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On 5th June 2006, the world will be commemorating The Year 2006 World Environment Day; World Environment Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Another resolution, adopted by the General Assembly the same day, led to the creation of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Many Nigerians may not be enthusiastic about WED celebration, and equally, villages and communities whose natural environment is constantly changing owing to activities of those living in urban areas and cities may be unaware of the existence of the day.
The truth is, environmental issues are the actual factors that ignited the current crisis in the Niger Delta; Niger Delta is Africa's largest delta covering some 7000 square kilometers, about one third of this area is made up of wetlands and it contains the largest mangrove forest in the world about 5,400-6,000 km2, this region is today the source of over 90 percent of the oil, which now dominates the Nigerian economy. Oil accounts for over 90 percent of export earnings and some 80 percent of government revenue in Nigeria, but the history of 'development' associated with oil exploitation in Nigeria has been troubled from the outset. Globally, when oil is mentioned the first thing that comes to the minds of many people is wealth, technology and development; but in Nigeria, when oil is mentioned, what comes to the minds of many people is Niger Delta, poverty, insecurity, corruption, lack of openness, and of course severe environmental degradation, of which government and oil multi-nationals are the major culprits.
The Major Environmental Challenges facing the Niger delta and oil multinationals, are: Oil pollution, Waste management, Gas flaring, Improving environmental performance, Regulatory standards Compliance, Conducting integrated Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Environmental Evaluation Reports (EERs), Compensation Payment management and Rehabilitation of past impacted areas and sites, thus, this bring the issue of the need for involvement of locals in conducting EIAs and strict compliance with guard lines of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) decree No. 86
With area spread in nine states of the Niger Delta covering over 70,000 sq kilometers, with over 1,000 producing wells and production capacity of 1.3 million bopd, 87 Flow Stations & 10 Gas Plants, 2 Terminals at Bonny & Forcados, More than 10,000 staff and huge associated gas gathering network, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) can said to be everywhere in the Niger Delta; hence, this entails that, SPDC is involve in large scale industrial Land destruction, deforestation, deprivation and degradation, intensive land preparations for seismic, drilling and most obviously, production facilities flow stations, manifolds, flow lines and trunk line network and the huge land requirement for the massive access road networks; costal zone modifications, upstream dam construction. The massive road access requirement for oil exploration by multinational oil companies are the major causes in the inevitable land deprivation to host communities and destruction of ecosystem; the famous Gbaran SPDC field is still in the minds of many environmentalist and indeed many Nigerians, the Gbaran oil field road construction was a major project that attracted the attention of many people due to the adverse effect the project impacted on several communities; Communities which depend on the forest for sustenance such as Opolo, Onopa, Obunagha, Gbarantoru, Yenizue-gene, Yenizue-epie, Yenagoa, Amarata, Okutukutu, Agudama-Epie, Edepie, Tombia, Bumoundi, Agudama-Ekpetiama, Akaibiri, Kpansia, Polaku, Koroama, Okolobiri, Okotiama, Ogboloma, Nedugo-Agbia, Etegwe, Igbogene, this was also highlighted by The Guardian of Monday, June 7, 1999 p.45 "The Niger Delta Phenomenon is a gift Nigerians should thank God for and should be painstakingly managed and not to be destroyed. A practical example of the adverse effect of disregarding environmental issues in carrying out development projects can be found in the Yenagoa – Tombia Road Project by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC). The whole environment has been destroyed and SPDC is now being asked to pay compensation, redesign and reconstruct the road with due regard to the environment. The whole area became waterlogged all year round because the dredging work for the road construction blocked the streams. All the trees were destroyed. The land was degraded and the water was contaminated and sinking, and all the aquatic life was destroyed. What this means is that the people in this area who depended on these streams for their fishing lost all and were subjected to health hazards. What amount can you pay for such an inconvenience and economic loss?"
Imaging your self peeping into your room's window seeing an oil-drilling site with everything of life-electricity, portable water, telephone facilities and security; but looking back at your self, family and community, you see nothing but poverty, disease, illiteracy, unemployment, violence and an environment 'on- it-heads'; this is the pathetic situation of poor masses in the Niger Delta, but who is to be blame? Three people of course: the government, oil multi-national and political leaders of the region.
Clearly, the challenge of developing the Niger Delta and protecting its environments is complex but not insurmountable, and we cannot remove issues as minority right and human right abuses from it. As the Willink Commission of Inquiry in 1957 observed: there is need to "enquire into the fears of minorities and the means of allaying them." Equally, Human Right Watch in a report tagged 'The Price Of Oil' accused both the government and the oil multinational for some form of human right abuses. Both the federal government and the oil companies are claiming to be doing something to help the situation; in 1961 the federal government established Niger Delta Development Board (NDDB), then Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority (NDBDA) in 1976, later Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC) in 1992 and presently Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in 2000, SPDC and the Research & Development division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC recently signed a N240 million contract to enable the Anglo giant reduce the level of its operation's impact on the environment. SPDC have also established programmes such as: Niger Delta Contractor Revolving Credit Facility, Nigeria Content Development Planning, Marginal Fields Programme and the liveWIRE programme; but are these enough?
