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University of Idaho senior Kyle Barone was a first-team Western Athletic Conference choice of CollegeSportsMadness.com, while junior Stephen Madison earned third-team honors and sophomore Connor Hill was a fourth-team choice.
Barone will leave Idaho as the most productive post player in school history. With at least one game to go, he already has played in more games (125) than any other Vandal. Barone also is fourth on the all-time career points (1,414) list, fifth on the all-time field goals made (518) list, third on the all-time field goal percentage (58.3) list, second on the all-time rebounds list (863) and third on the all-time blocked shots (124) list. His 16 double-doubles on the season rank eighth in the NCAA>
Madison is the team's second-leading scorer at 14.5 points per game off of 48.2 percent field goal shooting. He has made 27 3-point goals and handed out 63 assists, while pulling down 139 rebounds.
Hill already has climbed to sixth on the career 3-point goals list with 132, which includes 85 - fourth for a single season, with WAC tournament games still ahead of him. He also is fourth on the career 3-point percentage (.424) list and for 2012-13 is third (.450) on the single-season list. His 3-point percentage ranks eighth in the NCAA this season.

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Alex Cuba's self-titled album drops today in the US, through his label Caracol Records. Alex has been building up to the release this week with shows at New York's Highline Ballroom and Rockwood Music Hall, and tomorrow he embarks on his North American tour. Featuring surprising new grooves, innovative electric guitar inflections and varying tempos and structures, Alex Cuba is an important step in Alex Cuba's ongoing musical revolution.
The singer-songwriter hails from Artemisa, Cuba and resides in Smithers, B.C. (14 hours north of Vancouver). Musically, he lives everywhere in between. His trademark sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks and rock chords subtly subvert commonly held notions of what Cuban music is. "Caballo" (Horse), a Cuban-funk-rock track and the album's second video, was conceived and produced in Smithers, Canada. Other highlights are "Solo Tu" (Only You), a moving, mid-tempo rock ballad, "Tierra Colora" (Red Soil), a samba-rock-surf-punk sizzler and the funked up "If You Give Me Love", his first-ever song in English.
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Carnival barker, magician's assistant, hypnotist's shill, Hollywood roué (onscreen and in person)—you name it, Lyle Talbot lived it. Born in 1902, he turns up like Zelig, observes his daughter, Margaret Talbot, in just about every era of 20th-century American entertainment. So her deliciously written account of his long, colorful career is more than a dishy showbiz bio. It captures the texture of "the old, weird America," when Lyle toured with MacKnight the Hypnotic Fun Maker (a man with "an air of moonstruck gravitas" and "scruples as bendable as cheap spoons"). It reveals Hollywood in the loose-living pre-Code days. And it explores the way "entertainment evolved . . . and how ideas about character and personality—about what made a person interesting, attractive, worthwhile—changed along with it." Lyle's movie contract was dropped in 1936. But just when his life took a turn for the noir (booze, bad marriages, B movies), he was rescued by the author's mother and fetched up in the family-friendly '50s with a brood of children, a house in the suburbs and a 10-year run as the affable neighbor on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. If that's not a perfect Hollywood ending, this gleaming tribute of a book is.
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Quinn: Thomson sale proceeds will pay off bonds
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn says the $165 million from the sale of Thomson Correctional Center to the federal government will pay off bond debt used to build the prison and anything else Illinois lawmakers decide.
Quinn's preference is to use the money to pay down Illinois' massive backlog of unpaid bills.
The Chicago Democrat and other state officials announced Tuesday that the now closed facility will be sold to the federal government. State officials say it will create about 1,100 jobs and federal officials say it will ease overcrowding.
Thomson was built in 2001. Budget troubles kept it from fully opening. It has 1,600 cells but housed fewer than 200 inmates before closing to prepare for a sale.
Quinn's spokeswoman didn't immediately have a further breakdown on what's owed on Thomson.
Virginia GOP congressman blasts Ill. prison sale
CHICAGO (AP) -- Virginia Republican Congressman Frank Wolf is blasting the Obama administration's decision to move forward with the purchase of a prison in western Illinois.
Illinois officials announced Tuesday that federal officials are moving forward with the sale of the now-closed Thomson Correctional Center.
The sale has been stalled for years, most recently because Wolf believed terrorism suspects would be housed there. The Obama administration says that won't happen. Wolf chairs a key House subcommittee overseeing the sale.
But federal officials decided to go ahead without his approval. Illinois Democrat U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says it's an unusual move but not illegal.
Wolf says he's deeply troubled by the sale. He says it's an "unprecedented directive" to "circumvent Congress."
Thomson was built in 2001, but budget troubles kept it from fully opening.
THOMSON (WIFR) -- After three years of hardball politics, the federal government announced it has bought Thomson Correctional Center from the State of Illinois for $165 million. The checks were cut in federal court this morning, right here in Rockford .
Today Illinois senator Dick Durbin said he was at his wit's end with trying to sell Thomson Prison to the feds, so he turned to President Obama for help and he made the executive decision to buy the prison over the objections of a veteran republican lawmaker.
The state of the art maximum-security prison was built in 2001, but sat mostly unused because the state of Illinois could not afford to run it.
After last year, the Federal Bureau of Prisons had money left over, which is the money being spent on Thomson. Originally, republican lawmakers were blocking the sale because they were worried alleged terrorists from Guantanamo Bay would be housed there, but because Thomson isn't a military prison, that would be illegal. Residents say it's been a long time coming.
"It means a lot. I'm the manager of a local business that has been struggling. It was built in 2000 in anticipation of the prison opening, and we have struggled and struggled and struggled, and this is just a God-send to us," said Long-Time Thomson Resident, Donna Opheim.
Politicians are not saying when the prison will be open because it still has to undergo some major construction. The money for that still has to be appropriated. It will bring about 1,100 jobs to the area, not to mention millions of dollars in taxes.
The prison can house 1,600 inmates and cost $128 million to build back in 2001. The prison was recently appraised for $220 million dollars. State lawmakers say the federal government got the prison for a bargain.


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It took me a few years to catch on that there were other flavor varieties of the Cow Tail out on the market. Like the hard to find Charleston Chews, Cow Tails also have a chocolate and strawberry variants on store shelves. The trick is finding them.
I don't recall exactly where it when it was that I first found the chocolate Cow Tail, but I assure you I was plenty excited. I really didn't know what to expect from it when I piled them of them on the cashier's counter top for purchase. Would the creme on the inside be chocolate? The outside? Would it be really chocolatey? Or more bland like a Tootsie roll? I couldn't wait to find out.
Ah ha! Upon opening the wrapper I see that it's the caramel outside that carries the chocolate flavor. It has the same delicious creme center, and it gives a a nice vanilla flavor to balance the chocolate. The chocolate exterior is flavorful (yes, there's really chocolate in there) and it's oddly satisfying. I appreciate how it's a good authentic chocolate flavor, although it's mild. The caramel still has that "wheaty" essence to it, and has that nice chew and sugary coating on it. It still feels faithful to the original Cow Tail formula.
I liked it just as much as the original vanilla variety, and I stock up whenever I happen to come across them.
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Well, I open my eyes and I see things. I've seen spirits moving through the walls. I've seen a vortex coming through the wall. I've seen amorphous little balls of light bouncing all around in the front yard through the window. I've seen giant bugs on the floor. I was in a hotel room in Amarillo, Texas, and all I remember is standing on the bed and seeing the whole wall in front of me filled with lights that were [makes popping sound] popping like popcorn out of the wall. Then I'll wake up and I go "Wow, I was standing on my bed and staring at this wall."
well i'd been pretty shit until recently. right now i have three dalliances going on. i feel like Don Giovanni. my studies are going less well than usual though.
I'm managing. Nothing too exciting right now, but life's pretty good on the whole.
