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It is very good to be here today. In particular, I want to thank Mindy and Ceres, Tim and the United Nations Foundation, and the United Nations Office for Partnerships, the Investor Summit on Climate Risk for hosting the 4th Investor Summit on Climate Risk and inviting me to speak today. Jeremy accused me of getting ready to lecture you about what happened in Kyoto and I want to put you at ease.
This is the first time I have given a public talk since the Copenhagen conference, and I am pleased to be here before an audience that knows as well as this one that we can only meet the climate challenge if we are able to generate sustained, large-scale investment in the clean energy economy.
This is something that the Obama administration has taken to heart. Investment in clean energy is an investment in the future of our economy, the future of our security, and, of course, the future of our environment. President Obama demonstrated his commitment from the outset by dedicating $80 billion dollars of our economic stimulus package to green investments and initiatives.
This was an historic down payment on our clean energy transformation, and in the course of 2009 the administration bolstered this investment with a suite of new initiatives, including establishing unprecedented fuel economy standards and forging an agreement at the Pittsburgh G20 summit for all G20 nations to phase out their fossil fuel subsidies and to work with other developing countries to do the same.
There was also important progress on Capitol Hill. The Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill that passed the House last year reflected an understanding of the need for scaled up financing to meet the climate challenge. Of particular note is its use of both international carbon markets and offsets, which can help achieve mitigation reduction goals at the lowest cost and catalyze investment in developing countries to help put them on a low carbon pathway. It is squarely in our national interest to help ensure that all countries -- not simply the ones that already have the necessary infrastructure and resources at their disposal -- pursue a clean development pathway.
In the context of international negotiations, I have said from the outset that financing would be one of the critical pillars any new international agreement, and the experience of Copenhagen and the Accord that was negotiated there demonstrated this truth.
What I'd like to talk about today, however, is not just how financing factored into the Copenhagen Accord, but my perspective on how we arrived at the Accord, what its significance is, and the path we are on now. This is not just an exercise in recent history; what we just went through inevitably holds important lessons for the future.
Looking back, it may be easy to forget how dangerously close to failure we came in Denmark. As late as the evening of Wednesday, December 16 – with the conference due to conclude two days later on Friday the 18th – all efforts led by the Danes to start a process capable of producing a compromise agreement had been blocked.
Now is it that we came to find ourselves there within a hair's breadth of failure?
In spite of a great deal of hard work, throughout the year the formal negotiating process simply had not made significant progress on the key issues of mitigation, financial and technology assistance to poor countries, and so-called MRV – the measurement, reporting and verification of efforts to cut emissions.
Consequently, by the Fall the Danes had reached a conclusion that many people shared, however reluctantly: a full-blown legal agreement was highly unlikely by December. The Danes set forth an alternative, scaled-back vision: a short, operational accord with political and moral force, though not legally binding.
As the Copenhagen meeting approached, the Danes saw no way that the parties were going to get to common ground left to their own devices. As President of the COP, the Danes appropriately saw it as their role to offer suggestions about how to reach a successful outcome. In a few meetings held during the run-up to Copenhagen, initially with developed countries, then on December 1st and 2nd with a group of 30 to 40 developed and developing countries, the Danes offered potential compromise language for discussion.
This seemed a perfectly reasonable course of action to many of us. Indeed, it was the only course of action that seemed likely to move the world forward in our efforts to combat climate change. Our commitment to the negotiation process already underway never wavered, but we also believed that moving part of the way toward that goal through an operational accord made sense. This is what drove our support for the Danish concept.
There was concern among some developing countries, however, that the Danish approach would impose some measure of obligation on at least the major developing countries. Such an approach cut against the grain of the Kyoto Protocol, which enshrined a regime of binding obligations for developed countries and none for developing ones, regardless of their level of carbon emissions. They feared the Danish approach would erode that firewall.
Concerns like these led to the leaking of a Danish draft text early in the first week of Copenhagen, which incited accusations from some quarters that a secret agreement had been developed without consultation with the developing world. Of course, most of the major developing countries and others had spent two days the week before in detailed discussion with the Danes and developed countries. Nonetheless, the leak and the reaction to it struck a blow to the Dane's credibility.
In the days following, the Danes made several efforts to convene a representative group of 20 to 30 countries to seek common ground on the key points, but these efforts were blocked at every turn. Without such a small group process, unfortunately, the negotiations were stuck.
On Thursday morning, December 17, with the situation in disarray and no clear way forward, Secretary Clinton arrived, followed the next morning by President Obama. The 36 hours between the time the Secretary entered the conference center and the time she and the President left were truly extraordinary, with leaders personally negotiating text, refusing to let the process fail, and producing, in the end, the Copenhagen Accord.
Secretary Clinton shifted the prevailing dynamic by announcing on the morning of her arrival that the United States was prepared – in the context of a strong Accord with meaningful mitigation actions and transparency -- to be part of a financial commitment to combat climate change amounting to $100 billion annually by 2020. It will come as no surprise to people in this room that this news had an immediate impact, especially among vulnerable countries in Africa, the island states, Asia and Latin America, whose stake in getting a deal rose markedly.
At 11:30 pm on Thursday night, after a formal dinner of leaders with the Queen, the Danes pulled together a leader level Friends of the Chair group comprised of approximately 30 developed and developing countries from the developed and the developing world, including representatives of key negotiating blocs and Clinton, Brown, Sarkozy, Merkel, Rudd, Calderon, Zuma, Lula and Meles.
This was a remarkable session and a remarkable tableau, with Leaders around a table negotiating in a highly free form, unstructured manner, where the results were anything but certain. The leaders refused to accept failure. After comments by all, they broke at 2:30 am and their representatives were to work through the night on a text so that they would have something to review when they reconvened at 8 am.
