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HOUSTON, Feb. 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI), the largest provider of deathcare products and services in North America, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a quarterly cash dividend of eight cents per share of common stock. The quarterly cash dividend declared today represents a 14% increase from previously declared dividends of seven cents per share of common stock per quarter. The quarterly cash dividend announced today is payable on March 28, 2014 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 15, 2014. While the Company intends to pay regular quarterly cash dividends for the foreseeable future, all subsequent dividends, and the establishment of record and payment dates, are subject to final determination by the Board of Directors each quarter after its review of the Company's financial performance.
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YASUNAGA KOJIMA'S grocery shop, near Tokyo's Tsukiji fish market, has been in business since his grandfather started it almost 100 years ago. He lives above it with his wife. Outside he sells ¥99 ($1.20) bunches of bananas and other fruit, undercutting even the discount convenience store across the street, which sells everything at ¥105.
His customers, many of them pensioners, cherish such bargains. They come in, on average, twice every three days, and buy just enough to put together a few meals. Some economists consider such stores an anachronism, and blame small retailers for the meagre productivity of Japan's service sector. But Mr Kojima's store is no culprit. It is part of a 1,800-strong community of local co-operative stores harnessing the latest technology to win a retail war against the supermarkets.
The stores are part of a voluntary grocery club called Zen Nippon Shokuhin, which since 1962 has acted as a wholesaler to its "mom-and-pop" members. Zen Nippon does not simply buy and distribute goods. It also collects consumer data from its members, which it analyses to guide them as to what their customers prefer.
One of its models is Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket chain—which, ironically, is often accused of fatally undercutting independent local shops on its home turf. In 2009 Zen Nippon's president, Mitsuhiro Saito, sent six employees to Oxford to learn about Tesco's loyalty-card scheme. They were interested in how the firm uses data derived from the cards to understand not only what people are buying, but also how changes in lifestyle can affect shopping habits.
Peter Wray, a British retail consultant who advised Zen Nippon on Tesco's loyalty system, says its approach sets it apart from the co-op industry internationally, which tends to analyse only what it sells wholesale. Since September Zen Nippon has used technology from an Israeli firm, Retalix, to introduce loyalty cards for shoppers that offer them electronic discounts on their most-purchased items. The information derived from this scheme enables Zen Nippon to bargain with brands for better deals. The programme started with 100 shops and will be rolled out to 1,000 by 2012. The Tsukiji store hopes to take part. Mr Kojima says that, with food prices rising, he wants to give his customers even more personal treatment.
In one sense, this is all a bit circular. As Mr Wray puts it, Tesco mines its loyalty data to help it deliver to shoppers the personal attention they used to expect from a local store. In Zen Nippon's case, the local store will use data to make itself even friendlier.
But in Japan it is a pioneering effort. In contrast to the high-tech nature of much of the rest of the economy, Japan's supermarkets are technophobic and expect little change in shopping habits. This is myopic, Mr Saito believes, adding that one of the biggest supermarkets recently approached him for advice.
Thanks to the new approach, Mr Saito says sales were ¥100 billion last year, a 20% rise from the doldrums six years ago that forced him to rethink his business. That performance is particularly impressive in a deflationary economy. On January 25th the Japan Chain Stores Association said that supermarket sales in 2010 fell for the 14th year in a row.
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Ferguson commented: "I have always admired him.
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JPMorgan has retained its "neutral" advice on BHP Billiton with a price target of $34.98 a share after its Petrohawk division reported a $US33 million loss in third-quarter 2012 on earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation of $US365 million. JPMorgan said while the result was down on the $US82 million profit posted in third-quarter 2011, the EBITDA line is a better representation of profitability, which was up 42 per cent year-on-year.
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Chapel House is an excellent base for touring Hadrian's Wall, the North Pennines, the Durham Dales and Durham Cathedral, Beamish open air museum, Northumberland National Park, Kielder Water and the wonderful coast and castles of Northumberland. Hexham market town and Corbridge offer individual shopping experiences with farmer's markets and many art and craft venues. The cottage has wonderful uninterrupted views of the North Pennines and Slaley Forest. Lovely walking country direct from the cottage door. Chapel House has a very secluded setting it in it's own grounds. There are three bedrooms and can sleep up to five adults. It has oil fired central heating an oil fired Aga and wood burning stove in the lounge - all your fuel, linen, towels etc.are provided within the price. There is no restriction on start or finish dates (minimum booking period of two nights) you choose your arrival and departure days.
