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"A little higher than last year but still within a healthy range."
That's what the nurse told me when reviewing the results of my annual health risk assessment at work. She was being kind. In one year I'd gained seven pounds, my waist had expanded inch and my body fat increased a full percentage. "Yeah, I've had a lot of weddings to go to," I said, as if one month of excess could account for the gains.
The truth was despite exercising just as much as the year before (I'm on a bike racing team), I had been feeling the extra weight creep on for months. At 5'6" and 140 pounds I was nowhere near overweight, but I was past the point of feeling comfortable in my own skin—my bike shorts were starting to resemble sausage casings. I suspected that overtraining was partly to blame because constant muscular fatigue had caused me to cut back on the amount and intensity of my exercise, but I had taken steps to correct that and the extra weight remained. That meant there could only be one other possible culprit: my diet.
So when Mark Macdonald, creator of Venice Nutrition and author of the New York Times bestseller Body Confidence, offered me a chance to test-drive his program I jumped at the chance. And by "jumped" I mean I figured I would follow his advice for a few weeks, drop some weight and then go back to my regularly scheduled programming. Because really, what could I have been doing wrong? I'm a health writer so I knew to fill my plate with fruits and veggies and whole grains. I thought I was probably just eating too much avocado or peanut butter. Besides, dieting works, but it's not sustainable. I'd read enough weight loss research studies to know that. Still, I needed to do something to get back on track, so I scheduled a call with Mark for after my sister's mid-October wedding.
Mark seemed stoked to work with me. I don't normally use words like stoked, but how else do you describe a guy who says he's "fired up to get you dialed in!" and signs all his emails with "Huge Hug." He was so genuinely sweet and excited that I couldn't help but get excited, too. I started actually looking forward to dieting and began hoping that it really would work.
During our first phone call on October 25th Mark explained the theory behind the Venice Nutrition plan, which is based on blood sugar stabilization. Weight loss, said Mark, has just as much to do with hormones as calories. Here's why:
Blood sugar is controlled by the pancreas. The two main hormones in the pancreas are insulin and glucagon. If your blood sugar drops below 80 mg/dl, your pancreas over-releases glucagon, which causes your body to breakdown stored glucose and amino acids (muscle) to boost blood sugar. If it gets too high (above 120 mg/dl), your pancreas releases too much insulin, which triggers your body to store all nutrients (often as fat) in an attempt to lower blood sugar.
Blood sugar. It was something I had only associated with diabetics. But when I started thinking about it, I realized that I often had late-afternoon crashes. Crashes so bad I would get dizzy, flushed and nauseous. Crashes that I often ignored because I was too busy to eat. However, as I explained to Mark, if I waited long enough the hunger pangs would pass. Yeah, that's because your body broke down muscle tissue to get the nutrients it needed, he replied. Oh.
So how could I keep my blood sugar balanced and my body primed to release and burn fat? There were three things I needed to do, said Mark.
- Eat within 30 minutes of waking and then every three to four hours after that—including within an hour of bedtime.
- Make sure every meal and/or snack is made up of roughly 40 percent protein, 35 percent carbs and 25 percent fat (protein triggers glucagon, carbs trigger insulin and fat slows digestion). Research shows that sticking to ratios like these can help you eat more and still lose weight.
- Eat a specific amount of calories per meal—your body can only process a certain amount of food at once. You should feel hungry, but not starving, when you begin a meal and satisfied, not stuffed, when you finish.
Because I follow a fairly rigorous training schedule, Mark didn't suggest a workout routine, but he did have a few more recommendations: drink a ton more water, take a multivitamin and fish oil supplements daily and swap my regular sugar-heavy sports drink for a mixture of Proto Whey protein powder and Hammer Nutrition Recoverite.
After the phone call, there was just one more step: Become a member of Venice Nutrition, the web tool that develops your personalized plan (It's available to anyone for just $20/month). After filling out a questionnaire, I was given my allotted calories per meal (250), meal recommendations based on the foods I like (everything; perhaps that's the problem), recipes and access to an awesome food and exercise log that makes it easy to tweak the recommended meals or come up with my own.
Over the next weekend I dropped a small fortune at GNC and the grocery store getting ready. Mark clearly did not live in New York City when he created this diet. I probably spent close to $300 getting all the necessary food, supplements and supplies (like a food scale). It was a shock to say the least, but I had made a commitment, I told myself, and there was no turning back now.
On Monday, I hit the ground running...and ran right into a wall. Since I like healthy foods, I figured I'd just be eating less of them. Boy was I wrong. I had a blood sugar crash Monday evening and by Wednesday I had run out of food and needed to go back to the grocery store. But the worst part was, despite eating straight through my stash, I was still hungry! If carb withdrawl is a real condition, I was in it. I spent the rest of the week irritable, foggy and dragging ass through my workouts.
By Friday I wasn't feeling great, but I had managed to survive the week without cheating. No small feat considering it included Halloween, a photo shoot filled with yummy catering and Bagel Wednesday—the mysterious phenomenon in which leftover bagels and cream cheese appear in our office kitchen at the exact moment your willpower begins to wane.
I was convinced Mark needed to increase size of my meals. However, when I spoke to him on the phone he didn't agree. Mark explained that until I got to a certain level of body fat (usually under 14 percent for women), increasing meal frequency rather than meal size is more likely to keep my metabolism humming. He took a look at my journal and recommended making a few changes:
- Eat more full meals. I was eating half-meals or snacks mid-morning and mid-afternoon, but with my training schedule I needed more sustenance.
- Eat more high-quality foods—especially before and after workouts. A bar before biking and a protein shake afterward wasn't going to cut it.
- Drink my sports mix during workouts. Because I was only doing 60-minutes of cardio and strength work at a time during this phase of my training I was just drinking water during my workouts. However this was making me ravenous afterward, especially on days I had double sessions (training in the morning and at night).
"All of this takes effort but it's worth the effort," Mark told me. "You have to put the time in if you want to be your best."
Keeping that in mind, I spent the next month getting "dialed in" as Mark would say. I went shopping at Costco and stocked up on so much chicken, fish and frozen produce it barely fit in my fridge. I started spending part of every Sunday planning and cooking meals I knew I would look forward to eating (turkey bacon, egg, and cheese wrap for breakfast? Yes, please!) And I began taking more time each morning to pack enough meals to get me through a workday. Once I got into the groove I was eating about seven meals a day. And you know what? A funny thing happened: The weight started coming off. First a pound. Then two.
By Thanksgiving I was down to 133.
But what really impressed me were all the unexpected benefits. My eyelashes grew, my face cleared up (I no longer needed the two prescriptions I had been using to keep breakouts at bay), my muscles rebounded quicker between workouts, my bloating disappeared (in fact my stomach was now always completely flat) and, most miraculously, my chronic migraines all but vanished. I even did a routine VO2 max test, which gauges aerobic capacity, and found that not only was I getting fitter, but my calorie and fat burning levels had skyrocketed compared to earlier in the year.
I was content with my results and heading into the holidays didn't expect to lose any more weight. After all, I weighed around 133 in college when I was in the best shape of my life. So I unwound a bit and let myself eat whatever I wanted during my weeklong Christmas vacation. The food was delicious, but I have to admit, I felt like total crap. My stomach hurt, my head hurt and my face was a splotchy mess. I returned to New York eager to get back on track and hopped on the scale to see how much damage I had done. Curiously it read 132—the same weight I was before I left.
