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1. Food? Pasta
2. Drink? Water (I know, call me boring)
3. Color? Blue :)
4. Word? Hello
5. Thing to do? Listen to music!!!! :D
Section 2-About You:
6. Your name? Kiera
7. Hair color? Dark brown (for the time being)
8. Eye Color? Brown
9. Age? 17
10. Height? 5'6
11. Weight? I HAVE NO IDEA X3
12. How many friends do you have? 2 (close friends)
13. What word describes you best? Bubbly :)
14. Whats your style? Wear whatever i can find at the time XD
15. Tan? nope :L i'm rather pale :)
Section 3- Room:
16. Theme? I don't have one :(
17. Time spent in room? As much time as i can :P
18. Wall color(s)? White with big multicoloured spots :)
19. Carpet or wood floor? Carpet
20. Do you like your room? YUS!!!
Section 4- Recent Stuff:
21. Last book you read? City of Lost Souls - Cassandra Clare
22. Last movie you watched? Law Abiding Citizen (not out of choice, though i did rather enjoy it :)
23. Last drink? A nice cuppa tea :D
24. Last food? Salad :)
25. Last action? Changed the song from 2NE1 - I Love You, to, 2NE1 - Be Mine :)
Section 5- Fasion (bold what applies)
26. I wear: skirts, shorts, jeans, jogging pants, dresses.
27. I wear: tank-tops, t-shirts (short sleeved), long sleeved t-shirts, sweaters.
28. I wear: flats, heels, sneakers, sandals, flip-flops.
29. I wear: bracelets, ear-rings, rings, necklaces, toe rings.
30. I wear: headbands, hair ties, bobby-pins, bows, flower clips.
Section 6- Hobbies:
31. Do you participate in any sport (football, running, cheer, etc.)? Nope :(
32. Do you read? YES!!!!!!! :D
33. Do you watch TV? Sometimes :P
34. Do you go on the computer/laptop? As much as i can!!! :P
35. Do you sing? Only when no one else is around XD
36. Do you dance? No, unless you count zumba on the wii? (i suck at dancing)
37. Do you act? Naaaaah, did drama GCSE, but apart from that no
38. Do you scrapbook? I used to....gave up though
39. Any other hobbies? Annoying my friends :)
Section 7- Family:
40. Are your parents married? Yes (20 years this year!!!)
41. How many siblings do you have? 2 sisters: one older, one younger
42. Are the the oldest, youngest, or middle child? middle
43. Do you like your family? Love em!!
44. Do you have any pets? 1 fish called Tiddler (he's actually quite a big fish XD)
45. How many aunts/uncles do you have? 4 Uncles, 3 Aunties
Section 8- Other (put five things that weren't mentioned in this that you would like others to know.)
46. I loooooooove to write my own stories :)
47. I'm going to be studying Korean and Japanese at Uni!! :D (if i get the grades in college XD)
48. I had a hamster called Cosmo...he was a gay hamster :)
49. I'm a Blackjack!!!!!!!!!! :D
50. I've been to see: Green Day, Good Charlotte, Framing Hanley, We Are The Inn Crowd, The Main and Al Time Low live :) and am hoping to get tickets to 2NE1's world tour (If they come to the UK) :D
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James Staten and I wrote this vision of the future of cloud computing. The full report is available to Forrester clients at this link. The research is part of Forrester's playbook to advise CIOs on productive use of cloud computing and is relevant to application development and delivery leaders as well.
This research charts the shifts taking place in the market as indicated by the most advanced cloud developers and consumers. In the future, look for the popular software-as-a-service (SaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) models to become much more flexible by allowing greater customization and integration. Look for more pragmatic cloud development platforms that cross the traditional cloud service boundaries of SaaS, platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and IaaS. And look for good private and public cloud options — and simpler ways of integrating private-public hybrids.
The key takeaways from this research are:
A key finding of our research is emergence of a new model for cloud platforms. We call this model IaaS-Plus and cite Amazon Web Services as the primary example. There are now two major kinds of cloud platforms: IaaS-Plus and platform-as-a-service (PaaS).
In the IaaS-Plus model, developers have greater operating system, middleware, and database choice than they do with PaaS, greater ability to configure IaaS resources, as well as OS, middleware, and database than they have with PaaS, as well as access to mix-and-match application services.
Amazon Web Services is by far the most popular cloud platform, and we expect high adoption of other IaaS-Plus offerings as other vendors join the category. Microsoft and Google, for example, recently added IaaS-Plus options to their cloud platforms, which previously were PaaS only. Will PaaS die? No, but neither will the PaaS model dominate.
The table below briefly compares IaaS-Plus and PaaS.
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IaaS-Plus |
PaaS |
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VMs, native services |
Containers, native services |
Access to IaaS layer |
Yes |
No |
Access to middleware config |
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No |
Access to database config |
Yes |
No |
Choice of operating system |
Yes |
No |
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Usually yes |
Provides a complete platform |
Usually no |
Usually yes |
Other key findings:
What it means: It is time for CIOs to assemble their plans to consume, manage, offer, and secure cloud services and platforms – with the emphasis on public services. This means creating new career paths for your key IT leaders, getting them the experience and training they need to make this transition successfully, and embracing the services that will be the foundation for this new, more diverse portfolio now.
Our research incorporates findings from Forrester's Q3 2012 Global Cloud Developer Online Survey. Find a summary of that survey's findings here.
I think the use of service catalogs by a cloud service provider makes every senses. It is just a bridge to far for many traditional IT organizations. Why? because you have to have a robust understanding of what represents a service and how it needs to be packaged and marketed to each target audience. Product Management 101 thinking and skillset. This tends to be missing from many IT organizations.
Connecting the catalog to the service portfolio concept as described by ITIL again is a straightforward step for those who's business is service provision. But for mainstream IT organizations it introduces yet another obstacle, suggesting a path that is fraught with risk, and unexpected costs.
