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(S02E04) "If we don't do exactly what this guys says, he will kill Cal." - Foster
Looks like it didn't take long for Cal's decision to buy out Zoe to catch up to The Lightman Group. Cash poor, Cal has been relegated to handling simple, pedestrian cases that do nothing more than bring in a paycheck. As the episode opened, there was obviously the possibility that Cal was actually at that singles mixer for himself, but it became clear pretty quickly what he was up to once he started grilling that blonde about marital fidelity.
Lightman looked embarrassed that he had to be doing it, but it did lead to a very heated discussion between him and Gillian. It would have been nice to see them argue a bit more about where their income will come from, but then a case that guaranteed to not pay anything wandered in the front door. Good thing, too, because it turned out to be arguably Lie to Me's strongest episode to date.
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Everything about the show remains top-notch. The look, the feel, the essence remains as precious as the Emmy-award winning pie-lette (for direction). In fact, that's the only problem with PD; it is precious. For some people that's too much. For me, this is TV that's just too good to care about the delicate balance between surreality and satire, fable and a far-out acid trip.
Putting Seinfeld's sandwich to the test
When I found out Jerry Seinfeld had created a peanut butter sandwich which was being sold exclusively at Peanut Butter and Company in Greenwich Village, I decided I had to try the sandwich myself. The thing is, I don't live in New York City so I put one together based on the information from this article. I'm not sure if I got the peanut butter/honey/cinnamon ratio just right, but I will say that Jerry knows what makes a good sandwich. My suggestion is not to overpower the sandwich with cinnamon. You should taste mostly honey and peanut butter with only a slight hint of cinnamon lingering in the background. Also, one must be careful of honey leakage. It can get messy. You should also make wry observations about random things while you're eating it, just to get the full Seinfeld experience.
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So today again I am writing about people who should just stop it already. I mean seriously is there anyone that watches sports that does not think Alex Rodriguez did PED's which are performance enhancing drugs. My problem with A-Rod is he got caught once and when he got caught he was in my mind not completely honest and the I sorry was half hearted. So now what happened is he got caught again and now how decided to fight it. See when you get caught it is ok but when you lie and continue to lie over and over then people get mad and don't trust you. Why would I believe him at all, I think like most I just assume that he has been popping PED's the whole time. I also think the guy is just disconnected for some odd reason. Yes he says the right things and act's very nice to the media but that is my point it is a act. Now am I sure it is a act no but I am not sure anything about this guy other than he seems like a spoiled brat. You got caught so take your money and your suspension and go. He was offered a plea deal and has choose to fight which means in the end I hope they ban him for life. Alex Rodriguez should just act like a man and a grown up and take his punishment, he knows what he took
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- New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church will observe Joy Night honoring Kathy Smith, first lady of the New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church at 6:30 p.m.. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Howard Smith, pastor of the Residence Baptist Church.
- St. Luke Baptist Church, 3755 Bayou Black Drive, pastored by the the Rev. Cyreal Chapman, will hold its annual garage sale at 7:30 a.m. Chicken dinners will be sold. Call 873-7839.
- First Corinthian Baptist Church Sisterhood will have its Fifth Annual Sisterhood Fellowship at 10 a.m. The guest speaker will be Karen Dabney from the Greater St. Matthews Baptist Church, pastored by the Rev. Donald Stovall. The public is invited. Call Patricia Brown at 876-5803.
- Dularge Community Baptist Church Choir is celebrating its 15th anniversary at 2 p.m. The Rev. Norman Edmonds and the members of Beulah Baptist Church will be the guests for this event.
- Christ Baptist Church Cathedral, 402 Bayou Blue Road, will host Pastor Kenneth Jackson and members of the New Rising Sun Baptist Church of Houma at 5 p.m. as guests at the Christ Baptist Family and Friends Day celebration.
- New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church will observe its annual Womens Day at 2 p.m. Guest speaker will be Minister Betty Jessie, a member of Greater Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Marerro, which is pastored by Elder Terry Gullage. Call Gloria Morris 872-6338.
- Morning Star Baptist Church at Johnson Ridge will hold its annual Mens Day observance at 2 p.m. Sunday. The guest minister will be Dr. Irvin Brown of the Eagle Wright Baptist Church.
- New St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church will hold a Family and Friends Day worship service at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Following the service will be a fun day picnic at the church. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Vincent Fusilier Sr., pastor of New St. Matthew Baptist Church of Schriever.
