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PUBLISHED: 28 Mar 2012 00:07:07 | UPDATED: 28 Mar 2012 04:07:13PUBLISHED: 28 Mar 2012 PRINT EDITION: 28 Mar 2012Alan Mitchell
If Tony Abbott is right and the Queensland election result was partly a rejection of Labor's carbon tax, it could end up being an uncomfortable result for both sides of federal politics.
Abbott may yet find himself, as prime minister, trying to sell emissions trading to an electorate that thinks it heard him say there would be no price on carbon under a Coalition government.
But then, you have to listen carefully to get an idea of where prime minister Abbott would be going with climate-change policy. He has at various times claimed that global warming is "crap", committed the Coalition to cutting emissions to 5 per cent below their levels in 2000, promised to achieve that target at an implausible fraction of the cost of the government's emissions trading scheme, and indicated that he would review his opposition to emissions trading if the rest of the world went down that path.
That last, important qualification to his opposition to an emissions trading scheme (ETS) was raised at his very first press conference as Opposition Leader, and has since been repeated by Barnaby Joyce, among others.
I have always thought that all Abbott's statements add up to a policy of Australia doing as little as possible until the rest of the world is acting to reduce global emissions, which is a defensible approach by a country that contributes only a tiny fraction of global emissions.
But at some point Abbott will probably have to draw the disparate strands of his stated climate-change policy together.
While more attention is now being given to sceptical analyses of the climate-change orthodoxy, it seems quite possible that the rest of the world will go down the path of carbon "taxation". The launch by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development of its Environmental Outlook to 2050 report is a reminder that official scientific opinion remains largely unchanged.
The report warns that emissions will increase by 50 per cent by 2050, and calls for more urgent action.
Notwithstanding all the uncertainties and scientific controversies, most people will probably regard the official projections as sufficient justification for incremental precautionary action.
The weakest form of that precautionary strategy would entail "no regrets" policies that could be justified on non-climate-change grounds.
The global financial crisis may have put carbon taxation into that frame.
The United States fiscal deficit is 10 per cent of gross domestic product, while the US federal government's gross debt is more than 60 per cent of GDP, and climbing.
The International Monetary Fund has warned the US that agreement on a credible medium-term fiscal consolidation plan is needed soon. And it argues that revenue-raising tax reform "must be part of the consolidation package".
While the IMF suggests a European-style value-added tax, another obvious candidate is a gradually increasing tax on greenhouse emissions.
In its early years, such a tax would serve primarily to raise revenue and reduce the government's net borrowing requirement, although the prospect of higher tax rates in the future should steer investment decisions towards lower-emission buildings and equipment.
It is argued in the US that to be politically acceptable such a tax would have to fund an increase in climate-change research and other good works.
The (now sidelined) bill to establish an emissions trading scheme, passed by the US House of Representatives, specified the dedication of part of the revenue to a scheme, agreed at the Copenhagen summit, to address the climate-change needs of developing countries.
However, that kind of obligation would not necessarily be a barrier to using the revenue for the effective reduction of the fiscal deficit and debt.
For example, the revenue raised from the auction of emission permits could be placed in a trust, with the earnings of the trust dedicated to research and other climate-change-related expenditures.
The money flowing into the trust would reduce the government's net borrowing requirement.
Initially the trust's earnings might provide only a proportion of the US government's climate expenditures.
But as the tax rate rose and the flow of earnings increased, the revenue raised by the ETS would make a serious contribution to both the government's climate expenditures and its net debt reduction.
I labour that point only to show that a carbon tax could still emerge as one relatively attractive source of revenue to help address the US fiscal challenge.
The US will be picking from a menu of painful taxes. But unlike most of the other taxes, an ETS would have a large number of enthusiastic supporters. For the US administration and Congress, it therefore could have some appeal.
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by This is the year » Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:47 am
jjigglers wrote:WharfRat wrote:For the same reasons they give hefty tax breaks to millionaires. They've got the rest of us by the balls.I thought your income tax % goes up as your income goes up?
WharfRat wrote:For the same reasons they give hefty tax breaks to millionaires. They've got the rest of us by the balls.
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Matthias wrote:at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter. $70,000 isn't that much money and how the car company decides to spend it is up to them (since they made the car, their cost is significantly less than $70k, but i'll leave that aside). no matter what happens, the gesture is going to be symbolic. seventy thousand just doesn't get you very far in most things (to an individual? yes. to a charity? no.) so it's not really a big deal. however, there is some blindness in denouncing the $70k car as a silly marketing expense on the part of chevrolet and ignoring the bigger picture... my friend produces corporate parties for gq and the like and their budgets for a single even can run up to $5MM. basically, money is spent every day to make some people who don't really need it, feel better. others go without. such is the way of life.