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~ I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it. -- Kyle Schmidt ~
~Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute. -- Josh Billings ~
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Industry Funds Sweeten Outcomes of Beverage Studies Researchers at Children's Hospital in Boston in collaboration with the Center for Science in the Public Interest have found that researchers funded by the beverage industry are much more likely to come up with favorable results than researchers without industry funding. The study, released to the media today by PLoS Medicine, reviewed 111 studies on soft drinks, juice and milk that appeared in the nutrition literature over a five-year period. Among the 22 studies clearly identified as funded by companies or industry groups, just three (13.6 percent) came up with unfavorable findings. Among the 52 studies without industry support, 20 (or 38.5 percent) came up with unfavorable findings. The 16 industry-funded studies that intervened in the beverage choices given subjects never came up with a negative result, the study found, while 7 of 19 intervention studies not funded by industry did not find beneficial health outcomes. The study "raises serious concerns that some food industries may distort the scientific record on diet and health," wrote Martijn B. Katan, professor of nutrition at Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, in an accompanying perspective. It "threatens public confidence in nutrition research, and once that confidence is gone nutrition research becomes irrelevant."
Industry-Funded Scientists Answer Call on Cell Phones A new study analyzing research on the biologic effects of cell phone use found that industry-funded studies were far less likely to identify negative consequences than studies funded by governments and non-profits. The European researchers, writing in Environmental Health Perspectives, analyzed 57 studies that appeared in the academic literature between 1995 and 2005. Only a third of those that were industry-funded (4 of 12) identified a biologic effect with possible health consequences from exposure to cell phone radio waves. On the other hand, 9 of 11 studies funded by the public or charities found such effects, while 17 of 22 whose funding source was not identified also found biologic effects. While nearly half the journals had conflict of interest disclosure policies, none of the peer-reviewed articles revealed conflicts for authors. "The interpretation of the results from existing and future studies of the health effects of radiofrequency radiation should take sponsorship into account," the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Berne and the University of Basle in Switzerland and the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, concluded.
NEJM Finally Prints Perspective, But Removes Conflict-of-Interest Angle The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reported late last month that the New England Journal of Medicine had failed to print a Perspective article by its own national correspondent that analyzed the increase in dialysis patient deaths that came from overuse of Amgen's anti-anemia drug, Epogen (erythropoietin). Robert Steinbrook's original article also criticized guidelines written by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF). The spiked article, which eventually ran on December 23 in the Lancet (subscription required), reported that NKF received 57 percent of its $19.7 million annual budget in 2005 from various corporate sponsors, including $4.1 million from Amgen and $3.6 million from Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Biotech division, both of which sell erythropoietin. It also reported that Amgen financially supported the development of the NKF-sponsored anemia guidelines, and that two-thirds of the 18 members on the guideline-writing committee disclosed financial associations with Amgen or other erythropoietin manufacturers.
Last week, NEJM ran a truncated version (subscription required) of the Steinbrook article. It focused almost exclusively on the role of Medicare payment policy in boosting erythropoietin usage among dialysis patients. It did not mention Amgen's role in lobbying Medicare to establish that policy, nor did it contain Steinbrook's reporting on the National Kidney Foundation's financial relationships with Amgen and J&J and the conflicts-of-interest on the guidelines writing committee.
NIH Meeting on Neonatal Herpes Dominated by Glaxo's Hired Hands The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases' upcoming meeting on neonatal herpes will showcase the views of four physicians with financial ties to GlaxoSmithKline and the industry-funded American Herpes Foundation. The goal of the Feb. 21 conference is to write clinical practice guidelines for preventing neonatal transmission of genital herpes, an extremely rare event. In mid-December, the Wall Street Journal ran a front page story describing how GlaxoSmithKline, which makes the anti-herpes medication Valtrex (valacyclovir), has funded researchers and continuing medication seminars to promote universal herpes testing among pregnant women, which could lead to significantly higher drug sales.
Of the five presenters listed in the call for the meeting, Anna Wald of the University of Washington has received grants and research support from Glaxo and Roche, and received honoraria from Novartis, all of which make antiviral drugs for herpes; Zane Brown of the University of Washington gives "two to three lectures a week advocating universal herpes testing for pregnant women, earning $1,000 to $2,500 per talk" from Glaxo, according to the Journal article; Laura Riley of Brigham and Women's Hospital is secretary/treasurer of the American Herpes Foundation, a "patient advocacy" non-profit whose board contains no patients and whose $183,000 budget in 2004 was almost entirely funded by Glaxo and Roche; and Richard Whitley of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, who will lead the final session of the day on guideline writing. Whitley serves on the speakers bureaus for Glaxo and Novartis; he also serves on the board and receives stock options and compensation from the start-up firm Fermavir, which is developing next-generation drugs aimed at the herpes family of viruses. Dr. Whitley carried out these private sector activities while running NIAID's "Collaborative Antiviral Study Group," which received over $16 million in government grants in FY2004-05 to run clinical trials. An Integrity in Science project investigation did not turn up any industry ties for the fifth presenter, David Kimberlin of the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The letter inviting physicians to attend the meeting did not contain conflict-of-interest disclosure information for any of the presenters.
Odds and Ends The Henry Ford Health System in Detroit will prohibit drug industry sales representatives from offering free gifts, lunches or other perks to its physicians. The detailers must also schedule appointments and pay a $100 certification fee before visiting.


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5 key planks for a strategic aging policy, Banker White explores how Alzheimer's strengthened his parents' marriage, PhRMA launches new innovation hub, Carnegie Mellon launches BrainHub to concentrate "intellectual horsepower" against brain disease, and the link between mindfulness and Alzheimer's care (read more).
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ZF-3821: Zend_InfoCard does not interpret namespace prefixes from the XML token
Zend_InfoCard seems to be expecting the enc: prefix for the http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc# namespace, even when the submitted XML token assigns a different prefix (such as xenc: ) to that namespace. This causes Zend_InfoCard to fail to parse a submitted information card token from card selectors other than Microsoft Cardspace.
Since there are several other card selectors available has there been any movement on this fix? Besides the enc (to xenc) issue there are others related to the namespaces.
Fixed in r24374 and ZF2 hotfix branch.
Sorry for the long wait! It only needed a quick patch to register the namespace for XPath so the default prefix was not relied on.


