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Some thought 1994 would be a rebuilding year for the Idaho volleyball team. After winning two straight Big Sky Conference championships, the Vandals lost a trio of first-team all-conference players, including two-time Big Sky MVP Nancy Wicks.
"In 1993 we were awfully good, and we had three great seniors," said Tom Hilbert, who coached the Vandals from 1989-96. "I think a lot of people thought that we were going to be rebuilding that (1994) season."
But the 1994 team had a different mindset. Instead of rebuilding, the Vandals were reloading. The youngsters who played behind Wicks, Dee Porter and Jessica Puckett throughout two championship seasons now were veterans ready to take the reins, and came in to the season better than ever. The Vandals' achievements that year earned them a place in the Vandal Athletics Hall of Fame.
The departure of Wicks opened the door for Brittany Van Haverbeke, who entered the season ranked third on Idaho's career hitting percentage list. Mindy Rice came into her own as a player coming into the '94 season. She not only let her competitive personality show, but she let it take over. Lina Yanchulova spent the summer of '94 competing in doubles tournaments all over the region, where she truly discovered how to win, and came in to fall camp as a new player.
"In my opinion, you know your team is good when you've got two great outside hitters," said Hilbert, who won four consecutive Big Sky Coach of the Year awards from 1992-95. "So all of the sudden we have this tear of outside hitters, who I thought were way above the rest of the Big Sky Conference."
Hilbert's hunch was correct. Rice and Yanchulova would lead the conference and both finish the season ranked in the top six in the NCAA in kills per game, while Van Haverbeke led the Big Sky in hitting percentage.
On top of that, Lynne Hyland, only a sophomore in 1994, was primed to replace Porter at setter and run Idaho's offense. A task she would not take lightly, as she went on to rank second in the NCAA with 14.5 assists per game. By the time Idaho hosted the SafeCo/Branegan's Classic to open the 1994 season, the Vandals were ready to defend their Big Sky title, and extend their 15-match home winning streak.
"I don't think anyone thought that we would do as well as we did because we had lost so many great seniors from the last season," said Mindy (Rice) Madsen, a second-team All-American in 1994.
The Vandals jumped out to a quick start in '94. They capped their season-opening tournament title with a 3-2 win over Oklahoma in Memorial Gym. It was Hilbert's second win over his alma mater, and the only match out of Idaho's first seven of the season that the Vandals didn't win 3-0.
"First of all, getting a team like that to come to Moscow is difficult to do," Hilbert said. "And then to win the match, that's pretty cool. It's hard to pull those things off. I think when we scheduled it, (Oklahoma) coach (Miles) Pabst probably thought 'We'll beat those guys.' I don't think he realized how good we were going to be."
Idaho first tasted defeat on Sept. 10, 1994 in a 3-1 loss to Wisconsin. But the Vandals wouldn't lose again until Oct. 14. During that stretch Idaho won 11 straight matches, five of those by a 3-0 sweep. The Vandals won all three of their matches at the Cal Poly Invite at San Luis Obispo, Calif., by beating San Diego, Virginia and Cal Poly, which was nationally ranked at the time. The next week, with an 11-1 record, Idaho became the first Big Sky team to be ranked in the top-25.
"We show up as the 25th ranked team. It was pretty ecstatic, we were all running around the department," Hilbert recalled. "And then we stayed in because we kept winning. It was great because we had done some things that were difficult for a Big Sky team to do."
The Vandals helped themselves out with a key win over Washington State less than two weeks later. Memorial Gym saw its largest crowd in history as 1,550 fans packed the gym to see Idaho claim a 3-1 win over the Cougars and extend their home-court winning streak to 20 matches. More than 15 years later, that crowd still stands as the sixth largest to watch a volleyball match in Memorial Gym.
"Beating Washington State in Memorial, that was one of the most satisfying, signature moments of that year," Hilbert said.
According to Hilbert, the fans enjoyed every minute of it as well.
"Some of the students, when we played Washington State, put a cougar on fishing line and stuck the pole out and lowered it into their huddle during a timeout," Hilbert said with a chuckle. "Today that would be frowned upon, but back then it was freaking hilarious."
As great as it was to beat border-rival Washington State, it was Montana, led by former Big Sky Coach of the Year Dick Scott, that presented the biggest challenge to the Vandals inside the Big Sky Conference. Montana snapped Idaho's 11-match win-streak on Oct. 14 with a 3-2 win at Missoula. It was a hard-fought match, in which Idaho lost two of three sets by just two points. In fact, Montana was the only team to take even a single set from the Vandals between Idaho's 3-1 win over Washington State in September and their eventual loss in the second round of the NCAA tournament in December.
"They were gritty kids," Hilbert said of Montana. "Dick Scott was a very competitive guy himself, and they just brought it every time they would play you."
When the Vandals beat Montana 3-1 in the regular-season finale, it was the first Big Sky volleyball match in history between two nationally ranked teams. The Vandals finished the regular season at 29-2 with a 13-1 record in Big Sky play, and hosted the Big Sky Tournament. After handling Weber State 3-0 to advance to the championship match, Idaho was matched up against a nationally-ranked Montana team one more time, this time with the conference championship on the line. After falling behind 2-1 in the championship match, it was make-or-break time for the Vandals. A moment Hilbert still recalls as a defining moment of that season.
