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Rated 4 out of 5 by Efrosini Plum Pudding Being of British background I can't live without my plum pudding over the Christmas holidays.........however since it doesn't come with a small jar of "hard sauce" I can't give it 5 stars. you know Figi's Walkers Plum Pudding comes with the hard sauce for the same price. Next year you might consider adding it to the pudding. It just has to have hard sauce. November 27, 2013
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Junior guard Candice Warthen made an impactful return to the court in Arizona women's basketball's 80-65 exhibition victory over Fort Lewis at McKale Center on Saturday.
After suffering an injury towards the end of the 2011-12 season, Warthen made her return, scoring 23 points, grabbing five steals and three rebounds and adding two assists.
"Candice showed what we've been missing for the last year and a half, in terms of what she was able to do today and come out there and play," Arizona head coach Niya Butts said. "This is her first true game since going out. Boy, she has got a motor. Her athleticism is going to help us so much down the stretch, so we are just so happy to have her back."
Arizona's four freshmen also came to play, accounting for 36 of the Wildcats' 80 points and 29 of their 38 rebounds.
Freshman forward LaBrittney Jones posted a double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds, also adding two blocks and three steals. Ten of her 24 points came at the free throw line, where she hit 10 of 12 shots.
"I could have played better, but it felt great because I haven't played in a year," Jones said. "I was ready to get back on the court."
Freshman forward Dejza James added nine rebounds and six points for Arizona, while freshman guard Ashley Merrill had five points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals.
"We played four freshmen. A lot," Butts said. "And they were able to get production. They went to the free throw line and knocked down big shots. No matter who you're playing, you still have to make those shots. We feel pretty good about our newcomers and we were able to focus in."
Seniors Kama Griffitts and Carissa Crutchfield added 13 points and seven assists, respectively.
As a team, the Wildcats forced 28 turnovers.
"We always focus on defense that is our number one priority," Warthen said. "I'm more of a defensive player. I love to score, but I like getting after people on defense too. There were a lot of opportunities for me to get steals, so I took advantage of them."
Arizona will open its regular season at the Iona Tip-off Tournament in New Rochelle, N.Y. on Friday, Nov. 8 and Saturday, Nov. 9.
For complete results and continued coverage of Arizona women's basketball, visit ArizonaWildcats.com, or follow on Twitter @ArizonaWBBall.
Postgame Quotes
Head Coach Niya Butts
On the team's overall performance:
"Nice to finally play with the lights on, we were able to see a lot from our group. I think our newcomers really had an opportunity to get quality minutes. I was happy for the most part with their performance, but we have to get better defensively…defensively, as well as in transition and half court. But overall, I thought not a bad performance considering we had seven dressed and ready to play"
On defense getting better despite forcing 28 turnovers:
"Absolutely we can get better from that. We were getting beat on one-on-one penetration and it was forcing us to have to come over and help too often, which was breaking down our defense, so we have to clean that up. We are supposed to deny one pass away. I know you're not necessarily looking at that, but we didn't do a good job of that."
On Candice Warthen's influence on the team:
"I think she is becoming more of a leader. Last year, having to sit out, I think she grew a lot as a player, grew a lot as a leader and understanding what is expected on the floor, understanding what she has to bring to the team. She has really worked hard to make sure she does a good job."
On what improvements can be made:
"Defense. I don't think we defended well. We forced 28 turnovers but I think our transition defense and our half-court defense can get a lot better. We did a good job of sliding up and taking some charges early, but there were also some instances when we didn't take some charges that we should have. As a coach, you always want more. And I want more for our team. I think we can be better. We had 16 turnovers. Hey, we scored 80 points. Just think if we had some of those possessions back. You always have to be thinking about getting better. We're not satisfied with good enough. Good enough is not good enough in our book."
On the roughness of the game towards the end:
"It's all a part of it. I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner. For me, as a competitor, those things don't really bother me, they don't bother us. We have to play the game and the officials have to call the game. So whatever that is, we are willing to work through it."

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Welcome to Buffaloes Summer Break where CUBuffs.com catches up with Colorado student-athletes and coaching staff members throughout the summer "off season."
Today's installment comes from Carla Manzi Tenorio, a junior on the tennis team. A native of Cali, Colombia, Manzi Tenorio has won 32 doubles and 26 singles matches over her two-year career. She earned the team's most improved doubles player award this past spring, in addition to being named the co-team player award winner. Manzi Tenorio tied for the team lead with nine wins with six coming at No. 5 singles, and another three at No. 4. A chemical engineering major, she was selected to the 2012 Pac-12 Conference All-Academic Women's Tennis second team.
What is your favorite summer time activity?
Enjoying free time in the middle of the day that I don't have during the regular school year.�
Favorite vacation destination and why?
A place that I haven't been before because it would be a new adventure.�
What was your first summer job?
Tennis Coach
What was your most memorable summer job experience?
The best part of my summer job, which was coaching tennis, was helping someone to learn a skill that they could enjoy for the rest of their lives. Also, getting to spend time with my teammates in a different environment was memorable and fun.�
What is the most important activity you engage in during the summer months that helps prepare you for the next season?�
Playing tennis, staying in shape, and getting a lot of rest will make next year easier and more successful.
If they offered a class in ____________ at Colorado during the summer I would surely get an A+
Colombian History
What is your favorite moment here at Colorado so far?
In general, tennis trips with my team. My highest moment was when my mom came to visit me...also winning my singles match against number one ranked UCLA.
The thing that surprised you the most about the move from the Big 12 to the Pac-12 Conferences is:
Every team seemed more professional. Big 12 teams were good, but it was a different approach with the Pac-12 teams and they were simply better than the Big 12 teams.��
Best advice for youth that are beginning to compete in athletics.
Keep playing and fighting because you love the game. Focus on your progress, your own game, and your strengths and weaknesses without comparing yourselves to your peers.�
If you could play a single game/event for a CU team that is not your sport, which would it be and why?
I would like to do a water ski competition because since I was little I have loved skiing in a lake close to my house.�
If you could bring one famous person to Colorado for a day-long tour who would it be, and what would you do with them?
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Playwright of a new musical JUDY GARLAND - World's Greatest Entertainer. This show is a takeoff of the '70's tv show THIS IS YOUR LIFE. But Judy's guests are Liza, Frank and Dean. The 4 of them sing their signature tunes. Opening in April 2015
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Preliminary numbers from the 2013 MidAtlantic Wine + Food Festival are in and the numbers are fabulous and indicative of what our small wonder can do in its quest to be a "World Class" state. 4400 attendees.
Guests from Texas, Arizona, California, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, as well as international visitors from Czechoslovakia, England, Canada, South Africa and beyond (not to mention visiting chefs and winemakers from five continents). Last year, 1,100 people attended 11 events, which means the event quadrupled itself. Over half of the Festival's events sold out.
