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How to Negotiate the Best Price on a New Car
Regardless of what kind of car you're shopping for, you probably have one goal in mind: getting the best price possible on your next new car. However, when you start to weigh in factors like rebates, financing incentives, your car's trade-in value and various fees, the process can start to seem a little complex – especially if you're relying on someone who wants to make a sale to guide you through the process. However, you can negotiate the best price on a new car by sticking to this plan.
Get Quotes from Multiple Dealerships
Before you even set foot on a showroom floor, it makes sense to call around and get quotes from competing dealers. Don't mention your trade-in, monthly payments or financing options. At this stage, you're only interested in the vehicle's out-the-door price. A car dealership's goal is to get the most money possible for each car it sells. By making them compete with each other for your business, you'll be one step ahead when you go to the dealership.
The Negotiation Process
The dealership wants to sell you a car, and you want to buy one. Seems simple, right? Well there's no reason it can't be, assuming you follow this code of conduct:
Don't Become Emotional
Buying a new car can be an emotional process. It's even more emotional after you've just test driven one that's exactly what you want, but try to keep those feelings at bay. Use good judgment and avoid anything that would heighten your emotional attachment to the car, such as taking it home for the night.
Be Nice
The dealership is at odds with you in some respects, even though they want to sell you a car. You want to get the best deal you can, but car dealers try to maximize profits on every car they sell. This can create some tension, but it's in your best interest to remain friendly and courteous. A hostile negotiation is uncomfortable for everyone involved, and the staff will be more likely to work with you if you seem calm and friendly.
Be Ready to Walk Out
Remember that you always have the option to leave, regardless of the situation. Whether you don't like the deal that's on the table, or if high-pressure sales tactics are making you uncomfortable, you can always walk away from the negotiation table. In fact, walking out may work in your favor if the dealership calls you back in an attempt to earn your business. There's a chance they'll be more willing to negotiate the second time around.
Shop During Off Hours
Car dealerships are typically busiest on nights and weekends, and a large pool of customers might make it harder for you to negotiate. Going to the dealership during a weekday means you'll compete with fewer customers. You'll be more likely to get a good deal since the staff will be focused specifically on selling to you.
Negotiate the Purchase Price
Keep it simple. Don't talk about anything except the final purchase price of the car. This is especially important if you plan to use outside financing or pay cash, since dealerships make money by offering loans for the vehicles they sell. Think of the dealer as the middle man between lenders and you, since dealerships make money by securing financing through lenders. Avoid discussing the following three things until you have your new car's price in writing:
Monthly Payments
You may have a maximum monthly payment in mind that you can afford, but it's not in your best interest to shop by monthly payment, especially if the dealership can meet your requirements by stretching financing out over an extra year instead of dropping the car's price.
Your Car's Trade-in Value
Bringing up your trade-in too early can complicate the process, and make it more difficult to lock in a good new-car price. Additionally, it allows a salesperson to draw your attention away from the sales price by moving numbers around. For example, a slightly higher sales price may not look so bad if you think he or she is offering you a good deal on your trade-in.
Rebates and Incentives
A big cash back rebate may have gotten you in the door, but discussing rebates and incentives before you've locked a price in could end up costing you more. If the car you're considering has a cash back offer available, have them subtract the difference after you've negotiated a price, not before. That way, you'll have a clearer picture of how much money the dealer is knocking off the price of your next new car.
Some Fees are Negotiable
In general, you're going to have to pay title and licensing fees, sales tax and a destination fee, which is set by the manufacturer. However, that's not the case with "dealer fees." Many dealers add these charges in toward the end of the negotiation process in order to recoup some profit. If the dealership tries to add a dealer fee, such as "dealer prep" or a "marketing fee," it's up for negotiation.
The car buying process can be confusing, but sticking to this plan should help simplify the process, which will help you get the best price possible on your next new car.
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Posted Sunday, Aug 24, 2014
Will Pang '15 was nice enough to sit down and tell us about the process of writing his editorial for the Berkshire Eagle. Read his summary and his piece, here!
Posted Monday, Aug 4, 2014
Every summer, Mr. MacKenzie tours college campuses in a specific region of the US - on a bike! This year, he was in Ohio. Read about the trip and see a slideshow and watch a short video here!
Posted Thursday, Jun 26, 2014
This year's Distinguished Alumna is from the class of '86 - read more here!
Posted Thursday, Jun 26, 2014
Mrs. Bullock has posted the Pro Vita Excursions for 2015 - check them out here!
Posted Monday, Jun 2, 2014
Mr. Splawn, always looking out for the students, has published this year's Summer Reading list just for you! Check it out here.
Posted Thursday, May 22, 2014
Mr. Turner's classes used the 3D printer to help build a suspension bridge - read more about it here!
Posted Friday, May 16, 2014
This year, our Independent Study, Advanced Math Science Research, and Advanced Humanities Research students have been doing some amazing research - see a list of their projects, some explanatory videos, and a slideshow from their presentations here!
Posted Thursday, May 15, 2014
Read this month's Alumni Profile of Jenna Pollock '89 as she talks about her time at Berkshire and beyond.
Posted Thursday, May 15, 2014
Pratima '14 spoke movingly at morning meeting about her time at Berkshire. Watch the video here.
Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2014
On Friday, Berkshire hosted friends and families of the School for the official opening of our new Fine Arts Center. Read about it and see a slideshow from the evening here.
Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2014
The 2014 All-School Read is I Am Malala. Learn more about it here!
Posted Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014
Tuesday night in the rain, the IV and V forms met up at the firepit for s'mores and bonding - see more and read Mr. Nielsen's description here!
Posted Wednesday, Apr 30, 2014
Mr. Spear is running a programming class as an afternoon activity. Hear what he has to say about how it developed and why it's so great here.
Posted Monday, Apr 28, 2014
On Thursday, Berkshire hosted a Synthetic Biology Symposium and demonstration. Read Dr. Burch's description of the event here.
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Posted Wednesday, Apr 23, 2014
This week is WeWeek - read more here and watch a very happy video from Tuesday night!
Posted Tuesday, Apr 22, 2014
On Wednesday, Shuvam Chakraborty '16 will compete in a National Chemistry exam - wish him luck and read more about it here!
Posted Tuesday, Apr 22, 2014
Ms. Dahari took ceramics students to a raku workshop - read what she has to say about it here!
Posted Monday, Apr 21, 2014
Justin Donawa '15: Jumping for Gold at CARIFTA Championships! Read more about it here!
Posted Friday, Apr 18, 2014
The Bears were out and about in the community yesterday - see more of where they were and what they were doing here!
Posted Tuesday, Apr 8, 2014
This April Peter Kinne - Science - is our faculty member of the month. Check out his interview and a video conversation with Bill Gulotta here!
Posted Monday, Mar 31, 2014
Two lucky Berkshire students will receive a scholarship to attend Maine's Hurricane Island Outward Bound School this summer. Read more about it here!
Posted Monday, Feb 24, 2014
Monday's wrap-up, including video, slideshows and some quick descriptions of the myriad classes being offered on campus this week. See more here!