Realizing that I could go completely overboard for a week and still maintain my weight gave me permission to loosen the reins a bit. Even Mark recommends one "cheat meal" a week, so I told myself that if I could eat on plan 80 percent of the time, I would be fine. Although I hadn't really been feeling deprived on this diet—or like I was on a diet at all—this allowed me to dine out, eat ice cream or grab a drink with friends whenever I wanted to without feeling guilty. Best of all, the diet still worked.
Over the next month I continued to watch my body change—my butt shrank, my arms gained definition and my abs returned. My coach commented on the transformation and three of my teammates were inspired to join Venice Nutrition. When I went to get my body fat measured again, the results amazed even me. After less than three months on the Venice Nutrition plan, I had lost 10 pounds and shed 7.1 percent of my body fat. I was down to 14.7 percent.
I've been thinking a lot about what made the difference for me. Yes my diet has changed—I still eat the same foods I used to but in different ratios (lots more protein, less carbs) and different quantities (bigger snacks, smaller meals)—but lots of people make dietary changes that don't stick. The bigger factors, I think, were motivation, support and accountability. Once I realized that my diet may be holding me back athletically, I wanted to get it right. Having a patient boyfriend who wouldn't get mad when I'd spend a half hour trying to figure out what take-out I wanted to order (only to decide that I'd rather go buy food at the supermarket and cook instead) made it easy not to cheat. And having Mark regularly check my food log kept me on track.
I frequently write about how food can transform your health, but it's really amazing to experience it first hand. If you've been thinking about making a change, do it. If you start today, who knows where you'll be when your next health assessment rolls around.
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Died: February 22, 2005 in Nashville, TN
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Drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the 6th round (167th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 27 (3730th overall since 1950)
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All things Mother Earth Living
by Robyn Griggs Lawrence, Editor at Large
hemp, history
This week is Hemp History Week. Because I so strongly believe that allowing American farmers to grow this incredibly versatile plant could make a huge difference for our planet and for all of us, I will post a blog each day in celebration.
Today, with help from Hemp History Week, we'll look at how this useful plant has changed our history—and why our farmers grow it at their legal peril. Sadly, it's illegal to grow hemp in the United States because of its relationship to marijuana, even though hemp has minute levels of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana that gets users high. The last legal hemp crop was harvested in 1957, but products made from hemp grown in Canada, China and Eastern Europe (where it's legal) amounted to $300 million in annual retail sales in North America in 2009. Several groups are lobbying to make hemp cultivation legal. You can help.
1700s: Virginia and other colonies require American farmers to grow hemp.
1776: The Declaration of Independence is drafted on hemp paper.
1797: The U.S.S. Constitution is outfitted with hemp sails and rigging.
1790s: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams grow hemp.
1840: Abraham Lincoln uses hemp seed oil to fuel his household lamps.
1890-1940s: USDA chief botanist grows hemp where the Pentagon now sits.
1916: USDA says hemp produces four times more paper per acre than trees.
1938: Popular Mechanics article "New Billion Dollar Crop" says hemp could be used to make 25,000 products, eveything from 'cellophane to dynamite.'
1942: Henry Ford builds a car from hemp fiber, which is 10 times stronger than steel. (Some innovative Canadians have taken this idea and run with it.)
World War II: American farmers harvest 150,000 acres of hemp through the USDA's Hemp for Victory program.
1957: Last hemp crop grown in United States following government confusion between hemp and marijuana. New government incentives for industry replace natural fibers with plastics.
1998: United States begins to import food-grade hemp seed and oil.
2000-2010: New technologies make use of hemp in textiles, hemp concrete and high-tech composites.
2004: Ninth Circuit Court decision protects sale of hemp foods and body care products in the United States.
2005: A bill is introduced in the U.S. Congress to allow states to regulate hemp farming.
2007: First hemp licenses in more than 50 years are granted to two North Dakota farmers.
2010: 200 events in 32 states mark the first annual Hemp History Week.
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ELKHART — An autopsy conducted Monday afternoon, June 24 determined 16-year-old Braxton Barhams died from a single gunshot wound.
Elkhart County Deputy Coroner James Elliott said the death was ruled a homicide and Barhams died from a gunshot wound in his left side.
Barhams was shot Saturday at about 6:45 p.m. near 250 W. Garfield Ave. He was taken to Elkhart General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A judicial officer found probable cause for a murder charge Monday in the case.
The Elkhart Police Department forwarded its investigation to the prosecutor's office, and a probable cause hearing was conducted, said Ed Windbigler, chief investigator of the Elkhart County Prosecutor's Office Monday afternoon.
Formal charges have not been filed, but the prosecuting attorney has up to 72 hours to file charges.
Officials have not released the name of the juvenile who was arrested early Sunday morning.
However, the Elkhart County Jail's booking report shows that Jesus Macedo-Perez, 16, of Elkhart, was booked Sunday morning on a murder charge and is being held without bond. Police have not linked Macedo-Perez's arrest to Barhams' death.
Lt. Mike Sigsbee of the Elkhart Police Department said in a statement that police cannot release the name of the suspect because he is younger than 18. The name of a juvenile who has been arrested on suspicion of having committed an offense is often withheld until formal charges are filed against him or her.
The neighborhood in which the shooting happened held a candlelight vigil Sunday evening to show its support to Barhams' family.
The drive-by shooting that took Barhams' life is the second shooting on the south side of the city in less than three weeks. It is also the fifth homicide in the county so far this year.
On June 6, 19-year-old Latryis Mitchell was shot outside a store in the 200 block of East Indiana Avenue.
Mitchell is recovering at home from his wounds, and police continue to investigate the case.
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McKee Presents a Sixties Celebration
LOVELAND, Colo. (Oct. 10, 2013) – Presented by The Friends of the Hospital, McKee Presents…a Sixties Celebration will be Saturday, Nov. 2 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Embassy Suites in Loveland.
McKee Presents…a Sixties Celebration, the McKee Medical Center Foundation's annual gala event, will benefit the Stepping Stones Adult Day Program, wrapping up the Facility Campaign and celebrating the collaborative partnership and grand opening of the new facility with the Loveland Community Health Center.
The Stepping Stones Adult Day Program provides participants an opportunity to socialize, build friendships, and enjoy stimulating activities in a safe, caring environment. By tailoring activities to meet individual's specific needs, Stepping Stones becomes a place where dignity, confidence, security and independence are assured, giving participants new levels of freedom and enhancing their quality of life.
Join us in celebrating the decade that defined a generation. This Sixties-era inspired event will feature music and dancing from the period, a hosted bar with specialty drinks, bingo and billiards, specially prepared delicacies served all evening, a photo booth and a live auction. Individual tickets are $130. Call (970) 203-2519 to receive an invitation or to reserve your ticket. Corporate tables and sponsorships are also available. Visit McKeeFoundation.com for more information.
The McKee Medical Center Foundation raises funds and friends for the health and wellness of our community.


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Your Devices
Computer Selection
Do I need to bring a computer to Bethany Lutheran College?
There are no classes that require students to have their own computer. The college provides computer labs for student use in Meyer Hall, Honsey Hall, the Student Union, and throughout the library. The lab computers have standard productivity software and any specialized software students need for class assignments. Most students choose to bring their own computers, and you are encouraged to do so, but it is not necessary.
Should I purchase a desktop or notebook computer?
A desktop computer and monitor typically costs $200 to $500 less than a comparably-equipped notebook computer, and is usually cheaper and easier to repair and upgrade. If you wish to purchase a desktop computer, they can often be found relatively cheaply at most retailers in a package that includes a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers. However, most students choose to bring a notebook computer for portability.