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- Date submitted: 31 Oct 2011
- Stakeholder type: United Nations & Other IGOs
- Name: International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
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Full SubmissionIUCN?s POSITION ON THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE RIO 2012 CONFERENCE, June 2012 Effective Governance for Sustainable Development: Lessons from Nature Nature is our life support system, benefiting all and vulnerable to the actions of all. Nature is local and global, requiring public participation in decision-making at all levels. Nature cuts across all sectors, yet most decisions affecting nature are made in silos by stakeholders with limited knowledge of the combined impact on nature. Governance of the three pillars of sustainable development (environment, economic, social) is still not integrated, four decades after the Rio Summit. According to the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (2002) ?good governance within each country and at the international level is essential for sustainable development?. For the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) , the concept of good governance includes not only clear direction, effective performance and accountability, but also rests on strong ethical components such as fundamental human rights and values, including fairness, equity and meaningful engagement in and contribution to decision-making. Taking lessons from the interaction of nature and people, IUCN believes that governance for sustainable development should follow three principles: a) Inclusive and integrated decision-making, giving Civil society an effective role in decisions on environmental, social and economic sustainability; b) A bottom-up / community-led approach, based on subsidiarity of decision-making and nested governance, i.e. empowering decisions at the lowest appropriate level supported by effective governance at higher levels; and c) A rights-based approach to environmental governance, which protects the rights of the weakest and most vulnerable and enforces responsibilities for sustainability. 1) Inclusive and integrated governance Governance of natural resources and sustainable development is shaped by norms, institutions and processes that determine how power and responsibilities over the resource are exercised, how decisions are taken, and how citizens ? men and women ? participate in development and the management of natural resources. The quality of these decision-making processes is one of the most important determinants of sustainable development. Sharing power, responsibility and benefits in natural resource management, as well as strengthening governance arrangements, including legal entitlements, to make decisions more transparent, inclusive and equitable, are good for people, for biodiversity and for sustainable development. Coherence in national level decisions on the different dimensions of sustainability is an essential precondition for coherence at the regional and global levels, thus enabling global organizations to become relevant to local action. Overcoming fragmentation in the institutional framework and in decision-making is a prerequisite for sustainable development. At the global level, there is still much to be done to strengthen linkages and to ensure coherence among organizations working to enhance sustainability. The World Trade Organisation�s Committee on Trade and Environment (CTE) provides a good example since it has contributed to identifying and promoting the relationship between trade and the environment, with a view to promote sustainable development. While greater simplicity is needed in the international institutional framework, inter-agency coordination bodies and mechanisms, such as the UN?s Environmental Management Group, can and should increase coherence in their deliberations. IUCN calls on national and local governments to support efforts to address fragmentation and to strengthen the global institutional framework for sustainable development among others through: o Building the capacity of, and linkages between concrete programs for inclusive and integrated governance ; o Promoting synergies between the Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs) at the institutional and programmatic levels by enhancing coordination between UN bodies and environmental treaties around specific issues or clusters; o Facilitating the streamlining of MEA reporting requirements and scientific assessment needs ; o Rationalizing the meetings of MEAs and subsidiary bodies; o Enhancing the presence of the environment within the UN system; and o Promoting a strong, credible and accessible science base and policy interface, such as the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), and securing sufficient funding for this purpose. 2) Subsidiarity and ?nested governance? IUCN emphasizes the need to empower and strengthen local governance systems, as they are closer to the ecosystems and the livelihoods of the people who depend on them. Global, regional and national structures need to apply a bottom-up approach and respond to local needs. In line with the principle of subsidiarity, international governance structures can and should play a vital role in empowering local decisions on sustainable development since they are part of an international network of governance levels. At the national level, central governments must empower local governance structures including through the provision of adequate financial and human resources, and by allowing for their meaningful involvement in decision-making processes. IUCN believes that such a model of ?nested governance?, linking decision-making processes at multiple levels, has proven to be most appropriate and effective. Governance institutions at all levels ? local, national, regional and global ? should be mutually reinforcing. As one moves from the local to the global, interests and agendas tend to get more aggregated. The challenge of nested governance is to maintain the agendas at a level of relevance that is mutually reinforcing. Still, decisions must be made at the right level, as in the case of transboundary biomes and bioregions, which require regional level governance to achieve effective management of natural resources. National governments should cooperate with neighboring countries in order to address environmental issues that cannot be solved at the local and national level. At the global levels, efforts should be focused on responding closely to regional, national and local needs through, for example, capacity-building, the provision of scientific information, knowledge management or facilitating the transfer of technology. In the context of subsidiarity and nested governance for sustainability, IUCN calls on governments to: o Decentralize to local and community levels whenever this is effective and feasible; and o Encourage and develop partnerships with neighboring countries to strengthen regional cooperation and address transboundary issues. 3) A rights-based approach to good governance, placing Civil society at the centre of the institutional framework for sustainable development Governance for sustainability is about people. It is essential to adopt rights-based approaches to conservation and natural resource management, including through the implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (access to information, participation in decision-making and access to justice) to advance open, inclusive, transparent decision-making and promote accountability at all levels. Adopting a rights-based approach implies focusing on the need for Civil society to exercise its right to access relevant information, to participate in decision-making processes and to have access to justice. Such an approach means taking into account the rights of those people whose human health and wellbeing can be affected by unsustainable development, such as forced resettlement, exclusions, economic and cultural impoverishments, impacts on livelihoods through contamination, droughts resulting from climate change, unregulated extraction of natural resources, etc. The rights-based approach also acknowledges the particular vulnerability of women, indigenous peoples and marginalized groups. Underpinning the rights-based approach is the obligation of States, individuals and all actors of civic life to exercise their citizenship responsibly and sustainably. The sum of individual rights and obligations constitutes a system of accountability with human rights-related responsibilities of state as well as non-state actors, including the private sector, financial institutions, development banks, NGOs and environmental organizations. In the context of accountability, corruption is a major challenge in the governance of sustainable development. Corruption is one of the main sources of unsustainable exploitation of natural resources, unequal distribution of wealth and, simply, poverty. The need for transparency to fight corruption is of paramount importance. The rights-based approach (and Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration) includes rights, to ensure that procedures designed to provide access to information, public participation and administrative proceedings are respected and properly implemented. This approach can also build capacity for self-organization and enhance the sense of ownership which, accompanied with the appropriate level of decentralization, will make societies more resilient to environmental degradation, climate change or other threats. IUCN is currently drafting a rights-based approach policy. IUCN calls on national and local governments to: o Implement the Bali guidelines on national legislation and to include Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration within their statutes, rules of procedures or regulations; o Renew their commitment to regional conventions relating to the promotion of access to information, public participation and access to justice, such as the 1998 Aarhus Convention; o Ensure the enforcement of rights and responsibilities, by inter alia: − Facilitating access to information, e.g. through the drafting or sharing of impact statements to ensure accountability: − Developing international and/or national courts for environmental issues; and − Broadening the functions of existing courts to include environmental issues. IUCN?s POSITION ON GREEN ECONOMY FOR THE RIO 2012 CONFERENCE, June 2012 Transitioning to a Green Economy: Building on Nature Nature-based Solutions for a More Balanced Global Economy The global economy has grown and changed considerably since the 1992 Earth Summit. It has seen a drastic rise in social inequalities and environmental degradation and has not helped societies achieve sustainability. Today, as governments around the world struggle to address rising public debts and unemployment rates, it is becoming clear that economic growth driven by a ubiquitous pursuit of efficiency gains and profits is no longer possible. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) believes that it is high time for countries to act collectively on the widely shared objective of reforming the economy so that it supports ? and does not undermine ? poverty reduction, ecosystem functions, and sustainable development. In the face of climate change, growing water scarcities, rising prices for food and energy, accompanied by an increasingly unstable and risk-laden global economy, the notion of transitioning to a ?Green Economy? has become increasingly relevant. These changes need to be ambitious and far-reaching, and should be elaborated in consultation with Civil society, through platforms such as IUCN?s World Conservation Congress.1 IUCN strongly urges all governments to engage in a global transition towards a Green Economy, by: o Developing nationally-appropriate reforms to economic planning, accounting, finance, and infrastructure development in order to eradicate poverty, sustain ecosystems, and deliver sustainable development; o Providing enabling conditions within which private sector leadership and innovation can flourish and which provide strong signals that favor small-medium sized green enterprises and that marginalize wasteful, inequitable and unethical practices; and o Making full use of the solutions that nature offers to tackle global challenges, such as climate change, food insecurity, natural resource scarcities and biodiversity loss, recognizing that investing in nature-based solutions will improve the resilience, equity, and overall sustainability of our global economy. Resilience, Equity, and Natural Capital In order to steer society towards sustainability, IUCN believes that urgent action is needed to make governments, institutions, and markets more responsive and adaptive to economic, social and environmental changes. In today?s rapidly changing world, resilience stands out as a particularly essential condition for sustaining economic development. The transition to a Green Economy needs to ensure that our economic systems are not only striving for efficiency, but that they also aim to build