The Festival came to a thrilling Sunday closing at The Queen with the Gospel Brunch. A combined choir under the exciting direction of Dion LeMon of the Resurrection Cathedral Choir of Dover. The audience was drawn into fervent fits of frenzy. Many suggested they would change their current religion to Baptist!
The Festival Village, including the 1,400-bottle wine and spirits Bottle Shop, was a successful experiment, and a first-of-its-kind experience in Wilmington.
Props to my favorite DuPont Company President (at least of the 21st century) Ellen Kullman, for opening her home to guests for food and wine for the second straight year.
NEW CANDLELIGHT THEATRE GALA AND FUND RAISER - Saturday March 23
A packed house greeted the attendees, hosted by Dame Edna (Scott Mason of Newark, an award winning impersonator). The Dame was in a groove, simply obliterating the winners of the in-house Barny Awards and most especially Artistic Director Bob Kelly. The veteran director was attempting seriousness; Dame Edna would allow none of that, possums! She created chaos with her cheeky rejoinders. The Fabulous Grease Band had everyone up and dancing. Some I assure you had not jitterbugged for decades! Next up for them is LEGALLY BLOND, opening 5 April. NctStage.org 475.2313
OPERA DELAWARE - Opera Undressed at their Riverfront Studios - April 5 & 6
At OperaDelaware's newly renovated studio. An informal evening of arias and ensembles. The first half features famous arias and duets, the second half explores the magic of operatic ensembles.
OperaDelaware's Music Director Jeffrey Miller will play. Singing will be Baritone Timothy Mix, Soprano Emily Ezzie, Mezzo Charlotte Paulsen, Tenors Rolando Sanz and Tim Augustin, Bass Eric Bash
April 5 & 6 @ 7:30; April 7 @ 2:00 OperaDe.org 800.37.Grand
Directed by Executive Director Bud Martin, SOUTH PACIFIC marks DTC's first production of a large-scale classic musical, with a cast of 26, including 5 local children, and a full 14 piece orchestra. Not only is this the first cast of this size in recent DTC history, but the show also promises one of the most stunning and clever set designs by Scenic Designer Dirk Durosette, incorporating both a functional jeep and the recreation of a World War II plane. The creative team includes local icon Choreographer and Vocal Director Sonny Leo. DelawareTheatre.org 594.1100


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Deeplinks Blog posts about WIPO
There is a chronic lack of material in formats accessible to the world's visually impaired and print disabled citizens. Visually impaired people face a "book famine" in which 95% of books published in rich countries and 99% in poorer countries are never converted into accessible formats such as audio, large print or braille.1 The fastest way to address this famine is to change the copyright law: create exceptions and limitations that permit shifting of content into formats accessible to the blind, and allow cross-border exchange of content in accessible formats.
A new international treaty will add another layer of legal restrictions on audiovisual performances by giving the performers—actors, musicians, dancers and others—a new copyright-like right that will exist alongside copyright.
On June 24, 2012, the World Intellectual Property Organization Diplomatic Conference adopted the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances. As this treaty may be implemented into national laws, it provides an opportunity for the powerful copyright lobby to expand its already excessive rights while restricting some of our routine activities in the digital environment. The effects on digital rights and consumer rights are yet to be measured.
Blogging WIPO: News on a possible international treaty on copyright exceptions & limitations for education
From July 16 to July 25, 2012, roughly 185 states are meeting in Geneva at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to discuss three international treaties on copyright exceptions and limitations, as well as to negotiate alleged content rights of broadcasting organizations. Specifically, it is the meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), a subcommittee of WIPO that leads discussions on the means to protect copyright.
While copyright owners claim that they need anti-circumvention laws to address copyright infringement, twelve years' experience with the U.S. DMCA provisions demonstrates that overbroad digital locks laws can wreak havoc on lawful, non copyright-infringing activities, stifle free speech and scientific research, and harm innovation and competition. The issue is that overbroad anti-circumvention bans can override exceptions and limitations in national copyright laws, restricting or eliminating perfectly lawful non-copyright infringing uses of copyrighted works.
In countries across the world, content copyright industries have been lobbying for laws that would break the Internet in the name of copyright enforcement. Such regulations could terminate user access to the Internet on an allegation of copyright infringement, enact website blocking powers that would make parts of the global Internet disappear from view, and impose digital locks laws that stifle online innovation and restrict the ability to use lawfully acquired digital content. Canada is the latest target. With Canada's Copyright Modernization Act (Bill C-11) returning to committee in the Canadian Parliament, now is the time for Canadian netizens to take action to protect the free and open Internet by signing the petition jointly supported by OpenMedia.ca and the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC).
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High School: A 2007 graduate of Gregory-Portland High School (Portland, Texas)... lettered in track & field four times and three times each in both cross country and swimming & diving... captained both the cross country and track & field teams... three sport star for the Wildcats as she was named all-state in cross country, swimming & diving and track & field in the same year as a junior and senior... the Corpus Christi Caller Times twice named her its Athlete of the Year... also selected the South Texas Runner of the Year twice... 2007 state champion in the 1,600m run after taking second in 2006... two-time regional champion in the 800m and 1,600m runs... qualified for the state meet on eight occasions... member of the third place 4x800m relay at the USA Championships... has achieved national elite times in the 800m and the mile.
Personal: Major is undecided... parents are Derrick and Julie Parker... has three siblings: brothers Brett and Logan and sister Katelyn... parents were scholar-athletes at BYU with father Derrick competing for the track & field team and mother Julie playing basketball... born November 8, 1988, in Ruston, La.... hobbies include listening to music, baking, writing and painting.
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Police seek missing 15-year-old girl
Published: Thursday, April 17, 2014 at 9:50 p.m.
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WILMINGTON | Authorities are looking for a 15-year-old girl who was reported missing Wednesday by her mother, according to a news release issued Thursday night by the Wilmington Police Department.
Isabella Estell Kavahagh was last seen about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at her home on Lake Avenue, according to the release. She is described as white, 5-foot-7 and weighing 110 pounds, and with blond hair and blue eyes.
Isabella is believed to be in the company of friends, the release said.
Anyone with information about Isabella's whereabouts may contact the Wilmington Police Department at 910-343-3609 or Text-a-Tip at Tip708.
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Can I hyperlink within my VyewBook?
YES! This is achieved via the "VyewScript" Button. With a Button, users can easily make any object hyperlink to another location – to different pages within the VyewBook, to another VyewBook, or to an external Web page (in the same window or a new window). Users can also add a script to open a "mailto:" email client or add pop-up messages that open when the object is double-clicked.
