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South African Diamond and jewelry brand King Crown established its presence in China with a local Chinese brand, "Hao Guan", in the beginning of 2012. Given its various sources of diamonds and color stones, it is committed to delivering high quality diamonds and jewelry to wealthy customers in China.
As many of the issues responsible for the challenging market in 2012 will continue to have an impact, some people are concerned about the outlook for the diamonds industry in 2013, most notably, as economic uncertainty shifts from west to east and back again. However, King Crown holds a positive view on its 2013 business development plan in China. The founder and managing director of King Crown , Hanchee Zheng, said, "The prospects for 2013 are encouraging, especially for the China market. Because a new government is taking power, the outlook for China has improved significantly, after a slowdown in growth and confidence in 2012. We are banking on a relatively strong Chinese New Year to set a more positive tone for 2013." Hanchee also referred to the joke of Mike Roman , the late former chairman of Jewelers of America (JA), who said, "Don't worry about diamonds. The industry will be okay, as long as there are three things: Christmas, sex and guilt."
"Our goals for 2013 are simple, but aggressive - and we need the right team to lead its execution," said Hanchee Zheng. "We have recruited several exceptional senior executives, and we are confident that they will lead our company and our sales channel to new levels."
King Crown recently stated that it has just established its import operation office in the Shanghai Diamonds Exchange (SDE), and has developed close partnerships with more than eight mainstream commercial banks in China. Meanwhile, King Crown has also formed partnerships with several influential online luxury retailers to distribute its various diamonds and jewelry products. The company added that it would introduce new designs into its direct sales channel beginning on Feb 1for the upcoming Chinese spring festival season.
King Crown sales rose 12.7 percent globally year on year for the week that ended December 29, according to data provided by its sales operation unit. On a month-to-month basis, comparable sales increased 7.9 percent due to last-minute Christmas shopping. King Crown anticipates that comparable sales in China will increase by between 300% and 500% in 2013.
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It turns out that those rumors about one of the Little Liars getting drunk are true. Below is a sneak peek of the Pretty Little Liars Season 3 premiere (Season 3, Episode 1: "It Happened 'That Night'"), and all four of the Liars are toasting to their senior year.
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LED FLASHLIGHT SETS About 41,000 LED flashlight and battery sets sold at BJ's Wholesale Clubs from July 2011 through December 2011 for about $15. The flashlights can heat up, smoke or melt when turned on, posing fire and burn hazards. BJ's has received two reports of incidents with the flashlights, including one unit overheating and one unit burning and making a loud noise. One minor injury to a consumer's hand has been reported.
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Hello My name is Derek Stevens. I am 3dbuzz concept artist. I have been published in many RPG's in the past and now teach Maya full time.
First of all I respect every one here. All artist are here to get bettter, to move ahead. This is what I hope for as well.
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A supervisor, foreman, foreperson, team leader, overseer, cell coach, facilitator, or area coordinator is a manager in business. The US Bureau of Census has four hundred titles under the supervisor classification.
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A supervisor is first and foremost an overseer whose main responsibility is to ensure that a group of subordinates get out the assigned amount of production, when they are supposed to do it and within acceptable levels of quality, costs and safety.
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THE behaviour of matter under conditions that have not occurred naturally since the big bang is being revealed at CERN, the European laboratory for particle physics near Geneva. Indian physicists claim that the energy spectrum of photons produced in high-energy interactions at the Super Proton Synchrotron exactly matches predictions for the radiation from a plasma formed by the breakdown of protons and neutrons into quarks and gluons.
Quarks are thought to be the fundamental building blocks of matter from which members of the hadron family, which includes protons and neutrons, are constructed. Gluons are the particles that carry forces between quarks, just as photons act as carriers of the electromagnetic force. Some theories of particle physics predict that at very high energies hadrons will decompose into a "quark-gluon plasma".
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| Pyongyang, May 18 (KCNA) -- 34 years have passed since the Kwangju Popular Uprising in south Korea.
The uprising was a heroic resistance to stand against the U.S. colonial domination over south Korea and military fascist dictatorship and realize the desire for independence, democracy and reunification.
