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- Date submitted: 4 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Member State
- Name: Republic of Korea
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Full SubmissionPROPOSAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA ON THE RIO+20 OUTCOME DOCUMENT CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. EXPECTED OUTCOMES FROM RIO+20 1 III. GREEN ECONOMY IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ERADICATION 2 III-1. ROK?S VIEW ON GREEN ECONOMY 2 III-2. ROADMAP FOR GREEN ECONOMY AND THE GLOBAL GREEN GROWTH PARTNERSHIP 5 IV. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 10 IV-1. IMPLEMENTATION OF SD AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INSTITUTIONAL REFORM 10 IV-2. CONSTITUTIVE PRINCIPLES OF THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 10 IV-3. THE ROK?S VIEW ON IFSD 11 V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 12 I. INTRODUCTION In preparation for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 (?Rio+20?), the Republic of Korea (?ROK?) supports a vision for Green Growth in pursuit of Green Economy (GE) as a way to promote sustainable development and poverty eradication both at the national and the international level. Since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992, the global community, including individual nations, has endeavored to approach diverse problems from both economic and environmental perspectives. With the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002, we attained a better sense on sustainable development and the understanding to give equal emphasis to the economic, social, and environmental aspects of global challenges. In celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Rio Conference, the ROK would like to join the significant move towards the advancement of sustainable development of the world by securing renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assessing the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits on sustainable development, and by addressing new and emerging challenges. It is a good achievement that many governments now incorporate environmental integrity as a criterion to evaluate their economic policies and try to enhance people?s awareness on social and environmental aspects of the policies, while continuing to foster economic growth. However, there still remain significant challenges. There are a good number of people who are still suffering from absolute poverty, loss of jobs, and air and water pollutions. Economic, social, and environmental challenges also remain at the global level. The economic recession in 2008, originating from Europe and the U.S., has spread to become global in magnitude. Food and energy crises are imminent, and climate change continues to be one of the most serious challenges of our day. Rio+20 will take place at this critical juncture. It should prove to be an excellent opportunity to assess the progress made so far while simultaneously re-focusing our efforts on making SD more tangibly integrated with effectuated national policies. In this regard, the ROK proposes ?Global Green Growth Partnership? as a strategy to promote Green Economy that can corroborate sustainable development and address poverty by reinforcing the market system and social safety net without hurting the global ecosystem. It also suggests a strengthened Institutional Framework on Sustainable Development (IFSD), at the national, regional, and international levels, by enhancing the functioning of the existing bodies and the coordination among them. II. EXPECTED OUTCOMES FROM RIO+20 The ROK expects that Rio+20 will be able to produce a focused political document, containing strong commitments for GE initiatives and programs for the achievement of SD. The key components of the outcome document should be as follows: First, the outcome document should include a concise, but strong, political commitment that reaffirms our determination to implement SD based on the three pillars and guides countries to pursue a vision of GE with a view towards SD. Second, the outcome document should identify, elaborate upon, and endorse the GE elements, and contain particular provisions that form the basis for assistance to Member States to advance the GE elements. Third, the outcome document should articulate a plan for building IFSD, by identifying the modalities of its institutional form. It should include when, and under what terms, the newly envisioned IFSD structure would be enacted and operational. Finally, the outcome document should present a global roadmap for GE and concrete and action-oriented programs and action plans which both international communities and individual countries could take jointly, as well as individually. III. GREEN ECONOMY IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ERADICATION III-1. ROK?s View on Green Economy Why do we have to pursue GE? GE as a pathway for SD is not an option, but an indispensable trend of the time. GE is a low carbon, resource efficient, and socially inclusive economy in which the overall well-being of society is enhanced while environmental risk is significantly reduced and ecological scarcities are adequately addressed. At the same time, GE significantly contributes to poverty eradication through investment and innovation. In implementing GE, there is no ?one-size-fits-all? approach. Each country could build one?s own concrete national strategies. However, the core of their strategies should be the Integration and harmonization of growth and environmental preservation. Furthermore, the strategies should be designed to facilitate synergy between them with a view towards overall SD. The international efforts for GE should focus on its tangible and implemental vision, In this regard, it is necessary to focus less on the concept of GE in abstract terms, and instead emphasize its more practical embodiment as a characteristic of actual policies. Thus, we may call it the ?green economic? (?GEic?) approach rather than Green Economy (GE). In order to promote the action-oriented aspect of GE, the outcome document should contain specific transitional measures that can bridge the gap between the current economic and social practices and a functioning GE. [Box 1] The ROK?s Case of GE - Green Growth Strategy The ROK?s experience with legislation and policy coordination on SD is relevant for a few reasons: the ROK chose ?Green Growth (GG)? as its new national development vision in 2008 to achieve a synergic relationship between the environmental objective and the economic growth objective at the same time. The ROK?s strategies and policies illustrate that continuing and rapid development can be conducted in a manner that reflects GE elements and achieves important bottom-line goals, including pollution control, carbon emissions-reductions, and ecosystem preservation. GG can be an effective tool to achieve GE at the national scale. The ROK Government decided to devote two percent or more of its annual GDP to environment-friendly economic development and is progressing towards the target objective of reducing its country-wide carbon emissions by 30% below business-as-usual levels by 2020. The Framework Act on Low Carbon Green Growth lays institutional foundation for achieving GG. It creates new executive bodies and imposes general ?obligations? for key actors of society. While the Act is general in terms of legal duties and powers, it specifically identifies topics that are to be addressed. The ROK Government has selected the following 10 key action plans for GG; effective greenhouse gas reduction, reinforcement of energy security, reinforcement of climate change adaptation capacity, development of green technology, promotion of green business, advancement of green industry, building groundwork for green economy, green city?green territory?green transportation, green living, and international contributions ] The ROK occupies a distinctive position in the world as a ?bridge country,? still developing and aspiring for rapid economic progress, while committing itself to transparent and meaningful environmental regulations. It can be one of the countries that can be a role model for GE-related principles for economic development, environmental preservation, and stable and sustainable domestic governance. Green Economy as a means to integrate the 3 pillars As a general matter, GE should integrate the three pillars of SD. The efforts for GE could provide a new growth engine, which could generate more jobs. The global economic and financial crisis is a major obstacle in the pursuit of SD. However, the economic crisis can also be an opportunity to make genuine change. GE as a new growth engine can create new markets and new jobs which are essential for poverty eradication. Bearing in mind the relation between poverty eradication and energy access, we also strongly support the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s ?Sustainable Energy for All? Initiative, namely, ensuring universal access to modern energy services, and doubling the rate of improvement in energy efficiency and the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030. To defeat poverty and save the planet, we need to put an emphasis on efforts towards ensuring energy access for all and protecting the environment through the sustainable use of traditional energy resources, cleaner technologies, and newer energy