Just think, IT would have to possibly reorganize and shift their infrastructure farming culture to one that is focused on what customers need to be successful, a profit and loss driven portfolio management system, service requests and all the backend workflow response, and then a service catalog.
Then again, if cloud providers are likely to do much of this lifting as part of their normal business operations, it might make sense to outsource the service catalog development project :-)
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I've had two friends tell me they're either going to read 50SoG or are reading it, and I used up...
I'm trying to come up with foods that Gabe will eat and I keep seeing moms (friends of friends)...
I needed something for thoughts that are too long for Twitter or Facebook, but don't comprise a full blog post. Fortunately, that's what Tumblr is for.
Her sister herself said Sally "didn't use labels", which is awesome. But it's also important, I think, to have some way to have a descriptor that says "she wasn't (just) heterosexual", for reasons I mentioned in my earlier post.
LGBT leaves people out, LGBTQ is better, but once you get to LGBTQIA it starts getting alphabet-soup and you're still excluding a whole host of things that don't fit in the alphabet.
I've taken to using "queer" as an umbrella term, and Wikipedia confirms my usage - "an umbrella term for sexual minorities that are not heterosexual, heteronormative, or gender-binary" - but also confirms my fears of it being problematic - "some LGBT people disapprove of using queer as a catch-all because they consider it offensive, derisive or self-deprecating given its continuous use as a form of hate speech".
Sally's sister seems to use "gay" roughly as I am using "queer", and I'm a huge fan of that. I think that's almost the best option. But "gay" still pretty much has a primary meaning of "homosexual male". The more expansive "non-hetero" meaning only really comes out when it's used to describe people who can't be homosexual males - namely, females. So, that's problematic.
In addition to being awkward, "non-straight" or "non-hetero" (as has been pointed out to me previously) implies that straight is the default and everything else is an exception/wrong/lesser.
So, "queer" is, I think, the best I've got. And saying "why do we need labels at all, just let people be what they are" is well and good, and in an ideal world would be fine. But I think that there are lots of reasons that we need to be able to describe someone as not being heteronormative without sounding clinical.
A significant one is what I posted about Sally ride - kids, notably kids that aren't white males, need to have people to look up to that are like them. Sally Ride has been a kickass role model for girls for decades, and she formed a company whose express purpose is to encourage girls to pursues their interests in science even if they are outnumbered. Sally's being a woman astronaut (and physics Ph.D.) is a huge part of that. Kids that aren't heteronormative need that as much as girls in science do.
And maybe it's enough to just say "she loved a woman for nearly half her life", especially when it comes to kids who don't really care about labels anyway. But that kind of lengthy descriptor doesn't work in all circumstances.
So, the main motivator for this post: for those of my followers/tumblrfriends/random tag-browsing people - especially those that are somewhere on the QUILTBAG spectrum - thoughts? Do you think that "queer" is an okay label for straight male allies like myself to use? Do you have any better recommendations? Do you think I'm just being silly and should stop worrying so much about labels?


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Get ready, Angelenos, another regional sports network may be headed your way!
Time Warner Cable is in advanced talks with the Dodgers for a deal involving the storied franchise's television rights. According to the Los Angeles Times, Time Warner Cable is prepared to pay upward of $7 billion for the right to be in business with the Dodgers for the foreseeable future. A contract could be announced as early as later this week. This would be the biggest local sports contract in television history.
Currently, Dodger games can be seen on News Corp.'s Prime Ticket channel. But that deal expires at the end of the 2013 baseball season. While News Corp. is still in the hunt, right now it appears that Time Warner Cable has the lead heading into the ninth inning of negotiations with the team's new majority owner, Guggenheim Partners.
Although Time Warner Cable also has a Los Angeles sports outlet (SportsNet), which is home to the Lakers and has plenty of room to accommodate the boys in blue, the Dodgers are hot for their own channel that they would control. Given that Guggenheim spent $2.15 billion for the team, that's hardly a surprise. It is banking on TV money to justify that cost and if it can own the channel too, that's more potential gravy.
If the Dodgers do end up with their own network, with either Time Warner Cable or News Corp. as a partner, it would add to the glut of so-called regional sports networks eating up space on televisions here. Besides Prime Ticket and SportsNet, there is also News Corp.'s Fox Sports West and Time Warner Cable's Spanish sports network Deportes. On top of that, there are also two cable channels devoted to the Pac-12 college conference.Should Prime Ticket lose the Dodgers, don't expect News Corp. to take the other sports content from that channel (which includes rights to the Clippers) and put it on Fox Sports West. Programmers are loathe to give up real estate and News Corp. will try to make the case that there is enough compelling content on Prime Ticket without the Dodgers to justify keeping it afloat. Distributors will try to push for News Corp. to lower the cost to carry the channel. According to consulting firm SNL Kagan, Prime Ticket currently gets more than $2.50 a subscriber, per month from pay-TV distributors.
Even if a new channel isn't created for the Dodgers, it is hard to see how such an agreement won't drive up cable bills. The Dodger pact may be the tipping point where consumers and lawmakers say enough is enough. Sports costs are dramatically driving up the cost of pay TV. Sports programming may be popular, but non-sports fans are increasingly being asked to pick up most of the tab. The push to sell sports channels on a separate or a la carte basis to those who want them will grow along with those cable bills.
Should Time Warner Cable get the Dodgers, News Corp. executives will privately grumble that it is the cable operator's fault that bills are going up. Make no mistake, whoever gets the Dodgers is going to pass along that cost to the consumer. A real win for the fans would be if both companies looked Guggenheim in the eye and said, "No, thanks."
ALSO:Dodgers leaning towards Time Warner Cable
News Corp. may convert Fox Soccer into entertainment channel
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Although you take all of your duties seriously, you know better than most that there's always the possibility for error. Mistakes could arise when working with someone who needs detailed help.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — A better understanding can be achieved with someone whom you haven't as yet figured out. Turn this acquaintance into a close friend by getting to know each other.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Even if it takes you a while to get into full gear, once you do, chances are you will accomplish something of tremendous worth that will make you and others quite proud. Continued...