Rodong Sinmun on Sunday says in a commentary:
The Korean people are looking back upon the heroic struggle and brilliant feats of the uprisers who recorded a page in the history of the just struggle of the south Korean people. And they are expressing the surging resentment at the U.S. and the south Korean puppet military gangsters who covered the whole of Kwangju City with blood and corpses of uprisers and innocent people.
The aspiration and desire of the people for independence, democracy and reunification are being trampled down in south Korea ruled by the descendants of the "yusin" dictatorship.
As the ferry Sewol disaster showed, south Korea is turning into a veritable hell in which the working people cannot live at ease even a moment due to the unpopular rule of the Park Geun Hye group.
If the moves of the Park group are allowed, the south Korean people will undergo bigger humiliation and meet greater disgrace by the foreign forces. And the second and third ferry Sewol disaster will occur and the people will suffer bigger misfortune under the shuddering fascist dictatorship and the treacherous unpopular rule.
Only when the south Korean people rise up as one in the massive anti-"government" resistance by inheriting the spirit of the Kwangju resistance uprisers, can they smash the U.S. colonial domination and the Park Geun Hye group's treacherous rule and realize their desire for independence, democracy and reunification.
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Systems, Scale, and Consequence is a graduate seminar and systems design studio that traces the life of designed products and services through the ecosystems which make them possible, valuable, or meaningful. In this seminar we look at the designed product as a trace of interdependent systems: legal, environmental, social, economic, technical, ethical.
- What is a system and what are some models for understanding systems?
- How do the implications of the scale of objects and services impact design decisions?
- What obligations do designer have to conceive of the systems of designed objects as a design problem?
- How does conceiving the scale consequences of designed products and services change how we design?
- What constraints and limits does working on scale put on the designer?
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Systems, Scale, and Consequence is designed to encourage a team of collaborative, professional designers to conceive, explore, and articulate the scale implications of the work of designed products and services—the limits, possibilities, and opportunities professional designers have which shape the implications of their practice, and the choices they face in the pursuit of their careers.
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Through a series of group and personal exercises we will begin by exploring the idea of systems, mapping our own individual systems, then attempt to systematically map the systems of a series of common designed products and/or services. Subsequently we will work to develop a general means for mapping scale systems implications for any designed product or service. In the process we will surface the critical design challenges and practices facing the designer-and explore the future of design as a systems practice. The course will feature guest lecturers and studio visits with practitioners investigating different aspects of the design of systems and ground the conceptual nature of the material in the design and creation of a final project.
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Students in this course will come away with a set of tools to:
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* Understand the potential systemic implications of a given design
* Create fluency and articulateness around systems thinking and the future of design as a systems practice
* A designed product or service that incorporates the idea of scale systems
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Thinking in Systems: A Primer, by Donella H. Meadows
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All Strategy Is Local, by Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn, Harvard Business Review
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"Why Cities Keep on Growing, Corporations Always Die, and Life Gets Faster", by Geoffrey B. West
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Read facts and step-by-step instructions on enrolling in Basic Writing classes.
Note to ESOL students: You may enroll in SDCC 4 for extra help for a maximum of three quarters. Once this term has ended, you must enroll in SDCC1 for the maximum three quarters.
Note: SDCC 1 will not be counted toward graduation requirements. Course units do count as workload credit toward minimum progress requirement and financial aid eligibility.
Visit the Basic Writing website (see your EIN postcard) to see if you passed or failed. Grades are posted about 3 days after the exam.
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The Secret Science of Numerology: The Hidden Meaning of Numbers and Letters, by Shirley Blackwell Lawrence
New Page Books, 9781564145291, 2001
This book is a marked departure from the introductory works which this company has been producing for the past several years.
I must admit that I had major conception when it came to the thrust of this book. I started into it expecting to learn how to construct a numerological reading (which I did, but not until nearly the end of the book), but quickly realized that this book, while addressing some basics, is designed to serve primarily as a source for the student to gain a better understanding of the numbers themselves. Continue reading


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Whether or not you can insure something depends on a number of items, including: Legality, Exclusions and something called 'Insurable Interest.'