As a student, you qualify for academic pricing on a computer. Sites like JourneyEd.com and Microsoft Webstore are a good place to start, both Dell and Apple have academic stores, and numerous other computer vendors also offer academic pricing.
Is wireless access available?
Yes. Wireless networking is available in all residence halls and in most areas of the academic buildings.
I want to bring a Windows PC to campus. What kind should I bring?
A computer capable of comfortably running Windows Vista, 7, or 8 will meet your computing needs during your time at Bethany. If you wish to purchase a new computer, we recommend a processor with a speed of 2.4 Ghz or faster, 4 GB of RAM or more, and hard drive of 120 Gb 0or larger. If you want to connect to the campus network, your computer will need either an Ethernet adapter or a wireless network card. Most new computer systems come with these specifications or better.
We recommend Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Ultimate, or Windows 8 for student use. Windows' Business and Enterprise editions will work with the network, though they have several features students might find superfluous. We advise students to avoid Windows' Starter editions, as they have several crippling limitations.
I want to bring a Macintosh to campus. What kind should I bring?
To connect to the Bethany network, you will need a Macintosh running OS X 10.2.8 or later, with 10.4 and higher preferred. Macs running on either the PowerPC or the Intel architecture will work with our network. Your Mac will need either an Ethernet adapter or a wireless network card to connect to the network.
Apple does offer education pricing for students, and you can visit the Apple Store for Education for more information.
I want to bring a Linux system to campus. What distribution should I bring?
At this time, we do not support Linux-based systems. However, Linux-based computers can usually connect to the Internet, though you may be unable to access your network-based storage. Again, while we do not support Linux, we have noticed that Linux-using students seem to have the best luck with the Ubuntu or Linux Mint distributions.
What software should I purchase for my computer?
Most computer manufacturers bundle basic productivity software, such as Microsoft Office, with their machines. This software may be a trial version, however, so you may need to purchase the full version of the software or use a free alternative such as LibreOffice.org, a full-featured office suite available for free download. Any specialized software needed for certain classes is available on machines in the computer labs.
If you need to purchase Microsoft Office, we suggest the Office 365 University edition, which includes Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Computer Protection
How can I best protect myself from phishing scams?
"Phishing" refers to an increasingly common type of on-line fraud. Scammers will send e-mails purporting to be from a financial institution; a bank, for example, or another on-line business, such as eBay. The e-mail usually claims some sort of account problem, and urgently requests you to send in personal information to correct the error, whether via a return e-mail address or through a provided hyperlink. However, once the scammers have personal information in hand, they clean out bank accounts as quickly as possible.
- NEVER, under any circumstances, put personal information (social security numbers, bank account numbers, etc.) in an e-mail.
- Beware any e-mails that ask you to act immediately. Phishers often try to create a sense of false urgency, in order to get a potential victim to act before he/she thinks things through.
- Never follow a link in a suspicious e-mail, since it will often redirect you to a fraudulent site.
- If you do online banking, always carefully check the address. Phishers often create fake websites to ensnare personal information. For instance, a phishing ring might spoof the legitimate mibank.com site as m1bank.com (note the subtle change of the letter I to the digit 1). Also, when doing online banking, make sure that it is a secure site (an "https" address instead of "http", and your browser should display a small padlock icon in one of the lower corners).
- Phishing activity often increases in times of national tragedy (after Hurricane Katrina, for instance). Be wary of any e-mails asking for charitable donations.
To test your phishing savvy, try taking this quiz.
How can I best protect myself from viruses?
Having up-to-date antivirus software, such as Microsoft Security Essentials, configured to do regular system scans (daily or weekly), is the best protection against viruses.
That said, powerful and quick-spreading viruses and worms like Blaster, Sober, and SoBig are comparatively rare. More commonly, viruses trick the user into installing it on his or her system. This kind of virus is known as a "Trojan Horse" due to its deceptive tactics. Fortunately, Trojans are often delivered via the same techniques:
- an attachment in a fraudulent spam e-mail
- masquerading as a useful, free program
- files available on peer-to-peer networks
- pornographic websites
A few simple precautions can protect you from Trojan viruses. Never open an attachment in an unsolicited e-mail, and never open a spam e-mail with an attachment. Only download a program from an unknown website if you are certain that it is safe.
How can I best protect myself from malware?
We recommend using the most recent version of Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Google Chrome and being sure to keep it updated. Using previous versions of any of these browsers increases your security risk considerably. Old versions of Internet Explorer are particularly dangerous. Also avoid using peer-to-peer file sharing programs. Many install unwanted ad-producing spyware upon your computer as a means of raising revenue. Also take extreme care when installing browser extensions or toolbars; many carry hidden spyware packages.
My computer came with antivirus software. Will I have to replace it with Microsoft Security Essesntials?
Possibly. Many new computers are packaged with limited 30 or 60-day trial editions of antivirus software. Once the trial period expires, the antivirus software can no longer download updates, and soon becomes useless. Should your computer have a limited trial edition of antivirus software, it would be prudent to replace it with Microsoft Security Essentials.
Will I need to purchase antivirus software?
No. Bethany recommends students use the free Microsoft Security Essentials antivirus program for Windows computers. Typically, Mac computers do not need an antivirus software. If you are a Mac owner and would still prefer to have antivirus software, we recommend Norton, Avast!, or Sophos.
Does my computer need antivirus software?
Yes. You are required to have current antivirus software installed on your computer in order to be able to connect to the network. We use different methods to ensure the safety of our network which may include verifying the software installed on your own computer.
Computer Troubleshooting
My computer is broken. Will IT Services fix it? How much will it cost?
It depends on the nature of the problem. If your computer can't connect to the network, we will do our best to resolve the problem at no charge. This may, under certain circumstances, include the removal of spyware and viruses.
If your computer needs a network card installed, we will install it for the cost of the necessary parts.
However, we cannot do the following procedures on student-owned computers:
- installing personal printers
- installing and upgrading hardware other than Ethernet cards (such as memory, hard drives, etc.)
- reinstalling an operating system
- supporting personal music players (iPods, etc.)
- supporting other personal electronics (digital cameras, scanners, DVD players, etc.)
- supporting computer games
Should your computer require one of these procedures, we recommend you contact your computer's manufacturer (if the warranty is still in effect), or employ a computer repair service.
My computer is running slowly and I see many pop-up ads. What can I do to stop this?
Malwarebytes is recommended for all Windows Systems below Windows 8. For Windows Vista, 7, or 8, Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection and monitoring against spyware. See also the Microsoft Security Center for more tips on safe computing.
Can I bring a smartphone to campus?
Does Bethany provide a smartphone for students?
What kind of smartphone should I get?
The advantages of an iPhone are its light weight, excellent screen, and vast library of available applications. Additionally, an iPhone will work with Bethany Gmail. The disadvantages of an iPhone are the inability to remove its battery, lack of expandable storage, and single screen size – no smaller or larger screens are available.
There is a vast array of different Android smartphones, with a variety of different options – removable batteries, expandable storage, physical keyboards, and screen sizes ranging from three inches to six inches and larger. Additionally, an Android phone will work seamlessly with Bethany Gmail, since Google develops both Gmail and Android. The disadvantage of an Android smartphone is that it may take some research to find a model that you like and is supported by your wireless carrier.
Generally, we have had the best results with the Samsung Galaxy S line of phones, the HTC One, and the Motorola Droid phones.
What carrier should I get?
Do I need to worry about viruses on my smartphone?
Generally, so long as you obtain apps from the iTunes Store or the Google Play store (and avoided pornographic and pirated apps), you shouldn't have to worry about viruses on your smartphone.
Can I bring a tablet to campus?
