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ESPN sideline reporter Erin Andrews has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the man who videotaped her through a peephole and against the Nashville hotel who failed to protect her privacy, according to the Tennessean.
The paper reports that the lawsuit claims convicted perpetrator Michael Barrett called the Marriott and was told which room Andrews would be staying in and then rented the room next to her. She was in Nashville in 2008 to cover a Vanderbilt University football game and the video quickly became viral on the Internet.
Erin Andrews says the peephole incident was an invasion of privacy, negligent and caused emotional distress and for that she's seeking $6 million from the West End Marriott Hotel and $4 million from Barrett.
Barrett was sentenced to two years in prison in 2010 for taping Erin Andrews.
Here's hoping justice is served.


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The How to Pass the CPA Exam: A System for Success booklet is a free guide that explains how candidates can register for, study for, and pass the CPA Exam. The purpose of this booklet is to answer all of your Frequently Asked Questions and help you develop and implement a system for success for the exam, which includes
A System for Success is an essential part of the Gleim Review System.
As Dr. Gleim advises, "Throughout your life, your greatest achievements result from a series of failures and successes. As you do better, you feel better. This generates a snowball effect that results in even better performance in everything you do."

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Waxploitation has put together its fourth annual auction to benefit Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders and Oxfam America. 100% of the proceeds go toward their work in Darfur and elsewhere.
This year's selection includes signed recordings and artifacts from Madonna, Kid Rock, Norah Jones, Wilco, The Shins, Gnarls Barkley, Kylie Minogue, Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, Arctic Monkeys, Diplo, Counting Crows, Matisyahu, Stereophonics as well as non-music items signed by Salvador Dali, Luke Chueh, Jean-Luc Godard, Yogi Berra and Hugh Hefner to name a few.
Waxploitation recently released Causes 2, its second benefit album for Darfur. The album includes exclusive songs donated by The Decemberists, Devendra Banhart, Diplo, LCD Soundsystem, My Morning Jacket, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, and others.
"With everything else in the news, it's important to not forget Darfur," says Waxploitation founder Jeff Antebi. "When we did our first benefit auction, 70,000 people had already died. Today, the number is estimated to be 300,000. Almost five million innocent civilians are caught in the middle of this, with nowhere to go."
The auction launches today, July 27th at www.ebay.com/causesauction
For more info on Waxploitation's non-profit work, please visit www.waxploitation.com/causes


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ZF-6125: Zend_Tool_Framework_Manifest_Repository getMetadata() should use either client or non client naming (not both)
Concerning SVN standard/incubator:
The problem occured when requesting manifest data for a custom method listing
$searchParams = array(
'name' => 'cliProviderName',
'type' => 'Provider',
'value' => 'some-class',
$searchParams = array(
'name' => 'cliActionableMethodLongParameters',
'type' => 'Provider',
'providerName' => 'SomeClass'
'actionName' => 'Action',
'specialtyName' => '_Default',
Changing the providerName did return null in both cases.
The Console Client manifest has been updated since this report.
THe general idea here is that the console client is adding information to the registry that it (and others) can use to determine what the client naming is.
Specifically, the argument parser and help system use these values to determine both what to dispatch and how to present help to the user.
If you have other concerns or questions, lets discuss on the mailing list as this is good feedback!


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I know NOW that bringing fudgicles, balloons or babies to a business meeting can make even the grumpiest of people smile and open to new ideas. I know NOW that being part of a team is nice, but being part of a team that is doing something important and has value to the company and its customers is magic. I know NOW that my job didn't define me — it defined what I did, not who I was and now more than ever I know why I was put on this earth, what my gifts and talents are and that I have a choice every day to decide what my next step is for my life. I know NOW that I determine the journey, with the advice, input and opinions of others, but it is my decision. I feel a little like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz: It was always in her power to go home but until she knew that in her core, she could not get there. NOW I know in my core that every choice, decision, and step is mine to make.
8. When I was in my mid forties, I never thought I would leave corporate America to start my own a business.I know this NOW and I am so thankful for the experience and education. I could never have learned what I know NOW about business, about money and about myself if it weren't for taking the leap into entrepreneurship.
I share with you what I post almost every day now on my Facebook wall. The reason why I believe more than I fear and why I keep moving forward toward the sunshine and do not look back at the clouds. "Entrepreneurship is living a few years of your life like most people won't, so that you can spend the rest of your life like most people can't." — Anonymous
9. When I was in my late forties, I didn't know how much I could change and cherish. But I know this NOW more than ever. I never knew I could face my fears and shed my guilt about everything I should of, could of and would have done or said.
I know NOW that most of those fears, the guilt and the feeling of not being good enough were my own thoughts and perceptions.
I know NOW that I can do anything.
I know NOW that I am willing to take risks.
I know NOW that failure is not taking a risk and not getting the results you want, failure is not trying. (That quote is from my brother Jim).
I know that each morning when I wake up on the "right side of the grass" that it is a good day (this one from my cousin Michael).
I know that if I don't ask the question, the answer is already no - so I might as well ask - all they can say is no. (From my brother-in-law Terry.)
I know NOW that I am good enough for all that life has to offer and that I do indeed have value and something to offer this world.
10. When I woke up this morning, I didn't know how I would feel or what I would think.I know NOW that I am FIFTY YEARS OLD, that I am only just beginning to see the potential of my life and I am ready to love, laugh and live for another 50! I know NOW what happiness truly means, what it means to be comfortable with who you are, what you have done, what you have become and where you are going.
I know TODAY that I am the most thankful 50-year-old woman in this world for all I have, all I have become and most of all for all that is ahead.
Janet Powers is the founder of Diva Toolbox, a marketing and mentoring site for women in business


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Download some songs. Try them out. We can be porcupine-tree-chums.
Download some songs. Try them out. We can be porcupine-tree-chums.
The songs are very spiritual, the music is all moving and isn't made by teens (most of them are over 40, they never were teens), the music is innovative and doesn't have a genre, they sometimes go instrumental with Pink Floyd-esque, the lyrics are addictive, the riffs are amazing, the music isn't too heavy, the drums are excellently and precisely played.
Also, Steven Wilson, the lead singer, keyboardist, guitarist and pianist, is my idol. He taught himself to play music and most of my music project for arts and music is based around his music. Steven Wilson also had childhood difficulties that he overcome and isn't a poser like most lead singers.
what are there top 3 songs
they have too much good songs
Overall I'd say Trains and The Sound of Musak are the best from everything they've done, then after than you can go from their newest single, Fear of a Blank Planet, or one of their instrumentals (Not Beautiful Anymore, Tinto Brass) or Deadwing.
- Trains
- The Sound of Musak
- Deadwing / Fear of a Blank Planet / Not Beautiful Anymore / Tinto Brass
this is a fantastic song. what album should i download hicky.The Sound of Musak
It depends, they do a lot of wanky concept albums that aren't that good unless you've listened to a lot of prog rock and you're used to that kind of album. I'd recommend something like In Absentia
For example I don't think their most recent release is very good, nor is Deadwing that good.
was sup hicky
it always seems imposible until it's done-nelson mandella
a house divided agaisnt itself cannot stand-abraham lincoln
gotta catch'em all-pokemon


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Viktor Farkas clinched the match on court five after the Huskies claimed wins on one and four, along with taking the doubles point.
Huskies Continue Pac-12 Play Hosting Arizona and Utah
The Dawgs handled EWU and Emmett Egger picked up a win over No. 3 Raymond Sarmiento of USC.
The Dawgs won the doubles point but fell to the fifth-ranked Bruins, 4-1
Huskies Open Pac-12 Play with No. 5 UCLA and No. 1 USC
Huskies Handle Gonzaga, 7-0
Huskies Host Gonzaga at 3 p.m. on Friday
Visiting and 46th-ranked Virginia Tech notched a 4-0 victory over the Washington men's tennis team Wedesday at the Nordtrom Tennis Center.
Huskies Host No. 45 Virginia Tech Hokies
The Dawgs got a win in the first of eight-straight home matches.