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For the pancakes I used one of my favorite recipes.
- 3 1/2 cups buttermilk
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- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 3 cups flour
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp sugar
- Turn griddle on to 300. (be sure to make the pancakes based on the best temperature for your griddle... most say 350 degrees, but my griddle makes the best pancakes at 300)
- Place flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar into a bowl and stir with a fork. Add in the slightly beaten eggs, buttermilk, and oil. Combine until fully incorporated. Do not over mix.
- Place about 1/4 cup on batter onto griddle. When pancakes have bubbles, flip over.
- This recipe made about 24 four-inch pancakes.
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I had some left over, so I popped it in the fridge. Two weeks later we made Cinnamon Roll Waffles and the toppings were just as fabulous!
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It's already the season finale of "19 Kids and Counting." Yes, we know. That was a fast season. We'll have to wait a few more months for more Michelle and Jim Bob, but tonight, we'll finally get to see the Duggar Family Flea Market finish up... and maybe more.
Throughout the last couple of episodes, Jim Bob has been working towards selling off a bunch of old stuff from their storage units, with all profits going to the Arkansas Children's Hospital NICU (where Kid 19 Josie was cared for during her first couple of months.) They wanted to raise $10,000 -- a lofty goal. Will they make it?
Jim Bob and Michelle bring the family together, and Jim Bob says some auctioneers have agreed to work for free, and the local radio station, with Big Dan the DJ (advertising) and police (parking) are donating time to help out as well. They ask the community to donate items to add to their already full stockpile to sell. And the people respond. And how. Piles and piles of unsorted stuff arrive (along with Cousin Amy, who is like the Duggar family comic relief.) Over 500 clothing items alone were donated. Six large tents and almost 50 tables are set up to display items. There's a bake sale and concessions and pony rides.
Like most things, when the Duggars go, they go big. And it's overwhelming.
Making it better before it starts - surprise! Josh and Anna and their kids come back home for the flea market! They hadn't been home since moving to D.C., and arrive just in time to work the event. And it's gigantic.
In the end, from cookies to televisions, hair bows to tractors, the Duggars raise a whopping insane $18,471.50 for the hospital.
And, in case you were wondering, Duggar fans, the boys won the "double" battle by selling all of their knives for more than the girls' hair bows and ping-pong ball guns.
At the very end of the episode, we finally get to what is probably the biggest news of the season. As was slightly alluded to in last week's episode and announced in September, Jessa has entered into a courtship - not started dating, mind you - with Ben Seewald, 18, of Hot Springs. They're texting, but in a group text, so Michelle and Jim Bob can read them too. And while we only get a couple of glimpses of Ben, we want to give him a hearty welcome to television. Maybe we'll see more of you next season.
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An Israeli ice hockey team of 10- to 13-year-olds, who mostly practice on roller skates, won the gold medal at a tournament in Canada.
The Bat Yam Club peewee ice skating team, made up of boys from Bat Yam, Rishon Lezion, Nes Ziona, Maalot and Kfar Saba in central Israel, went undefeated in five games to take the Division B title last month at the the Bernieres-Saint-Redempteur International Peewee Tournament in suburban Quebec City, the Canadian Jewish News reported.
The tournament included 96 teams from Canada, the United States, Finland, France, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Switzerland.
The 17 young Israelis, who were hosted by the local Jewish community, finished 5-0 in the tournament, including a 7-3 victory in the final over the Seigneurs Lotbiniere club of Quebec.
The closest ice skating rink to Bat Yam is the Canada Center in Metulla, a two-hour drive north; it is Israel's only ice skating rink. The team practices mostly on roller skates and asphalt.
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Puccini's "La Bohème", an all-time favourite with opera fans, will be staged in October, jointly presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department and Opera Hong Kong.
Set in the Bohemian quarter of Paris, "La Bohème" centres on the tragic love of the poet Rodolfo and the seamstress Mimì. Both living in poverty, they fall in love at first sight in the garret but are separated through Rodolfo's jealousy, and reunited only as Mimì lies dying. Since its premiere in 1896, "La Bohème" has become one of the most popular operas in the Italian repertoire and continues to be staged by opera houses around the world.
