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When people asked Greensburg, Kan.–mayor Bob Dixson why his small community would rebuild in an area susceptible to natural disasters, his answer was simple: "It's home." His love for his town and his neighbors embody the social capital required to building and sustaining resilient communities, argued Dixson and his co-panelists on "The Rush to Resilience: Building Greener and Stronger Communities in the Face of a Changing Climate." The early-morning session was an inspiring and eye-opening way to kick off the first official day of Greenbuild.
The Rush to Resilience panelists urged the audience to become "owners," not "renters" in their communities. To convince business and political leaders to prepare for resiliency pre-disaster, they recommended presenting it as a business case: Resilient communities attract residents, which in turn attract businesses and investment, and so on. From left to right: Jon Powers, White House Council on Environmental Quality; Maj. Gen. Warren Edwards, Community and Regional Research Institute; Mayor Bob Dixson, Greensburg, Kan.; moderator Jay Carson, C-40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
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Along with resiliency, material transparency and information exchange continue to be strong themes in this year's show. Ed Mazria, Architecture 2030 founder and CEO, publicly launched the 2030 Palette, a free, online resource for showcasing sustainable design principles and case studies. U.S. Green Building Council senior vice president of LEED Scot Horst debuted the LEED Dynamic Plaque. To reflect the ever-changing conditions of buildings, and in particularly those that have earned LEED certification, the plaque is an electronic display of ongoing performance in five sustainability metrics: human experience, transportation, waste, water, and energy. Presented as a numerical score, the display allows owners to compare their building's performance with that of peer buildings, and to gauge their building's past or projected performance with its actual operation.
A walk on Greenbuild's Expo floor revealed a number of products that demonstrate manufacturing innovation. Sustainability has come a long way from the days when a modicum of recycled content meant products could be touted as green.
The only thing more captivating than tall-timber-structures proponent and designer Nabih Tahan, AIA, Cree Buildings, is his custom bowtie, fashioned from wood scraps.
For clients who want the look and durability of tropical hardwood without its conventionally heavy carbon footprint, Norway-based company Kebony infuses softwood with a biowaste from corn. The result is a product that started as softwood but looks and behaves like its resource-intensive counterpart.
Sage Electrochromics attracted a lot of attention from the Greenbuild attendees with SageGlass Simplicity, the first electrochromic glazing product that runs on solar power. Because the self-contained units no longer require wiring to a power source, they may ease the process of installing electrochromic glass on existing buildings.
Eco Supply Center, based in Richmond, Va., displays several products it distributes, including a particle board made from soy straw
Sustainability is valued at the German company ThyssenKrupp, which counts elevators among its divisions. The international company mandates all products to have life cycle assessements. Shown is IWalk moving walk, which can be pitless or installed with a compact, 15-inch-tall pit, making feasible its installation in airports and facilities with little infrastructure space.
Signs and banners of transparency and third-party verification were displayed proudly by several manufacturers.
Cards and pins celebrating a movement toward material transparency were seen at Forbo Flooring Systems and Teknion.
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Weather update - Widespread frost and ice forecast for North Lincolnshire
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Showers are forecast overnight, mostly in eastern parts, giving some icy conditions in places.
It will be very cold with hard frost and a risk of freezing fog patches.
The minimum temperature will be -3C.
Gritting will commence from 4.30 pm.
North Lincolnshire Highways warn motorist to please drive with extra care.

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Every time you work out at a higher level, record your progress in your exercise journal. Did you go up a level on the elliptical trainer? Did it take you less time to run a mile? Are you using 10lb dumbbells instead of 8lb? No achievement is too small! Writing it down will help you see your progress in print and keep you coming back for more!


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By Benjamin Umuteme
The Federal Government will review the Backward Integration Policy in the cement sector with a view to consolidating on the tremendous success so far recorded, the Minister of Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, has said.
He said during a meeting with stakeholders in the cement industry on Monday in Abuja, that a new cement policy would be unveiled soon.
The meeting which dragged late into Monday night had in attendance: Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc, Mr. Joseph Hudson; Chairman, BUA Group, Mr. Abdulsamad Rabiu; Group Managing Director, Flour Mills Plc, Mr. Emmanuel Ukpabi ; Chairman Ibeto Group, Mr. Cletus Ibeto and Group Representative, Dangote Industries Limited, Mr. Isa Tata Yusuf.
The minister said, "Following the tremendous success recorded through the introduction and rigorous implementation of the Backward Integration Policy in the cement industry, we are planning to review the entire policy to consolidate on the gains so far recorded.
We have achieved everything we set for ourselves 10 years ago when the Backward Integration Policy was introduced and we want to thank all stakeholders and investors in the sector for the success story recorded so far.
"However, we want to take the next step as part of our strategy on the way forward. We are forming a group of people that will look at the cement policy in details and come up with the policy response that we need to have in place to take that next step that will make us a major exporter and user of cement in terms of consumption.