The slogan for World Environment Day 2006 is: "Deserts and Desertification - Don't desert dry lands!" This slogan speaks volumes for Nigerians; from the far North, desertification is speedily encroaching into Nigeria, in the southwest the Atlantic ocean is fast eating Lagos, Gully erosion is having a free day in the southeast, while in the south-south humans are busy destroying the environment of 'The Goose That lays The Golden Egg'.
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Re: .World Environment Day 2006: Between Shell And Niger Delta
Ekpong posted on 06-06-2006, 10:41:10 AM
a nice piece, i hope those concern will do something good
Re: .World Environment Day 2006: Between Shell And Niger Delta
Mark Lar posted on 06-06-2006, 13:52:46 PM
Aboki, with 2007 around the corner, we need to win the hearts and minds of these fools. Zayyad, you also need to point out to the kaffiris that the Northern group sabotage of the recently concluded SNC debate on fair apportionment of oil revenue to Niger Delta was only a holding strategy, that once the Caliphate Born-to-Rule people get back into power, that equity and justice will be the order of the day.


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I wonder how states that refuse to expand Medicaid will continue to deal with people using emrgency rooms for their health care. That is actually a very expensive way to pay for medical care. It is also not very effective because people don't receive any basic health care, so they are much sicker when they go to the emergency room.ReplyDelete
I don't think hospitals are going to like continuing the resent disfunctional system in their states when other states start having a rational plan.
Also, those wealthy people who resent having to pay for Medicaid in their states are sometimes going to find that they can't get good emergency care when they need it because emergency rooms are filled with poor people using them for their care.
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Giving up on A7N8X Deluxe and Debian
No matter what parameters I tried during install I couldn't get it to install the 3c59 driver for the onboard 3Com NIC and also couldn't get X to start. I think that may have been due to it coming with a 2001 release of xfree86 but I have no idea how to install the latest version at this point. So I think I'm going to try RH 9 and see if that works and then try to learn some stuff before trying Debian again. Any idea if my FX5800 Ultra could be causing these problems with X?
Are you installing from a CD? If so, most likely you are installing Debian Woody. Normally its install uses the 2.2.2x (I think it may be 20) kernel which knows nothing of the nForce2 chipset nor its 3Com NIC. Even if you use the bf2.4 kernel, I don't think the 3Com would be supported as it is 2.4.18. The nForce2 did not really get supported until 2.4.21 (various pre's added more functionality). You need a much more current kernel than what comes with the original Debian the 3Com NIC and the rest of the nForce2. I think the 3c59x driver was updated in 2.4.21-pre3 to support the PCI ID of the 3Com NIC.
You could have grabbed the nForce drivers from nVidia and got the nvnet driver working on the nVidia MAC. It is a small download which you should be able to transport to your A7N8X DX machine via floppy. Once you have network connectivity, you could download the latest 2.4.21-rc2 kernel and recompile. Then you should be set.
If it's just the network that is holding you back, take the 3c90x driver from the ASUS CD that came with your motherboard. It will *NOT* work as is, but only requires a small one line change to enable the correct support. Let me know if you want to try this.
Eh, I think I'm gonna play with RH a little and try to learn some basics first. Even if I do get the network driver working on Debian I think I still need to figure out how to install a new version of xfree86 because the version that comes with Debian is from 2001 and I don't think it's playing nice with my FX5800. No matter what settings I tried X wouldn't start. Anyway RH9 is installed so I guess I'm gonna go figure out how to install the Nvidia drivers and get hardware acceleration working on the video card. RH9 picked up both the video card and the 3Com NIC during install just fine but I guess the AGP gart stuff isn't there since I have no hardware acceleration (box is grayed out in the display config in Gnome). I also need to figure out how to install OSS drivers for my Audigy 2. I read somewhere on a Usenet board that they had drivers that worked for the Audigy 2.
Oh for Suexec, I was using the bf24 option to install the 2.4 series kernel.
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It feels like the warmth, humidity and thunderstorms won't go away. We've had above average high temperatures for the past few days, and thunderstorm pop ups since Wednesday. The week may be over, but the thunderstorm chances are not. Thunderstorm chances remain through Tuesday. It's been a busy past few days for weather. Parts of southern Indiana had several flood warnings and advisories today as storms pushed through.
Overnight tonight will be mostly cloudy with isolated rain and thunderstorms. Storms shouldn't be as strong once daytime heating is overtaken by night time cooling. Temperatures drop into the lower 70s tonight with a mostly cloudy sky.
Saturday, the weekend! The day starts off mostly cloudy and cool in the upper 60s & lower 70s. Temperatures reach the 80s by noon. The remainder of the afternoon will have decreasing cloudiness leaving mostly sunny conditions. The high for tomorrow is in the upper 80s. As the evening and night time approaches, we can expect isolated rain and thunderstorms again. The thunderstorms will be pushing through early Sunday morning as well.