"The championship of the Big Sky tournament was, competitively, one of the greatest things I've been involved with," Hilbert said. "They were beating us, and many people thought they were going to win that match, and we mounted a comeback and really showed some toughness."
Idaho posted 15-7 and 15-8 victories with its back against the wall to seal its third straight championship and bid to the NCAA tournament. Idaho's first NCAA opponent was Valparaiso. The match would never be in question as Idaho took the first set 15-2 en route to a 3-0 sweep. Up next was Central Florida. Again, the Vandals took the first set 15-2, and finished the sweep with a pair of 15-5 victories to advance to their second straight NCAA round of 32.
Idaho's next task was to take its 13-match winning streak to Honolulu to face Hawai`i in the Stan Sheriff Center, where the Rainbow Wahine have led the nation in attendance every year since the building opened in 1994.
"Playing in Hawai`i was surreal," said Lina Taylor (Yanchulova). "Even before the match, as we would walk on the streets of Honolulu, random people would stop us and say 'Oh, you are the outside hitter for Idaho, we know all about you.' That's when I knew that volleyball was a religion in Hawai`i."
The Vandals threatened to take the first set, building a lead before Hawai`i clawed back to win 17-15.
"There were 10,000 people at that game and we had the whole crowd silenced when we were up 14-10," Taylor said.
Idaho fell 15-11 and 15-7 in the second and third sets to end its season one win short of the Sweet-16 for the second straight year.
"Losing to Hawai`i was very hard because it was not only the end of our great season, but also the end of my volleyball career," said Madsen. "It was heartbreaking."
"I really felt like I wanted to walk back out there and play them again," said Leah (Smith) Johnson, who led Idaho in digs in '94. "We were so close in every game that it made it hard to accept and admit defeat."
The Vandals finished the 1994 season with a 31-3 overall record, the best in program history, and one of Idaho's two 30-plus win seasons. Idaho earned a No. 19 national ranking in the final polls, and claimed four wins over nationally ranked opponents. The Vandals went 16-0 in Memorial Gym, and extended their home winning streak to 31 matches.
"Memorial Gym was something special. We were so fortunate as players to be able to deliver such a show to our fans," said Taylor. "Years later, when I was playing on the Beach Volleyball World Tour with (two-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist) Misty May, she would say 'the one match I dreaded the most was playing at Idaho in Memorial Gym,' I think that says a lot right there."
Tom Hilbert earned his third consecutive Big Sky Coach of the Year honor, and Mindy Rice became the third straight Vandal to be named Big Sky Player of the Year, and the first Idaho volleyball player in history to earn All-American honors. Three Vandals -- Rice, Yanchulova and Van Haverbeke - were named to the six-player all-Big Sky first-team, while Lynne Hyland earned a second-team nod. With 5.25 kills per set, Rice ranked second in the NCAA, while Yanchulova, at 5.20, ranked sixth and Van Haverbeke led the Big Sky with a .347 hitting percentage.
"When you have that many talented players together, you had a special team and of course you had to have a good leader," Taylor said. "That's what made Tom special. One way or another, he could get us going."
The Vandals went on to win their fourth straight Big Sky championship in 1995, their last season in the league. Much of the credit to Idaho's championship era also goes to the teams that paved the way for the Vandals to build a volleyball dynasty in Moscow.
"I know the 1994 team is being inducted, but it started a few years before," Johnson said. "I consider all the players several years before us as part of our success. They all influenced our style of play and we learned a great deal from them as well just by being on the court with them."– By Nick Heidelberger University of Idaho Athletics Media Relations


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My friend Az, who gives amazing Tapas Tours in her adopted city of Sevilla, Spain and writes an engaging blog called Casa Az discovered this Vinquiz on the Borracha wine site. It promises to pick your wine personality, and then you can buy those bottles if you like.
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Join us for a shopping party and groove to the mix of DJ AJ Reddy! Afterwards sip complimentary cocktails courtesy of Grey Goose. While you're here, receive a free gift with any feel it papi regularly priced purchase. Also, you will have the chance to win a $500 Macy's gift card. This will prove to be a night filled with fashion and fun!
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Between movies such as 1977's Smokey and the Bandit and 1981's The Cannonball Run – both starring Burt Reynolds – I've long dreamt of hitting the open road with adventure at every turn. When the first film debuted in the late 70s, I was driving a 1967 Ram Air Oldsmobile 442. Of course, with that kind of equipment at my disposal, visions of cross country exploits were inevitable. Alas, it wasn't to be. Jobs, money, a switch to a Toyota Celica and a fear of going to jail derailed those fantasies for good. Or so I thought.
Lo and behold, I now have a chance to live out that dream… sort of. Come Sunday, September 23, I am embarking on the 2012 Fireball Run: Northern Exposure, along with three other teammates. The only difference between this adventure and those on-screen antics I was so captivated by is that we can't speed. The Fireball is more like a game of Trivial Pursuit for eight hours each day, for a week, in a moving automobile traveling a circuitous route from Independence, Ohio, to Bangor, Maine. It's not an exact facsimile, but I'll take it.