Does Bethany provide a tablet for students?
What size of tablet should I get?
What kind of tablet should I get?
An iPad or an iPad Mini offers several advantages. Both the screen quality and the battery life are good, and the iPad has access to a vast library of tablet apps via the iTunes Store. Additionally, with a Bluetooth keyboard or a keyboard case, an iPad can act as a laptop substitute. The chief disadvantage of the iPad is its cost – an iPad or an iPad Mini can cost substantially more than a comparable Android tablet.
Android tablets come in a wide variety of sizes, with 7 inch and 10 inch screens being the most common. Android tablets are usually cheaper than a comparable iPad, and often have a slot for a microSD card, allowing you to store more data than an iPad. As with the iPad, an Android tablet with a Bluetooth keyboard or a keyboard case can sometimes act as a laptop substitute. The disadvantage of the Android tablets is that there are so many models and sizes that it can take some research to find one that meets your needs.
Generally, we have had the best results with the Samsung Galaxy line of tablets, the ASUS Transformer tablets, and the Google Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets.
Do I need to worry about viruses on my tablet?
For Android, it is easier to get a virus, but it also takes some work. Most Android viruses come from sketchy apps in the Google Play store (pornographic apps are often malware vectors, as are third-party knock-offs of popular apps) or from third-party app stores on the Internet.
Generally, so long as you obtain apps from the iTunes Store or the Google Play store (and avoid pornographic and pirated apps), you shouldn't have to worry about viruses on your tablet.


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Baha'I International Community
- Date submitted: 31 Oct 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
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Lon Kennard stands trial on charges of child rape. Photo courtesy of Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune.
Difficult to believe
It was difficult for many of the citizens of Kersa Elawa to resolve what they were hearing from Utah about Kennard with the kind man they thought they knew.
"The people here, they all like Lon," said villager Milkessa Gemedi Sero. "They believe he is a good man. The things they say he has done, these are not expected of a man of his stature, so it is difficult to believe."
Abero Chala, a government development officer and native of Kersa Elawa said Kennard "was a good man and a good helper. He really did a lot of good things for our community."
Dureti Hussen thinks Kennard's crimes are outweighed by the good he did: "Everybody make mistakes… I still love him."
But Dan Alger, who helped found the Village of Hope's Foresight program—that helped farmers get more out of their fields—sees Kennard's philanthropy as simply prelude to his sexual predation. "I don't doubt where Lon's head was going," Alger said.
For a time, Alger said, it wasn't certain that the program could survive the scandal. And even after it became clear that the Village of Hope would continue its work, the program stopped growing.
"We're not a good candidate under [the name] Village of Hope to go out and grow this program with new donors, because if you go do a Google search for 'Village of Hope' you don't learn a lot of good stuff about Village of Hope," Alger said. "You're more likely to hear about Lon and his activities up in Heber."
Today, the Village of Hope complex in Kersa Elawa is a ghost of its past. A guard keeps watch over the property. Inside locked gates, a swing set is overgrown with grass. Domed huts, once intended for clinics, protect a recent potato harvest.
And the domed structure in which Kennard often stayed is gone—a large, round imprint in the dirt is the only physical evidence of his presence. But the impact of Kennard's transgressions don't end in this small village.
We are placing less children
For the better part of a decade, Ethiopia had been one of the easiest places for American parents to adopt a child from overseas. By the time Kennard was convicted of sexual abuse crimes in the fall of 2011, that had drastically changed.
Standing before 4th District Court Judge Derek Pullan, Kennard—then 70 years old— trembled, sobbed and begged for his family to forgive him. "I need a family," he cried. "It's horrible to be without a family."
At the same time Kennard was begging for mercy, Ethiopian government officials were cracking down on lenient policies that had allowed thousands of fast adoptions.
Now, most families must make multiple trips to Ethiopia to secure their adopted children. The Ministry of Women's, Children and Youth Affairs has significantly slowed the number of adoption files it reviews each week, adding additional checks to the process.
Most of all, government officials say they have focused support on orphanages that provide long-term care for the nation's children. Still, most orphanages remain overcrowded. In one government orphanage in Addis Ababa, for instance, babies are crowded into rows and rows of bassinets. The flies are thick in the fetid air. Workers say they try to hold each child a few times a day.
An adoption official from the Women's Affairs Ministry said her agency fully understands the over-crowded orphanages are not ideal, but abusive adoptive parents like Kennard have left the ministry no choice.
The official said the Kennard matter "was something we were aware of—very much—when it became clear there needed to be changes in the system to protect our children from exploitation and predatory people."
She described Kennard as "a sick monster." And, she worried, "There are more."
Gorfe, the veteran adoption agency official in Addis Ababa, said most of the changes are positive—particularly given that only a very small number of Ethiopia's children (those who enter the system as relatively healthy infants) stand much of a chance of being adopted out of country.
But the changes also slowed down a system that was, in the overwhelming majority of cases, placing children of great need with families of great means.
"The numbers have gone down over the last three years; definitely we are placing less children then we did," said Marquita Thompson, an international adoptions coordinator with the Washington state-based Adoption Advocates International.
At one time, her agency was placing about 300 Ethiopian children a year. "And I think last year we placed 106," she said.
Among the changes, the Women's Affairs Ministry has made a cutback on the number of children any family may adopt. "They think large families aren't good," Thompson said, relating a recent conversation she had with an official from the women's ministry. "Maybe they don't have enough energy for each child or enough attention." Or maybe, she said, it's because "some of the bigger child abuse cases that they've seen have been in larger families."
Who I Really Am
It's either the depth of his denial, or the boundlessness of his hopes, but Kennard believes he will someday return to Ethiopia.
Told of the admiration many people in Kersa Elawa still express for him, Kennard's eyes become distant. "That is because they know who I really am."
Kennard also says the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole, when it considers his case years from now, will recognize his actions in Ethiopia were humanitarian, not predatory.
But he will never convince Jensen, his daughter.
"My father was always looking for more compliant victims," she says. "He was a coward and he was looking for the most powerless people he could to manipulate and abuse. And one day he realized there was a place a long way from here where he could have exactly what he wanted—and that they would welcome him with open hearts." And so, in a land of hunger, disease and anguish, a story is told of a man who came to a place of despair and created a village of hope.
A good man. An honest man. A hero. A saint.
And, like many stories in that land, Jensen says, it is nothing more than a myth.
Matthew D. LaPlante is an assistant professor of journalism at Utah State University, where Mackinzie Hamilton is an undergraduate student in the Department of Journalism and Communication. This article was reported during trips to Ethiopia in 2011 and 2012
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We know Margaret Cho can bring the funny, but whether she'll bring the funny to the new season of Dancing With the Stars—by tripping over her two left feet or something—remains to be seen. (The show kicks off tonight at 8/7C on ABC.) Cho, who is paired with Louis van Amstel, will compete against Dirty Dancer Jennifer Gray, Bristol Palin, Florence Henderson and The Situation (the guy with the abs from Jersey Shore), among others.
This isn't the only brand-extension project in the works for the inked-up comedienne: She's also released her first musical comedy album, Cho Dependent, a collection of 13 twisted, hilarious and autobiographical tracks. We caught up with the multi-tasker over e-mail:
How did you wind up on DWTS?
I don't know. They asked me and I said yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, of course, because I love dance even though I don't know anything about ballroom dancing.
You've taken bellydancing lessons and started a line of bellydancing belts. Can we expect that sort of dancing to influence your performances?
Hopefully! I love bellydance!! Also, I am magic on the pole.