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — It might pay to set aside your usual agenda and give your mind and body a rest from all your worldly affairs. Instead, do something that's frivolous and carefree.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Your financial aspects look to be especially good. If you have anything important pending, this might be the day to try to close the deal, if at all possible.
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The "Outline of Envisaged Rights and Obligations of the Czech Republic in the Field of Foreign Development Aid after the Accesssion to the European Union" was submitted to the Government of the Czech Republic in January 2002.
The "Outline of Envisaged Rights and Obligations of the Czech Republic in the Field of Foreign Development Aid after the Accesssion to the European Union" was submitted to the Government of the Czech Republic in January 2002.
1. Introduction
In its resolution 908/2001 the Government of the Czech Republic urged the drafting of envisaged rights and obligations of the Czech Republic in the field of foreign development aid after the country's entry into the European Union. Following a debate at the level of ministries and other institutions involved, held, inter alia, during a coordination session in November 2001, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs presents the draft as the coordinator of Czech Republic's foreign aid. The material is to give an outline of the EU development cooperation policy and the legislative, financial, institutional and organizational aspects of the preparation of the Czech Republic for membership of the EU in this field. The aims, priorities, instruments, organization and financing of foreign development aid, forming an integral part of the foreign policy of the Czech Republic are dealt with in detail in the Czech Republic's Foreign Development Aid Concept for the 2002 - 2007 Period presented at the same time.
Outline I: European Union and development aid
The European Union and the advanced democratic countries it
associates are aware of their co- responsibility for the
development of less developed parts of the world and traditionally
participate in international development cooperation. In 1999,
foreign aid provided by the EU totalled USD 31,700 million which is
55 per cent of official development aid provided worldwide. About
one-fifth of this amount are programmes and projects controlled by
the bodies of the European Communities - the so-called Community
aid, while most of the aid is provided directly by the EU member
countries. The EU/EC development cooperation policy therefore is of
complementary nature, i.e. does not exclude development activities
of individual member countries.
2. Legislative aspects
2.1. Legislative framework for development aid in the European Union
The basic legislative framework for EU/EC development cooperation policy is provided in Articles 177 - 181 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community incorporated into the EC primary legislation within the Maastricht Treaty of 1993. It sets out for the first time common objectives for EC external assistance in relation to the developing countries aimed above all at promoting in these countries: sustainable economic and social development, integration into the world economy, the fight against poverty and the development and consolidation of democracy, the rule of law and the observance of human rights. The new emphasis is to increase the coordination and complementarity of the aid programmes of the Community and the member countries. The EC bodies and member countries coordinate their approaches to the development policy and harmonize their programmes of assistance, including their positions in international organizations and at international conferences. They can also take joint measures. Member countries contribute, as appropriate, to the implementation of Community assistance programmes.
The instruments through which the EU meets the objectives set in this field include a number of regional treaties (e.g. with countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, countries of the Mediterranean or countries and grouping in Asia and Latin America - ASEAN, Mercosur etc.) and measures taken at world level (Generalized System of Preferences, humanitarian and food aid). The most important place in the Community development policy has cooperation between the EU and countries of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (the so-called ACP countries). The ACP-EU Partnership Agreement setting the principles and objectives of cooperation between the EU and 78 ACP countries was signed in Cotonou, Benin, on June 23, 2000. The Agreement was concluded for twenty years, with a clause allowing for revision every five years, and a financial protocol for each five-year period. The Agreement is based on five interdependent pillars:
strengthening of the EU - ACP political dimension;
promotion of participatory approaches to ensure the involvement of civil society and private sector in development aid;
a strengthened focus on poverty reduction;
a new framework for cooperation in the economic and trade fields;
rationalization of financial and planning instruments.
2.2. Implications for Czech Republic's development aid
The Czech Republic has pledged to adopt and apply EC primary legislation in the field of development aid policy as of the date of its entry into the EU without exceptions and transitional periods. This means in particular the adoption of the obligation to coordinate its policy in the field of development cooperation and to harmonize its programmes of foreign aid with the EU and the member countries, including coordinated approach in international organizations and conferences, and the assumption of the obligation to contribute to the realization of Community assistance programmes. The provisions of the Maastricht Treaty related to development aid do not affect the authority of the member states to independently act in international bodies and to conclude international agreements. The opportunity of the Czech Republic to provide development and humanitarian aid on both bilateral and multilateral basis will not therefore be affected. On the contrary, the Czech Republic intends to maintain and further strengthen the traditional Czech foreign aid programme even after its entry into the EU and to make use of the synergy and complementarity of the Community assistance programmes.
The EC secondary legislation regulates the financing and provision of foreign aid (including humanitarian or food aid) both in the developing countries and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The legislation of the EC covers also such specific fields as is e.g. the environment. Proceeding from the negotiations on the entry of the Czech Republic into the EU, the Czech Republic will assume the secondary legislation of EU development policy as of the date of accession of the Czech Republic to the EU. Case law relating to development aid has not yet been examined.
3. Financial aspects
3.1. Financial framework for development aid in the European Union
The special nature of EU - ACP cooperation is accentuated by a separate way of financing development programmes and projects of assistance from the European Development Fund, working on a long-term basis and operating outside the EC budget (broader reform debates however include a discussion on including the EDF into the EC budget).Development aid provided to other development countries and countries in transition (i.e. with the exception of the ACP) as well as other forms of EU external relations (humanitarian and food aid) are financed from the EC regular budget. Part of the programmes of EU external aid is also covered from the funds of the European Investment Bank created in 1958 under the Treaty of Rome as an autonomous financial institution. It is owned by the member states which subscribe its capital and is financially independent of the EC budget.
