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It can. It shouldnt, but it can.
Unfortunately, it could happen. Wonder how that would play out. A split national title with one school on probation?
Yes they can.
Since I'm also an OSU fan that would be f'n awesome, but I don't think there's enough voter support for this to happen. No matter how things play out.
Always nice to see cheaters rewarded...
Urban Meyers thinks they should.
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Todco receives state grant for skid steer loader
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Todco, a Lexington recycling business, has received a $40,000 grant from the state to purchase a skid steer loader.
Todco will contribute $35,030 to the grant to purchase the loader, which will come with attachments to assist in the processing of construction and demolition waste for recycling, according to a press release from the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The grant is expected to create one new job.
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ZF-4593: "cache_id_prefix" is prepended twice in Zend_Cache_Core::save() method if "write_control" option is enabled (and data fails integrity check)
If user has "write_control" enabled (default setting) for a Zend_Cache_Core object and they also set a "cache_id_prefix", then the "cache_id_prefix" will be prepended twice when removing the cache entry (when "written and read data do not match").
The problem seems to be on line 375 of Standard_Library/trunk/library/Zend/Cache/Core.php:r11143?
fixed in SVN trunk (many thanks for this good bug report)
Changing issues in preparation for the 1.7.0 release.
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Tumbleweeds Film Festival
The Park City Film Series and the Utah Film Center will present Tumbleweeds Film Festival Screenings on Saturday, March 16, and Sunday, March 17. Saturday will feature a shorts program that will begin at 1 p.m. and a "Raiders of the Lost Ark" adaptation at 3 p.m. and Sunday's screening of the film "Will," which is about a boy who loves soccer, will begin at 3 p.m. The films are appropriate for children and families. Admission to each screening is $6. For more information, visit www.parkcityfilmseries.com and www.utahfilmcenter.org .
Toastmasters Meeting at the Sheldon Richins Building
The Park City Toastmasters meet each Tuesday at 7 a.m. in the Sheldon Richins Building, 1885 W. Ute Blvd., at Kimball Junction. Toastmasters is a powerful tool for helping to develop speaking, listening and leadership skills required for today's business environment.
Community Meeting - New Oakley Farmers Market
The High Star Ranch, 175 West 280 South in Kamas, will host a community meeting that will discuss the L'Oakley Grown Community Market on Wednesday, March 20, beginning at 6 p.m. These meetings will examine the benefits of the L'Oakley Market and will also recruit farmers, vendors, musicians and volunteers. For more information, visit www.loakleymarket.com .
Latino Outreach Scholarship Night
Park City High School, 1750 Kearns Blvd., will host a Latino outreach scholarship night on Wednesday, March 20, from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. Representatives from University of Utah, Utah Valley University, Weber State University and SLCC will meet with community members to share information and break down financial barriers for attending college. Nancy Michalko, PCHS scholarship adviser, will explain the FASFA process. Childcare and dinner will be provided. For more information, contact Nancy by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com .


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Spotlight for Career Services ProfessionalsJanuary 8, 2014
Given the growing institutional and
governmental demands for greater accountability and more effective
outcomes assessments, NACE members have been asking the association
to provide greater leadership and guidance establishing and
promulgating standards and guidelines to assist career services
organizations in undertaking and advancing their work in this
"A key concern was to provide
greater consistency in data collection and analysis and to provide
some nationwide data that NACE could use to surface broad trends
and issues, and help influence the public policy discussions around
this topic," says Manny Contomanolis, chair of NACE's First
Destination Surveys Team and associate vice president and director
of the office of co-op and career services at Rochester Institute
of Technology.
"Through the auspices of the NACE
Advocacy Committee and under the leadership of NACE Past President
Andy Ceperly and current President Dan Black, the First Destination
Surveys Team was charged with developing these standards."
Contomanolis says the initial
standards-which will be introduced during NACE's Advocacy Mashup
for Career Services on January 31 in Washington, D.C.-are intended
to focus on minimal levels of performance with the goal of
continuing to expand and advance those standards as the higher
education community implements and becomes more familiar with them.
"The standards propose a common set
of definitions and descriptions of the information that should be
collected, and how to organize and analyze the data for any basic
effort," he explains. "The standards do not prescribe a specific
survey instrument or survey response rate."
Instead, he says, the First
Destination Surveys Team is introducing the concept of a "knowledge
"Put simply, this is the percentage
of graduates for whom you have information concerning their
post-graduation activities," Contomanolis notes. "Another concept
we are introducing is that of an 'outcomes rate.' This is the
percentage of graduates who are actually engaged in the career
activities identified in the standards."
He adds that the document also
identifies areas of supplemental analysis that are not specifically
included in this first phase of the standards, but are likely to be
included in the future as the initial standards become more broadly
At introduction, Contomanolis says
the standards first and foremost establish a common baseline
assessment effort with consistent definitions and protocols.
"While the standards and protocols will continue to develop over
time, this initial effort was essential in taking that first step
toward a national position regarding the critical question of
first-destination career outcomes," he points out. "Clearly, as the
standards become more uniformly adopted, the opportunity for best
practice sharing and national trend analysis will become
significantly enhanced."
Contomanolis says NACE's Advocacy Mashup for Career Services
provides an excellent opportunity to formally introduce the
guidelines and create a dialogue about them and the
first-destination survey initiative.
"[This event] will give another opportunity for members to
discuss in more detail various aspects of the standards," he says.
"While the First Destination Surveys Team comprised a diverse and
highly talented group of members, the process benefited greatly
from the contributions of more than 100 members through the formal
public comment process, as well as the many additional members who
shared their insights and suggestions more informally with the task
force members over the past 18 months."
He points out that not only will the Mashup offer a fantastic
opportunity to learn more about the work of the advocacy committee,
and the variety of important developments and trends in the areas
of the first-destination career outcome assessments, but also the
state of internships and the implications of immigration
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This is another new Vosges bar that I discovered along with the holiday flavors, yet, I feel this one runs in more traditional Vosges fashion. It's a very unique and to some, strange, flavor combination. This bar uses Reishi mushrooms mixed into the chocolate for it's flavor combination. I can't help but chuckle at the name "Enchanted Mushroom" as it seems to indicate that it's have…some sort of magical effects on you. Hee hee.
The bar smells like a deep rich chocolate. It's a 66%, so it's a darker bar that bittersweet, which most usually run around 60%. The smell is woodsy and sweet, with notes of moss, earth, and cream.
The flavor is lovely. It starts out as a wonderfully rich and mild chocolate with full notes of cream, sweet coffee and slight notes of caramel. There's little dried bits of reishi mushrooms in there, but I feel them more as a texture and they don't deliver much flavor at all. At the end there's a burst of berry flavors that's very red of cherry and raspberry, but for the most part this is a very sweet, rich, creamy chocolate flavor. As funny as it sounds, it tastes like brownie batter to me.
This bar wasn't unique enough in flavor to justify buying it again, even though it is fun to say you're eating mushrooms and chocolate. If I was given it as a gift however, I'd gladly enjoy it again.