"He added, "In 2002, the major priority of the country's Backward Integration Policy was about cement production from limestone. I am delighted to say that after 10 years of implementation of BIP, the good news is that we started with 2 million tons capacity but today we have about 28 million tons capacity of cement, investment of about $6billion; which provides direct and indirect employment for about 2 million people.
And because of what we have done together, we have been able to save the country foreign exchange of about N210billion per year.
"However, we want to take the next step as part of our strategy on the way forward. We are forming a group of people that will look at the cement policy in details and come up with the policy response that we need to have in place to take that next step that will make us a major exporter and user of cement in terms of consumption"
"For the first time ever, this ministry did not issue any import licence in 2012. This is a remarkable achievement and a major economic success for our country.
However, we want to carry out a deeper review of the cement sector to ensure that it is more competitive not just locally but internationally because we are at a point where we should be thinking about exporting some of our products.
"This means that we need to look at the overall structure including the current pricing, availability, affordability, in addition to developing an export strategy for the sector."
Aganga said that the ministry would work with all the stakeholders in the sector to ensure its sustainable growth and development.
He said, "At the end of the day, this is one of the sectors that Nigeria should, and will be rightly known for as one of the greatest contributors to the Gross Domestic Product of the country. This is the key message that I want to pass across in terms of where we are today and what our plans are in terms of where we want to be going forward. I want to carry everyone along in terms of what we are looking at and incorporate your inputs into what we are planning to do so that at the end of the day, it will be a win-win situation for all the manufacturers, consumers and the Nigerian economy at large.
"Hopefully, before the end of this week, the committee will be set up. There is no industrial policy that has been as successful as the BIP in the cement industry. So, we have a duty to make sure that we protect the sector and continue to see it grow."
Speaking during the meeting, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc, Mr. Joseph Hudson, commended the Federal Government for keeping faith with the implementation of the BIP in the cement industry and pledged that cement manufacturers would partner the government to grow the sector.
He said' "We want to thank the Nigerian government for its consistency in keeping faith with the implementation of the Backward Integration Policy in the cement industry. Nigeria is a shining example globally in terms of success story in cement production. We see a long term future in Nigeria and we are ready to work with the government and all the stakeholders to grow the sector.
"Also speaking, Group Representative, Dangote Industries Limited, Mr. Isa Tata Yusuf, said, "We are happy with the way the government has implemented the BIP in the cement sector since inception 10 years ago. We strongly believe in the industry and will work together to surpass the current growth.


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Second-quarter extended mass layoffs trend downward
September 26, 2000
There were 1,187 extended mass layoff actions by employers in the second quarter of 2000, sharply lower than the 1,444 reported in April-June 1999.
The number of second-quarter mass layoffs has dropped three years in a row since reaching 1,587 in 1997. The number of layoff events in the second quarter of 2000 was at the lowest level for any April-June period since the resumption of the Mass Layoff Statistics program in April 1995.
The completion of seasonal work was the major reason cited for layoffs in the second quarter, accounting for 44 percent of all events. Permanent closure of worksites occurred in 14 percent of all events.
These data are a product of the Mass Layoff Statistics program. "Extended mass layoffs" last more than 30 days and involve 50 or more individuals from a single establishment filing initial claims for unemployment insurance during a consecutive 5-week period. These data do not include the decline in federal government employment of temporary census workers as they completed their assignments. Additional information is available in "Extended Mass Layoffs in the Second Quarter of 2000", news release USDL 00-266.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Second-quarter extended mass layoffs trend downward on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2000/sept/wk4/art02.htm (visited March 05, 2015).
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so i've been crushin on my best friend for awhile now... today we went to coffee and she told me all about her date last night with an old boyfriend from a couple of years ago... basically the date ended with a big make out session (i got a full description.... lovely...) anyways, the guy is great.... great personality, intelligent, very artistic, headed to the marines, great body (and this is coming from a gay girl so yes, he really is that good looking)....
anyways, after suffering through this whole thing i just laid it out there for her... i told her my feelings and everything... go me!
and her response was "i feel the same way" WTF?!?!?!?!?!?! so i was like, "lets get this straight " you like me but you're dating this guy?" and her response was "yup... i just feel like i would be risking too much by being with you" which is code talk for "you're pretty cool but i don't want to have to disappoint my parents"
great.... and then she totally fucks with my mind... we are both in love with that cupid's chokehold song and not five minutes after i drop her off i get a text (lyrics from the song) that says " i know i'm young but if i had to choose her or the sun i would be one nocturnal son of a gun"...
wow... if that's not mixed messages i don't know what is...
It's a hard thing disappointing one's parents, but hopefully she'll realize that the consequences of NOT being true to who you are are far worse. Maybe you can help her to realize that. Be patient with her.
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Hearses were originally horse-drawn, but silent electric motorised carts were introduced as horses began to be phased out as transportation. Examples that were used in Paris were reported in the pages of Scientific American May 1907 and petrol-driven hearses began to be produced from 1909 in the United States. Motorised hearses became more widely accepted in the 1920s.Today, most hearses are made from converted sedans on stretched wheelbases.In recent times, the Motorcycle plus side-hearse has become more popular. This type of hearse is a motorcycle with a special side-vehicle built to carry a casket or an urn. These hearses are often used during the funeral of motorcycle enthusiasts.Now a days we have seen bizarre funeral vehicles, some of them are presented here.
