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Reconstruction of temperature changes based on lengths of glaciers in various parts of the world. The "Atlantic" region includes Greenland, Iceland, and Scandinavia. Sample size ranged from less than 20 glaciers before 1800 to more than 150 glaciers after
Climate researchers have reliable temperature records from weather stations dating back to about 1850. To study variations in climate that pre-date the advent of weather stations, climatologists rely on reconstructions based on a variety of proxy and direct measurements.
Reconstruction of global temperature changes based on 695 boreholes in the Northern Hemisphere. Blue-shaded area indicates the range of values for various reconstructions. After Pollack and Smerdon 2004.
The historical temperature record based on ice core proxy measures indicates that Earth's climate during the past million years has been punctuated with about 8 cycles of relatively long, colder periods (glacials) interrupted by relatively short, warmer periods (interglacials). Each of nine interglacial periods correlates with higher concentrations of the greenhouse gases CH4, CO2, and N2O. Current levels of these gases, however, greatly exceed those at any time during the past 650,000 years.
Tree ring and coral proxy measures provide clues to changes within the past millennium. A compilation of tree ring data from the Northern Hemisphere indicates that air temperatures today are as warm as any time during the past 1,200 years. Cores samples from coral reefs at the Great Barrier Reef, Australia dating as far back as 1565 show that temperatures near the corals during the last half of the twentieth century are as warm as they have been in over 400 years.
Assessments of changes in glacial extent support this account. Assuming a simple relationship (one that ignores variation in precipitation) between glacier length and average air temperature, one can reconstruct the temperatures near various glaciers over the past 400 years. [1] These reconstructions indicate that temperatures were relatively uniform through the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries but began to rise worldwide during the twentieth century. Recent reconstructions of temperature records based on studies of shallow ice cores and boreholes suggest a similarly abrupt rise in temperature within the last 150 years.
[1] Oerlemans, J. (2005) Extracting a climate signal from 169 glacier records. Science 308:675-677.
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"Boating Buddies" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season six. In this episode, Squidward must attend Boating School after getting a ticket.
SpongeBob is brushing Gary when he hears a strange noise. He goes outside to investigate only to find out that it's Squidward breathing. Squidward then tells SpongeBob that he will pay him five dollars if he gives him peace and quiet rest of the day. However, Squidward already gave SpongeBob five dollars to leave him alone yesterday. He gets annoyed, so Squidward begins walking away. He then finds out that SpongeBob is following him so he starts running and he jumps into his boat. However, he can't find the key and SpongeBob arrives at Squidward's boat. Squidward then becomes furious, only to find out that SpongeBob wanted to give him his keys. Squidward then drives away and crashes into a stop sign. He then gets pulled over by a police man, telling him that he needs to do boating school. Then the scene changes to Squidward walking up to Mrs. Puff's boating school and when he opens the door, he see's SpongeBob and then starts to cry. During class, Squidward is forced to sit next to SpongeBob. Then Mrs. Puff asks Squidward why he is enrolled in Boating School, so he tells everyone. Then Mrs. Puff tells SpongeBob to illustrate his side of the story, but SpongeBob just draws on the chalkboard a picture with him and Squidward saying "SpongeBob And Squidward, Best Boating Buddies Forever". Then it is lunchtime and Squidward tries to avoid SpongeBob. He then decides to eat in the bathroom, where he gets beat up. Then he arrives back in class with SpongeBob and Mrs. Puff tells him that he has to drive with SpongeBob for a test. So they get inside a boat and SpongeBob is the driver. However, he drives out of control and ends up in a research lab. There, he, Squidward, and Mrs. Puff shrink and get washed down the drain. SpongeBob and Mrs. Puff end up in a water fountain back at Mrs. Puff's Boating School, while Squidward ends up in the bathroom and gets beat up again. Then the scene changes to everyone back in class. Mrs. Puff explains that everyone is going to do a test. But when SpongeBob tries to help him, Squidward snaps at him that they aren't "Boating Buddies" and he never wants help from him ever again. SpongeBob's feelings are hurt. However, Squidward can't do the test because he can't pick up the pencil, so he asks for SpongeBob for help; when the young sponge reminds him of what he said, Squidward denies it, only for his voice to be recorded by another student. Finally, when Squidward admits that he and SpongeBob are "Boating Buddies", SpongeBob cheers. But time runs out and Squidward asks Mrs. Puff what to do. She then says that he needs to come back the next week. Then Squidward finds out that SpongeBob also failed the test and he has to come back the next week too. So Squidward screams and the episode ends.
|( ‣ ) Associated production music
|( • ) Original music
|( ◦ ) SpongeBob music
‣ ? [title card]
• Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Gary, can you hear that?"]
‣ ? [Squidward reading]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Squidward stops]
• ? - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob chases Squidward]
‣ Tympup A - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy ["You left your keys on the table back there."]
