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AFRICA/CONGO DR - Reconciliation, peace and justice at the center of the reflection of the African Bishops gathered in Kinshasa
Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides) - "The family Church of God in Africa at the service of reconciliation, justice and peace". This is the theme of the Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of the Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), which opened on July 9 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The event, which will end on July 16, is attended by a hundred Bishops from all over the continent.
In explaining how the Catholic Church promotes peace in the light of the Gospel teaching, Cardinal Theodore Adrien Sarr, Archbishop of Dakar, Vice President of SECAM, said, "let us figure out how to strengthen the actions carried out, how to improve the methods and expand contacts so that the results are visible in all Countries. We feel deeply called to continue our efforts because peace is always compromised".
The Minister of the Interior of the DRC, Richard Muyej, who represented the Head of State at the opening ceremony of the Assembly, said he was happy that the event is taking place in Kinshasa at a time when "the RDC is attacked on the east side, causing thousands of displaced people". (L.M.) (Agenzia Fides 10/07/2013)
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Warmist Idea To "Climate Proof" Cities Revolves Around Big Government
I can tell, you're shocked. And I'm sure that you've noticed that pretty much every idea to solve "climate change" revolves around bigger, more intrusive, and more domineering government. Here's Warmist David Roberts at Grist
Climate-proofing cities: Not something conservatives are going to be good at
The notion of preparing cities for climate disruption is somewhat novel, though of course cities have always been built to adapt to natural conditions. What's new is that almost all cities must now plan for changes in the natural conditions they take for granted – changes likely to be substantial but which, in their specifics, are maddeningly difficult to predict with precision or confidence. (snip)
As I was reading the piece – which is excellent, well worth tracking down – it struck me that the signal features of good climate-proofing have something in common: Conservatives are going to hate them.
1. Climate-proofing costs a lot of (government) money. (WT-shocker!)
2. It requires a lot of (government) planning. (more fascism)
3. It requires both physical and social density. (essentially, this would revolve around forcing people into big cities)
4. It requires decentralized systems. (government being able to change things without the input of pesky citizens)
5. It requires openness and adaptability. (changing things up regardless of whether it breaks existing laws, moors, and that pesky Constitution)
Dave goes on to give his own reasons for why Conservatives would hate these ideas, but misses that American Conservatives are actually Classical Liberals, and aren't big on authority and government. On numbers 3 and 4 he writes
3. Conservatives are individualists, not communitarians
4. The conservative mind is, perhaps above all else, drawn to hierarchy and authority.
Number 3 is correct. Number 4 then contradicts. Number 4 would be about Classical Conservatives and, interestingly, Classical Socialists. Classical Conservatism is also referred to as Daddy Government in terms of involvement in people's lives. American Conservatives are against that.
Finally, what's missing is the notion of Warmists actually changing their own lives voluntarily to match their belief set.
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Strategy for collecting expertise from the public takes shape
In 1935, the federal government began gathering advice from a range of experts by publicly announcing opportunities for comment in the Federal Register. Now 75 years later, the book has gone online.
How ExpertNet would work
Since 1972, agency officials have convened committees of experts under the Federal Advisory Committee Act in an effort to end backroom discussions of policies and other agency decisions.
Now officials have proposed creating a wiki called ExpertNet to allow agencies to tap a larger well of expertise without publishing a book every day or finding a conference room to hold a meeting.
"ExpertNet is the next generation of citizen consultation," said Tim Young, former deputy administrator for e-government and IT at the Office of Management and Budget during George W. Bush's presidency and now a senior manager at Deloitte Consulting.
In announcing the ExpertNet concept in December 2010, government officials said their employees don't have all the answers to solving the issues that the government faces. They need help from outside experts.
"It means recognizing that government does not have all the answers and that public officials need to draw on what citizens know," wrote GSA officials, quoting President Barack Obama, when they announced the program in the Federal Register late last year.
The expertise is out there
There are specialists who could help, but agencies don't have an easy way to find them. ExpertNet is an attempt to tap into that wealth of knowledge. The goal is to enable government officials to search for the professionals they need. Agencies will post public notices about opportunities to participate in discussions on a variety of subjects, and experts would share their knowledge via the ExpertNet wiki.
ExpertNet would complement the Federal Register and advisory committees. But it is expected to be a more targeted way to publish notices than the Federal Register. For instance, officials said they want to spread the news through online professional communities that have expertise or enthusiasm for a particular topic.
Agencies won't invite specific experts to join the discussion. Rather, ExpertNet would inform people of the opportunity to participate by sharing their advice and insights.
