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Is Apple losing its hold on consumers in the Far East?
Experts claim consumer electronics giant's devices are being ditched by consumers in Singapore and Hong Kong in favour of Android.
Apple's iconic iPhone is losing some of its luster among Asia's well-heeled consumers in Singapore and Hong Kong, it has been reported.
Driven by a combination of iPhone fatigue, a desire to be different and a plethora of competing devices, users are turning to other brands, notably those from Samsung, eating into Apple's market share.
Android is becoming really hard to ignore.
In Singapore, Apple's products were so dominant in 2010 that more devices here ran its iOS operating system per capita than anywhere else in the world.
But StatCounter gs.statcounter.com, which measures traffic collected across a network of 3 million websites, calculates that Apple's share of mobile devices in Singapore - iPad and iPhone - declined sharply last year. From a peak of 72 per cent in January 2012, its share fell to 50 per cent this month, while Android devices now account for 43 percent of the market, up from 20 per cent in the same month last year.
In Hong Kong, devices running Apple's iOS now account for about 30 per cent of the total, down from about 45 per cent a year ago. Android accounts for nearly two-thirds.
"Apple is still viewed as a prestigious brand, but there are just so many other cool smartphones out there now that the competition is just much stiffer," said Tom Clayton, chief executive of Singapore-based Bubble Motion www.bubblemotion.com, which develops a popular regional social media app called Bubbly.
Where Hong Kong and Singapore lead, other key markets across fast-growing Asia usually follow.
"Singapore and Hong Kong tend to be, from an electronics perspective, leading indicators on what is going to be hot in Western Europe and North America, as well as what is going to take off in the region," said Jim Wagstaff, who runs a Singapore-based company called Jam Factory www.jamfactoryonline.com developing mobile apps for enterprises.
Southeast Asia is adopting smartphones fast - consumers spent 78 percent more on smartphones in the 12 months up to September 2012 than they did the year before, according to research company GfK www.gfkrt.com.
Fatigued consumers
Anecdotal evidence of iPhone fatigue isn't hard to find: Where a year ago iPhones swamped other devices on the subways of Hong Kong and Singapore they are now outnumbered by Samsung and HTC smartphones.
While this is partly explained by the proliferation of Android devices, from the cheap to the fancy, there are other signs that Apple has lost followers.
Singapore entrepreneur Aileen Sim, recently launched an app for splitting bills called BillPin www.billpin.com, settling on an iOS version because that was the dominant platform in the three countries she was targeting - Singapore, India and the United States.
"But what surprised us was how strong the call for Android was when we launched our app," she said.
Indeed, 70 per cent of their target users - 20-something college students and fresh graduates - said they were either already on Android or planned to switch over.
"Android is becoming really hard to ignore, around the region and in the US for sure, but surprisingly even in Singapore," she said. "Even my younger early-20s cousins are mostly on Android now."

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Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
Analysis: Booker's Seven Basic Plots Analysis
Christopher Booker is a scholar who wrote that every story falls into one of seven basic plot structures: Overcoming the Monster, Rags to Riches, the Quest, Voyage and Return, Comedy, Tragedy, and Rebirth. Shmoop explores which of these structures fits this story like Cinderella's slipper.
Plot Type : Rags to Riches
Initial Wretchedness at Home and the "Call"
Though he has a roof over his head, Heathcliff has no sense of home.
Wuthering Heights is a variation on the Rags to Riches plot line. Heathcliff is (supposedly) an orphan who is brought into the home, where he experiences abuse and neglect. Though Mr. Earnshaw loves him (too much, it seems), his new brother Hindley is deeply envious and sets out to make Heathcliff miserable. Rather than running away and losing the one home he has, Heathcliff bonds with Catherine and together they find comfort and respite in the moors.
Out into the World, Initial Success
If you can't have love, money and revenge are second best.
When Heathcliff loses Catherine to Edgar, he leaves Yorkshire. He possibly goes into the army or travels to America—no one knows for sure. What's important is that he returns with money, and this initial financial gain sets him up to accumulate more.
The Central Crisis
What's it all for?
All the money in the world can't win Catherine—or keep her alive. So when he loses the one person he loves (and who loves him), Heathcliff can only think about punishing Hindley and Edgar Linton and taking possession of the two houses.
Independence and the Final Ordeal
Vengeance is exhausting.
We finally see the depths of Heathcliff's cruelty as he sacrifices his own son's health and happiness in the service of his revenge. Then, suddenly, he loses interest in sadism and begins to show some vulnerability and decency.
Final Union, Completion, and Fulfillment
You can rest when you're dead. Or can you?
In death, Heathcliff finally gets what he wants—a reunion with his beloved Catherine. Brontë suggests that they will haunt the moors together, enjoying the countryside that provided such a source of tranquility and strength for them as children.


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Francisco Garces, mayor of Guaicaipuro municipality near the
capital and a member of the ruling Socialist Party, said the
28-year-old pregnant woman was shot dead on Sunday during a
"We categorically reject the demonstrations that caused this
death," Garces told reporters.
The state prosecutor's office said the woman, Adriana
Urquiola, was shot after getting off a public bus halted by a
barricade set up by protesters.
In the western state of Merida, a senior military source and
hospital officials said a National Guard sergeant died on
Monday after being shot in the neck during clashes there.
Streets barriers have become flashpoints for violence between
radical supporters of both sides, who sometimes carry
firearms. Members of the security forces have also come under
fire from nearby buildings as they try to dismantle them.
Merida and neighbouring Tachira state, by the border with
Colombia, have been harder hit by the violence than anywhere
else since the protests began. Last week, intelligence agents
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Tachira and accused him of fomenting "civil rebellion."
The protests began in February with sporadic demonstrations
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The demonstrators want political change and an end to high
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The main opposition leaders have repeatedly declined offers
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meetings that will provide little more than photo-ops.
The demonstrators are demanding the president resign, while
Maduro says they want a coup like the one 12 years ago that
briefly ousted his predecessor, the late Hugo Chavez.
The numbers of protesters are far fewer than those who turned
out against Chavez in 2002, and there have been no signs that
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Israel will spend 8.1 million shekels, or about $2 million, to bring more than 712 members of India's Bnei Menashe community to Israel this year, the Israeli news site Walla reported May 22.
The first time I saw Lt. Gen. JFR Jacob, at Delhi's Judah Hyam synagogue, I had no idea who he was. But his importance was obvious by the way everyone stood tall and switched to tones of reverence at his appearance.
Being a Jew of color means something very different in India than it does in America. Nathaniel Jhirad explains the upsides of growing up Bene Israel in Mumbai.
India is turning away from its tradition of voting against Israel at the U.N. — and it's not the only Eastern country to cozy up to the Jewish state lately. Is this a reflection of a new Israeli strategy?
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked his Indian counterpart, Narendra Damodardas Modi, for helping to rescue Israelis from Nepal.
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Israel's security relationship with India is out in the open after years of being under wraps, the Israeli defense minister said on Thursday, vowing to play a bigger role in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's drive to build an industrial base.


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American Woodcock Viewing At Devil's Lake State Park
Romance will soon fill the air when spring peepers begin singing, but the American woodcock's aerial courtship display will add another dimension. Visit Devil's Lake State Park in Baraboo, Wis., this spring for a rare opportunity to view this disproportionately shaped bird's unusual mating ritual.
