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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Coalition (CSRC)
- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
- Stakeholder type: Major Group
- Name: Corporate Sustainability Reporting Coalition (CSRC)
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Full SubmissionEXECUTIVE SUMMARY ? Governments first referred to environmental reporting at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992. ? A large number of companies now report on their environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance and it has been demonstrated that there is a direct correlation between sustainable business practices and the longer-term financial success of that company. ? At present however, there is no globally accepted rule requiring reporting on ESG performance. Despite the large number of companies publishing such reports, the vast majority of companies fail to do so. ? We proffer that a requirement for a company to consider and report on a sustainability issues will create the right kind of discussions within boardrooms, throughout firms and encourage investors to think about the sustainability of the firm. This will help capital to be allocated to more sustainable, responsible companies and strengthen the long term sustainability of the financial system. ? If a Sustainable Green Economy is to be reached, the time has now come for sustainability reporting to become standard practice. This can be achieved by the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) conference committing to develop a Convention on Corporate Sustainability reporting. ? It is now almost twenty years since the first Earth Summit, as such we believe next year offers a momentous opportunity to move this agenda forward at a global level. Progress Governments first referred to environmental reporting at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992. In Agenda 21 of the Conference, governments agreed that business and industry should be ?encouraged to adopt and report on their environmental records, as well as on the use of energy and natural resources?. We recognise and support the considerable progress that has been made since then. There have been a number of initiatives under the UN umbrella promoting sustainability reporting. Such initiatives include UN Global Compact, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and the United Nation Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI). There has been progress in company policy, for example, since its launch in 2000, over 8,700 companies have signed up to The United Nations Global Compact, which covers the areas of human rights, labour, environment, and anti-corruption. There has also been progress in guidance for companies from Governments ? such as through the recent further strengthening of the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises. And progress by investors ? more than 900 institutional investors from 48 countries with over $30 trillion in assets signed up to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment. They were launched just five years ago. All of these investors recognise that that environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues can affect the performance of investment portfolios. However, despite this progress, we are still a very long way indeed from the ultimate aim of transparency, comparability and relevance of corporate sustainability reporting. In other words, these progressive voluntary initiatives have not been enough - for example so far less than two per cent of listed companies have opted into the Global Compact. The Transparency and Accountability Gap Sustainable Stock Exchanges, an initiative by UNPRI, UNCTAD and Global Compact has been urging all stock market listing authorities to make it a listing requirement that companies consider how responsible and sustainable their business model is and put a forward-looking sustainability strategy to the vote at their AGM. Aside from a few notable examples such as the Singapore, Johannesburg and Istanbul Exchanges, there has yet to see a serious commitment from stock exchanges to make changes to their listing rules. This is reflected by analysis which indicates that at present more than 75% of the companies covered by Bloomberg do not currently disclose their sustainability performance. It is our belief that stock markets require the support from governments and regulators. This is why we believe this is a relevant issue for the global forum of the Earth Summit. The business case for sustainability reporting According to a recent McKinsey survey, more than 50 percent of executives consider sustainability ?very? or ?extremely? important in a wide range of areas, including overall corporate strategy. The internal and external value that companies have found in sustainability management and reporting is widely documented. Sustainability reporting increases innovation and competition and at the same time makes organisations more accountable for their impacts. The evidence for the business case is building as uptake of reporting increases. To cite two examples: Goldman Sachs is one of the firms to have carried out analysis of the relationship between how companies address ESG issues and the returns they generate. It contends that in a number of sectors there is a direct correlation between sustainable business practices and the longer-term financial success of that company. WestLB also published a study of the materiality of extra-financial factors based on a sample of 540 European firms. It found evidence of a link between extra-financial risk, cost of capital to a firm and shareholder value. The report suggested that compiling a sustainability report was among the most important catalysts for change ? contributing to accumulation of knowledge, questioning of processes and the establishment of suitable structures and practices. Some organizations are now producing integrated reports, a form of corporate report that brings together financial performance data with material information about an organization?s strategy, governance, performance and prospects in a way that reflects the economic, political, social and environmental context within which it operates. An integrated report provides a clear and concise representation of how an organization creates value, now and in the future. In August 2010, the International Integrated Reporting Committee (IIRC) was established to create a globally accepted framework for integrated reporting. The objective is that through integrated reporting many more companies and their stakeholders will become aware of sustainability performance measurement and disclosure and start acting on this information. The market case for sustainability reporting Markets are driven by information. If the information they receive is short term and thin then these characteristics will define our markets. If companies do not provide an assessment of the broader Environmental, Social and Governance risks and opportunities to which their business model is exposed, then how can the market assess the sustainability of that company's growth? Recent years have seen an increasing interest from markets in sustainability performance data disclosed in reports. There is considerable evidence that investors require this information and there has also been seen some major investment such as Thompson Reuters and Bloomberg adding to the data set that they provide