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Today, America relies on oil, natural gas, coal, and nuclear to power our country. But, our aging infrastructure demands refurbishment to meet 21st century needs.
By Reinventing Fire, efficiency and renewables can end our addiction to fossil fuels, create the core industries of the new energy era, generate $5 trillion in new economic value, and enhance resilience and security. The best news: businesses who are ready to lead this transition can become more profitable and resilient.
Bottom line, it's all about the numbers: $5 trillion net in savings and support a 158% bigger U.S. economy by 2050, using no energy from coal, oil or nuclear.
Surprising, yes, but far from impossible. In fact, leading businesses are already moving in this direction. Here are Rocky Mountain Institute's "Top 10" surprising facts as we navigate the transition to the new energy era.
1) The U.S. transportation sector burns 13 million barrels of oil a day (half of it imported), at a cost of $2 billion. Personal transportation is now America's #2 consumer cost after housing, totaling $740 billion in 2009 and consuming, on average, 17.6% of household expenditures.
2) America's 120 million buildings consume 42% of the nation's energy—more than any other sector. If they were a country, they would rank third after China and the U.S., in primary energy use.
3) We spend more than $400 billion a year to heat and power buildings, even more than the government spends on Medicare.
4) U.S. industry employs almost 131 million people and generates more than 40% of U.S. GDP, but uses roughly one-fourth of the nation's total energy per year.
5) 86% of U.S. electricity is generated in large, centralized power plants.
6) Efficiency efforts plus switching from oil and coal and one-third less natural gas to renewable energy would save a net $5.0 trillion.
7) A $2.0 trillion investment to make cars, trucks and planes more efficient, and more effectively used would save $5.8 trillion.
8) Buildings' energy use can be 40–60% more efficient in 2050 than today—despite 70% more floorspace.
9) U.S. industry can produce about 84% more output with 9–13% less energy—without mandates or breakthroughs in innovation.
10) We can capture and integrate the renewable energy needed to meet 80% or more of our electricity needs by 2050.
So whether you care most about profits and jobs, or national security, or environmental stewardship, climate, and health, Reinventing Fire makes sense and makes money.
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Excellent information - love the graphic. Point # 2 is confusing though. It refers to America consuming more than China and the US. What is this supposed to say? Thanks for the great work on this! I'm looking forward to the book. I thoroughly enjoyed Winning the Oil Endgame!
Cant wait for the new book to come out! I agree with Brandon, the second point is worded somewhat strange, Im not exactly sure what you are trying to say there.
Brandon and Eric, thank you for the comments. I'm a consultant in RMI's electricity practice. Point #2 was trying to convey the massive energy use of the U.S. building stock by drawing a comparison among total energy use of different countries. If you consider the U.S. building stock as its own country (an admittedly strange concept) and compare the energy use of the U.S. building stock with the total energy use of other countries, then the U.S. building stock would still use more energy than every country except China and the U.S. Does that clarify it?
On the "Reinventing Fire"Dear Mr. Lovins,I love the head line, Reinventing Fire. Please consider the full wedge of CO2e that NON-Combustion, thermal conversion Biochar systems could deliver your program.Hunter spoke on Biochar at the 2010 US Biochar conference at ISU ;http://www.biorenew.iastate.edu/events/biochar2010.htmlA dream I've had for years is to base the coming carbon economy firmly on the foundation of top soils. My read of the agronomic history of civilization shows that the Kayopo Amazon Indians and the Egyptians were the only ones to maintain fertility for the long haul, millennium scales. Egypt has now forsaken their geologic advantage by building the Aswan dam, and are stuck, with the rest of us, in the soil C mining, NPK rat race to the bottom. Biochar viewed as soil Infrastructure; The old saw;"Feed the Soil Not the Plants" becomes;"Feed, Cloth and House the Soil, utilities included !".Free Carbon Condominiums with carboxyl group fats in the pantry and hydroxyl alcohol in the mini bar.Build it and the Wee-Beasties will come.Microbes like to sit down when they eat.By setting this table we expand husbandry to whole new orders & Kingdoms of life.( These oxidised surface charges; carbonyl. hydroxyl, carboxylic acids, and lactones or quinones, have as well a role as signaling substances towards bacteria, fungi and plants.)Black Swan of BiocharShort a nano material PV / thermoelectrical / ultracapasitating Black swan, What we can do now with "off the shelf" technology, what I proposed at the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, to the EPA chiefs of North America.The most cited soil scientist in the world, Dr. Rattan Lal at OSU, was impressed with this talk, commending me on conceptualizing & articulating the concept.Bellow the opening & closing text. A Report on my talk at CEC, and complete text & links are here:http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/biochar-policy/message/3233The Establishment of Soil Carbon as the Universal Measure of Sustainability The Paleoclimate Record shows agricultural-geo-engineering is responsible for 2/3rds of our excess greenhouse gases. The unintended consequence, the flowering of our civilization. Our science has now realized these consequences and has developed a more encompassing wisdom. Wise land management, afforestation and the thermal conversion of biomass can build back our soil carbon. Pyrolysis, Gasification and Hydro-Thermal Carbonization are known biofuel technologies, What is new are the concomitant benefits of biochars for Soil Carbon Sequestration; building soil biodiversity & nitrogen efficiency, for in situ remediation of toxic agents, and, as a feed supplement cutting the carbon foot print of livestock. Modern systems are closed-loop with no significant emissions. The general life cycle analysis is: every 1 ton of biomass yields 1/3 ton Biochar equal to 1 ton CO2e, plus biofuels equal to 1MWh exported electricity, so each energy cycle is 1/3 carbon negative.Beyond Rectifying the Carbon Cycle;Biochar systems Integrate nutrient management, serving the same healing function for the Nitrogen and Phosphorous Cycles.The Agricultural Soil Carbon Sequestration Standards are the royal road for the GHG Mitigation;The Bio-Refining Technologies to Harvest Carbon.The photosynthetic "capture" collectors are up and running all around us, the "storage" sink is in operation just under our feet, conversion reactors are the only infrastructure we need to build out. Carbon, as the center of life, has high value to recapitalize our soils. Yielding nutrient dense foods and Biofuels, Paying Premiums of pollution abatement and toxic remediation and the growing Dividend created by the increasing biomass of a thriving soil community.Since we have filled the air,filling the seas to full,soil is the only beneficial place left.Carbon to the Soil, the only ubiquitous and economic place to put it.
I agree with previous poster that #2 is akwardly worded.
In general, I think you are doing great work. I am concerned about the focus on air, car and truck efficiency instead of switching many of these miles to rail.I am also concerned about the high percentage you show for non-cropland biofuel in your proposed 2050 energy mix. I'm a small farmer, and our current industrial ag system is horribly energy (and water, and land) inefficient. It will be impossible to improve our energy situation using a system that requires ten calories of energy to produce one. You can call it non-cropland, but we will have to switch to a perennial-based agriculture, and that non-cropland can indeed produce food for humans when it is grass. I view the current efforts in Washington State to subsidize camelina production to make aviatin fuel as a sick joke and a waste of our limited capital resources.As to the comment on biochar. I've experimented extensively with biochar on my farm. it is organic matter (carbon) no more, no less. It may have a role in detoxification of soil, but over the long run, the solution to that is to stop putting the toxins on the land. Our situation will require effort and ingenuity over a prolonged period to get out of. Faith in technological silver bullets is in many ways responsible for our current mess. It is highly unlikely that one will appear to rescue us.
Hi! I would like to see links to more detailed discussions of the points made. For example, #6 claims a net savings of $6T for replacing coal and oil (and "1/3 less natural gas"?) to renewables, but I would like to know over what times scale, with what schedule of investment, and under what assumptions. Thank you for your work!
Yes, I agree with the others that Point #2 is confusing- seems like someone made an editing mistake (though I understand Eric's explanation below). Aside from that, kudos to the team for a great graphic that (otherwise) clearly displays a lot of information. It's fantastic that RMI is leading the way for businesses to make this shift, Lord knows the government isn't doing it! Hopefully once enough of the population shifts their thinking toward resource and energy efficiency, we'll reach a critical mass when all these fantastic ideas become the new norm.
Walter,You bring up a good point regarding the potential of rail as an efficient alternative transportation mode. I am a consultant with RMI and I coauthored the transportation chapter of Reinventing Fire. Item #7 above mentions the two key components to achieving a fossil-fuel-free U.S. transportation system. The first is design: making the cars, trucks, and planes that underpin that system more efficient. The second component involves using those vehicles more effectively, including utilization of alternative modes of travel when feasible. Rail played a key role in this portion of our analysis, primarily as a means of efficiently displacing freight miles normally serviced by trucks and planes.
Walter,Thank you for your comment regarding the use of non-cropland biofuels. I am a consultant with RMI and I worked on the biofuels analysis from which Reinventing Fire's conclusions are drawn. What we mean by "non-cropland" is not only using land that would otherwise be unsuitable for food production, but also using residues and waste from existing processes as biofuel feedstock. For example, inedible residues from agriculture, forestry, and processing mills, along with municipal waste, could provide nearly all the liquid fuel demand in the U.S. in 2050. Crops like camelina and switchgrass would also provide a substantial quantity of biomass and would be grown on land normally unsuitable for edible crops.The current U.S. agricultural system, as you mention, burns 10 calories of fossil fuel energy per calorie of food produced, a twenty-fold increase in the fossil fuel intensity of our food over the course of the last sixty years. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html) Prairie-imitating perennial agriculture could be one important component of transitioning our food system off fossil fuels for crops like rice and wheat, in turn potentially eliminating tillage, fertilizer, and herbicide. Regardless of whether the U.S. food system transitions to more organic techniques, however, residue from crop processing would be available for biofuel production, and would still offer an attractive means of converting waste into usable fuel. Any remaining demand could be filled by "dedicated energy crops" like camelina and switchgrass that could still be grown on land unsuitable for even perennialized edible grass crops so there is no adverse food vs. fuel competition.
RMI Outlet, Rocky Mountain Institute's blog, explores topics critical to RMI's mission to drive the efficient and restorative use of resources.