Size | Sleeps up to 5, 3 bedrooms |
Access | Car advised |
Nearest travel links | Nearest airport: Newcastle International Airport 34 km, Nearest railway: Hexham 8 km |
Family friendly | Great for children of all ages |
Notes | No pets allowed, No smoking at this property |
Features and Facilities
Luxuries | Log fire, Internet access, DVD player |
General | Central heating, Video player, CD player, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available |
Standard | Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer |
Utilities | Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine |
Rooms | 3 bedrooms, 1 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms |
Furniture | Single beds (1), Double beds (2), Cots (1), Dining seats for 5, Lounge seats for 5 |
Other | Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair |
Outdoors | Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ |
Access | Parking |
Further details indoors | All bed linen, towels, tea towels, for up to 5 people are included in the price. Electricity, oil central heating, logs for wood burner are also included, there are no further charges. You will find an initial supply of cleaning products, dish washer tablets, soap powder,. w.c. rolls. Tea, coffee, sugar, milk biscuits and (usually) homemade bread are waiting for you on your arrival. |
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The Northumberland region
Northumberland has a wealth of Roman history with it's iconic Hadrian's Wall running from Wallsend in the east through the border into Cumbria and ending on the Solway coast.
The area has ancient forts and museums detailing the time the Romans populated the area bringing their knowledge of building and construction to the wild borderlands of England. The area is vast and unspoilt with the Northern Pennines to the west and the wild Cheviots to the North forming the border into Scotland.
The river Tyne lies to the south and to the east we have the beautiful coastline of Northumbelrand with it's many castles such as Bamburgh, Dunstanburgh and Warkworth. There are wonderful places to visit Alnwick Garden and Castle steeped in history and home to the Dukes of Northumberland. If you enjoy walking you will be spoilt for choice through rolling farmland, pine forests or wild heather moors.
Northumberland is an excellent choice for cycling. We have an incredible network of bridleways and cyclepaths and Kielder has some fantastic mountain bike routes. National Trust properties such as Cragside, Wallington and Gibside are all within an easy drive of Chapel House. Roads in Northumberland are generally much quieter than those further south and you will find it a pleasure to drive through some of the most breathtaking scenery in England.
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Hexham is a lovely market town with an Abbey dating from 620 a.d. It has an award winning farmers market which is held on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month and a rich supply of local produce is available for sale. Nearby we have the lovely village of Corbridge with it's many individual shops offering a wide range of goods for you to browse.
The area around Hexham is rich farmland with in the distant high heather moors of the North Pennines. The river South Tyne is the best stocked Salmon fishing river in England. Kielder Water to the north offers superb mountain biking routes and wonderful sailing facilties as well as beautiful walking country.
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The Warriors Are Butter Because They're On A Roll
Good morning and greetings, central coast fans. If you looked up the definition of magnificent in the dictionary, and for you kids out there, it's a book we used in the olden day with lots of fancy words, it would describe our weather last week here in Santa Cruz. As the polar vortex swoops down from Canada, bringing a deep freeze to the midwest and northeast, our weather remained warm and dry in our little cold water paradise where the redwoods meet the sea.
I have been a resident of this surf town for almost three decades. From the first moment that I set foot in this liberal city, I was fortunate enough to call West Cliff Drive my home, where I could stare for hours out my living room window and take in the view of the ocean, the landscape and roller skaters, and not necessarily in that order.
Having Monterey Bay as your front yard was a fantastic place to begin my wonder years, as life is magical along the edge of the continent. The sky and clouds put on a show every day and admission is free. To say I was blessed would be an understatement. It was simply an outstanding way to begin my Californication into the Golden State.
Now God didn't skimp in the beauty department when he created this place, as nature never takes a vacation. Or as naturalist John Muir liked to say, "The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere."
