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Stockholm (Template:IPA-sv<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (Template:Audio)) is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia.<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Se icon</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 864,324 in the municipality (2010), 1.4 million in the urban area (2010), and around 2.1 million in the Template:Convert metropolitan area (2010). As of 2010, the Stockholm metropolitan area is home to approximately 22% of Sweden's population.
Founded no later than c. 1250, possibly as early as 1187, Stockholm has long been one of Sweden's cultural, media, political, and economic centres. Its strategic location on 14 islands on the south-central east coast of Sweden at the mouth of Lake Mälaren, by the Stockholm archipelago, has been historically important. Stockholm has been nominated by GaWC as a global city, with a ranking of Alpha-.<ref name="GaWC">Template:Cite web</ref> In The 2008 Global Cities Index, Stockholm ranked 24th in the world, 10th in Europe, and first in Scandinavia.<ref name="The 2008 Global Cities Index">Template:Cite web</ref> Stockholm is known for its beauty, its buildings and architecture, its abundant clean and open water, and its many parks.<ref name="Stockholm facts">Stockholm facts</ref> It is sometimes referred to as Venice of the North.<ref>Adventures in the 'Venice of the North', CNN.com June 5, 2009</ref>
Stockholm is the site of the national Swedish government, the Parliament of Sweden (riksdagen), the Supreme Court of Sweden (Högsta domstolen), and the official residence of the Swedish monarch as well as the prime minister. Since 1980, the monarch has resided at Drottningholm Palace in Ekerö Municipality outside of Stockholm and uses the Stockholm Palace as his workplace and official residence. The government has its seat in Rosenbad and the parliament in the Parliament House.
Stockholm's location appears in Norse sagas as Agnafit, and in Heimskringla in connection with the legendary king Agne. The earliest written mention of the name Stockholm dates from 1252, by which time the mines in Bergslagen made it an important site in the iron trade. The first part of the name (stock) means log in Swedish, although it may also be connected to an old German word (Stock) meaning fortification. The second part of the name (holm) means islet, and is thought to refer to the islet Helgeandsholmen in central Stockholm. The city is said to have been founded by Birger Jarl to protect Sweden from a sea invasion by foreign navies and to stop the pillage of towns such as Sigtuna on Lake Mälaren.
Stockholm's core of the present Old Town (Gamla Stan) was built on the central island next to Helgeandsholmen from the mid-13th century onward. The city originally rose to prominence as a result of the Baltic trade of the Hanseatic League. Stockholm developed strong economic and cultural linkages with Lübeck, Hamburg, Gdańsk, Visby, Reval, and Riga during this timeTemplate:Citation needed. Between 1296 and 1478 Stockholm's City Council was made up of 24 members, half of whom were selected from the town's German-speaking burghers.
The strategic and economic importance of the city made Stockholm an important factor in relations between the Danish Kings of the Kalmar Union and the national independence movement in the 15th century. The Danish King Christian II was able to enter the city in 1520. On 8 November 1520 a massacre of opposition figures called the Stockholm Bloodbath took place and set off further uprisings that eventually led to the breakup of the Kalmar Union. With the accession of Gustav Vasa in 1523 and the establishment of a royal power, the population of Stockholm began to grow, reaching 10,000 by 1600.
The 17th century saw Sweden grow into a major European power, reflected in the development of the city of Stockholm. From 1610 to 1680 the population multiplied sixfold. In 1634 Stockholm became the official capital of the Swedish empire. Trading rules were also created that gave Stockholm an essential monopoly over trade between foreign merchants and other Swedish and Scandinavian territories.
In 1710 a plague killed about 20,000 (36 percent) of the population.<ref>"Stockholm: A Cultural History". Tony Griffiths (2009). Oxford University Press US. p.9. ISBN 0-19-538638-8</ref> After the end of the Great Northern War the city stagnated. Population growth halted and economic growth slowed. The city was in shock after having lost its place as the capital of a Great Power. However Stockholm maintained its role as the political centre of Sweden and continued to develop culturally under Gustav III.
By the second half of the 19th century, Stockholm had regained its leading economic role. New industries emerged and Stockholm was transformed into an important trade and service centre as well as a key gateway point within Sweden. The population also grew dramatically during this time, mainly through immigration. At the end of the 19th century, less than 40% of the residents were Stockholm-born. Settlement began to expand outside the city limits. The 19th century saw the establishment of a number of scientific institutes, including the Karolinska Institute. The General Art and Industrial Exposition was held in 1897.
Stockholm became a modern, technologically advanced, and ethnically diverse city in the latter half of the 20th century. Many historical buildings were torn down during the modernist era, including substantial parts of the historical district of Klara, and replaced with modern architecture. However, in many other parts of Stockholm (such as in Gamla Stan, Södermalm, Östermalm, Kungsholmen and Vasastan), many "old" buildings, blocks and streets built before the modernism and functionalism movements took off in Sweden (around 1930-1935) survived this era of demolition. Throughout the century, many industries shifted away from work-intensive activities into more high-tech and service industry areas.
Between 1965 and 1974, the city expanded very quickly with the creation of additional suburban districts such as Rinkeby and Tensta as a part of the Million Programme. Many of these areas have been criticized for being "concrete suburbs", dull, grey, low-status areas built mainly out of concrete slabs. The most common complaints are about the high crime rate and the high racial and social segregation in these areas.
Stockholm is located on Sweden's south-central east coast, where Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea. The central parts of the city consist of fourteen islands that are continuous with the Stockholm archipelago. The geographical city centre is situated on the water, in Riddarfjärden bay. Over 30% of the city area is made up of waterways and another 30% is made up of parks and green spaces.
For details about the other municipalities in the metropolitan area, see the pertinent articles. North of Stockholm Municipality: Järfälla, Solna, Täby, Sollentuna, Lidingö, Upplands Väsby, Österåker, Sigtuna, Sundbyberg, Danderyd, Vallentuna, Ekerö, Upplands-Bro, Vaxholm, and Norrtälje. South of Stockholm: Huddinge, Nacka, Botkyrka, Haninge, Tyresö, Värmdö, Södertälje, Salem, Nykvarn and Nynäshamn.
Stockholm Municipality
Template:Main Stockholm Municipality is an administrative unit defined by geographical borders. The semi-officially adopted name for the municipality is City of Stockholm (Stockholms stad in Swedish).<ref>In official contexts, the municipality of Stockholm calls itself "stad" (or City), as do a small number of other Swedish municipalities, and especially the other two Swedish metropols: Gothenburg and Malmö. However, the term city has administratively been discontinued in Sweden. See also city status in Sweden</ref> As a municipality, the City of Stockholm is subdivided into district councils, which carry responsibility for primary schools, social, leisure and cultural services within their respective areas. The municipality is usually described in terms of its three main parts: Innerstaden (Stockholm City Centre), Söderort (Southern Stockholm) and Västerort (Western Stockholm). The districts of these parts are:
The modern centrum Norrmalm, (concentrated around the town square Sergels torg), is the largest shopping district in SwedenTemplate:Citation needed. It is the most central part of Stockholm in business and shopping. Östermalm is the most affluent district of StockholmTemplate:Citation needed.
Stockholm, with a February mean of Template:Convert, depending on the definition used, lies directly on the border between the humid continental and oceanic zones (Köppen Dfb / Cfb). Due to the city's high northerly latitude, daylight varies widely from more than 18 hours around midsummer, to only around 6 hours in late December. Despite its northern location, Stockholm has relatively mild weather compared to other locations at similar latitude, or even farther south.
Summers average daytime high temperatures of Template:Convert and lows of around Template:Convert, but temperatures can reach Template:Convert on some days. Winters are sometimes snowy with average temperatures ranging from Template:Convert, and sometimes drop below Template:Convert. Spring and autumn are generally cool to mild.