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France 1840 – 1917
1885-86 cast 1973
Description: for The burghers of Calais
Creation Notes: cast 1973 by Georges Rudier Foundry, Paris
Materials & Technique: sculptures, bronze Impression: 3/12
Edition: no.3 from an edition of 12, issued by Musée Rodin, Paris
Publisher: Musée Rodin
Place Published: Paris
Date Published: 1973
In 1347, nearly a year after Edward III of England began to besiege Calais, the city surrendered. The King agreed that six leading citizens should be handed over for execution to save the town from pillage. In The burghers of Calais Auguste Rodin shows the sacrificial victims, wearing sackcloth and with ropes around their necks, setting out to walk to the English camp.
Rodin's heroes are not shown in the usual grandiose poses but caught in the middle of sometimes indeterminate gestures, appropriate to starving men struggling with their readiness to die. Eustache de Saint Pierre, the oldest, bends forward; Jean d'Aire grasps a huge key to the city, his legs apart and his head up, defiant; Andrieu d'Andres clutches his head in despair. Rodin did not want the figures to be placed upon a pedestal but fixed to the paving stones, so that passers-by could draw inspiration from them as they elbowed past.
In September 1884 Rodin was approached for the monument's commission by the mayor of Calais and by November 1884 the artist had completed a maquette. Although the original plan was to represent only one of the burghers, Eustache de Saint Pierre, Rodin's maquette showed all six burghers.
Text © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2014
From: Collection highlights: National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 2014
In 1884 the Municipal Council of the town of Calais proposed the erection of a monument to celebrate an act of heroism by its citizens during the Hundred Years War. Calais in 1347 had been besieged by the forces of the English king, Edward III, and after a long and bitter resistance was forced to capitulate. Edwards agreed to spare the city if six of the town's leading citizens would surrender the keys to the city and their lives into his hands. Dressed in sackcloth and wearing nooses around their necks, the six volunteers walked to the English camp and presented themselves to the king. At the intercession of Edward's queen the six hostages were spared.
Rodin was approached with the proposal in September 1884 by the mayor of Calais, M. Omer Dewavrin, and by November 1884 the artist had completed a maquette for the monument. Although the original plan was to represent only one of the burghers, Eustache de Saint Pierre, the eldest burgher and the first to volunteer, Rodin's maquette showed all six burghers. And, rather than portraying the burghers as they confronted the English king, as was customary in earlier depictions of this episode, Rodin chose the moment when they are just setting out to walk to the English camp.
Later he told Paul Gsell:
I have not shown them grouped in a triumphant apotheosis, such a glorification of their heroism would not have corresponded to anything real. On the contrary, I have, as it were, threaded them one behind the other, because in the indecision of that last inner combat which ensues between their cause and their fear of dying, each of them is isolated in front of his conscience. They are still questioning themselves to know if they have the strength to accomplish the supreme sacrifice — their soul pushes them onward, but their feet refuse to walk. They drag themselves along painfully, as much because of the feebleness to which famine has reduced them as because of the terrifying nature of the sacrifice … If I have succeeded in showing how much the body, weakened by the most cruel sufferings, still holds on to life, how much power it still has over the spirit that is consumed with bravery, I congratulate myself on not having remained beneath the noble theme I have dealt with.1
The maquette was presented to the committee in January 1885, together with submissions by sculptors Emile François Chatrousse (1829-96) and Laurent-Honoré Marqueste (1848-1920). On 20 January Rodin was notified that he had been selected by the committee and on the 28th a contract was signed between the two parties.
The initial maquette for The burghers of Calais was first cast in bronze in 1970. The example in the Australian National Gallery's collection is the ninth of an edition of twelve and was cast by the Goddard Foundry, Paris, in 1974. A variant which includes the pedestal also exists in an edition of twelve bronze casts. The maquette in the Gallery's collection does not include the block-like pedestal that supported the figures when first presented to the Calais committee. This tall base was not developed further however, and was superseded by the more radical idea of placing the figures directly on the ground. Rodin elaborated this startlingly original notion to Paul Gsell:
I did not want a pedestal for these figures. I wanted them to be placed on, even affixed to, the paving stones of the square in front of the town hall in Calais so that it looked as if they were leaving in order to go to the enemy camp. In this way they would have been, as it were, mixed with the daily life of the town: passersby would have elbowed them, and they would have felt through this contact the emotion of the living past in their midst; they would have said to themselves: 'Our ancestors are our neighbours and our models, and the day when it will be granted to us to imitate their example, we would show that we have not degenerated from it ' … But the commissioning body understood nothing of the desires I expressed. They thought I was mad … Statues without a pedestal! Where had that ever been seen before? there must be a pedestal; there was no way of getting around it.2
Ultimately the Burghers were positioned, against Rodin's recommendation, on a pedestal of medium height designed by one of the members of the committee when the monument was finally inaugurated in 1895.
After the initial maquette for The burghers of Calais had been accepted by the committee Rodin began a second maquette, consisting of individual figures, which was displayed in Calais in August 1885. By then he had already started work on nude studies that exist for at least four of the six figures in the monument. In a letter of 14 July 1885 Rodin indicated that preliminary work on the nude studies was complete and that they were ready for enlargement: 'My nudes are done, that is to say the lower layer, and I am going to have them executed definitively, so as not to lose time. You see it is the part that is not seen that is the most important, and it is finished'.3 The Australian National Gallery has two life-size casts of the nude studies, Nude study for Jean d'Aire c.1885-86, and Nude study for Jean de Fiennes c.1885-86.In the account of the surrender of Calais given in the Chronicles of the fourteenth-century historian Jean Froissart, Jean d'Aire is nominated as the second of the burghers to have offered himself as a hostage: 'Then another greatly respected and wealthy citizen, who had two beautiful daughters, stood up and said that he would go with his friend, master Eustache de St Pierre'.4 In each of the maquettes and in the final monument, Jean d'Aire is appropriately placed beside Eustache de Saint Pierre — to his left in the first and second maquettes, and to his right in the final arrangement.
Although the posture of the nude study for Jean d'Aire is similar to the figure in the second maquette that preceded it, a number of small changes exist and are carried over to the final monument. The position of the legs, once advancing one in front of the other, are here spread apart and immobile. The head, once drooping, is here raised, conveying, with the new disposition of the legs, a sense of steadfastness, even defiance. In making these changes Rodin may have been responding to criticisms of the second maquette by the committee, who remarked that the burghers' 'defeated postures offend our religious feelings'.5
The Nude study for Jean d'Aire in the Gallery's collection is the third in an edition of twelve and was cast by the Georges Rudier Foundry, Paris, in 1973 from the plaster in the Musée Rodin, Paris. In addition to the life-size nude study, a later reduced version measuring 105 cm in height exists in a similar edition.
Jean de Fiennes was not identified in Jean Froissart's Chronicles and his name only came to light in 1863 when Baron Kervyn de Lettenhove published a manuscript found in the Vatican library naming Jean de Fiennes and Andrieu d'Andres as the two unknown burghers.6 The pose of Jean de Fiennes is little changed from the open-armed, slightly turning attitude established in the second maquette, and is carried through to the final figure with only small refinements. The Nude study of Jean de Fiennes in the Gallery's collection is the first in an edition of twelve and was cast by the Georges Rudier Foundry, Paris, in 1974 from the plaster in the Musée Rodin, Paris.
In June 1886 Rodin received further funds from the committee for the development of individual figures for the monument. Edmond de Goncourt, in his journal, reported having seen 'life-size clay studies for the six hostages of Calais' during a visit to Rodin's studio on the afternoon of 17 April 1886.7 Three of the completed figures in plaster were exhibited at the George Petit Gallery in Paris in 1887; two more were exhibited there in 1888, and finally all six were shown in 1889 at the exhibition held jointly with Claude Monet (1840-1926).
The Australian National Gallery has casts of four of the six figures intended for the final monument, Eustache de Saint Pierre, Jean d'Aire, Pierre de Wiessant and Andrieu d'Andres.
In the first maquette of 1884, Eustache de Saint Pierre occupies a prominent position, carrying the keys to the city and pointing dramatically to the English camp. In the second maquette he is still in the front rank of burghers, but here he stoops under the burden of his decision, his arms drooping by his sides. Reviewing the second maquette, the committee particularly objected to 'the despondency shown by Eustache de Saint Pierre'.8 Rodin replied that at best he would be prepared to alter 'the one who is in despair' (Andrieu d'Andres), but not Eustache de Saint Pierre, who 'is the first to descend and for my lines he needs to be like this'.9
For the following studies of Eustache de Saint Pierre Rodin used several models. his friend Jean-Charles Cazin posed for the first nude study of 1886; for a second, made in 1886-87, he probably used Pignatelli, the Italian model he had used for his John the Baptist preaching 1878. Eustache de Saint Pierre in the Gallery's collection is the first of four casts reserved for museums from an edition of twelve and was cast by the Courbertin Foundry, Paris, in 1984 from the plaster in the Musée Rodin, Paris. A reduction of this figure, measuring 47.0 cm (18½"), exists, as does an edition of the head.
In the final version of Jean d'Aire, Rodin has placed a massive single key in the hands of the figure, replacing the pillow supporting a number of smaller keys that appeared in the second maquette. The figure of Jean d'Aire in the Gallery's collection is the seventh in an edition of twelve and was cast by the Susse Foundry, Paris, in 1974, from the plaster in the Musée Rodin, Paris.
In his Chronicle, Jean Froissart describes Pierre de Wiessant simply as the brother of Jaques de Wiessant, owner of a rich country estate and the fourth burgher to volunteer. In the first maquette of 1884, Rodin has already given him his final gesture, the raised arm. In the second maquette the gesture is refined, and retained in the subsequent nude studies and in the final figure for the monument. One of the nude studies for Pierre di Wiessant, a partial figure missing head and hands, provides interesting evidence of Rodin's method of adding and removing parts. The right hand used for Pierre de Wiessant is also used for Jaques de Wiessant and the same features are used in the heads of Jean d'Aire, Andrieu de Andres and Jaques de Wiessant. The head of Pierre de Wiessant is thought to have been modelled on the features of Coquelin Cadet, a popular comedian of the time. Pierre de Wiessant in the Gallery's collection is the first in an edition of twelve and was cast by the Susse Foundry, Paris, in 1974. A reduction of this figure was cast and issued in an edition of twelve in 1890. A cast of the head of Pierre de Wiessant was separately issued at much the same time. By 1908 a monumental head was also editioned.
Like Jean de Fiennes, the name of Andrieu d'Andres is not mentioned by Jean Froissart in his Chronicle, but was also uncovered in 1863 by Baron Kervyn de Lettenhove. the first maquette shows Andrieu de Andres already clutching his head in despair, the pose that was singled out for criticism when it reappeared in the second maquette. As with the figures of Jean d'Aire and Jaques de Wiessant, the head of this figure appears to be modelled on Rodin's son Auguste Beuret. The figure of Andrieu d'Andres in the Gallery's collection is the first of four casts reserved for museums from an edition of twelve cast by the Courbertin Foundry, Paris, in 1985 from the plaster in the Musée Rodin, Paris. A reduction of the figure was made in about 1890 and also exists in an edition of twelve.
Michael Lloyd & Michael Desmond European and American Paintings and Sculptures 1870-1970 in the Australian National Gallery 1992 p.58.
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After being part of ensemble sitcoms The Office and Parks and Recreation and the occasional movie bit-part, actress Rashida Jones has created her own leading role. Celeste and Jesse Forever is her debut screenwriting effort - written alongside Will McCormack, who also has a supporting role in this romantic comedy - and, for the most part, it's sassy, smart and enjoyable. The title is a little misleading; it's a film more about the downside of love as we follow Celeste (Jones) and Jesse (Samberg) through their separation and divorce. Celeste is a fast-talking, confident and ambitious co-owner of a Los Angeles media company, and Jesse is her high school sweetheart and a bit of a slacker. After six years of married life Celeste decides it's best they part as friends, before their different approaches to life tears them apart. When she gets her way though, she finds it's harder to let go of the love of your life than you may imagine.
This film is a little like Celeste's character, keen to be a trendsetter and edgy and cool, but managing to pull it off only in patches.
It may have the genre's characteristic predictability, but it's still refreshing to see a rom-com that starts where most end, although it's starting to become the new normal - think The Five-Year Engagement, The Break-Up, and impending I Give It a Year.
There are plenty of laughs to balance the observations on heartbreak and more melancholic moments, yet there are also some embarrassing gags, such as Celeste and Jesse's habit of masturbating lip balm tubes, that just don't fly. This comedy is also let down by unnecessary side stories too that add nothing to the couple's story, such as the album cover Celeste creates for a young pop star (Emma Roberts) that accidentally looks like male genitals.
Regardless, Celeste and Jesse Forever has more substance and more fun that the average rom-com, and Jones proves she's got what it takes to be a husky-voiced, self-deprecating and likeable leading lady.
Stars: 3.5/5
Cast: Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Running time: 92 mins
Verdict: An irreverent and amusing take on the reality of divorce
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18 September 2012
In May 2011, I declared that diabetes was no longer the "Cinderella" of global health, but that we had bought a pair of glass slippers and were dressing for the ball. That ball, held in New York over the 19-20 September 2011, was the historic UN High-Level Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).
This week we mark the first anniversary of the UN Summit, two days that changed the landscape of global health and development forever. It is undeniable that this Summit was a global breakthrough for diabetes and the related NCDs, raising the attention and action focused on these diseases to an unprecedented level. IDF called for a UN Summit in 2009, recognising that only government commitments in writing would secure real progress on diabetes. We united with our sister federations in the NCD Alliance [2] to campaign for a Summit which would deliver 5 priorities – political leadership, international cooperation, prevention, treatment and accountability. One year on, I see progress [3] on all fronts.
Governments around the world have acknowledged responsibility for diabetes in a way not seen before. The bold step taken in China – where 15 government ministries will drive a major new strategy to reduce death and disability from NCDs – is just one example of the new level of national leadership [4] emerging. Action on prevention [5] and treatment [6] for people with diabetes is unfolding from Fiji to Finland, and across the entire region of the Americas.
And a true watershed [7] has occurred within the world's guiding authority, the United Nations (UN). Diabetes and NCDs are finally included in the leading UN agency and funds programmes, meetings and discussions on the future development goals after the MDGs expire in 2015. A global diabetes epidemic requires global solutions, and I applaud the vision and cooperation within the international community we have seen over the past year.
For me, the highlight of the post-Summit year was the breakthrough "25 by 25 [8]" target. By signing up to a 25% reduction in preventable NCD mortality by 2025, governments have committed to a worldwide reduction in preventable disease, disability and death. We finally have a global goal that we can all unite behind, and accountability for the millions of people with diabetes and NCDs who are dying before their time.
But after the fervor of the UN Summit, pressing priorities [9] remain. Where is the urgent action for the millions of people with diabetes lacking access to basic treatment and care? Where is the money for a disease which governments affirm as one of biggest threats to development in the 21st Century? And where is the people's movement and public outrage for a disease that kills 4.6 million people every year, mostly in poor countries? We have to be in this fight for the long haul.
Although the UN Summit was only the beginning, our movement is gaining momentum [10] and I am proud to celebrate the remarkable progress we have seen this year. The ball may be over, but in September 2012 we are still dancing.