Late Saturday night & Sunday morning will start off with rain showers. The remainder of the day will be partly sunny and warm with high temperatures in the mid 80s. Expect isolated thunderstorms throughout the day.
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As the weekend ends, the thunderstorms DO NOT. Monday and Tuesday we will have scattered thunderstorms with mostly cloudy conditions. These two days will be warm with high temperatures in the upper 80s. The remainder of the week and start of the weekend will have temperatures in the mid 80s. We have a little break (finally) from the thunderstorms starting Wednesday, but we have another chance for scattered thunderstorms again on Friday.


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Vt. home where deck collapsed now damaged by fireBy Eric Francis
Correspondent | July 11,2013SHARON - The same residence where a dozen family members and partygoers were injured on the Fourth of July when a porch deck suddenly collapsed was heavily damaged by a fire Wednesday morning.
"I can't believe it. I feel so sorry for those people," Sharon Fire Captain Nathan Potter said afterwards, noting, "Those poor folks have gone through so much this week."
Potter said when dispatchers alerted Sharon's volunteer firefighters at 9 a.m. he instantly recognized the address opposite the Sharon industrial park on River Road as the same residence where numerous rescue personnel and ambulances had converged last Thursday evening for the mass casualty call.
Wednesday's fire at the Richard and Michelle Wilson residence began in the hose running from the back of the dryer in a second floor laundry room but quickly
"We had a good response and we were able to knock it down to just a hallway and a bedroom," Potter said but he smoke damage throughout the house, which sits near the bank of the White River, was still extensive.
"They had a bedroom door open on one end of it and a window open so the smoke was drawn right down through there just like chimney, Potter said, adding, "I'm guessing they are going to be out of the house for a while because the whole house smells of smoke bad and the upstairs is nothing but black."MORE IN This Just InMONTPELIER The 22 water systems in Vermont that draw from Lake Champlain are participating in a... Full StoryJOHANNESBURG When Cecil the lions carcass was finally found after he was lured out of a... Full StoryWASHINGTON It took Ted Cruz three months to raise $10 million for his campaign for president, a... Full Story
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OMG !!!!! How long do I have to support other people's children with my tax dollars?!? Why don't these recreation districts try doing a little of the work themselves by volunteering to cut the grass or whatever it is that needs to be done. THE CITIZENS OF ST TAMMANY PARISH ARE BEING TAXED TO DEATH!!!!! GIVE US A BREAK!!!!!
why don't they just take our blood? we work our a$$ off to pay for our homes and we have to pay out the nose to live in them?!? What a bunch of crooks in Baton Rouge! I can't wait to cast my vote at election time!
I cannot believe it. Our state government is talking out of both sides of its mouth. Yesterday, we were told Louisiana had a one billion dollar deficit. Now we have a surplus? Someone in Baton Rouge has some explaining to do.
This group of murderous idiots are not representative of the good citizens of St. Tammany Parish. I believe all people are created equal regardless of the color of their skin. It is people like these who blacken the eye of every citizen in the state of Louisiana. One day....one day....why can't everyone just get along?
Sorry river100. We've all been on edge for the past few days. It's all good.
To river100. You just can't stand it that someone has more than you. What a jerk! Glad EVERYONE is okay.
Eddie Price needs to go. He is an embarassment to the people of St. Tammany Parish.
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Intel H57 Express powered motherboard from MSI spotted
Swedish website TechSweden has managed to get hold of images and details showing off a H57 chipset based motherboard from MSI. The H57 Express chipset is designed to support the Flexible Display technology which talks directly with the on-die graphics on Intel's upcoming range of LGA-1156 based dual-core processors in Q1 2010.
The H57M-ED65 from MSI is of the micro-ATX form factor with enthusiast oriented features. the CPU gets a 10-phase VRM to play with and what looks to be very adequate cooling all over the DrMOS chips.
The board exclusively supports PCI-Express with no residing legacy PCI slots. The arrangement is two x16 slots (electrically at x16 / x4) and two x1 slots.
Storage wise, the board includes six SATA 3Gb/s ports controlled by the chipset, with two more also resident via a seperate controller and also an eSATA port on the rear I/O. Also included is an IDE connector on the board.
Speaking of the rear I/O, you'll see the board includes DVI, D-Sub, HDMI and also DisplayPort connectivity options. All the other expected features are in place as well; a stack of USB ports, Gigabit ethernet, 8-channel audio with S/PDIF, FireWire and more.
For more images, check out the source link below.
Continue reading 'Intel H57 Express powered motherboard from MSI spotted' (full post)
ASUS' fully fledged Maximus II Extreme takes P55 to a new level
Details with pics have shown up on the web of ASUS' upcoming ROG series P55 board which they call the Maximus III Extreme. The board will make a showing by ASUS at DreamHack at the end of this month in Jönköping, Sweden where some of the best overclockers in the world get together and battle it out for supremacy.
