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WASHINGTON - On the eve of President Obama's Dec. 3 summit on jobs labor and progressive leaders held a press conference today urging the White House and Congress to adopt the AFL-CIO's five-point jobs plan to combat record unemployment. The plan was unveiled two weeks ago at a forum attended by many of the progressive and minority leaders who will be at the White House meeting tomorrow.
The leaders also used the press conference to condemn the "Budget Commission" proposed by Sen. Kent Conrad, D-N.D., and Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H. They released a statement signed by more than 30 major labor and progressive organizations warning that the commission was a ruse that would provide a back door route for those seeking to cut public investments like Social Security and Medicare.
The Conrad commission would override the normal legislative process, replacing it with expedited procedures prohibiting amendments and limiting debates. Arguing that at a time of high unemployment the country should not lock into a plan of economic austerity, the statement calls on Congress and the White House "to act decisively to prevent the creation of such an extraordinary and undemocratic budget commission."
"The so-called budget commission is pure mischief," declared the economist James Galbraith, a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. "Budget deficits are the medicine, the life support system that has kept the economy from imploding altogether. If we don't spend what we must to create jobs the deficit will never come down."
Galbraith said there is "nothing a deficit commission can come up with, other than massive job creation, that can bring the deficit down over the long term."
He noted that opinion polls show that the public sees job creation, not deficit reduction, as the first priority for the economy.
The first point of the five part AFL-CIO jobs plan discussed at the press conference was the federation's demand that the lifeline for jobless workers be extended. "Extending unemployment benefits and COBRA health benefits and food assistance is not just a lifeline but is, in itself, a jobs program," said Thea Lee, deputy chief of staff of the AFL-CIO, as she explained how the extensions represent immediate job-creating stimulus that flows into the economy.
Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., urged support for a another point in the federation's jobs plan, the direct creation by the federal government of public service jobs restoring the environment, repairing schools and cleaning up abandoned houses left behind as a result of the mortgage crisis. He said $40 billion spent in this area could result in 1 million well-paid full-time jobs addressing critical needs and laying the groundwork for the later development of many more private sector jobs in local communities.
"When we needed to do this in the past, such as during the Great Depression of the 1930's, we were able to do it. It worked. We can and must do it again," Ellison declared.
While all the speakers said the stimulus package approved earlier this year was important, they all said an additional new package that focuses purely on job creation is needed now. They all scored Republicans who they said weakened the first package for trying to claim that the stimulus was not effective. "Without it, unemployment would be at least two points higher," said Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America's future.
Another point in the AFL-CIO jobs plan envisions funds from a second stimulus being used to address some of what it says are at least $3 trillion in unmet infrastructure needs. "We should put people to work to fix our broken-down school buildings and invest in transportation, green technology, energy efficiency and more," said Lee.
The leaders said the federation's call for increasing aid to state and local governments, in still another section of its jobs plan, is critical because layoffs by local governments threaten the entire economic recovery. State and local governments, Galbraith noted, have a $178 billion budget shortfall this year alone - while the recession creates greater need for their services. "States and communities must get help to maintain critical frontline services, prevent massive job cuts and avoid deep damage to education just when our children need it most," said Galbraith.
The final point in the federation's job plan calls for putting TARP funds to work for Main Street. The federation says some of the billions of dollars in leftover bank bailout funds should be put to work creating jobs by enabling community banks to lend money to small and medium-sized businesses who could then use the funds to help create jobs.


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Photos: The City's Skyline, Reflected at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
A new installation on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art brings visitors face-to-face with New York City's iconic skyline.
The installation by Dan Graham is the second site-specific commission created for the museum's Iris and B. Gerald Cantor roof garden.
Here, people look at their reflection with the city skyline during a press preview for the 'The Roof Garden Commission: Dan Graham with Günther Vogt' on Monday. Mr. Graham worked with Swiss landscape architect Günther Vogt to create the installation. Curved steel and two-way mirrored glass reflect the sky and the city's skyline.
A view of Central Park from the roof garden is pictured. Other works by Mr. Graham are on view inside the museum, and the installation will run until Nov. 2.
People look at their reflection in Mr. Graham's installation, which is set between ivy hedgerows.
A man checks out the grass on the roof . The installation is described as "part garden maze, part modernist skyscraper façade" in a release.
Visitors are reflected in Mr. Graham's installation.

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Definition of excogitate in English:
verb[with object] formal
Think out, plan, or devise: all the rubrics, forms, and functions remained to be excogitated
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An aftermarket critical emission control part is one that replaces an original motorcycle part designed primarily for the reduction of emissions. Examples include catalytic converters and oxygen sensors.
The parts and devices on this list have complied with the "California Evaluation Procedures for Aftermarket Critical Emission Control Parts on Highway Motorcycles," adopted in January 2009, and are therefore legal for sale and installation in the state.
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OK. Call me naive, but I really didn't want to hear the news that US Master's racer Kenny Williams tested positive for DHEA at the Masters Track Nationals this past August. Williams is a former US Criterium and track pursuit champion and had won both the kilometer and 3000-meter pursuit (setting a world record) in the Men's 40-44 age division at the recent championships.
Argh! Argh! And triple Argh! C'mon, this just sucks. It is one thing for riders to dope when a Tour de France yellow jersey and big bucks are on the line, but this is a Master's Championship and about all that comes with that is bragging rights to your friends and family which is about a party of five.
It is really saddening that someone would take such drastic measures to win a Master's National Championship, but the worst part of this whole tragic affair is that this is probably not an isolated incident. Some of my master's racer friends have long maintained that there is doping to some scale at the master's level.
Forget doping, how about the case of Phil Guarnaccia(the fact that I remember his name off the top of my head is, well, frightening) who lied about his age for years. He just looked so old that nobody bothered to check his age. He won numerous national titles competing against guys who were 15 years older than him.
Back to the case of Kenny Williams, it just goes to show that there is cheating at all levels of the sport and that just deepens my sadness. I love to ride my bike and had a great ride this afternoon and I am trying darn hard not to let these cheaters cheapen my sport.
I think it is time that USA Cycling increase its dues proportionally to fund doping control for all levels of racing in the United States. You race, you get tested. It's that simple. I am not sure that USA Cycling needs to start an out-of-competition testing program for all it's licensees, but testing the winners of races, regardless of the category is a good first step.
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In an increasingly interconnected world, problems that originate abroad can easily impact Canadians. This is particularly true for international terrorism and crime. Through the United Nations, Canada is engaged in developing and adopting legal tools and international standards for combating terrorism and crime at its source.
Combating international terrorism and crime requires cooperation between countries where problems start and those that are affected. Canada has worked through the United Nations for over 20 years to prevent individuals who seek to take advantage of Canada's open and inclusive society to cause harm to its citizens, neighbours, friends, and allies.
Canada believes that international terrorism and crime should be dealt with at its source through measures that curtail the capacity and motivation of individuals to commit terrorist or criminal acts, and bring serious consequences for doing so.