• ? - Nicolas Carr ["You left your keys on the table back there."]
• SpongeBob Theme - Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton [Squidward drives away]
‣ ? [cop writes Squidward a ticket]
‣ Hawaiian Cocktail - Richard Myhill ["Officer, please! I have impeccable boat smarts."]
‣ Horlepiep - Jan Rap [Squidward goes to boating school]
• ? - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward cries]
‣ The Achterhoek Dances - Jan Rap [class begins]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [Hawaiian sting]
‣ The Four Seasons: Spring - Antonio Vivaldi [SpongeBob's side of the incident]
• ? - Nicolas Carr ["What the...?"]
• ? - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [lunch]
• ? - Nicolas Carr [tough guy]
• ? - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward with leg cast]
‣ The Achterhoek Dances - Jan Rap [driving test begins]
• Monster Wave - Nicolas Carr, Fabian Fernandez, James King ["SpongeBob, look out!"]
‣ Lonely Stranger - Laurie Johnson [top secret laboratory]
‣ Frankenstein's Niece A - Gregor F. Narholz [boat gets shrunk]
• ? - Jeremy Wakefield ["I will never understand these city folk."]
• ? - Nicolas Carr ["I was just leaving."]
• ? - Jeremy Wakefield [final exams]
• Steel Licks - Jeremy Wakefield ["Okay, Squidward, if that's the way you want it."]
‣ Tomfoolery - David Snell [Squidward asks SpongeBob for help]
• Steel Sting - Jeremy Wakefield ["Jerk."]
‣ Tomfoolery - David Snell [time's up]
• ? - Jeremy Wakefield ["Time can't be up!"]
‣ Horlepiep - Jan Rap [ending]
- When SpongeBob was driving recklessly and nearly hit the old lady, it was the granny from "Have You Seen This Snail?"
- This episode was supposed to air on August 8, but aired one day early on the 7th.
- Mrs. Puff says they all know why SpongeBob is in Boating School, but it is unknown how he went to Boating School in the first place. It is assumed that he just wanted to have the freedom to drive a boat and be on the road. There is much small evidence supporting this.
- This is the third episode where Squidward's vehicle is shown. The first was "Dying for Pie" the second was Boat Smarts and the next time will be "Love That Squid."
- When Squidward walked away from SpongeBob, Squidward had a newspaper in his hand, but in the next shot he doesn't. Also, Squidward doesn't like newspaper as shown in Can You Spare A Dime?, so there might a reason he held the newspaper.
- "The Four Seasons - Spring" by Vivaldi is playing while SpongeBob is drawing on the board.
- At the end of the episode SpongeBob says he has never passed the test exam. In "Boating School," he says he always passes the oral but can never do the driving part.
- In the Netherlands this episode finally aired on October 19, 2009. It was paired with Squid's Visit so since that happened To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants aired with The Krabby Kronicle.
- In German this episode is called "Bootsbrüder", which means "Boating Brothers".
- The episode was set to be aired with "Grooming Gary" Instead, it aired with "Krabby Kronicle".
- Squidward says he has impeccable boat smarts, but he lost them earlier in Slide Whistle Stooges when he destroyed the Chum Bucket and the Krusty Krab.
- In Summer Job, Mrs. Puff works at the Krusty Krab and in this episode Squidward is in Boating School.
- The outline of the newspaper was blue but when Squidward snatched it from the table, the outline was gray.
- The closeup of SpongeBob breathing heavily while Squidward writes what happened on the blackboard is exactly the same scene where SpongeBob breathes heavily to Squidward as he sits beside him.
- Squidward is seen holding a newspaper but in "Can You Spare a Dime?", he claims he is allergic to newsprint.
- It's hinted that SpongeBob will never get his driver's license, but SpongeBob is in denial.
- The info for this episode on TV guides say Squidward is caught speeding. However, he is not speeding. He just ran over a stop sign.
- Squidward says he has no criminal record prior to getting the ticket. However, he got arrested in Good Ol' Whatshisname (though, this episode could've taken place before that episode).
Cultural References
- When SpongeBob drives through the costume shop, Mrs Puff is dressed like Jason Voorhees from Friday the 13th.
- When Squidward sits down to take the final exam, he is not holding a pencil nor is there a pencil on his desk, but in the next shot, he has a pencil laying on his desk.
- In the scene were Squidward is talking to SpongeBob about him needing his help Debbie Rechid was tottally pink and the next scene she was purple
- When Squidward says "I dont care what Mr. Krabs says", when SpongeBob leans backwards slightly, SpongeBob's belt turns tan. This is likely an animation error and is often pointed out by fans.
- When SpongeBob says "chocolate rain", it is a reference to the Tay Zonday song "Chocolate Rain", which is one of the most famous songs on YouTube.
- When Squidward is hurt by that big guy those two times, he walks in on the right, but the door to enter and exit is on the left.