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Refreshing candour from a fellow pro. Well said, Winston! I remember an incident in the game at Spurs earlier this season when Morison`s shirt was almost torn from his back in the penalty area. Moro was in a position th threaten the Spurs goal. The ref was right there and MUST have seen it. Outcome:- nothing. Absolutely nothing. Can`t remember who the ref was, may have been Marriner or Oliver. One of the tw#t types anyway. Not in Battenberg`s league though.
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DOVER -- "Parents are a child's first and most influential teachers." This statement is part of Governor Maggie Hassan's proclamation making October Parent Involvement in Education Month in NH.
The Dover Family School Alliance was honored as Parent Involvement in Education Awardee and noted for its accomplishments in the areas of communicating effectively, welcoming all families and collaborating as a community. Founded just one year ago, the Dover Family School Alliance (DFSA) was recognized for its efforts to bring parents and educators together for student success.
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Pocket camcorders are kid-friendly, and the footage can easily be uploaded online. Good Housekeeping found the best new options.
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The good housekeeping research institute tested 9 brands in their labs for video and sound quality and features. Consumers were asked to try the products out by taking and uploading video and the Institute checked footage quality.

When looking at video quality, we're looking at the color, how clear the picture is, sound

The Flip Mino had the best video of these standard def camcorders.

I love this one because it has a really easy record button, really easy to find

If you want a high def look, go with the Creative Vado HD. This camera had the best average video quality indoors and out, and the engineers and testers were blown away by the outdoor footage from the Kodak ZI6 but under low light the video was weaker. I'm Terry Anzur for Good Housekeeping reports.
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The permaculture journey begins with the Ethics and Design Principles and moves through the key domains required to create a sustainable culture. The spiral evolutionary path joins together these domains, initially at a personal and local level, and then proceeding to the collective and global level. Some of the specific fields, design systems and solutions that have been associated with the wider view of permaculture are what will be discussed and learned in the courses and workshops.
Students will develop the concept of permaculture through Group Discussion/Short videos/pictures/brain storming/Power point/Personal knowledge/ Demonstration/ Art/ music/Field visits/Questioning/ and Fun! All classes are taught in a form specific for adult learning. Each week we will be doing application and experiential processes covering the various topics. On completion of the design course all student receive a certificate of Completion for the 72-hour certified design course. Classes are designed to be fun, informative and inspiring! Join us! (topics, days and times are subject to change. At times, various teachers will be involved in class discussions.)
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CH got the troops back in order, much improved from recent weeks, QPR is a critical 'no lose' game Saturday!! Still keep rattling on about Curtis Davies, even Wolves have had a bid turned down!! It would be a travesty for him to go elsewhere for around 1.5 million, But anyway should be more optimism after last night and lets keep it that way! OTBC.
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In late September, the heavily traveled first block of Harvard St in Coolidge Corner underwent unexpected changes. A cab stand was moved to the next block, meters near high-traffic businesses, including Peets Coffee, Brookline Booksmith and Crossroads Trade were covered and meters in the next block were removed to accommodate the cab stand.
These changes are part of a 30-day trial program instituted by the Department of Public Works and the Brookline Police Department . No notice was provided to residents, area businesses, the Parking Committee or the Transportation Board prior to these changes. Ticketing of cars and pedestrians alike began immediately, however.
The program was based upon recommendations made by a Parking Consultant the Brookline Police Department and Department of Public Works hired. The consultant was asked to evaluate traffic flow and parking in Coolidge Corner and make recommendations to alleviate congestion.
The consultant's recommendations included removal of meters, relocation of the cab stand, traffic light timing changes, conversion of parking areas to a passing lane and increased enforcement. Removal and/or changing the Harvard Street pedestrian crosswalk at Green Street was identified as part of the intersection problem but is not part of the trial changes. Owners of businesses directly impacted by these recommendations are concerned, as their input was neither considered nor sought for the consultant's report. The trial implemented ALL of the recommendations at the same time. It is not clear that implementing just some of the recommendations might improve the intersection enough.
Quantification of the program's effectiveness is proving to be equally problematic. Ticketing volume and traffic patterns captured by surveillance cameras in Coolidge Corner are the sole means of assessment. That none of the surveillance cameras are directed where parking used to be makes the accuracy this method of quantification questionable.
Further complicating the issue, loss of parking in this high-traffic area creates a significant financial loss for Brookline and places an additional burden on businesses already strained by the recession. Removal of meters represents a loss of approximately $75K in revenue to the town. In addition, property values of businesses that lost parking are reduced. Commercial properties in Brookline pay 1.75% of the assessed value on their property in real estate taxes. Lower property values translate into lost tax revenue for Brookline.
Over the past several months, residents, local government and the business community have taken proactive steps to work toward a viable solution together. Many from these groups now question whether the current program is actually creating more problems for Brookline.