Rating: Will Eat Again
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For those of you contemplating starting a new (non-commodity farm) agribusiness venture, 2009 might be your year. On March 17 President Obama unveiled a multifaceted small business initiative to try and stimulate the small business economy with a major focus on unfreezing small business lending. Reactions to the plan were generally favorable, although I personally am not sure this is enough to turn around our economy. -Most of you know I believe that much more should be done to assist small business and entrepreneurs in America since small biz is the engine that drives this county and is the largest single employer.
The key elements of the package included reducing fees on SBA 7(a) and 504 loans, the Treasury buying $15 billion of small business loans on the secondary market, and a business stabilization loan program. Giovanni Coratolo, director of Small Business Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce called the program a "huge step in the right direction."
It's good to be reminded that not all our venture financing has to be dictated by the USDA/FSA and FCS. See what your state SBA can do for you.
The White House and SBA released a number of documents detailing the plan. They can be accessed from the links below:
1. SBA Statement on Recovery Efforts
2. White House Fact Sheet
3. Talking Points
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Pivotal RabbitMQ is an efficient, highly scalable, and easy-to-deploy queuing system that makes handling message traffic virtually effortless. Pivotal RabbitMQ is portable across major operating systems and developer platforms. Unlike other messaging products, Pivotal RabbitMQ is protocol-based, enabling it to connect with a vast range of other software components and making it an ideal messaging solution for cloud computing.
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Pivotal RabbitMQ supports a wide range of messaging patterns, including point-to-point (RPC style), point-and-shoot, publish-subscribe, multicast, topics, routing, RPC, and more. All are available as durable or non-durable message types. Pivotal RabbitMQ is fully extensible via a plugin mechanism to meet the needs of any use case and application environment.
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text: Insulin Pump Use Can anyone with diabetes use an insulin pump? Insulin pumps are used most often by people with type 1 diabetes, but some people with type 2 diabetes also use them. Insulin pumps can be used instead of administering insulin by injection. These pager-sized pumps clip to your clothing or attach directly to your body. Through a tube attached to your skin, usually on the abdomen, thigh or buttock, the pump delivers a continuous (basal) dose of insulin 24 hours a day. Before a meal, you push a button to give yourself a spike of insulin for food. Supplemental or correction doses may be used to treat high glucose levels, if needed. Pumps are useful for people who already take insulin but still don't have good glucose control. Using a pump takes a lot of training, so pumps are not for everyone. You must work closely with a diabetes specialist, monitor your blood glucose, count carbohydrates, and keep food records. Nonetheless, if you take insulin and still have trouble with glucose control--and you're committed to better diabetes management--it may be worth considering. though expensive, it certainly is more convenient for some people who need to take several (4 or more) injections of insulin daily. Medical Reviewers: Grantham, Paula, RN, BSN MMI board-certified, academically-affiliated clinician


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Just when you thought the Tiger Woods scandal was finally beginning to calm, another Woods mistress wants to blow the lid (again) on his affairs.
Joslyn James, an alleged mistress of Tiger Woods, released rauncy text messages allegedly from Woods today. James released at least 100 text messages on her website www.sextingjoslynjames.com (warning: adult content contained).
Tiger:Sent: 04:21 PM 08/29/2009:
"Where do you want to be bitten"
Tiger:Sent: 12:42 PM 09/08/2009:
"I have to leave for an appearance at 430 but i will be back at 730 for dinner and lots of dessert with you."
Tiger:Sent: 07:32 PM 09/08/2009:
"You felt amazing to baby. How much was your flight by the way"
Most were so dirty that you'll want to take a shower.
Even still, I find it extremely ironic that mistresses want to "unveil" Tiger Woods' character. Granted, Woods was in the wrong for cheating on his wife and we've all learned a little bit more than we wanted to about his sex life. But any woman who willingly sleeps with a married man is equally wrong.
That message somehow has been lost on the sea of mistresses seeking fame, fortune and shockingly compassion for volunteering to sleep with a married man. If you sleep with a dog, you will get fleas.
The only woman deserving compassion in this mess is Woods' wife Elin. And if she chooses to forgive her husband, then we should all move on.


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During this inaugural luncheon, the Vancouver Canadians Baseball Foundation will announce a focused, multi-tiered community initiative determined to help local youth by giving them both hope and opportunity while encouraging self-development and the chance to achieve excellence. (more…)


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|Old is New Again: The Election-Year Outsourcing Debate
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|Perpetuating Poverty: Lotteries Prey on the Poor
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|February 25, 2004
|Beyond Black History
|by Anthony B. Bradley
|February 25, 2004
|Render unto Caesar: Revisiting Partisan Christianity
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|February 18, 2004
|A New Decalogue for Russian Business
|by Nikolas K. Gvosdev
|February 18, 2004
|Drug Companies and African AIDS: Behind the 'genocide' slander
|by Alberto Mingardi
|February 10, 2004
|Measuring the Samaritan Factor
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|February 3, 2004
|Strange Brew: Churches push for "fair trade" coffee
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|January 28, 2004
|Bruce Springsteen: Bringing Charity Back Home
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|January 21, 2004
|The Bush Immigration Plan: A step in the right direction
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|January 14, 2004
|Free Trade: Moral Questions and Partisan Politics
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|January 7, 2004
|Give Public Broadcasting its Freedom--Now
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|December 31, 2003
|The Good Samaritan: Model of Effective Compassion
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|December 24, 2003
|The Virtue of Tolerance
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|December 17, 2003
|Devaluing the Black Family
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|December 10, 2003
|When Poverty Becomes Profitable
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|November 26, 2003
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|November 19, 2003
|Religious Leaders and Social Activism: Prophets or Captives?
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|November 12, 2003
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The Bicker The Better (Japanese: タッグバトル!サトシVSハルカ!? Tag Battle! Ash VS May!?) is the 32nd episode of Pokémon: Advanced Challenge.
Episode Plot
Ash, Max and Brock are out of the Pokémon Center, to go to Fortree City. Max sees on his PokéNav that a path through the forest is the fastest way to there. Pikachu warns them they forgot May, so Ash goes to get her to get as soon as possible for his Gym Battle. May sees a mirror and looks at herself. Ash is mad, saying he never looks upon himself in the mirror. May thinks Ash should change, to which he gets even more angry. Ash and May bicker even more...
Two people appear, introducing themselves as Oscar and Andi. They mistake them to be in love, challenging them. Ash and May accept the battle as a practice to the Gym battle and Contest. Andi and Oscar explain the rules and Brock goes with the flirting scheme with Andi, so he'll be the judge of the battle. Andi sends Nidoqueen and Oscar Nidoking. Ash sends Corphish and May her Skitty. Corphish uses Bubble Beam and Skitty Assist - Assist turns to Ember. However, Skitty's and Corphish's attacks meet a spot, negating both attacks. Corphish "yells" at Skitty, so Skitty uses Ember on Corphish as well. Nidoqueen and Nidoking use Dynamic Punch, hurting them both. Corphish is about to use BubbleBeam, but is frozen by Skitty's Blizzard.
Skitty uses Assist, but it turns to String Shot. Skitty uses Assist, turning to Silver Wind - Corphish turns into a statue. Skitty uses Assist once more and it turns to Ember, defrosting Corphish. Corphish goes after Skitty, so May is angry at Ash for not stopping him. Nidoqueen and Nidoking use Submission, hitting Corphish and Skitty and defeating them. Oscar and Andi go away, leaving May and Ash in anger. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is depressed when they did not steal anything in quite some time. Andi and Oscar come to challenge them to a battle, so Jessie tells them to steal Nidoqueen and Nidoking.
