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While it's highly unlikely that hunters or people feeding birds could contract avian flu from wild birds here, following these standard precautions reduces the risk of contracting any wildlife disease:
What is avian influenza?
Avian influenza, sometimes called "bird flu," is a viral disease. Wild birds naturally harbor various strains of avian influenza, usually without being seriously affected by the virus. Domestic poultry, on the other hand, are highly susceptible to certain strains of avian influenza. Health officials are concerned about a specific sub-strain of avian influenza known as Highly Pathogenic H5N1 (HPAI H5N1) because about 200 people in Asia and Europe have contracted it after close contact with domestic poultry. The HPAI H5N1 strain has not been found to date in North American wild or domestic birds. The term "highly pathogenic" refers to the viral strain's effect on domestic poultry, not on people.
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Where will field sampling take place?
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How are the birds tested?
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Why are field samplers dressed in protective clothing?
In order to collect samples from live birds, samplers must handle many active wild birds and are exposed to various bodily fluids for an extended period of time. This amount of exposure differs substantially from brief contact by a hunter picking up a harvested game bird. However, hunters are routinely advised to take precautions against a variety of diseases carried by wild animals by wearing rubber gloves when handling and/or field dressing game animals; not eating, drinking or smoking while cleaning game; washing hands with soap and water or alcohol wipes immediately after handling game or cleaning bird feeders; washing tools and work surfaces used to clean game birds with soap and water, then disinfecting with a 10 percent solution of chlorine bleach; separating raw meat and anything it touches from cooked or ready-to-eat foods to avoid contamination; cooking game meat thoroughly, to an internal temperature of 155 to 165 degrees Fahrenheit; and not handling or harvesting birds that are obviously sick or found dead.
Where can I get more information on avian influenza?
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text: One has to wonder if at some point before 2012 the English language will run out of overstatement and have to start borrowing from German or some other language to achieve the ideal level of hyperbole. In the meantime may we present Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, who is running for Congress in Arizona. His campaign vid, in which he unequivocally states that "Barack Obama is the worst president in history," has been making the Internet rounds today. Fear not, Ben Quayle — who looks like the progeny of Harold Ford meets Chris Cuomo meets Anthony Weiner meets Chris Kattan — is going to go Washington and knock the hell out of it. His words not mine.I've said it before: wait a couple of years after and let Barry finish his term first before we go calling him "worst ever", copying them will get conservatives nowhere. Of course, this could just be a little revenge for all those who called Ben Quayle's dad "worst ever VP", but if that's the case with the current clown we have for a VP Ben shouldn't be too worried about that title sticking to his dad for long.


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"In 1989, I could fit every scientific study on climate change on top of my desk. Now, you could fill the Superdome with climate-change research data. Yet somehow, the onslaught against the science of climate change has never been stronger."
"The campaign against climate science has been enormously clever, and enormously effective. It's worth trying to understand how they've done it. The best analogy, I think, is to the O.J. Simpson trial, an event that's begun to recede into our collective memory. For those who were conscious in 1995, however, I imagine that just a few names will make it come back to life. Kato Kaelin, anyone? Lance Ito?"
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It's all fine and dandy to attempt to blame everything on everyone who doesn't agree with you, but the events of the last few months have demonstrated that some climate science is not as independent or as fact based as claimed.
Regarding the release of e-mails, even the Institute of Physics has weighed in with a submission to the British Parliament. Their words are not kind to the scientists involved.
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"The CRU e-mails as published on the internet provide prima facie evidence of determined and co-ordinated refusals to comply with honourable scientific traditions and freedom of information law."
Also, announced just a few hours ago, the UN is appointing a special committee to perform a thorough analysis of how the IPCC has conducted itself.
Boosting cap-and-trade as a solution to global warming is nonsensical.
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When "environmentalists" make such primary blunders - and reveal such a startling level of ignorance about the real struggle by renewables to displace fossil fuels for good, forever in fact - well, one has to wonder.
I'm not sure the O.J. Simpson analogy is very good, either - what massive corporate interest was backing O.J.? Furthermore, O.J. was found guilty in civilian court - but when will fossil fuel corporations have to face criminal and civil actions for their own massively polluting actions?
You have Chevron in court over their Texaco/Ecuador business, and Exxon certainly faces similar issues over their Chad-Cameroon pipeline - but when will you see the first class-action lawsuit against fossil fuel corporations for global warming damages?
Even lawsuits do little good, if they don't change behaviors - for example, the tobacco corporations lost all their lawsuits in the end - but smoking cigarettes goes on as usual.
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Both parties left each other improper feedback ratings....nice going. They each need to report them as improper given the fact that no transaction ultimately occurred. Spare the indignation as to if it happened or not, site rules and precedence clearly indicate otherwise.
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So true. Scammer? Where did he try to steal from you? Liar? For what? I dont' see it from what has been posted. I do see other issues as I said before but not these. Seller talks about the experience. Well I'm not even going to comment on that one till he answers the one main questions that was asked about 20 times so don't even ask me seller cause I won't answer |
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I agree the OP shouldn't have started off calling the seller a scammer and should probably change the title of the thread. I understand his frustration but from my experience if he would have just put the facts people would have still drawn the same conclusion without the OP damaging his own reputation.
