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Norway partners with World Bank to support Ethiopia in scaling up climate-smart land management
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ADDIS ABABA, August 30, 2013 - Ethiopia, a country highly vulnerable to extreme weather events, land degradation, deforestation and food insecurity, is stepping up its efforts to fight climate change, promote sustainable rural development and build resilience. Today, two agreements were signed between the Government of Norway and the World Bank to provide significant financing for sustainable land management, climate-smart agriculture and forest protection in the country.
The first agreement injects an additional US$50 million grant funds from the Government of Norway through a trust fund to co-finance the Sustainable Land Management Program (SLMP II) aimed at reducing land degradation and increasing land productivity of smallholder farmers.
In the second agreement, Norway provides US$13 million through the World Bank's BioCarbon Fund (BioCF) to support Ethiopia's Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Facility and to promote climate-smart agriculture, forest protection and land rehabilitation at the landscape level. Norway's contribution complements initial funding of US$5 million from the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID), and ongoing financing from the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF).
"Norway is pleased to collaborate with the World Bank in supporting Ethiopia's ambitious efforts to fight land degradation, deforestation and climate change while promoting sustainable development in the land use sector. The two complementary programs have the potential to protect the natural resource endowment and to promote climate-smart land use in order to adapt and mitigate climate change and increase food security and resilience in a vast area of the country," said Tove Stub, Charge d`affaires a.i., Royal Norwegian Embassy in Addis Ababa.
Under SLMP II, the Government of Ethiopia is building on the remarkable progress achieved during implementation of the program's first phase in reducing land degradation and increasing sustainable land and water productivity. Under SLMP I, which started in 2008, over 190,000 hectares of degraded communal and individual farmlands have been rehabilitated and agricultural productivity has improved in areas that were hitherto found to be less productive. SLMP II, a blended IDA credit (US$50 million) and GEF grant (US$14 million) with co-financing from Norway (US$50 million), scales up earlier achievements.
The ongoing process to reduce deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+), a key pillar of Ethiopia's fight against climate change, will be significantly strengthened with support from the BioCarbon Fund. This program will enable Ethiopia to fully finance its ongoing REDD+ readiness process and to develop a REDD+ pilot program at a Regional State level. It will also provide advisory services to the CRGE Facility, in particular to enhance access to climate finance for REDD+ and other land-based activities.
"These funds will allow Ethiopia to become ready for REDD+ and will provide for an ambitious landscape-level program to address the causes of deforestation in the most forested region of our country, while also promoting social benefits to local communities," said H. E. Sileshi Getahun, State Minister, Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture.
The BioCF's new initiative provides an important boost to the activities of the CRGE Facility, which was established by the Government of Ethiopia to spearhead national efforts to reach carbon neutrality by 2025.
"The World Bank expects that these two initiatives, including others not mentioned here, will contribute significantly to Ethiopia's efforts to deal with three of the most daunting challenges of our times: land degradation, deforestation and climate change. It is also a good opportunity for the Bank to share its global expertise on climate finance to provide advisory support to the CRGE Facility. These two initiatives strengthen the Bank's partnership for Ethiopia's sustainable development," said Guang Zhe Chen, World Bank Country Director for Ethiopia.
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The problem is we continue to depend on donations from the west and the shady world bank, and the beneficiaries TPLF and EFFORT are already and eagerly waiting to looting …
Kicking them to the curve and bring good modern day and accountable and smart governance is what we all truly crave!
WB is no longer relevant but is an obstacle. It is created by western Europeans and North America to build Europe after it was destroyed by themselves in the WWII. It never had been and never will with the tendency to help any developing nation for real let alone Africa that is their first target and worst victim for more than 500 years.
WB is a disaster if it involves with any national matter. It is there for the neo-Liberals agenda to destroy the world economy in order the benefit goes to them and get power to control the world as a whole which is already in the past despite they are trying still to keep it as business as usual under their control as it was the case in the past.
No WB is needed if the nation is really what to do something right and the best for her own. WB must be the past and totally rejected. Money, knowledge, honesty and willingness are not from the direction where WM and IMF are created and used but the new world order which is the East that is the present and future of the world.
Free yourself from WB, IMF and those created and using them to destroy others in order to benefit themselves.
They said that "..Ethiopia, a country highly vulnerable to extreme weather events, land degradation, deforestation and food insecurity.." ,perfectly aware of the Agazi Bandits "LAND GRABBING" evil programs ,letting Foreign Looters destroying the Eco Systems by deplacing and exposing local peoples to Famine .
Afterall Norvegian Assistance shall have no more affects on resolving
the problems than once again financing the Bandits Evil Programs of Destruction like the WB's Under US pressures .SHAME ON ALL OF THEM !!!!!
Do not trust this scanadanavian, they used to help shabans by employing them in their embassies and NGO offices. They are now helping Ogaden terrorist from Somalia in their countries by organising and financing them. They are converting orthodox Christians to pent,Protestants etc. A homxxxmo, LesXxxbian religion. Now, with help of world bank to inject their western venom to kill us slowly our economy and culture and these are their strategy to keep us in poverty and weak our unity. They are against Amhara unity and orthodox religions. Never trust world band and scandanavian.
ment4you, I actually don't like to comment on comments rather than on the actual topic. However, I found it necessary to drop something for you as I have already read your comment on the previous article about EA. Your hatered for EPRDF is understood by most who are reading these articles. Once heard, there is no point to echo your own voice everytime something is written about development in Ethiopia. Just for your information and as you might be someone who is probably be living in one of those doner countries, first I don't think you have the morale to say anything as you are fully dependant on those doners. Second, they call it "a fair game" to finance project from sources of a clean source.
On the other hand, I like the move.
there are many kinds of insecuritys in Norway.frist do your homework Norway.
Fight greedness,rascilaism,coruption in Norway frist.
Norwegians are imoral and stupid people ever.you talk about African development.do your job.
The problem is who's gonna kicking them to the curve Mr. Ment4you? You all are hiding somewhere, or you just waiting some kind of miracle to happen. Struggle against anything should start from you if you really want to make a change don't wait for someone to do it for you. It just a suggestion
guess how people would tell that you, and Teddy are one of chronically ignorant and hate equipped destructive and useless individuals, you guys are the champion in spitting the hate blinded and immoral curse phrases first!! You can not give your korkoro brains a chance to "think" to curse in some complete sentences. I am so glad you guys are such complete irrelevant and of zero influence of anything. Keep barking until the day gets dark on you forever.
the child like responses to this news is another sign how sick and mentally challenged some of the participants at nazret are. realy!!some one is supporting ethiopias effort in curving land degradation and deforestation and you morons still find ways and reasons to trash and whine about it. isnt this kind of attitude that is turning off many ethiopians from politics which extends the life of eprdf. do you guys even realize how stupid and self centered you are. even if the devil itself try to curve ethiopias deforestation by planting trees and other mechanism, so be it!
