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African Archaeology Review
American Antiquity
American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists meeting information
Albanian Rescue Archaeology Unit
Centre for Marine and Underwater Archaeology Studies
Grupo de Arqueologia Mendoza
Eras on-line journal
gayenayton archaeology
Institute of Science and Technology in Art
Les Minières néolithiques de Spiennes - Spiennes Neolithic Flintsones Mines
Programme for Belize Archaeological Project (PfBAP)
Andean and Tiwanaku Archaeology: Research, Resources, and Information
Applied Archaeology in the Bolivian Amazon
Ecological Complementarity in Cochabamba: Variation and Political Basis in Prehistoric Interregional
Prehispanic Settlement and Land Use in Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Archaeologia Bulgarica
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Artefacts Canada
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E-SCAPE (Edmonton Component of the Study of Cultural Adaptation in the Canadian Prairie Ecozone)
Journal of Northeast Anthropology
London Museum of Archaeology Publications: Museum Bulletin, Research Reports, Palisade Post
Ontario Archaeology - Journal of the Ontario Archaeology Society
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Saskatchewan Association of Professional Archaeologists
The London Museum of Archaeology Bulletin
Bibliography on the Inner Chad Basin
Andean Botanical Information System
Comisión Nacional de Investigación CientÃfica y Tecnológica - CONICYT
Museo Arqueológico San Miguel de Azapa, Arica, Chile
On Monte Verde: Fiedel's Confusions and Misrepresentationtions
Revista Werken
Chinese Archaeology
International Dunhuang Project
Late Quaternary Human Adaptation and Climate Change in Northwest China
Instituto Colombiano de AnthropologÃa e Historia-ICANH
Mediterranean Archaeological Research Institute
The Earliest Prehistory of Cyprus: From Colonization to Exploitation (ASOR Publication)
Nordic Archaeological Abstracts (NAA)
3-D Reconstruction of Ancient Egyptian Mummy using X-ray Computer Tomography
A Virtual Exploration of the Lost Labyrinth
East Delta and South Sinai Project Bibliography
Internet ancient history sourcebook
Quseir al-Qadim Project
Smithsonian, Department of Paleobiology
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Monumental Brass Society (MBS)
University College London, Institute of Archaeology
University of London, Birkbeck, School of History, Classics and Archaeology
Nordic Archaeological Abstracts (NAA)
Archéologie Médiévale
G.M.P.C.A. (Groupe des Méthodes Pluridisciplinaires Contribuant à l'Archéologie
Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Préhistoire Quercinoise et du Sud-Oest
UB- Préhistoire: Le site de Préhistoire de l'Université de Bourgogne
Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte Kiel
Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Vorderasiatische Archäologie
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Munich Archaeometry Group
Netzwerk archäologisch arbeitender Frauen (FemArc) - Women's Network in Archaeology
Virtuelle Bibliothek Klassische Archaeologie
American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA)
Internet ancient history sourcebook
Kalaureia Research Program
The Classical Review
The Sphakia Survey: The Internet Edition
Nordic Archaeological Abstracts (NAA)
Nordic Archaeological Abstracts (NAA)
Vedams Books from India
Archaeobotanical Site Reports -- Near East Bibliography
Archaeobotanical Site Reports -- Near East Bibliography
Archaeology Ireland
Classics Ireland - The journal of the Classical Association of Ireland
Discovery Programme Website
Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland
Irish Quaternary Association (IQUA)
Journal of Irish Archaeology
The Discovery Programme: Irish Archaeology
Trowel: Journal of the Archaeological Society, University College Dublin
Computerized Archaeology, Weizmann Institute of Science
Dead Sea Scrolls and Pottery at Qumran
Internet ancient history sourcebook
Digiter Geoarcheologia - Italian
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Port Royal Project Homepage
Japan Society for Southeast Asian Archaeology
The University Museum Bulletin No.27: Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers in Japan?New Research Methods?
Cyrenaica Terracottas
Libyan Studies
Makedonika - Online Journal of Macedonian History and Culture
Teotihuacan The City of the Gods
Zacatecas Institute of Teaching and Research in Ethnology
Nordic Archaeological Abstracts (NAA)
Runologiske prosjekter / The Rune Typology Project
Andean Botanical Information System
The Colca Valley Regional Survey Project
The University Museum Bolletin No.3: Excavations at Shillacoto, Huanuco, Peru
Polish Academy of Sciences - Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology
Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego - Warsaw University, Instytut Archeologii
Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear - "Cultural Heritage and Sciences" group
Universidade de Coimbra, Instituto de Arqueologia
archaeology.ro : Archaeological Professional Association of Romania
Institute for researching and conservation of Transylvanian Patrimony
South Africa
Rock Art Research Institute (RARI), South Africa
University of Cape Town, Historical Archaeology Laboratory
Sociedad Española de Historia de la ArqueologÃa (SEHA)
Universidad de Salamanica, Departamento de Prehistoria, Historia Atinqua y Arqueologia
Collegium Palynologicum Scandinavicum
Institutet för Forntida Teknik (Institute of Ancient Technology, Östersund, Sweden) @ E-Journal
Journal of Nordic Archaeological Science (JONAS)
Lunds Universitet, Laboratory for Ceramic Research
Nordic Archaeological Abstracts (NAA)
Universitetet i Oslo, Institutt for arkeologi, konservering og historie
Viking Bronze
Archaeobotanical Site Reports -- Near East Bibliography
LEVANT - publication of Council for British Research in the Levant
Paleolithic Site of the Douara Cave and Paleogeography of Palmyra Basin in Syria. Part I
Paleolithic Site of the Douara Cave and Paleogeography of Palmyra Basin in Syria. Part II
Paleolithic Site of the Douara Cave and Paleogeography of Palmyra Basin in Syria. Part III
Paleolithic Site of the Douara Cave and Paleogeography of Palmyra Basin in Syria. Part IV
The University Museum Bulletin No.6: The Palaeolithic Site at Douara Cave in Syria. Part 2
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Arctic Centre, University of Groningen
Archaeobotanical Site Reports -- Near East Bibliography
Netherlands Institute in Turkey
Uysal-Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative
American Center of Khazar Studies
United Kingdom
ADS for the Higher Education Academy - Learning and Teaching Resources
Archaeological Computing Research Group (ACRG)
Archaeological Review from Cambridge
ArchWay : Journal Locator
Assemblage - the Sheffield Graduate Journal of Archaeology
Bournemouth University, School of Conservation Sciences,Archaeology & Historic Enviroment Group
CAPRA - Cave Archaeology and Palaeontology Research Archive
Cardiff University, School of History and Archaeology (HISAR)
Context One Archaeological Services Online Reports
Durham University, MSc in Palaeopatholgy
Environmental Archaeology Unit (EAU) - University of York
Internet Archaeology
Oxford Brookes University, Department of Anthropology
Oxford University Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art
Papers from the Institute of Archaeology (PIA)
Queen`s University, Belfast, School of Archaeology & Palaeoecology
Swansea University, Classics, Ancient History & Egyptology
The Journal of the North Atlantic
Univeresity of Winchester, Archaeology
University College London, Institute of Archaeology