investors, while rating agencies such as Standard & Poors have created ESG indices for India, Egypt and the MENA region. Within 60 days after the launch of the product on Bloomberg terminals 11.5m hits on the ESG data points were recorded. At the time of writing, Bloomberg estimates that about one thousand users now use Bloomberg just for ESG analysis. They also report that the number of users is increasing with more conventional asset managers approaching Bloomberg regarding the product. While the number of reporters is growing, including in emerging economies such as Brazil, China and India, and the quality of reporting improves, sustainability reporting far from achieving its full potential. At the current rate it would take decades before sustainability reporting is common practice across global markets. This means that regulators, investors and stakeholders know little or nothing of the sustainability practices and impacts of the vast majority of the world?s large companies. Markets will not routinely use sustainability information as long as only a minority of companies report. A critical mass of sustainability information is needed to inform markets and enable performance benchmarking and analysis. Companies that do not report withhold from the markets information that is important for the assessment of medium to long term risk and value. By leaving information gaps and creating asymmetries of information, non-reporting companies impose a cost on the markets and undermine its effective functioning. The world needs to move from the innovative and pioneering approach of a minority of companies to a true global mainstream practice for all companies. A CONVENTION ON CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Coalition (CSRC) calls for the member states at the United Nations 2012 Earth Summit to: ? Acknowledge the growing practice of sustainability reporting and recognize that, improving corporate management and performance, facilitating stakeholder engagement, driving innovation and competitiveness represents an essential contribution to the transition towards a Green Economy. ? Note that the increased quantity and quality of data available through sustainability reporting can be a powerful tool to help markets work more efficiently. ? Commit to develop a global policy framework requiring boards of all listed and large private companies to consider sustainability issues and to integrate material sustainability information within the reporting cycle, in their Annual Report and Accounts ? or explain why if they do not. The global policy framework (which can take the form of a Convention) should adhere to three key principles: ? Report or Explain ? establish a report or explain approach to sustainability reporting policy ? Transparency ? enhance transparency by requiring national measures which would mandate the integration of material sustainability issues within the company reporting cycle, in their Annual Report and Accounts; ? Accountability ? provide effective mechanisms for investors and all stakeholders to hold companies to account on the quality of their disclosures, including for instance an advisory vote at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). This is a modest, market-based proposal that we believe represents the next step towards sustainable capital markets. APPENDIX A - POLICY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS 1. Are you setting out a standard that all companies must adopt? No. We merely ask for the support of governments to make corporate sustainability reporting a ?report or explain? requirement and for this report or explanation, in whatever form it takes, to be put to shareholder approval at the AGM. However, we are not dictating the form it should take. This will provide corporations with the freedom to define their own reporting and where they determine that it is not necessary, outline why. This will also ensure that the report is based on the board?s best thinking. Those companies yet to explore reporting in this area may review the excellent work already done in this area by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) that produces a comprehensive Sustainability Reporting Framework that is widely used around the world, to enable greater organisational transparency and the current discussions in the International Integrated Reporting Committee. It is important to reference the normative frameworks for sustainability offered by UN Global Compact and OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, as well as the contribution of ISO, PRI, UNCTAD and UNEP. . 2. Why have you focused on asking boards to publish their thinking rather than for example proposing a sustainability reporting regulation? We do not think it possible to craft a regulation that specifies a sufficiently detailed reporting template on the rich diversity of corporations around the world. Consequently, we have decided against proposing heavy handed regulation that tries to enforce one reporting template. This is also because regulation is often slow moving, lags the market, and encourages a minimum compliance mentality within the company. We are seeking to stimulate a substantive board discussion on the risks and opportunities to a company arising from sustainable development, as well as the creation of their strategic response. We are also anticipating that some companies will seek to compete on the quality of their disclosure in this area (as, indeed, is already the case). Equally, however, we do not have blind faith that markets will self regulate toward sustainability. The evidence for spontaneous progress on a purely voluntary basis is that it will be slow. 3. What needs to change within the system if it were to adopt your recommendation? This will vary for different jurisdictions. For example, where the regional code of Corporate Governance is embedded within the listing rules then this document could be updated, requiring the support of all the bodies that govern this code. Where it is guided by the exchange itself, then the exchange can update the code itself. Where guided by primary legislation, then this will need to be changed. For this reason we adopted a report or explain approach that would set the principle and leave flexibility to national regulators.


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|du Toit ties for fifth
PULLMAN, Wash. – Jared du Toit turned in an eagle-3 to finish his first collegiate golf tournament with a trio of 69s and a tied for fifth at the Itani Quality Homes Collegiate at Palouse Ridge Golf Course.
Du Toit's three-under 207 for the 54 holes helped Idaho to a fourth-place finish with a team total 847. Host Washington State won the tournament with an 836 with Cal State Fullerton second at 837 and Sacramento State third at 842.
In addition to du Toit's strong tournament, Sean McMullen tied for 13th (210), Aaron Cockerill tied for 25th (215), Rylee Iacolucci tied for 27th (216), Scott Riley tied for 34th (218), Chris Wilson tied for 58th (224), and Garrett Howard (227) finished 72.
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At the Java Demogrounds: The Internet of Things at JavaOne 2013
By Janice J. Heiss on Sep 26, 2013
Throughout JavaOne (and Oracle OpenWorld) the movements of attendees
were being tracked in an impressive demonstration that powerful
applications of the Internet of Things can be rapidly put together in
order to gather a host of data with relatively little expense or effort.
