actions, teasers and tricks
There is no shortage of energy and creativity in the Bella Center as hour after hour a new protest fills the corridors from the straight forward banner to rather complex magic tricks.
Our magician try his best to magic away carbon emissions but it just doesn't work.
Young Friends of the Earth promote the Angry Mermaid Award
Offsetting protest in the Bella Center atrium
Take me to your climate leader
Indigenous protest
REDD protest
Dec 07, 2009
The FoEI delgation meeting
On Sunday 7 December the Friends of the Earth International delegation to the climate negotiations met in person for the first time these two weeks to discuss our strategies and get to know each other.
Attended by campaigners, communicators, coordinators and Young Friends of the Earth Europe it was great to finally have everyone in the same place and put faces to names - over the last year we've had numerous phone conferences and exchanged hundreds of emails.
The day began with an introduction from Nnimmo Bassey the Chair of Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) giving one of his motivational speeches that never fails to inspire whilst at the same time putting a smile on every face.
Then it was the turn of some of FoEI's wisest climate minds to give their take on the critical negotiations ahead.
Meena Raman from Friends of the Earth Malaysia talked about the sky grab
that is taking place by developed countries and the Bolivia delegation's recent assertion that there is "little atmospheric space left for developing countries".
We heard about the European Union's position and the various negotiating groups that have formed around the world - the G77, Africa, ALBA, the Umbrella group and AOSIS to name a few.
We also heard about the tactics that some countries are using to divide unified groups by offering bi-lateral deals rather than dealing with a block as a whole.
One of these strong blocks is Africa who, last month in Barcelona, refused to continue formal discussions about offsetting and insisted that the talks focus on real carbon-reduction targets for rich countries.
Finally Kate Horner from Friends of the Earth United States assessed the US position. Asked whether the arrival of President Obama to the talks was a positive step, she expressed concern that in an effort to stay on the right side of the charismatic President some countries may make concessions that would not be in the interests of the kind of agreement developing countries need.
It was a lot to take on board but the overall message was simple, a just agreement will be difficult to secure but is not impossible.
young friends of the earth just keep on going
During lunch, Young Friends of the Earth Europe (YFoEE), never ones to put their feet up, carried out a teaser action in street calling on people to join the Flood for Climate Justice on Saturday 12 December.
In the afternoon we divided into smaller groups: communications,
actions and lobbying, and we discussed how we could best perform the tasks we had been assigned, which for me is communicating to You.
Just after 5pm we were done, a little tired, but raring to go for two weeks of long days and late nights certain in the knowledge that only a just agreement in Copenhagen will do.
England, Wales and Northern Ireland action
Take action with Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland by calling on the UK climate secretary to sign up to the right agreement in Copenhagen.
Call on him to sign up to:
- Emissions cuts of at least 40% by 2020 on 1990 levels for all developed countries.
- A new financial mechanism to support developing countries in tackling climate change.
- Offsetting to be scrapped - including the the use of carbon trading in tackling deforestation. Offsetting is unjust and fundamentally flawed.
Take action now!
Naomi Klein speaks at the launch of the Klimaforum
Naomi Klein praises the work of the climate justice movement and urges everyone not to leave the climate up to developed countries and corporations.
Dec 06, 2009
All aboard the Climate Express
Sam Fleet from Friends of the Earth Europe reports on an entertaining journey to the Danish capital all powered by renewable energy, champagne and jazz.
At 08:00 on Friday morning my colleague and I found ourselves in the waiting room for the Climate Express from Brussels to Copenhagen. We were to be 'eco-passengers' on the Train to Copenhagen, and would travel direct, powered from renewable sources, with a plethora of events to entertain us en-route, before arriving in Copenhagen 14 hours later.