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Terry Kirby dubbed his motor home the "war wagon."
The 1972 Dodge mini-motor home is Kirby's newest fund-raising vehicle for the Texas Panhandle War Memorial, soon to be located in a new park in Amarillo.
Kirby said he plans to journey across the Panhandle behind the wheel of his wagon trading signatures for donations.
For $10, supporters can scrawl their name or the name of a loved one on the outside of the vehicle. Donations of $100 will garner contributors a prize spot at the top of the motor home.
"We want to take it around as much as we can and let people see it - make it like a moving memorial," Kirby said.
So far, trips to Claude, Childress and Memphis, coupled with Amarillo support, have raised $800 for the Texas Panhandle War Memorial Foundation. Kirby said that's only the beginning.
Proceeds from the war wagon will help cover the cost of erecting the memorial, a series of granite monuments documenting each war in which Texas Panhandle residents participated.
The monuments also list the names of residents who died during the war or who are missing in action.
Kirby said the foundation has already ordered a $12,000 to $14,000 granite entryway, which commemorates living veterans.
The memorial is the centerpiece of a park that is a joint project by the foundation, Randall County and the Amarillo Globe-News. The county commissioners court supplied the land behind the Randall County Amarillo Annex at the corner of Interstate 27 and Georgia Street, and agreed to maintain the park and memorial.
The Globe-News will provide landscaping and has purchased three flag poles, which mark the center of the memorial, as part of its Celebrate 2000 promotion.
Precinct 2 Commissioner Gene Parker said he had hoped the memorial and park would be completed by Flag Day on June 14. He knows now that won't be possible.
Summer heat prompted Globe-News Publisher Garet von Netzer and Krause Landscape Contractors Inc. to delay planting roughly 90 trees until September or early October.
"We would not want to rush this now at this stage and expend a lot of resources planting trees and then lose a bunch of them," von Netzer said. "We can get all of this ready and presentable in time for Veterans Day."
Kirby said before that happens, concrete will be laid for the base of the monument and walkways throughout the park.
Landscape blueprints have been sent to Getman Construction of Amarillo, which has agreed to donate and lay the concrete, he said.
"I hope by this time next year it'll be up there and it'll have been up for six months," Kirby said.
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Holy Crap! Anyone Remember David Reid? What a sad story
Lost to Felix Trinidad, former Gold Medalist? Chilling tale.....
The room is small, dimly lit, but clean.
A flat-screen TV sits in the tiny parlor where the curtains are always drawn. Boxing magazines and books are splayed out across the floor and kitchen table, but the room is empty, devoid of any presence or personality.
David Reid prefers it this way. The 1996 Olympic gold medalist lives a cloistered, almost monastic life by choice. Reid rarely ventures from his modest two-bedroom apartment complex in Marquette, Mich., where he's lived for the past seven years.
His days are spent reading various magazines and books – alone. He eats alone. He works out alone. He attends church alone.
Reid feels safe in the cocoon he's created. More importantly, he knows where he is and that he can't get lost, because there was a time when Reid was lost.
There was a time the Philadelphia native, who recieved a million-dollar pro signing bonus and debuted on HBO, ate his Thanksgiving dinner in a homeless shelter. There was a time when America's Olympic hero came close to dying from heat exposure while sitting alone in his car during one of the hottest summers in Michigan's history.
Those are the dark years, a time when Reid lost faith in friends and family. All are now gone, no longer a part of his life.
Reid doesn't recall much from this time.
He doesn't remember the details of that sweltering summer day in 2005 when he sat in his car with the windows up, sweat raining down his face as he voraciously paged through his books, numb to what was happening to his overheated body.
The next thing Reid knew he was in the hospital. Reid survived and recovered, but he's not alright.
Today, Reid is about 30 pounds heavier than his fighting weight. He gets around well, but his speech comes in slow, halting starts and stops, each word measured.
He battles depression and far-ranging mood swings. Some days are good, some not so good.
altIt's difficult to believe this same human being was one of the biggest stories of the '96 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
Reid's come-from-behind one-punch knockout of Cuban Alfredo Duvergel instantly generated worldwide fame. Reid, the lone American gold medalist in boxing, became the toast of a U.S. squad that included Floyd Mayweather Jr., Antonio Tarver and Fernando Vargas.
Those who watched the bout on NBC will never forget Marv Albert screaming, "Down goes Duvergel, Duvergel is hurt, David Reid connecting … It's all over … David Reid has stunned Duvergel … In dramatic fashion, he has won the gold … What a moment for David Reid!"
Those who saw his ultimate triumph will never forget Reid jumping up and down all over the ring, hugging his coach and mentor, Al Mitchell, and waving a little American flag. It looked like a fairytale beginning for a good, genial kid that somehow survived the urban blight of North Philly.
Those were the good times, the moments fans thought Reid would always hold dear. However, he doesn't, not anymore. Reid has pushed away those golden memories in favor of withdrawing from the outside world.
"I … like … to … be … by … myself," Reid admitted in a halting, broken cadence. "I haven't been doing much lately. I stay in the church. That's about it and I take care of myself. I have an apartment in Marquette, Michigan, and I live. I don't do anything at all. I was working out at one point with Al, but I… I… I'm not doing anything with boxing at all.
"I wouldn't want to get into training and coaching or anything like that. I still have the eye problem and I can't fight anymore. I still love the sport. Ever since I was a kid, I fell in love with the sport. (But) I didn't get enough rewards from the sport. It's why I would rather not have anything to do with the sport.
"I don't want anything to do with the sport at all."
Reid doesn't like to look up when he speaks to people. He's self conscious about his droopy left eyelid, which looks far better than when he was fighting. He doesn't see it that way. It's one of the reasons Reid doesn't like going out.
It's why he insulates himself inside a shell filled with books and magazines.They don't stare back.
"I'm not going to say I look good or feel good. I train to keep my body in shape, and right now, I just read," he said. "My whole take on life is not to have anything to do with boxing at all. I'm doing okay with everything else."
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Holy ****! That was a sad read. The Trinidad fight is one of my favorite fights ever. Damn.
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Thanks for the read. Did his depression start because his career was over?