Anyone remember when there were so many record stores that you could bounce from one to the other, either to find exactly what you wanted or perhaps get that one album a little bit cheaper? Well, I do. Growing up in the woods in Daphne, Alabama, there was no place nearby to purchase records, so when rock and roll took off, I had a dilemma.
Fortunately, in the summer of 1957, my Mama started letting me ride the Greyhound bus to Mobile by myself to go to the movies once a week. I mowed lawns to finance these escapades, which required $5 for each trip. Expenditures were for the bus, the movies, lunch and – the pièce de résistance – my quest to find that one 45 RPM record that I couldn't live without.
My destinations on these missions were primarily Rutz Music and Jessie French. These two prominent stores sold instruments and sheet music, but, more important, they each had a record section with listening booths. Do you know how long it might take to pick out one hit single, which cost 99 cents? About two delightful hours.
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This weekend, on Friday, April 6, don't miss a uniquely funky opportunity as 1997 Hall of Fame Inductee Bootsy Collins plays an intimate show at one of Cleveland's great music venues, the Beachland Ballroom. This is the first of many musical performances during the Rock Hall's 11 days of events surrounding this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductions Ceremony on Saturday, April 14.
The charismatic Collins – easily identified by his singular fashion sense: star-shaped glasses, colorful suits and top hats, and glittery "space bass" – was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Parliament-Funkadelic, alongside his mentor George Clinton (who'll headline the Free Concert for Cleveland with Kid Cudi and Kids These Days at the Q.)
Over the years, the bassist, singer, songwriter and Cincinnati, Ohio, native has released more than a dozen albums, including 2011's Tha Funk Capital Of The World, a deeply grooving history of funk as only Collins and his collaborators could curate. The musicians joining Collins at the Beachland Ballroom include P-Funk alumni and fellow Hall of Famers drummer extraordinaire Frankie "Kash" Waddy and Bernie Worrell, long recognized as a keyboard wizard ...
Many know that rock and roll was christened in Cleveland, Ohio, when DJ Alan Freed coined the phrase to describe the up-tempo R&B music he was beaming out on his popular radio show. Freed opened the doors for countless artists, and for years was the de facto king of rock and roll. But fewer know about the cadre of revolutionary Cleveland disc jockeys who shared the airwaves with Freed. Among them was Tommy Edwards.
Edwards, who owned a prominent record store, pressed records and was a disc jockey at WERE 1300 AM, was instrumental in bringing Elvis Presley to Cleveland in 1955 for his first performance north of the Mason-Dixon line. Pat Boone headlined the concert, and the supporting bill included Bill Haley and the Comets, the Four Lads, Priscilla Wright and a largely unknown Presley. It was there that Edwards snapped the famous photograph of Presley with Haley, one of the few times the two met. The show was not held in a grand concert hall or big-ticket venue, but in a suburb of Cleveland at Brooklyn High School. The now mythical performance is rumored to have been captured in vivid Technicolor, and dubbed The Pied Piper ...
This weekend, don't miss the opportunity to catch an evening of music with 1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Felix Cavaliere, who long fronted the Rascals. Cavaliere is a great friend of the Museum, and has supported us with his presence and performances on numerous occasions. Cavaliere and his band will play two shows (7 pm and 9 pm) on Saturday, December 3 at the Tangier in Akron.
The Rascals were paragons of "blue-eyed soul," achieving commercial success beyond that of their peers – among them, the Righteous Brothers, Steve Winwood, Van Morrison and Joe Cocker. The group's indelible originals and energized covers were lead by Cavaliere's Hammond B-3 organ and expressive lead vocals.
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Cleveland was lucky this weekend, as it was one of only a handful of cities fortunate enough to have Booker T. Jones and his band perform in support of his latest CD, The Road From Memphis. I found the album so satisfying, I made sure every one of the Rock Hall's board members received a copy at our retreat this summer in New Orleans. I felt privileged for the opportunity to experience it live. And if that wasn't enough, it was Booker T. Jones' birthday to boot.
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a 150,000 square-foot picturesque building that serves as the permanent home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. This is the world's first museum dedicated to the living heritage of rock and roll music. The Museum features dynamic interactive exhibits, intimate performance spaces and presents a rotation of artifact and costume displays from the museum's permanent collection. Exhibits showcase specific eras, styles and milestones, as well as highlight the many facets of rock and roll's evolution.
Designed by internationally renowned architect I.M. Pei, the building is a striking state-
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geometric forms and dynamic cantilevered spaces that are anchored by a 162-foot tower. The tower supports a dual-triangular-shaped glass "tent" that extends (at its base) onto a 65,000 square-foot plaza, providing a dramatic main entry facade.
The building houses more than 55,000 square-feet of exhibition space, as well as administrative offices, the Museum Store presented by FYE Music and a café.
I.M. Pei, arguably the world's most celebrated architect, designed the National Gallery of Art's East Building in Washington, DC,the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, the Museum of Modern Art in Athens, and the expansion of the Louvre in Paris, among many other buildings worldwide.
"In designing this building," says Pei, "it was my intention to echo the energy of rock and roll. I have consciously used an architectural vocabulary that is bold and new, and I hope the building will become a dramatic landmark for the city of Cleveland and for fans of rock and roll around the world."