Unfortunately, progress in the Leader's Rep session was blocked, so when the Leaders returned they rolled up their sleeves and started to plow into the Danish text on their own, with notable leadership by President Obama, Secretary Clinton, Prime Minister Merkel, President Sarkozy, Prime Minister Rudd, Prime Minister Brown, President Nasheed of the Maldives.
President Obama arrived that morning, and began an extremely effective intervention, pressing in particular on the issue of transparency and verification. The day culminated in a dramatic meeting among President Obama – assisted by the Secretary of State – and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Indian Prime Minister Singh, Brazilian President Lula, and South African President Zuma, resulting in agreement on transparency and verification.
However, the agreement still needed to be taken back into the Plenary session of the full COP with its 192 member countries. Given that decisions in this body are made by consensus, the objections of five countries prevented the Accord from being adopted. However, the all night session culminated with a formal recognition of the Accord by the COP in the morning of Saturday the 19th, which was an important achievement.
This brings us to the Accord itself. There have been very different reviews, ranging from a complete failure to a breakthrough. From our perspective, it achieves several important goals that are critical to meeting the climate change.
First, on the science, countries have agreed to enhanced action in light of the scientific view that global temperature increase should be kept to no more than 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels. This provides an important data point that will help to orient and encourage our global efforts to act quickly and aggressively.
Second, in terms of mitigation, the Accord breaches the firewall that has existed in climate negotiations between developed and developing countries. For the first time, the major developing countries have agreed to list the specific actions they will take to limit their emissions. This is critical: developing countries are projected to cause 95% of the growth in global emissions goring forward, with China alone responsible for nearly 50%. There is simply no way to meet the climate challenge without the meaningful participation of the major developing countries.
Third, important progress was made on transparency. The implementation of the inscribed actions will be subject to international review. This matters because, first of all, because we need to have confidence that other countries are doing what they said they would; and, second, the world needs to be able to assess how our overall efforts to control emissions are going. It also will help to give investors increased knowledge of – and, I hope, greater confidence in -- the clean energy investment environment of countries around the world.
Finally, and of particular relevance to this audience, the Copenhagen Accord demonstrates an unprecedented financial commitment to help countries adapt to and mitigate climate change, particularly the least-developed and most vulnerable ones. The Accord includes a commitment both for prompt start financing approaching $30 billion over the next three years and, in the context of meaningful implementation of the accord, a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion a year by 2020 through a range of sources: public and private, bilateral and multilateral. It also established a new Technology Mechanism to accelerate the technology development and dissemination that the world needs to meet this challenge.
Moreover, a new global fund -- the Copenhagen Green Climate Fund – was agreed to, as well as a High Level Panel to explore issues pertaining to financing and its mobilization.
Let me pause for a moment to note: We need a better understanding of the best ways to leverage public funding. Often the perception is that 10B dollars of public money equals 10B dollars of invested. It shouldn't. But it is not easy to articulate sound leveraging mechanisms. I would like to hear more of your thoughts on this.
For all of these reasons, as well as others, I believe that the Copenhagen Accord was a valuable and important step in the right direction. However, in order to achieve the environmental and financial benefits the Accord can deliver, we have to get it off the ground. In the first instance, as Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged, this requires that developed and major developing countries must inscribe their actions by January 31st and other countries need to associate themselves with it as soon as possible by simply notifying the UNFCCC secretariat of their support. There is real funding on the table in the Copenhagen Accord, and it would make sense for most developing countries, especially the most vulnerable, to want to be a part of the Accord.
As we look at the year ahead, I see two main areas of focus, which by rights should merge together. First, there is the substantial business of implementing the Copenhagen Accord – putting together the funding, technology, fores, MRV, and other guidelines etc. It is crucial that we move forward on this. Second, negotiations will move forward towards and effort to reach a new treaty, and the progress we make in implementing the Copenhagen Accord should support and facilitate the treaty discussions.
In closing, let me make a somewhat broader, more general point. We will have to think hard about how to develop an effective and enduring international regime that is capable of addressing the enormity of the climate challenge. We must break out of the world of rhetoric and ideology. To often last year, solving the problem took a backseat to arguments about whether a given proposal was consistent with someone's reading of article x, y, or z of the Bali Action Plan, the Kyoto Protocol or the Framework Convention. And too often parties insisted upon extravagant positions that may have played to the crowd but contributed nothing to the search for real solutions. We cannot go on like this. We must work to build a global regime whose one and only purpose is to help solve the climate crisis and move us toward a sustainable, low-carbon global economy.
The United States looks forward to helping to lead the process of implementing the Copenhagen Accord and to building on the momentum that it can create as we prepare for the upcoming COP in Mexico at the end of this year. Our goal remains to develop a global regime designed to help solve our common problem. I believe that the lessons, achievements, and, yes, shortcomings of the past year will prove invaluable in helping us to work toward that goal in the days, weeks, and months to come.
Thanks very much. I look forward to answering your questions.


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Special Issue "Systems Education for a Sustainable Planet"
A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2013)
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Interests: systems thinking; designing systems curricula; incorporating systems concepts in disciplinary education for different types of students; establishing evolutionary learning laboratories for managing complex issues; Director of Think2Impact™ - a web-based platform for worldwide co-learning and sharing of systems initiatives, innovation, identifying leverages and systemic interventions, tracking the impact of interventions and management strategies, and academic and executive training
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Dear Colleagues,
We live in a world in which complexity characterises all human endeavours today, such as healthcare, economic development, environmental protection, gender relationships, poverty, mental health, business management and social responsibility (just to name a few). The issues facing our world have become increasingly complex due to the fact that they are embedded in a global web of ecological, economic, social, cultural and political processes and dynamic interactions. These complex problems and challenges cannot anymore be addressed and solved in isolation and with the single dimensional mindsets and tools of the past.