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Dude. That's just. Someone needs to get him to a therapist or something....that's just sad. I mean, "sad" is not even an appropriate word for how depressing that is.
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I cried. That's just too much. What a sport though huh? I really hope he gets better.
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Sad story, indeed. David is clearly suffering from mental illness.
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David was brought to the mainstream spot light way too soon, at the end he was struggling with fighters like Quirino Garcia.
His career was less then twenty fights, that retina problem force him out too soon..
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It's sad but it's not THAT sad. This dude is a grown man, not some teenager. He makes his own decisions.
Let the man be
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Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont yesterday expressed concern that the demonstration calling for a constitutional clause recognising Buddhism as national religion could lead to chaos and rejection of the 2007 Constitution draft.
In the meeting with his advisers, Surayud said he was worried that people could be misled. He asked his advisers and rectors of universities to help make students and people correctly understand the Consti-tution draft.
The government had never opposed the idea of Buddhism as the state religion and remained neutral. It wanted the Constitution to be "a good one" and an election held as soon as possible, he said.
Meanwhile, a drafter of the 1997 Constitution, Kanin Boonsuwan, said a clause recognising Buddhism as the national religion was now "unavoidable".
Kanin said that even if the Constitution Draft is dropped by the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) or in the referendum, the clause must be included in the Constitution draft by the Council for National Security (CNS). Otherwise, demonstrations would continue and could cause chaos in society.
In the sweltering heat, proponents for Buddhism as the state religion yesterday staged a street procession to gather support for the cause.
Three hundred monks and some 400 Buddhists marched from Nakhon Pathom's Buddhamonthon religious complex to Bangkok to join their comrades in front of the Parliament.
Nine elephants joined the march, with Senator Sawet Thinnakul riding on one of them.
Police failed to persuade the demonstrators to leave the elephants behind, because of the rush hour, before they entered the city. The procession reached Parliament and joined the waiting 1,300 demonstrators at 5.30pm.
Metropolitan Police division 1 commander Maj-General Manit Wongsomboon said 150 officers from the Metropolitan Police and 50 police officers from Dusit police station with some Border Patrol police were deployed as security.
Moreover, 35 "religious inspectors" kept the monks in order, he said.
The awaiting group set up tents along both sides of U-Thong Nai Road in front of the Parliament. At 10.30am, they offered food to monks, and the monks prayed at 11.30am.
Speakers took turns to deliver speeches to support the clause. No aggressive speeches were made.
A group of foreign Buddhists, claiming to be from Australia, read a statement supporting Buddhism as the national religion.
The demonstrators dispersed at 8pm.
Thongchai Keuasakul, chairman of the network of Thai Buddhist groups - and a leader of the movement campaigning for the cause - said the demonstration will continue today from 8am.
CDA members Pichien Amnartworaprasert and Preecha Rojanasen will join a forum on the issue.
He said temples in Bangkok and adjacent provinces, as well as Wat Phra Dhammakaya and temples in the provinces, supported the demonstration. Wat Phra Dhammakaya had also given financial support, he added.
Thongchai said he would also present a petition to CDA chairman Noranit Sethabutr this morning. The group would also give handouts to each of the CDA members and ask for their support.
Thongchai yesterday released a statement saying the constitution clause regarding Buddhism as national religion would "reduce conflicts" in Thai society and restore unity.
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Remember all those great books during pregnancy such as "What to Expect While You're Expecting?" Well now that baby is here what can you expect? For most new parents those first 24-48 hours after childbirth are mostly a blur. Once you are home again, you find that there is a whole new routine to learn -- with no set schedule and certainly no real script to follow!
It can be very easy to find yourself overwhelmed by the onslaught of well meaning friends and family. They have everything to offer from unwanted advice to a true invasion of your personal space! You may find that some of the expectations you had for your first weeks with new baby are far from the reality.
Below you will find some of our favorite mom-to-mom tips for helping you through this initial honeymoon period with your new baby:
1. Enlist help! Now is not the time to be shy! You have family and friends that truly do mean well. It is best that you serve in the role of director and be honest about what you need/would like to have done. Make a list of chores that must be accomplished over the next few weeks and match these up with the skills of your volunteers. (This is a much better option than allowing some well meaning relative to take charge and actually create more work than they resolve!) Whether it is folding clothes, picking up groceries, entertaining the two-year-old, running thank you cards to the post office -- ASK! This frees you up to relax and better enjoy your baby. It also grants those that care about you the opportunity to feel as if they are contributing something useful...and they are!
2. Keep meals simple. We know -- it sounds easy. You believe that you are home now on maternity leave and have all this "free time" that whipping up a gourmet meal to celebrate would be simple enough.
HA! Now is not the time to feel trapped to the kitchen. Besides, you would feel horrible if you had spent hours preparing a meal and then passed out and missed the oven timer going off after missing yet another night's sleep!
Remember that idea above about asking for help? This is a perfect plan for many that are looking for something to do. If someone asks. "Is there anything that I could do?" be honest! Even having someone supply the main course and all you would have to do is toss a salad or heat veggies is perfect! Save your energy for enjoying that new little one!
3. Rest with the baby! This is one of those rules that we cannot stress enough! Yes, we're aware that there is laundry to be done, dishes that should be washed, and dusting to do. Guess what? It can wait. The whole household will be much better off with some temporary clutter and a well rested parent!
4. Keep visitors at a minimum. This can be extremely important for those first few weeks at home and is also often in the best interest of your baby's health. Certainly you are anxious to show off your new little one, but there will be time. Don't be afraid to place limits and disregard those that would like to insist that it is ok for THEM to come by. A good game plan is to let everyone know a date after which you will feel up to having visitors meet your newest family member. It is ok if they disagree. This time if for YOU!
5. Hold your baby if you want to hold her. Try using a sling thus giving mom two free hands! Don't worry about "spoiling." If you are nursing and you feel your baby is hungrier than every two hours, feel free to increase feedings. Some children initially are what could be deemed as "grazers" -- a nibble now, a nibble then... You are in the best position to learn and determine what your baby wants and needs. When unwanted advice comes your way nod or respond politely but remember this is YOUR baby. Take what you want from the advice given, discard the rest.
6. Some spoiling of mom can be in order! For example, request your partner to bring you a sandwich or a glass of water while you are resting with baby. This isn't meant to be abused, but having some respite from the "norm" can result in a much more relaxed mom, and in turn relaxed babe.
7. Dealing with heavy bleeding? This is one of those icky topics, but reality after childbirth. You may want to try incontinence pads such as Depends for those first postpartum days. Be sure to discuss with your caregiver what to expect as normal and the point of concern! Do NOT ignore heavy bleeding that soaks more than a pad an hour as hemorrhaging could prove dangerous to mom's long term health!