Cacnea uses Needle Arm and Seviper Wrap, but Cacnea is wrapped when Nidoqueen and Nidoking pushed Cacnea onto Seviper. Nidoking and Nidoqueen use Hyper Beam, blasting them off. The gang is walking, this time May and Ash argue whose fault it was for losing the last battle. Jessie and James argue as well, with the same reason - whose fault was for losing the battle. After some arguing and insults, Team Rocket and the gang meet up. Jessie joins with May and James with Ash to have a tag battle.
Jessie's Seviper uses Poison Tail on Corphish and May's Skitty uses Blizzard on Cacnea. Cacnea uses Pin Missile on Skitty and Corphish Harden. Corphish deflects the attack, while Cacnea and Skitty get hurt by the attacks. Seviper uses Wrap on Cacnea while Skitty uses Assist on Corphish. Cacnea uses Needle Arm and Corphish Bubble Beam. Cacnea hits Seviper and Corphish hits Skitty. Seviper goes to bite Corphish, while Corphish uses Crabhammer. Skitty uses DoubleSlap and Cacnea Pin Missile. Corphish dodges and attacks Seviper, while Pin Missile hits Skitty. Jessie is super mad, sending Dustox to use Whirlwind.
Cacnea and Corphish are blasted, even if it was against the rules. Dustox uses Pin Missile on Cacnea and Seviper Poison Tail on Corphish. Cacnea attacks with Pin Missile while Dustox uses Whirlwind. Chaos rampages when the battle goes out of control. Brock (and Jessie's Wobbuffet) declare the battle over, but Dustox uses Whirlwind, knocking them out. The others are terrified by the battle, but Meowth sees Pikachu near him, so plans to steal him. After some bickering, Jessie and James see Meowth using "body language" to see that they should capture Pikachu.
Seviper uses Haze and Cacnea Sandstorm, dimming the vision while Meowth takes Pikachu. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, but the net is electric proof. Skitty uses Assist, using String Shot to slow Team Rocket down. Seviper uses Poison Tail, but is stopped by Corphish's Bubble Beam. Cacnea uses Pin Missile, but the attack is negated when Corphish used Harden. Skitty uses DoubleSlap, huring Team Rocket's Pokémon. Pikachu is free, so Skitty uses Blizzard, freezing Team Rocket. They re blasted off with Skitty's Tackle and Corphish's Crabhammer.
Ash and May apologize to each other for the words and actions. Everyone is happy again.
- May: "Incredible, raising your voice to a girl just cause she's looking in the mirror."
Ash: "Talk about nerve, standing around gazing at yourself while your friends are all waiting."
May: "What did you say?!"
Ash: "YOU HEARD ME!"
May: "You know what your problem is?"
Ash: "I already know!"
- May: "I can't stand you Ash Ketchum!"
Ash: "Gee I'm heartbroken!"
- "We're not a couple, and we're not happy either!"
Ash and May to Oscar and Andi.
- Ash: That was the worst battle ever."
May: "Yeah, you were pretty pathetic alright."
Ash: "Excuse me?! You were the one who lost it for us!"
May: "You got something to say?!"
Ash: "I just did!"
May; "Oh yeah?!"
- May: "Men! They're always trying to project their insecurity onto girls."
Ash: "Me insecure? Why don't you try looking in that mirror you love so much?"
- May: "Augh! You're impossible! You make me so mad sometimes I just wanna scream!"
Ash: "Yeah? So knock yourself out!"
May: "No, It's not even worth my breath."
Ash: "Puh-lease."
- "I can't tell you how much I hate men/women!" - Jessie and James
"Me too!" - Ash and May
- Max: "Oh no. Not again."
Brock: "Must be some crazy new trend."
Pikachu: "Pika."
Meowth: "Save us!"
- Featured Pokémon: Ariados, Blaziken, Onix, Raichu.
- The "Who's that Pokémon?" answer was Blaziken.
- Onix is misspelled as Onyx in the Pokémon Trainer's Choice for this episode.
- In the beginning of the episode, a classic Pokémon identification can be seen. In this case, it is a Sandshrew.
- This episode wasn't aired in some countries due to the fact that the episode was regarded as a "battle of the sexes".
- The episode's dub title is a pun on the phrase "the bigger the better".
- Blaziken is also legally correct on the Pokémon Trainer's Choice because Ariados is half Bug type and Fire moves are super effective.
- Instead of voices, Nidoqueen and Nidoking have stock bear roars in this episode.


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Full SubmissionA commitment to sustainability beyond Green Economy BUND/Friends of the Earth Germany's contribution to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio de Janeiro, June 04-06, 2012 "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It contains wihin it two key concepts: 1. The concept of "needs", in particular the essential needs of the worlds poor, to which overriding priority should be given, and 2. The idea of limitations imposed by the state of technology and social organisation on the environment's ability to meet present and future needs." (WCED 1987, p. 43) Twenty years after the UN conference on environment and development in 1992 - and thus one summit various avowals and action plans later - we are still far away from the guiding principle of sustainable development. The environmental crises and increasing social inequalities have not been mastered, but rather aggravated. While our understanding of ecological interrelations between the climate and biodiversity crisis - and of the limits of our knowledge - has increased since the first Rio conference, the political answers do not reflect the acknowledged need to act. Nevertheless, almost no time is spent on critical accounting of what has been promised since 1992 and (not) achieved in the preparatory process up till now. Rio 2012 is supposed to renew the political commitment to sustainable development. Whether it will work or not essentially depends on the commitment of all countries. Our core aims for sustainable development are based on the Brundtland Commission's definition: We want a huamn development - not solely orientated towards poverty reducation but also towards an intra-and inter-generational justice - with economic means within the ecological limits of our planet, achieved by all actors within the scope of regulations set by the states (primacy of politics, creative power of communities as well as of individuals). Every proposal to the UNCDS is to be measured by these basic principles of sustainability. 1 Green Economy in the context of sustainable development and povery reduction Green Economy will be one of hte two defining topics of the conference. It is asserted that Green Economy creates markets for the solution to the environment crises, security of resources, new jobs and more economic growth. Green Economy is not supposed to replace the guiding principles of sustainable developmetn, as the governments continue to emphasise, but to refer to the importance of economy as the main instrument for their eralisation and especially to help developing countries to make the leap into green industrial development. There is no mention of an orientation of the economic activity towards human needs, especially of the pooprest. The orientation towards maximum profit without public service obligations remains untouched; poverty reduction is one of the objcetives, but the respective contribution of Green Economy is hardly designated and thus only appears as a welcomed side effect. Without question, many of hte components of a green economy are important and have been long since demanded by the environmental and development NGOs - for instance, the improvement of energy and resource efficiency by means of ecological tax reforms and the abolishment of environmentally harmful and socially unnecessary subventions, more recylcing, a transition to renewable energy in industrial as well as in so-called developing countries, and more. But teh decoupling of resource use and economic growth, the transition to green technologies, and ecological modernisation have been propagated for more than 30 years and their economic potential has been underlined: Efficiency pays off for companies. IF the universal win-win-potentials are that high, then the previous failure in their realisation is none of the most considerable market failures ever. So why do we keep believing that even more would solve the problems? Will the structural difficulties and resistance of lobbies which have hindered this transition up till now, be resolved if we call it Green Economy? Green Economy has a great deal of potential to contribute to more sustainable economic but it clearly has its limits: Green Economy in everyone's sole discretion What is Green Economy - and what is it not? A universally valid definition of how a sustainable economy could look in different countries is not possible. But the positive nimbus of the Green Economy must not contribute to the legitimation of highly precarious technologies like CCS, nuclear power, and genetic engineering. The reasoning that such technologies would be necessary to achieve a low-carbon energy supply and food security conceals the fact that there are other less risky solutions. A consenus must be developed, independent from economic interests, in respect to which technologies should not be funded as "green technologies" or counnted as contribution to a green economy - as nuclear power, genetic engineering and carbon capture and storage, deepwater oil drilling and shale gas production. Mercantilisation of nature and ecosystem services UNEP sees the current crisis as an expression of a fundamental error of our economic management and the misallocation of capital. The corresponding political answer is to perform the change towards a Green Economy mainly by means of economic instruments. Some of these, e.g. an ecological tax reform and the abolishment of environmentally harmful susidies are urgently necessary. However artifical markets for public goods, as we currently experience, offer no effective protection but rather create new risks for humankind, nature and the environment, as seen in emissions trading and the REDD mechanism. If the relevance of ecoystems and biodiversity is accepted in the community of states, as assured by UNEP, then it can also be guaranteed that they are effectively protected. 