Friday evening, April 26, 2013, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., join Devil's Lake State Park's naturalist to watch for male American woodcocks dancing in the air and singing to attract females. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and binoculars, and meet at the Steinke Basin parking lot, five minutes west of the Inn at Wawanissee Point.
- You'll need a state park vehicle admission sticker. Purchase a day or annual pass at the north shore of the Park.
Also known as the Timberdoodle, the woodcock lives in young forests and shrubby areas near wetlands, streams and rivers. It uses its long, flexible bill to dig for earthworms. The kettle ponds, creek and brushy habitat along the mature forest edge in the Steinke Basin area of Devil's Lake State Park offer the Timberdoodle a good home.
Once plentiful, the woodcock population across eastern North America has declined steadily by one percent a year since the 1960s as forests have matured and development has overtaken much of its habitat. In 2001 several federal and state wildlife agencies and conservation organizations, including the Ruffed Grouse Society, formed a task force and a conservation plan to restore habitat for this odd bird, one of few shorebirds hunted. Learn more about these efforts at Timberdoodle.com.
This usually silent and excellently camouflaged, plump, neckless bird about 10 inches long is difficult to spot and seldom seen as it combs through muddy thickets probing for worms. The wary bird becomes nearly invisible as it freezes in place when its large eyes spot danger. But in early spring at dusk it offers us the special treat to view the male's spiraling aerial display alternated with a rhythmic, buzzy peent sound.
The male will peent repeatedly while bobbing around on the ground, fly upward in a spiral as high as 300 feet and then zig-zag in a downward dive, its wing feathers making a chirping sound as it descends. He'll land silently, hopefully beside a female, and then repeat the performance. The males will continue this display even after most females have laid eggs.
- Listen to the Timberdoodle's vocalizations and see photos at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Web site here.
Looking For Woodcocks In Baraboo
Around the Inn, red-winged black birds, robins and Eastern phoebes have returned as of April 5, 2013, besides geese and sandhill cranes. Spring migration is unfolding in earnest.
Woodcocks were reported in northeastern states a few weeks ago, so the elusive birds may have already returned to Baraboo. Hike through shrubby edges of the Merrimac Preserve and Roznos Meadow, east of the Park, for additional opportunities to view the Timberdoodle, besides Steinke Basin.
Afterward, rest peacefully at the Inn at Wawanissee Point, the only bed and breakfast adjacent Devil's Lake State Park.
Reserve a guest room here, or click on the Check Availability box at the top the page or call us at 608-355-9899 to book your room.
More Bird Watching Events At Devil's Lake State Park
April 24: Bird Watching Along East Bluff, 2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Meet at the north shore at the East Bluff trailhead kiosk, five minutes west of the Inn. Bring binoculars. We'll hike up this trail to see which birds have returned from their winter hiatus.
April 27: Spring Photography Hike, 10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Meet at the north shore's nature center, 5 minutes west of the Inn, to learn about digital photography. Bring your camera; we'll go looking for spring beauty throughout the park.
April 27: Twilight Hike, 7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Meet at the Steinke Basin parking lot, five minutes west of the Inn, to explore the world of crepuscular (active at dusk and dawn) and nocturnal animals. As the sun sets we'll search and listen for critters on the move at night.
May 3: Evening Bird Hike, 6:00 p.m.–7:30 p.m. With spring in full swing, many birds have returned to the Baraboo Hills. Spend the evening on a challenging hike on the CCC trail, one of the park's steeper trails, looking for spring migrants. Wear hiking boots and bring binoculars. Meet at the group-camp parking lot near the south shore entrance, less than 10 minutes southwest of the Inn.
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It may be the mumps!
Last week, three students at the University of Kentucky were diagnosed with mumps, a contagious virus whose tell-tale symptom is swelling near the neck and jaw.
Although the overwhelming majority of people who get mumps recover completely, it's important to know the signs of the virus and what to do if you think you have it.
UK Health Care has shared some information on this outbreak with us.
What is mumps? Mumps is an illness caused by the mumps virus.
By Levi Berg
Henry County Extension Service
Storm water runoff carries pollutants such as fertilizers, oil, animal waste and dirt to local streams, lakes and ponds and may contribute to flooding during heavy rainfall events.
Rain gardens are manmade landscape features that reduce storm water runoff. By installing a rain garden, homeowners can intercept storm water and keep it on their property, allowing it to soak into the soil.
By Cathy Toole
We are still close enough to the start of the year that many of us are still hoping to have some positive results on New Year Resolutions.
Whether or not you made it your resolution to get your finances in better shape, here are some great ideas to help us cut back on expenses and save more money.
Take advantage of rebates, discounts and/or wellness incentive programs provided through your employer.
The Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association (KEHA) is a volunteer organization that works to improve the quality of life for families and communities through leadership development, volunteer service and education.
The organization was developed in cooperation with the University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service.
Across Kentucky, KEHA members and clubs work closely with Cooperative Extension to provide educational programming and coordinate community activities.
Henry County Agricultural Extension Agent
If you find yourself feeling down, depressed, moody or irritable during a particular time of the year, you may suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
According to the Mayo Clinic, SAD is a type of depression linked to seasonal changes, and it begins and ends around the same time every year.
For the majority of people, symptoms start in the fall or winter but quit with the coming of spring or early summer.
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Is anyone aware of a plugin (paid or free) that would allow a website admin to set some information about hte business, then pull that into the theme or posts using shortcodes or php.
Ideally, as a business owner, I'd be have fields for my business name, address, phone number, short description/about, etc. Also having the ability to create more fields would be needed. To take it a step further a Google map would be generated from the address provided and could be used in the theme or individual posts.
I've found a few, but all are lacking some of the key things that are needed. The one I'm currently using is http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/my-company-menu/. It almost does it all. Google maps is being integrated, but it's lacking the ability for me to add more fields, hence looking for another out-of-the-box solution.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


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I provide hosting facilities for a high traffic website that will receive a spike in traffic in the next 2 months. In order to allow more it to perform better, I want to prepare myself and put a frontend server acting as a reverse proxy and direct traffic through it.
What reverse proxy do you suggest I use?
I've used Apache mod_proxy in the past with some good results, but is there something more performant out there, something more specific for the job? I need it to be fast, to do caching of all it can, and avoid doing requests when not needed.
I thought about HAProxy, but it seems to be more directed to provide High availability (multiple backend webservers). On this setup, the whole website is hosted on a single server, running some LAMP stuff.


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Cover Your Vacuum With Masking Tape to Prevent Wall Scuffs
Vacuums are big, bulky, and easy to bump into walls. Scuffs are painless enough to get out, but to prevent them in the first place, cover your vacuum with masking tape.
Vacuums are big, bulky, and easy to bump into walls. Scuffs are painless enough to get out, but to prevent them in the first place, cover your vacuum with masking tape.
Vacuum cleaners have one job, and most do it well. But a broken roller belt will instantly cripple your vacuum and render your roller inoperable. Instead of spending money on a repair service (or a new vacuum), you can fix it yourself for less than $5. Here's how.
Vacuuming is, objectively, the best chore. The Dyson DC65 sucked up almost 30% of the thousands of votes you cast, earning it the honor of Best Vacuum.