With an astonishing melodic richness and a well-organised four-act structure, this masterpiece includes a series of moving arias and ensembles, such as Rodolfo's "Che gelida mania" (Your tiny hand is frozen), with its technically challenging high C, and Mimì's "Si, mi chiamano Mimì" (Yes, I am called Mimì), which have become famous Italian opera arias.
This new production, a joint effort by Opera Hong Kong and Rome Opera, will be updated to the mid-20th century with a modern Paris setting. Famous Hong Kong tenor Warren Mok is the producer, Maurizio di Mattia from Rome Opera is stage director, and talented conductors Gianluca Martinenghi and Bruno Aprea will conduct alternative performances. The superb cast includes Jesus Garcia and Alesandro Liberatore as Rodolfo, and Sabina Cvilak and Erika Grimaldi as Mimì. Also performing will be the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Opera Hong Kong Chorus and Opera Hong Kong Children Chorus.
The matinee performance on October 10 features talented young vocalists with Xue Haoyin as Rodolfo, Yuki Ip as Mimì, Sun Li as Marcello and Margaret Yim as Musetta.
Puccini's four-act opera "La Bohème" (sung in Italian with Chinese and English subtitles) will be staged at 7.45pm on October 6 to 10 (Wednesday to Sunday), and 2.30pm on October 10 (Sunday), at the Grand Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Tickets priced from $150 to $920 for evening performances, and from $120 to $550 for the matinee performance, are now available at all URBTIX outlets. Half-price concessions will be granted to senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients. (Limited tickets for students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients are available on a first-come, first-served basis.) Please check programme leaflets for group booking discount information.
For programme enquiries, call 2268 7321; for ticketing enquiries call 2734 9009. Internet bookings are available at www.urbtix.hk. For credit card telephone bookings, call 2111 5999. Visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/cp for more information on the programme.
There will be free opera talks conducted by Professor Rupert Chan in Cantonese. Interested parties are welcome to join on a first-come-first-served basis. Details are as follows:
September 3 (Friday) 7.30pm
GR1, 6/F, Backstage, Grand Theatre,
Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Topic: Puccini and "verismo" in opera
September 10 (Friday) 7.30pm
GR1, 6/F, Backstage, Grand Theatre,
Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Topic: Puccini's evergreen formula for success
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Abuja — The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday ordered that Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan should commence exercising the full powers of the president pending the return of Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the ailing president now receiving treatment in Saudi Arabia.
In a ruling he delivered yesterday, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Daniel Abutu, observed that Yar'Adua did not transmit any letter to the National Assembly informing it that his deputy should begin to exercise his duties pending his return from Saudi Arabia, where he is receiving medical treatment.
The order seems to have put to rest the controversy surrounding the refusal of President Yar'Adua to transfer power to his deputy before embarking on medical trip was laid to rest.
Yar'Adua has been absent for 52 days today.
Justice Abutu declared that the vice-president could become the acting president but could only carry out the functions of the president in his absence, which he has been doing and should continue to do as enshrined in section 5 (1) of the 1999 constitution.
He also said that Section 145 pertains to a situation where the vice-president could be elevated to the position of president on some conditions.
Justice Abutu had earlier reserved yesterday for mention in the suit but shortly after he adjourned the matter for today, he communicated to the parties in the matter through their lawyers to file and exchange written addresses in respect of the originating summons and come back Tuesday to argue same. This they did yesterday.
Defendants in the suit were the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and the Executive Council of the Federation.
The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa (SAN), had appeared in person with other lawyers in his ministry, including the Director of Civil Litigation, Mrs. Agatha Mbamali.
Aondoakaa, in his written address in response to the plaintiff's originating summons dated January 7, 2010, had said that it was mischievous for the plaintiff to claim that President Yar'Adua was temporarily incapable of performing the functions of his office since the plaintiff lacked the constitutional capacity and competence to do so.
"We submit that the only body which may pronounce on the capacity of the president to discharge his functions is the Federal Executive Council as set up in section 144 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria", he had said.