The events of September 11, 2001, as well as subsequent attacks in Madrid, London, Bali, and Amsterdam have underlined the importance of countering international terrorism. Canada considers the UN the central mechanism and venue for the international community's collective effort to stop terrorism.
Canada is party to thirteen conventions adopted by the international community that address specific terrorist acts, five of which are deposited at the UN. Taken together, these conventions address acts such as hostage taking, hijacking, terrorist bombings, as well as activities that support terrorism, such as terrorist financing.
Canada supports action by the Security Council on international terrorism. For example, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the United States the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1373 (2001) which, among its provisions, obliges all states to criminalize assistance for terrorist activities, deny financial support and safe haven to terrorists, and share information about groups planning terrorist attacks. Canada was one of the first countries to implement Resolution 1373 (2001) by tabling the Anti-terrorism Act (C-36) on October 15, 2001.
Canada is a strong advocate of countries developing their own capacity to root out terrorism, and of simplifying the demands on their limited resources, for example through the streamlining of UN reporting mechanisms.
To help states strengthen their capacity to fight terrorism, Canada established the Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program, administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Canada also supports the work of the Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee by participating in the Counter-Terrorism Action Group, formed in 2003 by the G8. The Action Group coordinates counter-terrorism capacity building assistance and outreach to other states.
Most recently, Canada welcomed Security Council Resolution 1624 (2005), which addresses incitement to terrorism, as an important new tool in preventing the incitement of terrorist acts, while still preserving the principle of the freedom of speech.
Canada welcomed the adoption of an operational and coordinated UN counter-terrorism strategy in September 2006.
Although there has been important progress on combating international terrorism, there is more to be done. A comprehensive international convention on terrorism would help provide guidance to member states. Canada seeks the conclusion of negotiations on this document as soon as possible.
Finally, Canada recognizes the link between international terrorism and human rights, the rule of law, democracy, and good governance. Progress on these issues is the first line of defence against the spread of extremist ideology. Respecting and protecting human rights is an integral part of Canada's counter-terrorism strategy. Canada supports efforts to promote human rights, democracy and good governance around the world, often in partnership with UN funds and programs.
Protecting Canadians from crime necessitates being proactive in stopping crime where it starts, even if that means going beyond Canada's borders. Canada plays an active and constructive role in developing the tools required to fight international crime, including by countering trafficking of humans and drugs, and by combating corruption and money laundering.
At the UN, the principle organization responsible for combating international crime is the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime. In 2011, Canada contributed US$20 million to the UNODC, making it the UNODC's second-largest bilateral donor.
Canada played an important role in the successful completion of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNCTOC), which came into force in October 2003. The UNCTOC extends tools for co-operation against organized crime to a global level, facilitating information sharing as well as law enforcement co-operation amongst parties.
While the UNCTOC provides a broad framework for international cooperation to stop crime, certain issues require individual attention. Human trafficking, for example, is estimated to be a $30 billion a year business that victimizes 2.4 million people. Many countries lack specific provisions to deal adequately with this issue. For this reason, Canada took a leading role in the development of two supplementary protocols to the UNCTOC countering the trafficking of people and the smuggling of migrants, and is actively encouraging countries to ratify and implement them quickly.
High levels of corruption increase the likelihood that a country will be used as a staging ground for international criminal activities. As well as being party to the UNCTOC, which includes a section on law enforcement measures to fight corruption, Canada pursued a dynamic role in the negotiation of the UN Convention against Corruption, the widest-ranging global treaty dedicated to the fight against corruption. The UN Convention against Corruption was unanimously adopted by the General Assembly on October 31, 2003 and signed by Canada's ambassador to the UN on May 21, 2004.
The international drugs trade has long been on the radar of the international community. The UN is one of the two primary fora for Canada's multilateral drug control cooperation, together with the Organization for American States. Canada actively participates in the central policy-making bodies of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime's Commission on Narcotic Drugs and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Canada is also party to the three UN conventions related to drugs: the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs and its 1972 Protocol, the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances, and the 1988 Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
Countries cannot work on international crime in isolation from each other. Canada encourages increased communication between and amongst UN member states, regional organizations, and civil society to best find a way to stem international crime.
|Conventions against International Terrorism
|Signed by Canada
|Ratified by Canada
|Convention on Offences and Certain Other Acts Committed On Board Aircraft
|Signed in Tokyo, 14 September 1963
|4 November 1964
|7 November 1969
|Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft
|Signed in the Hague, 16 December 1970
|16 December 1970
|9 July 1971
|Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation
|Signed in Montreal, 23 September 1971
|23 September 1971
|19 June 1972
|Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Internationally Protected Persons, including Diplomatic Agents
|Adopted by the General Assembly, 14 December 1973
|26 June 1974
|4 August 1974
|International Convention against the Taking of Hostages
|Adopted by the General Assembly, 17 December 1979
|18 February 1980
|4 December 1985
|Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
|Adopted in Vienna, 26 October 1979
|23 September 1980
|21 March 1986
|Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts of Violence at Airports Serving International Civil Aviation, supplementary to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation
|Signed in Montreal, 24 February 1988
|24 February 1988
|2 August 1993
|Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
|Concluded in Rome, 10 March 1988
|10 March 1988
|18 June 1993
|Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf
|Concluded in Rome, 10 March 1988
|10 March 1988
|18 June 1993
|Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection
|Signed in Montreal, 1 March 1991
|1 March 1991
|29 November 1996
|International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings
|Adopted by the General Assembly, 15 December 1997
|12 January 1998
|3 April 2002
|International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism
|Adopted by the General Assembly, 9 December 1999
|10 February 2000
|19 February 2002
|International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
|Adopted by the General Assembly, 13 April 2005
|14 September 2005
|Not ratified
|Conventions against International Crime
|Signed by Canada
|Ratified by Canada
|United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime
|Adopted by the General Assembly, 15 November 2000
|14 December 2000
|13 May 2002
|United Nations Convention against Corruption
|Adopted by the General Assembly, 31 October 2003
|21 May 2004
|Not ratified
|Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
|Adopted and opened for signature at UN Headquarters, 24 January 1961
|30 March 1961
|11 October 1961
|Convention on Psychotropic Substances
|Adopted and opened for signature in Vienna, 11 January 1971
|Not signed
|10 September 1988
|United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
|Adopted and opened for signature in Vienna, 28 November 1988
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The ghosts of virulently anti-Semitic nuns may haunt Mel Gibson's new film about Jesus' final days, some Catholic and Jewish scholars are warning.
The growing hype concerns charges that "The Passion" blames Jews for Jesus' death. Gibson denies any anti-Semitic intent, and little attention has focused on the sources for his screenplay.