On Monday we asked you for your pick for Best Vacuum, and we've sucked up your long list of nominations to find the top five. Read about them and then cast your vote in the poll below.
You could probably stand to vacuum more, and this week we're taking your nominations for the best tool for vacuuming better. Which vacuum is the best, and which features matter the most to you? Head for the comments and tell us.
If you ever need to pick up small items such as beads, shells, or small electronic components for future use, you probably don't want sift through the dust and debris in your regular vacuum. A commercial vacuum pen goes for $40-60 but you can utilize a $10 air filter to create your own.
Want to make a custom mask for your Halloween costume or perhaps just a really unique form for project boxes, jello molds, etc.? You can make a simple vacuum mold with a bit of lumber, a sheet of polystyrene, a staple gun, pegboard, and a vacuum cleaner.
Most vacuums come with a tube that works with several including attachments so that you can clean areas the vacuum, itself, can't go. These attachments are still too large to clean out your keyboard or parts of your computer, but you can solve that properly with the aid of a ketchup squeeze bottle top.
If you need to inflate an air mattress for a guest and can't find your electric or battery powered air pump you can always use a bagged vacuum cleaner as shown in the video above by YouTube user juliakg. Their method inflates the air mattress in around 10 seconds.
Home design and technology blog Unplggd shows us how you can use a dryer sheet to cure bad smells emanating from your vacuum and spread the freshness across your home.


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COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- The Pinot's Palette official ribbon cutting took place Thursday afternoon at the Pinot's Palette location on Texas Avenue in the Harvey Washbangers shopping center.
Pinot's Palette allows individuals and groups with little-to-no art experience create in-house masterpieces with ease. Different paintings are featured on the schedule each weekend, and private parties can be scheduled for birthday parties, team building activities, or just a night out with friends.
Pinot's Palette has a variety of alcohol that is available for purchase (by the bottle) to persons of legal drinking age. BYOB is also encouraged.
For more information about Pinot's Palette, stop by their location or visit their website.
Ribbon Cuttings brought to you by the B/CS Chamber of Commerce.


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Feb 26, 2016A proud day for the National Prisons Service of South SudanThe Vocational Training Workshops at Juba Central Prison were bustling with activity as the newly renovated facilities were launched with enthusiastic support by National Prisons Service of South Sudan on Thursday.
Feb 2, 2016Civil society Transitional Justice Working Group discusses the development of a strategic planOn 1 February 2016, the recently formed Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) met to agree on the outlines of a strategic plan. The strategic plan is to guide the working group, composed of civil society organizations (CSOs), to advance transitional justice processes in South Sudan.
Sep 29, 2015Civil society discuss the formation of a transitional justice working groupOn 29 September 2015, just over a month after President Salva Kiir signed the peace agreement, over 30 representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs), including the South Sudan Council of Churches, convened in Juba Grand Hotel to discuss the formation of a civil society transitional justice working group.
Apr 5, 2016Enhancing Civil Society Organizations' capacity, UNDP conducts training on project managementUNDP's Access to Justice and Rule of Law Project started a two day training on 5 April to develop the competencies of Civil Society Organizations' (CSOs) in writing successful project proposals, effective monitoring and evaluation, narrative and financial reporting, and implementing pro bono legal aid.
May 15, 2013Expansion of Basic Services in JongleiHonourable Kuol Manyang Juuk, Governor of Jonglei State officiated the handover to the Government of the Bor High Court, a new laboratory at the Bor state hospital, and 30 tractors with associated equipment and spare parts to help expand food production under the 'Jonglei Peacebuilding through Food Security programme' on Wednesday 8 May 2013 with support from UNDP.
Feb 25, 2016NPSSS Inaugurates New Vocational Training Workshop, Launches Personnel ID Cards and Releases First Inmate Statistics ReportThe National Prisons Service of South Sudan (NPSSS) inaugurated their new vocational training workshop, launched prison personnel ID cards, and released the first-ever Inmate Statistics Report Thursday at Juba Central Prison.
Northern Bahr el Ghazal State rule of law forum tackles prison overcrowdingUNDP's Access to Justice and Rule of Law Project supports rule of law forums in five states. The forums bring together justice officials and members of the different state-level rule of law institutions to improve coordination and collaboration between rule of law institutions so that they can discuss and address challenges that affect the provision of justice services.
Paralegals bring justice to women in South Sudan
Feb 4, 2016Perception Survey on Truth, Justice, Reconciliation and Healing in South Sudan
Nov 6, 2015Police Officials Complete Training in Crime Statistics
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Carbon Management Companies serving Luxembourg
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ECM ECO Monitoring,a.s.
based in Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
ECM ECO Monitoring has been established in 1991. Major shareholder is TSI Incorporated. ECM ECO Monitoring is focusing on instrumentation for continuous monitoring of gases, liquids and particles. Teaming leading manufacturers of analytic instrumentation, ECM is ready to offer an optimal solution for monitoring problems of a very broad range of applications in different ...
Stockholm International Water Institute
based in Stockholm, SWEDEN
Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) provides and promotes water wise solutions for sustainable development in five thematic areas: water governance, transboundary water management, climate change and water, the water-energy-food nexus, and water economics. We bridge science, policy and practice for a water wise world. We also bring together experts, ...
Power Efficiency
based in Sidcup, UNITED KINGDOM
Power Efficiency is a leading UK energy procurement and carbon reduction consultancy with a proven track record in helping clients improve their energy efficiency, cut costs and shrink their carbon footprint. The firm offers a suite of integrated services spanning procurement, compliance, strategy, implementation, operations and maintenance. Its mission is to deliver ...
Caverion Deutschland GmbH - Business unit Krantz Clean Air Solutions
based in Aachen, GERMANY
Krantz Clean Air Solutions develops, designs and distributes thermal purification plants for solvent laden exhaust air. Krantz Components develops, designs, manufactures and distributes throughout the world air distribution systems as well as cooling and heating systems. Krantz Filter Systems and Dampersdevelops, designs, manufactures and distributes filters ...
based in Redlands, CALIFORNIA (USA)
With annual revenues of more than $660 million, ESRI remains the world leader in the geographic information system (GIS) software industry. Our business involves the development and support of GIS software for all types of organizations - from the one-person office to mutlinational corporations to innovative Internet GIS solutions.
Céramiques Techniques Industrielles (CTI)
based in Salindres, FRANCE
CTI designs and manufactures technical ceramics with high added value for green technology industries: filtration, separation and processing of gases, liquids and particles, biological or chemical catalysis and production of renewable energy. CTI is the World`s leading producer of inorganic membranes for liquid filtration and has been innovating for over 10 years in the ...
Crowberry Consulting
based in Chorley, UNITED KINGDOM
Crowberry Consulting Ltd - an environment, ethics and corporate responsibility management consultancy based in the North West of England. Founded by Becky Toal, Chartered Environmentalist, Full member of IEMA, registered environmental auditor. Services include CSR reporting, environmental management systems, environmental auditing, sustainable procurement strategy and ...