8. Do something special for yourself! Some days you may be feeling blue. Everyone around you seems to be going on with their life while you struggle to find time to go to the bathroom! Who knew that such a tiny creature would throw you for a loop? Try that enlisting help trick again and take a bath. Amazing what a few minutes soaking in a hot tub and later actually getting dressed can do for your mood!
9. You thought those pregnancy hormones were bad? Expect another roller coaster ride this 6 weeks as your progesterone levels pummel. Note that it is normal to still find yourself weepy or even with rather mixed emotions over your new baby. You may find your mood swings go from ecstatic to an almost mourning over freedoms lost.
If these feelings do not tend to taper off within a few weeks postpartum or you do become concerned at anytime, please do contact your personal caregiver. It is never normal to wish harm for yourself or your baby. Don't be ashamed to discuss your feelings. There is always support available!
10. There is such a thing as a sex life after you have a baby. Most doctors advise that you wait at least 6 weeks. We advise you wait 'til you are ready. For some that may be sooner...some later. Take your time and enjoy romancing your partner (and vice versa!) You have just experienced THE most intimate bond ever! Trust that when you are ready it will happen.
Remember, you are now the parent and the one in charge of your new family along with your partner. Granted, you may wish to be polite to others, but remain firm in your choices. You won't want to miss a minute by dealing with grudges and regrets. Congratulations! Your adventure in parenthood is just beginning! Enjoy! Copyright © Pregnancy.org.
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Building Your Fleet
In the Racecourse section of the March issue we talk about some of the things that clubs and fleets have done to build participation. Things like Richmond Yacht Club's Sail A Small Boat Day on San Francisco Bay or the steps taken to revitalize the Islander 36 fleet.
Here's more on the subject, and let's take Islanders first. They succeeded in cranking up participation in a fleet of aging but still attractive, fairly large boats. Their steps were:
Simplification: On San Francisco Bay, the Islander 36 fleet "de-turboed" in order to get more boats out racing. Islander 36s have been a fixture since Alan Gurney designed them in the 1970'sNorthern California alone has more than 150 of thembut the racing fleet dwindled as people with the skill sets to handle spinnakers in a big breeze moved on to newer, hotter boats. Eliminating spinnakers and big jibs was a shot in the arm for the fleet last year. Twenty boats turned out for the 2004 season opener, the Vallejo Race, making Islander 36s the biggest one design fleet in the event.
Melges 24s don't have to think this way. But in 1974, neither did people who sailed Islander 36s.
Skill building: In 2004 the Islander 36 fleet held race seminars, a day of starting practice, and an adopt-a-skipper day that did wonders to transfer skills vertically through the fleet. SAIL's West Coast Editor read off starting-line countdowns over the radio (an efficient way to get these things done), and there was a huge difference in the way the fleet formed between start number one and start number five. People don't get this kind of experience unless you make it happen. Better yet, none of it was a one-shot, one-day deal. One of the fleet mentors was a crack sailor named Chris Boome, and one of the features of racing in the fleet for the rest of the year was hearing Boome's voice over the water (in the middle of a race) telling someone on another boat to "Pull in your mainsheet" or "Move the jib leads forward"! (The subtext being that he did not perceive that boat to be an immediate threat.)
Community: It's face time. People may choose a boat for the boat, but they stay in a fleet for the people. If you want a viable class or club, it has to be a community. The Islander 36 fleet on San Francisco Bay has overlap between members who race and members who show up for fleet cruises, but for the overall health of this group, it's vital to have events that are devoted to families and non-racers. Togetherness goes a long way.
The web site is the new fireside. There the community gathers. It takes a huge commitment to keep a web site working, but the dotcom is the place to get news, share news, manage sign-ups, and show your bacon. As in—when the West Coast Editor was asked if he'd write a story about the revitalization of the Islander 36 class, he said, "Show me the bacon." Hoo boy. Did they ever.
Sail A Small Boat Day
This is another thing that I know about because it happens in my home town. But while we're on the subject, SAIL would like to know what your fleet or club does to encourage participation. To reach the West Coast Editor and provide some enlightenment, just CLICK HERE.
Richmond Yacht Club has a special place as a small boat club on San Francisco Bay. Richmond is not limited to small boats. Quite the contrary. But with its sheltered location in the East Bay, the waters off Point Richmond tend to be flatter, quieter, less windy than the parts of San Francisco Bay exposed directly to the "wind slot" of the Golden Gate. It's a great place to grow young sailors and a delightful place for anyone to sail a boat, small or otherwise. The club is also a place that thrives on being informal, hands-on, member-driven.
The origins of Sail A Small Boat Day are lost in the mists of time (as in, roughly 10 years ago), when the International Canoe fleet decided to pitch itself to new prospects by offering people the chance to come on down and go for a sail. The club had nothing to lose, so it gave its blessing, and the gambit seemed to work. In just a few years people got together to add more fleets and turn this into an event that would happen twice a year, on Saturday before the fall midwinters and again on Saturday before the spring midwinters. For 2005, think March 5-6.
The result? "All the fleets have picked up members," says Byte sailor and Richmond YC staff commodore Gail Yando. "It's an opportunity for people who already sail small boats to see what's happening in the fleet next door, and it's an opportunity for people who aren't in the game to kick the tires and watch them roll."
Fifteen to twenty boats would be a typical turnout, some of them from fleets that bring out two examples because they believe in the value. Individual skippers offer their own boats and their own time. They're in charge of who gets to ride. Commercial operators have tried to come through the door, but the club has kept the event strictly fleet-oriented, sailor to sailor.
As a participant, you can sign up for two boats. Most rides are about 15 minutes long. If there's no pressure you might get to sail longer than that, but if you're there at peak hours and you want a speed burn on a 29er, you'll have to settle for a short, hot candle. (Not to worry. If you belong in a 29er, even a few short minutes are the right minutes.)
"The idea is not to teach people how to sail," Yando says. "It's about exposing people to boats they don't already know. But we do a little advertising, and given a sunny day we might draw a hundred people or so. Perhaps half of them will be strong sailors and the rest will be curious. We always have a few boats, Snipes, for example, where people can just ride along. We've learned to have clothes and life jackets on hand for the people who come unprepared."
The club supplies a support boat. Waivers must be signed. And for some of the people who show up, it's a treat just to hang around a yacht club for a day, be part of the action in the boat yard, and breathe the air around sailors. Anyone who falls into that category, by the way, is a very good prospect for becoming a sailor.
