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Earn a unique patch at Onondaga Cave State Park July 10 - 11
Volume 38-364 (For Immediate Release)
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JEFFERSON CITY, MO., JUNE 21, 2010 – Scouts or other civic youth groups have the opportunity to add a unique patch to their collection on July 10 - 11 by completing the Scout Patch Program at Onondaga Cave State Park near Leasburg. Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, this two-day educational program is geared for all ages.
To earn a unique patch designed specifically for this program, scouts must tour one of the park's caves, hike a designated trail, attend an evening campground program, and complete a service project. The weekend of activities will begin at 9 a.m. on Saturday morning with an orientation meeting at the park's amphitheater. Some fees apply.
Groups must register at least two weeks in advance by calling 573-245-6576. Individuals may not register. Space is limited. Group and individual camping will be available at the park throughout the weekend; contact the park for more information.
To get to Onondaga Cave State Park, take the Leasburg exit (#214) off of Interstate 44 and go seven miles south on Highway H. For more information about the program, contact the park at 573-245-6576 or the Department of Natural Resources toll free at 800-334-6946 (voice) or 800-379-2419 (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf). For more information about Missouri state parks, visit mostateparks.com.

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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
A record number of people are in work after another fall in unemployment and a further dip in the numbers claiming jobseeker's allowance, new figures showed today.
Almost 30 million adults were in a job in the quarter to last November, up by more than half a million on the previous year.
The figure, giving an employment rate of 71pc, is the highest since records began in 1971.
Unemployment fell by 37,000 in the latest quarter to just under 2.5 million, the lowest since spring 2011.
It was the 10th consecutive fall and was coupled with another cut in the number of people claiming jobseeker's allowance, which was down by 12,100 last month to 1.56 million, the lowest since June 2011.
The number of people classed as economically inactive, including those looking after a relative or who have given up looking for a job, fell by 13,000 to just over nine million.
Part-time employment fell by 23,000, but this was offset by a 113,000 increase in the numbers employed full-time in the three months to November.
Data from the Office for National Statistics also showed a 26,000 increase in the number of women out of work for up to six months, to reach 571,000, which may reflect changes to the benefits system resulting in more single mothers looking for work.
The number of job vacancies in the economy increased by 10,000 to almost half a million at the end of last year, the highest number for four years.
Other figures revealed that the number of self-employed workers has increased by 7,000 to 4.2 million, while unpaid family workers fell by 1,000 to 111,000.
Long-term unemployment has also fallen, down by 10,000 for those out of work for more than two years, to 434,000, and by 5,000 for people unemployed for at least a year, to 892,000.
But the number of 16 to 24-year-olds out of work increased by 1,000 to 957,000, the first rise since last summer, although youth employment showed an increase of 12,000 as more students seek work.
Meanwhile, average earnings increased by 1.5% in the year to November, down by 0.3% on the previous month.
Average total pay in Britain was £472 a week at the end of last year.
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This is a really wishy washy story. Unemployment in the East has RISEN. It has risen across Norfolk. Why no mention of this?
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
"In the last quarter" >September to December not now. Try saying the same thing, EDP, in April to the 17,000 plus people who have been made redundant in the last 6 weeks. You are correct grassychops, the Slave Centre Plus always massages the figures. There is never any true figure for unemployment, and they always talk down to you as if the unemployed are nothing.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
omnishambles - Are you sure your figures are correct? The East has the highest number of people in work at 74.9% and unemployment is at 6.7%, 1% lower than the national average according to the data on the Office of National Statistics web site.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
This figure is meaningless as it does n iot include those who left the job centre in disgust, those who have gone self employed, eking survival I call it and those who are in education with no prospect of a job in future. There are thousands of youngsters who are desperate for apprenticeships and many have lost all hope of getting one.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Would appear Joseph Watts is leaving the EDP for the Evening Standard. That was short and sweet. Wonder who we will get next! Andrew Marr will be on light duties for the foreseeable future. I wonder if he will be interested.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
What about the people out of work but with savings? Finding myself out of work I went to sign on, not to receive benefits but just to keep the numbers right - not allowed. Unemployed is simply the people claiming and not a true picture.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
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Linux Access in State and Local Government, Part III
K12 Linux may be the mecca of open-source success. As school districts represent a part of state and local government, one has to wonder how their many case studies are practically unknown. As other sectors of state and local governments struggle with budget deficits, political pressure and uncertainty, Linux school projects represent tangible progress and offer empirical evidence of success.
If one wanted to find information about the use of Linux in state government, where would one go? The first thought would be an Internet search engine. Any combination of search terms for state government, though, return a chaotic mess.
If one wants to find information about Linux in schools, a search engine would take you to cyber foundries such as SchoolForge. Once there, you would find the information, tools and materials necessary to forge or make a school and all its parts. If such sites existed for government, we could see more tangible progress and empirical evidence of success for the entire Open Source community.
State and local governments need software applications for numerous tasks, including administration, finance, public works, law enforcement, courts, regulatory compliance, record management, facilities and transportation. The catalog of application requirements might surprise even the most sophisticated consultants. In most government units, facilities exist for services and communication between 1) government and citizens, 2) government and businesses and 3) government and other governments.
To gain perspective on the broad scope and complexity of government processes, you can use the federal Management Agenda Document. Start at section 5.3 in the document's appendix and continue toward the end. From these pages, you can get an idea of the applications required to run at the federal level. Scale each of those down to the state, county and city levels, and the functional requirements still remain large. For example, consider a searchable land deed database at the county level. Add a marriage database and another one for divorces, one for driving infractions, one for birth certificates and another for tax assessments, and you can begin to understand the scope.