Envitech Europe
based in Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM
Envitech Europe, Development Manufacturing and Establishment Environmental, Meteorological and Hydrological Monitoring Systems in the following areas: Ambient Air Quality Monitoring; Continues Emission Monitoring; Meteorological Monitoring; Water Quality; Monitoring; Hydrological Monitoring; Toxic Gas Monitoring; Noise Monitoring; Radiation Monitoring.
based in Newburgh, Cupar, UNITED KINGDOM
Ecodyn works in a wide range of environmental disciplines but our clients are predominantly in the commercial, construction or public sectors. Commercial sector projects include resource efficiency and environmental management projects, mainly for manufacturing industry; in construction we are one of Scotland's foremost sustainable construction consultancies, particularly ...
Praj Industries Ltd
based in Pune, INDIA
Turnkey projects for Industrial fermentation and alternative feedstock for ethanol production. Praj is a globally leading Company with a number of processes and systems for ethanol and biodiesel production to its credit. With references in more than 45 countries across 5 continents, Praj provides holistic solutions encompassing range of technologies and systems for ...
based in London, UNITED KINGDOM
Ricardo-AEA`s vision is to be recognised, by Governments and International Agencies, as a leading provider of analysis, advice, and data on economically sustainable solutions for the most pressing global energy and environmental challenges. In the chemical safety market, our industry leading solutions are delivered by the award winning NCEC. Operating across the world, we ...
The CarbonNeutral Company
based in London, UNITED KINGDOM
Over 13 years experience in carbon offset programmes which reduce emissions, increase revenue, manage costs and engage stakeholders. Every organisation – from services though to manufacturing - produces global warming gases as a by-product of doing business. And there's a CO2 'footprint' too, from customers using products and services – taking a flight, driving a car, ...
GE Analytical Instruments
based in Boulder, COLORADO (USA)
GE Analytical Instruments, a division of GE Water & Process Technologies is a leading global manufacturer of Total Organic Carbon (TOC) Analyzers. We also offer Boron and Nitric Oxide Analyzers, Oil-on-Water Monitoring Systems, and other water quality measurement instruments through the GE, Sievers, and Leakwise brands. These state-of-the-art instruments are designed and ...
based in Danbury, CONNECTICUT (USA)
Praxair, Inc., a Fortune 250 company, is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America and one of the largest worldwide. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings. Praxair products, services and technologies are making our planet more productive by bringing efficiency and ...
Peter Brett Associates (PBA)
based in Reading, UNITED KINGDOM
Peter Brett Associates LLP is a leading development and infrastructure consultancy. We provide trusted advice to create value from the land and buildings owned or operated by our clients. Together, we create better places for the communities in which we work. We amalgamate our skills across a broad range of disciplines, from engineering and planning to regeneration and ...
Aardvark EM Limited
based in Taunton, UNITED KINGDOM
Aardvark EM Limited has developed a reputation for delivering innovative environmental projects for both the public and private sectors. Environmental and regulatory pressures have led to clients requiring our advice on increasingly larger and more complex projects in both the urban and the rural sectors. This has required a commercial approach and input from several of ...
based in Princeton, NEW JERSEY (USA)
The market mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol have created significant opportunities for the development of projects that result in GHG emissions reductions or carbon credits. Similarly, other schemes worldwide create opportunities to develop projects that result in offsets to emissions reductions targets, e.g., the Canadian Domestic Offset Program and various voluntary ...
Gulf Coast Environmental Systems, LLC
based in Conroe, TEXAS (USA)
Gulf Coast Environmental Systems (GCES) is your custom solutions provider for pollution control systems, industrial ovens, systems engineering and field support worldwide. Our unique approach is to analyze your process stream and business objectives and propose an ideal solution or range of options to help you optimize these objectives. GCES is a one-stop shop: we provide ...
Locus Technologies
based in Mountain View, CALIFORNIA (USA)
Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Locus' principal focus is environmental and energy information management offered through a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform. Since its founding in 1997, Locus has believed in the power of the Internet to manage all aspects of the environmental business, leading us to invest in the development of a comprehensive suite of ...
Pentol-Enviro AG
based in Basel, SWITZERLAND
Pentol has become the leading European manufacturer of:Fuel oil additives for crude and heavy fuel oil fired.power stations, petrochemical plants and refineries,Flue Gas Conditioning for coal fired power stations we started to develop and produce additives and the corresponding dosing equipment. Today we are market leader for flue gas conditioning systems in Europe and a ...


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Translation of hairpin in Spanish:
- (before noun) hairpin turn or curve (US) or (British) bendcurva (feminine) muy cerradaExample sentences
- Spark some interest with an ornate hairpin, barrette or ponytail holder like these 24k gold-dipped pieces.
- This is a holiday hairstyle where decorative hairpins are a must!
- Women can't use hairpins to keep their hair together; it's too painful.
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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
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Thursday, July 23, 2015
Bryant Park Reading Room: Writers Workshop - Short Story 1.0
at Reading Room (in Bryant Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Pen your own story, poem, or screenplay, at these writers workshops guaranteed to improve and perfect your writing.
Category: Education, Talks
Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor
at 35th Avenue and Cross Island Parkway (in Crocheron Park), Queens
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
The Hip to Hip Theatre Company presents Shakespeare's work.
Category: Best for Kids, Theater, Free Summer Theater, Shakespeare in the Parks
WBO Summer Talent Show
at Williamsbridge Oval Recreation Center (in Williamsbridge Oval), Bronx
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Showcase your talent! We are looking for singers, dancers, jugglers, comedians—anything that entertains!
Category: Concerts, Dance, Art
Inwood Shakespeare Festival: Henry IV
at The Peninsula (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
The Inwood Shakespeare Festival was conceived and developed by Ted Minos as a way to bring free professional theatre and music to the Northern Manhattan…
Category: Festivals, Theater, Free Summer Theater, Shakespeare in the Parks
NY Classical: Shakespeare's Measure for Measure
at Castle Clinton (in The Battery), Manhattan
7:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
Once a free and open society, Vienna is bitterly divided between high morals and the greed of commerce. Disguised as a monk, the Duke wanders the land, prying into the daily lives of…
Category: Theater, Free Summer Theater, Shakespeare in the Parks
Disco Inferno
at George Seuffert Bandshell (in Forest Park), Queens
7:30 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Put on your boogie shoes and enjoy the music that still makes people get up and shake their groove things!
Category: Concerts, Dance, Best for Kids, Free Summer Concerts, Seniors
Zumba Under the Stars with Lisa G aka RockaZumbaWay
at Seaside Playground, Queens
7:30 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
Get in shape with this popular form of exercise and dance, which combines Latin and African dance steps.
Category: Dance, Fitness
Waterfront Concert Series 2015: Michael Patrick's Ring of Fire Band
at Astoria Park Lawn (in Astoria Park), Queens
7:30 p.m.–9:00 p.m.
The tribute show will honor and pay homage to one of their musical icons - Mr. Johnny Cash!
Category: Concerts, Free Summer Concerts, Waterfront
Seaside Summer Concerts 2015 Festival: Starship Featuring Mickey Thomas
at MCU Park, Brooklyn
7:30 p.m.–9:30 p.m.
Enjoy performances by 80s rock band Starship featuring Mickey Thomas and garage rock band The Lord Calverts.