Huskies Host No. 42 Minnesota Gophers in Blackout Match Friday
The Dawgs return home to face Minnesota on Friday, March 7


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BRAC Women's Summit & Panel Tuesday Oct 1
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
Hi all,
Thanks ladies again for being a part of the panel! BoD, if you can attend as well, we'd love to have your attendance for the Women's Summit. Here's the details for the evening: http://bit.ly/1fxYJdK
We'll be at Prestige Imports Tuesday, October 1 by 6:00 PM for set up, and if you can get there by 6:15, that would be ideal. Summit starts at 6:30. We also will not have PA equipment for those who are speaking so when you voice your answers to questions, please project your voice. We will have light hors_d'oeuvres, beer from Great Divide, and Naked Juice available.
What we need from the Panel:
- Please email me your title (president of CU cycling team for road, or member of x team) and how you would like to be introduced. I'll make name plates for each of you on our panel.
- Please think about the below questions as it pertains to the group you're representing (collegiate, masters, cross, road, mtn, etc). I'd like to keep responses below 1.5 minutes as that puts us around 50 minutes if all four of you are answering each question. I will not go in order every time with each question or panelist.
- Please let me/panel know if you think we are missing a key question or should swap out a question with a different one.
Here's the Panelist Questions:
1. What has been most valuable for you to learn as you've advanced in your racing career?
2. Why are you involved in the sport and how would you encourage other's to participate in discussions beyond racing, especially in light of all the schedule changes?
3. What advice do you think new racers need to hear first?
4. How do you currently help grow the sport for women on and off the bike?
5. Do you think it is important for women to be on a team, why or why not?
6. Why do you think the numbers of women's participation are the same (roughly 13%) across the US for participation in cycling as compared to triathlon or road running?
7. How do you disseminate information about policy, races, clinics, misc information to your team and how do you suggest getting women involved in policy decisions?
8. How can women best attract and retain athletes in your category/discipline or age group?
9. In 5 years, where do you want to see the sport and how would you suggest getting there?
Here's what we need from everyone:
- Please share this with anyone and everyone you know, men and women who want to make a difference in cycling. I don't feel this event has been advertised as best it can so anything you can do would be great.
- If an additional BoD member is able to be present, we'd greatly appreciate if you could take notes since Sue/Rachel/Susan/Lynn/Yvonne will be also running the event.
As for additional information for the flow of the evening (subject to change):
- Susan/Rachel are going to introduce BoD/Staff/Panel and welcome everyone to summit
- Katie Macarelli is going to present on the Road and CX Camps
- Sue is going to present on the Women's Mentoring Events
- Susan is going to present some data from road/CX numbers, touch on MTN since she raced almost all of them too
- Rachel moderating panel discussion addressing questions above
- Rachel/Sue/Susan and panel lead discussion on addressing three questions. Panelists and audience contribute to those questions.
- Additional unstructured (but moderated) discussion
- Adjourn with action items reiterated to those in attendance
- Also mention that Susan and Rachel's BoD terms are up and any women wishing to apply, please talk to us after the event
Please let me know if you have any questions/comments/concerns or feedback.
Many thanks,


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Rio+20 Earth Summit Sustainable Cities Working Group
- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: Rio+20 Earth Summit Sustainable Cities Working Group
- Submission Document: Download
Full SubmissionSubmission to the Secretariat for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development for the Zero Draft of the Rio+20 Outcome Document from the Rio+20 Earth Summit Sustainable Cities Working Group The Rio+20 Earth Summit Sustainable Cities Working Group (the ?Working Group?) is pleased to provide this input ?for inclusion in a compilation document to serve as basis for the preparation of zero draft of the outcome document? from the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (?Rio+20?). The Working Group consists of a diverse group of leading civil society organizations and experts. Working Group members are listed in the Table of Contents. The Working Group believes that it is essential for Rio+20 to give high priority to the challenges and opportunities presented by urban development worldwide. Cities are critical to the planet?s transition to a green economy that will increase opportunities, reduce poverty, and foster a more sustainable future. Since the first Earth Summit in Rio in 1992, urban populations have increased by more than one billion and now for the first time in history more people live in cities than in rural areas. By 2050, the world?s population is projected to increase from 7 billion to over 9 billion, with roughly 70 percent of people residing in urban areas. Growth and migration patterns represent a set of critical opportunities and challenges for sustainable development. On one hand, cities are the centers of social and economic activity and attract people seeking to attain a better life. Indeed, the world?s top 50 metropolitan regions are economic powerhouses, accounting for just 12 percent of the planet?s population, yet generating roughly 46 percent of global GDP. However, cities also consume more than 75 percent of the world's natural resources, use approximately 75 percent of the world's energy, and are responsible for 75 percent of its carbon emissions. As cities experience rapid growth, they struggle mightily to provide adequate infrastructure?housing, water, sanitation, and transportation?for their citizens. Many are largely avoiding these responsibilities. Since the first Earth Summit, the number of slum dwellers worldwide has grown from roughly 660 million to nearly one billion. If cities shrink from their obligations, it will put all of us at risk. The way we collectively address urbanization will define the fate of billions of people and the sustainability of human society. The need for local action was recognized at the 1992 Earth Summit with the acknowledgement in Agenda 21 that many global challenges ?have their roots in local activities.? A number of mayors and Local authorities have shown real leadership, including through the adoption of local Agenda 21s and other sustainability plans. However, most cities still have not fully embraced their vital role in ?educating, mobilizing, and responding to the public to promote sustainable development? (Agenda 21, Chapter 28). Rio+20 offers an opportunity to harness widespread interest in sustainable and inclusive urbanization to produce specific commitments and scalable action. This document contains recommendations and findings from members of the Working Group in six subject areas. These recommendations reflect the views of their identified authors and are not necessarily the position of their affiliated organization or of the Working Group. The authors identify three types of outputs from the Rio+20 Earth Summit: 1. Sustainable Development Goals - negotiated global objectives or targets similar to the Millennium Development Goals. 2. Institutional Arrangements - new international bodies, structures, or networks to facilitate and enhance efforts by governments and other stakeholders on urban sustainability. 3. Commitments -specific actions to be undertaken individually or collectively by governments and other stakeholders. Contents _Toc307927472 I. Green Jobs in a Green Economy 3 Michael Renner, Worldwatch Institute II. Strengthening Local Institutions and Empowering People for Sustainable Development Governance 6 Joseph Foti and Jacob Werksman, World Resources Institute III. Planning and Housing Strategies for Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Development 8 Eric S. Belsky, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University IV. Transport as Critical Element of Sustainable Development 10 Michael Replogle and Colin Hughes, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy V. The Role of Information & Communications Technologies (ICTs) in Creating Smart Sustainable Cities 12 Diana Lind, Next American City VI. Putting Urban Metrics into Sustainable Development Indicator Systems 13 Eugenie L. Birch and Amy Lynch, University of Pennsylvania Additional Working Group Members: Don Chen, Ford Foundation; Cheryl Derricotte, Julie Roberts, and Philip Bump, Green for All; Leslie Moody and Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel, Partnership for Working Families Working Group Coordinator: S. Jacob Scherr, Natural Resources Defense Council I. Green Jobs in a Green Economy Michael Renner, Worldwatch Institute Recommendations 1. Sustainable Development Goals ? To assure that the creation of green and decent jobs is a central objective of a green economy ? To tailor green jobs development to the varying needs of industrialized, emerging, and developing economies 2. Institutional Arrangements ? Create a UN Green Jobs Coordinating Group, assisted by a stakeholder and expert Advisory Council ? Establish a UN Green Jobs Best Practices Unit 3. Commitments ? National governments promise to advance green skill-building, social protections, and job standards. Need for Action A green economy must address the intersection of environmental sustainability, economic development, and social equity. A change in trade, tax, and subsidy policies is needed to make greater use of an abundant yet underemployed resource?people?and reduce reliance on limited and polluting resources, such as fossil fuels. The best way to ensure that a green economy works for the great majority of people on this planet is to pursue the creation of good quality green jobs. Green jobs contribute substantially to preserving or restoring environmental quality. This includes measures to reduce energy, materials, and water consumption; protect biodiversity and restore ecosystems like wetlands and forests; and minimize or avoid the generation of waste and pollution. Some green jobs will be new, such as those in the expanding field of renewable energy. But the bulk of green employment will be in existing jobs?which requires that skill sets, work methods, and occupational profiles are brought into accord with sustainability principles. Technological, infrastructural, and behavioral choices offer varying degrees of environmental benefit and associated green employment impacts. Climate mitigation has different implications than adaptation, as does the pursuit of new building standards vis-�-vis retrofits, public transport versus fuel-efficient automobiles, or materials recycling or reuse compared with landfilling. These choices for the transition to a green economy suggest that there are varying ?shades of green? in employment: some are more far-reaching and transformational than others. ? Energy: Carbon capture may render the fossil fuel industry somewhat less damaging. But renewable energy offers a greener choice, and can help overcome energy poverty. The current number of renewable energy jobs worldwide surpasses 4 million, double the