The Maximus III Extreme is a special P55 chipset board not just because of the typical extensive feature-set that comes with ASUS ROG range of boards, but in that it includes an additional PCI-Express bridge chip that allows for dual x16 lanes or the use of x8 lanes across four of the five residing x16 slots on the board, with the fifth being wired to the PCH, electrically operational at x4.
The board runs an 11 phase digital PWM circuit which uses a SuperML capacitor, whilst the four DDR3 slots use a 3-phase circuit.
All the other expected goodies are also in place such as SATA 6Gb/s and USB 3.0 support, 10 channel HD audio and even the ability to overclock on the fly using Bluetooth.
We're yet to hear of its availability and pricing, but obviously expect a big figure for this one. It's expected we'll be hearing a lot more about it in around two weeks from now.
Continue reading 'ASUS' fully fledged Maximus II Extreme takes P55 to a new level' (full post)
Early sighting of ASUS' P57 powered P7H57D-V EVO
The folks over at XFastest have acquired both details and images of ASUS' first P57 powered motherboard in which they share with us all today.
Due in the first quarter of next year, as expected, this Ibex Peak based chipset has a bit more on offer over Intel's current mainstream variant; P55. Such additions include Braidwood support, Coral Harbor volume cache tuning and the return of Quiet System technology.
ASUS' P7H57D-V EVO which gets some spotlight treatment today is said to include both SATA 6Gb/s and USB 3.0 support. You can get a good idea of the board's feature-set by checking out the screenshots below from differing angles :-
With P57 still under NDA, there's little else we can say about it at this point. We'll keep you posted as more substantial P57 tidbits come in.
Continue reading 'Early sighting of ASUS' P57 powered P7H57D-V EVO' (full post)
DFI bring out feature-packed mini-ITX P55 board
DFI has just unleashed a tidy looking mini-ITX sized P55 chipset motherboard as part of its feature-impressive LANParty series.
Dubbed the LANParty MI P55-T36, this board of course maintains focus on overclocking and runs dimensions of just 17cm x 17cm. A x16 PCI-E slot is resident for your graphics card of choice and the audio system onboard is better than your average joe with Creative X-Fi technology.
Also inclusive is DFI's proprietory ABSII CPU Auto Upgrade Technology, a digital PWM, Power eSATA support and more.
Whilst availability and pricing hasn't yet been disclosed, further information about the board can be located within the official announcement here folks.
Continue reading 'DFI bring out feature-packed mini-ITX P55 board' (full post)
Sneak Peek at GIGABYTE P55A-UD7 - P55 gets more PCI-E lanes
We managed to get hold of exclusive pictures of the upcoming GIGABYTE P55A-UD7 motherboard. It's labeled as "EXTREME" at the moment, but that's because it's not the final shipping product.
From what we heard from our source, "UD7" is the new name to replace the "EXTREME Series" that GIGABYTE used with a couple of its recent products. Without knowing for sure, we would say that "UD7" is the new name because of the tremendous popularity of the new Windows 7 operating system. It's all about the number seven right now.
So, what's new here and why do we need yet another extreme high-end motherboard from GIGABYTE? Presently the P55A-UD6 is the top dog from the Taiwanese motherboard maker, but the UD7 will introduce some important features for those looking to get full performance out of their Intel P55 Express based Core i5 or i7 Lynnfield system.
Added onto the P55A-UD7, as we can see from the picture above, is a PLX and NF200 chip. Why? NVIDIA's NF200 chip provides an additional 32 PCI-E lanes and the PLX chip provides additional lanes for USB 3.0 and SATA 3 (6Gbps).
So, what is the need for all these additional PCI Express lanes? P55 is a crippled version of the high-end X58 chipset, which comes with loads of lanes. P55 is the cheaper version and hence comes with far fewer lanes. The NF200 chip allows for full speed three-way SLI and Crossfire and as we mentioned above, the PLX chip adds more lanes for the USB 3.0 and SATA 3.
As has been discussed, on the present P55A-UD6 motherboard, there are not enough lanes for the USB 3.0 and SATA 3 to work at full speed, so some lanes had to be diverted away from the video card slots, meaning that video cards will not work at full speed. The fix for users not liking his implementation was GIGABYTE coming out with the P55A-UD7 motherboard.
Continue reading 'Sneak Peek at GIGABYTE P55A-UD7 - P55 gets more PCI-E lanes' (full post)
DFI first out the gate with a mini-ITX based P55 board
DFI has won the race when it comes to bringing out the first Mini-ITX sized P55 motherboard. UK website Clunk.org has managed to get hold of details and images of the upcoming LGA-1156 board.
With the PCB of the LANParty MI P55-T36 measuring in at 6.7 x 6.7-inch, the board is equipped with a decent array of specs and features :-
6 Phase PWM with Japanese made solid capacitors
High Frequency Multi Layer Inductors
2 connectors on board for 4 USB 2.0
One 16x PCI-E 2 slot
3x SATA II ports with RAID
2x DDR3 Slots Supporting Dual Channel
Realtek ALC 885 7.1 Audio
Intel GBe LAN
6x USB 2 Connectors
7.1ch outputs
1x Powered e-SATA/USB
Coaxial/Optical SPDIF
Dump-Proof Clear CMOS Button
LED Post Code Display
Availability of this board is said to be very near, but a definitive date has not yet been mentioned. Pricing is also yet to be disclosed.