One of the most challenging conceptual and practical issues today is that our society and economy have to craft innovative approaches to building capacity to rapidly redesign for the new world we are living in. It is this capacity to redesign, in systems and sustainability terms, that will increasingly be what society will require.
This "requirement" has globally become one of the biggest challenges for education. Educators have to ensure they meet the growing need for graduates, from all areas of interest, to have not only an understanding of the disciplines they study, but also a realization of how they fit into societal and global systems in a century when humanity will meet ever more limits.
Systems thinking and dynamic approaches offer a holistic and integrative way of appreciating all the major dimensions of a complex problem and are essential mechanisms to help achieve the attributes that industry wants from future graduates. This demand for a systems-based focus in the education of all disciplinary areas is very rapidly increasing in global society. However, it creates a significant pedagogical challenge in that current university education tends to be focused on discipline specific teaching which has no room for a wider systems approach. Didactic autonomous discipline based courses fail to foster a social networking culture that has been proven to enhance the process of deep learning, nor do they promote interactions with other students in other disciplines. To address this problem we need innovative curriculum designs and learning environments that address academic paradigms as well as industry requirements.
This special issue will highlight several of the key developments in the area of systems education and how the many challenges are being addressed.
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Good valuations and high dividend. Canadian companies are getting beat up by commodity prices right now.
checking out Canada
Solid turnaround yielding 4.10% to boot.
Class A Banks in Canada are a monopoly and a lock to make money
Canadian mortgages are all floaters, and they are focused on the commercial space, which I think makes their asset profile compare favorably to many US banks. They have relatively low mortgage exposure compared to their commercial loans, which should help them outperform other Canadian banks as housing prices there decelerate. I do not believe that the housing market will crash in Canada.
Among other things, they trade at the deepest discount to Graham Number out of any large cap money center bank.
They had some NIM and efficiency ratio issues in Q2 but I think these issues should only improve as rates rise in the US and they make their high yield savings accounts less attractive relative to checking.
I like the Canadian Banking sector much more than the American one. The dividends are higher, the earnings ratios tend to be lower and they don't seem to be throwing their money around looking for exotic investments. Just a good old fashioned institution that you can rest easy with.
the in house communication are scaterd, and they have been under staffed since the aquisition in 2011. In addition several of there branches have closed
High yield strategy: TMFHighYield says to look for "high dividend payers from the S&P 500 from diverse sectors, relatively low debt, and a history of increasing dividend payments." This is my Financial pick.
The best bull and bear pitches beasd on resency and number of recommendation.
Our neighbors to the north seem to be able to handle their money a little better than we do. As we slide the slippery slope they should be able to hold their ground.
All the numbers look great
Dividend mostly stable, tons of cash on hand, decent numbers. Low payout ratio, etc. Probably make this 0.75-1% of portfolio.
New business in the United States is turning a healthy profit. They now have more branches in Chicago than Toronto, which they can leverage for increased growth, and the dividend is healthy and well-above the market-average.
Very solid company run by very smart, pragmatic, risk-appropriate executives. Excellent product line-up. Bold but thoughtful foray into US through subsidiary Harris Bank in Chicago via M&I merger will eventually yield growth, earnings and...stock price appreciation. Has strong capital, market street smarts, can compete on Wall Street and Main Street.
solid canadian bank with a 182 year dividend payment track record!
Bank of Montreal with it's consistent dividend and potential growth opportunities is my favorite banking stock, and also my bank. With it's US business continuing to grow at a modest rate, along with providing an almost 5% dividend BMO will continue to outperform.
Good company in a temporary weakness
Has money to aquire bank at bargain prices. Can do many instantly accretive deals in the current market condition. Exceptional management.


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Khuzdul (IPA: [kʰuzdul]) is the language of the Dwarves in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, written with Cirth script. It appears to be structured, like the Semitic languages, around triconsonantal roots: kh-z-d, b-n-d, z-g-l. Not much is known of the language, as the Dwarves kept it to themselves, except for their battle-cry: Baruk Khazâd! Khazâd ai-mênu! meaning Axes of the Dwarves! The Dwarves are upon you!
According to the Lhammas, Khuzdul is unique in belonging to a separate language phylum, Aulëan, not related to the languages of elves, which are in the Oromëan language phylum. Aulëan was named from the Dwarvish tradition that it had been devised by Aulë the Smith, the Vala who created the Dwarves.
There are many similarities between Khuzdul and the native tongues of men, such as Taliska, the language of the first and third houses of the Edain. This is because in the early days of Middle-earth, before men crossed the mountains into Beleriand, they had contact to the Dwarves of the Blue Mountains (Ered Luin) and further East. Taliska was the ancestor of Adûnaic, the tongue of Númenor and the direct ancestor of the Common Speech, and both languages still had Khuzdul influences.
The Dwarvish language sounds much like Hebrew, and indeed Tolkien noted some similarities between Dwarves and Jews: both were "at once natives and aliens in their habitations, speaking the languages of the country, but with an accent due to their own private tongue" (Letters, 176). Another reason Hebrew was chosen as a basis for Khuzdul is that it is unlike any of the European languages, and thus sufficiently alien to western ears to show just how different the Dwarven speech was from the Elvish languages. Although Dwarven symbols are identical to those of Nordic Runes, the symbols that correlate to specific English letters have been mixed around and even a few Runes have been inverted.