Scholars -- some of whom have seen an early version of the script -- fear it relies partly on the teachings of a 19th century nun who blamed Jews collectively for the crucifixion. These theologians also warn that the movie may splice the New Testament's multiple gospels about Jesus into a cinematically sharpened, but distorted, anti-Jewish passion play.
"Mel Gibson ought to take special care, because the people he is relying on [for the movie's narrative] are people who are very antagonistic toward Jews," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) this week also endorsed a highly critical report by some of these scholars based on a pirated, early version of the script.
Media focus on the film increased after The New York Times published a lengthy article earlier this year about Gibson's fundamentalist Catholic sect, which rejects the Vatican's authority and its modern-day reforms.
Gibson has issued a single statement saying, "Neither I nor my film are anti-Semitic."
Gibson's spokesman, Alan Nierob dismissed the prerelease criticism.
"Just getting rabbis and priests and whomever to just guess on the issue -- they don't really know what they're talking about," Nierob said.
At the heart of the controversy lies the question of Gibson's intent, and the issue of which sources he is using to shape the film's narrative.
Now editing the film, Gibson said two weeks ago that the movie "conforms to the narratives of Christ's passion and death found in the four Gospels of the New Testament."
But some reports contradict that.
Several experts on Catholic-Jewish issues said one source of inspiration for the film seems to be Sister Anne Catherine Emmerich, a mystic in the late 1700s and early 1800s, who saw visions of Jews with "hooked noses," Hier said. According to a 1976 biography of Emmerich by the Rev. C. E. Schmoeger, Emmerich described one vision of an "old Jewess Meyr" who admitted "that Jews in our country and elsewhere strangled Christian children and used their blood for all sorts of suspicious and diabolical practices."
A March article about the film in The Wall Street Journal, written by Raymond Arroyo, said the movie also is based on a 17th century nun, Mary of Agreda, whom critics say is also anti-Semitic.
One of those critics is Philip Cunningham, a Boston College theology professor and executive director of the college's Center for Christian-Jewish Learning. Cunningham was on a nine-member, ad-hoc panel that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the ADL organized to review an early version of "The Passion" screenplay. Their assessment provoked Gibson to threaten a lawsuit. The Conference of Bishops later backtracked, claiming it did not authorize or review the report.
One concern for Cunningham is that an Italian Web site that claims to be an unofficial site for "The Passion" says the film "is based upon the diaries of St. Anne Catherine Emmerich."
"Any kind of drama based on such a work would be fraught with peril in terms of anti-Semitic sentiments," and would violate current church teaching, Cunningham said.
Emmerich's diary includes images of servants of the high priest bribing fellow Jews to demand Jesus' death, paying some of his killers and describing scenes of Jesus' crucifixion as more "brutal" than those in the New Testament, Cunningham said.
Rabbi James Rudin, another expert on Catholic-Jewish issues, said this material had served as the "toxic" source for centuries of anti-Semitic passion plays. Rudin likened such "extra-biblical" material to Jewish Midrash (post-biblical analysis).
"It's all Midrash. If Gibson uses that as kosher, than he is really going against the authorized Catholic teaching of the Vatican," Rudin said. "To use that is distortion and dangerous."
The scholars are equally troubled by references to Mary of Agreda, who blames Jews throughout the ages for Jesus' death.
Hier cites a passage from her writing that refers to Jews, saying: "Although they did not die, they were chastised with intense pain. These disorders consequently upon shedding the blood of Christ, descended to their posterity and even to this day continue to afflict this group with horrible impurities."
Such attitudes had a direct influence on modern anti-Semitism and even on the Holocaust, said the Rev. Michael Cooper, director of the Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies at St. Leo University in Florida.
Nierob said he had "never heard" of Emmerich or Mary of Agreda. He also questioned criticism of Emmerich.
"Is everything she wrote anti-Semitic?" he asked.
The scholars also voiced worries that Gibson might weave together the most anti-Semitic portions of the gospels into his film.
By editing the gospels into a single montage, Cunningham said, "you end up with a multiplication of anti-Jewish elements that ends up being more powerful than any one gospel would have been."
"It takes enormous sensitivity to strip [the gospels] of anti-Semitic teachings," Rudin added.
Hier, who recently wrote about the film in the Los Angeles Times editorial pages, said he had urged Gibson to meet with him and others to discuss their concerns.
Gibson's spokesman likened such calls to censorship.
"Are they filmmakers? Do they want to tell him how to make this film?" Nierob asked. "They can make a film if they want to."
Hier, in fact, is a filmmaker: The Wiesenthal Center won an Academy Award in 1997 for the Holocaust documentary, "The Long Road Home," which he co-produced. Ironically, as a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Hier backed Gibson for best director for his 1995 film, "Braveheart."
Hier insisted that his aim was only to discuss with Gibson concerns about the film's story. He pointed out that he had consulted on other films, including the recent "Young Hitler." At his urging, Hier said, the filmmakers tacked on a series of documentary Holocaust images after the film.
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SIKESTON - Nominees for the 2003 Honors Board program are being accepted by the Park Division. Deadline for submitted nominations is 5 p.m. Feb. 28.
The Park Board has recognized 27 local residents for their outstanding volunteer contributions to youth sports and Scouting programs since 1986. The bronze plaques are installed each year on the Honors Board which is located near the Ingram Road entrance to the Recreation Complex.
Nominees will be considered at the March 10 meeting of the Park Board. Up to two candidates can be chosen for this recognition and they must be named on 75 percent of the ballots cast by Park Board members in attendance at the March meeting in order to have their names placed on the Honor Board.
Nomination forms are available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Parks and Recreation office of Jiggs Moore, 501 Campanella in the Clinton Building. For more information about the program, call Moore at 471-6070.


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Stocks to Watch: Bed Bath & Beyond, Brocade and More
Some stocks to watch this morning, including Bed Bath & Beyond and Brocade.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services upgraded housewares retailer Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. a notch Thursday because of its solid showing in the latest fiscal quarter.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services raised its outlook on Brocade Communications Systems Inc. to positive from stable, citing its improved credit profile and related debt-reduction efforts.
Smith & Wesson Holding Corp.'s fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 57% as consolidation charges and higher expenses offset improved sales in the firearms segment.
Regulators granted Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PEG) renewed licenses for two of its nuclear reactors in New Jersey, saying the plant where they are located is safe despite renewed public concern after the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan.
Christopher & Banks Corp.'s fiscal first-quarter earnings slumped 70% as sales edged down and margins declined, though the apparel retailer's results still beat expectations.
DemandTec Inc.'s reported it fell deeper in the red in its fiscal first quarter, although the software company's core loss narrowed to meet downbeat guidance.
Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. and Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. (FSR) outlined the losses they expect to book because of an unusually damaging season for tornadoes and other severe storms in the U.S.
Universal Technical Institute Inc. said it has laid off 195 workers, a 7.9% work-force reduction, to reduce costs as its student body shrinks.


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Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any protein or protein complex (a complex of two or more proteins that may include other nonprotein molecules).