Posted Thursday, Jan 23, 2014
Not sure what Pro Vita is? Read more here! Want to see the course catalog? Read more here! Want to see other ways to learn for life? Read more here!
Posted Wednesday, Jan 22, 2014
Phil Sandick sat down to talk about his time at Berkshire and beyond with Mr. Bullock. Listen to that conversation and see some of his artwork here!
Posted Friday, Dec 20, 2013
Just recently, Berkshire's students were offered an opportunity for adventure and self-actualization - how, you ask? Read more here!
Posted Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013
William Pang '15 is studying belief systems in his Independent Study with Ms Connell. Listen to him talk about it and read his explanations here.
Posted Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013
Faculty spent a day in early December in a lecture hall - hear more about what Ms. Connell had to say about what they were learning here.
Posted Monday, Dec 16, 2013
Olly Liu '14 has just had photos published in Shanghai Magazine. See the slideshow and read about Olly's other involvement on campus here!
Posted Wednesday, Dec 11, 2013
William Pang '14 and the library committee are working with Mr. Schworm to bring iMacs into the library. Read more about it here!

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Addleshaw Goddard has published this month's round-up of developments affecting banks, wealth managers, brokers and funds.
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InVest features a round-up of developments affecting banks, wealth managers, brokers and funds.
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The listing, completed on 16 October 2014, gives the company an initial market capitalisation of approximately HKD440m.
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Addleshaw Goddard has advised Barclaycard, the global payments business of Barclays Bank, on its acquisition of The Logic Group.
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Welcome to the latest edition of Addleshaw Goddard's Employee Incentives Update, which contains a round-up of key developments in this area during August 2014.
Addleshaw Goddard hires partner Richard Clayton to finance litigation team
Addleshaw Goddard has announced that it has hired finance litigation expert and partner Richard Clayton, who joins the London office as a partner from TLT.
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The Manchester office of Addleshaw Goddard has advised The Hut Group on a significant investment in group by a consortium led by KKR.
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+ September 6 // Big Dipper Dash: 5K Run/Walk
The 5th Annual Big Dipper Dash is a 5K run/walk put on by United Against Human Trafficking that pays homage to the slaves who escaped by running North for freedom by following the stars. The race will begin at 4:00pm at Stude Park.
+ September 9 // Hope is Brewing: Love146 Fundraiser
Join Love146 at for food, pub games and meaningful fun. Support the prevention work Love146 does right here in Houston. Event will take place at St. Arnold's Brewery from 6:30pm-8:30pm.
+ September 11 // St. Luke's United Methodist Presentation
Our founder, Erica Raggett, speaks to Senior Adult Group at St. Luke's United Methodist Church about human trafficking to raise awareness about the issue in our city.
+ September 13 // Shop Smart: Fair Trade Market
Come support your favorite fair-trade vendors, including A 2nd Cup! Come grab a coffee and start your holiday shopping early! We'll be at First United Methodist Church from 10am-2pm.
+ September 15 // Interfaith Anti-Human Trafficking Seder
This traditional Jewish Seder will focus on past and current struggles for human justice. Doors will open at 6pm and will take place at Chapelwood United Methodist Church.
+ September 16 // Labyrinth Walk for Freedom
Join the Dominican Sisters for this indoor labyrinth to raise awareness about and pray for an end to human trafficking. Walk begins at 7:00pm at the Dominican Center for Spirituality.
+ September 18-20 // Consumed - Justice Summit
A 2nd Cup will be serving coffee for this 2 day, 3 night summit of training and equipping in the fight against sex trafficking in Houston. Grab a drink before and after each session at Christ Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
+ September 21 // Local Fare for Local Freedom
Enjoy signature hors d'oeuvres from top local chefs and silent auction all to support A 2nd Cup as we move toward opening our full time shop. Join us from 5-9pm at Sparrow Bar + Cookshop.
+ September 27 // Just Run for a Just Cause: 5K/10K Run
This 5th Annual 5K/10K run and 1 mile walk will include events for all ages as we unite against this just cause. Race begins at 7:45am at Kingsland Baptist Church.
+ November 15 // Just Ride for a Just Cause
Routes ranging from 11 to 73 miles provide riders with opportunities to ride to raise funds to provide aftercare for survivors of human trafficking. Rides begin at 8:30am at Simonton Community Church.


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Fighting Weight: From the Trap to the Treadmill—DJ Scream's Workout Playlist
With all due respect to "Call Me Maybe," blasting bubblegum pop at the gym won't get you going. Know what will? The angry, driving Southern hip-hop sub-genre known as trap music. We asked Atlanta's DJ Scream to put together a trap music mix that'll take your workouts to another level
The secret your trainer doesn't want you to know: Weak-as-hell music is the leading cause of weak-as-hell muscles. In other words, you're only as strong as your pump-up jams—which is why you need to start listening to trap music, like, now. For those who don't know, this hip-hop sub-genre is built on skittering hi-hats, throbbing bass, ominous melodies, and rhymes about money, power, women, and above all, dealing drugs. "When people in hip-hop talk about 'trap,' they're talking about people hustling in the streets," says Atlanta's DJ Scream. "Because no matter how much money you make or how good you're doing, at some point something bad's gonna happen—you're gonna get arrested or robbed." You know, in case you needed another reason to get jacked.
But first, a history lesson. Trap music's been a staple in the South for ages, but it broke into the mainstream in 2005 with Young Jeezy's major label debut, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101. Since then, the genre's evolved and reemerged as the sound of hip-hop in 2012, from viral teen sensation Chief Keef to the Billboard 100's leading trap music swagger-jacker, Kanye West. But DJ Scream—a host on Atlanta's Hot 107.9's Hoodrich Radio and a member of Rick Ross's Maybach Music Group—has been there since the beginning. So we asked him to produce the ultimate trap playlist for your next workout. Note: You don't have to be a thug for it to motivate you.
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Film Club Update/Decree: Snowpiercer, 7/24
As per the discussion from last week, it has been decided: we will discuss Snowpiercer, the post-apocalyptic sci fi / action / lighthearted summer entertainment about class warfare, starring Tilda Swinton, Ed Harris, and some really aggrieved axe murderers, on Thursday, July 24th. It's playing in certain theaters but GOOD NEWS for the non-coastal elites: you can also enjoy it from the comfort of your couch. Here's the full report from The Verge:
You can now watch acclaimed South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's slick, post-apocalyptic sci-fi film Snowpiercer right at home — just two weeks after it hit US theaters for the first time. That's an extremely rare move for a film such as this, which has a sizable budget ($80 million), rave reviews (such as our own), and buzz at the theaters. …
However the experiment turns out, the good news is that releasing the film on Video On Demand, Amazon, iTunes, and Google Play makes it a whole lot easier for you to see Snowpiercer. If you'd rather get the full experience, the film has expanded to 325 screens around the country, meaning you should be able to find it in most urban centers, too.