The Transportation Board is scheduled to meet October 29 to discuss codifying the program. The meeting begins at 7pm at the Public Safety Building. Public comment is invited.


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Raven has been developed by the Bioacoustics Research Program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Special thanks to Christopher Clark, the BRP director and co-principal investigator on the original Raven grant, for his belief in the project and his funding to fill in the gaps between grants and licensing revenues.
Initial funding for Raven came from the National Science Foundation.
A big thank you to our customers, whose purchases help to fund support and additional development of Raven.
Kurt Fristrup, formerly with BRP, was a co-principal investigator on the original Raven grant and has been a tireless supporter of Raven since the beginning.
Donald Kroodsma's encouragement was the catalyst that allowed Raven Lite to become a reality.
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How To Change Android Fonts Without Root
Android phone are mostly in use nowadays and popular, I bought new Android phone recently Xolo Q1000 Which is awesome and budgeted phone, I was Thinking about to change my phone's System font And I download font app from play store and,It says need to root phone, but I don't want to root my phone cause it void guaranty so I found one way to change my phones font however it needs root one time but after that you can unroot it through changing font so here is a quick a easy way How To Change Android Fonts Without Root.
How To Change Android Fonts Without Root
- firstly you need to read this post How To Root Any Android without computer with one click!
. - now if you had successful root move to the next step.
- you just need to install any font app from play store for changing font.
- choose any font app I like My Font app quite good.
- download any font which you want to install as your system font,
- Now restart phone and then it will be used, fonts will be changed.
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P Diddy & Cameron Diaz Caught Snogging In NYC
It seems things are hotting up between the unlikely couple...
Hip-Hop mogul P Diddy has allegedly been caught snogging Cameron Diaz at a New York hotel.
According to Life & Style, the Coming Home rapper and Diaz were seen sharing a passionate smooch at the Big Apple's Dream Downtown building last weekend.
Eye-witnesses told the publication that Diddy and the Bad Teacher actress were "making out like teenagers" - fuelling reports that they're an item.
The couple, who were said to be casually dating earlier this year, have previously dismissed rumours of romance, insisting they were only meeting up to discuss film projects.
Cameron is thought to have called off her on/off relationship with basketball ace Alex Rodriguez in September, while the 42-year old rap icon was recently snapped with his long-term gal pal, Cassie.
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Having never made biscuits before, I was somewhat leery. Could not get White Lily but found Arrowhead Mills pasty flour which is also soft wheat. The biscuits were great and rolling them out was the easiest ever. Will definitely make again.
I had high hopes for this recipe, but alas they were dashed with the dense results, maybe a northern girl just can't conjure the biscuit mojo. It could be that I couldn't find the White Lily flour and used Robin Hood unbleached white instead. Maybe straight bleached or mixing some cake flour in would make a difference? After adding the liquid, the resulting mixture seemed way too dry. I even used lard, but I remember reading in a NYT article about pie crusts a few months ago that said the usual lard you find in the grocery store (Snow cap, I think?) wasn't a very good product (what is there to compare it to?) and the author tried using suet instead with good results. I tried her technique for pies and created some fabulous crusts. If I get adventurous I may try it with the biscuits. My favorite recipe for biscuits is from "Cooks Illustrated" from a few years ago (July/August 2004) for Mile High Biscuits which has the same amount of buttermilk but less than 1/2 the flour, hmmm, maybe that's the secret, and neither Mr. Peacock nor Shirley Corriher (I had the same sub-par results with her biscuits and even used White Lily)are willing to disclose it!
Great recipe! As for the negative comments twds Gourmet regarding the recipe for home made baking powder, it is the very next recipe after this one on page 81. All ya gotta do is read...
Mabe I missed something... but I found these bicsuits very dense.
Wow, these are fantastic and easy to make! They remind me of the Tennessee biscuits my kids grew up on. I don't use lard so I substituted unsalted butter which worked just fine. I'll cut down on the salt the next time also.
Oh yah Baby! I have always used White Lily flour for my biscuits, and mix it half with unbleached King Arthur flour for my other baking needs. This recipe brings it up another notch from the recipe on the flour bag. I used cold crisco (I didn't have lard). Remember it sats kosher salt, cut it down if you use regular salt (I did). Use melted unsalted butter on the tops. I used cream for mine, I didn't have butter milk. Like someone else said "follow the recipe", don't over knead, if it seems dry add more liquid. Shame on Alicia for calling Gourmet sloppy, and this the best free site.
good - but salty - i used table salt and that was an error- pricking with fork is necessary to allow butter to drip in - and to avoid dryness - they are worth the extra work- best cooking in hot cast iron skillet- can do on bar-b-que
The recipe for the homemade baking powder (which is good) can be found (with a little searching) at: http://www.epicuriou s.com/recipes/food/v iews/241184
Where's the recipe for the home-made baking powder? It states that it follows, but it doesn't. Sloppy, sloppy, Gourmet!