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Soulja Boy hits us with a quick 6 track EP called "Keep Living Keep Playing". He jumps on 'Love Sosa', 'All Gold Everything' and more.
Tracklist, stream and download the track below.
Download: Soulja Boy – Keep Living Keep Playing EP
1. Love Soulja
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Phish last played Starplex Amphitheatre on 1998-07-26, which was 568 show(s) ago.
0.12% of Phish performances took place there.
Starplex Amphitheatre has also been named Smirnoff Music Center.
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2006 one show(s)· 2006-08-04 (Trey Anastasio Band, Smirnoff Music Center, Dallas, TX)
1998 one show(s)· 1998-07-26 (Phish, Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX)
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Somehow, thanks to this week's Vincemania, several emailers have the idea that I've only presented the negative side of David Carr ("Do pictures even exist of carr doing something over than being sacked?" one asked.), or that I don't like him. Hardly. Carr is one of the nicest professional athletes you'll meet, making it difficult not to like him.
If you can't root for Carr, you probably didn't like Casper the Friendly Ghost. (Then again, that little do-gooder was a bit irritating, now wasn't he?)
And while Carr does spend a fair amount of time on the ground, he at times stands tall at football games. He's quite versatile in fact. You just have to pay attention to notice.
For instance:
Here's Carr being Walter Payton-like.
Here's Carr doing a James Brown impersonation.
Here's Carr coming as close as he can to Michael Vick. (He's not that kind of guy.)
Here's Carr's best Deion Sanders.
Here's Carr as Rodin's thinker.
And for all you who think Vince Young walks on water, here's DC doing the VY.
Enjoy today's game. Hope your team wins. No predictions from here, but remember, the Texans are at home and Carr is going against a defense ranked last in the league in yards allowed. So there won't be a repeat of last week's 32-yard passing performance. Look for the Texans to bring Dunta Robinson off the corner a few times, and don't be surprised if Mario Williams knocks down a pass or two, or comes close to his first career interception off a zone blitz. Otherwise, Houston will generally play soft on third downs and in obvious passing situations, trying to force VY to beat them through the air. He may have to complete 20 passes for Tenessee to win.
Come here for postgame reaction from the locker rooms and observation on the happenings. Meanwhile stay on top of things with the Hatfield & McCoy dueling live game blogs.


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Issue No.06 - November/December (2001 vol.21)
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DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/40.977757
The manufacture and distribution of goods requires good quality and inventory control. The RFID-enabled ?-chip's small size and low cost make it suitable for attachment to paper media and small products, aiding counterfeit prevention and product tracking in market environments.
Kazuo Takaragi, Mitsuo Usami, Ryo Imura, Rei Itsuki, Tsuneo Satoh, "An Ultra Small Individual Recognition Security Chip", IEEE Micro, vol.21, no. 6, pp. 43-49, November/December 2001, doi:10.1109/40.977757


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Physics Major
Program Overview
Physicists are those who seek out "how things work" through the examination of the basic principles and phenomena of the universe.
Physics also relates to many other fields of study such as engineering, chemistry, biology, earth science, and mathematics.
Physics at Longwood
We offer two degree options:
- Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
These options give students the freedom to choose a degree that best fits their interests.
The B.S. degree is for students wishing to pursue graduate study or careers in research, industry, teaching, or engineering.
The B.A. degree is essentially the same as the B.S. degree with the exception of additional courses in Humanities and Foreign Languages.
The department also offers a minor in physics for students with an interest in the field of physics.
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By taking part in this program, a student may earn two degrees in a total of five years. One of these degrees will be a B.S. in Physics from Longwood and the other will be an B.S. in Engineering from one of our affiliated universities. We currently have agreements with Virginia Tech and Old Dominion University.
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- Students will obtain two degrees in the same amount of time required for most students to obtain one degree
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In this program established with the University of Virginia, student position themselves for graduate studies in engineering. Students in the program complete 90 credit hours (3 years of study) at Longwood University that count toward the B.S. in physics. Upon acceptance into this program, students spend the fourth year at the University of Virginia in the School of Engineering and Applied Science as a visiting non-degree seeking undergraduate student. Courses taken during the fourth year at the University of Virginia transfer back to Longwood University to complete the B.S. in physics. After completion of the B.S. degree, students are eligible to apply for admission to a master's degree or Ph.D engineering program at the University of Virginia.
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HIGGINS: DCnU DEATHSTROKE Will Be a BADASS Again
HIGGINS Talks DCnU DEATHSTROKE
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While Newsarama already spoke to the writer about his launch of a Nightwing series, he's also writing the new Deathstroke comic.
The relaunch gives a little different look to the costume worn by Slade Wilson, known in the DCU as Deathstroke the Terminator. The fan-favorite villain utilizes metahuman abilities and intelligence as a mercenary assassin, and he was also featured as the main antagonist on the Teen Titans cartoon, although under the name "Slade."
Deathstroke gets his own comic in September, when Higgins will work with artist Joe Bennett, who also drew the character for this summer's mini-series, Flashpoint: Deathstroke and the Curse of the Ravager.
As Higgins told us last time we spoke, he broke into the comics business after Marvel executive Joe Quesada saw a student film he made about superheroes. Quesada contacted Higgins, and a few pitches later, he was writing comic books.
Now he's participating in one of the most anticipated comic events of the year, and Newsarama talked to him to find out more about what he's planning for Deathstroke.
Newsarama: Kyle, what has it been like as you've started working on these two books for the DC relaunch?
Kyle Higgins: It's been very, very exciting, but it's also a lot of work. I just want to make sure these books are the absolute best they can be. So I've only slept a couple hours a night over the last few weeks. And I'm still doing Batman: Gates of Gotham and Supreme Power for Marvel, so the extra hours I've put into Nightwing and Deathstroke have really added to the workload. But it's also great. I love these new projects I'm doing for DC, and I love being able to work with such great people and these artists and these characters. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Nrama: Let's talk about how you first heard you'd be working on Deathstroke. Was this something you started working on before you got the opportunity to write Nightwing, or later?
Higgins: Deathstroke came up first, actually. They wanted something dark and edgy but fun and kind of balls-to-the-wall. To me, Deathstroke has always been an awesome character. It's someone that I've always been fascinated by.
So, this is a book where Deathstroke is a major badass. We're going to show why he's the greatest mercenary assassin in the DC Universe.
We'll be playing with some superhero stuff, but primarily, at this point, it's about the mercenary underworld, and the impossible jobs and impossible targets that he's going after.
Nrama: How would you describe Deathstroke?
Higgins: To me, Deathstroke is the best he is at what he does. I hate to use the Wolverine line, but that's how I would describe him. He's a meta-human mercenary. He's got enhanced reflexes, speed, strength... and on top of that, he's a master strategist. He's using something like 96 percent of his brain. So there's a lot of manipulation and there's a lot of strategy in everything he does.