1. The community of states should look at economic instruments in environmental and resource protection in a more differentiated way. Providing economic incentives is theoretically a sensible approach, but in practice it may have opposite consequences and bring with it insurmountable difficulties. Of paramount importance for the large-scale implementation of economic instruments, aside from their ecological effectiveness, is their impact on poverty and social justice. Economic instruments are not in general superior in all three criteria to others, such as regulatory instruments. Blindness to planetary limits Green Economy relies on efficiency yet disregards sufficiency aspects. The idea of limits, which is still contained in the Brundtland definition, takes a backseat. A complete decoupling of resource use and economic growth, and complete resuse of raw materials are unrealistic. And since efficiency accelerates growth, savings in a single product are often overcompensated by increasing production. Under these circumstances, achieving a reduction CO2 emissions in the industrial countries without streamlining the economy seems unrealistic. Furthermore, the raw materials on which the green economy technologies are based are limited. How should the "planetary limits" - which are indeed acknowledged - be observed if the concept of green economy is unconditionally based on economic growth? 2. Besides the global funding of effcient and green technologies, the chagne towards a steady state economy must also be accomplished, in which the economy needs 89-90% fewer resources and no longer depends on growth. This requires new models of work production, and service, but first and foremost a remodeling of social systems. There are still no answers to many questions, and little experience to build upon. Here, research and pilot experiments must be pushed. Introducing new indicators beyond the GDP would be an important first milestone, which is not able to express sustainable development. Blindness to social justice Which social and developmental model does Green Economy comprise? Aside from environmental and resource protection, povery reduction and intra- and inter-generational justice are also part of sustainable development. Today, jobs in the green sector are often paid below the negotiated wages. This is why ecological modernisation must be linked to the vision of a particpatory welfare state, as correctly done by UNEP; with humane work with proper payment, renunciation of child labour, health and occupational safety standards, social security, and freedom of assembly as well as promotion of social and economic participation in society for all population groups. Poverty reduction is stated as the goal of a Green Economy, but not which specific measures are to contribute to poverty reduction. In the same way, questions concernign distributive justice remain neglected. 3. If Green Economy is also to be accepted in the population, it must contribute to closing the ever growing gap between poor and rich, to create jobs under proper conditions, to provide social security, and to bring more fairness in value chains between and within societies. A Green Economy must explicitly be an Equitable Green Economy. Many actors, espcially in the global south, criticise the focus on Green Economy as a one-sided concentration on environmental issues at the expense of the efforts undertaken for eocnomic and social development. They see it as an attempt of the industrial countries to establish green protectionism and to hinder the southern countries' economic development with their environmental agenda. This criticism must be taken seriously and common solutions must be found. The concept of Green Economy can contribute to boosting the advancement of green technologies and prodcution patterns more systematically than it has been done so far. Therefore, especially the industrial and emerging countries have to approach the modification of their economy more consistently - the funding of the green sectors is desireable but also the "brown" industries must be phased out. The reduction of environmentally harmful sbsidies must be pushed forward and national capital spending, research, and education policy as well as Public procurement must be aligned in an ecologically sustainable and socially just way. To demand and fund "Leap-frogging" in developing and emerging countries, nor on the principle of common but differentiated responsibility. That environmental protection is by now also seen as having economic potential represents a turning point in debate, and that definitely is a success. Many of the planned individual measures are welcomes as ecological progress, but the fixation on technology and the neoclassical growth orientation as the Janus faces of Green Economy. If the currently dominant interpretation of sustainability, especially the three-pillar model of so-called weak sustainability, is already intellectually incorrect and politically misleading, the Green Economy threatens to further curtail this definiton. The transition to a green, socially (intra-and inter-generationally) just economy in the development of sustainability and social justice requires an agreement on specific guiding principles and rules for individual eocnomic sectors from the community of states and from the member states: 1.1 Agriculture and Soil Conservation - The focus of all relevant policies on sustainable agriculture, serving the threefold goal of food security/the fight against hunger, agricultural biodiversity, and climate protection. - The express support of small-scale farming with plant varieties and animal breeds adapted to particular environments to promote food sovereignty (see the 2008 International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD)) - The focus on agricultural methods powered by energy from the sun, as opposed to industrialised fossil fuel-dependent methods. - The adaption of agriculture to climate change through a combination of traditional and ecological, science-based agricultural methods, especially in the countries in which climate change has the largest impact. - The cultivation of biomass, agro-fuels and feedstuff should neither threaten food security nro lead to transformation of valuable ecosystems into cropland, be it directly or indirectly. - Restriction of crop speculation, in that limitations on the amount of raw agricultural prodcuts traded in exchanges are reinstated. - Limitation of the growing global demand for farmland due to so-called "lab grabbing" or foreign direct investment in farmland, through the previously mentioned support of small-scale farming. In addition, internationally recognised socio-ecological guidelines or a code of conduct must be proposed; this can then expand upon the pocess begun by the FAO. - The limitations of the power of agribusiness, especially in regards to the patenting of seeds and other agricultural inputs. - Liberalisation within the framework of world trade agreements has not lead to an increase in food security. Countries must be able to decide for themselves whether to use tariffs to protect domestic food markets. In addition, direct and indirect export subsidies must be fundamentally discontinued. - The introduction of social, environmental, and animal protection criteria based on the Eco-Fair-Trade guidelines. - The award of a mandate for a legally binding world soil concention for the global protection of soil. - The reduction of meat productin in the EU: cultivation of native food crops instead of large-scale feedstock imports from southern countries, an end to industrial livestock farming. 1.2 Water - The explicit commitment of the international community to implement the human right to water and sanitation, and to ensure universal acccess to safe fresh water and sanitation, especially through the support of communal water utilities, rather than multinational corporations. -Consideration of the water demands of ecosystems, the use of surface and ground waters only in quantities not harmful to the environment and at a rate less than or equal to the natural rate of replenishmeht. Protection of watersheds, and of wetlands in particular. - Development and distribution of water efficiency technology in agriculture, industry, and in households. - Allocation of exisiting water resources to achieve the greatest possible social utility and the guarantee of ecological sustainability. - The limitation of construction or large dams, and commitment to the guidelines of the World Commission no Dams (see also "Energy"). Although often socially and ecologically devastating, plans for large dams continue to advance, oftentimes with the support of multilateral development banks and development aid funds. 