The climate table below presents weather data from the years 1961–1990. According to ongoing measurements, the temperature has increased during the years 1991–2009 as compared with the last series. This increase is on annual basis around 1.0 °C (roughly 1.8 °F). Warming is most pronounced during the winter months, with an increase of more than 2.0 °C (around a 3.6–4 °F increase) in January.<ref>http://data.smhi.se/met/climate/time_series/day/temperature/SMHI_day_temperature_clim_9720.txt</ref>
The highest temperature ever recorded in Stockholm was Template:Convert on 3 July 1811; the lowest was Template:Convert on 20 January 1814.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, the temperature has not dropped to below Template:Convert since 10 January 1987.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Annual precipitation is Template:Convert with around 170 wet days and light to moderate rainfall throughout the year. Snowfall occurs mainly from December through March with some very snow-rich winters, while others are milder with more rain than snow. Template:- Template:Weather box
Politics and government
Municipalities are responsible for government-mandated duties, and elections for the municipal council are held every four years, parallel to the general elections.
Following the 2010 municipal elections, the seats are divided in the following way:
As of April 2008, the Mayor of Stockholm is Sten Nordin from the Moderate Party.
The vast majority of Stockholm residents work in the service industry, which accounts for roughly 85% of jobs in Stockholm. The almost total absence of heavy industry makes Stockholm one of the world's cleanest metropolises. The last decade has seen a significant number of jobs created in high technology companies. Large employers include IBM, Ericsson, and Electrolux. A major IT centre is located in Kista, in northern Stockholm.
Stockholm is Sweden's financial centre. Major Swedish banks, such as Nordea, Swedbank, Handelsbanken, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, are headquartered in Stockholm, as are the major insurance companies Skandia, Folksam and Trygg-Hansa. Stockholm is also home to Sweden's foremost stock exchange, the Stockholm Stock Exchange (Stockholmsbörsen). Additionally, about 45% of Swedish companies with more than 200 employees are headquartered in Stockholm.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Famous clothes retailer H&M is also headquartered in the city. In recent years, tourism has played an important part in the city's economy. Stockholm County is ranked as the 10th largest visitor destination in Europe, with over 10 million commercial overnight stays per year. Among 44 European cities Stockholm had the 6th highest growth in number of nights spent in the period 2004-2008.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The largest companies by number of employees:<ref>Statistical Yearbook of Stockholm 2006, section Labour Market and Manufacturing, p. 244 pdf fileTemplate:Dead link</ref>
Research and higher education in the sciences started in Stockholm in the 18th century, with education in medicine and various research institutions such as the Stockholm Observatory. The medical education was eventually formalized in 1811 as the Karolinska Institutet. The Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, or KTH) was founded in 1827 and is currently Scandinavia's largest higher education institute of technology with 13,000 students. Stockholm University, founded in 1878 with university status granted in 1960, has 52,000 students as of 2008. It also incorporates many historical institutions, such as the Observatory, the Swedish Museum of Natural History, and the botanical garden Bergianska trädgården. The Stockholm School of Economics, founded in 1909, is one of the few private institutions of higher education in Sweden.
In the fine arts, educational institutions include the Royal College of Music, which has a history going back to the conservatory founded as part of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1771, the Royal University College of Fine Arts, which has a similar historical association with the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts and a foundation date of 1735, and the Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting, which is the continuation of the school of the Royal Dramatic Theatre, once attended by Greta Garbo. Other schools include the design school Konstfack, founded in 1844, the University College of Opera (founded in 1968, but with older roots), the University College of Dance, and the Stockholms Musikpedagogiska Institut (the University College of Music Education).
The Södertörn University College was founded in 1995 as a multi-disciplinary institution for southern Metropolitan Stockholm, to balance the many institutions located in the northern part of the region.
Other institutes of higher education are:
The biggest complaint from students of higher education in Stockholm is the lack of student accommodations, the difficulty in finding other accommodations and the high rent.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The Stockholm region is home to around 22% of Sweden's total population, and accounts for about 29% of its gross domestic product.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The geographical notion of "Stockholm" has changed throughout the times. By the turn of the 18th to 19th century, Stockholm basically consisted of the area today known as City Centre, roughly Template:Convert or 1/5 of the current municipal area. In the ensuing decades several other areas were incorporated (such as Brännkyrka Municipality in 1913, at which time it had 25,000 inhabitants, and Spånga in 1949). The municipal border was established in 1971; with the exception of Hansta, in 1982 purchased by Stockholm Municipality from Sollentuna Municipality and today a nature reserve.<ref name="SthlmStatistic2006">Stockholm Statistical Yearbook, 2006 (Stockholms statistiska årsbok för 2006)Template:Dead link City of Stockholm website, May 2006. The numbers provided by Stockholm Office of Research and Statistics, or Utrednings- och statistikkontoret (USK), in Swedish. (USK official web information in EnglishTemplate:Dead link</ref>
Of the population of 765,044 in 2004, 370,482 were men and 394,562 women. The average age is 39.8 years; 40.5% of the population is between 20 and 44 years.<ref name="SthlmStatistic2006"/> 309,480 people, or 40.4% of the population, over the age 15 were unmarried. 211,115 people, or 27.5% of the population, were married. 85,373, or 11.1% of the population, had been married but divorced.<ref name="SthlmStatistic2006"/> Approximately 26 % of Stockholm's residents are of an immigrant or non-Swedish background.<ref>OECD Territorial Reviews: Stockholm, May 2006</ref> Residents of Stockholm are known as Stockholmers. Some of the suburbs have large populations of immigrants. There are languages spoken in Greater Stockholm outside of Swedish; these languages include Finnish and English. Other languages spoken are Bosnian, Syriac, Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish, Persian, Dutch, Spanish, Serbian and Croatian.
In the last century, the population of nearby municipalities in Stockholm County has become relevant to mention as well as the population of Stockholm Municipality, as many municipalities form part of the Stockholm urban area and as such are often considered part of the general term "Stockholm".<ref name="SthlmStatistic2006"/>
As of 2010, Stockholm urban area has a population of 1,372,565; (Stockholm 847,991 Huddinge 94,752+; Järfälla 65,968+; Solna 68,038; Sollentuna 60,236+; Botkyrka 54,331+; Haninge 44,889+; Tyresö 39,253+; Sundbyberg 38,220; Nacka 33,057+; Danderyd 25,830+ +these municipalities have larger populations, but not all within the Stockholm urban area).
In the entire Stockholm metropolitan area, with its 26 municipalities, the population reaches more than 2 million inhabitants.<ref name="SthlmStatistic2006"/>
Apart from being Sweden's capital, Stockholm houses many national cultural institutions. There are two UNESCO World Heritage sites in the Stockholm area: The Royal Palace Drottningholm (within Ekerö Municipality) and the Skogskyrkogården (The Woodland Cemetery).
Stockholm was the 1998 European City of Culture.
Authors connected to Stockholm include the poet and songwriter Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795), novelist and dramatist August Strindberg (1849–1912), and novelist Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941), all of whom made Stockholm part of their works.
Other authors with notable heritage in Stockholm were the Nobel Prize laureate Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) and the popular poet and composer Evert Taube (1890–1976). The novelist Per Anders Fogelström (1917–1998) wrote a popular series of historical novels depicting life in Stockholm from the 19th to the mid-20th century.
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The city's oldest section is "Gamla Stan" (Old Town), located on the original small islands of the city's earliest settlements and still featuring the medieval street layout. Some notable buildings of Gamla Stan are the large German Church (Tyska kyrkan) and several mansions and palaces: the Riddarhuset (the House of Nobility), the Bonde Palace, the Tessin Palace and the Oxenstierna Palace.