Architect: I. M. Pei. Pei, Cobb, Freed and Partners (New York)
Outdoor Plaza: 65,000 square feet
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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
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Full SubmissionProposals from the Signatories Institutions for Brazil, Civil Society and Government positioning to the negotiations to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) CONTEXT The UN Rio+20 Conference, as we all work to guarantee its success and effectiveness, is a privileged experience to discuss measures and mechanisms to implement decisions and agreements firmed 20 years ago, at the Rio(Eco) 92 Conference. The latter was able to advance themes previously proposed, still in an elementary way, at the Stockholm Conference, in 1972, and to produce a robust set of agreements among nations, expressed under the 27 Principles of the Rio Declaration, the Agenda 21, 1 the Declaration of Forest Principles and the Conventions on Biological Diversity, Climate Change and to Combat Desertification. It also opened the way to later agreements, such as the Millennium Declaration and the Millennium Development Goals, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, the Latin American and Caribbean Initiative for Sustainable Development, the Monterrey Consensus of the International Conference on Financing for Development, the Doha Declaration, the Barbados Programme of Action for Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, the Mauritius Strategy and the Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity-building. It will be Rio+20 responsibility, therefore, to build a substantial political agreement, increasing the implementation capacity of the multilateral agreements previously signed and provide effective mechanisms to decisions already taken. There are expressive contextual differences between the last big conferences (Stockholm, 1972 Rio, 1992 Johannesburg, 2002) and the 2012 summit. The first three represented, in their discussions and decisions, parallel worlds in relation to the economic context to which they were immersed in. The Stockholm Conference took place at the end of the period of real effectiveness of the Bretton Woods institutions and preceded two oil crises (1973 and 1979) that changed the global economy. Rio92 occurred along with the process of economic deregulations, the overcoming of national frontiers and the reduction of social protection networks, in contradiction with the sustainable development effort. The agreements generated from Rio92 were fundamental, but were not implemented, as they contradicted the logic of a growing globalization that also tried to sustain itself. The Johannesburg Summit happened at the climax of the movement of financialization of the global economy, when the world's capital was allocated predominantly in service of its own reproduction In each of these historical moments it was verified a disparity among the summit's proposals and deliberations and daily decisions from governments and businesses. With these, the traditional economic vision and logic predominated over the political agreements. Rio+20 will face the challenge and the opportunity to analyze the global crisis started in 2008 and unfolded in 2010/2011 , taking into account the exhaustion in the traditional development model and the reinforced imposition of short term economic imperatives over political decisions, proposing a change of course based on sustainable development principles and imperatives. Surely, there will be conflicts of interests and of visions, being the responsibility of more advanced voices, Brazil among them, to defend a political affirmation in its multilateral dimension with impacts in internal orders, also leading to the end of the crisis. In this sense, concrete proposals must be presented to internalize decisions in the real politics and in the real economy, in their global and local dimensions, observing the principle of non-regression in relation to previous commitments. If Rio+20 is not able to construct this path, there will be a great risk to miss the accumulation of all decisions mentioned above, which are fundamental in building a fairer, inclusive, whole, and environmentally-friendly global order. With this context, and with this spirit, we offer the following suggestions, proposing the internalization of Rio92 decisions in the political sphere, as well as in the economic sphere through the adoption of goals and concrete actions that, we believe, will contribute to overcome the crisis and to build a new development paradigm. 1. CONSTRUCTION OF THE TRANSITION TO A GREEN ECONOMY IN A POVERTY ERRADICATION CONTEXT Given the accumulation of compromises and agreements shown above, as well as the difficulties in implementation imposed by choices based on a short term financial-economic vision, it is necessary to develop a road map to internalize compromises in the economic order, internally and externally, fostering a transition agenda to a green, inclusive and responsible economy. These concepts are understood as follows: A green economy seeks to ensure a friendly relationship between society's production processes and natural processes, promoting conservation, restoration and the sustainable use of ecosystems, treating the services they offer to life as assets of public interest. An inclusive economy seeks to meet the needs and the rights of all human beings, promoting a balanced development among financial, human, social and natural capitals, equitable distribution of wealth and of income-generating opportunities, access to public goods and services, securing decent life conditions for all the population, eradicating poverty and reducing social inequalities. A responsible economy seeks to strengthen a set of humanistic and universal principles and values that sustain the democratic functioning of societies and markets, through the development of ethical and integrity values, promoting a transparency culture and mechanisms to fight corruption. For the internalization of compromises in national economies, we propose that all participating countries at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) commit to adopt the following directives: i. Adoption, progressively, of a new national accountability standard to measure development, while the United Nations system develops a standard that could, in the medium term, be adopted by all nations (according to item 2.ii). The new national standard should redefine the concept of prosperity at a national level, considering not only the effective GDP (for mediation) and the potential GDP (for planning purposes), but also the costs of natural assets and services implied in the production of goods and availability of services, the social impacts resulting from the growth model adopted and the level of national income vis-a-vis the local population's access to adequate sanitation, health, education, consumption, mobility, culture and well being. The new national standards should, therefore, measure the natural, social, human and financial capitals, modeled in the studies