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Lawmakers to try again on drunken driving bills
Bills failed to gain traction in last year's legislative session
MADISON, Wis. - Two bills meant to crack down on drunken driving went nowhere in last year's legislative session.
Now, state lawmakers are reintroducing them, and four other bills, to try to deter drunken driving in Wisconsin.
In November, WISC-TV analyzed Wisconsin Department of Transportation statistics and found some 300,000 Wisconsin drivers have at least one operating while intoxicated offense. In fact, Wisconsin is the only state where first-offense drunken driving is not a crime but rather a traffic citation.
If the bills Rep. Jim Ott is proposing pass, that would change.
Sue and Fritz Dohm are hoping the law changes. The Prairie du Sac couple's son was killed by a drunken driver nearly two years ago.
"It's been a rough two years," said Fritz Dohm.
What's left of his son, Davi, is in a living room shrine, a voicemail and the memories the Dohms hang onto since Davi died April 15, 2011.
"He was one of the most kind-hearted, compassionate people you would ever find," said Sue Dohm.
Davi was 36 years old when the SUV he was riding in crashed into a tree. Its driver, Chad Spurley, had a blood-alcohol content that tested at three times the legal limit to drive. While he declined WISC-TV's interview request for this story, Spurley spoke in court after being sentenced.
"I am so deeply sorry for what I did," Spurley said then.
"In 3½ years when he comes out of prison, Spurley can have a life. Davi doesn't have that opportunity; he doesn't have a chance to come back and have a life," Sue Dohm said.
The couple's push for tougher penalties includes a mandatory minimum sentence for deadly drunken driving incidents. That number, according to one of Ott's newest bills, would be 10 years in prison.
The judge who sentenced Spurley said he disagrees with that approach.
"We would be remiss if we believed that the solutions lay here in the criminal justice system and not in larger society," said Dane County Judge William Hanrahan.
Hanrahan suggested change starts with changing the public's mindset, and he cited the success of other countries that outlaw drinking and driving.
"Most people try to abide by the law, and if there was a bright line and they knew what that bright line was, they would not cross it," Hanrahan said.
This legislative session, Ott will reintroduce two bills. One would make a first-time offense with a blood-alcohol content of 0.15 percent a criminal offense, although currently civil penalties can include license suspensions and fines.
A second bill would classify third and fourth offenses as felonies. Last year, Ott said a cost estimate that soared into the millions stalled the success of both bills.
"The reason we're introducing these bills is we hope to have a deterrent effect on bad driving behavior, and if we're successful and we do have a deterrent effect, there should be ultimately less convictions and less arrests, which would bring down the costs," Ott said.Lawmakers to try again on drunken driving bills
"Do you really believe they (offenders) care about mandatory penalties? Because they believe they're not going to get caught. In fact, there's a good basis for that belief because it's not very probable that they will get caught," Hanrahan said.
Sue and Fritz Dohm said they are hoping otherwise and want to put an end to drunken driving and the suffering they, and any other family, might be feeling.
"I'm hoping they'll still be able to get something passed, because we need to start someplace and something is better than nothing right now," said Sue Dohm.
Still, there are some things that are not being worked on.
Thirty-eight states, and the District of Columbia, allow sobriety check points. Wisconsin and 12 other states do not.
Ignition locks are mandated for first-time OWI offenders in 17 states, but not Wisconsin. It does, however, require second- and third-time offenders with a high blood-alcohol content to attach ignition lock devices to their vehicle.
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Writer, critic and editor Leon Wieseltier will deliver a lecture titled "Of What Use Is Jewish History to American Jewish History?" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 14, in 101 McCormick Hall.
Wieseltier, the literary editor of The New Republic, has published several works of fiction and nonfiction. His "Kaddish," an autobiographical meditation on the Jewish prayers of mourning, was a National Book Award finalist in 2000. He also wrote "Against Identity," edited "The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent" and has translated the works of Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai.
His talk is the inaugural lecture of the Lapidus Family Fund for American Jewish Studies, which was established in 2006 to expand and enhance studies pertaining to the history of Jewish life in America. The lecture is sponsored by the Program in Judaic Studies, the Perelman Institute and the Program in American Studies.