Let's change the picture for a moment; imagine a web site for government applications. Instead of building one from scratch, we can put up a LAMP application for each government function that others can download. Suddenly, you have a resource center. If someone needs a 911-call center application, they probably could choose from several.
In the K12Linux domain, if you need an application, you probably would stop at SchoolForge and then click the link to the Seul/Edu Educational Application Index to discover a repository of applications. Here you can find 80 administrative applications that one can download, plus 98 language programs and more. The site contains 612 open-source applications in 23 categories, such as courseware, math and library applications. And that's only one of several K12Linux web sites.
Imagine such a collection of government software somewhere. If we added a news site and resource center, a mailing list and Faq-O-Matic, we would create a community of interest. Linux people already know what community-of-interest web sites accomplish.
If you haven't looked at the K12 web sites, you might have a difficult time visualizing how much Linux has grown. You should want to dig deeply into the sites, as they provide rich content. To begin, the SchoolForge members' page provides an impressive list of people working in the Linux school projects.
Once you've visited this SchoolForge site, you might have a confusing moment when you visit the other Schoolforge site. The URLs are different, but the names have only a slight difference. The second site's full name is Schoolforge News and Journal; notice the lowercase f in this name. The SchoolForge site appears to exist in New York state, and the registrant is Teachers Internet Pages. The Schoolforge site appears to be based in Canada under the name of members.iteachnet.org. The two sites do share content.
One has to wonder if Northwest school districts took ostrich lessons; they must represent the biggest secret in the Linux community. If their successes occurred in New York, Microsoft would be fighting for 5% of the PC desktop share.
In Portland, Oregon Riverdale School began using Linux servers in 1995. In turn, it influenced a number of other Oregon schools to migrate to Linux. I learned of Riverdale whiling leading an article about Linux migration for Centennial Schools, in late 1999.
We discovered that several large districts in Oregon followed Riverdale's example. Those districts include Beaverton Schools, the Multnomah County ESD, Linn-Benton-Lincoln ESD, Lane ESD, Parkrose Schools, Portland Public Schools, Tigard-Tualatin Schools and Umatilla-Morrow ESD. In a recent survey conducted by the North West Regional Educational Laboratory, 79% of the sixty-four educational agencies responding used Linux as a server operating system.
During the Centennial migration, we also learned of a case involving the Multnomah County Education Service District (MESD). MESD provides Internet connectivity for seven school serving 100,000 students in Multnomah County, Oregon. MESD network administrators tested free software in 1998. They installed Linux web proxy servers, realized savings from reduced bandwidth utilization and had a positive ROI within six months. Even with costs of bandwidth dropping since 1998, MESD continues to save $10,000 annually.
MESD also replaced back office services with Linux. The replacement applications included file, print, web, mail and domain name services. The district report savings of $150,000 annually due to reductions in software licenses, maintenance and reduced personnel.
In addition, MESD migrated to an open-source web filtering solution called SquidGuard and added a Linux firewall, for savings of over $15,000 per year. Estimated overall savings run about $2 per student, or $200,000.
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Let's change the picture for a moment; imagine a web site for government applications. Instead of building one from scratch, we can put up a LAMP application for each government function that others can download. Suddenly, you have a resource center. If someone needs a 911-call center application, they probably could choose from several.
This is exactly what I've been advocating in Washington State for the past 4 years. By way of example, I've managed to get my office (WSDOT Bridge and Structures) to open source our in-house bridge engineering software. See http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/eesc/bridge/alternateroute for details.
It seems to me that the open source model is a perfect match for goverment. Why should each city, county, and state re-invent the same wheel?
I think that by making goverment software open source it creates the opportunity to maximize the benefit of the tax dollars invested. If the software is never shared then it can never evolve beyond its original implementation.
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What you say of not re-inventing the wheel for Governments is already being implemented by the Free Software Consortium with GONEX
GONEX is a fussion and compilation of free software *already* being used by Governments worldwide. This includes desktop and not just server.
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FSC www.fsc.cc
Re: Linux Access in State and Local Government, Part III
What you say someone do re-inventing the wheel for Governments and forget about your GONEX as it won't apply to USA. I believe some boys want you all to stay over there on your side of the big pond and we stay over here on our side of the big pond. Hey don't you think you already done enough to hurt these bothers and sisters who come on to your rescue every time you make a big mess of everything. They get tired-ire of spending money on all you.
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I went to your web site. Great work. Contact me, my email address is is the link under my name.
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Like critic Meyer Schapiro, many 20th-century artists also saw Paul Cézanne as a sort of spiritual forbearer. Pablo Picasso called him a "mother hovering over"; Henri Matisse said he was a "father to us all." As much as it is a portrait of a wistful young man, this painting is equally, and perhaps as essentially, an arrangement of colors and shapes. We can see it as a kind of stepping-off point for modern art, one with direct links to those younger artists' work. The greens and mauves Cézanne used in the boy's face and hands, for example, are like the "wild" colors that won Matisse and his colleagues the title "fauve" (wild beast), arbitrary touches with little connection to human flesh. The background—it is hard even to "read" it as floral-patterned drapery—is fractured and flattened into a kaleidoscope of angles and arcs in a way that looks forward to the reconstructed spaces of the first cubist experiments by Georges Braque and Picasso.
Yet it would be a mistake to view this painting only in terms of what comes next. Boy in a Red Waistcoat also reflects Cézanne's admiration for and connection to the past. He said himself that he "wanted to make of impressionism something solid and durable, like the art of the museums." He spent many hours teaching himself to be a painter by studying old masters in the Louvre. This boy's pose, with hand resting on cocked hip, and the air of languid elegance that envelops his slender form are reminiscent of 16th-century portraits by mannerist artists.