- After Squidward is done with his illustration, he doesn't erase the board when he is finished, and when SpongeBob is drawing, there is no trace of Squidward's drawing left, and was never seen picking up an eraser.
- In this episode, SpongeBob's cheeks appear bigger (or his mouth was smaller) than usual.
- When SpongeBob draws the curl on the line, it disappears when the camera zooms out to the entire chalkboard.


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04-20-2009, 04:48 PM #61I am new to your site as well.
I went through the things needed and I think that I'm set. I just d/l the Welcome Gift.
I am anxious to start learning Scrapping.
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I am new to this, I just stumbled onto it from Scrappin blogs...I am so excited. I am a painter but this just looks like so much fun. An avenue to create another way. Cool!
Welcome Lakin71! Be prepared to be addicted, LOL! Be sure and holler if you have any questions!
Welcome from another Californian. I'll look forward to seeing your layouts. I've seen lots of artistic pages that are a lot like painting, so you may enjoy doing that sort of thing to start with. Everyone here is friendly and helpful, and I'm sure you'll enjoy our challenges and treats!
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Hello everyone,
I'm hoping someone can give me a little help. I started digiscrapping last year when I lost my job and had more free time at home to spend on this wonderful hobby. I actually turned out a couple of pages from scratch! Then my motherboard died, and RadioShack sent my computer off for repairs to Puerto Rico in early January. Well, it didn't come back in 6 weeks like the salesperson said; it was more like 2 months. That was actually okay, though, because my apartment was robbed in February, and if my computer had been there, it would have been gone for good.
In the meantime, I also managed to bust my Achilles tendon while on vacation in Dominica, the "nature island" of the Caribbean. What a beautiful island! I'm lucky that I didn't fall while hiking to the Boiling Lake or Trafalgar Falls! Long story short, I couldn't sit with my feet down for a long time because of the swelling, so now, between the injury to my computer and to my foot, I seem to have forgotten everything I figured out how to do last fall. I was using Adobe Elements at the time, and now I can't even find that program on my machine.
When I opened the program I could find--Photoshop 7, I believe--I didn't know how to get the layer function to work for me. I opened a new 12x12 page and imported a background paper all right, but everything else after that went on top of the background paper and I couldn't move anything around. When I tried to use PaintShopPro, the .png files didn't work.
What do I have to do to get the layers working again?! Thanks very much for your help in advance. I am really puzzled by this ...
that is some "luck" you have been having
I use PhotoshopCS2 and CS4
all I do is open a blank document and drag the file I want to use into the blank space of the screen.
I will then drag this layer into my new document.
After I have done this I close the original, so I dont overwrite it or save it after I have edited it.
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It was the Library & Information Sciences that set me on the path to becoming a massive fan of the progressive metal band Mastodon. While I was getting my graduate degree, I did an audiovisual purchasing project that involved selecting and budgeting for materials that would be desirable to add to a library's collection based on such factors as expected demographical popularity, cultural significance, and critical acclaim. This involved a lot of research and reading of reviews for recent movies and music, and one of the items that kept popping up on my radar was an album called Crack the Skye by the aforementioned sludge rockers. Feedback for the release was phenomenal, and it was carrying an impressively high average score at critical aggregator site Metacritic. So when I saw the CD at Target for ten bucks, I snapped it up, figuring my metal-loving ears would investigate the buzz for themselves.
And love it I did. Skye is a concept album with seven songs, a couple of which run over ten minutes, and its story has something to do with astral projection, wormholes, Tsarist Russia, and a paraplegic who ends up in the body of Rasputin—exactly the kind of bizarrely ridiculous plot that makes prog rock so wonderfully enjoyable. I was hooked from the very first opening track, "Oblivion," through the last note of the last song called "The Last Baron." I had heard one or two songs of Mastodon's before—I think an older single called "Colony of Birchmen" was on Rock Band—but from what I could tell, Skye represented a leap forward in maturity, accessibility, and ambition. The songwriting was intricate, the guitar work masterful, and each song was a uniquely memorable piece of the overall puzzle.
Mastodon followed up Skye with last year's The Hunter, an album that I listed as one of the best albums of 2011 right here on KPL's website. I've been listening to it consistently since it came out, and the more time I spend with it, the more I'm convinced it's one of the best metal albums in a decade. The sound is more stripped down than on previous releases and the songwriting is more nuanced. There's not a moment of filler on the album, as each track has a distinct ferocity, powerful lyrics, and a rich hook. My wife and I had the pleasure of seeing Mastodon perform at the Intersection in Grand Rapids this past Saturday night where they played all but one track off the album. They blew the roof off the place and I was a happy, happy headbanger.
So if you're a metal fan (or like your alternative rock on the heavy side), check out The Hunter and Crack the Skye. I'm starting to work my way through their older material now—and loving every minute of it!