Seen it already and have thoughts about its Eat The Rich philosophy? Steeling yourself for the violence, metaphors, and violent metaphors? Get ready to turn the film inside out in the comments on 7/24!
Gold Digger-Murderer "Bernie" Gets 'Get Out Of Jail Free' Card
Who Benefits from "12 Years A Slave's" Oscar Bump?
The Academy Awards are a meaningless popularity contest decided by out-of-touch old white men in suits with the help of an occasional white lady. But if your movie wins one, an Oscar can help make a significant difference in how posterity treats it and, more immediately, in how much money it makes. 12 Years a Slave, which raked in a very respectful $140,000,000 worldwide before it won Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay, is beginning to enjoy its Oscar bump–or perhaps, bumps:
12 Years will make a major expansion in U.S. theaters — Fox Searchlight will be playing the movie in more than 1,000 theaters — even though the slavery drama comes out on DVD Tuesday. … Beyond the big screen, best picture winner 12 Years a Slave is getting a post-Oscar bump for the book it was based on. The 19th-century memoir by ex-slave Solomon Northup jumped from No. 326 on Amazon.com before Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony to No. 19 on Monday afternoon.
According to the New York Times, the movie launched its source material to the bestseller lists this past fall. Now its trajectory is steep enough that Oscar-winning director Alfonso ("Gravity") Cuaron could be called in to film it. When your intrepid author checked on Tuesday, March 4, the paperback remained in the top 20, while the Kindle version had jumped to #17 overall and #2 on several specific lists:
• #2 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Sociology > Race Relations • #2 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > History > Americas > United States • #2 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction
People are rediscovering a lost classic and paying for the privilege! Terrific. But in a case like that of 12 Years a Slave, when the memoirist is long-since deceased, who profits from the book's Oscar bump? Not to be all Upworthy about it, but the answer may surprise you.
Paying for Theaters vs Waiting for Netflix
Over the weekend, I watched Obvious Child on DVD, and it was one of those rare movies that I wished someone had frog-marched me to the theater for. It got a lot of press at the time as the "abortion comedy" (the way Brokeback Mountain was the "gay cowboy movie") and, though I supported that in theory, the film seemed like something I could wait to enjoy later. No. NO. I was wrong. The film was so funny, so poignant and interesting and smart, that I wish I could have shelled out the $13 to see it then so I could evangelize for it and maybe convince other people to shell out $13 each to see it too.
Usually I'm fine waiting for the red envelope. Gravity, which everyone swore you had to pony up to see on the big screen? The couch was fine. 12 Years a Slave? Even better, because I could press pause when my heart was beating too hard and I needed to calm down. The downside of waiting, of course, is an inability to participate in the cultural conversation; but sometimes listening to the conversation is sufficient. In the case of 12 Years a Slave, what would I have had to add? My four word film review would have been "Slavery bad. Performances good." Definitely worth two cents, that.
But Obvious Child acted on me like a stimulant, like last year's In A World …, another surprising breakthrough feminist indie comedy I regretted having waited to see on DVD. I wish I had gotten it together to buy full-price, as it were, because both films could have used that kind of word-of-mouth support. My money could have meant something, maybe. It coulda been a contender.
Now I have to wonder what else is coming out this fall that I will regret not seeing in theaters. If only $13 didn't feel like a lot of money and/or if only I felt rich enough to spend $13 whenever I wanted.
Empathetic Personal Robots! $2000, Available Soon
The future is today. Okay, more precisely, the future is two years from now, when the first empathetic humanoid robots go on sale, and they're kind of a bargain:
robots that can recognize human emotion will change the way we live and communicate — and this is a big step towards getting bots into daily lives, at least if you live in Japan. The robots will debut at two stores tomorrow in their customer service capacity, but Softbank is planning to put them on sale to the public next year, priced just shy of $2,000.
The adorable little tyke's name is Pepper, which is pleasantly gender-neutral, yet spunky. This calls for a top-ten list of fictional robots:
10. Small Wonder ("Small Wonder")
9. Data ("Star Trek")
8. R2D2 and C3PO (Star Wars)
7. The Terminator (Terminator 2: Judgment Day)
5. Johnny 5 (Short Circuit)
4. HAL (2001: A Space Odyssey)
3. Marvin the Paranoid Android (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
2. Maria (Metropolis)
Runners up: Rosie from "The Jetsons," that creepy kid from A.I., Optimus Prime, the Iron Giant, all of the Replicants from Blade Runner
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Can God Make It In Hollywood? Crunching the Numbers
Looking to the premiere of Darren Aronofsky's upcoming epic film Noah, starring Russell Crowe and The Lord, possibly in that order, the New York Times asks, "Can God Make It In Hollywood?" Religious movies do not always make it past the gatekeepers, and even when they do, they often fall flat with audiences, since viewers would rather watch cars go vroom! and robots go pow! than somber, toga-wearing men in beards talk about sin. The Times reports:
Once, studios routinely made movies with overtly religious themes for the mainstream audience. Classics like "The Ten Commandments," "Quo Vadis" and "A Man for All Seasons" — each of which was nominated for a best picture Oscar — were box-office winners with a wide range of viewers. But after years of neglect or occasional hostility, the question now is whether Hollywood can still find common ground with religious audiences.
So, is God box office poison? I decided to investigate, using sophisticated analytic measures: I typed "God" into the search engine at Box Office Mojo. Here is what I found:
• The highest-grossing movie with "God" in the title is Godzilla (1998) which has made $136,000,000 worldwide since its release. The wrathful, rampaging character of Godzilla is not that different from the world-destroying character of God in the Noah story, come to think of it.
• The next three highest-grossing movies with "God" in the title are The Godfather, The Godfather Part III, and The Godfather Part II, which is funny since if you ask an aficionado s/he will probably say that Part II is the best film, followed by the original. Also funny: The Godfather has made a whopping $135,000,000 which is more than its two sequels put together. (Sequels! Turns out they are not always the surest and most profitable bet.)
• Next comes a comedy from 1977 called Oh, God! that I've never heard of, and I was a Film major. It made $40,000,000 domestically, which is roughly the advertising budget of a movie like Transformers.
Perhaps the Times is right? Or perhaps I am going about this the wrong way.
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The Female Sociopath: Myth or Monster? Mythic Monster?
Recent Billfold chatter Merve Emre has a new piece up on Digg about the explosion of female sociopaths in pop culture, from books (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Gone Girl) to TV (House of Cards, Damages) and beyond.
And so we lean in to the cultural logic of the female sociopath, for she is the apotheosis of the cool girl power that go-getter "feminists" have peddled to frustrated women over the last half-decade. The female sociopath doesn't want to upend systems of gender inequality, that vast and irreducible constellation of institutions and beliefs that lead successful women like Gillian Flynn to decree that certain women, who feel or behave in certain ways, are "dismissible." The female sociopath wants to dominate these systems from within, as the most streamlined product of a world in which well-intentioned people blithely invoke words like arbitrage, leverage, capital, and currency to appraise how successfully we inhabit our bodies, our selves.