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Wine | Memories are made of this
PUBLISHED: 04 Oct 2012 00:46:07 | UPDATED: 05 Oct 2012 00:03:52PUBLISHED: 05 Oct 2012 PRINT EDITION: 05 Oct 2012Photo Louise Kennerley
Tim White
I've always followed my nose. And in a pristine glass of pinot noir the other day there were almost gewürztraminer floral-type scents that resonated in my memory.
The wine, tasted in a small blind line-up, turned out to be Pyramid Valley Vineyards' 2010 Angel Flower Pinot Noir.
It was grown and made by Mike and Claudia Weersing on their biodynamically farmed property in North Canterbury, on New Zealand's South Island.
The Weersings' tiny vineyards are named after native flora and planted at between 10,000 to 12,000 vines a hectare, a density usually found only in Old World wine regions such as Burgundy.
And like Burgundy, Pyramid Valley's home vineyards are planted with chardonnay and pinot noir.
But back to that rose-inspired memory jog. I consulted my FileMaker Pro tasting notes database, and among the tens of thousands of wines on record it brought up two from Pyramid Valley, one from Cloudy Bay's international pinot noir tasting a few weeks ago and one, from February 2009, I'd completely forgotten about.
This wine was tasted in a half blind line-up as part of that year's Mornington Peninsula International Pinot Noir Celebration. It was from the Weersings' home vineyard – they also buy fruit from growers of reputation – namely the 2006 Earth Smoke Pinot Noir.
I described its nose as having "rose florals". Of the 17 wines assessed that day, it was the only one I described as such.
But the memories this triggered were not so much of the wine as of what followed – an almost intolerably hot day on which Mike and Claudia suggested a visit to the beach between tasting sessions.
The beach is not my natural domain – much to the Weersings' amusement – but on that afternoon it was perfect, the only place to be.
So nothing Proustian here, just a recollection of a soothing break taken in the day, of the cool water and icy cold beers collected on the way. But it does highlight the difficulties the wine critic faces when a glass of wine carries emotional baggage.
How does someone with a personal connection to a wine's creators – however brief – assess their wines objectively? It's something I ponder.It doesn't present much of a dilemma in the case of the Weersings and Pyramid Valley, as they make delicious wines. However, there will always be a big but out there.
I caught up with Mike Weersing at Casa Ciucciuo in Melbourne a couple of months ago, and pretty much the first thing he asked me was whether I'd been to the beach lately.
As I've written once or twice before: wine is so much more than words or numbers on a page. Sometimes it's more than even the contents of a glass.
The 2013 Mornington Peninsula International Pinot Noir Celebration, on February 8-9, is accepting registrations. It is open to everyone, irrespective of knowledge. All you need is a love of pinot noir and $990. Guests include Josh Jensen from Calera and Ted Lemon from Littorai (both in California), and Etienne Grivot from Domaine Grivot in Burgundy, along with wines from the US, New Zealand and Australia. The keynote speaker is Burgundy authority Jasper Morris.
What to drink
Tim White
Pyramid Valley Vineyards Growers Collection Cowley Family Vineyard Pinot Noir 2009 [Marlborough, NZ]
Super poached pear and touched by tangy, edgy herbals? There are punnets of mixed forest berries in this and an openness about it. Gentle and sweet sharp loganberry flavoured in the mouth with sappy, mouth-watering properties. Gentle chewy tannins, long and mouth-watering and a touch herbal–compost. A really energising, lip-smacking pinot. 93/100, 9/10, $65 to $70. (PS, don't take any notice of the cloudiness).
Ten Minutes by Tractor 10X Pinot Noir 2011 [Mornington Peninsula, Vic]
Deep, soused forest berries, with richness, but also cut and an edge. Woodsy smelling with a sniff of gentle pepper spice. Silky palate with pure squeezed blackberries; a touch of poached rhubarb. Light valedictory spicy mouth-aromas. Excellent wine from a tricky, cool, wet vintage. 90/100, 7/10, $32.
Kooyong Estate Pinot Noir 2010 [Mornington Peninsula, Vic]
Lots of brambly and mossy strawberry. Some complexing meatiness; quite sapid smelling. All of this in abundance on the palate, plus a more kumquat-type tanginess. Plenty of poached pear and pippy fruit to finish, carried on yielding tannins. Mouth-filling and toothsome. 94/100, 9/10, $58.
(Out of/100 = empiric rating; out of/10 = how much I like it)
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. --
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Having offers from Cincinnati, FIU, Georgia Tech, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisville, North Carolina, South Carolina, UCF, Vanderbilt and Virginia Tech, he does have options. But the 6-foot-2, 165-pound receiver is looking for the best match he can find.
"I am looking for somewhere where I can come in and compete for a starting job right away and that is going to fit me as one that throws the ball around," he said.
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It's England's graveyard in more ways than one.
Racist graffiti in Rothesay Road graveyard was discovered by a man who was visiting his grandparents' grave.
Clive O'Sullivan was disgusted to find graffiti including the words "Bomb England", "Free Palestine" and "White People Die In Hell" chalked on the path between graves with roses from someone's grave thrown over the writing and three graves destroyed.
Mr O'Sullivan said: "I went to visit my grandparents' grave and to my disgust found obscene racist graffiti chalked on the path. One grave stone in particular had been severely damaged which was the one in front of my grandparents', fortunately theirs was unharmed.
The denizens of the new Cool Britain have a pretty definitive point of view and they certainly are expressing it in the right place, a cemetery full of dead English people.
This is taking place in Luton which is ground zero for the war between Muslims and everyone else. Luton is 15 percent Muslims, that's 5 times the average of the UK, and it's a bellwether for the rest of the UK.