greater resilience into the social and ecological fabric that supports their sustainability. A more resilient global economy needs to complement competitiveness with inclusiveness and diversity. The growing inequalities and power imbalances of our economic systems are not only unjust, but inherently unsustainable. A Green Economy transition must make economic development more inclusive and equitable. Promoting greater equity should become an overriding principle of a Green Economy transition. Hence, Green Economy policy frameworks must strengthen local-level capacities, skills, and institutions and should support participatory governance systems based on multi-stakeholder engagement, and particularly the engagement of women and vulnerable groups, as stated in IUCN?s position paper on institutional framework for sustainable development. Resilience also highlights the socio-economic significance of sustainable ecosystem management by underlining the strong dependency that humans have on natural resources and ecosystem services. A truly resilient economy preserves and enhances its natural capital and invests in the restoration of landscapes to support local as well as global livelihoods. Resilient economies enhance the quality of life, and optimize the delivery of ?regulating? ecosystem services (e.g. water filtration, carbon and nutrient cycling, storm mitigation). A nature-based economy is one which thrives on these ecosystem services by empowering those communities who depend directly on natural resources and processes. Indigenous communities in general ? and women in particular, often play a central role in the management of natural resources. A Green Economy needs to recognize and value their role as stewards of our precious natural capital and biophysical systems. IUCN urges governments to consider resilience, equity, and natural capital as three fundamental pillars of the transition to a Green Economy. Placing Nature at the Centre of a Green Economy Transition There is no one-size-fits-all model for designing an effective Green Economy. In today?s globalized and highly interdependent economy, solutions require systems-based approaches to improving sustainability. This means going beyond a sectoral approach and single-mindset solutions, but rather developing solutions that embrace the complexity and interconnectedness of the global economic system. Current discussions have tended to place a strong emphasis on one specific aspect of the problem: reducing our carbon footprint. While the focus on low-carbon development and resource efficiency is critical, and ongoing efforts to develop low-carbon action plans are a major step forward, they do not go far enough. Most importantly, they do not address the more fundamental problem, which is the unsustainable way in which our natural resources are managed. Water scarcity, food insecurity, energy dependency, biodiversity loss, and climate change are all manifestations of the urgent need to improve society?s appreciation of the value of our planet?s precious natural systems which cannot be extended beyond their limited carrying capacity. IUCN is committed to support the development and deployment of nature-based solutions2 Nature-based Solutions to Greening the Economy to greening the economy, and strongly encourages governments and businesses to keep nature at the centre of the debate to ensure that society can thrive on healthy ecosystems to achieve sustainability. The capacity that humans have to thrive on the ecosystems they depend upon for their well-being represents a fundamental building block for strengthening socio-economic resilience. IUCN firmly believes that any transition to a Green Economy must be squarely centered on maintaining the biophysical processes that societies depend upon for their livelihoods. IUCN therefore urges governments to apply nature-based solutions to their Green Economy policies and actions through two main areas of intervention: 1) Mainstreaming environmental values into the economy, and 2) Investing in ecosystem services as natural forms of infrastructure. Mainstreaming Environmental Values IUCN joins those who recognize GDP as an inaccurate and insufficient indicator of human wellbeing, and expresses its willingness to support governments, and others, in the development of alternative measures of economic prosperity, building notably on efforts to go ?beyond GDP?3 . The recognition of the inherent value of vital public goods, such as biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides, and the incorporation of these values into decision making, is absolutely essential to building a Green Economy. Although there has been significant progress in strengthening the economic case of natural capital, notably through the global study on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), more work is needed in order to make sure that the main lessons learned are adequately integrated into policy and practice. An important forthcoming challenge will be the effective integration of ecosystem values in economic accounting systems. This is a commitment that several governments have already taken through Agenda 21 (Chapter 8, section D) ?Establishing Systems for Integrated Environmental Accounting?) and through the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity with its twenty ?Aichi Targets? adopted in 2010 in Nagoya by the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. IUCN believes that, by meeting Target 2 of the Biodiversity Strategic Plan, i.e. ?By 2020, at the latest, biodiversity values have been integrated into national and local development and poverty reduction strategies and planning processes and are being incorporated into national accounting, as appropriate, and reporting systems?; governments will make a considerable step towards measuring the transition towards a Green Economy. The Global Partnership for Wealth Accounting and Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) In order to go further in correcting markets and implementing the deep changes needed for an effective transition to a Green Economy, governments must also comply with Target 3 of the Biodiversity Strategic Plan, i.e. ?By 2020, at the latest, incentives, including subsidies, harmful to biodiversity are eliminated, phased out or reformed in order to minimize or avoid negative impacts?? Government support for destructive and inherently unsustainable enterprises, such as overfishing and the extraction of fossil fuels, needs to be phased out and shifted towards activities which ensure a utilization of natural resources that is sustainable and which generates employment (e.g. sustainable energy, waste management and recycling, ecosystem restoration, sustainable agriculture and forestry, etc.). offers a strong foundation for further strengthening this important area of work. IUCN urges governments to take concrete measures to honour their commitment to implementing the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, and in particular targets 2 and 3, which are key objectives of the transition to a Green Economy. IUCN urges governments to re-examine their economic indicators to identify those which can more faithfully and rigorously reflect the status of human wellbeing, and to make sure that the full value of biodiversity and ecosystem services is reflected in national accounts and associated fiscal and planning policies. Investing in Ecosystem Services The transition to a Green Economy needs to be built on a stronger appreciation of the role of healthy ecosystems in supporting local livelihoods as well as providing investment opportunities for business. Although their economic significance is commonly underappreciated, ecosystem services are essential for achieving resilient and productive food, water and energy systems. They represent the direct and indirect benefits that humans derive from biodiversity, such as the pollination of plants, the cycling of nutrients, and the regulation of water flows. Maintaining the capacity that our surrounding environment has to provide ecosystem services is particularly important for those communities and societies that are most vulnerable to risks, such as those heavily affected by a changing climate (e.g. flooding, droughts, sea-level rise, storm damage, etc.). Biodiversity and ecosystems play a particularly critical role in supporting water infrastructure. Conventional water investments, however, too often ignore the economic importance of water basins and ecosystems as natural infrastructure. Natural infrastructure can be defined as the stock of ecosystems providing services needed for the operation of the economy and society that complement, augment or replace the services provided by engineered infrastructure. The traditional and cumulative practices of building hard engineering structures to support failing slopes, prevent beach erosion or contain river systems, are not necessarily improving the integrity of the ecosystem. In fact, they might be impairing the ability of ecosystems to deliver critically needed services. Our economies need to support the people who manage their resources sustainably. Addressing the tragedy of hunger and malnutrition, which affects close to one billion people worldwide, will require the deployment of economic systems based on productive and resilient food systems. Improving agricultural support services for women, who play a central role in supporting food security, is one example of the type of investment needed to strengthen the resilience of our socio-economic systems. In relation to energy, many of the solutions towards a low-carbon economy depend on coastal, river, and forest ecosystems as sources of energy. IUCN urges governments to not only reduce the impact of energy production on the environment, but also ensure they maintain nature?s ability to provide sustainable and renewable sources of energy, for instance by conserving and restoring upstream forest ecosystems that regulate water flows used for hydroelectric power. Overall, investments in strengthening food, water, energy and human security need to recognize the importance of using innovative solutions thinking to find the right balance between natural and built infrastructure. Given the right policy frameworks, investments made in building resilience through natural infrastructure are highly cost-effective, due notably to the multiple benefits (low maintenance costs, alternate and diverse livelihood sources, carbon sequestration), its multi-functionality (ecosystems respond to many needs i.e. water and energy supply, food security as well as touristic/leisure-related activities, etc.) and the opportunity it provides for poverty reduction. IUCN urges governments to support investments in natural infrastructure and ecological restoration and to facilitate the creation of jobs through the development of markets which value the regulatory services provided by ecosystems. IUCN urges governments to meet Target 115 IUCN urges governments to adopt and implement the recommendations made following the mid-term review of the Hyogo Framework for Action of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and to use protected areas as a means of preserving the ecosystem services that are enjoyed in the broader landscapes and seascapes. IUCN strongly encourages governments to develop appropriate economic tools, incentives, and policies, including Payments for Ecosystem Services, in order to fully account for the benefits of ecosystems and water/food/energy security for livelihoods and sustainable development.


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POCATELLO, Idaho -- Connor Hill hit six 3-pointers, including a stretch of four straight early in the second half, and the Idaho men's basketball team escaped Pocatello with a 75-69 BracketBuster win over Idaho State. Idaho snaps a four-game losing streak overall and a five-game losing streak in the series against Idaho State.
Hill's flurry of 3-pointers in the second half came after a 1-of-7 first-half 3-point performance.
"They were wide open looks I just couldn't knock them down, and I was frustrated," Hill said of his first-half. "I really felt like I should have made three, four or five more, but I'm just happy to get the win. All I needed was one to go in and that's when you get in a rhythm so it was a good feeling to hit four in a row. That's what you have to do as a shooter, just keep shooting."
Idaho (10-16) led for the majority of the first half, and built its lead to as many as nine points before the break. However, a 9-0 Idaho State (5-21) run to close the half gave the Bengals a 29-28 halftime advantage.
Idaho State pulled ahead by four at 36-32 early in the second half but a three-point play by Kyle Barone followed by made 3-pointers by Hill on four consecutive possessions gave Idaho a 15-3 run that put the Vandals on top 47-39. Idaho State responded and kept it a one or two possession game until the final minute, and the Idaho lead was cut to one point on two occasions, but the Bengals never regained the advantage. Idaho went 7-of-8 from the free throw line in the final minute to seal the victory.