Emre's using language very deliberately here: she starts a paragraph about feminism with Sheryl Sandberg's motto "lean in" and ends with a nod to that hippie empowerment classic "our bodies, ourselves." Even though she says here that "the female sociopath doesn't want to upend systems of gender inequality," later, she goes on to explore the idea that "as female sociopaths, these women are winning battles that benefit all women, everywhere, in their fight for equality." In other words, sociopathy = feminism, taken to a logical extreme! Women become sociopaths to succeed, and even if they're not doing it FOR feminism, it benefits feminism. I'm … not sure about that?
Movies Make $2 Billion in 2014 So Far Thanks in Part to Women and Children
Writing checks, it is still remarkably easy to slip up and write "2013." Winter continues its gleefully brutal assault on much of the United States. The new year seems to have hardly begun — and yet, in these mewling kitten days of 2014, Hollywood has already collected $2 billion, Box Office Mojo reports:
As of Sunday, total domestic box office earnings have surpassed $2 billion in 2014. To date, the box office is up around eight percent from last year. If that pattern continues, 2014 would come close to being the first $12 billion year.
When speaking of billions, two is a lot, twice the number of cars in the entire world, and twelve is a-LOT-a-lot, the age of the oldest star clusters. What is behind this tremendous success? Well, a couple of Oscar-season carryovers from 2013, including "Frozen," which won Best Animated Film and Best Original Song AND is officially the fastest-selling digital release ever; and "American Hustle," which was all flirting and no followthrough, awards-wise, but still an entertaining entry.
Three 2014 originals of varying quality round out the top five earners of the year so far: "The Lego Movie" (with a score of 82 on Metacritic), "Lone Survivor" (60), and "Ride Along" (41). That is to say, Hollywood had made an ocean liner full of cash in just a few months, primarily from the following: two "prestige" pictures, one about women and one co-starring women; one highly regarded children's film; one gritty war drama; and one urban buddy cop comedy. Not one is a sequel, or based on a comic book, or a board game, or a ride at Disneyland.
Does it really matter, you may ask. Even if original stories, taking seriously the experiences and points of view of children, women, African-Americans, soldiers, and toys, are making bank, will Hollywood ever change?


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Niceley said the bill goes too far. He said people traveling through Tennessee that are unfamiliar with the law, and decide to camp out, "might accidentally get on some public land."
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NEW ERA: "This century is special in the Earth's history. It is the first when one species — ours — has the planet's future in its hands," said Martin Rees of the Royal Society, Britain's academy of sciences. "We've invented a new geological era: the Anth
Man's catastrophic damage to the environment and disparities between rich and poor head the daunting challenges facing the Rio Summit in June, experts said on Monday.
The summit must sweep away a system that lets reckless growth destroy the planet's health yet fails to help billions in need, they said.
"This century is special in the Earth's history. It is the first when one species — ours — has the planet's future in its hands," said Martin Rees of the Royal Society, Britain's academy of sciences.
"We've invented a new geological era: the Anthropocene," he said referring to an epoch shaped by Man, not nature.
The four-day London meeting gathers 2,800 scientists, economists, business executives and policymakers in the goal of issuing a snapshot of the planet's health ahead of Rio.
The June 20-22 UN conference is the 20-year followup to the famous Earth Summit.
That year, political leaders declared they would nail sustainable development to their agenda and set up two UN institutions for tackling global warming and species loss.
But many experts on Monday painted a grim tableau of threat and called on governments to ditch strategies based obsessively on GDP growth.
The drivers of the peril are a world population set to balloon from seven billion today to nine billion by mid-century — but also voracious, inefficient and damaging consumption of resources, they said.
Will Steffen, head of the Climate Change Institute at the Australian National University, said the Anthropocene was pushing several of Earth's ecological systems towards "tipping points."
Within a few decades, these vital buffers could suffer lasting or irreversible damage through man-made warming, he said.
Worry spots include the Greenland icesheet, the Amazonian forest as well as Siberia, where billions of tons of natural greenhouse gas could be freed from melting permafrost. The Arctic Ocean would probably become ice-free "this century," he said.
"Under a worst-case scenario, it's very likely, I think, that the Earth's system will move to a new state of some sort, with a very severe challenge to contemporary civilisation," said Steffen. "Some people have even talked about a collapse."
Twenty leading figures and organisations, all of them past winners of the prestigious Blue Planet Prize for environmental work, called for Rio to look at problems through fresh eyes.
The UN's goal of limiting global warming to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit is already out of reach, said Bob Watson, former head of the UN's climate panel and chief advisor to Britain's environment ministry, as he presented the laureates' study.
"If you look at the commitments today from governments around the world, we've only got a 50-50 shot at a 5.4 F world, almost no chance of a 3.6 F world, and to be quite honest I would say it's not unlikely that we will hit a 9.0 F world," said Watson.
"That is clearly a world with significant adverse consequences for ecological systems, for socio-economic systems and for human health."
He added: "We have to realise that we are looking at a loss of biodiversity that is unprecedented in the last 65 million years... We are clearly entering the (planet's) sixth mass extinction."
"The challenges we face today are exactly the same challenge of Rio 20 years ago," Watson said bluntly.
"We just have not acted. The need for action is becoming more and more urgent with every day that passes."
Diana Liverman, a professor at the University of Arizona, said the news was not entirely bleak.
Since 1950, "we have have seen a great acceleration in human impacts but there are some signs that some drivers are slowing or changing," she said.
Liverman pointed to a slowdown and eventual stabilisation in population growth, gains in energy efficiency and reforestation in some countries.
But, she added, "many people still struggle to meet basic needs. Many of them see a profoundly unequal world. And many still aspire to increase their consumption."
Copyright 2012 AFP Global Edition


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|<H1> No cure for Alzheimers disease, but curcumin may help Foodconsumer.org October 2013 Epidemiological studies have shown that people who eat a diet high in curcumin were at a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease, suggesting that taking curcumin supplements may help prevent the disease. Indian studies have already suggested that a high dose of curcumin like 6 grams of curcumin per day can be used to prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus in people living with prediabetes. Curcumin as an antioxidant has an antiinflammatory effect and may potentially help prevent a variety of cancer.
|<H1> CSU students delve into cancer study Central Western Daily October 3, 2013 Curcumin was a component of the spice Tumeric, and had been shown to decrease the concentration of antioxidant defence substances within a cell.
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|<H1> The anti-inflammatory role of curcumin in obesity and obesity-related metabolic diseases European Journal of Nutrition School of Life Sciences, College of Natural Sciences Researchers reviewed the last ten years of curcumin science as it applies to supporting weight loss and preventing obesity-related disease. Their conclusion is, The modulation of several cellular transduction pathways by curcumin has recently been extended to elucidate the molecular basis for obesity and obesity-related metabolic diseases. These findings might enable novel phytochemical treatment strategies as well as curcumin translation to the clinical practice for the treatment and prevention of obesity-related chronic diseases. Furthermore, the relatively low cost, safety and proven efficacy of curcumin make it advisable to include curcumin as part of healthy diet.