"People come back and tell us that's how they got hooked," Yando says. "We've picked up people in the Byte fleet. So have the Snipes; even the 14s; I think everybody has. It's not just about the boats. It's also a chance to get to know the people in a new fleet and learn what they're all about."
Another benefit? Juniors in the Richmond Yacht Club have a chance, twice a year, to try out whatever looks good.
So what's working in your club or your fleet? Let us know.
—Kimball Livingston


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FRIDAY - LIVE March 29
Dear lovely kickstarter angels - Come to the Soulify Concert Film premiere in NYC! PLUS live acoustic performances by Greta Larson and Elaine Romanelli this FRIDAY MARCH 29 starting at... Read more
New York showing of Soulify concert film
Hey everyone,
I had to re-order a small run of the t-shirts as I had miscalculated how many I needed. Long story short, I didn't forget about you who haven't... Read more
the official Soulify Jingle/ San Francisco Soulified
Hey everyone, first of all, San Francisco was SOULIFIED!
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Newsletter December 2012
Check out My NEWSLETTER!! Next batch of goodies going out next week. Thanks for your patience! I had to do a re-order of some of the t-shirt sizes. xoxox Greta... Read more
Second trip to post office
sorry it's taken so long for some of you to get your packages. I am sending 12 more . Today. Forgive my messy hair. I made you a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmipkoR5Qno
update 10/8/12
Dear all -
When you start a Kickstarter campaign, one of the things they tell you is that sending out the swag after the event is an understimatedtask. Wow,... Read more
sending out the swag
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MERCHANDISE - My apartment is covered in little packages waiting to go out to all of you. PLEASE, if you didn't send me your address, please send to... Read more
Another beginning, another end
Dear all,
Still can't believe it all happened!!! I'm having a bit of post-concert blues. But mostly I'm just in awe that it all actually happened, and I couldn't have... Read more
Love, Greta
Dear all - WE DID IT! The concert was last night, and I'm still walking on cloud 9. I got up last night and sang my heart out with the... Read more
Home stretch
Hey gang -
Today I had a conference call with John and Paul - very official! We were also in touch with the crew at BAM about all the load-in... Read more
almost there
Yesterday I met with the BAM production crew, and the wonderful film crew at Four Legged Features. It's so exciting - it's all happening!!!!
Today I placed orders for the... Read more
short promo video for concert
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xoxoxo, Greta
First Band Practice
Our first band rehearsal was on Friday. Paul, Mike, Oscar and Dave are simply incredible. It is such a treat to work with them.
John was there too helping out... Read more
Video I took hanging out with VOI
Yesterday I hung out with the Voices of Inspiration and they busted out with a song on the spot, and I took a video of it. Next time I'll be... Read more
what's going on 6/22/12
1) Artwork to the printshop for poster graphics
2) T-shirt vendor/sponsor secured
3) Opening act secured and soon to be announced (exciting!)
4) First practice with full band next week... Read more
One more band mate!
Oscar Albis Rodriguez, GUITAR
Oscar is a Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist (guitar, keyboards, bass, vocals) who has many of his own projects in addition to freelancing with others. He also has an... Read more
Introducing some of the Soulify Band members....
Paul Amorese, DRUMS
Paul Amorese -Paul Amorese is a professional touring, recording and live drummer based in Brooklyn, NY. Currently performing with groups such as Only Son, Bryan Scary, Goodbyemotel,... Read more
YOU did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU DID IT!!! $11,075 raised!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Campaign closes in 49 minutes, and we made it. The campaign will be funded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks lovely people for helping out. I know that for many... Read more
Voices of Inspiration
For the Soulify Concert I have a group of some of the best musicians in New York in the Soulify Band, plus the gospel group "Voices of Inspiration." We're all meeting... Read more
38 hours to go, 58% funded
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The campaign keeps making progress. With 38 hours to go, and 58% funded, well, it could go either way!
While I am completely optimistic, I want you... Read more
Concert Poster Reveal/ Soulify event on JULY 27
Growing up in San Francisco, a significant memory for me is the artwork on the Fillmore Auditorium concert posters. My mom had a bunch from the '60s that I loved... Read more
Invitation to show on Monday, and update
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THANK YOU! We are 50% funded! Even though I have to raise the rest in 7 days, I am very optimistic about it and am going to... Read more
just wanted to tell you....
Contract is signed with BAM!!!!
"first, when there's nothing/ but a slow glowing dream... "
Yesterday I mailed the deposit to BAM. This was a big leap of faith. This concert is definitely happening.
The campaign is 40% funded - yee ha!! You guys ROCK! ... Read more
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Dear all -
Welcome to all the new pledgers today!.We're getting there. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wanted to let you know you that aside from fundraising, I've been practicing, practicing, practicing!... Read more
Today we met to discuss the concert....
Good afternoon - I just got home from an afternoon with Paul Amorese (drums/band leader) and John Garner III (Musical Direction, member of Voices of Inspiration). in Brooklyn. These two... Read more
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Pet photos with Santa
Pet Assistance Foundation will offer pet photos with Santa to benefit low-cost spay and neutering. Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pet Supply, 26831 Bouquet Canyon Road, at the corner of Seco Canyon Road in Saugus. Photo packages start at $10. This fun family tradition has been held in the Santa Clarita Valley for more than 15 years.
Allan Cameron has played Santa to all manner of SCV pets including lizards, ferrets, dogs, cats and pot-bellied pigs. Pets and owners can pose together for photos they'll always treasure. All photo proceeds go to animal welfare in the SCV. Santa Clarita Pet Assistance is run completely by local volunteers with no paid staff.
For more information or to donate call (661) 260-3140.
"The Legend of Wunderbar"
Local artist and equestrian Judy Reinsma will sign copies of her new children's fable "The Legend of Wunderbar" on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Valencia Sports Saddlery, located at 26046 Bouquet Canyon, between Magic Mountain Parkway and Cinema Drive.
A fantasy tale about a brave horse with antlers who successfully faces many challenges, "The Legend of Wunderbar" emphasizes the power of love, positive values, devotion to family and overcoming a sense of inferiority. Reinsma is a Saugus resident and also provided the many vivid illustrations.
Book info contact: (661) 296-6869. Valencia Sport Saddlery: (661) 255-6713.
Santa Clarita coupon book
Shop more, pay less. Enjoy Santa Clarita restaurants, attractions, car washes and more with the "Enjoy Santa Clarita" coupon book benefiting the Valencia High School marching band. The book is full of special offers, including four free car washes, an oil change and pizza, all with no additional purchase required.