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MSI launches the first in their "Big Bang" series
When you hear the words Big Bang many things come to mind. If you are between the ages of 9-14 you might start laughing (I know I still do), older than that you might have thoughts of galaxies and stars. If you are a computer enthusiast (pronounce that Geek) then you will probably think about MSI and their new Hydra sporting motherboards.
Well MSI is finally releasing one of the Big Bang Series. Unfortunately this one will be without Hydra. The new Hydra-Less board will be called the Trinergy and will have some nice consolations to the lack of the Hydra Chip.
The LGA 1156 board will have support for 4 DDR3 2133 Slots, Active Phase Switching, SuperPipe cooling, a PCI-e x1 Quantum Wave Audio card, dual GbE and true 3 way x16 SLI and Crossfire support. This last one is through the use of an NF200 chip to provide the extra PCI-e lanes.
There is no word on pricing yet and of course no word on when we might see a Hydra version yet. Still this looks like an interesting board to be sure and one that will have the SLI/Crossfire crowd excited about the P55/Lynnfield.
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ASRock announces EuP Ready P55DE3 Motherboard
ASRock has just announced its new P55DE3 motherboard for LGA 1156 Core i5 and Core i7 processors which looks to be a well rounded fully featured offering and hopefully very competitively priced.
Some of ASRock's inclusive features on the P55DE3 are OC DNA, C.C.O. (Combo Cooler Option), Multi-Speed Fan Control, Good Night LED, Intel Turbo Boost Monitor and EuP (Energy Using Product).
You can learn more about each of these features and other specifications within the official press release here.
ASRock has also provided a slide which shows the new P55DE3 up against GIGABYTE's highly popular GA-P55-UD6 in the performance stakes - indicating a win under both 3DMark Vantage and PCMark Vantage.
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GIGABYTE announces 333 Onboard Acceleration Feature on P55 boards
GIGABYTE has today announced seven new P55 based Intel motherboards which include a trio of the latest technologies that GIGABYTE refers to as GIGABYTE 333 Onboard Acceleration.
GIGABYTE's 333 Onboard Acceleration is seen on GIGABYTE's P55 series boards with USB 3.0, SATA 3.0 and 3X USB Power features.
"GIGABYTE is excited to be able to introduce our latest 333 onboard acceleration technologies on our market leading P55 platform," commented Tony Liao, Associate Vice President of Marketing at GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. "Through close cooperation with several industry leaders including NEC Electronics Corporation, Marvell, and Seagate, GIGABYTE is able to provide our customers with several next generation data transfer and storage technologies that will have a far reaching impact on how people interact with their digital media for many years to come."
You can learn more about the seven new P55A-series boards from GIGABYTE in the official announcement, located here.
Continue reading 'GIGABYTE announces 333 Onboard Acceleration Feature on P55 boards' (full post)
Video preview of the GIGABYTE EX-58 EXTREME2 motherboard
Late last week we gave you an exclusive look at GIGABYTE's upcoming P55A motherboards. We promised this week we would also give you a look at the upcoming GIGABYTE EX-58 EXTREME2 motherboard.
As with the refreshed P55A motherboards, the EX-58 EXTREME2 motherboard carries the same "333" theme. The triple three theme means that SATA3, USB3 and triple power USB has been added to the new version of the popular EXTREME motherboard for the high-end Core i7 processors.
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"Reading these stories over and over will help deposit the habit of persistence deep in the treasury of your sub-conscious mind."
-- Bob Proctor, star of The Secret and best selling author You Were Born Rich
"No obstacle is too big for the person whose heart is bigger! Dance Until it Rains is a book filled with inspiring stories of ordinary people who achieved extraordinary results because they overcame their obstacles with faith, determination and tenacity. Read it to spur yourself to greatness!"
--Chris Widener, best selling author of The Angel Inside
W Mitchell has lost his fingers and most of his body is paralyzed. Bound to a wheelchair, his once-burned face resembles a Halloween mask. That hasn't been enough to keep him from co-founding a $65 million company, serving as mayor of his community, and saving a mountain!
Becky Guinn has a different challenge --- she lost her hands and feet -- but that hasn't stopped this artist from painting and her passion --- teaching art to her students.
Bill Porter has all of his body parts --- they just don t always work right --- because of a lifetime of cerebral palsy. However, that apparently never entered his mind as he became the top salesman in his company with a daily routine so grueling that it would cause all but the most persistent to wither.
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Enter the show-stopping party dress. With fringe embellishments, allover sequin detail and sexy one shoulder cut, this bebe cocktail dress was made for the spotlight. Try it with a black and gold heel and finish it with a minaudiere.
- 85% polyester, 15% spadnex.