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He's such a sensitive guy, but he sounds so down on romance in this latest interview!
Robert Pattinson may be one of the most romantic guys in the world, but recent comments he's made about love imply he has a wounded heart!
Rob, 25, spoke with Spanish-language Tu magazine, and he described how he strives to keep level-headed as a movie star.
"The job of putting your feet on the ground — I try to carry this out all of the time," he says. "I don't know how to say it, but I don't hope for anything from anybody. For example, things that are 'powerful' [valuable in the manner of money] do not matter to me."
But does his stoic viewpoint influence his view of romance?
"There are always problems when you fall in love," he says.
Hopefully it's still smooth-sailing with his beautiful girlfriend Kristen Stewart! After all, it's been a long time since he last saw her at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards back on June 5! Do you agree with Rob's pessimistic viewpoint, HollywoodLifers?
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Posted at 5:29 PM on June 29, 2011
No, things are not alright. If they were, Kristen would have been up to Canada to visit Rob but instead she hangs out in LA with Garrett and goes to the gym to work on her figure. She doesn't have a job right now, SWATH is all being done in London, she could visit Rob if she wanted to.
Maybe he's done and told her to stay away. The lame excuses her fans make don't cut it. She can afford the airfare and yet she says in LA. Something is wrong somewhere, sounds like they are over.
Posted at 1:45 PM on June 29, 2011
I paid $32.67 for a XBOX 360 and my mom got a 17 inch Toshiba laptop for $94.83 being delivered to our house tomorrow by fed3x. I will never again pay expensive r3tailprices at stores.I even sold a 46 inch HDTV to my boss for $650 and it only cost me $52.78 to get. Here is the website we using to get all this stuff,búzzsave. c0m,…,
Posted at 4:28 PM on June 28, 2011
The Krisbian "insult" is so old. You only prove to others that you're immature and delusional, because you believe that you're the proud owner of some crystal ball that gives you not only insight into RPatz's mind, but also the sexual preferences of Kristen and her fans. Not going to waste my time convincing you that I'm straight or happily married because that irrevocably obsessive mind of yours is probably busy boning RPatz right now.
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Posted at 9:06 PM on June 27, 2011
People can be really dense and dumb. Kristen and Garrett play a married couple in "On the Road" which is about to be released. They are doing the promotion for the film and that is why they are being seen together. Kristen isn't cheating on Rob at all. As for Rob's interview, all he's saying is that no couple is problem-free. If he's referring to himself at all it sounds like he means that he and Kristen spend a lot of time apart because of their work and they miss each other. Most couples do want to spend time together and the way Rob and Kristen are hounded and hunted privacy is a premium for them. This couple deseves so much credit for how they have conducted themselves. They met when she was 17 and he was 21 when they filmed the first Twilight movie and they've been together almost ever since. They've been private and discreet and maintained that with more grace than could be expected of any seasoned Hollywood veteran. They're young and happy and we should just be happy for them and leave them alone.
Posted at 10:44 PM on June 27, 2011
OTR has no release date and no distributor so how can they be promoting it? Because of the X rated material in it, it can't find a distributor, no one wants to release it. It may go straight to DVD unless it get heavily edited and can be turned into an R rating. Kristen's character gets naked and gives BJs to 2 men at the same time. There's scads of sex in the movie, no wonder she and Garrett seems so close already.
You have no idea if Rob and Kris are even seeing each other now. She hasn't been to visit his set for 6 weeks and he's not flying to LA for the weekends. I don't think he's sad though, he's probably relieved. He's said before he's not ready to settle down.
Six weeks apart
Posted at 8:14 PM on June 27, 2011
Sorry, it is unusual for Kristen to avoid Toronto for the past 6 weeks while she flies all over the world to be at events with Garrett Hedlund and is photographed partying with him in London. If Rob was still a priority in her life she would have gone to see him at some point and she wouldn't have taken off her ring before meeting up with Garrett last week.
These two won't be seen together again until Comiccon, when Summit pays them to look happy and sell Breaking Dawn. Stick a fork in them, they're done.
Posted at 12:19 PM on June 28, 2011
Posted at 7:58 PM on June 27, 2011
Hahhahahhahahahhaha…that's one of the reason's Rob 'n Kris will always be in the damn spotlight: of all the crazy comments you guys make…Good for them thou: this will keep them working and i love that!
Nothing unusual is going on: they're always linked with their co-stars(since Sarah Gordon was cast they suggested her as his new love interest – i knew it was a matter of before the rumor to start) and they had time and time again apart. It's not even a month they where together !!!!! So what??!!! Ther're not possessive with each-other – they know each other and their profession i guess!
MEDIA NEEDS SCOOP – This too provide it Simple as that!
Last week Rob was cheating, the other Kristen was cheating and they already start to write how much they must miss each- other PeeeehhhhhhhhLLLLLLLSSSSSSSS…This is not the end of the story! To be continued…
Posted at 6:23 PM on June 27, 2011
Posted at 4:07 PM on June 27, 2011
I think most of these crazy comments are not from real Kristen fans at all. I think they are disguised Kristen haters who want everyone to think Kristen has toally mental fans. Got to Ted C's board & check out the comment section because it is filled with loony Kristen haters pretending to be fans.
Posted at 8:02 PM on June 27, 2011
There is no Robsten, there never was. That's a name the gossip media made up and Rob hates it. Rob is an actor and Kristen is an actor and they made 5 movies together. End of story. They've never spoken about being a couple, they don't want people up in their business. I would think if you were a fan you would know this and leave them alone and not try to label them and follow their every move. They're actors, not your friends.