sources. Sustainable energy for all would be a central element of GE. Considering the reoccurring economic crises, strengthened international cooperation to enhance the social safety net of each society becomes even more important. We also believe that GE, as a new engine of poverty eradication, will be instrumental to introduce inclusive growth. Special consideration should be given to women and children, who are vulnerable to the destruction of the environment, climate change, and food and energy crises. Environmental protection should be a core element of GE as a goal to pursue as well as a means to provide an opportunity for economic development. After the Rio Conference in 1992, there have been many achievements in the 3 pillars of environmental issues - climate change, biodiversity, and desertification. Rio+20 will be a crucial moment to build momentum in renewing a strong political will to make further progress in implementing three UN environmental agreements such as the Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the Convention to Combat Desertification. Implementable GEic vision: 4G approach (GE Elements) Essential elements of GE can be grouped into 4 different but inter-related ?green? categories (a ?4G? approach) and used to design and evaluate government policies: Green Market, Green Security, Green Equity, and Green Lifestyle. Many elements include multiple characteristics of the respective 4Gs and are inter-related. GE should be sensitive to the context in which social sustainability is incorporated into economic and environmental areas. While conventional approaches to administrative governance have focused on economic growth or environmental protection, a new vision of GE should be established in a more balanced and integrated manner. Green Market: GE cannot be achieved without stable economic development. Therefore, eco-friendly growth engines need to be created based on a new market system which encourages public and private green funds and green technology, market-friendly regulations, green purchase and procurement, as well as a balanced distribution system of wealth for poverty eradication. The creation of jobs should be one of the top priorities. Increasing resource efficiency by responding to climate change, recycling resources, promoting sustainable production and consumption, sustainable water resource development and management, sustainable ocean development and management, anti-desertification, renewable energy, green education for enhancing awareness, food production, biodiversity, management of sustainable ecosystem, preventing natural disasters, and setting up a green city, can be the crucial means of implementing GE. GE should capture and account for the economic, environmental, and social value of natural resources. GE policies and regulatory approaches should obtain economic value from natural resources without compromising their environmental and social values. Green Security: GE should focus on human security to strengthen resilience and to reduce vulnerability. The idea of human security takes a broad and foresighted view of the wellness of individuals and communities. Human security has both a negative and positive rights dimensions: security from critical threats to health and welfare, and the freedom to pursue life in a way consistent with human flourishing and fulfillment. GE should promote energy and food security and include concrete goals and actions to achieve access to sustainable energy and food for all. Green Equity: GE should give due attention to fairness and equity, particularly in addressing disparities in access to resources and poverty reduction. GE should account for the relation between social equity and economic and environmental policy. GE should reinforce a framework whereby balanced economic and environmental policies are legitimatized and sustained through transparent and equitable domestic policy tools and strengthened international partnership. Green Lifestyle: GE should include raising awareness throughout the world of SD-related challenges and solutions. Eventually, GE requires changes in the lifestyles of individuals to become more environment- friendly and resource- efficient. The longer-term outcome should be a proliferation of strong and focused dialogues and partnerships with multiple stakeholders. III-2. Roadmap for Green Economy and the Global Green Growth Partnership Roadmap for Green Economy In order to realize GE, the ROK suggests a ?Roadmap,? which would be modified through the consultations among countries. Establishing new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that harmonize economic, social, and environmental pillars: The SDGs need to reflect political agreements on major global environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity, and desertification, among others. Since SD should be based on economic development, the SDGs also need to include specific goals for ?Growth.? In addition, targeted implementation goals by sectors can include energy management, water management, food security, agriculture, fisheries, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem management, and chemicals management, etc. Identifying Green Indicators to reflect the degree of progress towards GE and to provide a basis for comparison, evaluation, and feedback: Green Indicators should inherently account for the combination of economic development and environmental protection, and may also include an assessment of social equity and stability through its consistency with the social dimension of SD. When the assessment (evaluation) of the value of natural resources, which is currently being conducted by UNEP, World bank, etc., is completed, it will be a great help in establishing policies for SD. Preparing and submitting National Green Economy Strategy, reflecting economic development and particular conditions of the country: Key characteristics of national strategies would include customized perspectives and policies according to the distinctive situation of each country; measures for inducing ?green investment? and innovation, including through taxation policies and market-based incentives regulations; identification of major fields for promoting GE, including carbon emissions mitigation, energy efficiency, increased recycling, reducing and reusing, climate change adaptation, development of green technology and industry, and the reduction of carbon footprint in transportation. The core of country?s appropriate pathway for GE should be "Growth," since the GE should be supported by stable economic growth. Therefore, it is important to promote and establish a country-by-country Green Growth strategy as a means to pave the way for a GE. Countries should be encouraged to create national laws and policies on access to information, public participation, and access to justice in environmental issues. Transparency should be assured for major projects that affect the environment in the country. In order to maximize public participation, governments should provide opportunities for public review and consultation. Setting up a concrete mechanism for International Cooperation ? Knowledge-sharing Platform: A center for aggregating and analyzing information relating to GE, as a global and regional Knowledge-sharing platform should be created. The center would collect, verify, and present comprehensive data relating to each country?s progress in developing and implementing a Green Economy strategy, which would promote a comprehensive management of global GE information. The Knowledge-sharing platform could become the means for sharing and monitoring the implementation of GE, supporting development and transfer of green technology, operating trial programs and capacity building for the promotion of GE in developing countries, and accumulating best practices for GE. The center could also maintain a ?green database? that provides a basis for country by country comparison and analysis. A green database would be vital for assessing progress towards the implementation of particular goals and outcomes, and in further identifying and elaborating upon SDGs in the future. ? Green Network for Capacity Building: Enhanced capacity is needed for the international system and individual countries to best mitigate environmental harms and to adapt to environmental changes that are occurring and will occur in the future. Social legitimacy is essential to the design of robust and lasting institutional capacity. Therefore, the process of capacity-building should emphasize access to information and transparency, and the substance of the programs should reflect public perspectives and emphasize social resilience. Capacity-building should be promoted on the level of global institutions, but should also be directly and actively implemented on the regional level, reflecting the insights, relationships, and cultural connections that can form the foundation for a strong network between countries. Key sectors for capacity-building include agriculture, water management, energy, and education. Specific capacity-building related initiatives include: - Climate change mitigation and adaptation actions - Agricultural adaptation, enhanced technology, and improved resource management - Improved management of water for essential human purposes, including drinking water and irrigation, and response to natural disasters such as droughts, floods, and storm surges - Major expansion and improvement of education, skills-development, and retraining programs to make the labor force more productive and to make individuals and families more self-sufficient. Emphasis should be on sustainable employment as a necessary corollary of the three pillars of SD - Consideration of forms of support to help vulnerable persons in dynamically changing social and economic settings - Improved access to information and transparency of the political process relating to the complementary objectives of economic development and environmental protection - Detailed study of employment patterns and opportunities in GE for new forms of productivity, and greater collaboration between relevant specialists to address risks and opportunities related to the environment and development Timetable: The ROK?s proposed roadmap focuses on the ten years following Rio+20, building towards Rio+30 in 2022. ? 