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The Southeastern Conference didn't do LSU and first-year coach Johnny Jones any favors with the basketball schedule.
Having opened conference play on the road Wednesday, the Tigers will now need to pull off a major upset in the home opener to avoid an 0-2 SEC start.
LSU welcomes in the 11th-ranked Florida Gators for a nationally televised game at 3 p.m.
Much of the SEC has struggled in the early going.
Florida isn't one of them.
The up-tempo Gators are ranked 11th by The Associated Press, ninth in the coaches poll, with an up-tempo style that runs the floor on offense with a full-court press from the time they get off the bus.
"We're playing not only one of the best teams in the SEC, but one of the best teams in the country," Jones said. "I think they are one of the teams that have the type of experience in all facets of the game that makes those late runs in March.
"They are actually playing that caliber of basketball right now. We know that we have a tough task on our hands."
The Gators (11-2, 1-0 SEC), with a balanced attack in a dizzying, motion offense, opened conference play with a convincing 77-44 victory at home over Georgia in which the Gators shot 53 percent from the field and nailed a dozen 3-point shots. Kenny Boynton is the Gators' leading scorer (13.3 ppg), but none of the Gators are particularly shy about putting up shots from just about anywhere on the court.
LSU (9-3, 0-1) will try to avoid the slow start it had on the road at Auburn in losing 68-63. The Tigers recovered from a slow start — they were down 7-0 early — to take a one-point lead at the half.
But after getting the first five points of the second half, LSU went stone cold and Auburn took control until a late rally by the Tigers late in the game.
"Throughout the game, I thought we had some lapses there and didn't do a great job in terms of handling (their run there in the second half," Jones said. "We didn't manage the game well and we've got to do a better job with that."
Jones said he is hoping to get more playing time out of Tiger star Johnny O'Bryant III, who has been hampered by injuries most of the season.
The Tigers will support O'Bryant with a three-guard starting lineup of Charles Carmouche, Andre Stringer and Anthony Hickey, along with center Andrew Del Piero. However, LSU's leading scorer is Shavon Coleman (13.3 ppg), who comes off the bench.