I did not make this recipe, but I made the one on the back of the bag that uses heavy cream, oh my goodness, what tender, scrumptous biscuits, so I am sure that this recipe is wonderful. Also, for Thanksgiving I made a homemade poundcake using this flour and the crumb was perfect.


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Peterson had been suspended by the league and was supposed to be ineligible for reinstatement until April 15.
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McCown was recently released by the Buccaneers. In 2014, he started 11 games and threw 11 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.
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Recently published autobiography detailing the bigotry he faced as an African-American player in the 1980s
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A proposal to ban smoking in closed public spaces may be difficult to enforce.
By Muhamet Brajshori for Southeast European Times in Pristina -- 03/12/12
The latest anti-smoking proposal forbids smoking in public spaces. [AFP] |
Kosovo's parliament is suggesting a complete ban on smoking in closed public places, after a 2010 ban to prohibit smoking in 70 percent of public venues was disregarded by many.
Faik Hoti, information director at the Kosovo Health Ministry, reminded the Kosovo assembly that the new anti-smoking ban would be similar to the anti-smoking regulations in the region and the rest of Europe, and a benefit to society.
"[A] 100 percent smoking ban in public spaces is a measure that has a direct impact on reducing the prevalence of smoking, and protects non-smokers from tobacco exposure," Hoti said.
The ban would be effective in restaurants and other enclosed public places, but not in outdoor venues, such as cafes or parks.
Skender Syla, WHO Kosovo representative, said that the goal is to protect citizen health without compromising smokers' right to smoke.
"[Anti-smoking] research from other countries shows that only strict laws [that] clearly stipulate that 'all public indoor spaces 100 percent free of tobacco smoke' can succeed, which also allows for easier monitoring of the tobacco law," Syla told SETimes.
The 2010 smoking law bans tobacco advertising in print or electronic media, and mandates the removal of smoking advertisements from billboards.
"Advertising prohibition of tobacco products is important in the prevention from smoking, especially for the youth," Syla said.
Kosovo WHO research data show that almost one-fifth of all students use some kind of tobacco. WHO findings show that 47.2 percent of youth had their first cigarette before the age of 18.
"If we compare with the Union countries, where the percentage of smokers is lower than in Kosovo, the cost of the treatment for smoking-related health problems reaches tens of millions of euros per year, or more, than the total budget allocated for Kosovo health care," Syla said.
He warned that the 2010 ban was not fully implemented due to lack of political will, which may also affect the implementation of the new ban.
Shop and bar owners say they will be adversely affected by the new ban.
"I don't know if they consider the economic loss we'll incur with this ban; smokers will not enter bars and they are the majority of our consumers," Kushtrim Tahiraj, Obilic bar owner, told SETimes.
Syla said the tobacco industries generally lobby to influence governments, but it is up to individuals to take the responsibility for their own health.
"The tobacco industry continues to use its economic power, its machinery-lobbying, marketing and media manipulation to discredit scientific research and influence governments," Syla said.
Vlora Citaku, Kosovo's minister for EU integration, endorsed the 100 percent smoking ban proposal via Twitter.
"Her support impressed me," Kujtim Shabani, a law student, told SETimes. "Though I don't take political sides, I think for the best of our health it was good to see such a huge support of social networks for the law and public discussions on it."
Nehate Zeqiri, a Pristina lawyer and mother of three, told SETimes that the proposed ban will be effective if it is also respected by the members of parliament.
"They themselves didn't respect this ban [initially], but I think it is positive that first steps are taken," Zeqiri said. "As mother I am concerned the extent to which Kosovo children are exposed to smoking, and more so, have an easy access to tobacco."
Similar steps have been taken in other regional countries to prohibit smoking in closed public areas.
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The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has three current and one former member of the Department of Nutrition Sciences take home major honors at the Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting and Expo (ENDO 2013).Barbara Gower, Ph.D., professor, wins an Outstanding Reviewer award. She is one of only 12 at the event to receive this honor.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Go see GLEE CLUB!
Holy crap, that's two for two, Brick Theater! After seeing James Comtois' fuckin' brilliant play, "Infectious Opportunity", during the week before at The Anti-Depressant Festival, Abby and I went back to see Matt Freeman's "Glee Club". And all I gotta say is YOU NEED TO SEE THIS SHIT. It was so good it made me want to tongue kiss the playwright (Not that I don't already, Freeman's a sexy bitch). Seriously, there were points in the show my lungs were actually physically in pain from laughing so hard and I was scared all the hysterics were going to put Abby into early labor. The ensemble from top to bottom was absolutely stellar, the music will stick in your head and leave you smiling for the rest of the night, and the writing...as I said, it made me want to mouthfuck Freeman...err, kiss Freeman...aw, fuck it, I wanted make babies with him it was so good. Go see it. It's a blast. It was a good reminder that some of the best spectacle you can make onstage is simply by having great writing and acting on it. Grab yo' tix here!