He's at a level where, to him, it's all kind of a game. Life, the world, etc., is there to be played. And killing and doing what he does for his legacy or his reputation -- that's the absolute most important thing to him. Family dies, friends disappoint, but legacy is forever.
Everything he's doing at this point is built on that idea. Without it, he doesn't have much else.
Nrama: In recent years, there has been a lot of development of Deathstroke as he relates to his kids. Will that be part of this comic?
Higgins: No, this is Slade Wilson/Deathstroke, on his own, redefining himself and re-establishing why he is the most bad-ass killer/mercenary in the DC Universe.
Nrama: You mentioned the underworld of the DC Universe. Will you be explaining what that is in the post-Flashpoint DCU?
Higgins: Yeah. That's something that's a lot of fun so far, because it's exploring this world of killers and hit men and mercenaries within the context of a world with superheroes. How do they operate? How do they get by?
So we get to explore questions like how do they operate? How do they stay in business? Who hires them for jobs? And what really goes on behind the scenes?
Nrama: So are you getting to use characters who existed before, but also using new ones?
Higgins: Yeah. There are a couple missions already that are playing off certain characters. The thing that's tricky with a book like this is making it sustainable. And there are two things that go into that. The first is, the characters and targets and missions that he's going after, especially if you set him up as a big mercenary hit man. I mean, who's he killing?
The reality is that I want him to succeed. I want him to be this fully fleshed out character who doesn't get beaten every time by some superhero. I want him to actually be re-establishing himself and completing his mission and taking out his targets. But throwing him up against Batman or Superman or some of the bigger superheroes means obviously, he's not going to be able to kill them. Readers now that's not a realistic result in this comic. But at the same time, I don't want to just bring in C-list villains for him to kill.
So I'm working to find that line where he has missions that are interesting and exciting, but will surprise readers in terms of whether or not Slade completes them and is successful.
I also don't want to make him an antihero. I don't want to turn him into a good guy. That's always the tendency when you write a villain, is trying to make him likable to readers. I understand that readers want to identify with the main character of a book, but with someone like Slade, my goal is to let the readers understand him and understand the philosophy behind what he does as opposed to necessarily liking him and wanting to sit down with him for dinner.
Nrama: Then it sounds like he'll have a series of missions. Will this be a series of single stories that you can pick up at any time? Or will you be building a bigger story as you go?
Higgins: There's definitely a bigger story that's running through Deathstroke, but at the same time, it is very episodic, in terms of the missions.
Nrama: With an artist like Joe Bennett, what does he bring to the table?
Higgins: He absolutely loves drawing Deathstroke more than any artist I've ever met. His work for issue #1 is so kick-ass. Joe's stuff is energetic. It's vicious. It's a lot of fun. It's perfect for Deathstroke and the crazy stuff I'm writing for him.
Nrama: I guess this would be pretty crazy, because you have to come up with different ways for Slade to complete his missions, right?
Higgins: Yeah. I'm definitely playing up a lot of the strategy and manipulation that Deathstroke is so good at doing.
My favorite Deathstroke appearance, still to this day, is the sequence in Brad Meltzer's Identity Crisis, where Deathstroke is taking on the JLA, but you see how every action that he's performing is not quite for the reason you think it is. He's literally outsmarted the JLA, and he's one, two or something three steps ahead of each member. You can see the wheels turning as he's taking them down, one by one. And that's something that I think works so well for the character. And it's something that I'm trying to bring to the book.Got a comment? There's lots of Newsarama conversation on FACEBOOK and TWITTER. More on DCnU:
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Snow wasn't an early April Fool's joke!
A spring storm brought snow and freezing rain to parts of Connecticut Monday morning.
The video above was taken in Hartford, where about two inches fell.
The weather mix caused problems on the roads.
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By Sgt. Nathan Akridge, 31st ADA Brigade PAOOctober 11, 2012
FORT SILL, Okla.-- As their families and friends stood together in a show of support, Soldiers from 4th Battalion, 3rd Air Defense Artillery deployed from Fort Sill to their temporary duty assignment in the Middle East.
Although this was the first deployment for many of the Soldiers, they were ready.
"I'm very well prepared," said Pfc. Waldemar Perez, C Battery, 4-3rd ADA. "For the last two years, we have done nothing but train. So we are very well prepared."
Many Soldiers had their cell phones out, trying to make that last minute call to their family and friends back home. For one Soldier, his first deployment was a mixture of excitement and nervousness.
"It's game day," said Spc. Daniel Foley, Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 4-3rd ADA. "I feel like I did back in high school when you train and train for the first football game. You have butterflies in your stomach, and you're ready to go. You're excited and nervous at the same time."
Many of the Soldiers feel that leaving for this deployment is challenging.
"It's hard. We have a job to do, but we still have to leave the family behind," said 1st Lt. Mike McEunn from HHB.
Some of the troops said it was especially hard to explain what a deployment is and why they're leaving to their children.
"It's hard to leave little kids," said McEunn. "They don't really understand what's going on."
Capt. Andy Buissereth, Headquarters Support Battalion commander, had a special message for the deployed Soldiers and their families.
"It's taken the full working staff of the family readiness support assistant (FRSA), family readiness groups and our families preparing the brigades' families to facilitate a smooth transition so the Soldiers are confident their families are taken care of while they are downrange. Our FRSA is working with post agencies to get the families the support they need."


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Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber, whose tumultuous life has landed him in trouble more than once, on Wednesday apologized for a visit to a Tokyo shrine at the center of a bitter international row over Japan's wartime aggression.
Bieber, 20, posted a picture on social media of himself visiting Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with the heading, "Thank you for your blessings".
The picture was later deleted, although it was republished elsewhere on the Internet, including by a Bieber fan group, and drew criticism from South Korea and China.
The shrine honors 14 Japanese leaders convicted as war criminals after World War Two along with Japan's war dead, and visits to the shrine by Japanese politicians anger victims of Japan's past aggression, including South Korea and China.
Chinese officials have compared Japanese politicians' visits to the shrine to the idea of German politicians laying flowers on Hitler's bunker.
The subject of Yasukuni is especially touchy this week, when about 150 lawmakers visited and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a ritual offering to mark the shrine's annual spring festival.
Bieber later said he had visited Yasukuni by mistake after spotting a beautiful shrine and asking his driver to stop, believing it was "only a place of prayer".
"To anyone I have offended I am extremely sorry," he wrote on his Instagram site. "I love you China and I love you Japan."
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang earlier said he hoped Bieber had learned something from his visit.
"I hope that this Canadian singer, after visiting Yasukuni Shrine, can have an understanding and knowledge of that period of militarism of Japan's history of invasion," Qin said.
Bieber is popular among some in China, and has performed there, although his popularity does not approach that of the Hong Kong and Taiwan stars many young Chinese idolize.
Earlier, some people took to China's Twitter-like Weibo to register their displeasure, with one writing: "We should run him out of Asia for this."