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|<H1> Obesity is Inflammatory Disease, Rat Study Shows Sci-News.com "Scientists led by Dr David Fairlie from the University of Queensland, Australia, have found abnormal amounts of an inflammatory protein called PAR2 in the fat tissues of overweight and obese rats and humans. PAR2 is also increased on the surfaces of human immune cells by common fatty acids in the diet. When obese rats on a diet high in sugar and fat were given a new oral drug that binds to PAR2, the inflammation-causing properties of this protein were blocked, as were other effects of the high-fat and high-sugar diet, including obesity itself."
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Any Good Knife Sharpening Devices Out There?
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- BridgeMan45 Jul 16, 2013 10:37 PM
I'm looking for something decent to sharpen our Heinckel kitchen knives. I've been using a diamond-embedded EZE-Lap for many years, but it doesn't seem as effective as when it was new. Even after washing/rinsing it as recommended by the manufacturer. Any ideas?
EZE lap makes a few different sharpening products - which one do you have? Could just be something as simple as the abrasive grit worn out of your sharpener. But I don't have enough info to say, really.
re: cowboyardee
It's got EZE Lap Diamond "M" printed on the shaft, followed by the Carson City, NV address. No other model numbers or other identification. I think I bought it in the early 1980s.
I just got the Edge Pro Apex 4 system. It's fantastic for getting a very sharp edge.
re: Petro49er
One of the best systems out there
Based on reputation, Edge Pro is really good, but also expensive. I don't know anyone who bought one and regret it -- due to performance.
Some argue that Wicked Edge is just as good:
I play with free hand sharpening, so I don't have first hand experience of these systems.
I own an Edge Pro Apex system, and can say that it is excellent, fool proof and bomb proof.
That said, the Wicked Edge is a great system, and if I were to be in the market for one, I would purchse the Wicked Edge.
Easy and foolproof Chef's choice electric sharpener, a bit more complicated but still easy (and even better results than the chef's choice) Edge pro, but if you want to get the pinnacle of sharpness learn to free hand sharpening with stones, I love to sharpen my knives with "Gesshin" stones, a progression from 500 to 8000 grit and then some stropping and your knives become kitchen scalpels. The cons, a bit expensive and freehand has a learning curve. Choose according to your likes and needs. I own the 3 systems and I became an addicted to sharpen freehand with my Japanese gyutos, and for my staff in the kitchen I sharpen their knives with the Edge pro and they think that they have the worlds sharpest knives... Until they try mines. Both systems gives you razor sharp blades, and the chef's choice gives you a great edge too but the polishing is limited, and with the edge pro or the water stones you can polish up to your likes and needs. Regards!
I use a Wicked Edge on both our German and Japanese knives. Awesome is all I can say. I maintain with a ceramic rod for the Japanese knives and a fine diamond rod for the German blades. All angles the same, 15 degrees, we don't get paranoid about a few chips.
The downside is, assembled, its large and heavy. However its used once a year on the German knives and, perhaps every second year on the Japanese knives. So its home is in the garage.


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Type Finder, a project I've been working on for quite some time as part of my senior thesis, launched today. The website asks viewers a series of questions, and based on the answers, displays a list of typefaces that match the requirements/feel/use.
I thought I'd reach out to other people interested interested in typography through this forum to promote the project (hopefully it is helpful to people looking for some new typefaces) and get some feedback and suggestions from anyone willing to share their thoughts!
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Does one exist? I really like the way TransType 3 Pro performs in its conversion process, but it would be more flexible if a command-line tool existed that did the same thing at at least nearly the same quality.
I've tried FontForge and it doesn't do such a good job on some TTFs I've tested. Sometimes it doesn't even convert the outlines to PS and the end/starting node(s) are not aligned properly but instead off by a few pixels creating an ugly jagged effect :/ Unfortunately also most online font converters do the same thing (bad quality).
Any ideas? Can be a program/script (ie. python) and run on Win/Mac/Linux no problem, I got all three OS's :)
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glad to join this great place.
I have a question: do you know any online tool (or any clever method) to display languages list which are supported by the font? I'm making one and it contains German, Polish & Spanish glyphs, but I don't know which other languages are using the same glyphs as mentioned.
How can I check it ?
Cheers and thank you in advance.
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NAPLES, Fla.-Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is coming to southwest Florida.
He and his wife will hold an appearance at Books-A-Million at the Mercato on Sunday, November 25.
Gingrich will sign copies of his new historical fiction novel, "Victory at Yorktown". His wife, Callista, will sign copies of her new children's book, "Land of the Pilgrim's Pride".
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WALKERTON ŌĆö BremenŌĆÖs Jenna Pfeiffer still had time to top the Northern State Conference in the high jump before the rain set in Wednesday.
Buoyed by her school-record-breaking 5ŌĆÖ5ŌĆØ performance, she won three more conference championships Thursday.
Pfeiffer won the high jump and both hurdles races, and ran the anchor for BremenŌĆÖs winning 1600 relay squad to win four titles and help lead the Lady Lions to the team championship at the NSC Track and Field Championships at John Glenn Thursday.
TritonŌĆÖs small squad finished fourth with 68 points, while LaVille placed fifth with 65, Glenn was sixth with 55, Knox finished seventh with 22.3 points, and Culver CommunityŌĆÖs Gwen Zehner placed second in both the disc and the shot put representing her school at the meet.
ŌĆ£It made me really excited,ŌĆØ said a beaming Pfeiffer of her record-breaking jump. ŌĆ£I posted it on Facebook and it said ŌĆś36 people liked it,ŌĆÖ which was awesome, and then at school today they announced it, and everybody was congratulating me and the girl who had the record came in and brought me flowers. It was real special... I donŌĆÖt know what happened. I cleared 5-4 and I was just ecstatic because IŌĆÖve always wanted that record.ŌĆØ
While Pfeiffer was a four-time conference champ, BremenŌĆÖs girls squad boasted a total of 12 NSC champs as they beat out conference runner-up Jimtown by a comfortable 143-121 1/3 margin.
Seniors Hope Jordan and Brittney Pittman continued dominant streaks in the mile and the pole vault with respective wins there, while the Lady Lions showed impressive depth to sweep the relays at ThursdayŌĆÖs meet.
ŌĆ£When we figured out the seedings we thought we had a pretty good chance,ŌĆØ said Bremen head track coach Mark Yoder. ŌĆ£Man, New Prairie and Jimtown though, even three-fourths of the way through the meet, it was real close. I wouldnŌĆÖt say we were worried; we knew our girls would step up to the challenge. Just unbelievable performances from all the girls today. We had to have people step up, and we did.
ŌĆ£In total we had 12 conference champions between the three relays and the individuals. That floored me. We expect a lot from our athletes; we push them hard and they respond well, and this was the best response IŌĆÖve ever seen.ŌĆØ
Triton may not have had BremenŌĆÖs depth of talent, but the Lady Trojans made use of what they had on their way to a strong showing at Glenn. Breanna Lemler and Megan Howdeshell earned a pair of NSC championships in the 400 open and discus, respectively, while Lemler also took second in the 100, Howdeshell finished third in the shot put, and Emily Duff was second in the 300 hurdles behind Pfeiffer.