After dodging the camera crews, we settled into our seats, and prepared flyers and posters for the Friends of the Earth International 'Flood for Climate Justice' to spread around the train. I joined the champagne breakfast, accompanied by jazz, in the dimly lit dining car, as the train sped past the still, grey, sleepy Belgian countryside. During the day, a range of talks and presentations across two carriages would cover a range of topics, from climate science to urban transportation, and would continue right up until arrival in Copenhagen at 23:00.
The Climate Express was not as fast as the name implied: train-spotters in Aachen took the opportunity to film the unique Climate Express as it stopped to give way to numerous freight trains.
I photographed Tom Picken, the international climate campaigner from Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland, as he handed over our 40% study, showing that 40% emission cuts are possible in Europe, to the CEO of Eurostar, Richard Brown.
what are we doing in Copenhagen?
The majority of MEPs disembarked in Köln to return to Brussels, and were replaced by more passengers for the stretch to Copenhagen. The media moved from the front of the train to the rear to get a different perspective and the FoEE representatives found themselves in front of an Italian camera crew. The question being asked from the crew was simply, "What will you be doing in Copenhagen?"
Tom provided a sane and sober response – urgent and deep emission cuts for developed countries, without offsetting; money for developing countries to adapt to the effects of climate change; forests out of carbon markets; public money to fight climate change through the UNFCCC, not the World Bank.
When they unexpectedly turned the camera on me, they received a mumbled, embarrassed and red-faced "demand climate justice", which will no doubt be edited out. A good reason for all those in the FoEI delegation to familiarize themselves with the official FoEI messages and keep their cool in front of the cameras!
The Climate Express took on a very relaxed atmosphere towards the end of the journey, with the media circus calming down, and those remaining on the train until Copenhagen taking what would probably be the last chance for an evening nap. The same Italian TV crew from earlier debated whether the organic tagliatelle to be served for dinner would have been cooked since Köln, and therefore be well past its best – which was thankfully not the case.
My second embarrassing media interview commenced immediately after stepping out of the train into the Copenhagen drizzle, when a Japanese camera crew filmed me holding the 'seal the deal' bag that we had all been given on boarding. I tried to convince them that climate justice was more important than just any old deal, but it was lost on them.
For the rest of the COP I will try and stay behind the camera. Blogging is more my thing.
If you want to read our Copenhagen demands you can do so here.


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Whether you're on your way to the library or stopping by City Hall, chances are you're driving by St. John Vianney School, located in the heart of Brookfield. This blog will provide insight into life and education at SJV, a 4K-8 educational anchor in Brookfield since 1957.
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13 March 2014
NIH urges older Americans to protect their kidneys
In recognition of World Kidney Day 2014 on March 13, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Health remind older Americans about the importance of protecting their kidneys and urge them to better understand the decline of kidney function as people age.
04 February 2014
NIH, industry and non-profits join forces to speed validation of disease targets: Goal is to develop new treatments earlier, beginning with Alzheimer's, type 2 diabetes, and autoimmune disorders
The National Institutes of Health, 10 biopharmaceutical companies and several nonprofit organizations today launched an unprecedented partnership to transform the current model for identifying and validating the most promising biological targets of disease for new diagnostics and drug development.
22 December 2013
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In a 1,300-word article on its front page, the New York Times (12/22, A1, O'Connor, Subscription Publication) reported that an analysis by the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network, which was established by the National Institutes of Health, indicated that "dietary supplements account for nearly 20 percent of drug-related liver injuries that turn up in hospitals, up from 7 percent a decade ago." The findings "included only the most severe cases of liver damage referred to a representative group of hospitals around the country, and the investigators said they were undercounting the actual number of cases." Some of these patients ultimately need a liver transplant or will die due to liver failure. The article discusses the loosely regulated supplement industry in the US.
21 November 2013
Growth more stunted in lower-income youth with kidney disease
Even with more prescriptions for growth hormone, children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease were less likely to grow to normal height ranges if they came from lower-income families, according to research funded by the National Institutes of Health. Results from the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children (CKiD) Study are published in the December issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases and online today at http://www.ajkd.org.
