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I've narrowed it down to Kings, ICON RR's and 2.5 Camburgs. In that order'ish.
What I like are the Kings (looks wise) but I have a felling the ICON's are as good or better than the Kings. Only reason I like the Camburgs is because they're 2.5" and not black.
I like all 3 for different reasons.
Hate to say it but I like the Kings because they are blue and I know that is not the right way to pick a coilover. I do like the way the Kings route their hose and reservoir over the ICON's. I do like that the ICON's use the nitro steel shaft that won't chip and rust like the Kings. Have also heard that ICON put more R&D into their shocks for the Tacoma. I was following a long term FJ thread about a guy that had the Kings all around and at 27,000 miles he had them rebuilt and the front coils still looked brand new, while his rear Kings looked sandblasted. I have made up my mind on the ICON RR rear shocks, since they are only $370 for both from Outlaw and they use a boot to protect the shaft.
Think I should just do ICON's all around? Ever since I was a kid back in the early 80's and BMX days, I have had this thing for blue anodized parts. On the other hand when they get caked in mud guess it doesn't make much difference.
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RICHMOND, Va.—On a recent Sunday morning at First Baptist Church in Richmond, Va., conversation was lively as members of a Bible study class explored the day's Scripture passage from the Gospel of Luke. The three-month-old webcast Sunday School class is the church's first foray into real-time, Internet-based Bible studies, although First Baptist has live streamed its two Sunday morning worship services more than three years. "We recognize that some people are interested in exploring spiritual matters but will not or cannot come into this or any other church building," said David Powers, the church's associate pastor for communications. "So, a big part of what we're trying to do is provide an opportunity and channel for that. We want to provide an easy-access Bible study opportunity."
The class also offers a "nonthreatening" environment to engage Bible study, said Steve Booth, associate pastor of Christian formation at First Baptist.
"It's a safe place for people to receive and ask honest questions emerging from dialogue around a biblical text," Booth said. "With the guidance of a thoughtful and sensitive facilitator, the student is encouraged to question and reflect theologically on how one moves from awareness of God to belief in Christ to a living faith evidenced in behavior and choices." |

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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 409675, 9 pages
Research Article
Enhancement of Oxygen Mass Transfer and Gas Holdup Using Palm Oil in Stirred Tank Bioreactors with Xanthan Solutions as Simulated Viscous Fermentation Broths
1Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
2Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Manipal International University, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan Darul Khusus, Malaysia
Received 13 August 2013; Accepted 1 October 2013
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CALGARY, Alberta -- Jarome Iginla put his struggles behind and came up big for the Calgary Flames.
Coming in with just one goal this season and two in his last 28 games, Iginla had two tying goals and Curtis Glencross scored the winner 23 seconds after the second to lift the Flames to a 5-4 win over the Phoenix Coyotes on Sunday night
"It was a wacky game with a lot of different things," Iginla said. "It felt great as a team to find a way not only to tie it but to see Glennie win it right before regulation was great."
Iginla tied the score 4-4 with 1:23 remaining in the third period after a cross-ice pass from Alex Tanguay went off his stick then off his belly before trickling in.
With the Scotiabank Saddledome sell-out crowd still buzzing, Glencross took Lee Stempniak's pass from the corner and one-timed a slapshot past Mike Smith from the top of the slot.
"When you get a win like that, late in the game, it's huge for the mental part of the game," Glencross said. "It's rewarding for us and hopefully this puts a little wind under all of our sails and we keep going."
Tim Jackman and Mike Cammalleri also scored for Calgary, which pulled two points behind Phoenix, San Jose, and Dallas for seventh place in the West.
Raffi Torres had two goals for Phoenix, and Michael Stone and Nick Johnson also scored.
The Coyotes trailed 3-2 after two periods before Torres tied the score 3-all at 2:22 of the third period. The Coyotes winger started the sequence with a nifty behind-the-back pass to defenseman Zbynek Michalek as he crossed the Flames' blue line. Torres then raced for the net and buried Michalek's return pass behind Joey MacDonald.
Johnson put the Coyotes into the lead at 8:48, backhanding in a rebound from Oliver Ekman-Larsson's point shot.
"We stopped playing. We came out with some authority in the third. In the first 15 minutes, we were taking it to them playing north, north, north hockey," Torres said. "Then we got in trouble and we stopped playing and you can't stop playing against those guys over there."
Iginla then tied it for the second time late in the period.
"That's two games in a row that we had a lead and we gave it away. We came out and we were really good early in the third and got ourselves back in the game, but a couple key mistakes at the end cost us the game," Coyotes coach Dave Tippett said. "We have to find a way to close these games out. That's not who we are as a team. Very uncharacteristic of us."
Trailing 1-0, the Coyotes tied it with a power-play score at 5:32 of the second on a tough break for Flames defenseman Jay Bouwmeester, who had Stone's point shot carom off defensive partner Mark Giordano in front and hit him in the skate as he tried to control it and bound straight into the net.