number in 2008. ? Transportation: Greater fuel efficiency, smart traffic management, alternative fuels, and propulsion systems can reduce the motor vehicle industry?s footprint and green its workforce. But public transport (railways employ 7 million people and urban mass transit systems 7.6 million) is a more affordable option for many people, and permits greener and more equitable mobility. Millions more jobs are associated with the manufacture of 110 million bicycles and 22 million electric bicycles each year and their ongoing maintenance. ? Buildings: Performance standards and retrofitting have the potential for greening many of the world?s 110 million construction jobs. Paired with measures to make housing more decent and affordable, they would improve the lives of the world?s 1 billion slum inhabitants. ? Waste: Recycling and reuse offer more jobs than landfilling and waste incineration do, and are preferable from an environmental and health perspective. In industrialized countries, poor communities suffer from low-quality waste handling, and workers are exposed to dangerous and low-paying work. In developing countries, millions of informal waste-pickers confront hazardous conditions, but play a much bigger role in collecting recyclables than formal waste management. Organizing and formalizing informal recyclers would lift their incomes, reduce poverty, and ameliorate hazardous work conditions. More Details on Recommended Outcomes Institutional Arrangements Policy cohesion should be accomplished via a UN Green Jobs Coordinating Group. This collaboration effort would integrate the work of relevant agencies such as UNEP, ILO, UNDP, UNIDO, UN Habitat, etc. An advisory council, drawn from businesses, labor, community groups, and relevant experts, could assist in analyzing key developments, opportunities, and challenges. Facilitating the spread of green technologies and methods, and providing broad access to them, will be critical to the transition to a green economy. Successful policy innovations and green roadmaps will need to be shared as widely as possible. Some examples are renewable energy feed-in tariffs, micro-credit for solar home systems, green-building standards, and Bus Rapid Transit systems. The Rio+20 Earth Summit 2012 can create a repository for lessons learned by establishing a UN Green Jobs Best Practices Unit. Commitments Governments should improve knowledge of green jobs trends and developments, and integrate relevant data into national economic statistics, by: ? Crafting detailed definitions and sector-by-sector criteria for what constitutes green jobs (as the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics is currently doing); ? Generating regular annual reporting and data (via surveys, or via input-output modeling as the German environment ministry has done in the renewable energy sector for several years) Governments should address potential skills shortages that could hamper the emergence of the green economy, by: ? Undertaking a national skills mapping exercise with the following aims: create skill profiles in each industry; identify strengths and gaps in existing skills patterns; create a plan for building the needed skill base (as the regional government of Navarra, Spain, has done); ? Setting up green training centers and programs, and encourage private sector companies and educational institutions to incorporate green jobs skills into their courses and apprenticeship and other workplace training, as appropriate. Ensure gender-balance and access by disadvantaged communities. Social protections ? Governments should assure that Green jobs are ?decent? jobs through effective social dialogue, collective bargaining arrangements, and partnerships for ?high-road? strategies. ? Establishing and enforcing decent wage standards, occupational health and safety standards, and prohibitions against employers with a documented history of violating such standards from receiving public funds. ? Passing social-inclusion legislation (as Brazil has done with regard to informal waste pickers: offering legal recognition, requiring that municipalities work with recycling cooperatives, setting up pathways to formalization and poverty reduction) ? Creating and funding ?fair transition? programs for workers in ?brown? industries who are affected by the transition to a green economy, including retraining and relocation provisions. Author and Contributors Michael Renner is a Senior Researcher at the Worldwatch Institute, a research organization focused on global sustainability. This text has benefited from review comments by Philip Bump, Cheryl P. Derricotte, and Julie Roberts of Green for All, Michael Replogle of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, and Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel of the Partnership for Working Families, and feedback from Don Chen of the Ford Foundation. II. Strengthening Local Institutions and Empowering People for Sustainable Development Governance Joseph Foti and Jacob Werksman, World Resources Institute Recommendations 1. Sustainable Development Goal ? Every nation will pass a freedom of information act, will put in place environmental impact assessment and other decision-making procedures with participation, and will have multiple means for citizens to enforce environmental laws by 2020. 2. Institutional Arrangements ? There should be improved coordination and enhancement of existing networks promoting transparency, accountability, and inclusiveness at the local level through a new multi-sector partnership. ? There should be the expansion of international legal mechanisms, including but not limited to the Aarhus Convention, to improve accountability at all levels of government. 3. Commitments ? Governments of all levels should advance concrete, measureable commitments to improve transparency, accountability, and inclusiveness in decision-making, based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities. ? All major Local authorities worldwide should declare their intent to pass and implement laws, share best practices, and subject themselves to independent monitoring for open governance by 2015. Mayors and local executives will commit to take specific action to implement Principle 10. ? National governments will commit to decentralize to democratic local institutions and to accelerate the adoption of the above reforms. Need for Action The indispensable role of good local-level governance is made clear in existing sustainable development declarations. Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration states that, ?Environmental issues are best handled with the participation of all concerned citizens, at the relevant level.? Similarly, Agenda 21, Chapter 28, says that Local authorities ?construct, operate and maintain economic, social and environmental infrastructure, oversee planning processes, establish local environmental policies and regulations, and assist in implementing national and sub-national environmental policies. As the level of governance closest to the people, they play a vital role in educating, mobilizing and responding to the public to promote sustainable development.? We have worked with non-governmental organizations who are members and affiliates of The Access Initiative, to gather more than 20 case studies on urban governance from 10 countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hungary, Mexico, Thailand, and the United States). These case studies demonstrated a number of barriers to transparency, accountability, and inclusiveness at the local level. Problems included: ? The public was unable to identify the agency responsible for the issue at hand. ? Services promised were not delivered and the public could not trace how allocated funds had been spent. ? Decisions were made in secret or the public was brought into a decision-making process well after all decisions had already been made. ? Decisions were made at the national level and Local authorities and local residents had little say in their design and implementation. ? The public lacked the data to participate in complicated decisions such as river basin management. Our contributors also pointed out a number of innovative approaches to bring local communities into the decision-making process such as participatory budgeting, social audits, and citizen suits. These approaches are already in place in many local jurisdictions. These case studies provide a solid basis for the our recommended Rio+20 outcomes More Details on Recommended Outcomes We call on governments of all levels to come to Rio with concrete, measureable commitments to improve transparency, accountability, and inclusiveness in decision-making, based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities. By 2015, all major Local authorities worldwide should pass laws, share best practices, and subject themselves to independent monitoring for the following: ? Making available and usable information on all agency jurisdictions, information on budgeting and revenue, and contracting; ? Accepting and promoting use mechanisms for public accountability in service delivery such as public social audits and report cards of agency performance; ? Passing open meeting laws for all Local authorities; ? Adopting reforms for early, meaningful public participation in policy and planning by a broad range of stakeholders; ? Adoption of local Access to Information laws; ? Providing proactive information on land use, development planning, waste disposal, utilities, and regular environmental quality monitoring data; ? Building the capacity of stakeholders to participate by integrating the rights and means to access information and participation into educational curriculums. Mayors and local executives should commit to begin these reforms by the time of the Rio+20 Earth Summit Authors and Contributors These recommendations were developed by Joseph Foti and Jacob Werksman of the Institutions and Governance Program at the World Resources Institute. WRI serves as the Secretariat for the Access Initiative, the largest global network dedicated to ensuring that citizens have the right and ability to influence decisions about the natural resources that sustain their communities. Access Initiative members from around the world carry out evidence-based advocacy to encourage collaboration and innovation advancing transparency, accountability, and inclusiveness in decision-making at all levels. In preparation for Rio+20, national coalitions from the Access Initiative have called on our respective national governments to make public commitments to advance Principle 10, through the ?Three Demands? campaign. For our research on urban governance, we received case studies and other input from: The Bolivian Society for the Defense of Nature (PRODENA), The Center for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA), CoopeSolidar (Costa Rica), The Ecuadoran Center for Environmental Law (CEDA), Environmental Management and Law Center (Hungary), The Foundation for Development and Environment (Cameroon), The Mexican Center for Environmental Law (CEMDA), OMB Watch (USA), Participa (Chile), and the Thailand Environment Institute. III. Planning and Housing Strategies for Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Development Eric S. Belsky, Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University Recommendations 1. Commitments National governments should: ? Create National Incentive Funds for Integrated Urban Region and Municipal Planning ? Create Financing Innovation Funds to Invest in Innovative Financing Models for Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Development ? Establish National Urban Sustainable Planning and Development Commissions Need for Action There are three frequently encountered failures of urban governance and planning capacity that must be addressed. First is the failure to coordinate urban planning at the metropolitan level across different administrative boundaries (city, county, service districts, and state/provincial). Second is the failure to integrate multiple sectors into a systems approach to urban planning (housing, traditional infrastructure, economic development and infrastructure, social development and infrastructure,- and natural resources and environment). Third is the failure to involve the urban poor and their organizations as genuine partners in urban planning processes intended to build upon their assets, ensure their participation, improve their living conditions, and reduce their environmental impacts. Given the large share of the urban population that are poor, the difficult and often environmentally vulnerable conditions in which they live, and the economic functions they serve, it is essential to make planning for the urban poor and their communities central to the urban development process. More Details on Recommended Outcomes Tackling these failures is not easy, and efforts to do so are constrained by limited public resources and challenges of mobilizing private investment and finance. While the solutions to these failures and resource constraints will vary across nations and urban areas within regions, there is a cross-national need to address these failures and constraints. There are three actions that could be taken by national governments to correct these failures and begin to ease the intensity of these constrains. The goal of these is to create the political commitment, institutional capacity, and financing to engage the public, private, NGO, and community-based civic sectors in developing concrete and integrated plans and investment incentives to promote inclusive and sustainable urbanism. ? Create National Incentive Funds for Integrated Urban Region and Municipal Planning. Since most metro regions and individual cities have generally failed to create a long-run vision and plan for inclusive and sustainable urban development, an incentive is needed to get more of them to do so. A national fund that would cover the costs of setting up the appropriate regional and local governance structures and build the capacity for integrated planning would allow more metro regions and cities to undertake such planning and give them the resources to do so. This would not only result in improved planning, but also establish more examples that can be studied and evaluated so that over time efforts to create coordinated and integrated sustainable and inclusive urban plans could be continuously improved. This incentive fund could require some degree of local matching funds and/or a competition for the funds with benchmarks for additional draws to encourage accountability and transparency. There is already a model for such funds operating at the international level called Cities Alliance, which is funded by member cities as well as multilaterals including the UN and the World Bank. ? Create Financing Innovation Funds to Invest in Innovative Financing Models for Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Development. The best planning for inclusive and sustainable urban development will fail to produce results without funds and financing models to support them. National governments should identify, invest in, and export successful financing models for slum improvements and sustainable development. Again, these funds could involve competitions with benchmarks for additional draws. Governments especially should give consideration to establishing innovation funds that will seed new innovations and be used to scale-up 1) promising innovations in the financing of housing and infrastructure for the poor and 2) more comprehensive and integrated financing tools for sustainable urban development. Special attention should be paid to housing finance because housing is not only an important platform for health, safety, and economic opportunity but the financing needs of the urban poor to improve their housing falls between microfinance and conventional finance. o Establish National Urban Sustainable Planning and Development Commissions. National governments 1) set the context in which urban governments make decisions and create the authority for urban governments to take action, 2) have capacity to get attention and drive change at the local level where many of the ultimate decisions are made and all the action takes place, and 3) can create incentives and provide legal and regulatory frameworks to drive inclusive and sustainable development at the local level. Therefore, establishing national urban planning commissions would be an important step toward achieving the goal of inclusive and sustainable urban development. This step would result in the development of regional and urban plans and strategies aimed at fostering sustainable urbanism. Establishing these commissions will help elevate the issue of inclusive and sustainable urban development both domestically and internationally, bring a much needed planning focus to efforts to address the complexities of moving towards a more inclusive and sustainable pattern of urbanism, bring transparency to the discussion, and allow learning to be shared cross-nationally. Each country commission would be expected to develop plans that take into account its own resource constraints, political system, culture, current conditions, and market potential. However, all commissions would have a common charge to be agreed upon at Rio+20 to ensure that all cover the same critical subjects. While national in scope, the central aim of each commission will be to: a) establish national urban development policies and b) work out and modify laws to produce an optimal division of responsibilities and authorities among levels of government, as well as provide models of how the public, civic, and private sectors can work together to meet plan goals. Author and Reviewers Eric S. Belsky is the managing director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University and lecturer in urban planning and design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. The Joint Center is a collaborative venture of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. The author would like to thank the following reviewers for their helpful comments: Christopher W. Williams, UN-HABITAT; Don Chen, Ford Foundation; Michael Replogle, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy; and Jacob Scherr, Natural Resources Defense Council. IV. Transport as Critical Element of Sustainable Development Michael Replogle and Colin Hughes, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy Recommendations 1. Sustainable Development Goals ? Ensure universal access to sustainable transport though support for safe, affordable public transport and safe, attractive facilities for walking and bicycling. ? Ensure global transport greenhouse gas emissions and transport sector fossil fuel consumption peak by 2020 and are cut by at least 40 percent by 2050 compared to 2005 levels, while ensuring transport contributes to timely attainment of healthful air quality. ? Cut traffic-related deaths in half by 2025. 2. Institutional Arrangements ? United Nations: Enhance UN agency coordination around critical sustainable transport tasks to improve effectiveness in global agenda setting, capacity building, data collection, monitoring of progress, technology transfer, regional development, and cooperation with other sectors. ? Development Agencies and Banks: Adopt and monitor (1) sustainable transport targets, (2) goals to advance equitable access for all, and report on these targets and goals. Increase support for sustainable transport capacity building and transport sector climate resilience and adaptation. ? Multi-lateral Carbon Finance Instruments: Foster transport sector contributions to CO2 mitigation roughly equal to its 23 percent of energy-related carbon burden by improving transport sector access to carbon finance with sector-appropriate appraisal requirements for CDM, GEF, and CIF funds, and a transport sector window to the Green Climate Fund. ? Enhance Private Sector Participation: Foster public private partnerships and implement new business models in support of sustainable transport. ? Capacity Development: Strengthen both current voluntary multi-stakeholder partnerships on sustainable transport as well as intergovernmental processes on transport. 3. Commitments ? National governments should take actions, such as setting goals to boost the share of travel by low carbon sustainable transport modes, adopting street and urban design standards to promote sustainable transport and urban development, and encouraging and funding implementation of sustainable transport and land-use plans for cities The Need for Action Transportation is key to providing access to opportunities, jobs, and prosperity. Many recent statements recognize the importance of sustainable transport to advance sustainable development, including: ? Bangkok 2020 Declaration, endorsed by 22 Asian countries (UNCRD (2010), Bangkok Declaration for 2020: Sustainable Transport Goals for 2010-2020 ? Bogota Declaration, endorsed by 9 Latin American nations (UNCRD (2011), Bogota Declaration Sustainable Transport Objectives) ? Report of the Secretary General to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) 19th Session on Policy Options and Actions for Expediting Progress in Implementation: Transport. Rapid economic development and urbanization are fueling massive growth in transport demand. Current practices of meeting increased transport demand mostly by growing car fleets and road capacity are unsustainable. Transport-related externality costs in developing countries are soaring. Road accident deaths top 1.3 million annually. Of those who die, 9 in 10 are from low- and middle-income countries; half are pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists; victims disproportionately are poor. Fatalities are projected to rise 80 percent by 2020 in low- and middle-income countries (while falling 30 percent in high-income countries), at a cost to the developing world of US $100 billion a year (equal to all current overseas aid from OECD countries). Transport accounts for 25-80 percent of urban air pollution that leads to respiratory and heart disease and cancer. Air pollution causes approximately 2 million premature deaths worldwide per year, with more than half of this burden borne by people in developing countries. Studies by the IPCC suggest that cuts to greenhouse gas emissions by 50-85 percent below year 2000 levels are needed to limit catastrophic climate change. Yet unless comprehensive changes in policy are made, car ownership will triple to 2 billion, trucking will quadruple, and transport-related greenhouse gases will grow by 80 percent. A 2-degree Celsius climate protection goal cannot be met without a considerable contribution to CO2 mitigation by the transport sector. A study by the UNEP shows that sustainable, low carbon, transport initiatives that reallocate just 0.34 percent of global GDP in support of public transport infrastructure and efficiency improvements to road vehicles could cut the volume of road vehicles required to support equal economic activity by one third, cut use of oil‐based fuel by up to a third and boost transport sector employment by 10 percent. As the transport