University of Birmingham, Institute for Archaeology & Antiquity Museum
University of Bradford, Department of Archaeological Sciences
University of Bristol, MA in Maritime Archaeology and History
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University of Oxford, Classics at Oxford
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University of Plymouth, School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences
University of Wales, Bangor, School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology
University of Wales, Lampeter, Department of Archaeology & Anthropology
University of York, Centre for Palaeoecology
University of York, Department of Archaeology
Wetland Archaeology & Environments Research Centre - University of Hull
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A Look at Modern Human Origins
A Study of Ground-Slate Knives from Connecticut
ADAP - Archaeological Data Archive Project (terminated 2002)
African-American Archaeology Newsletter
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
American Association of Museums (AAM)
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American Museum of Natural History, Division of Anthropology
Ancient Cultures of the Southwest - Logan Museum of Anthropology
Anthropology Human Origins Website
Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)
Association of American University Presses
BC Association of Professional Consulting Archaeologists (BCAPCA)
Bureau of Reclamation: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act- Bureau of Reclamation
California Mission Studies Association (CMSA)
Center for Big Bend Studies
Clay Aquisition and Vessel Distribution Patterns: Southern New England
Cobb Institute of Archaeology
Conservation at the Getty
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
Council for Northeast Historical Archaeology (CNEHA)
East Carolina University, Deparment of Anthropology
East Carolina University, Nautical Archaeology, Program in Maritime Studies
Fordham University, The Center for Medieval Studies, New York
Forgotten Chicago
Geoarchaeology in Iowa
Georgia Council of Professional Archaeologists (GCPA)
Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology
Guide to Graduate Programs in Historical and Underwater Archaeology
Gulf of Mexico Archaeological Information
Historical Archaeology Bibliographic Resources
Hotcourses USA
Internet history sourcebooks project
Journal of Middle Atlantic Archaeology
Journal of Northeast Anthropology
Journal of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference
Little Salt Spring
MATRIX: Archaeological Field Methods
Michigan Tech, Department of Social Sciences
Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology
Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology Serial Index, 1976-2001
Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference
Minnesota Archaeological Predictive Model Mn/Model
Missouri Archaeological Society
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Park Service Managing Archaeological Collections
National Park Service Museum Collections On the Web Catalog
National Park Service Museum Handbook Publication
National Wetlands Inventory
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Northwest Research Obsidian Studies Laboratory
Plains Anthropological Society
Pottery and Pigments in Arizona: Salado Polychrome
Pottery Southwest
PreserveNet - the Preservationist's Resource!
Program on Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials
School of Advanced Research (SAR)
Seed ID Workshop, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science & Seed ID Database
SHUMLA (Texas) - ongoing archeological and rock art research (field schools)
Sipapu - The Anasazi Emergence into the Cyber World
Smithsonian Institute, Department of Botany
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Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division of American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Hi, travelling for the first time by myself in June and am looking for a recommendation on a good fair priced hostel in the city of san fransisco
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Live By the Code
By Shana Naomi Krochmal
Omar often comes from this testosterone-driven place of revenge. Is that related to how his masculinity is called into question by other characters?
I totally agree -- that was one of the first things I noticed with the scenarios the writers had put him in. I immediately made a decision not to play it like an alpha male. What makes Omar so volatile is that he's so vulnerable. He's extremely sensitive -- and that's what he and I share in real life. I'm a sensitive guy. I played with Omar with the same sensitivity and when you mix that with the storyline and his temper and you get Omar. I never wanted to play him as an alpha male -- just someone operating in an alpha male world. There's a lot of testosterone around.
The other contrast to that alpha male world is his relationship with Butchie. I always saw Butchie as his gay uncle.
That's exactly what Butchie represented to him. Whenever I talk about him I refer to him as Uncle Butchie -- not on camera, but I actually thought about even writing that into the script that he was Omar's uncle. In the hood growing up, with the majority of homes broken and no male figures, that's very realistic that you have a non-blood member of the family that you consider to be like your uncle -- and Butchie definitely was that for him.
HBO released one prequel vignette showing Omar as a kid, but there's a lot of other backstory we didn't see. Were there other parts of Omar's history that you developed in conversation with the writers or on your own?
His mom was never really around. She might have been a dope fiend -- if you notice, his grandma raised him. There definitely was no father. I don't know if many people know that he has a brother -- No Heart Tony was his older brother, which is in the prequel and established in season one.
Let's talk about the death scene. Did you want a big dramatic showdown, something like what Stringer had at the end of the third season?
I guess I knew it was coming one day. I wasn't really shocked at how it went. If you look at the way David [Simon] and Ed [Burns] write -- they don't give you what you want. Everybody wanted this huge showdown and shoot out -- you know bang, bang, bang! And that's not what they give you. If I had my wish, he'd have stayed in Puerto Rico! I know Uncle Butchie wouldn't have wanted him to come back to get himself killed like that. Uncle Butchie would have been like 'Boy, don't worry about me. You coming down to avenge my death ain't gonna bring me back no way, so stay down where you at.' But it did hurt, I'm not going to lie. It did hurt. My heart broke.


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[Tutorial][Android] Use a wiimote as a PPSSPP gamepad
05-02-2013, 11:58 PM (This post was last modified: 05-03-2013 02:56 AM by AirGuardian.)
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[Tutorial][Android] Use a wiimote as a PPSSPP gamepad
Works pretty well IMO:
This is an expanded version of the instructions in the video comment.
What do you need?
· PPSSPP (get Gold and support the developer)
· Wiimote (I'm using an ElCheapo™ Wiimote from GameStop)
· WiimoteController for Android
· A Bluetooth-Enabled Android Smartphone powerful enough to run PPSSPP.
* Please note that TouchWiz-enabled devices running Android 3.0 or less will not be able to pair with a Wiimote (thanks to user Livy for this tip). For these devices it is strongly advisable to use a non-Touchwiz ROM such as the CyanogenMod Series. If you don't know what the hell is a ROM or the name Cyanogen does not ring a bell, I recommend you to check out XDA-Developers and search for your device.