The VyewScript Button is located in the Plug-In menu, which is the "puzzle piece" icon along the top toolbar within your VyewBook.


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This is our list of project ideas for the Google Summer of Code program in 2012.
Dear students, if you want to apply for doing a Google Summer of Code project with us you can choose a project from this list but you can also present your own idea fitting to any of the Linux Standards Base (LSB) group, OpenPrinting, Driver Backport, Wireless LAN (802.11) and our other work groups. Please note that you have to choose "The Linux Foundation" as your mentoring organization, independent of the workgroup where you want to do your project.
- March 16, 2012 - The Linux Foundation is accepted as mentoring organization!
- March 26, 2012 - Applications open for students
- April 6, 2012 - deadline for students to apply
Notes to take for students
- Read the the 2012 GSoC FAQs
- On your application be sure to mention which of the listed Linux Foundation projects you are applying for, if applicable. If you are suggesting your own idea be sure to clarify that.
- Follow the scheme of our student application template.
- Follow the DOs and DON'Ts for students.
- On the front page click the field to apply as a student and then choose "The Linux Foundation" as your mentoring organization from the long list. To find it, use the filter field under "Name" or use the drop-down menu at the bottom to display the full list (there are more than 150 organizations).
If you have questions
Do not hesitate to ask questions. Please use the contact info (e-mail, IRC) of the workgroup in which you want to do your project. You find it by following the links below.
Linux Foundation GSoC Project groups
The Linux Foundation sponsors development in different areas. Each area has a set number of GSoC projects available for 2012 as suggested projects which you can apply for and they are also open for your project suggestion.
- LSB - Linux Standards Base
- OpenPrinting
- 802.11 - Wireless LAN (kernel & userspace)
- Driver Backport
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Two new remixes from our man J-Boogie's Undercover album. The swinging horns of cumbia tinged "El Ritmo" are traded for a bouncy reggaeton remix by DJ Sabo, and the tropical afrobeat influenced "No Freedom" gets blasted into outerspace thanks to Kush Arora. Enjoy it all below!
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When Epiphanie Musabiyemaria was growing up in Rwanda among two tribes, Hutu and Tutsi, teachers would ask each student "what they were." She could not answer, she said, because her father had never told her. We are all just people, he insisted.
When she was 23, at the beginning of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the government decided for her. Her mother was tall, which was considered a Tutsi trait. The family's friends were Tutsi. Her fiancé, the father of her unborn son, was Tutsi.
So every day, the Hutu-led government threatened to kill them.
"Three o'clock was a very special hour for our family," she said. "That's when they gave you the notice that you were going to be killed." It was rumored that anti-Tutsi forces were waiting for her to give birth, to kill her infant as well.
By the end of the war, her brother, her fiancé and her youngest sister were dead.
Read her story in The New York Times.
Find out how Catholic Charities is helping her rebuild her life.
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|Chicken seasoned from a lemon-cumin marinade, grilled, and served with flavorful Charmoula Sauce
(Makes enough sauce and marinade for 2-4 chicken breasts; recipe created by Kalyn with inspiration from Food and Wine's Quick from Scratch Herbs & Spices Cookbook.)
Ingredients for Chicken:
2 - 4 pieces boneless, skinless chicken breast
3 T fresh-squeezed lemon juice
3 T olive oil
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. poultry seasoning (or use any herb blend that's good on chicken)
Ingredients for Charmoula Sauce:
2 large garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
1/2 cup coarsely chopped cilantro
1/4 cup coarsely chopped parsley (flat or curly parsley will work)
1 T + 2 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. sweet paprika
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
4 -5 T olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
South Beach Suggestions:
Grilled chicken like this is a perfect main dish for any phase of the South Beach Diet.
Nutritional Information?
More Tasty Ideas with Grilled Chicken:
(Recipes from other blogs not always South Beach Diet friendly; check ingredients.)
Grilled Chicken with Balsamic Vinegar from Kalyn's Kitchen
Rosemary Mustard Grilled Chicken or Zucchini from Kalyn's Kitchen
Pineapple Lime Grilled Chicken from The Shiksa in the Kitchen
Peruvian Grilled Chicken from Andrea Meyers
Tequila-Lime Grilled Chicken from Annie's Eats
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In 1975, Ronnie Wood replaced Mick Taylor as guitarist for the Rolling Stones. It was another turning point for the band: "Ronnie was damn good glue for the band. He was a breath of fresh air," said Richards. He and Richards went back to the band's default rhythmic style, playing together to create the sound of a single intricate guitar. This compositional style had not been played consistently since Brian Jones' tenure in the band. Wood helped to revitalize the band's music and spirit, and it proved to be exactly what the Stones needed.
"'Beast of Burden' is a good example of the two of us twinkling felicitously together," said Richards. Wood's slide guitar and pedal steel work made a big impact when recording and also on stage, and the chemistry between Wood and Richards can be heard when listening to Rolling Stones songs such as "It's Only Rock and Roll," "Hey Negrita," "Miss You," "Far Away Eyes" and "Start Me Up."
These two Rolling Stones video clips go behind the scenes, highlighting the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's latest major exhibit Rolling Stones: 50 Years of Satisfaction, on view through March 2014.
Famous Guitars of the Rolling Stones Keith Richards
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Heart stops, person dies
Published: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 3:52 p.m.
Editor: Some letters to the editor have expressed a ghoulish interest as to cause of death in The Dispatch's obituary column.
When a person's heart stops beating and they quit breathing that usually causes death. This is probably the case in most obituaries. You're welcome!
Don Barnhardt
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Partly cloudy and warm Sunday in store
Published: Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 9:14 a.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 9:14 a.m.
The recent warm trend will continue Sunday, with high temperatures nearing 80 degrees amid partly cloudy skies.
According to the National Weather Service in Melbourne, the mercury in Daytona Beach will top out at 79 degrees Sunday. Light winds out of the southeast will increase throughout the morning to 5 to 10 miles per hour.
There will be a 20 percent chance of showers throughout the rest of Sunday and into sunday night. Temperatures will drop to 63 degrees Sunday night.
At 9:15 a.m., the water at Daytona Beach was 65 degrees, with semi-choppy waves of 3 to 4 feet. The red flag is flying at the beaches, indicating a high risk of rip currents.
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See current weather conditions and our BeachCam.
Check Volusia County traffic conditions.
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On the other end of the line, my son was crying. It was a late Sunday afternoon last October, and Jordan was away at a military academy, in his senior year of high school. "Jacob died, Mom," he said, sobbing. "He's gone."
Jordan became friends with Jacob Logan, a senior and star football player at Coppell High School, about nine years earlier, when we lived in a small apartment complex, one of the few in Coppell. Although both families eventually moved into homes and both boys found a new core group of pals at different middle schools, their friendship had remained intact.