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Matthias wrote:exactly. the issue isn't how many starving $70,000 could feed, the issue is if they would've gotten it in any case. (and, additionally, i'm sure that chevrolet does donate money to charities out of it's corporate budget... this money just came out of marketing's, that's all.) and cold-hearted republican? that one i gotta laugh at. flaming liberal, i'm afraid. just also aware of how people and corporations work (and also the real amounts that make a difference). but this has gotten far afield... why don't we just all agree that a yellow corvette is nothing that anybody, much less miggie, would drive, and laugh at chevrolet for thinking this is what best represents their brand? (and i'll even put up a $5 bounty for anyone in the d.c. area or otherwise who actually gets a picture of miggie driving it... i'm sure we could get even more pledges).
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Balancing multiple servos on a single control surface using the DX18. After reviewing the tutorial video on the Spektrum website, they balance the one aileron servo on the wing surface using the procedure but at about 2:05 minutes into the video, he says that both servos are now in balance. I have not actually done this yet on a plane but does it mean that you only balance one servo with the TX and volt meter but the software knows that both servos are on a single control surface so its balancing both at the same time because they are connected within the receiver? I hope I conveyed that clearly.
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Not an expert but I have used it before on one setup and I only needed to balance the one servo to match the other. No need to balance the other since I just made the other one balance with that one.
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Balancing Multiple Servos
As "freechip" indicated, the first one does not have to be "balanced"; it serves as the reference.
However, all other servos, on the SAME surface, must be balanced following the video procedure. There are many schools of thought as to which servo should be the primary one (not "balanced", but serves as "reference" or "master") and which should be slaved (i.e., balanced to the master servo.) Giant scale forums have a lot of info about this, but I personally start inboard and work my way outboard following the video's procedure. The reason there are so many opinions is because, for example, the wing flexes in flight (tip more than the inner/root sections.) So, balancing on a workbench is not the same as dynamically balanced to reflect air loads; but go to the forums for opinions... Personally, I find that the workbench balance handles most of the needs, but I do not have telemetry to indicate the difference in the air; now there's a neat project. :-) YMMV. Michael Quote:
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Skymare told me that when someone leaves right before they are killed, you do NOT get gold rush kill credit…..this is a bad loop hole.
they are noobs.
Yeah, a loophole that shall be fixed ;)


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© 2008 Candyrat Records / Don Ross
This DVD, shot by Bernard Leroux, was made near the beginning of a tour in November 2006 at the beautiful Glenn Gould Studio in downtown Toronto. It was a pleasure to be on the road again with Michael Manring, and to be introducing Andy McKee to my audience. This performance was just a few days before Andy shot the fateful YouTube videos that went on to launch his now worldwide fame. Despite the fact that people hadn't heard him before, you can hear the excitement in the crowd as people discover his talent. It was a great night.
I've been a fan of Michael's groundbreaking work on the bass since the heyday of Windham Hill back in the '80s, and jamming with him is one of the highlights of my career.
Don Ross captured live in concert at two performances in Ontario, Canada. Discs are universal format (playable on any DVD player in the world). Performances include: It's Fun Being Lucky, Blue Bear, Loaded. Leather. Moonroof., Any Colour But Blue, Dracula and Friends Part One, Afraid to Dance, King Street Suite, Jesse Helms' Night in Havana, Manha da Carnaval, Tight Trite Night, Slow Burn, Wall of Glass, Catherine, & Sweet Sister
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Don Ross releases his 15th anniversary of "Passion Session" on Candyrat Records. The new record entitled "PS 15" is all re-recorded and funkified for your listening pleasure.
Solo Acoustic Guitar
"Upright & Locked Position" is Don Ross's 14th solo recording. This time around he revisits some songs from his first three albums from 20+ years ago, along with some new originals.
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Breakfast for Dogs is Don Ross's first all-solo-guitar record in years (namely since Passion Session in 1999). "I decided just to record whatever the heck I felt like doing for this one, bit by bit over the course of several months in 2010. Hence the album title. I think of the CD as a bit of a "dog's breakfast," in that there's no particular theme that binds the tunes"
Acoustic Music
The new cd includes duets versions of five familiar tunes composed by each guitarist, two duet arrangements of compositions by Russell Ferrante and Mike Marshall, and two solo tracks by each of Don and Andy for a total of 11 great performances.
Acoustic Guitar & Band
"Live in Your Head" is a collection of solo and ensemble live recordings from concerts, collected by Don Ross over the past five years. This 80-minute CD has been carefully assembled and mixed by Don Ross personally.