sector already directly provides 5-8 percent of a typical country?s total paid employment, with much higher indirect value added and employment in related sectors, there is significant economic development potential from pursuit of such initiatives. The impact of these changes in the structure of transport services on climate change would be to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 by 68 percent below business as usual trends (and about 36 percent below 2010 levels). Fuel cost savings and reduced traffic congestion from a sustainable transport program can support added sustainable economic development while boosting access for the poor to opportunities. Such strategies would also cut the huge public health costs of unmanaged motorization ? accidents, pollution-related disease, and rising levels of obesity related to physical inactivity. With sustainable transport strategies, transport sector jobs will increasingly be generated through investment in low-carbon transport infrastructure and vehicles, alternative fuels, and telecommunications and other technologies. A study found public transport spurs 70 percent more jobs per unit of investment than building new roads; road and bridge maintenance creates 16 percent more jobs than new construction. The technologies and policies needed to obtain these sustainable transport benefits are well known, proven to be effective, and often come at a small or net-negative cost when accounting for fuel cost savings and other co-benefits. Yet they do require a commitment to concerted action. In the absence of a transport sector specific Sustainable Development Goal, neither development assistance nor carbon-finance have focused effectively on many available low-cost opportunities for progress in transport. More Detail on the Proposed Outcomes Achieving the proposed Sustainable Development Goal necessitates a global commitment to a set of best practices and strategies contained in new sustainable transport paradigm, known collectively as ?Avoid, Shift, Improve? (ASI). The ASI Best Practices focus on avoiding unnecessary motorized trips with smarter planning, pricing, and technology; shifting trips to more sustainable modes through price incentives, better information, and improved service quality; and improving vehicle efficiency with cleaner fuels, improved network management, and more efficient vehicle technology. All the elements of ASI have been demonstrated at scale. Successful examples of this include Bus Rapid Transit, bicycle-sharing and bikeway networks, integrated land-use/transport planning, parking limitations and management, smart parking and car-sharing, vehicle registration quotas, congestion pricing, vehicle emission standards, and intermodal freight efficiency and logistics systems. Potential national actions may involve institutional capacity building, expanding use of public-private partnerships, innovative financing, and integration of multiple sectors into a systems approach to urban planning. It also includes shifting subsidies and investments from fossil fuels, roads, and private motor vehicles to instead favor sustainable transport, targeted user-side-subsidies, climate resilient transport, and pro-poor development, with sound transport pricing. Author and Reviewers These recommendations were prepared by Michael Replogle and Colin Hughes of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), a non-profit group that works with cities worldwide to bring about sustainable transport solutions that cut greenhouse gas emissions, reduce poverty, and improve the quality of urban life. The authors thank the Partnership for Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) and several of its members who actively reviewed and commented on earlier drafts of this statement. V. The Role of Information & Communications Technologies (ICTs) in Creating Smart Sustainable Cities Diana Lind, Next American City Recommendations 1. Sustainable Development Goal ? By 2020, every major city should become a ?smart? city that enables all of its residents to have electronic access to sustainability data and governmental decision-making. 2. Institutional Arrangements ? A new global smart cities initiative should be established to assist local governments to access and implement best practices for using ICT to achieve sustainability 3. Commitments Governments at all levels should: ? Create databases of critical information on transport, housing, waste, sanitation, and other urban sustainability issues. These databases should be readily available to the public; ? Develop and expand programs to enable the public to provide information electronically on sustainability issues, such as pollution and transportation needs, to governmental decision makers; ? Ensure that ICTs are available to poor and disenfranchised groups and people. Need for Action As cities today grow in size and complexity, their governments are tasked with becoming more environmentally sustainable, livable, and economically vibrant. In an effort to become more effective and efficient in this competitive environment, governments are increasingly turning to information and communications technologies (ICTs) to maximize their natural and financial resources. City governments may not have much cash but collect a wealth of data on a range of civic issues, such as transportation and energy use, housing, and crime and health statistics. Some tech-savvy cities have been quick to analyze this data to better inform decisions on where to build a hospital, allocate police presence, add transportation routes, or locate a public park. But many more cities still lack the ability to analyze their data, engage the public in the decision-making process and become more sustainable as a result. A variety of actors, including governments, corporations, non-profit organizations, and individual citizens are using ICTs to improve the quality of urban life. Here are interesting examples: ? The cities of New York and Washington, D.C. created competitions to develop apps that make the use of public transportation and public spaces more convenient, make it easier to avoid restaurants with health code violations and enable people to sign local petitions on a cell phone. ? Singapore uses real-time traffic data gathered from smart phones to locate and predict traffic congestion, inform individual drivers and suggest alternate travel routes. This data can also be used to improve traffic engineering. ? In India, a non-profit organization uses a text-message program to notify residents about local piped water delivery, making it easier for citizens to access clean water. ? Near Fukushima, Japan, citizens who lack trust in the government?s information have used their own Geiger counters and open-source software to compile their own map of radiation hotspots around the crippled nuclear power plants there. More Details on Proposed Outcomes While ICTs have the potential to improve cites? sustainability, to increase civic engagement, and to support governance decisions, many cities are unaware of or unable to harness these technologies. A new global initiative that engages the United Nations, The World Bank, leading national and local governments, corporations and key non-profit organizations should work together to determine best practices in this field, fund the expansion of ICTs for sustainability purposes, and ensure broader public access to public data. Author and Reviewers: Diana Lind is Executive Director of Next American City, a Philadelphia-based national nonprofit organization helping to improve the social, economic and environmental character of cities by reporting on best practices in areas such as transportation, housing, governance, and sustainability. The following reviewers contributed ideas and commentary on these recommendations: Nick Grossman, Civic Commons; Colin Maclay, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University; Benjamin de la Pena, Rockefeller Foundation; Anthony Townsend, Institute for the Future; Ethan Zuckerman, Center for Civic Media, MIT. VI. Putting Urban Metrics into Sustainable Development Indicator Systems Eugenie L. Birch and Amy Lynch, University of Pennsylvania Recommendations 1. Sustainable Development Goal ? By 2020, all countries will adopt sustainable development indicator systems that include urban metrics scaled to national, provincial/regional and local goals as appropriate, measure their progress regularly, and report the findings publicly. 2. Institutional Arrangements ? The United Nations should create and maintain a dedicated database of nations? sustainable development indicator systems and of urban sustainability indicator systems. 3. Commitments ? National government should include and support the creation of urban metrics in their sustainability indicator systems. Need for Action Failure to include urban concerns and related indicators (e.g. presence of services in peri-urban settlements, the availability of affordable urban housing and accessible transport, the percent city development on vulnerable or polluted land), in setting goals, policies, and programs will result in failure to achieve sustainable development. Information about sustainable urban development is widely available ? we know how to engage in land suitability analysis, to build compact cities that have ?smart? transportation, affordable housing. In addition, we understand that urban sustainable development requires regional actions (e.g. supporting green infrastructure investment to protect the water supply and assure food security) and national policy (e.g. carbon pricing or other environmental protection or sound fiscal and monetary policies) Through advances in information technology, we have the ability to build consensus around sustainable development goals and to monitor quickly the results of particular policies and programs. What we lack is the management capacity and political will to apply and manage these policies. We also lack a central repository that collects already accomplished and ongoing work in this area. The UN Division of Sustainable Development (DSD) has created a website (http://www.un.org/esa/dsd/dsd_aofw_ni/ni_index.shtml) to track sustainable development efforts, but it is out of date as the last entries were in May 2010. More Details on Recommended Outcomes While not a panacea, indicators that include urban metrics are an important tool to be used in forging the political will and measuring performance on sustainability that in the next decades is inextricably associated with cities. There are a number of successful systems, including in cities such as Vienna, New York, and organizations, such as ICLEI. The creation of a centrally located, easily accessed database of demonstration and best practices processes and associated materials within the United Nations will promote global knowledge-sharing and advance the work. Authors and Collaborators These recommendations were developed by Eugenie L. Birch, Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania, and Amy Lynch, PhD candidate, University of Pennsylvania. Birch and Lynch have been working with the Office of International Affairs and Philanthropy, U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development and others on understanding and developing sustainable urban development indicators for the United States. Birch?s most recent books are Global Urbanization (2011), Women?s Health (2011), Growing Greener Cities (2008) and Rebuilding Urban Places after Disaster, Lessons from Hurricane Katrina (2006). Lynch is completing a dissertation on green infrastructure.