- Center back to hem: 31" (79 cm).
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- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S.
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Rated 5 out of 5�by PotatoTree Absolutely Beautiful! I had to have this dress! It is expensive, but if you look at it... it is well worth it. The sequins and beading are very intricate and the dress is well made. I usually wear an XS at BEBE, and this dress fit perfectly in XS. It is quite heavy because of all the beading, but that just means you have to take care of it. You will need a second person to help you take the dress off.... but it is worth it. If you dance or spin around in the dress, the dangly beads will look great spinning with you. October 16, 2012
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The Behler Chelonian Center supports researchers, ecologists, conservationists, students, and filmmakers — all for one reason: the conservation of turtles and tortoises. Many of the world's leading authorities on turtles and tortoises have spent time on the campus. Students from the United States and abroad are funded by the Turtle Conservancy to allow them to spend time at the BCC and participate in ex situ turtle and tortoise conservation.
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Wind and solar get lots of attention, but another kind of renewable power actually creates more energy in our country --wood. The state of Massachusetts on Friday decided that these plants aren't green enough to get some special breaks.


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This winter's shortened NHL season is expected to be either 48 or 50 games. But what does that mean for Minnesota Wild season ticket holders who lost out on the first half of the season?
Season ticket holder could be getting a hefty refund if they opted to stay with the team throughout the lock-out.
According to the Wild franchise about 90% of season ticket holders waited out the negotiations.
They'll be getting a refund for the 17 home games lost to the lock-out, plus 10% interest on the price of the ticket.
For on-the-glass seats, which cost $4,800 up front; they'll be getting a refund of $2,200 dollars back, that's including interest.
For lower level side seats, which cost $1,800 before the season; they'll be getting a refund of $820.
There will still be 24 home games at the Xcel Energy Center this season, but it could be a more intense schedule for players.
One Wild season ticket holder told us getting 10% interest for sitting around and waiting was an easy investment; but he's not in it for the money, he's itching to get in the stands.
"I can see the minute the game starts, the crowd erupting, into huge loud applause. It's time, we've waited what 3 months for the game to start, so let's just start going now," said Keith Miller, Wild Season Ticket Holder.
According to the Wild franchise, they can't openly talk about what season tickets holders will be getting until the deal has been ratified.
That should happen on Tuesday or Wednesday. Then the Wild will announce the home game schedule, and single game tickets for sale.


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Law School Pioneers New Curriculum
Stanford Law School was featured in the following Stanford Daily article by Mary Ann Toman-Miller on the law school's five-year approach to curriculum reform.
Stanford Law School (SLS) announced last week the completion of a five-year comprehensive reform to its second- and third-year law curriculum. The new multidimensional Juris Doctorate program incorporates a more interdisciplinary approach while emphasizing team-oriented problem-solving techniques and expanded hands-on clinical training.
The new curriculum will allow students to tailor their own joint degree programs in almost any discipline while expanding the international dimension of the program to integrate international business, national security and trade and tax law into the traditional curriculum. The school has added a new program, International Economic Law, to accommodate the needs of international students and those who plan to practice abroad. International students now make up 15 percent of the upper-level (second and third year) Law School student body, according to a Law School press release.
SLS also expanded its clinical education program, adding an in-house clinic operating as a single law firm: the Mills Legal Clinic. A clinical rotation-based system was introduced — based on medical school models — allowing second- and third-year students to learn without exams or courses. Sixty-five percent of second- and third-year students chose to enroll in a clinic in 2010, according to the Law School press release.
Gabe Ledeen J.D. '12, who served as a Marine Corps officer for four years before matriculating to Stanford Law School, provided feedback on the legal clinic curriculum.
"Being in Iraq and seeing what a country was like in a society without the rule of law gave me a deep appreciation for and hunger to understand our own system of laws and how they affect society," Ledeen said.
He referenced his experience working at the Stanford Criminal Prosecution Clinic, run by Professor George Fisher J.D. '67 at the Santa Clara County District Attorney's office in San Jose, as a positive example of the school's emphasis on real-world training.
We "are each assigned a primary supervisor who assigns us cases," Ledeen said. "We write briefs, and argue cases, though not in front of juries."
The Law School's five-year initiative coincided with a University-wide five-year fundraising campaign, the Stanford Challenge, which has enabled the Law School to finance curricular and infrastructure changes. Stanford Law School Dean Larry Kramer spearheaded the implementation of the reforms.


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From a Norman French form of the Germanic name Alberic, from alb 'elf, supernatural being' + ric 'power'. This was the name, according to Germanic mythology, of the king of the elves. The native Old English form, Ælfrīc, borne by a 10th-century archbishop of Canterbury, did not long survive the Conquest. Aubrey was a relatively common given name during the Middle Ages, but later fell out of favour. Its occurrence since the 19th century may in part represent a transferred use of the surname derived from the Norman given name, as well as a revival of the latter. In the United States, this is mainly used as a girl's name, perhaps under the influence of Audrey.