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Don's Passion Session CD, recorded in Berlin's Passionskirche, was released in March 1999 on Narada/Virgin Records. The recording brings Don back to his roots as a solo fingerstyle guitarist, as he produces his first totally solo album ever for Narada's Masters of Acoustic Guitar series. Don got the news of the offer of a new contract with Narada while on tour in Germany in November 1998. The planned release date for his first CD for the company was so soon that he decided to team up with his recording engineer friend Knut Becker right away and record the album straight to two-track digital through a Schoeps stereo microphone in the acoustically perfect confines of the Passionskirche (The Church of the Passion) in Berlin's funky Kreuzberg neighbourhood.
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Don Ross's latest released, Music for Vacuuming, shows a renewed optimism in Don's creative approach thanks to the wonderful changes in his life. One of today's true innovators of guitar composition and technique, Don Ross has emerged as one of the most respected musicians in Canada and one of the top guitarists in the world.
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Hailed by many as the world's leading solo bassist, Michael has been pushing back the boundaries of what's possible with just a bass guitar for two decades, winning thousands of fans and wowing countless audiences the world over with his stunning compositions and mind-blowing technical mastery of the instrument. Soliloquy is his latest Solo release.
Acoustic Music
The new cd includes duets versions of five familiar tunes composed by each guitarist, two duet arrangements of compositions by Russell Ferrante and Mike Marshall, and two solo tracks by each of Don and Andy for a total of 11 great performances.
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Gates of Gnomeria is a collection of nine Andy McKee original songs and two covers.
Solo Acoustic Guitar
Andy has developed a mastery of the 6-string guitar and the harp guitar that leaves me speechless. He is the most textural player of the instrument since Michael Hedges. - Don Ross
The DVD is pack with sixteen songs, eight each from both Andy McKee and Antoine Dufour, many of the YouTube favorites and some new and unreleased performance as well. Discs are universal format


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@MrsWinslow - Lipotropic drugs for weight loss are things like ephedra, which was banned for causing serious illnesses. You are probably thinking of drugs like orlistat (Alli over the counter) which seem to work differently from lipotropics. (I'm no expert, but what orlistat does is prevent the enzyme lipase from breaking down fat, which sounds different.)
I remember reading about these drugs that they make you get really sick if you eat a high-fat meal, so their biggest benefit might actually be the behavior modification aspect!
If you are trying to lose weight to get normal menstrual cycles going, make sure to look up the Newsweek article from a few years back about the fertility diet. It talks about what foods are helpful. (I remember that vegetable protein and whole milk dairy were both good and that white carbs were bad, but you should read the details for yourself.) Good luck with your baby dream!


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On February 3, 2014, Columbia Banking System, Inc. ("Columbia" or the "Company") announced the appointment of Hadley Robbins, age 57, as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Columbia State Bank, effective March 1, 2014.
Mr. Robbins joined Columbia in April 2013 following the acquisition of West Coast Bancorp, when he assumed the role of Senior Vice President, Oregon and Southwest Washington Group Manager. Prior to joining Columbia, Mr. Robbins served as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer for West Coast Bank since 2007. He has over 25 years of diverse banking experience including holding executive positions with Wells Fargo Bank, Pacific Northwest Bank, Bank of the Northwest and First Interstate Bank.
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The IRS raked in record revenues, and the Fed needs to raise the debt ceiling.
Seems we have a spending problem not a pay for problem.
Is a person who doesn't want to pay for Sergey's jet fuel, Sandra Fluke's condoms, and doesn't give a damn if Julia got rid of her baby a moderate conservative or a moderate liberal?