The oldest building in Stockholm is the Riddarholmskyrkan from the late 13th century. After a fire in 1697 when the original medieval castle was destroyed, Stockholm Palace was erected in a baroque style. Storkyrkan Cathedral, the episcopal seat of the Bishop of Stockholm, stands next to the castle. It was founded in the 13th century but is clad in a baroque exterior dating to the 18th century.
As early as the 15th century, the city had expanded outside of its original borders. Some pre-industrial, small-scale buildings from this era can still be found in Södermalm. During the 19th century and the age of industrialization Stockholm grew rapidly, with plans and architecture inspired by the large cities of the continent such as Berlin and Vienna. Notable works of this time period include public buildings such as the Royal Swedish Opera and private developments such as the luxury housing developments on Strandvägen.
In the 20th century, a nationalistic push spurred a new architectural style inspired by medieval and renaissance ancestry as well as influences of the Jugend/Art Nouveau style. A key landmark of Stockholm, the Stockholm City Hall, was erected 1911-1923 by architect Ragnar Östberg. Other notable works of these times are the Stockholm Public Library and the Forest Cemetery, Skogskyrkogården.
In the 1930s modernism characterized the development of the city as it grew. New residential areas sprang up such as the development on Gärdet while industrial development added to the growth, such as the KF manufacturing industries on Kvarnholmen located in the Nacka Municipality. In the 1950s, suburban development entered a new phase with the introduction of the Stockholm metro. The modernist developments of Vällingby and Farsta were internationally praised. In the 1960s this suburban development continued but with the aesthetic of the times, the industrialized and mass-produced blocks of flats received a large amount of criticism.
At the same time that this suburban development was taking place, the most central areas of the inner city were being redesigned, known as Norrmalmsregleringen. Sergels Torg, with its five high-rise office towers was created in the 1960s, followed by the total clearance of large areas to make room for new development projects. The most notable buildings from this period is the ensemble of the House of Culture, City Theatre and National Bank at Sergels Torg, designed by architect Peter Celsing.
In the 1980s, the planning ideas of modernism were starting to be questioned, resulting in suburbs with a denser planning, such as Skarpnäck. In the 1990s this idea was taken further with the development of and old industrial area close to the inner city, resulting in a sort of mix of modernistic and urban planning in the new area of Hammarby Sjöstad.
The municipality has appointed an official "board of beauty" called "Skönhetsrådet" to protect and preserve the beauty of the city.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Stockholm's architecture (along with Visby, Gotland<ref>Template:Cite video</ref> ) provided the inspiration for Japanese anime director Hayao Miyazaki as he sought to evoke an idealized city untouched by World War. His creation, called Koriko, draws directly from what Miyazaki felt was Stockholm's sense of well-established architectural unity, vibrancy, independence, and safety.<ref>Helen McCarthy Hayao Miyazaki: Master of Japanese Animation pub Stone Bridge Press (Berkeley, CA) 1999 ISBN 1-880656-41-8, pages 144 and 157</ref>
One of the most unusual pieces of "architecture" in Stockholm is the Jumbohostel, housed in a converted Boeing 747 located at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.<ref name=Jumbo>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>
Template:Main Stockholm is one of the most crowded museum-cities in the world with around 100 museums, visited by millions of people every year.<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref> The most renowned national museum is the Nationalmuseum,Template:Citation needed with Sweden's largest collection of art: 16,000 paintings and 30,000 objects of art handicraft. The collection dates back to the days of Gustav Vasa in the 16th century, and has since been expanded with works by artists such as Rembrandt, and Antoine Watteau, as well as constituting a main part of Sweden's art heritage, manifested in the works of Alexander Roslin, Anders Zorn, Johan Tobias Sergel, Carl Larsson, Carl Fredrik Hill and Ernst Josephson.
The Museum of Modern Art, or Moderna Museet, is Sweden's national museum of modern art. It has works by famous modern artists such as Picasso and Salvador Dalí.
Other notable museums:
Art galleries
Stockholm has a vibrant art scene with a number of internationally recognized art centres and commercial galleries. Amongst others privately sponsored initiatives such as Bonniers Konsthall, Magasin 3, and state supported institutions such as Tensta Konsthall and Index all show leading international and national artists. In the last few years a gallery district has emerged around Hudiksvallsgatan where leading galleries such as Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Brändström & Stene have located. Other important commercial galleries include Nordenhake, Milliken Gallery and Galleri Magnus Karlsson.
The Stockholm suburbs are places with diverse cultural background. Some areas in the inner suburbs, including those of Tensta, Jordbro, Fittja, Husby, Brandbergen, Rinkeby, Kista, Hagsätra, Rågsved, Huddinge, and the outer suburb of Södertälje, have high percentages of immigrants or second generation immigrants. These mainly come from the Middle East (Assyrians, Syriacs, Turks and Kurds) and former Yugoslavia, but there are also immigrants from Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America.Template:Citation needed Other parts of the inner suburbs, such as Hässelby, Vällingby, Sollentuna, Täby, Danderyd, Lidingö, Flysta and Farsta, as well as some of the suburbs mentioned above, have a majority of ethnic Swedes.
Distinguished among Stockholm's many theatres are the Royal Dramatic Theatre (Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern), one of Europe's most renowned theatres, and the Royal Swedish Opera, inaugurated in 1773.
Other notable theatres are the Stockholm City Theatre (Stockholms stadsteater), the Peoples Opera (Folkoperan), the Modern Theatre of Dance (Moderna dansteatern), the China Theatre, the Göta Lejon Theatre, the Mosebacke Theatre, and the Oscar Theatre.
Amusement park
Gröna Lund is an amusement park located on the island of Djurgården. The Amusement park has over 30 attractions and many restaurants. It is a popular tourist attraction and visited by thousands of people every day. It is open from end of April to middle of September. Gröna Lund also serves as a concert venue.
Stockholm is the media centre of Sweden. It has four nation-wide daily newspapers and is also the central location of the publicly funded radio (SR) and television (SVT). In addition, all other major television channels have their base in Stockholm, such as: TV3, TV4, Kanal 5 and TV6. All major magazines are also located to Stockholm, as are the largest literature publisher, the Bonnier group. In Stockholm the hit PC game "Minecraft" was created by Markus 'Notch' Persson in 2009.
The most popular spectator sports are football and ice hockey. The three most popular teams are AIK, Djurgårdens IF and Hammarby IF. All of these clubs have large amounts of fans and play at fairly large Stadiums.
AIK plays at Råsunda with a capacity of 36,508. Råsunda football stadium will be demolished and the club will move to the newly built Friends Arena in 2013.
Djurgårdens IF plays at Stockholm Stadion but will move to Tele2 Arena in 2013. Tvillingderbyt is the derby between AIK and Djurgården and is often referred to as one of the most passionate derbies in Europe. Both clubs were founded in 1891 in Stockholm: thus the name (the "twin derby").
Hammarby's stadium is located in the south of Stockholm, along with most of its fans. They have been playing at Söderstadion since the early 1970s, but are to move to the new Tele2 Arena with a capacity of 30,000, located 500 metres south of their current stadium.
Historically, the city was the host of the 1912 Summer Olympics. From those days stem the Stockholms Olympiastadion which has since hosted numerous sports events, notably football and athletics. Other major sport arenas are Råsunda Stadium, the national football stadium, and Stockholm Globe Arena, a multi-sport arena and one of the largest spherical buildings in the world.
Beside the 1912 Summer Olympics, Stockholm hosted the 1956 Summer Olympics Equestrian Games. The city was also second runner up in the 2004 Summer Olympics bids.