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Cancer can't keep DeLand woman from marathons
Published: Monday, January 28, 2013 at 5:30 a.m.
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DELAND — Linda Ryan's goal was to cross the finish line of the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon in San Diego as she pushed her body to new limits.
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- Twelve thousand women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer annually, according the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The majority of women diagnosed are over age 30.
- Most cervical cancers are caused by HPV (human papillomavirus). At least half of sexually active people will contract HPV at some point in their life. The virus is spread during skin-to-skin contact during sexual activity and many people do not know they have it. But there are several different types of HPV and some strains will go away on their own, said Dr. Pam Carbiener , a Daytona Beach gynecologist and obstetrician.
- The CDC recommends males and females ages 9 through 26 receive the HPV vaccine to protect themselves against the most common strains of HPV. The vaccine works best when preteens receive all three doses before becoming sexually active.
- Getting a pap test is one of the most effective screening tests for cervical cancer. The CDC recommends that women start getting regular pap tests at age 21. Women who have normal pap tests may not need another pap test for three years if directed by their doctor. Women who have abnormal cells or HPV should have annual pap smears. Carbiener said women should visit their gynecologist annually and discuss how often to get a pap smear.
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In the months leading up to the race in 2011, the 44-year-old took up weight training and adopted healthier eating habits in addition to long runs.
But it turned out Ryan was not just training to race, but to fight for her life.
In July 2011, one month after completing the 26.2-mile race, she learned that she had a recurrence of cervical cancer.
"During this time I developed an inner strength that is now helping me in the fight of my life," Ryan said about her training. "I believe it is no coincidence that I began this journey fighting cancer while I was in the best shape of my life."
This wasn't the first time cancer paid Ryan a visit. In 2002 she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and in 2004 she was diagnosed with cervical cancer. But those cancers did not require chemotherapy treatments. This time the cervical cancer had spread to her lymph nodes.
Her friends were shocked at the news but were inspired by Ryan's determination to beat the disease.
"I couldn't believe that she could be healthy enough to run a marathon at the same time she had cancer," said friend Barbara Underhill.
But Ryan was determined not to let her diagnosis keep her from being positive and strong for her two young sons and husband, Sean.
Ryan's four friends: Underhill, Kim Winters, Kim Martin and Kathy Guyer, became her support system in addition to her family. Underhill accompanied Ryan to several chemotherapy treatments at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
Despite the chemotherapy treatments that left Ryan weak and nauseous, she continued to run. When running was too hard, she walked.
"It got harder and harder to recover from each round of chemotherapy," she said. "But I felt better when I was moving. Running forced me to be outside and doing what I loved."
Using the same mental perseverance she learned while training for a marathon, Ryan said she forced her body to keep going even when she didn't want to. Between round five and six of chemotherapy she ran the Walt Disney World half marathon. And between rounds seven and eight, she ran the LIVESTRONG half marathon in Austin, Texas, finishing with a time of 3:02:42 — a personal best.
Between round five and six she also went skydiving with her friends.
In the fall of 2011, Ryan's circle of friends, dubbed the "Livin' the Dream Team," conceived "Me Strong," a 5K race that would not only raise money for cancer research but would inspire others to pursue a healthy lifestyle. The race also raises money for families who are coping with financial obstacles due to a cancer diagnosis.
"We thought about what we could do to help her," Martin said. "We didn't think she needed another casserole. She had motivated so many of us by continuing to run."
Even people who were not runners signed up for the race, which had almost 1,000 participants, in January 2012. This year's event is Saturday.
"It was overwhelming to have so many come out and support me," Ryan said. "They saw me doing it when I had cancer and so they were pushing themselves just to walk or run to get in shape. That was my dream going into this. The miracle wasn't that I finished (the race), it was that I had the courage to start."
The women are planning for an even bigger turn out this year.
Last March after completing eight rounds of chemotherapy, Ryan's doctors told her that they could not find a trace of cancer in her body. Underhill and Ryan celebrated the good news by doing headstands in the hospital's waiting room.
"It took some time for me to realize that it was gone. But when they came in and said 'it's gone,' I felt a sense of victory," Ryan said. "I remember saying 'I beat it, I won.' "
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Logement situé au rez-de-chaussée, spacieux et lumineux, pouvant même accueillir 6 personnes avec le canapé-lit. Cuisine équipée, adaptateurs fournis (Français->Anglais), parking public situé dans la rue (payant mais un badge est fourni pour pouvoir se garer sans problème). Juste au niveau de la gazinière : difficultés à allumer les plaques, prévoir des allumettes ou briquets au cas où.
Great location within 5-10 minutes walk to east croydon.Good walking distance to the shopping centre in Croydon. Apartment better then expected. Fully equipped, good heating. Had some problems connecting to the WiFi and to get hot water in the kitchen and sink I the bathroom, other then that,fully satisfied.
Heerlijk rustige locatie, goed en net huis waar echt alles aanwezig is. Goed vvor vier personen. Vijf zou wat druk worden. Op 10 min lopen van station East Croyden. In 20 min in het centrum van Londen. De boeking, betaling en verdere afhandeling prima voor elkaar. Kortom: klasse!
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The place shown on the pictures has an open swimming pool. However if you 're in to reading all the small letters in the massive paper work of Inter Home you Will Read That the pool is open from the 15th of June. What à dissapointment for my daughter. Furthermore we had to pay for the bedlinen on top of the cleaning which was counted pro person. And of course because it was cold we had to pay for the heating although in the living room was no heating system, only in the bath and bedroom. The owners were. Ice although when people arrive in the middle of the night due to their flight it would be nice if there would be something to drink. The garden is large and nice decorated so I think in summer when the pool is open it will be a paradise. For myself I think it is deceive that Wimdu puts this booking through a link connecting to another website. In this way you pay a lot more and you don,'t get what is shown on the pictures. I will never book in this manner again because in the end you pay a lot more.
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We had a great time. The accommodation was good, room was clean and complete. It had a nice parking garage, a bit small but fine.
It was no problem that we arrived late in the evening (car trouble). The breakfast service was convenient and good. We had a great view of the mountains and we got some great advice about the area from the landlord.
We would recommend this accommodation to everyone who loves nature. But you do have to travel a bit (25min) for the first big supermarket.
Convenient to 3 metro lines; furnished; pictures of small rooms accurate; elevator. Shelves and dishes grimy; very noisy street (major road to airport) during week; no trash cans; smelly towels poorly laundered; some musty smells throughout; no Internet (borrowed from neighbor, though).
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Wasatch Range (South) > South Timpanogos / Second Summit > Climber's Log
South Timpanogos / Second Summit Climber's Log
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|Second Summit
|Climbed via Razorback Ridge and down Timp Glacier in the early 1990's.
|Posted Nov 3, 2015 6:43 pm
|Adventurous day
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2015
|Started from the summit th of the alpine loop and went up the ridge from horse flat. Summitted Roberts horn, then went down to emerald lake, up the glacier chute to the saddle, summitted south timp, then across to the actual timp summit, down timpanookee and back through salamander up to my car. Great 16 mile, 6.5 hour day.
|Posted Aug 16, 2015 8:01 am
|Fun Day
Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2015
|Climbed to the summit of South Timpanogos from the Aspen Grove trailhead. Took longer than expected due to snow or lack thereof in the glacier area. Beautiful views from the top over to Timp and the massive thunderstorms over the Uintas.
edit: 07/19/15- Climbed South Summit again, not because it was so fun but because I missed yet another shady low-prominence 11'er: Southeast Timpanogos (11608ish feet), luckily I climbed it and I've officially completed all the 11'ers on the Timpanogos Massif! The trip up to the top was worth it because the scenery combined with low cumulus clouds was perfect!
|Posted Jul 2, 2015 1:28 am
|All three summits in one day
Date Climbed: Jul 31, 2009
|Very serene on top. Just a short prance up from the glacier. Mountain Goat country, also :)
|Posted Dec 22, 2014 1:06 pm
|Via Timpanookee
Date Climbed: Jun 15, 2013
|Hit this one and over to main.
|Posted Nov 3, 2014 9:23 pm
|South Timp
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2014
|I went back up before work to finish a traverse of the Timp massif that I had to abandon a few days earlier. Great views.
|Posted Jul 16, 2014 11:42 am
|Razorback Ridge/Finished Wasatch 11ers!