It is said in The Silmarillion that Aulë, the creator of the first Dwarves, taught them "the language he had devised for them," which implies that Khuzdul is a constructed language even within context of the books.
For The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, the linguist David Salo used what little is known of Khuzdul to create a semi-complete language for use in the movies. This is usually referred to as neo-Khuzdul by Tolkienists.


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The History channel recently premiered the first of five parts to their epic docudrama, The Bible, this past Sunday, and now they are bringing the musical experience to fans everywhere with The Bible soundtrack, out today. The score was produced and composed by Oscar and Grammy winner, Hanz Zimmer, and brings the vocal talents of Lisa Gerrard to mix. The last time Lisa and Hanz worked on a project together was back in 2000 for the Golden Globe Award winning soundtrack for the Oscar winning film Gladiator.
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Here's a revamp I've been working on for a while. It seems like ages since I did a revamp. There are actually some parts that I'm still not that happy with, but I think it's at least up-loadable at the moment, haha.
Anyway, it's a revamp of Bulbasaur's sprite from Red/Blue.
EDIT: I did Charmander too. XD I'm much more proud of this one though. :D
Last but not least, I finally got around to doing Squirtle. I probably dreaded this one the most, as the R/B sprites of Charmander and Bulbasaur are fairly easy to change and look quite similar to the current sprites in terms of details. For Squirtle... I think I modified everything at least a little. XD Anyway, here it is.
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Mortal Kombat 9 is a great addition to the already infamous series. It has a great roster with very detailed characters, a story line that had me playing for hours at a time, and an amazing tag team ladder that my brother an I couldn't get enough of. Plus the DLC characters are extremely unique. Test your might and test you strike were interesting challenges and test your luck is just plain fun. I wish there were more retro costumes, but there are some very good ones. I especially like how Noob looks and his part in the story line. Ermac is back with a whole new look and so is Striker. The Krypt is an interesting idea that gave me chills for a week. The best part though was definitely the fatalities. Between gruesome stage fatalities and hilarious babalities I was addicted to those finishing blows. Fun game highly recommended considering the very cheap price


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One is lead into one's expectations by what one reads in the brochure or on the Internet. There were, therefore, some disappointments to what we received aginst what we expected.Bodrum as a resort was a very pleasant and bustling place with the businesses in the centre aimed very much at the tourist trade. The "Crusader Castle" was well worth the small entrance fee and the exhibits and information boards were well written. Cafe and bar waiters always seemed very friendly.The Forever Club is nicely situated about 25 minutes walk from the town and has superb views across the bay to Kos - especially nice at sunset. It was a pity that there was a building site across the road which ruined any peace and quiet one may have expected around the pool or on the "beach". The "beach" was a fairly dismal strip of shingle and what appeared to be builders sand - unlike artificial beaches in the Canaries which have nice white Saharan sand. The hotel was neatly designed to keep the main public areas away from the bedrooms and the rooms were well serviced on a daily basis. The communal areas such as toilets were spotless but our particular bathroom needed attention around the bath and shower area which leaked dreadfully. The All Inclusive information indicated that one could use 3 a la carte restaurants during the stay but just booking one seemed a problem and the restaurant had little "ambiance" - the food was good though, but towards the end of the stay the a la carte restuarant just closed with no explanation. In the ordinary buffet restaurant the food was tasty enough but the presentation of the hot meat section required a lengthy and tedious queue to get served - consequently it was rare to have a hot meal - even providing hot plates would have helped! The desserts were usuallly a selection of very similar sponge products soaked in syrup or honey and there was little variation beyond that.The staff - and there were lots of them - seemed quite jaded and not particularly friendly despite us trying to use our very few words of Turkinsh to lighten the mood. One had the feeling that at the end of a long season we were not getting the usual treatment - certain products at the bar ran out and were not replaced. The entertainments which were usually around the outdoor pool were moved to the Disco area but there was little information about them on display.To sum up : Bodrum - very nice and interesting resort. Forever Club - could do a lot better.
We have recently returned from a two week stay at The Forever Club in Bodrum The Hotel is beautifully clean, the rooms are comfortable and cleaned on a daily basis. Clean bedding and towels are given daily. The room we stayed in was split level and the only gripe we had was that the air conditioning was not sufficient to cool the upper level of the room. The view over the Sea from our room was beautiful and every morning it was a delight to open the curtains and see what new sights were out there for us.
The food in the main restaurant was buffet style, and there was generally something there to cater for most peoples tastes. The Italian and Fish restaurants that you were able to use had beautiful views over the Sea, however I have to say that the wine which you have to pay for is expensive. At 30 euro's for most of the bottles on offer it took the shine off the restaurant.
The entertainment was pretty poor to be honest, but there was generally something on every night. It was supposed to start at 10 pm but rarely started until 10.30.
The Hotel had private access to its beach and although it was stones not sand it was lovely to go down and lay on the jetty on the cushions available. The beach also has beds which are free to use, and there is a bar on the beach for your drinks.
The only downside to staying at the Hoetel for us is that it was slightly too remote. To walk into Bodrum town would take about 30 minutes, but It was too hot during our stay to walk. The buses run every 10 minutes or so and are cheap to use. It costs just 2.75 turkish lire to go into the town. Taxis also run from the hotel but these cost about 6 euro's.
The staff at the hotel are friendly and go out of their way to interact with you and make your stay as pleasant as possible. All in all we had a lovely trip and would recommend the hotel to others.