1.3 Energy - The voluntary agreement of the international community to the following goals by 2030: 30% of total energy from renewables (excluding large hydropower), 40% reduction of energy use, and universal access to sustainable energy service. - More consistent development of renewable energies, with wind and solar power taking precedence over hydropower. Large dams may only be constructed in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the World Commission on Dams. Biomass and agro-fuel production should not compete with food production for land. - The end of the age of fossil fuels as soon as possible, no new construction of oil and coal power plants. Natural gas combined heat and power plants may be constructed as a transnational solution for power production. - No construction of new or replacement of nuclear power plants and the quickest possible phase-out of nuclear power; due to the unmanageable risks associated with it, nuclear power does not present a "green", climate-friendly energy solution. - Development of binding national timetables for the dismantling of environmentally harmful direct and indirect energy subsidies, especially those for nucelar power and fossil fuels; the funds freed in this transition should be used to help launch renewable energies and energy efficiency in the market. 1.4 Biodiversity and Ecosystems - The implementation of the Aichi Targets of the CBD's new strategic plan during the UN Decade on Biodiversity, including the dismantling of harmful subsidies, reduction of the global carbon footprint, and the end of overfishing in the world's oceans. - Mobilisation of sufficient capital for the protection of biodiversity, including funds freed from dismantled subsidies. When dealing with the preservation of our livelihood, market-based approaches are not a substitute for good legislation and secure, direct financial support that must be oriented towards the commmon good. - Swift radication and implementation of the Nagoya Protocol (ABS Protocol) on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising frmo Their Utilisation. - Implementation of REDDplus solely as a funds-based mechanism with effective safeguards. Forests are more than carbon sinks; they are a living space for humans, complex systems of great biodiversity and an indispensable element in water cycles. At the same time, forests as the 'green lungs' of our earth, are one of the fundamental factors in climate protection. Hence, all instruments of forest conservation policy need to take into account the proection of human rights, of biological diversity and of the climate. Market-based mechanisms do not achieve this. - Protection of the last old-growth forest from development of any kind, including certified logging. Promotion of stricter international standards for wood prodcuts, especially in regards to proof of origin. 1.5 Marine Conservation - Development of a comprehensive international network of Marine Protected Areas (MDPAs) in international waters, outside of national borders of 200 nautical miles, in which all economic activity, such as fishing and the utilisation of resources, is prohibited (no take zones). The MPAs must cover at least 30% of the ocean, since the oceans will only have a chance to recover if one third of the worldwide marine biodiversity is comprehensively protected. - Development of a system of environmental impact assessment for all types of intervention in international waters. The assessment of ecological consequences for marine environments should follow the precautionary principle and the ecosystem approach as basic principles and should be carried out by an independent authority. - Implementation of global sustainable fisheries, most importantly the reduction of fishing capacities of large trawlers. - Effective reduction of rubbish pollution in the oceans. In order to achieve this, the amount of rubbish collected on beaches - an indicator of marine pollution levels - must be reduced by 50% before 2020. Rubbish in the ocean kills 1 million birds and 100.000 marine mammals die each year, and polluts the food chain with toxis materials. - Clear and ambitious movement towards a green economy that favours and incentivises long life, biodegradable and sustainably sourced goods and packaging in order to protect our oceans against the rising amount of disposable and single use goods that are ending up in the marine environment. Actions to encourage such an economy will have multiple economic and social benefits due to the reduction in costs associated with the damage caused to coast tourism and other marine industries. 1.6 Green Technology - Technologies with a high societal risk such as CCS, nuclear energy and genetic engineering cannot be promoted as "green technologies" or be counted towards of sustainable development. - The community of states should make technologies that support sustainability public goods by buying up the patents and sharing the technologies throughout the world free of charge. If companies refuse to sell the patents, the worldwide availability of technologies could be enforced by legal means, as in the case of AIDS medication. 2 Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development There is an obvious implementation deficit of the Rio resolutions, just as the coordination problems within the UN have not yet been solved after the UN reform, especially in the environmental but also in the development sector. There are numerous suggestions to improve the international environment and sustainability architecture, in governments as well as from actors in civil society. In remains to be seen whether those, who are ultimately capable of consensus, will be sufficiently ambitious. The main demands of the BUND/Friends of the Earth Germany are: 1. Both the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) and the Commission for Sustainable Development (UN CSD) must be substantially upgraded regarding budgeting and mandate. 2. The basic principles of sustainable development must become guidelines and objectives for other political fields and institutions as well. Especially international financial institutions (IFIs) and the world trade regime must be onligated to pursue ecological goals, or to bindingly take the regulations of environmental agreements into consideration through other UN institutions and processes, and above all international institutions and processes outside the UN. (end of 7) 3. Governments have to commit to more transparency, accountability, and liability in international contracts and agreements, including by means of a monitoring mechanism in the UN-system. 4. In addition to the Millenium Development Goals, a mandate for sustainable development goals should be issued. These goals need to embrace concepts of basic needs and social justice as well as planetary boundaries, and should apply for all countries. 5. Since sustainable development ultimately takes place on the local level, the interests of sustainability must also be reinforced on the local and national level 6. The participation of the Major Groups within the scope of the CSD as well as within the rest of the UN environment and development architecture and down to the national level must be reinforced. 7. New indicators for the measurement of social prosperity must be found - the GDP is not suitable to measure progress on sustainable development. 2.1 Upgrading the UNEP The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is currently financed solely through voluntary payments of single countries and other UN organisations and is thus permanently underfunded. Moreover, further coordination is required between the UN institutions that are responsible for environmental tasks and the international agreements with their offices beyond the existing Environmental Management Group under the aegis of UNEP. In the end, the specific implementation of programmes and agreements in the member states are hindered due to the lack of human resources on the side of UN institutions and national administrations andto the high requirements of coordination on national level. An upgrade of the UNEP should reach for the following goals: 1) creating more coherence in the environment architecture of the UN system, 2) strengthening the environment pillar in comparison toother areas by means of bundling. . The UN environmental programme should be transformed to a specialised agency of the UN, with a proper and binding budget and an extended mandate. As specialised agency, a UNEO, would have the universal membership of all UN member states together. If that is not possible, the attempt should be undertaken to achieve a universal membership and better budgeting within the existing UNEP. . As the central UN authority for the environment, a UNEO must also stand for the contribution of the environment to social development. It is often the poorest who are most dependent on nature and the immediate right to use natural resources for their livelihoods. . Furthermore, it must stand for the conservation of value of the natural livelihoods, also beyond economic rationales and profitable interests. . In its new role such a UNEO should undertake the coordination between the different environmental agreements (MEAs) without constraining the ability of the offices to act. It can thereby monitor the execution as a central authority and help to work more effectively on points of intersection. . As a Clearing House Mechanism, a UNEO should bundle the information and data from monitoring programmes and organisations in respect to environmental trendsand make these accessible to politics, research and the public. . A UNEO should coordinate the environmental work of the UN, especially on the level of the member states, in order to redress an unraveling into many small interventions and to not unnecessarily burden the national administrations. 