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text: POSTED: May 22, 2002 DEADLINE: Rolling, apply ASAP, most awards made by JUNE 20, 2002 PURPOSE: To assist travel to Palestine for participation in "Freedom Summer" with the International Solidarity Movement, beginning June 25th. ELIGIBILITY: Grants will be given to activists in the NYC region (including NJ) who intend to work for a minimum of two weeks with Freedom Summer. Preference given to people of color involved in movement work, people with specific skills such as nurses or Arabic language abilities, people with demonstrated commitment to social justice issues. AWARDS: The amount of a grant will ultimately be determined by the amount of money we raise. Grants will be given in blocks of $250. Recipients will be chosen by a committee of at least two people who have been in Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement, and at least three people active in movements of people of color with Palestine-activism experience. All applicants will be interviewed in person or by telephone. APPLICATION: applications should be submitted via email to freedomsummergrantny%20at%20yahoo.com. NAME: ADDRESS: PHONE: EMAIL: BEST TIME TO CALL: WHY DO YOU WANT TO JOIN FREEDOM SUMMER? RELEVANT ACTIVIST EXPERIENCE: RELEVANT SKILLS (eg. medical, language, etc): WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO DO WITH YOUR EXPERIENCE IN PALESTINE WHEN YOU RETURN? FOR DIVERSITY PURPOSES PLEASE TELL US HOW YOU IDENTIFY (eg. gender/race/sexuality/ability): TWO REFERENCES, phone and email: FOR MORE INFORMATION: If email doesn't work for you call Amanda at 718-638-5615. But if at all possible please direct questions and applications by email to freedomsummergrantny%20at%20yahoo.com. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GO TO PALESTINE WITH FREEDOM SUMMER? So, you're interested in going to Palestine as part of an International Solidarity Movement trip? Well, first I want to thank you for your willingness to heed the call of activists in the Middle East desperately trying to find nonviolent ways to end Israel's illegal military occupation of Palestine (West Bank, E. Jerusalem, Gaza). Next I want to thank you for your patience. We've been deluged with requests for help in how to go to Palestine and we find it all quite heartening and inspiring. Here's what we suggest and can offer: 1) Clarify who is CCMEP and ISM. 2) Since March 29th, what have internationals been doing in Palestine? 3) If you go soon, what you might likely do. 4) What are the steps in going to Palestine? 5) Support CCMEP and other groups can provide you. 6) Final thoughts 1) Clarify who is CCMEP and ISM. Â Nothing long-winded here. CCMEP stands for the Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace. We've been around for a dozen years, focused on Palestine-Israel (especially US role), War on Iraq, War against Afghanistan, Attacks on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. In brief, CCMEP has sent numerous delegations to Palestine and Iraq, helped organize the Nat'l Network to End the War Against Iraq, hosted speakers, lobbied Congress, demonstrated and more. More about CCMEP at: http://www.ccmep.org/aboutccmep.html ISM = International Solidarity Movement. Started by a small group of Palestinian, Israeli and American activists who mutually believed in and practiced nonviolent direct action to end Israel's occupation, the ISM has grown and since August of 2001, has hosted four gatherings of internationals in Palestine. ISM has been the main NGO that we've built a relationship in going to Palestine. More info on ISM at: http://www.palsolidarity.org/about/index.htm There are many other great organizations within Palestine, Israel and the US that facilitate US citizens coming to the Middle East. In terms of organizing nonviolent direct actions in Palestine, ISM is one of just two NGOs that do this (the other is GIPP - Grassroots International Protection of Palestinian People - that mainly bring European activists). Many organizations such as Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) and the Fellowship of Reconciliation help bring Americans to Palestine as well, and they often work in conjunction with ISM and GIPP. 2) Since March 29th, what have internationals been doing in Palestine? At previous ISM gatherings, internationals have participated, with Palestinian and Israeli activists, in nonviolent direct actions aimed at the obvious symbols of occupation: Â dismantling earthen roadblocks, observing and intervening at checkpoints, taking over a checkpoint, solidarity visits, wheat-pasting a tank, protesting the Israeli take-over of the Orient House, and more. With Israel's recent brutal invasion of the West Bank, the hundreds of internationals that just arrived to do the above work were confronted with a very serious life and death dilemma. Open nonviolent direct action became extremely dangerous. In one example on April 1, 2002, nearly 100 internationals attempted to make a solidarity visit with food and medicine to families under siege in the Palestinian city of Beit Jala (near Bethlehem). Without provocation, the Israeli military fired live rounds at the ground, the shrapnel causing injuries to eight people, including one very serious injury. Â More on this at: http://www.ccmep.org/delegations/nancygary/international040102.html With this in mind, internationals strategized and began doing desperate humanitarian work. Accompanying Red Crescent ambulances (that had been shot at and at times destroyed by the Israeli army), attempting to deliver food and medicine, maintaining a presence in Refugee Camp homes (often the target of the most vicious Israeli military attacks), walking into Nablus and Jenin Refugee Camp where the Israeli military tried (and mostly succeeded) in keeping out journalists and other international witnesses to massacres and mass destruction. Without a doubt the level of risk dramatically increased in this latest ISM campaign with internationals on the receiving end of shrapnel, live fire over their heads, tear-gassing, rubber bullets, sound bombs, beatings, interrogations, arrests and deportations. Without sounding crass, the benefits were many and obvious: the whole world has learned that internationals are doing what their governments should have done a long time ago! While the UN, other world governments and even humanitarian groups like the Red Cross did little, international activists have made a profound contribution in raising the visibility of the issues, speaking to media worldwide, offering direct protection to Palestinian civilians under an invasion and holding up the banner of nonviolence as a way forward. 