- Trinity Baptist Church, 195 Johnny Dufrene Drive, Mathews, invites the public to come to its free Vacation Bible School from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday-July 21. Children from kindergarten through sixth grade welcome to attend. Transportation may be provided. Call 532-3300 or 665-8895.
- Residence Baptist Churchs Womens Day Committee invites all ladies to attend "Sisters 4 Sisters Celebration" at 10 a.m. July 22 in Houma. Guest speaker Dr. Cara Morgan will conduct an open forum and entertain health questions pertaining to the busy African-American woman. Also local registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and dietician Iona Brown will be on hand to provide handouts and pamphlets on the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Empowerment facilitator Debbie Triggs and a local fitness trainer will be in attendance to motivate women on overcoming lifes daily challenges. This celebration is about promoting unity within the local church sisterhood through spiritual, physical and emotional supports. Brunch will be served and there will be door prizes.
- Residence Baptist Church will hold Womens Day at 7 a.m. July 23. The theme will be "Christian Women Seeking the Vision of God." The guest speaker will be Lillian Joseph of Magnolia United Methodis Church, Pastor Robert Johnson.
- New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church will observe Pastor Troy L. Smiths second anniversary at services at 7:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. July 23. Guest speaker for the 7:30 a.m. service will be the Rev. Hayward Sims pastor of the New Zion Baptist Church, and for 3 p.m. service the guest speaker will be the Rev. Vincent Frusiler, pastor of the New Saint Matthews Baptist Church.
- First Baptist Church of Schriever, 1987 La. 311, will hold its annual revival July 31-Aug. 4. The theme is "Rediscovering Our Spiritual Gifts." The daily revival schedule includes 5 p.m. street preaching, 6 p.m. spiritual institutes, 7 p.m. praise and worship, and 8 p.m. preaching service. On July 31, the revival will be held at Authement Street Park in Mechanicville; on Aug. 1 at Hobson and Naquin streets; on Aug. 2 on Williams Street in Dularge; on Aug. 3 at East
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- New Jerusalem Baptist Church, 2424 Grand Caillou Road, Houma, has formed a pulpit committee to assist in its search for a permanent pastor. The church is accepting résumés from all interested licensed ministers. Worship service begins at 7 a.m. each Sunday and Bible study is held at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. The congregation has named the Rev. Arthur Navarre temporary pastor. He is pastor of First Baptist Church on La. 311 in Schriever.
- Vision Christian Center, 4467 La. 24 in Bourg, will hold a free series of Saturday events called Fiesta Fun Festival for children ages 5 through 12 for five weeks 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Aug. 19, Aug. 26, Sept. 2, Sept. 9, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 16. Call 594-8888.
- Terrebonne Churches United Good Samaritan Food Bank is open at 254 Magnolia St., Houma from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays and Saturdays, and 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays. No appointments necessary, Call 851-5523.
- Trinity Baptist Church, 195 Johnny Dufrene Drive, Matthews, holds Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., worship services at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday and at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Rod King is pastor. Call 532-3300.
- Mulberry Baptist Church, 2025 Bayou Black Drive in Houma, has a Children In Action program for grade-school-aged children in first through fifth grades during its Sunday evening worship services that start at 6:15 p.m. Call 876-3204.
- Grace Chapel of Houma is now meeting in the Le Petit room of the Plantation Inn on Sunday mornings at 10:30 a.m. Features contemporary worship and inductive Bible teaching in casual and friendly atmosphere. Nursery and childrens services provided. Call 876-4704.
- Grand Caillou Baptist Church will have a contemporary worship service at 8:30 a.m. every Sunday morning. Call 868-5542.
- Joy-Full Gospel Ministries, 7549 Park Ave. (at McKinley Street) offers a weekly literary program and afterschool tutoring. Call Doris R. Trahan, director of education, at 851-6445 or 851-3484.
- Lords Supper Service is held every second Sunday at 5 p.m. at New Vision Family Worship Center, 6036 W. Main St.
- New Rising Sun Baptist Church, 230 St. Charles St., is open for prayer, noon-1 p.m. and 6-7 p.m. every Wednesday. The public is invited.
- United Theological Seminary and Bible College, 918 Roussell St., will hold classes from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays. Call 876-1264 or 860-7965.
- All Neighbors Together, a group that fights crime and works to better the community, meets at 7 p.m. every Monday, except the first Monday of the month, at the Mechanicville Gym in Houma. Members of New Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church, 146 Banks St., and its pastor, the Rev. Troy Smith, invite anyone in the community to attend the meetings.