I also think that the seller probably got a higher offer and decided to go with that, as others that is just my thought of what possibly happened and unless the seller tells us what actually happened with the sale of the engine then we are only left to draw our own conclusions. Edit: I just read the feedback left by both parties. Like others have said saying he's a scammer and liar has yet to be proven, his actions may be a little unethical in my eyes and aren't how I would conduct business. The feedback left for the buyer just comes across as retaliation to me for receiving negative feedback from the buyer. |
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He can explain himself at any time, but clearly doesn't have a consistent story which is why this thread is still on going. Enough proof has been posted, and I still don't have anything back and waiting to hear back form my bank to see whether or not the check was cashed or not, I still don't have any thing back form him. |
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I'll pop up in most if not all of these threads that start with someone screaming accusations and hurling names around. If you don't like it, move on. These threads almost NEVER succeed in doing what the OP wants, they often come off just as bad as the party they are accusing. My suggestion is almost always to cut out the name calling and state facts and present evidence. Sometime mob rules mentality wins over, even more so when the accused party isn't as responsive as they could be. Would it have been that difficult to WAIT until the OP got his money back to post a thread about his experience. For most responsible, reasonable, and professional people, no...not really. These threads are often started by folks with little self control, looking to vent and scream and call names. Sometimes they are great at pointing out a real scammer, but it's usually not the case. The seller in this case has 100% feedback over a year, all from buyers. While his communication style is lacking, and his business practices are not customer centric, I don't see "scammer" being appropriate at this time. Nor the bafoon title. That has a real 5th grade school yard feel to it no? |
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The structure will include approximately 1.2 million square feet for high-end retail, office, hotels, and residences in the heart of Hudson Yards, a dynamic new neighborhood and cultural center in development on 10th Avenue from 34th to 40th Street, on the site of what was formerly the West Side Rail Yards. Hudson Spire would be on a section of the new Hudson Boulevard, overlooking a park-like public space that is the centerpiece of the neighborhood. The building will face the Hudson River and be less than two blocks from the Jacob Javits Convention Center.
Michael J. Macaluso, Principal and Founder of MJM + A Architects, was retained by the property owners and their exclusive real estate broker Massey Knakal to come up with a grand design for the building. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that architects dream of, says Macaluso. When the senior executives of Massey Knakal, James Nelson and Bob Knakal, and Anthony Volpe of the Rosenthal Group first laid out for us the challenge of creating an 1,800 foot high mixed-use tower for Hudson Yards, we were both thrilled and inspired. As architects, our job is to interpret the dreams of others. The creative geniuses of our design studio, led by my partner Keith Lucas, came up with a stunning vision of a vibrant glass structure that literally jumps from its bases and soars to the stars.
Hudson Spire is slated to have 110 stories, offering a unique combination of commercial and residential space. Floors one through five will host upscale restaurants and retailers, on top of which will be 15 stories of office space. Floors 21through 85 are designated for three separate high-end hotel properties, each with approximately 200 guest rooms, lavish amenities, and event/conference space. The top 25 floors will be luxury residences, with one or two units per floor, concierge service, private elevators, glass walls on all four sides, and stunning views that extend from the Statue of Liberty to the George Washington Bridge and beyond.
Hudson Yard represents the last frontier in undeveloped Manhattan property, says Macaluso, and Hudson Spire will be right in the middle of this dynamic new neighborhood with all its cultural attractions, entertainment, and river views. And its close proximity to the Javits Center makes it an excellent choice for Fortune 500 executive travelers.
Design-wise, Hudson Spire follows the super tall / super thin strategy of other recent luxury high rise residences, mandated by the space, cost and zoning realities of Manhattan property. Starting at a base width of approximately 100 feet, the edifice will be physically set back as it rises, tapering to just 75 feet in width at the top floors. The structural challenges of high winds and complex elevator requirements are solved with a hybrid reinforced concrete and steel frame, encased by alternating reflective and non-reflective high powered glass.
Theres not a lot of façade to work with, says Keith M. Lucas, Partner and Project Designer for MJM + A Architects, so we wanted to make it visually interesting. We decided, rather than go with a typical singular surface, lets do something different and more dynamic. Lets vary the composition of the glass color and reflective property, with lots of intersecting angles that play off one another, so that sunsets and city views will look different on one face of the building than on the others.
At 1,800 feet, Hudson Spire will be even taller than the recently-constructed Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center. Since 9/11, the city has gone through a long healing process. The owners of the property want to create a building that looks forward, not back, that will uplift the city but is unrelated to 9/11, says Macaluso. Hudson Spire reflects the dawn of a new age, emphasizing the global character of New York City as a business hub, a tourist destination, and the many foreign residents who now call it home. Hudson Spire will be a welcome addition to the Manhattan skyline, and to the spirit of the city itself.
For more information, contact Ron Gold, MarketingWorks PR at (631) 941-1100. To view architectural renderings of Hudson Spire, go to http://tinyurl.com/jw9omjf.
About MJM + A
Founded in 1976 by the firms namesake, M.J. Macaluso & Associates Architects (MJM + A) provides design and consulting services in architecture, planning, interior design, construction administration and project management. Its team of architects, project managers, designers, artists, financial planners, and administrators creates unique and award-winning solutions for diverse projects throughout a broad spectrum of site, scale and scope. The practice currently holds active licenses in 14 states including New York, Florida and California. Believing that architects must be stewards of both the environment and the economic interest of the project, MJM + A maintains several LEED-accredited professionals and has an active focus on sustainability. The growing firm recently expanded its midtown Manhattan studio and now houses a staff of approximately 22 associates.