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Rob Pattinson has been cheating with Caitlin Cronenberg in Toronto since the end of May-even before he flew home to LA to attend the MTVMAs with Kristen. he had a 3-day weekend off from filming in Toronto, was in LA on Friday at a PARTY at the Chateau Marmont and didn't bother to even see Kristen before he flew straight back to Toronto to go out with Caitlin and her friends again on Saturday night to a dive bar called Sweaty Beatty's. I don't care what his outlook on love is. He's a cheater and a liar. Kristen deserves better than this as s.
Posted at 12:32 PM on June 27, 2011
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Rob never left Toronto this weekend, he was spotted in several locations the whole time. That tweet about him going to LA was totally fake. They said he was at the CM with Kellan and Zac Efron and none of them were there.
Kristen was in LA, Rob never left Toronto. Get your facts straight and quit spreading lies. Rob doesn't cheat, he's not the one who flew to London to be with Garrett or who partied with Garrett at the LA film festival, that was Kristen, who also took off her ring.
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Posted at 11:37 AM on June 27, 2011
omg, the latest interview? it's months old, you idiots. lol i love how much you guys fabricate stories about these two cause in reality they give YOU NOTHING to work with in terms of drama. they are both low key, private people in a relationship and so you have to make things up.
Posted at 10:58 AM on June 27, 2011
Why not print out the whole quote:
TU – You have become an actor specializing in forbidden love and other matters of the heart (in the "Twilight Saga" and "Water for Elephants" there is some of this). Do you believe there are rules for love?
Rob – There are always problems when you fall in love, especially in movies (laughs), it has been a mess for at least two that I have acted in. "Water for Elephants" has a very cool story, in it the two protagonists fall in love and make things right from the beginning to the end of the story. Furthermore, it has a happy ending! It's great!
Has nothing to do with Kristin.
Broken Angel
Posted at 10:54 AM on June 27, 2011
Again, we have an article taking a piece of a quote given to another magazine a while ago and twisting it to start rumors.
Of course if you're Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, there are going to be some problems. These kind of articles are a prime example. You always say that a source has told you something; but, you never give their names or provide any pictures to verify your stories. The last article that did have a video of the two of them together caught them happy and caught Rob stealing a kiss. And at the MTV awards, there were people who caught Rob and Kris whispering in each others ears and Kris was laughing; and it appeared she kissed him on the cheek or neck. It was put out on Youtube. So I say, stop believing all the rumors and leave them alone.
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Rob himself described his relationship with Kristen as traumatic and during months of filming and being in the company of Kristen for Breaking Dawn was left depressed so he adopted his dog Bear. How's that in describing the trouble that was always there. An unhealthy relationship with a very demanding, indifferent beyotch like Kristen. She's been nothing but trouble for him and never an honest enjoyable relationship and pushed her paranoia onto him. It's a good thing she's showing herself to him now.
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They split because Kristen never wanted to acknowledge Rob. Never respected him and hangs over her other male costars and particularly her recent hookups with Garrett. She's a mental mess. She is the one for the ridiculous behavior in acting as if they are strangers and having to stay far away from each other because she wanted it that way and put more and more stress on it. Rob will know how she has always been and realize when she showboats with Garrett how she treated him, her own boyfriend. She always treated Rob badly and that's a major problem with the fans who see the problems she brought on making it much worse. She should just continue the in your face games with Garrett because she is what she is.
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When I think of all the stress but on rob & kristen by the press/tabloid and rabid fans my heart breaks for them. If they do split then I guess you will all be able to pat yourselves on the back and say mission accomplished. My wish for all of you will be this: That someday someone latches themselves on to you and sets out to destroy your happiness. That your family finds them under seige and that you will remember what you did to someone else.
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Some of you on here are crazy spreading rumors and trying to break up a couple very much in love.why don't you worry about your own life/relationships but wait you probally have to get those first.as a 32 year old strong women I find the childish behaviour shown by some here pathetic
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on April 11th, 2013The new album from musician / film maker Rob Zombie is just over a week away now, his fifth solo album titled 'Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor' will be available on Friday April 19th through his new label Zodiac Swan via Universal Music / T-Boy Records. It follows 2010's 'Hellbilly Deluxe 2' and will co-incide with the premiere of his sixth motion picture 'The Lords Of Salem' in the US, Australian audiences will have to wait until a little later in the year for that one. More film info can be found [Here]. A video clip for the current single 'Dead City Radio And The New Gods Of Supertown' has been released, expand this post to check it out. You can see the track listing, artwork and pre-order a copy of the new album now [Here].


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text: Looks like i'm late to the party, good thread, but to be honest I think the decision is obvious. I'll be labeled a homer If I went all out and defended my home state putting up links to pics, videos etc., which I most certainly could do, but don't have the time while at work, if you really care you could do some youtube and google work on your own and find out for yourself, or live here for the 30+ years like I have.... sooo instead, i'll just say this place sux, you don't want to come here, nothing but mushburgers and rednecks, Paddington you nailed it my man, spot on, you sound like someone who grew up in FL and knows what time it is... You must know more than us Floridians. Hell, you might as well throw out that one lame quote again for a 4th time, sh*t, i'll do it for you... "Florida's got the oranges, but Jerzy's got the juice", did I get that right there Paddington? For F sakes that's one of the lamest quotes i've ever seen, you aren't the 1st to quote it either, so don't get your feelings hurt. Bottom line is Florida sux, it really does.