developed by the Stiglitz-Sem-Fatoussi Commission and by research conducted by Ethical Markets in partnership with GlobeScan (Beyond GDP); ii. Pricing of carbon and the creation of an internal carbon market. It is suggested to study the adoption of a local standard for carbon pricing, considering the characteristics of local markets and economic agents, as well as the creation of an internal carbon market so the agents can operate and contribute to the achievement of national emission-reduction goals; iii. Payment for ecosystem s services. It is suggested to study forms of pricing of natural resources and environmental services as a way to make individual perceptions and market controls effective, leading to productive systems that considers the closed, full cycle of production and the sharing of generated benefits from the use of biodiversity and of traditional knowledge; iv. Establishment of Minimum Operating Standards. It is suggested to study and define local minimum sustainable operating standards for public national companies and utilities, as well as national companies that operate internationally (in issues such as decent work relations inclusion of minorities and equality , socio-environmental practices compatible with sustainable development and production's closed cycle), or submitting them to global minimum operating standards, when these are already established (see item 2.1.v). National states must also create conditions in order for multinational corporations to operate locally based on their best world standard, when this is above the local or global minimum. Furthermore, it is suggested to include among the minimum operating standards as a requirement for large national companies that operate internationally, as well as to public companies and utilities the public annual disclosure of sustainability activities modeled in global reporting standards (e.g. GRI) or a justification of impossibility of report; v. Inclusion of four aspects in the decision-making process: social, environmental, economic and ethical, encouraging a culture of peace and solidarity among nations and translating in concrete objectives on poverty eradication, reduction of inequalities, promotion of decent work conditions and of a system of integrity and combat against corruption; vi. Linkage between public and private actions in developing and following through with the 3 national plans. Additionally, the articulation between governments, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations, market and civil society based (major groups), is also fundamental for the transition to a new economic model; vii. Adoption of sustainable purchasing policies for governments, in a way to redirect local production, as well as measures that encourage both production with less pressure on natural resources, low emissions and decent work conditions studying differentiated taxation regimes to encourage it as well as new consumption patterns, establishing mechanisms that promote the acquisition of more sustainable products. At the same time that production patterns are shifting, it is imperative that there is a change of culture and behavior from consumers. In this sense, it is suggested to promote responsible advertising that acts as guidance to consumers, as proposed by the EthicMark� Award for Advertising that Uplifts the Human Spirit and Society. Finally, it is necessary to encourage the sustainable treatment of waste from producers as well as consumers, and the financing of R&D processes to develop sustainable products; viii. Effective investments, public and private, in a new education model focusing on developing values and culture aiming to develop citizens aware of their socio-cultural heritage, of their position in relation to the environment and of their power to influence and their responsibility as citizens, voters, parents, consumers, investors and entrepreneurs. Assessment mechanisms on the internalization of concepts and practices from a student perspective can be particularly effectives in this sense; ix. Incorporation to regulation tools, inducting the planning and development of sustainable cities, through urban and rural infrastructure investments, such as greater sanitation coverage, depollution and recovery of water resources, promotion of a sustainable urban transportation system and energy generation from a diversified and renewable matrix. Even as the plans are of national character, it is encouraged, whenever possible, the exchange of experiences and the search for cooperation among countries. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK Regarding the internalization of commitments in national and international politics, we understand as fundamental: 2.1 A real commitment from countries to align their national planning and development agendas with sustainable development criteria, through the elaboration of national plans on sustainable development, to be presented to the new "umbrella body", to be created within the United Nations (see item 2.2), within a deadline convened with the parties (suggested, initially, two to four years). The plans should be adapted to the different local realities and should contemplate, necessarily, a minimum agenda, consisting of goals in: a) Reduction of the ecological footprint, considering reducing the consumption of resources, the impacts on ecosystems and their conservation and restoration; b) Poverty eradication and reduction of social, political and economic inequalities, translating into access to goods, income and public services; c) Implementation of a system of integrity and transparency for commitments in public- private relations, including a mandatory public annual disclosure of sustainability policies and practices by multinational corporations, public companies and utilities, or justification of impossibility of report. It will be the responsibility of the United Nations to Encourage and Support National Plans and to promote spaces for sharing and exchanges that provoke synergies and scale gains, through: i. Establishment of a International Fund to guarantee the feasibility of the national plans, which could be based on: the proportional contributive capacity of member countries of the United Nations, advancing the agreement (during the 34 Session of the UN General Assembly , 1980), which was never fulfilled, of 0.7% of GDP from developed countries, to 1% of GDP; resources from the rights of maritime and air space usage; and a tax of 0,05% on speculative international financial transactions (Tobin Tax). These resources would be redistributed according to voluntary goals and commitments agreed by nations, submitted to external and independent accountability. ii. Adoption, by the UN, of a new national accountability standard to measure development and monitor the national voluntary plans, taking into consideration recent research among which we highlight the works of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi Commission and the studies conducted by Ethical Markets in partnership with GlobeScan (Beyond GDP) , as well as the experiences from the various nations and blocs of