2.2 Upgrading the CSD Since 1992, the UN Commission for Sustainable Development (UN CSD), being a permanent member of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), has been in charge of supervising the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Action as well as the continuation of the Rio process. . The UN Commission for Sustainable Development (UN CSD) should be upgraded either through a merger with the ECOSOC or by establishing a council for sustainable development modeled on the Human Rights Council which is directly subordinated to the UN General Assembly. . In any case, stronger involvement of the Major Groups should be provided through the right to speak and the power of initiative. . Its members should include high-ranking or elected government officials so that ambitious, binding decisions can be made. . The Major Groups should gain the right to speak and the power of initiative in a reformed sustainability council; similarly, involvement within environmental organisations should be arranged. . The Major Groups should also be formally involved regarding formulation, realisation, and monitoring of sustainability strategies and goals on the national level. To consider the impacts on people and the environment in third world countries, a consultation with third country delegates could take place prior to the passage of sustainability strategies, as already implemented in France. 2.3 Integration of Sustainability into other Policy Areas and Institutions Considering sustainable development as an international goal, decision making may not be limited to specific conferences and institutions. The underlying principles of sustainable development must also become the guidelines for other policy areas and institutions. International financial institutions and the global trade regime in particular must be obligated to pursue social and ecological goals. . These basic principles must be anchored in the catalogue of targets of the international financial institutions, and have tobe further considered in the allocation of financial resources and consulting services. . Terms of the national and international environmental law have to be given more weight in comparison with other legally protected goods within the multilateral WTO negotiations as well as in bilateral peace and investment agreements. . In order to create the necessary framework for social welfare and ecological sustainability, financial markets in particular have to be more strongly regulated and the speculation with foodstuffand natural resources on the international market have to be contained. 2.4 UN Parliament State parliaments have little to say during the negotiations of international treaties and conventions. In order to give international treaties broad social supportthis should be changed and an advisory parliamentary assembly should be established within the UN. This would not replace the Security Council, the UN General Assembly, the Bretton-Woods financial institutions or other UN bodies. It would be an additionalinstitution to integrate parliamentarians more effectively into globalgovernance. 2.5 Reinforcement of Sustainability on the national and local Level While important decisions concerning cooperation and determination of goals are made on a global level, the realisation of sustainable development occurs on the national and local level. The international conference on sustainable development should therefore also give an impulse for the enhancement of sustainability interests on the national and local level. This could be achieved amongst others by extending the mandates of national sustainability councils and formally involving Major Groups in the formulation, realization and monitoring of sustainability strategies. To consider the impacts on people and the environment in third world countries, a consultation with third country delegates could take place prior to the passage of sustainability strategies, as already implemented in France. 2.6 Participation, Access to Information,and legal Protection During the Rio Convention of 1992 the nations already recognised the importance of different groups of society in contributing to a sustainable development. The contribution of these nine Major Groups to the political organisation of sustainability has to be fostered on a national as well as international level. . Municipal administrations in particular should be involved in high-level decision-making in areas on which cities can have a great impact, such as energy, water, traffic, and construction. Coalitions like the ICLEI and the Covenant of Mayors highlight the potential for action on the municipal level. . Meaningful participation requires access to information. In Europe this principle of the Rio Declaration has already been codified in European law through the Aarhus Convention. The right to access to information concerning the environment from government agencies should be anchored on a global level, and complemented by the right to access to information related to the environmental impacts of corporations. . In addition,the right to access to jurisdiction of environmental relevance which has been acknowledged by the Aarhus Convention should be extended to the global level so that governments as well as corporations can be held responsible when breaking national and international environmental law. . Multinational corporations have massive influences on humans and the environment. During the financial crisis the social answer was to socialise the damages ?against the polluter pays principle ?and to save the enterprises believed to be ?too big to fail?. Thus a mandate for a convention should be issued to hold businesses responsible, which -beyond the definition of corporate liability to protect environment and society (like environmental impact assessments) -will also hold them responsible to full liability and the right to indemnity for affected people according to the causative principle. 2.7 Measurable Goals of Sustainability The lack of concrete, time-bound goals at the 1992 summit in Rio has contributed to the non-compliance of various claims of the Rio and Johannesburg summits. BUND /Friends of the Earth Germany therefore welcomes Columbia?s proposal following the Millennium Development Goals to adopt international Sustainable Development Goals. . The goals have to be time-bound and measureable, and further supplemented by an effective framework to ensure monitoring and accountability. . They must take into consideration the challenges for sustainable development in all countries ?developing countries, emerging nations, and industrial countries. This includes in particular ecological thresholds, comparable to the goal to halt global warming at maximum 2�C, framework conditions for life in dignity, inter-and intra-generational justice and sustainable lifestyle. . They must tie in with the definition of sustainability from the early 90s (Brundtlandt) or theWBGU of recent years. . SDGs should neither water down existing environmental goals and responsibilities nor undermine existing actions (UN FCCC, CBD etc.). . An independent and effective authority must be established that is responsible for monitoring and compliance. 2.8 Indicators As long as we measure social prosperity with the GDP, we will hardly be able to measure whether we approach our goal of sustainable development. 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Here's what's on the radar. There's confusion over whether or not Rochester's Artwalk has received $3.4 in federal stimulus funds. Those close to the project say no, but NYS's governor says it's going to happen. No doubt in Toronto: Canadians love the arts! Pegasus Early Music is moving its successful early music concert series to the Downtown United Presbyterian Church (DUPC) next season. Meanwhile, the recession has put DUPC in the unfortunate position of reducing its music director's hours, meaning there will be no lunchtime concerts this spring. American composer Eric Whitacre is writing a new 3-4 minute piece of music and donating it to an auction to benefit choral advocacy organization Chorus America. Any choir can "buy" rights to premiere the piece for $1,500. (As far as I know, no Rochester choirs have taken the bait.) Finally, NPR made the top of New York magazine's current approval matrix for its outstanding ratings, but caused a kerfuffle by announcing it was canceling all of its newspaper subscriptions. New information: Artwalk, the Rochester art trail, IS among 25 projects in New York State that will share $34 million in federal funding. More later . . .
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Time for Miami Dolphins to set Tyler Thigpen free?
The Miami Dolphins have consistently compared backup quarterback Tyler Thigpen to a wild stallion, one that needed to be broken and trained before they let him out of the barn.
That type of thinking, and the investment made in Chad Henne, has kept Thigpen from getting a fair chance at competing for the starting spot, despite his tendency of producing big plays through improvisation.
"I take chances, but I feel like I take responsible chances," Thigpen said. "As a quarterback I feel like you can't go out there and play scared….You have to know the chances you're taking will help your team."