Jordan told me 17-year-old Jacob had drowned after jumping from a cliff into Possum Kingdom Lake. It was heartbreaking to hear my son in such pain and to have him so far away. I told him I'd arrange for him to come home for a week so he could grieve with his family. And, by that, I didn't just mean me and Jordan's younger brother, Jon, who played freshman football for CHS. I was referring to the students and people who make up the Coppell family. That's what people here call the community.
To an outsider, it might sound hokey to refer to an entire suburb as a family. But that's only because if you live in a big city like Dallas, you wouldn't guess that a place like Coppell, just up the road, could exist. There are no reasons for outsiders to come to Coppell. There are no highways that run through the town of 39,000 people. There's no Southlake Town Square, no high-rises, not even a movie theater. Parents in Coppell don't worry about letting their kids ride their bicycles all over town. The only time I've ever felt compelled to lock my front door is when we go on vacation. Whether you're having dinner at Anamia's or breakfast at Deliman's Grill, you're guaranteed to run into someone you know. The whole town turns out for the annual Fourth of July and Christmas parades along Parkway Boulevard—and for Friday night football games at Buddy Echols Field.
During the agonizing week last fall that began with Jacob's drowning, our family grew stronger than I could have imagined possible. But it came at a high price. Two days after Jacob's death, as Coppell was still reeling, Jonah Blackwell, another senior, took his own life. The two boys, and their deaths, were very different, but their families and friends experienced the same excruciating pain.
Mona Logan says she doesn't remember some of the details about the days following Jacob's death; she was struggling to grapple with the loss of her son. But one thing stands out. "If I had to use one word to describe that week, it would be 'love,' " she says. "I've never experienced such love before. People were not only loving us, but loving each other. They were saying, 'We're here, whatever it takes, to support each other.' "
Preston Ramsey didn't want to go back out on the boat. He was fine just chilling on the dock at his buddy Nick Hruby's lake house, where he and other friends from CHS were celebrating Nick's birthday. But two of the guys, Gavin McDaniel and Jacob, had never jumped off Possum Kingdom Lake's famous cliffs before, and they wanted to give it a try. So back out onto the water they went. Gavin and Jacob jumped into the lake and swam toward the cliffs. Preston and others hollered at them to come back for life jackets. But the two boys ignored them. Jacob told Gavin as they climbed the 60-foot cliff, "If God wants to take me, he'll take me."
Gavin jumped in first. He was already back in the boat when Jacob jumped. Jacob hit the water awkwardly, feet first but bent forward at the waist. "Oooh, that had to hurt," Preston said. Still, no one on the boat was concerned.
Jacob surfaced and looked toward the sky. Then he went under again and never came back up. Preston and the others began screaming. "We were so far away," he says. "There was nothing we could do." The water in that part of the lake is about 60 feet deep.
Preston called 9-1-1. "He's my best friend," he told the dispatcher. "He hasn't come up. Please hurry, please hurry, please hurry."
That afternoon, Solomon Thomas was at home in Coppell, catching up on homework. Although he was a year younger than Jacob, the defensive end was among the many who considered Jacob his best friend. The two shared something the others did not. They both had a black father and a white mother. "We just clicked," Solomon says. "He got me, and I got him."
The friends started calling themselves "hybrids" and came up with a hand signal (hands facing forward, thumbs together, fingers straight up) to represent. The meme took off with CHS students. At one football game, a group of boys painted their torsos to spell "hybrid" on the front and "nation" on the back. In Coppell, a town that's about 65 percent white, Jacob and Solomon made being biracial cool.
"He wasn't gushy and he wouldn't hug you, but you could always tell he loved you," says Solomon, a top national recruit for 2014. "Even when Jacob made me mad, there was a point behind it. When we were younger, he'd say, 'You're no good at football. You'll never make it at the high-school level.' When I was a freshman, he'd say, 'You're too soft for varsity.' He'd find ways to piss me off—because he knew it motivated me."
The Friday night before that Sunday at Possum Kingdom Lake, Coppell played an away game at Hebron High School in Carrollton. Jacob went up to Solomon and said, "What's wrong with you? You haven't gotten any sacks all season!" The two had worked out a signature move: Solomon, after a sack, would bring his palms together and bow to the crowd. The very next play, Solomon got a sack and took his bow. "Jacob went crazy," Solomon says. "He chest-bumped me and said, 'That was the sickest celebration!' He was screaming and laughing and so pumped up."
Cam McDaniel, Gavin's older brother, a running back at Notre Dame, was the first to reach Solomon on the phone that Sunday afternoon to give him the terrible news. "What should I do?" asked Solomon, shaken. Cam said, "Solly, pray. And just keep the faith." The 6-foot-3, 260-pound athlete hung up the phone and fell to the floor.
As word spread, CHS students flocked to the one place they felt closest to Jacob—Buddy Echols Field, where hundreds held a prayer vigil Sunday night.
Mike Jasso was in his second year as principal at CHS. He had worked at the school as an assistant principal from 2000 to 2005 and had jumped at the opportunity to return. "The thing about Coppell that struck me then, and still strikes me now, is the total commitment by the entire community—the parents, the teachers, and the kids—to an outstanding education," Jasso says. "There aren't a lot of places left like this."
Jasso called a meeting with staff before school that Monday morning. He knew it would be difficult for everyone to make it through the day. The students would need a lot of support, but the teachers were hurting, too.
The hallways were filled with an eerie silence. Music played, but the normally boisterous students—nearly 3,000 at CHS—were quiet. "Seeing the pain on their faces—it was almost unbearable," says teacher Chase Wofford, the school's student newspaper adviser.
Over at the field house, Joe McBride was trying to pull it together. He had rushed out to Possum Kingdom Lake on Sunday to be with Jacob's family and the students who were there. Now it was time to meet with his team. A standout linebacker and defensive end at Texas Tech, McBride had taken the helm of Coppell's football program in 2009, lured by
the opportunity to coach in a one-high-school town. "It's everything I thought it would be," he says. "It's very tight-knit and small-townish. Everyone knows where everyone lives. There aren't a lot of secrets rolling down the avenues of Coppell."
McBride had immediate success as a coach, and the 2012-13 season was shaping up to be particularly strong. Coppell was undefeated and had recently won a thrilling victory against powerhouse Allen. But this Monday morning, football seemed meaningless. McBride sat in his office and prayed, not knowing what to say to his players, or how to say it. He turned to the Bible and found 2 Corinthians 12:9. "He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weakness, so the power of Christ may rest upon me."