Category: Concerts, Free Summer Concerts
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
at Richard Rodgers Amphitheater (in Marcus Garvey Park), Manhattan
8:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
The Classical Theatre of Harlem presents The Tempest, by William Shakespeare at the Richard Rodgers Amphitheater in Marcus Garvey Park.
Category: Theater, Shakespeare in the Parks
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The Atlanta Braves boast a system loaded with young, extremely talented pitching that could form the foundation for their next extended run of contending play in the NL East. Even with a pitcher like Mike Minor already graduated from prospect status, the Braves offer a stable of young arms that rival any in the game today, and that cadre of hurlers is led by fire-balling right-hander Julio Teheran.
1. Julio Teheran (RHP)
Teheran is one of the elite pitching prospects in the game. His 2011 MLB debut may have left some wanting to see more from the young right-hander, but for scouts it cemented the fact that he has true front of the rotation stuff. His fastball will sit around 92-95 mph and he can touch as high 97 or 98. Teheran also throws a curveball, slider and change-up, with his change-up standing out the most, though all three project as average or better.
2. Arodys Vizcaino (RHP)
Some scouts I spoke with this summer were so bold as to put Vizcaino right there with Teheran in terms of overall projection. His fastball can match Teheran's heater and he has touched as high as 98 mph in short stints. His curveball is a true plus pitch that can be a dominating out pitch when he uses it appropriately. Though Vizcaino could be a very good #2 starter, he may move to the bullpen to help Atlanta in the short term, where he profiles as an elite back of the game pitcher.
3. Randall Delgado (RHP)
Delgado's stuff sits a full tick behind that of Teheran and Vizcaino and that step down leaves him profiles as more of a #3 starter for the Braves. However, he is the most polished of the three big guns in this system and he could step into the back of the Braves' rotation on Opening Day 2012.
4. Christian Bethancourt (C)
Previously a polarizing prospect among scouts, Bethancourt received nearly universal praise throughout the 2011 season. He has tremendous catch and throw skills with some scouts projecting him as a 70-grade defender when all is said and done. His bat took a step forward this year though some still question just how much he will hit. He has pop in his bat and some scouts quietly mentioned that Bethancourt reminded them of former Braves backstop Javy Lopez for his power and defensive prowess.
5. Andrelton Simmons (SS)
Coming out of college, Simmons was surrounded by questions about his offensive potential and unanimous glowing praise for his defense and arm strength. The questions about his bat were so significant that some teams liked him better on the mound. Simmons glove and arm both earn 70s on the 20-80 scouting scale. His bat has surprised since signing as he has shown an ability to hit for solid average thanks to solid contact skills. He could be a first division player at shortstop and he could be ready before the end of the 2012 season.
6. Tyler Pastornicky (SS)
Pastornicky is the lone player standing in the way of Simmons debut in Atlanta. He could enter spring training with a chance at the starting job and while he lacks blow you away tools he should be a solid big league player. He is a high energy, excellent makeup player that has drawn comparisons to Willie Bloomquist form more than one scout. He should be a solid defender at shortstop and while he won't hit a ton, there may be enough there to be a second division regular or very good utility player.
7. Sean Gilmartin (LHP)
The Braves top pick in June, Gilmartin could move through the system with lightning speed. The lefty features an average fastball with solid movement, a workable slider and a plus-plus change-up that can be a swing-and-miss offering thanks in part to his ability to set hitters up. He commands all three pitches exceptionally well and he could be a #3 starter in short order.
8. Edward Salcedo (3B)
Salcedo has exceptional makeup and a desire to improve that will help his impressive tools play up even more. His bat will carry him as he owns a short quick swing with explosive power potential. He has a knack for hitting that should eventually let his power be realized. Due to below-average speed, Salcedo moved to third base where he should be able to settle in and be successful as a defender. It won't come quickly for such a raw talent, but Salcedo could be an impact big leaguer down the line.
9. Matt Lipka (OF)
Lipka was the Braves top pick in 2010 and despite middling results scouts still believe he can be a very good big league player. The Braves moved him to the outfield during Instructional League where many scouts believe he profiled better anyway. As he gains strength, Lipka projects for tons of doubles and average power to go along with above-average hitting ability. Lipka is a highly instinctual player and a proverbial baseball rat that should be able to get the most out of his tools.
10. Zeke Spruill (RHP)
After up and down performances over the last few years, Spruill settled in during the 2011 season as he began trusting the natural movement on his sinker that he can run up to 94 mph. Both his slider and change-up show potential. If he continues to trust his stuff Spruill could become a mid rotation starter in the Derek Lowe mold.
11. Joseph Terdoslavich (1B)
One of the Braves biggest prospect risers in 2011, Terdoslavich can flat out hit the baseball. His natural hitting skills rival those of anyone in the Atlanta system. Despite the results, Terdoslavich lacks the power projection many like from the position. He has a slim chance to be a second-division starter though that profile may not come with the Braves now that Freddie Freeman is entrenched at first base in Atlanta.
12. Carlos Perez (LHP)
Perez was one of the Braves most maddening prospects for evaluators this summer as he displayed so much inconsistency that it was hard to get a good read on him. His delivery has a lot of moving parts and plenty of effort and while he has some feel for a change-up and breaking ball, both are a significant step from being reliable offerings. His fastball can work consistently in the low-90s and if he brings it all together he could be a mid-rotation lefty.
13. Nick Ahmed (SS)
Ahmed had a rough spring at UConn after suffering a collapsed lung following a collision at first base. He has the defensive chops to stick at shortstop and he has enough potential with the bat that most scouts believe he could play there every day. He has the grinder mentality that organizations love and if the everyday skills don't completely come together he should be a fine utility option.
14. Brandon Drury (3B)
A mid-round choice by the Braves in 2010, Drury transitioned some of his raw talent to the field in 2011; a little quicker than many scouts thought he would put things together. He has an uncanny knack for contact and could develop above-average home run power as he fills out his 6-foot-2 frame. Drury is a well below-average runner but he his reactions work at third base and he should stick there long term.
15. Todd Cunningham (OF)
Many scouts see Cunningham as a bit of a tweener. He is a solid-average runner with very good instincts, though he is stretched as an everyday center fielder. With a below-average arm he profiles best defensively in left field. Cunningham should hit for some average, possibly peaking as a .280-.285 hitter with modest power. His offensive profile lacks some of the juice required for an outfield corner but he should have an MLB career as at least a very good fourth outfielder.


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Holiday Surf & Racquet Club
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Thumbs up!!!!!!
I can not express how happy we have been with Holiday Surf. Our family have been staying there for the past 5 years. We are still in tears at the damage that Ivan caused, and that our reservations have been cancelled. We will be back next year! Just the place to take your family, and the beach is right there. The staff is great. I do highly recommend Holiday Surf for your next visit to Destin.
Nice place to stay
Very impressed with the location of this condo. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Although the pool was small in size it was very well maintained. Free use of the Bar-BQ pits was nice while you have idle chat with other guess. Noticed most guess have been coming to Holiday Surf for many years. The Holiday Surf is a nice place for a family vacation and well recommended. Our family looks forward to future vacations at The Holiday Surf in the years to come.
Can't say enough great things
Best place in Destin! Our family has been staying at Holiday Surf and Racquet Club since 1986! It is located in the older developed areas.