The 9th EDF for the 2000 - 2005 period envisages aid to the ACP countries totalling Euro 13,500 million. Of this amount, Euro 10,000 million are earmarked for long-term projects, Euro 1,300 million for regional projects and Euro 2,200 million for investment activities. The amount of contribution of each member country to the EDF is specified in financial protocols and is subject to negotiations at two levels. The first includes talks of the member states on the overall amount of aid to be offered by the EU to the ACP countries. The second are talks by the member states on the key to defining their participation in the EDF. The talks are held as long as the overall amount is subscribed by the individual member countries. Under a rule applied, the share of a country in the overall amount of the EDF determines the share of its votes. There exist considerable differences between countries and their shares in the EDF (e.g. Ireland contributed to the 9th EDF only 0.62 per cent compared to France with 24.3 per cent).
3.2. Implications for the Czech Republic's development aid
As already mentioned, the main sources of EU development aid are the budgets of the EC, EDF and EIB. Aid financed from the EC budget is shared by the member countries within their overall contribution to the EC budget. No additional financial means have therefore to be taken into account within the participation of the Czech Republic in the Community development aid - by contrast to the contribution to the EDF. Just for illustration, the EC (including the EDF) development aid represented in 1999 some USD 5,000 million. The table which is part of Enclosure 1 shows the shares of individual member countries, including an estimate of the anticipated share of the Czech Republic in proportion to its GDP. Compared with demographically and economically comparable countries (Greece, Portugal, Ireland), the share of the Czech Republic in EU development aid can be estimated at about USD 30 million annually of which about 40 per cent are usually contributions to the EDF (see Enclosure 1).
Participation of the member countries in the EDF is not only an unwritten obligation but also a political commitment of the EU member countries. Participating in the implementation of development projects and other activities financed from the EDF may only entities from countries contributing to this fund. Under previous EDF, all EDF financial means had to be used. Unused financial means were transferred to the following EDF cycle. In harmony with the Cotonou Agreement, a date will be fixed for the 9th EDF after which the unused financial means will no longer be available. The financial means are used gradually - countries do not pay the financial sum subscribed immediately but only after the call to pay. The European Commission requests such subscribed means always once in six months in connection with their use for a concrete project. The individual countries subsequently indicate how much financial means they will allocate from the sum subscribed to concrete projects.
There is about a two-year period between the assumption of obligations towards the EDF and the practical payment. Moreover, Sweden, Finland and Austria did not contribute retroactively into the 7th EDF and began to effect factual payments only into the 8th EDF after the use of the 7th EDF (although they entered into the EU as early as in 1995). This experience shows that the Czech Republic is not likely to be burdened with payments into the EDF immediately upon its accession to the EU since there exists about a two-year period between the assumption of commitments and practical use of financial means. The Czech Republic is also not likely to have the duty to pay its contribution to the 9th EDF which, at the time of the Czech Republic's entry, will be nearing exhaustion.
The concrete level of accession of the Czech Republic to the Cotonou Agreement will be set by the Community legislation valid at the time of the Czech Republic's accession to the EU and influenced by possible changes in the mechanism of providing development assistance. Another important factor will be the result of bilateral political negotiations between the Czech Republic and the EU which are to proceed in particular from the economic weight of the Czech Republic in the EU after the Union's enlargement and from the traditional interest of the Czech Republic in providing development assistance. On the other hand, at negotiations on its contribution to the EDF, the Czech Republic should press for an amount adequate to the capacities of its state budget (e.g. the contribution of demographically and economically comparable Portugal to the 8th EDF totals 0.97 per cent, i.e. Euro 130 million).
The most important accession talks on the financial aspects of EU development policy are expected within Chapter 29 - Financial and Budgetary Provisions. They are to be held in the first half of 2002 during the Spanish presidency and are most likely to include the negotiation of the amount of contributions required within EU membership, above all the amount of the contribution of the Czech Republic to the EC budget, to the EDF, and also e.g. talks on the entry of the Czech Republic into the EIB. The negotiated amounts should reflect the economic levels of the candidate countries. A considerable increase of financial means from the state budget earmarked for development aid of both Community and bilateral nature is however expected. Otherwise the Czech Republic would have to declare that it is not prepared for EU membership due to the country's inability to assume financial obligations arising from membership.
4. Institutional and organizational aspects
4.1. Institutional and organizational management of EC development aid
EC development cooperation issues involve also other Community policies and activities such as the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), common commercial policy (e.g. the unified customs tariff and the system of customs preferences for developing countries) and the association and cooperation policy (a number of treaties on association or cooperation with third countries). Also within the organizational structure, relations between the EU and developing countries fall within the responsibilities of different commissioners and directorates general (DG). At present, Commissioner Nielson is responsible for development and humanitarian aid (Development Directorate General), Commissioner Patten for external relations in general (External Relations Directorate General), Commissioner Lamy for trade related issues (Trade Directorate General), Commissioner Verheugen for EU enlargement (Enlargement Directorate General) and High Commissioner Solana for the CFSP.
In 1998, a specific mandate was given to the European Commission to improve the coherence and to take into account the objectives of development cooperation in the implementation of other policies related to developing countries. The problem has to date been dealt with in several materials published by the European Commission and Council. They define problematic fields (e.g. duplicities or counterproductive activities). No complex document on the issue has however been thus far presented. In order to achieve better coordination and consistency of EU development activities, a unified EuropAid (AIDCO) body has been established to deal with programmes and projects of EU assistance to developing countries (pre-accession assistance to countries in transition and humanitarian activities do not fall within its competence). EuropAid is responsible for all phases of implementation of development programmes and projects (the so- called project-cycle management).
4.2. Implications for development aid provided by the Czech Republic
Apart from obligations of legislative and financial nature binding on the Czech Republic upon its entry into the EU, there exists a set of principles and rules in the field of EU development aid which the Czech Republic should reflect as a future EU member country. Though the Community development aid is only of complementary nature and does not exclude independent development activities by member countries, the development cooperation policies of the EC and the member states should be coordinated. To this end the EC can make any initiative (see Article 180 of the Treaty of Rome). The importance of coordinated action in the field of development assistance is underlined by the commitments of member countries within the United Nations as well as within their membership of the OECD Development Aid Committee (the European Commission also being a member).