He told the court: "plaintiff's affidavit didn't disclose specific allegation or any infringement or anticipated infringement on his right or a personal injury emanating from the defendant's action."
Counsel to Mr. Christopher Onwukwe, the plaintiff, Barrister Amobi Nzelu, said that in the present circumstances where the president had not written any letter to the Senate and the House of Representatives informing them that his deputy should oversee the affairs of the state pending his return, it was a convenient way for the court to make an order empowering Jonathan to exercise the powers of president pending Yar'Adua's return to office.
The plaintiff, in the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/2010, via an originating summons, had asked the court to declare that in the absence of the president and in view of Sections 5 (1) and 148 (1) of the 1999 constitution, the vice-president could exercise the powers vested in the president in the latter's absence.
The suit, which had a 13-paragraph affidavit sworn to by the plaintiff himself, noted, "President Yar'Adua has travelled to Saudi Arabia since November 23, 2009 for medical treatment and has not returned since then."
Against this backdrop, the plaintiff had asked the court for the following reliefs:
• a declaration that by the combined provisions of sections 5 (1) and 148 (1) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, the vice-president could exercise the powers vested in the president in the absence of the president, having regard to the circumstances of this suit;
• a declaration that the vice-president could lawfully discharge any or all the functions of the president in the absence of the president in the interest of peace, order and good governance of the federation pending when the president resumed and took over;
• that the present scenario was an indication that there was no head of government and such a situation had led to a major crisis, capable of threatening the corporate existence and stability of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and
• that the vice- president had refused/neglected/failed to exercise any or all the executive powers vested in the president for the president in his absence.
In a similar case, a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, had dragged the Federal Government to the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to compel Yar'Adua to inform the National Assembly about his hospitalisation and empower Jonathan to take charge of governance.
In a suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/732/09 filed last week, the plaintiff asked the court to hold that it was illegal for the president to travel abroad for medical treatment without transmitting information about it to the National Assembly.
Falana also asked for an order of mandatory injunction compelling Yar'Adua to transmit a written declaration to the Senate president and the speaker of the House of Representatives that based on his medical trip, Jonathan should be empowered to lead the nation as acting president.
The plaintiff's lawyer, Mr. Sola Egbeyinka, had filed the suit on behalf of the West African Bar Association president and joined the Attorney-General of the Federation as the sole defendant.
The case comes up today.
Meanwhile, Mr. Aondoakaa has said he had been vindicated by yesterday's ruling.
"It looks the judgement has vindicated my position all along to say that no other person or authority can question the vice-president where he is exercising the power of the president," the minister said.
"The court also went further to make its finest declaration, which has settled the matter."
He believes that with the court's declaration, the vice-president can now carry out all the functions of the president.
According to the minister, "The issue of section 145 has also been clearly stated that it is a discretional provision that the president may wish to transmit a letter to the National Assembly."
Also reacting, Barrister N. Nzelu said what the court did was to give legal backing to the vice-president's action, so that henceforth Jonathan has the constitutional power to act in full capacity as president and touch those areas he has always feared to act upon.
Meanwhile, counsel to Hon. Farouk Aliyu, Barrister Bamidele Aturu, said yesterday that they would continue with their case on the president's illness.
"Though there are conflicting reports as to the actual orders made by the learned Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, our enquiries from very reliable sources confirmed to us that the Chief Judge did not make any order for the vice-president to be sworn in as some people are suggesting," Aturu said in a press statement.
"He only stated that the vice-president can perform the functions of the president in his absence. The order is yet very cloudy at best. It is not clear if he addressed sections 144, 145 and 146 of the constitution.
"In the circumstances as the leading counsel to Hon. Aliyu and Mr Gabbas, I have the responsibility to inform the public that we shall press ahead with our clients' case which comes up tomorrow before the same court as our clients are seeking fundamental constitutional questions that are not coterminous with the orders made by the Federal High Court this morning. Our clients are insisting that the circumstances surrounding the absence of the president in the last 50 days or so constitute permanent incapacity."