I just love the sedate, retro vibe of the soundtrack to the oddball film Beginners; the Mike Mills directed roman a clef about his relationship with his widowed father. Old blues and jazz from the 1920's (Jelly Roll Morton, Bessie Smith, Hoagy Carmichael, and Josephine Baker) are prominently featured as well as a French horn driven suite by J.S. Bach. Interfiled between the throwback gems are several touching, original scores by Dave Palmer and Roger Niell. The back and forth tone of the film, from light hearted to melancholic, are sensibly reflected in this quirky collection. Oh, and by the way, check out the movie. It appears on our Best of 2011 list.
My first exposure to the music of the Fruit Bats was from watching the movie Our Idiot Brother. Lead singer Eric D. Johnson's fresh rendition of the hammy Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around the Ole Oak Tree led me to their record Tripper. Textured folk rock melded to catchy, Beatlesesque melodies (see: The Shins) is what the Bats bring to the table. There's nothing particularly pioneering about Tripper, nothing that will blow your mind, but sometimes you're not always going to be in the mood for creative complexity and artistic innovation. Sometimes you just want a catchy jam to get stuck in your head. For other groups who aren't necessarily re-inventing the musical wheel but who continue to make smart, appealing records worthy of your I-Pod, see: The War on Drugs, Real Estate, Dr. Dog, Vetiver, and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks. Here's one of the best tracks from Tripper and a stylistic nod to 1980's videos.
Soon, KPL patrons will have the opportunity to examine and critique our staff-produced Best of 2011 lists for movies, books and music. This caused me to think back over the year about great songs that had left their mark. Though, I'm sure there are other musical gems that could easily be considered favorites, here are several quality songs that I've picked from the slew of great rock releases this year. FFunny Friends by Unknown Mortal Orchestra
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The sound of San Francisco band Girls is one both familiar and refreshingly new. It's one of those records that harkens back to older influences (Pink Floyd, Elvis Costello, Spiritualized, British Invasion era Pop) while retaining a bright and contemporary energy that comes through these well written songs. There are plenty of beautiful ballads full of melodic tunefulness sutured together with a variety of instrumentation (flutes, acoustic guitar, keyboards, back up singers), not to mention the occasional, soaring guitar solo. But there are also a few up-tempo, catchy pop songs to contrast with the more contemplative numbers. This record will definitely be on my best of the year list.
I love to make music mixes for my friends. When I can get the response, "Wow I never would have listened to that song if it wasn't on the mix you made me," I feel like I have done my part to push good music out into the world. My seven year old daughter considers a good mix one in which you can roll down the windows and turn up the volume. Below is a playlist that consists of what I feel are the best tracks of the first six months of 2011. Mix it up and roll down your windows.
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Stripping away all of the electric guitar distortion and big rock sound that has defined the majority of his substantial body of creative work, J. Masic's new solo album Several Shades of Why showcases the immense talent that is cloaked within one of rock musics ultimate slacker personas. I've always considered Mascis (best known as lead singer of the mighty alt rock band Dinosaur Jr.) stylistically to be a sort of Neil Young of Generation X. And like Young's singing, you either enjoy J.'s twangy rasp or it grates on your nerves after a matter of seconds. I happen to be in the first camp, so I was pleased to hear his vocals front and center on this his first solo effort. Mainly acoustic guitar driven and stripped to a bare minimum of added instruments, Several Shades of Why is beautiful in its simplicity and allows the quality of the songs and the talent of the performers to really shine.
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I'm glad to hear that you are helping your peers get info on STI testing. (I'm using the more inclusive, current term STI which means "sexually transmitted infections", just so you know. ;-)
We have an article on this very topic: http://www.scarleteen.com/article/infection/testing_testing
You can read up on more testing and STI stuff in this section: http://www.scarleteen.com/article/infection/
We're glad to answer your questions here but you will probably find our more-interactive message boards to yield faster and more interactive results: http://www.scarleteen.com/forum/ultimatebb.php
When is the best time to get tested?
Right now! I say the best time to go is when you're feeling ready to go and when the testing place is open. You can go alone or with a friend or partner for support; heck, you and your friends could even go together! Some STIs take awhile to show up (ex. the HIV rapid test results can be used accurately 3 months after a possible risk) whereas other ones you want to go right in to have checked out (ex. if you see any weird discharge or an active sore.)
Where do you live? You can always talk to your GP or, if you're female, your gynecologist about getting tested. In the US, you could go to your local health department or a place like Planned Parenthood for free or low-cost testing. In a place like Canada or the UK, public health care pretty much already covers those costs and you can inquire where to go. There are a number of non-profits/NGOs all over that offer free testing, educational materials, kind and personalized advice, not to mention bags of free safer sex swag. We recommend people get tested regularly; this could mean going in every six months to a year for a regularly scheduled appointment or even more often if you're changing/have multiple partners or were in "higher risk" scenarios such as a condom breaking during sex.