Idaho shot 39 percent from the field in the game, hitting 24-of-62 shot, and 32 percent, 10-of-31, from 3-point range. The Vandals dominated on the glass, owning a 45-23 rebounding advantage and a 21-8 edge in offensive boards. Idaho out-scored Idaho State 34-11 in second-chance points. Idaho went 17-for-18 from the free throw line for the game.
"We played extremely hard," Idaho coach Don Verlin said after the game. "We had 38 missed shots and we got 21 of them back, that just shows how hard we were working."
Hill led all scorers in the game with 20 points and added five rebounds and two assists. Stephen Madison scored 19 points and added nine rebounds, while Kyle Barone added 12 points and 11 boards for his 13th double-double of the season. Seven of his 11 boards came on the offensive end.
Mike McChristian scored 10 points and added five rebounds and Denzel Douglas finished with six points and five rebounds off the bench for the Vandals.
"Denzel came in and gave us a good lift," Verlin said of Douglas. "Denzel handled his ball and executed pretty well all night long. He made two 3-point shots and did a good job rebounding the ball."
Idaho State shot 48 percent from the field and 41 percent from 3-point range, but only attempted 17 3s, including one that went in as time expired.
"We did a pretty good job guarding the 3-point line," Verlin said. "You have to keep them to about five and we did a pretty good job there."
ISU's Chris Hansen led the Bengals with 19 points, and Tomas Sanchez added 18. Andre Hatchett scored 13 points and led ISU with six rebounds, an Melvin Morgan added 11 points.
Idaho out-scored ISU 26-22 in the paint and 6-4 off the bench. ISU turned Idaho's 11 turnovers into 10 points, while the Vandals scored nine points off eight ISU turnovers.
The Vandals get back into Western Athletic Conference play next week when they visit UTSA on Feb. 28 and Texas State on March 2. Idaho's season finale is March 9 at home against Seattle U.


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Cyclist and teenagers have a lot in common
Submitted by Kris Thompson on
A few years ago I had a German exchange student living with me for a year. He was great but boy did he have a lot of energy and there would be times when he was driving me crazy because he had so much unspent energy and my wife would tell me it was "time to run the collie". So I'd go outside and throw the football, play basketball, whatever it took to get him to calm down....
Now, this last weekend we (cyclist) had no energy outlet due to Stazio being cancelled and with the extremely nice weather on Saturday it just made the condition a lot worse. The CycleLogic/Muckenins/Golf and Games ride was full proof of it. That ride was OUT OF CONTROL in size and behavior and being an excellent tool to promote cycling to the redneck community. Thanks a lot! So like teenagers sometimes cyclist need a compeitive outlet that is safe, not destructive to prevent us from being a pain on the world. If the city of Boulder would have just let us race on Stazio then all of this crazyness could have been avoided.
I say all this as a joke because we are adults and should know better than to engage in actions that are inappropriate. Apparently it was more then poor cycling PR that happened but a few guys got seriously hurt in a crash on 36.
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You are an IDIOT for doing that ride!!!
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Our Team had a great, organized Team Ride on Saturday.
Only IDIOTS that don't have any friends do the Psycho-Logic ride.
Maybe it's time for the local club/teams to start having their own rides? Or maybe some of teams "represented" on the sh$t for brains ride should step forward and promote a race or two. Imagine that!
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NASHVILLE (Feb. 24, 2006) -- With a chance to still take home at least a share of the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season championship, the ETSU men's basketball team hits the road to Music City this weekend for games with Lipscomb on Friday and Belmont on Sunday.
The game at Lipscomb, scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. (EST) tip, will air regional on CSS. Meanwhile, the Bucs will take on Belmont at 4 p.m. (EST) Sunday afternoon. The Bucs, currently 12-6 in A-Sun play, trail both Lipscomb (13-5) and Belmont (13-5) by one game in the standings.
This road swing will conclude the regular season slate for the Bucs, who will return to Memorial Center for the General Shale Brick Atlantic Sun Conference Men's Basketball Championship March 2-4. For tickets, call 439-ETSU (3878).
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Here, our second salute to a special pride of lionesses—the 54 women (plus a team) who've impressed us with their brave stands, bold plans, daring artistry and kick-ass commitment. Some of them are famous; all of them ought to be
We hail Queen Elizabeth II for making sure girls can take over the family business. In 60 years as monarch, Her Majesty, 86, has been ferociously dutiful, stoic in dealing with royal pains (e.g., her offspring's marital difficulties) and flexible enough to overcome her preference for privacy by reaching out to a mourning public after Princess Diana's death. Last year the queen, crowned only because she had no brothers, put extra sparkle in her 2012 Diamond Jubilee by lending her power to gender equality: She strongly supported legislation that will allow a royal eldest daughter to take the throne instead of having to step aside for a younger brother.
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For creating understated, goof-proof, perfect-for-every-day cosmetics that bring out our best selves in record time; for knowing just when the world needed someone to invent a bunch of really pretty brown-based lipsticks; and for celebrating more than 20 successful years in the beauty business, we salute makeup mogul Bobbi Brown, 55.
What she tells herself when the chips are down: "Retreat or reinvent."
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In Montana, guide Erin Bolster, 26, was leading a group of eight tenderfeet on a horseback ride when a grizzly bear suddenly charged an eight-year-old boy. Bolster got her horse, Tonk, between the boy and the bear (an extraordinary feat, since horses are naturally bear shy), and then horse and rider charged the grizzly several times, eventually scaring off the critter and saving the child. Now that's what we're talkin' about.
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Brava to Joan Didion, 77, for her book, Blue Nights, an account of her struggle to cope with the death of her daughter, who was only 39. It's a sort of sequel to The Year of Magical Thinking, about losing her husband, and an equally searing examination of loss.
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In The Buddha in the Attic, Julie Otsuka, 50, writes of early-20th-century Japanese women who were imported to the U.S. to marry their countrymen, who couldn't legally marry whites. Her novel, restrained but gorgeous, illuminates the lives of immigrants in a culture that baffles and buffets them.
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Though she suffers from multiple sclerosis, which can sap her strength, Ann Romney, 63, has embraced a grueling schedule campaigning for her husband of 43 years, GOP presidential candidate Mitt. Looser on the stump than her spouse, Mrs. Mitt, an avid horsewoman and advocate for MS research, shares stories about her illnesses—she had a precancerous lump removed from her breast in 2008—stressing her husband's steadfast support. It's mutual; he says she urged him to run. The mother of five and grandmother of 16 told Fox News, "I'm up to saying, 'Go storm the castle, sweetie.' "
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Brilliant, breakout, career making, game changing, sidesplitting—the Oscar-nominated performance of Melissa McCarthy, 41, as the magisterially nuts Megan in the comedy Bridesmaids threatens to deplete the world's laudatory-adjective supply.
She feels fiercest when: "I walk into my house and I'm tackled by my kids. That kind of love is empowering." What she finds unforgivable: "Front-pleated khakis. Come on, people."
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Mindy Kaling, 32, The Office's resident ditz (and a canny writer-producer of the show), who's now an author. Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (and Other Concerns) is a memoir and a guide to conduct. More than that, it's also good-naturedly funny, with a bracing soupçon of snark.
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Kristen Wiig, 38, delivered a nuttily nuanced performance in Bridesmaids and cowrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay. She also proved that a female ensemble can score box office gold; the film earned nearly $300 million worldwide—more than its producer, Judd Apatow, made with testosteronic blockbusters like Knocked Up—and set a record as the most popular video-on-demand movie ever. And although Apatow insisted on inserting a poop 'n' puke scene, Wiig stood firm on getting female friendship right.
For almost 30 years, labor organizer Wedad Demerdash, 45, has worked on a production line at Egypt's largest cotton mill, located in the town of Mahalla El-Kubra. In 2006 the mother of four organized a strike that led to a call for a nationwide work stoppage on April 6, 2008. In 2011, Demerdash brought her protest to Cairo, where she helped inspire hundreds of thousands to rise up and join the Tahrir Square revolution. "I am a very simple woman, a countrywoman, but feeling all of the oppression on the shoulders of the workers gave me a strong push to fight for what's right," she tells More. "Being fierce is a gift from God."