McBride shared that verse with the players and did his best to comfort them, even as he struggled to maintain composure himself. Instead of practicing that afternoon, the players and coaches watched a video tribute to Jacob and grieved together as a team. "I wanted everyone to have the opportunity to just cry, to let it all out, within our football family," McBride says, choking back tears even today. "We made a promise to each other that we would commit what we had left to the impact Jacob had on our lives."
Mikey Gonzalez was worried. It was early Tuesday afternoon, and he and his friend Alex Riggs hadn't seen their buddy Jonah Blackwell for a couple of days. Other seniors had been staying home from school; it was a text he and Alex got from Jonah that raised concern. "Hey, are we friends?" Jonah had asked.
Jonah liked to text quirky observations to his friends, funny messages. This was different. The odd question came out of nowhere.
Mikey texted back, "Yeah, we're friends, Jonah. What's going on?" Jonah sent a second text, another strange question about their friendship. Mikey put off answering him, because he knew he'd see Alex in the hallway next period. Alex knew Jonah better than anyone. They'd met in seventh grade, at Coppell Middle School North. He and some friends noticed Jonah sitting by himself at lunch one day and invited him over to join them. After that, he was part of the group.
During seventh period, Mikey got another text from Jonah. He ran out of the classroom to get Alex and contact the police. Jonah told his friends he had committed suicide. A short time later, police found him in a car parked at the back of a park just outside of Coppell city limits, dead from a gunshot to the head.
Jonah had given his friends the combination to his locker. There, Mikey and Alex found a dozen or so letters written to family and friends, neatly stacked in the cleaned-out space. "He said he didn't want us to feel like we were at fault, or that there was anything we could have done to prevent it," Mikey says. "He made it clear that it had nothing to do with Jacob's death. He said he was sorry for the unfortunate timing."
Along with running cross country with Mikey and Alex, Jonah was a member of the school's Silver Spurs, a squad of about a dozen boys who carry the giant flags at football games and do pushups after touchdowns. Alex says his friend was an outgoing, generous, and caring person. But he had been under a lot of pressure his senior year, with cross country in the morning, a full-time job, and a lot of AP classes. "Up until that last week, he seemed his usual self. He seemed fine," Alex says. "But what must have been going through his mind was a lot different."
At a cross country meeting later that afternoon, Alex and Mikey broke the news to their teammates. Alex says if Jonah would have known how hard his death hit people, and how many people cared about him, he wouldn't have taken his own life. "He would never want to cause others pain."
Mikey felt a huge responsibility to be there for those who needed support. About a year earlier, he was at Lake Lewisville when another classmate, Jha'Kyric Nixon, drowned. The next evening, hundreds of CHS students and residents gathered at a prayer vigil at Andy Brown Park. What was unusual about that outpouring is Jha'Kyric and his family had moved to Coppell just two months before.
"I was in the water right next to Jha'Kyric," Mikey says. "I was trying to help him find air, but I didn't have the physical strength to pull him out. Later at the hospital, when they pronounced him dead, I collapsed. I couldn't stand, I couldn't stop crying, I couldn't talk. Something in my head made me feel like I was at fault.
"So many people were there for me, people who didn't even know Jha'Kyric," Mikey says. "It was the first time I really saw the Coppell community as a family. When Jacob passed away, and then Jonah, I decided that instead of crying, I needed to help everyone else. It was my turn to be strong."
Other schools love to hate Coppell's student section. It's raucous and more than 800 strong. Coleman Armes and Seth Slover were among the leaders of the 2012-2013 group. They brought a businesslike sensibility to the task and an open-arms attitude. "We wanted everyone at Coppell to become a family, no more separation between the grades," Coleman says. "We said, 'We don't care if you're a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior, or if you play sports or not.' We wanted everyone."
They held weekly meetings and assigned members to do opposition research, so they could heckle the other team's players. They raised money for drums, megaphones, a dry-erase board, and horns. They researched college student sections to learn chants and wrote many new ones of their own.
A private Facebook page was used to disseminate plans to members. For the Garland game, Coleman and his crew somehow lucked into getting about 30 old Garland band uniforms. "What are the chances of that?" he says with a laugh. "At halftime, when the Garland band was marching, we were mimicking their movements. It was hilarious. We didn't do it to make fun of their band. We just had to capitalize on the opportunity."
For the home game against Allen, students were instructed to wear all black. They did their signature "I believe that we will win" chant, but this time threw baby powder up into the air at the end, to give the appearance of a magic puff of smoke. (A YouTube video of the cheer has been viewed more than 24,000 times.) The intensity never let up, in the stands or on the field. Allen was on the 1-yard line in overtime when it got a costly delay of game penalty and had to settle for a field goal. Coppell came back to score a touchdown and handed Allen, which went on to win the 5A Texas state championship, its only loss of the year.
"I like to think we had something to do with that," Coleman says.
Preparing for the Flower Mound game, the first since Jacob's death, took on new significance. Leaders knew it was critical to be there for the team and that the student section could play a big part in Coppell's healing. That was especially true for Coleman and Seth, who, along with Preston and Jacob, made up a kind of subset of The Bros, a group of 15 or so Coppell boys, most of whom had hung around together since middle school.
"There was even more of a reason for unity," Coleman says. "The friendships made and just the knowledge that we were a family, and that everyone was there for each other—all that was hugely important. It was no longer about win or lose; it was much more than a game."
There would be a big flag with Jacob's jersey number, 21. And instead of Coppell's school colors of black or red, students would wear orange, Jonah's favorite color, and t-shirts that had been printed up in Kentucky blue, in honor of Jacob's favorite university. They read, "The hybrid. The legend. The guardian angel."
Thursday night, as plans were being finalized, word came in that Jacob's body had been found at Possum Kingdom Lake. He was recovered at 9:21 pm or, in military time, 21:21.
The Friday Night game in Flower Mound was like a homecoming for Coppell. Recent graduates returned to be with their friends; the stands overflowed. Jacob's younger sister, Jordan, a sophomore at CHS, wore her brother's jersey and represented him as co-captain, a role she'd play for the rest of the season. After the coin toss, Solomon grabbed her hand and led her off the field. The team, sporting large "21" stickers on their helmets, made it their mission to look out for her.
The Silver Spurs set out a pair of black cowboy boots topped by a black hat on the sidelines, to represent Jonah. And instead of "I believe that we will win," the jam-packed student section loudly chanted, "I believe that they are here." During halftime, the crowd was silenced as Coppell's band skipped the traditional CHS fight song and played a mournful rendition of "Amazing Grace," then slowly walked off the field.
Somehow, through all the emotion and without a star player, the team found a way to win. Afterward, the Flower Mound crowd gave Coppell a standing ovation, and players and coaches from both teams gathered at the center of the field and knelt in prayer.
"It was about more than Jacob and Jonah," Seth says. "It was about faith. It was about community—camaraderie, commitment to friends, and love."