- Christ Missionary Baptist Church, 3152 La. 311, sponsors free weekly tutoring sessions for prekindergarten through 12th grade at the church from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturdays. Students are asked to bring their books and work. Please be prompt with arrival and departure. Call Sharon at 709-4197 or 879-2936.
- Star Baptist Association invites anyone interested in becoming a member of the association or womens department to call 647-3235, 876-4009 or 223-0977.
- The Rosary is recited at 1 p.m. Thursdays at St. Anthony Adoration Chapel for the sick, world peace and to put God back into the schools and the country.
- Power Luncheon is conducted at noon on Thursdays at Grand Caillou Baptist Church, 2497 Grand Caillou Road. Call the church at 868-5542.
- Open House Gospel Sing-a-Long is 6:30-8:30 p.m. July 27 at the SLECA building, Coteau Road. Call Jimmy Savoie at 868-1819 or 790-2114.
- RCIA meetings, for anyone interested in becoming a Catholic, are conducted from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays in the St. Anthony parish office in Bayou Black.
- Mount Calvary Baptist Church services are 7:30 a.m. Sundays with Sunday school following and Bible study at 6 p.m. Wednesdays at 4709 Bayouside Drive, Chauvin. The Rev. Roland Price is pastor. Call 594-4990.
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Well I hope the state does it for you, but if they dont, Id do another test. That would tell you if the last one was a fluke or not. I can think of three possibilities.
1. Your sample was contaminated
2. Ward Labs screwed up big time
3. Fraud, plain and simple
If you do another test and it comes up dirty, you can cross off 1 and 2.
I hope youre taking notes on this, so you can have a good story for channel 5. If that IL EPA gal (hope you got her name) doesnt call back by Monday, Id call her. Dont be shy about mentioning your cousin that works for the Post-Dispatch and the neighbor that works for KTVI. I was going to say Senator Not-Yet-Indicted, but thats probably a waste of time. You gotta love Illinois politics.
Thats encouraging that the water company is not dragging their feet. Getting a do over from Ward Labs is a great idea. They have a dog in the hunt.
I see on their website they do agricultural testing, soil samples and whatnot. I didnt know that before. It seems likely the nitrate is from their end. The place must be like a barn. If they only did water tests it would be different.
Good luck, John. Let us know how it comes out.
Latest news: The Highland Water Treatment Plant, who provides ~half of the water that comes into my neighborhood, with Bon Madison providing the other half, came out to my house yesterday and got a sample of my water.
Here is what he emailed me: "Glen from Grantfork and I came out and got a sample yesterday around 2:30PM. We tested the nitrates on that sample and got a 2.2mg/L."
I'm thinking Ward Labs somehow contaminated my water sample while they were testing it... I email the Customer Service Dept for Ward Labs and asked if they could send me another sample kit and if it were possible that my sample may have gotten contaminated with Nitrates somewhere in the testing process because the past three years my water has had a Nitrate level of ~0ppm, and that I had the Highland WTP test it and it only had 2.2ppm Nitrate. I haven't heard back yet but I'm being hopeful.
Also, if that sample got contaminated I can't trust the other numbers they sent me now can I?
No, not really. I'd say they owe you a new test. It's possible that your sample got mislabeled as being someone else's sample or it's possible that only the nitrate test got screwed up. There is no way to know really unless they run an audit trail which I would think they would want to do.
Thats a new wrinkle. Now they say, just kidding, its not .02, its 2. Two orders of magnitude. Are you #bleeping# kidding me? Somebodys got some splaining to do.
Sounds like somebody took a dump in the treatment pool and sort of neglected to tell anyone. Your original sample was what, two weeks ago? I find it easier to believe the problem has been diluted from 11 to 2 than to imagine theyve been under-reporting x100 for years.
I gotta say Ward Labs is looking pretty good right now. I hope they do the right thing and give you another test. You really need independent analysis. Ideally IL EPA should step in, because both Ward and the municipalities have dogs in the hunt.
I talked to the guy at Ward Labs, Josh, and he asked me to send him another water sample and he'll run the test again for free, so I'll get that out to him this week and hopefully get the same numbers. Then it's going to be Highland WTP doing some 'splaining...
I got the new water test results back from Ward Labs.