My husband and I stayed at Forever Club in June this year and it was fantastic, Had seen some negative reviews, but we had no problems with the rooms, which were immaculate, the food which was plentiful and the staff who were most helpful. The beach was not up to much, but then we knew that there was no sand, and that it was rocky, however, the waiters were down there if you wanted a drink or something to eat, so you didnt have to pay. The only exception we found was that you had to buy ice creams, but with all the deserts on offer at lunch and dinner, you didnt feel neglected. The massage which my husband had was excellent over 2 hours and cost £60 in all, he would fully recommend that. The dolmus stops directly outside the hotel and for 2.75 TL which is about 1.25 Sterling you can go into bodrum. Very easy to get around and the buses run from 7am in the morning, till 5am the following morning. The only draw back was the entertainment but I have never really found that to be good anywhere that I have been, and there were a lot of German, and Dutch there, but we did find 5 families which were from the UK and everyone was very polite, we also had no issues with sun beds and could always ask the staff to find you one if you couldnt. Would recommend this hotel to all, the rooms are in individual units, like little bungalows and the gardens are beautiful, if you get a sea view its fantastic and we were lucky to have been allocated a side sea view so we could see the sea from our balcony. Beware of Bodrum airport though, the cost of food and drink is absurd, it cost us 22TL for 2 cans of coke cola, which equates to about £10. If you take Euros the shops tend to charge you more as well, so take turkish lira or take your bank card and use one of the ATMs in bodrum which are plentiful. We feel this break was well worth the money and would definitely go again.
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Ivan: A post-nup?
Shirley: My idea. I'm clever.
Ivan: She gets my cigarette boat.
Shirley: Only if you cheat.
Ivan: My box at the symphony, my season tickets to the Crimson games. I went to Harvard. Does she look like she went to Harvard?
Shirley: No, but with 80 percent of your net worth, she'll be able to make a sizeable endowment. Who knows? Maybe they'll rename the Ivan Tiggs Theater. The "Ivan Tiggs Can't Keep It in His Pants Theater" has a nice ring to it.
Shirley: She's fairly certain of two things. One, that you're having an affair, and two, that you're still married to her.
Ivan: A slight technicality. Look, Missy and I are done, Shirl. I swear. However, it is possible that Missy and I were not on the same page when I broke the news to her.
Shirley: And what did your page say?
Ivan: Missy, our marriage is over. I see now that we've made a mistake. I think it's time to admit it and move on and seek our happiness elsewhere.
Shirley: And what page is Missy on?
Ivan: Don't wait up. I'm going out with the guys.
Alan: Jerry, you're in luck. Mr. Kupfer is my favorite opposing counsel. He's smart, eloquent, a pleasure to watch, and every time I go up against him, he obligingly loses.
Alan: I see your behavior modification is going well...
Jerry: Oh, it is. I've been working very hard to deal with my Asperger's syndrome. I've been learning to connect to people, to make eye contact, to shake hands, to show an interest in them even if I have none.
Alan: A skill I never mastered.
Jerry: Brad! How are the kids?
Brad: I don't have any kids.
Jerry: Great!
Alan: There's a reason Shakespeare and many after him said 'First kill all the lawyers.' They're talking about people like me Jerry, not you.
Denny: Alan you know the one thing we sometimes forget is no matter how hard your day, no matter how tough your choices were, how complex your ethical decisions; you always get to choose what you want for lunch.
Alan: Daily I am amazed at your inexhaustable ability to just live.
Denny: It's either that or die.
Denny: I hear you misplaced a client.
Alan: Not really. Like car keys and sunglasses he'll show up somewhere.
Denny: I misplaced a client once.
Alan: Did they ever find him?
Denny: No I made sure to ship him off to some country with no extradition. Practically a deserted island off the coast of South America. He sends me Feliz Cumpleanos cards every year.
Alan: That's thoughtful. Sounds like paradise actually. Living on an island. A much simpler life.
Denny: Especially if it's an island where the natives run around the beach with their boobies hanging out.
Denny: Does that mean you're back on the market?
Shirley: Denny as far you're concerned I'm always on the market.
Denny: We know we don't deserve Shirley Schmidt. Just the possibility is enough to sustain us.
Shirley: You are a dear sweet man. And I have something else that might sustain you. (whispers into his ear) Denny Crane.
Alan: There's no doubt in my mind that you could develop into a first rate criminal defender, Jerry. But my hope is that you don't. Even at your relatively mature age, you're still innocent.
Jerry: Except when I held a knife to Shirley's throat.
Ivan: So basically if I screw around, she gets my life.
Shirley: Not your whole life, just the parts you love.
Brad: (to Denise) So let me ask you this: in Italian does the word 'vagina' mean something else?
Ivan: I brought wine, cheese and condoms. I thought we'd picnic.
Shirley: Missy came to my office today.
Ivan: Aw. So just the wine and cheese.
ADA Kupfer: You know if the U.S. really wanted to torture detainees, they could sentence them to be you for a day. I imagine it's excruciating.
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Stripping in Colosseum or Duels Is Against ToS
Please remember that as per the game's ToS, stripping down in Colosseum or Duels (so that your friends can hit you and get free points every time you reach a safety rank) is not fair play and is against the spirit of the game, so it can get both attacker and attacked person banned. We do not refer to legitimate Colosseum/Duel hits, but mostly to cases where a player removes gear and team members or even refills health so their guild or friends can hit them to get points for free.
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Defining its terms broadly, this two-day conference examines not only designed objects but also spaces and systems. It addresses a range of historical periods and geographical locations, and contact zones between these constructed categories.
The keynote speaker will be Barry Bergdoll, Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art.
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Meters are metrics that let you "mark" when something happens and tell you how often it occurs.