14 November 2013
NIH statement: Family support key to diabetes prevention, management
Diabetes does not strike a person alone. It strikes families and communities. It strikes our nation and the world. During today's World Diabetes Day and National Diabetes Month this November, we at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, renew our efforts to prevent, manage and one day cure diabetes. As well, we encourage families to take steps to improve their health and work together to fight diabetes and its serious and sometimes fatal consequences.


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Everything you need to know about recyclables in Beacon. What can be left at the curb? What can be brought to the transfer station? Mixed or sorted? 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, or 9?
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Garbage pick-up is every week on your neighborhood's designated trash day.
Recycling pick-up is every other week on your neighborhood's designated trash day.
Pick up will be delayed by one day on national holidays.
Contact Information
If your household needs an additional garbage can or recycle bin please contact the Building Department at (845) 838-5020. For questions about garbage and recycling collection that are not covered here please contact the Highway Department at (845) 831-0932 or Royal Carting at (845) 896-6000.
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Curbside Recyclable Pick Up
The City of Beacon contracts with Royal Carting for curbside collection of recycling. Royal Carting supplies each residence with a standardized garbage can and recycle bin. If your household needs an additional recycle bin they are available at the transfer station. You may also use your own recyclable container as long as it is clearly marked with an "R." Recyclables are picked up every other week on your specified garbage day. The City of Beacon is now implementing single stream recycling.
What does Single Stream mean?
- Single stream material does not have to be separated and can be placed in one container. All recyclable items (bottles, cans, plastic and paper) can be placed in the recycling bin provided by Royal Carting. All additional recycling containers should be sturdy, reusable receptacles like a plastic crate or a spare "garbage" can. Do not use plastic bags.
All materials must be empty of food residue. Rinsing is helpful. It is not required to remove labels from cans. Glass should not be broken.
Glass Bottles
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*All Colors
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Plastic Containers
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*Liquid Dishwashing
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Mixed Paper
*All newspapers and advertisement inserts
*Telephone books, paperback books, junk mail (including envelopes and coupons)
*Magazines containing glossy coated paper, catalogs
*Glossy flyers and mailers - staples/tape with water soluble glues do not have to be removed
*All sizes loose, bundled or bagged "Kraft" paper grocery bags
*All dry, loose or bagged white and colored ledgers
*Copy paper, note pads, loose-leaf fillers, computer print-outs
*Single wall, non-corrugated boxes used to package dry food Cereal boxes, shoe boxes and other similar packaging
*Paper egg cartons, construction paper
*Double & triple wall cardboard boxes with liners of "Kraft", jute or test liners - flattened, cut down or folded to size no more than 3 feet by 3 feet.
- Unacceptable materials for mixed residential paper recycling include
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*Overnight delivery packaging
*Paper towels, tissue, and wipes
*Carbon paper
*X-rays & MRI's
*Plastic transparencies & overheads
*Styrofoam and polystyrene packing
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- * Any broken glass including: window glass, mirror glass, auto glass, light bulbs, fluorescent lights and ceramics
- * Latex paint cans (Put sawdust or kitty litter in can, let dry and dispose of in household garbage.
Recycling at the Transfer Station
In addition to providing a drop-off facility for garbage and yard waste, the Transfer Station also accepts recyclables that are either too big or numerous to leave at the curb or not accepted in the curbside pick-up.
Recyclable items accepted at the Transfer Station include:
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- * All plastics with recycling numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, or 9
- * Newsprint, office paper, junk mail, magazines, catalogs
- * Corrugated cardboard of any size
- * Tires (fee)
- * Car Batteries (fee)
- * Scrap metal (fee)
Items often brought to the Transfer Station that are NOT recyclable (but acceptable as garbage):
- * Plastics items other than #1, 2, 3, 5, 7 or 9
- * Coated cardboard (e.g. milk cartons, paper cups/plates); paper towels/tissue; soiled cardboard/paper (e.g. pizza boxes)
- * Broken glass
- * Kitchen pots, pans, baking dishes
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Hours of operation and a full list of items that can be dumped as garbage can be found on the Transfer Station page.