After Senator John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his running mate in the 2008 presidential election, you said, "I think [Palin] is the worst thing to happen to America since 9/11." Now you're competing against her daughter Bristol. Have you had any awkward encounters with her?
I haven't really seen Bristol at all! We haven't been rehearsing at the same times. She looks just like her mom!
Do you still think Palin is the worst thing to happen to America since 9/11?
No, I think Crocs are. But they are so comfortable!
What is van Amstel like as a teacher? You two get along?
He's an incredible teacher and he and I get along great. We have been on tour together and so living in very close quarters, which has been a lot of fun. He is really funny and makes me laugh a lot even when I am sweating.
Your new album is mostly autobiographical—is anyone going to be pissed? Or pleased? (The gushing track about a man's penis comes to mind.)
It's all autobiographical and they will be really pleased.
You collaborated with Tegan and Sara, Tommy Chong and Fiona Apple, among others. Any artists you'd want to collaborate with?
David Bowie, Linda Perry and Nile Rodgers!
Back to DWTS. What if you're voted off first?
I am going to win because I am so starving I will eat all the other contestants and win by default.


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While the code calls $controller->registerPlugin repeatedly it is in fact only registered once as the registerPlugin() method throws an exception if the plugin is already registered.
I guess the way I am doing it at the moment is no the "clean" way. Rather than keeping a flag in my code I would prefer to call a method on Zend_Controller_Front called isPluginRegistered().
Let's open a new issue for this if the multiple DB logging is working as intended.
My problem is with Zend_Db_Profiler_Firebug not with Zend_Log_Writer_Firebug, is that your question?
Without my code, I have nothing in Firebug. With my code, I have the 2 tables in Firebug. Is my response correct?
I understand: I have xDebug which catch the exception before your try/catch.
I should not rely on the exception for control flow. I'll work on a fix. It will probably not make it into 1.6.0, but will be in 1.6.1
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EUGENE – One of the longest-tenured coaches in the illustrious legacy of the University of Oregon's track & field program, an unsung catalyst who helped lay the foundation for Track Town USA, and one of the school's first women's NCAA women's team champion are among the headliners to be inducted into the University of Oregon's 22nd Athletics Hall of Fame class during the weekend of the Ducks' Oct. 19 home football game vs. Washington State.
Former Oregon women's track and cross country head coach Tom Heinonen (1975-03), long-time track & field administrator Bob Newland Sr. (1958-86) and the Ducks' 1987 NCAA champion women's cross country team head a group that have all been instrumental in the unprecedented success currently enjoyed by the University's athletics department.
They will be joined by former football standout and four-time track & field All-American Latin Berry (1986-90), two-time Pac-8 Conference men's golf champion Craig Griswold (1970-73), and one of the school's most respected assistant football coaches in recent memory, Joe Schaffeld (1974-97).
The six Oregon Hall-of-Fame inductees will formally join an elite collection of the University's former athletics standouts at an Oct. 18 banquet in Autzen Stadium's Club at Autzen, before being introduced at halftime of the Ducks' Pac-12 conference football game the following day against the Cougars.
To be eligible for induction into Oregon's Athletics Hall-of-Fame, former athletes, coaches and administrators associated with the University must have departed the University for a minimum of 10 years.
Berry epitomized the notion of a two-sport standout, earning football All-America acclaim as a three-year starting fullback as well as a five-time Pac-10 Conference track & field champion (long and triple jumps).
Griswold loomed as the school's lone first-team All-America golfer during a 38-year span (1972), as well as a three-time all-conference honoree (1970, '72, and '73).
Heinonen's 28-year Oregon tenure trailed only that of Bill Hayward's 44-year stint overseeing the school's track program as the eight-time Pac-10 women's track & field coach-of-the-year and two-time NCAA honoree guided the Ducks' to a trio of national team titles and six conference championships.
Schaffeld spent his entire coaching career in the state as a high school and university football assistant, with the former Willamette University head coach encompassing three seasons as the Ducks' defensive coordinator (1983-85) among his 23 years as his alma mater's defensive line coach. Since retiring from coaching following the 1997 season, the lineman on the school's 1958 Rose Bowl squad has remained a part-time employee of the athletics department for the past 15 years.
Oregon's 1987 NCAA women's championship cross country team became what was at that time only the school's third women's national team titlist as well as the second women's NCAA cross country gold medalist. Included on that team were All-Americans Annette (Hand) Peters, who previously was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998 on her individual merits, Penny (Graves) Hewlett and Liz Wilson.
Newland, who along with former Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman, was instrumental in Oregon hosting three Olympic Trials (1972, '76 and '80), five NCAA championships, and helped found the Oregon Track Club. He will be inducted into the Hall of Fame as an individual who has made "extraordinary contributions toward the success of the U of O athletics programs."
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Why is only Shabbos Breishis known as Shabbos Breishis. (As opposed to any other week - we do not call Shabbos Noach etc.)
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The Buccaneers will open play in the NCAA Championships Wednesday afternoon at the Brick Boilermaker Golf Complex's Kampen Course. The Bucs, who earned their spot in the championships with an eighth place finish in the NCAA East Regional earlier this month, are scheduled to tee off beginning at 1:47 and will be playing alongside Texas A&M and Indiana.
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The Bucs will be looking to match or improve on their previous team-best showing of third place in the NCAAs, which came in 1996. Other quality efforts by the Bucs in the nationals include finishes of sixth (1975), seventh (1976), ninth (2001) and 12th (1989, 1994 and 1997).
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While Power enjoyed a strong outing, the 16th-ranked Bucs struggled in the first round and ended the day tied for 11th on the team leaderboard.
"We had some struggles and had to count a high score," said ETSU head coach Fred Warren. "We're still just 12 strokes out of the lead. If we can improve tomorrow we still have an opportunity for a strong finish."
Other ETSU results from Sunday's action included a tie for 16th by senior Rhys Davies (Bridgend, Wales), who fired a 1-over 73, while junior Gareth Shaw (Lisburn, Northern Ireland) finished tied for 46th at 5-over.
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Our fav. foul-mouthed Jersey girl, Chelsea Handler, called it quits on one of her SLC obligations. Handler's 'people' just gave us the d.l. that she cancelled her book signing at Sam Weller's scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 6 at 5:00 p.m.
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Photographer Dave Jordano's three-year project "Detroit–Unbroken Down," featured in this week's Time magazine and on a recent post on Time's Lightbox, represent a return to Jordano's roots – both personally and professionally. Jordano grew up in Detroit, and he began revisiting it three years ago to document how it had changed since 1977, when he moved to Chicago to launch his commercial photography career. The project also represents a return to the documentary street photography he had done before he began shooting ad campaigns. Almost a decade after he began transitioning from advertising work to fine-art photography, Jordano, 65, has had several projects exhibited and sold prints to several museum collections. But, he says, "This Detroit work is the biggest thing I've ever done. I don't think the project's finished yet."
In 2010, Jordano noticed that there were many photo books being published about Detroit, all focused on "abandonment and emptiness." He says, "The term 'ruin porn' was used to describe it." Jordano still had the street photos he'd shot in Detroit as a photo student in the 1970s, and he decided to try a re-photographing the same streets 35 years later. But the project soon changed course. Over the course of 22 trips in the last three years, he's started focusing on "portraiture and small moments." He explains, "There are people living here and they're stuck here because they can't afford to leave." His view of Detroit isn't rosy. City neighborhoods lack grocery stores, bus service or street lights; calls to 911 take at least an hour to rouse a response. "Anyone there will tell you it's awful, but this is what they deal with every day" he says. His images capture people managing to survive.