Unlike many of the new and larger places, HSRC provides more beach for the guests and a safe place for families. It is a great place for families with small children who can play on the beach and not be at risk of being trampled on or hard to keep an eye on. Even though it is an older development, the units are updated and very clean. The front desk staff are wonderful and always make us feel as if we are at our second home. They even remember our childrens names! I would recommend, and do when ever I can, to anyone visiting Destin with families or just wanting to relax and get away from the busy schedules of everyday life.
I didn't even mention the low rates! A friend told me that they paid twice as much as I did for the same week because HSRC was booked up. We would never stay anywhere else! We don't even go to anywhere besides Destin because we know we can beat the vacation we have when we are there.
I always stay at Holiday Surf and Racquet
My family and I have been traveling to Destin EVERY Labor Day weekend for the past 8 years. We have never stayed anywhere but the Holiday Surf and Racquet Club. The staff is wonderful and the rooms are always nice. I dont think I would ever stay anywhere else!
Nice, laid-back older condo development
The Holiday Surf and Racquet Club is an older condo development in the Holiday Isle section of Destin. It has been certainly been kept up to date. The pool area was really nice... the beach was beautiful with the umbrella and chairs furnished...our one-bedroom condo was pretty and nicely furnished...all condos face the ocean....extremely affordably priced. Since most condos are individually owned, it is a good idea to discuss with the management what your expectations and needs are for the condo when you make your reservations. It is our experience that condos in the same complex can vary greatly. Ours was a non-smoking one. I asked for one that had been refurbished during the last couple of years.
An Emerald Coast Jewel
This was our first time staying in Destin. We have traveled to various Florida destinations over the past years, and decided to stay in Destin this year. Like many people these days, we relied on the internet for lodging help. Their website is wonderful. As you will find the facility is super clean and the staff is very friendly. We did not have any complaints to share. The condo is located ocean-front but off of the main strip, which is very desirable due to heavy traffic. We would recommend Holiday Surf & Racquet Club to any family wanting a clean, affordable, and friendly place to stay.
Great things about Holiday Surf and Racquet Club
The best things about Holiday Surf and Racquet club are these:
1. The view! Everyone can sit on their own screened-in balcony and look at the beautiful beach. I love eating out there and everything!
2. On the beach, you get a beach umbrella and 2 beach chairs included in your rental fee! This is a priceless perk! You don't have to lug your own!
3. There is even an air pump at the pool that blows up your floats lickety-split! What a bonus!
4. There is a video rental store in the lobby--grrreat!
5. Our unit had a t.v. and a v.c.r. in both the bedroom and the living room. One for you and one for the kids! Yay!
6. The location of it is great because you are near the best restaurants, attractions, and shopping centers! I need to stop now, because we don't visit until August, and I can't wait!
The only bad things are:
1. The bathroom vanity is so small you can't put hardly any stuff on it (rollers, hair dryer, etc..)--in the one-bedroom unit, anyway. Just bring an extension cord with you and use the dresser in the bedroom instead.
2. Sometimes the elevator is so far from your unit that you have to walk up several flights of stairs to come in from the beach.
3. The laundry rooms are only on 2 floors--and you want to be on one of those floors!
The good definitely weighs out the bad!
Very nice Staff
THe People that work for Holiday Surf & Racquet Club are very pleasant and helpful. I would recommend the place to all my friends.
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Great resort! The area is stunning and the employees at the resort are the best. Thanks Holiday Surf- I'll be back again!
Wonderful experiance
This was a trip that will not be forgotten. The experiance was that of a tropical vacation that went by to quickly. The view was amazing, the service, facilities, food were all exceptional and top notch. The beaches are clean, soft sand and the water is unbelievable and emerald green/blue, and its all a few foot steps from your room! Fishing is out of this world! the largest charter fishing fleet is located here in Destin, and the surf and peer fishing offers great oportunities as well. The Big game fishing is not far off shore either, as the gulf here is blessed with deep water not to far out and deep caynon's where sordfish, and marlins roam.There is other things to do too. The shoping is a never ending event in itself if you wish, with huge outlet malls galor! tourist attractions, Gulfarium animal/marine show, a zoo withing a short driving distance, amusment/water parks etc..This is a tourist paradise and the Holiday Inn Surf made it that much better...the location can not get any better and again: the people, staff, facility, food, on-site activites, informative and easy to navigate website and of coarse the view is absolutely top notch....does not get any better.
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... and Mississippi. It mostly follows the gulf along with all the bayous along the way. There are these great stilt houses on both sides of the road, and water is everywhere. All of the stilt houses look new since we were here in 2001. Most were destroyed in one of the hurricanes that had passed through since then. They were still great to look at.
Once we reached Mississippi, the rain started to fall. ...
Ochlockonee River
... I take so long to get in the water in Cayman. Invigorating and so beautiful. Such a strong current I was so so tired swimming back and had to swim hard! I could have stayed in there for so much longer as it was so beautiful - although I may have froze. My insides felts cold when Ingot out of the water. I felt as though My inner head and ears were frozen! Luckily it was normal as Jonathan had ...
Jordan plans our 2-days off!!
... in the career Jordan is in, we don't get to travel much for pleasure or places we want to see necessarily. He did some research of places we could get to fast and still have a ton of fun, which ended with us packing our bags to go to St. Augustine, FL! Here is where the adventure begins!! ...
Disappointing Destin
... into the kitchen as quietly and clean as possible. We were greeted by a tiny little dog who was smaller than Jess and very anxious, he had a barking collar on which I think sends little bit of pain to his throat when he barks which is sad. We left to go to the beach which is meant to be one of the best in America. We arrived at the beach and the Sand was pure white and the sea turquoise which was lovely, ...
... porch for reading time....alone. The gals "herded" a bit but traded off to also have some private time. The best part for me always, is sitting on the beach watching all the action to the rhythmical sounds of the ocean..
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Definición de rendezvous en inglés:
sustantivo (plural igual )
1A meeting at an agreed time and place, typically between two people.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- Not many get the chance to have a rendezvous with the 1980 All England badminton champion.
- While we're at it, we should throw in the fact that he so vividly recounts a rendezvous with an Antiguan immigration officer.
- The contestants had a rendezvous with the 'super cop' himself, the City Police Commissioner.
meeting, appointment, assignation
informal date, dirty weekend
literary tryst
1.1A place used for a rendezvous.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- It's a marital rendezvous, a meeting place for Paul and me after one of his weeks away.
- We always have our annual spring picnic at our secret rendezvous which is at Central Park.
- University campuses became the rendezvous of students' organizations.
1.2A place, typically a bar or restaurant, that is used as a popular meeting place.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- Sissi House may sound like a camp rendezvous but this charming 17th century Jdeide mansion is a cut glass restaurant.
verbo (rendezvouses /-ˌvo͞oz/, rendezvoused /-ˌvo͞od/, rendezvousing /-ˌvo͞oiNG/)[no object]
Meet at an agreed time and place: I rendezvoused with Bea as planned
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- After the bell finally rang, dismissing the classes and flooding the halls with ravenous students, the two friends met in the corner of the hallway where they had rendezvoused for the past semester.
- That evening we rendezvoused with a rambunctious fisherman who had motored down to meet us from his home in Pelican.