Watching it all were Jacob's parents, Howard and Mona. "A lot of people asked me why we were going to the game," Mona says. "I felt that we needed to be there. The team needed to see that we were hurting, but that we could be there for them, too. We all needed each other."
Howard says his son "didn't waste a day. He didn't have time for foolishness." Jacob also had a special place in his heart for the underdog and was always willing to stick up for those who needed his help. Even from an early age, he had a quiet way of making people listen. While going through her son's things, Mona came across a journal Jacob had kept in first or second grade. He wrote, "I saw a boy today. His name was David. He was sad. I asked, 'David why are you sad?' He said, 'they are being mean to me.' So I said to them, 'why are you mean to David? Leave him alone.' And so they did."
A week after Jonah's death, his family released an open letter to the community. They wrote of their overwhelming sadness at losing Jonah and of being "unimaginably blessed" by the support they had received. "[It] has been, and continues to be, an inspiration that has filled our hearts with humble gratitude," they wrote. The Blackwells also shared information on the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "Nothing will bring Jonah back to us physically; however we can hope and pray that this tragedy will make an impact and change others' lives for the better. Jonah would want us to help one another. … Stay Strong Coppell."
Months later, in May 2013, a group of CHS juniors organized the Jonah Blackwell Run for Life, a benefit that raised more than $5,000 for the AFSP. Although the volleyball and soccer teams would go on to win state championships, with the loud-as-ever CHS student section cheering them on, the football team would lose to DeSoto in the second round of the playoffs. "They just ran out of gas," Howard Logan says.
McBride received several "Coach of the Year" awards, for his leadership on and off the field, and the Tom Landry Classic renamed its MVP honor the Jacob Logan Defensive MVP Award. And on June 6, when the Class of 2013 picked up their high school diplomas, the students had one final cheer: "I believe that we are done."
When I met with the Logans in mid-July, they had just returned from Africa, where they spent time with orphans in Zambia. Jordan had convinced her parents to go on the mission trip, organized by Irving-based Family Legacy Missions. "Ever since Jacob's death, there has been a huge hole in my heart," she says. "In Zambia, for the first time, it began to get filled."
Jordan and her parents are now on a quest to raise scholarship funds for the 30 orphans they mentored, and have a continuing role at the orphanage. Losing Jacob has put their lives on a different path, and working with the children in Zambia is a perfect way to honor him, Jordan says. "He was a voice for the voiceless."
As we talk, Howard gets up and begins rifling through things in the living room, looking for the DVD of Jacob's funeral. A photo of Jacob with a group of friends falls out. Howard brings it back to the table and stares at it for a while. When he realizes that Jacob was photographed in the shirt he's now wearing, Howard smiles.
Top recruit Solomon has narrowed his choices down to 13 schools. He's wearing a Stanford t-shirt as we talk. But there's some business to take care of in Coppell first. "I don't want to leave without a ring," he says. For that to happen, the team will have to stay healthy, McBride says. "If we can do that, we'll be as good as anyone." Jacob's framed jersey hangs on the field house walls; his No. 21 was retired. The experiences of the past year are still very much on everyone's minds, says McBride. The players "see life a little different than most kids their age," he says. "They realize things can happen, and they realize the power of a life well-lived."
Coleman has handed off the reins of the student section to a new group of leaders. He'll attend the University of Mississippi this fall. Seth, who gave a moving eulogy at Jacob's funeral, is heading to the University of Texas. Preston will be at Oklahoma State University. At their joint graduation party, the three posed with their college flags—and a big 21 in Kentucky blue.
"I'm looking forward to going to college, and I'm excited about it," Coleman says. "But I don't want to leave this family: my bros, my friends, and the new relationships that were made this year. God has been good to me and this community. I just don't want to leave Coppell."
View a video tribute to Jacob Logan created by a Coppell High School student.


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In preparing for his upcoming album, People Hear What They See, Oddisee decided to give the internets something a little extra special this time. Herein is a remix of Marvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar," which also includes a new verse by our man himself.
The remix is part of an EP called Odd Renditions, which includes similar reworks of songs by K-Os, Bon Iver, and Metronomy – look out for that to drop for free next week. Loving this so much!
The video collage above shows of footage of Marvin performing the original track. And did we mention that it's synchronized to this new version? Ohhhh, yeah!
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Congo Basin: the Green Heart of Africa
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We cannot take the existence of the Congo Basin forests for granted. Today, unregulated and often illegal extractive activities are pushing ever further into the Congo Basin. The results? Between 1990 and 2000, approximately 91,000 km2 of forests were lost in Central Africa.1 That represents an area about 3 times the size of Belgium.
Huge and wild… but for how long?
Working out solutionsThere are solutions to these problems. Together with its partners, WWF has developed its Green Heart of Africa Initiative, reaching out at all levels – from villages to presidential offices – to protect and sustainably manage one of the most outstanding forest and freshwater ecosystems in the world, while satisfying Central Africa's pressing development needs.
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Ok, I've built one of these jigs -- henceforth I'm going to call it "The Grasshopper" in honor of its inventor -- and I think I've ruined my flat.
How did those of you who built one keep the flat parallel when pounding it into the frame? Mine tilted to the side.
If I can borrow a camera I'll post pictures.
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Panama City - Second Chance of Northwest Florida serves the needs of adults with brain injuries in Panama City and the surrounding areas. Later this week the center's volunteer director, Sherl Morden, will be recognized at the national level.
Morden started as a Second Chance board member in 1992. Then in 2008, when the facility nearly closed, she stepped in as the center's volunteer director and president of the board of directors. Second Chance helps adults with brain injuries re-learn life skills and find community. About 75 people are served by the center and about 2 dozen participate in programming several times a week.
Britanny Johnson nominated Morden, who was chosen as the National Association of Social Workers Public Citizen of the Year. "She was very active in bringing this place from having it's doors closed, the doors were literally closed for a couple weeks, she came in, she worked hard, she raised money and she has been doing it ever since and now we are doing wonderful," said Brittany Johnson, the Executive Director of Second Chance.
The clients Morden works with say she is very deserving of the honor.
"A non-profit is hard to run, hard to keep open in these economic times, but she knows what to do, she gets involved with clients, she gets involved with grants. This is her heart, you can tell," said Craig Lein, who suffered a brain anuerysm a few years ago and now works at Second Chance.
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Australian jewelry designer Lucy Folk celebrated the L.A launch of her Spring / Summer collection TROPICALISMO at the esteemed Melrose Avenue retail mecca, Ten Over Six.
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Brooke Young, 31, manages the teen section at Salt Lake City's Main Library and reads many young adult novels, not just for her job—she volunteered three years in a row for the national Best Fiction for Young Adults committee, which rates young adult books.