How does it work?
PPSSPP supports the hardware buttons in the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play! smartphone. Unfortunately, many of us do not have such buttons. But any Bluetooth controller does. In this case, we are going to use a Wiimote. It's cheap and easy to get anywhere from eBay to big chain stores.
Wiimote Controller is a little piece of software which allows to sync a Wiimote with your Android phone and use its buttons however you like. Download and install it from Google Play.
To put the Wiimote in "Visible mode" you must press the 1 and 2 buttons at the same time until the LED indicators on the wiimote start blinking. Follow the instructions in the WiimoteController App to link it. Basically is just tapping "1. Init and Connect" while the Wiimote is in Visible Mode and then press on "2. Select Wiimote IME".
For PPSSPP to "understand" the Wiimote, you have to remap the buttons in the App using the screen in [Press Menu] Preferences -> Mapping Options -> 1st Controller Mappings.
Now tap on each button in the list and select from the drop-down menu which "virtual key-press" do you want to send to PPSSPP when you press that button. You don't need to change Up, Down, Left or Right. Do as you find convenient for your favourite game or if playing Persona 3 Portable use the following as I did:
Button A as "Game Trigger R1 - XP R"
Button B as "Game Trigger R1 - XP L"
Button 1 as "D-pad center - XP X"
Button 2 as "Game Button B"
Button + as "Game Button Y - XP Triangle"
Button - as "Game Button X - XP Square"
HOME button as "Game Start Button - XP Start"
Once you have set up your controls and tested them, you can disable the button overlay in PPSSPP and enjoy full screen PSP gaming on your Android Smartphone.
· In case you want to play Persona 3 on the Galaxy S3 properly, you must disable "Buffered Rendering" in the emulator options. And make sure your phone is not in the Energy Saving Mode or your processor speed will be capped and performance will be hindered.
· I dumped the Persona 3 Portable to an ISO file with my own PSP from the original game UMD. Please, do *NOT* ask me where to download PSP ISOs. It's against the forum rules. Ask Google.
· English is my second language, so expect some weird grammar in this post.
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RE: [Tutorial][Android] Use a wiimote as a PPSSPP gamepad
Wiimote support on Android is very poor. Devices with Touchwiz UI and Sense UI cannot be paired with a Wiimote. There are various other devices which cannot be paired as well.
I myself have a Remote+, but it refuses to work with both WiimoteController and Wii Controller IME.
05-03-2013, 02:39 AM (This post was last modified: 05-03-2013 02:42 AM by AirGuardian.)
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RE: [Tutorial][Android] Use a wiimote as a PPSSPP gamepad
My Galaxy S3 has Touchwiz UI and pairs and works properly (only using Wiimote Controller or similar), as you may see on video. The ROM I'm using is Android Revolution HD 25.0 (based on Samsung Official Android 4.1.2).
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RE: [Tutorial][Android] Use a wiimote as a PPSSPP gamepad
All devices with Samsung Touchwiz UI running on Android version lower than 3.0 won't work.
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RE: [Tutorial][Android] Use a wiimote as a PPSSPP gamepad
Oh, that's a shame. I'll add that to the requirements list. Thank you.
05-22-2013, 04:57 PM (This post was last modified: 05-22-2013 04:59 PM by zarles1.)
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RE: [Tutorial][Android] Use a wiimote as a PPSSPP gamepad
First of all:
Wow, that's suuper awesome! Thank a lot!
Just one question.
Trying to play MH and I totally need the buttons mapped differently but I don't have any clue what the thousands of mapping possibilities mean.
Is there a way to make it work like this:
PPSSPP | Wiimote
Analog Stick--------Nunchuck
L----------C-Button on Nunchuck
R------------Z-Button on Nunchuck
Circle--------------- A
Square ---------- 1
Select----------------- -
You'd do me a huge favour - it would be a dream to play PSP games on the phone with controller.
Thanks man!
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RE: [Tutorial][Android] Use a wiimote as a PPSSPP gamepad
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One of the most widely grown grapes in Italy is the Montepulciano varietal, which is much loved by wine producers and drinkers alike due to its drinkability and full, ripe flavors It thrives most successfully in warm and dry terroirs, and as such can grow in most of Italy's wine regions, where it is popular with vintners due to the fact that it produces very high yields. In recent years, it has been grown in many other countries around the world, where it is prized for its color and large plummy notes, making it an ideal varietal for many international palates. The wines themselves are usually soft and rounded, with mild tannins present in the mouth. However, the tannins in the grape skins contain lots of pigment, making these wines remarkably deep and dark in color.
Italy is recognised as being one of the finest wine producing countries in the world, and it isn't difficult to see why. With a vast amount of land across the country used primarily for vineyard cultivation and wine production, each region of Italy manages to produce a wide range of excellent quality wines, each representative of the region it is produced in. Any lover of Italian wines will be able to tell you of the variety the country produces, from the deliciously astringent and alpine-fresh wines of the northern borders, to the deliciously jammy and fruit-forward wines of the south and the Italian islands. Regions such as Barolo are frequently compared with Bordeaux and Burgundy in France, as their oak aged red wines have all the complexity and earthy, spicy excellence of some of the finest wines in the world, and the sparkling wines of Asti and elsewhere in Italy can easily challenge and often exceed the high standards put forward by Champagne. Thanks to excellent terrain and climatic conditions, Italy has long since proven itself a major player in the world of wines, and long may this dedication to quality and excellence continue.


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Audi may show Q7 V12 TDI concept in Detroit
This little number caught us off gaurd when one of our sources directed us to the VWVortex.com forums. Audi already unveiled the Q7 V12 TDI back in September at the Paris Motor Show. We were in awe of the engine that doesn't have to trace its root far back before it runs right into the same V12 diesel that powers the R10 Le Mans racer. This angelic-looking Q7 has the same V12, according to the forum poster, and it produces the same 500 horsepower and 738 ft-lbs. of glorious torque.
Perhaps Audi wanted to dress up the Q7 V12 TDI for its debut in North America, because from what we know this vehicle is Detroit-bound. There are a few changes to the vehicle that set it apart from the one we saw debut in Paris, including a front end with more LEDs around the headlights and a slightly modified lowe air intake. Out back the reverse lights have been relocated from the stop lamps into their own strip along the bumper that was previously housing reflectors. The center stop lamp housed beneath the rear spoiler is now also a string of red LEDs. The faux-diffuser in the lower bumper is slightly different, and finally the pair of exhaust tips embedded in the rear skirt are now ovular. The white paint job is new (and nice), but the wheels, oddly enough, are the same as the one's we saw in Paris.