3) If you go soon, what you might likely do. In the very near future we've been told that the most urgent needs are for internationals to: - Help record testimonies of survivors of the massacres in Jenin Refugee Camp and Nablus. - Provide ongoing medical assistance - Help rebuild homes and buildings bulldozed and blown up by the Israeli army - Be observers at military checkpoints inside the West Bank and Gaza - Continue to speak to the media (live from Palestine) and write about what is really going on Prior to Israel's April invasion, ISM organizers had plans for a massive Palestine Freedom Summer, modeled after the Civil Rights freedom summers of the 60s. Many people, especially students, are planning to go for several weeks during the summer. Tentative dates for the summer campaign were June 20th to August 7th. As evidenced, the situation is ever-changing, so what internationals might be doing in June, July and onwards is uncertain but would be within the confines of the ideas mentioned above (direct actions and possibly humanitarian actions). 4) What are the steps in going to Palestine? STEP 1: Get to know the issues and the history. This does not have to be a graduate-level college course. For website browsing, a very recently updated site with an exhaustive yet easy to maneuver list of history: http://www.robincmiller.com/melinkfr.htm Books: Fateful Triangle (Chomsky), Question of Palestine (Said), Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel, War for Palestine. There are many others. STEP 2: Establish what your goals are for the trip are. Ideas of past delegations: - Raise media visibility of issue by making local connection to international story - Help boost the growing nonviolent resistance movements in Palestine - Return home and use visibility to educate and inspire others to take action - Build relationships with civilians, and activists in Palestine, Israel and throughout the world - Do media interviews and write journals for press and your support network at home - Help establish an affinity group or organization to sustain peace, justice and solidarity work in the middle east STEP 3: With goals established, build a community of supporters to help facilitate your goals. If you're already involved with a student group, faith community or other community organization, tap into them for direct support. Depending on your goal(s) the size and commitment of your supporters will be crucial. Specific Functions of Supporters: - Help Fundraise (see below) - Media Team: From receiving email reports from you to transcribing phone reports (because electricity could be scarce) to posting your stories to website and email listserves to sending out press releases, and doing follow-up phone calls, this team is key (if this is part of your goal). Also, we've found having someone available overnight for recording reports, generating press releases and more, to be helpful. - Emergency Contact: someone who has a cell-phone that can contact family members to give them urgent updates, or to reassure them that you're ok - Scheduler: Someone who will handle and schedule speaking presentations that are requested or generated by your trip. This person(s) could also help set up a public report-back for your supporters. - Coordinator: Someone to oversee that the above is getting done, see if people need assistance. STEP 4: Once you've decided you're definitely going, register with the International Solidarity Movement by going to: www.rapprochement.org or thru CCMEP's site at www.ccmep.org. You can also email the organizers via www.palsolidarity.org. Once you've registered, you'll get more specific information including phone numbers of people in the West Bank. STEP 5: Fundraise and gather supplies. Â Many people might feel fundraising is one of the biggest obstacles to going, but with the amount of resources most Americans have access to, this shouldn't be too difficult. It can, however, be intimidating, especially if you're not used to asking people for money. Bottom line for fundraising: If you ask, people will give. First, how much will you need? Â If you're planning to go for a 2 or 3 week trip, figure: $800 for roundtrip airfare thru Tel Aviv or Amman $400 for housing, some meals and transportation $100 for more meals and transportation $ 25 for internet fees $ 75 for cell phone (rent one there) $100 for miscellaneous (postage for mailing, etc..) $200 for emergency Total = $1700 If you want to do video or other camera work, figure in those costs as well. So let's say you need to raise $1700. Here's how to do it. a) Figure how much you can put in b) Ask all your family and close friends for a generous donation; best to tell them how much you need and ask for a specific amount c) If you still need more, write a letter (we can provide examples) addressing why you're going, how much you need, and what you plan to do when you return. Email and snail mail all your friends and comrades. Within a week CALL THEM UP and ask them for a specific amount. Most will give you something. You may find some will even give you more than you ask for. d) If you still need more, tap into any network or community group you have ties to. Get creative: hold a fundraiser, yard sale, bake sale, etc| e) Credit cards. While this is not an idea I recommend, some people have resorted to this. Post-fundraising work: Be sure to send or call thank yous to everyone who donated. Consider having a send-off party with you as speaker, food, and other SHORT speeches by friends. One other key thing to keep all these people involved, whether they've donated money or not, is to create an email listserve (with yahoogroups or topica) that will keep all your supporters informed of your trip, before, during and after. If electricity is up and running and internet cafes are open in Palestine, you can post reports right from Palestine. If you still need more help with fundraising, there is no better book than Kim Klein's "Fundraising for Social Change". STEP 5: Training Before you go. When you get to Palestine there will likely be a day or two of intensive training and role-playing. Â However, ISM expects you to get at least some of the formal training described here: 1) Nonviolence Training: Â Philosophy, History, Strategy, Role-Playing (a peace organization in your community likely can provide this) 2) Media Training: Role-play thinking on your feet, powerful soundbites, how to negotiate with reporters and editors, how to write to get into press, etc.. 3) Medical and Psychological Preparation: Going to a place where American F-16s and helicopters gunships are regularly used to bomb and terrorize people means being prepared to face that terror. There may be a doctor or EMT in your area that is familiar with street-medic training or basic emergency functions to know. Also, talking with a psychologist before and after you go could be helpful in processing difficult stresses and traumas. 