Stockholm also hosted all but one of the Nordic Games, a winter multi-sport event that predated the Winter Olympics.
There are over 1000 restaurants in Stockholm.<ref>1997 there were 1123 restaurants with permission to serve alcoholic drinks [1]Template:Dead link</ref> Due to immigration, the city has plenty of restaurants with all kinds of food from all over the world such as American fast food, Asian, Italian, Turkish, French, Greek, Scandinavian, Spanish, and Middle Eastern cuisine. Cafeterias and bars are easy to find everywhere in the city.
As of 2009 Stockholm boasts a total of nine Michelin star restaurants, two of which have two stars.
Yearly events
Green city with a national urban park
Stockholm is one of the cleanest capitals in the world. The city was granted the 2010 European Green Capital Award by the EU Commission, this was Europe's first "green capital".<ref name="ec.europa.eu">Template:Cite web</ref> Applicant cities were evaluated in several ways: climate change, local transport, public green areas, air quality, noise, waste, water consumption, waste water treatment, sustainable utilisation of land, biodiversity and environmental management.<ref name="international.stockholm.se">Template:Cite web</ref> Out of 35 participant cities, eight finalists were chosen: Stockholm, Amsterdam, Bristol, Copenhagen, Freiburg, Hamburg, Münster, and Oslo.<ref name="August 2010">[2]Template:Dead link</ref> Some of the reasons why Stockholm won the 2010 European Green Capital Award were: its integrated administrative system, which ensures that environmental aspects are considered in budgets, operational planning, reporting, and monitoring; its cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 25% per capita in ten years; and its decision towards being fossil fuel free by 2050.<ref name="international.stockholm.se"/> Stockholm has long demonstrated concern for the environment. The city's current environmental program is the fifth since the first one was established in mid-1970s.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2011, Stockholm passed the title of European Green Capital to Hamburg, Germany.<ref name="August 2010"/>
Role model
In the beginning of 2010, Stockholm launched the program Professional Study Visits<ref>[3]Template:Dead link</ref> in order to share the city's green best practices. The program provides visitors with the opportunity to learn how to address issues such as waste management, urban planning, carbon dioxide emissions, and sustainable and efficient transportation system, among others.<ref name="ec.europa.eu"/>
According to the European Cities Monitor 2010,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Stockholm is the best city in terms of freedom from pollution. Surrounded by 219 nature reserves, Stockholm has around 1,000 green spaces, which corresponds to 30% of the city's area.<ref name="Environment 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> Founded in 1995, the Royal National City Park is the world's first legally protected "national urban park".<ref>Ohlsen, B. (2010). ''Stockholm encounter'' (2nd Ed.). Hong Kong, China: Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd (p.163)</ref><ref>Schantz, P. 2006. The Formation of National Urban Parks: a Nordic Contribution to Sustainable Development? In: The European City and Green Space; London, Stockholm, Helsinki and S:t Petersburg, 1850-2000 (Ed. Peter Clark), Historical Urban Studies Series (Eds. Jean-Luc Pinol & Richard Rodger), Ashgate Publishing Limited, Aldershot.</ref> For a description of the formation process, value assets and implementation of the legal protection of The Royal National Urban Park, see Schantz 2006 The water in Stockholm is so clean that people can dive and fish in the centre of the city.<ref name="Environment 2010"/> As for carbon dioxide emissions, the government goal is to have only clean vehicles in the city by 2011.<ref name="Environment 2010"/>
Public transport
Stockholm has an extensive public transport system, one that by at least one measure, is the most expensive in the world.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> It consists of the Stockholm Metro (Tunnelbana); two urban rail systems, Roslagsbanan and Saltsjöbanan; and a suburban rail system: the Stockholm commuter rail (pendeltåg), three light rail systems: Nockebybanan, Lidingöbanan, and Tvärbanan; a tramway: Spårväg City; a large number of bus lines, and the inner-city boat line Djurgårdsfärjan. All the land-based public transport in Stockholm County, except the airport buses/trains, is organized by Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (SL), with the operation and maintenance of the public transport services delegated to several contractors, such as MTR who operate the metro and Veolia Transport who operate the suburban railways except for the commuter rail. The archipelago boat traffic is handled by Waxholmsbolaget.
SL has a common ticket system in the entire Stockholm County, which allows for easy travel between different modes of transport. The tickets are of two main types, single ticket and travel cards, both allowing for unlimited travel with SL in the entire Stockholm County for the duration of the ticket validity. Starting April 1, 2007, a new zone system (A, B, C) and price system applies for single tickets. Single tickets are now available in forms of cash ticket, individual unit pre-paid tickets, pre-paid ticket slips of 8, sms-ticket and machine ticket. Cash tickets bought at the point of travel are the most expensive and pre-paid tickets slips of 8 are the cheapest. A single ticket is valid for one hour. The duration of the travel card validity depends on the exact type; they are available from 24 hours up to a year. A 30-day card costs 790 SEK (83 EUR; 130 USD). Tickets of all these types are available with reduced prices for persons under 20 and over 65 years of age
The City Line Project, or The Green Tunnel
With estimated cost at SEK 16.8 billion (January 2007 price level), which equals to 2.44 billion US dollars, the City Line, an environmentally certified project, comprises a 6 km-long commuter train tunnel (in rock and water) beneath Stockholm, with two new stations (Stockholm City and Stockholm Odenplan), and a 1.4 km-long railway bridge at Årsta. The City Line is being built by the Swedish Transport Administration in co-operation with the City of Stockholm, Stockholm County Council, and Stockholm Transport, SL. As Stockholm Central Station is overloaded, the purpose of this project is to double the city's track capacity and improve service efficiency. Operations are scheduled to begin in 2017.<ref name="trafikverket1">http://www.trafikverket.se/Om-Trafikverket/Spraksida/English-Engelska/Railway-construction-projects/Stockholm-City-Line/</ref>
Between Riddarholmen and Söder Mälarstrand, the City Line will run through a submerged concrete tunnel.<ref name="trafikverket1"/> As a green project, the City Line includes the purification of waste water; noise reduction through sound-attenuating tracks; the use of synthetic diesel, which provides users with clean air; and the recycling of excavated rocks.<ref name="trafikverket1"/>
Stockholm is at the junction of the European routes E4, E18 and E20. A half-completed motorway ring road exists on the south and west sides of the City Centre.
Congestion charges
Stockholm has a congestion pricing system, Stockholm congestion tax,<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref> in use on a permanent basis since August 1, 2007,<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref><ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref> after having had a seven month trial period in the first half of 2006.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The City Centre is within the congestion tax zone. All the entrances and exits of this area have unmanned control points operating with automatic number plate recognition. All vehicles entering or exiting the congestion tax affected area, with a few exceptions, have to pay 10–20 SEK (1.09–2.18 EUR, 1.49–2.98 USD) depending on the time of day between 06:30 and 18:29. The maximum tax amount per vehicle per day is 60 SEK (6.53 EUR, 8.94 USD).<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref> Payment is done by various means within 14 days after one has passed one of the control points, one cannot pay at the control points.<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref>
After the trial period was over, consultative referendums were held in Stockholm Municipality and several other municipalities in Stockholm County. The then-reigning government (cabinet Persson) stated that they would only take into consideration the results of the referendum in Stockholm Municipality. The opposition parties (Alliance for Sweden) stated that they were to form a cabinet after the general election—which was held the same day as the congestion tax referendums—they would take into consideration the referendums held in several of the other municipalities as well. The results of the referendums were that the Stockholm Municipality voted for the congestion tax, but all the other municipalities voted against it. The opposition parties won the general election and a few days before they formed government (cabinet Reinfeldt) they announced that the congestion tax would be reintroduced in Stockholm, but that the revenue would go entirely to road construction in and around Stockholm. During the trial period and according to the agenda of the previous government the revenue went entirely to public transport.