Date: 18 September 2012
Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Est, ppm 316
Electrical Conductivity, mmho/cm 0.53
Cations / Anions, me/L 5.8 / 5.8
Sodium, Na - 39
Potassium, K - 4
Calcium, Ca - 44
Magnesium, Mg - 21
Total Hardness, CaCO3 - 198
Nitrate, NO3-N - 0.4 (SAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S - 19
Chloride, Cl - 61
Carbonate, CO3 < 1
Bicarbonate, HCO3 - 172
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 - 141
Total Phosphorus, P - 0.33
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01
From around 5 September 2012
Sodium, Na - 32
Potassium, K - 3
Calcium, Ca - 45
Magnesium, Mg - 21
Total Hardness, CaCO3 - 200
Nitrate, NO3-N - 11.3 (UNSAFE)
Sulfate, SO4-S - 19
Chloride, Cl - 55
Carbonate, CO3 < 1
Bicarbonate, HCO3 - 135
Total Alkalinity, CaCO3 - 111
Total Phosphorus, P - 0.44
Total Iron, Fe < 0.01
Everything is pretty close to the same except for the Bicarbonate and the Alkalinity... And I was extremely surprised and happy to see how much of a difference there was in the Nitrate level, had to have been some cross-contamination going on somwhere in the process, but I'm happy to see it so low now.
Back to the Alkalinity; at what levels for most beers do you want Alkalinity? I would assume I'd have to go at least 50/50 RO water when brewing anything other than really dark beer?
What do you guys think?
50 gets thrown around a lot as an upper limit but lower than that is better. There's a lot of 'it depends' in this. If you were doing delicate lagers you'd want the alkalinity, sulfate and sodium down. To get the sulfate level down sufficiently you'd need at least a 4:1 dilution (sulfate now at 57 would come down to 12 which is marginally OK) and that would also take the alkalinity down to 22 which is pretty good. But it would also reduce your calcium to 9 and chloride to 11 but while traditional pils is brewed at levels lke that a bit more chloride and calcium would benefit so you would probably want to supplement with calcium chloride.
But if you wanted to do an English beer with sharp hops character you want that sulfate - in fact you probably want more and you could use sulfuric acid to simultaneously reduce the alkalinity and add sulfate while leaving the calcium and chloride where they are. I don't advocate the use of sulfuric acid because of safety considerations and difficulty in obtaining FCC (food grade) material. Lots of brewers use phosphoric which is safer and sold in food grade by lots of LHBS.
OTOH you can get to exactly what you want by using straight RO water and adding salts as required. A big advantage with straight RO is that it doesn't matter what the vagaries of you water supply may be - the mineral additions are always the same for a particular style. It makes life awfully simple but there are those that find acid addition plus mineral addition adjusted for the variations in supply simpler. Matter of personal preference really.
I think RO water is going to be my best bet; like you said it's easy to account for where your numbers are going to be and you can easily make little fine-tuning adjustments from batch to batch using RO water. I got an RO system for under the sink that I think will work really well for brewing and cooking. The only thing is I might want to think about getting a water softerner at some point with the hardness coming in at 200ppm.


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Unit 6: Opening up the parliamentary process Learning objectives How do public meetings influence the budget process? After studying this unit you should be able to: • Discuss the pros and cons of opening committee proceedings to the public • Assess practices for media access to parliament in your country • Understand the steps involved in organizing public hearings on the budget Introduction The legislative stage offers an opportunity to enhance transparency and broaden public debate about budget choices. Participation in the budget process through public hearings also allows parliament to benefit from access to independent expertise on the budget. But the benefits of openness are not uncontested. This unit considers the pros and cons of opening proceedings to the public and the media and the role of public hearings by parliamentary committees. The pros and cons of open committees A substantial number of legislatures open their proceedings and committee meetings to the media and the general public. Half of the legislatures recently surveyed by the OECD report that committee proceedings related to the consideration of the budget are open to the public. With regard to the audit process, more than half of the public accounts committees surveyed by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association reported open access. Open committees provide a number of opportunities. Increased transparency can help to build trust in government, in particular in systems were secrecy in budgeting in the past allowed the diversion of funds for corrupt purposes. Open proceedings also allow the media to report on parliamentary debates and the legislative process. This gives individual parliamentarians and parliamentary committees a channel for making their views heard. The media is likely to give more attention to budgetary debates when it has access to parliamentary deliberations on the budget in both the chamber and committees. By transforming into a platform for open discussion on the contents of the budget, legislatures can help to broaden and deepen public debate. The general public is likely to be better informed on the constraints facing budget makers, which can help to build greater consensus around difficult tradeoffs. But the benefits of open committees are not automatic. An unintended effect might be to simply shift decision making from parliamentary committees to other forums such as working groups and party caucuses that are closed to the public eye. If this is the case, the gain in transparency from opening up committee meetings to the public is an illusion. Moreover, some critics warn that there are risks involved in ending secrecy in legislative deliberations. The apprehension is that opening the doors of committees to the media and the public might politicize committee debates and undermine effectiveness (Messick 2002): Industrial countries