Create your meter:
(use '[metrics.meters :only (meter)]) (def files-served (meter "files-served" "files"))
The second argument to meter is a string describing the "units" for the meter. In this example it's "files", as in "18732 files".
You can also use the defmeter macro to create a meter and bind it to a var in one concise, easy step:
(use '[metrics.meters :only (defmeter)]) (defmeter files-served "files")
All the def[metric] macros do some :ref:`magic <desugaring>` to the metric title to make it easier to define.
Mark the meter every time the event happens:
(use '[metrics.meters :only (mark!)]) (mark! files-served)
There are a few functions you can use to retrieve the rate at which the metered events occur.
You can get a map containing the mean rates of the event considering the last one, five, and fifteen minute periods with rates:
(use '[metrics.meters :only (rates)]) (rates files-served) => { 1 100.0, 5 120.0, 15 76.0}
In this example the event happened approximately 100 times per second during the last one minute period, 120 times per second in the last five minute period, and 76 times per second in the last fifteen minute period.
If you only care about the rate of events during the last minute you can use rate-one:
(use '[metrics.meters :only (rate-one)]) (rate-one files-served) => 100.0
If you only care about the rate of events during the last five minutes you can use rate-five:
(use '[metrics.meters :only (rate-five)]) (rate-five files-served) => 120.0
If you only care about the rate of events during the last fifteen minutes you can use rate-fifteen:
(use '[metrics.meters :only (rate-fifteen)]) (rate-fifteen files-served) => 76.0
If you really want the mean rate of events over the lifetime of the meter (hint: you probably don't) you can use rate-mean:
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The White House is Wrong about Cybersecurity
This article is cross posted from my personal blog. All opinions are mine and do not represent the opinion of Press Forward.
Mark: I've already apologized in the Crimson to the ABHW, to Fuerza Latina, and to any women at Harvard who might have been insulted as I take it that they were. As for any charges stemming from the breach of security, I believe I deserve some recognition from this board.
Administrator: I'm sorry?
Mark: Yes.
Administrator: I don't understand.
Mark: Which part?
Administrator: You deserve recognition?
Mark: I believe I pointed out some pretty gaping holes in your system.
Director of IT Cox: Excuse me, may I?
Administrator: Yes.
Director of IT Cox: Mr. Zuckerberg, I'm in charge of security for all computers on the Harvard network and I can assure of its sophistication. In fact it was that level of sophistication that led us to you in less than four hours.
Mark: Four hours?
Director of IT Cox: Yes sir.
Mark: That would be impressive except if you'd known what you were looking for you would have seen it written on my dorm room window.
~The Social Network
Readers who have taken the time to dig through my history know that I am no enemy of this administration so I'll caution you against using the comments section as a sounding board for all of your grievances with Team Obama. However, I am also not what you would consider a "fan boy." I'll call them out when they've done something wrong or if I think they're moving in the wrong direction. And I truly believe they are moving in the wrong direction when it comes to cybersecurity.
An examination of Washington's full stance on cybersecurity would take more time than either of us would enjoy spending on the topic. Instead, I'll focus on one particular aspect; the details of which were released late last week.
In a May 13th post on Threat Level, Wired's security and privacy blog, Kim Zetter details the administration's efforts to impose a three year mandatory sentence for hackers who "breach and cause substantial harm to critical infrastructure systems." Critical infrastructure systems are defined as "those that manage or control systems vital to national defense, national security, economic security, public health or safety. These include companies involved in production and management of oil, gas, water and electricity; telecommunication networks; finance and banking systems; emergency services; transportation systems and services; and government entities that provide essential services to the public."
While this law makes sense on the surface, further examination shows legislation that does nothing to protect these valuable assets and seeks only to scare away those citizens who would try to test their security. The problem is that unless you test a lock, you never know if it's going to keep the door closed.
Statutes already exist in federal law that pertain to hacking. This law would then take those statutes and apply higher penalties for those computer systems earning this special designation. It also contains the rather ambiguous "knowingly causes or attempts to cause" phrase as it relates to intended damages presented by the breach. Putting it simply: If you break into a computer system that the government believes is important, you're going to jail for no less than 3 years.
In a world where private industry is being left to certify the safety of their own computer networks and government funding for cybersecurity is falling drastically behind, this is the exact opposite direction that a forward-thinking administration should be moving. Am I advocating amnesty for those that cause substantial harm to a critical system? No. But I am arguing the mere act of an attempted breach, regardless of perceived intentions, does not warrant such a punishment. Instead, I would much rather see a government, and the corporations that support it, so confident in the security of their infrastructure that they offer a $10,000 reward to anyone who can breach their security and detail their methodology for doing so.
The hacking community is incredibly industrious. They are tight knit, most are beyond brilliant, and all of them (the true hackers - not the run-of-the-mill script kiddies) have forgotten more about computers and their operation than the rest of society will ever know. They are young and old, male and female, and, those that are citizens are an incredibly untapped resource in the efforts to secure the United States from cyberattack by a foreign power.
Such "head in the sand" legislation will only serve to increase our vulnerabilities. We need people to relentlessly test the security of our critical infrastructure, find its holes, and determine the best way to plug them. One need only scan the headlines to determine who's currently winning the battle over security and this gap will continue to widen.
People who speed get speeding tickets. People who drive recklessly and hurt people are the ones who go to jail. Conversely, pointing out a gaping hole in a security system is not the same as cutting power to a third of New York City. Security administrators need to worry less about hiding behind the law and more about securing their systems. Maybe then there wouldn't be so many breaches.


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Okay - its been eeeeeeeons since we've had one of these - so here goes! I'll start with those who didn't finish the LOAD this month and one that I know I owe Valarie. Add to it if you owe anyone PIF prizes or whatever.