Stockholm has regular ferry lines to Helsinki and Turku in Finland (commonly called "Finlandsfärjan"); Tallinn, Estonia; Riga, Latvia, Åland islands and to Saint Petersburg. The large Stockholm archipelago is served by the Waxholmsbolaget archipelago boats.
City bikes
Between April and October, during the warmer months, it is possible to rent Stockholm City Bikes by purchasing a bike card online or through retailers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Cards allow users to rent bikes from any Stockholm City Bikes stand spread across the city and return them in any stand.<ref name="citybikes1">http://www.citybikes.se/en/User-information-/</ref> There are two types of cards: the Season Card (valid from April 1 to October 31) and the 3-day card. When their validity runs out they can be reactivated and are therefore reusable.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Bikes can be used for up to three hours per loan and can be rented from Monday to Sunday from 6 am to 10 pm.<ref name="citybikes1"/>
Arlanda Express airport rail link runs between Arlanda Airport and central Stockholm. There are also bus lines, Flygbussarna, that run between central Stockholm and all the airports.
As of 2010 there are no airports specifically for general aviation in the Stockholm area.
Inter-city trains
Stockholm Central Station has train connections to many Swedish cities as well as to Oslo, Norway and Copenhagen, Denmark. The popular X 2000 service to Gothenburg takes three hours. Most of the trains are run by SJ AB.
International rankings
Stockholm often performs well in international rankings, some of which are mentioned below:
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May 2, 2016
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Amid a growing chorus of criticism from faculty members and students, Larry Penley abruptly resigned Wednesday after more than five years as president of Colorado State University.
On Monday, the university's Board of Governors held an impromptu executive session during which it evaluated Penley's performance. His resignation apparently is a result of that meeting.
Douglas L. Jones, chairman of the board, refused to discuss Penley's reasons, other than to say he wasn't surprised by the resignation. Board members had learned that Penley had been a finalist for positions at other universities.
"Larry feels he's accomplished what he set out to achieve," Jones said. "I guess he feels it's time to move on.
Penley did not return calls for comment but said in a letter to Jones: "I want to be free to pursue other positions in higher education. This resignation will allow me the flexibility to do so."
Jones said a national search for Penley's successor was underway. CSU provost Tony Frank was appointed interim president.
Officials said Penley will receive one year's salary, $389,000.
In brief statements, Jones and faculty representatives thanked Penley for his service. "CSU has made significant progress under his direction and he leaves the university in a strong academic position," said Richard Eykholt, chair of the faculty council.
But Penley, who as recently as six months ago had seemed well-
liked by board members and entrenched on campus, had developed vocal critics with his plans to expand the university's profile and mission.
Add last year's dismissal of 15-year football coach Sonny Lubick — executed while key university financial supporter and Lubick fan Pat Stryker was out of the country — and Penley suddenly found himself embattled.
Some of his critics claim his programs were expanding the university in the wrong direction — away from what they saw as its core mission of having tenured professors teaching undergraduate students.
They cited his creation of a $12 million online "global campus," in which nontraditional students could work toward degrees, and a large public relations effort that included a billboard in New York City's Times Square and full-page ads in Newsweek, as well as his push to promote CSU as a "green" campus.
"This 'green' thing is an annoyance," said professor C.W. Miller. "We don't need to be putting so much into public relations when we can't even take care of what we've got. We've got chairs that are falling apart, white boards that can't be written on."
When Penley recently announced a five-year plan to expand enrollment, hiring and fundraising, some on the faculty feared it signaled that Penley planned to stay for years.
Student body president Taylor Smoot said the expansion plans were too much, particularly in light of sour economy.
"Should we be spending millions on a global campus or on good teaching?" Smoot asked.
Political science professor John Straayer said Penley's style of management offended many people. "He demanded absolute loyalty from the top down. We'd learn about his decision in the newspaper, not internally," he said.
Under Penley, CSU's revenue grew about 26 percent to an annual budget of $750 million. In-state tuition increased 52 percent and student fees rose 73 percent since 2003, the school said. Its administration budget grew 34 percent to more than $110 million; academic colleges' budgets grew only 14 percent to $119 million, according to the school.
CSU spokesman Brad Bohlander said the budget's proportions remained the same, with academics receiving 31 percent of the budget and research 23 percent.
Lubick, who has not spoken to Penley since last fall, was stunned by the resignation. Penley was not invited to a ceremony honoring Lubick last year hosted by Gov. Bill Ritter.
"Holy cow. That's interesting," said Lubick, reached in Montana. He declined to comment further.
Head football coach Steve Fairchild issued a statement saying "I've enjoyed the chance to get to know Dr. Penley and his wife, Yolanda. They're outstanding people. While we certainly will miss them, we won't change the way we go about our business. In fact, that's a credit to Dr. Penley, that our football program will continue to make strides because of what he set in motion."
Second-year men's basketball coach Tim Miles said of Penley: "He's been good to athletics in my time here. I'm grateful to him and wish him luck in his future endeavors.
Athletic Director Paul Kowalczyk said thanked Penley for his support and said, "We'll continue to work just as hard in building a program that makes our fans and alumni proud. Our goals do not change."
Staff writers Allison Sherry and Natalie Meisler contributed to this report.
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Key dates in Larry Penley's tenure
May 19, 2003: Penley, dean of Arizona State University's School of Business, is selected as CSU's 13th president after a controversial process in which board members rejected an attempt by Gov. Bill Owens to have them select a political ally.
June, 15, 2005: After a year of wrangling with the Owens administration and legislature, CSU's board approves a 15 percent tuition hike.
August 2005: CSU announces a reorganization designed to add a vice president of the university system to oversee CSU-Pueblo. The president of the Pueblo campus says he was not consulted.
October 2006: Penley announces a five-year plan to add 6,000 students, 450 professors and $500 million in research spending.
March: Penley makes plans to launch an online, independent university for CSU — the CSU Global Campus.
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Experian Breach Exposes Info Of 15M T-Mobile Customers; Partners Not AffectedAn Experian breach announced late Thursday exposed the personal information of more than 15 million T-Mobile customers who were using the company's credit services, though a company spokesperson told CRN that partners were not affected by the incident.
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It's a sad day for hip-hop fans as Rolling Stone confirms that A Tribe Called Quest founder Phife Dawg, real name Malik Taylor, passed away on Tuesday. The 41-year old founded the legendary rap group with Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammed in 1985. Together the group put forth iconic tracks including "Can I Kick It" and "Scenario."
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Alan Clarke
There has long been a resistance to taking popular culture seriously, first as an object of study and second as a way of spending one's leisure time. There are still people who will not admit to the secret fetish of watching television soap operas and even more who will watch and analyse one-off television dramas but not watch a series format. In studying the development of the television crime series in Britain it was startling to find just how many of those amazing dramatists had learned their craft writing for George Dixon, Barlow and Regan in the humble series. However, I do not want to argue for taking the series seriously simply because of the quality of the production, although I think I could, but because of the world they create on the small screen for the mass audience. For many people their only contact with a speaking policeman is on the television and this reinforces the aura of reality which police series strive so hard to construct. I also want to focus on the fictional representations rather than the documentary and the news images because historically these have often been overlooked when the influence of the media is being debated.