4) Try to speak with someone who has been there. Our group can provide some help with this and we can refer you to people possibly near you who have been there as well. 5) Support CCMEP and other groups can provide you In addition to what is mentioned above, CCMEP can send you two other helpful documents as attachments: a) International Solidarity Movement Information Pack, December 2001, ISM. A bit dated but has a good overview of history, mission statement of ISM, country guide, practical arrangements, press work, about getting arrested, affinity groups and more. b) Important Points on Getting Organized to go to Palestine and What You'll Need Once You Get There, March 2002, CCMEP. Very practical things like what items to bring, passports and more. c) There's a national moderated email listserve for US citizens that want to go to Palestine. It's basically an information sharing network at this point. To join send an email to: DirectActionPalestinesubscribe%20at%20yahoogroups.com. CCMEP also has a local-Colorado email listserve for Coloradans that want to go to Palestine or help others to go. To join this list, send an email to: ccmep-delegation-subscribe%20at%20yahoogroups.com d) There's an international email list for people that want to keep abreast of the activities of the International Solidarity Movement. You'll get aboutone post a day, at most. Send an email message to: palsolidarity-subscribe%20at%20yahoogroups.com e) Some other key US contacts: Thom Saffold in Ann Arbor, Michigan: tsaffold%20at%20provide.net, 734-668-1549. And, in the Bay area of California, Paul Larudee: larudee%20at%20pacbell.net, 510-236-5338. New York area, Jordan Flaherty, anticapitalist%20at%20hotmail.com, 212-979-9670 We're also developing more thorough handouts on fundraising, media training, forming affinity groups and more. Call or email us to find out if these are a reality. 6) Final Thoughts What you'll face in Palestine is like nothing else we're used to in the United States. If you're a person of color or if you've faced the wrath of police abuse or the prison system, that's probably the closest to the terror Palestinians live with on a daily basis. Being prepared to handle and cope with this terror will be key to your effectiveness and maintaining some sanity. Be sure you get adequate rest before going and practice deep-breathing techniques to use in stressful situations. When you're in Palestine, be sure you respect your personal boundaries and limitations --- eat regularly, sleep as much as you can and find time alone and with other internationals to discuss and listen. This experience may radically change you and your experience may challenge your friends and families perceptions and beliefs about what our government and tax dollars are doing in the middle east. Don't fret. 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Happy New Years! Everyone has New Years' Resolutions. Is one of your resolutions to be safer? It probably should. Here are a bunch of ideas on how you can be safer this year then the last.
Topics Include:
- Stop letting people sneak up/surprise you
- Start observing people more
- What's Normal?
- Find people and vehicles that are abnormal for the area
- Start figuring out why people are there
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Take a Class
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- NRA Self Defense Courses
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- Play "What If" game and create a plan on what you would do
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Codemasters has officially announced F1 2013 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
Featuring all the cars, circuits and star drivers from the 2013 season, the game will be available worldwide this autumn in two editions: F1 2013 and F1 2013: Classic Edition.
The racing title will feature a new gameplay mode called F1 Classics, in which players race classic cars on iconic circuits against legendary drivers.
F1 Classics, introduced by legendary broadcaster Murray Walker, allows players to race iconic 1980s cars from Williams, Lotus and Ferrari against drivers including Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Emerson Fittipaldi and Gerhard Berger, with more to be announced, on classic circuits Brands Hatch and Jerez. Classic content is also available in a range of other game modes, including split-screen and online multiplayer modes.
The premium F1 2013: Classic Edition delivers even more classic content with two additional content packs featuring content from the 1990s and additional circuits to be enjoyed in F1 Classics and other game modes. The 1990s pack includes classic cars from both Williams and Ferrari and drivers such as David Coulthard, Jacques Villeneuve, Eddie Irvine and Alain Prost and others. The two packs included in F1 2013: CLASSIC Edition will also be available as optional DLC for players of F1 2013 shortly after release.
Here's a teaser trailer for the game and the first two F1 2013 gameplay videos, featuring hot laps of Nurburg and Silverstone
Over the weekend, F1 series creative director Steve Hood appeared to rule out a Wii U version of F1 2013, claiming "it'd have to be a very different game just to run" on Nintendo's console. He also said a Vita version "just doesn't make financial sense".
F1 2012 released on September 21 last year for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. In our F1 2012 review, we said: "New modes and challenges will open up F1 2012 to a wider audience, but the strong underlying mechanics will still satisfy hardcore drivers."