You'll also find page after page of discount coupons for your dining and shopping pleasure, and it's 98 percent local to Santa Clarita merchants and restaurants. Limited time offer: only $20 per book (don't forget to order at least one for yourself!) Coupons valid through December 2009. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call (661) 299-4000 to place an order.
Trees for Troops
Nancy Roatcap of Nancy's Ranch will play host to a "Trees for Troops" drive spearheaded by the Christmas Spirit Foundation today.
FedEx, a co-sponsor, will drop a trailer at the Magic Mountain Parkway location to be filled with trees donated by area growers and the public over the weekend.
Trees donated at this location will arrive at the Presidio in San Francisco Wednesday. Nancy invites the public to participate by sponsoring a tree for a military family.
A $45 tax-included donation will send a 6- to 7-foot Noble or Fraser fir to the base in San Francisco with a note from the sender attached.
"I have personally pledged 10 trees to the program," Nancy said. "I am hoping the public will also come out and sponsor a tree for a serviceman's family so we can load up the truck with 50 or 60 from the Santa Clarita Valley area."
Info: www.treesfortroops.org or contact Nancy Roatcap (661) 433-2803, www.nancysranch.com.
Michele E. Buttelman is the features editor of The Signal. She can be reached by e-mail at email@example.com or by calling (661) 259-1234.


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All 3 will be released Thursday.
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All 3 will be released Thursday.
Thank da lord almighty~
I'm sry but that's wrong my friends, check out mangastream's homepage.
this was for last week, not this week, check the date that POW posted it.
Indeed, they will not be released this week. Sometimes they randomly pop up, but I wouldn't count on releases next week for these 3 series.


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I have seen so many great ideas for repurposing wooden pallets. I have a board on pinterest named… Pallets . I want pallets. The problem is I've seen them by the side of the road but not stopped….what if they were just out with the garbage but not really out as garbage. You can't buy them in a store…I've never seen a Pallets 'r Us…..it's not like you meet people who say…hey, I have some pallets….show me some cash and I'll show you the pallets. I was in quite the conundrum….until….yesterday. Now, for those of you who read this and go to the same church as me….leave the page and pretend you never saw this….close the browser now and never speak of this again. For those of you who don't go to church with me…continue reading (please).
It was a day like any other except for one twist. My husband and I needed to stop by the church. Our church is expanding and building a new church so there's a lot of construction going on. I drove to the church….pulled into the parking lot and *insert singing* there it was in front of me….a dumpster…..and I saw it {I think a beam of light may have come down through the clouds to bring it to my attention….or maybe not}….at the top of a full dumpster….I spotted two…not one…but two pallets. I said nothing and slowly walked into church not making eye contact {we were the only ones in the parking lot so that wasn't hard but I'm sure my heart was beating quickly and my eyes were shifting}. We took care of what we needed to do and began to leave the building….that's when I sprung it on my husband….think cheetah and gazelle……I'm 5 feet 2 inches on a good day…my husband is 6 feet 5 inches tall every day….I could get in the truck without saying a word….slowly pull over to the dumpster, open the back of the truck, climb onto the running board and try to get the pallets out myself….or I could just mention it casually to my husband…..point to the pallets and have him pull them out….or head home and hate myself for not taking hold of this opportunity. I gently mentioned to my husband that I would be so happy i.e. his ride home would be much happier, if he were to pull the two pallets out of the dumpster. He looked at me a bit puzzled….asked whether this was stealing….of course it's not stealing, cha!….it's in a dumpster for goodness sake….after a bit more convincing that he wasn't going to go to jail {if he does get in any trouble this post will be deleted and I will deny everything} he got the pallets out for me, put them in the back of the truck and we drove home slowly {actually I may have peeled out of the parking lot and sped home~my adrenaline was raised so I'm not sure}.
I am so excited looking at my pretty pallets….but now…what do I make? If you have any thoughts, I would love to hear them!
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> And I would like to selectively use one of them for the proxying (not
> for the ssh tunnel connection, which is within the LAN). By default
> always the first public interface is used for my public traffic. I am
> looking for a way to use the second interface which is connected to the
> other line.
If there's no way to do this (and I don't know of one, but that doesn't
mean that there isn't one {8^), perhaps the -w option in ssh might work
for you? This creates a tun device, and you'd then control the
forwarding in the usual forwarding way (ie. forwarding rules via
iptables). This would permit you to be very specific about what your
machine will and won't forward.
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Angels of mercy
Examples of boundless love and caring for persons unknown were very evident this Christmas season.
The Woodinville Post Office and its patrons were like "angels of mercy" to many of our clients this holiday season. Thank you so very, very much for your generosity to our families.
So many of our families told us that because of the food bank, their family had a really wonderful Christmas.
We were able to do this because of the great help we received from the community. We were able to accomplish this because we are situated in an area that has caring neighbors.
Thank you for being one of our many blessings.
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With this hearty eye-opener, rice is nice in any meal of the day! It's a delicious alternative to oatmeal. Top it with fresh strawberries, raspberries or blueberries.—USA Rice Council, Houston, Texas
- 3 cups cooked brown rice
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 to 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Honey, brown sugar, or fresh fruit optional
- In a large saucepan, combine rice, milk, raisins, butter, cinnamon and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until thickened. If desired, top with honey, brown sugar or fruit. Yield: 6 servings.
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Title: First day cover for the U.S.S. VEGA
Accession Number: 2007.25.45
Category: PHILATELY
Type: first day cover
Place: USA, VA, Norfolk
Date: 1939-02-20; 1939-02-22
Materials: paper
Description: First day cover for the U.S.S. VEGA (AK-17, built 1919), cargo ship; front of envelope has no cachet; stamp on left features portrait of Nathan Hale, printed on stamp "UNITED STATES POSTAGE/ NATHAN HALE/ 1/2 CENT 1/2"; stamp postmarked three times "U.S.S. VEGA/ FEB/ 20/ 1939/ PARCEL POST", "U.S.S. VEGA/ FEB/ 20/ 1939/ REGISTERED", "U.S.S. VEGA/ FEB/ 22/ 1939/ A.M."and "NORFOLK/ NYD" and "NORFOLK N.Y./ FEB 22 A.M."; stamped on back and crossed out with pencil "SUNK". The U.S.S. VEGA was laden with ammunition during the attack on Pearl Harbor but remained undamaged (see correspondence file).