My interest in the police series began in the 1970's when their dramatic significance was brought home to me when, in discussion with law students, they could only understand the changes in the police force when I contrasted the avuncular George Dixon's style of community policing with the then current hero, Jack Regan, in The Sweeney. The discussion of change suddenly came alive and ranged across different types of specialist police squads—Regional Crime Squads (Softly Softly, Task Force), the Bomb Squad, Fraud Squad—and their television referents. In this article I want to try to recreate my


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End Violence Against Women and Girls Worldwide. Pass the International Violence Against Women Act.
Urge the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate, and President Obama to pass the International Violence Against Women Act in the 112th session of congress.
What is International Violence Against Women Act?
The International Violence Against Women Act (H.R. 3571), sponsored by U.S. Representative Janice Schakowsky (D-IL 9), is a bill that creates a comprehensive, integrated approach to addressing violence and places women at the center of U.S. foreign policy. The bill supports measures to prevent violence, protect survivors and bring perpetrators to justice. It contains best practice provisions for preventing and responding to violence against women during times of peace and times of conflict.
The Problem
An estimated 1 out of every 3 women throughout the world will be beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime.
Violence against women is an enormous problem that affects women and girls globally all around the world. It is a global health crisis, a human rights violation, a public health epidemic , and a moral outrage that knows no geographic or cultural barriers. It is also a barrier to solving global challenges such as extreme poverty, HIV/AIDS, armed conflict and terrorism.
Every year, globally millions of women and girls experience violence in their homes and in the community. Statistics show that one out of every three women globally has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime. According to Amnesty International, "Violence against women includes abuse by spouses or partners in the home, rape as a weapon during wartime, dowry related deaths and forced prostitution."
Rape and Sexual Assault
Rape and sexual assault against women and girls are used to torture, intimidate, and terrorize women and their communities.
In conflicts around the world, rape of women and girls has become one of the most horrific weapons of choice used systematically to attack civilians, devastate families and destabilize societies. Despite the recognition of rape as a war crime, a crime against humanity and a form of genocide, over the years the brutality and frequency of this crime has only increased. Rape is a highly destructive weapon that is cheaper than bullets or bombs and increasingly widespread.
Estimates are:
- 20,000 to 50,000 women and girls raped during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the early 1990s
- 250,000 to 500,000 women and girls raped during the Rwandan genocide in 1994
- Hundreds of thousands (an average of 40 per day) of women or girls raped in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, since 2002.
-Sexual violence among adolescents and pre-adolescents is alarmingly high. In 2010, the first nationally representative survey of violenceagainst children in Tanzania found that nearly 3 in 10 females and 1 in 7 males experienced sexual violence prior to the age of 18.
-Prevalence of sexual violence is higher among persons with disabilities, particularly for adolescents and intimate partners with disabilities, and for men and women with intellectual impairments living in institutions.
-Displaced, refugee, and stateless women and girls in humanitarian emergencies, conflict settings, and natural disasters face extreme violence and threats, including-- (A) being forced to exchange sex for food and humanitarian supplies; and (B) being at increased risk of rape, sexual exploitation, and abuse.
Domestic Violence
-Domestic violence is the most prevalent form of violenceagainstwomen and prevents women from playing more active roles in the social, economic, and political development of their communities. In humanitarian crises, this global scourge becomes acute, preventing women from helping to rebuild their countries.
-Up to 70 percent of women in some countries report having been victims of domestic violence at some stage in their lives.
-The International Men and Gender Equality Survey dataset shows that adult male respondents in 6 countries who had experienced violence as children were significantly more likely to report perpetrating intimate partner violence themselves than their peers who did not experience violence as children.
Trafficking in Women and Girls
Millions of people every year are trafficked internationally into modern slavery including horrific conditions of sexual exploitation or shocking forced labor conditions. The Department of State's Trafficking in Person's Report for 2010 notes that traffickers "often use sexual violence as a weapon against women to keep them in compelled service, whether in a field, a factory, a brothel, a home, or a war zone."
Women and girls are especially vulnerable to trafficking. Lack of access to education, persistent discrimination, economic hardship and poverty often contribute to create conditions where women and girls are disproportionately affected by trafficking. Under such conditions women and girls are lured through false promises of good working conditions at relatively high paying jobs or in some cases girls are sold by poor families, only to find themselves caught in a net of sexual exploitation or forced or bonded labor.
Violence against women devastates the lives of millions of women and girls and in peacetime and in conflict. It also causes them terrible suffering and leaves them with emotional and physical injuries, and sometimes even costing them their lives.
In addition, it also affects families, communities and wider societies, preventing women from taking full advantage of economic and educational opportunities and threatening security by increasing social tensions. Violence against women also prevents women from going to work, participating in community life, and accessing economic and educational opportunities to create better lives for themselves and their families.
Also, violence against women dramatically impedes progress in meeting all of our global health goals, including efforts to stem maternal mortality and the spread of HIV/AIDS. Approximately 1 in 4 women are abused during pregnancy, which, according to the World Health Organization, has been linked to miscarriage, pre-term labor, low birth weight, fetal distress, and death. Women who have experienced violence are also at higher risk for contracting HIV, and women living with HIV may be up to 3 times more likely to experience violence than other women. Fear of violence also prevents women from accessing HIV/AIDS information and receiving treatment and counseling.
The Solution
The goal of the International Violence Against Women Act is to significantly reduce violence against women and girls globally by integrating anti-violence work across U.S. foreign assistance programs and make ending violence against women and girls a diplomatic priority. It is a major step in the effort to end violence against women and girls across the globe.
What will the International Violence Against Women Act do?
The International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) will integrate anti-violence work across U.S. foreign assistance programs and make ending violence against women and girls a diplomatic priority. I-VAWA would also "(1) Incorporate best practices on addressing violence against women into programs that provide health care, encourage legal reform and changes in public attitudes, promote access to economic opportunity projects and safe schools, and prevent violence in selected countries. (2) Build the effectiveness of overseas non-governmental organizations - particularly women's nongovernmental organizations - in addressing violence against women. (3) Create U.S. leadership to address violence against women and girls and make prevention of violence a greater U.S. diplomatic priority. (4) Require the U.S. government to respond to violence against women in conflict and crisis situations."
The International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) creates a comprehensive, integrated approach to addressing violence and places women at the center of U.S. foreign policy. The bill supports measures to prevent violence, protect survivors and bring perpetrators to justice. It contains best practice provisions for preventing and responding to violence against women during times of peace and times of conflict.
Under the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA), it would;
-Address violence against women and girls comprehensively, by supporting health, legal, economic, social, and humanitarian assistance sectors and incorporating violence prevention and response best practices into such programs.
-Alleviate poverty and increase the cost effectiveness of foreign assistance by investing in women.
-Strengthen security by reducing social tensions.
-Support survivors, hold perpetrators accountable, and prevent violence.
-Create a five-year strategy to fight violence against women in select countries which have a high incidence of violence against women.
-Define a clear mandate for Senior Officials in the Department of State and USAID for leadership, accountability and coordination in preventing and responding to violence against women and girls.
-Enable the U.S. government to develop a faster and more efficient response to violence against women in humanitarian emergencies and conflict-related situations.
-Build the effectiveness of overseas non-governmental organizations - particularly women's non-governmental organizations - in addressing violence against women.
It would also direct;
-the Secretary of State to establish an Office of Global Women's Issues which shall be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues.
-the Ambassador-at-Large to coordinate U.S. government efforts regarding gender integration and advancing the status of women and girls in U.S. foreign policy.
-the Ambassador-at-Large to develop or update annually for six years a U.S. global strategy to prevent and respond to violenceagainstwomen and girls.
It establishes;
-in the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) a Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment who shall direct USAID activities, policies, programs, and funding relating to gender equality and women's empowerment.