Torres put Phoenix ahead 5:59 remaining in the period as he got behind the Flames' defense on a 2-on-2, was threaded a pass by Matthew Lombardi, and tucked a backhand behind MacDonald.
Iginla tied the score at 2-all with 3:34 to go, sliding a harmless-looking backhander toward the net and the puck slipped through Smith's pads.
Cammalleri put the Flames ahead with 35 seconds left in the period. He took a centering pass from Glencross and fired a shot into the top corner of the net.
"The second period was definitely a bit different. A couple of weird penalties and just not a lot of flow to the game, everybody was a little riled up," Stempniak said. "We came in, took a deep breath, and tried to channel that frustration and energy into the game and stuck with it. It was a great win for us and a testament to our mental toughness."
After getting blanked on 30 shots by Smith last Tuesday, the Flames scored on the their first shot in this game.
Chris Butler's shot didn't make it through a crowd in front but Jackman collected it and, as he cruised by the net, he shoveled a backhand under Smith's arm. It was Jackman first goal and point in 52 games dating back to Dec. 29, 2011.
Game notes
Calgary RW Akim Aliu (lower body) was injured in his season debut Saturday and was replaced in the lineup by Roman Cervenka. ... Calgary LW Steve Begin played in his 500th career game. ... Iginla's two points give him 1,086 for his career, moving him within two points of Theo Fleury for 59th on the NHL's career list.
Game Information
Arena: Scotiabank Saddledome Location: Calgary, Alberta |
Referees: Tim Peel, Ian Walsh Linesmen: Andy McElman, Andy McElman |
Attendance: 19,289 (100.0% full) |
Team Stat Comparison
Arizona | Calgary | ||
4 | Goals | 5 | |
1 | Power Play Goals | 0 | |
5 | Power Play Opportunities | 3 | |
0 | Shorthanded Goals | 0 | |
3 | Penalties | 6 | |
8 | Penalty Minutes | 12 | |
27 | Shots on Goal | 31 | |
13 | Hits | 12 | |
40 | Faceoffs Won | 30 |
Scoring Summary
1st Period | ARI | CGY | ||
2:15 | Tim Jackman (1)
Assists: Roman Cervenka, Chris Butler |
0 | 1 | |
2nd Period | ARI | CGY | ||
5:32 | Michael Stone (1)
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1 | 1 | |
14:01 | Raffi Torres (3)
Assists: Matthew Lombardi, Oliver Ekman-Larsson |
2 | 1 | |
16:26 | Jarome Iginla (2)
Assists: Jay Bouwmeester, Alex Tanguay |
2 | 2 | |
19:25 | Mike Cammalleri (5)
Assists: Curtis Glencross, Lee Stempniak |
2 | 3 | |
3rd Period | ARI | CGY | ||
2:22 | Raffi Torres (4)
Assists: Zbynek Michalek, Shane Doan |
3 | 3 | |
8:48 | Nick Johnson (4)
Assists: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Paul Bissonnette |
4 | 3 | |
18:37 | Jarome Iginla (3)
Assists: Alex Tanguay, Matt Stajan |
4 | 4 | |
19:00 | Curtis Glencross (7)
Assists: Lee Stempniak, Chris Butler |
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Mindi Nagle is an undergraduate, first generation student at Southern Oregon University pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in English and Writing with an emphasis in Professional Writing and minoring in Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies. She anticipates graduating cum laude in June of 2015.
Mindi is interested in human interactions within our national, state, and local parks and in advancing our understanding of how communities can utilize the various social research methodologies in social science to solve complex problems related to the management of publicly owned lands. She is specifically interested in park visitor demographics and how administrators can utilize social research to improve park visiting rates, especially in relation to underrepresented populations. She is also interested in grant proposal development, women's literature and autobiography, and narrative oral histories. Her past research has included gender related policy research, social and demographic research, women in literature, feminist readings, and linguistic research. She enjoys conducting ethnographic research and assisting communities to garner benefits from making their stories part of the public discourse.
After completing her undergraduate degree at SOU Mindi is interested in pursuing a graduate degree in Forestry or in Sociology. She hopes to engage her love of research and community action within a program that can help her to achieve her career goals of becoming a post-secondary educator and professional researcher.
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Sears catalogue continues to harm boreal forest and caribou
(08/17/2009) Sears Holding Company, most known for their ubiquitous catalogues, continues to stall on releasing a more environmental paper policy, according to the nonprofit environmental organization ForestEthics. Sears' long delay to implement a more forest-friendly policy is adding pressure to already threatened caribou populations and deforesting forests in Canada, where the company sources much of its paper.
Oil companies in the UK are big users of palm oil biodiesel
(08/17/2009) British motorists are unwittingly big consumers of palm oil produced on rainforest lands in southeast Asia, reports The Times.