Date Climbed: Sep 18, 2013
|Finished all of the Wasatch 11ers finally with a spectacular hike up Razorback Ridge. If it is in condition then highly consider taking these what appears to be seldom used route. This was the cusp of fall colors and a fine way to finish a long project. Feel so lucky to have spent so many great hours in these mountains. Their proximity has definitely helped shape my life.
|Posted Oct 26, 2013 6:44 pm
|South Timp
Date Climbed: Aug 16, 2015
|8/16/2015 As part of an epic day with Ben Stokes. Starting at the Aspen Grove TH we first summitted Elk Point. From there we followed the Razorback Ridge to the "Shoulder" and on up to the South Summit. From the South Summit of Timp we continued heading along the ridge to Timp's SE summit before ultimately traversing around the cockscomb ridge that frames the massive Big Provo Cirque. We worked our way down through some fairly major cliff bands to the top of Sundance Ski Resort and followed service roads down to the base of Sundance.
7/21/2013 Via the Timpooneke trailhead. Traversed over from the main summit to the South summit. From South Timp I traversed back to the main summit and onto Bomber Peak before dropping back down into Timpanogos basin.
|Posted Jul 21, 2013 6:28 pm
|N-S traverse
Date Climbed: May 26, 2013
|Starting at Timpanookee, up North Timp, then along the ridge. This peak is close to the Timp glacier descent, and has a nice view of Timpanogos; I'm surprised not many people seem to visit it. Trip report.
|Posted May 26, 2013 6:18 pm
|South Timp
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2012
|We started at Aspen Grove and it was a busy day on the trail. We implemented a run rule for whenever we encountered anyone and that meant we ran the entire way to Emerald Lake. From there we headed up the glacier and I usually HATE snow but this was well packed and easy to climb. My wimpiness kicked in after the snow during the finally push to the top. I am not a fan of feeling exposed. It was warmer at the top than I expected and of course the view was a great reward. We saw a mountain goat chilling in the snow, very camouflaged. It was fun to have a few guys join us on the run down, that doesnt usually happen. :)
|Posted Nov 2, 2012 3:43 pm
|South Timp from Aspen Grove on a gorgeous day
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2012
|Ran up from Aspen Grove to Emerald Lake and then we scrambled up the glacier and piles of rocks up to the saddle (the little trench on the right is much easier than the "trail"). Took about 25 minutes from Saddle to summit moving easy. Summit was gorgeous and weather was great. Came back down and saw a mountain goat less than 5 meters away just sitting on the glacier---never moved! Ran back down to the car, great day.
|Posted Sep 16, 2012 12:33 pm
|Via Razorback Ridge
Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009
|This was either my second or third time at Second Summit. Hiked it with Dave & Christine. The Razorback Ridge route is by far the hairiest way to get to the top, hands down. I didn't realize that Second Summit had its own page. :) #4 6-15-13 Im Schnee und mit Steigeisen zum Sattel, dann spaeter die Hauptspitze mit wunderbarer Gesellschaft und zwei begeisterten Hunden!
|Posted May 9, 2011 6:54 pm
|Up I Go
|06/21/10 via Aspen Grove
|Posted Oct 29, 2010 5:09 am
|Nice hike
Date Climbed: Oct 12, 2010
|Started at the Aspen Grove TH. First climbed East Peak (10791), then went over to Roberts Horn, then on to Timp, then to South Timp (11722), back over Timp and back to TH. Perfect fall day.
|Posted Oct 13, 2010 1:37 pm
|with Timp
Date Climbed: Sep 10, 2010
|Made the out and back traverse over from Timp's main summit. Surprisingly good trail all the way to the saddle at the top of Timp Glacier then some steep class 2 to the summit.
|Posted Sep 15, 2010 6:35 pm
|Timpanogos Traverse
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2010
|Starting from the Aspen Grove trailhead, I hiked up the Timp Glacier to the South summit. From there, I traversed over Timpanogos, Bomber Peak, and North Timpanogos. Car to car time was about 8 hours, 20 minutes.
|Posted Jul 5, 2010 7:35 pm
|Up the
Date Climbed: Nov 1, 2008
|About the same height with out the nice shelter :(
Pics and map at http://www.willhiteweb.com/utah_climbing/wasatch_mountains/alpine_loop/mount_timpanogos_012.htm
|Posted Jul 13, 2009 12:38 am
|From the south
|I like to do the ridge run via Sundance over the the south summit to the main peak.
|Posted Dec 7, 2008 11:21 pm
|Via the Snow Field
Date Climbed: Oct 26, 2012
|The first snow in the valley took place Oct 25, 2012 so I decided it would be a good day to climb timp the next day so I could have the place to myself. The snow didn't fill in as much as I hoped amounting to maybe 8 inches or less at 11,000 feet. Started at 6:45 am, made it to Emerald Lake at 10:09 am. By 11:25 am I had crossed the snowfield and climbed to the saddle. From the saddle it took 35 minutes to reach the south summit. Everything was covered in rhime ice. Next it was on to the true summit which I reached at 1:40 pm. I continued on to Bomber peak arriving at 3:26 pm, and from there to N. Timp by 4:28 pm. I took the Cold Fusion Coulior down which was tough going with the snow just enough to make it slick. It was close to 7 pm when I made it to the dirt road, and was lucky enough to hitch a ride with some hunters.
July 4, 2010. Went up the snowfield from Emerald Lake. Took 45 minutes to reach the saddle and another 15 minutes to reach the peak.
Was on top before 9 pm and was able to catch the sunset. The views were amazing. I could see the Great Salt Lake to the NW, Utah Lake to the West, Jordanal Dam to the NE, Deer Creek Resevoir to the East, and Mt Nebo to the south.
August 9, 2008 - Went up the Aspen Grove trail to Emerald lake (that took 1 hour 45 minutes), continued on to Roberts Horn (from the lake this took 1/2 hour). Descended back to Emerald Lake and climbed the snow field to the saddle (Lake to saddle took 1/2 hour), then I summited South Timp (in 15 minutes from saddle), then descended and ascended Timp (in 40 minutes from saddle). I returned via the snowfield and the Aspen Grove trail. Big day and another of my solo trips.
|Posted Aug 9, 2008 10:20 pm
|Route Climbed: ridge traverse from Bomber Peak
Date Climbed: Jul 20, 2008
|Approached via Timpooneke and camped in Timp Basin. Descended via the "glacier". I had to hurry to the peak and back from the glacier saddle because of questionable weather. Saw a herd of mountain goats at Emerald Lake that let me get close-up photos.
|Posted Jul 25, 2008 5:42 pm


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a disease that only girls have! boys cannot get it because of their awesomeness!
ew that girl has a cooty!
de dippleknot 6 août 2007
A disease picked up over the weekend from the opposite sex.
Damn, what happened to you? Looks like you picked up some cooties over the weekend.
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A highly contagious disease spread only among men. It causes the victim to exhibit large, unquantifiable amounts of asshole-ness and stupidity. It inhibits common sense and causes a depletion of brain power usually resulting in dumping, slapping, and being called names by the opposite sex. There is no known cure.
Your man has a mad case of the cooties, you should dump him.
This dude's a complete asshole, he must have cooties.
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According to adults (generally parents of young children): small, hairy monkey that lives in the back of one's throat; also known as "throat troll". Commonly transmitted by young children expressing affection (i.e. kissing a.k.a. swappin' spit, tonsil hockey, etc.) to the opposite sex (or "crush").
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To be sexually aroused. In males this usually means getting a boner, and in females wetting of the vaginal area. Can also mean being horny, though this is a less severe condition of cooties.
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Jill: oh john stop it you're giving me cooties!
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Highly Contagious, Viral batecteria that breed inside young males and are released into the air via sweat glands when in the proximity of other young girls.
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Slang for pubic lice at the turn of the century.
I thought cooties were just imaginary, but they are actually pubic lice. And my balls really itch.