Now coming from an east coast state of mind, Santa Cruz was a different animal. People here were laid back, life was free and easy and there just wasn't that high intensity mentality that I was used to. This was particularly true on the basketball courts, where the motto up at the UCSC fieldhouse was "Friendship through competition."
At the time, I was coming from a different place, where crushing your opponent felt a lot more comfortable. Or as my power yoga instructor once told me, "The surgeon general says it's okay to smoke the competition." Remember, if you come in second, you're just the first loser."
Now Santa Cruz was not exactly a bastion of professional sports franchises. Back in the mid 70′s, there were the high school teams and Cabrillo College, and that was basically it. Sure, people rooted for the A's, Giants, Grateful Dead, Raiders, 49ers, Santana and the Warriors, but there was no big time sports presence in town, unless you counted the Doobie Brother rocking out at the Catalyst.
Well, that all changed back in 2012, when the Golden State Warriors announced that they were relocating their D-League team from Bismark, North Dakota, which was just east of Siberia, to Santa Cruz. Upon hearing this news I was shocked, stunned, mystified and finally posterized.
Professional basketball in Santa Cruz. Who knew? There didn't seem to be a lot of interest in local hoops. Relocating over the hill In San Jose, where the population center was much greater, would have seemed a much better fit.
Well, unbelievably, the decision was approved by the Santa Cruz City Council in time for the start of the 2012-13 season. They renamed the team the Santa Cruz Warriors and received a $3.5 million loan from the city to build the Kaiser Permanente Arena. I was hoping for an Outback Steak House.
And just like that, we had the NBA logo, Jerry West, chowing down on some frled calamari strips down at the Crow's Nest, and pro basketball in our little cold water hamlet.
The team has been in the D-League Finals the last two seasons, as the arena is sold out almost every night and the action has been outstanding. The city loves their Warriors and the Warriors have in turn supported the community. It's been a good fit, a real success story.
Well, it seems not everyone has jumped on the bandwagon. In the October 29th issue of the Good Times, in the section of Local Talk, people are asked "What is Santa Cruz's biggest eyesore? One man answered, "People smoking cigarettes downtown." Another woman replied, "All the people that are homeless and the desperation in their eyes. It's more like a heart sore."
But my favorite answer was from a stay-at-home Mom, who was not exactly a big hoops supporter, when she said, "The basketball stadium downtown." I guess you can't please all the people all the time, as the money could have gone to other projects. But it's here now, so let the games and incessant noise begin.
I attended Media Day last Thursday at the arena with my cohort Jerry Hoffman, and there's a lot of fresh talent on this year's squad. According to head coach Casey Hill, "We're coming into a year where we don't have as many guys returning. We'll build a team, not necessarily from scratch, but pretty dang close to it. I'm actually looking forward to it, it will be a fun challenge. It's the D-League experience."
So opening night is November 14 against the LA Defenders. The league is all about the players developing their game so they can be called up to the big show, the NBA. If you're a basketball fan, you've got to check it out. It's the real deal, and it's in our hometown.
It's all about following the dream. Or as my rabbi once told me while running out on a fast break, "Reach for the sky or don't even try." Shalom.
So for today's photo journey, we are returning to the evening skies of October 27. When I got down to Stockton Avenue, a distinct ribbon of clouds had formed in the western sky. Over the next half hour, the clouds went through some color changes, from standard white to tangerine orange and then finishing up with ruby red.
Meanwhile, turning back to the east, the clouds were wild and flooding the sky with a pinkish hue color. All in all, for early in the season, it was a good night on the digital front.