Forest fires set by Borneo dam developer contributes to haze in Malaysia, Singapore
(08/17/2009) The developer of a massive hydroelectric project in Borneo plans to set fire to thousands hectares of logged over rainforest in the dam area, contributing to polluting haze already blanketing the region and raising the risk of forest fires in adjacent areas, reports a local environmental group. The Sarawak Conservation Action Network has learned that Sarawak Hidro Sdn Bhd, the operator of the Bakun Hydroelectric Power Dam project, is in the process of clear-cuting 80,000 hectares (200,000 acres) of rainforest set to be flooded by the dam. The remnants are being torched, in direct violation of Malaysia's laws against open burning.
Saving the tsingy forests in Madagascar
(08/17/2009) After the success of their Sahafina Forest project, Biodiversity Conservation Madagascar is now branching out to the tsingy forest of Beanka, a project set to launch in October this year. Biodiversity Conservation Madagascar (BCM) has been granted a 25-year lease on a 14,000-hectare area of dry hardwood forest, the Beanka tsingy, situated 75 km east of Maintirano in western Madagascar. 'Tsingy' are spectacular razor-sharp limestone pinnacles found on the west and north of the island, formed by acidic rain erosion. The deciduous forests that inhabit them are characterized by high plant and animal endemism. The Malagasy organization plans to apply the same principles here – protection of the forest, socio-economic development and forest restoration – that brought them success with their last project, the 2,500-hectare forest block of Sahafina on Madagascar's east coast.
Photos reveal illegal logging near uncontacted natives in Peru
(08/17/2009) Ariel photos show proof of illegal logging for mahogany occurring in a Peruvian reserve set aside for uncontacted natives. The photos, taken by Chris Fagan from Round River Conservation Studies, show logging camps set-up inside the Murunahua Reserve, meant to protect the uncontacted indigenous group, known as the Murunahua Indians, in the Peruvian Amazon.
Police face murder charges in killing of indigenous protesters in Peru
(08/16/2009) A federal prosecutor in Peru filed murder charges against two police generals and 15 other officers over the deaths of indigenous protesters at a roadblock in June, reports the Associated Press. The Indians were protesting new rules that would have made it easier for foreign developers to exploit oil and gas, timber, and minerals in Peru's Amazon rainforest. The skirmish left 23 police and at least ten protesters dead.
The Tipping Point in Civilizational Collapse
(08/14/2009) Just as biological systems exhibit tipping points which once passed catalyze irreversible and often unpredictable patterns of change, so do civilizations and social structures. In past civilizational collapses, these tipping points were generally catalyzed by soil depletion, resource shortages, environmental degradation, and social upheaval.
Climate Activists Push the Limits
(08/14/2009) As major polluters and industrial countries continually postpone commitments to reduce carbon emissions, climate change activists are stepping up their efforts.
World population set to reach 7 billion in two years
(08/13/2009) Despite declining birth rates in some developed countries, the world population is still growing—and fast. A new study by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) finds that the human population will hit a new milestone of seven billion people by 2011.
Largely unexplored rainforest slated to be leveled for gold mining in Colombia
(08/13/2009) Serrania de San Luca is a rainforest-covered massif rising to 2,300 meters (7,500 feet) in northern Colombia. Despite being little-explored and containing several endangered species, the forest is threatened by industrial gold mining operations, according to the local conservation group ProAves. Already the forest has been reduced to 10 percent of its original 2.5 million acres due to agriculture, small-scale mining, and other human impacts. Now, the Colombian government has granted large concessions to AngloGold Ashanti, a gold mining company out of South Africa which has been criticized by the Human Rights Watch for allegedly aligning itself with locally armed gangs in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Will hydrocarbon biofuels replace gasoline and ethanol?
(08/13/2009) In a Perspectives piece in Science, John R. Regalbuto argues that the world will soon see a revolution in biofuels, but not those made from corn. Instead Regalbuto, program director of Catalysis and Biocatalysis at the National Science Foundation, says that the future of biofuels is in substances that can be converted into hydrocarbons, such as switch grass, woody biomass, corn stover, and even algae.
Tropical plant expert Stephen P. Hubbell wins this year's Eminent Ecologist Award
(08/13/2009) Stephen P. Hubbell has won the 2009 Eminent Ecologist Award. Hubbell is a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UCLA.
Pesticide use linked to dying frogs in California
(08/13/2009) Pesticides used by farmers in California's Central Valley could be killing frogs in the Sierra mountains, report researchers.
Greenpeace gets called out by activist group on logging agreement
(08/13/2009) A forest activist group has called out Greenpeace on its support of Kimberly-Clark's new fiber-sourcing policy.
Amazon stores 10 billion tons of carbon in 'dead wood'
(08/12/2009) Old growth forests in the Amazon store nearly 10 billion tons of carbon in dead trees and branches, a total greater than global annual emissions from fossil fuel combustion, according to scientists who have conducted the first pan-Amazon analysis of "necromass."
Boreal forests in wealthy countries being rapidly destroyed
(08/12/2009) Boreal forests in some of the world's wealthiest countries are being rapidly destroyed by human activities — including mining, logging, and purposely-set fires — report researchers writing in Trends in Ecology and Evolution.