2012~2014: establishment of green indicators and measures to evaluate GE implementation, including focal point centers and data platforms, protocols for transparency and information dissemination, and basic mechanisms for the sharing of innovation, technology, and strategies for enhancing capacities ? 2013~2015: establishment of National Green Economy Strategies ? 2016~2020: implementation and assessment of progress implementing strategies. Strategies should be linked to the post-Kyoto framework and subsequent carbon-reduction measures. ? 2021~2022: comprehensive assessment of progress towards the GE vision. ? 2022~ : new strategy for Rio+30 The particular target date above would be modified through consultations among the countries. Global Green Growth Partnership (GGGP) ROK proposes to establish a Global Green Growth Partnership (GGGP). GGGP is a new global partnership for developed countries, developing countries, the private sector, and civil society to participate together in following the Green Economy Roadmap. GGGP includes moving away from simple support for infrastructure to establishing a comprehensive support system which helps strengthen developing countries? capacity to implement Green Growth by providing the knowledge source. The GGGP aims to provide assistance for developing countries to establish a GE strategy and implement pilot-projects. In addition, greening of ODA and incentives to encourage private investment and participation in green sectors are needed. The GGGP can be carried out by integrating and strengthening the functions of existing UN agencies, international financial institutions, or non-profit organizations such as the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). Sectoral Priorities of GGGP: FFEW Key sectors that are particularly important for GGGP include forest, food, (low-carbon) energy, and water. These four sectors (collectively ?FFEW?) represent pressing and vital priorities for GGGP. ? Forest Management: Forests play a vital role in not only sustaining livelihoods of indigenous people and local communities but also conserving biodiversity, and mitigating and adapting to climate change. REDD+ actions and related initiatives contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry sector, particularly in developing countries, through promoting their capacity building to develop and implement policies and measures for conserving and managing forests in a sustainable way. In the context of the GE, the forestry sector is required to promote sustainable forest management at the global, regional, national, and community levels. To that end, a globally concerted effort is needed to enhance the environmental and socio-economic value of forests to achieve sustainable development. International cooperation on combating desertification, including the Changwon Initiative which was adopted in the COP10 of UNCCD in the ROK, should be strengthened in the context of poverty eradication. ? Food Security: Food security policy should focus on expanding agricultural capacity while more effectively mitigating and responding to failures and disasters in the food production and distribution system. To minimize the harm of food-related shortages, international institutions should enhance information gathering and analysis, such as early warning systems for potential famines and information sharing on agricultural contamination or diseases afflicting crops or animals. ? (Sustainable) Energy: This is to promote efficient and incentive-based methods for making relatively ?low-carbon? energy production and consumption, through improving efficiency at all stages of the energy generation process and via the utilization of new and renewable energy sources. The GE system should be used to advance incentives-based regulatory tools to trigger patterns of private action in the direction towards a low carbon energy society. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) may play a valuable role in expanding international competencies to promote unified low-carbon energy solutions. The ROK reiterates its strong support for the Secretary-General?s ?Sustainable Energy for All? Initiative. ? Water management: Water scarcity and contamination is a basic challenge of international distributive justice, and will become more glaring in the years ahead. International efforts should focus upon securing an adequate water supply and combating desertification, through infrastructure design, investment, and enhancing agricultural efficiency. The ROK is undertaking a joint project on ?Water and Green Growth? with the World Water Council, and is ready to share with developing countries the advanced water management technologies and practices gained from this partnership. These types of projects could provide a good platform to initiate action-oriented cooperation by GGGP. [Box 2] The ROK?s experience on the four major rivers restoration project Just as much of the world is experiencing historically abnormal weather phenomena. Korea is feeling the impact of climate change, as well. For example, localized heavy downpours and flood damage are becoming more frequent during the summer months, while spring and winter are bringing serious drought. Korea had also faced water shortages in recent years, with water availability becoming a significant political issue in many areas. For the last five years, the average annual cost of water-related damage to human structures and land in Korea has approached KRW 2.7 trillion, or approximately USD 2.25 billion. Costs of repair and restoration have averaged KRW 4.2 trillion, or approximately USD 3.5 billion. Exchange rate: 1 USD (US Dollar) = 1,200 KRW (Korea Won) According to estimates from the Korean Government and international organizations, Korea is facing a possible water shortfall of 800 million m3 by 2011 and 1 billion m3 by 2016. About 300,000 people faced water restrictions in 86 cities and countries in 2011, and 70,000 households experienced restrictions in 2008 and 2009. The Korean Government introduced the four major rivers restoration project in January 2009 as a part of its ?Green New Deal? policy. It was later included in the five-year national plan released in July 2009, with a total budget of KRW 22.2 trillion, or approximately USD 18.5 billion. The four major rivers restoration project has following objectives: Proactive response to climate change ? Reliable water resources through a variety of means to deal with droughts ? Transition from investment centered on disaster recovery to investment focused on prevention Diversified means of securing water resources ? Sediment dredging and elevation of reservoir banks ? Expansion and connection of existing water-resource facilities ? Continued development of new water resources into the future Paradigm shifts in flood management ? Dredging of sediment will expand flood catchment capacity ? Initial investments to minimize flood damage will be augmented Utilizing of river areas as multipurpose spaces for the coexistence of the people and environment ? Gradual relocation of riverside farmlands ? Creation of public spaces for leisure activities on and along the rivers ? Improvement of waterfront access ? Enhancement of riverside scenic areas ? Promotion of regional development along the rivers to enliven regional culture, conserve ecological landscapes, and improve quality of life In particular, ROK Government has obtained the economic effect of 35 billion dollars and created 340,000 jobs by investing 19 billion dollars in the four major rivers restoration project for the reinforcement of the capacity of climate change adaptation and the effective management of water resources. IV. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IV-1. Implementation of SD and Recommendations for Institutional Reform The successes and progress to date should be taken into consideration in the decision-making process for the design and reform of institutions, as well as the continuing problems and inadequacies of the institutional framework. Key weaknesses to date relate to institutional governance failures and a lack of capacity and resources, such as the following: International organizations related to SD are fragmented. There is an inconsistency that has occurred at the horizontal level. The vertical level inconsistency should be also addressed. Each institution can only handle one or two pillars of SD. Existing institutional frameworks cannot adequately realize all three pillars of SD. Adequate legal and administrative assistance as well as appropriate finance and technological transfer need to be ensured to overcome shortcomings in developing country implementation. IV-2. Constitutive Principles of the Institutional Framework For institutional reform, several key principles can be identified for narrowing the gaps in implementing SD. International institutions should explicitly include and actively engage the private sector and civil society in all phases of planning, design, and implementation of projects while also facilitating the successful and economically efficient application of policies in countries throughout the world. International institutions should also pay attention to facilitating coordination and cooperation between developed and developing countries. All levels and subjects of policy goals depend upon the shared and engaged participation of countries across the spectrum of economic development. Constructing harmonious global-regional-national-local frameworks is a key to success. Emphasis on soft pressure and thorough verification to respect autonomy and sovereignty while promoting GE and other international environmental goals will be effective. IV-3. The ROK?s View on IFSD Strengthening SD The ROK believes that the Commission on Sustainable Development (?CSD?) balances and integrates the three pillars of SD, rather than focusing primarily on just one area, such as environmental policy. However, thus far, the CSD?s capacity has been limited, and there has been insufficient Integration and collaboration of SD-related institutions. In the short term, the CSD should be strengthened in order to enable greater coordination amongst and between other international institutions. Increased capacity of the CSD would enable it to better facilitate, promote, and coordinate SD implementation. The CSD?s primary function should shift from review to a policy-making. In the mid- to long-term, the ROK supports the establishment of the Sustainable Development Council and a strengthening of the UNEP as a ?specialized agency? under the condition that many MEAs should be integrated and streamlined. The Sustainable Development Council would have the authority of effective implementation. The sub-commission under the Sustainable Development Council, especially for capacity building of developing countries, is recommended. Establishing regional focal points The Integration of different levels of frameworks illustrates the need for not just centralized global-level institutions, but also regional focal points for information-sharing, technology transfer, and capacity-building. Many challenges and opportunities related to enhancing domestic and multinational competencies and capacities can be best organized on the regional level. In this regard, regional IFSD may be established and charged with providing forums for regional coordination of implementation efforts. Fostering national institutional framework review Both at the national and at sub-national levels there must be transparent, comprehensive, verifiable, and accountable governance systems for supervision of domestic policy implementation and the collection of information, to be shared with regional and global centers and platforms for data collection and analysis. In this connection, an institution for a review of domestic and local policies and institutions, potentially as an extension of the knowledge-sharing platform, should be created. This institution would facilitate the sharing of strategies and policies between countries. This process could provide insight and a comprehensive body of information as a foundation for potential institutional reforms. Such an institution is expected to achieve a fully realized vision that is ?global? in scope and broadly local in impact. Existing institutions that study and design national and international policy may be useful models. However, a new and explicitly global organization should be created and charged with a neutral and comprehensive review of national institutional framework, and tasked with offering specific and practical policy recommendations and cross-border policy exchanges. By coordinating the creation of this institution with the knowledge-sharing platform, an integrated and efficient foundation for transparency and a comprehensive study would result. [Box 3] Institutional Insights from the ROK?s Experience A number of points can be made to streamline the institutional framework from the ROK?s Green Growth policy experience. The role of Government in implementing environmental and economic policies at the domestic level is critical. The Korean Government launched the Presidential Committee on Green Growth, consisting of prominent experts from various fields such as climate change, energy technologies, industrial development, economic growth, finance, land-use planning, resources, environment, and international cooperation, as well as 14 Ministers representing the relevant ministries. It has a mandate to discuss all subjects relevant to pursuing Green Growth, as well as coordinating government policies and actions. Utilizing governmental and non-governmental entities to facilitate linkages with other countries and with international institutions is necessary. The durability and legitimacy of Green Growth projects require transparency and the involvement of wide range of stakeholders, within each country and among countries. This interactive process can be facilitated through an institutional structure like the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the United Nations Office for Sustainable Development (UN OSD). Strong focal point: The GGGI is a ROK-initiated institution that provides research and policy recommendations for Green Growth on a multinational scale. GGGI was founded on the belief that economic growth and environmental sustainability are not merely compatible, but are mutually reinforcing for the future of mankind. GGGI can function as a useful focal point to bring together diverse experiences, perspectives, and research outcomes to facilitate the successful transition to GE of developing countries. V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION The ROK has sought to identify, explain, and inter-relate key principles and specific policies related to the promotion of GE and reform of the IFSD. The principles emphasize the need for both top-down and bottom-up inputs and design of policies and institutions in order to achieve flexibility in the pragmatic and expedient implementation of the Rio+20 vision. The ROK advocates building upon the Rio Declaration principles in order to promote broad social sustainability and political vitality for the Rio+20 visions. The ROK?s specific recommendations focus upon sequential and manageable measures that can be adopted to promote a global GE system, as well as a targeted restructuring of the IFSD to achieve a more efficient and more responsive governance system. The ROK believes that it has an important role to play in Rio+20 and beyond as a ?bridge country? and as a country with a strong commitment to, and hands-on policy experience in, Green Growth and sustainable development. The ROK is ready to cooperate with all Member States and other stakeholders to make Rio+20 a success in the overall goal of achieving the three pillars of Sustainable Developments ? economic development, social equity, and environmental protection.


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Saturday, June 25 - Pink Out Night
Newmanstown, PA - Elverson's Chris Panczner shook off a season's worth of bad luck on Saturday night, winning his first 600cc Micro-Sprint feature at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway.
Joining Panczner as winners in the Mark Millwright & Rigging-sponsored weekly divisions were: Mike Rutherford (270cc); Richie Hartman (125cc); Donna Geib (250cc Four-Stroke); and Bret Habecker (Sportsman).
Saturday's entire racing program was sponsored by the Lanco's President, Kenny Mohler, as a way of saying, "thank you" to all of the club members who have supported him and his family over the past year. On August 17, 2012, Ken Mohler - Kenny's father - was abducted (from the truck that he drove for a living) in North Carolina. He is still listed as a Missing Person and the search continues as his family remains hopeful for a positive outcome. Kenny Mohler wanted to give back and simply offer a "thank you" to all of the Lanco members who went to North Carolina and assisted with the search in the days and weeks following the abduction, and to those who have contributed in other ways during the very difficult past year.
In the "Help Find Ken Mohler" 600cc main event, Panczner darted by early leader Mike Coen to grab the top spot. Panczner, who flipped while leading a race earlier in the season, made no such mistakes on Saturday. He checked out on the field while the action behind him was fast and furious.
Mark Millwright & Rigging point leader and three-time winner Tyler Esh cut a path toward the front of the pack, moving up to challenge Brittany Brown for the fourth position. He and Brown traded several slide jobs before Esh finally secured the spot. Heath Hehnly, who started seventh, was right behind Esh as they sliced their way forward.
After Esh secured third at the halfway point, he executed a slider on runner-up Mike Coen and began his pursuit of the high flying Panczner. Hehnly and Tyler's cousin, Jared Esh, soon took over the third and fourth positions, and a three-way tussle ensued for runner-up honors.