Her favorite saying: "'Where are the men? The women are standing right here!' I started saying that because the men wouldn't join our strikes—they were afraid of the national and state security forces. After that, embarrassed, the men started joining us."
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Canned by Yahoo in September 2011, former CEO Carol Bartz, 63, didn't go quietly. "These people f___ed me over," she told Fortune. Though she cut costs and improved profit margins, the board felt she didn't grow revenue fast enough. (She claims she would have by 2012.) Public venting may have been satisfying, but it's likely to cost Bartz about $10 million—she had a nondisparagement clause attached to her golden parachute. "I am beyond grateful that I have the ability to stand up for my beliefs," Bartz tells us, "and I have no regrets when it comes to speaking my mind."
She feels fiercest when: "People twist facts to support their opinions. One of my favorite sayings is 'You're entitled to your own opinion, but you're not entitled to your own facts.'"
Her mantra: "'Fail, fast, forward.' In other words, don't be afraid to fail, try to recognize failure quickly and use it to move forward."
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Amber Miller, 27, mega-pregnant with her second child, started having contractions while running October's Chicago Marathon. With her husband at her side, she finished in six hours and 25 minutes—then grabbed a snack, headed for the hospital and gave birth to daughter June.
The only time she regrets being fierce? "When I finished the race before my husband!"
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Seriously, Bank of America? You really thought it was a good idea to charge customers $5 a month to use their debit cards? You didn't count on mad-as-hell Kristen Christian, 28, of Los Angeles, who successfully fought the fee, rallying thousands of Americans via Facebook to protest by closing their Bank of America accounts.
What she finds unforgivable: "The inability to forgive—ourselves and others. Human beings are imperfect." B of A, breathe a sigh of relief.
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British Petroleum, be very afraid. Wilma Subra, PhD, 68, is a chemist and technical adviser to the Louisiana Environmental Action Network team investigating lingering health and environmental problems following 2010's cataclysmic Gulf Coast oil spill. She recently reported that blood samples from cleanup workers and residents near the spill area show alarming levels of toxic chemicals known to cause cancer, genetic mutation and reproductive problems.
What she finds unforgivable: "When people don't do what they've agreed to do."
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Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, 49, uncovers crimes against women and children. Her work—most recently a series about women murdered in Ciudad Juarez—elicits death threats. That's more than rhetoric in Mexico, where the mortality rate among the media is eighth worldwide.
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Tina Frundt is now a leader in the battle against sex trafficking. The founder and executive director of Courtney's House, a Washington, D.C. refuge for sexually exploited youth, Frundt, 38, hit a milestone this year: 500 girls and boys delivered from danger.
Her biggest motivator: "The day I give up is the day children will not be saved."
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Among the mostly male rescuers of the world's whacked-out finances, two women stand out: Christine Lagarde, 56, formidable former French finance minister, is the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund, succeeding Dominique Strauss-Kahn (relieved of his duties after being accused of sexual assault). In her youth, the nearly six-foot Lagarde was a member of France's national synchronized swimming team. Maybe that's helping her keep the global economy afloat.
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Candid, firm and unshowy, Angela Merkel, 57, Germany's chancellor since 2005, took the lead this year in managing the eurozone's financial crisis, insisting on the bailout of bankrupt Greece but demanding austerity measures, and doling out tough love like a no-nonsense mom laying down the law with slacker kids. Call her a Merkel worker.
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Wangari Maathai, the first African woman and the first environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize (in 2004), died last year at 71. An activist in Kenya, she started the Green Belt Movement, organizing women to rally for free elections and to fight deforestation with new trees. They eventually planted 40 million throughout Africa. In 2006 she joined forces with the U.N. to launch the international Billion Tree Campaign—and since then more than a billion trees have been planted worldwide each year.
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Evelyn Lauder, cocreator of the Pink Ribbon campaign and founder of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, died at 75. Lauder was a senior corporate vice president of Estée Lauder Inc., the company started by her mother-in-law and run by her husband, Leonard. But she will perhaps be best remembered for the foundation, which has raised more than $350 million since 1993, funding important research that will continue her lifesaving work long after her passing.
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Don't mess with Missouri bond broker and single mom Lucy Nobbe, 52. Enraged by Congress's inability to work productively and by Standard & Poor's first-ever downgrade of America's credit rating, she hired a plane to fly over S&P's Wall Street headquarters trailing a banner that read "Thanks for the downgrade... you should all be fired!"
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Ai-Jen Poo's first postcollege job was gathering stories from housekeepers for a New York City social service agency. Incensed at their working conditions, in 2000 she helped start Domestic Workers United. Now she heads the National Domestic Workers Alliance, an umbrella organization of 35 membership groups. For six years Poo, 38, and the DWU campaigned for the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights; signed into New York State law last year, it entitles domestic workers to basic labor protections (e.g., overtime pay and a minimum wage) and legal protection from harassment.
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Three million subscribers eagerly await the daily flash sales and deliciously curated collections of One Kings Lane, the online shopping paradise for home decor cofounded three years ago by Susan Feldman, 56, and Alison Pincus, 37. In 2011 their formula—high-toned house porn at a deep discount, so invitingly staged that virtual decorating feels totally unrisky—generated $100 million in revenue.
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She's the first female tenured theoretical physicist at Harvard and MIT, very influential in the string theory arena; someday she may find all that missing matter in the universe. The 49-year-old is also really interested in the connections between art and science; she wrote the libretto for a chamber opera and in 2010 cocurated a Los Angeles art exhibit. Also, she skis. And is good-looking. And yet we do not hate Lisa Randall, PhD.
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After designer Alexander McQueen committed suicide in 2010, in-house star Sarah Burton, 37, was promoted to creative director. Triumph soon followed: She designed the world's most famous wedding dress (no, not Kim Kardashian's—Kate Middleton's). Burton is also responsible for turning royal sis-in-law Pippa's satin-crepe-encased bum into a global meme.
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When multichannel retailer HSN Inc. hired Mindy Grossman as CEO, her mandate was to make TV-set-à-porter truly stylish but still appealing to a mass audience. Grossman, 54, delivered, emphasizing chic, affordable fashion from top designers and celebrities. Her bottomline results: record sales and r-e-s-p-e-c-t.
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As a friend of Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help, actress Octavia Spencer, 40, inspired the character of Minny, the maid in the '60s segregated South who proves that revenge is a dish best served in a pie tin, spiked with the unspeakable. We love Spencer's combination of playfulness and substance, attitude and gravitas—all of which earned her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
The hardest part of being fierce: "When it is misperceived as blind ambition."
Claire Danes had us at My So-Called Life. This year on Showtime's Homeland, playing a CIA operative who may be paranoid or just might be saving the world, Danes, 33, manages to startle and satisfy on even subtler levels than before.
How'd she pack so much menace and longing, power and pathos into that teeny little illustrated and perforated bod? Kudos to Oscar nominee Rooney Mara, 27, for bringing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo to life with equal parts ferocity and vulnerability.
In HBO's Enlightened, Golden Globe winner Laura Dern, 45, doesn't pretty up her messy character, an executive recovering from a workplace breakdown. Dern has the balls to make her simultaneously a train wreck of a narcissist and a yearning woman worthy of our compassion.
The hardest part of being fierce: "It used to be that a fierce woman was a dirty word, and as this list proves, we are forcing the world to accept it as a part of being female."
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In 2008, when Sue Falsone, a physical therapist for the Los Angeles Dodgers, became the first woman trainer in major league baseball, a player gave her a fielder's glove embossed with the acronym FWTMLB. Now she needs a new glove: Last year Falsone, 38, was promoted again, and now is the first woman in the history of major U.S. professional sports to become a team's head trainer.
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Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren, 62, helped President Obama create the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but Congress blocked her from being nominated as its head. Now she's back in Massachusetts, running for the U.S. Senate against Republican Scott Brown.
The one time she regrets having been fierce (perhaps not surprisingly, since she vigilantly watches over Americans' wallets): "When I thought a man was trying to steal my purse, but really his arm was just caught on my purse strap!"