Have you gotten tested? Is it scary, does it hurt?
I have gotten tested; I regularly get tested. I most recently got an HIV test (negative!) that didn't hurt at all (I just rubbed the swab around the inside of my cheek.) It really doesn't hurt more than a pinprick, at that, for most tests. To add experience from a male perspective, my boyfriend has also been tested for STIs and he said it didn't hurt. (The myths about painful testing techniques for men just aren't true! Plus, when you consider what you get for a few minutes of testing: Peace of mind that can help you and your partner/s relax and enjoy sex even more!)
Again, good luck with this. Please let me know if you or your friends have any more questions. And please do take a peek at the message board link above. :-)
I am 20 years old and just wanted to get my peers info on STD testing. When do you think is the best time to go get tested? Have you gotten tested? Is it scary, does it hurt? Any suggestions would be great! Thanks
what you think of casual sex?
Of course I knew how stuff worked; the penis goes in the vagina, etc. But if I'd known of resources like this before I started having sex, it would have been a lot better. I know that some things belong in the home, some in pornos - but where are we supposed to learn the rest? I was never talked to about masturbation or the nuvaring - and look at me now - I learned the hard way.
Dear Wiley,
We do, in fact, have a part of the website where users can talk to volunteers and other users for help or advice or just chat about sex ed or sexuality issues. :) If you haven't come across the message boards yet and are still around, please check this link out: http://www.scarleteen.com/cgi-bin/forum/ultimatebb.cgi.
At the Scarleteen message boards, you can "lurk," first reading others' posts and seeing topics or just jump right in with a question. The registration systems for the main site (right here– where the articles, blog, etc. are) and the message boards (the link I listed above) are run on different systems, so you'll need to register there, too.
Thanks for stopping by, and I do hope you participate at the message boards!
hi my name is jazz wiley and im 13 years old. i think that this wed site sould have an part where they can talk to someone online. for some fact or a little help
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IPP Executive Chairman Dr Reginald Mengi has become the first Tanzanians to win the annual international Business for Peace Award. It will be presented to him and six other prominent members of the world business community at a ceremony in Oslo on Monday.
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Aloys Mwamanga, President of the Tanzania Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture (TCCIA), told journalists in Dar es Salaam yesterday that the award is organised by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Oslo-based Business for Peace Foundation.
He noted that TCCIA, which is an ICC member, serves as the coordinator of the award in Tanzania.
"TCCIA sincerely congratulates Dr Mengi on this award, but more importantly for making Tanzania proud and visible globally. We call upon other businesspersons to emulate him by sharing their success with their underprivileged compatriots as a way of supporting the war on poverty and vices in society," he added. Announcing the winners for 2012, the Awards Committee of Nobel Laureates said in a letter to TCCIA and the organising coordinator that Dr Mengi was among 90 strong nominees for the prestigious award from more than 60 countries.
Mwamanga explained that Tanzania (through TCCIA) had submitted four other contenders, "who equally did well but who did not emerge winners for this year".
He said this was the first time for Tanzania to participate in this process and the first time to be represented by a winning nominee.
The other winners of the 2012 Award, with their countries in brackets, are Ibrahim Abouleish (Egypt), Anil Agarwal (India), Eduardo Eunekian (Argentina),Vladas Lasas (Lithuania), David W. Maclennan (US), and Latifur Rahman (Bangladesh).
Mwamanga described the seven honourees as "businesspersons who, through their own actions and commitments, promote socially responsible and ethical business practices in an outstanding way and stand out as examples to others".
The TCCIA president said the Business for Peace Award is meant to accelerate the development of ethical business practices by enhancing public awareness of the benefits of conducting business ethically.
"The vision is to inspire and encourage business people to foster peace and stability for the benefit of humanity," he noted, elaborating: "A key goal is to seek to increase awareness of ethical business practices and to influence and redefine the public's perception of what it means to be a successful businessperson." He said success in business success is these days primarily measured through the one-dimensional prism of financial success, adding: "Through introducing the broader normative concept of the worthiness of business, the aim is to add to the public image of what constitutes success."
The award-giving process started with the ICC receiving the nominees' list through its global network of chambers of commerce and national committees until the names of the 90 nominees were shortlisted and submitted.
Previous recipients of the award include leaders and entrepreneurs from large and small businesses alike: Ratan Tata (India), Francis Yeoh (Malaysia), Venkataramani Srivathsan (Saudi Arabia), Zhengrong Shi (China/Australia) and Josephine Okot (Uganda).
Only days ago, Dr Mengi was honoured with two international awards at a historic ceremony in Dar es Salaam in recognition of his contribution to the development of humankind at national, regional and global levels. These are the 2010 Global Leadership and Humanitarian Award and the first United Nations NGO Lifetime Achievement Award.