show that partisanship and committee effectiveness are inversely related: the less partisan the committee, the more effective it is likely to be. Partisanship is greater when committee meetings are open to the public. While there are risks to conducting public business in private, there are tradeoffs between the benefits of open meetings and the need for more effective legislative committees. Reformers should be sensitive to these issues. However, there appears to be no example of a legislature that implemented reforms to open committee proceedings related to the budget, and subsequently felt the need to reverse this decision and return to secrecy. It is true that there might be grounds for barring the public in exceptional circumstances, for instance for discussions that relate to a central intelligence agency or highly sensitive defense matters. But generally there are few good reasons to prevent open access of the media and the general public. The following years are likely to see the reorientation of more legislative bodies towards greater openness and accessibility. A recent study group of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association on 'Parliament and the Media' came out strongly in favor of opening up committee proceedings to the media. Table 8: Are committee meetings generally open to the public? Country Yes No Argentina X Australia X Austria X Belgium X Bolivia X Cambodia X Canada X Chile X Colombia X Czech Republic X Denmark X Finland X France X Germany X Greece X Hungary X Iceland X Indonesia X Ireland X Israel X Italy X Japan X Jordan X Kenya X Korea X Mexico X Morocco X Netherlands X New Zealand X Norway X Portugal X Slovak Republic X Slovenia X South Africa X Spain X Suriname X Sweden X Turkey X United States X Uruguay X Number of countries 20 20 Percentage of total 50% 50% Source: OECD (2003), http://ocde.dyndns.org/ Box 3: Recommendations for media access to parliament A Study Group of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association on 'Parliament and the Media' has published 'Recommendations for an Informed Democracy.' The following are excerpts from the recommendations dealing with access of the media to parliament: Parliaments should provide as a matter of administrative routine all necessary access and services to the media to facilitate their coverage of proceedings. Parliament should not use lack of resources as an excuse to limit media access and should use its best endeavors to provide the best facilities possible. Questions of eligibility for media access should be determined by the media itself. Parliaments should retain the right to suspend access for media representatives who violate Standing Orders or otherwise disrupt parliamentary proceedings. Parliaments should employ public relations officers to publicize their activities, especially to the media which do not cover Parliament, and education staff to run outreach programs to stimulate interest in parliamentary democracy. Both services should operate in an apolitical way under guidelines set by the House. Parliaments should provide the media with as much information as possible. Attendance and voting records, registers of Members' interests and other similar documents should be made readily available. Members have an obligation to update their entries in the register of interests and registers should be kept in such a way as to give a clear and current picture of both a Member's full interests and changes to those interests. Parliaments should consider the extent to which disclosure of Members' interests should be applied to their families and, if so, how this should be done while protecting their families' individual rights to privacy. The development of professional and ethical standards for journalists is a matter for the media. Integral to this is the media's responsibility to ensure that a journalist's private interests do not influence reporting. To assist in the information flow, Parliaments should publish as much of their material as possible on online. Given the importance of broadcast and other electronic access to the proceedings of Parliament both in Chambers and committees, Parliament should either provide an uninterrupted feed or access for broadcasters to originate their own feed, if appropriate on a pool basis. Guidelines for electronic coverage should be as flexible as possible. Guidelines for electronic coverage should ordinarily be put in place in consultation with broadcasters. Terms of availability should not be discriminatory between different media outlets and access to such feeds should not be used for censorship or sanctioning. Parliaments should be encouraged to provide live coverage of their proceedings on a dedicated channel and/or online. Committee meetings should be open to the public except in cases where it is determined in public that it is necessary to hold parts of a committee's proceedings in private. The Group notes that this is the practice, for example, in South Africa and commends this to other Parliaments. Source: CPA (2003), http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/journalism/pdf/perth_conclusions.pdf Public hearings on the budget To actively stimulate participation and to access independent expertise, parliamentary committees can issue calls for written submissions on the budget and related legislation and invite outside experts to give evidence. Calls for submission can be placed in newspapers, in the broadcasting media, or on the internet. Once written submissions have been received, committees can select witnesses for public hearings. Public hearings provide a structured way to bring the perspectives of outside experts into committee deliberations on the budget. Committees can benefit from independent analysis not only when parliamentary budget research capacity is limited or nonexistent, but also to supplement the overall level of information that is available on the budget. How widespread is the use of public hearings on the budget? A survey by the OECD covering 40 countries found that budget committees and other committees involved in the budget approval process draw on a broad mix of expertise, many of them supplementing evidence from politicians and government officials with inputs from private sector institutions such as banks or large consulting companies, think tanks, academics and civil society organizations. With regard to the audit stage, a survey by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association covering 70 of its branches found that hearings in public accounts committees focus on the auditor general and departmental officials, but also that about one third of audit committees summons civil society or interest groups to appear as witnesses. Table 9: Who typically appears before committees to answer questions or testify?