nations on defining their internal prosperity and development standards (according to item 1.i). The accumulation of these researches and information, and their thorough evaluation, should develop, in the medium run, into a new standard that can be adopted by all nations; iii. Pricing of carbon and creation of a global carbon market. It is suggested to study the adoption of a global standard for carbon pricing, as well as the creation of a global carbon market. Both the carbon pricing and the operational model of the carbon market shall consider countries' experiences and the overall information from the implementation of the Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM), within the Kyoto Protocol context; iv. Payment for ecosystems services. It is suggested to study forms of pricing of natural resources and environmental services as way to direct production systems to a closed cycle. Experiences from countries and blocs will serve as reference for global definitions that shall also consider the effective access to biodiversity and the sharing of generated benefits from its use, in accordance with previous commitments (Convention on Biological Diversity); v. Establishment of Global Minimum Operating Standards. It is suggested to establish, at a global level, minimum operating standards for multinational corporations (in issues such as decent work relations inclusion of minorities and equality , socio-environmental practices compatible with sustainable development and productions' closed cycle); Furthermore, it is suggested to present annual disclosure reports of sustainability activities modeled in global reporting standards (e.g. GRI) or a justification of impossibility of report; vi. Redefinition of a Geography of Technical and Scientific Cooperation, suggesting the coordination of efforts and the creation of networks that encourage the exchange of experiences, expertise and skills among regions that are similar geographically (organized by biomes), geopolitically, and by their development stage, in a way to create synergies and accelerate scale gain, with a resulting lowering of costs to the transition agenda. 2.2 Overcoming the current global institutional failure, modifying the institutional framework both in the national and global spheres, in a way to eliminate the imbalance among the four sustainable development dimensions (social, economic, environmental and ethical). Only the creation of a new institutional framework can offer the mechanisms of coordination, cooperation, evaluation and control necessary to an ambitious transition agenda. 5 In this sense, it is proposed to strengthen the management systems in the social, environmental and ethical dimensions within the United Nations, and the creation of an "umbrella body" responsible for planning, coordination, encouragement and implementation of sustainable development commitments. This new body, that shall have a hierarchical level comparable to the Security Council and absorb the Commission on Sustainable Development, shall provide directives to other bodies, agencies and programmes within the United Nations system, specially: ECOSOC, UNEP, UNDP, WTO, WCO, ILO, UNIDO, UNCTAD, FAO, OHCHR, UNFPA and UNESCO. The new body shall also articulate policies and efforts from multilateral financial institutions (International Monetary Fund and the World Bank), settle disputes, mediate conflict of interests and litigate within the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, gather and provide subsidies to other multilateral organizations (such as G20 and G77), and maintain a dialogue and consulting forums with non-governmental organizations (market and civil society based), guaranteeing legitimacy to decisions and processes. Besides being responsible for the encouragement and support to the agendas and national plans, this new multilateral institutional architecture would intervene in all situations of social, financial, food, energy, environmental, and cultural crises and in any other issues related to sustainable development. 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typhoon @ brighton music hall (review, photos)September 30th, 2013
It was that kind of night–you and your partner were both kind of sick and aching, both tired, both not looking forward to starting the week tired. Did we really want to go to this show? I mean, we bought tickets months ago but still…?
Looking back after Typhoon finished their set at Brighton Music Hall last night, the answer was so obviously and emphatically "YES!" that I'm glad we at least said 'I guess'.
Getting into the venue a few minutes before Typhoon went on, we slipped into the audience behind the two post-college dudes on a man-date and next to the extremely differently heighted couple on perhaps their third date. The band came on the stage in all their glory: two drummers, two violins, one flugelhorn, two trumpets (one doubling on keyboards and guitar), one bass, one guitar, one ukulele/ glockenspiel, and Kyle, the lead singer on guitar and Wurlitzer electric piano.
The crowd–though it was a Sunday night–was packed in and excited. The band and the audience fed off each other immediately and it quickly became an atmosphere of astounded magic. The band played excitedly, skillfully, beautifully and the crowd collectively felt like it was witnessing something wonderful and unique. The dozen instruments and as many voices blended into a wave coming off of the stage, paradoxically more together and more individual than on the records.
After each song there was an increasing amount of applause to the point where, with a few songs left, the audience was cheering like it was demanding an encore. Kyle had to say something like "Thanks so much! We still have more songs."
The end of the set came too soon and there was thunderous applause calling for an encore this time, which the band obliged. Three more delicate, lively, wonderful, and raucous songs later and the band was done and people were streaming back the merch table and out into the cool autumn day. My feet felt like they were hardly touching the pavement.


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well, if your anything like me, at least a part of you is a huge fan of the 1970's-now progressive rock band Rush.
this is a thread to commemorate their albums.
so to start this off...
my favorite album is "A Farewell To Kings" tied with "Hemispheres"
mostly because they are 10 songs all together, and the end of a farewell to kings starts hemispheres (Cygnus X-1: book 1 and Cygnus X-1: book 2). the albums hold fast to a motif of fantasy, medieval stories, and the unknown. Hemisphere's has fewer songs, but they are all equally memorable and ridiculously perfect. A farewell to kings has 2 more songs (1 of which is just decent, but it makes the last song so much more powerful) and it just seems like a more complete experience. my advice, just listen to them both in tandem.


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It seems that many people say that hypnosis and meditation are very similar. But what are their key differences (both in a soft and hard way)?