On to some late night humor. "For the first time in history, Congress has 100 women in it. Congratulations. Welcome to modern times, America. It's great having 100 women in Congress. Unless you're in line for the congressional bathroom." – Craig Ferguson "On Tuesday, Utah Candidate Mia Love became the first black Republican woman elected to Congress. She's also a Mormon. Yeah, a black female Republican Mormon. Even unicorns are saying, "Not buyin' it." – Jimmy Fallon
"Mary Keitany from Kenya won the women's race at the New York City Marathon. Mary was fast. Experts say it's one of the most impressive races they've seen a woman run. Then Hillary said, "Stay tuned."-Jimmy Fallon "It's been announced that a Union soldier who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg in the Civil War will be awarded the Medal of Honor by President Obama over 151 years after his death. Even better, he finally got an appointment at the VA hospital." – Seth Meyers
"Daredevil Nik Wallenda broke a record when he walked blindfolded between two Chicago skyscrapers. Wallenda said he didn't do it to set a record. He did it because that's the safest way these days to walk through Chicago."- Conan O'Brien "Discovery, formally the Discovery Channel — they changed it to make it more confusing — has a special on December 7 called "Eaten Alive" that will feature a man being eaten alive by an anaconda. So, if you were disappointed by the fact that Nik Wallenda didn't fall off that tightrope, this is your show." – Jimmy Kimmel
So birthday wishes go out on Tuesday to my old backcourt teammate, Doug MacKinnon, who sailed from Plymouth Rock back in the 70′s and landed on West Cliff Drive and saved me a space.
We'll catch you running the point and bringing excitement to the arena every time you step on the floor. Aloha, mahalo and later, Kiwi Gardner fans.


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Internal Projects: When Scope Changes
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Internal vs. External Projects
External projects that are being run for larger customers are usually well-planned, well-thought out, and well-funded. That's certainly not an all-inclusive statement and things do happen, but the large, external projects usually have some significant planning into them prior to starting the project – even if their lack of well-documented requirements makes you think otherwise.
From my experiences, internal projects are never as stable as projects run for external customers. The can start and stop on a dime. They can be started prematurely only to find out there really isn't any funding available. Personnel changes can kill a project immediately. And overall organizational changes can significantly impact a project's goals, mission, and priority in the organization.
Let's look closer at what happens when management changes the scope of your project and ways to best strategize and aggressively act.
The Project Begins
So, you're project was assigned, you've met with the internal business project sponsor and documented the project request along with high-level requirements. You've scoped the project in terms of timeframe, required technology, resource needs, and budget. You've presented this to management, received the 'ok' to move forward and you've presented a high-level proposal of budget and timeframe to the project sponsor and he's accepted it.
Time for the Change
Now it's 'go' time. The project starts…and then it happens. Something happens…an overall direction change or an internal business unit change or whatever, but now you're being informed that your project is changing direction. What started out – as happened to me – as a simple intranet website attached to a database that allowed internal personnel to check on the status of airplane parts in for repair is now going to be – in midstream – an internet site that allows your organization's customers to check on their own status' and submit requests and interact with support personnel in your organization.
It's all possible. What makes it difficult from a project management-standpoint is the following:
- Budget is already set
- Project personnel are already onboard
- Timeline and expectations are already set
- Work has been performed that may have to be re-worked
Challenges for the Project Manager
Planning and aggressive action will need to be taken in order to ensure the best chance for success in terms of final outcome, least impact to budget and timeline, and resource addition and retention.
It can be frustrating for resources to be part of a project that seems to lack direction or seems to be floundering. The PM must work with his team to re-define the new project scope in terms of requirements, resource skill set, budget and timeline. One risk at this point is losing key resources back to their departments (assuming shared or borrowed resources) as a new, longer project timeline may mean that the current resources won't have the availability to complete the project and must be replaced. As the PM, it is critical to identify this potential and mitigate that issue/risk quickly to ensure that you do have the proper resources for the newly scoped remaining portion of the project.
Since this is obviously a major scope change, the new budget and timeframe will need to be presented to the business project sponsor to obtain sign off and ensure that there is the necessary funding available to proceed.
A major internal project scope change can take the project manager from working on an ordinary project for an internal business unit to working on a highly visible project that has now become a very important part of your organization's business goals and brings quick recognition to you. This can be good or bad depending on the outcome – your fast response and aggressive planning at the point of scope change will likely mean the difference between success and failure.
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Nature protection and biodiversity (Liechtenstein)
Why should we care about this issue
- Topic
- Nature and biodiversity
a) Why should we care about this theme?