South Koreans flooded Twitter with angry comments that people like Bieber should not be allowed to perform there.
Bieber has been visiting Japan this week with his mother, according to postings from both on social media.
He faces a May trial in Miami on charges of driving under the influence, resisting arrest and using an expired license after police say he was caught drag racing in Miami Beach.
A Miami judge on Wednesday agreed to delay the pop star's trial July 7.
The trial was set to begin May 5, but lawyers for Bieber argued that more time may be needed to hear potential pre-trial motions.
"If the case goes ahead there are some motions that would require evidence," said Bieber's defense lawyer Roy Black. "There are some serious matters regarding the test," he added, referring to evidence that Bieber was driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
Bieber was charged with driving under the influence, resisting arrest and using an expired license after police stopped and arrested him while he was driving a rented yellow Lamborghini the morning of January 23. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges and, if convicted, could face six months in jail.
Police said two SUVs had blocked off the road so the singer could race a friend. Bieber cursed at police officers and later told police he had consumed alcohol, pot and prescription drugs, according to the arrest report.
A drug test found marijuana and prescription anxiety medication in his system at the time of the arrest, according to a spokesman for the Miami Dade county state attorney's office.
Bieber also faces charges and lawsuits in California and Toronto stemming from alleged behavior that has driven nonstop headlines. Shortly before his Miami arrest, detectives in California raided Bieber's home after he was accused of pelting a neighbor's house with eggs. In February, Bieber was charged with assaulting a limousine driver in Toronto in December.
A photographer is suing Bieber and one of his bodyguards in Miami court for allegedly assaulting him while he was taking photos of the Canadian-born singer leaving a recording studio.
Meanwhile, the White House last week said it would not respond to an online petition with more 270,000 signatures seeking to revoke Bieber's U.S. visa and deport him to Canada.
"We'll leave it to others to comment to Mr. Bieber's case," said the whitehouse.gov statement.


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Administrative Wage Garnishment
Withdrawal Of Direct Final Rule.
Due to the receipt of adverse comments, EPA is withdrawing the direct final rule for Administrative Wage Garnishment published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2014.
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The direct final rule published at 79 FR 37644 on July 2, 2014 is withdrawn effective July 17, 2014.
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FPPS c/o Anita Jones, OCFO/OFM/FPPS, Mailcode 2733R, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 564-4969; fax number: (202) 565-2585; email address: firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Due to the receipt of adverse comments, EPA is withdrawing the direct final rule amending EPA's claims collection standards to include Administrative Wage Garnishment, which published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2014 (79 FR 37644). In the direct final rule, EPA stated that if adverse comments were received by August 1, 2014, the direct final rule would be withdrawn and not take effect. EPA received adverse comments on that direct final rule. EPA will address those comments in any subsequent final action, based upon the proposed rulemaking action, which was published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2014 (79 FR 37704).
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- Environmental protection
- Administrative practice and procedure
- Claims
- Debt collection
- Government employees
- Garnishment of wages
- Hearing and appeal procedures
- Salaries
- Wages
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Dated: July 10, 2014.
Jeanne Conklin,
Acting Director Office of Financial Management.
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Accordingly, the amendment to subpart I published in the Federal Register on July 2, 2014 (79 FR 37644) on page 37646 is withdrawn effective July 17, 2014.
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Jamie Dimon: Compliance and Controls 'Priority #1′
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive James Dimon sought to reassure employees that the largest U.S. bank is taking a series of steps to resolve a host of regulatory and legal woes, saying the firm is making compliance and controls "priority #1."
"If you don't acknowledge mistakes, you can't fix them and learn from them," Mr. Dimon wrote in a company-wide note Tuesday morning. "So now, as in the past, we are recognizing our problems, rolling up our sleeves and fixing them."
Mr. Dimon said the bank has worked to build a more open and transparent relationship with its regulators, hosting town halls for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Mr. Dimon also said J.P. Morgan has added some 4,000 employees dedicated to its control efforts since the beginning of last year – including 3,000 in 2013 — and has increased its total spent on controls by about $1 billion this year.
"Never before have we focused so much time, effort, brainpower, technological power and money on a single, enterprise-wide objective," he wrote. "Make no mistake—we are going to get this right."
The note comes as the company is preparing to pay at least $800 million and admit to wrongdoing to settle charges related to its "London whale" trading fiasco, as well as a separate settlement expected this week over credit-card products that could cost the bank about $80 million.
Mr. Dimon's comments echo what he said in a Wall Street Journal interview last week. "Fixing our controls issues is job No. 1," he said in that interview. "This is a huge investment of people, time and money…but it will make us stronger in the long run."


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Stonefly's Fishing Adventures: Hip Boots LbNA # 31837
|Placed Date
|Jun 10 2007
|Hepburnville, PA
|Found By
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|Jul 3 2008
|Hike Distance
The arrival of spring brings with it the assurance of things new. New flowers, new buds on the trees, baby animals
and the opening day of trout season. As with most things in young boys lives, the anticipation of the day is often so much better than the day itself.
Matt, Tim and Johnny, were looking forward to the opening day of trout season, and they wanted to do something different this year. Being young teenagers, the boys were not yet able to drive. Where could they go that would be exciting, something new, yet that their parents did not have to be with them?
We could go up to Camp Susque, Matt suggested
Too many people. You end up untying more hooked lines than fish, Tim reminded him. How about the bridge at Brasss?
Too boring, all you do is sit there, Johnny said. What about Hoaglands Run?
What about it? Matt asked. Mom and Dad arent going to sit and wait while we fish.
Oh, right. Johnny remembered.
Ok, so what if they dont wait for us? What if they drop us off upstream and we walk downstream and fish our way home? Tim said.
Yeah, we could pack lunches in our backpacks. Wed have to wear our hip boots for some of the crossings. The stream isnt deep enough for chest waders. Matt said.
All right, well just need to get one of our parents to drop us off. Where should we start? Johnny asked.
Well, we have all day, lets start at the stone bridge. Matt said.
Wow, thats a hike. Lets do it. Tim agreed.
The boys ran the idea past their parents and they agreed. As the day grew nearer, so did the boys anticipation. Oh boy, what an adventure! Fishing down a small wooded stream, just the 3 of them, backpacks loaded with food, fishing creels packed with all the fishing essentials and hip boots green rubber hip boots!
It was the night before the opening day of trout season. The fishing gear was ready, sandwiches were in the fridge ready to be packed in the morning, clothes were laid out, the hip boots had been checked for leaks the boys were ready to go. Matt and Tims mom would pick Johnny up in the morning on the way to the stone bridge. As the boys fell asleep, thoughts of taut lines with trout on the other end filled their heads
What is that noise? Tim thought as he sat up in bed. It was still dark, and as he brought himself to a level of consciousness, it dawned on him. NNNNOOOO not rain! Not tonight, of all nights, not tonight. How long had it been raining? Was the stream going to be too muddy to fish? Was the day ruined? There was little that could be done at this point so he tried to go back to sleep. He was awakened by his brother. Hey, come on, its time to get up. Matt said.