ŌĆ£My kids have done an excellent job,ŌĆØ said Triton girls coach Shelly Feldman. ŌĆ£With only 10 girls to come in fourth, thatŌĆÖs a good job. They have big hearts and they work hard. Most of them are running four events.ŌĆØ
LaVille finished just three points back with its lone NSC title coming from Taylor University signee Elaine Schmeltz in the 3200 run, however, Schmeltz finished second in the mile behind Jordan, Leigha Manual was second in the 800, the Lady Lancers were second in the 3200 relay, and Emily Langford placed third in both the 200 and the high jump.
GlennŌĆÖs strength was all in the sprints and mid distance as the Lady Falcons finished third in the 400 and 1600 relays, Cayla Ochs was fourth in the 800, Steph Radant was fifth in both the 100 and 200, and Katie Dreessen placed sixth in the open 400.
ŌĆ£We have no distance. The 3200 our best girl, her heartŌĆÖs kind of giving her trouble so she sat out, and the other one is a freshman,ŌĆØ said Glenn head coach Kyle Amor. ŌĆ£Truly on the girlsŌĆÖ side, the sprints carried the load, and I thought they did alright. I told them coming in I just want them competing, I want them shooting for personal bests, and IŌĆÖm not going to be disappointed if we donŌĆÖt win this thing.ŌĆØ
Knox scored most of its points in the field and was led by Brooke BennettŌĆÖs second-place finish behind Pittman in the vault, while Hannah Folkers and Amber Fletcher were third and seventh in the long jump, respectively, and Sarah Young was eighth in the shot put.
ŌĆ£Our girls team is pretty small. I think we have about 13 girls total, so itŌĆÖs about where we expected to be,ŌĆØ said Knox head coach Tom Trapana.
CulverŌĆÖs lone competitor Zehner fell short of a conference championship in her last go, but the senior thrower managed runner-up performances in both the disc and the shot.
ŌĆ£One of the neat things is she did pick up two seconds, but her two seconds were to two different girls, so it kind of shows her versatility,ŌĆØ said Culver girls track coach Mike Buschman. ŌĆ£Both of those girls are high up there, and she loses the shot put to a girl who breaks the conference record, you canŌĆÖt fault the kid for that.ŌĆØ
While Bremen won the girls meet with a balanced cast of runners, ThursdayŌĆÖs boys meet turned out to be a battle between sprinters and distance runners with distance winning out as New Prairie beat John Glenn 119 ┬Į-108. Bremen finished fourth with a score of 86 just two points behind Jimtown, while Culver Community was fifth a half-point ahead of LaVilleŌĆÖs 64, Knox was sixth with 48 points, and Triton rounded out the standings with 46 points.
Tanner Harman won the high jump and finished third in both hurdles races, while Glenn sprinters Harman, Slade Fry, Collin Howard and Mike Childs set a new school record of 44.18 to win the 400 relay more than half a second ahead of Jimtown. First-year senior Fry and Childs went one-two in the 200, and Childs placed second in the 400. Childs false-started in the 100 to cost the Falcons valuable points there, and the Cougars earned wins in the 800, 1600 and 3200 with a one-two finish in the 1600 and one-three results in the 800 and 3200 to win the boys championship.
ŌĆ£It kind of came down to, we had one great guy in each distance event, and they had two,ŌĆØ said Amor. ŌĆ£In this numbers game, you need one more spot to place. Eleven and a half points, what they beat us by, in basketball thatŌĆÖs like a buzzer-beater, and one or two races go a different way itŌĆÖs a different story at the end.
BremenŌĆÖs boys were led by Josh Brenneman, who won the 300 hurdles, placed second in the 110 hurdles and the long jump and anchored the LionsŌĆÖ winning 1600 relay. Ty Holmes finished second in the high jump, and Jack Jordan placed second in the 800 run, being overtaken by New PrairieŌĆÖs Ian Silver in the final stretch to lose by just .74 of a second.
ŌĆ£We were really shooting for the top three,ŌĆØ said Yoder. ŌĆ£We came in fourth, but IŌĆÖm not going to complain. We came away with some really, really good performances. We had a couple conference champs on the guys side as well. Josh in the 300; our 4 by 4 was just unbelievable tonight and ran their best time of the season. Our guys have that same pride that the girls do, we just need to keep working.ŌĆØ
Culver Community saw plenty of points coming in the throwing events as Jeremiah Harvey won the shot put and had ŌĆö what was for him at least ŌĆö a disappointing finish in the discus to place second there behind Triton champ Jake Tutorow. Max Burgess backed Harvey up in the disc for third place, however, to complement his seventh-place finish in the shot. Larry Clingler and Bradley Beaver were four and five in the high jump, meanwhile, and sophomores Micah Budzinski and Matt Hurford earned respective finishes of four and five in the 110-meter hurdles.
ŌĆ£If things wouldŌĆÖve all gone right maybe we could have finished fourth, but we had enough good things go right we finish fourth and beat a team we lost to in a dual meet,ŌĆØ said Culver boys track coach Chad Hollenbaugh. ŌĆ£LaVille beat us earlier in the season so that was a positive, and overall we had a lot more positives here than we did last year at this meet.ŌĆØ
Knox was led by its distance corps as Connor Carlson and Adam Sobieck went six-eight, respectively in the 3200, Travis Amor and Carlson went six-seven in the 1600, and Amor and Austin Edwards placed fifth and seventh, respectively, in the 800-meter run.
ŌĆ£IŌĆÖm a little more disappointed with the boys,ŌĆØ said Trapana. ŌĆ£I was expecting a little higher finish, but looking at their times, a lot of their best times of the year came tonight, so I guess youŌĆÖve got to credit that to the good athletes in our conference. I canŌĆÖt be mad at them for giving their best performance of the year, but at the same time I know theyŌĆÖre disappointed in where they finished and would like to have finished better.ŌĆØ
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Team scores: New Prairie 119 ┬Į, John Glenn 108, Jimtown 88, Bremen 86, Culver Community 64 ┬Į, LaVille 64, Knox 48, Triton 46.
4 x 800 relay: 1, Knox (Travis Amor, Austin Edwards, Elliot Coad, Connor Carlson) 8:30.87. 2, John Glenn 8:34.14. 3, Bremen 8:51.12. 4, New Prairie 9:02.60. 5, Jimtown 9:09.78. 6, Triton 9:15.18. 7, LaVille 9:15.28. 8, Culver Community 10:08.70.
110 high hurdles: 1, Levi Welch (Jim) 14.95. 2, Josh Brenneman (Bre) 15.35. 3, Tanner Harman (JG) 15.79. 4, Micah Budzinski (CC) 15.95. 5, Matt Hurford (CC) 16.65. 6, Keith Fischer (NP) 16.72. 7, Tyler Ameigh (Tri) 17.12. 8, Steve Mattasits (NP) 17.59.