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I believe this question is impossible to "answer" because the inherent premises in the question are based on the assumption that there are two discrete dichotomous phenomena, "hypnotism," and "meditation," which can somehow be meaningfully "defined," and, then, "compared."
Both "hypnosis" and "meditation" are figuratively vast conceptual collages of imprecise multiple-meanings, observations of what appear to be "special" states of human awareness, and consciousness, admixtures from what in "western science" is termed "psychology" with an equally vast mix of practices, lumped-together as "spiritual," from the world's religions, etc.
From the viewpoint of epiphenomenal philosophy ... wikipedia entry ..., and from some modern, western, theorists of human consciousness as grounded in our biological, neurological, reality, both hypnosis and meditation can be regarded as secondary phenomena: in the sense that they are culturally defined and shaped modes of thought, behavior, and experience, in a "continuum of consciousness," which, over time, are conserved, institutionalized, even valorised into being perceived as "sacred."
In Vipassana meditation, in the Theravadan Buddhist tradition (Sanskrit "sthaviravada," "teachings of the elders") one way the "anti-goal" of meditation could be defined is: it is a practice meant as a vehicle for the de-hypnosis of the "illusory personal, small, self," leading to a direct experience of the "real, undifferentiated, trans-personal Self."
But, in that tradition, in its "purest" form, meditation is not a "goal in itself," and meditation is not a "means to an end" of achieving "altered states of consciousness."
But, there are countless other types, schools, philosophies, of "meditation," with very different conceptual underpinnings, some "secular," some "formally religious," and a wide range of behavioral practices associated with them.
On the "grossest" level, you might say we observe, when we see what appears to be hypnosis of one person by another, a loss of conscious, and subconscious, control of self from the person hypnotized to the hypnotist. But, then: there's stage hypnosis, self-hypnosis, so-called therapeutic hypnosis for behavior modification (such as giving up smoking, etc.).
While we typically associate meditation with acts of what we define, in western psychological terms, as individual "self-control," and "discipline," there are traditions in which group practices (rituals) leading to mass ecstasy are considered meditation (Sufi Zhikr ?).
From one perspective, "cultural identity," itself, can be considered a cohesive set of internalized hypnotic states of mind: continually reinforced from within, and without, the self, and modified in biological development throughout the life-cycle ... I am not referring, here, to the movie-series, "The Matrix" :) !
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Main difference is that the meditation is self-induced and with full self-awareness, whereas hypnosis is usually induced by another person (unless is self-hypnosis which is self-induced) and the person is in state of trance, amnesia or unconscious.
Hypnosis is defined by the U.S government as "the bypass of the critical factor of the conscious mind and the establishment of acceptable selective thinking.". Hypnosis can help you in various ways and is a calm state of altered-consciousness that allows a person to recall memories or be guided to change a behavior (in example to help someone stop smoking).
While meditation is a practice in which an individual trains the mind or induces a mode of consciousness. An ordinary person may be consider meditation as a prayer or total stillness, but the goal of meditation is to focus and quiet your mind, eventually reaching a higher level of awareness and inner calm.
According to some beliefs or movements, the meditation from ancient times is the method of communication with other realms/planes of existence (Sephiroth) and entities (higher self, astral beings, dead relatives, demons, aliens, ascended masters, angels, God, etc.), astral travel, remote viewing, clairvoyance or altering your body (Reiki, activating chakras, 3rd eye or DNA activation) or time-space reality (psychokinesis, telekinesis, teleportation, opening portals) and many more.
Whereas hypnosis was introduced to European society in 18th century and it is sometimes described as black magic and dangerous for our body and spirit, because the person is just the victim on stage with implanted suggestion by hypnotist. If it's done incorrectly, the victim suffers nightmares and aberrant behaviour.


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If you're intending to invoke a smile, I would suggest words ending in the "ee" sound. Cheese and the ones @kiamlaluno suggest do contain that sound, but they all have a final consonant, which means the smile has to stop at some point. Some possibilities:
Tell your subjects to say one of those and hold it, and you should get plenty of smiles. I used "whee!" with my own children because it was fun for them to say and had gleeful associations as well.
Someone from the UK I met a few years ago used to say syphilis.
He would wait until everybody was assembled for the photo and then let out "everyone, say 'syphilis'". It was truly hilarious, and the pics came out great.
My personal favorite is: "Say sex!" - people always smile.
How about you just ask people to smile? :)
Say "kimchi"! And then you can really draw out the final i to give the photographer lots of time.
The reason you usually ask people being photographed to say cheese is the position assumed from the lips when they pronounce the word. Every word that contain the same /tʃi/ sound would work fine. For example, cheer, cheap, cheat, and cheek are some of those words.


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UFC fighter Tito Ortiz is ready to make headlines again as long as they don't involve ex-girlfriend Jenna Jameson, twitter fights or injuries.
Ortiz is the last man standing among a golden era of fighters he started his career with, Randy Couture, Ken Shamrock and Chuck Liddell. But the 36-year-old fighter said his mind is far from retirement as he prepares to take on 28-year-old Ryan Bader in UFC 132 Saturday, July 2.