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Gynecologist to the Thai royal family, Kobchitt Limpaphayom, MD, 71, campaigned to introduce a simple screening method for cervical cancer—and to allow nurses, not just doctors, to perform the procedure. She's helped save thousands of lives, especially among rural women.
She feels fiercest when: "I discover that someone has cheated my patients. When a woman dies for lack of available health services, she has been cheated."
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In a legal case that may challenge the Defense of Marriage Act, Carmen Cardona, 46 (near left), a gay disabled Navy vet, is appealing the government's decision to deny her full veterans' benefits on the grounds that she is married to a woman.
What she says when the chips are down: "If you can see yourself doing it, you can make it happen."
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Last year, as Catherine Zeta-Jones, 42, supported husband Michael Douglas in his fight against cancer, she was fighting a battle of her own: The Oscar-winning actress sought treatment for bipolar disorder. Her courage in being open about her illness helped demystify a problem that affects nearly six million Americans. Zeta-Jones is now happily back at work, earning great buzz for her role as a Las Vegas gambler's wife in Lay the Favorite, out this summer. Her three good reasons to be fierce: Husband Michael and kids Dylan and Carys.
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Katherine Stone, 42, a mother of two who suffered from postpartum depression, launched an award-winning blog, Postpartum Progress, to destigmatize the condition by sharing her experience in bravely naked detail. Now Stone advocates full time for women with PPD and other mood and anxiety disorders related to pregnancy.
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Separated from her camera crew during the Egyptian revolution, journalist Lara Logan, 41, was sexually assaulted by a mob of angry men. She dared to discuss the experience on 60 Minutes—and her account has had an effect. According to Women Under Siege, a project of the Women's Media Center spearheaded by Gloria Steinem, Logan has inspired more women journalists to come forward to report sexual violence.
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After Barbara Hillary, 80, retired from nursing, she took up snowmobiling and dogsledding. When the two-time cancer survivor heard that no African-American woman had ever skied the North and South Poles, she waxed up and went, earning herself that honor.
What she tells herself when the chips are down: "Recheck your navigation and move your ass."
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We salute the cast of Desperate Housewives, wrapping its eighth and final season. So long, Lynette; bye-bye, Bree; adios, Gabrielle; see ya, Susan. Au revoir, husbands and lovers—surviving, departed and dispatched. Go with God, Mary Alice, world's chattiest corpse. In good times and bad, these women's default positions were forgiveness and solidarity. The foundational ladies of the lane, embodied by Felicity Huffman, 49, Marcia Cross, 50, Eva Longoria, 37, and Teri Hatcher, 47, always had one another's backs. Sisters before misters, yo!
The hardest part of being fierce is: " . . . being willing not to please others. As any pleaser knows, that is no small feat." —Marcia Cross
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Twitter hired Katie Jacobs Stanton, 42, VP for international strategy, to capture the world market. She achieved such swift and stunning success that now 70 percent of posts are foreign and a fifth of world leaders tweet. O brief new world.
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They've got game. Last year, Pat Summitt, 59—the coach of the University of Tennessee's women's basketball team and the winningest college coach in history for either sex—was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. True to her fighting spirit, she went public with her condition and continued coaching. In April she stepped down from the job she had held for 38 seasons, taking the title of head coach emeritus. She says she will "continue my active role as a spokesperson in the fight against Alzheimer's through the Pat Summitt Foundation Fund." She has also signed a contract to write a book (with Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins as co-author) chronicling her life and career. "Basketball has always been far more than a game to me," Summitt said. "It's a way of being, an ethic and a value, and so my intention is that this will be more than a sports book."
Her motto: "Don't let anyone outwork you!"
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It was a toxic kind of trash talk: The Somali national women's basketball team got death threats from a militant Islamist group. Shooting hoops, the extremists said, was a "satanic act." But the women were committed to competing in last year's Arab Games in Qatar. So they ignored the haters, practiced under the eyes of security guards—and made it to the games, where they scored a respectable pair of wins.
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What's the most fabulously ferocious thing about Adele, the gorgeous 24-year-old Cockney contralto with a vast voice, an old soul and eight Grammys, including one for Album of the Year? Is it the way she's rebounded from scary throat surgery? The fearless vulnerability in the songs she writes, transmuting heartbreak into art? The metaphorical middle finger she flipped at designer Karl Lagerfeld when he declared her "a little too fat"? (Her response: "I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women, and I'm very proud of that.") The actual finger she cheerfully gave at the British music awards when the host cut her off during her acceptance speech? It all adds up to a young'un fierce enough to remain relentlessly herself.
A young crime reporter for the Patriot-News in Pennsylvania broke one of the biggest stories of the year. Sara Ganim, 24, caught wind of a grand jury investigation and started digging, eventually uncovering a hidden history of sexual-abuse complaints against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, a lieutenant of beloved head coach Joe Paterno. The college's president resigned; Paterno died in January. Awaiting trial, Sandusky maintains his innocence. Her mantra: "Test authority."
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Seattle student Amanda Knox, 24, spent four years in an Italian prison for murdering her roommate before that decision was reversed last year. She owes her freedom to the discrediting of evidence used to convict her—and to the fortitude of her mother, Edda Mellas. The 49-year-old math teacher fought unflaggingly for Knox's release, renting a house in Italy so she could be on hand for various steps of the legal process. And she raised money—by tapping out her retirement funds and going into debt— so that she, along with her ex-husband, Knox's father, could pay more than $1 million in legal fees. (Knox's February book deal for nearly $4 million should help.)
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In January, Virginia "Ginni" Rometty, 54, became the first woman to head IBM in the company's 101-year history. CEO Rometty, who made her bones integrating IBM's $3.5 billion acquisition of PricewaterhouseCoopers consulting, is the 29th woman to head a Fortune 500 company.
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Not that it ever mattered to her, but Gloria Steinem is still glamorous at 78. Last year she celebrated the 40th anniversary of the founding of Ms.—amazingly, the first American magazine written, edited and published by women for women. On the page, at marches, in policy debates, Steinem changed laws and lives. Just one of the glorious Glo-quotes we'll be needlepointing on pillows (but only if we want to!) for generations: "A liberated woman is one who has sex before marriage and a job after."
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Last spring Saudi Arabian women's rights activist Manal al-Sharif, 33, was arrested after she posted a video of herself driving a car as part of an online campaign to defy her nation's ban on women taking the wheel. Thousands of women signed on to the Facebook page created by al-Sharif and fellow campaigners, and after her arrest, several others posted videos of themselves driving. A hoped-for national protest fizzled—but the calculated uproar moved the conversation a few blocks down the road.
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Great moments in oh-no-he-didn't: A cop addressing students at Toronto's York University in 2011 suggested that "women should avoid dressing like sluts" in order to be safe on the streets. He later apologized—but not before feminists Heather Jarvis (left), 26, and Sonya Barnett, 39, had organized the inaugural SlutWalk, the first in a series of nearly 200 powerful marches worldwide, protesting the blaming of victims and declaring it a woman's right to be safe from assault no matter what she's wearing.
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Outliving well is the best revenge: Françoise Gilot, now in her nineties, was Picasso's lover and bore him two children. This month New York's Gagosian Gallery is mounting a retrospective of Picasso's work from the years he and Gilot were together and will display some of her paintings as well. She notes, "I was an artist before I ever met Picasso." And is one still.
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City Commissioners approved a motion Tuesday to advertise a request for proposals to collect bids on financing the project. Commissioners want to look at available interest rates and options. The Bay County Commission has pledged 175,000 dollars to help the city purchase the Sandy Creek Water System, but Callaway still has to find another $750,000 dollars if they decide to move forward.
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J24 Worlds – World-class Sailing on World-class Banderas Bay
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Featured in Vallarta Lifestyles Magazine, Winter/Spring 2007 issue.
What makes a great sailboat race? Cruising World says Banderas Bay's "ideal weather and breathtaking landscape" make it the perfect place for a regatta. Add in a highly skilled, competitive group of international sailors and a fleet of the world's most popular one-design keelboats, and you have a winning formula. One of this spring's great sailboat races, being held for the first time in a warm climate with consistent breezes, is the J24 Worlds.