Throughout the conference, IoT in Motion has been efficiently counting
and tracking conference attendees in various locations to reveal the
power and utility of end-to-end data collection and management
technologies. IoT in Motion is a collaboration among Oracle, Eurotech,
Hitachi Communication Technologies America (CTA), and Hitachi
Oracle's Jennifer Douglas provided a concise overview of the
technology: "We have Hitachi Consulting, who helped build the actual
application that is running the data, using an Oracle Exalytic box over
at Open World and the Oracle BI (Business Intelligence) dashboard.
People from the Oracle BI team also contributed to this. Hitachi CTA has
their SuperJ running in conjunction with Oracle's Java SE embedded
through a gateway to the Eurotech Everyware Cloud, which collects the
raw data. Then the Exalytic box compiles the data and converts it into
something we can actually utilize." All of the technology is running on
IoT in Motion is not to be confused with security tracking using
face recognition software which can recognize and identify the movements
of individual people. While it can distinguish a dog or a vehicle from a
person, the stereoscopic camera merely registers and counts people
going in and out of the spaces without monitoring any features of
individual people. No one's privacy is violated in the process of
Oleg Kostukovsky of Oracle's Java Embedded Global Business Unit,
articulated the importance of IoT in Motion for the Java developer.
"This solution from end to end is built on Java," explained Kostukovsky,
"all the way from the embedded device to the back end. So a Java
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Didier Reynders confirms that human rights are a priority for Belgium
Following the international Human Rights Day that took place on 10 December, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders confirmed that human rights are more than ever a priority within his policy. These are values that form an integral part of our democratic society.
Sixty-five years after the approval of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, these rights and freedoms are unfortunately still not enjoyed by all people, at all times and all over the world. On the contrary, we live in an era in which the universal character of human rights has been a bone of contention for more than ten years. Minister Reynders therefore wants our country to continue to make a multilateral and bilateral effort to promote and protect human rights and the rule of law.
This commitment was brought to the fore last year thanks, among other things, to the participation of Minister Reynders in the World Congress against the Death Penalty in Madrid, becoming a member of the Support Group for the International Commission against the Death Sentence, the creation of a second National Action Plan for Women, Peace and Security and the organisation of a side-event with UNICEF for 'Children's rights and business principles' in the fringes of the UN Global Compact Summit Meeting in New York in which H.M. Queen Mathilde took part.
Belgium will continue its line of promoting and protecting human rights in 2014. They will be included in the discussions about the post-2015 agenda. The observation of human rights and the rule of law also contribute to sustainable development. Although our country is not currently a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Didier Reynders is pleading the case for an active role for Belgium in this forum, by among other things ensuring that issues such as the death sentence and children and armed conflict remain on the agenda. Belgium is, on the other hand, a member of the UN Committee on NGOs. Our country continues to work towards the accreditation of Human Rights NGOs in this Committee. Belgium is also active in the UN Commission on the Status of Women. In 2014, this Commission will discuss the challenges and achievements in implementing the Millennium Development Goals for women and girls.
Finally Minister Reynders would like to point out that one of his priorities is the promotion and protection of Human Rights in Belgium itself. To this end, Belgium is setting up an action plan called 'Business and Human Rights'. In September, Belgium also submitted a voluntary interim report to the United Nations Human Rights Council about the implementation of the accepted recommendations as part of its Universal Periodic Review (UPR).


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I want to thank you all for all your replies to my previous messages. I am developing a simulation application to visualize the activities of real bots (Mindtorms robots) in a warehouse.
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Any time the robot is about to execute each command, i want it to send a message to the GUI so that the GUI can update itself that the command is executing.
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by Doug Bradley, NAMI Helpline Information and Referral Associate
The holiday season brings joy to most people, but the shorter daylight and increased darkness at this time of year can have the opposite effect on those with seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Although the symptoms of SAD are similar to those of major depression, they typically are only seen in one part of the year, usually in the winter months.
Because SAD seems to be linked to shorter days, much research has been done with broad-spectrum light, similar to sunlight, in treating this disorder. Using a "light-box" to simulate additional sunlight during the day has helped many people with SAD. Among the advantages of light therapy are that there are no pills to take, once a light-box is purchased there is little additional cost (unlike monthly prescription refills), and an individual can determine for themselves when to use it during the day and what length of exposure works.
Like all treatments, though, there are possible downsides, most notably the possibility of "switching" from depression to mania in people living with bipolar disorder. Also, like all treatments, it does not work for everyone; it is effective for roughly half of people with seasonal depression. For individuals where more improvement is needed, antidepressant medicine and talk therapy may be used in addition to or in place of the light-box.
One therapy in particular that may be useful is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which helps patients identify and change thinking and behavior patterns that are harmful or ineffective, replacing them with more accurate thoughts and functional behaviors. In fact, one early trial found CBT was even more effective than light therapy in treating SAD.
A small number of people have "reverse SAD," getting worse in the sunny summer months and better in the winter. Although this type of the illness is less understood than winter-onset depression, some researchers feel it may be caused by heat and humidity, not the hours of sunlight.
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Clarkson's Midlife Success
"Are you sure don't want a muffin? Just a little muffin?"