Did you hear the rain last night? Tim asked.
Yes, lets go over and see what the stream looks like and decide what to do then. Matt suggested.
They picked Johnny up as planned and headed up over Bobst Mountain and down the other side, to the stone bridge where Bobst Mountain Road intersects Hoaglands Run Road. They got out of the car and quickly examined the condition of the stream. It was a little high, but not muddy at all. What a relief. The boys got all of their gear on and said goodbye to Mom. The boys started heading down stream trying the different pools along the way. It wasnt until the pipe bridge that the boys took their first break. They had caught a few fish on the first stretch and were ready for a snack. They continued their adventure down stream until lunch time and took another break. By this time the effects of wearing green rubber hip boots, walking over wet rocks, boulders, logs and cold water were beginning to set in. Having not yet reached 973, they decided to pick up the pace. They reached 973 and headed over to the other side. A short distance from the road another stream emptied into Hoaglands Run from a different valley. Due to the previous nights rain this stream was brown, dark brown. The boys made the decisions to walk back home via 973 rather than follow the stream. They made a few stops along the way and walked down to the stream where they knew of some nice fishing holes, but they didnt have any further luck. By this time they were beat. Miles of walking in hip boots had finally set in, the sun had come out and they were taking a layer off at a time as they continued their journey back to Quiggleville. Knowing most of the people in the village, the boys though of calling their parents for a ride, but instead they decided to make the short walk up the hill to home. Before they made the trip up the hill toward the church they decided to take one last look at the stream. In Quiggleville, they headed over to the bridge (which at that time was a steel green bridge, today it is a concrete bridge). The stream was no better, still muddy, but what a day, what an adventure. This would not be the last. To remember the adventure, Tim decided to leave a reminder of the day a pair of hip boots should work. Check the loose rocks in the center of the stone bridge (where the adventure started) on the west side where it meets the road.
Note: If you are interested in seeking the Stoneflys Fishing Adventures: Nymph letterbox you will need to know the mileage that the boys walked from the Quiggleville Community Hall to the stone bridge (staying on the main roads).
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This whole story is much ado about nothing. They won't select a QB in round one. Might they in one of the other rounds? Now, that's a different story...
Steelers could get a late round steal in DE Eric Martin, who could play OLB, reminds me of James Harrison's physical style of play.
We could get him in the 5th or 6th.
Eric Martin, DE
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May 18, 2005
OECD Approves Special Financing for Renewable Energy Exports
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)— representing 30 developed countries that share a commitment to democratic government and a market economy—announced on May 11th that 33 countries, including the United States, have agreed to special financing terms for renewable energy and water projects in developing countries. The agreement allows extended repayment terms of 15 years for those projects—compared to 12-year terms for conventional power projects—under a two-year trial period that begins on July 1st. The renewable energies covered by the agreement include wind energy, geothermal energy, ocean energy, solar energy, and biomass energy. See the OECD press release.
The financing terms were agreed to by the participants in the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits, a non-binding agreement first established in 1978 and most recently updated in late January. The agreement aims to create a level playing field for exports by setting strict limits on the financing that exporting countries can offer. By loosening the restrictions for renewable energy and water projects, the participants aim to encourage sustainable development projects in developing countries. According to the latest version of the agreement, the participants currently include Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland, the United States, and the 25 countries in the European Community. See the latest version of the agreement (PDF 308 KB). Download Acrobat Reader.
Renewable energy financing is as much an issue within the United States as it is for U.S. exports. To address the issue at home, the second annual "Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street" will be held in New York City on June 23rd and 24th. The forum is co-sponsored by the American Council On Renewable Energy and Euromoney Energy Events. See the forum Web page.


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Vladimir Kolev (Bulgarian: Владимир Колев, born April 18, 1953) is a retired boxer from Bulgaria, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the light welterweight division (– 60 kg) after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual runner-up Andrés Aldama of Cuba.
Two years earlier, at the inaugural 1974 World Championships in Havana, Cuba, he won the silver medal, after losing to Ayub Kalule from Uganda in the final.
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- Defeated Calistrat Cutov (Romania) 5-0
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Tottenham Hotspur fans' use of the phrase "Yid Army" is offensive and should be stopped, according to David Baddiel.
Spurs fans claim they use the word - offensive to many Jews - as a term of endearment and the club released a statement saying "the distinguishing factor is the intent with which it is used, ie if it is used with the deliberate intention to cause offence."
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National Pro Bono Task Force Releases Findings and Recommendations in Washington, Boston
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- Organization: Legal Services Association
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A Pro Bono Task Force convened by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Board of Directors will release its findings this week at events at the U.S. Capitol and Harvard Law School.
The board charged the task force with identifying and recommending innovative ways to enhance pro bono throughout the country. The report presents the findings and recommendations of the task force's five working groups: Best Practices-Urban, Best Practices-Rural, Obstacles, Technology, and Big Ideas.
"Strengthening pro bono is essential in this time of reduced legal aid funding and rapidly escalating demand," said LSC Board Chairman John G. Levi. "This report provides a blueprint to reshape pro bono into a more reliable system that will deploy increased and consistent civil legal assistance to the core areas affecting low-income Americans."
Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) who chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce-Justice-Science, and who will speak at the Washington event, also commented on the report.
"I appreciate LSC's detailed report and recommendations on enhancing pro bono work around the U.S.," Wolf said. "For years, I have been advocating for better pro bono coordination between law firms and LSC. I want to commend this LSC for rising to the occasion to provide critical leadership on this issue. Pro bono work is essential to meeting the unmet needs of low-income Americans who deserve fair representation."
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The task force's recommendations to LSC and its grantees include:
- Forming a professional association of pro bono coordinators at LSC-funded organizations;
- Asking Congress to create a new Pro Bono Innovation/Incubation Fund modeled on LSC's successful Technology Initiatives Grant (TIG) program; and
- Developing a fellowship program for new graduates and emeritus lawyers designed to build support for civil legal services and pro bono within firms, law schools, and the legal profession as a whole.
The task force's requests of bar leaders, the judiciary, and others include:
- Permitting judges to recruit and recognize pro bono attorneys, consistent with their ethical obligations;
- Allowing lawyers to take on limited-representation matters or unbundle services; and
- Allowing lawyers to take on pro bono matters in jurisdictions other than those in which they are licensed to practice.
A one-page summary of the report is available at the link below. The full report will be available at www.lsc.gov on Tuesday, October 2.