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Two coupled, second order differential equationsby 3029298 Tags: coupled, differential, equations, order |
Feb11-13, 12:08 PM
While studying the derivation of the normal modes of oscillation of a liquid sphere in the paper "Nonradial oscillations of stars" by Pekeris (1938), which can be found here, on page 193 and 194 two coupled second order differential equations in two variables are merged into one fourth order differential equation in one variable. I really can't get my head around the way you eliminate one of the two variables.
The two second order equations are: [itex]c^2\ddot{X}+\dot{X}\left[\dot{c}^2-\left(\gamma-1\right)g+\frac{2c^2}{r}\right]+X\left\{\sigma^2+\left(2-\gamma\right)\left(\dot{g}+\frac{2g}{r}\right)-n\left(n+1\right)\frac{c^2}{r^2}\right\}=g\ddot{w}+\dot{w}\left(2\dot{g }+\frac{2g}{r}\right)+\left[2-n\left(n+1\right)\right]\frac{wg}{r^2}[/itex] [itex]\dot{X}r^2+X\left[2r+\left(g-\gamma g-\dot{c}^2\right)\left(n+1\right)\frac{n}{\sigma^2}\right]=r^2\ddot{w}+4r\dot{w}+w\left[2-n\left(n+1\right)\right][/itex] In these equations, all variables depend on [itex]r[/itex] except [itex]\gamma[/itex], [itex]n[/itex] and [itex]\sigma[/itex], which are constants. Apparently, according to the paper, this can be written as a single, fourth order differential equation in [itex]X[/itex]: [itex]\ddot{G}+\dot{G}\left(\frac{6}{r}-2\frac{\dot{A}}{A}\right)+G\left\{-\frac{\ddot{A}}{A}+\left(\frac{6-n-n^2}{r^2}\right)-\frac{6 \dot{A}}{Ar}+\frac{2\ddot{A}^2}{A^2}\right\}-AH=0[/itex] Where [itex]A=2\left(\frac{\dot{g}}{g}-\frac{1}{r}\right)[/itex] [itex]gG=c^2\ddot{X}+\dot{X}\left(\dot{c}^2-\gamma g+\frac{2c^2}{r}\right)+X\left[\sigma^2+\left(2-\gamma\right)\dot{g}+\left(1-\gamma\right)\frac{2}{r}-n\left(n+1\right)\frac{c^2}{gr^2}+\frac{n}{\sigma^2r^2}\left(n+1\right) \left(\dot{c}^2-g+\gamma g\right)\right][/itex] [itex]H=\ddot{X}+\dot{X}\left[\frac{4}{r}-\frac{n}{\sigma^2 r^2}\left(n+1\right)\left(\dot{c}^2-g+\gamma g\right)\right]+X\left[\frac{2}{r^2}-\frac{n}{\sigma^2r^2}\left(n+1\right)\left(\ddot{c}^2-\dot{g}+\gamma\dot{g}\right)\right][/itex] Does someone know a general way to transform two second order coupled differential equations into one fourth order equation? Thanks for any hints or help! |
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Divide the first equation by g and the second by [itex]r^2[/itex] and subtract both equations to get an equation (eq. 3.) with the [itex]\ddot{w}[/itex] term eliminated. Take the derivative of this equation (3.) to eliminate w: [itex]w \rightarrow \dot{w}[/itex] and [itex]\dot{w} \rightarrow \ddot{w}[/itex]. Do the same again to eliminate the new [itex]\ddot{w}[/itex] term in eq. 3. Take the derivative of eq. 3. so [itex]\dot{w} \rightarrow \ddot{w}[/itex]. Do the previous once more to get an equation for [itex]X^{(IV)}[/itex] with all the w-terms eliminated.
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The governing council's role within The Wilderness Society is critical since it has final authority on all policy matters. The governing council provides leadership and direction in support of the vision for the organization.
Governing Council Chair
Retired Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, WRQ, Inc. For 25 years, Doug Walker was the founding partner and CEO of WRQ, an integration software company that served Fortune 500 companies and had customers in 51 countries. He is an active supporter of charitable, environmental, and community organizations. Currently, Doug is the Chair of the Governing Council of The Wilderness Society and Immediate Past Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He also serves on the boards of the Seattle Parks Foundation, Green Diamond Resource Company, Conservation Lands Foundation, The American Alpine Club, Forterra, Civil War Trust, UW College of the Environment, The William D. Ruckelshaus Center Advisory Board, and The Sierra Club Foundation. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University and attended the University of Washington Graduate School of Mathematics. Doug is an avid hiker and mountain climber and a year-round bicycle commuter.
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MOLLY MCUSIC, Vice Chair (2001)
Molly is President of the Wyss Foundation. Previously, as Counselor to Secretary Bruce Babbitt, her work included land use and preservation, environmental law and property rights/takings. Among the major projects with which she was involved were the designations, by President Clinton, of Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument and fifteen other National Monuments, under the Antiquities Act. She was a Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina School of Law; a visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, an attorney for the firm Donovan, Leisure, Rogovin, Huge & Schiller; Law Clerk for the Honorable Harry A. Blackmun, U. S. Supreme Court, and Law Clerk for the Honorable Dorothy W. Nelson, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Molly also practiced as a Skadden Fellow at the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, an organization that works to improve the environment and promote social equity through legal actions. She received a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, graduating magna cum laude.