Patricia Clarkson is in distress. She's standing in the kitchen, hands clasped, her blue-green eyes opened wide. She has asked this question several times already, as well as offered scones, volunteered to go get sandwiches and salads, and suggested that she brew coffee or make green tea. It's a hospitality fixation that the New Orleans native attributes to her "Southern thing" — never mind that she's been living in New York for more than two decades.
The same impulse made her run out to the end of the driveway to greet her guest, worried that her detailed directions to the bungalow she's staying in while filming in Southampton, Long Island, weren't clear enough. There the 47-year-old Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning actress stood: a pale, honey-blond slip of a woman clad in a yellow cotton halter dress and an enormous floppy hat, waving her hands wildly above her head, as if directing an airplane into a hangar. Now, all offers of food declined, she drops into a chair and eyes the plate of scones that she, of course, put out anyway. "Do I want a lemon poppy…or a blueberry?" she muses, her finger hovering above the plate, before flashing a mischievous grin. "Maybe just a bite of each."
It's no surprise that Clarkson would want to have a taste of everything. She describes herself as mercurial, a fitting adjective for an actress who can get inside a wide range of characters — a grieving artist who befriends a lonely man with dwarfism in The Station Agent; a small-minded, treacherous friend in Far from Heaven; a free-spirited hippie on Six Feet Under — and inhabit them completely. "It's been my goal to have people see me as many different things," she says. "Being a movie star? That would have been fun, but to be a chameleon…that's kind of why I wanted to be an actor." But surely she knows she is indeed a movie star? "Oh no, no, no, no," she says with a laugh. "I'm a movie person."
She likes to laugh — often at herself — and the sound is a good one: throaty, gravelly, and silky all at once. It's the perfect complement to her distinctive voice, which is startlingly big, with an old-fashioned "why don't you come up and see me sometime" quality, perhaps the only constant in a Patricia Clarkson performance. "I've finally grown into my voice," she says. "It was interesting how people in the business used to deal with it, because I looked a certain way, like a sweet, pretty girl, and then I'd open my mouth and it would be like, boooaaaah." She laughs again. "So people probably thought, oh no, she's not that sweet."
Hollywood did have a hard time figuring Clarkson out at first. She made her film debut in 1987, playing the wife of Kevin Costner's Eliot Ness in The Untouchables, and during the next 10 years she repeatedly found herself cast in similar stand-by-your-man parts. "I never thought I'd break through that whole suburban-mom thing," she says. "And then I did. And sometimes I want to run around naked in euphoria just for that reason." The turning point came in 1998, when Clarkson, then 39, wowed audiences in Lisa Cholodenko's High Art, playing a German lesbian heroin addict. "It changed my whole career, that part. I'm indebted to Lisa for casting me. She went out on a limb." By 2003 she was the unofficial queen of the indie scene, with four movies at the Sundance film festival, including Pieces of April, for which she earned a best supporting actress Oscar nomination. As the acerbic, cancer-stricken, won't-go-quietly mother in Pieces of April, Clarkson was a study in bringing complex emotions — dignity, bitterness, bravura, and a hint of desperation — to the screen. Hollywood woke up.


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Inter-Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference Assistant Director - USA Cycling
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Supervisor: Inter-Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference Director
Summary: This is an unpaid volunteer position, assigned by location with an operating budget provided by USA Cycling for the administration of Collegiate Cycling within the Conference. Pre-existing working knowledge of race promotion and rules for collegiate racing is preferred, and the ideal candidate will be a USA Cycling licensed official, although that is not required. Volunteer must possess high levels of customer service, managerial skills, and motivation with the desire to develop the program. The ability to work cohesively as part of a team, manage volunteers, and delegate responsibilities as appropriate is a must. Above all, a passion for the sport of cycling and for collegiate cycling in particular is essential to success in this position.
This position will work directly and frequently with the IMCCC Director on all responsibilities listed below. Some duties will be handled exclusively by the Conference Director, some by the Assistant Director, and others will be shared between the two positions.
USA Cycling provides:
• Annual operating budget for reimbursement of basic administrative expenses and travel to some conference races.
• Medals and trophies for conference championships
• Annual USA Cycling membership (racing and/or officiating license)
Basic Responsibilities:
• Coordinate conference road and mountain bike season schedules, and cyclo-cross and track schedules where applicable
• Coordinate conference omnium rankings for each race, event, and season.
• Manage collegiate upgrade requests
• Manage National Championship qualifications
• Manage conference website and e-mail listserv(s)
• Administer conference rules and regulations, so long as they do not supplant those of USA Cycling
• Act as first point of contact for USA Cycling collegiate membership issues and pass along to USA Cycling staff wherever appropriate
• Maintain communication with USA Cycling staff to assist in the development of the collegiate program and refinement of rules
• Host at least one conference meeting annually for team leaders to discuss conference rules, issues, schedules, and provide leadership training when possible
• Coordinate volunteers for results, clinics, media/pr, other positions as necessary
• Attend annual Collegiate Conference Director Summit in Colorado Springs and regular conference calls with other Conference Directors
• Create leadership team and succession plan to ensure consistency after stepping down
Second Tier Responsibilities:
• Work closely with USA Cycling staff to ensure all conference races are permitted in a timely fashion and organized safely in accordance with all USA Cycling rules and regulations
• Work closely with all other Volunteer Conference Directors and the Collegiate Manager to maintain an open line of communication between conferences and share best practices
• Work with Local Association and Regional Coordinators to coordinate schedules, officials, and funding
• Aid in development of new leaders within the conference
• Assist with the founding new collegiate cycling clubs, and provide support to existing and developing clubs
• Contribute conference news to be posted on USAC website, conference website and/or distributed by e-newsletter or other media coverage to market collegiate cycling
• Perform other miscellaneous duties as required (e.g. race announcing, intro clinic coaching, etc.)