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Mission Statement
The Mission of the Professional Counseling and Supervision program (Ed.D.) is to prepare counseling professionals to positively impact their clients and communities of service through effective practices and programs, leadership, and advocacy.
Ed.D. in Professional Counseling and Supervision equips graduates with the skills they need for advancement and/or achievement in counseling-related positions. The curriculum builds upon skills and knowledge acquired through previous degrees in counseling and extends graduates' knowledge through an emphasis on program evaluation, clinical and administrative supervision, and advocacy and leadership.
At the completion of the program, students defend a professional practice dissertation that is designed to evaluate and improve programs in order to positively impact the clients and communities of service in which they work.
Program Description
The Ed.D. in Professional Counseling and Supervision is an applied doctorate with an emphasis on the application of knowledge through continued practice. The program begins each summer with a cohort of 12 students. The 36-hour program is completed in two years of continuous enrollment. Two doctoral level courses are offered each term. The program builds upon a strong foundation developed through previous graduate education and professional experience. Doctoral students learn to evaluate and improve programs and interventions in the context of their current work settings. Dissertations, evaluation studies, are developed through embedded assignments across the curriculum. The counseling faculty in the Department of Clinical and Professional Studies are well-recognized at state, regional and national levels for their professionalism. They consistently publish research and practice articles in peer reviewed journals, attend and present at state, regional and national conferences, and hold leadership positions in professional and honor societies. Open the faculty link on this page to view their credentials.
It is extremely important that prospective students review the department's accompanying website where many Frequently Asked Questions are answered: http://www.westga.edu/eddpcs/
For additional information, please contact Margaret Parrish (Pre-enrollment advisor) firstname.lastname@example.com or 678-839-6062.
Method of Delivery
Students enroll in two courses per term for a 2 year period. The courses are delivered via distance technology. Aside from a required on-campus orientation at the beginning of the first summer term of enrollment, all curricular and extracurricular experiences are managed through distance technology.
The University of West Georgia is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACCSCOC).
Credit & Transfer
Total semester hours required to earn a degree: 36
Maximum Hours Transferable into program: 0
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Course of Study Sheet
Coursework builds upon and extends knowledge and skills previously developed. The major areas of emphases are program evaluation, clinical and administrative supervision, and advocacy.
Year One
CEPD 9171 Program Evaluation
CEPD 9184 Seminar I: Professional Issues*
CEPD 9183 Directed Doctoral Research
EDSI 9961 Quantitative Research*
EDSI 9962 Qualitative Methods in School Improvement * CEPD 9186 Internship*
Year Two
CEPD 9199 Dissertation (3)
CEPD 9185 Seminar II: Advocacy*
CEPD 9187 Supervision
CEPD 9199 Dissertation (3)
CEPD 9199 Dissertation (3)
CEPD 9186 Internship*
Program Evaluation - CEPD-9171
Description: This course focuses on the theories, concepts, and processes involved in planning and managing evaluations. Students will engage in evaluations in specific counseling situations (individual, group, organizational) using focus groups, key stakeholder interviews, survey design, data gathering, analysis and/or other methods as appropriate and analyze outcomes to make recommendations for development and/or remediation.
Directed Doctoral Research - CEPD-9183
Description: Individual injury on a research problem consisting of a plan for data collection and analysis, as well as, critical review, integration and interpretation of research literature.
Doctoral Seminar Professional Issues - CEPD-9184
Description: This course is a special topics seminar structured to address current issues and trends in counseling. An exchange of scholarly thinking and research will be the hallmark of classroom interactions and activities.
Doctoral Seminar-Advocacy for Marginalized and Underserved Populations - CEPD-9185
Description: This course is a special topics seminar structured to address advocacy of marginalized and underserved populations in counseling. An exchange of scholarly thinking and research will be the hallmark of classroom interactions and activities.
Doctoral Internship - CEPD-9186
Description: This course entails a minimum of 300 clock hours of supervised experiences over the course of two semesters. One experience of 150 hours focuses on administrative supervision in counseling and one experience of 150 hours focuses on program evaluation.
Doctoral Practicum in Supervision - CEPD-9187
Description: This course is designed to provide closely directed advanced experience in supervision of professional counseling. The focus is on development of effective clinical supervision style and skills via recording and critique of supervision sessions. Ethical, legal, multicultural and other professional issues are addressed.
Dissertation - CEPD-9199
Description: The dissertation experience requires the designing and conducting of an independent scholarly inquiry guided by a faculty dissertation committee.
Quantitative Research Methods - EDSI-9961
Description: This course introduces the graduate student to basic methods of empirical inquiry used in education, nursing, and related social sciences. Quantitative research designs commonly used in these disciplines are emphasized. Students will learn how to select samples, identify appropriate measurement instruments, analyze data descriptively, and apply a variety of inferential statistical tests to answer research questions.
Qualitative Research Methods - EDSI-9962
Description: This course focuses on the use of qualitative methods of research, including theoretical perspectives and methods of collection and analysis of qualitative data sources in educational studies. It emphasizes analysis of work samples, observations, inquiry data, artifacts, and other sources of data. Students become skilled at using methods of qualitative research to evaluate school improvement issues. In addition, students examine strategies for thematic and other forms of analysis of observational and inquiry data. Throughout the course students collect and analyze school improvement data.
This describes the general information about faculty for this program.
Guidelines for Admittance
- All graduate applicants must complete the online Grad Application. A one-time application fee of $40 is required.
- International applicants are subject to additional requirements and application deadlines. See Procedures for International Students.
- Official transcripts from a regionally or nationally accredited institution are required and should be sent directly to the UWG Admissions Office.
Program-specific Admittance Guidelines
1. Official transcripts of work completed to earn undergraduate, master's, and education specialist degrees
Applicants must have either an Education Specialist degree in Counseling Education from an accredited program or 30 hours of post-masters, advanced preparation in counseling.
A master's degree in counseling from a CACREP accredited program. If the program was not CACREP accredited at the time of the applicant's graduation, the applicant must demonstrate that the program was substantially CACREP equivalent
Minimum graduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale for all graduate course work
2. Professional Counselor License or School Counselor License or Certificate
3. GRE scores no older than 5 years
Minimum expected composite score on the GRE of 1000 with at least 450 on the verbal section and 450 on the quantitative section for tests taken before August 2011
Minimum expected scores effective August 2011 are Verbal Reasoning 151 and Quantitative Reasoning 142
4. A 300-500 word essay presenting the applicant's professional goals and the relationship between those goals and the program mission
5. Three recommendations from professionals who are familiar with the applicant's professional qualities and academic potential on the Professional Counseling and Supervision recommendation form (click here)
6. A vitae listing contact information, educational background, employment history, awards and recognitions, presentations, etc.
- Minimum of three years of counseling experience in private or public schools, community agency, university, hospital, or private practice
- All application materials should be mailed in one packet to this address:
University of West GeorgiaOffice of Graduate & International AdmissionsAycock HallCarrollton, GA 30118
Following receipt and review of these materials, a group of qualified applicants will be invited to interview with a team of faculty members as the final stage of the admissions process.
Application Deadlines
Admission: Summer
Priority Application Deadline: February 2nd
Admission Process Checklist
Step 1: Complete the online application at the UWG Graduate Studies webpage. You will be charged a $40.00 non-refundable applicaiton fee.
Application questions should be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Ed.D. in Professional Counseling and Supervision Website includes a directory of instructors and their credentials, as well as other vital information.
Margaret Parrish (Pre-enrollment advisor) email@example.com 678-839-6062
Important Dates for Summer 2017 Cohort
Priority Application Deadline: February 2
See program website for specific deadlines: http://www.westga.edu/eddpcs/
Learning Objectives
- Candidates will evaluate an intervention delivered in their work settings to respond to specific client or student needs identified through the use of local data.
- Candidates will develop a well-integrated, comprehensive review of the literature sufficient to support the evaluation of a program implemented in their respective work setting.
- Candidates will establish the evaluability of a program, develop an evaluation study design, conduct an evaluation study, report results and make appropriate recommendations for program improvement.
- Candidates will make appropriate recommendations for improvement of interventions or programs based on outcomes evaluation data.
- Candidates will identify and propose data driven program improvements indicated by the results of their dissertation evaluation projects.
- Candidates will complete and submit a professional association program proposal or manuscript addressing professional development needs of peers in the context of a current trend in counseling.


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