Hehnly trapped Tyler Esh behind a lapped car in turn one with six to go, using the opportunity to dash into second place. Although he closed in on Panczner, the driver of Sonny Cooke's No. 2 could not pull quite close enough to muster a serious bid for the lead.
Tyler Esh and cousin Jared waged an entertaining duel for third during the final revolutions; Jared went for the slider in three and four on the last lap, then watched as Tyler cranked his wheel to the left and raced back under him, beating Jared to the stripe for third spot by less than one-tenth of a second.
At the finish, Panczner flashed under the checkered flag by a half-second over Hehnly, with Tyler Esh nipping J. Esh for third place money. A strong, solid run for Coen saw him go home with fifth-place cash.
The 600cc jockeys were eligible for Saturday's Weld Racing Fast Lap of the Feature award, and it was Jared Esh who turned the quickest lap of the race in 10.894-seconds.
With 28 of the 600's signed in for competition on Saturday, heat race victories went to Brown, Rick Perone, and Panczner. Peter Michael won the consolation race.
Mike Rutherford of Lititz lost the 270cc point lead to Billy Logeman in the previous week's Clyde Martin Memorial Race. This week was a different story, though, as Rutherford utilized an outside, second-row starting spot to snatch the lead from Mike Binkley on the sixth trip around the ultra-fast oval. Once in front, Rutherford was firmly in control of the 25-lapper.
Bradley Brown and Dave Grube engaged in a position-swapping battle for second until Grube claimed it for good with four circuits left to run. A couple of late yellows did not alter the outcome, as Rutherford was just too strong and notched his second, 270cc triumph of the season. His victory, combined with Logeman's seventh-place effort, unofficially vaulted Rutherford back into the Mark Millwright & Rigging point lead by a slim margin with just three point-paying events remaining on the 2013 schedule.
Grube, Brown, Delaware's Kyle Spence, and Brian Sholley made up the top five when the race ended.
Nice field of 30 cars entered the 270cc portion of Saturday's program. Richie Hartman, Grube, and Rutherford captured heat race wins with Zack Fouse taking the consolation victory.
Grube, from Denver, Pa. had endured a spate of recent tough luck in the 125cc division. The run of bad luck had one silver lining, though...it put him on the pole for Saturday's 25-lap feature. Grube was primed to blow away the black cloud that hovered over him in recent weeks, but Richie Hartman had other plans...
Grube jumped out to the early lead, cruising out front while point leader and defending champion Hartman (from 11th) and his teammate, Jesse Maurer (started 12th) navigated their way through the pack. When they arrived in the second and third positions - with just five laps scored - it was time for a terrific three-car tango for the top spot.
Hartman, the Reading resident, attempted to dive under Grube on several occasions, with Grube holding him off and Maurer glued to Hartman's left-rear corner. Three or four times, on the homestretch, Hartman had to thread the needle, darting between his Gorski Racing stablemate and Grube in another assault on the race leader. Finally, with five to go, Hartman's Cocalico Plumbing & Heating No. 29 pulled even with Grube as they drag raced down the backchute. Hartman shoved his car in front of Grube in turns three and four, taking the lead and then running away to his second consecutive 125cc triumph (and fourth of the season).
Grube and Maurer went wheel to wheel for second over the final tours, with Maurer prevailing for runner-up laurels and Grube settling for third. Nick Sweigart and Brent Shearer finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
Chase Gutshall and Hartman won the two heat races for the 17-car field of 125cc racers.
Manheim's Donna Geib ended an incredible streak with her victory in the 25-lap feature for the 250cc Four-Stroke Micros. The season's first 13 events were claimed by just two drivers - Ryan Morris (seven wins) and Chip Geib (six wins).
Until Saturday, that is, when Donna Geib (no relation to Chip) passed Eddie Nocera after a restart with five to go to take command. Donna would go on to record the popular victory, while the two drivers responsible for "the Streak" struggled through problem after problem throughout the night.
Morris, the point leader, suffered terminal mechanical ills during his heat race. He obtained a ride in Ken Miller's No. 23 for the feature, but retired after completing just three laps. Morris was credited with an 11th-place finish.
Chip Geib's No. 15 was not quite up to par in his heat race, either, but he managed to finish third and went into the feature with a 31-point deficit to Morris.
Chip, who later admitted he "probably tightened the car up a bit too much" for the main event, was dueling with Dave Gravel for third when both cars spun in turn two. The incident brought out the first yellow flag of the race with nine circuits remaining. C. Geib then rebounded from the spin to finish third behind D. Geib and Nocera. Unofficially, even with the difficult night, C. Geib moved past Morris and into the top spot in the championship standings (by just five points).
The Four-Stroke feature lasted just eight minutes, 54 seconds, with Donna Geib smiling for the cameras in victory lane when it was all over. Nocera, C. Geib, impressive rookie Devin Adams, and Ravel completed the top five.
Heats for the 13 Four-Strokes went to D. Geib and Ravel.
After a quick caution on the initial start, the Sportsman feature went 25 non-stop, clean and green laps with Bret Habecker winning his fifth race of the year in 4:58.328.
Habecker, of Leesport, started fifth and grabbed the lead from Kerry Lengle on the third trip around the smooth banked oval. Curtis R. Miller rumbled from his 11th starting spot to second before ten laps had been scored, then gamely tried to run down the leader.
Habecker, a former track champion in the Sportsman Class, was too good on this night, however, and remained comfortably ahead of Mertztown's Miller. Jason Swavely, who took over the Mark Millwright & Rigging point lead with his victory in the previous week's Clyde Martin Memorial Race, started 12th and steadily weaved his way into third. Swavely and Miller diced for the runner-up position throughout the second half of the 25-lapper, with Swavely zipping past Miller on the backstretch of the final lap to earn the second-place pay envelope.
Miller finished third ahead of Lengle and strong running rookie Anthony Yerger.
There were 16 Sportsman Micro-Sprints in action on Saturday. The two heat races victories went to Habecker and Swavely.
This Saturday, August 24, will be a very special night at Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway. On this date in 1963 - 50 years ago - the first race was held at the club's current location in Newmanstown, Pa. So this week will be highlighted by an anniversary celebration, as the 600cc, 270cc, 125cc, Sportsman, and 250cc Four-Stroke Micro-Sprints take part in qualifying heats, consolations, and 25-lap feature races.
Also making this week's event special is the fact that the entire night will be run in memory of Willie DeSantis, a longtime car builder and owner as well as dedicated member of the Lanco Club who passed away earlier this season.
Lanco officials remind everyone that the time schedule will shift back to normal this week, with gates opening at 3:30 and warm-ups beginning at 5 p.m. The first heat race will go green at 6:00. The track had been operating on a one-hour delay for the past several events, due to the summer heat. But this Saturday, August 24, the Cyde shifts back to its regular time slot.