• Uphold USA Cycling rules, regulations, and code of conduct.
• Manage budget to ensure the provided budget is used in most productive fashion within the conference.
• Ability to travel within the conference
• Basic understanding of collegiate rules and scoring
• Geographically located in the respective conference
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• Send a résumé and cover letter to Jeffrey Hansen, USA Cycling Collegiate Manager, at firstname.lastname@example.com and Kimberly Sims, IMCCC Director, at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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"I'm so fascinated by breasts because my mother didn't have them either. If I had them, I'd run up and down flights of stairs!" -Kate Beckinsale
Most people with a pulse know who Kate Beckinsale is and those who do are probably struggling to control it on a regular basis, given that she is among the most beautiful women in the world. While she reigns supreme as one of the planet's most perfect creations, Kate Beckinsale is an actress by trade who is well-known for her roles in summer blockbusters like Pearl Harbor, action-horror flicks like Underworld and Van Helsing and Oscar fare like The Aviator. Lately she's chased crazed killers across Antarctica in the crime-minded Whiteout and played daughter to Robert De Niro in the sappy drama, Everybody's Fine.
On the dating front, Kate Beckinsale was previously linked to actor Edmund Moriarty before famously coupling up with another actor, Michael Sheen, from 1995 until 2003. Their relationship ended when -- wouldn't you know it -- she left him for filmmaker Len Wiseman, who had been busy directing the couple on the set of Underworld. Now married, Kate Beckinsale and Len Wiseman are solid as a rock with a daughter and incredibly, Michael Sheen can talk to and work with both of them without sobbing.
Kate Beckinsale's incredible good looks have made her easy fodder for playing romantic love interests (Serendipity) and classic damsels (Van Helsing), but her athleticism and tough demeanor have made her an action hero of late -- both in the Underworld films and recent efforts like Whiteout. An actress who tries to seek out roles that emphasize the human qualities of women rather than the sexual ones, Kate Beckinsale has had a chance to stretch her acting talents in more dramatic directions for challenging fare like The Aviator and the recent family drama, Everybody's Fine.
Kate Beckinsale BiographyKate Beckinsale had acting in the blood, given that she was the offspring of the late British comedian Richard Beckinsale and his actress wife Judy Loe. As a teenager, she was enrolled at London's all-female Godolphin and Latymer School and won a pair of writing contests for her astute skills in poetry and short story writing. Nevertheless, she had a rebellious streak that came out in funny ways -- like a first-place finish at the Youth's Burp for Fame contest -- and in more serious ways like regular smoking and a bout with anorexia.
Once she gained control of her demons, Kate Beckinsale decided to move forward with acting while in the midst of her Russian and French literature studies at Oxford University. Small roles in a string of television movies, starting with One Against the Wind in 1991, eventually led to her feature film debut as Hero in Kenneth Branagh's 1993 Shakespearean effort, Much Ado About Nothing. Kate Beckinsale would follow it up with a role opposite a young Christian Bale in Prince of Jutland a year later and the lead role of Emma Woodhouse in the Emmy-winning Emma in 1996. Following a turn as the socialite partner in crime to Chloe Sevigny in 1998's The Last Days of Disco, Kate Beckinsale landed a lead role opposite Claire Danes in the intense Thailand tourist drama, Brokedown Palace. The film was a box-office disappointment, but it marked a smooth transition for Kate Beckinsale from small-scale independent films and British dramas into full-blown Hollywood fare.
Kate Beckinsale in Pearl Harbor and UnderworldIn 2001, Kate Beckinsale broke into the ranks of blockbusters with the lead female role of Evelyn Johnson in Michael Bay's action tearjerker (who knew there was such a thing?), Pearl Harbor. As a heroic nurse, she got to romance both Josh Hartnett and Ben Affleck while recreating one of the darkest moments of American history. Though Kate Beckinsale and her two male costars had a shared Razzie Award nomination for Worst On-Screen Couple, the film was one of the year's biggest hits and the actress did earn an MTV Movie Awards nomination for Best Female Performance.
After reteaming with Christian Bale to play his beautiful but cold companion in the L.A. drama, Laurel Canyon, Kate Beckinsale embodied the most memorable role of her young career in Underworld -- playing Selene, a vampire with a penchant for tight leather outfits and a forbidden attraction to a werewolf. The film was a cult favorite and led its leading lady straight into the arms of Hugh Jackman for another mix of action and chills in 2004's summer extravaganza, Van Helsing. Just when audiences and critics had her pegged as a purely mainstream actress, Kate Beckinsale surprised many with her sharp turn as screen legend Ava Gardner in Martin Scorsese's look at Howard Hughes (via Leonardo DiCaprio) in the Oscar contender, The Aviator.