WILLIAM J. CRONON, Ph.D., Vice Chair (1995)
Bill is the Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on American environmental history and the history of the American West and frontier. Prior to this, Bill was Professor of History at Yale University. Bill holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University, and a D.Phil. from Oxford University in England.
KEVIN LUZAK, Treasurer (2007)
Kevin is the President of the Archer Holdings Company, a privately held diversified forest products company. Kevin has been a member of corporate boards in the aerospace, electronics, marketing, outdoor advertising, storage technology, and contract manufacturing industries, among others. He is also a director of the University of Virginia Art Museum, and president of the Financial Futures Foundation for disadvantaged children.
MARCIA KUNSTEL, Secretary (2004)
Marcia, by profession an award-winning journalist and author, has operated a remote dude ranch in Jackson Hole, WY, with her husband Joe Albright since 2001. She is active in community, political and conservation organizations, serving as board chair of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. Kunstel worked for the Cox Newspapers chain from 1987-99 as a Washington correspondent and as bureau chief in Moscow and Beijing. Earlier she was a free-lance correspondent primarily covering the Middle East and Africa. Marcia and her husband co-authored a book documenting Soviet espionage at Los Alamos during World War II and a history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Marcia is a 1969 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and received the school's distinguished alumni award in 1999.
DAVID BONDERMAN, At Large (1993)
David is a founding partner of TPG. TPG generally makes significant investments in operating companies through acquisitions and restructurings across a broad range of industries throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
TPG and its affiliates have approximately $48 billion of capital under management. Portfolio companies controlled by TPG have combined revenues of over $85 billion, operate in more than 130 countries and employ approximately 600,000 people. Among the portfolio companies of TPG are: PETCO; IMS Health; Avaya; Harrah's Entertainment, Energy Future Holdings (TXU); Neiman Marcus; SunGard and Univision.
Prior to forming TPG in 1992, David was Chief Operating Officer of the Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. (now doing business as Keystone Group, L.P.) in Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to joining RMBG in 1983, David was a partner in the law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in corporate, securities, bankruptcy and antitrust litigation. From 1969 to 1970, David was a Fellow in Foreign and Comparative Law in conjunction with Harvard University and from 1968 to 1969, he was Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division. From 1967 to 1968, David was Assistant Professor at Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans.
David graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School in 1966. He was a member of the Harvard Law Review and a Sheldon Fellow. He is a 1963 graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle.
David serves on the Boards of the following public companies: Armstrong Worldwide Industries, Inc.; CoStar Group, Inc.; General Motors Company; and Ryanair Holdings, plc, of which he is Chairman. He also serves on the Supervisory Board for VTB Bank. In addition, he serves on the Boards of The Wilderness Society, the Grand Canyon Trust, The University of Washington Foundation and the American Himalayan Foundation.
HANSJÖRG WYSS, At Large (1993)
Hansjörg is Chairman Emeritus of Synthes, Inc. as well as co-founder and trustee of AO/ASIF Foundation, Chur, Switzerland. He is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Business and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. Besides his business interests, Hansjörg is involved in a number of environmental activities. He presently serves as Chairman of the Wyss Foundation and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance, and the Grand Canyon Trust.
BRENDA S. DAVIS, Ph.D. Ex Officio (1994)
Brenda retired in 2007 from Johnson & Johnson where she was an officer of the corporation responsible for global compliance and various technical functions including quality, energy, environment, health and safety. Previously, she was a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University, served in the Cabinet of Governor Thomas H. Kean of New Jersey, and was a senior staff member of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget. Brenda holds a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of California, Berkeley and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Institution. She serves on the boards of the World Wildlife Fund and Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI) and is former chairman of the New Jersey Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.
Governing Council Members
Ned was a trustee and the manager of the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust from 1975 until its termination in 2009. He is a chairman of the Hudson River Foundation, and a board member of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Open Space Institute, and Wave Hill. He also is a former member and past-president of the Art Commission of the City of New York and a former program officer of the Office of Resource and Environment at the Ford Foundation. Ned is a graduate of Harvard University, where he majored in biology.
Jim has a strong record of visionary service to New Mexico. He recently retired as the State of New Mexico's Natural Resource Trustee. He has served as Mayor of the City of Albuquerque, as well as two prior terms as New Mexico's elected State Land Commissioner. He served as the Director of the National Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior in the first Clinton Administration. Jim also serves on the Boards of numerous nonprofit organizations including The Wilderness Society, the Wyss Foundation, the Latino Sustainability Institute and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Jim and his wife Bobbi live in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Tom is an author, and formerly a venture capital investor, who lives in Boulder, Colorado. A Rhodes Scholar, he is the author of numerous essays on wilderness and other environmental issues, as well as nature books, novels, and children's books. His books (published under the name T. A. Barron) include To Walk in Wilderness, The Ancient One, Tree Girl and The Lost Years of Merlin series, and The Great Tree of Avalon trilogy. Tom is a trustee of Princeton University, and is a co-founder of the Princeton Environmental Institute. In 1997, The Wilderness Society honored him with the Robert Marshall Award.