Issues around palm oil development prove complex, controversial
(08/12/2009) A new report from published by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) highlights the benefits — and controversies — of large-scale expansion of oil palm agriculture in Southeast Asia. The review, titled "The impacts and opportunities of oil palm in Southeast Asia: What do we know and what do we need to know?", notes that while oil palm is a highly productive and profitable crop, there are serious concerns about its environmental and social impact when established on disputed land or in place of tropical forests and peatlands.
Northern India's water is vanishing due to agriculture, human consumption
(08/12/2009) It's a disaster in the making: a new study by NASA and UC Irvine has found that the groundwater beneath northern India has been vanishing at a rate of a foot per year during the last decade. In total 109 cubic kilometers (26 cubic miles) has been lost in six years time—three times the size of Lake Mead in the United States.
After a hundred years, salmon swim by the Eiffel tower again
(08/12/2009) Atlantic salmon have returned to the Seine river reports the AFP. Absent for nearly a century, the salmon have returned entirely of their own volition: no reintroduction efforts were undertaken.
Historical deforestation in Madagascar may not be as bad as commonly believed
(08/12/2009) The long-held assumption that Madagascar has lost 90 percent of its forest cover due to fire and slash-and-burn agriculture may be overstated, argues new research published in Conservation Letters. Analyzing 6000-year pollen records in four sites, Malika Virah-Sawmy of Oxford University found evidence that vegetation in southeast Madagascar has for millennia been a mosaic of forests, woodlands and savannas, rather than continuous forests as generally believed. Virah-Sawmy says the findings demonstrate the importance of conserving Madagascar's remaining ecosystems as a buffer against climate change.
Incinerators in China put health of Americans at risk
(08/12/2009) Toxic pollutants from China's trash incinerators are spreading far and wide, putting the health of Chinese citizens in China and Americans in the United States at risk, reports the New York Times.
Loss of Great Barrier Reef due to global warming would cost Australia $37.7 billion
(08/12/2009) A recent study reports that the loss of Australia's Great Barrier Reef due to climate change poses a catastrophe not just for marine life, but would cost $37.7 billion during the next century.
Climate change will challenge US military
(08/11/2009) US military intelligence analysts claim that climate change will present significant strategic issues around the world. The increased occurrences and severity of storms, droughts, resource shortages, and the spread of disease are all linked to climate change.
Lessons from the crisis in Madagascar, an interview with Erik Patel
(08/11/2009) On March 17th of this year the President of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, resigned his post. This made way for Andry Rajoelina, mayor of Madagascar's capital, to install himself as president with help from the military. The unrest and confusion that usually accompanies such a coup brought disaster on many of Madagascar's biological treasures. Within days of Ravalomanana's resignation, armed gangs, allegedly funded by Chinese traders, entered two of Madagascar's world-renowned national parks, Marojejy and Masoala parks, and began to log rosewood, ebonies, and other valuable hardwoods. The pillaging lasted months but the situation began to calm down over the summer. Now that the crisis in Madagascar has abated—at least for the time being—it's time to take stock. In order to do so, Mongabay spoke to Erik Patel, an expert on the Critically Endangered Silky Sifaka and frequent visitor to Madagascar, to find out what the damage looks like firsthand and to see what lessons might be learned.
New carnivorous plant big enough to swallow a rat
(08/11/2009) A newly discovered carnivorous plant in the central Philippines is large enough to catch a rat, according to a story by the BBC. Nepenthes attenboroughii, named after naturalist and broadcast David Attenborough, is a member of the pitcher plant family, so-called because it is shaped like a large pitcher. The plant preys on insects and animals that fall into its gaping maw.
Brazil's environment minister Minc to step down
(08/11/2009) Brazil's environment minister Carlos Minc will step down in March to run for deputy in the Rio de Janeiro state legislature in general elections next October, reports Reuters.
Air quality worsens in Malaysia due to forest fires
(08/10/2009) Air quality in Malaysian Borneo is worsening as large numbers of fires rage near the Sarawak-Brunei border, reports the Star newspaper.
Greenpeace drops boulders in Swedish waters to protect marine life from bottom trawling
(08/10/2009) Activists with Greenpeace have begun placing massive granite rocks in Swedish waters to prevent fishing boats from bottom trawling in sensitive areas.
Photos: hundreds of new species discovered in Himalayan region, threatened by climate change
(08/10/2009) Scientists from a variety of organizations have found over 350 new species in the Eastern Himalayas, including a flying frog, the world's smallest deer, and a gecko which has walked the earth for 100-million-years, according to a new report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The report, entitled Where World's Collide, warns that these rare biological treasures, as well as numerous other species, are threatened in the Eastern Himalayas by climate change.
Farmers have poor understanding of role of wildlife in protecting crops
(08/10/2009) Environmental conservation depends, to a large degree, on public acceptance. Understanding people's opinions on ecosystems and wildlife can be very helpful in designing programs that aim to benefit both the environment and society. A new study, published in Tropical Conservation Science, interviewed organic shade-coffee farmers in Cuetzalan, Mexico, to understand how they perceive the wild animals that live in their fields, as well as their knowledge of the ecological roles these species play in maintaining ecosystem services.