The Dolphins hope to get more of those types of plays from the offense in 2011, but it's unlikely that Thigpen will be the one delivering them. It appears the framework of the NFL's new Collective Bargaining Agreement will let Thigpen, the Wild Stallion from Coastal Carolina, roam the land free as an unrestricted free agent.
All it'll take is four-years of vested NFL experience to become an unrestricted free agent in the new era, and that means Thigpen – and guys like Carolina tailback DeAngelo Williams and Giants tailback Ahmad Bradshaw – are free to sign with the highest bidder.
If Thigpen, who was recently declared by Lindy's Magazine as the top backup quarterback in the AFC, gets to the open market it's a foregone conclusion he's signing elsewhere.
We discussed that topic a couple weeks ago during my WQAM Saturday morning show, and I think this is as good a time as any to re-air some of that material, which includes Thigpen talking about the way he'd handle Brandon Marshall from a leadership standpoint.
Make no mistake, Thigpen's services will be in demand (think three-years, $10 million) because people around the NFL like the intangibles he brings to the table. Thigpen hasn't proven he's a winning quarterback, but he is a playmaker (remember his game as Kansas City's quarterback vs. the Dolphins, and his Steelers ('09) and Titans ('10) performance), and some teams think they can train him to be a winner.
"If I was given a fair shot I feel like I'd make the most of it and do the best I could to become a starter," said Thigpen, who has completed a pass of 20-plus yards in one out of every seven completions during his NFL career. "If it wasn't good enough to them to be named the starter I know in my mind I did my best."
Some team like the Minnesota Vikings, Carolina Panthers, Washington Redskins, or Tennessee Titans will do their best to add Thigpen as a veteran quarterback to compete with their young draftee, asking him to hold it down while the rookie cuts his teeth. If Thigpen keeps it through solid play, he keeps it, and Team-X can eventually move him for a draft pick when Mr. Rookie is finally ready.
Where does that leave the Dolphins? The Dolphins have one shot of re-signing Thigpen, and that's by offering an impressive multi-year deal during the three day period teams will have to re-sign their own players. That's the only way Thigpen's agent, Joel Turner, doesn't take his client to the open market.
The Dolphins likely won't try that hard, which means the Dolphins are preparing themselves to add TWO quarterbacks once free agency starts. According to Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland, one will definitely be a "savvy veteran" who will compete with Henne for the starting spot.
Think Kyle Orton, Kevin Kolb, Carson Palmer, Matt Hasselbeck, Vince Young, Donovan McNabb, Marc Bulger or Tavaris Jackson.
The other will likely be an undrafted rookie, someone like Kentucky quarterback Mike Hartline, who has been practicing with the team in Davie this offseason while living with his older brother, receiver Brian Hartline. Fellow undrafted free agent quarterbacks like Josh Portis, Pat Devlin, Adam Weber, Jeff Van Camp and Taylor Potts might also be in play.
Sources tell me the Dolphins have also done an extensive amount of work scouting, and researching former Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor. The Dolphins view Pryor as a potential No. 3 quarterback, one with upside. Most teams are debating whether or not Pryor is worth a late-round investment, and the Dolphins MIGHT make an effort to select him in the supplemental draft, but that decision will likely be impacted by how free agency and camp plays out.
Folks, we're not talking about someone who will compete for the starting spot. We're talking about Pryor being someone young to develop, a player who will serve as the quarterback who cuts his teeth each week by getting the defense ready for their upcoming opponent.
So, what two quarterbacks – a vet and a youngster – would you be adding to this Dolphins team if you had a vote?


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I am trying change the order of the Global Navigation in SharePoint 2010. I notice that the current site is the fixed even though in Navigation under "Global Navigation", there is nothing. I am trying to add a new item, the root site, and have that be first.
If i'm not wrong, the default SharePoint navigation use 2 levels menu. It means that if you would like to use root site as a start point, you will have the same menu as in parent site. if this is true for you, you can simply activate publishing features. After activation you can find out that the Look and Feel section contains Navigation option. If you click on this link you will be redirected to the page where you can customize navigation. Also you can set navigation inheritance from parent site.


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according to the political compass god is a libertarian
according to the political compass god is a libertarian
what the political compass means is that you basically value personal freedom as opposed to a oligarchy etc.
not that you ARE a libertarian. libertarians are morons.
why I hate catcher in the rye
1. the title is moronic
2. he always makes fun of the gross guy, when he does like nothing wrong
3. the "fuck you everywhere" chapter was retarded
4. when he steps off curbs he fells like he is falling into an abyss
5. stupidiest fucking whore scene
6. drinks the gayest alcohol
7. wears a a gay hat
8. retarded ending
9. omg carosells are so sad
10. I don't even remember want happened with the girl, but I remember it was stupid
hahahaha, best kirby post ever
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
youve been saying that a lot lately. why dont you just ask him out already.
have i? are you sure you're not confusing me with king.
"I'll go," said Chagataev. "But what will I do there? Build socialism?"
"What else?" said the secretary.
What happened to Shadow
great posts you say? wouldn't expect any less from a classic lord thread
Well, I open my eyes and I see things. I've seen spirits moving through the walls. I've seen a vortex coming through the wall. I've seen amorphous little balls of light bouncing all around in the front yard through the window. I've seen giant bugs on the floor. I was in a hotel room in Amarillo, Texas, and all I remember is standing on the bed and seeing the whole wall in front of me filled with lights that were [makes popping sound] popping like popcorn out of the wall. Then I'll wake up and I go "Wow, I was standing on my bed and staring at this wall."
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-I Told you I was Freaky -Flight of the Conchords
-Queen Greatest Hits Vol. 1
-B-52's Greatest Hits
-Old World Underground, Where are You Now? - Metric
- Dance Vol 1 (Some Wal-mart super saver compilation with a bunch of 90's dance music on it))
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-Swamp Thing
-Incredible Hulk
-Magic Kingdom for Sale: SOLD
- Dealing with Dragons
Top 5 Movies
-Hot Fuzz
-Captain America
-Raiders of the Lost Ark
-Return of the Jedi
Top 5 TV Series
-The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
-The Big Bang Theory
-Avengers OR Super Hero Squad
-Flight of the ConChords
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Captivating critters, eye-grabbing pictures, weird and freaky factswhat better way for kids to learn geography! In this child-friendly atlas, stunning animal photos combine with colorful, easily accessible maps to teach young readers about geography through the wild creatures that fascinate them. Each world region includes a "spotlight" on animals in the area. Thematic spreads deliver the facts about habitats, endangered species, and more. Careful research and all-around kid appeal make this a must-have children's atlas for home and school.
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ZF-9984: Wrong $_config in Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Proxy
Hi, in Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Proxy which is extended from Zend_Http_Client_Adapter_Socket is missing option in $_config sslusecontext => false.
That missing option cuase PHP notice: Undefined index sslusecontext in Zend/Http/Client/Adapter/Socket.php on line 205
I'm pretty sure this is a dupe of ZF-9143, which has been fixed a few months ago. Have you tried with the latest ZF release?
The fix was never merged to the release branch, now it is. Fixed in both trunk and branches/release-1.10, will be included in the next maintenance release.


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) -- A South Florida man is facing the death penalty after a jury convicted him of killing a Nova Southeastern University professor.