External development and humanitarian assistance forms an integral part of Czech foreign policy. Apart from its participation in the Community development policy, the Czech Republic intends to continue to provide development aid independently on both bilateral and multilateral levels. To this end the country has to make more effective its system of providing foreign aid, with the preparation for EU membership being a suitable means of achieving this aim. The Czech Republic has been continuously harmonizing the objectives and principles of its external aid with the updated policies of the EU and its member countries, including the stress put on the economic and social dimension of development aid and its importance in poverty reduction. Joint positions of the Czech Republic and the EU on important world fora, including the United Nations, are part of these activities. Besides, the Czech Republic is already today gradually assuming the unified methodology of preparation, implementation and evaluation of development projects, development of cooperation with non-governmental organizations and other traditional elements of development aid provided by the EU and its member countries. The experience of the EU countries also shows that the institutional and financial mechanism of Czech external aid must provide for better coordination and consistency in planning, preparing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating development projects, including the possibility of financing over several years. These and other issues are the subject of the Czech Republic's Foreign Development Aid Concept for the 2002 - 2007 Period.
The entry of the Czech Republic into the EU and its development policy will imply also obligations in the institutional field. The Czech Republic will have to actively participate in the work of individual committees directly related to the EU development policy. Active participation in the work of these committees involves also the ability of the state administration (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, potential Development Agencies etc.) to react adequately and within given time limits to proposals presented by the European Commission or Council. In most cases the work in these committees proceeds from the principle of the so-called tacit agreement. In practice this means that a country which does not respond to a proposal within the set time limit is considered a country agreeing with such proposal. Later revocations of decisions are not accepted. This will require the creation of sufficient and qualified national administrative background capable of proceeding along the said scheme. EU membership will also facilitate the participation of Czech experts in the respective Directorates General of the European Commission or directly in the field implementation of concrete development projects (e.g. consultations, voluntary services etc.).
Outline II: negotiations on development aid chapter
During the multilateral and bilateral screening of Chapter 26 - External Relations which took place in Brussels in September 1998, the representatives of the Czech Republic confirmed having been acquainted with the acquis relating to external development aid. They informed EC representatives that the Czech Republic provided development aid preferably to countries on the road towards building or strengthening democracy and human rights or market economy. Unlike the EU, the Czech Republic has no specific legislation regulating development cooperation with individual regions of the world (Asia, Africa, Latin America). The Czech Republic is however aware that part of these issues is also the European Development Fund (EDF) established within the Cotonou Agreement. It has studied the system of functioning of the fund and is prepared for talks on participation in the Fund.
In its Position Paper (CONF-CZ 5/99 of February 1, 1999) on Chapter 26 - External Relations, the Czech Republic informed the EU that it followed with due attention the main principles of the EU development policy and humanitarian assistance and was ready to implement the relevant acquis upon its entry into the EU. The amount of the Czech contribution to the EDF is to be agreed.
On April 4, 2000, additional multilateral screening of Chapter 26 - External Relations took place in Brussels where the representatives of the European Commission briefly characterized the new EU - ACP Agreement signed in the same year and confirmed that the new European Development Fund would be based, like the previous ones, on national contributions by individual member countries. Concrete contributions of the candidate countries to the EDF are to be negotiated after their entry into the EU.
In its Common Position (CONF-CZ 58/00 of May 24, 2000) the
European Union confirmed that the conditions of the Czech
contribution to the European Development Fund would be confirmed by
the EU Council in conformity with the Internal Treaty Establishing
the European Development Fund after the accession of the Czech
Republic to the EU. Chapter 26 - External Relations was
provisionally closed at the Intergovernmental Conference on June
14, 2000 (under Portuguese presidency).
5. Conclusion
On the date of its accession to the EU, the Czech Republic will have to join the EU system of providing development aid. This will apply in particular to the accession to the Cotonou Agreement, participation in financing the European Development Fund and the harmonization of customs preferences granted to the developing countries (the so-called Generalized System of Preferences). This will have financial, institutional and organizational impacts on the Czech Republic. With a view to the procedure and timetable of the negotiations on the financial contribution of the Czech Republic to the EC regular budget and the Czech contribution to the EDF, just as with a view to routine changes in the system of providing development aid within the EU, the impacts of the accession in the field of development aid on the Czech Republic's state budget cannot be estimated at present (estimates range between CZK hundreds of millions and thousands of millions annually).
The opportunities the Czech Republic will have after joining the EU development aid system will include above all its appropriate influence on directing this aid to territories corresponding with the foreign policy priorities of the Czech Republic. By properly ensuring the organizational part of bilateral and multilateral development aid, targeted appropriation of the two components of the aid ("Czech" and "Community") can well complement each other and thus guarantee greater effectiveness. After the accession of the first candidate countries this will apply also to financial means until then earmarked for these countries. These will be redeployed to other external EU programmes (category 4 of EC budget). Entities in the Czech Republic will also have the opportunity to participate in the implementation of development projects and other business activities financed from the EDF.