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VATICAN CITY - The troubled Legion of Christ religious order is electing new leadership for the first time since its founder was revealed to have been a pedophile and fraud. The process starting Wednesday will formally end the Vatican's three-year rehabilitation of the movement, a reform the Legion is touting as a success and critics have dismissed as a sham.
The Legion was once held up as a model by the Vatican, which turned a blind eye to the Rev. Marcial Maciel's misdeeds as the order became one of the fastest-growing congregations in the Catholic Church and brought in millions in donations. After three years of Vatican-imposed reform though, questions still remain as to how the Legion can exist when its founder was a criminal and its core mission remains unclear.
The Legion's hope is that following the monthlong meeting, Pope Francis will approve a new constitution that explains the order's mission, hierarchy and rules and will allow the Legion to move on without any more Vatican oversight. The Legion's top superiors and 42 priests elected as representatives - including many close to Maciel - will finalize the constitution during the meeting and then elect new leadership.
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Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, left, exchanges a sign of peace with Legion of Christ current leader the Rev. Sylvester Heerman during a Mass he celebrated at the Legion's main headquarters, the Ateneo Pontificio Regina Apostolorum, in Rome, on Wednesday.
But several former Legion priests have urged the pontiff not to fall for the order's "supposed reform," saying the rehabilitation process ignored its core dysfunction: financial duplicity, lack of an authentic religious identity and continued cover-up of the people who facilitated the founder's crimes.
"In the Legion, nothing is as it seems," they wrote Francis last year.
Francis' predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, took over the Legion in 2010 after Vatican investigators determined that the congregation needed to be "purified" of the influence of Maciel, who sexually abused his seminarians, fathered three children and created a system of power in the Legion that allowed his crimes to go unchecked.
Former members said the code of silence and obedience that Maciel imposed created a toxic, cult-like environment where communications were screened, dissenters marginalized and members deceived and manipulated. Hundreds of priests, seminarians and lay consecrated members have abandoned the movement in recent years; there are now about 950 priests and a few hundred consecrated members who work in the Legion's schools, youth camps and some parishes.
Benedict appointed a retiring cardinal, Velasio De Paolis, to oversee reforms and the rewriting of the order's constitutions, leading up to the General Chapter that begins Wednesday. The Legion says many of the problems flagged by the Vatican have been fixed, but that reforms continue.
"The extraordinary chapter will be an important moment in this communal examination of conscience and an occasion to appreciate the blessings received, ask forgiveness for errors committed in the past and learn lessons for the future," the Rev. Sylvester Heereman, the Legion's current head, wrote in a Christmas letter to former Legion priests.
Some former members have been vocal in their concern about the process, convinced that De Paolis' reforms didn't go deep enough and that priests still devoted to Maciel's old ways had blocked reformers from making the changes necessary to turn the order around.
"From the beginning, the reform has been more concerned with saving what remains rather than arriving at the truth of what the Legion is," a few dozen members wrote Francis in June. A top Legion official resigned in November in frustration over the lack of reforms, insisting he couldn't continue without damaging his "priestly vocation and my psychological health."
Critics question whether the order has a solid enough foundation to continue at all, given that its disgraced founder can no longer be a source of inspiration. Maciel had drawn a devoted following of zealous Catholics, but critics say his core aim was to raise money and bring in new priests.
"The Catholic Church has zero tradition of institutes of perfection being founded, directly or even indirectly, by predatory charlatans," the U.S. canonist Edward Peters, a consultant at the Vatican's high court, recently wrote on his blog.
E. Christian Brugger, professor of moral theology at the St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, Colorado, said religious orders like the Jesuits or the Franciscans allow the faithful to follow Christ in a special way inspired by the order's founder. Maciel's fraud "throws into profound question the genuineness" of that inspiration, or charism, that attracted so many people to the Legion, he said.
The Legion's spokesman, the Rev. Benjamin Clariond, noted that several Vatican officials have said over the years that the Legion is a work of God. But he acknowledged that the charism was one of the "central issues" that will be discussed by the upcoming meeting.


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On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:15:34 -0400, SysAdmin
> I have 90% of memory busy and also a part of SWAP space.
Linux, will swap out unused parts of applications, to increase
the space available for caching/buffering directories, and large
See http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/0...w-to-fix-that/
for why.
sysctl -w vm.swappiness=1 # Stop applications from being swapped to disk
sysctl -w vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 # Don't shrink the inode cache
to /etc/rc.d/rc.local, to change it.
I've been testing this, since, I think, Bit Twister posted the link,
and the perceived performance difference is quite noticable. May
reduce true throughput, on a server only system though,
Regards, Dave Hodgins
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Bay and Her Boys
Unexpected Lessons I Learned as a (Single) Mom
Bay and Her Boys
Unexpected Lessons I Learned
as a (Single) Mom
by Bay Buchanan
published by Da Capo Press
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More than two decades ago, Bay Buchanan was thrown into the world of single parenting. When her husband walked out, she had a four-year-old, a two-year-old, and was pregnant with a third child—all boys. Bay never expected she would end up as a single mom. But she quickly realized she needed to somehow overcome the hurt and confusion of divorce and focus on giving her all to her children.
Millions know Bay Buchanan as a top political analyst and strategist. Although she has debated national leaders, her toughest negotiations took place with her toddlers. In Bay and Her Boys, Bay offers moms her hard-won wisdom from raising three spirited kids (who never missed an opportunity to get into trouble).
She candidly shares the joys and difficulties she experienced—lessons learned, mistakes made, and rules that worked for her boys, who are now successful adults. From dealing with discipline to juggling work and home, the challenges of parenting can be conquered. And you can do it right—whether you stay at home or work full time; even if you're on your own. Bay's rules show you how.
Let's face it: some days it's all you can do to get cereal on the dinner table. But you don't have to be Supermom to be a good mom. Moving, inspiring, and often funny, Bay and Her Boys is both a powerful reflection on the importance of dedicated parents in a child's life and a wholly practical guide to doing what works.
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Yields on Colombia's peso bonds fell toward a record low after the government cut plans for debt auctions, signaling a reduced supply of the securities.
The yield on Colombia's 6 percent peso-denominated debt due in April 2013 fell eight basis points, or 0.08 percentage point, to 4.70 percent, according to the central bank. The yield reached 4.69 percent Aug. 16, the lowest closing level since the notes were issued in 2009.
Colombia will auction 16.36 trillion pesos ($8.96 billion) of local bonds this year, down from the previously planned 17.36 trillion pesos, the Finance Ministry said yesterday. The remaining 1 trillion pesos will be sold to government institutions, the ministry said. The government had already suspended auctions of short-term notes, known as TCOs, in February.