Kate Beckinsale in Whiteout and Everybody's fine2006 marked Kate Beckinsale's next adventure as Selene for the inevitable sequel, Underworld: Evolution, which was a hot ticket at the box office and a solid career move. Next up was Click, a comedy that had the beauty playing the confused wife of Adam Sandler as he uses a remote control to skip through the key events of his adult life. Kate Beckinsale ventured back to the horror realm as a wife trapped in a seedy hotel room with her equally afraid husband, Luke Wilson, in 2007's Vacancy.
Having grown accustomed to action-heavy (and not always acting-heavy) films in recent years, Kate Beckinsale took a step toward developing her talents with a pair of smaller-scale efforts in 2008. The first was Winged Creatures featuring Sam Rockwell and the second was Nothing But the Truth, which cast Kate Beckinsale as a journalist threatened with jail time after leaking the identity of a CIA agent. The story was inspired by the real-life Valerie Plame scandal. In 2009, Kate Beckinsale returned to the studio system to play a U.S. Marshal chasing a killer in Antarctica in Whiteout and the daughter of recent widower Robert De Niro in Everybody's Fine. After being named the Sexiest Woman Alive by Esquire that same year, Kate Beckinsale was rumored to be appearing in 2011's Underworld 3-D, which is set to be directed by her husband, Len Wiseman.


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In July we introduced you to Helen Ezell, she opened the first Autism Education Center in Bay County.
It's an all encompassing facility offering therapy, medical advice and early intervention and treatment.
But there's been such a demand in our community, the center has already grown into it's second home after a short 5 months.
"We've outgrown the building. It was just too small, it was only 2-thousand square feet with in the first 6 weeks we had more than 40 families come to us," said founder, Helen Ezell.
The new facility, on Highway 390 was originally inspired by her 4 autistic sons. Each one inspires her to grow, work hard and succeed. And in this case, the goal was square footage - which is almost double at her new facility. And just as the building has expanded so has the support.
"Myself and the board, we really felt that this is something we'd like to get into and we're helping finance it and start it," said Springfield Church Pastor Donnie Jackson.
The community is rallying because there is nothing like it in Bay County.
As Ezell attests, "You could have 7 or 8 appointments a week and you could be driving for hours a day to get to all the appointments your children need for therapy. So really the logical thing to do is put it all under one roof.."
What's even more unique than the therapy, the medical attention and the future soft gym at the facility, is the relationships. William Keeley is a teacher at the center, he is also autistic. But he says, helping kids learn the ins and out of electronics will set them up to integrate successfully in to society.
"We learn things a little differently than most people. We learn visually in most cases. The biggest thing about getting an autistic person to learn something, is to get them interested."
And interested they are. Kelley says the biggest challenge is staying on your toes, "they pick up on things quick. If I do something wrong they're going to call me out on it right away, so i need to be on my p's and q's."
The doors open to center on Tuesday, December 1. The grand opening celebration will take place December 17th. For more information the autism education center, which, is still taking applications from families call 850 628 1429


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Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 59 (981st overall since 1950)
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Increased accountability has been a catalyst for the reformation of curriculum and assessment practices in postsecondary schools throughout North America, including veterinary schools. There is a call for a shift in assessment practices in clinical rotations, from a focus on content to a focus on as...
Zinc homeostasis was studied at the tissue and gill subcellular levels in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) following waterborne and dietary exposures, singly and in combination. Juvenile rainbow trout were exposed to 150 or 600 μg l−1 waterborne Zn, 1500 or 4500 μg g−1 dietary Zn, and a com...
Local anesthetics have the unique ability to produce complete blockade of sensory nerve fibers and prevent or pre-empt the development of secondary (central) sensitization to pain. For this reason, local and regional anesthetic techniques are often used with opioids, alpha 2-receptor agonists, disso...
The medical records of eight dogs with histopathologically confirmed infiltrative thyroid carcinoma treated with external beam radiation were reviewed and a retrospective analysis of survival and local tumor control were performed. The dogs received a definitive radiotherapy protocol of 46.8-48 Gray...
This study examines the allometric scaling relationships of the cetacean humerus, radius, and ulna. Bone lengths and diameters were measured for 20 species of odontocete and three species of mysticete cetaceans, representing eight of the nine extant cetacean families. The scaling of individual bone ...
Quantitative analysis of high affinity [3H]5-HT binding to 5-HT1 receptors in the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral spinal cord of the cat revealed specific binding throughout the grey matter, with the highest levels of binding in laminae II and III, and the lowest levels in laminae I and VII. ...
The forelimb of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) has been radically modified during the limb-to-flipper transition. Extant cetaceans have a soft tissue flipper encasing the manus and acting as a hydrofoil to generate lift. The neuromuscular anatomy that controls flipper movement, however,...
Melatonin and L-propranolol, which inhibits melatonin synthesis, were administered to rats at 07.45 h and 19.45 h. Melatonin given in the morning decreased non-REM sleep, but when given at night had no effect on sleep stages. L-propranolol given in the morning had no effect on non-REM sleep, but inc...