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Zayed Future Energy Prize names jury
(Wam) / 27 July 2011
ABU DHABI - A distinguished group of international leaders in the government, business and academia and renowned Green activists has been selected to join the jury for the Zayed Future Energy Prize.
The Zayed Future Energy Prize is recognised as the world's preeminent award driving innovation, leadership, long-term vision and impact in renewable energy and sustainability.
"We welcome to the Prize highly accomplished individuals who bring together a multifaceted set of experiences in the industry along with a shared passion and commitment to advancing renewable energy and sustainability around the world," said Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Director-General of the Prize. "We will greatly benefit by each of their specific areas of expertise and participation."
The newly selected members of the Zayed Future Energy Prize Jury are: Mohammed Nasheed, President of the Republic of the Maldives; Elizabeth Dipuo Peters, Minister of Energy for South Africa; Timothy Wirth, President of the UN Foundation and Better World Fund; Leonardo DiCaprio, Oscar-award winning actor and environmental activist; Andre Agassi, Founder of the Andre Agassi Foundation for Education and Grand Slam tennis champion; and Cherie Blair, Founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation.
The new jury members will join continuing members: Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland; Ahmed Al Sayegh, Chairman of Masdar; and Dr Susan Hockfield, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
"Our appreciation is also extended to the exiting jury members whose efforts have laid the foundation and created the momentum for the prize in its inception phase. We recognise their efforts and are confident that they will continue to support the prize as its ambassadors. The participation of these leading figures is not only a tribute to the environmental stewardship of the late Shaikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan but also to his vision of building bridges and fostering friendships that extend across the world," he added. In line with the far-reaching vision of the UAE leadership, the Zayed Future Energy Prize aims to incentivise, encourage and become a catalyst for the ongoing development of renewable energy and clean technology.
The jury will convene later this year as the final judging panel in a four-tiered open process that selects the prize winners and finalists who will be honoured in an awards ceremony in Abu Dhabi on January 17, 2012.
The annual Zayed Future Energy Prize is open to individuals, large companies, entrepreneurs, small- to medium-size enterprises (SMEs) and NGOs in the field of renewable energy and sustainability. Award category and prizes are: SMEs/NGOs: $1.5 million (winner), $1m (first runner-up), and $500,000 (second runner-up); Lifetime Achievement — Individual: $500,000; large corporations: Recognition Award.
A High School Prize (Global) of $500,000 will be launched in 2012 and awarded in 2013 for the first time signalling ongoing development of the Zayed Future Energy Prize in its efforts to inspire the youth, our future generations of leaders and innovators.
The prize organisation has developed a multi-tiered evaluation procedure to ensure consistency throughout the judging process. First, the Evaluations Committee provides due diligence on all submitted entries and selects the leading candidates for the Review Committee. Top entries are then forwarded to the Selection Committee, comprising energy experts from around the world, who present their top tier candidates to the jury for final selection of winners in each category.
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Nasheed, the first democratically elected president of Maldives, the first country to sign the Kyoto protocol, has been selected for his lifelong work as an environmental protectionist, most recently with untiring efforts to make his country carbon neutral within a decade.
"The Zayed Future Energy Prize serves as a catalyst to sustainable development. For us, going carbon neutral is not just the right thing to do; we believe it is in our economic self-interest. Countries that have the foresight to green their economies today will be the winners of tomorrow," said President Nasheed.
Dipuo Peters, Minister of Energy for South Africa, selected for her many years of public service as a social and political activist, has dedicated to freedom of democracy, women's issues, energy efficiency and the South African youth movement. She most recently led South Africa's efforts to establish a renewable energy feed-in tariff and currently reach the country's established target of 10,000 GW/h of renewable energy by 2013. "We have to ensure a balanced approach to energy infrastructure where we are delivering large-scale energy capacity at an equitable cost. The broad scope of achievement that is awarded by the Zayed Future Energy Prize exemplifies this interdisciplinary effort to advance clean energy."
Wirth has been selected for his career leadership as an environmental steward and efforts to further the advancement of technology and policy directives in the clean energy sector. Consistently voted one of the most effective members of the US Congress, where he served from 1974 to 1990, Wirth was one of the early leaders to focus on solutions to climate change.