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W.H. Adviser: Obama Will Do "Better" Working with Congress in Second TermAbove, David Plouffe (CBS News) Transitioning out of a first term marked by unprecedented Washington gridlock, President Obama and his administration plan to do "a better job" in the next four years of doing "all we can" to negotiate with Congress on the most pressing issues, like deficit reduction and gun control, White House senior adviser David Plouffe said Sunday on "Face the Nation." "Yes, we have some political divisions in this country," Plouffe acknowledged, but added, "there's vast support out there for balanced deficit reaction, investments in education and manufacturing, immigration reform, gun safety. So on the issues the president intends to really push and focus on, there's massive support in the country, even amongst Republicans. "...That's why we're going to do a better job in the second term of, we're going to do all we can to work with Congress and negotiate, to make sure the American people are more connected to what's going on here," he continued. Plouffe nodded to one improvement already: Republicans agreeing to go along with a three-month extension on the debt ceiling increase. Though he conceded that "three months is no way to run an economy or a railroad or anything else," he said it's "helpful that they have now dropped their demand, that the only way they're going to pay the country's bills that they themselves racked up would be to extract some concessions." Arguing that the U.S. economy is "poised to really grow," Plouffe said the American people "can't have Washington be a hindrance to that." He suggested returning to a "more regular order in Congress so we're not careening crisis-to-crisis. Congress ought to work together and come up with a long-term fiscal plan." Though he said the president's priority in his second term remains growing the economy and the middle class in particular, Plouffe also cited new regulations to help thwart escalating gun violence in the country as something Mr. Obama thinks he can get through Congress. "It's going to be very, very hard; obviously this is a tough issue," Plouffe said. "But I think if you look at the American people on things like assault weapons, high capacity ammunition clips, universal background checks, school safety, mental health - huge consensus on these issues. We're going to have to spend a lot of time on it. "But I think post-Newtown, things have changed a little bit," he continued. "You see members of both parties thinking about this a little bit differently. And at the very least, I think the American people are going to want us to have a debate and a vote on these things. And I'm convinced that, yeah, are there 60 senators and 218 House members for some of these proposals? I think there are." You have indicated this comment should be removed.said on Monday, Jan 21 at 12:38 AM We have heard all these Lies before, it's along list. Inappropriate? Alert Us! said on Sunday, Jan 20 at 9:33 PM President Barack Obama could not pass a background check if he was applying for a gun permit or a job. Why has this man been allowed to remain in office or take the oath for a second time? During the 2008 campaign, it was known that: •His official, long form birth records were SEALED. •His Occidental College records were SEALED. •His Columbia College records were SEALED. •His Harvard College records were SEALED. •His College thesis – SEALED. •His Harvard Law Review articles – SEALED. •His Indonesian adoption records – SEALED. •His passport file – SEALED. •His medical records – Unavailable •His baptism records – Unavailable •His papers from his service in the Illinois legislature – Unavailable •His Illinois State Bar Association records – Unavailable The birth certificate that the White House released is reputed by document experts to be false. The Social Security number he has used was issued to someone else. He could not pass an E-Verify test. Inappropriate? Alert Us! Add a comment |
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By: Erin Vannella
A revised plan for the old St. Patrick's Church in Watervliet was presented to residents and former parishioners at a public meeting Thursday night. Our Erin Vannella has more on what was said.
WATERVLIET, N.Y. -- Watervliet residents got a look at a revamped proposal to build a Price Chopper on the site of the former St. Patrick's Church.
The City Council held a public hearing on the redrafted development plans Thursday night at the Watervliet Senior Citizens Center.
Over the last four months the fate of the church has been up for discussion, but a decision has still not been made. Some community members say they want to see the church renovated, while others say the cost to do that is too high.
The developer behind the controversial proposal, Nigro, says it overhauled the original plan to address community concerns, with five big changes. Those include bringing in additional shops, adding more green space, adding sound barriers and traffic accommodations to protect neighbors, as well as matching the architectural style of the area.
Despite all the changes though, there are still concerns about pleasing the community.
"The Price Chopper folks doing building design had to make some merchandising changes, because what you do to the outside of the building when you put windows in and so forth. I certainly hope this will satisfy most of the people, it will never satisfy them all," said John Nigro, CEO of Nigro Companies.
The church was closed down last year during a round of church consolidations and officials with the diocese say every day the decision is delayed is costing them $125 in property insurance.


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Hey is the vita near a new thing or is it already included when you purchase a PS vita also with the AR I'm confuse
If it is something they newly added I am very disappointed at SONY again!!
Vita near is like Streetpass
WarioT wrote:I don't know that's why I''m asking
WarioT wrote:I don't know that's why I''m asking
delpiero wrote:I hear Near is just a confusing mess and total crap. It works via the Wii Fi location, not through passing people. They don't have Mii Quest either
Mirr0rR3flection wrote:I'm pretty sure they copy Mii Quest eventually. XD
This is Sony were talking about here.
Jazzy wrote:Jeez, it's ridiculous how much they rip other companies off sometimes. I think I laughed during the E3 conference when the guy said that the PS3 platform was all about innovation.
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Eddy Butler has finally admitted what most people have known all along! Below is a comment made by Butler on his blog today.
Thank you - I am very aware of the tactics they employ though. But the BNP is fast approaching disappearing point as shown by the Star's reluctance to give it any column inches even when presented with a juicy sleaze story. The BNP very soon won't be worth switching a lap top on to write a single line - still less to read about. I am very gratified to have played a major role in burying the BNP. It was my duty to my people as it is not fit for purpose.
Eddy Butler does not seem to happy with his mates at the Star on Sunday, accusing them of being reluctant to print more lies and smears on behalf of himself and Ms Dalgleish-Bryan. Check out his latest rant on his blog for full story.


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I'mma call you Grunge.
First things first: handle's on the other side of the hilt.
I'mma call you Grunge.
First things first: handle's on the other side of the hilt.
Er... uh, ok, maybe we shouldn't have cheated...
That and maybe I shouldn't have fed Gwydian's ego... it's probably large enough now to defeat a DIRE BEER on it's own...
So I guess we're commanding the two guards now?
Tristan: Resolve to change your name to something that sounds more mysterious and badass so that you're sure to become a recurring protagonist.
Other Guy: Be too cool for names and just call yourself the Other Guy until you finally prove those two scoundrels aren't actually exorcists. This is clearly your top priority.
Forgotten Age: An adventure set in the universe of Exalted. Try it, you'll like it.
Tristan> your still plot relevant to me, see if you can peek into the ceremony.
Final boss> have access to the Developers Console
Legend of the Hunter - 37
Woah, no! That's HIGHLY DANGEROUS PROTAGONIST STUFF! You, a nameless and largely unimportant NPC GUARD, has long since figured out it's only the relevant characters that get into real trouble. Sure, you get beat up for silly reasons occasionally, but the really nasty things never concern an anonymous background character.