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Leaves: lower leaves large and divided, upper leaves smaller and less lobed.
Height: 8-36" (20-90 cm).
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Discussion Diffuse Knapweed can quickly colonize an area to the exclusion of all other plants. It is thought to do this by an ability to outcompete other plants for soil moisture, and by exuding toxins that make the soil inhospitable to other plants. The large, branched top part of the plant snaps off when dry and blows along like tumbleweed, dispersing seeds.


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Artist: Nicholas NEDELKOPOULOS
Birth/Death: 1955
Title: 'That great Australian dream'
Credit Line: Gordon Darling Fund 1990. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.
After the Second World War came a period of large-scale migration and the 'baby boom'. Australia was promoted as the promised land; a country of bright futures and attractive prospects. For many 'new Australians', and for those already here, living in suburbs beyond the city provided benefits that included new housing and the luxury of space.
Nicholas Nedelkopoulos, the son of Greek immigrants, discerns another life behind the tidy facade - a world of claustrophobic anxiety and everyday anarchy. Nedelkopoulos is challenging Australians to observe their habitat from without and within, through the fences and backyards that contain us and our neighbours.
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New Zealand really needs to push harder to liven its clinical trials sector
New Zealand is taking steps to improve the environment surrounding the country's clinical trial domain. With no accurate records of revenues being generated from clinical trials in the country until now, New Zealand is taking measures to streamline the entire system. This year, it initiated an electronic process for submission of applications for review by the clinical trials ethics committee. An innovation hub has also been established by the government to nurture new healthcare technologies and ensure their adoption in the country.
The changes were triggered by a report from the Health Select Committee of New Zealand in June 2011. The report, titled 'Inquiry into improving New Zealand's environment to support innovation through clinical trials', made detailed recommendations on steps that need to be taken by the government to strengthen the clinical trials industry. The government, which responded to the report in three months, agreed to most of the recommendations made by the committee.
The changes already introduced have led to improved operating procedures, fewer duplications and clearly defined time lines. Dr Paul Hutchison, chair of the Health Select Committee that made the recommendations, said he has received positive responses on the new electronic process introduced. "Comments that I have received are that the New Zealand's system is now one of the best in the world in terms of efficiency, while maintaining the vital function of a robust ethical system," he said.
The New Zealand Health Innovation Hub is a partnership of the four major district health boards and aims to further include other district boards, crown research institutes, universities and the private industry. Given that the private and public expenditure on health in New Zealand is over $18 billion, there is a huge opportunity to harness innovation. The hub, which is initially funded by the central government, aims to become self-sustaining within five years. In another initiative, various government bodies are working together with chief scientific adviser to the Prime Minister, Sir Peter Gluckman, to develop a national health research framework.
Dr Hutchison said the recommendations aim to simplify and streamline ethical review processes; promote collaboration between government departments to coordinate the system; develop a national health research action plan to foster innovation and commercialization; and develop a framework for clinical trial research throughout district health boards, to be facilitated by a hub. "The government has made a good start in implementing the key recommendations but I believe it will take 12 months or more for international sponsors of clinical research to fully realize significant helpful changes have been made. I have no doubt that the environment for carrying out clinical trials has already changed for the better, but it is vital that we continue to aspire to be the best place in the world for the type of trials that suit our population," he said.
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Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown
Long before Adam Brown became a member of the elite SEAL Team SIX - the counter terrorism unit that took down Osama bin Laden - he was a fun-loving country boy from Hot Springs, Arkansas, whose greatest goal had been to wear his high school's football jersey. After high scho... Read More
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An absorbing chronicle of heroism and humanity, Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown presents an indelible portrait of a highly trained warrior who would enter a village with weapons in hand to hunt terrorists, only to come back the next day with an armload of shoes and meals for local children. It's about a man who waged a war against his own worst impulses and persevered to reach the top tier of the US military. Always the first to volunteer for the most dangerous assignments, Adam's final act of bravery led to the ultimate sacrifice.
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- Definite Must Read by Crsipy on 11/26/2012
I have read this author's other books and really enjoyed those, but this was the best by far. The author portrayed Adam Brown with all his warts and failings and yet showed how God worked in his life and made him into someone who can inspire us and be a hero (though Adam would never call himself one). The language is not always the best, but it is the real way the actual people spoke in real situations and not just gratuitous. The author is not a believer, but he showed Adam's faith as real and an essential part of him. The author had an open mind and was inspired to take another look at his own faith after researching for this book. Check out the interview with the author and Adam Brown's family on Huckabee (look on youtube).
- Worth the read by Dave on 8/5/2012
Terrific book -- as the story says, don't start at BUDS -- go back further. This young man's journey through dark times is worth reading -- every parent with teenage kids should pick this up. But it's more than that -- it's an inspirational story about a confused teenager coming out of the dark and showing his friends and the world an exceptional but humble young man.
- " Fearless " Inspiring and heart-breaking. by Mikey on 6/26/2012
An amazing true-life story about a true American Patriot. I could not put this book down.
- ABSOLUTE MUST READ by Brent on 5/24/2012
This is not a typical "military book". This is a true story about tribulations, perseverance, redemption, faith and forgiveness. This book answers the age old question of "why does God allow bad things to happen?". Throughout Adam's life, many people were brought closer to God and gave their lives to Christ because of Adam. Whether it was the negative things in his life that brought them closer or the positive things, many people were forced to refocus their lives toward Christ. In his death, Adam's story has inspired hundreds to refocus their lives and his story continues to inspire others everyday.
As a SEAL, Adam saved countless lives through his direct action in the battle against evil. Through his story, Adam has saved countless souls for eternity.