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Nobel committee wasted an opportunity in its Peace Prize By Frida Ghitis, Special to CNNUpdated 5:34 PM ET, Fri October 12, 2012Photos: The Nobel Prize winners of 2012 10 photosEconomics, Lloyd Shapley – U.S. economist Lloyd Shapley smiles outside his home in Los Angeles after being notified that he won the 2012 Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics on Monday, October 15. He and Alvin Roth share the award for their work in market design and matching theory.Hide Caption 1 of 10Photos: The Nobel Prize winners of 2012 10 photosEconomics, Alvin Roth – Alvin Roth receives congratulatory phone calls at his home in Menlo Park, California, on Monday, October 15, after winning the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, which he shared with Lloyd Shapley. Roth was "surprised" and "delighted" when he got the midnight call at his California home telling him he had won.Hide Caption 2 of 10Photos: The Nobel Prize winners of 2012 10 photosPeace, European Union – The Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Friday to the European Union for peaceful reconciliation after World War II between former foes Germany and France, and for spreading democracy and human rights through Europe.Hide Caption 3 of 10Photos: The Nobel Prize winners of 2012 10 photosLiterature, Mo Yan – Chinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature on Thursday, October 11, for works which combine "hallucinatory realism" with folk tales, history and contemporary life grounded in his native land. Picture taken October 19, 2005.Hide Caption 4 of 10Photos: The Nobel Prize winners of 2012 10 photosChemistry, Robert Lefkowitz – Robert Lefkowitz, center, enters a party held for him at Duke University after winning the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday. Lefkowitz shares the prize with his former student, Brian Kobilka.Hide Caption 5 of 10Photos: The Nobel Prize winners of 2012 10 photosChemistry, Brian Kobilka – Dr. Brian Kobilka, a professor of molecular and cellular physiology, stands in his laboratory at Stanford University. He shares the Nobel Prize in chemistry with Robert Lefkowitz of Duke University.Hide Caption 6 of 10Photos: The Nobel Prize winners of 2012 10 photosPhysics, Serge Haroche – Serge Haroche, a French physicist and professor at the College de France, shares the Nobel Prize in physics with David Wineland. Hide Caption 7 of 10Photos: The Nobel Prize winners of 2012 10 photosPhysics, David Wineland – David Wineland, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics, gives a tour Tuesday of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado, where he works in the physics department.Hide Caption 8 of 10Photos: The Nobel Prize winners of 2012 10 photosMedicine, Shinya Yamanaka – Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka of Japan won the Nobel Prize in medicine for groundbreaking work on stem cells. He shares the prize with Sir John B. Gurdon of Britain.Hide Caption 9 of 10Photos: The Nobel Prize winners of 2012 10 photosBiology, John Gurdon – Sir John Gurdon speaks Monday at a press conference after being awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine.Hide Caption 10 of 10Story highlightsThe Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize to the European UnionFrida Ghitis: What a sadly missed opportunity She says the committee passed on chance to put global spotlight on person or causeGhitis: Peace Prize can make a difference; this time it was supremely uninspired So many tyrants to resist, so many heroes to support, but the Nobel Committee decided to ignore all of that and grant the Nobel Peace Prize this year to a large bureaucratic political alliance, the European Union. The committee passed up a chance to give a tangible boost to and put the valuable global spotlight on an individual, a cause or an organization that could really benefit from the award. What a sadly missed opportunity.Peace Prize is a slap on the back for a struggling European UnionMalala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban for advocating girls' right to an education, is precisely the kind of person who should have inspired those making the selection. There's only one Malala, but there are countless people around the world doing heroic work every day, many risking their lives to end tyranny, hunger and illiteracy.I have nothing against the EU. It has accomplished important things, and the Norwegians who award the Peace Prize surely wanted to give it recognition during a time of economic turmoil and political tension in Europe. Frida GhitisStill, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wasted the moment. We are living through a time when competing forces are fighting for radically different visions of the future. Activists for democracy, for women's rights, for religious tolerance have faced off against state security forces, religious extremists and brutal misogynists. Zealous prosecutors, loyal to authoritarian regimes, have imprisoned artists, executed homosexuals and tortured democracy activists. Just WatchedBarroso: EU's Nobel Prize win well timedreplayMore Videos ...Barroso: EU's Nobel Prize win well timed 03:46PLAY VIDEOJust WatchedEU President: 'We are deeply touched'replayMore Videos ...EU President: 'We are deeply touched' 02:50PLAY VIDEOThose permitted to nominate candidates gave the panel ideas, a dazzling collection of extraordinary organizations and individuals. The list will remain secret for half a century, but that didn't keep people from speculating about who might win. The favorites included Sima Samar, a doctor and human rights activist who served as Afghanistan's women's affairs minister until she was forced out with death threats for challenging laws that oppress women. There's Maggie Gobran, a Coptic nun in Egypt whose Stephen's Children charity helps Christian children living in Cairo's slums. In Nigeria, where clashes between Christians and Muslims have left hundreds dead and threaten to tear up the country, Archbishop John Onaiyekan and Sultan Sa'ad Abubakar are fighting for reconciliation. In Cuba, blogger Yoani Sanchez struggles for democratic reform in and out of jail, as do other dissidents languish in prison.In Russia, where journalists who criticize the government turn up dead much too frequently, the number of courageous writers and artists standing up for reform includes many courageous figures.The list goes on and on. And, in case anyone doubts just what a difference the Nobel Peace Prize can make, consider some of the inspired choices the Norwegian panel has made.The military junta ruling Burma, which renamed the country Myanmar, had locked up pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party, the National League for Democracy, won the 1990 election. When she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, her cause -- the plight of the Burmese people -- became the world's struggle. She was not allowed to travel to Oslo for the awards ceremony. But the Burmese people discovered that they were not alone. After many years, including more than a decade of house arrest, she was set free in 2010. She traveled to Oslo to receive the prize in person, and now it looks as though Burma stands at the threshold of