Biodiversity is of vital importance for Liechtenstein in several respects. For example, forests protect settlements at the foot of steep slopes from avalanches and landslides. Agricultural production is directly dependent on the condition of the soil, which is influenced by soil organisms. And ecosystem services, such as the provision of drinking water, are indispensable for the population's well-being. However, Liechtenstein also benefits, in terms of landscape, from the wide variety of habitats that come together in an extremely small area. Proximity to scenic recreation areas is an important location factor for Liechtenstein as a business location. Biological diversity is today endangered by the concomitant effects of the successful economic development of the country, and there is a need for action.
The state and impacts
b) What are the state (S) and impacts (I) related to this theme, including impacts on the natural environment and human health/human well-being, both at national level as well as in transboundary terms?
Despite having a surface area of only 160 km2, Liechtenstein boasts a wide variety of fauna and flora (Table 1). This is largely due to its geological structure and varied topography. The Red Lists show that the diversity of species present is highly endangered. Thus, 25 % of plant species, 40 % of bird species, 71 % of fish species and 67 % of reptile and amphibian species are listed in the various categories of the Red Lists. The development of individual species is closely linked to how habitats develop. In Liechtenstein, largely in the Rhine Valley plain, developments similar to those in the surrounding regions can be seen, owing to the loss, fragmentation and isolation of suitable habitats.
In recent years, various measures have been taken to enhance habitats (e.g. revitalisation of watercourses, ecological offsetting areas in agriculture). In spite of these, the situation can be seen to have deteriorated for endangered species and species with special habitat needs. Habitat enhancement tends to favour species that are not endangered.
Table 1. Species numbers of selected plant and animal groups in Liechtenstein compared with Switzerland (Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein, 2009a).
Species group |
Country |
Species |
Plants |
Liechtenstein Switzerland |
1 500 2 700 |
Mammals |
Liechtenstein Switzerland |
47 59 |
Bats |
Liechtenstein Switzerland |
19 30 |
Breeding birds |
Liechtenstein Switzerland |
134 175 |
Reptiles |
Liechtenstein Switzerland |
7 15 |
Amphibians |
Liechtenstein Switzerland |
10 18 |
Fishes |
Liechtenstein Switzerland |
26 54 |
Conservation measures include protection areas, which in the form of legally protected nature reserves and protected forests make up 2 045 ha or 13 % of the country's land (Figure 1). The greater part of this is occupied by the protected forests, which cover 1 879 ha. They include forest protection areas without management of any kind and special forest areas where specific nature-conservation measures are being taken. In addition, measures are also being taken outside the protection areas to preserve animal and plant habitats. One example is the preservation of species-rich rough pasture – dry meadows and moist sites – for the cultivation of which contributions are paid. The species-rich dry sites are a relic of formerly extensive agricultural exploitation. Of approximately 125 ha included in the relevant inventory, 105 ha or 84 % are covered by agreements for biotope-appropriate use (as of 2009).
At the level of genetic diversity, the focus is on conserving the genetic diversity of cultivated plants. The aim of ensuring the continued existence of varieties is served by variety-specific nurseries and seed cultivation for the purpose of conservation.
Fig. 1. Distribution of protection areas. Forest protection areas (dark green) are mainly in the mountains, nature protection areas (red) in the Rhine Valley plain (forest (light green), settlements (black); illustration by H. Schmuck, data: AWNL).
The key drivers and pressures
c) What are the related key drivers (D) and pressures (P) at national level? |
In terms of the landscape, changes can be seen owing to the increase in settlement areas and infrastructure and to increasingly intensive use of the landscape for leisure and recreation. Thus, the settled area increased by 18 ha per year between 1984 and 2002 (Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein, 2009b). The challenges faced are directly related to the growth of the population, which has more than doubled since 1960, and the increase in prosperity.
Even land that is not built on is used predominantly by people. The largest areas of the country's land are taken up by forests (43 %) and agriculture (35 %). Whilst FSC certification has turned all of the forests over to sustainable use, in agriculture the problem remains of segregation of utilisation owing to intensified use in favourable agricultural locations and abandonment of use in less productive areas.