Please remember that this is a way to gently remind/remember what we need to send out... And it also helps us see when someone receives something that we have sent to them. So please, when you receive something update the list and take your name off! (Copy/paste the WHOLE list every time you had or take something off so the entire new list is updated. Thanks!)


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The purpose of the music program at Concordia is to prepare students to become knowledgeable and skilled musicians who conduct themselves in a professional manner with an understanding of vocation and a commitment to service.
I am Scott Agster, the Jazz Band director at Concordia University in St. Paul. As a jazz educator and musician, my job is to prepare students to critically listen to a wide range of commercial styles, to teach them techniques to prepare for group performance and improvisation, and to prepare them for a commercial performance environment. Building upon this philosophy, I have structured the semester around improvisation instruction, exploration of different musical genres, master classes with local guest artists, and performance opportunities. I have integrated my own personal playing experiences within the Twin Cities into the course repertoire by arranging songs specifically for the class instrumentation. My goal for the instrumental students participating in Jazz Band is to gain the skills necessary to develop future musical outlets within their local music scene.


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So you just found out that you are deploying to some remote location in a far off land with the prospects of early return bleak. How will your family function without you? Easy, go to the legal assistance office on post or to the OCJA and get a general power of attorney (POA) for your spouse. This is a common scenario for many soldiers. In fact, most servicemembers and dependents have at one time or another made a trip to the local installation legal assistance office to have a POA prepared and executed. But what is a POA and what are the consequences of granting a POA to another? This article will address these points to give you a better understanding of one of the more common legal documents servicemembers rely on on a daily basis.
A Power of Attorney (POA) is a very powerful legal document that you should use cautiously. Your POA gives your agent or attorney-in-fact (the person you appoint to carry out your wishes on your behalf) the authority to make decisions and act for you. Most often, you may use a POA when you cannot be present and you want someone to accomplish something for you. You may give a few powers or you may give many powers. For example, you may want your agent to sell your car while you are deployed. You also may want to have a POA for certain emergency situations.
But what types of POAs are there and which are appropriate for you? The answer depends on why you need one and whether another arrangement may work. Essentially, there are two types of POAs. A general power of attorney (GPOA) allows your agent to do almost everything you could do if you were present. As a result a GPOA has enormous potential for abuse. For example, the holder of a general POA can contractually bind you, open a bank account, empty your bank account, or sell your most cherished possessions. The disadvantage of a GPOA is the same as its advantage: your agent can do almost anything in your name. If the person who holds your GPOA cannot be trusted or turns against you when you are away, watch out! Your car could be sold or your bank account cleaned out when you return. Because of the dangers of a GPOA, you should limit its duration. When it expires, third parties cannot legally rely on it. This protects you from liability for your agent's acts after it ends.
A special power of attorney (SPOA) is normally better than a GPOA because it is limited and you narrow your agent's authority. If a general POA is more than you need (or are willing) to grant, but you still need to appoint another to act for you consider a SPOA. It allows you to limit your agent's authority to a specific matter. For example, you might limit your attorney-in-fact's authority to selling a specific car or to shipping your household goods.
For any POAs, the document must be signed by the grantor in front a notary public who will verify the signature. The post legal assistance office or the OCJA has a list of pre-prepared SPOAs for a specific matter. The following is a partial list the SPOAs.
Appoint a Guardian for a Child or Children
In Loco Parentis (General)
Emergency Medical Care
Clear Government Quarters
Insurance Change
Lease Quarters and Settle Claims
Receive Household Goods
Ship Household Goods
Sign for Government Quarters
Lease of Grantor's Property
Manage Real Property
Purchase Real Property or Obtain Mortgage
Sell Real Property
File Claims
Institute and Settle Court Claims
Cash Checks
Deposit and Draw Checks
Use Credit Card
Insure Vehicle
Purchase a Specific Motor Vehicle
Receive a Specific Motor Vehicle
Register Motor Vehicle
Sell a Specific Motor Vehicle
Ship a Specific Motor Vehicle
Transfer Title of Vehicle
Use, Operate, and Care of Motor Vehicle
Once you determine what kind of POA you should have, you must appoint an agent to carry out your wishes. It is imperative you give much thought to whom you choose. It must be someone you trust! A POA can be very useful if you have one when you need it. But it can be abused as well. For example, a husband who just separated from his wife might use the POA she gave him to clean out her individual bank account. A well-meaning older person might give a POA to a younger relative, only to discover that the relative squandered and spent the assets of the older person. Remember you are legally responsible for your agent's acts. Therefore, be very careful in selecting your agent. You may name your spouse, a relative, or a trusted friend. The person you designate must be at least 18 years old. In addition, you should make sure the person can intelligently handle your affairs, and can carry out your wishes in case he or she needs to negotiate a price or to persuade someone to even accept the POA. Finally, the person should be trustworthy, mature, and capable of understanding the great responsibility that goes with having a POA. Keep in mind that your agent will not bear the responsibility of their actions while acting under your POA - you will. Their actions legally bind you. A POA is, in a sense, a blank check.
When you no longer desire your appointed attorney-in-fact to continue in that position, revoke your POA. The best way to do that is to get the original back from your agent, but that might not be possible. You can also fill out a revocation form (at the Legal Assistance Office or at the OCJA) and deliver it to your agent and all the creditors, banks, companies, and individuals that your agent has dealt with or is likely to deal with on your behalf. You might also have to publish it in the newspaper or file it in court (if the POA was filed in court initially).