* Number of countries Percentage of total Ministers 34 85% Heads of departments 30 75% Civil Servants 24 60% Other parliamentarians 5 12,5% Experts employed by legislature 8 20% Outside experts 12 30% Interest groups** 13 32,5% Individual citizens 1 2.5% Source: OECD (2003), http://ocde.dyndns.org/ Notes: * Question refers to the budget approval process. ** Nongovernmental organizations, labor associations etc. Table: Who is normally summoned as witness to the public accounts committee? Number of committees Percentage of total Ministers 22 31% Departmental officials 68 97% Auditor-General 55 79% Civil society and interest groups 20 29% Source: McGee (2002); based on a survey of 70 branches of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association. In contexts where public hearings are a new development opening up the proceedings of parliament to broader participation will involve a learning experience. To maximize the benefits from public hearings outside participants need to respect parliamentary procedures and be aware of the information needs of committees. They should arrive punctually, behave appropriately and be fully prepared. Parliament, in turn, should publicize all relevant information to allow thorough preparation for hearings and the drafting of written submissions in accordance with its rules and procedures. All information before parliament should be publicly available, including committee evidence and reports on public hearings. Means of dissemination typically include parliamentary websites and public information offices. Box 4: Process for committee hearings in the Australian Parliament The process may vary from inquiry to inquiry as circumstances demand but usually consists of the following steps: Reference received by the committee. Reference advertised through various media, and submissions sought from individuals and organizations. Submissions received and authorized for publication. Committee conducts on-site inspections, background briefing and seminars (where appropriate). Committee conducts public hearings with selected individuals and organizations requested to give oral evidence. Committee considers evidence and prepares report. The report is tabled in the Parliament and may be debated. Copies of the report are made available through various means including the Internet. Government considers report. Government responds to report by presenting response in the Parliament. Source: Parliament of Australia, http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/documnts/Howsub.htm Conclusion Parliaments increasingly decide to open their proceedings to the media and the public. This practice increases the transparency of the parliamentary process. Good media coverage provides a platform to publicize the work of budget committees and offers an opportunity to deepen public debate on the budget. In addition, the legislature can use public hearings to complement the budgetary information produced by the executive and to subject it to independent interrogation. A number of parliamentary committees regularly invite outside experts to public hearings to supplement evidence by politicians and government officials. The process of moving from a closed parliament to one that is open to the media and the public will involve a learning experience for all participants. To manage access and participation effectively, parliaments need to devise and publicize clear guidelines and procedures. Questions for discussion Please answer each of the following questions. If you are taking this course in a group you may then meet to discuss your answers. • Given the context of your country, how would you describe the pros and cons of a parliamentary budget process that is open to the media and the public? • How does media access to parliament in your country compare against the recommendations of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association? • Does parliament in your country hold hearings on the budget? Who participates in these? • In your opinion, what is the quality of media reporting on the budget in your country? What can be done to strengthen reporting on the budget? Relevant internet resources International Budget Project http://www.internationalbudget.org Parliament of Australia: Appearing as a Witness at a Parliamentary Committee Hearing http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/documnts/Witadv.htm Parliament of Australia: Preparing a Submission to a Parliamentary Committee Inquiry http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/documnts/Howsub.htm World Bank Institute: Journalism and Media Program http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/journalism/ Select bibliography Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (2003). Parliament and the Media: Recommendations for an Informed Democracy. London, CPA. http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance/journalism/pdf/perth_conclusions.pdf Fölscher, A., Ed. (2002). Budget Transparency and Participation: Five African Case Studies. Cape Town, IDASA. International Budget Project (2003). A Guide to Budget Work for NGOs. Washington, D.C., International Budget Project. http://www.internationalbudget.org/resources/guide/index.htm Messick, R. E. (2002). 'Strengthening Legislatures: Implications from Industrial Countries.' World Bank PREM Note (63). http://www1.worldbank.org/prem/PREMNotes/premnote63.pdf Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2003). Open Government: Fostering Dialogue with Civil Society. Paris, OECD. http://www1.oecd.org/publications/e-book/4203011E.PDF
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First batch of six biodiversity cartoons for 2015 (see full stock of previous 'Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss' compendia here).