She says young adult fiction at the library ranges from historical fiction to paranormal romance, making it one of the most diverse sections. "You can read a book like The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, which is about a group of white men in the 18th century who try to raise a black boy to prove whites are superior, or you can pick up a paranormal romance in the same section," she says. But despite their differences, these coming-of-age stories have one thing in common: angst. Everyone knows it isn't easy being a teen. "The emotions are right there on the page," Young says. "And the quality of these books is better than most people think."
It's hard to judge which adults are checking out these angsty books for themselves or are just reading along with their kids, but Young estimates about 40 percent of readers are older than 25.
What is clear is that the books are hard to keep on the shelves. Young hasn't seen the first The Hunger Games book in two years. Other books the library can't keep in stock are Divergent by Veronica Roth, about a teenage girl in dystopian Chicago who doesn't fit in with society, and the Matched trilogy by local author Ally Condie, a dystopian book about a girl in a society where officials tell her who to love.
Brooke Young, managing the Main Library's teen section
"Once people know there's a movie coming out, a book gets checked out more," she says. But aside from that, she's found it's pretty hard to predict. "I got Twilight as an advanced reader's copy months before it came out. I read it and loved it, but I never thought it would be that popular."
She says most adults call and put the books on hold instead of browsing the section, probably because they already know what they want, but in some cases, she thinks they might be trying to avoid looking creepy by browsing a section for children. If that's the case, Young says they shouldn't be embarrassed. "We have this 60-year-old homeless man who just likes to check out The Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot," she says. "If that's what he likes, OK, I hope he enjoys them."
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ZF-6398: Improve Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Chain that Routes added to Chains still could be used in Router without chains
Currently (version 1.8) method chain of Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Chain looks like:
public function chain(Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Abstract $route, $separator = '/')
$this->_routes[] = $route;
$this->_separators[] = $separator;
return $this;
So when you add any Route object to chain it becomes Partial and stop function outside a chain.
Let say we need to reuse some route object in different chains to minimize memory usage. It's ok. But if we need to add this route to router without using chains (i.e. create partial route) it wouldn't function because of Partial flag set to true:
$route1 = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route (......); $route2 = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route (......); $route3 = new Zend_Controller_Router_Route (......);
$router->addRoute($route1); // will be broken because of Partial flag $router->addRoute($route1->chain($route2)); // ok $router->addRoute($route1->chain($route2)->chain(route3)); // ok
Why not set Partial directly in match/assemble methods of Zend_Controller_Router_Route_Chain before calling match method of chain member and set Partial back to false after that.
Assigning to Ben Scholzen
Your suggestion is possible, but would generate quuite some overhead. My prefered solution is to hand an additional $partial-parameter to the match() and assemble() method, tho this would be a change of the public API. I will make that change with the router refactoring.
Well to minimize overhead there could be also another possible solution:
Remove partial flag, instead of using partial flag check in match/assemble instanceof caller object (If caller is instanceof Router_Abstract -- path is NOT partial, if instanceof Router_Route_Abstract -- path is partial),
Also your solution with default value of partial === null (which will then use isPartial object flag) would be fine and retain backward compatibility
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As if undergoing a lumpectomy weren't enough, a new study shows that 22.9 percent of women who had one had a second, and almost half the time it probably didn't do any good, the New York Times reports.
The most common breast-cancer operation is often performed twice, in part because of uncertainty when it comes to guidelines, according to the newspaper.
The study also notes that 14 percent of patients actually did still show signs of cancer after their first surgery but did not receive an additional one, the Times adds.
"It is getting to be the time for leaders in radiation oncology and surgery to get together and make a consensus statement that could help to guide their membership," Dr. Monica Morrow, chief of breast surgery at New York's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, tells the Times.
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Current methods for manufacturing electronics create products that are thick, heavy, rigid, and expensive, with a heavy environmental footprint.
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ZF-3286: Zend_Form_Element_Multi should behave as enumerated type
Actualy I'm not sure if this is bug or feature, but I'd expect all elements extending Zend_Form_Element_Multi to work as enums.
Having this element:
$element = new Zend_Form_Element_Select('name');
$element->addMultiOption('foo', "FOO");
$element->addMultiOption('bar', "BAR");
Expected behaviour:
$element->isValid('foo'); // returns true
$element->getValue(); // returns "foo"
But I was a bit surprised that a value which is unlisted can be accepted and returned:
$element->isValid('unlisted-value'); // returns true
$element->getValue(); // returns "unlisted-value"
I know this can be solved by adding InArray validator. But I would expect it's (probably the main) purpose and default behaviour of these elements not to let through unavailable options. If this behaviour is realy so intended, I think there should be at least warning in manual that it's upon to developer to provide the check manually. This relates to Select, MultiSelect, MultiCheckbox and Radio elements.
Please evaluate and categorize as necessary.
Behavior added to trunk and 1.6 release branch. New flag, 'registerInArrayValidator' allows you to disable the functionality as desired.
Also did the same for the Dojo form elements.
Updating for the 1.6.0 release.