freedom. The Peace Prize of 1975 drew attention to the work of Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, the physicist who became, in the committee's words, "a spokesman for the conscience of mankind." He spent years in exile in Siberia, but his work helped forge the nuclear test ban and international cooperation. The award became a megaphone for his ideals.In the past, the Nobel committee has proved daring and controversial. This time, it was supremely uninspired.Nonviolent figures such as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Dalai Lama and Poland's Lech Walesa became household names because they received the prize. Their protest techniques became subjects of academic study and practical guidance around the globe. Their selection inspired last year's winner, Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, author of "No Enemies, No Hatred," another of several Nobel winners who could not attend the awards ceremony because their governments put them in prison or banned them from traveling. The Nobel spotlight can bring donations and needed publicity to a cause. The push for a landmines ban started making headlines after Jody Williams and her Campaign to Ban Landmines won in 1997.True, the committee's choice always upsets some people. But it's more frequently because of boldness than blandness. Naturally, the choice can be politically charged. After Barack Obama won in 2009, with just a few months in office, it left many scratching their heads. When told of the announcement, Walesa said, "Who, Obama? ... He hasn't had the time to do anything yet."Obama went on to stun his hosts when he received the award. His Nobel lecture turned out to be a brilliant exposition of when war becomes a requirement for peace. It was not exactly what they expected from a Nobel Peace Prize winner. The decision reflected the committee's hopes more than Obama's achievements. The panel wanted Obama to become the president of peace. He accepted the award, but it turned out he was not a pacifist.The choice for this year also reflects aspirational views. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, selected by Norway's parliament and made up mostly of politicians, is telling the world, specifically Europeans, that they should do whatever it takes to save the European Union. It is asking them to remember that Europe, the continent that in the 20th century perpetrated the worst wars the world has seen, has managed to stay mostly at peace for almost 70 years. The committee gives the credit to the EU. It was a retrospective award, a historical analysis.What the committee should have done was use this chance to take sides and to speak in a way that makes a difference in favor of freedom, equality and tolerance.Follow us on Twitter @CNNOpinionJoin us on Facebook/CNNOpinionOpinion on the newsHow AirAsia flight compares to Air France 447 crashPilot Bill Palmer says the AirAsia flight had similarities to Air France 447, which also encountered bad weatherDon't turn your back on these childrenPoverty isn't the only reason why so many parents are paying to have their child smuggled into the United States, says Carole GeithnerIran's hypocrisy in condemning U.S. racism Michael Rubin says it's a farce that Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei posted tweets criticizing U.S. policeThe smart thing that makes you stupidRon Friedman says your smartphone may be making you behave stupidly; resolve to resist distractions in 2015Is AI a threat to humanity?Artificial intelligence does not need to be malevolent to be catastrophically dangerous to humanity, writes Greg Scoblete.Welcome to the troll ageThe ability to manipulate media and technology has increasingly become a critical strategic resource, says Jeff Yang.More from opinionAre drugs stifling women?What will happen if the bees disappear?Thanks, Ben Carson, but prison doesn't make people 'come out' gayPowered by Livefyre
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This case study of IRD's experience in Afghanistan offers a new definition of stabilization, results and outcomes to date, and lessons and recommendations for future stabilization activities.
IRD has worked in Afghanistan since 2004, when it began providing infrastructure quality assurance and monitoring support services to USAID. Since then, IRD has maintained a strong presence in Afghanistan leading and supporting a variety of programs in the areas of relief and stabilization, capacity building, democracy and governance, infrastructure, and agricultural development.
Relief & Stabilization
In 2008, more than 20 percent of Afghans did not have enough to eat because of instability, lack of income, drought, and declining agricultural productivity. With funding from USAID, IRD began implementing the Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Production in Agriculture (AVIPA) program, which distributed vouchers for more than 10,000 tons of high-quality wheat seed and 33,000 tons of fertilizer at a reduced cost to nearly 300,000 vulnerable farmers suffering from prolonged drought. In 2009, USAID expanded AVIPA in scope and size, emphasizing stabilization within an agricultural framework in Helmand and Kandahar provinces and expanding the agricultural vouchers program nationwide. The aim was to stimulate local economies and provide income for rural farmers affected by violence and insurgent activity while increasing agricultural production and productivity and strengthening links between the Afghan government and its people.
The approach developed under AVIPA – tightly integrated cash for work, agricultural vouchers, training and capacity building, and in-kind grant programs – is continuing under USAID's Southern Regional Agricultural Development (S-RAD) program. S-RAD is helping to increase incomes for at least 25,000 farm families, create thousands of long-term and short-term agricultural jobs, and increase confidence in government among local residents. IRD supported similar objectives under the Afghanistan Stabilization Initiative (ASI)–South by helping create large-scale, short-term job opportunities for both skilled and unskilled Afghans through the cash for work component. IRD is also implementing a grants component of the Stability in Key Areas (SIKA)–East program, another USAID-funded program that is building confidence and stability, and increasing provision of basic services by supporting community-led development and local governance initiatives.
Agricultural Development
S-RAD, like AVIPA Plus, continues to strengthen Afghanistan's long-term agricultural development through short and long-term activities, including rehabilitation of irrigation systems. This has the added benefit of contributing to the long-term objectives of protecting the environment and increasing farm efficiency and production. S-RAD is also addressing constraints along six crop and livestock value chains identified as having the greatest potential to increase livelihoods and incomes. Business development services and in-kind grants are revitalizing farmer cooperatives and associa¬tions, linking them to "upstream" farm input supply firms and to "downstream" traders, processors, wholesalers, and retailers, establishing enduring linkages between farmers and the private sector.