First batch of six biodiversity cartoons for 2015 (see full stock of previous 'Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss' compendia here).
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Another year, another arbitrary retrospective list – but I'm still going to do it. Based on the popularity of last year's retrospective list of influential conservation papers as assessed through F1000 Prime, here are 20 conservation papers published in 2014 that impressed the Faculty members.
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Here are 6 more biodiversity cartoons for your conservation-humour fix (see full stock of previous 'Cartoon guide to biodiversity loss' compendia here).
I'm currently in Cairns at the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation's Annual Conference where scientists from all over the world have amassed for get the latest on tropical ecology and conservation. Unfortunately, all of them have arrived in an Australia different to the one they knew or admired from afar. The environmental devastation unleashed by the stupid policies of the Abbottoir government has attracted the attention and ire of some of the world's top scientists. This is what they have to say about it (with a little help from me):
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The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), the world's largest organisation dedicated to the study and conservation of tropical ecosystems, is concerned about recent changes in Australia's environmental regulations, reduced funding for scientific and environmental research, and support for governmental and civil society organisations concerned with the environment. Read the rest of this entry »
Published today on ABC Environment.
Greg Hunt, the Coalition Government's Minister for the Environment, today announced what appears to be one of the only environmental promises kept from their election campaign in 2013: to appoint a Threatened Species Commissioner.
The appointment is unprecedented for Australia – we have never had anything remotely like it in the past. However, I am also confident that this novelty will turn out to be one of the position's only positives.
My scepticism is not based on my personal political or philosophical perspectives; rather, it arises from Coalition Government's other unprecedented policies to destroy Australia's environment. No other government in the last 50 years has mounted such a breath-taking War on the Environment. In the nine month's since the Abbott Government took control, there has been a litany of backward and dangerous policies, from the well-known axing of the Climate Commission and their push to dump of 3 million tonnes of dredge on the World Heritage Great Barrier Reef, to their lesser-publicised proposals to remove the non-profit tax status of green organisations and kill the Environmental Defenders Office. The Government's list of destructive, right-wing, anti-environmental policies is growing weekly, with no signs of abatement.
With this background, it should come as no surprise that considerable cynicism is emerging following the Minister's announcement. Fears that another powerless pawn of the current government appear to have been realised with the appointment of Gregory Andrews as the Commissioner. Mr Andrews is a public servant (ironically from the now-defunct Department of Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) and former diplomat who has some minor infamy regarding contentious comments he made in 2006 when acting as a senior bureaucrat in Mal Brough's Department of Indigenous Affairs. Apart from Mr Gregory's general lack of specific expertise in species recovery, the choice appears to be neutral at best.
More importantly, the major limitation of the Commissioner to realise real benefits for Australian biodiversity is the position's total lack of political power. Greg Hunt himself confirmed that Mr Andrews will not be able to affect government policy other than 'encourage' cooperation between states and environmental groups. The position also comes with a (undisclosed) funding guarantee of only one year, which makes it sound more like an experiment in public relations than effective environmental policy. Read the rest of this entry »


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Better Flashlight / HeadlampApr 14, 2014 Effects GFX 5 comments
A headlamp that works for 70 ish meters instead of the puny 20 meters of the vanilla headlamp. The flashlight is now a viable option for indoors and night...
Call of Pripyat Complete is the third entry in the Complete mod series, which is a set of modifications created by professional artists dedicated to enhancing the production quality of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series. The Complete mods emphasize on improving the original graphics, sound, and atmosphere of each game while preserving the core game elements.
Built upon the success of Stalker Complete 2009, which was downloaded by one in every five S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl players, this entry in the Complete mod series is the cumulative culmination of the series' achievements in aesthetically updating the game without introducing unnecessary or gameplay-redefining features.