The water situation is an example of how success has been achieved but challenges remain. The drainage of the Rhine Valley plain in the first half of the 20th century was one of the greatest ecological changes in the country. On top of this came the pollution during the 1960s and 1970s by settlement wastewater and nutrients from agriculture. The predominantly very high chemical quality of the water today demonstrates the effect of the measures taken to treat wastewater and to prevent the entry of nutrients from agriculture. On the other hand, deficits in the water morphology remain. 52 % of the water stretches of the Rhine Valley plain are, in terms of water morphology, heavily impacted to non-natural. Thus, successes in protecting the environment through technology are confronted by as yet unresolved questions on securing the spatial requirements of the waters.
The 2020 outlook
d) What is the 2020 outlook (date flexible) for the topic in question and how will this affect possible impacts on the natural environment and human health/well-being? |
Human activities will exert a defining influence on biological diversity in the future too. Forecasts of population and economic development in Liechtenstein assume continued, if slower, growth (Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein, 2009b). An increase in jobs will bring with it rising numbers of commuters, which will lead to a higher volume of traffic and possibly the expansion of transport infrastructure. Overall, there is no likelihood of change in trend for the increase in settlement areas and infrastructure or expanded recreational use. Owing to the cramped space, it is to be expected that the pressure on the remaining natural assets, in particular in the Rhine Valley, will increase.
With regard to changes in climatic conditions, Liechtenstein takes its bearings from the forecasts for the Swiss Northern Alpine region. A rise in average annual temperatures is predicted, which will lead to adaptation by the vegetation. Thus, it is to be expected that, with average temperatures increasing, the area occupied by deciduous trees will expand. Alongside changes in temperature, changes in rainfall are expected. Mild, rainy winters and dry summers could significantly alter the water discharge regime (Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein, 2010).
Existing and planned responses
e) Which responses (R) have been put in place or are planned at national level for the theme in question? |
Liechtenstein is a Contracting Party to the Convention on Biological Diversity and has set itself the goal of stopping the loss of biodiversity by 2010. Liechtenstein has also signed other conventions relating to biodiversity such as the Ramsar Convention, the Bonn Convention and the Bern Convention. The process of developing a biodiversity strategy has begun, with the Fourth National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity serving as the basis.
Efforts to promote conservation and the sustainable use of biological diversity have been significantly intensified since 1990. On the basis of the laws already in force, numerous instruments are being employed in the sectors relevant for biodiversity, including inventories and Red Lists, as well as strategic planning instruments (e.g. the Nature and Landscape Protection Concept for Liechtenstein's Forests, the Development Concept for Nature and Agriculture). At a practical level, Liechtenstein is offering financial incentives. Thus, ordinances are used to create or expand the preconditions for paying financial compensation for services relating to the protection or sustainable use of biological resources, e.g. payments for ecological services in agriculture, which promote sustainable management via the criteria of the Proof of Ecological Performance (PEP) and organic farming. The PEP is the precondition for entitlement to direct agricultural payments and requires inter alia a balance of nutrients, regular crop rotations and compliance with water protection requirements. The goal of having all farms throughout the entire territory operating in accordance with the PEP has already very nearly been achieved, with the PEP having been actually implemented on 98 % of farmland. The number of organic farms increased dramatically in the 1990s. Today, 28 % of farms meet the criteria not only of the PEP but also of organic farming.
Near-natural management of the forests is established by law. The conservation and promotion of biodiversity in the forest rest on the three pillars of near-natural silviculture, forest reserves and small habitats worthy of protection. An important element of near-natural silviculture is the natural regeneration with local tree species appropriate to the location. 48 % of young stands and thickets have arisen from natural regeneration. 15 % are planted. 29 % are a mix of natural regeneration and planting.
The revitalisation of numerous stretches of watercourses demonstrates the efforts made to restore near-natural habitats. Liechtenstein has, in accordance with the Water Protection Act and the EU Water Framework Directive, undertaken to transform surface water into a state that is as near-natural as possible. Action plans still outstanding in respect of individual inland waters in Liechtenstein are to be drawn up in the near future as part of the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive.
- Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein (2009a). 4th National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity
- Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein (2009b). Spatial Planning Report 2008: Report on Spatial Development in the Principality of Liechtenstein.
- Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein (2010). Liechtenstein's Fifth National Communication under the UNFCCC and under the Kyoto Protocol
Unless otherwise indicated, the source for all data is the 4th National Report on Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity – http://www.llv.li/2009_12_be_cbd_nationaler_bericht_endversion_en.pdf
- Office of Agriculture - http://www.llv.li/amtsstellen/llv-lwa-home.htm
- Office of Forests, Nature and Land Management - http://www.llv.li/amtsstellen/llv-awnl-home.htm
- Office of Environmental Protection - http://www.llv.li/amtsstellen/llv-aus-home.htm
- Office for Statistics - http://www.llv.li/amtsstellen/llv-as-home.htm
- Office of Land Use Planning - http://www.llv.li/amtsstellen/llv-slp-home.htm
For references, please go to www.eea.europa.eu/soer or scan the QR code.
This briefing is part of the EEA's report The European Environment - State and Outlook 2015. The EEA is an official agency of the EU, tasked with providing information on Europe's environment.
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America now has two distinct literary cultures. Which one will last?
Honestly, I don't think you should waste your time reading this article, but I'm sharing it because I think it's important because it represents a huge flaw in so many people's thinking -- that there are only 2 ways to be a writer.
Here's some points the author makes that I thought were interesting...
The superficial differences between these two cultures can be summed up charticle-style: short stories vs. novels; Amy Hempel vs. Jonathan Franzen; library copies vs. galley copies; Poets & Writers vs. the New York Observer; Wonder Boys vs. The Devil Wears Prada; the Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference vs. the Frankfurt Book Fair; departmental parties vs. publishing parties; literary readings vs. publishing parties; staying home vs. publishing parties.
(Note: I did have to laugh at the everything else vs. publishing parties)
The model for the MFA fiction writer is her program counterpart, the poet. Poets have long been professionally bound to academia; decades before the blanketing of the country with MFA programs requiring professors, the poets took to the grad schools, earning Ph.D.s in English and other literary disciplines to finance their real vocation. Thus came of age the concept of the poet-teacher. The poet earns money as a teacher; and, at a higher level of professional accomplishment, from grants and prizes; and, at an even higher level, from appearance fees at other colleges. She does not, as a rule, earn money by publishing books of poems—it has become almost inconceivable that anyone outside a university library will read them. The consequences of this economic arrangement for the quality of American poetry have been often bemoaned (poems are insular, arcane, gratuitously allusive, etc.), if poorly understood. Of more interest here is the economic arrangement proper, and the ways in which it has become that of a large number of fiction writers as well. . .
(Note: Um, is it just me, or is this the most painful sentence I've ever read: it has become almost inconceivable that anyone outside a university library will read them. Knife, meet my back...)
But again, the biggest flaw in the obsessional guessing-game of how best to be a writer in the US is that there is only *one* way to choose -- the MFA or the Life Experience way, but wait, there's more...
If you call now to be a writer, not only will you receive this annoying article on limited choices, but also a handy-dandy poetic license to use as needed, a box of tissues to help with the rejection slips, but also your very own headache from reading debates that have been going on for years.
Can Poetry Matter? Wait, where are we?
Listen, let me tell you this secret-- there is no one right way to be a writer.
Writers with MFAs publish books.
Writers without MFAs publish books.
Writers who have gone to college publish books.
Writers who have not gone to college publish books.
Writers who do not even live in NY publish books! (Amazing!)
Article after article slams MFA programs or raises them up, but it's too big and there are a bazillion ways to become a writer.
I have an MFA. For me, it was an amazing time in my life and helped me be a better writer. It is something I will never regret, but that way was right for me. But that doesn't mean not getting an MFA is wrong. Ah, the great thing about living an artistic life-- there is no wrong way to do it. There's only your way, my way, his way, her way. How freakin' lucky is that?!
Unlike becoming a doctor where you need to do X number of years in college, take test Y & Z, then intern at Hospital ABC, the pages in the Handbook for Becoming a Writer have been ripped out.