Coming up on August 31st and September 1st is the Mark Millwright & Rigging/ Esh Racing Products Labor Day Shootout, the two-day extravaganza of Micro-Sprint mayhem that will offer $1,000 paydays to the winners of three classes (winged and wingless 600cc, and 270cc) provided there are at least 45 raceday entries per class.
There is no pre-registration for this year's Shootout; just show up on your respective raceday, pay a $60 entry fee and $30 for a pit pass, and go racing!
The winged 600's, Sportsman, and 250cc Four-Stroke Micros will compete on Saturday, August 31st. On Sunday, September 1st, the wingless 600's will be on the menu, along with the 270cc and 125cc divisions. Each class will take part in a dual heat race/ passing points qualifying format during the Labor Day Shootout. Both nights will conclude with 30-lap main events for the divisions on that date's agenda.
Both Saturday and Sunday of the Labor Day Shootout will adhere to the normal weekly starting time. Monday, September 2nd, will be used as a rain date.
The Labor Day Shootout, presented by Mark Millwright & Rigging/ Esh Racing Products, will be run in memory of Stoney Galebach. Galebach served as club president for several years and was a winner of more than 200 Micro-Midget/ Micro-Sprint features during his illustrious career. He passed away last winter.
Results from Lanco's Clyde Martin Memorial Speedway:
600cc Micro-Sprint Feature, 25 laps: 1.Chris Panczner, 2.Heath Hehnly, 3.Tyler Esh, 4.Jared Esh, 5.Mike Coen, 6.Brittany Brown, 7.Mike Rutherford, 8.Jack Conover, 9.Jered Hook, 10.Brent Ely, 11.Taylor Troxel, 12.Shaun Brandel, 13.Rick Perone, 14.Chris Gerhart, 15.Ryan Hook, 16.Peter Michael, 17.Nate Prazenica, 18.Will Urkuski, 19.Rebecca LaMothe, 20.Ryan Morris, 21.Timothy Iulg, 22.Travis Esh, 23.Mark Yoder, 24.Christopher Tracy.
DNQ: Kelby Stauffer, Dave Beiler, Steve Kemery, Ernie Miles.
270cc Micro-Sprint Feature, 25 laps: 1.Mike Rutherford, 2.Dave Grube, 3.Bradley Brown, 4.Kyle Spence, 5.Brian Sholley, 6.Ken Miller, 7.Billy Logeman, 8.Heath Hehnly, 9.Richie Hartman, 10.Mike Uhrich, 11.Mike Binkley, 12.Christi Sweigart, 13.Barry Shearer, 14.Darren Miller, 15.Zack Fouse, 16.Nick Sweigart, 17.Gregg Walter, 18.Keith Holiday, 19.Toby Blumenshine, 20.Damon Bomgardner, 21.Shaun Brandel, 22.Jesse Maurer, 23.Jason Swavely, 24.Dan Lane Jr.
DNQ: Nate Weidman, Matt Carr, Dylan Binkley, Ricky Sechrist Jr., Corey Schmuck Jr., Kevin Kopp.
125cc Micro-Sprint Feature, 25 laps: 1.Richie Hartman, 2.Jesse Maurer, 3.Dave Grube, 4.Nick Sweigart, 5.Brent Shearer, 6.Derek Ecenrode, 7.Kyle Hehnly, 8.Dylan Adams, 9.Chase Gutshall, 10.Matthew Donley, 11.Alexis Sheely, 12.Zack Hollinger, 13.Walt Wampole, 14.Kory Merkey, 15.Brie Weiler, 16.Chip Geib, 17.James Wampole.
250cc Four-Stroke Micro-Sprint Feature, 25 laps: 1.Donna Geib, 2.Eddie Nocera, 3.Chip Geib, 4.Devin Adams, 5.Dave Ravel, 6.Scott Renninger, 7.Lewis Kepple Jr., 8.Jessica Mohler, 9.Ronald Good, 10.Steve Smith Sr., 11.Ryan Morris. DNS: Kim Minzer.
Sportsman Micro-Sprint Feature, 25 laps: 1.Bret Habecker, 2.Jason Swavely, 3.Curtis R. Miller, 4.Kerry Lengle, 5.Anthony Yerger, 6.Ken Miller, 7.Jas Hehnly, 8.Sheena Logeman, 9.Wesley Fasnacht, 10.Dave Kemp, 11.Matt Abers, 12.Bobby Shanaman, 13.Tim Ziegler, 14.Jenna Heagy, 15.Charles Hellinger.
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Ladies and gentlemen! Step right this way and prepare to be amazed. Before us is a creature so rare, she's practically mythological. Her name is Julianna Margulies, and she is The Woman Who Has It All.
Consider the evidence: At 45, an age when many actresses sink out of sight like stones in the sea, Margulies is doing the best work of her career, starring as law-firm associate Alicia Florrick on The Good Wife, the CBS series that boasts a passionate following and a whole shelf of awards. After decades of believing that marriage wasn't for her, Margulies met and married Keith Lieberthal, an attorney six years her junior. A happy accident (Margulies was seven months pregnant at her wedding) brought them their son, Kieran, now four. Add to those blessings friends from coast to coast who sing her praises."I think the world of her," says Christine Baranski, who plays the firm's founding partner Diane Lockhart. "She's the gold standard of elegance, integrity and intelligence. I know I will have great conversations with her in 10 years. It's going to be fun to be her friend all down the road."
"Julianna works really hard, and she doesn't take any shit," says Alan Cumming, who plays Alicia's irascible colleague Eli Gold. "But she also makes it fun. It took me ages to get her name, 'Mrs. Florrick,' right," he mischievously adds. "I kept calling her Mrs. Frolic. Freudian slip."
And now here Margulies sits, sipping an iced cappuccino in the library of the Crosby Street Hotel in New York's SoHo, a 10-minute walk from her home, looking and behaving exactly the way you'd want her to...
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Building on the successful and much-loved Flux, Fox Racing's Striker takes the half-dome concept a step further by moving into the competition realm. This means a lighter helmet, which was achieved through a slimmer profile and a revised expanded polystyrene shell, as well as two additional vents for better cooling during higher exertions.
This results in a total of 22 vents and a weight that hovers right around 300 grams — about 60 less than the Striker's litter mate, and comfortably below the competitive alternatives. With less weight to counter, your neck will thank you on those extended descents; and if you find yourself on the wrong end of the bars, CPSC safety ratings are there to help you brush it off. To meet this criteria, Fox Racing bonds the EPS liner with an ABS shell through in-mold technology.
The result is a structurally sound, lightweight helmet with solid ventilation, enhanced by large, honeycomb-reinforced rear exhaust ports. To keep the Striker in place, Fox Racing's Detox II retention system comfortably wraps around various shapes for a custom fit, and it can be adjusted on the fly with one hand. The Fox Racing Striker comes in two sizes, S/M and L/XL, and five colors.