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I dont think any of the perc parts are particularly taxing EXCEPT the xylo bit which thankfully I dont have to play.BUT,I must say that I think that it has been very badly planned with regard to actualy playing the individual instruments that the perc part demands.I get the feeling that whoever did this just decided to throw some stuff in without any thoughts to the actual logistics of it because they didn't realy know what to do with it.There are two or three pieces of equipment writen into all three parts with apparently no thought as to how the players are going to play each part.We certainly aren't going to have two concert basses and three tam tams on stage.
This may seem a bit nit picky to some of you but I believe it just goes to show the lack of thought that some arrangers have in their music!
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2nd Annual Barrio Writers Live Reading
Sat, August 18, 2012 • 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM • Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102), Texas Union, The University of Texas at Austin
The Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) is pleased to host the 2nd Annual Barrio Writers Live Reading on Saturday, August 18, 2012.
The live reading will feature youth writers who have spent a week reading, writing and creating their own works on the canpus of The University of Texas at Austin.
The Barrio Writers program is focused on teen-age participants and consists of free workshops and additional one-on-one tutoring throughout the academic summer break, with monthly cultural arts events during the school year. Through these workshops and events, students build their skills in reading, grammar, creative writing and freedom of expression through the cultural arts.
During the summer a writing workshop is held to empower the teenage community while establishing a self-sufficient educational program that will represent community pride, perseverance and endless possibilities for following generations.
Special Guest Performance by The Cipher, "Austin's Hip Hop Project that is on a mission to build a community of young leaders and engaged hip hop artists and to strengthen the East Austin community in multiple ways."
The Barrio Writers (BW) program in Austin is partnered with the Center of Mexican American Studies (CMAS) and supported by The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) and Latinometro.
For more information email email@example.com or call (512) 537-2751 or BW Founder Sarah Rafael Garcia at (323) 972-6980.


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December 27, 2011
This handsome young man is a Lab-terrier mix and will be a medium-sized dog. He's a year old and weighs 35 to 45 pounds. He's anxious to find a good home for the new year. He can be rescued and adopted at Rockdale County Animal Care and Control Shelter at 1506 Rockbridge Road in Conyers. At the Rockdale shelter adoption fees for dogs are $30 and $20 for cats. Spaying or neutering is required for adoption. The shelter is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. The phone number is 770-278-8403.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Mount Pleasants new mayor Linda Page looked on as her town council got back to business last week. With the Thanksgiving holiday behind them, staff and elected officials held committee meetings regarding important issues coming before the town.
One such issue is council members and their conduct.
The discussion was raised by council member Thomasena Stokes-Marshall because of her concern over cell phone use during meetings. Her concern is that while doing the business of the town, cell phones are going off and being used.
She said it was disturbing and distracting and disrespectful to the citizens.
Mayor Page said it even went farther to include general respect for the citizens, staff and fellow council members. Electronic communication during meetings is not respectful, she agreed.
There is no official code of conduct, but Page said officials should be aware of what is expected of them.
Councilman Chris Nickels referred to the electronic age in which we live in.
He said we should be mindful of the rules and regulations and how elected officials use non-spoken communication with each other in regard to the Freedom of Information Act as well.
It was suggested that Page issue a reminder of the respect required while doing town business and how officials should electronically communicate with each other.
The town will prepare a memo for how its elected and appointed officials should and shouldnt handle their cellphones during public meetings. The committee agreed that Town Administrator Eric DeMoura and Town Attorney David Pagliarini will prepare a reminder advising council on the subject. DeMoura said the information could also be shared with volunteers who serve on the towns boards and commissions.
Economic Development Committee
This years Mount Pleasant Civic Pride Award went to The Market at Oakland. A presentation will be done at the January Council meeting.
Last year the award went to The Baker Motor Company of Mount Pleasant on Highway 17.
Also, The Harbor Accelerator, an incubator program the town has partnered with, has seen great progress. The vision for the town was to foster job creation and promote opportunities for employment for town residents.
In looking for that they came across incubators. The town took on the role of providing space at a subsidized rent. That was met with little to no economic benefit. The occupants of the space did not have the growth that was hoped for.
The new vision was then to see what the role of government is in economic development. Now the town provides support to a non-profit organization that handles what the town previously took on.
The Harbor Accelerator, the non-profit organization handling this effort, has been successful.
The group received 39 local applications for eight spaces and more than 80 online applications from across the globe in just 70 days.
To date, applications are closed and four have been accepted officially into the program with four more to be chosen by Dec. 15.
Twenty-four mentors are officially signed on to guide chosen businesses.
The diversity in the applications included sustainable, high impact companies. The four accepted so far are a digital application company, an innovative shoulder brace technology, a STEM-related technology toy, and the fourth is a software service platform for teachers to use when issuing exams.
An accelerator is defined as a model that is driven by the success of the business. The businesses are in an energetic environment to eventually become full service tenants in their own space.
This will not be an exclusively technological-based opportunity.