-the Secretary and the Administrator of USAID to provide assistance to prevent and respond to violenceagainstwomen and girls internationally.<!-- end id:content -->
What can you do to get the International Violence Against Women Act passed?
Please write to and/or call your U.S. Representatives and Senators and President Obama tell them to pass the International Violence Against Women Act . Also ask your U.S. Representatives and Senators to co-sponsor the International Violence Against Women Act.
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Duke is back in a familiar place - No. 1.
NEW YORK - Eager for a new challenge and certainly a better chance to win, R.A. Dickey broke the news of his trade even before the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The San Francisco 49ers earned a playoff berth by withstanding a stunning comeback by New England from a 28-point deficit to beat the Patriots 41-34 on Sunday night in the rain.
OAKLAND, Calif. - The defense dominated, the running game clicked and the Oakland Raiders finally ended up on the winning end for the first time in seven weeks.
INDIANAPOLIS - All Butler guard Alex Barlow saw Saturday was space and an opportunity to make a play.
BOISE, Idaho - Kerwynn Williams ran for 235 yards and three touchdowns and No. 18 Utah State won a bowl game for the first time in nearly 20 years, beating Toledo 41-15 on Saturday in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
WASHINGTON - Robert Griffin III's sprained right knee will keep him out of the starting lineup Sunday when the Washington Redskins visit the Cleveland Browns in a game with vital playoff implications.
SEATTLE - Kelly Olynyk dominated inside with 20 points and No. 14 Gonzaga rebounded from its first loss of the season with an impressive 68-52 win over Kansas State on Saturday night.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jamaal Charles took the handoff on the first play of the game, skipped to his right and found a crease. He slipped through the hole, made a subtle cutback and then raced to the end zone.
FORT WORTH, Texas - Josh Hamilton left the Texas Rangers on Thursday and agreed to a $125 million, five-year contract with the Los Angeles Angels.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Steve Breaston isn't sure why he hasn't been getting on the field for the Chiefs.
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"Wanted". Sketch for the day.
I LIKE IT!!!! So, is this an alien bounty hunter, terrorist, or a good guy on the run from the oppressive authorities? He looks weird, but you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, as they say, or an alien by its exterior appearance...
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CitationAir Forces Pilots To Work A Month For Free
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CitationAir, the Greenwich, Conn.-based provider of luxury business jet and charter aircraft services, radically altered the work schedules of the company's nearly 230 pilots who are represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airline Division, Local 1108. CitationAir is wholly owned by Cessna Aircraft Company, which in turn is wholly owned by Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), a major U.S. defense contractor. The Teamsters and CitationAir management have been in negotiations over a first contract for the pilots since Nov. 2011. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100127/IBTLOGO)Prior to the change on March 1, CitationAir scheduled pilots to be available for duty seven consecutive workdays during each two-week period. Management's new schedule pattern now requires pilots to be available for duty eight consecutive workdays during each two-week period for an increase of 26 more workdays per year. During each workday, a pilot can be required to remain on duty for 14 hours straight, with only 10 hours off the job before again reporting to fly. Management recently rejected efforts by the Teamsters to implement protections preventing the company from scheduling a pilot for nine or more consecutive workdays without his or her concurrence. "The typical U.S. worker has a five-day workweek that keeps him or her on the job 20 days a month, not counting holidays. Assuming eight-hour shifts, that worker puts in about 160 hours a month," said Capt. Mat Slinghoff, Local 1108 President. "In contrast, CitationAir could conceivably require a pilot to be at work 252 hours, or more, during a single month. Furthermore, pilots do not get holidays off—they work in a 365/24/7 business." "CitationAir is requiring pilots to work 26 additional days per year, effectively for free," said Capt. David Bourne, Teamsters Airline Division Director. "Management will be keeping pilots on the road away from their homes and families nearly one full month each year against their will for no additional compensation. This type of abusive scheduling practice can only contribute to pilot fatigue, which has been proven to negatively impact aviation safety." "In an effort to cut costs, our pilots and their schedules were targeted. CitationAir's move will severely impact the quality of life of our pilots and their families," said Teamsters General President James Hoffa. "The International Brotherhood of Teamsters stands with these dedicated professional pilots and those that depend on them for safe air travel." Local 1108 is part of the Teamsters Airline Division and represents more than 700 pilots employed by CitationAir and Cleveland, Ohio-based Flight Options LLC, which is also a provider of luxury business jet and charter aircraft services. The Teamsters Airline Division represents about 80,000 workers in all segments of commercial aviation. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters was founded in 1903 and represents more than 1.4 million hardworking men and women in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. SOURCE Teamsters Local Union 1108
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A dark time in world history comes to light at an Iowa City lecture and book reading. Patrick Hicks, Ph.D., the writer-in-residence at Augustana College (S.D.) will share what he learned about Nazi death camps while researching his book "The Commandant of Lubizec."
The lecture and readings will take place in the Commons area of Kirkwood Community College's Iowa City Campus on Friday, March 1. The lecture will run from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., and Hicks will read from his book and other works from 4-5:15 p.m.
Hicks visited some of the worst Nazi death camps over the past several years, researching his fiction novel, which he said is "A harrowing account of a death camp that never actually existed but easily could have in the Nazi state." During the lecture he will discuss what happened at Auschwitz, Belzec, Sobibor and Treblinka, all concentration camps in Poland, as well as discuss what the Holocaust means today.
Hicks is the author of five poetry collections, most recently "Finding the Gossamer" and "This London," both from Ireland's acclaimed press, Salmon Poetry. A former visiting fellow at Oxford, he has lived in Northern Ireland, England, Germany and Spain, but has returned to his Midwestern roots.The public is invited to attend the lecture in the morning and the book reading, where Hicks will be signing his books. For more information, call 319-887-3630.
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What are some good cranksets to look into? Looking to spend under $100 including the bb. thanks.
What are some good cranksets to look into? Looking to spend under $100 including the bb. thanks.
You could go with the $50 Origin8 or Eighth-Inch cranksets
or the better quality- higher priced SRAM S300
The SRAM its $88 Shipped and comes with the BB.
that sram crank looks good. any experience with yt?
Pake, I use them right now, pretty good. Cost around 40-60 online.
The SRAM is pretty stiff because of the external bearing GXP bottom bracket. You could get the SRAM S100 but that has a power spline BB like the Truvativ Touro. I have a friend who uses the SRAM S300 and he likes it a lot. Its maybe second or third to the more expensive Omnium but I'm pretty sure you wont find a better bang for the buck.
I was thinking of getting the s100 before but the 300 for 88 is a good deal. how would my chainline end up? its a leader 722 its going on with Phil wood hubs if that means anything.
I think you get a 43mm line with the sram s300? i have a set and my chainline with formula hubs looks great.
i love my kazane cranks but if the S300 had been out then i would have bought the S300.
is there a big difference between the s100 and s300?
yes they're entirely different cranks. the 300 is redesigned and much nicer.
i have a truvativ elita compact crankset on my road bike and the crank bolt kept coming out. they fixed it on the newer bb30 sets but i'd get the 300 and NOT the 100. for the s100's price, i'd get pake or iro or 1/8 inch or origin 8. they're all pretty similar and they'll all be easier to install. you have to really torque the **** out of S100/S300 crankbolts.


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What can I do if my husband won't help with the baby or the housework?
I'm grateful that I can stay home with our 6-month-old, but my husband doesn't realize that while his job is Monday through Friday, mine is seven days a week. It's like pulling teeth to get him to watch our 6-month-old for half an hour so I can take a shower or just get a breather. He won't change a diaper unless I ask, and then he gives me a hard time about it. The same goes for feedings or even giving the baby attention. I can't get him to clean, cook, or help with the laundry either. I'm exhausted and I never have time for myself. What can I do?