It's a tough way of living.
So GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE, stupid spot light of plot relevance! We ain't be havin' that nonsense around here! Get lost! Shine on some sagely fucker's bald spot or something!
AND NO NAMING SCREENS, dammit these things are like bloody gnats
Tristan, of course, won't have any of that. He desperately wants to play his part, to be one of the world movers, to have his very own dramatic scenes, and maybe even attain the rarest treasure of all, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT.
Hopefully he won't have to get a tiger for that. He's not THAT fast.
You patiently try to explain to Tristan that he's downright INSANE, and instead of furiously writing down his ideas for awesome protagonist names, he should help him get those fake exorcists instead. You have solid proof!
And in any case, your protagonist name wouldn't be yours to choose, anyway. It's these strange NAMING SCREEN'S DOING.
Once again, Tristan is too much of a stupid, irrelevance-weary fuckhead to listen to you. He's running off to visit the exorcist, who's probably meeting the general in the vicinity of the grand ceremony. That idiot! Walking right into the CENTER OF PLOT RELEVANCE!
Yes! That sounds reasonable. Not too extravagant, and it certainly won't attract the attention of nasty plot things. That way, you can work to uncover the crime. Mostly because it annoys you THAT THOSE TWO GUYS ACTUALLY GOT AWAY WITH IT.
When you moved that big loot bag, you took the opportunity and helped yourself to some of that JEWELRY. You had heard from the commander that the BRUTISH, PUNCH-INCLINED ONE stole it from some people near the Faltering Horse tavern. You'll just find out who actually owns this thing, point out where the thief now stays, the victim alarms the authorities, and there you go. Let's see them free themselves out of their WEB OF LIES, then! Ha!
Speaking of web... Does that spider wear a crown? Woah, that's a really huge spider. What's it sitting there for? Almost looks as if it's waiting for something.
Oh, why the hell not! You decide to RELIEVE THAT SPIDER OF HIS ADORABLE LITTLE CROWN, which must be worth a small fortune.
What're you looking at, spider king? Something behind me?
Sniffer: THIS GUY.... Is useless.
Other Guy: Have the shit beaten out of you by the mysterious person behind you.
Spider King: All according to plan.....
Hey look, it's a wild Signature!
> Tristan: you need to make your appearance more unique, don a garishly coloured scarf.
Guard-who-is-well-on-his-way-to-becoming-a-miniboss>Shoo away the Obviously a Begger Lady, you have mobs to rally. if she doesn't leave then violence her away.
Forgotten Age: An adventure set in the universe of Exalted. Try it, you'll like it.
Sniffgirl>Save that guard from getting his external organs shoved into his internal organs by the spider king. Then claim his soul in exchange for saving his life. Tell him you'll give it back to him after you deal with a certain Exorcist (this is a lie).
SpiderKing> Find another victim. . .
>Tristan: Slap yourself into protagonism.
>Other Guy: Meet the assassin-woman/sniff girl.
>Assassin-woman/sniff girl: Stop putting off your introduction.
Legend of the Hunter - 38
Tristan soon finds the perfect store for his needs: protagonist clothing, in all sizes, very affordable. And FASHIONABLE, too. This one looks very nice. It's red! Your FAVORITE COLOR! And those circles just gives it that finishing touch.
Now, where can you find a scarf that'll give people sensory overload several hundred meters away...?
Sheesh! A beggar lady? You angrily wave your sword in her general direction. There's SPIDER CROWNS to snatch, and you're sure as hell not going to share with a crazed hobo girl.
What was that?
You lean closer. What was that, ya little punk? Maybe she didn't quite hear you. Strange, really, given how much of a point you make by being excessively unambigous. With all this trouble she caused you already, how about a little COMPENSATION, eh? There's gotta be some coin in that dirty coat of yours.
Stay away from me
You can still escape
Listen to me
You know why nobody can find me?
Well, look at that, she CAN articulate herself. Too bad there ain't no articulating yourself out of this situation, missy. You can help the guard finance its endless fight against crime, lady...
Hu, lovely head she's got hiding there. You guess it's one of these DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH. Oh, you say, if you haven't got any coin, we sure can work out SOME OTHER WAY TO SHOW YOUR GRATITUDE.
I beg of you, run, now
It's a quite ingenious trick, really.
Keeps your aura out of sight.
And that at just a little price of your power.
What in Skal's name is that crazy woman babbling about?
Please don't
Help me
It's not your right to KNOW, fucker.
It's your right to fucking die and see your own blood splatter in fascinating ways all over the pavement.
It's your right to LISTEN, because your kind HAS TO BE TOLD.
And you will now share something that you have NO RIGHT TO KNOW.
God, I love this part...
I imagine you'd be more surprised if your job was less terrible. You're a Nameless Guard, it's practically in the job description that you're going to die horribly if any Heroes show up, either to show how powerful and evil the Villain is or because the Hero(es) break the law for whatever reason and you have to try to catch them.
Speaking of Heroes, this might be a good time to find those Exorcists. Or, scream as loudly and agonized-ly as you can, and they'll come to you. Though the latter option usually means they arrive too late, so I don't really suggest it.
Other Dude> run in terror, the faster you get out of the cutscene the better your chances of living.
Nameless Guard: OH FUCK RUN.
As running: Well, if the "Excorcist" can't take care of this, he's exposed! BUt if he can, I get to live! GUESS WHERE I'M GOING.
Hey look, it's a wild Signature!
Other Guy: Realize you made 3 mistakes, just before the end:
1) Realize that even without a name, even without the spotlight of significance, the fact that you were going against the fakey-fake Exorcists made you not a protagonist, but an antagonist. You became a character with a purpose and significance to the plot.
2)Realize that you set yourself up to die by not allowing yourself any distinguishing traits save those that indicate you as an unlikable character who would extort or even solicit unwilling sex from poor beggar woman. The universe loves seeing petty jerks get comeuppance.