- Before we know it, they have, indeed, rendezvoused at Dulles airport.
meet, come together, gather, assemble
Late 16th century: from French rendez-vous! 'present yourselves!', imperative of se rendre.
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Swing-vote Snowe on Reid 'mega-bill' strategy: "You give people plenty of reasons to vote against this" by combining energy and climate legislation
Apparently Henry Waxman (D-CA) has sold both Harry Reid (D-NV) and the White House on the strategy of having a mega-bill that combines climate and energy legislation. This post explains why I believe that is both a tactical and strategic mistake.
E&E News PM (subs. req'd) reports tonight:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) confirmed today that he will package energy and global warming measures together into one large bill for consideration later this year, a decision that should put to rest questions about whether Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill have different strategies for one of President Obama's top agenda items.
Reid gave only a one-word answer — "yes" — when asked whether he planned to wrap a cap-and-trade bill together with separate bills establishing a nationwide renewable electricity standard (RES) and promotion of a modernized grid that can improve energy efficiency, reliability and renewable energy management.
There are three reasons this is a bad idea — two that are obvious to all, one that is apparently not. First, the climate bill is huge and complicated and uber-controversial and will be exceedingly difficult to get to Obama's desk this year according to everybody I talk to (see "Breaking: Sen. Boxer makes clear U.S. won't pass a climate bill this year"). So that means we are delaying important clean energy and smart-green grid bills that could otherwise probably get passed by the end of the summer (and quickly start help Obama meet his crucial promise of doubling renewable power in his first term):
But not everyone is on the same page.
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) said earlier today that he wants to mark up the energy and "smart grid" legislation next month and he still has doubts whether a cap-and-trade bill can move within the same timeframe. "I hate to see all of that sort of held hostage until we can get agreement on a cap-and-trade bill," he told reporters today.
Second, and more importantly, the climate bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation that any Congress will ever consider. You don't want to add stuff to it that will lose votes or give people an excuse to vote against it. The RES in particular may prove unpopular with people who might otherwise be inclined to vote for the climate bill — since the whole point of a cap and trade is that you don't force everybody to do exactly the same thing, whereas the point of the RES is that every state is being mandated to adopt the same percentage of renewable power.
Remember, we aren't trying to get conservative GOP votes here. That is, sadly, hopeless (see "Hill conservatives reject all 3 climate strategies and embrace Rush Limbaugh"). We are trying to keep all the conservative Democrats in line and get the few remaining swing Republicans who are open to serious climate action. The former may not like the RES or who knows what else gets stuffed in on the energy side. And at least one of those swing Republicans doesn't seem to like this idea:
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), a critical swing vote for Democrats as they pursue Obama's agenda, said she was not aware of Reid's new position on combining energy and climate. Even so, she said she had some concerns with the approach. "I think you have to be careful not to make things such mega-bills," she said. "You give people plenty of reasons to vote against this."
Third, and apparently inside-the-Beltway Democrats just don't seem to get this — but the public and the media and most opinion makers are still stuck in the frame of mind set by the last president. Eight years of denial and muzzling of climate scientists, coupled with everybody's obvious attention being focused increasingly on the dire economic situation for the past six months, means climate change has fallen off of the radar as a top-tier issue.
Getting the kind of strong climate legislation that will be needed to avert catastrophe will require all of the messaging skills of President Obama and his team, which are necessarily focused elsewhere for the next few months. In short, as I've said many times, Obama can get a better climate bill in 2010 — but only if congressional leaders work with him to make that possible. Rushing through complicated mega-bells in the next two or three months mean we will inevitably end up with a weaker bill, indeed, a too-weak bill (see Sen. Bingaman doubts "the votes are there this year to pass" a bill like Boxer-Lieberman-Warner).
Here is the rest of the E&E News PM story:
As recently as last week, Reid had spoken of splitting the energy and climate items up into at least three different bills, with the energy provisions moving forward first while holding back on the global warming measure for the late summer. Reid did not elaborate today on his change of plans, and his spokesman, Jim Manley, declined further comment.
But sources tracking the Capitol Hill climate debate said Reid's shift came after a month of intense lobbying for the one-bill strategy that originated with House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.).
Waxman first convinced House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on his approach. Pelosi, in turn, got approval from the Obama White House before pitching Reid the idea earlier this week during their weekly conference meeting.
Pelosi went public with her endorsement of Waxman's strategy Tuesday. "I would like to see one bill, which is the energy bill with the cap and trade and the grid piece," she told reporters. "They're the three elements that we have to pass more fully. I'd like to see it as one bill."
As far as timing, Pelosi and Reid have both promised floor votes this year on the global warming and energy measures, though they have been less clear about exactly when that may occur. Waxman has pledged a committee markup by Memorial Day, fueling speculation his measure could be handled by other committees that have jurisdiction on the issue and still be ready for the floor before lawmakers break for their summer recess in August.
Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill today would only point to Waxman's Memorial Day schedule.
In the Senate, Reid had previously said he wanted to hold a floor debate in the spring on energy, while holding back on the climate bill until later this summer.
"This is a big beast, you can't predict the timing," said one former Senate Democratic aide.
Different views on one-bill strategy
There is plenty of different opinions about the one-, two- or even three-bill strategy on and off Capitol Hill.
"Personally, I think they go hand in hand," Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (D-Mass.) said in an interview today. "I'm very comfortable putting them together."
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) advocated for the combination strategy as well, saying it helps lawmakers grasp the entire picture of what they are voting on. "You can adjust one in order to compensate for changes you might want to make in another," Boucher said. "It does create a broader opportunity for balanced legislating. So I think it's a better way to do it that way."
Anna Aurilio, director of the Washington office of Environment America, said the logistics of the energy and climate legislation should be secondary to passing a measure as fast as possible. That said, she backs a single bill. "We want to get it done," she said. "If it moves together, if it moves separately, we want to get it done. The urgency of solving the problem is paramount, so obviously enacting one bill is easier than enacting separate bills."
… And Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) also found fault in taking energy and climate change up in one package.
"It's an enormous undertaking," Kyl said. "And I don't think we're anywhere close to having the information necessary to pull all of this off. There's a great error being made here that we really know how to make all this stuff work. It's a bit like running the banking and financial institutions. If you're comfortable with the way we do that, well, then maybe you're comfortable with the way we run the energy system of the entire country. I think not."
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OTOH tying together carbon reduction and new equipment subsidies may be the only way to get private utilities to stop fighting the inevitable.
How is this not a recipe for disaster? Even if the Republicans still love fossil fuels and hate renewables, the public broadly supports clean energy — RPS and grid legislation are easy to sell (truthfully) as advancing clean energy in a big way and should be able to pick up a lot of popular support. But hardly anybody outside the wonks even understands the basics of "cap & trade" (heaven knows, I'm certainly still confused over some of the policy issues) – without a massive preparatory sales job to build public understanding and defuse the obvious, obligatory Republican attack (it's a TAX!) it's just going to sink under its own weight and complexities if introduced this term, and will take down with it anything attached to it.
We should do an energy security bill, which mitigates AGW (while protecting food & water security) now! We can make significant progress on mitigating AGW without "cap & trade" and/or "taxing carbon" directly to mitigate AGW.
Great article! I hope they go back to breaking it apart after its apparent the all in one thing won't get passed, I hate to see the time wasted.