In 2007, IRD designed the Strategic Provincial Roads program in Southern and Eastern Afghanistan (SPR) in conjunction with USAID to support stabilization efforts in some of the more volatile areas of the country. IRD's work not only resulted in the successful construction or rehabilitation of over 400 miles of roads, but also helped established a competitive local construction contracting market, improved stability in rural communities, created thousands of jobs, and improved access to markets and government services in remote rural areas.
Project Monitoring & Support
Under the World Bank's Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF), IRD is helping to track and monitor project execution. Working closely with Afghan ministries of Education, Public Works, Rural Rehabilitation and Development, and others, IRD is building national capacity to manage development aid. IRD provides similar support to USAID under the Engineering Quality Assurance and Logistics Services (EQUALS) program, including a range of engineering, logistical, and technical services for transportation, energy, and water and sanitation infrastructure projects. IRD has enabled hundreds of international and Afghan staff to assist USAID with site inspections, quality assurance and quality control, project evaluations, technical reviews, and technical capacity building.
Democracy & Governance
IRD helped increase community involvement, especially among women and youth, in decision-making and improved access to services and jobs by enhancing the credibility of municipal administrations. Funded by USAID, the Regional Afghan Municipalities Program for Urban Populations (RAMP-UP) was implemented under IRD's subcontract to Chemonics International from 2010 to 2011.
The Afghan Civilian Assistance Program (ACAP II) works nationwide to support communities that have suffered due to military operations against insurgents. Beneficiaries receive direct in-kind assistance such as household goods, agricultural equip¬ment, and livestock, as well as vocational training or livelihood support. The program also refers families to local NGOs who can provide necessary services. Through increased participation of Afghan counterparts during the assistance delivery processes, ACAP II is strengthening civil society, building local capacity, and establishing stronger relationships between the Afghan government and local communities.
Capacity Building
In 2005 IRD established and operated the Construction Trades Training Center (CTTC) located in Jalalabad City, which was successfully converted into a thriving Afghan-run NGO in 2008 and continues to offer services to the US Army Corps of Engineers and numerous USAID implementing partners and construction companies working in Afghanistan. Through AVIPA Plus, IRD conducted farmer-to-farmer training programs which promoted better agriculture management practices, production technologies, and marketing strategies. Under SPR, IRD collaborated with and strengthened national institutions, especially those that form the backbone of the construction industry in southern Afghanistan. In all of its work, IRD engages and coordinates with Afghan communities and the government to ensure they benefit from all technical and institutional capacity building initiatives.
Afghanistan Civilian Assistance Program
The Afghan Civilian Assistance Program (ACAP) II is a civilian assistance program i... more
Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Productive Agriculture
AVIPA and AVIPA Plus were relief and stabilization programs funded by USAID and imp... more
Capacity Building through Vocational Training
Efforts to rebuild Afghanistan have been hampered by the lack of qualified construc... more
Construction Trades Training Center
Efforts to rebuild Afghanistan have been seriously hampered by the lack of qualifie... more
Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Logistical Support Program
The Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Logistical Support Program (EQUALS) provide... more
Establishing Stability in Southern Afghanistan through Cash-for-Work Activities
IRD community stabilization programming helps meet the unique social and economi... more
Human Resources and Logistical Support in Afghanistan
Among Afghanistan's daunting reconstruction challenges are building the capacity of... more
Southern Regional Agricultural Development in Afghanistan
The Southern Regional Agricultural Development (S-RAD) program works to increase lo... more
Strategic Provincial Roads in Southern and Eastern Afghanistan
The Strategic Provincial Roads Program in Southern and Eastern Afghanistan (SPR) co... more
Supporting Effective Governance for Greater Stability in Afghanistan
Building citizens' confidence and trust in government are fundamental to achieving... more
Third-Party Monitoring of the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund
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Help and Hope for Afghanistan's Widows
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Shop Expansion Helps One Man's Family
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Dairy Farmer Plans for Expansion
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Afghan Villagers Trained to Monitor Local Projects
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Rebuilding Afghan Women's Livelihoods after Loss
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Afghan Hospitals Receive Essential Supplies
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Walking Tall Once More
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Safeguarding Schools, Safeguarding Children
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Sheltered Childhood
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What All Water Can Bring
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Tailoring Help Following Tragedy
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Counseling for War Victims
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Women Rebuild Their Lives After IED
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Helping Victims of Suicide Attack
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Giving a Helping Hand
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Helping Families Recover from Airport Suicide Attack
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Helping Civilians after Helicopter Crashes
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Providing Assistance after a Suicide Car Bomb Attack
Each year hundreds of Afghan civilians are killed, injured, or suffer prope... more
Recovering from Loss Caused by Conflict
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Recovering from Conflict, Stitch by Stitch
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Child Afghan Conflict Victim Gets New Life
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A Step in the Right Direction
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Back to School After Bomb Blast
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Fruits of Daily Labor
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Conference held in Rio de Janeiro (June 3–14, 1992) to reconcile worldwide economic development with environmental protection. It was the largest gathering of world leaders in history, with 117 heads of state and representatives of 178 countries. Biodiversity, global warming, sustainable development, and preservation of tropical rain forests were among the topics discussed. Five international agreements were signed amid tensions between the industrialized countries of the North and the poorer developing states of the South, who were reluctant to accept environmental restrictions without increased Northern economic aid. Follow-up meetings were held in 1997 at the UN General Assembly in New York and in 2002 in Johannesburg, S.Af. Seealso Rio Treaty.
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 10.1 square miles (26.2 km²), all of it land.
There were 1,144 households out of which 46.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 13.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.8% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.24 and the average family size was 3.68.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 34.8% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 18.4% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 107.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.7 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $28,485, and the median income for a family was $31,806. Males had a median income of $21,316 versus $21,333 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $11,274. About 22.0% of families and 26.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 42.9% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.


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