He outlined the groundbreaking 'cap and trade' concept which became law in 1990, and subsequently in 1993, authored the Colorado Wilderness Bill. As the first Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs under President Bill Clinton, he concentrated on global environmental issues and was an early supporter of the Kyoto Protocol. Since 1998, he has served as president of the UN Foundation, continuing these efforts on an international scale.
"In its size and visibility, the Zayed Future Energy Prize is globally unique and serves as a tribute to those who are leading the way for innovation and deployment of clean energy technologies. It also serves as an incentive for the next generation of leaders. It is an honour to be among the judges."
Leonardo DiCaprio has been selected for his demonstrated leadership as an environmental philanthropist, policy activist, and his personal and cinematic efforts to educate the public on the issues of global warming. Since launching the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation more than 15 years ago, and later Leonardo DiCaprio.org, DiCaprio collaborates with many organisations to foster awareness of environmental and clean energy issues.
He has served as chair for US National Earth Day and has counselled US Administration to adopt greener practices. As a member of the National Resources Defence Council and Global Green USA, he works to inspire future generations to make a lifelong commitment to the environment. His cinematic works to this end includes Global Warming, Water Planet, The 11th Hour, and Planet Green Network's Greensburg.
"It is our generation that must create a sustainable environment and mitigate the potentially devastating effects of climate change. I therefore look forward to serving on the jury of the Zayed Future Energy Prize and realising our shared vision of a world abundant in clean, renewable energy."
Agassi has been selected for his successful leadership in effecting energy efficiency, limiting the use of natural resources, and overall efforts to protect the environment. The Andre Agassi Foundation for Education, which has raised more than $150 million for at-risk children in Las Vegas, is installing a fully permitted and approved 465 kW photo-voltaic energy system to provide electric power to the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy.
"Like the Zayed Future Energy Prize, the Agassi Foundation is committed to advancing the use of renewable energy systems as a vital step to reduce our carbon footprint and mitigate the negative effects of climate change. I am pleased to be a member of this jury to support worldwide efforts to create a cleaner sustainable energy future for generations to come."
Cherie Blair has been selected for her active work for equality and human rights and improved work/life balance for both women and men, especially in developing nations. The mission of the Cherie Blair Foundation is to strengthen the capacity of women entrepreneurs in countries where they lack equal opportunities so they can grow their businesses and become greater contributors to their economies. Her esteemed career includes service as a lawyer, Queens Counsel, Recorder and mediator in addition to serving as first lady of the United Kingdom. "The Prize creates a great opportunity to foster innovation, entrepreneurship and practical action around the topic of renewable energy," she said.
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We went to The Melting Pot and it was my first fondue experience. And she even changed it to be in Colorado Springs so I could be there! [That's how you know your sissy loves you, btw.]
I took of of these with my iPhone, so the quality isn't great. I haven't touched a camera in over a month. In fact, all my recent posts have been with my iPhone camera. It's not like I'm inseparable from a camera or anything. It's not anything like saying a Michelangelo hasn't touched a paintbrush in over a month or Michael Jordan hasn't dribbled a basketball in a long time. I just haven't seen the camera lately.
Anyway… another year with Mary! This time a year ago we were planning her birthday chemo costume party, she was on the mend from her last chemo treatment and things were getting back to normal. A full year has gone by. Lots to celebrate. So thankful for life. Family. Friends. When it all boils down, that's what matters most.
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Fulham have revealed they have not received any offers for Clint Dempsey and discouraged any interested club from making a move for the USA international.
Following speculation about the midfielder's future, the Cottagers issued a warning to any interested clubs. "We have received no offers from any club for Clint Dempsey," a Fulham spokesman said. "We would discourage any club from making a bid for him."
Dempsey has been with the west London side since 2007 after joining from Major League Soccer's
The Texan has established himself as one of Fulham's key players and last term won their player of the season award, as well as finishing fourth on the Football Writers' Association's Footballer of the Year list.


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This week on Inside Washington: Gingrich and Romney neck and neck in Florida. The last debate before the Florida Republican primary.