We caught up with a much more reflective Ortiz who spoke about climbing his way back to the top of the MMA world, getting older and lessons learned along the way.
Have you adjusted anything to your training this time around?
Tito Ortiz: Of course my strength and conditioning I adjusted. My last fight I wasn't in the greatest of shape and my training was a little off, but I think after coming off a neck surgery, you kind of have that time off and it's not gonna be great. So, we go six times a week, about 4-6 hours a day, I do my boxing and muay thai for a couple of hours, take a rest, do jui jitsu for a couple of hours, take a rest, then I do my strength and conditioning and this is six days a week 4-6 hours a day I put in my time.
How are you feeling right now? You've had a lot of injuries going on over the past eight years really.
Tito Ortiz: Actually it's been two years, my back problem was over the last eight years, yes. And I got it done in 2009. I got two level fusion in L4, L5, S1 in my lower back. I fought a year later, I fought Forrest Griffin in a split decision and he was ranked fifth in the world. And then during the training for that fight I got bounced on my head and I ruptured a disk in my neck and I got that fused after I shot the Ultimate Fighter and I wasn't able to fight Chuck Liddell due to my ruptured disk in my neck. Six months later I fought Matt Hamill, lost to him in a decision. And, uh, it's just one of those things. I guess all the brutal beatings that I gave my body in training started really deteriorating my body. Now that I got it healed and fixed I feel regenerated.
You're sort of the last guy standing in that golden era of MMA with Ken, Chuck and Randy. Do you feel like this might be your last fight or do you feel like you have more fights left in you?
Tito Ortiz: I feel like I have a lot more fight left in me. You know, my focus is there, my mind set is there, it's just getting back in shape and that's what changed everything. When you have injuries and numbness in your arms, legs and you're like 'am I able to do this? Am I gonna be able to just get the hunger for it again? And I have that hunger.
Will this be my last fight? There's always the question there. I couldn't answer that right now. Right now, I want to fight. I want to go in, give my best and put on a show. I want to entertain, that's what I do. That's what God put me on this earth for and that's why he gave me the skills I have and that's why I work so hard because I want to provide for my family and provide for fans some of the most exciting fights in the future. Ryan Bader, him being No. 5 in the world, he's a tough, tough kid and I've got my hands full. But if I get this win it puts me right back in the title hunt again.
Randy Couture lasted until he was darn near 5o-years-old in MMA, have you talked him about any training methods to sustain longevity?
Tito Ortiz: I spoke to him about a year ago. I've always been that guy that had to train to catch up to everybody else. When I started my career in the UFC, I started it six months after training and I never fought anywhere else. I never fought before, I never had an amateur career. I fought UFC 13 May 30, 1997. The same night that Randy Couture started his career, I started mine and I was catching up to everybody else. I was training six days a week, eight hours a day and putting in the rigorous, longevity time that…overtraining almost. I spoke to Randy about a year ago and he told me you gotta tone it down when you get older. You can't push yourself as you were when you were 22, 23, 24, 25 and I started realizing that and my body is just so used to going so hard that when I was going lighter, it kind of felt like I wasn't prepared enough. So I guess putting in the quality time instead of the quantity of time really mattered.
You've talked a little bit in the past about your relationship with [UFC President] Dana [White] and also mentioned that they wanted you to retire. What is the status of your relationship with Dana now?
Tito Ortiz: The status is really good. We're on talking terms of course with him living in Las Vegas and me in Huntington Beach, Calif. But it's business, strictly business. He wants me to win and go out and show the Tito Ortiz that I am and I plan on doing it. I plan on going in and getting my hand raised and when my hand is raised I guess they can't get rid of me.
Is there a deeper mission here for you in this fight? Maybe something you want to prove?
Tito Ortiz: You know I just want to prove to myself and to my fans that I still have it. You know I still have what it takes. I still have that hunger, I still have that aggression and that ferocity that I've had through my whole career. I don't think there's any question that I've done a lot in this sport. I've done more than many other athletes have ever done, but I think it's just a question I need to answer myself.
In the last couple of years, your private life has been talked about a lot particularly your relationship with Jenna [Jameson]. Do you hope this fight will put the focus back on everything you have done in your professional career?
Tito Ortiz: Yeah, I think that's the biggest thing. I got a little too caught up in it. I just need to focus on my life as a fighter. It's very challenging and I've gone through a lot of things with the relationship and I kind have been drug through the coals a few times. And I keep my true friends and true family, who know what type of person I really am, [close]. I've dealt with a lot of demons and I've prevailed. I've kind of kept my mind straight for this fight. I've kind of been focusing strictly on the fight and I've kind of been pretty lonesome. But us fighters we're very lonesome, that's the way it goes I guess. And it kept my mind focused, I'm really, really happy.
I don't have, as people say, the drama. I don't like drama at all, I hate it. Any attention I get, I want it to be positive reinforcement, no more than that. On my twitter @titoortiz, of course, I stopped talking about personal stuff. I no longer talk about that and no longer will talk about that stuff because I don't think I should air out my dirty laundry ever and I made the mistake of doing that. Being alone and having no one to talk to, you fall into those mistakes. I've learned from those mistakes and I won't let it happen again. Right now it's strictly about my fight career.


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