UPDATE: The Pro Bono Task Force convened by the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) Board of Directors released its full findings and recommendations on October 2, 2012 during an event at the U.S.Capitol Visitors' Center. Speaking at the event were: The Honorable Frank Wolf (R-Virginia), Chairman, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science & Related Agencies; LSC Board Chairman John G. Levi, Sidley Austin LLP; Dean Martha Minow, LSC Board and Harvard Law School; The Honorable David S. Tatel, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; Lee I. Miller, DLA Piper; Lisa C. Wood, Foley Hoag LLP and Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants; Harry J.F. Korrell III, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and LSC Board member; and LSC President James J. Sandman.
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This is why secular, rather than canon law is so important to understand, explain to others and support for the sake of our collective humanity. Secular laws are those that are created by individuals through a legal system which works outside of and requires no input or regulation from any theistic principle or set of mores. A fine example of secular law would be the U.S. Constitution and its changes through legally added amendments which create a better and more just society. Canon law or other religious laws regulate justice and social behavior through religious based-principles taken from an organized religion. Canon law is founded on biblical scripture and combines both the social system with the legal justice system for the sake of a theistic system of governance. Examples here include Church law, Sharia law and other theism which promotes the mores and values of a specific religion.
|The 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Winners
According to the New York Times, Nobel Committee Chairman Thirbjorn Jagland, noted, "The promising Arab Spring will become a new winter if women are again left out." Indeed, the Nobel Committee noted they selected these women precisely because of their efforts to promote both the rule of law and democracy within their societies. Liberia has seen decades of inter-religious tribal warfare over land and other resources; while Yemen continues to spiral out of control because of religious conflict between warring Muslim factions interwoven with indigenous ethic cleansing and destruction of culture and human life based on radical and fanatical belief in Sharia law. Ms. Karmann, in her acceptance speech urged the world to support uprisings in the region, she noted:
The democratic world, which has told us a lot about the virtues of democracy and good government, should not be indifferent to what is happening in Yemen and Syria, and happened before that in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, and happened in every Arab and non-Arab country aspiring for freedom.
The Arab spring has brought incredible positive political change to several nations formally under dictatorship, military, family and clan rule. Parts of which were once separate and interchangeable but in some cases still hold sway over the body politic today. These countries are now faced with developing democratic institutions and laws which support human rights.
However, the danger to self-determination and democracy in these fledgling nations is that the will of the people in the short term, especially, if they are uneducated or uninformed, may wind up promoting leaders who commit the same or similar atrocities as their former leaders. But these leaders will do so under the guise of free elections and a titled democracy, which is not actually democracy but theocracy in sheep's clothing.
We are seeing attempts to introduce or adopt levels of strict religious law all over the Arab world and certainly in countries which fomented and overthrew their repressive governments. This is a danger to secularism and secular nations and perpetuates a real and philosophical war of culture between people who as one species should be sharing the planet without threat or reprisal. As noted by Phil Zuckerman in his ethnographic research regarding healthy societies based on internationally accepted human rights standards, it is nations who promote secular values which are the most peaceful, just, moral, educated and physically healthy.
Since these are facts based on rational and known cultures and not theories or mere philosophies, it really is time that we politically emulate the three brave female Noble laureates. In turn, we will make for a kinder and more socially just world, something that spirituality and organized religion has attempted to do but has failed at dismally over tens of thousands of years. Peace through rationality and secularism, now that is something I and so many others envision for our collective future.


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Montrealers are hoping April showers bring May flowers, and finally some warmer temperatures. This past month of April was the coldest on record since the Second World War, according to Environment Canada.
Committee says it sees "no advantage or benefit for McGill to engage in action that would have negligible impact on climate change."
Unseasonal greetings. Our weirdly tropical December, November, October and September have made weather the hottest topic in town.
It is clear that the process of seeking further reductions of GHG emissions must continue under rigorous peer group pressure to keep hopes alive of any success in averting the worst climate-change scenarios.
Canada has both the responsibility and the ability to act to cut emissions more quickly than the rest of the world.
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Only 27 per cent of Canadians said they are well-informed on the issue and few are prepared to pay anything to support renewable energy, a study from the Université de Montréal shows
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At one time we here in Montreal were covered by several kilometres of ice, and, given the sweep of geological change, there is every probability that these conditions will be repeated,
In a political climate where climate change has been all but forgotten, reading the Leap Manifesto's clear and compelling call to abandon fossil fuel energy sources within the next few decades was like waking from a bad dream.
Harper spoke eloquently in the House of Commons this week about Canada's credibility on the international stage if it failed to contribute to the mission against the Islamic State. If only he would apply his own logic to the fight against climate change, Canada and Canadians would be much better off.
The last week's gorgeous weather wasn't just an unusually pleasant Indian summer. It was a reminder that summers are taking longer to bow out. A Gazette analysis of historical weather data shows that average temperatures in September have been higher than in the past, with late-month peaks happening later and with more intensity.
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Quebec needs a new energy policy to deal with climate change and with the huge supply of surplus energy now building up in the province, experts say.
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The study by the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California, Berkeley is foreshadowed in research papers obtained by the Oakland Tribune and roughly matches previous findings by institutes at Claremont McKenna College and the University of Southern California.
In a study of one East Bay legislative seat, currently held by Sen. Liz Figueroa, D-Fremont, undergraduate researcher Miguel Manriquez concluded that Schwarzenegger's reapportionment proposal would "not threaten the Democratic seat in (the East Bay's) Senate District 10."
"It may have more of an effect inland where there are more conservatives, but Los Angeles and the Bay Area are significantly Democratic and there would not be much of a threat to Democratic safety in these regions," he concludes.
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The Republican governor's initiative, Proposition 77 on the Nov. 8 special election ballot, would create a panel of retired judges to draw district lines for congressional, Assembly and Senate seats, rather than have the Democrat-dominated Legislature draw the lines.
Then the new lines would be taken before voters.
The Rose Institute at Claremont McKenna College, which has prepared GOP-supported redistricting plans in the past, recently concluded that Proposition 77 would lead to seven competitive Assembly districts, eight competitive state Senate districts and 10 competitive congressional districts.
The USC California Policy Institute reached a similar conclusion about competition.
In the 1990s, California had more than 50 legislative and congressional districts out of 153 that could be remotely described as competitive; that number has dropped to about 30.
Researchers believe Proposition 77 would boost that number back into the 50s.
California's current political maps are the product of a 2001 deal made by Democratic and Republican lawmakers to ensure easy re-election for incumbents.
Bruce Cain, who as head of the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley oversaw the report due for release today, has concluded that the Rose Institute's numbers appear to be reasonable, based on his own research.
"Their numbers are an estimate; all our numbers are an estimate, but they're perfectly sensible," Cain told McClatchy News Service.
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Proposition 77 could even boost competitiveness around the edges of the Bay Area, such as in the southern Peninsula's 21st Assembly District, now held by Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, according to Berkeley researchers.
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Supporters of Proposition 77 say it would bring much-needed reform, while opponents say it is unfair and unworkable.
On Monday, the two sides withheld judgment of the Berkeley study until its formal release today.
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