3) Realize that you should never, and I mean NEVER, mess with the King Spider. This was clearly the biggest factor in your untimely death and/or possession by the demon that the Fakey-fake exorcists are supposed to be banishing.
==> Be Seb. Meet with the General.
Gwiddy: Be doing absolutely NOTHING that will become plot relevant later on. Nothing.
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LOL... not much different than humans.
LOL... not much different than humans.
that's HILARIOUS!
I love how the leftie threw the cucumber EVERY time he got it!
Very true.
Except the first time when he thought that the other monkey was gonna get the same thing Amazing that even monkeys know what fairness is! The speaker also mentioned they tried it on other animals including dogs.. with same results.
What's your point? That every 10-year-old in the schoolyard should get $20 million/year for telling stupid sex jokes?
Save Ferris
Assumed this was a thread about NFL free agency. Where da sport section at?
Yeah, you were up for the CEO position but got screwed out of it. That's why you're bussing tables.
Boyfights champion '79-'83
That monkey on the left was itching to rip that plastic screen down and shove those cucumbers up that docs ass!


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On Saturday, we welcomed 7,000 children and families at Bookamania, CPL's annual celebration of children's books and authors. Bookamania is presented each November to enhance a child's joy of reading and love of books by bringing to life their beloved storybook characters with stories, magic, music and puppets during a festive family occasion. The event, held at Harold Washington Library Center, was made possible through grants from the Chicago Public Library Foundation and Target Corporation.
A few Bookamania highlights:
- Chicago Bear Israel Idonije (nice win yesterday!), who also is a CPL Board member, took time to read to the kids.
- Children's book author and illustrator Eileen Christelow, creates a character from her book, Five Little Monkeys Reading in Bed.
- Visits with children's book authors Nina Crews (The Neighborhood Sing-Along), Arthur Dorros (Mamá and Me) and Robert Burleigh (The Adventures of Mark Twain by Huckleberry Finn).
- Storyteller Linda Gorham recited Folktales and Fairytales: Fractured, Twisted and Updated with Attitude.
- Jim Gill's Family Room Tour.
- An appearance by the Kalapriya Center for Indian Performing Arts.
- A performance of Goodnight Moon by the Chicago Children's Theater.
- Jabberwocky Marionettes performed Urban Animal and Aquatic Tails.
- Additional performances by Chris Fascione, Sean Masterson, Jan's Clan Puppets, Lenny Marsh, Jasmin Cardenas and Linda Robertson.
The Chicago Public Library continues to encourage lifelong learning by welcoming all people and offering equal access to information, entertainment and knowledge through materials, programs and cutting-edge technology. For an updated calendar of CPL events, please visit our events page.
A big thanks to all who made 2011's Bookamania such a wonderful success!


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Posted Apr 13, 2011 16:31 UTC (Wed) by jspaleta (subscriber, #50639) [Link]
I think it weakens the argument you are making to include them as examples, unless you can point to some sort of previous discussion in the context of upstart development where good-faith contributions from contributors were turned aside by the assignment policy requirement. I'm not aware of that ever happening.
I think what is happening right now with LibreOffice stands up by itself as an unfolding relevant case study to make the point.
Though I would like to see if the clutter development experience has something interesting to add. When clutter dropped its assignment policy did contributor activity rise in a noticable way?
A certain individual has argued in private with me that business entities,such as the one that previously required assignment to clutter, only drop the assignment requirements after they are no longer incentivised to lead the development. Essentially the argument made to me was that dropping assignment is a "we wash our hands of it..throw it over the wall..and let the community have the scraps" action on the part of most business entities. Pardon me from interpretatively paraphrasing from a private conversation. I did have the foresight to obtained permission to archive and republish the short conversation. You can read the argument in the context of the conversation from Sept, 2010 here: http://jspaleta.fedorapeople.org/A_conversation_with_Mark...
I don't think opinions on the matter have changed. The people who walked into the Harmony discussion in favor of for-profit assignment still feel that way. The people who came in against it, still feel that way.
Nor do I think Harmony as drafted are going to change the character of the dispute. Harmony is a codification of the battlelines. I know some people are _hopeful_ that some for-profit entities who switch from in-house contributor agreements to Harmony drafted agreements will be choosing more contributor friendly options. But I don't see any evidence of that. And I don't plan to give any for-profit entity the benefit of the doubt on that score. Whether you choose a Harmony statement or not is not important. It is the specific choice and the details that matter. I don't plan to pat any entity on the back for choosing a Harmony option that requires assignment to a for-profit with sufficient promisebacks to protect the long term interests of the uncompensated contributor.
The Harmony drafts allow for pretty much all the bad for-profit behaviour that is currently allowed now. At best Harmony will make it easier to identify. At worst Harmony will give for-profits political cover that they can hide behind when their choose unfair/unbalanced assignment policies instead of the more reasonable Harmony options.
Posted Apr 13, 2011 17:26 UTC (Wed) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
Technical design might be the more important reason for systemd but it is clear that copyright assignment requirements played a role and while what you have suggested is one way to look for the impact, I think it is far from the only way. For instance, the questions one can ask include, how many developers were turned away from ever submitting patches because of the requirement? Among the active systemd developers, which ones felt more motivated to systemd because it explicitly advertised the fact that no copyright assigned is required? Did it influence adoption by distributions? and so on. I don't purport to know the answers to these questions but I disagree that it is not a valid example although it might not be as big a instance as Openoffice.org vs Libreoffice.
Posted Apr 13, 2011 17:34 UTC (Wed) by jspaleta (subscriber, #50639) [Link]
Posted Apr 13, 2011 18:07 UTC (Wed) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
Whether patches submitted to a project were rejected on the basis of such a requirement is not a very interesting way to measure the impact as far as I am concerned because anyone who looks at contributing to a project and realizes there is a requirement to assign copyright would just not bother submitting any patches in the first place. If you are interested enough, you can talk to the developers involved and find out more. I have but there is no public reference for you so you will have to do the leg work yourself to find out more.
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