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Mandy McKinney lives the charmed life. She is beautiful, athletic, popular, dating the hottest jock in school, and certainly doesn't have any time for her loser twin sister. But Mandy also has a secret. When the truth is unveiled, her world is twisted upside down, and her very life is at stake.
Mandy's twin sister, Brianna, has never had any success in the dating department. When Brianna finally meets the guy of her dreams, it turns out that he has secrets of his own. Dangerous secrets. Just her luck.
The twins are about to be swept away into a world of beauty and power beyond their wildest imaginations where nothing is what is seems, danger is lurking in the shadows, and their only chance of survival is finding themselves, and each other, once again.
Wren has trained for war since she was a child, but a secret bond with the enemy leads her to question everything she's ever known.
Cast out by her family as a traitor, the fiery, alchemy wielding shape-shifter finds refuge in the arms of Ville, the raven-winged leader of the enemy clan. The two star-crossed lovers discover that the world they know is built on lies meant to fuel the war that has raged between the two clans for years.
Wren and Ville's relationship transcends the racism and stereotypes around them, as they seek to discover the real cause of the fighting. Armed with alchemy, attitude, and a six-shooter, Wren sets out on a journey of love, loss, and redemption that will change the world.
EARTH AND SKY is a romantic fantasy set in a steampunk world of alchemist shifters and vampiric fallen angels. It has crossover potential, with appeal to mature young adult and adult audiences and is a perfect blend of romance, fantasy, and paranormal.
As a former Agent of Death, Madeline Black is no stranger to witnessing violent ends. But being the one to cause them is an entirely different story?
Despite her having saved Chicago from a vampire invasion, the Agency wants to get Maddy off their payroll?permanently. With the deadly Retrievers hot on her trail, she has no choice but to trust Nathaniel to port her to safety. But even the exotic and dangerous world that she winds up in is not as peaceful as she would have hoped. Caught in a turf war between a group of fae and a disturbingly familiar foe, Maddy soon discovers that the twisted plots of her grandfather, Lucifer, and his brothers extend even into this unknown realm.
Now, with enemies gathering on all sides, Maddy's fate is looking darker than ever. And to protect her unborn son from her adversaries, she may have to tap into a power she hoped never to access
Rachel Clancy has been through a lot. With a mission to fight vampires, while losing two boyfriends—one to a vampire and one because of his daddy issues—she is in charge of a secret revolution that could change Genesis, her home, forever. Her confidence is shot, her hands are shaking, and she hasn't felt a real emotion, except for anger, in a long time.
Reign of Ash (The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga) by Gail Z. Martin (Apr 1, 2014) - Blaine McFadden survived six years in the brutal Velant prison colony, exiled for murder. When war devastates his homeland of Donderath, it also destroys the intentional magic on which Donderath and its fellow kingdoms rely. Blaine and a small group of fellow exiles return to a lawless wasteland where unrestrained magic storms appear and disappear unpredictably and monsters roam the ruins.
The first battle of the Sundering lies behind us. Your actions prevented utter tragedy... but there is no time to rest. The goddess Auril extends her freezing grasp toward Icewind Dale. You must make haste to the Dale, and bring relief to these frightened, desperate people. Your actions there will help shape the future of the Realms!


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Friday, March 16, 2007
Illustration Friday: Total
was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw what the topic was for this week .
21 comments:
- annax said...
She is lovely! Such a sweet expression!
- Fri Mar 16, 02:05:00 PM
- Kathleen Rietz said...
I love the peaceful look on her face. Very beautiful, as usual!
Debbie, can you email me through my blog? I have been trying to email you for a month and my emails have bounced back to me...maybe your adress on here is wrong?