100: 1, Devan Emerson (Jim) 11.26. 2, Jacob Freeman (LV) 11.46. 3, Spenser Omans (LV) 11.49. 4, Collin Howard (JG) 11.73. 5, Shane Anderson (NP) 11.86. 6, Tyler Foote (Tri) 12.06. 7, Derrick Brewer (NP) 12.09. 8, Brian Hosinski (Jim) 12.43.
1600: 1, Ian Silver (NP) 4:34.81. 2, Nick Arndt (NP) 4:36.74. 3, Luke Runyan (JG) 4:49.71. 4, Nick Amor (LV) 4:41.52. 5, Stacy Noland (JG) 4:46.09. 6, Travis Amor (Knox) 4:48.05.
4 x 100 relay: 1, John Glenn (Tanner Harman, Slade Fry, Collin Howard, Mike Childs) 44.18. 2, Jimtown 44.79. 3, LaVille 45.25. 4, New Prairie 45.45. 5, Triton 46.25. 6, Knox 47.85.
400: 1, Travis Bladecki (NP) 53.79. 2, Mike Childs (JG) 53.82. 3, Levi Bennett (CC) 54.52. 4, Austin Davis (Tri) 54.75. 5, Ryan Zellmer (Bre) 54.98. 6, Maxwell Boyll (Jim) 55.09.
Josh Brenneman (Bre) 40.46. 2, Keith Fischer (NP) 42.23. 3, Tanner Harman (JG) 42.33. 4, Levi Welch (Jim) 42.97. 5, Micah Budzinski (CC) 44.22. 6, Steve Mattasits (NP) 44.50.
800: 1, Ian Silver (NP) 2:02.99. 2, Jack Jordan (Bre) 2:03.73. 3, Nick Arndt (NP) 2:04.63. 4, Luke Runyan (JG) 2:08.23. 5, Travis Amor (Knox) 2:08.27. 6, Alex Crump (JG) 2:08.80.
200: 1, Slade Fry (JG) 23.10. 2, Mike Childs (JG) 23.17. 3, Devan Emerson (Jim) 23.26. 4, Jacob Freeman (LV) 23.76. 5, Shane Anderson (NP) 23.90. 6, Spenser Omans (LV) 24.10.
3200: 1, Ian Silver (NP) 10:29.01. 2, Eric Shaffer (LV) 10:29.41. 3, Nick Arndt (NP) 10:35.45. 4, Stacy Noland (JG) 10:44.56. 5, Thomas Dean (Bre) 10:48.96. 6, Connor Carlson (Knox) 11:00.37.
4 x 400 relay: 1, Bremen (Jack Jordan, Robbie Hummel, Ryan Zellmer, Josh Brenneman) 3:35.52. 2, New Prairie 3:38.26. 3, Triton 3:40.40. 4, Knox 3:41.16. 5, Culver Community 3:42.93. 6, John Glenn 3:44.20. 7, LaVille 3:44.43.
High jump: 1, Tanner Harman (JG) 6-0. 2, Ty Holmes (Bre) 6-0. 3, Tyler Ameigh (Tri) 5-10. 4, Bradley Beaver (CC) 5-8. 5, Larry Clingler (CC) 5-8. 6, Nick Amor (LV) 5-8.
Long jump: 1, Devan Emerson (Jim) 19-4 ┬Š. 2, Josh Brenneman (Bre) 19-4 ┬Į. 3, Levi Welch (Jim) 19-3 ┬Š. 4, Collin Howard (JG) 19-1. 5, Shane Anderson (NP) 18-9. 6, Spenser Omans (LV) 18-6 ┬Š.
Shot put: 1, Jeremiah Harvey (CC) 49-6 ┬Į. 2, Kody Kleine (NP) 46-4 ┬Į. 3, Andrew Weldy (Bre) 43-5. 4, Kyle Zartman (LV) 43-0. 5, Alan Bollenbacher (Bre) 41-10 ┬Į. 6, Tanner Adams (Jim) 41-1.
Discus: 1, Jake Tuturow (Tri) 132-0. 2, Jeremiah Harvey (CC) 128-9. 3, Max Burgess (CC) 124-1. 4, Garret Leed (LV) 123-4. 5, Andrew Weldy (Bre) 120-4. 6, Blake Magyar (Jim) 117-2.
Pole vault: 1, Tanner Wickham (Jim) 11-6. 2, Dane Daumer (Knox) 11-6. 3, Casey Adams (Jim) 11-0. 4, Stacy Noland (JG) 10-0. 5, Michael Collins (Knox) 10-0. 6, Jamie Hughes (Bre) 9-6.
Team scores: Bremen 143, Jimtown 121-1/3, New Prairie 120-1/3, Triton 68, LaVille 65, John Glenn 55, Knox 22-1/3, Culver Community 16.
4 x 800 relay: 1, Bremen (Jorgi Klockow, Amy Fanning, Megan Burcham, Sara Slabaugh) 10:31.14. 2, LaVille 10:32.0. 3, New Prairie 10:57.0. 4, Jimtown 11:00.0. 5, John Glenn 11:08.8. 6, Triton 11:24.22.
100 hurdles: 1, Jenna Pfeiffer (Bre) 16.02. 2, Rachel Bucher (Jim) 16.52. 3, Kaley Gann (Bre) 17.32. 4, Maryellen Schmalzried (JG) 17.36. 5, Jayna Colanese (NP) 17.96. 6, Emily Duff (Tri) 18.22. 7, Shelby Low (LV) 18.49.
100: 1, Deasaray Greer (Jim) 13.11. 2, Breanna Lemler (Tri) 13.25. 3, Heidi VanWaardenburg (NP) 13.28. 4, Alayna Wagnerowski (Jim) 13.48. 5, Stephanie Radandt (JG) 13.72. 6, Shannon Miller (Bre) 13.75.
1600: 1, Hope Jordan (Bre) 5:15.23. 2, Elaine Schmeltz (LV) 5:28.58. 3, Rachael Thompson (NP) 5:30.68. 4, Alex McBride (NP) 5:33.88. 5, Sara Slabaugh (Bre) 5:39.32. 6, Allie Kann (Tri) 5:51.60.
4 x 100 relay: 1, Bremen (Jasmine Schafer, Vianca Montes De Oca, Paige Weldy, Shannon Miller) 52.61. 2, Jimtown 52.78. 3, John Glenn 52.91. 4, New Prairie 54.98. 5, Knox 55.04. 6, LaVille 55.48.
400: 1, Breanna Lemler (Tri) 1:02.40. 2, Sarah VanWaardenburg (NP) 1:02.60. 3, Amy Jones (Jim) 1:05.17. 4, Hope Jordan (Bre) 1:05.91. 5, Kelsey Driebelbies (NP) 1:05.94. 6, Katie Dreessen (JG) 1:06.37.