Almost 80 J24 sailboats representing over 20 countries will vie for line honors two races a day for five days during the 2007 USB Vallarta J24 World Championship March 4 to 9. Hosted by the Vallarta Yacht Club, the world's best amateur and professional sailboat racers will sail the brisk warm breezes off the beaches of Nuevo Vallarta.
The J24 is the world's most popular one-design keelboat, and since joining the J24 International Association in 1979 Mexico has grown to 250 affiliates and over 70 active boats. Twenty-four Mexican crews and boats have qualified for spots in the competition.
How can you catch the excitement? In another first for the J24 Worlds, transponders will be installed on each boat, and using satellite technology you can track your favorite boat and the race on the Internet. Of course, you can always watch the world-class action from the world-class beaches of Nuevo Vallarta!
What is a J24?
The J24 is a 24-foot (7.32 meters) fiberglass sailboat with a nine-foot (2.70 meters) beam, the measurements determined by the size of the garage attached to the family home of Rodney Johnstone, the creator of the J24. On May 15, 1976, "Ragtime," the first J24 sailboat, touched water. The J24 is usually sailed with a crew of four or five, whose total weight can't exceed 400 kg.
Currently, the J24 is second only to the Laser in worldwide popularity, with over 5,000 boats and 50,000 sailors in action. Its popularity can be attributed to its design, the skill necessary to sail it well, and the force of the International J24 Class Association, which has 2,728 active members in 27 countries around the world.
Banderas Bay Racing Schedule
February 16 - March 3: PV '07 Marina Del Rey to Puerto Vallarta Races. Follow this "big boat" race on the internet, all boats equipped with transponders. www.pv07.com
February 23 - 25: J24 National Championship. See the best Mexican J24 boats and crews compete for the national title.
March 5 - 9: 2007 USB Vallarta J24 World Championship. Internationally sanctioned race for J24 sailors from over 20 countries.
March 11 - 16: Vallarta Race Week. This biannual race takes place in Mexorc's off years. Distance racing on Banderas Bay.
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An example of what the Granary District might have in store.
Grassroots advocates working toward urban-development alternatives in Salt Lake City warn that local architects and developers will have their assumptions rocked when the international Congress of the New Urbanism brings its national conference to town in May.
CNU promotes walkable community development that includes compact streets and housing for all ages and incomes at a scale that encourages the use of bicycles and public transit. In short, their view for the urban development is anything but the glitter and glitz of The Gateway and City Creek Center.
"It's going to be a shock for some people," says James Alfandre, a leading advocate for a gritty-but-homey Granary District, a westside pocket of industrial grit that developers have so-far missed. "But for a lot of residents, this will be a breath of fresh air. It's about figuring out how urbanism can improve their quality of life."
For the past three years, the residents and property owners in the Granary District—roughly encompassed by 600 South, 300 West, 9oo South and I-I5—have been trying to guide their neighborhood's future away from the usual tear-down-rebuild project toward a more organic solution. Using self-determination concepts such as online crowdsourcing, along with neighborhood parties and workshops, they are promoting so-called New Urbanism, a step back to pre-automobile communities. They are committed to keeping the district's light-industrial, art studios and business roots, while promoting individual ownership of small homesteads in a "human scale" community in the spaces in between.
As part of the CNU gathering, Granary District promoters hope to install a block long temporary demonstration site called Granary Row that will demonstrate the district's New Urban possibilities.
"We will have 1,000 architects, planners and dreamers visiting Salt Lake," says Christian Harrison, a partner in the Granary District initiative. "If you want to attract these people to do projects in your city, this is the way to do it."
If the district's supporters pull it off, the center strip of 700 South between 300 West and 400 West will become, in May, a pop-up community of housing, urban gardens, food purveyors, a beer garden and even a compact performance space. Most of the structures will be based on recycled cargo shipping containers.
"When people actually see something, they can imagine the potential," Harrison says.
Utah New Urbanists are banking on the potential of Brigham Young's famously wide streets that can be nlled with shops and homes, while still allowing lanes for car, trolley, bicycle and foot traffic.
"It used to be thought that Salt Lake's huge blocks and wide streets were very unfriendly for New Urbanism—you couldn't get that human scale that you find in Portland and New York." In fact, Alfandre says the pioneer Plat of Zion that allowed early Salt Lakers walkable access to their gardens, stores and social centers "is something New Urbanism would like to emulate."
Planning, itself a loaded word in Utah, that preserves a city's grit, industrial sites and low-income homesteaders will not impress many developers, Alfandre acknowledges. "It's not for everybody, for sure. But there is an under served market that would invest in a compact, walkable environment. It's a reaction to market demand."
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And yes, That's Pete Taylor's mug shot on the sleeve.
Leftover from a previous joke-around uniform-design session.
Originally Posted by CyFan61
After watching the game last night, I think our normal road unis with red pants are better, and I don't think it's even close. Now, maybe white helmets would change my mind. But if we are sticking with the red helmets, better stick with the red pants as well.
I pretty much agree. It looked OK. It helps that the pants have red/gold piping (as opposed to total white) but overall, it looked a little too KC-Chiefs for me.
And definitely should've gone w/ white helmet (with stripes!) and it'd probably work better.
Originally Posted by CyFan61
If we do break out the gold unis again at some point this season, I think those might look better with the white pants though. Maybe.
Attached. I think this is about three-fifths awesome and at least two-sevenths awful.
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Must not have attached.
Alright, I have made the decision I don't like the stripes. I just think the Nike uniforms without the stripes on the shoulders and pants look a lot cleaner. Maybe a little piping would be cool but when I look at Minnesota's uniforms they just look clean. WVU has great white unis too but I think they are adidas.
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I don't think I made that combo yet.
Here it goes.
I don't like it much, but I've seen worse
Is that Hoiberg on the sleeve? lol!
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Is that Hoiberg on the sleeve? lol!
Nope -- Pete Taylor.
Hoiberg on the sleeve might've been even funnier.
Originally Posted by cyclones500
Nope -- Pete Taylor.
Hoiberg on the sleeve might've been even funnier.
Yeah, I just saw your post before that. I'm pretty slow
A few weeks back on a uniform thread, someone said something about program identity/tradition (I can't remember the deatils) ... so I threw that together for a joke-post, but didn't post it. Forgot it was still on the one I used for this update.
I can't believe this is still on the front page. SMH as they say in twitterland.
I like the effort by the Athletic Dept. Everyone says ISU lacks tradition (whatever) but I think it gives them the opportunity to take a few chances on things once in a while. Maybe one time we might actually be a trend setter haha
Originally Posted by SNEDDS3
white helmet is a must!
All white, all the time, home and away.
I want yhe uni's we wore at home against iowa a few years ago. All the time. Those were classic.
Originally Posted by cyclones500
And yes, That's Pete Taylor's mug shot on the sleeve.
Leftover from a previous joke-around uniform-design session.
I legitimately thought it was Chris Williams on the sleeves. Now that would have been funny!
Originally Posted by no2cyclones
I legitimately thought it was Chris Williams on the sleeves. Now that would have been funny!
Ah, that would be chuckle-worthy.
I might just do that at some point.
Haven't seen this brought up yet. Why the white pants again against Baylor? I thought our away look with red pants was one of the best in CFB.
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I pull a mass m resting at x = 0 on a frictionless table connected to a spring with some k by an amount A and let it go. What will be its speed at x=0?
I know how to solve it using the law of energy conservation but as a challenge I wanted to find the solution without it.
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Perhaps in homage to the Dolly Partons, Pamela Andersons and Christina Hendricks of the world, most women who get breast-enhancement surgery opt for a D cup, London's Daily Mail reports.
When women wear a seriously padded bra for two weeks to test a new size, they end up wanting to go at least another size bigger, on average, Mark Henley, a plastic surgeon in the U.K., tells the newspaper.
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Reviewed By James H (Jacksonville Beach, FL) Reviewed for a 2015 Ford F-150 —4/19/2015 4:01 AM
Look great. Had two issues. Plastic oval spacer between bed and rail did not cover bed hole. So removed them and used the original ford bed rail plastic cover plate. Looked a lot better than the plastic oval ones did that came with the putco rails. Second issue wis right at the very end of one of the rails about 1/8" was a brass color instead of stainless. Need to do better job of inspecting at the plant that makes them. Must of been made on a Monday or a Friday.


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