- Fri Mar 16, 02:09:00 PM
- bruno côrte said...
beautiful... your work
- Fri Mar 16, 03:01:00 PM
- bookbabie said...
I love your ladies Debbie! I'm new to Illustration Friday, using it to get my creative juices flowing!Great blog too:-)
- Fri Mar 16, 03:28:00 PM
- Digital Scott's illustrationblog said...
This is just lovely! And thought provoking too. Thanks for your insightful comments on my blog!
- Fri Mar 16, 04:48:00 PM
- Perriette said...
I loved that song way back when. Beautiful image!
- Fri Mar 16, 06:31:00 PM
- Rrramone said...
Great illustration. Love her expression. ;-)
- Sat Mar 17, 07:36:00 AM
- *ItkUpiLLi* said...
She's very lovely and I remember the song. :)
- Sat Mar 17, 09:38:00 AM
- Traci Bixby said...
Beautiful colors. So exquisite! I love your work! Can't wait for the new website so I can see lots more! Your sassy greeting cards are wonderful.
- Sat Mar 17, 11:54:00 AM
- ValGalArt said...
Absolutely beautiful! i love your art!
- Sat Mar 17, 01:08:00 PM
- Pati @-;-- said...
Aww... I loved that song!.. and your illo, too ;)
- Sat Mar 17, 01:43:00 PM
- Laura said...
This is so serene & lovely Debbie - and the color palette is wonderful. I just adore the faces of all your your ladies! =)
- Sat Mar 17, 03:08:00 PM
- Jeannette said...
an awesome song, hahah
- Sat Mar 17, 09:20:00 PM
- Nicole said...
Your art is so beautiful!
- Sun Mar 18, 01:37:00 AM
- Tara Ross Studios said...
Love this,,,, and your blog
- Sun Mar 18, 11:59:00 AM
- the enigma said...
beautiful work! i enjoy seeing your crafts works too. truly an artist.
- Sun Mar 18, 09:29:00 PM
- studio lolo said...
Love her Debbie! Another sweetie :)
I thought you'd like to check out my friend's friends pottery. It's all handpainted, every bit of it. She has an amazing following of collectors. Seeing as you like pretty things...here you go!
:) Laurel
- Mon Mar 19, 12:27:00 PM
- marcisenders said...
Love this!
- Mon Mar 19, 11:06:00 PM
- Debbie Egizio said...
Thank you everyone for your sweet comments. You all have brought a big smile to my face!
- Tue Mar 20, 12:42:00 AM
- hemelsgroen said...
Fun idea. And beautifully done.
- Tue Mar 20, 02:53:00 PM
- esillustration said...
i wish the "Turn Around" song was playing with your illustration. that would be pretty amazing. i wish that rockin robin was playing with mine...only it would be me singing in a really obnoxious bird-like voice.
- Wed Mar 21, 12:25:00 PM


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Letter carriers food drive nets 2,400 lbs.
Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers at the Vandalia Post Office recently held a food drive.
The annual event is part of the nation's oldest one-day food drive, which helps individuals and families who depend on alternative food sources.
Diekemper Photography of Vandalia recently held a promotion to raise money for St. Louis Children's Hospital for its research on Neurofibromatosis.
Members of the local chapter of the Modern Woodmen of America recently helped beautify downtown Vandalia by planting flowers and spreading mulch in the flower beds around the Little Red Caboose in the municipal parking lot at the intersection of Fifth and Johnson streets.
John Franklin "Frank" Whipps II, an orthodontist with offices in Centralia, Germantown and Vandalia, is the recipient of the 2012 Humanitarian Award, presented by the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) at its recent convention in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kevin and Jessica Satterthwaite of Pine Ridge Homes recently received the 2012 Manufactured Housing Industry award for Retail Sales Center of the Year in the Midwest. The award was presented at the MHI national awards ceremony in Las Vegas.