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A life comparison with an old tennis shoe has garnered top honors in a national writing contest for a Volunteer State Community College student. Paul Farmer of White House was the top award winner in the TRIO DigiText competition with the Best of Contest award for his entry "Life Lessons from a Smelly Shoe." The 2011 TRIO Quest competition had 600 entries. TRIO is a federally funded student support service. TRIO Quest was funded by the U.S. Department of Education to encourage TRIO students and programs to begin to master 21st century skills.
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ISLAMIC finance has been growing rapidly in developing and developed countries in recent years. Its financial assets have expanded by over 10 per cent annually and represented over 0.5 per cent of the global financial assets in 2010.
The strong growth is likely to continue in the coming years despite the recent financial crisis. The National Bank of Commerce (NBC) and KCB Bank Tanzania have launched Islamic banking services to meet market needs.
Tanzania Global Learning Agency (TaGLA), formerly called Tanzania Global Learning Centre (TGDLC), in collaboration with Tokyo Development Learning Centre (TDLC) has organised on May 14-June 7, this year, a videoconference workshop on introduction to Islamic finance to share fundamentals of Islamic finance with a special focus on policy makers and officials of the financial sector in Africa and Asia.
This banking system is based on the principles of Islamic law and Islamic economics. It aims at ensuring that banking services and products appeal to all customers regardless of their belief system or background. Under Islamic banking, products and governing contracts are structured with strict observance of Islamic law on just and fair business transactions.
According to TaGLA Interim Executive Director Charles Senkondo, Islamic banking or finance is TaGLA's newly introduced programme with a view to raising public awareness and building capacity on modern banking in compliance with Shariah law. It is open to all customers - Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
It is operated free of interest and any ambiguity under the principle of profit-risk-sharing. In contrast to conventional finance, business transactions under Islamic finance require underlying genuine trade and assets.
The Islamic finance market is still below its true potential and its market is still below its true potential. However, some countries in Africa and Asia are making considerable effort to capitalise on the growing popularity of Islamic financial services.
This programme will feature international experts of Islamic finance from the World Bank and other international organisations and will be offered in English and French.
Speakers include Zamir Igbal, a PhD holder and lead investment and principal financial officer with the Quantitative Strategies, Risk and Analytics (QRA) Department of the World Bank Treasury and Etsuaki Yoshida, an economist at the Bank of Japan and joined as adviser in charge of policy planning of Islamic finance in the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) since 2007 to date.
He is also visiting associate professor teaching Islamic finance at the Waseda Graduate School.
The videoconference workshop will be moderated by Mor Seck, Manager/Director Senegal Distance Learning Centre and President of the Association of African Distance Learning Centres (AADLC).
"Many banks across the world are now changing from conventional to Islamic banking. We are part of this change and Tanzania is doing the same. We need to raise public awareness on this banking system and how to utilise it," said TaGLA programme coordinator Dickson Mwanyika in an interview with this reporter.
Participants will be able to describe fundamental concepts in Islamic finance and its growth potential, structure financial products and mechanisms under Islamic finance, understanding key actors and roles in regulating, supervising and monitoring and learn from practices in other countries on Islamic finance.
The workshop is divided in four sessions. Session I is scheduled for May 14, this year, and will be about introduction to Islamic finance and will focus on the definition and fundamentals of Islamic finance, global trends and estimated growth of the sector and an overview of emerging markets, products and services in Islamic finance.
Session II is scheduled for May 24 and will focus on structuring Islamic financial products and will present basic models of Islamic finance (trade-based and investment-based models) and various financial products and transaction models (loans, deposits, Sukuk-bonds, funds, Takaful-insurance) with practical examples.
Session III is scheduled for May 31 and will focus on geographical expansion of Islamic finance. It will address emerging markets and their government policies and jurisdiction and international organisation.
Session IV is scheduled for June 7 and will focus on risk management in Islamic finance. The session will seek to analyse market and credit risk management and briefly present legal issues under Islamic finance.
Target groups include national and local government officials from financial ministries and agencies, officers from commercial banks, legal department, insurance, security and asset management companies, microfinance institutions and NGOs who wish to develop knowledge on Islamic finance for their business activities in Africa and selected countries in South and East Asia and the financial sector staff from international organisations.
There are two basic principles behind Islamic banking. One is about the sharing of profit and loss and, the other is about prohibition of the collection and payment of interest. Interest collection is not permissible under Shariah law.
Globally, Islamic banking started in 1993 and since then commercial banks and other financial institutions started and continued offering Islamic banking products and services under the Islamic banking scheme (IBS).
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Each session will be a 2.5-hour interactive session using videoconference technology. Each session consists of presentations followed by a question and answer session and open discussion. Webcasting (live streaming via internet) will be available at http://streamng.jointokyo.org/ so, internet access and Windows Media Player are required.


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How the United States Became the World's No. 1 Jailer
Contact: Joanna Klimaski
(212) 636-7175
April 24, 2013
The United States accounts for about 5 percent of the world's population, but it is home to nearly a quarter of the world's prison population.