Christmas bonus
Mount Pleasant Town employees will be recognized for their hard work and commitment this holiday season by receiving a holiday bonus. But, the entire town council must approve exactly how much.
The Human Resources Committee approved a recommendation to the full town council to disperse a holiday pay adjustment for employees of $200. Councilman Glasson made a motion to support a $250 offering, but that did not pass due to councilman Chris Nickels and councilwoman Thomasena Stokes-Marshall opposing that idea.
When brought before the Finance Committee, Councilman Elton Carrier said that $250 is far more appropriate to employees because of the added workloads they carry due to a past freeze in hiring. We have the money to justify it, he said.
Stokes-Marshall who originally voted to recommend approval for $200 in the Human Resources Committee agreed to make a motion in favor of $250 during the Finance Committee.
The committee voted 2 to
2 in favor of Carriers mo-tion.
The entire council will decide next week what the appropriate amount should be.
There are 530 employees who work for the town.
Police Legal and Judicial Committee
Chairman Linda Page along with Police Chief Carl Ritchie presented a proposed ordinance amendment to the towing rules.
The chief has met with tow company owners and learned that many accept only cash. In addition, if the tow truck comes out and did not tow, there is a fee.
Towing companies on rotation are now being asked, by ordinance, to accept debit and credit cards and to charge a flat $85 fee should a car not be towed when a tow truck is called for service.
A full tow fee is $150.
The committee voted to approve to accept these amendments to the tow ordinance.
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Innkeeper worms build U-shaped burrows in the muddy sand of low-zone mudflats. These fine "innkeepers" maintain lodgings for their buddies in the mud. Food, shelter and running water pumped by the innkeeper worm attract a motley crew of guests to this burrow. Some, like the arrow goby, check in and out quickly; others, like pea crabs and scale worms, take up permanent residency. The innkeeper isn't bothered by these guests, but doesn't benefit, either.
Many kinds of plants, birds and fishes depend on the special mix of fresh and salt water found in wetlands. When we protect wetlands against development, we protect the homes of many animals.
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Innkeeper worms eat by creating a "slime net" that traps tiny bits of food drifting in the water. When the net's full of food, the innkeper swallows its meal—net and all.


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Researchers In Russia Create Alcohol Pill That Gets You Drunk
Drinking may very well become a thing of the past, but drunkards will be everywhere, thanks to an alcohol pill being developed by Russian scientists.
The alcohol pill, developed by Russian professor Evgeny Moskalev, can get somebody drunk without them even drinking.
The method he developed turns alcohol into a powder, which is then placed into a capsule.
"We have developed a technology that allowed us to turn any liquid solution into powder," Professor Moskalev said.
He reports having tested his technique on liquor "containing as much as 96% alcohol content."
Eat your heart out, Absinthe.
Moskalev claims he can create an alcohol pill from just about any alcoholic beverage, including whiskey, cognac, beer, and wine.
This sounds like the end of society as we know it.
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Steven Spielberg directs this 2011 adventure film about a young man named Albert and his horse, Joey, as their bond is forcibly broken when Joey is sold to the cavalry and sent to the trenches of World War One. Despite being too young to enlist, Albert heads to France to save his friend. Based on the children's novel of the same name by Michael Morpurgo, War Horse stars David Thewlis, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Tom Hiddleston, & Peter Mullan.
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Although technology can be frustrating, there are certain aging services technologies available today that can improve the quality of life, especially in residents with dementia.
June 17 webinar to address 'star' practices to improve hiring, retention
During a free June 17 McKnight's webinar, attendees will receive tips on how to find "right-fit" candidates, better keep current staff members engaged with employee-centric practices, and consistently meet Five Star Quality Rating goals.
June 4 webcast focuses on stopping the spread of C. difficile
Healthcare associated infections are major causes of transfers from long-term care facilities to acute care hospitals and readmission within 30 days after discharge, yet many of them are preventable.
May 20 webcast: Using quality data to best partner with hospitals, MCOs
Evidence-based quality data can be a powerful tool — especially for building partnerships with hospitals and managed care entities. These relationships will become increasingly important, making McKnight's free May 20 webcast a must-attend for forward-thinking providers.
Super Tuesday webcast May 12: Providers' Top 5 technology challenges
Technology is showing increased potential for improving resident care, preventing medical errors and increasing administrative efficiencies. During an important one-hour webcast on May 12, operators will learn about the top technology challenges providers face nationwide — and what they can do about them. Chip Burns, the president and CIO of The Asbury Group-Integrated Technologies, will be the featured speaker.
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Root cause analysis is critical to discovering the causes related to a problem identified through the PCDA quality improvement process. Participants will learn more about this process during a CE-eligible webcast.
March 18 webcast: Quality staffing strategies for the year ahead
With greater competition for talent and other workforce challenges, long-term care operators need to be well armed with knowledge about staffing. A free McKnight's webcast March 18 will feature experts explaining how to deal with Five Star Quality Rating changes and otherwise achieve clinical, operational and financial improvements through quality staffing practices.
March 12 webinar tackles innovation in resident security
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