Changes in substance P and 5-HT binding in the spinal cord dorsal horn and lamina 10 after dorsolateral funiculus lesions
The present study was undertaken to determine whether changes in receptor binding of substance P (SP) and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) occur in lumbar spinal cord laminae 2, 3, 4 and 10 following interruption of descending SP and 5-HT input. These transmitters and spinal cord regions have been implica...
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Wilmington Youth Selected as National Peace First Prize Finalist for 100 Men Reading Program
Posted on 08/23/2013 12:34 pm
Imani Henry, a 12-year-old from Wilmington and the founder of the Brandywine Valley Friends 100 Men Reading Event, is a finalist for the Peace First Prize. Peace First Prize recognizes and showcases young people who have confronted injustice, crossed lines of difference, and had the courage and compassion to create lasting change.
The Peace First Prize creates the opportunity to celebrate the powerful contributions of peacemakers. The Prize will recognize young people between the ages of 8-22 for their compassion, courage and ability to create collaborative change. The prize winners will receive a two-year $50,000 Peace First Fellowship, and Peace First will invest in their leadership as peacemakers and share their stories with the nation.
Back in June, City of Wilmington employees led all organizations with the most volunteer readers at Imani's 100 Men Reading Event in New Castle County. Men from the Office of the Mayor and the Departments of Planning, Constituent Services, Licenses and Inspections, Firefighters, and Council Member Justen A. Wright read to students in elementary schools throughout the City of Wilmington.
This year, the 100 Men Reading Event took place Statewide as men read to children in Kent and Sussex Counties.
"The 100 Men Reading program not only promotes literacy, but it also encourages men in the Wilmington community to become positive role models for children in our City," said Mayor Dennis P. Williams. "Imani has created a program that will touch the lives of many children in Wilmington and throughout the State of Delaware."
The Peace First Prize received thousands of applicants. The semi-finalists were narrowed down to 600 and Imani was named as one of only 50 finalists. As the only Delawarean, Mayor Williams and the City of Wilmington encourage you to support Imani by viewing her video and show your support on social media by either tweeting, Facebook 'liking' or clicking Google+.
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So that's why I'm posting this heads up on the 2011 Walk MS super early, fool! Plus, this one's really important.
The walk is free, but fundraising is highly encouraged.
2011 Walk MS 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 30 The Gateway, 400 W. 200 South, SLC Click here to register
Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable, and often disabling, disease of the central nervous system, and it occurs most often in people between 20 and 50 years old. An ever-increasing number of children are also being diagnosed with the disease. 400,000 Americans live with MS, and every hour someone in the world is diagnosed with it. Utah, in particular, has one of the highest rates of MS in the country (approximately 1 in 300 people).


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I want to create a new native method, it returns String:
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public static native String myTest();
I want to get a String, for example, "Hello,world!"
In the nativeemul.c, how write it?
I write "push_word("Hello,world!");", but get a error: Segmentation fault
if I want to get an integer, this code is right. But if I want to get a string, this code is wrong, who can help me? Thanks very much!


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More: You were recently the face of Healthy Child Healthy World's Fourth Annual Mission Mom Campaign. Tell me about this charity and why you got involved.
Ricki Lake: Healthy Child Healthy World is an organization I have worked with for years. Their message is very much the same as mine and my partner Abby Epstein's. It is all about empowering moms with information about how to make their families healthier. That begins with providing education and showing them how to make better choices, such as buying nontoxic products.
More: How did your film The Birth of Being Born change your life?
RL: I can't even put into words how much of an impact this film has had on me personally. This was an idea that just came to me after I had two perfect experiences [the birth of her two sons, Milo and Owen]. I decided I wanted to do a project that looked at the medical system when it comes to giving birth plus the choices we have and the ones that are being taken away. Now it has become my passion. We even cut a 28-minute educational version that is being taught in colleges and universities across the country in women's studies classes, and even in medical school.
More: Making this film was a tad risky, wouldn't you say?
RL: Yes, plus I had to pay for the whole thing, not to mention how it took over three years to get made. We even made a four-part follow-up and wrote a pregnancy guide book. The feedback has been amazing, and hearing from so many of the people we helped only makes me want to work harder. Yes, I also host a talk show, but this is the work that is the most special.
More: Speaking of your talk show, congratulations are in order because you recreated it.
RL: I am grateful to be back and to have a platform where I can do really meaningful things on television. Following the success of the movie, I said, How can we do this on a smaller scale yet get a bigger audience? Daytime television was the answer. It is the perfect vehicle for getting the information out there.
More: How's it going?
RL: I forgot how hard it was [laughs].
More: You are also a newlywed. How is married life treating you?
RL: I am madly in love. We [husband Christian Evans and she] have been married for seven months and make such a good team. I have more fun with this guy than with anyone I have ever met. It is so nice to finally meet my soul mate at this time in my life. I am in my forties and I feel I have really come into my own. Things just begin to click at this time and you find out who you are, you are more comfortable in your own skin. And doing the film helped me get there.
More: How did age work to your benefit when you decided to start testing the waters and date again?