300 intermediate hurdles: 1, Jenna Pfeiffer (Bre) 48.36. 2, Emily Duff (Tri) 49.52. 3, Brittney Pittman (Bre) 50.62. 4, Rachel Bucher (Jim) 51.09. 5, Maryellen Schmalzried (JG) 51.83. 6, Jayna Colanese (NP) 52.96.
800: 1, Mary Gamble (NP) 2:21.06. 2, Leigha Manual (LV) 2:28.57. 3, Hope Jordan (Bre) 2:31.81. 4, Cayla Ochs (JG) 2:35.74. 5, Amy Fanning (Bre) 2:36.11. 6, Allie Kann (Tri) 2:38.08.
200: 1, Heidi VanWaardenburg (NP) 27.48. 2, Paige Weldy (Bre) 27.55. 3, Emily Langford (LV) 28.21. 4, Deasaray Greer (Jim) 28.41. 5, Stephanie Radandt (JG) 28.45. 6, Sarah VanWaardenburg (NP) 28.58.
3200: 1, Elaine Schmeltz (LV) 12:02.59. 2, Alex McBride (NP) 12:38.59. 3, Rachael Thompson (NP) 12:41.46. 4, Sara Slabaugh (Bre) 12:45.83. 5, Kelsey Stoll (Jim) 13:02.51. 6, Megan Burcham (Bre) 13:10.79.
4 x 400 relay: 1, Bremen (Jenna Pfeiffer, Shannon Miller, Paige Weldy, Kaley Gann) 4:21.87. 2, Jimtown 4:30.11. 3, John Glenn 4:32.38. 4, LaVille 4:34.12. 5, Triton 4:37.86. 6, Knox 4:55.71.
High jump: 1, Jenna Pfeiffer (Bre) 5-5. 2, Mary Gamble (NP) 5-2. 3, Emily Langford (LV) 5-2. 4, Joy Moore (Jim) 4-10. 5, Tie between Sydney Gochenour (Tri), Katie Dreessen (JG) and Allison Brothers (Jim) 4-8.
Long jump: 1, Katie Secor (Jim) 15-2 ┬Į. 2, Kaley Gann (Bre) 14-10 ┬Į. 3, Hannah Folkers (Knox) 14-6 ┬Š. 4, Heidi VanWaardenburg (NP) 14-5 ┬Š. 5, Brook Clodfelter (Jim) 14-2 ┬Į. 6, Vianca Montes De Oca (Bre) 14-2.
Shot put: 1, Cinnamon Green (Jim) 43-0 (MEET RECORD). 2, Gwen Zehner (CC) 38-1. 3, Megan Howdeshell (Tri) 35-8. 4, Jessica Blaze (NP) 30-11 ┬Į. 5, Requiyah Johnson (Jim) 30-11. 6, Melisa Lile (JG) 30-2.
Discus: 1, Megan Howdeshell (Tri) 113-5. 2, Gwen Zehner (CC) 110-0. 3, Cinnamon Green (Jim) 103-5. 4, Jessica Blaze (NP) 93-2. 5, Melisa Lile (JG) 86-3. 6, Kayla Debiak (NP) 85-6.
Pole vault: 1, Brittney Pittman (Bre) 10-6. 2, Tie between Brooke Bennett (Knox), Melissa Reickman (NP) and Charity Campbell (Jim), 7-6. 5, Mackenzie Hill (JG) 7-0.


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Research and support for innovation must be at the service of an agricultural model and food system that is healthy, sustainable and socially fair
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Press Release, Brussels the 28th October 2014
Innovation is a key element to maintaining small-scale and family farming and to creating a model for food and agricultural production that is socially fair, sustainable and healthy. This model endures over time and is viable, but it needs clear support from policies that acknowledge and highlight its commitment to innovation. The future of rural areas lies within a specific focus and correct solutions to the issues that male and female peasant farmers face on a daily basis through innovative processes that will allow agriculture to develop in accordance with the environment and surroundings where it is located.
That is why the European Coordination for Via Campesina is holding the seminar "Small-scale farms and better food systems: what is the best way to include local innovation actors in European policies and research?" Its main goal is to forge the necessary paths so that research and innovation policies that can favor the necessary innovation in rural areas, in close connection to farmers, consumers and other actors of civil society and for a quality food system that is more local, sustainable, and within the framework of the Common Agricultural Agreement (CAP). In order to achieve this we include a diverse group of testimonies from farmers and from different sectors of society as well as representatives from European institutions.
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Rome: World Meeting of Popular Movements
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Press Statement from the Popular Movements
October 27th, 28th, and 29th
In conjunction with the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, and with the express support of Pope Francis, a variety of movements representing those who are most disadvantaged and most excluded from society are taking the lead in organising the World Meeting of Popular Movements, which will be held in Rome from October 27th to 29th.
We are very glad of this unique occasion to give visibility to the excluded and to let their voices be heard within the Vatican itself. We are deeply grateful to Pope Francis for this opportunity, which is one more demonstration of his constant accompaniment and closeness - not only to those of us who suffer injustice but also to those among us who are uniting to struggle against it.
The People's Caravan for Seed and Food Sovereignty- MONLAR, Sri Lanka
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LVC South Asia
(Sri Lanka, Colombo, October 16, 2014) During World Food Week, the Movement of National Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR) held an island-wide Seed Caravan for Food Sovereignty. This campaign stems from the need to address core issues related to the food system in Sri Lanka around the themes of Justice, Equality and Regeneration. More than 50 farmers, women, plantation workers, fisheries and other civil society organizations based across the country participated. The journey of the caravans started from Murukundi in the Northern province in the island and concluded in Colombo after covering a total 25 cities.
Fisheries, labors and plantation workers join hands with Farmers and consumers for food sovereignty in Sri Lanka.
Around 600 farmers, fisheries, labors and plantation workers marched in Colombo on the World Food Day (16th of October) to present their demands to the Government for ensuring food sovereignty of the people. This march was the culmination of the Seed and Food Sovereignty Caravan 2014 which traveled across the country for 6 days.
Shashe farmers demonstrate practical food sovereignty
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(Zimbabwe, Masvingo, Otober 20, 2014) Food sovereignty as a concept is under debate by various actors in the academia, activists and governments. The focus has been on its meaning and implications, some of which is still contested by some actors. This year a "Critical Dialogue on Food Sovereignty" was held at the Hague in January, attended by various actors to debate this important concept. It's various outcomes have been published recently by the Journal of Peasant Studies (JPS), of which some of the articles are freely available (http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/toc/fjps20/41/6) though for a short time.
According to Elizabeth Mpofu in her opening speech (Via Campesina at the colloquium "Food Sovereignty: a critical dialogue") at The Hague, she said that "We are not trying to create the perfect definition, for a dictionary or for a history book but we are trying to build a movement to change the food system and the world". This has been the case with farmers at Shashe, where food sovereignty, it various pillars, is alive. The farmers have over the years developed ways to make food sovereignty a reality. These farmers produce adequate food for own consumption, the surplus traded locally, value addition processes are underway and are trying to remove the chains of dependence on agro-inputs by adopting agroecology.