Beth Hoffman, a mental health therapist for Pathways Counseling in Vandalia, is now providing counseling in Salem and Effingham.
Pathways Counseling, a ministry of Illinois Baptist Children's Home and Family Services, provides clinical outpatient therapy grounded in Christian principles to children, adolescents, individuals, couples and families.
Rube Yarbrough, representing Area 51 of the Licensed Beverage Association, donated $500 to the Vandalia Lions Club to help fund the organization's Fourth of July fireworks show (which will be presented on Tuesday, July 3). Accepting for the Lions is Dean Black.
Since her days as a waitress there, The Gallatin Street Grille has always been Angie Rhodes' favorite place to eat. It also is near and dear to her heart because that's where her husband, Rick, proposed to her
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What do you get when four hockey players from Minnesota move to L.A. and start a super popular boy-band? You get Big Time Rush on Nickelodeon. Lucky Kid Reporter Danielle Azzolina interviewed the guys from the show: (from left to right in the pic) Carlos Pena, James Maslow, Logan Henderson, and Kendall Schmidt. Turns out they are all as lovable in real life as they are in the show! Read on to find out more. . .
Danielle: Logan, what does your dream girl look like?
Kendall: Don't say me again, Logan!
Logan: I don't have a set dream girl as far as what she looks like, but I know what I like, and I love a girl with a sense of humor. Someone who can make me laugh and that I can get along with and talk with and who is just sweet overall, inside and out. So I think that's some of the qualities I look for in a girl.
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James: Yeah! I grew up singing and did a lot of musical theater down in San Diego mostly. I even sang with the San Diego Opera. I did La Boheme, and some little things with them and that led into film and television. I guest starred on iCarly. I played Shane in the second season premiere which was a lot of fun.
Danielle: Oh yeah, I saw that one. I actually interviewed Miranda once. Over the phone though.
James: Very cool. She's such a sweetheart. Other than that little things. I did a little movie that I just found out is going to Slamdance in Utah this year. It was just a little tiny independent thing I did a cameo in. But other than that the last couple of years have really been focused on this show. So I had an awesome upbringing in theater and now this is just a dream come true. Now my life is dedicated to Big Time Rush.
Danielle: Kendall, are there any funny bloopers that happened while filming?
Kendall: Well, there is a good one- I don't know if you have a fear of blood. It's not that funny. But me and this kid had to do a stunt and he had to get checked by me. I didn't pay attention during rehearsals. I wasn't even there. We were all dressed up in hockey gear and they called me in and I totally didn't even know what we were doing until I got there and then they were like, "Okay, you're going to check James." And I was like, "Okay. I can check James. I can definitely do that." And I think I might have checked him too hard and too high because when he came down on the table it cut up his arm.
James: We all have battle wounds from the show. In the show, you'll see- what's her name on the show-
Carlos: Camille.
James: Camille, the method actress. She goes and she slaps Kendall and we did a good seven or eight takes and she really slapped him.
Kendall: I have been slapped so many times on the show.
Logan: In fact I think that's my favorite part of the show is watching Kendall get slapped.
Danielle: Carlos, what's your character's best quality?
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James: Actually that sounds delicious.
Carlos: Yeah! I need some green water!
Kendall: I don't think I would.
Danielle: Logan, how would you like your character to evolve on the show?
Logan: I think actually in the upcoming episodes, my character does kind of evolve in a way that I actually really respect and like. I know that in his next couple of episodes he's the one that's more timid and he really likes to think things through and make sure everything's right before it happens and that's a great quality, but every now and again sometimes you just have to go for it and I think that's a huge thing with all of us on the show. Sometimes you just have to get the courage and the strength to go for what you want and in one of the upcoming episodes- I'm not going to say which one- but in one of the upcoming episodes I do that in a big way. So that's one little piece of how my character development shows.
Danielle: Was it just chance that you all got the same name as your character in the show?
Carlos: They changed the original names just to accommodate the whole thing being a real band.