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On Monday, November 10th, 4Culture will host a launch party for Poetry on Buses 2014. There will be music and live readings by 36 local poets. See you there?Hear My Bus a Comin'
On Monday, November 19th, at 11:10 AM there will be an unveiling of the bus shelter honoring Seattle's own Jimi Hendrix. The shelter is at 23rd & Massachusetts (in front of NAAM), which is roughly half a block west of Jimi Hendrix Park.-
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- The Best Bus Ride finalists have been selected. (I've already completed my official judging duties, which I thoroughly enjoyed.) You can vote for the people's choice winner here. Voting ends Saturday, 11/20.
- Undriving.org now has video profiles of local undrivers. Love. I've just added Merlin Rainwater and Betty Holman to my list of sheroes.
- Got ideas about how to improve transit in Seattle? SDOT wants to hear them. The city is in the process of updating its Transit Master Plan* and needs lots of feedback from citizens. (FYI, this citizen is a member …
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March news of note
• One Bus Away, the user-friendly version of MyBus, won "Best Use of Technology in the Government, Nonprofit, or Educational Sector" at the Washington Technology Institute Association awards earlier this month.
A fancy tech award is nice and all, but OBA also receives all kinds of love on the streets. If I had a nickel for every time I saw someone using it on a mobile device or hyping it up to a friend… Case in point: My friend (and fellow bus mom) Lily, who started using the app recently, gushed about it during …
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Carfree Sundays, part II (or, Now this is more like it)
The sun did, indeed, shine on Columbia City today.
For a few minutes after I passed the barricade, I stayed on the sidewalk (30+ years of conditioning are hard to overcome)–until I realized I didn't have to. What an exhilarating feeling to step off the curb and stroll down the middle of the street!
Hoops, hopscotch, and hula hoopin':
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I'm waiting patiently for Bus Baby to make an appearance (hey, I thought I signed up for 40 weeks–not 41), frightening my fellow passengers, who, it seems, are desperately hoping my water doesn't break while we're sharing a seat.
There are several items I failed to report while I was busy attempting to will myself into labor, but I only have the energy to tell you about two of them.
First, the not-so-good news:
Flexcar members will be paying the rental car tax. From a recent Flexcar newsletter:
As you may know, Flexcar has been working with …
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September Golden Transfer
This month's Golden Transfer goes to Sustainable Ballard, a four-year old organization that promotes sustainable practices within its community, with the goal of making Ballard the "first US town [not to nitpick, but I thought it was a neighborhood] to become energy independent."
As I mentioned in Friday's post, this weekend SB hosted its annual sustainability festival in Ballard Commons Park. This year, they added something new: a fun, clever (and, I'm hoping, effective) program to get Ballardites (Ballardians?) out of their cars: Undriving …
Another bus-chick-friendly weekend event (or, First Ballard, then the world!)
Sustainable Ballard's annual festival is happening this weekend at Ballard Commons Park (17, 18, 44). It's all about celebrating sustainability and educating folks about how to "live more lightly on the earth." Last year, I gave a short talk at the festival's transportation tent about my experience living without a car. This year, SB's making car-free advocacy a major focus of the festival, with "Undriving Ballard: A place for people to explore alternatives to car travel, and get inspired to make an Undriving Pledge."
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Convocation Center replaces The Barn at Xavier University
The brand new construction ushers in a new era for Xavier Athletics
October 30, 2012
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NEW ORLEANS — Xavier University of Louisiana (XULA) is heralding in a new era of athletics with a series of events celebrating the opening of the Convocation Center and Annex. The Convocation Center will become the home of XULA men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball and replaces The Barn, a 1,300-seat gymnasium opened in 1937.
"The Barn will always be a part of Xaviers history, but I look forward to seeing the Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets continue their winning traditions as well as
The Convocation Center will be the home of, among other things, XU men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball.
establishing new traditions in the Convocation Center," says Dr. Norman C. Francis, President of XULA.
The new center boasts more than 93,000 square feet of athletic space with over 3,500 seats that can be reconfigured for a variety of purposes. The end stage and center stage arrangement allows flexibility for athletic and other large-scale events. A state-of-the-art scoreboard system includes four LED displays providing live and recorded video.
The facility cost approximately $25 million. Construction began in April. Manning Architects designed the facility, and Landis Construction built it. Streets bordering the Convocation Center are Stroelitz to the north, Palm to the south and Short to the west.
The Convocation Center also includes weight room facilities with taping and training areas as well as coaches' offices and home and visitor locker rooms. A monumental staircase at the entrance leads to a high-end VIP suite, and a dramatic second floor pre-function area that allows views to the outdoor plaza below while providing natural daylight into the facility. Supporting the Convocation Center is the Xavier University Convocation Annex that houses classrooms, athletic storage, and athletic offices as well as a "green" parking lot with pervious paving and solar panels. The Convocation Center and Annex are anticipated to be LEED Silver Buildings and incorporate community connectivity, water conservation, energy efficiency, recycled and regional materials, and improved indoor air quality. These are the first LEED certified projects for Xavier University.