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The Assistant Director of the Office of Equity and Equal Opportunity (OEEO) will support the department's mission of promoting fairness and justice, ensuring that each member of the Miami University community is and feels included and promoting a diverse and welcoming environment that is equally accessible for all who live, learn, work and participate in activities at Miami.
The Assistant Director, an integral member of the OEEO team, will report directly to the Director of OEEO. This person will support the office's mission by working with the Director and other OEEO staff to compile and review data for Miami's annual Affirmative Action Plan (AAP) for minorities and females and also Miami's annual AAP for veterans and people with disabilities; follow and track federal regulation changes regarding equal employment / affirmative action, harassment, discrimination and retaliation; collect and analyze data for OEEO, as requested by the Director and/or other OEEO staff; track employment related movement of faculty and staff; assist Director and other OEEO staff with implementation of the AAP; perform affirmative action internal audits as required by federal and state government agencies; assist Associate Director with review of hire recommendations, promotion recommendations, recruitment plans, collection of applicant flow data, preparing applicant flow data reports and providing them to hiring departments; meet with search committees for unclassified/administrative searches. Compile data for and file Miami University's Federal Contractor Veterans' Employment (VETS-100A) Report.
In consultation with the Associate Director, conduct harassment and discrimination prevention and response trainings including Title IX; prepare annual report of harassment and discrimination trainings and other reports as needed; assist with harassment and discrimination investigations as needed; represent OEEO on various committees and at various meetings; ensure federal and state labor law posters are current and properly posted; and perform other duties as assigned.
The job description and application instructions for this position are available online. Only online applications will be accepted for this search. Screening of applications will begin March 2014. To request an ADA accommodation for any part of the application and/or interview process, please contact Miami University's Office of Disability Resources (ODR) at (513) 529-1541 (V/TTY) or email.


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ZF-12323: Fix Windows newline issues
The patch includes changes from "\n" to {{PHP_EOL}}.
Fixed in trunk r25018 and release-1.12 r25019
I'm afraid that this broke tests on my Windows. (Windows 7 HP 64bit, PHP 5.3.8, PHPUnit 3.4.15)
This fixes failing tests for me.
Hi Martin, normally I work on Mac OS X, but after some tests with a old windows machine (Windows XP, PHP 5.2.17, PHPUnit 3.4), I had some errors.
I'll be looking at that again. Thanks for your feedback!
Was fixed with ZF-8874.


text: Inductee: Chet Atkins (guitar; born June 20, 1924, died June 30, 2001) Few guitarists have had more influence on the instrument than Chet Atkins. In Atkins case, his influence extends from the country-music realm into rock and roll. As a studio musician, he appeared on records by Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Hank Williams, Roy Orbison, and countless country musicians. Atkins thumb-and-fingerpicking style influenced George Harrison, Duane Eddy, the Ventures, Eddie Cochran, Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler, as well as innumerable country pickers. Even the likes of Ted Nugent has credited Atkins with inspiring him to take up the instrument. ...full bio


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Rainy Days And, Well, Pretty Much Any Day These Days
Wednesday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPmbT5XC-q0 (pretty accurate?!)
Unfortunately, things didn't go much better tonight. Glen Perkins was on the hill against the Orioles and allowed four runs through the first three innings. The Twins managed to claw back and tie the game, but Jose Mijares couldn't hold the lead in the eighth inning and the Twins lost yet again.
I've been working a lot lately and thus not able to update this blog as frequently as I would like to, but suffice it to say that the Twins are in a pretty big rut right now. The bats go silent all too often, the bullpen is in shambles, and it seems like at least once every five days a starting pitcher gets tattoed in the early innings like Perk did tonight.
Troubling stat: the Twins have allowed 35 homers this season…and hit 19. And this is with Carlos Silva, Brad Radke, and Johan Santana NOT on the staff!
-The Twins also recently sent Alexi Casilla down to the minor leagues. Personally, I think that was an overreaction on the part of whoever made the decision, but hopefully it snaps Casilla out of the funk he is in. I just don't see it working out, as I don't think that Tolbert is as good as Alexi.
Preview (13-16, 4th, 5.0 GB KCR): Chris Jakubauskas (1-3, 5.76) vs. Scott Baker (0-4, 9.15). With the way King Felix and Erik Bedard (Saturday and Sunday's starters) are pitching for the M's, we better beat Jaku tomorrow night or things could get even uglier.


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Imagine coming home and finding a pit bull loose in your house. Well, that nightmare came true for Pam McKee. When she came home Tuesday afternoon she walked into her kitchen area where a black pit bull lunged at her. She then ran outside, but not before seeing her German Shepard of the floor surrounded by blood.
She says the pit bulls got in through her doggy door and killed her dog. The dogs belong to a neighbor, Darnelle Darby, of Fort Walton Beach. Pam says once outside she called the police and animal control who took away the dogs.
Three pit bulls, two of which were involved in the attack, were taken to the Panhandle Animal Welfare Society, but to the horror of Pam McKee, they could be coming right back.
Director of Animal Services Dee Thompson says the dog's future resides with the owner.
"If he follows the law and does the things that needed to be done, such as buying a muzzle, building a proper holding pen and paying more than $780 in fines, there isn't any law that could keep him from getting back his pit bulls."
When Pam comes home she usually puts her 17-month-old granddaughter in the house first to play with her dog Harley. Tuesday she luckily left her in the car and says if the dogs come back, she will take steps necessary to protect her family.
She says if they get in her yard again she will kill them, and Florida law says she would have the right to do so.
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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
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Full SubmissionFEEM contribution to the Rio+20 Compilation Document
An economic research perspective on the green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication
Key global challenges
According to the UNEP definition (2010), a green economy is ?one that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities??.
Existing threats to the environment - directly and indirectly related to human activities - can seriously affect socio-economic systems. These threats often intensify environmental and socio-economic vulnerability, particularly in the poorest regions of the world, thus impairing sustainable development and a balanced path towards a world green economy.
The relationship between growth, poverty eradication, the society, and the environment shows complex dynamics and multifaceted dimensions, involving different systems and sectors of production, and varied models of consumption, carrying out different economic, environmental, and distributional impacts worldwide.
Even if it is often difficult to disentangle them, the following key challenges can be identified, providing scope and guidance for research and policymaking.
� Climate change - Climate change is probably the most urgent and debated global challenge, affecting many domains and cutting across other challenging issues. To reach the ambitious 2� target accepted by the inter national community in Canc�n, it is necessary to implement massive and timely mitigation policies globally, stabilising GHGs emissions at the levels deemed consistent with the target by the scientific community. Adaptation actions must also be planned and implemented, particularly in the most vulnerable world regions that are already suffering from the effects of climate change. From an economic perspective, key issues to tackle the climate challenge are:
- The design of a more effective system for climate governance, possibly leading to an international agreement on climate policies.
- A better understanding of the economic dimension of existing and new mitigation instruments and technologies for climate stabilisation and the overall economic valuation of alternative international climate strategies, including the assessment of current governments? pledges.
- The assessment of the full costs of climate change impacts and adaptation, aiming to provide a comprehensive and integrated assessment of climate impacts and policies, accounting for landuse, forestry cover, atmosphere, biosphere modules, and other complex feedback dimensions.
- The inclusion of uncertainty in the mutual responses of climate and socio-economic systems.
- A clearer understanding of climate finance, investigating the nature, (i.e. public vs. private), and the amount of financial efforts needed to support the technological transformation towards a low-carbon economy and to adapt to the impacts of climate change. The design of an international carbon market, as well as the additionally of climate funds, are two priority issues, which call for a strategic partnership and cooperation between private and public finance.