Kendall: We've never said this in an interview by the way. I don't think anybody really knows this.
Carlos: Exclusive! So I'll give mine. My original name in the show was Jessie.
Kendall: Mine was Donovan. James' original name was Bryan with a "y".
Logan: And mine was- are you ready? Drum roll. . . Konas.
Kendall: Konas! Nobody has that name. It's crazy. We could have been the Konas brothers. Really. Think about it.
Logan: Bonus Konas. But I think our names really bring out a really cool side to all of us and I think it kind of helps whenever we're performing on stage or having an interview like this. You can just call us by our actual names and it's much easier.
Danielle: You guys are awesome singers. Awesome. I can't wait to see the rest of the series!
James: You're an awesome interviewer. I'm very impressed.
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Jeff Blumenkrantz and Brett Ryback play homage to Agatha Christie, Clue and more in the musical comedy Murder For Two—how much do they really know about murder mysteries? Broadway.com went to New World Stages to test their killer instincts.December 6, 2013
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"I kind of lost my love for football in my ninth and tenth grade years," admits Bell. "I wanted to concentrate on baseball and I did a lot of traveling ball in the summer.
"Coach (Clint) Smith lit a fire when he came and I decided to go out and try it and I liked it, loved it actually."
Last year Bell had a banner year, scoring 17 touchdowns rushing for over 500 yards and passing for over 1,000. He had a way of getting out of trouble, or turning what looked like a certain loss into a big play, and all the while he looked like he was having fun. Genuine fun, like he really was enjoying the game.
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In a game against Cherokee County last year, the Warrior defense had broken through the Eagle line and had chased Bell down in the backfield for what looked like was going to be a 15 or 20 yard loss. Suddenly Bell escaped the grasp of his defender and turned a sure loss into a big gain, and came up smiling. "When plays like that up at Centre happen you have to stay calm and do what you know to do and just try to make the best of every situation," explained Bell.
While Bell is known for his scrambling ability and his ability to quickly move the ball down field, he admits that he has spent a lot of time in the off season on his passing. "If I can run I love it and it just adds another level to you as a quarterback," said Bell. "I worked a lot during the summer on throwing the ball. I worked a lot with pocket presence and just my throwing motion." Bell said that this year if he can run the ball he will but he also knows that he can get more yards if he can set up and throw the ball.
Having Bell in the backfield certainly adds an extra dimension to the Eagles offense, an offense that has the opposition keying on running back Dominique Thomas. "Dominique is a huge threat, but with him being such a huge threat they forget about me, which allows me to get the yards that I do," said Bell.
Teams likely won't be forgetting about Bell anymore as the athletic quarterback scored three touchdowns in the first game of the season against Pleasant Valley racking up 143 yards on seven carries and scored two touchdowns and rushed for 116 yards on 14 carries this past Friday against Hokes Bluff.
Bell is a multi-dimensional young man, and describes himself as a student-athlete. In the classroom Bell takes AP classes, having taken AP Biology and AP English last year and is in advanced anatomy, math and English this year, all while maintaining a 3.8 GPA.
While Bell would love to go to college and play, preferably both football and baseball, he would also like to get an education that would prepare him for a career in nursing or computer science.
He admits that in his life, "studying is really up there," and he enjoys being with friends and family but "sports is it, sports is really my life."
Bell feels that the Golden Eagles will get to the playoffs this year, but that they have a lot of work to do to get there.
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While there are many people in Bell's life that are influential, he looks to one main person as his source of inspiration; his sister Mallory, an 8th grade student at JHS. "My sister plays a huge part in my life and having there looking up to me means so much. She is just always there for me when I need to smile or laugh or have someone to talk to. She is the best little sister anyone could ask for and I love her."
Jacksonville currently is 2-0 on the season and has a long way to go to make it to the playoffs, but the team is in very capable hands and leadership with a quarterback with the talent of Bell.