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I know exactly what your going through. My husband didnt want children and we have a baby girl now that is a month old. Sometimes I feel like he thinks that I got pregnant on purpose. He distances himself away from me and only spends very little time with his daughter. I stay at home and I am stuck here all day with the laundry and the cooking and cleaning and he doesnt even acknowledge it when he comes home. He even goes out hours at a time and drinks with his friends and doesnt think that there is anything wrong with it, even though sometimes my mother has the baby and I am here alone. I am a first time mom and if I can do it then so can you. Just remember that you have something in your life to wake up for every day. Its the challenges in life that makes us strong if we are willing to face them. Talk to him and be stern. Put your foot down and make him realize what he is doing but also understand that men dont have that maternal instinct that we do therefore it is harder for them to take responsibility. WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM! Talk to someone and remember that you are not alone. Good luck and congrats on your baby.posted 01/31/2005 by BabyJulie1
Explain how helping you is actually benefitting him. If he helps out, he's building more of a connection with your baby and you'll have more energy for things like sex! And when he's making an effort, try really hard not to pick apart what he's doing, even if it isn't how you would have done it. Tell him how much you appreciate his help and how much it improves your day. That kind of positive feedback has worked wonders on my husband!posted 01/31/2005 by coriekp
I must be a lucky one. I don't have this problem. Sometimes I think its me that has a problem taking care of the kids when my husband is at home. I sell avon so during the week I do that outside the house and stay home on the weekends while he's at work. He is a great dad and does whatever needs to be done with minimal fight. We have a 3yr old and an 8mo old so we are very busy with just them let alone trying to keep up the house. I try to do as much cleaning as I can when the baby is asleep and even more when they both are. Needless to say I don't sleep a lot on the weekends since its just me here. So far though this way works for us. All I can tell you is to hang in there and just worry about you and the baby.posted 01/31/2005 by stefy03_01
Wow, this guy has got it too easy!! sounds like he just doesn't get it that being a dad doesn't mean just bringing home the bacon but actually taking part with parenting, maybe the two of you could go talk to someone about it. I find that when i'm constantly telling my husband to help me or do things, all he hears is nag nag nag. If he hears it from someone else looking into the relationship, he might realize he has to do more to help out. Some guys just don't understand what their role is as a new father, it might just take some time before they figure it out. Maybe that's how he was raised or maybe he just doen't want to get real about being a parent, either way you (or someone else) need to get through to him so you can have a well deserved break now and again. I would like to think that if he really loved you guys he would want a happy wife and mother of his child to feel good about herself and to know that he will be there for you when you need him. I would hope that as a father he would want to take interest in his child and spend time with them and do things with them even if it is changing diapers, feeding or bathing. It's not all your responsibility and he needs to get real and help you carry the load. Anyone can go to work all day, that's easy, being a mom is never ending, when he comes home at the end of his day your day is nowhere near over. He needs to have time to relax as well as you but there needs to be some kind of balance otherwise you're giong crazy and packing up to leave him which is understandable since all he is to you is a paycheck. Exactly what was he expecting it to be like anyway?? How long does he really expect you to put up with him not helping? How does him not helping reflect on you child? I say make him understand that he needs to do more, he needs get real or get out. I bet if you knew before you were even pregnant that you would be doing all the work and he gets off easy by just going to work and not helping, you would have thought a lot differently about having his child. I hope you guys can figure it out for the sake of you child, who doesn't need a mom who's always stressed out or tired. You need some YOU time now and then.posted 01/31/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
I feel you! I work full time and have four kids 13,7,2,1 and let me tell you sometimes I think I am going to loose it. I don't have any wise words for you, but I do feel you. I just try and remember that I have to be the best that I can for my children, so I treat everything as if I am SUPERMOM! I love my kids and I don't know how to fix it either. Be strong.posted 01/31/2005 by StarSotelo
My husband and I went through the same thing, only I'M the one who works full time and HE works part time. The problem???? All he did was watch the baby, and then had the nerve to tell me that I don't do enough around the house. I'm sorry but I work 8 hours a day, go to school full time, and take care of my son. I made him sit down and write a list of his daily activities and I did so myself. After we compared lists he realized WHY I don't do as much around the house as I used to. My list consisted of : 1. Wake up and get baby up and get ready for work (with baby in tow), 2. Go work for 8 hours. 3. Come home and spend every moment with my son before he goes to bed. 4. After son is put down for the night, do homework until my brain is fried. WHERE IN THE WORLD AM I SUPPOSED TO FIT DOING DISHES AND MOPPING THE FLOOR IN BETWEEN ALL THIS? His list? Wake up when wife gets me up. Go to work until noon. Come home and take care of baby. When wife gets home, watch TV and relax a little (RELAX?....must be nice)then go to bed. So after we compared lists we decided that anything that has to be done during the week, he does. Anything that can wait until the weekends..laundry, vaccum, dusting, ect. I do. It's still a lot for me to handle, but at least we are both happier. Try making a list of everything you have to do everyday and let him know that you can't quit being a mom at 5:00pm and take the weekends off. You don't get a 15min break or a lunch break during the day. Remember, being a SAHM is the equivilant to TWO FULL TIME JOBS!! Maybe then, he will see where you are comming from. Good luck.posted 01/31/2005 by dellpulani
You should pick a time to sit down with him (while baby is sleeping or otherwise occupied) and tell him how you feel by saying things like "When you didn't help with the laundry today, I felt upset.Don't go at him saying things like "You NEVER change baby's diaper" or "You always leave a mess for me to clean up" because then he will just get defensive. Then try to work out a plan if needed. He might just need you to tell him how you really feel about all of this. If you do decide that you need a plan, like my husband and I decided that he takes out the garbage and he spends 10 minutes picking up when he comes home from work, then you need to set a date a week later and discus how that plan is working for the two of you and modify it if you need to.posted 01/31/2005 by a BabyCenter Member
Well, reading all your comments is overwhelming. My baby is 5 months now and am the only one tending to my baby as well as doing all the house work and his laundry and grocery or any other outside work. I am working as a full time executive Mom as well as the main earner and run the family finances etc. My husband earns much less, and it sounds bad to me, to put this here, but he just keeps his income in the bank, saying that it's for the family. He does not even pitch in for any house work at all nor does he tend to baby nor buys anything for the baby. We have had several arguments but to no avail. I am exhausted, tired and going to have a nervous breakdown; don't know what to do, after 1.5 yrs of marriage.posted 01/31/2005 by Mehnaaz_z
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I don't agree with everyone saying that you don't need your husband and to leave him or give him the cold shoulder. Marriage is a choice and you chose to marry him for better or worse. Many people don't seem to remember that marriage is for better or worse and opt out even tho God is against divorce. Communication is the key. You should sit down and talk to your husband and work it out. I am a stay at home mom of 3 kids under 4 and my life is chaotic but I love it and wouldn't choose a different way. I understand where you are coming from and believe if you calmly but firmly talk to you husband and schedule chores - my husband does the trash and yard work as well as little things as needed. He is great at playing with the kids after work and reading bedtime stories. I do all the cleaning, laundry, cooking, bathing, shopping, etc., but request help when I get too overloaded. It may take prompting and your agreement written down but hopefully everything works out! Good luck - oh, praise and verbal appreciation often makes them feel like they are good enuf at it too!posted 01/31/2005 by Melissa N
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Hi DiggidyDelRio, this is recorded on a Zoom H1. The bulk of the sound is the vibration of a kitchen counter and a wall by drumming the surface using my hands. There are also plastic boxes being dropped (if my memory serves me right, a box of pencils and also an aluminium container with Jenga blocks in). Thanks for taking interest.
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