RL: There was a shift. I definitely enjoyed dating in my late thirties. I was only 35 when I decided to end my marriage. I definitely played the field for a few years because I wasn't interested in a long-term relationship. Some might say I was dating inappropriate people, and some might even say they weren't age appropriate either [laughs]. When I turned 42 I met this person and it was then I realized I was ready to have a partnership with someone. Hitting that milestone at 40 was like, Wow. You come to this new understanding of self-respect. I knew then that I wanted more and that I was ready to take the risk, by allowing myself to be vulnerable. It was such a love story, and I love to share it because it gives people hope, especially if they have been burned in relationships. Some people might be scared to start over, but I am living proof of why you should take the risk.
More: How did your boys react to you getting remarried?
RL: They really love him. It is amazing. I have a 15-year-old and an 11-year-old. They are doing such amazing work as artists and musicians and everyone gets along great. Plus, we added a new addition to the family. I met this seven-year-old girl, Tori, and her mom, who adopted her from foster care, on Twitter (www.torigaga.com). She has a disease called NF1 [neurofibromatosis type 1], which is a genetic disease in which tumors grow on your nerve endings. She has 15 months on chemotherapy ahead of her. I basically adopted them, and not only have the family stay with us but took her to see a round of doctors. This is a time of transition for me and my priorities have really shifted. I have this beautiful family and now another family to blend with mine. It makes me appreciate things so much more. The complaints I had before I met Tori and her mom have become fewer.
More: You recently lost a lot of weight. How did you do it?
RL: I had no choice. I was doing Dancing with the Stars and was working out seven days a week. I wanted to feel and look my best while I was on the program. When I turned 40, my priorities shifted. It is not necessarily fitting into a specific size—you just want to feel great. I do Soul Cycle. I confess, I am addicted and I love how I feel afterward.
More: In 2007 you went public with a very personal story: you were sexually abused.
RL: I have always been outspoken and candid about my own hardships and triumphs. It is not something that is calculated. If it helps other people and helps me come to terms with what I was going through in life, then I am happy to talk about it. After I started talking about it I didn't feel as alone, which is very healing.
More: Was it hard to admit something like this?
RL: Talking about my weight is so personal, too, but I do it. Once you decide to become a public figure you have a responsibility, even if you are heavily flawed. I am someone whom people have seen at 260 pounds, married, divorced and then madly in love. There are high and lows in life, and I feel some sense of responsibility to be forthcoming. When it comes to the hardships I have faced, I talk about them not only as a way to help others but because it is cathartic for me as well.
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Squash Teams Complete '13 Portion Of Season At Rochester, George Washington
It will be more than one month before the Princeton squash teams head to Boston to continue this season with a crucial showdown at Harvard. Both will try to head into the break on the positive momentum of a road victory this weekend.
The fourth-ranked Princeton women will begin place in Washington, D.C., where they will take on No. 12 George Washington. The reigning Ivy League champion Tigers have won 19 straight regular season matches, including all three by 9-0 scores this season. Princeton is coming off a Wednesday victory at Drexel, which included a victory for freshman Gabriella Garr in her collegiate debut.
Princeton has been dominant all season, winning 27 of 28 individual games along the way. All-America senior Libby Eyre has won each of her matches at either the No. 1 or No. 2 spots.
The seventh-ranked Tiger men face a major challenge at fifth-ranked Rochester Saturday at noon. Rochester is 5-1 on the season, with its lone loss coming against No. 4 St. Lawrence. The Yellowjackets have two of the Top 20 players in the nation atop their lineup (Faraz Khan and Neil Cordell), which could set up a pair of thrillers against the All-America Princeton duo of Samuel Kang and Tyler Osborne.
Princeton is coming off a victory over Drexel Tuesday night, where freshman Manik Datta moved to 2-0 on the season. Both Osborne and Michael LeBlanc are the lone Tigers with perfect 3-0 records on the season.


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National Guard wants upgrades for secure Fort Fisher facility
Published: Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 10:00 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 30, 2013 at 1:53 a.m.
The fact that the N.C. National Guard wants to build a secure room in Kure Beach is not a secret.
It's what happens in that room that's secret.
The National Guard wants more than $1.1 million to renovate 2,100 square feet of the second floor of Building 116 at the Fort Fisher Training Site for military intelligence training. The project, according to the governor's budget, includes electrical, data and security upgrades. It also calls for uninterrupted backup power. Other requirements include the installation of sound dampening panels to stop eavesdropping, thick security doors and jamming equipment to prevent surveillance.
"Due to the current fiscal environment, improvements to the current facility at Fort Fisher will accommodate more in-state training for NCNG soldiers, reducing travel and other training costs," said Capt. Rick Scoggins, a National Guard spokesman.
Called a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), the room must meet requirements to protect classified information. Pronounced "skiff," the construction is governed by Director of Central Intelligence and Intelligence Community Directives. Access to the room is limited and all activity inside is restricted from public release.
Gov. Pat McCrory's office said the money requested to build the SCIF does not include any state funds. The request is for federal funds, but it was included in the state budget so the National Guard can track the money.
National Guard officials would not say how many SCIFs are in North Carolina.
"Due to the sensitive nature of this kind of facility, we are not at liberty to disclose this information," Scoggins said.
The government uses SCIFs frequently. Members of the U.S. Congress are briefed in a SCIF. Nuclear labs, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center at Fort Detrick, Md., and most military bases, including North Carolina's Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune, all have SCIFs, according to reports.
It is unclear how the project will impact the local area.
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