Over the past 30 years, the response to prison overcrowding due to harsher laws and longer sentences has been a growing number of government-contracted for-profit prisons companies.
On April 23, a panel at Fordham said these privately owned and operated prisons raise urgent moral concerns about how justice is carried out in the United States.
Sponsored by Fordham's
Center for Ethics Education
, "Jailing for Dollars: The Moral Costs of Privatizing Justice," held at Fordham School of Law, featured a panel of experts that included
Cindy Chang
, staff writer for
Los Angeles Times
Thomas Giovanni
, counsel to the Justice Program at the Brennan Center for Justice,
Judith Greene
, criminal justice policy expert at Justice Strategies,
Michael Jacobson
, Ph.D., president and director of the Vera Institute of Justice, and
John Pfaff
, associate professor of law.
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From left, Cindy Chang, John Pfaff, Michael Jacobson, Thomas Giovanni, and Judith Greene.
Photo by Bruce Gilbert
Panelists discussed portions of the film
Billions Behind Bars: Inside America's Prison Industry
, which documents the rising danger of prison overcrowding. As states have begun to outsource prisoners—California sends inmates as far as Mississippi, while Hawaii has 1,700 male inmates housed in a prison in Arizona—private prisons have taken up the excess.
Pfaff questioned, however, whether private facilities are in fact driving prison growth, or whether they are merely part of a complex problem fueled by politics. Although the number of private prisons has surged over the last three decades, only about 8 percent of state prisoners are housed in these facilities.
These politics, Jacobson said, are characterized less by Republican versus Democrat and more by "upstate versus downstate." That is, private prisons are largely concentrated in rural areas, creating jobs as a byproduct.
"Prisons have been used as a form of economic development in communities across the country—that's a bad thing," Jacobson said. "That's not a private versus public thing—that's a prison-as-jobs dynamic, and it's a very difficult dynamic to break. It's one of the many reasons that closing prisons is so difficult. These communities fight to have them and keep them."
Even if private prisons have not caused the prison crisis, Jacobson said they represent an obstacle to future reform.
Chang, who spent a year researching the correctional system in Louisiana, which has the highest incarceration rate in the country, found that private prisons also bring resources and jobs to law enforcement officials who run the prisons.
"One sheriff said that he hates to make money off of the back of some unfortunate person, but he also remembers when the police force had nothing—they had to share shotguns on patrol," she said. "It's a Faustian bargain. You get jobs, but in return, you're part of this troublesome system."
Even worse, maintaining these prisons triggers a vicious cycle. "If you're putting all this money into locking people up, then you have less money for schools, or for making neighborhoods better, which is why some people end up in prison in the first place," she said.
Panelist Thomas Giovanni said that the most important part of prison reform is the human beings in the prison cells.
Photo by Bruce Gilbert
Giovanni said the nation must begin by addressing soaring incarceration rates, which have been spurred by harsher laws and sentencing.
"Too many things are crimes that should not be crimes," Giovanni said, citing stringent trespassing and loitering laws, as well as policies related to the so-called war on drugs.
"When we think about prison policy legislation—we wrote it, we can erase it… That's going to take a lot of fuel out of the fire."
Pfaff added that in order to help curb incarcerations for low-level offenses, prosecutors who hand out prison sentences liberally, especially for non-violent, non-sexual, non-recidivist offenders, should be held financially accountable.
"Never doubt the incentives of cash," Pfaff said. "If we make you pay for your actions, then your actions might change."
Overall, Giovanni noted, the focus on whether prisons should be private or public obscures more important issues related to human rights, such as the abysmal conditions that prisoners suffer in public as well as private facilities.
"The debate over private versus public [has] a complete lack of focus on the human beings in the cells that we're talking about," Giovanni said. "The beginning and end of
policy is a human being whose life can either improve or be made worse by the policy. If we start there, then we'll have a different discussion."
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(1) Authority to enter.— A motor carrier providing transportation or service subject to jurisdiction under chapter 135 may enter into an agreement with one or more such carriers to establish—
(G) rate adjustments of general application based on industry average carrier costs (so long as there is no discussion of individual markets or particular single-line rates); or
(2) Submission of agreement to board; approval.— An agreement entered into under paragraph (1) may be submitted by any carrier or carriers that are parties to such agreement to the Board for approval and may be approved by the Board only if it finds that such agreement is in the public interest.
(3) Conditions.— The Board may require compliance with reasonable conditions consistent with this part to assure that the agreement furthers the transportation policy set forth in section 13101.
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(5) Investigations.—
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(6) Effect of approval.— If the Board approves the agreement or renews approval of the agreement, it may be made and carried out under its terms and under the conditions required by the Board, and the antitrust laws, as defined in the first section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12), do not apply to parties and other persons with respect to making or carrying out the agreement.