The interior of this mild concept has also been cleaned up with the creamiest-looking leather applied to every visible surface, new gauges (220 mph!), and a new center information display that now both color and sporting a higher resolution. If you check out our gallery of high-resolution pics, you'll notice the center information display is showing a g-meter.
We have no information on this Q7 V12 TDI concept other than the few words accompanying it in the forum we found it. Audi has said nothing official about it, so its attendance in Detroit is not guaranteed. However, if it were to arrive stateside, its presence at the Detroit show would certainly fuel our hope that Audi's thinking about selling the Q7 V12 TDI here in addition to Europe. We'll find out soon enough.
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What Is Beautiful?
What is beautiful to Jesus won't make the cover of Vogue.
Let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious. - 1 Peter 3:4
Beauty has a cost. Between potion for wrinkles, serum for age spots and cream for gray hair, my cart runneth over with beauty products I can't afford. Inner beauty has a cost also. As I get older and the battle for beauty becomes pronounced, I find myself asking questions about beauty. What does it mean to be beautiful? Who defines beautiful?
Redefine Beauty
Men, what is beautiful to you? At what point does a pretty lady that catches your eye become old or worn enough to lose that label? Husbands, is your wife becoming more beautiful to you as you see her emulate Jesus? Beauty does not begin and end with mere age, dress, or ability to appeal to the senses.
A heart made alive by Jesus is a beautiful thing indeed.
Consider the woman who is, in her beauty, more like Jesus than a Cover Girl. If God lovingly instructs women to beautify themselves from the inside out, you certainly should consider a woman's beauty as originating and emanating from her heart. A heart made alive by Jesus is a beautiful thing indeed.
Jesus = Beautiful
Beauty has many faces. It is difficult to define objectively. Anything beautiful reflects the glory of God in some way and inspires us to worship. With that description in mind, the most obvious object of beauty that comes to mind is Christ. He defines and demonstrates true beauty. And not because he was easy on the eyes… his sacrificial love and service, humble heart and righteousness are the source of his beauty. Because he is beautiful, we can be also. Our ability to have inner beauty cost Jesus his life.
Address the Hidden Person of the Heart
Just as we will often ask our friends or husband whether we look beautiful, we ought to ask Jesus the same question. He is faithful to the ongoing internal make-over of his daughters. He will answer. In an especially ugly-feeling moment after a hard week with my family, I cried out to God and asked him how he wanted his beauty to manifest itself in my life. The answer? Cheerful service and gentle correction.
Serving others can be a beautiful demonstration of godliness in a person's life. It can also be a pious cover for a grumbling, bitter heart that wants others to think more highly of them. In addressing the hidden person of my heart, God wanted me to stop faking beauty and willingly and joyfully serve those he brought into my life.
Harsh words so easily spring from my lips. There is a certain sense of power and control that comes from correcting my wayward child with a sharp tone. God continues to lovingly remind me that it is his kindness that leads me to repentance (Romans 2:4) and that kindness when correcting another is a beautiful sight to behold.
In addressing the hidden person of my heart, God wanted me to stop faking beauty and willingly and joyfully serve those he brought into my life.
How is God desiring his beauty to shine through your life? Our love of beauty should compel us to desire what is truly beautiful. Beauty flows out of a heart hidden in the beauty of Christ. Next time you're tempted to compare yourself with that magazine cover-model, remember the Lord's words to Samuel thousands of years ago that are still as true today: "Man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart" (1 Sam 16:7).


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Friday, February 24, 2012
6:30-11:30 p.m.
This year, a little bit of summer warmth is invading the cold Chicago winter with an art auction and themed dance party--It Came from the Lagoon!
The Winter Benefit begins with hors d'oeuvres, beer, wine, and specialty cocktails by City Provisions, and is followed by silent and live auctions of fantastic artwork by select friends, alumni, and faculty. The night ends with a dance party—Ox-Bow style! Themed Friday night parties complete with costumes and dancing have been a campus tradition for over 100 years.
Bid on over 75 pieces of original artwork donated by Ox-Bow alumni, faculty, and friends, including Mike Andrews, Isak Applin, Carl Baratta, Phyllis Bramson, James Brandess, Elijah Burgher, Israel Davis, Stephanie Brooks, Hank Feeley, Corin Hewitt, Susan Kraut, Marion Kryczka, Jessica Labatte, Ellen Lanyon, Thomas Lawson, Jim Lutes, Peter Mars, Rachel Niffenegger, Tom Palazzolo, Rebecca Ringquist, Seymour Rosofsky, E.W. Ross, Betsy Rupprecht, Oli Watt, Andrew Winship, Karl Wirsum, and many others.
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The National Union of Students of the United Kingdom (NUS) is a confederation of students' unions in the United Kingdom. Around 600 students' unions are in membership, accounting for more than 95 per cent of all higher and further education unions in the UK. Although the National Union of Students is the central organisation for all affiliated unions in the UK, there are also the devolved national sub-bodies NUS Scotland in Scotland, NUS Wales/ UCM Cymru in Wales and NUS-USI in Northern Ireland (the latter being co-administered by the Union of Students in Ireland). There is also an NUS Area for London- NUS London.
NUS is a member of the European Students' Union.
- 1 Membership
- 2 History
- 3 Mission
- 4 Democracy
- 5 NUS Services
- 6 Criticisms
- 7 Current & recent issues
- 8 References
- 9 External links
There are four types of membership of NUS:
- Constituent membership is granted to students' unions by National Conference or National Executive Council by a two-thirds majority vote
- Individual membership is granted automatically to members of students' unions with constituent membership, sabbatical officers of constituent members, members of the National Executive Council and sabbatical conveners of NUS Areas
- Associate membership is granted by a two-thirds majority vote of National Executive Council to:
- Student Organisations in Association - any national student organisations
- Partner Organisations in Association - non-student organisations which sympathise with the NUS
- Individuals in Association - any individual who supports the objects of the NUS
- NUS Areas - geographically-defined associations of students' unions
- Honorary membership is granted by National Conference to "any person or organisation as it sees fit"
Of these types of membership, only constituent members may vote on or submit policy proposals to National Conference. Constituent members and associate members are required to pay a subscription fee as a condition of their membership.[1]
The NUS was formed in 1922 at a meeting held at the University of London. At this meeting, the Inter-Varsity Association and the International Students Bureau (which organised student travel and had been lobbying for a national body) agreed to merge. Founding members included the unions of University of Birmingham, Birkbeck College, London, LSE, Imperial College London (who first left in 1923 and have subsequently rejoined and left three times, the last time being in June 2008), King's College London (who supplied the first President, Sir Ivison Macadam) and the University of Bristol.