ExpertNet can also help enhance performance management, a priority of the Obama administration. In general, the government wants better outcomes while saving money — the keys to performance management, according to a blog post by Aneesh Chopra, federal chief technology officer, and Shelley Metzenbaum, associate director of performance and personnel management at OMB.
Although officials are eager to put crowdsourcing technology to good use, observers say the infrastructure is secondary to ExpertNet's ability to attract knowledgeable individuals.
In short, the wiki's questions need to grab the attention of passionate but busy people, said John Kamensky, a senior fellow at the IBM Center for the Business of Government. The experts must be intrigued enough to take the time to respond. Without that interest, the questions would go unanswered or get few responses.
"The focus should not be as much about technology as it is on the engagement," he said. "Answers depend on whether I feel I am both passionate about the issue and I feel I can contribute."
Young said the questions posed on ExpertNet will need to be clear and brief. Officials should also test the questions with a sample group of experts so they can tweak them before posting them to the general public.
"It's like fixing the plane before it takes off," he said.
The importance of passion
Kamensky, who worked with Vice President Al Gore in the 1990s on the National Partnership for Reinventing Government, said officials got lots of feedback on that project because they had a core constituency that wanted to participate. Federal employees were passionate about the subject and intent on making their agencies operate better.
He cited the Transportation Security Administration's blog as another example of successfully engaging with an audience. The blog allows people to comment on regulations and how TSA operates when it comes to innovations in travel security, technology and the checkpoint screening process — a clear area of interest given that TSA screens more than 2 million travelers every day.
Kamensky said people post comments on the blog because they are passionate about security concerns. They want to give TSA their ideas and opinions — positive or negative — because the innovations could make their own travel easier.
TSA has tried to give its blog a friendly personality, said Sterling Payne, an agency spokeswoman. The bloggers write in a casual voice, avoid technical jargon and acronyms, and use humor when appropriate.
A Government 2.0 experiment that is similar to ExpertNet is BetterBuy. The wiki seeks to get more community input into the acquisition process by gathering insights on topics such as developing a contract's requirements and writing a request for proposals.
The BetterBuy wiki first asks a basic, overarching question so readers can find their areas of expertise. There are more specific topics under that question where readers can offer comments, said Mary Davie, assistant commissioner of the General Services Administration's Integrated Technology Services.
The wheat and the chaff
But once officials post engaging questions and generate interest, how do they tell the true experts from the casual commentators?
"They have to balance the wisdom of the experts from the opinions of the masses," Young said.
Jaime Gracia, president and CEO of Seville Government Consulting, said the main problem ExpertNet faces is finding enough experts who are willing to join the discussion. It's an ongoing problem in many circles: People avoid public discussions out of concerns about sharing proprietary information or marketing intelligence. They don't want to give up their secrets.
However, the government is looking for more than information. "Simply asking people for data doesn't accomplish much," Young said. Instead, officials must solicit and identify legitimate insights and ideas that help address the question at hand.
Finally, ExpertNet's leaders have said they are attuned to issues such as conflicts of interest and advice that serves only one expert's interests.
Objectivity is critical for ExpertNet, Young said. Solutions include peer review of the advice that's offered and a ranking system in which other experts voice their support for good ideas or debunk bad ones.
Administration officials are excited about the prospects for ExpertNet. "We are eager to see if this kind of technology helps us receive meaningful, manageable feedback," Chopra and Metzenbaum wrote.
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A traffic stop on Friday night led Eureka police to methamphetamine and resulted in the arrests of three men.
An officer initiated a traffic enforcement stop at about 10 p.m. on a gray 2003 Chrysler Sebring, whose driver yielded near Harris and L streets. The officer contacted the driver and two adult male passengers, who were subsequently identified as Florencio Hernandez Hernandez, 23, of Hidalgo, Mexico; Eduardo Mauricio Santos Gayosso, 19 of Hidalgo, Mexico; and Anthony Valandingham Pratt, 28, of Eureka.
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Sabathia (2-2) allowed two runs and seven hits, improving to 2-7 in 12 starts at Tropicana Field since joining the Yankees in 2009.
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It might be sacrilege since I live in some world class fishing at least for trout but the only fishing I do is in the cooler for another beer.
But I love to go out and camp while my daughter fishes.
I live in the UP of Michigan, about 150 miles north and west of Green Bay. But in the winter, we've been going to S. Texas, on the Gulf Coast, for a couple of months.
My friends sent an email from home- they went ice fishing yesterday and got a couple of legal walleye.
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