Golden lion tamarins play key role in seed dispersal in Brazil's Mata Atlantica
(08/10/2009) Golden lion tamarins play an important role in seed dispersal in Brazil's Mata Atlantica, report researchers writing in the the journal Tropical Conservation Science.
Priorities in global bird conservation 'misplaced'
(08/10/2009) Bird conservation is misplacing its priorities by focusing on non-threatened bird species in developed countries, rather than threatened species from tropical nations, report researchers writing in Tropical Conservation Science.
Better species distribution modeling needed for the tropics
(08/10/2009) In order to conserve the world's biodiversity we need to know where species are found. We also need to predict where they might be found if the climate changes or human activity alters habitats. One way of gaining such knowledge is through field studies. Such work on the ground produces lists of species and adds to museum collections. However many tropical areas have not yet been visited by scientists. Even the most detailed studies from the best known areas of the tropics are far from exhaustive. This means that accurate distribution maps are not available for many tropical species. In order to address the problem increasingly sophisticated computer models have been designed that aim to predict where species might occur based on current knowledge. These models can often add a great deal of value to the limited information available. However, models are only as good as the data from which they are built.
Despite legal protection, Indian turtles are poached for restaurant trade
(08/10/2009) Despite being accorded the highest level of protection under Indian law, soft shell turtles are regularly trafficked in Kerala for the restaurant trade, report researchers writing in in the journal Tropical Conservation Science.
Earthworm diversity in Vietnam
(08/10/2009) Central Vietnam is a region that suffers from hostile climate (drought, flooding) and sandy soils that are low in fertility. As a consequence of these conditions, the regions is less favored for agricultural development than the Mekong River Delta. Soils fertility is a function of the quantity and quality of organic matter transformed by soil organisms, like earthworms, which are commonly viewed as bio-indicators of soils fertility.
Gorillas orphaned by bushmeat trade set free on island
(08/10/2009) The Fernan-Vaz Gorilla Project has set free six young gorillas on an island outside of Loango National Park in Gabon. The release marks a new stage in the rehabilitation of the gorillas. The six western lowland gorillas, ranging from two to seven years of age, were orphaned when their respective parents were killed for bushmeat. The island provides a refuge from poachers and other predators where the gorillas are able to acclimate to the wild in safety.
Ban Ki-Moon: climate change 'greatest collective challenge we face'
(08/10/2009) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon spoke on Monday of the challenges facing the world and singled out climate change as the greatest.
New website consolidates national red lists for endangered species
(08/09/2009) The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has brought together national red lists from around the world for the first time in one location. From the cliff tiger beetle in the United Kingdom (classified as 'rare') to the Asian elephant in Sir Lanka (considered 'vulnerable') the website (www.nationalredlists.org) brings together data on over 50,000 species from 40 countries.
Large Trees Declining in Yosemite
(08/07/2009) A recent study by the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) indicates a substantial decline in the number of large-diameter trees in Yellowstone National Park. Between the 1930s and the 1990s there was a 24% decline in large diameter trees.
Peru to proceed with oil and gas auctions in the Amazon despite indigenous protests
(08/07/2009) Despite violent protests by indigenous groups over plans to expand oil and gas exploration in the Peru's Amazon rainforest, energy investments in the South American country are expected to increase to $1.5 billion in both 2009 and 2010, reports Reuters.
Limit palm oil development to lands that store less than 40 tons of carbon/ha - study
(08/06/2009) A new study finds oil palm plantations store less carbon than previously believed, suggesting that palm oil produced through the conversion of tropical forests carries a substantial carbon debt.
Kimberly-Clark announces greener wood fiber sourcing, sparking debate between environmentalists
(08/06/2009) Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the maker of Kleenex, Scott and Cottonelle brands, has announced stronger fiber sourcing standards that will reduce the company's impact on forests worldwide. The move comes in response to a long campaign by Greenpeace, an environmental group that is now advising Kimberly-Clark on its forest policy.
Amazon deforestation falls in June
(08/05/2009) Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon during June dropped at least 4.4 percent to the year earlier period, keeping Brazil on pace for the lowest forest loss since annual record-keeping began in 1988.
Millenium Project's "State of the Future" Report Cites 21st Century Threats
(08/05/2009) The United Nations Millenium Project has recently published its 2009 "State of the Future" report. The publication states that 50% of the global population is at risk of social conflict and violence due to unemployment from the recent recession, as well as pervasive threats such as lack of water, food, and energy resources. The report also cites the cumulative effects of climate change and poor environmental and economic conditions as contributing, problematic issues.
Imbalance in Earth's Biogeochemical Cycles
(08/05/2009) Scientists are currently meeting at the 94th annual Ecological Society of America (ESA) symposium in New Mexico to discuss, among other topics, the massive upset of the natural biogeochemical cycles of the Earth System.