NUS' mission is to promote, defend and extend the rights of students by providing students and students' unions with a collective voice by delivering a range of activity that articulates the needs and aspirations of its members to relevant bodies. They also develop and champion strong students' unions and deliver a range of activities aimed at building their affiliates' capacity to engage effectively on a local level, building strong and sustainable organisations that make students' lives better.
The NUS holds national conferences once a year. National Conference is the sovereign body of NUS, and is where NUS policy is decided. Other conferences, such as Regional Conferences, Women's Conference, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans Students' Conference (changed as of 2004), Disabled Students' Conference, Black Students' Conference, Mature and Part-Time Students' Conference and the International Students' Conference (created in 2004) are run to enhance the representation of the specific members they include.
In July 2014, due to the creation of a new NUS London area- the first NUS London conference was held. Most of these conferences, and in particular the elections held at them, are contested by factions including Conservative Future, Labour Students, Liberal Youth, National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts, the Organised Independents, Young Independence, Socialist Students, Socialist Workers' Student Society, Student RESPECT and Student Broad Left. In addition to these political factions, interest groups such as the Federation of Student Islamic Societies and the Union of Jewish Students are deeply involved in the internal democratic processes of NUS.
NUS Services[edit]
NUS Services provides collective purchasing, support and marketing services to NUS-affiliated students' unions. Its shareholders consist of over 200 NUS-affiliated students' unions, and it is directed by a board and committees composed of volunteers from these shareholder unions.
The Association for Managers in Students' Unions recently[when?] merged with NUS and NUS Services.
NUS Extra[edit]
NUS Extra is a discount card which can be purchased by members of students' unions which are affiliated with NUS. It is produced by NUS Services in conjunction with NUS, and affiliated students' unions receive commission on every card sold to their members.
NUS Charitable Services[edit]
NUS has established a new charity to drive improvement in students' unions. It will focus on students' union quality, talent management, equality and diversity, strategic development and turnaround, ethical and environmental work, and fundraising.
Ethical and environmental work
NUS' ethical and environmental department originated in 1995, forming a committee tasked with investigating allegations of environmental bad practice at Bass breweries.
As of 2013, the department employs over 25 members of staff, delivering far-reaching behavioural change programmes among staff and students such as Green Impact, Student Switch Off, and Student Eats.
The department is currently managing the pilot year of NUS Students' Green Fund - a £5 million grant from HEFCE, supporting 25 student-led, transformative sustainability projects at students' unions across England.
NUS' ethical and environmental department turns students' unions into hubs of sustainability at the hearts of wider communities, and empowers students to become part of the solution to our environmental challenges. Read more about them and their strategy here.
The NUS has come in for criticism from various quarters, particularly from those students' unions who are not affiliated. Sen Ganesh, then president of Imperial College Union, said in 2002 that "NUS's claim to be representative of students is not borne out by their work", especially as "the NUS is dominated by Labour students and this diminishes the ability to address student issues in an impartial fashion."[2]
The NUS has in particular come in for criticism for a perceived lack of direct democracy - officers of NUS are elected by delegates from each affiliated union which, depending on the policy of each union, may involve no consultation with their members.
The NUS has also been criticised for prioritisation of NUS Extra over campaigning on issues which affect students.[3] Despite it being NUS policy that none of the discounts on the original free NUS card would be moved to NUS Extra, proposed by Cambridge University Students' Union, NUS Treasurer Dave Lewis went against policy and removed the discounts from the original free NUS card.[4]
Other critics have focussed on the organisation's perceived failure to campaign effectively on student issues such as tuition fees and prescription costs[5] and have advocated that students and unions coordinate independently of the NUS to campaign on the national stage.[6][7]
Financial crisis[edit]
In recent years[when?], the NUS has faced a prolonged financial crisis, caused by a coinciding of spiraling expenditure and decreasing income. A series of measures were proposed to address this, of which the most controversial included a series of changes to the constitutional and democratic processes. In 2004, two emergency conferences passed some of the changes proposed, albeit not without fierce dispute between those claiming the proposals were necessary reforms to maintain the existence of the organisation and those arguing that they were aimed at curbing democracy and involvement. The 2006 NUS Conference passed a policy which enabled NUS to launch NUS Extra in September 2006.[8]
Durham censorship controversy[edit]
In February 2010, the NUS came under criticism after two of its officers forced a proposed debate on multiculturalism at the University of Durham to be cancelled.[9] The debate, organised by the Durham Union Society – a debating society entirely separate from Durham Students' Union – was to have featured two prominent British National Party members: Yorkshire and the Humber MEP Andrew Brons and Leeds City Councillor Chris Beverley.[10] Upon hearing of BNP involvement in the debate, NUS Black Students' Officer Bellavia Ribeiro-Addy and NUS LGBT Officer Daf Adley jointly sent a letter to both the Durham Union Society and the university demanding its cancellation. The pair stated that the debate would be illegal and threatened to organise a "colossal demonstration" in tandem with Unite Against Fascism, adding that "if any students are hurt in and around this event responsibility will lie with you".[11]
The subsequent cancellation of the debate by Durham Union Society President Anna Birley on safety grounds was met with fierce backlash. NUS President Wes Streeting was prompted to personally appear before the Durham Union Society to apologise for the actions of the officers concerned, though outrage among Durham students was sufficient that a significant number protested outside the debating chamber at the time.[12] A further protest group on Facebook quickly amassed over 2,500 members. An official petition was soon lodged with Durham Students' Union to call for a referendum on disaffiliation from NUS.[13] On 12 March 2010, the referendum concluded with a majority of voting students choosing to disaffiliate.[14] In January 2011, Durham decided to reaffiliate itself with the NUS.[15]
Current & recent issues[edit]
Graduate tax/Tuition fees[edit]
Under the leadership of Wes Streeting the NUS abandoned its long-standing commitment to free education and backed a graduate tax as its preferred outcome of the Browne Review into higher education funding. Before the 2010 General Election, the NUS invited candidates sign a pledge not to raise tuition fees, receiving over 1000 signatories from prospective parliamentary candidates. This became a very high profile campaign when many liberal democrat MPs, who all signed individual NUS pledges stating they would vote against any rise in tuition fees if elected, had to abstain or do the opposite as part of their coalition agreement.
The NUS, under new leader Aaron Porter, organised a national protest attended by thousands in November 2010, demanding an end to education cuts. Some protestors took the march down Whitehall to Conservative Party headquarters where there was a confrontation with the police and an occupation of the building, Millbank Tower. With an attendance of over 50,000 people, it was the largest British demonstration since the Iraq War protest. This led to various more demos until the rise in tuition fees was passed.