Richard C. Blum is Chairman and President of Richard C. Blum & Associates, Inc., the general partner of Blum Capital Partners, L.P., a long-term strategic equity investment management firm which acts as general partner for various investment partnerships and provides investment advisory services. Richard currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc., a global market leader in real estate services. He is also a director of Pacific Alliance Group Holdings, Ltd., Fairmont Raffles Holding International, and Current Media, L.L.C. Richard is former Chairman of the University of California Board of Regents, where he continues to serve as a Regent, as well Chairman of the Board for the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He also serves as a member of the Federal Reserve Bank Economic Advisory Council. Richard founded the American Himalayan Foundation and Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the Honorary Consul of Nepal. Additionally, Richard serves on the board of trustees of the following not-for-profits: The American Cancer Foundation, The Brookings Institution, California Academy of Sciences, The Carter Center, Glide Foundation and The Wilderness Society. Richard earned both his B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley. In 2006 he received an honorary doctoral degree from the University of San Francisco's McLaren College of Business. Most recently, he was awarded the Haas School of Business' Lifetime Achievement Award.
Crandall is Chairman of Springs Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of window products for the home. From 1998 until 2007 she was also CEO of Springs Industries, a textile home furnishings business, from which she retired in 2007. Crandall earned a BA in Economics from Wellesley College and an MBA from the Columbia Business School. She is a director of Deere & Company, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; a trustee of the Brookings Institution; and on the governing board of the Packard Center at Johns Hopkins. She is on the boards of the Carolina Thread Trail and the Anne Springs Close Greenway, a large public recreational area in Fort Mill, SC, established by her family. She formerly served on the board of the African Wildlife Foundation.
Bill is a partner with the law firm of Baker & Botts, LLP. He specializes in the Clean Air Act and is head of the Firm's Global Climate Change Practice. He is a 1984 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Journal of Environmental Law. Bill spent two years studying economics at the University of Tubingen, in Germany, and obtained a Master's Degree in Economics from Antioch University. He received his Bachelor of Arts from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas.
Bethine serves as Chair of the Frank Church Institute at Boise State University, which now includes the Endowed Frank and Bethine Church Chair of Public Affairs and endows a professorship. The Institute also provides scholarships in Frank Church's name. She recently retired as the President and Founder of the Sawtooth Society, which was formed to repair infrastructure and to protect the Sawtooth Valley and assure compatible development within central Idaho's Sawtooth National Recreation Area and now serves as an Emeritus Member of the Board. In August, she will dedicate the Frank and Bethine Church Overlook in the SNRA. She is Honorary Co-Chair of the Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial. Formerly, she served as a member of the Governor's Task Force on Home Care, on the Idaho State Democratic Party Finance Committee, and was co-chair of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Visions Management Seminar. Bethine is an Emeritus Member of the Board of Directors for the U.S. Capital Historical Society. She also is past director in the Boise Philharmonic Association and Past President of the Center for Responsive Politics in Washington, D.C. Bethine received a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Michigan, an Honorary Doctorate degree from Boise State University, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Lewis and Clark State College. Bethine has authored a book, A Lifelong Affair: My Passion for People and Politics, which deals with all the years of her life and her family's in politics. Bethine has been a delegate to several national Democratic conventions and served as the Chair of the Delegation in Los Angeles, 40 years after her husband, the late Senator Frank Church, had given the keynote address there for John F. Kennedy.
Bert recently retired as managing director of First Manhattan Co. in New York. He is a member of the Board of Governors of Tel Aviv University, and founder of its Cohn Institute for History and Philosophy of Science. Before joining First Manhattan, Bert was chairman of Schuylkill Lead Corp., DPF Inc., and Interstate Bakeries Corp. Bert graduated Cum Laude from Harvard University with an A.B., and received his M.B.A. from New York University Graduate School of Business Administration.
Will Coleman is the founder of OnRamp Capital, an incubation fund that brings corporate partners into early stage technology and energy investments. He is also a senior advisor to Prelude Ventures. Will was previously a Partner at Mohr Davidow Ventures. He has also worked for GE Energy, X/seed Capital, and REAP. Earlier in his career Will built the interactive business for the publishing company Academic Partners. Will is on the Advisory Boards for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the California Energy Commission's Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (an $840m fund to stimulate deployment of low carbon transportation technologies), and the Berkeley Energy & Climate Institute. He also founded the Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative (BERC) and the Center for Energy & Environmental Innovation (CEEI). Will received his AB magna cum laude from Harvard University and earned a MBA and MS in Energy & Resources from the University of California at Berkeley.
Kim serves as CEO of the Open Space Institute, a land conservation organization that has protected and/or financed close to 2 million acres and created over 50 new parks or protected areas in the eastern United States. Kim has also worked in the finance sector as CEO of Overhills Group and partner of Elmrock Partners, private equity concerns, and as President of Gray, Seifert, an investment company. He has served on numerous corporate boards, including Chairman of Piggly Wiggly Southern. Kim chairs the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Overhills Foundation, has chaired The Wilderness Society and the Adirondack Council, and has served as vice-chairman of the Environmental Defense Fund. He has served on numerous non-profit and philanthropic boards, principally in conservation and cultural institutions. Kim received his B.A. from Yale and now serves on Yale University's Forestry and Environmental Leadership Council.