"Xavier's continued expansion is a reflection of the growth this University has seen over the last 75 years," stated Ray Manning of Manning Architects, the architects for the two structures. "The Convocation Center's capacity is three times that of The Barn, ensuring the multi-use facility can accommodate Xavier's growing needs."
The Convocation Center is across Washington Avenue from the main campus on a site bounded by Short, Palm and Stroelitz streets. A pedestrian bridge will be constructed across Washington Avenue to give the XULA community better access to the new building.
A series of grand opening events will be held Saturday, November 3 beginning at 10 a.m. with a community tailgate party. The schedule is as follows:
Xavier University Convocation Center Grand Opening Schedule of Events
Saturday November 3, 2012
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Open to the Public - requests from media for interviews and photos will be honored
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Men's game — Xavier vs. Morehouse , 1 p.m.
Women's game — Xavier vs. Johnson & Wales (Fla.), 3 p.m.
Doubleheader tickets available for $10 — requests from media for interviews and photos will be honored
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Manning Architects is an architecture, interior design, and urban design and planning firm based in New Orleans, Louisiana that provides a comprehensive range of professional design services. Formed in 1985, it has consistently ranked as one of the five largest architectural firms in New Orleans. The company is large enough to successfully undertake complex, large-scale projects, yet small enough to remain sensitive to the needs of individual clients with limited resources. Over the years the firm has designed facilities for a wide range of clients in transportation, educational, commercial, civic, cultural, and hospitality. The staff of Manning Architects has expertise in all phases of design and construction, including site evaluation, urban planning and feasibility studies, project programming and design, construction document preparation, and construction ' management and administration. For more information, go to
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Xavier University of Louisiana is a private, co-educational institution offering a comprehensive liberal arts program and professional programs, including 38 undergraduate majors, five masters degree programs and a doctor of pharmacy program. Xavier is the only historically Black, Catholic university in the United States and draws students from 39 states, Washington, D.C., Guam, the Virgin Islands and 7 foreign countries. For more information contact Xavier University of Louisiana, 1 Drexel Drive, New Orleans LA 70125, Phone: 504-520-7568, Fax 504-520-7933.
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This being the first of my writing here, I would like to have a brief bio. I'm 17, out and about queer male, who tends not to follow the traditions of our culture. I'm located in the burbs of Minneapolis, MN. School wise, I'm in a few, an alternative school, and college classes.
My main focus today is that most people, when they decide to come out, or when they decide to go back in, think that everything in their life will just happen to change for the better after they break a few hearts.
I hate to break it to you, honey, but out life isn't that much better than the closet. I'm not saying that we should go back to our hangers in there. No way! But at 13, I don't think that you are capable of the load the out life has offer. I'm not sure that when I was 16/15 I was able to handle it.
I was misled into thinking that I would be a leader in my school, that I would help all of the others to come out. But all I was was sort of a lab rat, raped of my education. After coming out to my friends, they either left, or said it didn't bother them, but never gave me the time of day anymore. More or less, I was shunned from every one.
My current friends are more that supportive, (We're all in the rainbow some way, shape, or form ), but I had to look, but not that far. Coming out had nothing to do with me finding them. We are all the starving beatnik artist type, but our genre couldn't be explained for the life of me. But back to school...
I couldn't take the people anymore. I turned to drugs as my only support system. No one seemed to know what i was in, not even our local "glbt" group. They just feed me some bullshit I could have gotten from Oprah. After being drunk/wasted every day at school, and not being there half the time, my school attempted to kick me out, but i just left, and dropped out.
I didn't want to attend school, and I still don't. I debate on going every day, even though I'm in an alternative school setting, where the teachers are way more sympathetic to traumas we, teens of the american 90s go through.
I just leave with this, not so much about thinking twice about coming out, but think long and hard about what in life is your main objective. With that in mind, you can go further than "jumping out" into the unknown.


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In addition, physics majors have the opportunity to participate in Westminster's Dual Degree Engineering Program through which they would earn a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Westminster and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Washington University or Missouri University of Science and Technology. In this program, students attend Westminster for 3 years and the engineering institution for approximately 2 years, thus earning two degrees in as few as five years! See http://www.westminster-mo.edu/academics/majorsminors/majors/Pages/Dual-CreditEngineering.aspx for more information.
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We don't talk too much about pocketwatches here on Hodinkee, they're not really our "steez", as the kids say. However, when the Queen comes to town, you pay her the respect she deserves.
The watch you see to the left is a reproduction of a pocketwatch created by Breguet himself over 200 years ago. The story goes that one of Marie Antoinette's admirers asked Breguet to build the Queen the most complicated, most spectacular watch possible. Breguet obliged, the only problem being construction took 44 years, which was about 34 years too long for Antoinette (killed by her own people) and 4 years to long for Breguet himself, who died prior to its completion.
The watch remained in the possession of Antoinette descendents for years, eventually coming to reside in a museum in Jerusalem. Then, in 1983, the original No. 160 Marie Antoinette Breguet was stolen from the museum and considered lost forever.