� Energy - Energy is clearly intertwined with climate change, due to the fundamental role played by energy in generating greenhouse gas emissions. In a world where more than one billion people still live in energy poverty without access to clean cooking facilities, access to energy is key to pursue poverty eradication and sustainable development. While energy is crucial to feed the developing world and the rapid economic growth of emerging economies, as well as to maintain the high consumption standards in the developed world, a real technological ?revolution? in the energy sector is needed to meet the climate challenge. Energy systems vary widely across countries, given their level of development and their endowments of primary energy sources. Crucial issues to be addressed in this area are:
- Energy poverty
- The affordability and security of energy supply
- The development of a reliable system for international energy governance
- A better understanding of the drivers of energy demand, globally as well as regionally
- A better understanding of the dynamics of innovation, diffusion, and adoption of energy technologies
- A detailed representation of the energy systems at the country level
- The environmental impacts of energy production and consumption, including global warming and impacts on local air pollution, land-use, and water utilisation
� Biodiversity - Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems and is in part a function of climate, being thus directly affected by climate change. Biodiversity loss potentially poses high damages to human health and well-being. Our well-being is totally dependent upon the continued flow of ecosystem services such as: food, fibres, clean water, healthy soil and carbon capture. These services are predominantly public goods with no markets and no prices, and are rarely detected by our current economic compass. Valuation efforts on ecosystem services are often undertaken and available at the micro level. The key challenge is to scale up from the micro to the macro dimension, to help policy makers understand the economic value of ecosystems and assess the full benefits of alternative policies, both at the global and local level. � Land-use - Land is a scarce resource and competition in the use of land places land-use at the centre of the climate-energy debate. The use of land indeed fulfils basic needs, namely food security, feeds the growing appetite for cleaner energy and supports forestry and sustainable forests practices. Bio-fuels and their expansion contribute to cleaner energy production and compete with land-use for food production. This competition is deemed responsible for the increased volatility of food prices, with perverse economic effects particularly on developing economies. Regarding forestry, reducing and/or preventing deforestation is one of the mitigation options with the largest and most immediate carbon stock impacts in the short-term at the global level. Proponents of bio-carbon sequestration activities stress that land-use, land-use changes, and forestry (LULUCF) initiatives, if properly designed can bring important multiple benefits to climate change mitigation, biodiversity conservation, rural development, and poverty eradication in developing countries. There are several important methodological issues regarding the design of these initiatives including baselines, monitoring, permanence, and insurance, which are still at the centre of the policy debate. Synergies and trade- offs between these competing land-uses must be further studied and analysed in an integrated way. � Water - Water is also a scarce resource, precious to agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, and more broadly, to the ecological balance, although rarely priced in the market. Water will be directly affected by climate change since climate extremes will lead to a higher frequency of droughts and flooding in various regions of the world, and sea-level rise will severely damage coastal areas and small island states. A more efficient and effective management of water resources and coastal zones is needed. Furthermore, water should be included in the integrated assessment of policies towards a green economy. � Migration - Human migration induced by climate change is a potentially relevant and massive phenomenon, affecting the socio-economic systems of both sending and receiving regions. Direct effects of climate extremes in rural and coastal areas, or indirect effects of climate change, such as diminished opportunities in agriculture due to productivity losses, may trigger out migration of labour, inducing rural-urban as well as international migration. A better understanding of the socio-economic and environmental dynamics at play is crucial to design effective policy answers. Key methodological challenges � Integrated assessment - Given the strong interdependencies described above, socio-economic science must be able to provide an integrated assessment of the key dynamics at play between the economy-energy-climate systems. The integrated assessment should aim at capturing all the interactions across issues and sectors, identifying potential synergies and trade-offs in order to guide effective policies. Integrated assessment should account for land-use, forestry, water and biodiversity, atmosphere and biosphere modules, human health and labour migration. � Full life cycle assessment - On the path to a green economy, the full life cycle of economic activities should be assessed, accounting for external costs throughout the whole production chain, to be able to compare the real net benefits of alternative environmental policies. � Welfare indicators - The quantitative measurement of a green economy should move beyond GDP, capturing the three fundamental dimensions of sustainable development, namely the economy, the society, and the environment, as well as their potential trade-offs. Welfare indicators that move beyond the pure economic dimension should become the benchmarking instruments for policy assessment, bringing the equity perspective into the framework. � Data consistency - Monitoring, reporting, verification, and consistency of data across world countries and regions should be enhanced in many sectors key to green growth. Often data are not reliable and not comparable. � Dealing with uncertainty - Uncertainty is a central feature of climate science, which inevitably, in the interaction between the climate and economic systems, pervades several dimensions of future economic and development scenarios. Uncertainty should be incorporated in the economic assessment of development policies. More emphasis on the study of the probability of extreme events and natural disasters may help to address climate uncertainty, outlining emergency plans and doing contingency planning should worst-case scenarios occur. Research input and policy insights for a world green economy from selected ongoing FEEM research projects Research inputs � Over the years FEEM has developed and refined robust modelling tools addressing both mitigation and adaptation policies to advance knowledge in the economics and policy of climate change. These modelling tools aim to fill the existing gaps and address the key challenges previously identified in this area of research. On the mitigation side, FEEM has built the energy-economy-climate WITCH model (World Induced Technical Change Hybrid Model). WITCH is specifically designed to assist in the study of the socio-economic dimensions of climate change and to help policy makers understand the economic consequences of climate policies. On the impact side, FEEM investigates climate change impacts on the world economy through the use of ICES (Intertemporal Computable Equilibrium System), a model designed to assess the final welfare implication of climate change impacts, capturing the production and consumption substitution processes at play in the social-economic system as a response to climate shocks. Essentially focused on modelling and policy analysis, the following selected projects aim at assessing the full costs of climate change impacts and adaptation, and of existing and new mitigation instruments and technologies for climate stabilisation, in order to provide a comprehensive integrated assessment of climate polices. Within the same modelling frameworks some of the projects highlighted also investigate the issues of climate and energy policy governance and climate and energy-related innovation and technological change: - Impacts Quantification of global changes - Global-IQ - Vectors of Change in Oceans and Seas Marine Life, Impact on Economic Sectors - VECTORS - Low climate IMpact scenarios and the Implications of required Tight emission control Strategies - LIMITS - Innovation for Climate chAnge mitigation: a study of energy R&d, its Uncertain effectiveness and Spillovers - ICARUS - PAradigm SHifts Modelling and INnovative Approaches - PASHMINA - Diffusion of Climate-Friendly Technologies. The Role of Intellectual Property Rights, Human Capital and Environmental Policy - ClimTech � With the aim to provide a useful tool to measure welfare beyond-GDP, FEEM has developed the FEEM Sustainability Index (FEEM SI). The FEEM SI is an aggregate index through which novel techniques summarise and merge the information derived by a selection of relevant sustainability indicators to assess welfare. Thanks to its foundation in a recursive-dynamic computable general equilibrium model, ICES-SI, the FEEM SI can provide future assessment of sustainability as well as a past one, building a dynamic and comprehensive picture of the sustainability of world countries through time. Since it is possible to compute the index under different economic, social, and environmental assumptions, the FEEM SI can be used to assess the sustainability of alternative policies of economic, social, or environmental in nature, both in a snapshot and through time. A new version of the FEEM SI will be