Chinese factory closes following cadmium pollution protest
(08/05/2009) The Xianghe Chemical Factory in China was closed after protests from local residents in the central Human Province. The plant had recently been the target of several widely-covered "mass-incidents" of violent protest. Nearly 1,000 protestors called for immediate closure of the plant last week.
Did malaria come from chimps?
(08/03/2009) Malaria may have jumped from chimpanzees to humans much like AIDS did, report researchers writing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Madagascar issues fines for timber stolen from national parks during political crisis
(08/03/2009) Authorities in Madagascar have blocked shipment of 176 containers of rosewood and other valuable timber from Vohémar port, pending payment of 72 million Malagasy ariary ($37,500) in fines reports Noro Niaina of Les Nouvelles. The wood was illegally harvested from Marojejy and Masoala National Parks during the chaos that followed a March military coup on the Indian Ocean island nation.
Turning wasteland into rainforest
(07/31/2009) The highly touted reforestation project launched by orangutan conservationist Willie Smits in Indonesian Borneo is detailed in this week's issue of Science.
Emissions from Amazon deforestation to rise as loggers move deeper into the rainforest
(07/31/2009) Emissions from Amazon deforestation are growing as developers move deeper into old-growth forest areas where carbon density is higher, report scientists writing in Geophysical Research Letters.
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In this brief we conclude that, absent a single payer system, it is not possible to achieve universal coverage without an individual mandate. The evidence is strong that voluntary measures alone would leave large numbers of people uninsured. Voluntary measures would tend to enroll disproportionate numbers of individuals with higher cost health problems, creating high premiums and instability in the insurance pools in which they are enrolled, unless further significant government subsidization is provided. The government would also have difficulty redirecting current spending on the uninsured to offset some of the cost associated with a new program without universal coverage.
Our contention that an individual mandate is critical to achieving universal coverage rests upon three points. First, many individuals will not choose to obtain coverage under a purely voluntary system. Second, adverse selection will occur under a voluntary insurance system.Third, it is politically difficult to redirect current government spending on care for the uninsured to offset the costs associated with new broad-based reforms unless the full population is insured.
Evidence on Voluntary Participation. There is abundant evidence that without an individual mandate a health reform would fall well short of achieving universal coverage.As part of the work that we did early in the debate over universal coverage in Massachusetts,we showed that voluntary approaches without an employer or individual mandate would only cover about 40 percent of the uninsured; adding an employer mandate would still leave about 50 percent of the uninsured without coverage. We found that Massachusetts could achieve universal coverage only with an individual mandate, even when we assumed relatively generous subsidies provided to those with incomes up to 400 percent of the FPL, government-sponsored reinsurance for high-cost cases in the private nongroup and small-group (fewer than 100 workers) markets, and an organized purchasing pool.
Other analysts have reached similar conclusions. In a study that analyzed health reform options for the state of New York, the Lewin Group found that voluntary measures including a public expansion and subsidized buy-in to a state health plan reduced the number of uninsured by 29 percent.Adding an employer mandate (but not an individual mandate) to these voluntary measures reduced the number of uninsured by 36 percent. In an analysis extending the Massachusetts type plan to the United States, Jon Gruber found that voluntary measures, including income-related subsidies and a purchasing arrangement, would reduce the number of uninsured by about 50 percent.
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Charles McPherson
To a greater extent than on any of his four previous Prestige albums, Charles McPherson stepped out of the shadow cast by his major influence Charlie Parker on Horizons. This resulted from the uncommon ensemble sound of his sextet, where McPherson is the lone horn joined by vibes, guitar, and piano, and from the vivid melodic and structural character of his four original compositions. Instrumentation and material combined to underscore the lyricism and energy in McPherson's approach,… MORE
An alto saxophonist inspired by Charlie Parker but having his own tone, Charles McPherson (b. 1939) can always be relied upon to give 100 percent. McPherson grew up in Detroit, began playing alto when he was 13, and studied with pianist Barry Harris.
The altoist moved to New York in 1959 and a year later joined Charles Mingus, succeeding Eric Dolphy. McPherson worked with the bassist on and off during the following 14 years, adding his Charlie Parker sound to Mingus's adventurous settings. He also played with Harris and his fellow Detroiter trumpeter Lonnie Hillyer in addition to heading his own quartets.
Between 1964 and 1969, McPherson recorded six albums for Prestige that constitute some of the finest work of his career. Bebop Revisited! is a quintet set with Barry Harris and trumpeter Carmell Jones on which the musicians mostly perform bop classics, including "Hot House," "Nostalgia," and "Wail." Con Alma! has McPherson teaming with Harris and tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan for jazz standards plus McPherson's "I Don't Know," which is similar to "Parker's Mood." On Live at the Five Spot, McPherson and Hillyer interpret a program ranging from "Shaw 'Nuff" to "Never Let Me Go" and the funky "The Viper." From This Moment On, with pianist Cedar Walton and guitarist Pat Martino, Horizons (a similar group with Nasir Rashid Hafiz added on vibes); and the quartet outing McPherson's Mood wrap up the altoist's Prestige period.