On 8 December 2010, the Daily Telegraph reported that they had seen emails that suggested Aaron Porter had supported, rather than increase tuition fees, cuts of up to 80% should be made to student support packages including grants and loans.[16] Porter responded to the claims on NUS Connect that "In all of these meetings and communications we stated our firm and clear opposition to cuts" and that the distortion of the discussions was "political desperation from a coalition government losing the arguments on its own policies".[17]
On April 9, 2014, the National Union of Students passed policy at its national conference to reverse its position on education funding. The call for a graduate tax was abandoned in favour Amendment 213b which calls for free education funded through progressive taxation.
The Fairtrade NUS Campaign was started by students at the University of Edinburgh in autumn 2005. The campaign, which has now been joined by numerous other students' unions in Britain, is calling for 100% of the hot beverages (tea, coffee, hot chocolate, etc.) sold by member unions of the NUS to be accredited with the Fairtrade Mark.
The campaign is supported by a number of NGOs and charities, including Oxfam, Trade Justice Movement, People & Planet and CAFOD.
While it is contested amongst the universities about who were the original Fairtrade University, the Fairtrade foundation gave this status first and worked with Oxford Brookes University who spearheaded the movement – with the University of Edinburgh a close second.
Governance review[edit]
The 2008 Conference in Blackpool was dominated by the governance review debate and vote. The proposals were for a restructuring of the running of the Union but the vote was lost by 25 votes (a two-thirds majority was required).[18] The review was criticised for what was felt by detractors to be an attack on the organisation's democratic accountability.[19] Its supporters however defended the review as providing a more 'innovative' corporate structure which was hoped to make it more credible in negotiating policy, rather than simply 'reactive'.[20] This was not well received by many in the executive with President, Gemma Tumelty, vowing to press ahead with reform.[21] The perceived lack of progress on governance reform has also prompted Imperial College Union to hold a referendum on disaffiliation.[22]
Revised proposals were drafted and submitted to an extraordinary conference in November 2008. The conference passed the proposals by 4 votes to 1. A second extraordinary conference to ratify the proposals (the constitution requires that any changes are passed by two consecutive conferences) took place on 20 January 2009. The proposals were accepted by a huge majority and the new constitution came into force.
Islamic State[edit]
In October 2014, the NUS rejected a call to condemn the militant group Islamic State, saying that such a declaration would be Islamophobic. This caused some student's union members to speculate that the NUS itself has been infiltrated by extremist sympathisers.[23]
- ^ "Articles of Association & Rules". National Union of Students. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ Adam Keating (2002). "What have NUS ever done for us?". Retrieved 30 May 2006.
- ^ "NUS: Extra rip-off for students?". Epigram.org.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ http://resource.nusonline.co.uk/media/resource/CD22_Resolutions.pdf[dead link]
- ^ "NUS – Should we vote to disaffiliate? | The Cambridge Student". Tcs.cam.ac.uk. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
- ^ "NUS Trustee Board: hammering in the final nails… : Education Not For Sale". Free-education.org.uk. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2010.[dead link]
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- NUS website
- Membership website for NUS, NUS Services and AMSU
- TheyWorkForStudents – A hub of information on the NUS, helping to increase scrutiny, openness and accountability
- Catalogue of the NUS archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
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Bump, the folks behind that iPhone app that allows you to quickly and easily exchange contacts, released a set of stats about its users that says almost 90% of iOS device owners are already running some version of iOS 4.0 or above. Bump reportedly has over 25 million downloads, so we are talking about a decent sample of the iOS user population (though I'd argue that it's not quite as widespread as the stats might be on an app like Angry Birds -- still, we'll take what we can get). According to their figures, over 89% of users are running iOS 4.0, a number that's a little higher than what I've heard from developers in the past.
Bump says that 10% of its users are still running some form of iOS 3.0, and just 2% of users are stuck back on iOS 2.0. Within the 4.0 crowd, 52.89% are running the latest version of 4.2.1, with 27.5% still running 4.1.
Why's everybody so caught up? In addition to the press around each update, I'd suggest that the holidays were probably a big equalizer, with new iPhones and iPod touches smoothing out the playing field (since they come updated with the latest version automatically). With so many people all caught up to iOS 4.0 on the same hardware, Apple has a nice solid platform to build on, something that Android phones have been struggling with on both the hardware and software fronts.
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Medfield, two years in: What killed Intel's mobile phone ambitions? November 29, 2013 at 10:30 am
At Intel's Analyst Day last week, the company spoke a great deal about its plans for the future of tablets and its belief that the PC market was done contracting. Along the way, almost incidentally, Intel gave notice that the company's old plans for the mobile phone market were dead in the water.
Intel launches Clover Trail+ Atom Z2580, its first dual-core/quad-threaded smartphone SoC February 25, 2013 at 6:33 am
Intel's first dual-core platform for smartphones is ready for launch, with the Lenovo K900 serving as flagship. Clover Trail+ adds dual-core GPUs as well, for an overall performance boost well above what Medfield offered 12 months ago.
ARM Cortex-A15 explained: Intel's Atom is down, but not out November 1, 2012 at 3:37 pm
ARM's Cortex-A15 is shipping, courtesy of Samsung's new Chromebook, and the chip looks strong. Its impact on the performance market, however, will depend on power consumption in the relevant spaces.
Intel, Microsoft tangle over the state of Windows 8 October 1, 2012 at 3:00 pm
Intel and Microsoft have traded potshots over the past week, but a new leak claims that Intel's power conserving software isn't ready for prime time. This is one rumor that we're not willing to buy.
Intel debuts Clover Trail for tablets, launches new Atom Inside brand September 27, 2012 at 3:30 pm
Intel's Clover Trail officially launches today, with a dual-core Atom CPU at 1.8GHz, new power management capabilities, and a great deal of OEM support. Can it break the Apple iPad stranglehold?
Motorola unveils its first Intel Android smartphone, but the USA isn't invited to the x86 party September 18, 2012 at 7:09 am
At a joint press conference in London, Motorola and Intel have unveiled the Razr I smartphone. The Razr I has a edge-to-edge 960×540 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display, a layer of Kevlar on the back, and — most importantly — the brains of the operation is an Intel Medfield SoC clocked at 2GHz. It will be released in Europe and Latin America in October.
Intel dismisses 'x86 tax', sees no future for ARM or any of its competitors June 14, 2012 at 10:33 am
Last week, Sebastian Anthony met with Intel's chief of mobile to discuss the future of x86, and how the Santa Clara chip giant will go about dismantling its opposition.