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I don't even notice I'm wearing this helmet. It breathes well, fits great and looks sharp. No complaints here
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This is a great helmet, light and comfortable, and got it for a great price. Lets air in, almost like you don't have it on.
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I purchased this helmet to replace an aging Bell helmet. I am not disappointed. I was concerned at first about how the Striker would fit my head (I have a funny-shaped head in places) but did measure my skull around the largest part. Measurements indicated I should get the S/M helmet. Was not disappointed in the slightest. I thought it fit oddly at first, but after adjusting the straps a bit, I thought the helmet fit like a glove. One of the best parts about the helmet is the provided padding. Plush for a mtb helmet, very comfortable. Helmet covers much more of my head than my previous helmet. Fantastic product and would not hesitate to recommend.
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IT saved my life!
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This helmet saved my life... During a 24h race, past midnight, my wheel slipped beside the lip of the trail, and befor I could even let go of my handlebar, my head was on the ground. I felt the helmet cracking instantly, which is a great thing because it wasn't my skull. The helmet absorbed all the blow and I was A-OK.
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As glam rock hit its platformed stride in early 1972, Mott The Hoople was fading fast.
Born in mid-1969 as the brainchild of Island Records' mad genius Guy Stevens, the band was now deep in debt after four albums. Despite local notoriety helped by a riot-causing performance at London's Albert Hall (resulting in a "permanent" ban on rock and roll at the venerable venue), they had stiffed stateside and had just been dropped by their American label.
As Mott half-heartedly entered the studio that February to record demos for their next venture, a package awaited; in it, a tape and a note reading: "A song for you to hear. Hope you'll ring me and tell me what you think. David Bowie." The tape featured a demo of "Suffragette City," the song that would soon climax Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust" breakthrough. After Mott turned down the tune, they set out on a miserable tour of Switzerland and officially broke up on March 26, 1972 (a series of events that would be later chronicled on "The Ballad of Mott the Hoople (26th March 1972, Zürich)" off of 1973's Mott).
Back in London, bassist Pete "Overend" Watts called Bowie to belatedly thank him for the song and, um, ask if he needed a bass player. Horrified that Mott had split, Bowie went into salvage mode. He set them up with his Mainman management (which negotiated a contract with CBS that effectively got the band out of debt). Then he penned and produced a song geared to shoe-horn them into the glam rock boom.
"All The Young Dudes" was a "My Generation" for glitter kids teetering on eight-inch heels; if the song contained a goofy snipe at Bowie-pal Marc Bolan ("I need TV but I got T. Rex"), the song's narrator totally wrote off the Beatles and the Stones as irrelevant antiques. After the lyric-phrase "Marks and Sparks" (the nickname of British department store Marks and Spencer) was altered to "unlocked cars" to appease the BBC ban on plug-ola, "All The Young Dudes" reached Number Three on the U.K. charts in the summer of 1972. Mott The Hoople inexplicably turned down Bowie's "Drive In Saturday" for a follow-up. (The Starman himself took it to U.K. Number Three the following spring.) But they enjoyed a two-year revival that was truly a gift of glam.
Watch this video of Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson and David Bowie perform "All the Young Dudes" live at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992. Joining them are the surviving members of Queen, and Def Leppard's Joe Elliott and Phil Collen.
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I start this soup in the morning, and by evening, dinner's ready to go! My family loves all of the hearty vegetable and steak pieces, all smothered in a zesty tomato broth.—Cathy Logan, Sparks, Nevada
- 1 beef flank steak (1-1/2 pounds), cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 5 medium carrots, thinly sliced
- 4 cups shredded cabbage
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- 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed tomato soup, undiluted
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- In a large skillet, brown steak and onion in oil; drain. Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender. Yield: 8 servings.
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"This soup was absolutely delicious! I followed the recipe and cut and browned the flank steak. Instead of cooking it in a crock pot, however, I baked it in a dutch oven at 370 degrees for 4 hours. The meat was very tender and tasty. The soup had a lot of flavor and I enjoyed the cooked cabbage in this recipe."
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It's always exciting to know that there's new candies coming out. Yes, we all love our classic candies like Snickers, Starburst and Kit Kat. For me, waiting for a new candy to hit the stores is a great treasure hunt. When I saw the press release for these new Welch's Filled Licorice candies, I was excited and planned on finding them in stores. I wasn't sure of exactly when they were supposed to be released, and such things vary depending on where you live. Then, Welch's PR was kind enough to reach out to me and asked if I'd like to try some samples. Of course my answer was yes, and today I have those samples to review for you.
To start, I really like the packaging on these. The wrapper keeps the licorice sticks all in a straight line and upright without making the package too stiff. The packages are very colorful and you immediately know what flavor you're after just by seeing them. They're iconic and functional.
The strawberry smells fruity, and also a strong hint of malty ness to it. The flavor is good the outside tastes similar to twizzlers. It's slightly fruity and has a wheaty taste to it. The filled center is where this candy really shines. The filled center, filled with a (wha I'd imagine to be) a more shelf stable jam. It really takes the flavor od this licorice to a whole new level of flavor intnsite. It really gets flavorful, really really flavorful. It's a juicy strawberry and a smooth, soft chew.
The licorice twists are really plaible. Super soft, it easily bends into a circle and nothing leaks out.
The grape licorice bag smells intensely of grape juice. Tart, sweet and intesely fruity. The flavor reminds me of a very fruity grape tootsie pop. The wheat chew part has a suble flavor. Again, the filled center really brings this candy to life. The jam filled center is extremely fruity and flavorful. It really brings the whole licorice chew to life.
I appreciate how unique these Welch's filled licorices are. They took a, what I felt, common problem with some licorices whose flavor just wasn't intense enough. Welch's found a unique way to solve the problem, and I must say they came out with something that I really enjoyed! Both my fiance and I polished off our bag of each flavor easily in one sitting. They weren't too heavy and again, really tasty. Bravo Welch's.
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Nature and music… Singing Garden, an experimental concert installation by the recorder player Jeremias Schwarzer and spatial artist Claudia Doderer, is a highly sophisticated work that confronts current musical descriptions of nature from the Far East with those of the Western baroque tradition: instrumental music by the contemporary Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa – whose Hanjo and Matsukaze have already been staged at La Monnaie – and concertos by the Italian baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi. Hosokawa, in his own words, aims to create an acoustic context for Vivaldi's music that is like 'a garden that naturally envelops the baroque concertos'. The big, intense structure that this creates makes this abstract garden a 'visual-acoustic experiential space that invites one to engage in a profound, meditative, listening experience'.