When Nicolas Hayek (Swatch Group) acquire Breguet in 1999, he felt something had been taken from him, something was missing from the Breguet family tree...the Marie Antoinette Pocket Watch. In 2005, Breguet began constructing a reproduction of this highly complicated watch and after one misfire (original reproduction popped!), the Queen was announced at Baselworld 2008. At the time, it was the most complicated watch on earth, and remains to this day within the top five on the planet.
The watch itself was reconstructed using only images of the original pocketwatch and has all the tellings of a true grande complication; it is a self winding watch with a minute repeater, a full perpetual calendar, an equation of time, a jumping hour, a power reserve indicator, and even a bimetallic thermometer. It contains an anti-shock device called a double pare chute (invented by Breguet, of course) and is composed of 823 unique pieces.
The box which accompanies "The Queen" is made of the Royal Oak tree from Versaille itself, and cost nearly $100,000 to produce. There is no set value for this masterpiece but as we were told when we sat down with the watch, Breguet has received numerous offers, all in the eight digit range (yes EIGHT).
For more pictures of our time with the Breguet Marie Antoinette Pocketwatch, click here.
One side note is that the original Marie Antoinette Pocketwatch is believed to have been recovered in 2007 and since returned to its home in Jerusalem, however Breguet themselves has not had the opportunity to inspect the item.


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GOP Debate Candidates Can't Answer Fla. Woman Who Asks for Health Insurance
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During Thursday night's GOP debate, a woman from Florida told the candidates she'd lost her job and with it her health insurance. What would each of the candidates do to get her covered or otherwise provide the health care she needed?
You had to listen carefully, but the effective answer they all gave her was, "this is your problem, not ours."
Let's first recall that this woman is not alone. Millions of Americans have lost employer-provided health insurance. That was happening before the recession but has become much worse during the recession. That may be because they lost their jobs and can't afford COBRA coverage, and the government's stimulus subsidies for COBRA have expired, or because, even if they still have jobs, their employer stopped providing coverage because of its rising costs. Or they may have lost effective coverage, because even if they have a job, their employer-provided coverage is so weak or so costly with deductibles, exclusions, and co-pays that they've effectively lost affordable, meaningful coverage. In the meantime, those on the individual "markets," which are dominated by highly concentrated oligopolies, are confronted with insurance premiums they simply cannot afford.
As FDL's Jon Walker has noted, America now has the highest percentage of uninsured in decades, and that's not going to change unless/until the Affordable Care Act kicks in by subsidizing private insurance and providing millions with access to expanded Medicaid. So unlike many of the debate topics, this woman's question was extremely relevant to literally tens of millions of Americans.
The answers she/we heard cannot have been reassuring. Mitt Romeny said he'd adopt policies that would lead to her getting a new job. Okay, maybe that happens in a couple years or so, or maybe not. But even when, pre-recession, we had much lower unemployment, we still had tens of millions of people without insurance, and those who thought they had insurance were often ambushed by insurance company rescissions, exclusions, denials and then refusals to re-insure those with pre-existing conditions. Millions of people faced these problem before the ACA and before the recession.
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Regular readers of this blog will know I have a weak spot for Nicci French, the pseudonym for husband-and-wife writing team Nicci Gerard and Sean French. I have followed her career right from the start and read each of her 12 bestselling novels, often as soon as they become available in hardcover. (I have reviewed seven of them on this site.)
Of course, they are not "literary" novels, but they are wonderful fun — and very entertaining. My only quibble is that in recent years the formula — of embattled female on the run from a threat no one else can see — has become a little jaded. Hence, I was rather excited when I found out that French was branching off into a new direction, moving away from nail-biting psychological thrillers, and focusing on a new series of crime thrillers (with the emphasis on crime).
Blue Monday, published two months ago, is the first in a series of eight novels based around psychotherapist Frieda Klein.
In this story, which oozes London ambiance — it's particularly evocative of North London and the Square Mile — Frieda is treating Alan Dekker, a troubled man who is desperate to have a child. Sadly, his wife seems unable to fall pregnant, but he is so obsessed with becoming a father that he is dreaming of his son-to-be. He relates these dreams to Frieda, describing the child in minute detail.
At about the same time, a major police hunt is underway, looking for a missing five-year-old boy called Matthew Farraday, who is believed to have been abducted. Matthew's description matches the boy in Alan's dream. Could it be that Alan has snatched him from the street? Is the "dream" merely a cover story?
Frieda takes her concerns to Detective Chief Inspector Karlsson, who is leading the investigation into Mathew's disappearance, but he think she is wasting his time. But when an important link with another unsolved abduction — of a young girl 20 years go in similar circumstances — emerges, Frieda suddenly becomes a vital cog in the inquiry.
Blue Monday isn't a police procedural, so it's not that sort of crime novel. But it is very much a page-turner, with a mystery to solve and a relatively satisfying — if slightly unrealistic — ending. And while Karlsson — a divorced father of two young children — and Frieda — a loner with a troubled family background — are well drawn and believable characters, you get the feeling that French has deliberately kept many things about them under wraps in order to flesh them out in later books.
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