Yes, there are the "read lots" and "write more," but that's one way. There's also submitting a hundred times & be published or submit once and be published, or submit your own special number of times and be published. But let's not stop there, there's many other ways-- don't forget, have a terrible childhood or uniquely special event in your life and write about it. There's also get lucky, work hard, and your brother-in-law is a NY publisher way too. Sometimes there's the self-publishing route or the write obsessively about that weird dream you had route (see Twilight series). There's publish your thesis and publish your blog ways as well.
But MFA & NYC only? Nah. We are not divided up. It's like saying, "Let's look at that beautiful field of wildflowers-- oh, if I put my face in the dirt I see that some wildflowers have roots that criss-cross and others have roots that do not connect. Let's pull out all the flowers and talk about them (ignoring all their beauty, of course) until everyone has passed out from boredom. We'll ignore the flowers whose roots are in the shape of anything else and maybe not even mention those. . .well, that was fun. What other field shall we uproot?"
Ugh. Give it a break. Judge the writing, not the writer. Discuss the book, not the lifestyle. There is no secret decoder ring on how to live best as a writer. Wait. I lied. There is one...
Here's the secret decoder ring for becoming a writer:
Wander around your life a bit then sit down and write something.
Realize you need to find your own way & what's best for you.
If it interests you, write about it.
Trust your gut, your inner voice, your own path.
Either an MFA or not an MFA, that is not the question.
So, I thought you'd be interested in knowing that the debate continues on. Even though I thought we were discussing the weather, the holidays, the words.
Is this still a topic we need to explore or can we just say different strokes for different folks?
I think I'll say that. Maybe even spell it out on my secret decoder ring. Thank gawd I bought that box of Cracker Jacks, who knows, if I wouldn't have found my ring so early, I might have missed this whole writer's life. My precious.


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John sat on the couch, looking as though bothered at something. Something not being the case, he was ferrous. He had always tried to get Sherlock to see what he meant. Every "brilliant" he muttered, every "bloody, that's fantastic" he whispered in his breath, every gaze he shot him; they all meant something more then just a job-well-done.
Sherlock always seemed like a hard person to reach, going off on his own path, doing things his way, being the lazy ass he was. But John never would have guessed that Sherlock could be so... -blind-! The great Sherlock freaking Holmes, blind.
Blind to feelings, adornment, caring and sometimes even loving actions. John sometimes made it so painfully obvious that he was sure Sherlock was going to blow up and yell at him any moment now.
"John..?" John snapped his attention to the tall figure towering over him on his perch on the couch.
"Y-yes?" John shook his head back to Sherlock.
"Can I play something for you? I need opinions." Sherlock said, retreating to his violin on the other side of the room, displaying it to John.
"Of course!" John sat up a little more against the sofa. Sherlock came back to where the coffee table was, staying across from John. He placed the violin under his chin and positioned the bow.
Softly, he started the melody. A paced tempo, mysterious, upbeat notes. John closed his eyes, picturing a chase through a Japanese garden, the one you see in the movies with the fluttering pink pedals. It was a strangely relaxing tune.
It changed, the capture, a upbeat happy tune, slightly higher then the mysterious tune. He heard some of the mysterious noted thrown in there... Suspense.
John opened his eyes as Sherlock played through the capture. Sherlock caught them with his, holding them captive. His blue/gray eyes were coated in lust. Something was lingering there, in his eyes. Something John has never seen before in his friend's mysterious eyes. Something John couldn't pin-point.
The melody slowed a little, turning darker. Sherlock's eyes flashed as the tune did. John found himself standing. He glided around the coffee table and stood inches in front of Sherlock.
The tune changed again. Happy notes danced from the strings. It was upbeat and somehow romantic. A tune you would hear as background to candles and a dinner.
John got closer to Sherlock, carefully landing his lips on his. The tune came to an end (the real end or the loss-of-concentration-from-the-kiss end, John didn't know) and the instrument fell to the ground, giving Sherlock free hands to take John's waist gently.
John pulled back to look in those blue/gray eyes. Lust, shock, wanting, loving. All this coated Sherlock's normally-mysterious beautiful eyes.
"Comments?" Sherlock whispered slowly, sounding (for once) at a struggle for words.
"Kiss me." John whispered back, almost in a breath.


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The Rolling Stones
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The Darjeeling Limited
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).
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