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People installing the 1.0.1 LITE experience crashes after the cut-scene of Jupiter Underground ( when their team first enter it to reach Pripyat ).
This is due to some missing climates used underground. As they do not eat much resources, instead of deleting the climate change script and degrading your game, you can simply re-add them, and enjoy more variation in climates in a fully working CoP.
Tested and working with LITE 1.0.1 installed on a XP SP2 2 GiB RAM.
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A headlamp that works for 70 ish meters instead of the puny 20 meters of the vanilla headlamp. The flashlight is now a viable option for indoors and night...
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Automatic .exe installer, compatible with XP, Vista, Windows 7, 32 and 64 bit. Works with Steam.
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hows it coming along.. percent completed? cant wait to score this 10/10
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Waiting eagerly to play your CoP mod! Played a lot of different mods for both CS & SoC including yours. In terms of graphics guality and functionality you are the superior - an absolute pure & true work that really shows the beauty of the zone. I like to combine the Complete mods with other small mods as well. Having said that, I lift my hat off to the other committed modmakers which also makes brilliant work and gives this series of games a long healthy life. Cheers & many thanx!
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Nice! I'm looking forward to this mod.
I've played your other complete mods and they are really nice!
Will you integrate vehicles in CoP complete too?
I just can´t wait for this!
The best S.T.A.L.K.E.R game until now with the best stalker mod!
I loved replaying SoC with Complete 2009 and I will wait until CoP Complete is released until I replay CoP!
Ah, btw: will CoP Complete work with the german steam version?
Just finished SoC and CS with their complete mods, gonna replay them until you have CoP Complete done, because I can't imagine playing a STALKER game without the Complete mod. Hoping CoP Complete goes well!
Artistpavel one question here: would you be able to create custom attachments and guns like a steyr aug with a attachable red dot sight if you know how to it will be very appreciated or is this just focused on graphics. :)
Adjusting the sights on guns is much harder to do in the newer engine. It takes ages to get them right.
Not sure if he'll be up to all the extra work when it's not a main focus of the mod.
I agree, I enjoyed the features in S.M.R.T.R and just focusing on graphics in an engine which I feel is already overloaded on graphical features probably won't help
Umm..... some updates would be nice. :-)
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S.T.A.L.K.ER: Call Of Pripyat Complete, the Shadow Of Chernobyl equivalent, doesn't live up to the very first in the series, which is a shame. And while the months pass, there hasn't been a single update on any of the pages of the Complete mod division. This mod, as well as it's predecessors, are outdated, bugged and this one in particularly doesn't improve on anything another mod at the moment already does or does better. This mod introduces game breaking bugs, plus that it's always being used…
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During a late June weekend, the famous Pirell's Italia à Zandvoort was held, gathering thousands of Italian car enthusiasts on the famous circuit of Zandvoort in The Netherlands.
Naturally this event gathers a lot of Ferrari fans, since the weekend also features six 'all' Ferrari races featuring models like the 360 Modena, also some Alfa Romeo racing happened during this fun packed weekend.
But also a nice gathering of Lamborghini models was present on the paddock area, ranging from the classic 400 GT 2+2, the Miura, Countach, Diablo and even a Murciélago.
Unfortunately the space reserved for these great vehicles wasn't really adequate for the number of cars that arrived in Zandvoort, as you can clearly see from these photo's, some cars, like these two Countach couldn't even be unloaded from their trailer.
But that didn't stop the large numbers of people that took the drive up to Zandvoort to enjoy them to the fullest, it doesn't happen everyday that you can glance at such a selection of great Lamborghinis.
As usual on and around the paddock a lot of small stands were put up that sold all kinds of Italian car automobilia ranging from the usual scale models up to the rare brochures featuring the cars that could be admired on the paddock.
Nationaal Oldtimer Festival 2013
A large gathering of Lamborghini at this big oldtimer festival at the Dutch Zandvoort circuit ... not all of them were classics or oldtimers however.
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Nationaal Oldtimer Festival 2008
Our review on the Nationaal Oldtimer festival held in Zandvoort, the Netherlands
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Taking your Lamborghini onto a track attracts a lot of owners, hence the success of the Clubspecials in Zandvoort.
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Pirelli's Italia Zandvoort 2004
The weatherforecasts didn't show much good, but fortunately the famous circuit at Zandvoort was again the setting for the, by now, well known Italia à Zandvoor
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Another big Italian car event on the famous Zandvoort circuit in the Netherlands.
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