"There's a lack of supply of short-term debt and with yesterday's announcement it will be even greater," Julian Cardenas, the head analyst at ING Pensiones y Cesantias, said by phone from Bogota.
The government will finish its planned debt auctions for 2012 next month, offering 200 billion pesos of bonds in each of the auctions scheduled for Sept. 12, Sept. 19 and Sept. 26.
The Colombian currency rose, following gains in global equities and commodities, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said today he wouldn't rule out more stimulus to lower a jobless rate he described as a "grave concern."
The peso strengthened 0.3 percent to 1,825.20 per U.S. dollar. It's up 6.2 percent this year, the best performance after the Chilean peso and the Hungarian forint among all currencies tracked by Bloomberg.
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Singer Graham Nash (of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) remains hospitalized after breaking both legs in a boating accident off Kauai's south shore. Nash, 57, was boating off the Hawaiian island with his wife, Susan, and up to 15 friends on Sunday when the boat they were in hit a wave, throwing Nash into the air. (The Nashes are part-time residents of Wainiha on the island's north shore.) "As he was coming down, another wave hit the boat and he landed very hard on the inside of the boat," said his manager, Gerry Tolman. Nash was taken to Wilcox Memorial Hospital, where he underwent surgery to insert pins in his legs. The singer will require a wheelchair for a couple of months while undergoing physical therapy, said Michael Jensen, his publicist. "He's lucky he's alive," Jensen said.


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Avery McCarthy looked at her mother with her blue eyes, swung her backpack over her shoulder, smiled and said, "I really am a God girl."
With that the 11-year-old girl walked into the Delavan Christian School. It is the last moment her mother, Bridget, had with her daughter, and she cherishes it.
"If it was a movie scene, it was the most beautiful scene ever," Bridget said as she wiped away tears. "God gave me that moment for a reason."
Avery died in a car crash in October.
To truly understand that last moment Bridget shared with her daughter, it is important to understand a few things about Avery.
Avery's favorite musician was Jamie Grace, a Christian singer from Atlanta. Grace has a song called "God Girl," which was Avery's favorite song.
It wasn't unheard of for Avery to be caught singing the chorus in the hallways at Delavan Christian School.
"I'm a God girl that's who I'll be
From the top of my head to the soles of my feet
No I can't deny it, wouldn't even try
I'm your girl in a crazy world"
After Avery's death, friends of the McCarthys started contacting Grace, a Grammy-nominated artist. They wanted Grace to know Avery's story, and how her song played a role in her life. Grace heard their calls. Grace's mother, Mona Harper, reached out to Bridget and invited her to Grace's concert Feb. 1 in Milwaukee. Before performing "God Girl" Grace told the audience about Avery and her last moment with her mother. (A video of the tribute is available on YouTube by searching "Jamie Grace Dedicates "God Girl" to Avery.")
Later in the show, Grace was performing the encore with singer TobyMac, and the students from Delavan Christian School were invited onto the stage.
For Bridget, it was an emotional moment as she watched confetti fall onto the kids and musicians. She knew it was beautiful, but she also wished Avery had been there to experience it.
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Bridget wants to carry on Avery's memory and do some of the work her daughter dreamed about. Bridget said her daughter had a big heart, and she wanted to help everybody. Bridget created AVERYday Ministries to complete some of the good deeds Avery talked about.
A concert is set for April 13 at 7 p.m. at the Young Auditorium, Whitewater. Fittingly, Grace is the main event. Grace's sister, Morgan Harper is also performing.
The opener is Jon Troast, a Faith Christian High School graduate who also attended Delavan Christian School.
Avery's life goals included talking to everyone about God, and she dreamed of going on mission trips. She also loved to read and did so at an advance level and struggled to find age-appropriate books.
"Avery felt that if everyone knew about Jesus, they wouldn't feel lonely or afraid anymore," Bridget wrote on the Averyday Ministries Facebook page. "AVERYday Ministries promises to be Avery's voice, her hands and her heart; to plant seeds of faith, to spread God's Word, and to do our best to introduce everyone to Jesus."
McCarthy said the work she is doing with AVERYday Ministries is helping with the grieving process.
Through Avery's death, Bridget said her faith has grown. She said this is also true for others in her family.
"I truly know she is in a perfect place," Bridget said. "I know she is 100 percent perfectly happy."
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, Bridget writes about her daughter. She was told after Avery's death that, "You are Avery's voice, don't silence her."
Bridget receives emails, notes and hugs that thank her for putting Avery's story out there. Some of that appreciation comes from people she knows and some comes from strangers.
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Avery wasn't an average girl, Bridget said. She was quirky and different, but in a good way. She cheered for the underdogs in life.
"There shouldn't be best friends," she once told Bridget. "Then someone always feels left out."
Bridget said Avery was her "little mama" and would help with her younger brother, Brody, by wiping his face and taking care of him.
Bridget also said Avery continues to give her strength. The morning after her daughter's death, Bridget went to Delavan Christian School and talked to the students about it.
The grieving, shell-shocked mother was able to keep her composure and answer Avery's classmates questions. Bridget doesn't take credit for that. Instead, said she credits God.
Just weeks before Avery's death, Avery convinced her mother to sponsor a child in a foreign country. Bridget was skeptical, but couldn't say no to her daughter.
Bridget and Avery were waiting for instructions in the mail on how to communicate with the child they were sponsoring. Avery didn't want to wait, and she wrote the sponsored child a letter. Bridget wouldn't mail it until the instructions arrived.
One of the many difficult days after Avery's death, Bridget left her home sobbing and eventually stopped in the Shopko parking lot. As she sobbed, she was seeking guidance with her struggle.
In the car, she spotted the letter Avery had written. Bridget opened it.
Avery introduced herself in the letter, told her new friend she loved her and asked if she knew about Jesus. If not, Avery would be happy to talk to her about him, Avery wrote.
Avery closed the letter with two Bible verses, which, in effect, said that when you are struggling God is there to help.
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26 September 2011: The European Commission has published a report and launched a public consultation on strengthening EU measures to reduce emissions of fluorinated gases, a group of industrial gases with high global warming potential.
The report concludes that the EU's existing regulation on fluorinated gases ('F-gases') is having a significant impact but that, without further measures, F-gas emissions are expected to remain at current levels in the long term. The review also identifies wide scope for further cost-effective emission reductions, mainly due to the growing feasibility of replacing F-gases in several sectors with alternatives that make less or no contribution to climate change so that potentially the EU could eliminate up to two thirds of today's fluorinated gas emissions by 2030.
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