David is President and Chief Executive Officer of Philadelphia-based Entercom Communications Corp., one of the country's five largest radio broadcasting companies and a member of the New York Stock Exchange. Entercom owns and operates over 100 stations in 23 markets including San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Denver, Sacramento, Portland and Kansas City. Before joining Entercom, David was an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Amherst College and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. David serves on the Boards of Entercom, The National Association of Broadcasters, The Radio Advertising Bureau, and The Wilderness Society. He served as Chairman of the Radio Board of the National Association of Broadcasters from 2005-2007. David was named 2006 Radio Executive of the Year by Radio Ink Magazine and was also named one of the Best CEO's in America by Institutional Investor Magazine in 2006, 2007 and 2008. David and his wife Jaimie reside in Gladwyne, PA.
GEORGE T. FRAMPTON, Jr. (2001)
George is Senior Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP. He was previously a partner in the firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP in Washington and New York. His Federal Government assignments have included serving as Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks, with policy and budget responsibility for the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. He was also Deputy Director of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Special Inquiry into the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, and Assistant Special Prosecutor, Watergate Special Prosecution Force. George has been a visiting lecturer in constitutional law at Duke Law School, and taught International Environmental Law at the Yale School of Environmental Studies/Yale Law School, and at Johns Hopkins. He was President of The Wilderness Society from 1986-1993. George received his B. A. in Physics and Philosophy from Yale College, an M.Sc., with distinction in Advanced Economic Theory from the London School of Economics, and a J. D. magna cum laude from the Harvard Law School. He served as law clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun during the U.S. Supreme Court's OT 1971.
JERRY F. FRANKLIN, Ph.D. (1993)
Jerry is Professor of Ecosystem Analysis in the College of Forest Resource, University of Washington . A native of Oregon, Jerry received his B.S. and M.S. in forest management from Oregon State University, as well as a Ph.D. in botany and soils from Washington State. Some highlights of Jerry's professional achievements include fourteen years as a Forest Service research forester in the Pacific Northwest, two years as director of the Ecosystem Studies Program for the National Science Foundation, and sixteen years as the Forest Service's chief plant ecologist in the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Franklin has published about 400 scientific articles. He has received numerous honors including: The Wilderness Society's 1988 Olaus & Margaret Murie Award for meritorious government service; honorary doctorate degrees from Lakehead and Simon Fraser Universities and the 2006 Heintz Award for the Environment. His most recent book is, "Conserving for Biodiversity" (Island Press).
Caroline is a conservationist who lives in California. She currently serves on the boards of the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Flip serve as the Student Conservation Association's (SCA) Vice President for the Mid-Atlantic Southeast Region and Senior Diversity Relations Officer. Prior to joining SCA he worked for the Department of Interior National Park Service in numerous jobs closing out his career as its Director of Training, Education, and Employee Development for the organizations 20.000 employees. He is a former member of the SCA Board of Directors and its Advisory Council on Diversity. He is a current member of the Governing Council of The Wilderness Society, Board of Directors for the Institute of Conservation Leadership, and the Board of Directors for the Rocky Mountain Science & Sustainability Network. He has also served as a Trustee for the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) and Director for the National Association for Interpretation. He received his M.S. Degree from Nova University and B.S. Degree from American University. He is a certified Career Counselor and Trainer and serves on numerous Advisory Committees in the areas of Diversity & Inclusion, Career Development, and Environmental/Conservation Education; along with serving as a guest lecturer at Colleges and Universities throughout the country.
Heather is an Alaska Native and a Senior Staff Attorney for the Native American Rights Fund in Anchorage, Alaska. She received her B.A. in History, graduating Magna Cum Laude, from the University of Alaska, and her law degree from Harvard Law School. She served as Judicial Clerk for Chief Justice Jay Rabinowitz of the Alaska Supreme Court. Heather was also a Skadden Fellow during which she worked for the Alaska Legal Services Corporation and the Native American Rights Fund. She is married and has two daughters and a grand-daughter.
Michael Mantell founded the Resources Law Group to help design and administer initiatives for philanthropic foundations and individuals, landowners, and government agencies that result in significant conservation achievements. He also helped to create the strategically aligned but independent Resources Legacy Fund. Since the late 1990s, he has designed and participated in programs and projects that broadened the leadership and constituency for natural resources protection and achieved extensive conservation outcomes for land, water, and ocean resources and on renewable energy. Previously, he served as Undersecretary for Natural Resources for the State of California, was General Counsel for the World Wildlife Fund and a Deputy City Attorney in Los Angeles. Michael helped lead the 2010 political campaign that prevented a rollback of California's landmark climate change legislation. In the past decade, he has chaired two campaigns resulting in voters approving $7 billion of investments in water, land, and ocean conservation. Michael is author and co-author of several books and articles, the recipient of several national conservation awards, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Monterey Bay Aquarium as well as on the Governing Council of The Wilderness Society.
Dave Matthews is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band (DMB). Winner of two Grammys, Dave Matthews Band's first public performance occurred at the 1991 Earth Day Festival in Charlottesville, Virginia. Since then, DMB has done benefit concerts for numerous other causes, such as environmental protection, disaster aid relief, cancer, and education. Dave Matthews is a Farm Aid board member and a principal of ATO Records. A founding member of the Green Music Group, Dave Matthews Band is offsetting 100 percent of the carbon dioxide emissions from their touring activities since 1991.