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This is the phone that finally puts Intel at the smartphone table — and if it plays its cards right, it might even be able to push ARM out.
The premature demise of Windows 8 on ARM, courtesy of Intel's Medfield April 25, 2012 at 12:34 pm
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Arsene Wenger has emerged from the dressing-rooms and has had a word with ITV reporter Gabriel Clarke:
In the second half when it was 2-1 I thought we would come back to 2-2. But when we conceded the third goal you could see something had gone in our team. Mentally the team was down because we'd battled so hard.
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Congress Caps A Completely Futile Year
Posted by NewGuru in 2012 Elections on December 18, 2011
In the close of the year for the most ineffective Congress in history managed to cloud issues and merge their We The Few ideology into basic legislation to assist the poor, the needy and the middle class. So, the Senate has gone home for a long, undeserved break.
Once again, nothing has been resolved. So that the Senate can enjoy a nice holiday, We The People were given two months of relief with the very real prospect that household income will lower and unemployment benefits will disappear on March 1st. However, the revision of the House bill must be approved by the House and Majority Leader Boehner announced on Sunday, that the Senate extension bill would not be approved.
Rather than pass stand-alone legislation that would extend the payroll tax reduction through 2012 and extend unemployment benefits for 160 million Americans, the Senate agreed to a short-term fix that appears nothing more than a means for Senators to return home through the end of the year.
Congress did manage to pass a $915 billion spending program that will keep the government operating through September 30th. President Obama had strongly urged Congress to put politics aside and protect the middle class and the unemployed through 2012. The Senate passage of the band-aid fix provided by the temporary payroll extension and the temporary unemployment extension, allowed the Senate to promptly skip town until late January.
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The House was due to vote on the temporary bills. Previously, Majority Leader, John Boehner, forcefully encouraged the Senate to pass the original version of the bill that had passed the House. The House's bill contained an attachment to the Keystone XL pipeline, which The President has put on the calendar in 2013. The Keystone XL pipeline, will run from Canada to Texas and has been opposed by environmentalists and put on hold by Obama until proper environmental evaluations are compiled.
The State Department has tabled consideration for the Pipeline first proposed by Republicans in 2008. The President has agreed to re-visit the project in 2013. As Republicans presidential candidates have made clear, the nation's environmental concerns are secondary to the interests of We The Few.
This temporary legislation leaves millions of Americans and businesses to guess what will happen in the 45 days before the temporary extensions expire.
Congress leaves town with a stunning 9% approval rating that is trending down. When We The People understand the full repercussions of this last-minute legislation, the approval rating should decline further. In their efforts to get home for the holidays, Congress passed self-serving legislation without a constructive foundation.
When Congressmen return to their districts, Democrats and Republicans alike should press their representatives to swarm the ir home bases with calls, appearances and demand action and cooperation.
The serious question is why these predictable confrontations must be played out in full view, pitting Americans against each other. With the crisis in Europe, the U.S. needs to make a concerted effort to reduce the deficit and get Americans back to work. One hand washes the other. Congress recognizes this hard reality but does not have the political will to stimulate growth and make tough choices on spending.
Grover Norquist may be viewed as the most powerful man in the country but his lobbyist friends are not far behind. Pandering to special interests is viewed as the only way to survive in Washington. Faced with bitter reality on Main Street, the divide between Washington, their special interests and We The People appears irreparable.
Boehner's response to the sixty day bill was to threaten that the Keystone pipeline would be part of the more permanent solution. This raises questions about Republican support for this project. The plan is that Gulf Coast Refineries will refine inexpensive tar sand Canadian crude into diesel fuel and other products which will be exported to Europe and Latin America. The majority of the fuel will be exported and not used by Americans.
The Keystone Pipeline has been hailed by Republicans as a jobs bill. Yet,the State Department released a report indicating that total employment would amount to about 3,500 – 4,000 new jobs.
Is this the Republican solution to the jobs crisis? Is this the reason that the tax rate for billionaires and millionaires stays at historic lows? Are these the "job creator" programs? Are they serious?
Let's call the Keystone XL pipeline what it is; more pandering to a large and powerful lobby. Republicans will use their leverage against We The Few to press for accelerated approval of this program. Consideration for the pipeline must be included in negotiations with the two temporary programs.
This legislation has no basis. It creates more questions than it answers. Businesses will hesitate adding employees until long-term solutions are on the table. Why do all significant all Congressional legislative actions not address the purpose of the legislation. Why are real jobs plans shaped with a rider that Republicans know are doomed to be vetoed? Why does the 2011 Congress not engage in civil debates about stand-alone that would benefit We The People instead of We The Few?
How do bills that will improve the economy and offer business a real-time incentive to hire, carry legislative attachments that do none of the above?
We know the answer is special interest groups. How does a member of Congress look constituents in the eye and say they are representing We The People when their agendas are personal gain.
Congress has left town leaving Americans to wonder what bombshell is next. Why, when the majority of Americans need help, are Republicans working against the working man? Even Republican John McCain questioned the Senate and House as to why a 1200 page bill, that not one Senator had read, was passed. We really need to think about that.
This is a summary from the U.S. State Department describing the effects of the Keystone XL pipeline:
- Keystone XL is a pipeline for oil export.
- Gulf Coast refineries will receive relatively inexpensive Canadian tar sand oil and prepare it for export.
- Most of the finished product will not be used in the U.S.
- U.S. demand for oil is significantly lower than it was in 2007.
- The U.S. Energy Department states that implementing energy efficiency will decrease demand and reliance upon Middle East oil.
- Currently, Midwest farmers use refined Canadian tar sand oil.
- The results of Keystone will actually increase the price of end products for this market because the current supply to the Midwest will be diverted.
- Midwest farmers can expect an increase of $0.20 per gallon. Increased demand would increase Canadian annual revenues from $2 billion in 2009 $3.9 billion in 2013.
- Overall, midwest farmers spent $ 12.4 billion on fuel in 2009. Projections indicate the cost of the same quantities of fuel will reach $15 billion by 2013.
- In its 2008 application for TransCanada's Presidential Permit, the highest number of workers needed for constructing the pipeline would be 4,000 jobs.
- When TransCanada installed its pipeline to South Dakota, only 11% of the labor force was from South Dakota.
- TransCanada predicted that the existing Keystone I pipeline to the midwest would spill once every 7 years.
- In Fact, Keystone I has had 12 spills this year.
- When excavating for repairs, TransCanada said that defective steel had been used.
- Environmentalists strongly oppose the pipeline.