Jurors in Fort Lauderdale deliberated a little over five hours before returning guilty verdicts Wednesday against 45-year-old Randy Tundidor Sr. in the killing of professor Joseph Morrissey in April 2010. Morrissey was Tundidor's landlord and was stabbed to death after a break-in at his home.
The South Florida SunSentinel reports that Tundidor was also convicted of attempted murder, armed burglary, armed robbery, kidnapping and arson.
Tundidor's two sons and Morrissey's widow testified against him. One of Tundidor's sons pleaded guilty to taking part in the crime in exchange for a maximum life sentence.
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Panama City-- In February, Florida Highway Patrol officer Tammy Tindle-Husar suffered severe neck and back injuries in a car accident on Back Beach Road.
"My arms went numb. My hands went numb. I couldn't lift anything more than 10 pounds off the ground. Obviously I couldn't work, I couldn't wear a gun belt," said FHP Trooper, Tammy Tindle-Husar.
Three different doctor's told the 27-year veteran trooper she'd never work again. Husar was devastated.
"Basically what I was looking at was a life sitting on the couch taking painkillers. And I was very unhappy about that," said Tindle-Husar.
But Monday, Husar was all smiles as she reunited with the doctor's who helped her beat the odds. Doctors at Bay Medical Center removed the herniated disc and implanted an artificial disc into Tammy's neck. They say it's a better alternative to standard spinal fusion.
"While spinal fusion for herniated disc in the neck is widely accepted, a widely performed procedure, it does have some drawbacks," said Neurologist at Bay Medical Center, Cyril DeSilva.
Those drawbacks include months of recovery and future repeat surgeries.
"I felt immediate relief. I thought maybe it was just the good stuff they were giving my in the IV but when I woke up that evening in my room, the pain was gone," said Tindle-Husar.
She was back on the road in less than two weeks.
"Last night I worked a full shift as a regular police officer as I was told i would never do again," said Tindle-Husar.
The surgery takes less than an hour and a half. Dr. DeSilva says the ideal patient is in their 30's or 40's, a non-smoker and has only one damaged disk in their neck.
Dr. DeSilva is the only surgeon who offers the procedure in our area.


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Rock and roll history includes many keystone moments—Elvis entering Sun Studios, the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, Dylan "plugging in" at Newport. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum recently acquired a historic artifact from an event of this stature: a sign from Max Yasgur's farm, the site of the 1969 Woodstock Art and Music Festival!
What I love about this item is that it features the answer to the long-time trivia question "where was Woodstock held?": not Woodstock, New York, but Bethel! It also pictures the handsome breed of cow that the Yasgurs raised—purebred Guernseys. Signs like these still dot the New England landscape wherever working farms remain.
Woodstock is universally recognized as a pivotal moment in American culture. An unprecedented array of artists took to the stage during the festival including: The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, the Band, Santana, the Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sly and the Family Stone, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
A neighbor has kept the sign for the last four decades and a few months ago offered it to the Rock Hall. An anonymous donor agreed to contribute $12,000—half the purchase price—with ...


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Are you supposed to use an arrow → or not.
Where 'P' is the piece being moved (Pawn) , 'Q' is promotion to (Queen), 'e8' is the file ('e') and rank ('8')?
According to Wikipedia's Pawn Promotion page,
According to the World Chess Federation (FIDE) handbook,
Also in the same section, it is not necessary to denote the piece that is being moved if it is a Pawn.
Note: Standard algebraic notation (SAN) is the official notation of the FIDE which must be used in all recognized international competition involving human players. Concerning computer chess, SAN is a representation standard for chess moves inside the Portable Game Notation standard using the ASCII Latin alphabet, and should be supported as default notation by all modern chess programs and their user interfaces.
It is also quite possible that the OP was wondering about the use of → (arrow) or not with Figurine Algebraic Notation (FAN). Unfortunately, U+2654 or ♔ and other chess glyphs do not always appear as they should . This is most likely due to the default fonts used in most browsers.
FIDE is not the arbiter of chess-notation. By far the most common way to express promotion using algebraic notation is
[Edit] By request, I did a small sampling of the literature I have available.
Of the 22 chess books I own, 14 use algebraic while 8 use descriptive (primarily because they are older books). Of the 14 algebraic:
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Public hearing on proposed apartment building to be held
Published: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 12:04 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 29, 2013 at 12:04 p.m.
The New Hanover County Planning Board will hold a public hearing Thursday on a developer's proposal for a 123-unit apartment building just south of Laney High School on North College Road.
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What: New Hanover County Planning Board meeting
When: 6 p.m. Thursday, May 2
Where: Historic county courthouse, 24 N. Third St.
The meeting will be at 6 p.m. at the New Hanover County Courthouse.
Part of the land, which totals 8.05 acres, is zoned for B-2 highway business and part R-15 single-family residential. College Road Development, controlled by developer Adam Sosne, will seek a special-use permit to rezone all the acreage to conditional-use district B-2, said Chris O'Keefe, county planning and inspections director.
About 6,400 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor of the building will front North College, according to the plans.
The developer proposes 61 one-bedroom units and 62 two-bedroom apartments, plus 262 parking spaces.
The north end of the property, more than 3 acres, is set aside for a private park and recreation area.
The property, comprising five parcels, is about 230 feet north of the Long Ridge Drive/North College Road intersection where plans for a Dollar General store have been approved.
Recent development in the area includes a 156-unit addition to Hawthorne at Murrayville apartments and construction of a McDonalds.
The site is classified as transition and conservation area under the county's land-use plan. One parcel is entirely located within a conservation area.
After the planning board, the issue will go before the county commissioners at their June 3 meeting.
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Creating an outdoor living space―or enhancing an existing space―does not need to be costly or complicated. It's easier than you think! In the Summer issue of Utah Style & Design, editor Brad Mee explored several great ideas for enhancing a garden space. His story got me thinking about outdoor spaces; who wouldn't want a fantastic outdoor space to enjoy in the summer months?
Photo and Credit: Houzz, Urrutia Design
Any outdoor space can be transformed into a thoughtfully crafted, vibrant area with the addition of these outdoor features.
1. Create a connection with food. Whether it's a simple herb garden in a planter box, a fully equipped outdoor kitchen or something in between, your food focused outdoor space will bring people together, ultimately allowing for more enjoyment.
Photo and credit: Reynolds Gualco Architecture
2. Heat in the winter, cool in the summer. By installing an outdoor fireplace or fire pit for the winter months, and a ceiling fan for the summer months, your outdoor space will be well appointment for year-round delight.
3. Look to the water. Water features such as waterfalls, fountains or re-created creeks enhance the ambiance of an outdoor space with their calming and tranquil sounds.
Photo and credit: Houzz, Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture
4. A little lighting makes a big difference. Besides candles, there are many attractive and stylish decorative outdoor light fixtures―scones, pendants, hanging chandeliers―that are specifically designed, and weather proofed, for the outdoors.
5. Create a link between indoor and outdoor living areas. By enlarging an existing doorway or window connection to a retractable, bi-folding door system, you can seamlessly blend both spaces.
Photo and credit: Houzz, John Maniscalo Architecture
Michele Wheeler is the VP, Architecture + Design for Denton House Design Studio in Salt Lake City. dentonhouse.com
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