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OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss Rebels were too much for a young University of Idaho football team Saturday night as the Vandals fell 59-14 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
"Our guys fought hard most of the game," coach Paul Petrino said. "We still have a long way to go. We just have to keep getting better."
Idaho fell behind 17-7 in the first quarter with the Rebels' first scored aided by a defensive offsides at midfield and their next TD coming after the Vandals came up short on fourth down at their own 40. Ole Miss settled for a 50-yard field goal to end the first quarter.
The Vandals, aided by an inspired defensive effort, came back to score on a run by Davis but just missed making closing it to within a score when Austin Rehkow's 27-yard field goal attempt hit the right upright and bounced out to leave it at 17-7.
Ole Miss marched 80 yards on its next possession and scored on a one-yard run by Jaylen Walton, who fumbled as he crossed the end line. Trey Williams recovered the ball but it was ruled that Walton broke the plan of the end zone before losing the ball. The successful PAT made it 24-7 – the score that lasted until halftime.
The Rebels scored back to back to go up 38-7 with a 65-yard scoring pass and then on a 12-yard fumble recovery.
The Vandals came back with a 62-yard from Davis to Dezmon Epps for a 38-14 score with just over six minutes left in the third quarter.
The Rebels didn't slow down and tacked on another 21 points by game's end. Of their scoring plays, all but the 12-yard fumble recovery and the one-yard run in the second quarter were by 30 or more yards.
Dezmon Epps pulled in five passes for 89 yards to lead the Vandals, while quarterback Taylor Davis finished the night 12-of-30 for 166 yards.


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When Jillian Manus was a teenager, she and two friends formed a group called the "broad squad." Their mandate: to help women reach their potential so they may create change in the world. "We always had our radar up for girls who could use some encouragement," says Manus. Now, as she nears 50, she's still executing pro-woman missions—only on a bigger scale and with a lot more clout.
A sampling: Manus chaired the annual California Women's Conference with Maria Shriver from 2003 to 2010, and with husband Alan Salzman, a venture capitalist, she's raised millions of dollars for the Stanford Hospital Cancer Center. When she heard that Meg Whitman was considering a run for governor of California, Manus offered to help rally the women's vote. "In terms of sign-up numbers, it was the most successful women's coalition in American politics," Whitman says of the MEGa Women campaign, which enlisted more than 100,000 voters in 2009-2010.
Even her day job is on message: As president of the Manus Media & Literary Agency, founded by her mother, Manus is proudest of her books relating to the female journey: Lalita Tademy's Cane River, a novel about four generations of Creole women whose lives began in slavery; Smart on Crime, by California attorney general Kamala Harris; and The Power of Many, by Whitman. As head of a marketing company, Broad Strategies, Inc., Manus is helping a client build women's health conferences. ("I think she sleeps four hours a night,"Whitman says.) And her broad squad, now a powerful community, has grown to 57 core members—judges, first ladies, attorneys general and philanthropists among them. Using their contacts and expertise, the broads support one another in bringing attention to women's issues.
Manus is well aware of the privileges life has afforded her. Despite having high-octane colleagues and clients, she says she's spent some of her most uplifting moments with women whose lives have become unglued through domestic violence. She visits women's shelters as often as she can, at home or while traveling, to give the residents financial and emotional support. "The blessings can never stop with you," she says. "You have to pass them forward."
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ZF-3185: Allow formating a date on the fly (static method) via Zend_Date
Most of the time, you simply want to just format a date for the output, without struggling around with Zend_Date. Currently you have to do two steps to get that:
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With my patch, you can do that with a single step:
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Actually the complete API is object based because it's intention was to be used by date math with fluid interface.
Having same functionality in strict interface could lead to misuse. We will have to look over the cons before we integrate such functionality.
Also WHEN strict functions beside the actual ones are integrated this has to be done for all generic usable functions.
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Very interesting, I had not considered that the Bourgeoisie actually gives the proletariat all the tools it needs to destroy itself. Also I have a greater understanding of how the bourgeoisie was a necessary step from feudalism.
Also Karl Marx is dead right on conservationism, his words on it are as true as they were when he wrote them, if not more so.


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Over the course of my career, I've known a number of successful sales people who have unfortunately become formerly successful salespeople. One is someone I'll call Harvey. He had been a great salesman, but lately his sales results have fallen and his income has dropped to roughly 50 percent of what it was just five years ago.
What happened? And what can you learn from Harvey's story, so you can make your career last longer?
The skills that Harvey had amassed — skills that had propelled him to the top — began to stagnate. Even though the world kept spinning and moving, Harvey assumed that how he went about doing his job didn't need to change. Unfortunately, he was gravely mistaken.
In his popular book, The Pursuit of Wow, prolific business author Tom Peters introduced me to the notion of thinking about your career as though it's a physical asset. Machines, computers, trucks and even your clothing styles wear out over time, he noted, and so does your career. That's why I think you should take preventive maintenance to keep your career from depreciating in value.
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There are, however, a couple of really wrong answers! Either: "I don't have time to read or "I only read trade publications" fall into the wrong category. Both of these answers indicate a lack of curiosity and a lack of desire to grow. And, at my business, like most businesses, we absolutely need both.
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- 2 cans (4 ounces each) chopped green chilies
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 large sweet onion, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup chili powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 boneless pork loin roast (2 to 2-1/2 pounds)
- Flour tortillas
- Sour cream, shredded lettuce and chopped tomatoes, optional
- In a 3-qt. slow cooker, combine the chilies, tomato sauce, barbecue sauce, onion, chili powder, cumin and oregano. Cut pork in half; place on top of tomato sauce mixture. Cover and cook on low for 8-9 hours or until meat is tender.
- Remove pork. When cool enough to handle, shred meat using two forks. Return to slow cooker and heat through. Spread on tortillas; top with sour cream, lettuce and tomatoes if desired; roll up. Yield: 6-8 servings.
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"Turned out well, tasted the sauce at the end before shredding and made a few adjustments,, will try a different bbq sauce next time. Easy!"
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|Canadian Dressage Riders Win Three Medals at the 2011 North American Junior and Young Riders' Championships
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July 28, 2011 — The British Columbia/Quebec Young Rider Dressage Team won the silver medal in the FEI Young Rider Team Competition on Wednesday, July 27 at the 2011 Adequan FEI North American Junior & Young Rider Championships. On Thursday, Sarah Loewen and Monica Houweling earned the Individual silver and bronze medals respectively. The championships are being held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, KY this week, from July 27 – 31, 2011.
Scoring 197.027, the British Columbia/Quebec silver medal team, comprised of Mathilde Blais Tetreault of Montreal, QC, Emily Fownes of Montreal, QC, Esmee Ingham of West Vancouver, BC, and Anne-Mylaine Messier, St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, QC, were just 1.077 points off the gold medal score of 198.104 posted by USA Region 5.