released in December 2011, presenting several methodological advancements, among which, a novel indicators? aggregation methodology based on experts? elicitation techniques. � Building on earlier work on the design of a methodology to assess the external costs of energy (the ExternE project series), FEEM has followed up on this stream of research leading the EXIOPOL project - A New Environmental Accounting Framework Using Externality Data and Input-Output Tools for Policy Analysis. The main research products of this project include: a detailed Environmentally Extended Input-Output database, covering 43 individual countries plus the aggregation of the rest of the world, to perform full cost accounting and impact assessment of different activities; policy relevant case studies; and the comparison of different methodological approaches to environmental accounting. EXIOPOL thus provides precious tools and data for a comprehensive analysis and a full life cycle assessment of a broad set of economic activities in Europe. � To bring a more realistic view into modelling and in the design of future scenarios, FEEM has initiated a research stream on the development and application of experts? elicitation techniques. Within the ICARUS project, aimed to provide a unique analysis of energy related innovation mechanism, expert elicitation methods will be used in order to assess the potential effectiveness of technology-specific R&D. ICARUS carries out a systematic process of collection and elaboration of qualitative and quantitative estimates from the experts, drawn from the world of business and institutions. This process characterises the uncertainty dimension of innovation in selected technologies, including Solar PV and CSP technologies, nuclear, and bio-fuels. Expert elicitations? results will be used as building blocks to shed light on a number of disguised areas relevant for the modelling community, improving the models capacity to project a more realistic image of the world. The same methodology will be used within the TEaM Project -Technology Elicitations and Modelling Project. The project aims to integrate the data sources on technology supply, with expert elicitation techniques and to share them with the Integrated Assessment Modelling community. � To enhance communication and cooperation among the different communities involved in sustainable development issues, FEEM is involved in several research networks. As an example, FEEM leads the dissemination activities of the Network of Excellence LIAISE- Linking Impact Assessment Instruments to Sustainability Expertise, aimed to build a bridge between science and policy in the field of impact assessment for sustainable development. Among the various activities of the network, a toolbox on available instruments for impact assessment has been designed and made freely accessible to practitioners working in the field. Policy insights � An integrated assessment approach in economic research aims at enhancing harmonised and integrated policies towards a world green economy. Policies should be harmonised not only across sectors, but also around the most challenging issues, such as climate change. The system of governance of the relevant policies should allow for integration and cooperation at the regional and international levels. � To pursue a green economy approach, the assessment of development policies should move beyond GDP, by benchmarking new measures of welfare. ?Beyond GDP? indicators should account for environmental and social externalities of economic activities, reflecting the concept of social equity. � The modelling of the transition to a low-carbon green world, under multifaceted dimensions of uncertainty, requires a long-term perspective. Based on the outcome of research, policy recommendations also require a long-term horizon. Policy makers should start adopting a longer-term perspective, implementing policies that may become effective beyond their political lifetime. � Policy should communicate more effectively to science, to the business sector, and to the civil society to involve all key stakeholders in the difficult path towards a green economy. Efforts from both the demand and supply side are absolutely necessary. Only a productive cooperation between science and policy can build and provide the right incentives and motivations along that path, communicating also through the media. � Policy should be aware that a public-private alliance is desirable to address more effectively many of the key challenges identified such as: climate finance, the support to R&D Investment in new energy technologies, the implementation of full life-cycle assessment analysis in many economic sectors, and the more efficient management of natural resources such as: water, biodiversity, and ecosystem services.


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The Lady Bucs, who finished 3-6 in A-Sun action, will look to avenge the season's earlier 3-0 loss to the Bruins. The first time around, Jennifer Sartor (
The winner of the Belmont/ETSU game will take on second-seeded
On the other side of the bracket, #4 Lipscomb squares off against #5 Mercer, with the winner set to meet top seeded Florida Atlantic. FAU is the favorite going into the weekend, with an unblemished 9-0 A-Sun record, along with a 27-2 overall performance.
Sartor leads the Lady Bucs with 3.28 kills per game, to go along with 2.36 digs per frame, and a team-best 0.94 blocks a set. Buhr is right behind offensively with 3.13 k/g and leads the squad with 2.60 d/g. Sophomore Callie Kiselich (
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The Lady Bucs will be looking to stop a seven-year losing skid, as the last time an ETSU won a conference tournament game was in 1997.
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After looking at sites offer saiga conversions I was surprised at how much they charge for their services. The pieces installed are relatively inexpensive, and the work does not seem so complex as to require 300-400 dollars worth of labor. That being said I was thinking of starting my own saiga conversion business. This is 100% speculation at this point, but I have a few questions.
Would I need anything more than a standard FFL lisence to legally do this?
What would you look for in a quality saiga conversion?
If you have used one of the more expensive services, what did they offer that made the price worth it?
Thanks for your imput. Any and all advice is appreciated.


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The epic spring may be the driving force behind the massive party that took place atop High Rustler Sunday for the "First Closing Day of Alta." Alta reopens this Friday for one final weekend but you would have thought they were done after the 'farewell' scene I shared with a couple hundred of my fellow passholders.
Locals skiers aren't ones to let their favorite resorts close without a bang and so the annual ritual of meeting on High Boy for the last run of the season took place yet again this Easter Sunday. The history of the celebration began in the 1960s when a loyal group of Altaholics made the High Traverse to Rustler for one farewell kiss to winter and some raucous hell raising. The 45-degree pitch drops you quickly into the 1300 vertical-foot run but the point of the ceremony is to wait, and wait, drawing out the day until the last possible moment before making that painfully sweet run.
Back then, the gang waited until the last Germania chair emptied and those skiers joined up with them. That was around 6 p.m. or so. Well, last Sunday, 40 skiers were still crunching beer cans from the peak at 7:30 p.m. while about two dozen others were making their way to the parking lot.
Alta technically closes at 4:30 p.m. but the sign at the top of Collins Lift on April 25, 2011, said ski patrol's going home at 5 p.m., you're on your own so be careful.
That's like leaving for the weekend and giving the teenagers the keys to the house, the car and liquor cabinet. Who'd want to leave that party? More than 200 skiers and snowboarders (who braved the cat track from Snowbird's Baldy Express to the top of Collins and the High T) dressed in crazy costumes and rallied for the ridge above Rustler. Coolers, amps, boomboxes, beer, combustibles, fifths of whiskey and vodka, and firecrackers were passed among the crowd.
A flat spot no bigger than the bed of a pickup truck acted as the podium for the "judges." If you jumped into Rustler too soon, these gatekeepers pounded you with harsh words and harsher snowballs.
We waited and waited. Hoping for a sign that it was time to start the mass exodus from the peak. But it never came. Everyone was having too much fun at the party to go home. In past seasons, a giant roar would erupt from the mob and you'd experience a Chinese Downhill, Alta style. Flash turns, hoots, hollers, wipeouts, and apologies made to the wind as skiers continued their nonstop crush to the bottom, rippers barely missing the snowplowing novices who dared the ritual. It wasn't pretty for anyone as you spent most of the run trying to survive the onslaught of darting, out-of-control bodies. But that was the best part. I wish it had been like that this year. We waited but no one was going anywhere. It would have been a blast to look back up to the run and watch the hundreds weaving their way down. Instead, we snuck through a line in the trees, popped out below where the snowballs couldn't reach us and slowly descended- alone. I wasn't prepared to hang out last week but I have a second chance this Sunday for Alta's second (and final) closing day.
With no dinner reservations waiting, wearing extra layers (the snow and wind kicked up last week), and a flask in my pocket, I'll see about staying a bit longer. I'm thinking of packing my headlamp too- just in case.
P.S. The latest closing date in the history of the Little Cottonwood Canyon resort is July 4 (in 1995 and 2005). Thinking we'll hit that record again....