Charles McPherson, who moved to San Diego in 1978 and played on the soundtrack of both Sweet Love Bitter and Bird, has stuck to the same rewarding musical path up to the present time, finding his own voice in the Charlie Parker style.


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Recap of 2014 Digital Inclusion Activities
NE Wyandotte Community Technology Center: Probably the most significant event of 2014 was opening the Kansas City KS center in March. This project is a partnership with the Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority. The center is across from the Juniper Gardens low income housing project where we created a four-block wide Wi-Fi hotspot in April 2013 that reaches about 300 households. The center is in the 66101 zip code which has the highest rates of crime and poverty in the entire state of Kansas. Since it opened in March, 1,100 adults and 700 teens and preteens have used the center's twenty public access computers. We also offer free digital life skills classes on-site.
Last summer, we moved our refurbishing shop to the new Kansas center while continuing to conduct regular training sessions in the Reconciliation Services building at 3101 Troost in Kansas City MO. Our new community technology center is a model for similar programs in other Kansas City urban neighborhoods. In the coming year, we will be focusing on outreach to the Northeast area of Kansas City on the Missouri side of the state line. Our research has found that a very high percentage of families there are living on the wrong side of the Digital Divide.
Digital Life Skills Classes Reach More Inner City Residents: In 2014, 2,106 people from Kansas City's urban neighborhoods learned about computer basics, e-mail and the Internet through our efforts. 244 class sessions were led by staff and volunteers at ten different sites in the urban core. 25% of those who participated had never used a computer. 80% were minorities and 75% had annual incomes of under $20,000. Two thirds of participants were women, most whom were over fifty and had at least one child living with them.
Last year we kicked off a new concept we call "Family Computer Days" which are sponsored by churches, schools and community organizations. We partner with them to prepare a day long training event tailored to the unique needs of the people they serve. Along with three or four training staff and volunteers, we bring along a trailer full of computers which can be taken home that day by those who participate in the educational sessions.
Refurbished Computers Go Where Few Families Own PCs: In 2014, nearly 1,000 refurbished computers found their way to parts of the city where as few as one in five households own a computer (2013 US Census). 20% of our refurbished PCs found their way to cash-strapped churches, schools and nonprofit organizations.
For individuals who qualify as low income and take our courses, we provide a complete desktop system for as low as $75.00. This work was accomplished thanks to the efforts of two full-time shop managers, interns and volunteers. We are very grateful for the many individuals, businesses, organizations and government entities who made these efforts possible by donating thousands of used computers last year.
Inexpensive Unlimited 4G Wireless Internet Service Launched: Connecting for Good continues to operate Wi-Fi mesh networks that supply free Internet to three low income housing facilities, reaching about 500 households. In our efforts to provide affordable connectivity to people we serve, we forged a partnership with EveryOneOn.org and Mobile Beacon. Launched in November 2014, we now offer a $10 a month plan with no long-term contracts or credit checks. It is the Internet equivalent of a "pay as you go" cell phone. And, because so many people in the neighborhoods where we work do not have bank accounts or credit cards, we are accepting cash payments for the monthly subscriptions. This year we look forward to the conversion of this service, which runs on the Sprint network, to full LTE providing even faster connections.
In 2014, Connecting for Good emerged as an equipper of other organizations that are working to close the Digital Divide among their own constituents. Through hosting our training events, sending staff to train-the-trainer activities, refurbished PC partnerships, constructing computer labs, installing Wi-Fi, providing IT support and other activities, we've joined forces with local nonprofits to help more under served people become productive users of the Internet. As part of these efforts, we had the privilege of being one of the founding organizations of the Kansas City Digital Inclusion Coalition.
Kansas City area community groups we worked with in 2014 include:
Amethyst Place Avenue of Life Black Family Technology Awareness Association Blue Hills Community Services Church of the Resurrection/Geeks for God Cristo Rey Kansas City Harvesters Hispanic Economic Development Corporation Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council Kansas City Kansas Housing Authority Kansas City Kansas Public Library Kansas City Public Schools |
Kansas City Public Library KC Digital Drive Literacy Kansas City Mutual Musicians Foundation Operation Breakthrough Reconciliation Services Surplus Exchange Upper Room/Swope Renaissance Urban Neighborhood Initiative Urban League of Kansas City W. E. B. DuBois Learning Center Welborn Villa Westside Housing YMCA of Greater Kansas City |
A Special Thanks to our Partners and Supporters: Connecting for Good exists because of the support of local foundations and many committed individual donors. For all the great support, we are very grateful. We want to especially acknowledge the following for making substantial financial investments toward our efforts in the past year:
- Breckinridge Capital Advisors
- UnifiedOnline!, Inc. (CTC/KCNAP)
- Diocese of Kansas City/St. Joseph
- Edward. F. Sweeney Foundation
- Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund
- Kates Foundation
- Ewing Kauffman Foundation
- David Woods Kemper Charitable Trust (UMB Bank)
While we are excited about last year all we accomplished last year, we are preparing to make an even biggest impact in 2015. We will share some of our plans in a later posting. Thank you for your continuing support!