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Full SubmissionNATIONAL INPUTS BY PAKISTAN FOR THE COMPILATION DOCUMENT OF UNCSD Pakistan welcomes the opportunity to provide its input on the two themes of the Conference for the forthcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development scheduled to take place during 4-6 June 2011, Brazil. 2. Pakistan fully supports multilateral efforts at promoting a global sustainable development agenda. Rio+20, therefore presents an important opportunity to build on what was agreed at Rio in 1992, take stock of the status of global implementation of sustainable development in pursuance of Agenda 21 and chart a future course of action for sustainable and inclusive economic growth for all. 3. In our view, the three pillars of sustainable development: social progress, environmental protection and economic growth should be dealt with in a balanced manner. Pakistan assigns priority to economic development that is critical for the eradication of poverty and hunger that plagues majority of the developing countries including Pakistan. We, therefore, believe that sustainable development is an approach that should offer win-win solutions for all. 4. In our view the issues highlighted for seeking inputs in the Co Chairs? guidance note form important elements of such a potential win-win proposition. We have carefully evaluated the outcomes of Beijing, Seoul, Solo and New Delhi moots, which in our view have been useful in evolving the conceptual framework of the green economy and Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development. 5. Sustainable development should become a reality through commitment and actions. Pakistan?s views on the concept of green economy, on Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development and it?s expectations from Rio+20 are therefore as follows: GREEN ECONOMY 6. Pakistan recognizes that green economy is a still evolving concept and that global consensus will hinge on clarity of the end product and the process to achieve it. 7. The concept of green economy should be in conformity with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities. Green economy cannot and should not entail a ?One Size Fits All? approach rather should acknowledge country specific conditions including external impacts and promote customized solutions. GE should also aim to promote sustainable patterns of production and consumption while ensuring well being of the people. In sum, countries should voluntarily evolve an approach to green economy best suited to their domestic circumstances. 8. Pakistan strongly believes that articulation of green economy should also ensure removal of trade distorting measures through relevant forums in addition to ensuring that such an approach does not promote green protectionism or imposition of additional conditionalities on the trade potential of the developing countries. 9. Articulation should lay equal emphasis on both the national and international aspects. IN our view national actions on reducing the intensity of carbon usage and shifting the economy on a more sustainable path through reallocation of development finance, changes in market incentives, internalization of social and environmental externalities as well as evolving new regulations, policies, and incentives would be crucial for actions at the national level. 10. Notwithstanding the importance of national actions, we believe that conducive conditions are key to generating economic space for actions at the national level. They also entail evolving and reconfiguring international rules and mechanisms in: i. access to and diffusion of technology; ii. access to sustainable energy for all and; iii. provision of financial and technical resources and support. 11. In the above context, we propose an agreement on ?green policy space? ? as a part of green economy articulation ? for necessary adjustments in the international economic arrangements and regimes to achieve green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication. These include: a. Reorienting Intellectual property regime towards diffusion of technology as opposed to innovation alone. Private sector dependent technological diffusion model should be reviewed at appropriate forums with a view to evolving a process for rapid diffusion of technologies, which meets the public purpose of sustainable development and climate change. b. Granting greater flexibility to developing countries in multilateral trading rules by limiting trade dispute actions on policies that promote green industries in the developing countries. c. Evolving a UN System-wide response for the availability of international financial and technical support in financing green start-up and existing industrial sectors. This would entail establishing a sustainable development funding mechanism and/or developing synergies with existing or future financial arrangements and the Rio+20 process. d. Enabling and evolving international financial arrangements to help produce the necessary decline in the global price of these technologies to make them universally affordable in one to two decades as outlined by the IPCCC. Such arrangements include globally funded guarantees, or price supports (e.g., through a global "feed in tariffs" program), to subsidize investment in the developing countries and accelerate movement towards green economy. Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development 12. Pakistan believes that evolving an effective and result oriented Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development is key to success of multilateral efforts at successful promotion of the sustainable development agenda. 13. The International Environmental Governance (IEG) and IFSD are not mutually exclusive; quite on the contrary we believe that IEG should be perceived as an important element of IFSD. The IFSD should seek to integrate the three pillars both at the national and international levels. 14. The role of UN is central to any IFSD arrangements and it?s lead in advancing the goals of Sustainable Development must be recognized. However at the same time we recognize that a buy in from Bretton Woods Institutions and Regional Development Banks can be useful and should be promoted. 15. Pakistan shares the concern agreed to at the Solo Dialogue and the Beijing Symposium on the gaps and inadequacies in the existing institutional framework such as lack of resources, lack of coordination and coherence, over-lapping mandates, duplication and overlapping of activities leading to waste of scarce resources, and inadequate support to the developing countries? efforts to promote sustainable development. 16. The UN?s Commission on Sustainable Development was mandated to provide a coherent treatment to sustainable development. However, CSD has not been afforded the resources and infrastructure to successfully manage the implementation of sustainable development agenda in the international arena. 17. For IFSD to be successful, it must ensure integration of the three pillars of Sustainable Development in a balanced manner. Such integration must promote coherence and not fragmentation. The institutional setup has not been in sync with the needs. We, therefore, believe that the new institutional setup must perform three main functions: promotion of norms, implementation and compliance. 18. Pakistan is of the view that design of the institutional framework should follow the functions we wish to assign. In this context the three principles or functions should be represented by three distinct international UN entities: the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD). 19. Pakistan attaches great importance to the role and mandate of the UN Environmental Programme, which in our view should perform the norm setting in the case of the environmental pillar and on forging linkages with the other two pillars and the International organizations and programmes in evolving sustainable development strategies. In this regard following changes in the institutional design of the UNEP would be vital: a. Do away with fragmentation and consolidate MEAs under the rubric of the UNEP; b. evolve a platform for an engagement with international entities dealing with other pillars with a view to ensuring coherence between the environmental and the other pillars. The UNEP could be given the mandate to integrate environment and development as one of its core businesses; c. evolve a strong platform for engagement with the Civil society; d. strengthen existing arrangements for UNEP?s engagement with the private sector towards the implementation of sustainable development objectives and; e. provide additional and predictable sources of funding to the organization in pursuing the normative development. 20. Secondly, reviewing the mandate of the UNDP. A new institutional reconfiguration and consolidating on the gains made thus far through a strong UN led infrastructure. To this end, we propose that Rio+20 must review the mandate and role of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to act as the lead agency in the implementation of the sustainable development at the national level in close collaboration with the UNEP. 21. Thirdly, we should strengthen the monitoring capacity of the CSD to emerge as one of the central institutions undertaking review of the commitments and actions towards the implementation of sustainable development along the lines of the ILO Committee on the Application of Standards or WTO?s Trade policy review. Transforming CSD into a higher body under the UN General Assembly could also provide necessary impetus towards monitoring the implementation. It is, though, crucial that such reconfiguration of CSD mandate should have firm support from all multilateral organizations dealing with the three pillars particularly MDBs and IFIs. Needs Assessment 22. At present, the efforts at greening of economies necessitate huge financial, technical and policy level investment. In case of addressing the impact of climate change alone, our national assessment has highlighted the need for an annual investment of US$ 8-14 billion by 2030. 23. Alongside an international enabling environment, assessment of needs of the developing countries to make such a transition is imperative. Preliminary estimates are already out on the general needs. Rio + 20 can play an important role in instituting discussions on probable mechanism/arrangements to carry out focussed needs assessments for developing countries upon request. The assessment of such needs should be followed up with scaling up and recommitment of development assistance to match the requirements. The present levels of ODA or climate financing fall far short of requirements. The mode of disbursement of such assistance also raises a host of issues like access and conditionalities. 24. Pakistan also recognizes the utility to discuss mainstreaming of sustainable development perspective into national development framework on the lines of Delivering as One approach by the UN system at national level. Expectations from Rio+20 25. Pakistan believes that Rio+20 should: a. All countries should pledge to undertake reforming the global and national economic architecture with a view ensuring effective implementation of the sustainable development; b. A definitive plan for ensuring provision of sustainable energy for all should be agreed to with a particular emphasis on the availability, access and diffusion of necessary technology. In this regard, Pakistan would welcome energy related targets provided they are agreed to with means of implementation. c. Include a commitment by the developed countries to deliver on pledges made in the area of capacity building, technology transfer and climate change financing/development assistance. d. Agree on an appropriate configuration for IFSD. e. Agree on articulating the concept of green economy.