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The Starkville School District Board of Directors will consider approval of a laptop lease program for 360 SSD teachers and several state-mandated policy changes at its meeting at noon Tuesday at the Greensboro Center.
The laptop lease bid on the agenda comes from Synergetics and would equip each teacher with a Lenovo E530 ThinkPad Notebook at a cost of $410.83 per year per laptop, or $147,898.52 per year in total. SSD Superintendent Lewis Holloway said the computers will come pre-loaded with Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, the InformationNOW online student information system and other programs teachers need.
"When (the teachers) get the laptops, hopefully, they'll be able to start using them immediately in their lesson plans, and if something goes wrong with the laptop, the teachers (can) just change it out," Holloway said. "We'll have extras on hand so that there will be no downtime with it. (The laptop lease program) is a big item for us."
The board will also consider amending 20 school board policies, largely to comply with state-level changes from the 2012 Legislative Session. Holloway said the only amendments not required by law change the way the school district charges others for using its facilities.
"We don't have a comprehensive (policy on) what we charge for school facilities, and if you're going to be a Freedom of Access school district — which we are, which means we rent our facilities to other people — we just felt that we needed a clear policy (on) what we charge and how those charges are laid out."
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"It seemed a logical place to begin is to go ahead and put on a spreadsheet all the connections that we currently have," Holloway said.
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'Romeo and Juliet' trailer: Watch Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth take on the classic tale
A new take on the classic love story of star-crossed young lovers "Romeo and Juliet" is on the way, and this time, the big-screen adaptation is sticking to the original script.
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The newest adaptation of the Bard's most famous play stars Hailee Steinfeld ("Ender's Game") and Douglas Booth as the star-crossed teenage lovers. The cast also includes Stellan Skarsgard, Damian Lewis, Paul Giamatti, and Ed Westwick.
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Jesus of Nazareth is a 1977 Anglo-Italian television miniseries co-written (with Anthony Burgess and Suso Cecchi d'Amico) and directed by Franco Zeffirelli which dramatizes the birth, life, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus largely according the Christian Bible's New Testament Gospels. It was filmed in Tunisia, Morocco, and Mexico and was produced by Lew Grade and Vincenzo Labella on a budget of an estimated $12 million to $18 million It stars Robert Powell as Jesus. The large cast of co-stars include: Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, James Farentino, Ian Holm, Olivia Hussey, James Earl Jones, Stacy Keach, James Mason, Ian McShane, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Quinn, Fernando Rey, Ralph Richardson, Rod Steiger, Peter Ustinov, and Michael York. Extra-biblical traditions were used in the writing of the screenplay and some characters (such as Zerah) and situations were invented for the film for brevity or dramatic purposes. Notably, Jesus of Nazareth depicts Judas Iscariot as a well-intentioned man initially, but later as a dupe of Zerah who betrays Jesus largely as a result of Zerah's false platitudes and pretexts. However, in accordance with the Gospels, the film depicts Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea as sympathetic members of the Sanhedrin. Franco Zeffirelli explicitly wished to deemphasize the accusation of deicide against Jews, an accusation he levied against The Passion of the Christ, which was produced and directed by Mel Gibson, whom Zeffirelli directed in the 1990 film, Hamlet. Many of the miracles of Jesus, such as the changing of water into wine at the wedding at Cana, the transfiguration, and the calming of the storm are not depicted, although Jesus healing the blind man and the crippled woman on Sabbath, the feeding of the multitude, and the raising of Lazarus from the dead are. Jesus of Nazareth was first aired on British television on the ITV network on March 27, 1977 and premiered in the United States on the NBC network on April 3, 1977. It is generally well-praised, but it was not without controversy. Bob Jones III of Bob Jones University, who had not seen the film, immediately denounced it as blasphemous due in part to Franco Zeffirelli's stated intent to portray Jesus as equally human and divine; "...an ordinary man gentle, fragile, simple". In 1987, TV Guide called it "the best mini-series of all time" and "unparalleled television". It currently has a 83 percent audience rating at the film review site Rotten Tomatoes.com. The total runtime of the full film is approximately six hours, twenty minutes.
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