Once a POA is given to you as an agent, you must understand your responsibilities. First, you must realize the terms of the POA. The POA reflects the grantor or principal's wishes and describes your authority. Most POAs are tailored to each individual's situation. Be familiar with the terms of the POA because they determine what you may do or not do. Once you understand the wishes described, you as the agent must follow the grantor or principal's wishes. Just because you are the agent does not mean that you must immediately take charge of all the principal's affairs and do things your way. You should act only when and how authorized in the POA.
While using the document you will need several copies of the original POA to give to those you transact business with on behalf of the principal. Keep a list of those you give copies of the POA. When signing documents as an agent, always make clear that you are signing on behalf of the principal, such as "Mary Doe, as agent for John Doe." You have a special, fiduciary duty to manage the assets carefully and in the grantor's best interests. You must live up to the fiduciary standards imposed by law and can be sued for abusing the grantor's trust.
Although POAs are an efficient and convenient way to handle your personal affairs, they do have their limitations. Most POAs last from a definite start time for a specific period (for example one year). You may issue a POA that lasts an indefinite period of time, however, many businesses will not accept them. Many businesses and organizations such as banks and government agencies seldom accept a POA that lasts more than one or two years because of uncertainty that the agent is still authorized to act any longer. In fact, the OCJA will not issue a GPOA longer than a year and a SPOA longer than two years. Moreover, regardless of the length of the POA, third parties such as banks and businesses need not accept or acknowledge your POA; it is totally within their discretion to do so. Some businesses and government agencies (e.g., Internal Revenue Service) require you use their form POA. You should check with the business or agency where your agent will use your POA to be sure it would be accepted. Finally, a POA will not work for everything. There are some actions that cannot be accomplished by using a POA because these actions are so personal in nature they cannot be delegated to another. For example, a marriage ceremony or the execution of a will cannot be done by a POA.
The POA is one of the most powerful documents the post legal assistance office and the OCJA prepare for its clients on a regular basis. As a result, it is easy to lose sight of its significance in its strengths and its weaknesses. This article hopefully has cleared up some of the misconceptions and highlighted the potential power for abuse in the hands of the wrong person. If there are any specific questions, call the post Legal Assistance Office at 706-791-7812/7813.


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If I don't pay my traffic ticket fines, will they issue a warrant?
It depends on the county or municipality where your ticket was issued. In most cases, failure to pay will initiate a domino effect of legal hassles. Keep in mind that you're not the first one to challenge the system. The courts are experienced in dealing with drivers who ignore traffic fines, adding credence to the saying, "You can run, but you cannot hide."
Failing to pay your ticket will prompt the court to notify your state's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), resulting in an immediate suspension of your license. And, again, depending on the county or municipality where your infraction occurred, a warrant for your arrest may also be issued.
If you have a warrant, you won't have to worry about policemen kicking down your door. But it will always appear on your record (even for job background checks). Consequently, if you're ever stopped for speeding or even ticketed for jaywalking, you will be arrested. The financial penalties (late payment fines, legal fees, suspended license reinstatement costs) will be much stiffer. And you'll also spend time in jail.
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If you yearn to sleep under the big sky (bigger than Montana's) and to meet some of the West's best authors, saddle up and mosey to the Wyoming Book Festival in Cheyenne this weekend.
Despite a literary history that includes such names as Ernest Hemingway, Owen Wister, Annie Proulx and Mary O'Hara, Wyoming has never truly celebrated its authors -- big or small -- until now. The first Wyoming Book festival will bring together most of the state's contemporary writers in an ambitious venue that spans from the State Capitol grounds to the historic downtown Plains Hotel. There'll be signings, panel discussions, informal talks, Q&As, maybe even a chance to take your favorite Wyoming writer to coffee (I prefer the chai latte, please.)
Who'll be there? Oh, only best-sellers C.J. Box, Michael and Kathleen Gear, Margaret Coel, Craig Johnson, Kyle Mills and National Book Award finalist Harvey Hix. But you'll also get a chance to "discover" some great writers you've never seen on B&N's best-seller list: Page Lambert, Julianne Couch, Tim Sandlin, Tina Ann Forkner, C.L. Rawlins, and Geoff O'Gara, among many others. (Want to know more about these authors right now? Go to the Wyoming Authors Wiki.)
I'll be signing my latest book, "FALL," at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in front of the Wyoming State Library. Then I'll join several other writers in a one-hour panel discussion about true-crime writing at Noon Saturday in the Plains Hotel. And finally, I'll follow mystery blockbusters Box and Johnson at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Mystery & Crime Tent on the Capitol Grounds.
The Wyoming Book Festival is free, so y'all come!
(On Monday, you may also join a conversation I'll have with law students about justice and journalism at noon at the University of Wyoming's College of Law in Laramie, a short jaunt from Cheyenne. It's also free, but there's a dress code: You have to bring your thinking cap.)
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Book it to Wyoming: Go West (this weekend), young man
2 comments:
- SingingSkies said...
A-hem! Not inviting any young women to this event? Shame on you!
- 12:27 PM, September 14, 2007
Hi ron,
I don't think we got to meet, but the fest was wonderful! Thanks for mentioning my appearance. There were so many wonderful authors present.
Tina Ann Forkner
- 6:30 PM, September 15, 2007
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The Hotel Logasasanti is located in the town centre of Andujar and has original and cheerful interiors with an elegant restaurant. This hotel has pretty rooms, equipped with TV, air conditioning and Wi-Fi internet access. Relax in the Logasasanti's lounge area, where you can enjoy a read, watch the TV or chat with friends or colleagues. There is a smart restaurant onsite, where you can dine in style without leaving the hotel. You can also grab a snack in the cafeteria bar.
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