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Monday, May 13, 2013
Deck-ade the Halls: Fabric Requirements
The first FREE downloadable PDF is available and contains everything you need to know for what you'll need to get started! We have kits and backing sets available using Aspen Frost by BasicGrey for Moda Fabrics, but if you want to create your Deck-ade the Halls Quilt in a different color scheme, download the fabric requirements and get picking!
For more information about the Deck-ade the Halls Quilt and Fat Quarter Shop's 10 year anniversary, watch our introductory video! Kimberly and Jocelyn discuss the program, the inspiration behind the quilt and give you plenty of information about fabric requirements.
Will you be joining in on the celebration? Get the first download here and be sure to check back two weeks from today, when we will post the pattern on our Deck-ade the Halls page and a video tutorial for the gingerbread blocks.
We want to end with a big, huge thanks to our wonderful customers who have made this momentous occasion possible! We have had 10 wonderful years as your online quilt shop of choice, and this is just a small way to say THANKS from the bottom of our hearts. Here's to the next 10 years!
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- ~Carla~ said...
Gorgeous quilt!! Looove this new fabric line!! :)
- May 13, 2013 at 4:48 PM
- Tammy said...
This is so pretty.
- May 13, 2013 at 5:06 PM
- Quilter Kathy said...
Happy Birthday! What a great idea to celebrate!
I will work on collecting some fabrics!
- May 13, 2013 at 5:19 PM
- Cindy said...
I continue to use FQS as my "Go-To" fabric shop. I not only purchase wonderful fabrics from FQS, but also notions, patterns, kits and threads.
Thank you for great customer service - always.
I will definitely be ordering this wonderful kit !!
Happy TEN - with TEN more!!!
- May 13, 2013 at 5:27 PM
- CJ said...
I've been looking forward to this!
- May 13, 2013 at 6:30 PM
- Lani @ Simply Fresh Vintage said...
Whoo hoo! I can't wait to get started! Thank you Kim for your generosity. This is going to be lots of fun!
Hugs & Blessings ...
- May 13, 2013 at 7:00 PM
- corinne said...
I would like to thank you for the great quilt along. I will be making the quilt
- May 13, 2013 at 7:51 PM
- Kathy McDonald said...
What fun! I love shopping at the Fat Quarter Shop. Your selection is just the best. This quilt looks like a fun project. Thanks for the great customer service, and Happy Anniversary!
- May 13, 2013 at 9:12 PM
- Debi Horne said...
This sounds like fun, I'm in! That's why I love FQS, there is always so many fun things to do and learn about, as well as the fab fabrics!
Debi Horne
- May 13, 2013 at 9:52 PM
- Mandy said...
That sounds like great fun. The quilt looks amazing.
- May 14, 2013 at 4:51 AM
- witje said...
Gefeliciteerd en op naar de volgende 10 jaar
- May 14, 2013 at 5:44 AM
- Jodi said...
Thank you so much for the quilt along. Will fat quarters or layer cake work in place of the 1/2 yards for a scrappier look.
- May 14, 2013 at 12:50 PM
- Vicky said...
Happy Anniversary!
- May 14, 2013 at 12:52 PM
- Sinta Renee said...
OMG, it took me two days to realize what Dec-ade was all about! I am so slow... but that is quite clever!!! Congratulations!
- May 14, 2013 at 1:11 PM
- Rosa said...
Happy Birthday!1Awesome quilts and fabrics.
- May 14, 2013 at 1:16 PM
Linda Moulder - I love this quilt and can hardly wait to join in the fun for this class.
- May 15, 2013 at 12:08 AM
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- May 21, 2013 at 12:12 AM
- Marcia W. said...
This is indeed a gorgeous quilt.
- May 24, 2013 at 9:54 PM
- Marcia W. said...
This is indeed a gorgeous quilt.
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UNREAL Obama Invites Egypts Muslim Brotherhood President to Meet Next Week Refuses to Meet Netanyahu
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 9:06 PM
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Barack Obama invited Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi to meet with him in New York next week.
But, not Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lectured Barack Obama in the Oval Office on the dangers facing the Jews back in May 2011.
But Barack Obama wont meet with Israeli leader Netanyahu over Iran row.
Hes going to be campaigning and on Letterman.
Reuters reported:
The White House has rejected a request by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet President Barack Obama in the United States this month, an Israeli official said on Tuesday, after a row erupted between the allies over Irans nuclear programme.
An Israeli official told Reuters on condition of anonymity that Netanyahus aides had asked for a meeting when he visits the United Nations this month, and the White House has got back to us and said it appears a meeting is not possible. It said that the presidents schedule will not permit that.
Netanyahu has met with Obama on all the Israeli leaders U.S. trips since 2009.
Earlier today President Muhammad Morsi promised to sue the US filmmakers who produced a movie that insulted the prophet Mohammad.
UPDATE: Barack Obama told NBC tonight I dont think that we would consider (Egypt) an ally.
(Maybe he should have thought about that before he threw Mubarak under the bus!)


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"FattyWars" game released!
A few friends and I have been working on a game for quite a while. We're finally done! FattyWars is a multiplayer space shooter. Designed for playing with unlimited* friends, and you can also play against the computer. Works best with dual analog controllers, but keyboard/mouse works too.
You can download it from the FattyWars page. Works in Windows, Mac, and Linux.
* seriously. As many controllers as your computer can handle
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14th ranked Whitworth hosts 11th ranked St. Thomas Saturday
Spokane, WA - Two of the premier teams in D3 basketball will meet on Saturday night at the Whitworth Fieldhouse in Spokane when the 14th ranked Pirates host 11th ranked St. Thomas.
It's not just that the Bucs and Tommies are good this season. Using the last four years as a sample size, it's easy to argue there have been few better. St. Thomas is 105-15 in that span, having won a national championship in 2011. The Pirates are 103-12, and are coming off a third straight trip to the Sweet 16.
It's the regular season opener for Whitworth, while the Tommies played Thursday night at Whitman. Matt Logie's Bucs have quite the streak they'll put on the line Saturday... the haven't lost a home opener since 1978 when Gonzaga beat them. Logie and his team are just excited to play such a big game so early in the season, and to get the chance to do it at home.
"It's difficult to schedule games like this, being as isolated as we are geographically. So anytime someone takes on the challenge to come out here and play us, we're excited about that," Logie says. Junior guard Dustin McConnell adds, It's great to have such a good team coming in so early in the season. They are playing us at home and we're just really excited for the opportunity to get to play them and, we're excited to hopefully have a great crowd."14th ranked Whitworth hosts 11th ranked St. Thomas Saturday
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In two separate letters written to the Consumer Product Safety Commission over the last week, NPGA has pushed several proposals to minimize the impact of any order responding to recent reports of under-odorized propane. On October 15, NPGA stated that "Prior to deciding on a final course of action, [CPSC should] confer with Fire Marshals and other appropriate officials at the state level who have already imposed comprehensive field testing procedures." Such a course of action would be highly desirable as a means to learn from experiences gained to date, as well as "gain a better understanding of the supply infrastructures and delivery profiles that exist in the various affected states."
Earlier today, NPGA delivered a second letter to CPSC offering technical support to help address any unresolved questions or concerns. The industry "can provide access to industry members with significant experience in odorization issues." The letter also urged CPSC to craft any compliance order to minimize the impact on marketers and consumers not otherwise involved in the issue. NPGA recommended a certification process through which companies not receiving propane through the affected supply/delivery chain could be exempted from further action. Finally, NPGA urged "that any future CPSC directives or orders should be limited to those states not already subject to comprehensive testing requirements by state officials."
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I'm sure live performances and merchandising profit gets split equally among the band but as far as royalties it's going to go to the guy who wrote the song.
On the day of recording, Foster debated between songwriting in the studio and going to the beach. He explained: "I really didn't have anything to do that day. I was standing there in the studio, and this thought came in my mind like, 'I'm going to write a song,'... and then I was like, 'I don't feel like writing. I don't want to write a song.' I was a block away from the beach, and it was a beautiful day. I kind of just wanted to just be lazy and go hang out at the beach or whatever. But I just forced myself to write a song... By that time the next day, the song was finished."[3] Reflecting on the lack of inspiration he felt when writing the song, Foster said, "I've heard a lot of other artists talk about this as well, like, 'I'm not inspired right now. I've got writer's block. I'm just not really feeling anything.' And I've felt that way, too, just not being inspired and wanting to wait for inspiration to come before I wrote. But I wasn't inspired when I wrote 'Pumped Up Kicks,' and that's what came out. So... it just solidified the notion that perspiration is more powerful than inspiration."[3] Thinking that he was just recording a demo, he played all of the instruments on the song,[4] and using the software Logic Pro, he arranged and edited the song himself.[5] The demo is ultimately the version of the song that Foster released.[4]
I'm sure live performances and merchandising profit gets split equally among the band
I agree in most low/mid level touring bands... but for bigger acts, its not uncommon for some of the band to be on a salary, so to speak...
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Maine will ban E15 if at least two other New England states follow suit
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection is working on a bill that would ban E15 fuel blends from being sold within the state. E15 is a blend of fuel that has 15% ethanol content compared to the E10 with 10% ethanol that is common across the country today. The United States EPA
approved the sale of E15 in June of 2012
However, filling stations have been very slow to adopt the new E15 blend and as of now, the fuel is only available at 10 stations in Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection says that it will ban E15 blends within the state if at least two other New England states go along with the prohibition.
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"We see the writing on the wall from the feds, and we want to make sure that Maine consumers and businesses are protected if others in the region are doing the same," said DEP spokeswoman Samantha DePoy-Warren.
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Legendary kickboxing promotion K-1 has announced a new date for their K-1 World MAX Final event in Pattaya, Thailand. Originally scheduled for July, K-1 ran into issues due to the recent political coup in Thailand. Part of the issue was being a foreign promoter looking to enter into a climate that is not usually friendly to outside promoters during a period of turmoil and so many internal changes. K-1 has worked with the local Thai government to acquire the proper licensing and the K-1 World MAX Finals will happen on October 4th, 2014 in Pattaya, Thailand.
The event will feature the K-1 World MAX Finals, crowning a new champion in their 70kg MAX division between Buakaw Banchamek and Enriko Kehl.
The recent announcement of Yokkao's latest training center has stirred up some excitement among fans who have been wondering when and where to expect other official Yokkao training centers across the globe. According to Yokkao they plan to continue pushing out into the world with official training centers, having opened one after Yokkao 9 in Kunshan, China. Their next official training centers are planned for this year, opening up in Bangkok as well as in Bahrain. Both are scheduled to be opened up in August of this year, with Yokkao providing more information on them shortly.
Yokkao also has a strong lineup of affiliate gyms, including the legendary 13 Coins Gym, Sityodtong in Pattaya, SRG Thai Boxing Gym in Sydney, Muay Thai Combat Gym in San Marino and Bad Company in Leeds.
I want to preface this by saying that without a doubt the sport of Kickboxing owes a lot to its European roots. Without some of the pioneers in Europe the sport of Kickboxing would absolutely not be what it is today. That being said, I feel like after GLORY 17 and Last Man Standing we can effectively say that Kickboxing belongs to no one country or continent. Sure, some of the all-time greats are Dutch and yes, the original home of K-1 was without a doubt Japan, but it's 2014 and the world has become a smaller place. Talent is no longer concentrated to secretive gyms or trainers, instead it is being spread out and being found across the world.
For the longest time fans had to hear that American Kickboxers sucked. The history that came with American Kickboxing, the fighters like Benny Urquidez, Don Wilson, Rick Roufus and the many other who cut their teeth across the world against the best of the best was somewhat washed aside. I mean, why not? Names like Rob Kamen, Ramon Dekkers and Cor Hemmers carry a lot of weight with them, as do the names of fighters like Peter Aerts, Remy Bonjasky, Semmy Schilt and many others. How could American fighters compare?
At GLORY 17 and Last Man Standing North America got to show the world just how seriously Kickboxers from this continent need to be taken and should leave fans open to talent from other nations as well. Joe Schilling once again found himself in a tough finals against Artem Levin, this time Levin walking away victorious, with North American fighters Wayne Barrett and Simon Marcus having incredibly strong showings as well. Joseph Valtellini showed the world what a kid from Canada can do when given a chance, bringing home the GLORY Welterweight Championship in a tough fight against Marc de Bonte. Then on GLORY 17 Canadian Gabriel Varga proved himself to be one of the best Featherweights in the world, ready to take on the best of the best and vye for the GLORY Featherweight Championship.
At this point it's hard to argue that America and Canada aren't producing top talents, because both nations are producing some of the very best that the world has to offer. Is Europe still producing some of the absolute best talents in the world in Kickboxing? Absolutely. It's impossible to argue against the talents we are seeing coming from the Netherlands, the UK, France, Germany and many others, but it's no longer a monopoly. For a while Dutch Kickboxing was the alpha and omega and while Dutch Kickboxing is still very strong, it would be crass to ignore the talents coming from all across the world to prove themselves as the best of the best.
Kickboxing is a global sport and the name on the gym or the prestige of the nation are no longer deciding factors alone. The amount of work put in, the quality of the training, the talent and the desire are what matter at the end of the day. I, for one, look forward to continue to watch fighters from all corners of the world stepping up their game on a regular basis.