Scott Nathan is the Chief Risk Officer of The Baupost Group, an absolute return, value-oriented investment partnership in Boston. He chairs Baupost's portfolio risk committee and is a member of the firm's management committee. He joined the firm in 1995. Outside of work, Scott chairs the board of the League of Conservation Voters, a national non-profit organization that advocates for sound environmental policies and works to elect pro-environmental candidates. In addition to the Wilderness Society, he also serves on numerous other boards and committees including the Center for American Progress, Harvard Corporation Finance Committee, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Massachusetts Governor's Council of Economic Advisors. Scott is a summa cum laude graduate of Harvard College and was the Lionel de Jersey Harvard Scholar at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University in England. He also received a J.D. and an MBA, both from Harvard University.
Jaime is a citizen of the Nez Perce Tribe and is Vice President of the Bush Foundation in St Paul, Minnesota, guiding their native nations program in South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota. Prior to joining the Foundation he spent over two decades working in the Columbia River Basin on tribal treaty rights and native sovereignty. He was elected twice to the governing body of the Nez Perce Tribe in addition to managing the Tribe's natural resources programs where he was involved in reintroducing grey wolves to Idaho, acquiring ancestral lands in Oregon, water rights negotiations and salmon recovery. He has served on various tribal, conservation and education boards and is currently on the board of American Rivers. He is a former board member of Defenders of Wildlife and board emeritus to both the Bonneville Environmental Foundation and American Indian Science and Engineering Society.
He received a forestry degree from Oregon State University and also graduated from the Washington State Agriculture and Forestry Foundation's leadership program. He is married to Tija Karklis and has two daughters, Lindsay and Alex, and two granddaughters, Tatum and Harper. He also sings traditional songs with the Nez Perce Nation Drum.
Becky is the former president of Twin Cities Community Land Bank, a nonprofit organization that provides a variety of services for urban redevelopment of the Minneapolis/St Paul metropolitan area. For over thirty years she practiced law at Faegre & Benson, a law firm that has engaged in a national public interest practice in public lands and wildlife protection. Becky has been an advocate of wilderness protection for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and the Quetico Provincial Park since the mid-1970's and, among other positions, chaired the board of the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness for 17 years. She has also been active in Alaska public lands issues, serving as a board member of the Alaska Wilderness League and founding and chairing the Alaska Coalition of Minnesota. Becky is former chair of The Wilderness Society's Governing Council.
Ted is a Managing Director in Investment Banking at Barclays Capital, based in New York. Currently, he serves as Chairman of the firm's Clean Tech Initiative. He joined Barclays Capital when it acquired the North American assets of Lehman Brothers in September 2008. He started work with Lehman in 1972 as a general banker in domestic corporate finance. In 1977, following Lehman Brothers' merger with Kuhn Loeb, Ted was assigned to the International Department and also worked in the Firm's Government Advisory Group. He joined the Short and Medium Term Corporate Finance Department in 1982 and was appointed manager of the department in 1985. He was named a Managing Director in 1984, and, in January 1991 he was asked to focus on the development of the Firm's international business. He was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lehman Brothers Financial Products Inc. in 1994, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lehman Brothers Derivative Products Inc. in 1998. In February 2007, he was appointed Chairman of Lehman Brothers' Council on Climate Change.
Ted received his AB from Harvard in 1965. Immediately following, he joined the Navy as an officer in Underwater Demolition Team Eleven. Following his active duty, he joined the Department of State as a Foreign Service Officer. In 1972, Ted received his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Ted is Board Chair of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), a Co-Vice Chair of The Climate Reality Project, a member of the Governing Council of the Wilderness Society, and a Trustee for the American Museum of Natural History and The World Resources Institute. He is also Counselor, China-U.S. Center for Sustainable Development and served as a board member of the League of Conservation Voters for nine years; three of which, he served as the Chairman. Ted is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, The Economic Club of New York, and a Governor of the Foreign Policy Association.
At the Republican Convention in 2000, Ted gave the speech on the environment. He gave the keynote speech at the National Governor's Association Annual Meeting in 2001 as well as the keynote address at the Governor's Conference on Climate Change in April 2008 sponsored by Yale University. He spoke at the Conference of Parties Climate Summit in December of 2009 in Copenhagen, sponsored by the European Union Parliament. Most recently in May of 2010, Ted gave a keynote speech at the International Cooperative Conference on Green Economy and Climate in Beijing organized by the National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology and National Energy Administration. He is also a frequent lecturer on history and economics at New York University. He and his wife live in Brooklyn Heights.
Cathy currently serves as Special Assistant for Environmental Services to Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino. She sits on the board of directors of The Island Alliance of Boston and is vice-chair of the partnership legislated to plan and implement preservation of the Boston Harbor Islands as a national park. Cathy also serves as a board member of The American Conservation Association. She is the former Chief of Environmental Services for the City of Boston and a former partner of Foley, Hoag and Eliot of Boston. Cathy holds a L.L.M. from Georgetown University, and a J.D. and B.A. from American University.