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Just a few pictures from Ken Bob's Regular Runs in early 2013, since I haven't been posting after each run
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About Rajasthan
Rajasthan, located in the north-west of India, is the country's largest state covering 10.4 percent of the total area. It is also one of the most vibrant states with its rich culture, heritage, art, folk tradition, cuisine and varied wildlife. The land is endowed with invincible forts, magnificent palace havelis and abundant natural resources. Formed during the reorganization of the states in 1956 by merging several erstwhile princely states, Rajasthan is also one of the oldest states of the country.
The state is divided into 10 agro-climatic zones and encompasses most of the area of the large Great Indian Desert (The Thar Desert), which runs parallel to the Sutlej-Indus river valley along the border with Pakistan. The state is bordered by Pakistan to the west, Gujarat to the south-west, Madhya Pradesh to the south-east, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to the north-east and Punjab to the north.
Its large tracts of arid and semi-arid central and west-central regions witness low and erratic rainfall, while the fertile north and south regions are well endowed with rainfall and are also the source of most of its agriculture production. Apart from agriculture, due to its vast arid and semi-arid tracts, animal husbandry forms one of the main livelihood options for the people of the state.
The dry central and hilly southern regions of the state have several rich mineral and oil/gas reserves, prominent among them being lignite, copper, lead, zinc, gypsum, limestone and rock phosphate. It also holds vast hydro-carbon reserves including oil, lean gas and high-quality natural gas. The southern part of the state is marked by the Aravalli mountain range, which is the oldest in India.
The major rivers of the state include Luni, Chambal, Banas, Kali, Banganga and Sabarmati and most of them flow in the eastern and southern parts of the state. The northern part of the state has the Indira Gandhi Canal, one of the biggest canals of the country and irrigates nearly 10,000 square kilometers, thus helping in arresting further spread of desertification.
Human Development
Ranked 20 out of 29 Indian states on human development indicators, Rajasthan has a Human Development Index (HDI) value of 0.434 (2007-08)1. Although its literacy rate increased by 6.65 percent from 60.41 percent in 2001 to 67.06 percent in 20112, female literacy remains a key challenge for policymakers. This is because the gender gap in literacy (male literacy- 80.51 percent and female literacy- 52.66 percent) is one of the highest among the states.
Rajasthan also suffers from a low sex ratio of 926 females per thousand males. Similarly, child sex ratio is also very low at 883 females per thousand males. The state fares poorly on other health indicators as well. For example, according to the Sample Registration System 2010, infant mortality in the state is 59 per thousand live births and maternal mortality rate is 318 per hundred thousand births, the latter being much higher than the national average of 212.
With a rapidly growing population, the per capita income is also lower at INR 23,669 as compared to the national average of INR 33,7313. The contribution of agriculture and industry to the Net State Domestic Product (NSDP) is low at 19.6 percent and 16.68 percent respectively while the contribution of the services sector to NSDP is at a high of 63.71 percent, driven primarily by the large hospitality sector in the state.
Even though the population density of the state (201 persons per square kilometer) is much lower than the national average (324 persons per square kilometer), with over 68 million inhabitants4, Rajasthan is the still the eighth-most populous state in the country and constitutes 5.67 percent of the total population. It has also witnessed a decadal increase of 21.4 percent in its population over 2001. Out of this, nearly 30 percent belongs to the vulnerable communities- Scheduled Castes comprising 19.2 percent and Scheduled Tribes 13 percent of the total population. Further, about three-fourths of the population resides in rural areas.
According to the Tendulkar Committee Report 2009, about 34.4 percent of the state's population lives below the poverty line. However, if factors beyond income are considered (Multidimensional Poverty Index)5, about 62.8 percent of the state's population is poor.
Rajasthan, being a desert state, has a very sparse forest cover compared to other Indian states. Although the recorded forest area of the state is 9.54 percent of the total geographical area, based on satellite data of 2008, the forest cover of the state is only 4.7 percent of the total geographical area and tree cover only 2.42 percent6. Most of the forest cover of the state is limited to four districts- Alwar (1,205 forests), Sawai Madhopur (1,300), Udaipur (3,118) and Chittorgarh (1,687), and consists largely of Tropical Dry Deciduous and Tropical Thorn Forests. In the period 2004 and 2006, nearly 28 square kilometers of the Open Forest has degraded into either scrubs or non-forest area.
Rajasthan has five national parks and 25 wildlife sanctuaries covering 2.7 percent of the state's geographical area. Out of the five national parks, two- Ranthambhore and Sariska, are tiger reserves. These reserves host several species of animals and birds like Black Buck, four-horned Antelope and many species of eagles, heron, cranes and storks- the most famous being the Siberian Crane.