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Mumble. Been a while since I posted - beat me up with a rubber chicken. :)
Finally bought a machine of my own. Celeron box running Linux. Well, Windows too, but only for gaming (promise!). Anyhow, it immediately sped up my development efforts, at least during times I don't play Unreal Tournament.


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I retired from the Army one year ago. Since, I have been living in an apartment in Columbia, MD waiting for my house to be built. In about three weeks that part of my journey will be finished. I have been making box calls and other calls for the past year from my apartment in MD. This "Walkin` Stick" is the last box call that I will make from the apartment. My new shop will be named "The Hen House" and will probably be my last shop until I stop making calls.
This call is very significant in my timeline of making calls. Another significant part of this call is that this is the first box call after revamping my sound chamber design. This design has a livelier sound. I think it sounds awesome.


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Thanks to Hasbro's inability to pack figures with the proper accessories or incidental pieces I have found it necessary to swap items.
For example... the Holographic Sidious that comes with Dooku would make a great Holo Obi-Wan. It's so small and the details so minute that it hardly matters that it's NOT Obi-Wan!
Has anyone else done this sort of thing?


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- Transactions are submitted to the ACH network. Gateway batches all checks at 1:00 a.m. Central Time daily.
- Funds are automatically deposited in your Commerce Bank account within 3 business days.


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text: Congratulations to Jim Manson and Stillwater Kennels for their title on HRCH M & M STILLWATER EXPRESS. River passed last Saturday at Kalamazoo Valley HRC. River earned all 105 points in Finished. On Sunday I had the honor of running River in finished and he guided us both to a pass. If my math is correct this is the 9th dog Jim has titled in the last 2 years. 4 JH, 1 HR, 2 HRCH and 2MH. Jim will be at Omega Farms this weekend working towards a JH, SH and 3 MH titles. Good luck to Jim and Stillwater Kennels.


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Note to self, how to get a list of recipients from the maillog
I spent a while figuring out how to get a list of email recipient addresses from the maillog, without duplicates, for a specific day on RHEL.
In the end I distilled it into to one line.
I'm sure I will have to do it again, so I'm making a note of it here, meantime if you need to extract recipient addresses from maillog you're welcome to try it. just paste it onto the command line and hit the go button, its surpisingly quick.
cat /var/log/maillog | grep "Oct 19" |\
grep to= |cut -f5 -d":" | cut -f2 -d"=" | cut -f1 -d"," | \
sed 's/<//' | sed 's/>//' | \
sort | uniq > addresses.txt
Syndicated 2011-10-19 11:39:00 (Updated 2011-10-19 11:39:08) from Danny Angus


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We located Terelj National park which is 75kms north-east of UB.After you arrive in Terelj, we will pick up you by horse-card to our eco ger camp.From the base ger camp, we mainly organise horseback riding tours.
We are travel agent specialized on trans mongolian railway tours. It is including a Terelj national park(75kms far from UB) for 2-10 days horse trekking and Khamaryn Khiid buddhist monastery in the gobi that can be done on the way to a Beijing.
Our Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia ecotourism will take you to some of the most pristine and protected areas in the world. You will learn about the flora, fauna, and cultural heritage of the area. Travel to the most beautiful natural destinations in the world on our eco vacations. Learn about the impact human intervention has on the environment on our Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia nature tours. Our eco tourism will educate you about the ecosystem and how you can help preserve the fragile areas of the world. Contribute and fund ecological conservation on our eco holidays and help benefit the economic and political development of the local communities. Browse our Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia eco tours and plan your vacation today!


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If we'd of had the spring we had last year, this weekend would of been great, but with this late spring the birds are just thinking about getting moving. Last year I mowed my lawn already, this year we're still covered in snow. This early season, I'd use more gobbler calls, just like in the fall seasons. A strutter decoy and gobbler talk should work well since they aren't in the sexy mood yet and still working through the dominance factor.
Good luck in the morning, and I'll chat with you at the expo.