Sara describes herself as an activist for social and environmental justice. She is a Ph.D. student in sociology at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she has received a Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program Fellowship, and a Blalock Foundation Fellowship. Her research focuses on social stratification. She is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in psychology from Lewis & Clark in Portland, OR, where she was a member of the Psi Chi academic honor society and a recipient of the Mary Stuart-Rogers scholarship for academic achievement. From 2005-2007 Sara held post-baccalaureate research positions in social psychology at Portland State University and Oregon Public Broadcasting. From 2002-2005 she was a volunteer at Adventures Without Limits, which offers outdoor adventure trips and clinics for people of all ages and abilities. Sara has also volunteered at Passages Northwest, a group that teaches outdoor leadership to underserved, culturally diverse girls. She has been a member of the Portland chapter of Psychologists for Social Responsibility. For the past five summers she has been a national park ranger in Yosemite. Originally from Boise, ID, Sara is an accomplished rock climber and mountaineer.
Christina is a doctoral student in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences. She studies the challenges and opportunities of using green infrastructure to advance urban sustainability. Her research spans ecosystem services, urbanization, and water resources management. She conducts her research in Beijing where she strives to increase understanding and international collaboration on China's sustainability challenges. She received the Ford Foundation Diversity, National Science Foundation, and Philanthropic Educational Foundation graduate fellowships. She obtained her B.A. from Occidental College. She served on the boards of the Ecological Society of America Strategies for Ecology Education, Diversity, and Sustainability (SEEDS) program and the Student Conservation Association.


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Arlington, Va. – Marymount University's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is offering study care packages for the fall semester finals week. Two different options are available including a "Health Nut" package and a "Junk Food" package.
The "Health Nut" package includes: popcorn, fresh fruit, dried fruit, water, etc.
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Rihanna finally achieved worldwide fame with the release of her third album Good Girl Gone Bad, in May 2007. The record marked a defining moment in her short career; gone was the fresh faced Barbadian pop star, replaced by a rebellious, adult artist who'd embraced a new, dance-influenced sound.
Aided by producers Timbaland, will.i.am and Sean Garrett, the aptly titled Good Girl Gone Bad was released in May 2007 to critical and commercial acclaim, topping album charts in the UK, Canada, Brazil and Russia. Four Billboard 100 number ones followed too, including global hit 'Umbrella'.
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When Mayor Neal Schwieterman and his family vacationed in Peru earlier this year, they were welcomed to the Town of Llave.
The mayor of Llave introduced Schwieterman as the mayor of Colorado and treated him as a high-level dignitary.
The Llave mayor also asked if the Town of Paonia could donate a fire truck to their town.
Mayor Schwieterman asked the town council to approve that request at its Aug. 13 meeting.
Paonia had received a gift of a 1984 Chevrolet pumper fire truck some time ago. This smaller fire truck can carry 300 gallons of water and will serve the needs of the Town of Llave, which has narrow streets.
The Paonia Fire Department does not need the truck.
The trustees unanimously approved giving the fire truck to Llave. The Town of Llave will transport the truck to Peru.
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- NAME: Kaiser Wilhelm
- OCCUPATION: Emperor
- BIRTH DATE: January 27, 1859
- DEATH DATE: June 04, 1941
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Potsdam (near Berlin), Germany
- PLACE OF DEATH: Doorn, Netherlands
- Full Name: Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert
- AKA: Kaiser Wilhelm
- AKA: Wilhelm II
- AKA: William II
- AKA: Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Preußen
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Kaiser Wilhelm served as emperor of Germany from 1888 until the end of World War I.
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Born in Germany in 1859, to Germany's Frederick III and Victoria, Queen Victoria of England's youngest daughter, Kaiser Wilhelm served as emperor of Germany from 1888 until the end of World War I. During his rule, Germany's relations with Britain, France and Russia became strained. During WWI, Wilhelm allowed his military advisers to dictate German policy. After realizing that Germany would lose the war,
Wilhelm abdicated the throne in November 1918 and fled to the Netherlands, where he died in 1941.
Early Life
Kaiser Wilhelm, also known as Wilhelm II, was born Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert in Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany, to Frederick III of Germany and Victoria (the future Empress Frederick), the youngest daughter of England's Queen Victoria, on January 27, 1859. Wilhelm was born with a withered arm. (Some historians believe that his insecurity over this handicap fueled his later erratic behavior.) His parents, particularly his British mother, tried to provide Wihelm with a liberal education and a love of England.
After Wilhelm II's grandfather, Wilhelm I died in 1888, at the age of 90, Frederick III was named emperor. But Frederick III would only rule for 99 days. Following a long battle with throat cancer, Emperor Frederick III died on June 15, 1888. Wihelm II, succeeded his father, becoming kaiser of Germany at the tender age of 29.
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The young kaiser dreamed of building Germany into a major naval, colonial and economic power. Determined to have his own way, he forced Chancellor Otto von Bismarck to resign in 1890, and took charge of domestic and foregin policy himself.
A series of inept political moves and Kaiser Wilhelm's fear of being encircled by enemy states strained Germany's relations with Britain, France and Russia—moves that helped lead to World War I. In 1896, Wilhelm engraged Britain by sending congratulations to Boer (Dutch South African) leader Paul Kruger following the defeat of a British raid into Boer territory. Not long after, Wilhelm rallied German soldiers to fight in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901), nicknaming the soldiers "Huns" and encouraging them to fight like Attila's troops.
During WWI, Wilhelm allowed his military advisers to dictate German policy.
Later Years and Death
After realizing that Germany would lose the war, Wilhelm abdicated the throne on November 9, 1918, and fled to the Netherlands. He resided there as a country gentleman until his death, on June 4, 1941, in Doorn.
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