Closing the Digital Divide with Refurbished PCs
The main contributor to the Digital Divide is a lack of access to affordable computer equipment. Under resourced people who could benefit greatly by connecting to the Internet simply do not have the funds to purchase a PC.
At Connecting for Good, we live by the motto "Reuse Before You Recycle." Every year millions of perfectly usable computers are stripped down and their components recycled. The cash return on this practice is less than $12.00 per unit. Not only is reuse better for the environment, it allows us to create high quality Internet ready PCs for low income families and cash-strapped nonprofit organizations. We also offer free and affordable ways for them to connect to the Internet.
These refurbished PCs are a valuable resource for the senior citizens, inner city students and low income families who are receiving them. Who knows? If by placing an affordable Internet-connected PC in the hands of a teenager living in a housing project, you might have just launched the career of the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs!
At Connecting for Good, we are the electronic version of the gleaners who gather useful food from the fields after the harvest. We want to put still useful PCs back into the community where they can do a world of good. In 2014, we provided nearly 1,000 refurbished computers to low income Kansas City residents for as low as $75.00. Some of them we use to create public access computer centers in schools, churches and community centers. In the coming year, we plan to double our output now that we are operating a full scale, professionally staffed computer refurbishing workshop.
Our staff, interns and volunteers take used desktops and laptops and create high quality, Internet ready PCs. The refurbishing operation provides over one third of Connecting for Good's annual operating income. Additionally, these efforts provide jobs with us for people from the urban core and a chance to learn marketable technical skills for our interns and volunteers.
As a participant in the Microsoft Registered Refurbisher Program, a software grants program allows us to provide these computers to those who complete our free digital life skills classes and meet income qualifications. Every computer that comes out of our shop has a fully registered copy of the Windows 7 operating system. Microsoft Office is also available.
We follow a strict set of data destruction standards that ensure the confidentiality of the information on the donated computers we receive. What we can't use, we send out to certified recycling organizations so nothing ends up in a landfill. To meet our outreach goals, we need hundreds of used computers every month.
Won't you help? You may be able to give us PC equipment that you don't use and get a year end tax deduction at the same time. What is no longer useful to you can be turned into something that will truly change people's lives for the better!
- If you are interested in giving your equipment toward our efforts, please use our Computer Donation Form.
- If you would like to volunteer in our refurbishing operations, use this form.
- See About Us to learn more about Connecting for Good.
Update: November/December 2014
We now offer the Internet equivalent of a pay-as-you-go cell phone plan! For just $10 a month, low income individuals and families can connect with fast, unlimited 4G wireless Internet. No credit checks, no long term contracts.One of the most important aspects of our digital inclusion efforts is to create opportunities for low income families to get online in their homes. After a year of planning and research, we have found an approach that almost everyone we work with can afford. This program is made possible by a partnership with EveryOneOn.org and Mobile Beacon. To learn more call us at (913) 730-0677.
Since we opened the NE Wyandotte County Community Technology Center in March 2014, hundreds of residents of the Juniper Gardens public housing project and the surrounding neighborhood have used the facility. They take advantage of open computer lab times, free classes and other activities. Open five days a week, the center has become a valuable resource to both adults and youth in one of Kansas City's most under resourced neighborhoods. It is a model we plan to replicate in other needy inner city Kansas City neighborhoods, making public access computing more widely available. Over the past several weeks, we've made a significant investment in upgrading the computer lab with additional technology and faster bandwidth. The result is an even better user experience for those who use our computers on a daily basis.
Literacy Kansas City is a non-profit organization providing no-cost, one-to-one tutoring services to adults in the greater Kansas City area. Through our partnership with them, the people they help learn to read are now able to get very inexpensive PCs and the digital skills they need to access the online world. We are grateful for the opportunity to work with them and other great local people-helping organizations with training for their staffs, inexpensive computer equipment and low cost IT services.
The busy workbench at our PC refurbishing workshop. This past year, we saved hundreds of perfectly useful computers from the scrap dealers and put them into the hands of low income individuals. Most have gone to inner city neighborhoods where fewer than 1 in 5 households own a computer according to the 2013 US Census. For people who struggle to meet their daily expenses, it's difficult to get a computer. We make it easier by asking $75 for a complete system – and that can be done on layaway. Our workshop has scaled up and we are now producing nearly 200 Internet ready PCs a month.
While our computer refurbishing efforts get affordable computers to low income families, we are helping the environment too. To recognize our efforts, on December 5, 2014, the Mid-America Regional Council will honor Connecting for Good as one of their 2014 Sustainable Success Stories. This award highlight projects that advance the three pillars of sustainability — social equity, economic vitality and environmental stewardship.
As you are planning your year end charitable contributions, please consider investing in Connecting for Good. Help us to continue our efforts to make sure that anyone who can benefit from using the Internet is able to do so.