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BRAND NEW! Lovely CPH apartment
Size90 m²
Floor No.1(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Towels
- Parking available
- Lockable room
- Balcony/terrace
- Elevator in building
Accommodation summary
|Vagtelvej, 2000 København, Denmark
|Property type
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|< 50%
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
|A month ago
Completely new kitchen, bathroom and everything else!
It's a big three-room apartment with a lot of space and a wonderful place to stay during your visit in Copenhagen!
Space is what you get in this apartment. It is designed in a great way with a lot of space. The wall from the kitchen to the terrace is 12 meters! That's like a whole bus :)
We have got a new bed, so now there are two real beds. The master bed is huge (180x220cm).
We can host the number people this way:
2 x real beds = 4 people
3 single mattress = 3 people
1 huge sofa = 2 people
= 8-9 people :)
You will have access to everything in the apartment. (except private clothes and so)
We have a good speaker set up with a wireless airport express so you can have music as you enjoy your holiday. (both AirPlay and Jack-cable).
We have a awesome projector hanging in the ceiling, which is connected to our APPLE TV with a NETFLIX account. So you can watch a movie or series if you want.
Denmark might be a little gray at times and then you can enjoy a warm coffee under a blanket while you watch your favorite movie from the huge sofa. (You can also bring your own computer with an HDMI output or your Mac)
We will be at your service while you are here, but off course we are not in the apartment while you are here. It's all yours :)
The area:
It's one of the more expensive and popular areas of Copenhagen. It's not the center of the city, so you can sleep comfy at night without loud neighbors and traffic around you.
The train station is just 200 meter away and there is a busstop at the end of the street that will take you directly to the central station and the inner city. So easy.
We have a dishwasher, a nice new kitchen and everything you will need!
Live up to 8 people here if you are using the sofa as well :)
House rulesPlease treat our home like you would treat your own.
We have some very friendly neighbors and we would like to keep it that way, so please be kind to them as they will be kind to you :)
This means that you should not play loud music in the evening and not get drunk and make a mess .
We have not had any bad experiences yet and would like to keep it like that. We love to meet new people and are looking forward to seeing you :)
...And off course, the most important thing.. you should feel like home!
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 16 US per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
Amazing apartment, spacious, good large beds, lovely living room and kitchen with everything you need. Rent a bike and Copenhagen is yours, this apartment is outside the city center but for us that's what we were looking for, the city has amazing areas outside the centre! Theresa and Rune are very kind and helpful and we would love to stay there again when we come back! Highly recommend this place!
Lovely apartment with all amenities. Close to a railway station and a supermarket
Heerlijk appartement van alle gemakken voorzien. Dicht bij een station en bij een supermarkt
We had a wonderful time in Copenhagen. It has like anything. It was gesorgt.Theresa for everything and Rune were very good hosts and I can only recommend
Wir hatten eine wundervolle Zeit in Kopenhagen. Es hat an nichts gefällt. Es wurde für alles gesorgt.Theresa und Rune waren sehr gute Gastgeber und ich kann Sie nur weiter empfehlen
My family (2 kids) and I had fun us at Theresa and Rune. The apartment is as promised very centrally located and we could easily get to act in the immediate area. Nice with private parking as it can be quite difficult / expensive to park in Copenhagen .. The couple have been very welcoming and helpful: 0).
Regards. Christina
Min familie (2 børn) og jeg har hygget os hos Theresa og Rune. Lejligheden er som lovet meget centralt beliggende og vi kunne let komme til at handle i nærområdet. Dejligt med privat parking da det kan være ret svært/dyrt at parkere i Kbh.. Parret har været meget imødekommende og hjælpsomme :0).
Mvh. Christina
Fantastisk dejligt og roligt område, og tæt på S-toget station. Lejligheden perfekt og værtsparret fantastisk venlige og imødekommende. Vi havde et super godt ophold.
Liebe Theresa und lieber Rune, wir haben uns in eurem Appartement sehr wohl gefühlt. Die Lage ist optimal, um Kopenhagen zu Fuß, mit dem Fahrrad (Empfehlung!!!) oder mit öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln zu erkunden. Lebensmittelgeschäfte sind fußläufig zu erreichen und unser Auto stand 5 Tage lang auf dem Privat-Parkplatz. Euer Appartment ist mit allem ausgestattet, was man zum täglichen Leben braucht und entspricht genau eurer Beschreibung hier bei Wimdu. Unsere Fragen habt ihr immer zeitnah beantwortet und uns gut betreut.
Wir kommen sehr gerne wieder und danken euch ganz herzlich!
Thore & Dunja (die die ganze Zeit überlegen, wo in ihrem Zuhause wohl ein Beamer montiert werden kann ;-) )
Todo perfecto
El piso esta como se ve en las fotos.Con mucha luz y muy bien comunicado.
Mucha tranquilidad para descansar
Muy recomendable
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LSU head football coach Les Miles. (Associated Press)
Last Modified: Friday, March 22, 2013 11:36 AM
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Amidst a spring with a slew of open questions ranging from the arrival of a new offensive coordinator to plugging many holes on defense, LSU's first scrimmage serves as de facto testing lab for a program predicated on stability.
Yet Tigers coach Les Miles isn't inclined to lay out the criteria his slightly shuffled staff used as gauges for the assessing progress two weeks into spring workouts along Skip Bertman Drive.
"I want to seep physicality and the ability to throw it and run it, tackle it and hold on to the ball," Miles said early Thursday.
Clearly, any hints at tweaks or alterations to an offensive scheme under new offensive coordinator Cam Cameron would be met with interest, but it's unlikely -— based on Miles' statements — that the scrimmage would allow anyone to glean greater insights.
Right now, the plan is for the unit to operate solely out of first-and-10 situations, and not dig too deep into the play-call chart Saturday.
"We're going to call the things we've been calling to this point and see if we can execute it," Miles said. "That would be the basic plan."
At quarterback, senior Zach Mettenberger is entrenched on the topline of the depth chart, but any scrimmage work might be an early metric to deciding a pecking order further down the list between sophomore Stephen Rivers, early enrollee freshmen Hayden Rettig and Anthony Jennings.
Asked whether the assessment is based on which of the trio looks better overall or in specific packages out of the playbook, Miles remained cryptic.
"Both," he said.
As for what separation exists between Rettig and Rivers, age might be the biggest factor.
"Rettig is, understandably a freshman, and trying to figure it out," Miles said. "Rivers has been around here a little longer and has a better understanding of things."
Knitting together shreds of anecdotal evidence offers some insight into the dynamics at play on the offensive side of the ball, where in past stops Cameron in the NFL and college ranks has shown a tendency to make his system malleable to his personnel but naturally apply his own methods in practice.
Much has been made of Cameron, who arrived after spending five seasons with the Baltimore Ravens, speeding up the tempo during practices, but in the past, the veteran coordinator has said he wants workouts to closely mimic game speed. Meanwhile, Miles has spent time this week working along side offensive line coach Greg Studrawa where "there's enough young guys there that will benefit from having some extra coaching."
"Teaching is like riding a bike, because once you've learned it, you have it," Miles said. "Teaching it is a lot harder than riding a bike."
There's also been a concerted effort to track and record dropped balls by receivers and tight ends, a nod to improving accountability among pass catchers, Miles said.


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By The Associated Press
WEST POINT, Miss. (AP) — The West Point Police Department has replaced the old ink and roller with a new fingerprint scanner.
The scanner was bought with a grant from the Justice Department.
Brinkley says the scanner will provide good prints and the department won't have to bring in a fingerprint expert to map out the prints.
Brinkley says all that is done electronically, so it saves time.
He says the new technology also enables the department to have access to both the state and FBI databases.