Nearly 70 percent of the population of the state is dependent on agriculture7, which is primarily rainfed. Despite recurrent droughts every 3-4 years and a high dependence on ground water sources, which are depleting, Rajasthan has taken significant strides to become self-sufficient in both cereals and pulses. The state is also rich in agro-biodiversity including medicinal and aromatic plants, seed spices and legumes.
Only 64 percent of Rajasthan's geographical area is cultivable, the remaining is either fallow forested or not available for cultivation. The net cultivable area of Rajasthan is 220 lakh hectares and about 43 percent of this area is under irrigation. The ground water situation in the state is alarming and has deteriorated fast in the last two decades. Out of 249 blocks, nearly 200 blocks are in the highly critical zone. Though the average landholding size is 3.38 hectares, productivity is low with the average yield per hectare at 934 kg and makes agriculture as a sole occupation.
Animal husbandry is the major economic activity of people living in the vast arid/semi-arid stretches and rural areas of the state, which have limited on-farm options, contributing eight percent to the GDP. According to the 2007 Livestock Census of Rajasthan, there are 56.66 million livestock (21 percent cattle and 58 percent Sheep/Goat) and five million poultry in the state. Fodder production for these cattle (highest in the country) is also an important agricultural concern, since existing pastures are unable to meet the fodder requirement of the livestock population.
Agriculture Pattern
The main Kharif crops of Rajasthan are bajra, jowar, pulses, maize and groundnut, while the Rabi crops include wheat, gram, pulses and oilseeds, mainly mustard and rapeseed. Some areas of south Rajasthan- Banswada, Udaipur and Dungarpur, which have rich black cotton soil also grow cotton.
Agriculture Production
Though there are very high variations in the annual agricultural production in Rajasthan, the average annual production is around 13 million tons of foodgrains and 4.4 million tons of oilseeds. Foodgrains account for almost two-thirds of the cultivated area and dominate the cropping pattern.
1 Source: India Human Development Report 2011- Towards Social Inclusion
2 Source: Census of India 2011, Provisional Tables, Registrar General of India
3 RBI Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy and Economic Survey of India 2010-11
4 Source: Census of India 2011, Provisional Table, Registrar General of India
5 The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), published for the first time in the 2010 Human Development Report, complements money-based measures by considering multiple deprivations and their overlap. The index identifies deprivations across the same three dimensions as the HDI and shows the number of people who are multidimensionally poor (suffering deprivations in 33% of weighted indicators) and the number of deprivations with which poor households typically contend. It can be deconstructed by region, ethnicity and other groupings as well as by dimension, making it an apt tool for policymakers. Source: Human Development Report 2010- The Real Wealth of Nations: Pathways to Human Development
6 Source: India State of the Forest Report 2011
7 Rajasthan Human Development Report 2002
At a Glance:
Area: 342,269 square kilometres
Population: 68 million
HDI value: 0.434
Poverty Rate: 34.4%
Literacy Rate: 67.06% (80.51% male; 52.66% female)
Sex Ratio: 926 females per thousand males
UNDP India Blogs
UNDP's Support to Rajasthan Mission on Skill and Livelihoods | Alexandra Solovieva
Stories of Change
- Partnering to Build Skills: Evaluation Report Says UNDP's Support in Setting Up the Rajasthan Mission on Livelihoods has been Beneficial to the State
- Social Mobilization for Poverty Alleviation
- Water in the Land of Extremes: Marwar's People Find Solutions to Water Scarcity
- Guaranteeing Jobs, Building Sustainable Livelihoods
- Building Skills, Eradicating Poverty: Participating in India's Growth Story
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Christmas can make us more aware of the emptiness and the hurt in our lives: an empty chair at the table, a broken relationship, a painful illness, a lost job or lost opportunity.
Our Blue Christmas service offers space to acknowledge this pain and remember those we particularly miss this time of year.
Come join us tonight, December 23, 2011, at 7pm. Before we welcome the light of the world, let us acknowledge the darker corners of our lives.
A closing prayer from Ted Loder, Guerillas of Grace:
O God of all seasons and senses, grant us the sense of your timing to submit gracefully and rejoice quietly in the turn of the seasons.In this season of short days and long nights,
of grey and white and cold,
teach us the lessons of endings;
children growing, friends leaving, loved ones dying,
grieving over,
grudges over,
blaming over,
excuses over.O God, grant us a sense of your timing.
In this season of short days and long nights,
of grey and white and cold,
teach us the lessons of beginnings;
that such waitings and endings may be the starting place,
a planting of seeds which bring to birth what is ready to be born—
something right and just and different,
a new song, a deeper relationship, a fuller love—
in the fullness of your time.O God, grant us the sense of your timing.
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