- Fear of more ruptures which would spoil the region's water supply for 2 million people, eliminate wildlife and damage the environment along the scale of the BP oil spill makes a complete analysis of the new pipeline absolutely necessary.
Well aware of these factors, Republicans want to accelerate the construction of the pipeline. Below are summaries of studies performed by dissenting parties.
The Rockefeller Foundation reported that emissions caused by the pipeline consist of alarmingly high greenhouse gas (GHG).
The State Department Environmental Impact Statement does not analyze the lifetime of these emissions.
No studies regarding the effects on wildlife or carbon emissions at the refinery sites have been presented.
As it stands now, the pipeline would cut a swath through America's heartland and impact the Missouri and Niobrara Rivers.
In summary, the Keystone XL pipeline would provide the Gold Coast Refineries the ability to increase exports to Europe and South America. The pipeline will drive fuel prices in the midwest and in other areas. There are serious environmental questions about this project. There simply is not enough data to move ahead at and accelerated pace. There are valid risks and consequences with this Republican initiative that cannot really be deemed a job creator.
So the question is, why are Republicans pushing so hard for the pipeline? Why are Republicans holding We the People hostage over a pipeline? Once again, the lobbyists and big oil are a higher Republican priority than the environment and the impact this project will have on Americans. If this is the Republican vision for a jobs program, they are more disconnected than ever.
Let's be clear. The Keystone XL project will benefit oil companies, not We The People. The only way to protect ourselves is at the polls. If you want progress and want to end these bitter last-minute deals, the 2012 elections offer We The People a chance to rid ourselves of Tea Party members, Norquist pledge signers and to create a functional Congress that will work for us.
The time to act is now; not next year. If we fail, life for We The People will continue to deteriorate. We will fight the wars created by We The Few. We will have no consumer protection agency. Our health care will diminish. The job market will not improve. The consequences of not opposing We The Few legislation will further deteriorate our new caste system. And, We The People will wonder how all this happened.


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Text of speech by PCC Chairman Lord Hunt in todays House of Lords debate on the Leveson report
Speaking in a debate in the House of Lords on the Leveson report today, 11 January 2013, Lord Hunt, Chair of the PCC, said:
I must first declare an interest, as Chairman and sole owner of the Press Complaints Commission, and a partner in the international, commercial law firm DAC Beachcroft, and the other interests set out in the Register.
I was appointed as PCC Chairman in October 2011, specifically to lead the "renewal and regeneration of the system of self-regulation".
It will not surprise noble Lords to learn, that this is a subject close to my heart, which will dominate this short speech.
I welcome this debate, and this opportunity to listen to the views from all sides of this House, and also to bring noble Lords fully up to date with developments since the publication of Sir Brian Leveson's report.
May I start by echoing the many others, in this House and elsewhere, who have rightly welcomed Sir Brian's remarkably comprehensive, thoughtful and far-reaching report.
That report reminds us all too vividly of the horrors of the past and it is also replete with excellent and positive ideas for the future.
I have been through the entire report and I hope others have too.
I was delighted that Sir Brian Leveson decided not to recommend a system of press regulation established by statute.
Like many others I would have regarded that as a step too far and an unacceptable imposition upon freedom of expression.
It is also, I believe, unnecessary.
A truly effective but non-statutory regulatory system can and must be created, to establish once and for all, the highest possible professional standards right across the newspaper and magazine industries and amongst digital-only news publishers too, all underpinned by law but civil contract law.
As a consequence of Sir Brian's wise judgement, there is already a far wider consensus on the way forward than many of us had thought possible, across the political parties, the newspaper and magazine industries and now beyond.
All the parties are now fully signed up to seeing the regulatory structure recommended by Sir Brian Leveson up and running, as soon as is practical.
It must satisfy the principles of the Leveson report.
It should be buttressed by incentives and its independence and effectiveness must be verified by an authoritative, independent body of some kind.
Yesterday, I hosted the third of three meetings, each of which brought together editorial and non-editorial figures from right across the newspaper and magazine industries, and from right across the United Kingdom.
It is clear to me that the industry now understands that, between the existing and inadequate system of self-regulation and what Leveson proposes, there is no acceptable "third way".
So I have a dual role.
First of all, it remains my responsibility, and that of my two fellow directors at the PCC, to ensure that, until the new structure is fully up and running, the PCC continues to deliver its fast, free and fair service to the public.
Every year the PCC does help many hundreds of people, who feel they have a legitimate complaint against a newspaper, magazine or on-line article - and have no one else to whom they are able to turn.
I have to tell the House that in the most recent survey of complainants to the PCC, 86 per cent of respondents who gave an opinion said that the staff were either very helpful, helpful or satisfactory.
I pay tribute to the excellent staff and Commissioners at the PCC for remaining on board to help deliver that first-class service.
But my other role is to establish the new regulatory architecture, as called for by Sir Brian Leveson, who, on page 1769 of his report, says it is worth repeating that the ideal outcome is:
"A satisfactory independent regulatory body, established by the industry, that is able to secure the voluntary support and membership of the entire industry and thus able to command the support of the public."
He repeats that ten times in the Report.
I am confident that, together with the industry, I can deliver that new structure, with comprehensive "sign up" from right across the newspaper and magazine industries, by the middle of this year.
It will then be for others, here and in the other place, to decide whether any form of statute is required, either to guarantee the independence of the new regulator, or to underpin the proposed incentives to membership.
In view of the remarks of my noble friend Baroness Bonham Carter of Yarnbury I refer her to pages 1760 and 1761. I acknowledge that I have approached the present Chair of the Advertising Standards Authority and the Environment Agency, Lord Smith of Finsbury. Also Sir Simon Jenkins who was a member of the Calcutt Committee and the immediate past President of the Supreme Court Lord Phillips of Worth Maltravers to assist me and I am very grateful to them for that.
Under the chairmanship of Paul Vickers, of Trinity Mirror, an implementation group from the industry itself is seeking to close that ever-smaller gap that remains between the industry and full compliance with Leveson principles.
A group of lawyers is developing the contract upon which the new system will be based, and fleshing out how the proposed arbitral arm might function.
This will require a delicate balance to be struck.
I am optimistic of a good outcome.
We shall see a profound change of culture and an end to sloppy journalism ruining the lives of innocent people, without losing all that is good in our press.
We shall demonstrate that, for a good journalist, freedom of expression and professional principles can and must be inseparable - indeed symbiotic.
To the victims of unacceptable press behaviour in the past, which has been so forensically exposed by Sir Brian Leveson, to the McCanns, to Chris Jefferies, to Margaret Watson, to the Dowlers, the clear message must be:
Never, never, never, never, never again.
11 January 2013
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