I wish they would do it separately too. Energy bills first. We can pass them now we finally have 60 votes this year.
Then try for cap and trade, or even better, a simple massive carbon tax/offset by equally massive payroll tax deduction.
But you are wrong about this:
"We are trying to keep all the conservative Democrats in line and get the few remaining swing Republicans who are open to serious climate action. The former may not like the RES or who knows what else gets stuffed in on the energy side."
For the last two decades, every time the Renewable Energy Standard came up for a vote, ALL the Democrats voted FOR it.
(And the two ladies from Maine.)
Great post! I appreciated……………….
The Obama Administration must also immediately require that any federal action consider mitigating AGW under NEPA. States must be required do the same under their NEPA equivalents e.g., SEPA where there is a federal relationship. This requirement must cover laws such as the CAA (e.g., GHG emissions), CWA, ESA, etc. and be executed by all federal entities such as EPA, DOI (e.g., leases for resource extraction), USDA, DOE (including FERC), HUD. A focus of NEPA must be evaluating all alternatives with an emphasis on mitigating AGW while ensuring energy, water, and food security and protecting the environment. Alternatives, when appropriate, must consider conservation and efficiency. This approach, along with an energy bill that mitigates AGW can go a long way without cap and trade and/or carbon taxing. And, it can be done now!
I am going to disagree with the split it back out idea, for two reasons. First, energy policy is climate policy, which in turn is economic policy, etc. The reason we've largely failed to make systemic change is because we keep niggling away the individual pieces, not tackling the whole thing. The same approach, incedently, is what allowed the housing bubble and the credit bubble to be created and then popped.
Second, if you run it through as a mega bill, you make it easier to identify those who oppose progress, and are happy to let things continue their downward spiral. Once so identified, they become better targets in the next election.
NEPA already covers all those laws – it's one reason Environmental Impact Statements are thousand's of pages long, instead of the 10 to 20 pages they were in the early 70's when NEPA came out. Granted, not all agencies are good at fulfilling all their NEPA responsibilities, but that's not because the laws are bad.
They are inter-related e.g., getting a CWA or CAA permit triggers NEPA. Also, taking a federal action that doesn't require such a permit e.g., leasing lands for oil & gas drilling triggers NEPA. The key is that federal action triggers NEPA (even funding) and it can be used to aggressively mitigate AGW and enforce ESA.
A combined package of cap/trade and/or carbon tax and a progressive energy bill will not make it through the Senate – pass a progressive energy bill, which mitigates AGW. We need to demonstrate that the US is serious about AGW mitigation.
What's "AGW?"
Nailed it, nailed it, nailed it. I blogged on this about a month ago and came to the same conclusion. We need way more thought, tactical analysis and strategy on Cap and Trade/Tax before congress can do anything meaningful. Why the trade vs tax semantics debate could kill the whole bill, dividends or not. Folks may also be forgetting that if the anti-RPS crowd pulls the "states rights" argument out of their hat, then RPS could face tremendous headwinds.
Slow and steady wins the race (but not glacial slow).


text: New Zealand Discovers that Alcohol is Often Featured in Music VideosCaity Weaver6/19/12 9:01pmFiled to: Booze NewsBoozeStudiesNew ZealandUniversity of otagor&bHip Hoprhythm and bluesAlcoholGettypic14EditInvite manuallyPromoteDismissUndismissHideShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink A recent study out of New Zealand, a Middle-earth soaked through to its very core with mead, has discovered that alcohol is often depicted in music videos.Researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington who felt like watching music videos decided to compare alcohol content in music videos from 2005 and 2010. They analyzed 1,425 videos total (a normal wine-fueled Youtube night, haha, right?) but found that only one genre demonstrated a significant increase in the percentage of videos featuring alcohol content: that old "Rhythm and Blues." (Another way of interpreting this finding: If not for R&B, researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington would have watched 1,425 music videos for no reason. This way they watched 1,425 music videos for virtually no reason.) Advertisement Future generations will note the period between 2005 (alcohol content of R&B videos: 12% or 24 proof) and 2010 (alcohol content of R&B videos: 30% or 60 proof) as that which sparked the world's swift descent into alcoholism/party rockin'. Videos of the Hippity Hoppity and Rhythm and Blues varieties were observed to contain the highest percentages of alcohol references, a finding that, researchers note, "fits with the findings of other international studies." Sponsored Never hurts to double check, though. Never know when New Zealand will surprise you. Researchers found that, of the 2010 music videos that depicted individuals getting tippled, one third showed the main artist "involved" with alcohol, proving that not even popular music stars are immune to alcohol's seductive charms. The worst part: it was damn dirty foreigners doing most of the drinking. Videos by international artists were more likely to include alcohol than those by New Zealand musicians and, though the report did not say this, probably also more likely to contain dangerously high levels of swag. In order to protect the children of New Zealand from the hooch-glorifying ditties of Hip Hop and Rhythm and Blues, the authors of the study suggest restricting such videos to late night broadcast (for air only after all the youths have poured themselves into bed), or instituting a standard by which any program that receives government funding be banned from portraying or even referencing alcohol use. Advertisement They also advocate higher alcohol taxes, a move that will surely make them very popular. [University of Otago, Wellington via Medical Xpress // Image via Getty]Reply14 repliesLeave a reply


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This was a lovely place to spend a week in Marrakesh. Younis, Naima and Hasni were such wonderful hosts and we were made to feel like family. On our first night we arrived quite late and hadn't eaten. To ensure we didn't get lost Youness walked us through the maze of narrow streets to show us the way to the square so we could find a restaurant. Whenever we came back to the riad, there was always mint tea ready for us and staff took the time to chat to us and answer any questions. Naima also taught us a new Arabic word every day! The rooms were nicely decorated, quite simple but very clean. When we were then it was cold at night but the heaters in the rooms kept us really cosy. The riad is blissfully quiet but as soon as you walk out the door you experience the buzz of the medina. If you are looking for a 5* property with all modcons (eg. tv etc.) then this isn't it, but if you are looking for a lovely haven of tranquility where you'll always be greeted with a warm welcome then this place is perfect. If you do stay here then be sure to have a dinner at the riad as our tagine was delicious and they made the evening dinner really atmospheric with candles everywhere. This place is a little gem!
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As Craig noted,
my talk from the Applied XML DevCon in Portland, OR last August is now online courtesy
of MSDN TV! It's in two
parts, here are links to part
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2. I had a great time at that show, and this was a really fun talk and had a big
impact on people (like Rich, who mentions it here). Lot's
of people at the show and via email have asked for more info about the ideas I talked
about. I haven't had time to write something up yet, I'm hoping to do it when I'm
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In multimedia applications, there has been an increasing interest in the use of quality measures based on human perception; however, research has not dealt with distortions due to geometric transformations. In this paper, we propose a method to objectively assess the perceptual quality of geometrically distorted images, based on image features processed by human vision. The proposed approach is a full-reference image quality metric focusing on the problem of local geometric distortions and is based on the use of Gabor filters that have received considerable attention because the characteristics of certain cells in the visual cortex of some mammals can be approximated by these filters. The novelty of the proposed technique is that it considers both the displacement field describing the distortion and the structure of the image. The experimental results show the good performances of the proposed metric.
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