(b) Records.— The Board may require an organization established or continued under an agreement approved under this section to maintain records and submit reports. The Board, or its delegate, may inspect a record maintained under this section, or monitor any organization's compliance with this section.
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(1) In general.— The Board may review an agreement approved under this section, on its own initiative or on request, and shall change the conditions of approval or terminate it when necessary to protect the public interest. Action of the Board under this section—
has effect only as related to application of the antitrust laws referred to in subsection (a).
(2) Periodic review of approvals.— Subject to this section, in the 5-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this paragraph and in each 5-year period thereafter, the Board shall initiate a proceeding to review any agreement approved pursuant to this section. Any such agreement shall be continued unless the Board determines otherwise.
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(2) Cases pending as of date of the enactment.— Nothing in section 227 (other than subsection (b)) of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999, including the amendments made by such section, shall be construed to affect any case brought under this section that is pending before the Board as of the date of the enactment of this paragraph.
(e) Limitations on Statutory Construction.—
(2) Obligation of shipper.— Nothing in this title, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, or any amendments or repeals made by such Act shall be construed as creating any obligation for a shipper based solely on a classification that was on file with the Interstate Commerce Commission or elsewhere on December 31, 1995.
(f) Industry Standard Guides.—
(1) In general.—
(A) Public availability.— Routes, rates, classifications, mileage guides, and rules established under agreements approved under this section shall be published and made available for public inspection upon request.
(B) Participation of carriers.—
(i) In general.— A motor carrier of property whose routes, rates, classifications, mileage guides, rules, or packaging are determined or governed by publications established under agreements approved under this section must participate in the determining or governing publication for such provisions to apply.
(ii) Power of attorney.— The motor carrier of property shall issue a power of attorney to the publishing agent and, upon its acceptance, the agent shall issue a written certification to the motor carrier affirming its participation in the governing publication, and the certification shall be made available for public inspection.
(2) Mileage limitation.— No carrier subject to jurisdiction under subchapter I or III of chapter 135 may enforce collection of its mileage rates unless such carrier—
(A) is a participant in a publication of mileages formulated under an agreement approved under this section; or
Source(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103,Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 869; amended Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(28),Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3391; Pub. L. 105–102, § 2(9),Nov. 20, 1997, 111 Stat. 2204; Pub. L. 106–159, title II, § 227,Dec. 9, 1999, 113 Stat. 1772; Pub. L. 108–7, div. I, title III, § 354,Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 421.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Pub. L. 105–102
This amends 49:13703(a)(2) to correct an erroneous cross-reference.
References in Text
The date of the enactment of this paragraph, referred to in subsecs. (c)(2) and (d)(2), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 106–159, which was approved Dec. 9, 1999.
Former section 10706 (b), referred to in subsec. (d)(1), probably means section 10706 (b) of this title as in effect before that section was omitted and a new section 10706 enacted in the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 102(a),Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 804, 812.
Section 227 of the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999, referred to in subsec. (d)(2), is section 227 ofPub. L. 106–159, which amended this section. See 1999 Amendment notes below.
The ICC Termination Act of 1995, referred to in subsec. (e)(2), is Pub. L. 104–88, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 803. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title of 1995 Amendment note set out under section 101 of this title and Tables.
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 10706 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).
2003—Subsecs. (d) to (h). Pub. L. 108–7redesignated subsecs. (e) to (h) as (d) to (g), respectively, and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (d). Text read as follows: "The Board shall not take any action that would permit the establishment of nationwide collective ratemaking authority."
1999—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–159, § 227(a), designated introductory provisions as par. (1) and inserted heading, redesignated former pars. (1) to (4) as subpars. (A) to (D), respectively, of par. (1) and realigned their margins, and added par. (2).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–159, § 227(b), amended heading and text of subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Subject to subsection (c), approval of an agreement under subsection (a) shall expire 3 years after the date of approval unless renewed under this subsection. The approval may be renewed upon request of the parties to the agreement if such parties resubmit the agreement to the Board, the agreement is unchanged, and the Board approves such renewal. The Board shall approve the renewal unless it finds that the renewal is not in the public interest. Parties to the agreement may continue to undertake activities pursuant to the previously approved agreement while the renewal request is pending."
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 106–159, § 227(c), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted par. heading, and added par. (2).
1997—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 105–102substituted "paragraph (1)" for "subsection (a)".
1996—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(28)(A), substituted "December 31, 1995," for "the day before the effective date of this section" and "January 1, 1996" for "such effective date".
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 104–287, § 5(28)(B), substituted "December 31, 1995" for "the day before the effective date of this section".
Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission abolished by section 101 ofPub. L. 104–88, set out as a note under section 701 of this title.
Deemed References to Chapters 509 and 511 of Title 51
General references to "this title" deemed to refer also to chapters 509 and 511 of Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs, see section 4(d)(8) ofPub. L. 111–314, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
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